River Nile
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Our only male cat, Niles (aka Dr. Purrmeister) when he was a kitteh, with his mom Delores (aka Dill Pickle)
“The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence.”
Charles Caleb Colton
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“The Nile, forever new and old, Among the living and the dead, Its mighty, mystic stream has rolled.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Kruger National Park.
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The Nile is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The longest river in Africa, it has historically been considered the longest river in the world, though this has been contested by research suggesting that the Amazon River is slightly longer. The Nile is amongst the smallest of the major world rivers by measure of cubic metres flowing annually. About 6,650 km (4,130 mi)[a] long, its drainage basin covers eleven countries: Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, South Sudan, Republic of the Sudan, and Egypt.[9] In particular, the Nile is the primary water source of Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan. Additionally, the Nile is an important economic river, supporting agriculture and fishing.*
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile
At Niles Station before heading back to Brightside to move the loco to the front and for photos.
On the way back to the maintenance yard near Sunol, they announced that there was room for 5 or 6 people in the cab if anybody wanted to. Guess who was the first one there.
I think that, of all the times I have shot this hill, this is the first time I have tried it in B&W. I like it.
Nijlgans - Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus).
Jewel of the Nile? Hardly
Check out those wacky feet. (-;
I never drove down this street in Niles before so I was surprised to see this beauty sitting there wide open to the weather. I checked on Google Streetside and saw that as recently as 2018 it had windows and appeared to be lived in. There was a 'Fro Sale' sign in the lot next to it which may have included this house. Through the open window it looked like the room inside was in pretty good shape but I can only imagine what the weather coming is going to do.
PHOTO SHOT IN THE SERENGETI PARK ,IN TANZANIA WITH PENTAX K 10 D AND smc PENTAX-DA 50-200mm F4-5.6 ED
A ship on the Nile (1888 - 1898). My colorization of Pascal Sébah´s photo in the Rijksmuseum archive. To me this looks more like a yacht than a cargo vessel.
The statue is located in the little square named Piazzetta Nilo. During the Roman Empire in that area of Naples lived many Egyptians. They decided to erect a statue of the Nile god. The statue was lost with the collapse of the Roman Empire. It was recovered many centuries later headless. In 1647 it was placed in the present location with a new head. In the 1950s some parts of the statue were stolen including the little Sphinx. In 2013 a special branch of the Carabinieri found the little Spinx in Austria and after a restoration it has been set again in its original place.
During its 2021 tour, the Big Boy swung through Houston and laid over for a couple nights at the Houston Amtrak Station.
After having shoved backwards from the Amtrak station to Chaney Jct to begin its trip out of town, UP 4014 is back on the move as it approaches the SP searchlights at Niles Jct on the Freight Main of UP's Houston Sub.
PHOBT 18 (Passenger- Houston to Beaumont, TX)
UP 4-8-8-4 #4014
UP SD70M #4015
Houston, TX
August 18th, 2021
Sunset against a minaret and palm trees along a rural stretch of the Nile. 20190108AlongTheNileDxoLr2v2
Doug Harrop Photography • April 12, 1977
The worn facade of a Western Pacific F7 marks the San Jose Perishables as it exits 4,321 ft. Tunnel 1 in Niles Canyon.
A hearty thanks to Doug Harrop for capturing this amazing photograph, and to Philip A. Brahms for his help identifying the specifics of the location.