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Sometimes its best to just send in the robot.
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Best GI Joe accessory in DECADES.
An isolated rock along the Holland Track....it had a great atmosphere and absolutely nobody else there the night we made camp under a full moon.
This is a remote but beautiful staircase in the Musée du Louvre. Probably made even more remote because of a modern escalator close by. These were once the stairs to the apartment of Napoleon III. Actually they still are but Napoleon III is no longer in residence.
The staircase runs from a permanently closed door in the Richelieu Passage that you can peak through and think about what once was. Then up to the Sculptures Department and up some more to the Decorative Arts Department on the first floor. The stairs end between the galleries devoted to the paintings of the Northern Europe and a passage to the preserved Apartments of Napoleon III. In this view the doorway is the decorative arts department and the sculpture court is just below.
There is so much architectural history and so many grand staircases in the Louvre that I can't find out much more than the fact that these stairs were designed by Hector Lefuel. I did find out that it was built between 1852 and 1858 in the north wing or the Nouveau Louvre. Designed as a proper approach to the first elected President of France and completed just after that President decided to appoint himself Emperor of the French.
The staircase was designed for the "New Louvre" because there was an older wing and the original staircase called "escalier de bibliothèque" went up to the imperial library until it was burned down in a revolt. Years before the destruction of the library both Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson must have been frequent visitors. After the new construction French citizens must have looked up those stairs and then the message was clear, someone very important is up there.
Commentary.
An image after a three mile uphill climb from Bracorina on Loch Morar.
A landscape of rocky, hummocky hills, remote lochans and a lattice of rushing burns.
Here at Bealach nan Sac, 200 metres, 656 feet, above the former village of Wester Stoul views in all directions are stunning. This view is across the deep sea-loch called Loch Nevis towards untamed Knoydart.
Eastwards, at the head of the loch rises the distinctive pyramidal peak of Sgurr na Ciche, a landmark for miles around.
On the far left is a glimpse of Inverie, the most remote village on mainland Britain, only accessible by boat or on foot.
Smoke from heather-burning had masked most of my shots.
No loss.
Just a reason to return next year.
A directional road sign In the middle of nowhere on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula Scotland.
Looking In the direction of the B8007 road and Kilchoan.
October 3 2019.
Strobist: Lit by a Nikon SB-800 with a cardboard ringlight and an ebay trigger, and an optically slaved (and rrrreally old!) Starblitz 3600 BTZ pointing at the ceiling.
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This crumbling and potholed public road crosses the remote moorland from the flow country to the sea on the east coast of Sutherland. It is both beautiful and desolate and full of archaeology.
using "Airdroid" remote, this is a picture of the front camera, triggered online via wifi. It is the current-outlet of my lamp in the living room.
Joking! It is the dwarf star next to our sun. Just some lightyears away.
In Camarones, on the remote coast of Chubut, this façade tells the slow story of Patagonia. Corrugated metal shaped by salty winds, peeling paint worn by the southern sun, closed doors filled with memory. Nothing rushes here: simple architecture becomes a witness to the harsh and authentic life of Argentine coastal villages, between ocean, solitude and endless horizons.
Southern Pacific Railroad switching and control circuits in a remote area of Wyoming. Near Sage Junction, Lincoln County, Wyoming. For the Telegraph Tuesday group. HTT
Quark Expeditions and other ship operators provide support to researchers with transportation to remote locations. This location featured a camera to monitor the local bird colony. More times than not, polar bears make toys of the equipment. The equipment may make it through 3 seasons. As researchers visit each area, they'll swap out the memory disks. Canon 5DM4 with Canon 24-105mm L @ 82mm 1/80s f/8 ISO 250 and shot from a bouncy zodiac. Post-processing in LRC, PS, and Topaz Sharpen AI.
A remote cottage sits on the shores of Loch Lomond in the shadow of Ben Lomond.
The "cottage" is, in fact, the Loch Lomond Sailing Club building :)