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British Truck Racing Association Silverstone Raceway 13th August 2016(Truckfest and other motorsports)
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Having come across Chris Ruddy flying His Bell 206L4 LongRanger helicopter by accident one Saturday afternoon. I took a series of shots to add to others I had taken in the area of helicopters working for the NT and Yorkshire Water around the South Pennine Watershed. Coincidentally, this helicopter was the first aircraft I ever flew in twenty odd years ago. I couldn’t believe, having just checked the date, that it was almost two years ago. I recently supplied these images to Pennine Helicopters for their own use. I seem to have done a lot of this lately, I don’t mind helping local businesses out to be fair – and I do believe that what goes around comes around.
Subsequently, Having chatted with Charlotte Ruddy, she kindly let me know when they would be flying locally again. We had thick fog for a good few days recently, however, we have frequently had the usual east west divide, with the Pennine watershed being the dividing line. Thick fog on our (eastern) side gave way to stunning blue sky on Pennine Helicopters (western) side of the hill. Charlotte sent me a short notice text that they were about to fly about five miles from our yard, right on the east west divide. At this point we had thick fog so I wasn’t expecting a call really. Fortunately, I was in a position to grab my gear and get up there.
The weather was good at the Blue Peter but as I got my gear out the fog was following me. It billowed over the hill. There was no sign of Pennine but I could hear something rumbling in the fog just over the hill. I set off along the Pennine Way path, I could see Chris skimming the moor, ghost like in the fog. The team were a few hundred yards away, the fog having closed in on them almost as soon as they arrived. Chris landed, ticking over, waiting for the fog to roll back. I hadn’t met Charlotte, not since she was a child anyway, and she spotted me and came over for a chat. I established what was going on and explained that it could be a struggle as I was on the wrong side of the flight path in relation to the sun.
The fog rolled back and for a short while we had great conditions. The fog was rolling in and out, giving quite atmospheric conditions. Unfortunately, High cloud moved in and blocked the sun, leaving quite dull conditions. Again the fog rolled in, stopping the load carrying. At this point Chris offered to take me up for a quick flight. It was fantastic, dull, but I love being up there. The few photos were an irrelevance really, the flight made my day so thank you to all concerned.
I’ve done a quick edit and I am uploading rather a lot of similar shots for the people concerned to see. I shall be sending them a set as a thank you.
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Title: Manual of artificial limbs : copiously illustrated : artificial toes, feet, legs, fingers, hands, arms : for amputations and deformities, appliances for excisions, fractures, and other disabilities of lower and upper extremities : suggestions on amputations, treatment of stumps, history, etc., etc., etc. : an exhaustive exposition of prosthesis
Creator: Marks, George E. (George Edwin), 1853-1932
Publisher: New York : A.A. Marks
Sponsor: Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical School
Contributor: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Date: 1912
Language: eng
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Litterally Old School... this screen was probably hanging in your old elementary school. About 6 foot by 6 foot. A few cracks but in dencent usable shape.
On January 10, 2009, the Progressive Democratic Roundtable (of Palm Beach County) had its first meeting. The mission of the PDRT is simply to encourage the sharing of information and ideas in order to foster cooperation and human interaction amongst the leaders and decision makers of peaceful, forward thinking organizations. Hosted by Democracy For America Palm Beach County, one representative of each of the invited progressive groups in Palm Beach County shared what they are working on with each other to find projects of mutual interest and work together. Participating were Palm Beach County representatives from (in alphabetical order):
- American Civil Liberties Union
- Citizens for Social Responsibility
- Code Pink
- Democratic Executive Committee
- Equality Florida
- Floridians for Healthcare
- MoveOn
- National Organization for Women
- Network of Spiritual Progressives
- Peace Alliance
- Peace and Justice Coalition
- Progressive Change for America
- Progressive Democrats of America
- Service Employees International Union
- Sierra Club
- Toward A More Perfect Union
YORK, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 09: during an i2i Soccer Academy Training Session at Haxby Road on September 9th 2020 in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. (Photo by Matthew Appleby)
21st Annual SO OTHERS MIGHT EAT (SOME) THANKSGIVING MORNING AMERICA'S TROT FOR HUNGER LITTLE TURKEY 1 MILER Step-Off from Freedom Plaza along Pennsylvania Avenue at 12th Street, NW, Washington DC on Thursday morning, 24 November 2022 by Elvert Barnes Photography
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To welcome 20 more Vietnamese students from Viet-Nam who join the post graduated academic program (Masters and PhD Degrees) at University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65203
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Taken with Camedia C-740uz found in a "boutique" pawn shop that has opened at the mall for $19.99. This camera proudly takes high quality 3.2 megapixel photos (lol). Held an IR filter over lens to take photo.
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Äkäslompolo is a village in the municipality of Kolari in Finland's Lapland region. It is situated next to a lake of the same name, north-east of the town of Kolari. Äkäslompolo had 587 inhabitants on December 31, 2022.
Äkäslompolo is, along with Ylläsjärvi, the primary town for the ski resort Yllästunturi, also known as Ylläs for short. The Ylläs ski area has a total of 330 km of cross-country ski tracks, and 61 Alpine ski slopes with 29 ski lifts. In summer Äkäslompolo is popular among hikers, anglers, canoeists, and other outdoor enthusiasts. There are several hotels and many holiday homes in the area.
Kolari is a municipality of Finland at the Swedish border, which follows the Torne River, the longest free-flowing river in Europe.
It is located in the region of Lapland. The municipality has a population of 4,012 (31 December 2023)[2] and covers an area of 2,617.87 square kilometres (1,010.77 sq mi) of which 59.15 km2 (22.84 sq mi) is water. The population density is 1.57 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.1/sq mi).
Neighbouring municipalities are Muonio, Pello, Kittilä, Rovaniemi in Finland and Pajala Municipality in Sweden.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Kolari railway station is the northernmost station in Finland.
Ylläs, one of the most popular ski resorts in Finland, is located in Kolari. The area also features the country's largest bog with a thousand-year-old forest.
History
The first permanent settler in the area was a Savonian named Pekka Kolari, arriving in the area in the early 1580s. He originated from Konnevesi, which was a part of the Rautalampi parish at the time. The island named Kolarinsaari near the village of Istunmäki was likely his original home, as the Savonian surname Kolari originates from the same island.
The area of Kolari was a part of the Pajala parish, which is in modern Sweden. Kolari started growing in the 17th century due to the nearby Kengis (Köngäs) ironworks established in 1644. Kolari was home to many skilled blacksmiths. Charcoal, tar and chalk were produced and delivered to Tornio.
After Russia gained Finland in 1809, it was transferred to the Turtola parish, modern Pello. As the winter market could no longer be held in Kengis due to the new border, they were held on the island of Kolarinsaari in the Tornio river. Kolari became a chapel community in 1856 and a separate parish in 1894.
Lapland is the largest and northernmost region of Finland. The 21 municipalities in the region cooperate in a Regional Council. Lapland borders the region of North Ostrobothnia in the south. It also borders the Gulf of Bothnia, Norrbotten County in Sweden, Troms and Finnmark County in Norway, and Murmansk Oblast and the Republic of Karelia in Russia. Topography varies from vast mires and forests of the South to fells in the North. The Arctic Circle crosses Lapland, so polar phenomena such as the midnight sun and polar night can be viewed in Lapland.
Lapland's cold and wintry climate, coupled with its relative abundance of conifer trees such as pines and spruces, means that it has become associated with Christmas in some countries, most notably the United Kingdom, and holidays to Lapland are common towards the end of the year. However, the Lapland region has developed its infrastructure for year-round tourism. For example, in the 2019 snow-free period tourism grew more than in the winter season. Rovaniemi is the main regional centre of Lapland, and the Rovaniemi Airport is the third busiest airport in Finland. Besides tourism, other important sectors are trade, manufacturing and construction. Like Rovaniemi, Inari is also one of the most important tourist destinations in Lapland for foreign tourism.
Lapland has been connected with the legendary "North Pole" home of Santa Claus (Father Christmas or Saint Nicholas) since 1927, when Finnish radio host Markus Rautio said that Santa Claus lived on Korvatunturi, a fell (mountain) in the region. Later, Rovaniemi staked a claim as Santa's "official hometown" and developed the Santa Claus Village attraction to encourage tourism.
Geography
The area of the Lapland region is 100,367 km², which consists of 92,667 km² of dry land, 6,316 km² fresh water and 1,383 km² of seawater. In the south it borders the Northern Ostrobothnia region, in the west, Sweden, in the north and west Norway, and in the east, Russia. Its borders follow three rivers: the Tana, Muonio and Torne. The largest lake is Lake Inari, 1,102 km². The region's highest point is on Halti, which reaches 1,324 m (4,344 ft) on the Finnish side of the border and is the highest point in Finland.
The areas of Enontekiö and Utsjoki in northern Lapland are known as Fell-Lapland. The bulk and remaining Lapland is known as Forest-Lapland. Lake Inari, the many fens of the region and the Salla-Saariselkä mountains are all part of Forest-Lapland. Fell-Lapland lies in the fells of the Scandinavian Mountains. It is not made up of barren ground like blockfields but instead has the vegetation of birch forests, willow thickets or heath. Common soil types in Forest-Lapland are till and sand with conifer forests growing on top. These forests show little variation across Lapland. Compared to southern Finland forest tree species grow slower. The understory typically consists of blueberries, lichens, crowberries and lings.
The landscape of large parts of Lapland is an inselberg plain. It has been suggested the inselberg plains were formed in the Late Cretaceous or Paleogene period by pediplanation or etchplanation. Relative to southern Finland Lapland stands out for its thick till cover. The hills and mountains are typically made up of resistant rocks like granite, gneiss, quartzite and amphibolite. The ice sheet that covered Finland intermittently during the Quaternary grew out from the Scandinavian Mountains. The central parts of the Fennoscandian ice sheet had cold-based conditions during times of maximum extent. This means that in areas like northeast Sweden and northern Finland, pre-existing landforms and deposits escaped glacier erosion and are particularly well preserved at present. Northwest to the southeast movement of the ice has left a field of aligned drumlins in central Lapland. Ribbed moraines found in the same area reflects a later west-to-east change in the movement of the ice. During the last deglaciation ice in Lapland retreated from the north-east, east and southeast so that the lower course of the Tornio was the last part of Finland to be deglaciated 10,100 years ago. Present-day periglacial conditions in Lapland are reflected in the existence of numerous palsas, permafrost landforms developed on peat.
The bedrock of Lapland belongs to the Karelian Domain occupying the bulk of the region, the Kola Domain in the northeast around Lake Inari and the Scandinavian Caledonides in the tip of Lapland's northwestern arm. With few exceptions rocks are of Archean and Proterozoic age. Granites, gneiss, metasediments and metavolcanics are common rocks while greenstone belts are recurring features. More rare rock associations include mafic and ultramafic layered intrusions and one of the world's oldest ophiolites. The region hosts valuable deposits of gold, chromium, iron and phosphate.
Climate
The very first snowflakes fall to the ground in late August or early September over the higher peaks. The first ground-covering snow arrives on average in October or late September. Permanent snow cover comes between mid-October and the end of November, significantly earlier than in southern Finland. The winter is long, approximately seven months. The snow cover is usually thickest in early April. Soon after that the snow cover starts to melt fast. The thickest snow cover ever was measured in Kilpisjärvi on 19 April 1997 and it was 190 cm. The annual mean temperature varies from a couple of degrees below zero in the northwest to a couple of degrees above zero in the southwest (Kemi-Tornio area). Lapland exhibits a trend of increasing precipitation towards the south, with the driest parts being located at the two arms.
In summer months, the average temperature is consistently over 10°C. Heat waves with daily temperatures exceeding 25°C occur on an average of 5-10 days per summer in northern Finland.
History
The area of Lapland was split between two counties of the Swedish Realm from 1634 to 1809. The northern and western areas were part of Västerbotten County, while the southern areas (so-called Peräpohjola) were part of Ostrobothnia County (after 1755 Oulu County). The northern and western areas were transferred in 1809 to Oulu County, which became Oulu Province. Under the royalist constitution of Finland during the first half of 1918, Lapland was to become a Grand Principality and part of the inheritance of the proposed king of Finland. Lapland Province was separated from Oulu Province in 1938.
During the Interim Peace and beginning of the Continuation War the government of Finland allowed the Nazi German Army to station itself in Lapland as a part of Operation Barbarossa. After Finland made a separate peace with the Soviet Union in 1944, the Soviet Union demanded that Finland expel the German army from its soil. The result was the Lapland War, during which almost the whole civilian population of Lapland was evacuated. The Germans used scorched earth tactics in Lapland before they withdrew to Norway. 40 to 47 per cent of the dwellings in Lapland and 417 kilometres (259 mi) of railroads were destroyed, 9,500 kilometres (5,900 mi) of roadways were mined, destroyed or were unusable, and 675 bridges and 3,700 kilometres (2,300 mi) of telephone lines were also destroyed. Ninety per cent of Rovaniemi, the capital of Lapland, was burned to the ground, with only a few pre-war buildings surviving the destruction.
After the Second World War, Petsamo municipality and part of Salla municipality were ceded to the Soviet Union. The decades following the war were a period of rebuilding, industrialisation and fast economic growth. Large hydroelectric plants and mines were established and cities, roads and bridges were rebuilt after the destruction of the war. In the late 20th century the economy of Lapland started to decline, mines and factories became unprofitable and the population started to decline rapidly across most of the region.
The provinces of Finland were abolished on 1 January 2010, but Lapland was reorganised as one of the new regions that replaced them.
Lapland is the home of about 3.4% of Finland's total population and is by far the least densely populated area in the country. The biggest towns in Lapland are Rovaniemi (the regional capital), Tornio, and Kemi. In 2011, Lapland had a population of 183,320 of whom 177,950 spoke Finnish, 1,526 spoke Sami, 387 spoke Swedish and 3,467 spoke some other languages as their mother tongue. Of the Sami languages, Northern Sami, Inari Sami and Skolt Sami are spoken in the region. Pelkosenniemi is the smallest municipality in mainland Finland in terms of population, while Savukoski is sparsely populated in terms of population density.
Lapland's population has been in decline since 1990.
The northernmost municipalities of Lapland where the Sámi people are the most numerous form the Sami Domicile Area. Sami organisation exists in parallel with the provincial one.
The Arctic Circle is one of the two polar circles, and the most northerly of the five major circles of latitude as shown on maps of Earth at about 66° 34' N. Its southern equivalent is the Antarctic Circle.
The Arctic Circle marks the southernmost latitude at which, on the Northern Hemisphere's winter solstice (which is the shortest day of the year), the Sun will not rise all day, and on the Northern Hemisphere's summer solstice (which is the longest day of the year), the Sun will not set. These phenomena are referred to as polar night and midnight sun respectively, and the further north one progresses, the more pronounced these effects become. For example, in the Russian port city of Murmansk, three degrees above the Arctic Circle, the Sun does not rise above the horizon for 40 successive days in midwinter.
The position of the Arctic Circle is not fixed and currently runs 66°33′49.8″ north of the Equator. Its latitude depends on the Earth's axial tilt, which fluctuates within a margin of more than 2° over a 41,000-year period, owing to tidal forces resulting from the orbit of the Moon. Consequently, the Arctic Circle is currently drifting northwards at a speed of about 14.5 m (48 ft) per year.
Etymology
The word arctic comes from the Greek word ἀρκτικός (arktikos: "near the Bear, northern") and that from the word ἄρκτος (arktos: "bear").
Midnight sun and polar night
The Arctic Circle is the southernmost latitude in the Northern Hemisphere at which the center of the Sun can remain continuously above or below the horizon for twenty-four hours; as a result, at least once each year at any location within the Arctic Circle the center of the Sun is visible at local midnight, and at least once the center is not visible at local noon.
Directly on the Arctic Circle these events occur, in principle, exactly once per year: at the June and December solstices, respectively. However, because of atmospheric refraction and mirages, and also because the sun appears as a disk and not a point, part of the midnight sun is visible, on the night of the northern summer solstice, at a latitude of about 50 minutes of arc (′) (90 km (56 mi)) south of the Arctic Circle. Similarly, on the day of the northern winter solstice, part of the sun may be seen up to about 50′ north of the Arctic Circle. That is true at sea level; those limits increase with elevation above sea level, although in mountainous regions there is often no direct view of the true horizon.
The largest communities north of the Arctic Circle are situated in Russia, Norway, and Sweden: Murmansk (population 295,374) and Norilsk (178,018) in Russia; Tromsø (75,638) in Norway, Vorkuta (58,133) in Russia, Bodø (52,357), and Harstad (24,703) in Norway; and Kiruna, Sweden (22,841). Rovaniemi (62,667) in Finland is the largest settlement in the immediate vicinity of the Arctic Circle, lying 6 km (4 mi) south of the line. Salekhard (51,186) in Russia is the only city in the world located directly on the Arctic Circle.
In contrast, the largest North American community north of the Arctic Circle, Sisimiut (Greenland), has approximately 5,600 inhabitants. In the United States, Utqiaġvik, Alaska (formerly known as Barrow), is the largest settlement north of the Arctic Circle with about 5,000 inhabitants. The largest such community in Canada is Inuvik in the Northwest Territories, with 3,137 inhabitants.
Geography
The Arctic Circle is roughly 16,000 km (9,900 mi) in circumference. The area north of the Circle is about 20,000,000 km2 (7,700,000 sq mi) and covers roughly 4% of Earth's surface.
The Arctic Circle passes through the Arctic Ocean, the Scandinavian Peninsula, North Asia, Northern America, and Greenland. The land within the Arctic Circle is divided among eight countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, the United States (Alaska), Canada (Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut), Denmark (Greenland), and Iceland (where it passes through the small offshore island of Grímsey).
Climate
Further information: Climate of the Arctic
The climate north of the Arctic Circle is generally cold, but the coastal areas of Norway have a generally mild climate as a result of the Gulf Stream, which makes the ports of northern Norway and northwest Russia ice-free all year long. In the interior, summers can be quite warm, while winters are extremely cold. For example, summer temperatures in Norilsk, Russia will sometimes reach as high as 30 °C (86 °F), while the winter temperatures frequently fall below −50 °C (−58 °F).
Other Side of the Moon lounge. Sandown Road, Toton. May 2005. Looks like the picture was taken through my special Guinness lens!
Gorilla on the Fourth Plinth (One and Other) performance art in Trafalgar Square, London.
Threw bananas out, each inscribed with the word 'Smile'.
MALAGA, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 14: Ana Bogdan of Romania plays a forehand during the Billie Jean King Cup match between Japan and Romania at Palacio de los Deportes Martin Carpena on November 14, 2024 in Malaga, Spain. (Photo by Dax Images)
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Apartment 57 is a musical journey. It is set in the lounge room at Eric’s place, Apartment 57, where old friends drop in to play the songs that influenced their younger lives. Songs such as ”Streets of London” the only hit record of Ralph McTell and Cat Steven’s “Where Do the Children Play?”.
As friends of Eric arrive at Apartment 57, the musical genres progress through songs of other folk and easy listening icons of the 70’s such as John Williamson, James Taylor, Art Garfunkel and Eric Clapton. The night at Apartment 57 climaxes with a guitar duel as Eric and his protégé, Mikky, try to outdo each other on some of the instrumental classics of The Shadows, before some other guy turns up and reminds Mikky that they have a party later that night at which they are the feature act.
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At Gold Coast Italo-Australian Club.
Photos taken with a Sony a6300 with a Sony 18-105mm F4 G lens and Sony a7iii with a Tamron emount 28-75mm f2.8 lens.
Photos: © 2020 Dani Katz
2020 Baby Yoda The Child from The Mandalorian and other Yoda Portrait Star Wars - action figure portrait toy toys Space Opera film movie Science Fiction Sci-fi Droid Android protocol robot metal man goblin The Force wizard adventure galactic character prototype design September 09/22/2020 Chair Empire
I dont usually shoot other people's work unless I feel that I am adding something and hopefully you will agree I have.
I was stunned by this bronze of the great man and it is fitting that it should be placed a station like St Pancras.
I have cloned out a few annoying hi-lites
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