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Often one of the local eagles will fly up on the roof top of a building across from ours in the early morning hours and sit on one of the chimneys. It seems they are less disturbed high up there by the gulls and crows, whereas in the trees they get bombarded constantly.
back from maine, here is one of the million pictures i took.
25 second exposure
800 iso
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This is the Observation Gallery to one of the two sets of waterfalls at Victoria Park in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada.
A family walks down the boardwalk towards the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge Observation Tower. The newly built boardwalks are nearly a half-mile round trip through the original path of the boardwalks lost in the 2007 Big Turnaround Fire. The new low walkway is right on top of the Okefenokee Swamp, giving guests a closer look at this unique ecosystem, and ends up at our 90-foot observation tower.
VIA train 2, the Canadian, and train 5, the Skeena, share the station track at Jasper, Alberta, on September 18, 2002. On the rear of the eastbound Canadian is dome-observation/lounge/sleeper “Tweedsmuir Park,” while sister Park car “Assiniboine Park” carries the markers on the westbound Skeena. This was back in the day when the Canadian and Skeena, which travels between Jasper and Prince Rupert, had some schedules that connected…
Sporo's receive the 'big brother' gaze from Birch, the all-seeing silver sentinel - he doesn't appear very often, but you can be sure he is watching you :-)
Dear friends, i'm still here, but engaged in distracting executor and house improvement tasks after my mother passed away last year.
I hope to be back more regularly in the near future, but in the meantime I do look in at your new posts, even if you haven't heard my thoughts.
Kind regards to you all.
Pete
French Air Force Rafael "Dark Tiger" just landed at Mont de Marsan after a NATO Tiger Meet sortie. This aircraft is from the "Lorraine" Escadron de Chasse 3/30 Sqn based at Mont de Marsan. The unit 'Lorraine' is one of the first units of the liberated France. The unit originates in England in September 1940, and later evolves in Equatorial Africa, the Middle East and later Europe. Equipped with Hurricane fighters, Lysander observation Aircraft and Blenheim bombers. The name 'Lorraine' was chosen in September 1941 during their stay in Damascus.
Walking in a disneyland hotel, and i saw this amazing light. A beautiful sunset through the window.
So i asked my friend to pose for me. And here it is !
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I've made a book on Disneyland Paris with many pictures under the snow !
you can take a look (and buy it if you want) in a standard format or in a big format with pearl paper
Little Tokyo in downtown LA. My wife actually got a very similar shot when we were shooting together.
Photo of the day for Discover Los Angeles blog.discoverlosangeles.com/photo-of-the-day/heres-lookin...
From floor 100 of One World Trade Center, tourists look South to see the Statue of Liberty and other landmarks surrounding the greater Manhattan area.
One World Trade Center (also known as 1 World Trade Center, 1 WTC or Freedom Tower) is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City. It is the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, and the sixth-tallest in the world. The supertall structure has the same name as the North Tower of the original World Trade Center, which was completely destroyed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The new skyscraper stands on the northwest corner of the 16-acre (6.5 ha) World Trade Center site, on the site of the original 6 World Trade Center.
Source: Wikipedia
The Lake Placid Tower in Lake Placid, Florida, formerly named Placid Tower, Tower of Peace or Happiness Tower, is a closed observation tower 240 feet (73.2 m) tall according to early sources (before 1982) or 270 feet (82.3 m) tall according to late sources (after 1986). However, no physical modification of the tower occurred in the interim that would explain a 30-foot increase in height. It rests on ground 142 feet (43 m) above sea level (NAVD 88). As a warning to aircraft, the top of the tower, including antennae, is stated to be 392 feet (119.5 m) above sea level by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Thus, the height of the tower above ground, including antennae, is 250 feet (76.2 m) (392–142=250), which excludes a 270-foot architectural height, allowing only a 240-foot architectural height. Counting the tower's 8-inch (20.3 cm) courses yields a height above ground of 235–236 feet (71.6–71.9 m), so the lowest few feet of the 240-foot height, those resting on the foundation, are underground, providing space for an elevator pit.
According to early sources the tower has three observation levels, at 192 feet (58.5 m) behind windows, at 200 feet (61.0 m) on an open air balcony, and at 225 feet (68.6 m) in the open air crow's nest, Eagle's Nest, or Birds eye vantage point on top of the elevator shaft but below roof tracery. The apex of the tower is a flashing red aircraft warning light. The tower is 360 feet (110 m) above sea level according to two late sources, the latter stating that that elevation applies to the eagle's nest, which is consistent with the crow's nest elevation of early sources (142+225=367≈360). The tower offered a 40-mile (65 km) panoramic view.
Earnest Oakley Hunt dreamed of building an observation tower when he moved to Orlando in 1938, then moved to Sebring in 1947 and found the perfect location in nearby Lake Placid. He and Robert Gray formed Air View Corporation to build the tower. The tower was designed by architect A. Wynn Howell of Lakeland, built by Ridge Builders of Sebring in 1960 for $350,000 (equivalent to $2,300,000 in 2018), and opened January 1, 1961. Most sources state that it was the tallest concrete block structure in the world when it opened, with 90,000 concrete blocks, but the magazine Florida Architect states that it was built of reinforced concrete. One source states that the tower included 100,000 limestone blocks from Ocala while another states that it was faced with ceramic tile, implying that the tower has a facade of limestone tile.
The tower below the balcony is 25 feet 4 inches (7.72 m) square, with its four vertical corners replaced by grooves (each 8 inches (20 cm) per side). The section above the balcony is 21 feet (6.40 m) square, also with corner grooves. Each wall is divided into vertical thirds. The outer thirds are composed of reinforced concrete blocks with a facade of limestone tile.
The middle thirds are composed of decorative breeze or fence concrete blocks. The tower has a foundation made from 520 cubic yards (400 m3) of concrete reinforced with 80,000 pounds (36,000 kg) of steel. The tracery atop the tower is made of gold anodized aluminum.
Because of low ticket sales, the tower closed in 1982 when the owner would not pay their Internal Revenue Service taxes, but it was re-opened in 1986. The small group of owners still faced sluggish sales, and the tower and its restaurant continued to struggle, despite features such as a petting zoo in its plaza, and a pay phone at the top billed as the "highest pay phone in Florida."The last owner who operated the tower as a tourist attraction was Lake Placid Tower Group owned by Mark Cambell since 1992. He sold it to CHL Tower Group on November 6, 2003 which has operated it as a cell phone tower ever since. Even though the tower closed about 2003, it still has two red "OPEN" signs at its top, facing north and south
Originally, the tower above the balcony had the same basic design scheme as that below it. But after the tower closed, the portion of the tower from the balcony up was redesigned with a white and cyan (blue-green) color scheme. The limestone tile of the outer thirds of the walls was covered with white stucco, and the middle thirds were covered with thin cyan-colored panels which blocked the bird's eye view. These panels covered the two opposing triangular openings in the middle third of each wall and the breeze or fence blocks between them. The roof tracery above and the balcony below them were also painted cyan.
The Tower View restaurant at the base of the tower closed in 2015. The tower is among 35 designated Lake Placid historic structures. It is one of three towers in Central Florida, including the Citrus Tower, built in 1956, 100 miles (160 km) to the north in Clermont, and Bok Tower, built in 1929, 50 miles (80 km) to the north in Lake Wales.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Placid_Tower
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37 421 pauses at Plockton with 2H83, the 10:10 Inverness - Kyle of Lochalsh
This service included an observation car on the rear. Converted from ex Metro Cammell Class 101 DTCL 54356, by 1988 it sported green/cream livery inspired by the LNER tourist stock colours
A German observation balloon after it has been filled with gas. The gas valve can be seen on the front of the balloon.
Note the steam-powered vehicle to the right of the balloon. I don't think it has anything to do with the balloon, it looks more like an agricultural vehicle to me.
An observation tower on Ulko-Tammio Island is used by border guards to watch over Finland's eastern maritime border with Russia.
Wonderful trail. view large and find the people and the sheer cliff. This was taken on the trail before reaching Observation Point, Zion Canyon.