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From the archives... One year ago.
Or what a probe on a shoestring budget (broken lander leg) might see upon landing at the Michigan City Lighthouse. The near object is a massive block of ice which has formed over a small concrete pillar. The frozen, Southern tip of Lake Michigan is between the frozen pillar and the sky beyond.
Whether the probe landed here, or at the U.S. Capitol Building, the conclusion might be the same: no life here (no offense to those living camera left...the probe was just pointed the wrong way here).
Just below the summit of Legges Tor, which rises above the central plateau of Ben Lomond, we come across some interesting equipment. The ski lift is obvious enough, but my title reflects a little confusion as to the origins of the solar panel on the right.
My first thought was a weather station, but that seems unlikely since we lack the means of measuring rainfall and wind speed (there's no anemometer). Is it an alien probe? My guess is that it in fact measures seismic activity and relays this information electronically.
Interestingly enough, this is the only place on the entire mountain that has mobile phone reception. So one would think that our phones can tap into whatever signal is being emitted from this "probe". Any suggestions warmly welcomed.
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A kōlea probes the damp soil for earthworms. A Pacific golden plover patrols the Oahu shoreline and reestablishes his territory after a five-month summer breeding season in arctic Alaska. With his seasonal mating plumage fading this shorebird looks for food to replenish his body fat. The return trip traversed approximately 3,000 miles of open ocean requiring an exhaustive 3 to 4 days and nights of nonstop flight. Incredibly, some kōlea will continue their marathon semiannual migration to oceanic islands of the southern Pacific resulting in an annual round trip total of about 15,000 miles. Their fledglings set off from the tundra searching for an island and a suitable territory a month or two after the adults have departed. Many fledgling birds probably miss landfall and perish at sea. Survivors are superb navigators with territorial fidelity, using the stars and the earth’s magnetic field to find their way over the featureless ocean to the same small patch of land every year. Like most transoceanic migratory birds, they may use the earth’s magnetic field visually with the magnetoreception molecules of cryptochrome in their retina.
Black crowned Night Heron
"A heron can use a Probing
technique by quickly and repeatedly moving its bill into and out of the water or
substrate, in a method more typical of ibises. Probing is a non-visual, tactile foraging
technique. A more common behavior is Pecking. The heron merely picks up an item
from the substrate, often repeating the movement. The substrate may be the ground, a
plant, or surface of the water. A specialized method is Scooping used by the Boat Billed
Heron. By Scooping, the individual walks forward with its bill partially submerged,
thrusting forward and Scooping with each step.
Prey are caught in the bill either by Impale Capture or Grasp Capture. Impaling
means the bill tip goes into or through the prey. This occurs mostly on large and wide
prey, and mostly by herons with bills large enough to withstand the stress of impaling
and landing a larger prey item. Grasping is the more common capture method in which
prey are caught in a tweezers grip."
from heronconservation.org
In lovely condition despite having covered 132,000 miles. Very rare now.
Are these a badge engineered Mazda?
A lone fisherman probes the waters of North Gap Lake for signs of piscine life, Snowy Range, Medicine Bow Mountains, Wyoming. All around him fish surface and feed, and he appears unable to divine what might interest them. Fishing can be quite a humbling enterprise...
Although the days begin to grow longer again, I imagine the inhabitants of the lake are currently sealed from sight beneath a cap of lake ice and will be for some time to come. Closer to home, the firewood shed is nearly complete (all but the metal roof sheathing), family members begin arriving tomorrow, and the full moon will be setting at sunrise in the morning hours.
In the spirit of the season, a friend and neighbor will be throwing a Chrismatzo Ball tomorrow evening. All signs point toward merry making! I hope the same holds true over the next weeks for all the fine people I've met on Flickr. Cheers!
1992. Charles De Gaulle airport, France.
My handmade radio probe for borehole exploration.
Despite the availability of all necessary documents and presence agents of Hydro Invest company, the customs officers of airport forced me completely disassemble the device and wait for arrival of their technical specialists.
(Whole body did not fit in frame with my lens)
A Dowitcher searching for sustenance in the beach wrack. Seen off of the Estero Bluffs north of Cayucos, ca.
Home Away From Home Campfire
Interplanetary Travel
Youtube: The Moon Meditation
4K | Plutonia - Interplanetary Travel (Tunisia 🇹🇳)
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
Inside a massive, closed warehouse. One could spend days wandering this cavernous space. After closing, this building was intentionally left to rot with the plans of demolition. Workers are slowly removing valuable equipment but there is a long journey ahead with the environmental cleanup of the entire property.
... Thanksgiving Day project ...
Lego #75306
Star Wars Imperial Probe Droid
www.lego.com/en-us/product/imperial-probe-droid-75306
Colorado Springs, CO
These probes from the Emissary's race have been spotted on various planets, as well as traveling between them under their own power.
The Orb Probes by Daniel Arrhakis (2015)
For details you must see a bigger image :
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And the Music : Zack Hemsey - "Informing The Target"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFcqN-J6sMo
- We are always on alert with our probes, at any moment we can have the visit of our invaders ... they are our eyes ! This is a image seen within one of them. We call them Sentinels !
In first plan Whorthyr the Prime World of the Trhyarths, our enemy ... the leader mining planet with is huge Circular City .. our orbs are not the only, they also have their ...
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Some of the space elements were modified or transform, others are created. For some planet elements photo credit "Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech".
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Very tidy example seen on the way home from a Saturday morning show and autojumble, making for a pleasing '90s scene with my Lexus.
Mileage surprisingly high at 161k when last MoTed in 2024.
This Pacific golden plover has been probing the rain soaked ground for earthworms and insects. There is mud on its bill and head. But my favorite detail is the adorable eyelashes. (View large.)
Camouflaged for ground nesting, the Kolea (Pluvialis fulva) annually migrates from breeding grounds in Alaska and Siberia to tropical Pacific islands over thousands of miles of open ocean. After 3 to 4 days and nights of non-stop flying it arrives at the first landfall, Hawaii. A magnificent navigator, it uses the stars and the earth’s magnetic field to find the exact same location each year. This one winters in Hawaii. Some continue on into the southern hemisphere as far as New Zealand.
Best Enjoyed Large on Black
Here's another image from our magic night after the full moon at the VLA astronomical radio observatory in New Mexico.
A tablescrap from a while back. Not the best editing, but I'm getting better. I put more time into the picture than the actual build.
Interestingly, when you connect 2x2 bricks with mudguard together using 1x4/2x2 hinges, you get an exact heptagon...