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two figures at the edge of a wall.
too small for the space.
too large to ignore.
this image doesn’t measure meters — it measures meaning.
it’s not the wall that remembers.
it’s the ones who walk through it.
What a treat to observe and photograph a "life-bird". While in Texas at the border, we took cover in a hide and first saw this lovely bird. Later, there were two quails and we watched as they both share dirt and dust to bathe in the setting sun. A ground-dwelling bird of the southwestern desert grasslands, the Scaled Quail usually runs to escape enemies rather than flying.
A couple weeks ago a productive Saturday morning saw me make a chase of a U704 out of Dubuque into Northwest Illinois. I didn't know it until I got down around Galena, but there was a meet setup for Scales Mound, Illinois, which would make for a good chase back towards home as a follow-up.
In this view courtesy the aerial camera device, U704 rolls eastward through the picturesque town of Scales Mound on the main. Led by CN 2379, 2999, and 5469 the trio is working to lift the 98 car train up the grade it has been battling since they left the Mississippi River Valley 16 miles to the west. The former Illinois Central main follows the Galena River and it's forks through the scenic Northwest Illinois countryside as the route gains elevation. In what seemed like a pretty well-timed meet, U705 on the far track with CN 3151, 2236, and 8933 arrived only a few minutes ahead of the U704, just enough time to get locked into the siding and allow the dispatcher to keep the eastbound moving. In just a few minutes with the meet complete the U705 would get the light down the hill to continue west.
Just a quickie, one that was already processed.. Not a lot of water flowing over it, water levels are dependent on Scaling dam further upstream... I like the leaves framing it from above :-)
The bronze figure was created in the 1990s by sculptor Steven Liguori. The statue was based on a photo of one of the last of the high scalers then alive -- Joe Kine.
A car with a donkey drives through a busy alley in Egypt.
On top of the car there are scales to weight lemons.
My eye was caught by the light falling on the bowls with backlight.
Sweet memories of a lovely holiday in Egypt. Nearly 20 years ago.
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Zerene Stacker (Dmap & Pmax)
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From a week's family vacation in a rented house in Skagen, Denmark - April 02, 2021.
The photo is taken at the Højen beach west of the town.
………No macro lens needed for this monster measuring in at around 8 or 9 inches in diameter - see leaves for scale! (see other shot) Happy Sunday & ‘stay safe’. Alan:-)……
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Long time coming tribute to THIS magnificent beast from Keith. Both of our ships are based on Erik's fine design.
This trophy fig scale model pales in comparison to Keith's minifig monster that was the anchor for a massive KeithLUG display for BricksLA 2018. But this one proves to be massively more fun to swoosh.
Cheers!
Cone scales, possibly from a Noble Fir, seen along the Rattlesnake Mountain Trail.
Rattlesnake Mountain Scenic Area, WA
Rock climbers in St. George, Utah. Climbing in Snow Canyon State Park. Captured this back in May. Made my knees weak just watching them.
(Callipepla squamata). Jeff Davis County, Texas.
In the desert scrub near the base of the Davis Mountains, a male Scaled Quail stands on high alert as he hears a rival calling in the distance.
The forest grows for hundreds of years over the stones, what lie here for hundreds of thousands. Time has a different scale here, it doesn't rush anywhere. You come here and you let the time go.
a detail of the Harrison and Harrison organ in St Mary Redcliffe church in Bristol, which was used in this recording
Tools (scales) I acquired years ago, and
used for measuring ft/lbs of torque. I used smaller scales for lesser rotational force measurement. I always considered them heavy duty and beautiful.
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Scale, noun, relative size. From Latin scala, ladder. Sometimes hard to judge in viewing and/or photographing landscapes. For example, this is a portion of the East wall of Glen Canyon, immediately downstream from the dam. The ladder at right apparently offers safe passage for a broad-shouldered man from the path with handrails at top right down to what appears to be a narrow ledge leading left to a cement block with a railing on top. Obviously functional, but completely mysterious to me. An example of Nature and Culture in close contact, neither making any concession to the other.
9-10-2022; 00:20 UTC; Velvia
En route to Refuge de l'Alpe de Villard d'Arene. Two people on the trail give an idea of the scale of these fine mountains.