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This image of a beautiful Great Egret covers two genre nature and autumn colors. These birds seem to hang in, later and later each year. Interesting facts from Whatbird.com "At the end of the 19th century, large numbers were killed so their plumes could be used to decorate hats.
The symbol of the National Audubon Society is the Great Egret.
They have a slow flight and fly with their necks retracted. This is a distinguishing characteristic.
A group of egrets has many collective nouns, including a "congregation", "heronry", "RSVP", "skewer", and "wedge" of egrets".
Corallina Cove,
Montana de Oro State Park,
San Luis Obispo Co, California
I'm interested enough in this that I did a little homework.
The typical tentacles are green at left and yellow-green at right with the white fighting tentacles forming a collar below them and usually retracted. As needed, the acrorhagi can expand and can fire potent nematocysts ("stinging capsules") when touching another anemone. The anemone at left (and the circular part shown here is just a protruded out part of the larger anemone) had its fighting tentacles extended while the anemone at lower right expanded closer and closer. In this frame it was slightly below the one at left, but when they appeared to touch, the one at right retracted quickly. "The victim may then move away from the 'aggressor' or even detach completely from the substrate. Within a few days necrosis may ensue, sometimes causing death . . ."--Hydrobiologia 216/217: 539-545, 1991. R. B. Williams, et al.
(See also the adjacent photo.)
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A small Luft '46 project, but not an OOB kit but rather a massive kit conversion which comes close to scratch-building: the rather weird Messerschmitt 334, a true 'paper plane'.
Some background
The Me 334 (the project number's origins are not clear, the designation has never been officially accepted by the RLM) is one of the few plane designs that was intended as a conversion from a jet/rocket-powered plane into a piston-engine design, namely the Me 163 Komet.
Due to the early unavailability of the Walter rocket engines for the Me 163 in 1942/43, the Me 334 was derived as an alternative. Dr. Lippisch, the Me 163' designer, modified this aircraft to accept a Daimler Benz DB 605 12-cylinder piston engine. The wings were taken from the Me 163. They were mounted mid-fuselage and swept back at a 23.4 degree angle. The main landing gear retracted inwards and the front gear retracted to the rear - a revolutionary design for its time. The DB 605 would drive a pusher propeller through an extension shaft, alle the way through the fuselage, and the vertical stabilizer was re-located under the fuselage as a protection for the propeller on the ground.
Further development was abandoned when the Walter engines finally became operational and available, and Lippisch designed the P.20 as another evolutionary step of the basic design, but this time with a jet engine.
The Me 334 was never built, and its performance can only be guessed. Sources consider the Me equivalent or even slightly superior to the contemporary Me 109G.
General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 7.0 m
Wing span: 9.3 m
Height: 3.72 m
Wing area: 17.3 m²
Aspect ratio: 5.0
Weight: 2.800–3.000 kg
Performance: slightly better than a Me 109G
Engine: 1 Daimler-Benz DB 605 with 1.475 hp
Armament: Two MG 131 13mm machine guns on top of the engine cowl.
The kit and its assembly
Information and details are scarce, so I decided to take the same approach Dr. Lippisch did: take a Me 163, add a piston engine and see where it goes.
The basis for my kit is a Me 163 from Academy - a very good model kit, which nor only comes with a tractor for the model but also offers two fuselage versions: the single seated interceptor and the two-seated trainer version. The latter would be perfect for my conversion, because I could use the complete rear cockpit and its interior!
From this Me 163S, more or less the complete fuselage and the wings were taken, but donations from several other kits were used to "create" something that would resemble a Me 334 (all 1:72 scale):
- Engine from a Matchbox Me 410
- Landing gear from a Hasegawa J7W Shinden
- Main wheels from a Hasegawa XF8U
- Main landing gear covers from an Italieri Fw 190D
- Canopy from an Airfix P-38
- Propeller blades from a Matchbox Fw 190A
- Air intake and jet fan parts from a Kovozavody Su-25
- Exhaust pipes from an Italierei He 111
Many other details like the front grille or the landing gear covers were built from scratch.
Lots of putty was necessary to melt the engine and the fuselage into "one", as well as the P-38 canopy, which is actually a bit oversized for the tiny aircraft.
The propeller was built from scratch - it is the tip of a supersonic drop tank, a wire shaft sits in a plastic tube in the plane's tail. The propeller blades come from a Matchbox Fw 190 - I thought that these characteristic, spade-like blades would add to the "German" look.
All the landing gear wells had to be cut open manually, and filled with some details. This was easier than expected, just the front wheel bay was a bit difficult to install since it would be placed on the intersection of fuselage and engine.
Since I am not certain what would be inside of the radiator intake in the Me 334's front, I decided to put a mesh inside and add a small fan which would be barely visible - a nice effect.
I used the original cockpit from the Me 163 Academy kit, just added safety belts and a radio set behind the seat. Since fitting the canopy was rather complicated and messy, I left it unopened and without a pilot.
Painting
As a true "Whif" plane, total design freedom! But as usual with Luft '46 models, I tried to stay true to contemporary Luftwaffe camouflage and marking designs. The Me 334 would have been ready for trials in late 1943, so I thought that a machine from a fictional "Erprobungskommando 334" (or "EK 334" for short, a temporary testing unit, where a new type would be introduced to real life service, a common Luftwaffe practice at that time) would be fine.
Since all-grey fighters were only about to appear at that time, I settled on conservative colours:
* Wing surfaces in RLM 71/02 (Dunkelgrün/Grau, actually Humbrol #116 and Testors Testors #2071; it is a colour scheme that was common on Bf 109’s, after the original RLM 70/71 turned out to be much too dark an low in contrast)
* Lower surfaces RLM 65 (Lichtblau, Humbrol #65)
* Fuselage surface RLM 75/02 (Humbrol #106 Ocean Grey with additional mottles of Humbrol #140 Gull Grey)
* All interior surfaces including the landing gear were painted in RLM 66 (Schwarzgrau).
Markings come from the donation kit Academy Me 163 and from the scrap box. Among the extras are squadron batches and insignia for the technical officer’s plane (the chevron symbol with the dot instead of a number) from TL Decals, plus some ‘kill’ markings for planes and balloons on the tai fin, also from a TL Decals sheet.
Which kingdom is yours?
does it blow hot and cold
instil voices in your soul
give meaning to the whole?
we're all living under one roof
for in our circinate human world
we forgot to evolve with technology
now hearts retract our psychology
of life, love, and the surviving nest
our hopeless habits of stereotyping
and mind-boggling circumvention
add the ultimate twist of invention
a concoction of storytelling
rises with the morning Sun;
every tree is a citadel of history
recorded by the natural mystery
if time is yearned for in it's veneration
then nature too should be respected
wholly giving is the sense of purpose
truly unforgivable is our arrogance so ambiguous
we need tread more carefully
ascend the life of realistic aspiration
and revel in the forgotten glory of nature;
the life less known is best known for perfect contemperature.
by anglia24
10h20: 09/05/2008
©2008anglia24
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Here it is, the Hercules A2, M2, and C2 starlifter. Its has retracting landing gear, and a semi full interior. I couldn't fit the crew quarters unfortunely. The interior cargo bay barley fits two tonks just like in the game.
The rear ramp can fold up while the front ramp can retract behind the doors. the doors are extremely fragile due to some 1 stud connections so you may need to detach them to open them easier. (the ball joint with one stud must be rotated 90 degrees to open the doors).
The only difference between the C2, A2, and M2 is the amount of turrets each has and the paint job. The A2 has 3 extra turrets, one on the nose and two more on the bottom while the M2 has 1 extra nose turret.
this is in the same scale as my elite dangerous line.
instructions here: rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-89891/TheRealBeef1213/1250-scale...
more pics here: bricksafe.com/pages/TheRealBeef1213/star-citizan/hercules...
Shortly after takeoff, DT15 came back to Yokota. Trouble with the nose gear, did not retract properly.
As with most of my models, the undercarriage of the Hellcat can be retracted. These pictures also clearly show that the wings are swept back slightly.
93-0722 from the 21st Fighter Squadron retracting the landing gears after shooting an approach to RWY 03L at Luke AFB.
Lock and Dam No. 14, the Mississippi River, LeClaire, Iowa.
The eagle rotated its body and swung its feet and tail up (1). Then, the eagle retracted its left wing and dove vertically (2).
Nigardsbreen, a glacier arm of the Jostedalsbreen glacier in Norway. This picture was taken in 2013.
I read at wikipedia that it retracted 100m from years 2000- 2010 and retracted 250m from years 2010-2016.
If you have good eyes, you may see some people walking around. Hope to get there this year again ...
This $143 million museum was opened in October 2014. The building was designed by the architect Frank Gehry,
The two-story, 41,441 square foot structure has 11 galleries, a large auditorium with 350 seats that retract from the floor, a number of multilevel roof terraces for events and art installations, and a lower level that includes a pond and permanently installed artwork.
Architect: Frank Gehry
A Finnish Air Force Hawk retracts undercarriage and heads low over the runway at RIAT 2022. A fab display from our friends from Finland.
An old ballpoint pen I was about to toss seemed like a good match for the MM PushPull theme. So here it is, rescued for a few moments before being taken apart and put in the recycle bin.
Lego anvil hawk. It has retracting landing gear and moving wings. Turnaround GIF: i.imgur.com/AERqXLB.gifv
instructions here: rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-54464/TheRealBeef1213/anvil-hawk...
ZS-LSH - Boeing B-707-323C/Q - SAFAIR (with RSA - titles)
at Zuerich-Kloten Airport (ZRH) in 1990
Operated for a short time for the South African Government with RSA titles. Small Safair titles on the engines.
c/n 19.577 - built in 1968 for American Airlines -
operated by SAFAIR between 1988 and 1992 -
final user was Hewa Bora Airways as 9Q-CKK - w/o 11/1/97 at Kinshasa (FIH) - landed with nosewheel retracted (no fatalities) dbr & used for parts
asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/324110
scanned from Kodachrome-slide
Wolverine is a mutant who possesses animal-keen senses, enhanced physical capabilities, three retracting bone claws on each hand and a healing factor that allows him to recover from virtually any wound, disease or toxin, at an accelerated rate. The healing factor also slows down his aging process, enabling him to live beyond a normal human lifespan. His powerful healing factor enabled the supersoldier program Weapon X to bond the near-indestructible metal alloy adamantium to his skeleton and claws without killing him.
Found another use for those great old school lego lighting systems! ; ) yes its real not an effect!
All Credit to Florida Shoooter for the pimpin...guy has skill and patience of a saint..thanks bud
Comments and favs really appreciated on my superhero stuff as id love to get into making more of them and support will really help with that guys.
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My 2022 MOC of a Royal Canadian Air Force CF-104 Starfighter.
The model has less features than my CF-18 due to less working space but I did manage to include fully deploying and retracting Landing gear!
A clever photograph taken August 26, 1967, during rollout of the Apollo 4/SA-501 launch vehicle.
Note the repainted & noticeably whiter “t-shaped” area extending upward/outward from the ‘vertical’ black roll pattern stripe between the “USA” lettering of the S-IC (first) stage.
Excellent reading regarding the aforementioned, along with a lot of other wonderful content at Wes Oleszewski’s delightful website:
gwsbooks.blogspot.com/2015/04/saturn-vs-vanishing-stripes...
Credit: Wes Oleszewski/”Growing Up With Spaceflight” website
Here it is, the Hercules A2, M2, and C2 starlifter. Its has retracting landing gear, and a semi full interior. I couldn't fit the crew quarters unfortunely. The interior cargo bay barley fits two tonks just like in the game.
The rear ramp can fold up while the front ramp can retract behind the doors. the doors are extremely fragile due to some 1 stud connections so you may need to detach them to open them easier. (the ball joint with one stud must be rotated 90 degrees to open the doors).
The only difference between the C2, A2, and M2 is the amount of turrets each has and the paint job. The A2 has 3 extra turrets, one on the nose and two more on the bottom while the M2 has 1 extra nose turret.
this is in the same scale as my elite dangerous line.
instructions here: rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-89891/TheRealBeef1213/1250-scale...
more pics here: bricksafe.com/pages/TheRealBeef1213/star-citizan/hercules...
Snail is a common name that is applied most often to land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs. However, the common name "snail" is also applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have a coiled shell that is large enough for the animal to retract completely into. When the word "snail" is used in this most general sense, it includes not just land snails but also thousands of species of sea snails and freshwater snails. Occasionally a few other molluscs that are not actually gastropods, such as the Monoplacophora, which superficially resemble small limpets, may also informally be referred to as "snails".
Snails that respire using a lung belong to the group Pulmonata, while those with gills form a polyphyletic group; in other words, snails with gills form a number of taxonomic groups that are not necessarily more closely related to each other than they are related to some other groups. Both snails that have lungs and snails that have gills have diversified so widely over geological time that a few species with gills can be found on land and numerous species with lungs can be found in freshwater. Even a few marine species have lungs.
Snails can be found in a very wide range of environments, including ditches, deserts, and the abyssal depths of the sea. Many snails are herbivorous, eating plants or rasping algae from surfaces with their radulae, though a few land species and many marine species are omnivores or predatory carnivores.
Several species of the genus Achatina and related genera are known as giant African land snails; some grow to 15 in (38 cm) from snout to tail, and weigh 1 kg (2 lb). The largest living species of sea snail is Syrinx aruanus; its shell can measure up to 90 cm (35 in) in length, and the whole animal with the shell can weigh up to 18 kg (40 lb). (Source: Wikipedia)
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Made in England from 1937, this sleek camera has a Bakelite body and a retracting lens.
It also has an intriguing gravity-driven exposure (shutter/slit) mechanism. Which changes the exposure speed for the square 127 roll film as you tilt the camera to the left (90 degrees) for fast, or right (90 degrees) for slow.
Photographed wide open with a Tomioka Auto-Revuenon 55mm f1.2. I'll post a stopped down, sharp photo of the camera sometime soon!
This is a shot of the Swiss Air Force F/A-18C that was displayed at the Royal International Air Tattoo 2022. I like that I managed to capture the landing gear being retracted and the level of detail on the aircraft.
The Green tortoise beetle is one of a group of several closely related beetles. It feeds on White dead-nettle, Hedge Woundwort and Water Mint, and is often found in gardens. When disturbed, the adults behave just like tortoises, retracting their antennae and feet, and pulling their 'shell' tight down around them as they grip tightly on to the leaf they are on.
Douglas DC -3, Dakota flying with partially retracted landing gear. during Aero India 23 in Bengaluru.
Streaming huge prop vortices and keeping her 'Down in the weeds', specially marked Pakistan Air Force Lockheed L-100 Hercules
(L-382B) 64144 retracts her gear as she makes a spirited exit from Fairford after RIAT 2016.
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I'd love to know what this is called. She was more like a tiny living tank, or turtle with a carapace-like body that appeared to lift off her, or she could retract into it.
In this view looking up inside High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the work platforms have been retracted from around the Artemis I Space Launch System on Sept. 20, 2021. All 10 levels of platforms were extended and retracted as part of an umbilical test. During the test, several umbilical arms on the mobile launcher were extended to connect to the SLS rocket. They swung away from the launch vehicle, just as they will on launch day. NASA and Jacobs teams will continue conducting tests inside the VAB before transporting the Orion spacecraft to the assembly building and stacking it atop the SLS, completing assembly of the rocket for the Artemis I mission. Artemis I will be the first integrated test of the SLS and Orion spacecraft. In later missions, NASA will land the first woman and the first person of color on the surface of the Moon, paving the way for a long-term lunar presence and serving as a steppingstone on the way to Mars. Photo credit: NASA/Frank Michaux
Great Egret in Breeding Plumage
During breeding season, the Great Egret will display a shocking green lore — the area between the bill and the eyes. Also, during the breeding season, the Great Egret will display long, elegant plumes on its back, which are used in courtship displays. Like a peacock, the feathery plumes will spread out like a fan. Outside the breeding season, these long feathers disappear.
The Great Egret (Ardea alba), also known as the Common Egret, Large Egret or (in the Old World) Great White Heron, is a large, widely distributed Egret. Distributed across most of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world, in southern Europe it is rather localized. In North America it is more widely distributed, and it is ubiquitous across the Sun Belt of the United States and in the Neotropics. The Old World population is often referred to as the Great White Egret. This species is sometimes confused with the Great White Heron of the Caribbean, which is a white morph of the closely related Great Blue Heron (A. herodias).
It is only slightly smaller than the Great Blue or Grey Herons. It has all white plumage. Apart from size, it can be distinguished from other white egrets by its yellow bill and black legs and feet. It also has a slow flight, with its neck retracted. This is characteristic of herons and bitterns, and distinguishes them from storks, cranes and spoonbills, which extend their necks.
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_egret
Cornell Lab of Ornithology: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Egret/overview
Macro Mondays - July 6, 2020
Theme: Square the Circle
No.2-C Autographic KODAK JR.
I picked up the classic at a garage sale for $10. A bargain!
Note that the lens is located behind the aperture blades on many of these old folders. Focus is achieved by extending or retracting the bellows. According to the plate affixed to the platform, closest focus is six feet, almost two meters.
I don't usually post "plain jane" shots, but since this is a work in progress I figured I'd post one final shot of the completed model before heading into the paint shop (figuratively speaking of course). The landing gear do retract, however the main wheels have to be removed as there is not quite enough space internally for them. It does support the model well, even fully loaded, and has a good stance in my opinion. Time to get working on decals and loadout! Let me know your thoughts so far. Many more photos to come once she's finished.
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A Swedish Air Force JAS-39C Gripen retracts the landing gears on an impressive takeoff for a demonstration at the Royal International Air Tattoo 2017.
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The parks department got these umbrellas for the spray park, possibly to protect onlookers. I am not sure if they retract during heavy winds. They definitely are eye-catching!
Soyons très urbains : laissons ce badaud à ses songes et réflexions, tout à son aise sur le potelet rétractable bloquant l'entrée de la Grande Rue aux voitures... Chut !
Reheat on and gear retracting… General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon 91-418/SP, assigned to the 52nd Fighter Wing at Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany as part of the United States Air Force in Europe, taking off at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford on 19th July 2024.
Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines, characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major groups, the Pleurodira and Cryptodira, which differ in the way the head retracts.
That's right, landlocked York has a marina!
I love Wednesdays when I'm not at work because that's Mrs B's day off.
I really hope this 365 doesn't kill my camera love.
Two days later this pops up in explore. Can't find it though.
David Kracht also invited me to the 'in explore' group, which I accepted, but it appears that the invite has been retracted! Talk about messing with someone's feelings.
The African Darters (Anhinga rufa) are also commonly known as Snakebirds - named so for the way their thin, long, snake-like necks are often seen sticking out of the water as the rest of their bodies is submerged, or when mated pairs twist their necks during their bonding displays. These water birds are able to turn, twist and contort their necks in unusual ways.
The name "Darter" alludes to their manner of procuring food, as they impale fishes with their slim, pointed beaks.
They are endemic to tropical sub-Saharan Africa, where they are typically found in or near bodies of both saline and fresh water.
The African Darters are large, slim water birds that measure about 80 cm in length, including their long, rounded tails. These cormorant-like birds often swim with only the neck above water. They have very long and sharp beaks, which they use to spear their slippery fish prey.
They are able to retract and extend their necks and maintain the neck retracted during flight - unlike most other long-necked birds
This beautiful African Darter was captured on a Photography safari on an early morning boat ride on Lake Baringo, Kenya.
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Close-up candid eye contact street photography from Glasgow, Scotland. Clearly this guy keeps himself in shape and I wonder of the story behind the scar on his arm, but I just loved his determination to enjoy the sun even when it had retracted behind some dark clouds. Best viewed full screen by pressing 'L' and I hope you are all having a great weekend!
Lego anvil hawk. It has retracting landing gear and moving wings. Turnaround GIF: i.imgur.com/AERqXLB.gifv
instructions here: rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-54464/TheRealBeef1213/anvil-hawk...