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Amtrak provides a "window on America" with views of all sorts of different kind of lifestyles. The northbound City of New Orleans has already left the urban neighborhoods behind and is cutting across the Manchac Wildlife Area with a different kind of "Man shack" standing on piles in the background. Akers, LA 9/26/19
Seaspan ULC [...] provides marine-related services to the Pacific Northwest. Within the Group are three shipyards, an intermodal ferry & car float business, and a tug and barge transportation company that serves both domestic and international markets. Seaspan is part of the Washington Companies, owned by Dennis Washington. Seaspan is run by his son Kyle Washington, as Executive Chairman, who has become a Canadian citizen.[1] Seaspan ULC was formerly known as Seaspan Marine Corporation, and prior to that Washington Marine Group.[2] Wikipedia
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It is a modern sculpture project in South Korea.
Its main artist is Yoo Young-ho (South Korean sculptor). The concept provides a man, 6 m high, bowing in a typically Asian greeting gesture. The blue color means lack of prejudice.
In October 2012, a statue was unveiled in the neighbourhood of Buceo, Montevideo, Uruguay, as part of a planned world series in multiple locations.
Another statue was unveiled in October 2013 in South Korea, near the Korean Demilitarized Zone, in Haean, Yanggu County, Gangwon.
A third statue was unveiled in January 2016 in Panama City, Panama, the second to be unveiled in Latin America.
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The work was donated by the Korean government.
'For the friendship between Korea and Uruguay'
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Artist:
Yoo Young-ho (born 1965) is a South Korean sculptor.
He graduated in 1991 from the College of Fine Arts, Seoul National University. Later he studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in Germany.
One of his sculptures is located in Seoul's Digital City subsection. It is known as Square-M Communication, a piece of large-scale installation art that resembles a man looking at his own image on a screen. It is 7m in length, 6m in width, and 6m in height using blue-painted stainless steel, representing peace and neutrality. The sculpture is seen briefly in Marvel's The Avengers: Age of Ultron.
He became famous with his Greetingman project, consisting in huge blue-colored statues of a bowing person. One statue was installed in Montevideo, Uruguay. Yoo's intention was to start the project at the farthest place from Korea.
Yoo's idea is to promote peace around the world with his artistic concept; one of his statues has been erected near the Korean Demilitarized Zone, in Haean, Yanggu County, Gangwon, which was the battleground of one of the fiercest battles of the Korean War. Yoo plans to further erect 1000 statues in places like Vietnam, Berlin, and Palestine.
The Limehouse Basin provides a navigable link between the Regent's Canal and the River Thames, through the Limehouse Basin Lock. The Basin, built by the Regent's Canal Company, was formerly known as Regent's Canal Dock and was used by seagoing vessels and lighters to offload cargoes to canal barges, for onward transport along the Regent's Canal. Although initially a commercial failure following its opening in 1820, by the mid 19th century the dock (and the canal) were an enormous commercial success for the importance in the supply of coal to the numerous gasworks and latterly electricity generating stations along the canal, and for domestic and commercial use. At one point it was the principal entrance from the Thames to the entire national canal network. Its use declined with the growth of the railways, although the revival of canal traffic during World War I and World War II gave it a brief swansong. The redevelopment of the Basin started in 1983 as part of the London Docklands Development Corporation's overall masterplan for the Docklands area. However, it took many years for the scheme to come to fruition.
The Milky Way provides a dramatic visual background to the starry night sky with Jupiter. June 5, Jupiter was at it's greatest opposition from the Sun and hence the closest distance to us. It is exceedingly bright over the next day or two. In fact tonight and tomorrow it will be at it's brightest visibility.
After the great flood, even those industries which provide us the most essential commodities in life will be useless.
To get the weekend started off right, suggest to me some music. Those who know me know that I’ve never really been a big “music” person. Late in high school I used to memorize and live my life through the deep meanings behind listen to Rush. Then Iron Maiden, Megadeth… then in college I expanded my mind and listened to all gangsta rap. Then out of college, since I thought I was a “mature business professional” I started listening to jazz & classical. Four months working/living in Australia turned me on to techno/trance, house music and chillout. And then in the twilight of my life here I’ve been listening to a lot of bosa nova, French pop, eclectic music they play on the local NPR station (click on Music at the top) and other crap you’ll find on Youtube. But from time to time I’ll find myself enjoying some Kanye too. I’m all over the map.
After listening to this guy on KCRW, Radio 1 and Triple J, I might actually for the first time in the last… maybe 8 years buy a new CD. Miike Snow has such a great sound and vibe. It’s not fast, it’s not poppy, it just has good music and a voice that goes with it. Anyone else heard of him? This song and video totally describes the kind of sound I’m into at the moment. His first public show was last month! This guy is going to blow up. Doesn't even have a website yet.
So to get this party the weekend started out right, suggest to me some music. Something I can listen to at work, or perhaps crank up in the car with the windows down after work. Link to youtube, or just the name. k, thanks luvyoubyebye.
And have a safe, fun weekend. Emphasis is on fun.
Zoo photography is always a challenge. Cages, no matter how nice, are still cages. Animals are much better off in today's zoo than in times past, but they are still captives. This tiger was sunning himself on a raised platform with a rather ugly base. I chose to digitally provide a reflecting pool image of this grand cat as a better option.
Gloucester Lock provides the only access for barges and canal boats between the docks and the River Severn. It was originally two locks in a staircase; the recesses of the middle gates can still be seen.
The larger windows of Lock Warehouse (1834) date from the 1920s when the building was used for sack cleaning and repairs.
Gloucester Docks is an historic area of the city of Gloucester. The docks are located at the northern junction of the River Severn with the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal. They are Britain's most inland port.
The docks included fifteen Victorian warehouses, that are now listed buildings. It also contains the Gloucester Waterways Museum (opened 1988) and the Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum (opened 1990); the Robert Opie Collection of Advertising and Packaging was also here from 1984 until 2001.
A little puddle provides a near perfect mirror for my second look at Norfolk Southern local H04. Previously relegated to working overnight under the cover of darkness thanks to pandemic reduced train frequencies on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor they have been working on days starting at 0900 at Baltimore's Bayview Yard and working to the big Clorox plant in Perryman daily and as far north as Havre de Grace at least once a week.
Here they are seen on the old line having just finished working Plastipak Industries they are getting their train back together so they can start back south. The old line is a 1 3/4 mile long stub of the old main line through town that lead to the original 1866 bridge. After the mainline was realigned slightly on the approach to the new and higher 1906 structure still in service the old line into town was retained and more than a century later it still has three rail served customers located on it.
NS 5620 is a GP38-2 that was rebuilt with a chopped nose in 2005 from a Southern high hood GP38AC oroginally blt. Aug. 1971 as CNOTP 2871.
Havre de Grace, Maryland
Friday April 2, 2021
…this place provide one of the biggest laughs this weekend…but sadly “what happens on tour..stays on tour” (altho I’m easily bribed with chocolate!)
Why do so many Belgium houses have so much live ammunition abandoned in them…are Belgium people expecting an invasion ?
Some lovely little bits in this sad old house, the old lady died about 3 years ago and it’s been left ever since..i do have a thing for ammunition !
Chateau de le tracteur ..March 2014 Belgium Weekend Bender
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The mountainous areas embracing the Himalayan, Karakorum and Hindukush Ranges are rich in fauna and flora, as compared to other parts of the country. These areas provide an excellent habitat for wildlife in the form of alpine grazing lands, sub-alpine scrub and temperate forests. These habitats support a variety of wild animals. The areas are difficult for human beings to access, hence, most wildlife is present in reasonable numbers though some are endangered for other reasons. Some of the main wildlife species are the snow leopard, the black and the brown bears, otter, wolf, lynx, Himalayan ibex, markhor, bharal, Marco Polo's sheep, shapu/Urial, musk deer, marmots, tragopan and monal pheasants. The snow partridge and snowcock reside at higher elevations. The Rhesus monkey, common langur, red fox, black bear, common leopard, a variety of cats, musk deer (over a limited area), goral, several species of flying squirrels, chakor, partridge and pheasants (koklass, kaleej and cheer) live in the lower elevations. Amongst these the snow leopard, musk deer, Marco Polo's sheep, and the brown bear are endangered. The Tibetan wild ass and the blue sheep populations have been reduced drastically. The cheer pheasant is reported to be extinct from within Pakistan's boundaries, and is included in the IUCN Red Data Book. The western horned tragopan was reported to have disappeared from within Pakistani territory, but has now been relocated to Indus Kohistan, although its numbers are low.
The main threats to the population of wild animals in the northern mountainous regions include, the competition with domestic livestock for existing natural forage, increasing human interference in the form of cultivation, the construction of roads, and hunting.
The Himalayan foothills and the Potohar region, including the Salt Range and Kala Chitta Range, are covered with scrub forests, which have been reduced to scanty growth in most places. Medium-sized animals like the Punjab urial, barking deer, goral, chinkara, partridges (grey and black), seesee and chakor are supported in these habitats. A variety of songbird fauna also occurs in these areas.
Vast Indus flood plains have been cleared of natural vegetation to grow crops. Very little wildlife habitat has been left untouched. Only animals like the jackal, mongoose, jungle cat, civet cat, scaly anteater, desert cat and the wild hare occur in these areas. Hog deer is found in riverine tracts. The crop residues and wild growth support reasonable populations of black and grey partridges.
Little vegetative cover, severity of climatic conditions and the great thrust of grazing animals on the deserts have left wild animals in a precarious position. Parts of Thall and Cholistan are now being irrigated, with the situation almost identical to that of the flood plains. Chinkara is the only animal, which can still be found in average numbers in Cholistan, but rarely in Thall. The blackbuck, once plentiful in Cholistan has now been eliminated. However, efforts are being made to reintroduce them back into the country. A small number of blue bulls are found along the Pak-Indian border, and some parts of Cholistan. Grey partridge, species of sand grouse and the Indian courser are the main birds of the area. Peafowl occur in some areas in Cholistan.
The Thar Desert supports a fair population of the Chinkara gazelle. Peacocks are only found in the wild, mainly because of the protection they enjoy in Hindu communities. The wild ass migrates from the Indian part of the Rann of Kutch to the Pakistani part in search of food.
The Houbara bustard is a regular winter visitor to the desert. Visiting diplomats have hunted and reduced their numbers. The great Indian bustard is sporadically sighted. The imperial sandgrouse is another migrant visiting these areas. Grey partridges are frequently sighted. The python is also threatened with extinction.
The Sulaiman and Kirthar Ranges present habitats manifesting unique characteristics. The former supports the straight-horned markhor, chinkara and urial, whereas Sindh ibex, urial, chinkara and common leopard occupy the latter. The straight-horned markhor, which is almost extinct from within settled boundaries of Pakistan, occurs in somewhat fair numbers in the Tribal Areas. The chakor, seesee and grey partridge are birds commonly found in the tracts.
The reed beds and tamarisk bushes along the rivers support hog deer and black partridge populations. However, due to occasional heavy floods their numbers have also been reduced. The Indus dolphin, fishing cat, and smooth otter are found in the Indus River waters below the Chashma Barrage. The gavial has become extinct in Pakistan. The crocodile is found in small numbers in lower Sindh. Wild boar numbers have increased because of the immunity they enjoy in a Muslim society that forbids its consumption by humans.
The animals found in the south-western mountains of Balochistan are: Sindh ibex, Chiltan markhor, straight horned markhor, wild sheep, leopard, marbled pole cat, Blandford's fox, chinkara, goitered gazelle and the marsh crocodile. The cheetah, is believed to be extinct and the Makran (baluchistan) bear critically endangered. The Houbara bustard (migratory), sandgrouse, black and grey partridges, and the chakor and see see partridges are also found here.
Irrigated forest plantations have emerged as the prevailing land use practice for the last 100 years. These ideally provide excellent habitat for chinkara, hog deer and blue bull. Forest management does not cater to the needs of these wild animals. This, coupled with the poor implementation of laws has resulted in the extinction of species in the irrigated plantations. Due to habitat disturbances, the ungulates have failed to establish themselves, whereas the partridges have flourished well.
The striped hyena and the wolf are widely distributed in the sparsely populated parts of the country. However, information about them is scanty. Information about carnivores in general is difficult to obtain because of their nocturnal mode of life and high mobility. The black bear and brown bear populations are also not understood completely.
Birds of prey like the peregrine, cherrug or saker falcons, tawny eagle, imperial and greater spotted eagles, osprey, shikra, and the black-winged kite occur throughout Pakistan but their population statuses are unknown.
Pakistan's coastline of 1,050 km consists of a variety of habitat types, supporting a wide range of animals, of which over 1000 are fish species. Pakistan's marine flora and fauna have not been studied properly. Hence, detailed information on these species is deficient. Along the shores, there are four species of marine turtles: the ridley, green, leather back and hawksbill turtle, which are of high economic importance. Due to loss of habitat and human disturbances, their population is also decreasing.
About eight species of freshwater turtles are found in Pakistan. Sand lizards, monitors, geckos, agamas, diamond snakes, sand snakes, vipers, cobras, kraits and the famous Indian python constitute the other reptilian fauna.
Large water bodies in the country support a variety of waterfowl both resident and migratory. The extent of wetlands is constantly being changed. On one hand, swamps and marshes are being drained to reclaim land, whereas on the other hand, new dams (large water bodies) have been created for irrigation purposes. Canal irrigation through seepage has also contributed towards increasing the land area under water in the form of water logging. Such areas support a great number of waterfowl by providing them with an excellent habitat. The wetlands are one of the most important wintering areas and "green routes" of Asia. The important waterfowl in Pakistan are the ducks (mallard, pintail, shoveler, pochard, gargeny, ruddy shellduck, teals, tufted and gadwall), geese (grey lag, bar-headed), coots, flamingoes, pelicans, spoon bills, storks, ibises, plovers, curlews, sand pipers, snipes, and herons. The marbled teal and white-headed duck have decreased in number and now visit the wetlands infrequently. Among the waterfowl are (resident) gallinules, moorhens and rails, gulls, terns, water cock, grebes, cormorants, egrets, bitterns, and jakanas. The spot-billed lesser whistling teal and the cotton teal are resident ducks. A rich wader fauna visits the coastline during the winter.
Efforts have been made to document the status of wildlife and in some cases, the correct status is known, whereas most of the information about their populations is sketchy. With the strengthening of wildlife organisations in the country more reliable information can be obtained.
Revision provides better color balance.
Turbulent skies resulting from very strong downslope winds off the Rockies. Surface winds reached 40 gusts to 60 during the afternoon. The sky was full of lenticular clouds most of the day as record high temperatures reached into the mid 60's. It got up to the mid 80's near Denver, 100 miles to my south.
Mutually beneficial relationships provide relaxation for those blessed with them, and observing and photographing symbiotic relationships in nature is relaxing for me.
This bumblebee that seems to be hugging a coastal buckwheat (eriogonum latifolium) flower illustrates the essential role of pollinators in nature.
The beautiful petals of a flower exist to attract the bees or other pollinators needed for the plant to produce fertile seeds. Bees, of course, obtain essential nutrients from both nectar and pollen.
Recent decades have taught us much about interdependence in nature. Growing up in New York, I learned that my brother's hayfever was caused by brightly flowering goldenrod that grew wild near us. But the real culprit was, of course, the ragweed that grew in the same places at the same time. Ragweed's nondescript, green flowers drew little attention to it. Ragweed does not need to draw attention from pollinators, because it is wind-pollinated. It is said that a single ragweed plant may produce about a billion grains of pollen per season.
Photo taken in Santa Cruz, California
The Alfa Romeo 6C name was used on road, race, and sports cars produced between 1927 and 1954 by Alfa Romeo; the "6C" name refers to the six cylinders of the car's straight-six engine. Bodies for these cars were made by coachbuilders such as James Young, Zagato, Touring Superleggera, Castagna, and Pinin Farina. Beginning in 1933 there was also a 6C version with an Alfa factory body, built in Portello. In the early 1920s Vittorio Jano received a commission to create a lightweight, high performance vehicle to replace the Giuseppe Merosi designed RL and RM models. The car was introduced in April 1925 at the Salone dell' Automobile di Milano as the 6C 1500. It was based on Alfa's P2 Grand Prix car, using a single overhead cam 1,487 cc in-line six-cylinder engine, producing 44 horsepower. In 1928 the 1500 Sport was presented, which was the first Alfa Romeo road car with double overhead camshafts.
6C 1500 (1927–1929)
Alfa Romeo 6C 1500
1929 6C 1500 Super Sport, 1929, in the Louwman Collection
Overview
Production1927–1929
Powertrain
Engine1.5 L (1,487 cc) I6
1.5 L (1,487 cc) supercharged I6
Transmission4-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase
2,900 mm (114.2 in) 4-seater[1]
3,100 mm (122.0 in) 6-str., Normale[1]
2,920 mm (115.0 in) Sport, S.S.[2]
In the mid-1920s, Alfa's RL was considered too large and heavy, so a new development began. The 2-litre formula that had led to Alfa Romeo winning the Automobile World Championship in 1925, changed to 1.5-litres for the 1926 season. The 6C 1500 was introduced in 1925 at the Milan Motor Show. Series production started in 1927,[3] with the P2 Grand Prix car as a starting point.The Alfa Romeo 6C-1500 Super Sport features a twin overhead cam six cylinder engine with a bore of 62 mm and stroke of 82 mm, giving a displacement of 1487 cc, as against the P2's 1,987 cc, while supercharging was dropped. First versions were bodied by James Young and Carrozzeria Touring.
In 1928, the 6C Sport model was released, with a dual overhead-camshaft engine. Its sport version won many races, including the 1928 Mille Miglia. Total production was 3,000 (200 with DOHC engines). Ten examples of a supercharged (compressore, compressor) Super Sport variant were also built. Wikipedia
Tiffany Falls Conservation Area is considered a significant natural area. Its bedrock exposures are considered an Earth Science Area of Regional Significance. The central feature of the conservation area is the two waterfalls within it, Tiffany Falls and Washboard Falls, formed by Tiffany Creek.
The area provides a link between the green space corridor along the Niagara Escarpment through the Hamilton urban area, and the extensive natural areas of the Dundas Valley.
conservationhamilton.ca/conservation-areas/tiffany-falls/
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Tree along the Manuels River trail in Manuels, Newfoundland.
Her roots lay exposed to the world; yet they provide strength to the land around her.
As photographers we are lucky to have many tools at our disposal to help us create the images we desire. These tools include a variety of cameras, lens, and editing software to choose from. We also have an endless number of workshops, tutorials and guides filled with information to help push us further in our craft. There is one tool though that I feel is key. One that money cannot buy and one that is very hard to teach…and that is the ability to pre-visualize a shot. No matter what camera gear we have or what software knowledge we have I think it is vital that one has the ability to see their shot before even taking a picture…before even looking through the viewfinder.
I have walked by this tree along the Manuels River trail many times and have always been amazed at its exposed roots. It has a creepy almost scary feel to it yet a sense of beauty. For months now I have pre-visualized an image of this tree and I decided to finally make this image come to light.
Photographing this tree from only a foot off the ground helped create a much different scene then looking at it from a standing position. I wanted to place emphasis on the roots and use them as a leading line. I spent two mornings trying to capture the image I wanted and on this foggy morning it all finally came together.
This image was also a personal challenge for me to push my creative abilities and skills with the camera. At such a low perspective and close proximity of the roots I had to use a technique called focus stacking which meant I ended up taking 7 different images at F8 and manually focusing from front to back working my way up the tree to capture all the elements in focus. Even if I had shot this at F22 I would not have been able to have everything in perfect focus from front to back.
Being able to pre-visualize an image in your mind of a photo you want to create is such an important skill to have. It gives you a clear guide on what you want to shoot and how you want to shoot it. It also gives you the ability to see a scene differently than others and see the potential in it while others my just walk past it.
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The Tallahassee City Hall, located in downtown Tallahassee, FL, provides municipal services for residents of Tallahassee. The building houses government offices, including the Tallahassee legislative body, and provides public records, government services, and information about Tallahassee services.
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
www.localoffices.org/town-city-halls/florida/leon-county
search.leonpa.gov/Property/Details/2136251941760
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Infrared images from Juno provide the first glimpse of Ganymede's icy north pole.
On its way inbound for a Dec. 26, 2019, flyby of Jupiter, NASA's Juno spacecraft flew in the proximity of the north pole of the ninth-largest object in the solar system, the moon Ganymede. The infrared imagery collected by the spacecraft's Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument provides the first infrared mapping of the massive moon's northern frontier.
The only moon in the solar system that is larger than the planet Mercury, Ganymede consists primarily of water ice. Its composition contains fundamental clues for understanding the evolution of the 79 Jovian moons from the time of their formation to today.
Ganymede is also the only moon in the solar system with its own magnetic field. On Earth, the magnetic field provides a pathway for plasma (charged particles from the Sun) to enter our atmosphere and create aurora. As Ganymede has no atmosphere to impede their progress, the surface at its poles is constantly being bombarded by plasma from Jupiter's gigantic magnetosphere. The bombardment has a dramatic effect on Ganymede's ice.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM
"I try to stay classy and provide a little mystery." Kristen Bell
Wearing:
Grace Shirt by Tachinni
Grace Skirt by Tachinni
LlinosL heels by Lindy (kitten feet shape)
Head: Avalon by Lelutka
Hair: Tegan by Doux
Body: Legacy Perky by Meshbody
Built to help control floods and provide municipal water, Savage River Reservoir was completed in 1952 by the US Army Corps of Engineers. The earthen dam and spillway above were photographed c. 1983. The late day sun provided nice contrast to the exposed rock strata.
The headwaters of the reservoir have some of the best trout finishing in the state, while water releases (3/yr) provide class 3-4 rapids.
c. 1983
Nikon EM SLR
Lens - 28mm (dont recall brand)
Kodak TX 5063 (400iso)
Polycontrast rapid II RC paper (8x10)
Image digitized from printed paper using a Nikon D5500.
Reservoir/Dam Info:
max. capacity - 31,800 acre feet.
earthen/rock filled dam, 184 feet (56 m) high
owned by the Upper Potomac River Commission
Review: Consolidation Grouting of Rock Masses
P-42. "The dam and spillway are founded on the Loyalhanna Member of the Greenbrier Formation (Mississippian Age). The bedrock isamedium - to fine-grained limestone with dispersed quartz sand. The formation dips to the southeast into the left abutment at 10 to 15 deg. Major joint orientations are near vertical and strike to the northeast and northwest, roughly parallel and perpendicular to the spillway."
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY: The Mississippian Loyalhanna Limestone
Savage River Dam Photo - 2003-color.
NOAA river forecast and observations
SavageDam_crop-L_50r85q
Bioflight employs a fleet exclusively consisting of the P68. This reduces maintenance and pilot training costs, increases our operational flexibility and provides consistent cost-effective production across a wide range of survey types.
With the ability to either carry observers for low altitude visual surveys or mount advanced camera and laser systems by utilising the aircrafts’ camera hatch, we can adapt perfectly to whichever survey mission and operational requirements you may have.
Our current fleet consist of 10 Vulcanair P68’s divided into 3 Observer and 7 P68C versions.
The Afsluitdijk provides a road link between the provinces of Friesland and North Holland. Since North Holland was part of Vesting Holland ("Fortress Holland"), the national redoubt of the Netherlands at the time, and control of the sluices in the Afsluitdijk was necessary for planned defensive inundations in case of a military invasion, Kornwerderzand was considered strategically important by the Dutch government. From 1931 onwards, fortifications consisting of seventeen casemates and three bunkers were constructed. The position was manned with approximately 220 troops in 1939.
During the German invasion of the Netherlands in World War II, the Kornwerderzand position was defended by Dutch troops. On May 13 and May 14, 1940, the fortifications were attacked by the German first Cavalry Division, while the Luftwaffe attacked supporting Dutch naval units. The German troops, initially lacking support by heavy artillery, were unable to take the position. The fortifications also withstood attacks by dive bombers. The next day the Dutch military in the Netherlands (except for the province of Zealand) surrendered, and the battle ended with the surrender of the position.
In 1943, the occupying German military improved the defenses by building three additional bunkers.
Nowadays, some of the fortifications can be visited as part of the Kazemattenmuseum ("casemate museum").
In tribute to all those brave men and women, boys and girls and volunteers who are ready to provide help at all hours of the day !!! ................... Hats off to all of you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rescue Brigade Egmond
More safety in, on and along the water!
The Egmond Rescue Brigade was founded in 1928 to serve drowning people and victims of accidents on the Egmond beach and in or on the adjacent North Sea. In the summer months, the Rescue Brigade is active on the Egmond beach for surveillance tasks, but do not forget that the Egmond Rescue Brigade is available all year round for emergencies on the beach, in the North Sea and in the dune area.
Dante's View provides a panoramic view of the southern Death Valley basin. The view is more than 3,000 feet above Badwater and it gives you a bird’s eye view of the valley below and the mountain range through it. To the south, the Owlshead Mountains, 19 miles away can be seen, and to the north, the Funeral Mountains 31 miles distant, are visible beyond Furnace Creek. To the West, across Badwater Basin, the Panamint Range rises dramatically to Telescope Peak. To the east is found the Greenwater Range. On very clear days, the highest and lowest points in the contiguous 48 states of the United States: Mount Whitney 14,505 feet high and Badwater −282 feet can be seen.
Dante’s View was used as a filming location for the 1977 film Star Wars, as the characters overlook the fictional Tatooine spaceport of Mos Eisley.
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Dec 26, 2006 Calligraphy by Richard Lazzara
Colourful partitions provide a nice contrast to the concrete pillars, City of Westminster College.
According to Flickr today this is my 20th most interesting photo in all my time on flickr, despite having only received 10 comments. Sadly this illustrates what flickr has become over the last 2 years.
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Since we have had a week of rain I had to dig in to last months camping pics!!
John Jolly ex Scapaflow passenger/workboat ex Humber Pilot Boat now in a sad state of repair having sunk at the Garson pier Stromness Harbour
John Jolly ex Scapaflow passenger/workboat ex Humber Pilot Boat now in a sad state of repair having sunk at the Garson pier Stromness Harbour. This boat summarises somewhat the history of the Flotta Oil Terminal in Scapaflow. The name John Jolly is an old Orkney company originally a coal merchant because of which they were also a ships agent and stevedore because they had to charter a cargo boat to bring coal to the islands, then when the Flotta Oil Terminal started there was an obvious opening for Ships Agents and a natural expansion followed and following a staff buy out following the death of the owner the company expanded rapidly being the only ships agents in Orkney and because everything connected to the Flotta Oil Terminal has to be serviced by sea since it is located on the island of Flotta, there was a need for a reliable launch to service the many tankers and John Jolly approached Mr. William Banks from South Ronaldsay [uncle to the now more well known Andrew Banks owner of Pentland ferries] who owned another launch/boat company which exclusively serviced the terminal to see if his company could provide a suitable vessel for John Jolly shipping agents to use, and so the once Humber Pilot boat was bought and duly named John Jolly after the shipping agency who had chartered her and whom she served for over 3 decades until withdrawal from service after John Jolly shipping agency business was sold to an international shipping agency company combined with the downturn of work at the Flotta Oil Terminal and she was subsequently withdrawn following a sell to new owners, she was taken around to Stromness harbour from her previous base of many years Scapa Pier, where something went wrong and she sank alongside the pier at Garson and was refloated and moved to the very inner end of the pier, where she now lays.
A new trio of examples of ‘data sonification’ from NASA missions provides a new method to enjoy an arrangement of cosmic objects. Data sonification translates information collected by various NASA missions -- such as the Chandra X-ray Observatory, Hubble Space Telescope, and Spitzer Space Telescope -- into sounds.
This image of the Bullet Cluster (officially known as 1E 0657-56) provided the first direct proof of dark matter, the mysterious unseen substance that makes up the vast majority of matter in the Universe. X-rays from Chandra (pink) show where the hot gas in two merging galaxy clusters has been wrenched away from dark matter, seen through a process known as "gravitational lensing" in data from Hubble Space Telescope (blue) and ground-based telescopes. In converting this into sound, the data pan left to right, and each layer of data was limited to a specific frequency range. Data showing dark matter are represented by the lowest frequencies, while X-rays are assigned to the highest frequencies. The galaxies in the image revealed by Hubble data, many of which are in the cluster, are in mid-range frequencies. Then, within each layer, the pitch is set to increase from the bottom of the image to the top so that objects towards the top produce higher tones.
NASA/CXC/SAO/K.Arcand, SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida)
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To provide scale, the tongue of the glacier is 3 km wide. Tasersuaq Glacier is 70kms long after it leaves the Greenland Ice Sheet. This glacier is one of six that drain into Godtha˚bsfjord.
Scientists are currently studying the glacier in response to climate change. The runoff is measured and assessed and also the surface mass balance of the Greenland ice sheet in the Nuuk region (southwest of Greenland) is being measured, observed and assessed using output of two regional climate models.
My oblique aerial photograph also reveals the regional jointing and faults in the landmass.
The outwash of meltwater and moraine extends for 7 kms down the valley then enters Lake Tasersuaq. In this image much of the surface of the lake has refrozen through the winter and in early summer when this was photographed the lake ice was at its maximum extent.
CP 651, an empty ethanol train, heads west through Toronto with a decent amount of manifest freight up front (around 30 cars). Instead of using more motive power, CP combines their empty ethanol rockets with manifests, making for a potentially interesting sight. CP 8857 and CSXT 3192 provide the motive power for this "empty ethanol"
The wooden carving inside #buddhist temples are beyond remarkable and this safe havens provide physical and spiritual shelter to the monks. Apprentice Buddhist monk. Taken in #bagan , #myanmar . (c) Joel Santos #liveforthestory #amazing_shots #amazing_shotz #amazingworld #travelphotos #people_infinity #portrait_planet #portrait_universe #burma #burmeese #portrait_mood #bbctravels #wandertravel #mandalay #joelsantosphoto
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Ship name: Momentum’s Pace.
Pilot: Tom
Mechanic: Sally
Area Designation level: Skeleton Key
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Sally is an aspiring ship engineer and this is her pride and joy, she picked up this tanker and converted it to one of the fastest transport ships in the galaxy. She doesn’t dare pilot her creations. Despite this she found a pilot perfect for the role.
Meet Tom, Toms been a courier pilot since forever. Everyone knows him and he knows everyone everywhere. With the years of service under his belt he’s chilled out a bit in his role, always has a positive attitude and nothing is a problem. As a result Tom is probably way too laid back for travelling at speeds, not enough to get into trouble but enough to create a need for repairs on a relatively regular basis.
Fortunately for Sally every repair is an opportunity for an upgrade and she has no problem maintaining, servicing and repairing ships at speed. The ideal team to get things delivered done no matter the situation.
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This was built for @R.RSluggers starmail build challenge during summer of slug!
Sunset over the final lock on the Caledonian Canal looking across the Beauly Firth towards North Kessock and the Black Isle in the distance.
The wooden jetty provides a spot for boats to tie up before tackling either the Moray Firth or the Caledonian Canal and Loch Ness.
(From Wikipedia)
Inle Lake is a freshwater lake located in the Nyaungshwe Township of Taunggyi District of Shan State, part of Shan Hills in Myanmar (Burma). It is the second largest lake in Myanmar with an estimated surface area of 44.9 square miles (116 km2), and one of the highest at an elevation of 2,900 feet (880 m). During the dry season, the average water depth is 7 feet (2.1 m), with the deepest point being 12 feet (3.7 m), but during the rainy season this can increase by 5 feet (1.5 m).
Most transportation on the lake is traditionally by small boats, or by somewhat larger boats fitted with single cylinder inboard diesel engines. Local fishermen are known for practicing a distinctive rowing style which involves standing at the stern on one leg and wrapping the other leg around the oar. This unique style evolved for the reason that the lake is covered by reeds and floating plants making it difficult to see above them while sitting. Standing provides the rower with a view beyond the reeds. However, the leg rowing style is only practiced by the men. Women row in the customary style, using the oar with their hands, sitting cross legged at the stern.
"Hosting one of the largest Great Blue Heron colonies in Western North America, this island of forest sits between Padilla and Fidalgo Bays. Vera and Bud Kinney donated this property to Skagit Land Trust in 1994 to protect the nesting herons. With the cooperation of neighboring landowners, each year, Skagit Land Trust conducts a nest count in the heronry. 680 heron nests were counted in 2019 in this relatively small area, which provides easy access to feeding grounds for the herons. Unfortunately, the Trust does not have access to all neighboring property, and therefore some heron nests are uncounted. The overall trend, however, shows increasing number of heron nests in the colony on SLT property and the property to which we have access -- and there are likely to be hundreds more nests on the adjacent property to which we do not have access." March Point Heronry
A new trio of examples of ‘data sonification’ from NASA missions provides a new method to enjoy an arrangement of cosmic objects. Data sonification translates information collected by various NASA missions -- such as the Chandra X-ray Observatory, Hubble Space Telescope, and Spitzer Space Telescope -- into sounds.
The Crab Nebula has been studied by people since it first appeared in Earth's sky in 1054 A.D. Modern telescopes have captured its enduring engine powered by a quickly spinning neutron star that formed when a massive star collapsed. The combination of rapid rotation and a strong magnetic field generates jets of matter and anti-matter flowing away from its poles, and winds outward from its equator. For the translation of these data into sound, which also pans left to right, each wavelength of light has been paired with a different family of instruments. X-rays from Chandra X-ray Observatory (blue and white) are brass, optical light data from Hubble Space Telescope (purple) are strings, and infrared data from Spitzer (pink) can be heard in the woodwinds. In each case, light received towards the top of the image is played as higher pitched notes and brighter light is played louder.
Image credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/K.Arcand, SYSTEM Sounds (M. Russo, A. Santaguida)
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Twisting high above Floral Street in Covent Garden, the Bridge of Aspiration provides the dancers of the Royal Ballet School with a direct link to the Grade I listed Royal Opera House.
The award-winning design of skewed alignment and different levels of the landing points dictate the form of the crossing, which is geometrically and structurally simple. A concertina of 23 square portals with glazed intervals are supported from an aluminium spine beam.
These rotate in sequence for the skew in alignment, performing a quarter-turn overall along the length of the bridge. The result is an elegant intervention high above the street, which evokes the fluidity and grace of dance.
A general purpose machine gun provides covering fire for troops
Royal Gibraltar Regiment trains in the UK
Soldiers from the Royal Gibraltar Regiment have recently completed their annual four-week exercise in the UK where they have made use of training facilities not available on The Rock.
After their mandatory shooting tests on the impressive ranges at Hythe in Kent, the troops moved on to Sennybridge to make full use of the huge Brecon Beacons training area.
Unusually, the weather in South Wales was warm and sunny, so sunny in fact that a ban was imposed on the use of certain types of weapons because of the increasing number of large-scale grass fires.
During the exercise, the regiment was visited by its Commander-in-Chief, His Excellency Vice Admiral Sir Adrian Johns, and by the British High Commissioner to The Gambia, Mr Phil Sinkinson. Sir Adrian said:
"I have been very impressed with the regiment's skills and motivation. Clearly, the exercise has been planned to gain maximum value from those facilities which are not available in Gibraltar."
Whilst at Hythe, every soldier completed his annual combat marksmanship test which included distances of 50, 100, 200, 300 and 400 metres. To fail at any one of these distances meant that a soldier failed the whole test.
Major Ivor Lopez said:
"Hythe's ranges are excellent. As well as the rifle ranges, there are ranges for sniper weapons, for our underslung grenade launchers and for our light support weapons.
"There is also a full scale 'village' in which we can practise our internal security tactics. We don't have these facilities in Gibraltar so we have to exploit this opportunity to the full."
After a long journey to the Sennybridge Training Area in South Wales, the troops stepped off the coach straight onto the training area and into five days of living 'in the field', carrying everything they needed on their backs.
During this period they practised all their basic infantry skills and relearned the art of living out in the open. Although the days were sunny and warm, night-time temperatures often dropped below zero.
The sheer size of the training area provided an opportunity to brush up on map-reading skills, so essential for soldiers who are not used to such an expanse of training land or navigating using 1:50000 maps.
It also tested the Regiment's ability to communicate by the use of radios across an area many times the size of Gibraltar. Major Lopez continued:
"We have brought twenty Moroccan troops with us and that also makes us think about how we work in a multinational environment.
"Soldiers' basic skills are learned here in Sennybridge and then adapted for use in Gibraltar. And everything that will be used later in the year on Exercise Jebel Sahara has been learned here."
A further advantage of training in the Brecon Beacons is that most of the Army's infantry courses are held there. The better the regiment's troops get to know Brecon, the better their chances of doing well on their career courses.
By the middle of the third week of the exercise, the troops were carrying out company-sized attacks using 'live' ammunition and 'live' hand grenades.
In one attack, three sections each of eight men made their way up a tight valley, knowing that the 'enemy' was hidden somewhere and was about to open fire on them.
The 'enemy' was represented by electronically-operated pop-up targets but as each soldier ran and dived for cover before opening fire with at least thirty 'live' rounds, there had to be some very real safety measures in place.
Private Daniel Rodgers said:
"I've enjoyed all the live firing. A lot of it has been exciting and I've learned a lot of new skills.
"At the recruit infantry training centre you don't do the training for Fighting In Built Up Areas and I've never done platoon attacks with 'live' ammunition. I'm really enjoying it."
Running separately from the main exercise is the six-week Junior Non-Commissioned Officers' cadre. This tough course helps the regiment select which of its top Private soldiers will achieve their promotion to Lance Corporal.
Several members of the cadre have already dropped off the course and others have injured themselves so the numbers are falling.
Private Luke Willis said:
"We know that promotion depends on how well we do here. Everyone wants to get one of the top slots. The first week was tough as we had snow and ice at night but since then the weather has improved - until today!"
The final days of the exercise saw the cadre setting off on its final task whilst the main regimental exercise was moving into its most intense phase.
The officers who planned the annual exercise had aimed for something that was 'ambitious but achievable' and, clearly, they had certainly achieved their aim.
The Regiment's Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Colin Risso, said:
"This exercise qualifies our unit and our people for all our operationally-mandated tasks in Gibraltar and goes further in preparing every commander and soldier for wider professional utility.
"Let's be under no illusion, this is serious business and we will seize every opportunity we can to achieve the best results."
Every so often the weather conditions provide the most incredible opportunities for the landscape photographer. On a recent visit to North Berwick in Scotland, I was fortunate enough to capture one of those breathtaking moments shortly after daybreak. The first rays of sunlight really set the sky alight, creating a truly spectacular coastal sunrise. The light brushing the tips of the long grass in the foreground really adds something extra special for me. Thanks for looking – Mk
The Funeral Museum at Vienna's Central Cemetery provides insights into the funeral and cemetery culture of past centuries. Interesting, morbid and wonderfully bizarre. Don't miss the merchandising items in the museum shop, dripping with black humor Das Bestattungsmuseum am Wiener Zentralfriedhof gibt Einblicke in die Bestattungs- und Friedhofskultur der vergangenen Jahrhunderte. Interessant, morbid und herrlich skurril. Nicht versäumen: die vor schwarzem Humor triefenden Merchandising-Artikel im Museumsshop www.bestattungsmuseum.at
Cotswold Rail liveried Class 87, No.87007 and BZK liveried 87029 are illustrated at Pirdop, about to tackle some Bulgarian hills with DTV30587, the 16:55 Pirdop - Razdelna service conveying Sulphuric acid tanks.
Classmate 87033 tails the lengthy train to provide banking assistance over the fierce gradients on the route.
Train Chartering provides private carriages and escorted group travel on charter and scheduled trains in the UK, Europe, the USA, Canada and elsewhere.
This is a First Class carriage on a Class 444 SouthWest Trains scheduled service.
An approaching monsoon storm provides some drama over the colorful formations of the Painted Desert.
The Painted Desert is part of the Painted Desert / Petrified Forest National Park and is located in the northeastern part of the state of Arizona.
Nikon D800
Nikon 24-70 f/2.8 at 42 mm
1/400 sec at f/7.1
ISO 100
Single exposure
Sept 21, 2014
The pier provides a supply of fresh seawater, a critical resource for a marine institution, to an array of laboratories and aquaria. Seawater is pumped up from the end of the pier, then filtered and stored in holding tanks. Scripps pumps about 1.8 million gallons of seawater each day.
a small, warm-toned bunting that favors rocky, arid, and semi-arid habitats. It is typically found on dry hillsides, wadis, escarpments, and rugged terrain with sparse vegetation. These birds often stay close to rocky outcrops that provide shelter and vantage points, and they forage on the ground for seeds, small insects, and other plant material. Their preference for open, sun-exposed landscapes makes them a characteristic species of dry mountainous regions and desert-edge environments.
In terms of distribution, the cinnamon-breasted bunting ranges widely across sub-Saharan Africa and extends into the Arabian Peninsula. In Oman, it is most frequently encountered in mountainous regions such as the Hajar Mountains, Jabal Akhdar, and rocky wadis throughout the northern and central parts of the country. It is considered a resident or locally nomadic species in Oman, moving slightly in response to food availability but generally remaining year-round. The species shows some geographic variation, with several subspecies across its range, though all share the distinctive cinnamon-colored breast and strong head pattern typical of the bunting family.