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the Torre dell'Arenella, part of the complex of the Tonnara, Quattro Pizzi etc ... was built in 1852 by Don Vincenzo Florio Sr. (1799-1868), who had called a Dutchman to draw up the project. It served as a windmill or mechanical mill to grind sumac, a grass which, reduced to powder, was indispensable for the tanning of hides.
It worked for a few years, the exports were booming, then the workers began to get smart, mixing fake herb powder with that of the precious sumac, the result: the mill closed and business in smoke.
The tower also served as a lighthouse, as reported by an old nautical map of the port.
Arenella perhaps owes its name to the fine sand that once covered its coast.
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la Torre dell'Arenella, facente parte del complesso della Tonnara, Quattro Pizzi etc...fu fatta costruire nel 1852 da Don Vincenzo Florio Sr. (1799-1868), che aveva chiamato un olandese per redigerne il progetto. Ebbe funzione di mulino a vento o meccanico per macinare il sommacco, un'erba, che, ridotta in polvere, era indispensabile per la concia delle pelli.
Funzionò per qualche anno, le esportazioni a gonfie vele, poi le maestranze cominciarono a fare i furbi, mescolando polvere di erbe fasulle a quella del prezioso sommacco, risultato: mulino chiuso e affari in fumo.
La torre ebbe anche funzione di Faro, come riportato da una vecchia carta nautica del Porto .
L'Arenella forse deve il suo nome alla fina sabbia che una volta ricopriva il suo litorale .
It was so nice to see all the birds at the platform at the entrance to Colusa National Wildlife Refuge. There were birds everywhere and we were excited to get this pair of Ross’s Geese flying high together.
Both Ross’s and Snow Geese have seen population explosions as climate change has warmed their arctic breeding grounds, reducing snow cover and increasing plant growth. The two species seem to be hybridizing more frequently as warming allows their breeding ranges to come into contact.
I reduced due to health....
No sugar, no sweets
No alcohol (almost since the beginning of the year)
No 'easy' carbs, only vegetables and for example lentils, peas, chickpeas, beans and protein (no bread, no pasta, no rice)
No coffee, except once a week...
No sausages, or highly processed foods
Well, it's not 'funny' but it's ok... 😉
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Stay 'clean' 😉
week 4 ...
The Vyne is a Grade I listed 16th-century country house in the parish of Sherborne St John, near Basingstoke, in Hampshire, England. The house was first built circa 1500–10 in the Tudor style by William Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys, Lord Chamberlain to King Henry VIII. In the 17th century it was transformed to resemble a classical mansion. Today, although much reduced in size, the house retains its Tudor chapel, with contemporary stained glass.
Sethi, the hunter, in his jungle. The current rather wet and cold weather slows him down a bit and reduces the number of rodents which end up either dead or alive in the house. I'm so glad that Cleo doesn't hunt anymore and Tofu has never shown much interest in chasing and killing other creatures.
Groynes reduce longshore transport by trapping beach material and causing the beach orientation to change relative to the dominant wave directions. They mainly influence bedload transport and are most effective on shingle or gravel beaches. Sand is carried in temporary suspension during higher energy wave or current conditions and will therefore tend to be carried over or around any cross-shore structures. Groynes can also be used successfully in estuaries to alter nearshore tidal flow patterns.
A pretty waterfall in Pennsylvania. Here is lowered the shadows, decreased the clarity, lightened the highlights, and added some vignetting to play around with the mood of this capture. Also reduced the saturation and vibrancy too.
M81 - Bode's Galaxy & M82 – The Cigar Galaxy
Messier 81 (also known as NGC 3031 or Bode's Galaxy) is a spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. M81 is about 95,000 light years across, just a little smaller than the Milky Way galaxy at 100,000 light years across.
Messier 82 (also known as NGC 3034 or the Cigar Galaxy) is also located in Ursa Major. It is about 12 million light years from earth and 37,000 light years across. Known as a “starburst galaxy” due to its exceptionally high rate of star formation it is about 5 times more luminous than the entire Milky Way with a central region that is 100 times more luminous than our own galaxy.
Acquisition Date: 03/11/2015 – 03/12/2016
Location: Western Massachusetts
Camera: SBIG STF8300M @ -15°C
Telescope: Astro-Tech AT130 (f/7 – fl 910mm) reduced to f/5.6 (fl 728mm)
Mount: Astro-Physics AP1100
Guidescope: 60mm Stellarvue guide scope
Guide Camera: Starlight Express LodeStar X2 (mono)
Filters:
Astrodon Gen2 E-Series:
-Luminance: 24 x 5min (120min) bin 1x1
-Red: 12 x 5min (60 min) bin 1x1
-Green: 12 x 5 min (60 min) bin 1x1
-Blue: 12 x 5 min (60 min) bin 1x1
Total Exposure Time: 5 hours
Limiting Magnitude: 5.1
Comments:
- Stellarvue SFFR102 field flattener/reducer (0.8)
- IDAS LPS-P2-48 Light Pollution Filter
Beautiful autumn leaves floating on dark waters .....
Lee Landscape Polariser again to reduce glare and enhance colours.
© Dominic Scott 2021
These guys are not to everyone's taste but are nevertheless very cute. However measures are planned to humanely reduce their numbers.
Grey Squirrel - Sciurus carolinensis
Golden Acre Park - Yeadon
Many thanks to all those who take the time to view and comment on my photos. It is truly appreciated and welcome.
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I like the dirt and plants, but I'm more interested in the agricultural plastic. We're starting a research project to examine the opportunities for reducing, reusing, and recycling agricultural and industrial plastic.
Sundown reduced to the last glowing ember of light.
Wards Public Marina located in Elgin Heritage Park on the Nicomekl River.
Crescent Beach area of Surrey,
British Columbia
Canada
(Sunset captures, enjoying different lighting and settings. *In no particular order )
Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships.
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~Christie
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shot with a fujifilm x-s10, a pixco 0.71x focal reducer, and a pentax smc 50mm f/1.4 screw-mount lens.
The Autumn Lady’s-tresses (Spiranthes spiralis) and Cat’s-ear (Hypochaeris radicata, I believe), This is the site where these small orchids (the last wild orchids that flower in the season in the UK) are particularly well present in their hundreds. Though this year, compared to our last visit few years ago, the numbers seems reduced and they look even smaller. The ground was quite dry and New Forest ponies teamed up with cows are at work here keeping everything they can eat low in height. New Forest. England, UK.
A fence I used once before. I use it again to christen a new lens, and because the fence pickings ain't so good in our neighborhood. Is anyone running fence tours?
HFF to all: Looking forward to seeing everyone's handiwork.
day 2 of the monsoons. At least we don't have the wind today. The dog keeps whining to go out, then puts her nose out of the door and comes straight back in. So looks like a day to catch up on some paperwork - whoopeeeee!
Continuing this week's 'Spitfire' theme - here is a profile view of a Spitfire Mk 1. A key feature is the barely perceptible, tapering, twist to the wing. The leading edge points upwards by 2 degrees where it joins the body, reducing to half a degree at the tip. This subtle twist greatly improved the handling for pilots, but made the structure far more difficult to manufacture. The wing was the design of Canadian-born aerodynamicist Beverley Shenstone, an unsung hero of the Spitfire story.
This aircraft carries the Eagle Squadron badge. Three RAF squadrons were formed with volunteer airmen from the USA in 1940 before American entry into WW2. About 240 men served, of whom around 100 perished. In Sept 1942, the US airmen transferred to the US 8th Army Air Force. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Squadrons
Europhenix liveried 37611 slows for a signal check at Beck Foot before getting looped at Grayrigg to allow faster traffic to pass. The tractor is dragging Transpennine 397005 running as 5N32 Kilmarnock - Longsight.
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Yeah, now it’s my turn. Screw Trump and Biden! I’m taking over now! With me as president we will have public healthcare for all, legalized marijuana, gay clubs in all towns and cities with more than 10.000 inhabitants, legalized prostitution, reduced taxes on alcohol, reduced taxes on cigarettes, working days reduced to Tuesday – Thursday, weekend from Friday to Monday and the normal day will be extended from 24 hours to 30 hours so that people get more time to do their shit.
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Angles via squint bricks at 45 degrees. A high-quality build with careful placement of windows to reduce looking over each other, as space was tight.
The L519 Edson Sub local heads across the causeway at Wabamun Lake with a short train. With the Sundance Power Plant pretty much converted to natural gas fuel, a good chunk of traffic handled by the L519 (flyash from burning coal) has been dramatically reduced. With the lack of flyash traffic, the local only runs this far once a week, down from the 3 day a week service schedule of the past.
My daughter is hiding behind me in the far left of the image, apparently she did not like the horn on the 5367!
Captura: Catedral d'Amalfi, Piazza del Duomo, Amalfi, Itàlia.
ITALIANO
Il duomo di Amalfi, noto anche col nome di cattedrale di Sant'Andrea, è il principale luogo di culto cattolico di Amalfi, sede vescovile dell'Arcidiocesi di Amalfi-Cava de' Tirreni. Dedicato a sant'Andrea apostolo, si trova in piazza Duomo, nel centro della città.
ENGLISH
The first church, now the Diocesan Museum of Amalfi, was built in the 9th century on the ruins of a previous temple.[2] A second church was built to the south in 10th century, and this is now the cathedral. By the 12th century the two churches formed a single 6 aisle Romanesque church, which was reduced to 5 in the 13th century to allow the construction of the Paradise Cloister,[3] in the Arab-Norman style.
The remains of St. Andrew were reportedly brought to Amalfi from Constantinople in 1206 during the Fourth Crusade[4] by Cardinal Peter of Capua. In 1208, the crypt was completed and the relics were turned over to the church.[2] It said that later on manna issued from the saint's bones.[5]
The bell tower was constructed between the 12th and 13th centuries in front of the first church, topped by an elaborate crown decorated with marble and majolica in the Arab-Norman style, also seen in other churches in southern Italy in this period. The chapels inside are variously Gothic and Renaissance, with the nave decorated in the Baroque style in the 18th century.
In 1861, part of the facade collapsed, damaging the atrium. The whole front of the church was then rebuilt to a design by architect Errico Alvino in a richly decorated manner drawing on Italian Gothic and especially Arab-Norman styles, similar to but more ornate that the original, completed in 1891.
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Standing before the Viaur railway viaduct, I wanted to move beyond engineering prowess to reveal the dream woven into steel. By framing the structure diagonally and stripping away all context, reducing the scene to black and white, I sought to exalt the raw power of metal, the complex interplay of bracings, and the graphic tension of a suspended work.
My intention is to invite the viewer to see this giant not as a bridge, but as calligraphy traced across the sky—a monumental signature in lines and rhythms, of light and shadow. In this abstraction, matter becomes drawing, and technique transforms into poetry.
Through this gaze, I celebrate the essential: the human gift for shaping—and imagining—the landscape. The Viaur, in this frame, is a symbolic passageway: it joins the force of engineering with the creative breath of the imagination, bridging earth and idea, utility and art.
With fire-risk creating operational problems for the steam service 37685 Loch Arkaig passes the rockface at Lochailort with the afternoon Jacobite to Mallaig on May 14th 2019
Recent forecasts suggest the fire-risk is somewhat reduced !
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Very British early 1950s Morgan at Laguna Seca Vintage races. Since racers with headlights are required to have tape to reduce scatter of broken glass in case of accident, this was a wonderfully creative 'British Flag' solution. Clever!
This image is included in 9 galleries :- 1) "MIX_02" curated by Willie Sturges, 2) "natura, solo natura!" by fabiofoni, 3) "賞心悅目的博覽館" by ggx2ggx2@kimo.com, 4) "Yellowstone National Park" by Black Diamond Images, 5) "Neue Galerie 2020 0202" by BAKAWI, 6) "Landschaft" by Michael Gschwind, 7) "Landscapes" by Süskind Dostoevsky Poe, 8) "(((O)))" by Waldgeist and 9) "placeres visuales-volumen 2" by byktor -f.d.
It is a hot spring located in the Upper Geyser Basin. Its average temperature is around 69.8 °C (157.6 °F) and is 23 feet (7 m) deep. The pool was named by Mrs E. N. McGowan, wife of Assistant Park Superintendent, Charles McGowan in 1883. She called it "Convolutus", the Latin name for the morning glory flower, which the spring resembles.
The distinct colour of the pool is due to bacteria which inhabit the water. On a few rare occasions the Morning Glory Pool has erupted as a geyser, usually following an earthquake or other nearby seismic activity. Several entryways have been clogged due to objects being thrown in by tourists, reducing the hot water supply, and in turn altering the overall appearance of the pool.
(not explored)