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I got up early today (Wednesday 9/26) and went out on the beach at the north end of Pea Island just below the bridge. If you walk out a ways there is a jetty with a remote automated weather station on it.
I got these out there just before the sun came up.
Another one that looks like HDR, but the light was just right to capture it as a single image.
Olympus OM-D E-M5 and M.Zuiko 9-18mm f/4-5.6 lens and 32x ND filter.
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UPDATE: I've printed this at 36x24 inches on metallic paper and it's hanging in my living room and it's lovely as a large print. One of my favorite landscapes I've taken with the OM-D E-M5.
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area biologists are using remote camera traps to study the 2013 Springs Fire's impact on wildlife. These camera traps are located in Rancho Sierra Vista and Point Mugu State Park.
This slightly remote lighthouse sits on the south side of the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal on the Green Bay side. It is owned by the Coast Guard and used by Coasties and their families for retreats and vacations. It is also heavily posted No Trespassing, meaning that this is probably as close as you could ever get to it. I had been here before and walked the grounds years before and don't remember seeing any "No Trespassing" signs. It is open to the public during the Door County Lighthouse Festival held each June.
Sooo... I just finished working on a little electronics project to trigger Nikon cameras over its Infrared remote sequence. This board is designed to act as a programmable intervalometer, plain ol' manual remote, computer controlled remote, and access to an easily modifiable program with the ability to upload code over the serial port into usb. Whoa. That was a long sentence. Sorry.
Should I start maybe selling a kit for these? My dad said people might want these. I don't know... It would be good for learning soldering, but I really don't know if I can sell stuff... The prototype was about 25 dollars as I recall, but if I made more, they would be a lot cheaper. Especially for the board. The FTDI usb cable is another twenty. Would anybody want one? It might be possible to sell. EDIT: Well, there's 225 views which is much higher than most of my photos, and no comments, so I guess not. That's okay. Less work for me... (But you just wait to see what I do with it in the future.)
I'm gonna make a little web page for it, for access to code, board designs, etc, and I'll edit this little description soon. EDIT: Seriously... When I get the motivation. 'NOTHER EDIT: I made the little hacked together write-up: etharooni.polorix.net/NikonRemote.html
Well... That made it seem like it was a much bigger deal than it is. It's really not an amazing board, but as this is a photography community, some people might want one.
Dharamshala (also Dharamsala) is a city and a municipal council in Kangra district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is the district headquarters. It was formerly known as Bhagsu. The Dalai Lama's residence in McLeodGanj and the headquarters of Central Tibetan Administration (the Tibetan government in exile) are in Dharamshala. Dharamshala is 18 kilometres from Kangra.
DESCRIPTION
Dharamshala is a city in the upper reaches of the Kangra Valley and is surrounded by dense coniferous forest consisting mainly of stately Deodar cedar trees. The suburbs include McLeodGanj, Bhagsunath, Dharamkot, Naddi, ForsythGanj, Kotwali Bazaar (the main market), Kaccheri Adda (government offices such as the court, police, post, etc.), Dari, Ramnagar, Sidhpur, and Sidhbari (where the Karmapa is based).
The village of McLeodGanj, lying in the upper reaches, is known worldwide for the presence of the Dalai Lama. On 29 April 1959, the 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) established the Tibetan exile administration in the north Indian hill station of Mussoorie. In May 1960, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) was moved to Dharamshala.
Dharamshala is the centre of the Tibetan exile world in India. Following the 1959 Tibetan uprising there was an influx of Tibetan refugees who followed the 14th Dalai Lama. His presence and the Tibetan population has made Dharamshala a popular destination for Indian and foreign tourists, including students studying Tibet.
One of the main attractions of Dharamshala is Triund hill. Jewel of Dharamshala, Triund is one day trek at the upper reaches of McLeodGanj, about 9 km from McLeodGanj.
ETYMOLOGY
Dharamshala (Devanagari: धर्मशाला; ITRANS: Dharmashaalaa; IAST: Dharmaśālā) is a Hindi word (derived from Sanskrit) that is a compound of dharma (धर्म) and shālā (शाला). A loose translation into English would be 'spiritual dwelling' or, more loosely, 'sanctuary'. Rendering a precise literal translation into English is problematic due to the vast and conceptually rich semantic field of the word dharma[1] and the cultural aspect of India.
In common Hindi usage, the word dharamshala refers to a shelter or rest house for spiritual pilgrims. Traditionally, such dharamshalas (pilgrims' rest houses) were commonly constructed near pilgrimage destinations (often in remote areas) to give visitors a place to sleep for the night. When the first permanent settlement was created in the place now called Dharamshala, there was one such pilgrims' rest house on the site, and the settlement took its name from that dharamshala.
HISTORY
BEFORE THE RAJ
From the earliest times until the British Raj, Dharamshala and its surrounding area was ruled by the Katoch Dynasty of Kangra. The Katoch Dynasty is said to be the oldest serving Royal Family in the world.[3] The Royal Family still keeps a residence in Dharamshala, known as 'Clouds End Villa'.
The indigenous people of the Dharamshala area (and the surrounding region) are the Gaddis, a predominantly Hindu group who traditionally lived a nomadic or semi-nomadic (transhumant) lifestyle. Due to the lack of permanent settlements in the area, some Gaddis lost their seasonal pastures and farmland when the British and the Gurkhas arrived to settle.
Settlement by the British and the Gurkhas
In 1848, the area now known as Dharamshala was annexed by the British.
"Dharamsāla lies on a spur of the Dhaola Dhār, 16 miles north-east of Kāngra, in the midst of wild and picturesque scenery. It originally formed a subsidiary cantonment for the troops stationed at Kāngra, and was first occupied as a station in 1849, when a site was required for a cantonment to accommodate a Native regiment which was being raised in the District. A site was found upon the slopes of the Dhaola Dhār, in a plot of waste land, upon which stood an old Hindu resthouse, or dharmsāla, whence the name adopted for the new cantonment. The civil authorities, following the example of the regimental officers, and attracted by the advantages of climate and scenery, built themselves houses in the neighbourhood of the cantonment; and in 1855 the new station was formally recognised as the head-quarters of the [Kāngra] District."
In 1860, the 66th Gurkha Light Infantry was moved from Kangra, Himachal Pradesh to Dharamshala, which was at first made a subsidiary cantonment. An ideal position for the new base was found on the slopes of the Dhauladhar Hills, near the site of a Hindu sanctuary, or Dharamshala, hence the name of the town. The Battalion was later renamed the historic 1st Gurkha Rifles, this was the beginning of the legend of the Gurkhas, also known as the 'Bravest of the Brave'. Consequently, fourteen Gurkha platoon villages grew from this settlement, and exist to this day, namely Dari, Ramnagar, Shyamnagar, Dal, Totarani, Khanyara, Sadher, Chaandmaari, Sallagarhi, Sidhbari, Yol, and so on. The Gurkhas worshipped at the ancient Shiva temple of Bhagsunag. The Gurkhas referred to Dharamshala as 'Bhagsu' and referred to themselves as Bhagsuwalas.
The 21st Gurkha Regiment from Dharamshala performed heroic feats during World War I and the North West Frontier Province campaigns. The Gurkha cantonment then reached its zenith during World War II, when battalions from Dharamshala made history. Many place names in the town still retain their former cantonment terminologies: Depot Bazaar, Pensioners' Lines, Tirah Lines (named after the 19th century Tirah Campaign), Bharatpore Lines (named after the 1826 Battle of Bharatpore).
The second Lord Elgin, Viceroy of India died here (at the 1st Gurkha Rifles Officers' Mess) in 1863 and is buried in the cemetery of St. John in the Wilderness, a small Anglican church distinguished by its stained-glass windows. Dharamshala became a popular hill station for the British working in or near Delhi, offering a cool respite during the hot summer months.
"Before the earthquake of 1905, the upper part of the station, which rises to a height of 7,112 feet [2,168 metres], contained the European houses, the station church, and the officers' mess and lines of the 1st Gurkhas, together with the public gardens, post office, and two bazars, the Forsythganj and McLeodganj. The public offices, a bazar, and a few European houses made up the lower station, as low as 1,372 metres. The 1st battalion of the 1st Gurkhas used to be stationed here, but was moved to the upper station in 1894-5.... The public gardens, which were, before the earthquake, laid out with much taste in lawns and terraces, contained a valuable collection of indigenous and imported trees and shrubs, and were overlooked by the Assembly Rooms, a handsome building comprising a public hall, a library and reading-room and a billiard-room. The church was beautifully situated in a recess of the mountain."
In 1905, the Kangra valley suffered a major earthquake. On April 4 of that year, the earth shook, demolishing much of the cantonment and the neighbouring city of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh as well as the Bhagsunag temple. Altogether, the 1905 Kangra earthquake killed 20,000 people. "1,625 persons perished at Dharamsāla alone, including 15 Europeans and 112 of the Gurkha garrison."."
The Gurkhas rebuilt the town along with the temple, which today is acknowledged as the 1st Gurkha Rifles' heritage. The British had planned to make Dharamshala the summer capital of India, but moved to Shimla after the disaster.
Not only did the Gurkhas of Dharmshala make a major contribution to India's defence, many were freedom fighters for the Indian National Army, which had been founded by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. The Indian National Army Captain Ram Singh Thakur, a Gurkha from the village of Khanyara, composed some of India's most popular and stirring patriotic songs, including "Kadam Kadam Badaye Ja". He is acknowledged so by the Netaji Research Bureau, Kolkata. The important contribution of the noted Gurkha social commentator, the late Master Mitrasen Thapa, from the village of Totarani, has been acknowledged by the Himachal Pradesh government. Recently, a park dedicated to the memory of the late Brigadier Sher Jung Thapa, MVC, the 'Hero of Skardu', has been opened alongside the road between Lower and Upper Dharamshala.
ESTABLISHMENT OF TIBETAN EXILE COMMUNITY
The Tibetan settlement of Dharamshala began in 1959, when His Holiness the Dalai Lama had to flee Tibet and the Prime Minister of India allowed him and his followers to settle in McLeodGanj (in Upper Dharmshala), a former colonial British summer picnic spot. There they established the "government-in-exile" in 1960. Dharamshala had been connected with Hinduism and Buddhism for a long time, many monasteries having been established there in the past, by Tibetan immigrants in the 19th century.In 1970, The Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, opened the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives which houses over 80,000 manuscripts and other important resources related to Tibetan history, politics and culture. It is considered one of the most important institutions for Tibetology in the world, the new director is Geshe Lahkdor, the old translator of H.H. the Dalai Lama.
Several thousand Tibetan exiles have now settled in the area, and most live in and around McLeodGanj in Upper Dharamshala, where they have built monasteries, temples and schools. McLeodGanj is sometimes known as 'Little Lhasa", after the Tibetan capital city, or 'Dhasa' (a compound of 'Dharamshala' and 'Lhasa'). It has become an important tourist destination with many hotels and restaurants, leading to growth in tourism and commerce.
Dharamshala is the winter capital of Himachal Pradesh. The Legislative Assembly is at Sidhbari, near the Chinmaya Tapovan Ashram, and the winter sessions of the Government are held there.
GEOGRAPHY
Dharamshala has an average elevation of 1457 metres, covering an area of almost 8.51 km².
Dharamsala is located in the Kangra Valley, in the shadow of the Dhauladhar mountains.
The city is divided into two distinct sections. Kotwali Bazaar and the surrounding markets are referred to as "Lower Dharamshala" or just "Dharamshala." Further up the mountain is McLeodGanj separated in between by the village of Ganchen Kyishong, the home of the Tibetan government-in-exile. A steep, narrow road connects McLeodGanj from Dharamshala and is only accessible to taxis and small cars, while a longer road winds around the valley for use by buses and trucks. McLeodGanj is surrounded by pine, Himalayan oak, and rhododendron.
The main crops grown in the valleys below are rice, wheat and tea.
CONNECTIONS
Dharamshala town is reached by Gaggal Airport, (IATA: DHM, ICAO: VIGG), about 15 km to the town's south and about 10 km north of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh town. To reach Dharamshala by train, one has to reach Kangra, Himachal Pradesh town by Kangra Valley Railway line from Pathankot 94 km away and then take a bus or a taxi.
Pathankot is a broad gauge railway head. There is another railway line from Pathankot to Jogindernagar, a part of the Mandi District of Himachal Pradesh, which is a narrow-gauge line. The nearest station to Dharamshala on this line is Chamunda Marg, half an hour away, where a Shaktipitha is; the town is well connected by road to other parts of the country.
Buses of all classes (deluxe, air-conditioned, and regular) drive daily between Dharamshala and major cities such as Chandigarh, Delhi, and Shimla. Several buses each night connect McLeodGanj with Majnu Ka Tila, the Tibetan settlement in Delhi.
CLIMATE
Dharamshala has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Cwa). Summer starts in early April, peaks in early June (when temperatures can reach 36 °C) and last till mid-June. From July to mid-September is the monsoon season when up to 3000 mm of rainfall can be experienced, making Dharamshala one of the wettest places in the state. Autumn is mild and lasts from October to the end of November.
Autumn temperatures average around 16–17 °C. Winter starts in December and continues until late February. Snow and sleet are common during the winter in upper Dharamshala (including McLeodganj, Bhagsu Nag and Naddi). Lower Dharamshala receives little solid precipitation except hail. The snowfall of January 7, 2012 was an exception. It was caused by deep low pressure entering the Kangra district. Winter is followed by a short, pleasant spring until April. Historically, the Dhauladhar mountains used to remain snow-covered all year long, however, in recent years they have been losing their snow blanket during dry spells.
The best times to visit are the autumn and spring months.
TREKKING
Dharamshala is a starting point to a number of trekking trails that especially lead trekkers across Dhauladhar into the upper Ravi Valley and Chamba district. En route, you cross through forests of deodar, pine, oak and rhododendron, and pass streams and rivers and wind along vertiginous cliff tracks, and the occasional lake waterfall and glacier.
A 2-km amble takes one to Bhagsu, and then a further 3-km walk will lead the trekkers to Dharamkot. If one wishes to go on a longer walk then he/she can trek 8-km to Triund. The snow line of Ilaqa Got is just a 5-km walk.
Other trekking trails that lead you to Chamba from Dharamshala are:
Toral Pass (4575m) which begins from Tang Narwana (1150m) that is nearly 10 km from Dharamshala
Across Bhimghasutri Pass (4580m) via near-vertical rocky ascents, steep cliffs and dangerous gorges. This is a highly difficult level trek and takes around six days to complete.
Dharamshala—Bleni Pass (3710m) – Dunali. Compared to other trekking trails, this one is much easier and takes around four or five-days to complete. The trek leads you through alpine pastures, woods, and streams, before ending at Dunali, on the Chamba road.
Dharamshala is an ideal destination for rock climbing enthusiasts. One can go rock climbing over the ridges of the Dhauladhar range.
kareri lake (near kareri village) is also a famous trekking destination for travellers.
PLACES OF ATTRACTION
Naam Art Gallery The exhibition in ‘NAAM ART GALLERY’ exhibits paintings by Elsbeth Buschmann - watercolours and acrylics - and oil paintings by Alfred W. Hallett. Elsbeth Buschmann, is a professional painter from Germany, having studied painting in London and Paris . She lived in many countries where she held exhibitions, especially in the USA where she received various awards. Her paintings are in private collections in Germany, USA, Scotland, India and Switzerland. In India she held solo exhibitions at AIFAX, New Delhi and TAG, the Art Gallery of the Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai. She also took part in ‘The Himalayan National Exhibition of Art’ and was awarded. Open 10am to 7.00pm (Monday Closed) Mobile 098160-43708
Masrur (or Masroor): The major attraction of this place is the fifteen exquisitely carved monolithic rock temples dating back to the 8th century. The carvings of these temples are similar to Kailash temple at Ellora. In the sanctum of the main temple, one can find images of Lord Ram, and the Goddesses Sita and Lakshmi. Masrur is 40 km south of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh at 32°4′22″N 76°8′14″E. Template:Jama Masjid, Kotwali Bazar, Dharamshala.
Bhagsu Waterfall: This waterfall is in Bhagsu, 2 km from McLeodGanj. It lies behind the Bhagsunag Temple. During Monsoon, the fall turns into a 30 feet cascade.
Bhagsunag Temple: Temple of god Shiva situated around 2 km from McLeodGanj Bazaar. Constructed by 1 GR by around 1800 century and then worshipped majorly by 14 Gukha platoon villages in Dharamshala. Very next to Bhagsunag temple is a water fall, one of the major tourist attraction spot in Dharamshala.
Kangra Museum: Situated close to the bus stand, Kangra Art Museum is a unique museum displaying the artifacts of Tibetan and Buddhist cultures. This is a treasure of Kangra valley’s cultural past, crafts, arts and other ancient artifacts. Some of the displayed items in the museum are dating back to the 5th century.
Kangra Museum encloses a gallery consisting of miniature paintings of Kangra’s rich past, pottery, rare coin memorabilia, sculptures and anthropological materials. It has a varied collection of tribal jewelry, embroidered costumes and wood carvings. A section dedicated to contemporary artworks adds the attraction to the museum.
Tourists can easily reach by bus or taxi and it will take 30 mins to one hour to see the museum. While visiting the museum, never miss to explore the Kotwali bazar.
Kunal Pathri Temple: This temple is dedicated to Goddess Kalpeshwari and is 3 km from the Kotwali Bazaar. It's believed that a part of Goddess Sati's skull fell here when Lord Shiva was carrying the charred body of the Goddess; hence the name of the temple.
Chamunda Temple: This temple is around 15 km from Dharamshala on the right bank of river Baner on the Mandi-Pathankot highway. According to mythology, Goddess Kali killed the demons Chand and Mund at this place.
Dal Lake: The Lake is spread in an area of 1 km and is bounded by rhododendrons, deodars, and junipers forest. Annually, a fair is held at the Kali Temple near the Lake. There is another temple close to the lake that is dedicated to sage Durvasa. Dal Lake is 2 km walk westwards from McLeodGanj bazaar.
Triund: Triund is nestled in the foothills of Dhauladhar and is around 17 km from Dharamshala. It's a trekking destination from McLeodGanj, and offers magnificent vistas of the mountains and valleys. The nightstays are in the hoods, small time caves, that local gaddis with their goat herds use as shelters from rains during the daytime.
Naddi: This scenic picnic spot is located 5 km northwest of McLeodGanj. Naddi offers a spectacular view of the Kangra valley. You can trek to Kareri Lake, Triund, and Guna Devi from here. It's becoming a popular destination for nature lovers.
Thaneek Pura or Thanik Pura is a hill station village (hamlet) in Chintpurni in the Una district of the state of Himachal Pradesh in India. It is near the Chintpurni Temple, which is a place of pilgrimage for both Hindus and Sikhs. The area is surrounded by the western Himalayas in the north and east in the smaller Shiwalik (or Shivalik) range bordering the state of Punjab.
McLeodGanj is around 9 km from Dharamshala. This place is famous for its markets, where one can shop for handicraft items, eat Tibetan food and visit statue of Lord Buddha.
Sidhbari : A village located 6 km from Dharamshala near Yol Cantonment and a place of historical spiritual significance. Attractions around Sidhbari include the Kapila Muni Cave, Chinmaya Ashram, Gyuto monastery, Aganjar Mahadev Temple and the newly constructed State legislature. The agricultural hamlet of Rakkar nearby is an ideal base to explore the rest of the Kangra district and experience the traditional lifestyle and mud architecture of the Gaddi community.
Adi Shakti Temple, Naddi
Aghanjar Mahadev
Bhagsu waterfall
Bhagsunath
Sheela Chowk
Bir - Popular destination for ecotourism, meditation studies, volunteering, and paragliding at Billing.
Brajeshwari Devi Temple
Chamunda Devi Mandir
Chinmaya Tapovan
Chime Gyatsarling Monastery, just behind of Norbulingka Institute, upper Sidhpur. 6 km from Dharmshala and 14 km from Gagal airport.
Dal Lake
Dari
Gopalpur Zoo and tea gardens
Dehra Gopipur
Dharamkot (2100 m)
Guna Devi Mandir amidst dense forest
Historical fort in Old Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. Adjoining the Fort is the Maharaja Sansar Chandra Museum, run by the Kangra Royal Family. The Museum provides audio guides for the fort and the museum.
Haripur Village (near Guler)
Pong Dam Lake
Indru Nag Temple
Kareri Lake
Khaniyara
Kunal Pathri
Lam Dal Lake
Library of Tibetan Works and Archives
Masrur (rock temple)
Namgyal Monastery
Narghota
Norbulingka Institute
Nurpur[18]
Sidhbari
Church of St. John in the Wilderness
Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts
Triund (2975 m), a popular day hike or overnight trek. There is a forest rest house for overnight stay.
Tatwani and Machhrial
Trilokpur
Chime Gyatseling Monastery (Guru Padmasambhava)
Near Norbulingka Tibetan Institute
Jama Masjid kotwalibazar Dharamshala
Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Maughon, right, the master gunner for Company C, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division and Staff Sgt. Scott Colson, left, a tank commander in Company C, 2nd Bn. 12th Cav. Regt. remote fire a tank during calibration fire at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Oct. 1. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. John Farmer, 1st BCT, 1st CD Public Affairs).
Members of the Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) prepare for a patrol in southern Afghanistan.
In line with the Government's decision to increase troop commitment in Afghanistan, approximately 300 personnel have deployed as part of a Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) into Oruzgan Province in southern Afghanistan..
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The SOTG consist of Commando's, members of the Special Air Service Regiment and enabling and support personnel..
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The SOTG operates in support of ISAF security operations and will enhance provincial security by working to disrupt Taliban extremists command and control routes of supply in remote areas. .
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These disruption activities will directly support the Reconstruction Task Force's (RTF) reconstruction efforts, support the development of Afghan National Security Forces and reinforce the legitimacy of the Afghan Government..
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The SOTG's unique skills will be utilised in the remote regions of the province, thereby directly influencing the security situation in more populated areas.
Lindisfarne Priory, Holy Island, Northumberland, England, UK.
This remote island, cut off from the mainland twice a day by the tide, was chosen by the Irish Christian Aidan as a base to convert the Anglo Saxons in AD 635. The monks built a wooden church and monastery and from 675 Bishop Cuthbert joined them. It was during this period that the highly decorated Lindisfarne Gospels were produced, now to be seen in The British Library in London.
Although the island was hard to reach, and the monastery was defended on the land, it was no problem for the seagoing Norsemen to raid and plunder. In 793 the Vikings arrived, probably from a stronghold further along the coast, and they stole the valuable art and treasures. The repeated raids became such a problem that the monks abandoned the island in 875, taking their remaining belongings and Cuthbert's body to County Durham.
The monks returned in the 12th century when the present buildings were started. The church was a scaled down version of Durham Cathedral. The small religious community survived several war periods during the 14th century until 1537 when, under King Henry VIII's proclamation, all monasteries were dissolved with the wealth going to the crown and the king's friends.
Local people and landowners demolished the monastery buildings to use the stone; much of which can be seen in the nearby castle, completed in 1550. The church was left complete until the lead roof was removed in 1613 after which the fabric of the building rapidly decayed. The tower collapsed in the 18th century leaving one of the two ribs for the vaulting open to the sky. This is now the priory's most dramatic and recognisable feature.
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Taken on 18th June, 2013 at 1457hrs with an Olympus OM-2sp through a Zuiko Auto-W 28mm ƒ/2.8 wide angle lens on 35mm Kodak Ektar 100 ASA colour negative film, developed in Fuji-Hunt X-Press C-41 chemicals..
©2013 Tim Pickford-Jones
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area biologists are using remote camera traps to study the 2013 Springs Fire's impact on wildlife. These camera traps are located in Rancho Sierra Vista and Point Mugu State Park. This is a bobcat.
Full sized remote controlled digger. Remote control by Laing Plc. Lightweight artificial rocks by artificialrocks.co.uk.
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area biologists are using remote camera traps to study the 2013 Springs Fire's impact on wildlife. These camera traps are located in Rancho Sierra Vista and Point Mugu State Park. This is a bobcat.
Original Caption: Highway in remote area of Molokai, October 1973
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My homemade wired remote I made for my Rebel XTi. It's made entirely out of parts from Radio Shack and is MUCH cheaper than Canon's wired remote.
Project box $2.29
Switch $2.99
2x button = $4.58
Cable $5.49
Not shown: Right-Angle 3/32" Stereo Headset Plug, cat no. 274-298, $2.79
Wire + Solder = negligible cost.
Total = $18.14 if you have all the necessary tools (drill with 1/2" and 3/4" bits, soldering iron, screwdriver, needle-nose pliers may be needed for wire manipulation)
In contrast: Canon Remote Switch RS-60E3 = $30.00
After a day of chasing WMSR 1309 up and down the mountains of Western Maryland, rolling back into downtown Cumberland, I spotted a CSX freight facing westbound with BNSF and Ferrormex power on lead. Seen here on the northern end of the Cumberland yard leads, next to the Amtrak Cumberland Station.
Mounting the remote. This doesn't fit well with the bottom of my steering wheel, and it would probably be a good idea to hack the controller board up and put it in a smaller case
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in A remote village traditional Hindu social and religious marriage.
Live Capture From a remote village in Jamalpur.
Here we can a nucleated village settlement of Dilwa !! Dilwa is one of the remote village in India being separated and segregated from rest of the India by Chota Nagpur Hill ranges !! Nature is at its best here !! The air is very fresh here !! No kind of pollution is seen occuring !! No tree felling , no nurture upon the nature !! Only fresh air , smell of exotic wild plant flower , singing birds prevails here !! I loved this calm and peaceful but remote diversified piece of land !! Here " Pin Drop Silence " is a very natural thing !!
This is very remote, and not for the faint-hearted without proper maps, or GPS, Sat phone, and remote gear.
We had thought if a World War started, we would not know, but when we got back to Civilisation, where we saw 9/11 on TV and a newspaper...
We drove from Kalpowar out to Cape Melville and camped for a couple of nights. The next day, we followed the beach to the cape from the campsite, www.flickr.com/photos/spelio/4539199295/
and then walked around looking for the graves of the 100s of pearl divers. The pearling fleet was destroyed along with 300 fishermen..
There were a few crosses to the white sailors who perished, but not much to remind us of the native fisherman who perished..
It was one of Australia's greatest natural disasters in terms of lives lost..
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_disasters_in_Australia_by_d...
see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahina_Cyclone_of_1899
Within an hour, the pearling fleet (at anchor) was either driven onto the shore or onto the Great Barrier Reef. Only 4 sailors survived and over 307 were killed. Just before the eye of the cyclone passed overland to the north a storm surge, variously reported as either 13 metres or 48 feet (14.6 meters) high, swept inland for about 5 kilometers, destroying anything that was left of the Bathurst Bay pearling fleet along with the settlement.
We had a great couple of relaxing days here, but it is a day long drive in high and low range 4WD with lots of sand. Fortunately the muddy clay pans were only damp, but there were a couple of abandoned cars in the mud, with snatch straps still attached!
I have all this trip mainly on video and C41 prints.
We arrived back to the camp and our trailers at Kalpowar on 9/11, 11-09-01, in Australia, to hear of the disaster in New York..
We could hear some of the news on the radio, and next morning watched in horror as it was replayed on TV in the Laura General Store.
Youtube video...
MyCloud video home.mycloud.com/public/4174f9b4-ab37-4f2c-a572-1065eb3c0...
A nomadic community in Turkana, Kenya, gathers in the shade of two acacia trees, as part of a remote Save the Children and UNICEF malnutrition screening programme supported by UK aid. UK aid is supporting the production and distribution of nutrient-enriched peanut paste in Kenya, to help treat children suffering from malnutrition as a result of the extended drought which is gripping much of the country. Over 2.7 million people have been affected by the drought in Kenya, including over 1 million children. Over 100,000 of those are children under 5 years old who are in need of treatment for severe malnutrition.The UK has already provided funding for 14,000 cartons of the peanut paste in Kenya, enough to treat 14,000 severely malnourished children since October 2016. Each carton contains 150 sachets of the paste, which are dosed at approximately 3 per child per day for about 2 weeks. The paste (which is also known as 'Plumpy Nut' or RUTF - Ready to Use Therapeutic Food) helps malnourished children regain weight and nutrition quickly and safely. Most children will recover within 2 weeks of treatment, whereas many would die without it. The UK has recently provided an additional £4 million funding to UNICEF to enable them to locate and treat an additional 70,000 of the most severely malnourished children at risk this year.
Repeated failed rains have left Kenya facing it's worst drought crisis in over 30 years. The drought is also affecting millions of people in South Sudan, Somalia and Ethiopia.
Picture: Russell Watkins/DFID
My remote does not work at this distance (I think the battery is weak), and my camera's shutter delay is only 10 seconds. As a result, my exercise for today was SPRINTING around the pool to get into the photo. I did this about 10 times and got only a few strange looks from the neighbors.
My hands are up because I'm pushing my hair out of my face :)
St Nicholas, Bedfield, Suffolk
I've now been visiting this remote little church for twenty years. I love to cycle around the back lanes of Suffolk as summer becomes autumn, the land quietly putting itself to bed for the winter, woodsmoke in the air, the edgy cries of pheasants in the woods, the light whitening out as the afternoon lengthens.
When I first came to St Nicholas, it was in early October 1998. They were getting their church ready for the harvest festival, one of those very English events which must seem curious to a foreign visitor. Harvest festivals are one of those peculiarly Anglican inventions. Like many such ancient traditions, they actually only date back to the 1840s or so. Most Suffolk village churches have them, and do them very well. For some churches, it seems the only time apart from Christmas that the building comes alive.
On this occasion, half a dozen people were busy arranging apples, and marrows, and pumpkins, and leeks, piled in crates and carrier bags at the entrance to the church. They chatted as they did so, and it struck me that this was a kind of communion, the parish being together and talking to itself.
There is a particular smell to a medieval church filled with fruit and vegetables. Once experienced, it is never forgotten, and instantly draws your imagination back to ancient walls, soft wood and cool tiles. For me, it still recalls the beautiful late medieval roodscreen at Bedfield, lined with apples and onions.
I had cycled here along the track from Tannington. Once this leaves the farmyard behind, it becomes the kind of track you'd have found all over Suffolk before the 1920s and 1930s. When you look at an old road map of Suffolk, you find many more byways marked than there are today. Some of them were surfaced, many have disappeared completely. The track between Tannington and Bedfield seems to be still deciding whether or not to settle on the latter option, for at several points it becomes nothing more than overgrown tractor ruts in the mud. But for most of the way it is a gravel track which for part of its route winds pleasantly through woodland.
Once, in the last year of the 20th Century, I passed a real gipsy caravan on this track. It was late winter, and the cold afternoon light was fading. The brightly coloured caravan had come to a halt, the little horse pulling miserably at the coarse tussocks on the field side. Behind, a man was working at a makeshift forge, the coals flaring suddenly in the uncertain dusk. He nodded once as I passed. I still don't know if it was real.
I came back later in the year on the occasion of the Historic Churches bike ride, and Bedfield church was bathed in the honeyed warmth of late summer. A giant puffball grew by the churchyard gate, and would have made a fine meal if the rats hadn't got to it first. Again the church was busy, a smiling lady at a table signing the forms of a couple of teenage girls with their dad. On this occasion, I could see the roodscreen without having to negotiate fruit and vegetables.
Unusually, the panels contain eight Old Testament prophets in gorgeous reds and greens. The faces of some of the prophets have been viciously attacked with a knife. This may have been the work of mid-16th century reformers, but it appears as though the same thing done at Brundish, a couple of miles off, was actually work commissioned by the iconoclast William Dowsing on behalf of the puritans a century later. Dowsing never came to Bedfield, though, but perhaps the Brundish churchwardens did. We stood together, the smiling lady and me, imagining the past.
Why even do it? It may simply have been a result of the injunction against images, that fundamentalist mistrust of the beauty of the human face being depicted. We have had a reminder with the evils meted out by the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq that fundamentalism never did anybody any good, and the terrors of the Cromwellian night extended far beyond destroying artwork. As Eric Maria Remarque observed, tolerance is the daughter of doubt. So it gives me immense pleasure to see that behind the wicked knife slashes, the prophets seem a jolly lot, with smiles on their faces and the attitudes of old friends having a good time. Perhaps that is why they were attacked.
St Nicholas sits on the edge of another farmyard, although a proper road connects it to the fine pub and the village beyond. The tower dates from the 14th century, when the entire church seems to have been rebuilt, although there's quite a lot of evidence of the earlier church, including a fine Norman north doorway. There are three niches on the west face of the tower. From their relationship with each other, we can deduce that they probably contained a rood group.
Peter and I came this way in June 2007, as part of my plan to revisit the 650-odd Suffolk churches I had explored more than six years earlier. Quite honestly, we didn't expect to get in, because what I haven't mentioned was that, in those days, Bedfield church was just about the only medieval church in this part of Suffolk which was kept locked without a keyholder. However, as with several other places in the area on this beautiful day, St Nicholas was undergoing its spring clean. The grass was being cut, the benches polished, the floors mopped. In fact, they were just finishing, cars pulling off. As we walked up the graveyard path, we met the keyholder coming the other way. She was very kind, and very helpful. She went and checked with her husband that it would be okay for us to see inside, and then let us into the Priest door, and we stepped inside to the trim interior.
The church is smaller than it looks from outside. There was a major restoration in 1870, which left St Nicholas looking the very model of a rural parish church. The brick floor is an organic setting for some lovely rustic woodwork. It seems that the village had an enthusiastic carpenter in the late 17th century, for the group of benches by the door, the font cover and the pulpit all date from this time The benches are haunting, and it doesn't take much to imagine our ancestors tight-packed on them, shuffling their bottoms awkwardly at the preaching of the Word. I assume that most churches once had benches like this, and that they were destroyed at the time of 19th century restorations. The font cover is intricate, and it opens up without the need to remove it, as at Bramford and Boxford.
This was all well and good, but something was nagging me as we poked around. And then I was startled to notice that the rood screen had gone. Now, this isn't the kind of thing you usually expect. Surely it couldn't have been stolen? Fortunately not, for I was told it had been removed to be cleaned by the artist Christine Easton, who lives in the village, and would shortly be returned.
When it came back, so did I. I had also been told that Bedfield church was now open every day, so with some enthusiasm I cycled down the track from Tannington again, which twenty years on is now near impassable in places, necessitating getting off my bike and lifting it over rubble.
Ahead of me, St Nicholas was beautiful in the early autumn sunshine, a diadem at the end of the long track. I stepped inside to its instantly familiar homeliness and small-scale elegance, to the sight of the old screen as if it had never been away. Beyond the screen, the sanctuary was a riot of tiles and gothic lettering. vibrant in the light. Decoration of this type was deeply unfashionable for most of the twentieth century, and it did well to survive.
A poignant ledger stone to Thomas Dunston bears a simple skull and the inscription Hodie Mihi, Cras Tibi ('Mine today, yours tomorrow'). It is dated December 25th 1657, which is Christmas Day for us, but not for Thomas Dunston, for this was during Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth, and the celebration of Christmas, like so much else, was illegal. Hard to imagine, now, perhaps, although intolerance survives like a virus in abeyance, and always needs to be guarded against.
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