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Waterfront Retreat - "Dancing Point" - Charles City, Virginia
"Dancing Point" is a spectacular 146 acre riverfront estate located on a dramatic point of land where the Chickahominy and James Rivers meet. The property includes one and a half miles of water frontage and a stunning house built in 1973 with expansive views and outdoor access from each beautifully proportioned room. The light filled home boasts 12' ceilings with dramatic domed living room, four bedrooms, five full baths, two powder rooms and a fully equipped kitchen. Outdoor features include pool, recreation pavilion, extended dock, sandy beaches and acres of pine forest and marshland. Approximately 20 miles from historic Williamsburg, Virginia, the estate has development possibilities with several waterfront building sites. Abundant outdoor potential as well such as hunting, fishing, nature walks and wildlife observation. A special opportunity with unique appeal and privacy.
Point Sur Lightstation is a lighthouse at Point Sur, California, 135 miles south of San Francisco, on the 361-foot tall rock at the head of the point. The light house is 40 feet tall and 270 feet above sea level. It was established in 1889. As of 2010, the light was still in operation as an aid to navigation.
Pointe du Toulinguet . Cf www.crozon-bretagne.com/tourisme/decouverte/camaret/point...
Anse de Pen Hat . La plage, dangereuse !
Camaret, Presqu'île de Crozon, Finistère, Bretagne, France .
Photographies J-P Leroy, droits réservés .
IID 2109016 Kangaroo Point IM0003 SL03
Kangaroo Point is one of the earliest areas settled in Brisbane and is generally regarded as Brisbane’s oldest suburb.
Before British settlement Kangaroo Point was the home for many of the Turrbal people who used the Brisbane River, which they knew as Mairwar, for food and a means of travel.
During the time of the subsequent convict settlement (1825–41), Kangaroo Point was cleared and used for cultivation of crops mainly maize and wheat to feed the struggling settlement. Subsequently, the area was opened up for free settlement, the first land sales taking place on 13 December 1843. Among the early purchasers was Captain J.C.Wickham, the Police Magistrate.
Kangaroo Point’s first school was opened in 1861 by the Church of England. It came under the control of the Board of Education in 1867 and consisted of a boys department and a girls department. A separate Girls and Infants school opened on 2 March 1874. This was replaced by the Kangaroo Point Girls School and the Kangaroo Point Infants School which both opened on 20 January 1890. The Kangaroo Point Boys School, Girls School and Infants School closed on 28 April 1950 and amalgamated to become the Kangaroo Point State School. It was located on the site of the old Southbank Institute of TAFE, on the corner of River Tce and Main St. Kangaroo Point Park is now located here.
In 1887, the Yungaba Immigration Centre was built at the bottom of Main Street to replace the existing centre in William Street for more “pleasant surroundings”, where the Treasury Casino is now located. Immigrants were accommodated at no cost for fourteen days and then given a free pass to any part of the colony by rail.
During the Boer War, World War I and World War II the building was used as a military hospital and demobilisation depot and during the depression (1929-1932) it was used as a dispersal centre for food and clothing. After WWII ended Yungaba was once again used as an immigration depot handling the mass migration of European immigrants. The building is now used for upmarket apartment residences.
I finished a project for class. It's three photos of the same thing, stuck in place with MT5 in order to create an illusion of a further away vanishing point.
HP5+ film and Ilford MGIV VC paper.
My first attempt at astrophotography, i.e. making images of starry skies and the Milky Way.
These images were made at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon during two evenings in late October, 2016.
The first evening I shot at Yaki Point, the second evening was at Grandview Point.
The closest point to Hawaii from the Continental United States, Point Arena was a geographically important location for navigation. Hence in 1870 a brick-and-mortar lighthouse was built atop Point Arena. This was damaged beyond repair by the 1906 Great San Francisco Earthquake and for its replacement, the United States Lighthouse Service specified that it needed to withstand another earthquake. It eventually contracted with a San Francisco company specializing in smokestacks, accounting for its long, thin design. The 1908 Point Arena Lighthouse is thus the first lighthouse built of reinforced concrete.
The lighthouse is 35m tall, tied with the Pigeon Point Lighthouse as the tallest lighthouse on the Pacific Coast. It has a 1st Order Fresnel Lens, made up of 666 glass prisms focused toward three sets of double bullseyes, providing two flashes every six seconds. It was automated in 1977.
Point Arena Lighthouse, California Coastal National Monument, Point Arena, California
Panjwa’i District, Afghanistan 8 October 2010
Observation point
A Canadian Forces soldier from the 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group monitors the area surrounding a forward installation located in the heart of the Panjwa’i District, Kandahar Province. Constant observation is one key component to ensure the safety of coalition soldiers and local Afghans from insurgent threats.
In close cooperation with Afghan National Security Forces, 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment Battle Group provides security by conducting counter-insurgency operations throughout Panjwa’i District located south-west of Kandahar City. The Battle Group conducts partnered operations with the 2nd Kandak of the 1st Brigade, 205 Corps of the Afghan National army, Afghan National Police and the Panjwa’i District Governor in order to advance governance, reconstruction and security in the area.
Operation ATHENA is Canada’s participation in the International Security Assistance Forces in Afghanistan. Focused on Kandahar Province in southern Afghanistan since the fall of 2005, Op ATHENA has one over-arching objective: to leave Afghanistan to Afghans, in a country that is better governed, more peaceful and more secure.
Canadian Forces Image Number IS2010-3028-5
By Corporal Shilo Adamson with Canadian Forces Combat Camera
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District de Panjwayi, Afghanistan 8 octobre 2010
Un membre du groupement tactique du 1er Bataillon, The Royal Canadian Regiment, surveille la zone entourant une installation avancée située au cœur du district de Panjwayi, dans la province de Kandahar. L’observation constante est un élément clé dans la protection des membres des forces de la coalition et des Afghans contre les menaces des insurgés.
En étroite collaboration avec les Forces de sécurité nationale afghanes, le groupement tactique du 1er Bataillon, The Royal Canadian Regiment, assure la sécurité en menant des opérations de contre-insurrection un peu partout dans le district de Panjwayi, au sud-ouest de la ville de Kandahar. Le groupement tactique mène des opérations en partenariat avec le 2e Kandak de la 1re Brigade, le 205e Corps de l’Armée nationale afghane, la Police nationale afghane et le gouverneur du district de Panjwayi afin d’améliorer la gouvernance, la reconstruction et la sécurité dans le secteur.
L’opération Athena constitue la participation du Canada à la Force internationale d’assistance à la sécurité (FIAS) en Afghanistan. Concentrée dans la province de Kandahar, dans le sud de l’Afghanistan, depuis l’automne 2005, l’opération Athena poursuit un objectif essentiel : laisser l’Afghanistan aux Afghans et en faire un pays mieux gouverné, plus paisible et plus sûr.
Image des Forces canadiennes numéro IS2010-3028-5
Par le Caporal Shilo Adamson avec Caméra de combat des Forces canadiennes
The Nugget Point Lighthouse, located on the Catlins coast of southeast South Island, is one of the more scenic lighthouses in New Zealand. It's certainly in a wild spot!
The Point Betsie Lighthouse just North of Frankfort and South of Sleeping Bear Dunes as she appears to humans in normal light.
LIGHTHOUSE PARK
About Point Roberts:
Point Roberts, Washington is a mix of down home, small town charm and International consciousness. Only 20 minutes from Vancouver International airport and not much longer from downtown Vancouver, BC. Many full-time residents are consultants, inventors, scientists, writers, artists and virtual business owners who enjoy the natural beauty, peace and relaxed pace in between global travels.
A geopolitical oddity, Point Roberts is a part of the United States that is not physically connected to it, making it a pene-exclave of the U.S. It is located on the southernmost tip of the Tsawwassen Peninsula, south of Delta, British Columbia, Canada, and can be reached by land from the rest of the United States only by traveling through Canada. It can be reached directly from the rest of Washington and the U.S. by crossing Boundary Bay by sea or air.
Fresh air, miles of trails through ancient forests, miles of natural beaches, ocean kayaking, sailing, biking, hiking, photography and sighting the thriving eagle community and visits from J-Pod Orca whales can be enjoyed by everyone.
Organic gardening is a big deal at the Point Roberts Garden Club which has an annual tour that showcases a breathtaking array of gardens. Their site has "must see" pictures of previous tours and funds raised each year go towards community beautification projects.
Looking back up the canyon, I now see why people hike here for early morning yoga sessions. It is so quiet, breath-taking and calming...if you get there before the jeep tour parade starts.
Water swirls around the rocks along the shore of Beavertail Point State Park in Rhode Island. The park is locates on Conanicut Island, which is in Narragansett Bay.
A caterpillar climbs a lupin flower. Lisa McNee, BLM
Our Tri Point hike is family (and dog!) friendly and bursting with color ☀🌸🐶
A half-mile trek that ends at the intersection of Oregon, California, and Nevada, the hike offers panoramic views, a bit of history, and some truly amazing wildflowers.
📍 Trek the Tri Point hike: bit.ly/3oxP9yt
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
(Carl Jung)
Vanishing Point: The point at which something that has been growing smaller or increasingly faint disappears altogether
Photo: BLM
Stand in the same spot where Captain Benjamin Bonneville and his expedition party overlooked the valley he named Les Bois, site of the city that today bears the same name Boise. The view takes in the entire Treasure Valley. The site is also an access point for the Oregon Trail and a place to hike, picnic, and view wildlife. A mountain bike trail to Lucky Peak Reservoir also runs nearby.
Restos del desembarco de Normandia durante la segunda guerra mundial. Los ranger escalaron hasta la cima utilizando cuerdas bajo el fuego de las fuerzas alemanas y conquistaron la cima. Poco después pudieron comprobar que los cañones no se encontraban allí, los alemanes los habían ocultado tierra adentro. El puñado de rangers supervivientes, localizaron e inutilizaron los cañones, aguantando dos días las posición frente a repetidos ataques alemanes. Gracias a ellos, los buques americanos, canadienses y demás pudieron desembarcar en las playas de Normandia.
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Sorry for non long English explanation (i have limited english!). This is from the D-Day in second world war. From the point du hoc, a strategically place that rangers attacked before the boats came to the beach. Thanks to come!
Sundown over the Point Arena Lighthouse.
The Point Arena Lighthouse stands tall and proud on the Mendocino Coast in Northern California.
This is the third lighthouse on this point. The original lighthouse was destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.
Its lantern room once housed a First Order Fresnel lens.
I used a KITE to fly the camera.