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“Origins” (2021) Inspired by the stunning Iceland aerial photographs by Haraldur Diego (aka @volcanopilot ) this black sand abstract focuses on form, texture and flow. When I learned of his passing last month, I decided to process an abstract as my own personal tribute to him. I never got to meet Haraldur in person, but I appreciate how he showed the world the beauty of Iceland’s glacial rivers and streams. Thank you!
"Let's Rock 'n' Roll!" *Steppenwolf intensifies*
Happy First Contact Day!
I am glad to launch my LEGO minifigure scale Phoenix on this special day! 😊🚀
Including Lego Minifigures of Zefram Cochrane, William T. Riker and Geordi La Forge! 😎
Some details I really like: The various patterns on the cockpit-module, the warp-nacelles and the detailed main thruster! I included as well some black and white parts in the hull, resembling the origin of the Phoenix as nuclear missile.
I really liked this particular concept on Star Trek First Contact - the transformation of a weapon of mass destruction into a vessel that will shape a peaceful future!
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Il più conosciuto Caimano navetta d'Italia, il mitico 656.607 nella splendida livrea d'origine, è qui immortalato in entrata a Rifredi sul primo binario, in testa all'MRS 53321 TREVISO C.LE-BICOCCA. Ringrazio Michael Carli per la segnalazione.
(FI RIFREDI 13-10-14)
Alex Williams stood in a dark alleyway. On her brother's urging, she had arranged a meeting to by clone, a drug contraband in New Blok City, from the Skull, a well-known crime boss and drug trafficker. Now, she was wishing she hadn't. The Skull's minions had yet to show, and If she didn't get out of there soon, she was going to get mugged. As she was debating whether or not to . continue waiting, she felt a sharp tap on her shoulder. Alex spun around to see a man in a creepy latex mask, shaped like a skull, staring at her. "Are you-" "Yes." The man replied. "Let's get down to business." "I trust you have my payment?" "Y-y-yes" Alex stammered. She was terrified, both of getting caught by the police and the man in the skull mask. "Excellent." The man said, holding out his hand. "Clone first." Alex said with all the confidence she could muster. "This good enough for you?" The goon asked, opening a black suitcase. Inside were ten hypodermic needles, each containing a milky gray fluid. "Y-yes." Alex stammered again, Holding out a two crisp $100 bills. "Pleasure doing business with you." The dealer said wryly, grabbing the bill out of her hand and handing her the suitcase. "If you ever need me, you know who to call." He said, walking away. Alex nervously took one of the needles and injected it into her arm. As the clone rushed through her veins, she felt the excited tingling sensation her brother, Drake, had described, but also some thing else. Alex fell to the ground, shaking and sweating profusely as her body began to overheat. As she slipped from consciousness, she heard the scratchy voice of the henchman say, "Yes, Boss. Everything is going to plan."
This is my first entry to the League of Heroes 8x8 contest. I hope you enjoyed it! Also, the drug "clone" is a creation of fellow league member Andhe :-), and The Skull is a character of Jeremy Green's.
Yashica Mat 124G | Ilford Delta 100
This is my first try with Ilford Delta 100. While I was processing this photo I listened to Vanilla - Origin album over and over again. youtu.be/lSU1eFxgr68 I think it affected in some way the final result. Track no 11 "Traveller" in particular.
Cliffsider is a common name that refers to the society of horned, human like people living like swallows on the sides of cliffs. Goat is a prime example of what most Cliffsiders look like.
The Cliffsider Origin Story (passed down orally from generation to generation): A great, angry cloud appeared and red water fell from the sky. The sun and moons were lost for days. The Smallhorns fought tirelessly against the red waters until one day, the great flood consumed them. Villages, cities, homes, families, crops, livestock – everything became wet with red sickness. Only a few were untouched by the waters and had no choice but to run. They ran for days and days until their feet could not move any more, but the red waters followed them. In the distance the angry cloud rolled and roared. When all was seemingly lost, a dream came to the Largehorned woman, Anakaya. In the dream, a maze of red sea twisted and turned violently. Swallow came to her and spoke. “Follow me,” Swallow sang. Anakaya followed. Higher and higher into the blue sky they climbed until they could climb no more. Swallow looked into the eyes of Anakaya. As Anakaya stared back, her eyes began to change, one blue and one red. Swallow disappeared. On the edge of heaven, Anakaya looked around her. Rocks twisted and turned painfully bringing forth Largehorns. The rocks continued to stretch and cry and Largehorns continued to appear. Anakaya awoke from her dream, one eye shining red and the other shining blue. “Red to remember our lost ones, blue to remind us to climb towards the heavens,” she said. Anakaya led the people north into the Canyon Lands and a new life began.
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon 12-24mm f4
Focal Length: 20 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Aperture: f/14
Shutter Speed: 25 sec
Bryggen (Norwegian for the Wharf) is a series of Hanseatic commercial buildings lining the eastern side of the fjord coming into Bergen, Norway. Bryggen has since 1979 been on the UNESCO list for World Cultural Heritage sites. The name has the same origin as the Flemish city of Brugge.
L'origine du château remonte à 1310 ! La grande aventure viticole du Château La Louvière peut désormais s'accomplir...
1398-1620 : La famille de Guilloche est fondatrice du vignoble moderne de La Louvière.
1620-1789 : Les Révérends Pères Chartreux et leur savoir-faire, sont à l'origine de la renommée des vins de La Louvière.
1792-1901 : La Famille Mareilhac, se caractérise par son amour pour l'art et la viticulture.
1911-1965 : Alfred Bertrand-Taquet, parisien d’origine, actionnaire de la « Revue Vinicole » acheta le domaine et en assura la gestion jusqu’en 1944. Il fut élu maire de Léognan en 1919 et le resta jusqu’au lendemain de la seconde guerre mondiale. Victime de l’absentéisme de ses propriétaires, la Louvière joua par la suite, les belles endormies pendant plus de quinze ans.
Enfin, en 1965 , André Lurton, viticulteur originaire de Grézillac tomba sous les charmes de La Louvière et s’en rendit acquéreur. Les années qui suivirent, virent ce domaine retrouver peu à peu son prestige d’antan… La demeure fut entièrement restaurée et le vignoble reconstitué…
Mom must be worried, it's past 8:30. Maybe I should give her a call to let her know I'm waiting for the next subway car.
Smoke comes pouring out of a nearby hallway and with it a mysterious man dressed all in black.
"You, have been chosen boy."
"Chosen for what?"
"To be the next protector, come with me to discover your true potential."
"Where are we going?"
"To see the wizard."
We walked down the hallway but it looked different than it usually does. There were strange pictures and holograms all over the walls. We arrived at at a train and the doors opened.
"Get in."
"Where will it take me?"
"That I've already told you."
"I still don't understand, why am I here?"
"I'm afraid I must allow you to find that out for yourself, you must ride this train to your destination."
"How do I know when to get off?"
"This train only makes one stop."
The train started moving, I'm defiantly going to be late.
Bisogna saper accettare le critiche sia belle che brutte perchè solo così si cresce e si va avanti migliorando giorno per giorno! sono proprio quelle che ti danno la forza di progredire sempre più
Origin of the body's parts: Brest, France
Devices reused: fishing boats and military boats
HADDOCK is one of the super A.I. developed by the United Nations to have a total human behaviour. He's strong, confident and adapts very easily to its surroundings, making him manipulative. His specialities are oceans and wrestling.
During the "breach opening", he decided to follow the A.I. and to build all by himself a full mechanical body. He planned to join the evil A.I. since the beginning but was aware humans would react quickly and stop them all. So he decided to build himself during nights and at slow pace, then waiting in a hideout to destroy his first big enemy: a buff A.I. from Australia...
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Here's KOALA's rival, sort of... While KOALA leads the good A.I., HADDOCK serves as one of the most dangerous minions of the other team. Also the name's choice is a tribute to Patrick Béthune, a french voice actor who passed away last year and who interprets Captain Haddock in the Tintin movie by Spielberg. He was also a regular voice actor for Russell Crowe and Robert Redford.
See ya!
They say plants don't move.
Only some 120- hours ago these were all yellow dandelions.
And thye figured out haw to mix their males and females to fly far away without using any of their own energy,,
Parachutes come to mind.
Protégé par le Parc Naturel Régional de Corse, le Parc Naturel Régional de Scandola s’étend sur 900 hectares de terres et 1000 hectares de mer. Cette péninsule sauvage d’origine volcanique est un site du patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO.
La construction de ces tours génoises est la conséquence de la prise de Constantinople par les Turcs en 1453.
Punda Maria is the northern most camp in the Kruger and still makes use of these huts which were originally built in 1933.
The name "Punda Maria" has two possible origins according to krugerhistory.com. The first I knew of but the second is interesting:
1. The first and most documented origin is that of the first animals which Ranger Coetser encountered upon his arrival in the Shingwedzi Reserve, namely a herd of zebra. The Swahili name for zebra is punda milia (striped donkey). His wife’s name was Maria and apparently she was fond of wearing striped black and white dresses. He therefore thought that Punda Maria would be a suitable name for the post. In 1959, the National Parks Board (on recommendation of RJ Labuschagne), changed the name to Punda Milia, based on the incorrect assumption that Coetser had spelt the Swahili name incorrectly. In 1981, the true facts were brought to the attention of the Board by Dr U de V Pienaar and the original name was restored.
2.The second possible origin comes from some of the older Venda people, who called the Punda Maria area, which includes the easternmost foothills of the Soutpansberg, Phande Mariha, “border of the winter(s)”, as they noticed the area to the west (inland) to be greener and with a more moderate climate than the plains to the east, with it’s frost, cold and brown winter grass (phande – stop, up to here, border of, and mariha (plural of vuriha) – winters). They therefore maintain Punda Maria to be a corruption of Phande Mariha.
Punda Maria Restcamp
Far North Kruger National Park
Limpopo
South Africa
As part of service reductions on the EYMS York to Bridlington corridor from late May, service 46A will be withdrawn after service on 20/05/17. The 46A has its origins in the diversion of a return Mon-Fri 743 journey via Kirkburn and Tibthorpe in 2011 as a replacement for the northern leg of service 142. When the 743 and 744 were renumbered to 45 and 46 in January 2013 the diverted journey became a 46A and this was extended to operate on Saturdays when the northern half of the 142 was withdrawn in its entirety in May 2014 to coincide with the closure of Driffield depot. These changes will see Tibthorpe and Kirkburn lose their primary bus service, although the summer Sundays ME1 does run through Tibthorpe. More usefully, Kirkburn is a very short walk from the A614, albeit without stop flags for the 45/6 at present.
Volvo B7RLE/Wright Eclipse YX54FWP (342) was caught in Kirkburn this morning with the 09:05 Pocklington to Driffield 46A. Duties on these routes have tended to be covered by deckers, however current diagramming sees an Eclipse work off Woldgate College route 13W for this 46A to Driffield before operating to York as a 46. The saloon is then swapped off the 12:45 York-Driffield 46 in Pocklington to allow it to take up afternoon school work, being replaced by a decker which continues to Driffield before operating workings for Driffield School and Bishop Burton College. Alongside 338, 342 is one of two of the type at Pocklington, both arriving from Hull in 2015 as replacements for older B10BLEs.
Volume 1 - Origin of Powerhouse: Issue #1
Flicker Fighters
It had been six months since Ben and his Mum had moved to Advent City. It was a big transition in both their lives moving from the Scottish countryside and into the big city. However, with his Mum being CEO of ‘Imagine’ he wasn’t surprised to hear she wanted to manage the company in person. Six months later, and Ben had only made one friend who he really liked, Connie. She was in the same college class as him studying Biomedical Sciences and she was also new to the city. They didn’t really have much in common other than that but, they both had the same personality and enjoyed one another’s company. They could talk about anything and always had a good laugh. Ben contemplated asking her out but he didn’t want to ruin such a good friendship and break the bond that they had, should anything happen. She was a total nerd for mech suits and it just so happened that the new branch opening in ‘Imagine’ was developing some. It was supposed to be kept a secret until their grand unveiling later in the year, but Ben knew Connie wasn’t exactly going to go around telling everyone. Therefore, he arranged to surprise her and set her up for a tour of his Mum’s company. She was more than excited for the day, and Ben struggled not to reveal the surprise. He planned to keep it for the end of the tour and then lead her through the storage facility, where the armoured suits are kept. Ben saw the suits and their designs, half of them were all ready to be showcased. However, his Mum planned to reveal them as a complete set on display once the others had been built. Ben was far too excited to show her the suits, so much so he was going to make her suspect something if he kept smiling like a lunatic.
Ben makes his way through the bustling crowd and is about to check his phone and ask where she is. She was supposed to be outside the main entrance. Although with the way he’s getting bumped about by the city crowd, he figures she got overwhelmed and went inside. She was probably chilling on her phone in a corner, the same thing he’d be doing to avoid the large crowds. He enters the building and there she is, exactly where he thought she’d be. As if she knows he’s watching, she looks up from her phone and smiles waving. They walk towards one another as she slips her phone back into her pocket.
Ben: “You ready for the best tour of your life?”
Connie: “Yeah, I got my camera ready like Peter Parker.”
Ben: “Well I can assure you there’s no radioactive spiders here. I asked my Mum to get some, but apparently it’s a ‘safety hazard’.”
The two shares a laugh and Ben begins to lead her through the tourist exhibits based on all of the new technology. Ben had heard about most of it when talking business with his Mum. Some of the projects were just frivolous crazy things for rich people with far too much money to purchase. Such as nanotechnology paint that allows you to decorate your room with micro robots. They can be remotely controlled to change colour, pattern, and even display images from the internet. Which meant you could paint a wall with these devices and have something different everyday. Then there were more useful pieces of technology for medicinal purposes. The kind of technology which would allow the replication of synthetic tissue and allow it to be ‘filled’ with a false but functional nervous system. It sounded like something from a Sci-Fi show. But that’s why the company was called, Imagine, they create technology that could only have been plucked from wildest of imaginations. Connie was overjoyed as Ben showed her some of the exhibits and the more excited she got the more he felt himself hurrying to show her the grand finale - the mech suits in storage.
Ben: “Come on, I got something cool to show you in the back. My Mum said as long as you keep it a secret and don’t take any pictures it’s okay.”
Connie: “Ooh, something top secret?”
Ben: “For the next year or so, yeah. Now come on, you’re going to love it.”
Ben leads her away from a bustling exhibit, he had to stop himself from pulling her to hurry. He knew she was going to love seeing these suits, she loved that sort of thing. She was a nerd just like him when it came to this stuff. As they are making their way through the crowd Ben turns, beaming a smile. However, someone in the building screams from just down the corridor. The overlapping conversation of the crowds around them fall silent. The scream echoes up the corridor, soon followed by other terrified shrieks. A large crashing sound causes a tremor to quake throughout the exhibit. People begin to murmur amongst themselves and others start to make their way to the exits.
Connie: “What the hell was that?”
Ben: “Um, I’m not sure. We should probably-“
An automated female voice blares from the speakers in the roof, “Emergency! Emergency! Everyone please evacuate the building in a calm and orderly fashion.”
Everyone begins pushing and shoving as they stampede towards the exits. Connie gets shoved to the ground by a larger man who doesn’t bother to look her way as she cries out. Ben yells in protest and struggles to make his way through the sea of panicked people to get to her. He loses sight of her as she’s engulfed by the mob. He knew she was on the floor, probably getting trampled on by all these people. They were scared but so was she, she was probably hurt as well. It was like the videos he had witnessed on Youtube of people going nuts over deals on Black Friday. Doing anything they can to be the first ones in the door - or in this case, out of the door. Eventually, the numbers of the crowd thin out and he sees Connie curled up in a ball on the floor, in a foetal position. Ben rushes towards her as the automated voice continues to repeat the order to evacuate. He kneels beside her and places his hand on her shoulder, she is trembling.
Ben: “Connie, we gotta get out of here.”
She doesn’t say anything and uncurls herself hesitantly. Ben’s heart sinks as he sees boot imprints on her hands and broken finger nails from being trampled on. Her cheek is red and swollen and her lip is busted in the centre. He forces a reassuring smile and lifts her to her feet pulling her towards the exit. Only to feel the building shudder with another tremor. Debris leaks from the ceiling and Ben looks up seeing a crack tear it’s way through the ceiling. His eyes widen and he continues to haul Connie to the exit. The building shakes one last time and the fracture in the ceiling pries apart. Chunks of rubble and debris rain down in front of him crashing against the ground, just inches away from them and blocking the exit. Ben begins to panic but remembers the emergency exit down the corridor. He turns and holds up Connie as she stumbles alongside him. As they make their way down to the corridor he hears something. At first he thinks it’s another tremor but no, it’s more structured with its sound - coordinated. They were footsteps. Loud, thundering footsteps from just one set of feet. Whoever it was, they were big or wearing steel boots and they were heading right for them.
Ben: “Something tells me that isn’t someone coming to help.”
...... today, being the fourth Sunday in Lent, is Mothering Sunday in the UK.
As a child, in Church on Mothering Sunday, we would be given bunches of primroses or violets to give to our Mothers.
Now, here's your history lesson on the origins of this day which are quite different to the origins of the US Mother's Day (although they have now come to celebrate the same thing ... our Mothers!).
The origin of Mothering Sunday can be traced back to the 1600s when in England people traditionally visited their nearest parish church or "Daughter Church" on every Sunday. In the 1600s, many children after the age of ten left their homes for jobs as apprentices or domestic servants. It was considered important that these children be allowed to visit their home and mother church once a year. So, in the middle of Lent the children were given leave by their employers to visit their "Mother Church" or Cathedral of their hometown. These children on their visit to their homes brought along gifts, flowers and special cakes for their mothers. These visits gradually became a time for family reunions and so eventually this holiday, once meant for the return to the Mother Church, was stretched to include all mothers and was named as Mothering Sunday.
A Happy Mothering Sunday to Mothers everywhere!
Everything .... basket, bow and flowers made of sugar(gum)paste.
(This is to be used as a topper on an 80th birthday cake this week)
Made Explore 02.03.2008
Blue Origin's New Glenn, launching for the first time from LC-36 at Cape Canaveral. New Glenn successfully launched at 2:03AM on January 16th, but its first stage wasn't able to stick the landing as intended on the drone ship out at sea.
NASA image release March 20, 2012
Studies using X-ray and ultraviolet observations from NASA's Swift satellite provide new insights into the elusive origins of an important class of exploding star called Type Ia supernovae.
Three types of systems, illustrated here, may host Type Ia supernovae. The first two panels depict a white dwarf in a binary system accumulating matter transferred from a red supergiant companion many times the sun's mass (left) or similar to the sun (middle). The transferred matter is thought to accumulate on the white dwarf and ultimately cause it to explode. Swift data on dozens of supernovae essentially eliminate the first model. Mounting evidence suggests that some Type Ia supernovae occur when binary white dwarfs (right) merge and collide.
Credit: NASA/Swift/ Aurore Simonnet, Sonoma State Univ.
To read more go to: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/swift/bursts/supernova-narrowi...
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Personally, I hate these bunch of ancient draugr lord.
They use Unrelenting force continuously,
and they always kill my character with just one hit, especially with their ebony bow >:(
Ah.. They pissed me off big times! :D
If I could say, I already repeat this game for 63 times >:D
only in Skuldafn.
Les origines de Senlis en tant que ville remontent apparemment au IIe siècle avant notre ère quand une tribu celte, les Sylvanectes, réside dans les environs.
Vraisemblablement de fondation romaine, la ville est alors appelée Augustomagus — le « marché d'Auguste ».
Le comte Bernard de Senlis n'ayant pas d'héritier, la ville entre dans les possessions d'Hugues Capet au plus tard en 981, où il aurait été élu roi par ses barons en 987 avant d'être sacré à Noyon. Sous les Capétiens, Senlis est une ville royale, demeure des rois de France, d’Hugues Capet à Charles X.
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L’édifice actuel se trouve dans la rue du moulin à Rollancourt, à l’emplacement d’un château médiéval dont plusieurs vestiges nous sont parvenus. La tourelle ronde en encorbellement située dans le parc, reconvertie tardivement en pigeonnier, en est le plus bel élément. On notera également les belles caves situées sous l’aile gauche.
A la fin du XVIIe siècle, Claude-François de Marnix entre en possession du domaine. C’est probablement son fils, le comte Baudry-Aldebert, qui fait construire, au milieu du XVIIIe siècle, le château que nous connaissons aujourd’hui.
Bâti en craie sur soubassement de grès, le château présente deux niveaux surmontés d’un toit en mansarde couvert d’ardoises. En largeur, il aligne onze travées, séparées par des pilastres colossaux s’élevant sur toute la hauteur de la façade, surmontés de chapiteaux ioniques. Les trois travées centrales, qui constituent un avant-corps légèrement saillant, possèdent, contrairement aux autres travées, des ouvertures en plein cintre. Cet avant-corps est surmonté d’un fronton où sont sculptés des motifs décoratifs et des armoiries. Deux ailes basses flanquent l’imposant corps central. La façade arrière, qui surplombe une vaste pelouse, est une copie plus sobre de la façade avant. A l’intérieur, seul le grand salon central a conservé son décor d’origine de boiseries et de stucs. On remarquera également les deux escaliers à « rampe hesdinoise ». La propriété compte en outre plusieurs dépendances.
Vers 1850, le comte de Bertoult rachète le domaine. Entre 1856 et 1867, il fait restaurer la façade, y ajoutant par la même occasion les sculptures du fronton. En 1889, il fait poser les grilles et les persiennes. Utilisé par l’armée allemande entre 1940 et 1944, le château est déserté en 1948.
Il abrite depuis 1976 l’Institut Rural d'Education et d'Orientation, dirigé pendant près de trente ans par Jean-Claude Darque.
(Source : Wiki Pas-de-Calais)
Rollancourt | Pas-de-Calais (62) | Nord - Pas-de-Calais | France
Another sharp one from the Arkham Origins wave 2 shoot. Full gallery at The Toyark here : news.toyark.com/2014/03/21/dc-collectibles-arkham-origins...
When I walk on the beach I reach a point where the condos end and there is nothing but trees on one side and endless ocean on the other. Sometimes I am the only person there and I can imagine how it was at the beginning of time when life first emerged from the sea.
To get this shot:
I was lying on my stomach getting shots of people walking by for this simple comp but not that easy shot. I needed to focus fast and get the shot as they were walking through my frame. Surprisingly, most people walked right on through a few feet from my lens. A few thoughtful people said excuse me coming through your shot or stepped politely behind me. :) But, it was the rude ones I wanted, the ones who walked through the frame without a pause. That gave me the natural looking stride I wanted.
Taken for our daily challenge - humanity
Replica Benz Motorwagen (world's first petrol-engined car)
Intentional Camera Movement abstact with highlights in car details, Gaydon Heritage Motor Centre
A brunette lady posing with a Peugeot in front of a café in a busy city street. She is wearing a knee-length skirt and a sleeveless top in the fashion of the sixties.
There's an intriguing detail to this photo, however. The print was developed by a photographer's shop in the East German town of Bitterfeld. Also, the name of the café in the photo appears to be written in Czech. Where was this photo taken, and how did this rare French convertible end up on the other side of the Iron Curtain?
Country of origin: unknown
Mystery solved: the photo was taken in Budapest's Szent Gellért Square – see below. Thank you, r.csavo!
I had a blast making these guys! I don't have a lot of the pieces that most guys make these figs with but I made do. I really liked how they turned out. My favorites are probably Deadshot, Electrocutioner, or Bane. The only non purist parts of this is Slade's visor and Deadshot's helmet.
Left to Right: Killer Croc, Bane, Deathstroke , Deadshot, Firefly, Electrocutioner, Copperhead, Shiva
Torso credit on Deathstroke and Copperhead go to TheMooseFigs
C&C appreciated! :)