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May 10, 1869 the Union and Central Pacific Railroads joined their rails at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory and forged the destiny of a nation.
textures by Cary Larrabee
La célèbre pointe des Poulains à Belle-Île-en-Mer et son petit phare.
(assemblage de 4 photos verticales avec Autopano)
Cabbage Tree Point is the main residential area of Steiglitz in the city of Gold Coast, Queensland. It's the northernmost settlement on the eastern side of the city area.
Obsidian Projectile Point made by Native Americans. This broken point was in the fell field at 11,500 ft., about 1300 ft. above timberline. Conditions are extremely barren at that elevation and were probably just as harsh hundreds or thousands of years ago. It's very hard to imagine why Native Americans would be up there unless they were travelling a trail to somewhere else. Very few relics have been found at that elevation. White Mountains. Inyo National Forest. Mono Co., Calif.
A ball point pen macro.
Raynox DCR-250 at it's 12x max on my Panasonic FZ8. Paper plate diffuser over onboard flash.
Topped out at #150 in Flickr Explore.
Me and Jen just got back from a week break in the Scottish highlands. We spent most of the time at Chanonry Point, standing for hours in the sideways rain not seeing any dolphins
One early morning we walked onto the beach and accidentally startled this hare. Instead of just running left or right along the beach, It decided that the safest option was to tombstone straight into the Moray Firth and swim out about 50 feet into a raging torrent 😳. We couldn't believe what we were both seeing! Straight away we both ran back out of its sight hoping it would swim back in but instead we watched it slowly drifting away in the current, getting weaker and weaker... I was on the verge of getting ready to swim out and save it when it suddenly managed to get itself back onto dry land. It had a moment to regain some composure until a herring gull started attacking it and it then ran past us back towards the golf course and under cover.
11:10AM. Full assortment of my gear used to cover the United States Military Academy's 2009 Graduation and Commissioning Ceremony at Michie Stadium in West Point, NY on Saturday, May 23, 2009. 970 cadets received their diplomas and were commissioned as 2nd. Lieutenants in the U.S. Army. Times Herald-Record/CHET GORDON
"The Old City: Leviathan"
-UE3 Commands
-ReShade + MasterEffect 1.0.321 (FXAA, TiltShift, DPX, Colormood, Crossprocess, Filmicpass, Grain)
Inspiration - www.youtube.com/watch?v=84bH7FaR51M
This point I do understand ~ it is the Scottish Water building that stands on the esplanade at the beach!
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The Point Iroquois Light Station rests on a bluff above Lake Superior in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and stands watch where the lake begins its treacherous rush into the St. Mary's River. The Ojibwa Indians massacred a group of invading Iroquois warriors at this location in 1662, giving the point its name. It was noted by the early explorers, but did not become significant until the St. Mary's Falls Ship Canal opened in 1855. The Point Iroquois Light was first illuminated in 1857 and its Fourth Order Fresnel lens shone over one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world: the entrance to the St. Mary's River and the Soo Locks. Point Iroquois became busier with each passing year, and the personnel and facilities required to run the station grew accordingly. In 1870 the house and tower were completely rebuilt, and in 1902, a two-story rectangular brick house was added to the residence to provide housing for the assistant keeper at a total cost of $18,000. There was a group of children at the station and the government sponsored a school at the point. The children of local fishermen attended school here, so the point became a meeting place for local residents. For over 100 years the Point Iroquois Light performed its duties, but in 1962 its light was extinguished in favor of a beacon farther out in the water. Today, the lighthouse and 65 foot tower have been renovated thanks to the cooperative efforts of the Bay Mills/Brimley Historical Research Society and the National Forest Service. Much of the station has been converted into an excellent maritime museum and it has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Old Point Loma Lighthouse
Cabrillo National Monument
San Diego, California
While in the San Diego area a week before Christmas, we drove to Old Point Loma Lighthouse and Cabrillo National Monument on the west side of San Diego Bay, both on the National Register of Historic Places (Cabrillo National Monument, 66000224; Old Point Loma Light, 74000350). This shot of the lighthouse across a ravine was taken from near the Cabrillo Monument, and the preceding shot showing the statue at the monument above San Diego Bay was taken from near the lighthouse.
Point Loma Lighthouse was authorized 1851, the year after California became part of the United States, constructed in 1854, and first lit in late 1855 (the third-order Fresnel lens was not ready earlier). The site, about 420 feet above sea level, had seemed ideal for the lighthouse, but low-hanging clouds and fog often obscured the light; as a result, it was replaced by a new lighthouse at a lower elevation in 1891. The old lighthouse was restored in the 1930s, and the assistant keeper's house and storeroom on the south side of the lighthouse was rebuilt about 10 years ago.
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