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Without water
these waves
stand silent.
The bell and howl
of sound
on cold, cold ground
the echo of
crow calls on
canyon walls
breach the most deaf
ear
that hasn't heard
anything except
tinnitus
for years.
Try and find
your way out of
here
by following her
voice
croaking
coughing
cautioning
calling
cacophonous
from some unknown
place.
Or
just follow
a vein
with no small
remnant of
rivulet
or stream
until it opens
to the sea.
With currents,
you see,
gain is always
greater than loss
in trying to reach
an end.
UKW Drehfunkfeuer, im Hintergrund TACAN (militärisches Navigationssystem)
Tempelhofer Feld, Berlin
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This octagonal tower is situated on the North Pier at Bridlington, With its three lights it guides mariners into the Harbour during the hours of darkness,
Ullswater Navigation & Transit Co Ltd started operating steamer services in 1859, carrying mail, provisions and passengers around the lake. ‘Raven’ was built in 1889 at Rutherglen near Glasgow. ‘Lady of the lake’ was launched in 1877, and both vessels have been in service ever since. During the 1930’s both were converted to diesel. M.V. Lady Dorothy is their smaller sister, and joined them in 2001.
In March 2007, another cruiser joined the fleet, the Lady Wakefield, which was commissioned by HRH Princess Alexandra on Tuesday 17th April 2007 and in 2010 the fully refurbished M.V Western Belle joined the fleet.
You might want to see the difference between "old and modern" navigation. Then check out this image:
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What's better..?? I leave this open for present and future seaman to answer. (Believe i know the answer......)
Dall-E3 - PS Beta
Stanier Jubilee No.45690 'Leander' is seen with RTC's North Wales Coast Express 1Z62 Holyhead - Liverpool Lime Street at Frodsham just after sunset.
Taken on the 18th July 2021.
The High and Low Lights of North Shields are decommissioned leading lights in North Shields, Tyne and Wear in the United Kingdom. Two pairs of lights survive: the older pair date from 1727 and were operational until 1810; the newer pair then took over, remaining in use until 1999. All four are listed buildings. They were sometimes known as the Fish Quay High and Low Lights, or (more precisely in terms of their individual locations) as 'Fish Quay (Range front)' and 'Dockwray Square (Range rear)'
The first lighthouses were erected here in the 16th century by the Guild of the Blessed Trinity of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. By following a course which kept the two lights aligned, pilots were able to navigate along the Tyne, avoiding the dangerous Shields Bar and the Black Middens.
These old Riverside Buildings are seen at the Towns Riverhead ..The Driffield Navigation is an 11-mile waterway, through the heart of the Holderness Plain to the market town of Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. .It was first opened in 1770..
On the Calder and Hebble Navigation. No idea why the bridge is called this, it's nowhere near Beeston.
Walking Birmingham Canals in July 2021. This is about a mile out of Gas Street Basin on the Wolverhampton main line of Birmimgham Canal Navigations. Going under the bridge on the left is the Icknield Port Loop, whilst on the right hand edge of the photo is the start of the Soho Loop.
The Birmingham to Wolverhampton main line canal, constructed between 1768 and 1772 to the design of James Brindley. Merger with the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal in 1784 created a combined company that ten years later renamed itself as the Birmingham Canal Navigations, eventually having some 160 miles of waterway, 100 miles or so of which remains in use.
Although none are in view here, on this hot day there were numerous craft on these 'narrow' canals, the majority being fairly traditional narrow boats of 60 or 70 foot length.
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ON THE REACTIONS I WILL TRY TO RESPOND BACK
De Oude Grieken hielden zich al met steenmannetjes bezig. Volgens een mythe zouden de god Hermes en de godin Hera in een rechtszaak zijn verwikkeld. Verschillende goden die toekeken, mochten hun oordeel over de rechtszaak kenbaar maken door een steentje naar de god te gooien, die volgens hen vrijgesproken moest worden. Hermes wist de goden zo te overtuigen dat hij begraven werd onder de stenen: het eerste steenmannetje was ontstaan. Maar ook in de Scandinavische en Keltische mythologie spelen steenmannetjes een grote rol. Het waren de plekken waar trollen, elfen en andere mythische bergbewoners huisden.
In onze contreien zijn steenmannetjes meestal een belangrijk navigatiemiddel. Ze markeren routes waar markeringen met verf of andere middelen niet goed werken.
Ze zijn onmisbaar als routemarkering. Zeker als het mistig is, zie je een steenmannetje vaak eerder dan een geverfde markering. Het gebruik van steenmannetjes als navigatiemiddel is al eeuwenoud
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The ancient Greeks were already occupied with cairns. According to one myth, the god Hermes and the goddess Hera were involved in a lawsuit. Various gods who were watching were allowed to express their opinion on the trial by throwing a small stone at the god, who, according to them, should be acquitted. Hermes managed to convince the gods that he was buried under the stones: the first cairn was born. But cairns also play a major role in Scandinavian and Celtic mythology. They were the places where trolls, elves, and other mythical mountain dwellers lived.
In our region, cairns are usually an important navigational aid. They mark routes where markings with paint or other means don't work well.
They are indispensable as route markers. Especially in foggy conditions, you often see a cairn sooner than a painted marker. The use of cairns as a navigational aid is centuries old.
The Kelpies sind zwei Skulpturen aus Stahl, die jeweils rund 30 m hoch sind. Sie stehen in einem Park namens The Helix nahe beim Forth and Clyde Canal in Falkirk, Schottland.
Die Skulpturen stellen zwei Pferdeköpfe dar. The Kelpies sind Werke des Bildhauers Andy Scott aus dem Jahr 2013.
The Kelpies are 30-metre-high horse-head sculptures, standing next to a new extension to the Forth and Clyde Canal, and near River Carron, in The Helix, a new parkland project built to connect 16 communities in the Falkirk Council Area, Scotland. The sculptures were designed by sculptor Andy Scott and were completed in October 2013. The sculptures form a gateway at the eastern entrance to the Forth and Clyde canal, and the new canal extension built as part of The Helix land transformation project. The Kelpies are a monument to horse powered heritage across Scotland.
The sculptures were opened to the public in April 2014. As part of the project, they will have their own visitor centre, and sit beside a newly developed canal turning pool and extension. This canal extension reconnects the Forth and Clyde Canal with the River Forth, and improves navigation between the East and West of Scotland.
I'm going to crawl out of my hole of darkness and despair and maybe try to see through a different light today despite the 4" of snow we received last night after a forecast of less than an inch.
We are fortunate as photographers and/or artists to have developed a way of seeing things differently and many of us have extrapolated that seeing into other aspects of our lives.
We may experience some very difficult times ahead, but right now we have the ability to share our ways of seeing - the world around us however restricted with those whose worlds have been totally upended and could use a view of a wide open landscape or spring flowers blooming, or whatever brightens your day.
I want to thank all of my photographer/artist friends who have helped me to develop my eye and keep incredible imagery in front of my face on Facebook, Instagram and Flikr on a daily basis.
And here is a shout out to those who are keeping us connected. Thanks to my grandson who despite yesterday's earthquake in SLC goes to work to climb cell phone towers to keep us all connected.
Chronomètre de marine
Il fut un temps où les navigateurs devaient transporter l'heure avec eux. Le chronomètre de marine était un instrument de haute précision. Réglé au départ, on connaissait sa marche, avance ou retard. Il était remonté une fois par jour.
Toute erreur dans l'heure devenait une erreur de longitude. A raison de environ 1,5 km pour 4 secondes d'erreur du chronomètre. Dans certains ports, des observatoires astronomiques permettaient de connaître l'erreur.
A l'époque de Cook ou Lapérouse, ils finissaient par avoir des erreurs de plusieurs minutes de temps (>100km en longitude)
Quand ils pouvaient, ils pratiquaient des observations de distances lunaires. Après de savants calculs, ils connaissaient l'heure avec la précision de la minute soit 15 à 30km d'erreur sur la longitude.
Jusque dans les années soixante, on trouvait encore sur les cartes des îles mal placées en longitude. Il m'est arrivé d'en signaler au Service hydrographique de la Marine...