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A view across part of Attenborough nature reserve with Ratcliffe on Soar Power Station on the horizon, 8th March 2024.
In 1929 large-scale commercial gravel extraction began around Attenborough and would continue for the next ninety years. The extraction formed deep lagoons and as the extraction moved away from the works the gravel was transported by barge through the ever-expanding network of lagoons. In 1965, an application from the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) looked to fill the lagoons with ash from Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station. However, by this time, the pits were already well-known for their wildlife interest and extensively used by local fishermen and birdwatchers, with records starting around 1948. Due to the strength of local feeling the CEGB withdrew their application and the ash was taken to Fletton, Peterborough. Discussions then began with the site’s then owners, Trent Gravels Ltd, about the future for the lagoons and it was agreed to develop the site as a nature reserve in parallel with continued gravel extraction. The opening ceremony as a nature reserve was in 1966 and was performed by David Attenborough. Gravel extraction has now finished, and the works have been demolished, whilst the nature reserve now welcomes around 500,000 visitors per year and is regarded as one of the best sites in the UK to see kingfishers.
Ratcliffe on Soar 2116MW power station was built in the mid-1960s and opened in 1968 and is one of the biggest coal fired power stations built in the country. In 1981, the station was burning 5.5 million tonnes of coal a year, consuming 65% of the output of the south Nottinghamshire coalfield. Emissions of sulphur dioxide, which caused acid rain, were greatly reduced in 1993 when a flue gas desulphurisation system using a wet limestone-gypsum process became operational on the four boilers. Emissions of nitrogen oxides which also cause damage to the ozone layer, were reduced in 2004 when Ratcliffe became the first in the United Kingdom to be fitted with Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) technology. One of the last coal fired power stations still in use it is due to close in 2025.
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► Instructions for the model available on thecreatorrmocs.com
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(sized to an official LEGO® nano-scale minifig)
The Falcon contains 561 pieces.
The main purpose of this build is to display it on your desk or shelf, so I built an additional all-black stand to securely display the Falcon in an angled position, featuring my own logo.
I designed additional Landing Gear and a removable Landing Ramp to display the Falcon on it's own.
Very important for me was to design the Falcon and display stand in a very sturdy and robust way, so you can really swoosh around the Falcon without having to worry about the stability at any point.
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Carpinterito Escamado, Scaled Piculet, Picumnus squamulatus.
Especie # 1.624
Minca
Departamento de Magdalena
Colombia
A cover version of Dave Roberts recent creations.
Can not do justice to the bold color selection he is known for but I wanted to do a roughly Blacktronized version and the other with colors I had on hand.
my daughter collects bones, and other objects from recently "deceased" animals
she delighted in showing me this collected snakeskin--thinking it would "freaK" me out. The theme for FlickrFriday was "SCALES" so of course I took a photo!
this was one of a few photos that I took, but not the one I submitted
A lone figure stands small and fragile, dwarfed by the towering peaks of the Dolomites. The striking contrast between the human silhouette and the massive mountains highlights the delicate balance between humanity and nature’s immense power.
Using a programme called Tilting Sun and taking the middle exposure imaging time from my Prominence captures of 20 August (www.flickr.com/photos/76699751@N07/29007261792/in/datetaken/), I can work out the tilt and rotation of the sun and where my image overlays at the time. Also shown here are the 109 Earth's stacked across the diameter of the sun in fairly even measure to arrive at the scaling for Earth (zoom in you will see them!). Taking the Sun as 861,800 miles (1,390,000 kilometers) in diameter and dividing that by Earth at 7909 miles (12,756 kilometers) gives 108.9 rounded to 109 Earths fitting across the diameter of the sun.
Pay attention to your weight
Nikon F2 A (b1978)
HP5+ 400 to 800 ISO
Ilford Microphen Dev,
Scan: 1200 DPI
East Berlin
photographed jan.1991
July 31, 2016
Closeups of purple and white iridescent scales of a Striped Bass. (Morone saxatilis)
Nauset Outer Beach
Orleans, Massachusetts
Cape Cod - USA
Photo by brucetopher
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just messing around :) donaghadee light house and the Big fish from Belfast Harbour
belfast city council lent me the 30 ft statue for the day so i could take this photo, he got away and returned to belfast harbour :) ;)
for everyone who is not to sure what im talking about the fish is a statue 15 miles away from the light house .
Aint Photoshop Great.........
Some nautical themed miniatures I’ve made this year … and now it’s time to start working on Halloween stuff :-)