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Autumn leaves are hanging on even into the depths of winter this year. In my little corner of the world, clouds often obscure the sun, especially in winter. In the darkness of December, these colorful Weigela leaves remind me of my own ability to make my own sunshine. :)
"In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer."
~ Albert Camus
The Salar contains a large amount of sodium, potassium, lithium and magnesium as well as borax. With an estimated 9,000,000 t, Bolivia holds about 7% of the world's known lithium resources; most of those are in the Salar de Uyuni.
Sayama Hill (狭山丘陵) is an inselberg or isolated hill like Ayers Rock in the middle of flat Musashino. It is like a green island in the densely populated Tokyo suburb.
Japanese animation movie titled Tonarino Totoro (となりのトトロ My Neighbor Totoro) directed by Hayao Miyazaki (宮崎駿) is a nostalgic story set in Sayama Hill in the 1960s when it was a typical rural area but it is not like the movie anymore.
Sayama Hill strides over several municipalities in Tokyo and Saitama prefectures. This photo was taken in Higashi-yamato city (東大和市), Tokyo.
It is a typical Satoyama (里山), traditional agroforestry, in which a forest is maintained according to the needs of neighbouring communities (里 Sato) that exploit its resources such as fire woods, construction material, food, fertiliser, etc.
Do one thing, one thing at a time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1ZwaEzMtJw The Great Bell Chant
In a time of a relentless push to multi-task, and multi-task quickly, to get more done in less time with fewer resources, doing one thing at a time may sound, does sound, heretical.
But to do one thing, just that one thing at a time, is to be exquisitely present; to be deeply transported into that place, and away from here and all other places.
For most of us, going deep ("in the zone" athletes say) happens - on occasion - by accident. But it can happen at almost anytime, with practice and our intention.
Being present isn't a word, or a concept, but a state of being (not "I feel at peace," but "I am at peace.").
It is to be so deeply into that one thing that we struggle to find words to adequately or accurately describe the feeling, or the state of being.
To be "one with..." at any time, anywhere, in any activity, is a state of being well worth the effort to reach. But one does not need to push to get there. Instead, One learns and practices "letting go," removing all things that are not the thing you wish to be or do.
It is Bliss by subtraction, not addition. :-) So much we deem essential...is not.
There's not much for me to add to the list in the image, although I would suspect that each of you may have a thing or two of value that you could put with it.
Note: the cooking and cleaning as meditation are real for me. It could be delivering a baby, digging in a garden, baking cookies or looking intently at a leaf for you. There were other things that I really wished to add as deep meditations, but decided to keep it all PG-13. ;-)
One thing.
47739 'Resourceful' approaches Shaldon Bridge near Teignmouth hauling the 12.44 Plymouth to Glasgow mail train in March 1997
Buff Breasted Sandpiper - Calidris subruficollis
A delicate dove-headed shorebird, the Buff-breasted Sandpiper is found primarily in migration in areas of short grass. It migrates primarily through the middle of the American continent from its arctic breeding grounds to southern South America.
The Buff-breasted Sandpiper is unique among North American shorebirds in having a lek mating system. Males defend relatively small territories that provide no resources for females and are simply display sites to which females can be attracted. Females select a mate and then leave to nest and raise their chicks elsewhere.
It migrates mainly through central North America, and is uncommon on the coasts. It occurs as a regular wanderer to western Europe, and is not classed as rare in Great Britain or Ireland, where small flocks have occurred. Only the pectoral sandpiper is a more common American shorebird visitor to Europe.
This species nests as far north as Canada including Alaska on the ground, laying four eggs. The male has a display which includes raising the wings to display the white undersides, which is also given on migration, sometimes when no other buff-breasted sandpipers are present. Outside the breeding season, this bird is normally found on short-grass habitats such as airfields or golf-courses, rather than near water.
As the earth’s natural resources grow scare, agriculture begins to move into secure facilities. The goal is to closely monitor plant life and ensure organic growth can flourish on certain sections of the planet.
Hi all, figured I should probably post something before the end of the year. This build was inspired by some concept art I found online. I wanted to go for a clean sterilized look, with plain all white walls and light bluish gray concrete slabs for the floor. After realizing it was quite bland I decided to add a few small details, while still trying to keep the sterile feel.
I have quite a few WIP builds on my desk at the moment that I hope to complete over the coming months. Thanks for stopping by, feedback is appreciated!
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The striking Mineral Resources Limited livery applied to the MRL class locomotives & MHPY / MHLY wagons looks smart and resplendent as a block train, which is illustrated here as MRL006 & MRL002 race through the historic rural outback town of Southern Cross as train no. 5032 loaded ore service from Mount Walton to Kwinana. Thursday, 15th February 2018. This service is operated by Pacific National on behalf of Mineral Resources. Southern Cross is the last town on the eastern edge of the wheatbelt and the first town on the Eastern Goldfields.
A video of these MRL services can be watched here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXcays9slAg
To see the whole, varied collection of my photos of this ever-changing tidal pool, visit my album, That Protean Tidal Pool: www.flickr.com/photos/jerry-rockport/albums/7217772030227...
This great abandoned farm is located just south of the Schapville farm and is located on state department of natural resources property.
Near historic Elizabeth,IL.
...when livelihoods that feeds Humanity and protects the natural resources on Earth...were glorified as to inherit the Earth as caregivers of Humanity...
This fence definitely was a use of the available resources, and very little cash was expended in its construction. I actually see this quite often, but usually not next to a main road....HFF everyone!
The dynamic brakes on the pair of CIT Rail Resources SD90MACs are howling as they work to hold back the tonnage of the raw taconite ore as Northshore Mining’s morning train descends into their destination of Silver Bay, Minnesota.
Driving and walking rovers competed to survey a shadowy analogue of the south polar lunar surface for useable resources during the inaugural ESA-ESRIC Space Resources Challenge. Some 13 teams from across Europe and Canada took part in last month’s field test, with the winners due to be announced shortly.
The Space Resources Challenge – supported by ESA and the European Space Resources Innovation Centre (ESRIC) in Luxembourg – is asking European (and Canadian) researchers and institutions to develop and demonstrate a system of one or more vehicles capable of prospecting resources on the Moon in the near future.
Massimo Sabbatini, overseeing the contest for ESA, comments: “ESA is analysing the results of the first field test of the Challenge and the competition is fierce. There was a wide range of participants and technological solutions to the problem of prospecting: notably different locomotion techniques – legged, wheeled, tracked, and so on – and approaches, such as single versus multiple vehicles and aerial vehicles. The jury is out!”
The emphasis of the contest is on prospecting: pinpointing promising resources within a difficult lunar environment then characterising them in as much detail as possible, such as through visual inspection or spectral analysis.
The lunar poles are a focus of interest for future exploration. They do not experience the crippling temperature extremes of the Moon’s two-week days and nights, and frozen water and other deposits are believed to be buried within permanently shadowed polar craters.
The Space Resources Challenge teams gathered at Valkenberg in the Netherlands had to contend with challenging illumination conditions and potential loss of signal events to locate resources, including mapping a small impact crater in the vicinity of the rover’s lander – all within a two and a half hour time limit.
The five winners will be awarded €375 000 in ESA contracts, with a larger prize pool on offer after a follow-on field test hosted by ESRIC next year.
Credits: ESA-M. Sabbatini
R&N LNRX, a Tamaqua to Lehigh Natural Resources mine run, shoves into the mine near Coaldale, PA early in the morning on July 24th.
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Mamiya RB67 ProSD + Mamiya K/L 65mm f/4
Kodak Portra 400
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Guillaume Daniel (G.D.) Delprat, after whom this shaft was named, was a Dutch-Australian metallurgist and mining engineer. An astute businessman, Delprat was Broken Hill Proprietry Limited’s ( BHP) General Manager from 1899 to 1921. He played an important part in the perfecting of a technique that came to be known as the (C.V.) Potter-Delprat flotation process; it revolutionized sulphide ore treatment and brought enormous profits from the metal content of millions of tons (tonnes) of formerly useless tailings.and a developer of the flotation process, which entails separating valuable minerals from gangue (mined rock that is not ore) with water.
The Delprat shaft was sunk in 1900. In 1952, the original wooden headframe was replaced by the present steel structure, and an electric winder replaced a steam engine. The early steam engines used to power mining machinery in the early twentieth century were powered by boilers fuelled by local firewood. Timber was also cut for use in buildings and headframes.
The shaft was closed to mining by the time MMM (Mining for Metal and Minerals) ceased operations in August 1976. It became a tourist mine in 1977, and its closure in 2007 was due to nearby remnant mining operations by CBH Resources.
Source: Visit Broken Hill (www.visitbrokenhill.com/Trails/Silver-Trail/11.-Delprat-S...)
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Created for The Award Tree's Grey Colour Accent Challenge: www.flickr.com/groups/awardtree/discuss/72157625326551240/
Thanks to Danielle for modeling!
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Mamiya RB67 ProSD + Sekor K/L 90/3.5
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Canon A-1 + nFD 50/1.4
Kodak Pro Image 100
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