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The overheated Black Vulture hollers, ‘There is more water here on the pavement than in the Everglades!'
15-April-2023
Cold air at high altitudes and overheating of the ground by the (previous) sun generated intense thunderstorm activity in the cores of which a phenomenon was formed which many, by approximation, mistake for hail.
The formation of granular snow/snow grains (or white hail) is all in all similar to that of hail but occurs in clouds mainly composed of ice crystals and not water droplets as typical in spring with thermal 0°C at relatively low altitude.
The updrafts of the "hot part" of the Thunderstorm, which feed the cell, carry/drag humidity and ice crystals (droplets in the case of hail) upwards which compact to form little balls, grains or rice of snow covered with a thin film of black ice, which then fall by gravity from the cold part of the storm (downdraft) where rainfall is concentrated.
What is evident for those who have witnessed both phenomena (the "pure" hail here occurs only in summer in case of heavy thunderstorm) it is the specific weight of the individual snow grain and hailstone, the former decidedly lighter and slower in falling, the latter much harder, compact and faster (and much less white), which can cause serious damage as opposed to the harmless white hail.
Naturally, like everything in meteorology, the clear classification of the phenomena is only formal and concerns the 2 extremes, in reality there is a considerable variety of nuances in the relationship between water and snow to compose the solid precipitations described.
in fact, I overheated today.
yesterday was a two tick day, both in my hair.
I'm hitting the shower tonight to wash any away.
Polaroid I-1 with color I type film
below is a second blurry shot but it's much darker than this. I did no adjustments to the camera. Polaroid has a mind of its own.
Exhibiting an “open door” policy most likely caused by overheating on a warm May day, Santa Fe SD45R 5329 leads a westbound train drifting downgrade out of Bealville.
This was a tough night. Shot in the Pinto Basin (near the "car wash") of Joshua Tree National Park (an area best avoided in the summer months), my camera sensor overheated and I had very few usable photos, despite a perfectly clear, dark night... excellent conditions for shooting the Milky Way. This image is a composite of the old rusty vehicle remains (image 1) and the Milky Way sky (image 2, taken later that same evening). HSS!!
On this their first run for the Michigan Northern we find ex Seaboard RS12's 212 & 213 viewed from the M-115 overpass on the south side of Cadillac, Michigan. This run south toward Grand Rapids would not go well as the lead unit kept overheating and the second had so much oil leaking from the block it shut down before too long. It was a long sloooow chase and I gave up at Reed City - August 26, 1978.
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Street Photography from Glasgow, Scotland.
Black and white re-edit of a shot from May 2016.
My dead PC is being collected tonight for diagnosis and tests, fingers crossed there was no permanent damage from the cooling failure and overheating. The way things are going I need all of the luck I can get. The agonizing wait begins.
Stay safe everyone!
18-April-2022: despite the now recurring acute-dry phases, the water to irrigate the fields will not be lacking... At least for the moment.
The area is however quite rainy, between 1300/1400mm/year of the high plain to 2700mm of Piancavallo Plateau, the only pre-alpine ski resort in Friuli, sheltered by the first grassy mountain ridge in the background and at the foot of Monte Cavallo which is immediately beyond the nearby border with Veneto and is part of the Belluno Pre-Alps/Left Piave Dolomites.
Here it rains especially in autumn with the frequent presence of currents from the South at high altitude and South/East in the lower layers, directly from the Adriatic Sea, which, loaded with a lot of humidity, collide with the mountain range in the photo, which takes off directly from the Pordenone Plain, slowing down and exacerbating the intensity and continuity of rainfalls.
On the Piancavallo plateau, peaks of 700mm were reached in 24h (!!!), especially between October and November.
The aquifers therefore, in one way or another, for the moment, receive water.
So, the main problem of drought in Friuli (and in the rest of my photographic area) are not the sources of drinking and for agriculture water, but the wild flora and fauna that are not used to being without water for months, with an impoverished and increasingly overheated soil.
Shoving hard, 6De-2558, an SM42 belong to Liberty Steel's Huta Częstochowa, pushes a rake of slag ladles up the short spur into the slag tipping site belonging to Haze Sp.z.oo. Trains must reverse on a headshunt when coming in from the direction of the electric arc furnace. We have been waiting for a movement that never comes at the rear of the coking ovens on the late afternoon of July the 25th 2022. But this train comes in to break up the wait. The day has been hot and the locos side doors flap open keeping its internals from overheating and the slag is hot.
In my recent visit to Endem, northen Germany, It was a hot day there, end of September and I could capture this beautiful sheep.
When people think of the MRL, they think of mountains. They think of Bozeman Pass and Mullan Pass. They don't often think about Winston Hill. A true definition of "Big Sky Country", Winston Hill is the last stand between a crew and the hotel in Helena, a true slog that has overheated many a DC locomotive. Beginning at Townsend, the hill quite literally climbs straight up out of town. Seemingly lasting forever at 11 miles in length, for the last 8 miles the hill never dips below a .9% grade. At best, you'll have an hour long crawl up the hill, at worst you'll stall out. The train pictured here stalled out just before reaching East Winston. Looking into the distance, we see the Helena Local has attached themselves to the headend of the train and are now pulling hard to drag the train into the siding. Fitting an NP GP9 and BN SD45 are the reason this train made it into town.
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Candid eye contact street photography from Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It was a cold day, gloomy and damp, I'd have been glad of an extra coat never mind taking one off. Enjoy!
1952 Jaguar C Type
The Jaguar C-Type (officially called the Jaguar XK120-C) is a racing sports car built by Jaguar and sold from 1951 to 1953. The "C" stands for "competition".
The car combined the running gear of the contemporary, road-proven XK120, with a lightweight tubular frame designed by Jaguar Chief Engineer William Heynes, and an aerodynamic aluminium body, jointly developed by William Heynes, R J (Bob) Knight and later Malcolm Sayer. A total of 53 C-Types were built, 43 of which were sold to private owners, mainly in the US.
The road-going XK120’s 3.4-litre twin-cam, straight-6 engine produced between 160 and 180 bhp (134 kW). The C-Type version was originally tuned to around 205 bhp (153 kW). The early C-Types were fitted with SU carburettors and drum brakes. Later C-Types, produced from mid 1953, were more powerful, using triple twin-choke Weber carburettors and high-lift camshafts. They were also lighter, and braking performance was improved by using disc brakes on all four wheels. The lightweight, multi-tubular, triangulated frame was designed by Heynes. Heynes, Knight and Sayer together developed the aerodynamic body. Made of aluminium in the barchetta style, it was devoid of road-going items such as carpets, weather equipment and exterior door handles. According to the Jaguar Heritage Registry, the cars were produced between May 1952, starting with XKC001, and ending in August 1953 with XK054. The original alloy body was marked with the prefix K (e.g. K1037).
The C-Type was successful in racing, most notably at the Le Mans 24 hours race, which it won twice.
In 1951, the car won at its first attempt. The factory entered three, whose driver pairings were Stirling Moss and Jack Fairman, Leslie Johnson and triple Mille Miglia winner Clemente Biondetti, and the eventual winners, Peter Walker and Peter Whitehead. The Walker-Whitehead car was the only factory entry to finish, the other two retiring with lack of oil pressure. A privately entered XK120, owned by Robert Lawrie, co-driven by Ivan Waller, also completed the race, finishing 11th.
In 1952, Jaguar, worried by a report about the speed of the Mercedes-Benz 300SLs that would run at Le Mans, modified the C-Type’s aerodynamics to increase the top speed. However, the consequent rearrangement of the cooling system made the cars vulnerable to overheating, and all three retired from the race. The Peter Whitehead-Ian Stewart and Tony Rolt/Duncan Hamilton cars blew head gaskets, and the Stirling Moss-Peter Walker car, the only one not overheating having had a full-sized radiator hurriedly fitted, lost oil pressure after a mechanical breakage.[3] Testing by Norman Dewis at MIRA after the race proved that the overheating was caused more by the revisions to the cooling system than by the altered aerodynamics: the water pump pulley was undersized, so it was spinning too fast and causing cavitation; also the header tank was in front of the passenger-side bulkhead, far from the radiator, and the tubing diameter was too small at 7/8 inch. With the pump pulley enlarged, and the tubing increased to 1 1/4 inch, the problem was eliminated. The main drawback of the new body shape was that it reduced downforce on the tail to the extent that it caused lift and directional instability at speeds over 120 mph (193 km/h) on the Mulsanne Straight. These cars had chassis numbers XKC 001, 002 and 011. The first two were dismantled at the factory, and the third survives in normal C-type form.
In 1953, C-Types won again, and also placed second and fourth.[4] This time the body was in thinner, lighter aluminium and the original twin H8 sand cast SU carburettors were replaced by three DCO3 40mm Webers, which helped boost power to 220 bhp (164 kW). Philip Porter mentions additional changes:
Further weight was saved by using a rubber bag fuel tank ... lighter electrical equipment and thinner gauge steel for some of the chassis tubes ... [T]he most significant change to the cars were the triple Weber carburetors and [switch to] disc brakes.
Duncan Hamilton and Tony Rolt won the race at 105.85 mph (170.35 km/h) – the first time Le Mans had been won at an average of over 100 miles per hour (161 km/h).
Disc brakes were novel in 1953, and Jaguar's win, partly due to their superiority, set off a scramble to include discs in production cars.
1954, the C-Type's final year at Le Mans, saw a fourth place by the Ecurie Francorchamps entry driven by Roger Laurent and Jacques Swaters.
LaGrange County, Indiana
Male Blue Dasher in the obelisk posture. Dragonflies do this to keep themselves from overheating on hot sunny days. Taken in the Pigeon River Fish & Wildlife Area.
This 1929 Rolls Royce Phantom I Derby Speedster by Brewster garnered a Best in Show trophy at this year's Lime Rock Sunday in The Park Show.
“Quality will be remembered long after the price has been forgotten”
These famous words uttered by founder Henry Royce define the ethos behind the stout engineering of the company’s early creations. Development and construction of a pre-war Rolls-Royce automobile involved continual testing and attention to detail well beyond the standards found elsewhere in the industry at the time. The firm placed representatives within the Sheffield iron works to remain vigilant for any imperfections, and chassis were tested on a bump-rig that would dismantle any other automobile in a matter of minutes. A Rolls-Royce was to withstand this durability test indefinitely.
World War I provided Rolls-Royce automobiles the opportunity to fully display their abilities, with armored variants double the weight of their road counterparts rarely experiencing overheating issues even in the desert with a bullet-resistant shield covering the radiator. It was said that to keep a Rolls-Royce running forever, one simply needed gas and tires.
With a healthy post-war market in North American and a desire to circumvent import tariffs, the company established Roll-Royce of America, Inc. in Springfield, Massachusetts after purchasing the plant which formerly housed the American Wire Wheel company. The first automobiles rolled out of the factory in 1921 and continued for a decade before the depression sealed the fate of the brand’s Stateside effort.
Despite this short run, just under 3,000 cars rolled out of the factory in this time. Between the Silver Ghost and Phantom model, the company sold to distinguished clientele including President Woodrow Wilson and the famous Guggenheim and Bloomingdale families. Additionally, the increased North American presence allowed coachbuilders like Willoughby, Merrimac, and Holbrook the opportunity to place their work atop the Roll-Royce chassis.
One of coachbuilding’s crown jewels, Brewster & Company began their relationship with Rolls-Royce in 1914 when it became the sales agents for the firm in addition to the main body supplier for cars sent to the United States. After attempting to market their own car with little success, Rolls-Royce acquired the coachbuilder outright in 1925. The reinforced relationship allowed Rolls-Royce to market a number of standardized bodies to their clients in their showrooms which further increased the speed at which cars were delivered and lowered the price. Covering the wide variety of styles available, these bodies were named after various towns in England like the Derby Touring Sedan or Huntington Limousine. Remarkably, chassis were completed in Springfield, fitted with temporary seats, and driven to the Brewster Building located in Queensboro Plaza, New York.
Today, these Brewster-bodied, Springfield-constructed Rolls-Royces are coveted by devotees of the brand thanks to their immense style and historical significance.
A SIMPLY STUNNING SPEEDSTER
The 1929 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Derby Speedster is a particularly spectacular example of Brewster’s skill. The design is rakish yet dignified, with thoughtful details contributing to a breathtaking, balanced whole; the fenders in particular present a sporty appearance, with the rear pair kicking up at the tips. Five examples are known to have been built, of which only four remain.
.. tiny silver balls balanced on the edge of my cuff bracelet.
for the Crazy Tuesday challenge: Edge
Not just decorative, but with a story to them.
My silversmith friend was experimenting with a technique called "crumpling" where a heavy press literally crumples a sheet of silver, making unique textures that look like cloth. She then shaped the cuff and was just finishing the edges, (smoothing them and applying a pattern) when she accidentally overheated one spot and the silver melted. So she made some tiny silver balls and added them to cover up the slip ... and made the cuff even more special to me!
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The Rio Grande Zephyr train No. 17 descends the 2% grade from Soldier Summit through Gilluly, Utah the evening of June 19, 1976. The doors on the first F9B are open to cope with a minor overheating issue.
Countries are finally going to try to stop our world overheating? Not if big industry has its way. The stakes are very high in the next few days.
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My brother, nephew and I shared a lovely cottage on North Uist only 20 minutes stroll from the beach at Balranald. There were 3 different corncrakes that we could see or hear from the garden. This was our resident bird that seemed to like coming onto a small wall to preen if the sun was shining. This encounter happened when I was walking out of the door to drive to looks for shorties. He was happy to preen knowing I was there however once I was there I couldn't move for risk of him spooking. I like this as it's a very different look to how we normally picture Corncrakes.
I know I'm posting a lot however the camera is literally overheating up here some days.
Can take a risky L here.
24th January 2018:
I need some sun, my SAD is not good.
Grabbed my 'tea cosy' hat that Graham gave me for Christmas and took a close up of the colours.
Better viewed large and thank you for your favourites. :O)
NB. Sorry. but I can't upload groups and or people's photos. It's just overheating my laptop.
Will be back tomorrow Yahoo/Oath permitting.
Taking it easy in the warm weather, just after this shot my camera failed and the Kingfisher dove into the water and caught a fish. It the flew away as a canalboat came by. camera must have overheated, told me S.D card had failed, 30 mins later it all worked fine By the time I got out my other camera the Kingfisher was long gone
Galapagos Islands
Galápagos sea lions are especially vulnerable to human activity. Their inquisitive and social nature makes them more likely to approach areas inhabited by humans, and thus come into contact with human waste, fishing nets, and hooks. They occupy many different shoreline types, from steep, rocky cliff sides to low-lying sandy beaches. To avoid overheating during the day, sea lions will take refuge from the sun under vegetation, rocks, and cliffs.
Not only are sea lions social, they are also quite vocal. Adult males often bark in long, loud and distinctive repeated sequences. Females and juveniles do not produce this repetitive bark, but both sexes of younger pups will growl. From birth, a mother sea lion recognizes her pup's distinct growl/bark and can pinpoint it from a crowd of 30 or more barking sea lions.
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When I was a kid I believed everything I was told, everything I read, and every dispatch sent out by my own overheated imagination. This made for more than a few sleepless nights, but it also filled the world I lived in with colors and textures I would not have traded for a lifetime of restful nights.
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Old mine in Sweden. The cooling fan in the drone stopped so it became overheated and I had to cancel .... but now it is fixed. 😀 Here is a link to that little video :
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It is nothing but a bar chart of success as one of my flickr mates Trevor commented on my previous photo titled “Dubai’s Towering Ambitions”.
Competition among skyscrapers is quite fierce in Dubai these days.
When our holiday cottage in Norfolk mentioned Little Owls, I was sold. These were in a disused bit of the farm 50 metres away, and I didn't waste any before asking the farmer if I could setup a popup hide. So, holiday sorted. On this particular day, the owls had perched quite close to the hide and I had to crawl to it through stinging nettles (cue sleepless nights with stinging legs). It did however allow for some amazing Little Owl watching. Including this from an adult, who was overheating and therefore opening its mouth and panting to try and cool down.
I was as intrigued by the man in the shadows as I was by this nighttime oasis!
Dear Flickr friends: I will catch up to you...my computer overheated during the heat wave we had in Paris...when I still had to work and receive family...it's cooled off since, though!
Spent the day outside helping with the jog-a-thon at the school, I'm a PTA mom now. I came home overheated, it is 91 degrees F here today and though I don't want summer to end lower temperatures will be welcome. It was a treat to play in the cool water trying to make an interesting picture.
On one of our extremely hot and humid days, our Amish friends stopped to water and cool off their overheated horse. They eventually decided not to tax the horse further, hence young man pulling buggy the 1/4 mile home--mostly downhill. The person in the buggy is a 5 year old child getting a free ride.
Mullan Tunnel, burrowing under the Continental Divide at Mullan Pass, was part of the first mainline transcontinental route for the Northern Pacific Railway. When it was originally built in 1883, it was less than 13 feet wide, which is very confining for modern-era trains. Montana Rail Link enlarged the bore in 2009-10 and shortened its length by 400 feet, but it is still the longest rail tunnel in Montana at 3,426 feet. This extensive tunnel work widened it by three feet and increased its height by five feet. Besides more clearance for equipment, it also allows for increased fresh air in the tunnel, which helps to keep trailing and helper locomotives from overheating.
Before the tunnel work and during the aftermath of a late summer snowfall atop Mullan Pass on September 16, 2006, westbound BNSF MLAUSPO, led by a pair of MRL SD45 point helpers, smokes its way out of Mullan Tunnel at Blossburg, Montana.
Montana Rail Link SD70ACe Nos. 4302 and 4305 get a thorough bath by local contractor R&R Mobile Services and their high-pressure wash trailer at Helena, Montana, on October 8, 2005.
So how did these locomotives get so filthy? When Mullan Tunnel was originally built in 1883, it was bored for the smaller railroad equipment of the day, and was less than 13 feet wide. In 2009-10 MRL enlarged the tunnel, widening it by three feet and increasing its height by five feet and even shortened its overall length by 400 feet. Besides more clearance for equipment, it also allows for increased fresh air in the tunnel, which helps to keep trailing and helper locomotives from overheating. It also helped keep the locomotives and trains a bit cleaner too.
MRL SD70ACe locomotives used in Mullan Pass helper service were cleaned by contractors on a almost daily basis. Note to BNSF: You might want to the same thing (yeah… that’s not going to happen…), or maybe have a specially-assigned fleet of GEVOs painted solid black for MRL Subdivision helper service.
06-August-2023
I have added many notes for reference, but it should also be looked at without notes, by clicking on it or holding the mouse outside the photography area.
After the heat rain showers and with the sun setting, the transparency of the air becomes superb thanks to the dust thrown to the ground by the rain and the absence of the sun which raises it with overheating, together with the humidity creating a typical monocromatic bluish colored atmosphere on the longer distances even with good basic visibility.
The sun is not there but its legacy is well imprinted in the colorful late twilight made even more intense by the long exposure dedicated to each photo that makes up this moderately zoomed overview.
Panoramas made up of moderately zoomed vertical photos are a good solution to have both a fairly broad horizon and a certain detail down to a small scale.
Of course, the best would be to have a large monitor that could show this photo, entirely, at its considerable size or a nice wall poster.
I say this clearly as a lover of my lands... :-)
March 2006, the Davies Alpine House opened, the third version of an alpine house since 1887. Although only 16 metres (52 ft) long the apex of the roof arch extends to a height of 10 metres (33 ft) in order to allow the natural airflow of a building of this shape to aid in the all-important ventilation required for the type of plants to be housed.
The new house features a set of automatically operated blinds that prevent it from overheating when the sun is too hot for the plants together with a system that blows a continuous stream of cool air over the plants. The main design aim of the house is to allow maximum light transmission. To this end the glass is of a special low iron type that allows 90 per cent of the ultraviolet light in sunlight to pass. It is attached by high tension steel cables so that no light is obstructed by traditional glazing bars.
To conserve energy the cooling air is not refrigerated but is cooled by being passed through a labyrinth of pipes buried under the house at a depth where the temperature remains suitable all year round. The house is designed so that the maximum temperature should not exceed 20 °C (68 °F).
Kew's collection of alpine plants (defined as those that grow above the tree line in their locale – ground level at the poles rising to over 2,000 metres (6,562 feet)), extends to over 7000. As the Alpine House can only house around 200 at a time the ones on show are regularly rotated.
19-August-2024
Under the vast anvil of a fading supercell to the east (to the left/behind in the photo) new cumulonimbus clouds are forming to the south-west, due to residual downdraft winds from it and flowing over a sea that is almost 30°C warm!
The sky is interesting and visible also thanks to the 50-second lens aperture that on the one hand recreates the fluid movement of the clouds in almost 1 minute (although detail is partly lost), on the other it manages to capture all the artificial light possible without increasing the ISO
Small injections of slightly less hot air at altitude are enough to exploit the potential energy of a boiling sea at 45° north latitude, where the hamlet called Villaggio del Pescatore ("Fisherman's Village") is located, near the mouth of the river "Timavo" which has an initial open-air course on the Slovenian Karst, where it is called "Reka", then a long underground route in still (almost) unexplored caves and the here nearby final resurgence, where it is then called "Timava" (izvir Timave) by the Slovenians, while in Italian it is "Timavo" the entire course, from the Dletvo reliefs, between Slovenia and Croatia to the mouth at Villaggio del Pescatore.
The Timavo divides the provinces of Trieste and Gorizia.
Here we are in the northernmost area of all Mediterranean sea, but the shallow depth of the upper Adriatic sea, during 2 extremely hot months (the two-month period July-August 2024 was the hottest ever recorded over a vast area of southern Europe, the Mediterranean and the Balkans) and almost always sunny, has allowed the overheating of the entire water column.
Of course these are isolated Tstorms, the first real Atlantic front will reach these areas only on September 8, 2024.
Haven't I told before that Dutch summers are as unpredictable as anything ? This day was another fine example of it, albeit not for the birds.
In a shady spot in our backyard, I heard a rapid breathing with a somewhat hoarse and pulsating sound. I discovered this house sparrow that was visibly struggling with this - also for us Dutch - tropical temperature of 35 degrees celsius.
Fortunately the sparrow survived although I had my doubts about it, but all's well that ends well!
Pictures made with PENTAX K-1 Mark II / 150-450 mm( in crop mode 600 mm ) / F7.1 / 1/500 and ISO 1000.
"It appears that the 6983 isn't working because its out of fuel."
"Well that'll make the train a little lighter."
Harvest season is in full swing along the Wheeling as a set of SD40 variants work to lug a heavy eastbound stone train with freight on the front up the grade just east of Lodi, Ohio. Shortly after this image was taken, the third unit on the train overheated and the fourth unit ran out of fuel, which resulted in the crew having to make multiple attempts to climb the grade east of Creston with just two units.
Interesting information from my friend Richard Orr (Comment below).
* 'The raised abdomen could actually be "obelisk behavior". This often occurs when males on territory (out in the sun) become overheated but do not wish to leave their territory. They orient themselves so that the abdomen points towards the sun (or near) to reduce the amount of sunlight directly falling on the body of the insect (producing minimum shadow). If this was the case of your male then he is trying his best not to soak up the sun.'
Trithemis annulata, known commonly as the violet dropwing, violet-marked darter, purple-blushed darter or plum-coloured dropwing, is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae. It is found in most of Africa, in the Middle East, in the Arabian Peninsula and southern Europe. These insects are called dropwings because of their habit of immediately lowering their wings after landing on a perch. Males of this species are violet-red with red veins in the wings while females are yellow and brown. Both sexes have red eyes.
Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata) Italy_w_5265
The sanatorium was designed according to the modernist principles of 'het Nieuwe Bouwen' (new way of building) by Johannes (Jan) Duiker in collaboration with Bernard Bijvoet and engineer Wiebenga, an early specialist in concrete constructions. The main building and the Ter Meulen pavilion opened in 1928. The Dresselhuys pavilion was finished in 1931, De Koepel pavilion in 1934. There has been ongoing restauration since 1997 by Dutch architects Hubert-Jan Henket and Wessel de Jonge. The main building and workshops were restored in 2003. The exterior envelope of the Dresselhuys pavilion was restored in 2008. Further restoration stages are being planned. The surrounding site is being restored by landscape architect Bureau Alle HospeZonnestraal was built as a tuberculosis sanatorium in the 1920s and 1930s. The building features the classic design of the sanatorium, which focuses on as much open space and fresh air as possible. However, it still embodies the definition of the modern architecture by the immense amount of repetition and the avoidance of superfluous decoration. The building is mostly made of transparent materials to allow as much light as possible to enter the patients' rooms. With this transparency, the building runs a large risk of overheating. However, the architects understood these risks and incorporated a cooling system in the building; something that was not common at this point in time. The surfaces that are not transparent are very sterile and smooth in appearance making very hygienic surroundings. The buildings are arranged in a loose "pin-wheel" design that created separation between patients' rooms, giving each of them the adequate amount of sunlight needed for therapy. The distribution of space in this manner created the ability for every patient to have a sunbathing balcony that was unobstructed by any other patient's room or building. The design of this architecture can be referred to as Heliotherapeutic Architecture (Light therapy) and was actually a short lived style in its purpose for therapy because of the discovery of the cure for tuberculosis. However, this style focuses on the engineering required to satisfy the patient's needs. In fact, the architects preferred to refer to themselves as building engineers.[4] After abandonment in the 1980s the building was submitted to UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites. However, with this submittal, the building's structural deterioration could not be solved by demolition and rebuilding. Instead new techniques of concrete repair had to be used
We're all melting in the heat, so Henry and I spent the afternoon in the living room with all the curtains drawn
30-July-2023
If storms are not suited to come during the day then I have to do everything possible to photograph them at night.
Summer doesn't offer much other between resorts full of tourists, clogged highways, environment suffering from the great heat...the weather-related photos remain, which instead in summer have the greatest interest and variety.
I prefer to photograph clouds and phenomena during the day (especially with late afternoon/evening or early morning natural low lights) because the photographic performances are clearly superior, but the nocturnal charm is not lacking.
The fact that thunderstorms, at least as regards the Gulf of Trieste, concentrate between late evening and night can be explained by the presence and influence of the Mediterranean which, unlike the inland areas with soil overheated by the sun (therefore with thunderstorms mainly in the afternoon), it releases the heat, i.e. the potential energy accumulated during the summer days, after the sun goes down.
Knottingley depot
37422, 08605 and 08704 create a rather dramatic view of what's possible in 2021.
1Z37 working from Carlisle to Leeds with 37419/423 ran into difficulties when 419 overheated.
eventually removing the errant loco at Kirkby Thore, 423 tackled the s&c with 11 bogies and 2 dead 66s.
fire alarms on 423 caused more delays.
The tour then missed out Leeds and I went to Wakefield kirkate to relive 1Z37.
After reversal and into the down goods load 37423 was detached and went light to Knottingley.
As this driver stayed with the loco unfortunately it made his hours too long for the following day and some route was sadly lost today (Saturday)
1Z37 then went into Europort. but had to leave straight away as any moves would have delayed a commercial intermodal service.
Arriving in York some 2hrs late then 5Z37 to Knottingley. 37423 was waiting and a hastily arranged 37422 from York had also arrived.
next job was get some pics! water the stock. remove the 66s and place the 37s for the morning departure.
it turned into a long evening, but worth every minute.
After last week's overheated buggy hike, we took it easy with a really short overnighter to Green Mountain in the Glacier Peak Wilderness. Sunrise was beautiful over a sea of fog from a spot about 0.3 mile from the camping area. It was sobering to see the fire damage to the Downey Creek trail, which we hiked up for a memorable cross-country trip some summers back, but I was also glad to see that the forest along the Suiattle River Road is as green as ever.