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Sorry to be still so behind on comments and mail. Part of the reason I seem to have no time is that I have joined a gym - age has descended - and it hit me that losing weight was not going to be as easy as it was ten or even five years ago.. The other reason is that this government offers a rather complicated cycle to work scheme - which means that after lots of money going out of your salary and being replaced via a tax exemption you can cycle to work on the bike of your dreams...Well, the bike I've always wanted has been ordered - but I need to be fit enough to ride it.....I've got a few weeks - its hand built to order - but there are a fair number of hills between my house and work....
ILSX 1339 has control of five cars for Saint Hilaire where it will also perform some routine switching in town. In the meantime, it's a leisurely 10 mph following Minnesota 32.
The view created during the Ice Age from Roy Bridge Viewpoint.
This explanation of the Geological feature and why this view point car park is here:
for information check out the diagrams here:
www.discoveringbritain.org/activities/scotland/viewpoints...
What has made these lines across the landscape?
According to local legends these lines were created by Fionn MacCumhail, or Fingal the Giant, a mythical Celtic warrior-king. The glen (mountain valley) used to be heavily wooded, so Fingal built a set of roads through the forest so he could hunt deer while riding on horseback. It is said the marks on the mountainside are the remains of these roads.
This explanation is not generally used today, but the real story behind these ‘roads’ is no less fascinating.
At the end of the last Ice Age, approximately 13,000 years, a glacier blocked the lower parts of Glens Roy, Gloy and Spean (a glen is a mountain valley). The ice acted like a dam, trapping water behind it and forming a large loch (or lake).
Glaciated Valley with Ancient Beach levels known as the parallel roads.
Formation of 260m Parallel Road
The water filled the Glen to a height of 260 metres; it could not rise any higher than this as a low point between two hills allowed the water to escape.
The waves of the loch, and continual freezing and thawing of the water at its edge, carved a beach into the sides of the mountains. We can see the remains of this beach today as the lowest ‘road’ at 260 metres high.
But why are there three ‘roads’ here?
Rise and Fall
Between 100 and 200 years after the first beach was established the temperature dropped. More ice formed, and the glacier advanced up into Glen Roy, blocking off the overflow point between the two hills.
As a result the loch became deeper, and its waves carved another beach into the mountainsides, higher up this time at 325m. The water could not rise higher as there was a second overflow point at this height. Excess water drained into the neighbouring valley Glen Spean.
Formation of 325m Parallel Roads
After another 100 or so years passed, the temperatures dropped again. This caused the glacier to advance further up Glen Roy and blocked off the second overflow point. Once again the depth of the loch increased and a third new beach was formed at a height of 350m.
Formation of 350m Parallel Road
When the climate eventually warmed up, the ice melted and the glacier retreated. The overflow points were unblocked in reverse order, so the loch drained away. The beaches cut into the mountainside are a ghostly reminder of the three stages of this long-vanished loch.
Leaving the Parallel Roads we see today.
Holiday in Italy #25
Yet another shot of Lake Como from the village of Perledo, looking over to Menaggio. As usual, needs large-scale viewing...
The curvilinear outline of the near distance seemed roughly to parallel that of the darker part of the far distance, with both minima on the vertical mid line.
Blöndulón.
It kind of needs a fisherman in a little red boat, but it was not to be...
MUCH better large and distraction free! Let the tranquil calmness relax you. Be one with Iceland. For English viewers, this means calming down. Tailgating will not get you to your destination faster. And get that stupid scooter off the road.
My heart is into April Fools Day! What about you? Send me a song if you would like :)
Why i made it so contrasty you said ?
Are you blind ?
You say white, i say black.
You say God, i say God ?????
You go straight, i turn.
You go up, i go down.
You throw your food, i am starving.
You drive, i walk.
I drink champaign, you don't have water.
I fly, you are crawling.
I have, you don't.
I listen, you hear.
I hate, you love.
I take, you give.
You think, i know.
You see, i observe.
You believe, i reject.
I sell, you buy.
I search, you found.
I break, you make.
You live to die, i would die to live.
I don't exist.
You don't exist either.
I walked through you the other day.
We live in the same planet, but in a Parallel Universe.
You say Good Morning, i say Fuck you.
I spit you in the face, you say Thank you.
You killed your self and now what ?
(End-Ranting)
I had in mind of uploading something else, but i am very pissed off today.
A man committed suicide this morning, at Syntagma (Constitution) Square, due to debts...
He didn't want to be a heavy luggage for his children...
news.yahoo.com/man-shoots-himself-dead-central-athens-092...
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L
f/22
ISO: 50
4 exposures used and merged by using Photomatix Pro
it was getting a little dark at this point, but the tractor lines seemed to stand out in the twilight
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A parallel universe is a hypothetical self-contained separate reality co-existing with one's own. A specific group of parallel universes is called a "multiverse", although this term can also be used to describe the possible parallel universes that constitute reality. While the terms "parallel universe" and "alternative reality" are generally synonymous and can be used interchangeably in most cases, there is sometimes an additional connotation implied with the term "alternative reality" that implies that the reality is a variant of our own. The term "parallel universe" is more general, without any connotations implying a relationship, or lack of relationship, with our own universe. A universe where the very laws of nature are different – for example, one in which there are no Laws of Motion – would in general count as a parallel universe but not an alternative reality and a concept between both fantasy world and earth.
The actual quantum-mechanical hypothesis of parallel universes is "universes that are separated from each other by a single quantum event."