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I made a short stop at the Cut River Bridge on my way back from Tahquamenon Falls last month. It's an impressive span, and trails lead down to the river below, which I of course checked out. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cut_River_Bridge I found my mind thinking back to 2005, when my son was part of a state championship marching band. Their program opened with a song called "Tempered Steel." While this really isn't tempered steel, all the steel in this bridge reminded me of a very fun day 10 years ago. See www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw-8G_U9nEQ&index=20&list...
Der Cañón del Sumidero (span. sumidero „Gully“, „Abflussgraben“) ist ein tiefer Canyon mit bis zu teils über 1.000 m hoch aufragenden Felswänden im mexikanischen Bundesstaat Chiapas 15 km nördlich bis 15 km östlich der Hauptstadt Tuxtla Gutiérrez, der vom Río Grijalva erst in nördlicher und dann in westlicher Richtung durchflossen wird. Seine Entstehung begann vor 35 Millionen Jahren – also etwa gleichzeitig mit dem Grand Canyon in Arizona (USA).
Der mit ca. 30 Stromschnellen und 5 Wasserfällen ausgestattete Cañón del Sumidero und das umliegende Gebiet stellen den über 20.000 ha großen Nationalpark Cañón del Sumidero dar, in welchem auch Krokodile und Flussschildkröten leben, die sich manchmal auf Felsen oder Sandbänken sonnen. In den Felsen zu beiden Seiten der Schlucht befinden sich mehrere Höhlen.
Durch den 1981 fertiggestellten Chicoasén-Staudamm am nördlichen Ende der Schlucht entstand hier einer der größten Stauseen Mexikos, dessen 261 m hohe Staumauer auch zu den 15 höchsten der Welt gehört.
Während der Eroberung des Hochlandes durch die Spanier stürzten sich hunderte Frauen und Kinder vom Maya-Stamm der Chiapa, sich so der Versklavung entziehend, in den Cañón del Sumidero. Der Stamm der Chiapa ist nachfolgend ausgestorben.
Spanning the river Reuss diagonally in the city of Lucerne in central Switzerland. Named after the nearby St. Peter's Chapel, the bridge is unique in containing a number of interior paintings dating back to the 17th century, although many of them were destroyed along with a larger part of the centuries-old bridge in a 1993 fire. Subsequently restored, the Kapellbrücke is the oldest wooden covered bridge in Europe
A Grey Heron flew towards me today as I pretended to be a tree, amazing to see these big birds at close range - Always something to do on a rainy day :-)
This bridge, the Hunsecker's Mill Covered Bridge, is the longest single span covered bridge in Lancaster County, PA. There are 29 covered bridges in the county, the most of any county in the state. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunsecker%27s_Mill_Covered_Bridge I did visit two more covered bridges that morning, but I wasn't happy with the images I took there. Here are the two other bridges I saw: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucher%27s_Mill_Covered_Bridge and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitzer%27s_Mill_Covered_Bridge .
Pitt River Bridge, opened in 2009. This newer bridge was built higher, replaced an old swing bridge.
The Pitt River Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the Pitt River between Port Coquitlam and Pitt Meadows in British Columbia, Canada.
I truly appreciate your kind words and would like to thank-you all, for your overwhelming support.
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Composition of the intense rainbow right after the storm passed while we were in Grant Teton National Park.
False Creek _ Blue Hour
Vancouver
British Columbia,
Canada
Evening reflections
False Creek is a short inlet in the heart of Vancouver. It separates downtown from the rest of the city. It was named by George Henry Richards during his Hydrographic survey of 1856-63. George Richards named False Creek during his survey of the coast in the mid-19th century. While traveling along the south side of the Burrard Inlet, he thought he was traversing a creek; upon discovering his error, he gave the waterway its modern name. Wikipedia
The Burrard Bridge (also referred to as the Burrard Street Bridge) is a five-lane, Art Deco style, steel truss bridge constructed in 1930-1932 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The high, five part bridge on four piers spans False Creek, connecting downtown Vancouver with Kitsilano via connections to Burrard Street on both ends. It is one of three bridges crossing False Creek.
Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships. Wishing you all health during this difficult time.
Stay Healthy
Happy New Year
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The Zeeland Bridge (Dutch: Zeelandbrug) is the longest bridge in the Netherlands. The bridge spans the Eastern Scheldt estuary. It connects the islands of Schouwen-Duiveland and Noord-Beveland in the province of Zeeland.
The Zeeland Bridge was built between 1963 and 1965. It was inaugurated on 15 December 1965 by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, and was originally called Eastern Scheldt Bridge (Dutch: Oosterscheldebrug) before being renamed the Zealand Bridge on 13 April 1967.
At the time of its completion, it was the longest bridge in Europe. It has a total length of 5,022 metres, and consists of 48 spans of 95 metres, 2 spans of 72.5 metres and a movable bridge with a width of 40 metres.
I'm wishing you all a very nice weekend (in advance) ;-)
Grts, Fr@nk
I like the view of the skeletal structure in this one.
Great Egret, Ardea alba
Seabourne Creek Nature Park, Rosenberg, Texas.
This is an image of the mighty Clifton Supension Bridge which has been spanning the Avon Gorge in Bristol, UK since 1864.
I did think there would be a better sunrise than was presented with my hopes being raised when the sun slowly appeared behind me and parts of the sky were tinged with pink. Sadly this came to nothing.
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Firecrest 13 stop and 3 stop grad ND filters
The iconic Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, as seen from Alcatraz.
"The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the one-mile-wide (1.6 km) strait connecting San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The structure links the U.S. city of San Francisco, California—the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula—to Marin County, carrying both U.S. Route 101 and California State Route 1 across the strait. It also carries pedestrian and bicycle traffic, and is designated as part of U.S. Bicycle Route 95. Recognized by the American Society of Civil Engineers as one of the Wonders of the Modern World, the bridge is one of the most internationally recognized symbols of San Francisco and California.
The idea of a fixed link between San Francisco and Marin had gained increasing popularity during the late 19th century, but it was not until the early 20th century that such a link became feasible. Joseph Strauss served as chief engineer for the project, with Leon Moisseiff, Irving Morrow and Charles Ellis making significant contributions to its design. The bridge opened to the public in 1937 and has undergone various retrofits and other improvement projects in the decades since.
The Golden Gate Bridge is described in Frommer's travel guide as "possibly the most beautiful, certainly the most photographed, bridge in the world." At the time of its opening in 1937, it was both the longest and the tallest suspension bridge in the world, titles it held until 1964 and 1998 respectively. Its main span is 1,280m and total height is 227m."
Chain Bridge (Lánchid) in Budapest - was built between 1839 -1849, designed by the English engineer William Tierney Clark.
Bridge was the first permanent connection to the opposite side of the Danube - Buda and Pest. It was also the first stone bridge on the Danube in the limits of contemporary Hungary. The total length of the bridge is 380 meters and length of central span of 230 meters.
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Most Łańcuchowy (Lánchid) w Budapeszcie - został zbudowany w latach 1839-1849, według projektu angielskiego inżyniera Williama Tierney'a Clarka.
Most stanowił pierwsze stałe połączenie leżących po przeciwnych stronach Dunaju - Budy i Pesztu. Był jednocześnie pierwszym mostem kamiennym na odcinku Dunaju w granicach ówczesnych Węgier. Całkowita długość mostu wynosi 380 metrów, zaś rozpiętość środkowego przęsła 230 metrów.
Martin Luther King Memorial Bridge ( left) and
Eads Bridge ( right) spanning Mississippi River
at St. Louis, Missouri.
The transition between day and night at the Throgs Neck Bridge at blue hour, crossing over the mouth of the East River from Long Island Sound, from Queens to The Bronx, NYC SUNY Maritime College is on an island underneath, and the ships docked there are part of their campus. -- June 9, 2020
Aus Wikipedia: Der Alcázar von Sevilla (spanisch Reales Alcázares de Sevilla, deutsch „Königlicher Alcázar von Sevilla“) ist der mittelalterliche Königspalast von Sevilla. Die Anlage hat eine lange, bis in maurische Zeit zurückreichende Baugeschichte und wird bis heute von der spanischen Königsfamilie als offizielle Residenz genutzt, wenn sich diese in Sevilla aufhält.
Der Palast ist eines der am besten erhaltenen Beispiele für die Mudéjar-Architektur, die unter christlicher Herrschaft entstandenen Bauten mit islamischem Einfluss.
An ancient and historic place with a tranquil environment. A good place for an ancient traditional chinese scenic shot.
Moonlight fills the beginning of the Grand Canyon with the Colorado River below silently flowing in the night.
Der Cañón del Sumidero (span. sumidero „Gully“, „Abflussgraben“) ist ein tiefer Canyon mit bis zu teils über 1.000 m hoch aufragenden Felswänden im mexikanischen Bundesstaat Chiapas 15 km nördlich bis 15 km östlich der Hauptstadt Tuxtla Gutiérrez, der vom Río Grijalva erst in nördlicher und dann in westlicher Richtung durchflossen wird. Seine Entstehung begann vor 35 Millionen Jahren – also etwa gleichzeitig mit dem Grand Canyon in Arizona (USA).
Der mit ca. 30 Stromschnellen und 5 Wasserfällen ausgestattete Cañón del Sumidero und das umliegende Gebiet stellen den über 20.000 ha großen Nationalpark Cañón del Sumidero dar, in welchem auch Krokodile und Flussschildkröten leben, die sich manchmal auf Felsen oder Sandbänken sonnen. In den Felsen zu beiden Seiten der Schlucht befinden sich mehrere Höhlen.
Durch den 1981 fertiggestellten Chicoasén-Staudamm am nördlichen Ende der Schlucht entstand hier einer der größten Stauseen Mexikos, dessen 261 m hohe Staumauer auch zu den 15 höchsten der Welt gehört.
Während der Eroberung des Hochlandes durch die Spanier stürzten sich hunderte Frauen und Kinder vom Maya-Stamm der Chiapa, sich so der Versklavung entziehend, in den Cañón del Sumidero. Der Stamm der Chiapa ist nachfolgend ausgestorben.
One of the most photographed pieces of architecture in The Columbia River Gorge - Benson Bridge was crafted by Italian stone masons, allows visitors to cross the falls between it's lower and upper cataracts. In 1914, Simon Benson, a prominent businessman and owner of the falls at that time, erected the bridge. Before then, a log bridge was in its place.....
Wishing everyone a wonderful "Waterfall" weekend.........!
~Hugs~
Here is a capture of the rainbow at Pemaquid where I could get it spanning over the lighthouse. Amazing to see at that venue and right before sunset.
The All American Park in Quincy, Illinois provides this beautiful view of the Bay Bridge (on the left) and the Quincy Memorial Bridge (Highway 24, on the right). Large barges headed up the Mississippi River frequently pass beneath the bridges.
Quincy is a beautiful river city. According to Wikipedia, "In the fall of 2010, [it] was listed as eighth in the top fifteen small cities to raise a family in the United States by Forbes magazine for its commute times, high school graduation rate, median household income, home ownership rate and cost of living. Forbes compared 126 cities with a population under 100,000 and ranked them on these five quality-of-life measures."
I also found this to be of interest, "During the winter of 1838-1839, five thousand members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Mormons, on their way west, were driven from their homes in Missouri and arrived in Quincy. Though vastly outnumbered by the new arrivals, the residents of Quincy provided them food and shelter. Joseph Smith then led his followers 40 miles (64 km) up river to Nauvoo, Illinois. The kindness extended by the people of Quincy continues to be remembered by Mormons. In 2002, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir gave a benefit concert in Quincy, with the proceeds donated to the city as an expression of gratitude."
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Tasman Lake and Tasman Glacier, Mount Cook, New Zealand.
Haupapa / Tasman Glacier is the largest glacier in New Zealand. It is nestled deep in Mount Cook National Park. The Glacier is now approximately 27 kms long and 600 metres deep.
Settled in its own terminal lake, the 300-500-year-old ice shelf is slowly tearing away, depositing icebergs of all shapes and sizes in to the water. The lake is one of only a few in the world that contains icebergs. I did a boat tour on this lake and I will post pictures of close-ups of the Glacial shelf and ice-bergs. You can just see the shelf of the glacier at the end of Tasman Lake. For scale, those little dots you see out there are tour boats, and a few scattered ice-crystals.
Eventually the glacier will retreat entirely, and the lake will reach its maximum size. In 1973, there was no terminal lake at all, and by 2008 it had grown to 7kms in length. The current period of rapid melting began in the 1990s and between 2000 and 2008 alone, the glacier terminus receded 3.7 km.
I was visited the before the fires from Australia turned many of the New Zealand Glaciers Brown.
“Things that normally happen in geologic time are happening during the span of a human lifetime," Fagre- research scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey Global Change Research Program.