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The Selfie Tour. On Belgium derps with Dursty, Pezar and Martin. Many selfies, lots of cool locations. Good times.

 

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One from earlier this month ... a few years back, I was obsessed with how people tied up their boats, as no 2 seemed to be tied the same.

AND13+18 D13*+9@ Moscow@Russia

 

On the right is Kremlin Senate (Russian: Сенатский дворец) - a building within the grounds of the Moscow Kremlin in Russia. Initially constructed from 1776-1787, it originally housed the Moscow branch of the Governing Senate, the highest judiciary and legislative office of Imperial Russia. Currently, it houses the Russian presidential administration and is a highly secured and restricted area closed to the public. At present, only the southern corner façade, opposite the Tsar Cannon can be viewed.

 

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Intyamon east range.

Western Alps (Haute-Gruyère)

 

At skyline the Vani Noir. A killer. Many died on this mountain. The left side is nearly never good, one may choose between snow or mud to climb. It is more secure to remain on the top ridge, with dry rock and no avalanche danger.

A bit of string securing a church window at Monyash, Derbyshire

Just about five miles west of Sutherlin, in Douglas County, is the Rochester Bridge. Built in 1933, it carries Rochester Road over Calapooya Creek. The bridge was remodeled in 1969. The bridge’s design has been referred to as “unique among Oregon’s housed structures.” In the late 1950s, county workers set fire to another covered bridge to remove it and make space for a concrete bridge. In response, local residents stood guard over the Rochester Bridge through the night to protect it from a similar fate. The next day, county commissioners pledged to preserve the structure, securing its place in history and the hearts of the community. We visited it in January 2025 but neglected to upload the photos to Flickr.

In August 1918, 250 trees were planted by the local community to commemorate the World War I service of men and women associated with the former Shire of Creswick. Future plantings over the following year took the Avenue to 286 trees. Enamel name plaques were secured to wooden tree guards protecting the young trees.

Couples secure their futures together on the railing of the Andy Warhol Bridge in Pittsburgh.

 

Olympus PEN Mini E-PM2 with M. Zuiko 14-42mm f3.5-5.6 II R

Secure Airparks YJ12NBO operating at Edinburgh Airport. 26th May 2015.

Secured Door - © 2021 – Robert N. Clinton (aka CyberShutterbug)

 

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Despite DB Cargo securing a new contract with Imerys minerals for the conveyance of China Clay (Kaolin / Hydrated Aluminium Silicate) from various Cornish clay pits, loadings have declined steadily over the years. The week ending 12 September 2020 saw one working a day to Fowey Carne point where much of the bulk dried clay is exported. These had originated from Goonbarrow Junction (4 off ) and a single service from Parkandillack (north of St. Austell).

66020 is seen passing the highly picturesque Golant Harbour working a very early (2 hours 20 minutes early) 6G05 Fowey Carne point to Goonbarrow junction empty service on Tuesday 8 September 2020, running in a STP path.

 

This location has to be one of the top spots to watch the world go by at a sedate pace. Many different varieties of wading bird were evident along with a quaint Cornish village and a water front pub within a few yards of this shot.

 

Many thanks to my wife who sat patiently with me for this shot. Research had shown this to be a consistently early runner, but we waited an half an hour after hearing it shunting at Carne point before it came into view, and that was after an initial 40 minute wait.....

Alfred Krupp, byname Der Kanonenkönig (The Cannon King) was a German industrialist noted for his development and worldwide sale of cast-steel cannon and other armaments. Under his direction the Krupp Works began the manufacture of ordnance. His father, Friedrich Krupp, who had founded the dynasty’s firm in 1811, died in 1826, leaving to his son the secret of making high-quality cast steel, together with a small workshop in which production had come almost to a standstill. Taking full charge of the firm at the age of 14, Alfred soon extended production to include the manufacture of steel rolls. He designed and developed new machines, invented the spoon roll for making spoons and forks, and manufactured rolling mills for use in government mints. He won new customers, extended his firm’s purchases of raw materials, and secured funds to finance the expansion of his works. At the first world exhibition, the Great Exhibition, in London in 1851, he exhibited the largest steel ingot ever cast up to that time...

  

...taken at the Ruhr Museum in Zeche Zollverein...

 

Essen, Germany...

Taken on the Joseph Conrad, an 1882 square rigger training ship located in the Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, Connecticut.

After securing the services of the Class 707’s until August 2022, the Class 456’s have become surplus to requirements, so the rumour has it they won’t be out on the mainline after this weekend (16th Jan). Here, South Western Railway EMU’s No.s 456009, 456011 & 455871 are seen heading away from Wimbledon Station on the 13th of January 2022, working the 11:36 2J27 service from London Waterloo to Hampton Court.

National Gallery of Art, DC. Guard at door. d70

Schweiz / Berner Oberland - Grimselpass (links) und Furkapass (Mitte/rechts)

 

seen from Sidelhorn (2,764 m)

 

gesehen vom Sidelhorn (2.764 m)

 

The Sidelhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located west of the Grimsel Pass. It lies at the eastern end of the mountain chain between the Unteraar Glacier and the Rhone valley, named Aargrat. Because the glacier drains into the Aar and hence the Rhine and North Sea, whilst the Rhone flows into the Mediterranean Sea, the Sidelhorn lies on the European continental divide.

 

The summit can be reached by several trails from the Grimsel Pass.

 

Administratively, the mountain lies on the border between the municipality of Guttannen, to the north and in the canton of Bern, and the municipality of Obergoms, to the south and in the canton of Valais.

 

(Wikipedia)

 

The Grimsel Pass (German: Grimselpass; French: Col du Grimsel; Italian: Passo del Grimsel) is a mountain pass in Switzerland, crossing the Bernese Alps at an elevation of 2,164 metres (7,100 ft). The pass connects the Haslital, the upper valley of the river Aare, with the upper valley of the Rhône. In so doing, and as the Aare is a tributary of the Rhine, the pass crosses the continental divide between the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.

 

A paved road follows the pass, running 38 kilometres (24 mi) from Gletsch to Meiringen. The road is normally closed between October and May, due to the high snowfall on the pass. As it is the only direct road pass between the cantons of Bern and Valais across the Bernese Alps, attempts are made to keep the road open as long as possible with snow ploughs. A PostBus Switzerland service uses the pass several times a day, connecting Meiringen and Oberwald.

 

The Grimsel Pass road is part of the Aare Route, which is national cycle route 8 of Switzerland. It has been used on several occasions by the Tour de Suisse.

 

History

 

The first fully documented use of the Grimsel Pass dates back to the 14th century, although it has been suggested that the pass was used in Roman times and also, in 1211, by troops of Berthold V, Duke of Zähringen. In 1397, the Landschaften of Pomat, Goms and Hasli, and the cities of Interlaken, Thun and Bern, signed an agreement in which it was agreed to provide for free and secure trade by the mule track over the Grimsel. In 1400, the hospice on the pass is mentioned for the first time.

 

The Grimsel Pass formed, along with the Nufenen and Gries passes, a regional trade route between the Haslital and Domodossola and the Lombardy plain. Cheese and cattle were sent south, whilst wine, rice, corn and olive oil came north. This trade continued until the opening of the Gotthard railway in 1882.

 

The track over the pass was not upgraded to a paved road until 1894. Between the 1920s and the 1950s, several hydro-electric power plants were constructed in the area around the pass by Kraftwerke Oberhasli (KWO), which resulted in the expansion and diversion of the pass road. The KWO now promotes the pass and surrounding area as a visitor attraction, as part of its Grimselwelt tourism brand.

 

Geography

 

The Grimsel Pass connects the cantons of Bern, to the north, and Valais, to the south, with the summit of the pass lying on the cantonal boundary. The northern slopes of the pass are in the Bernese municipality of Guttannen, whilst the southern slopes are within the Valais municipality of Obergoms.

 

The approach to the Grimsel Pass from the north commences in the small town of Meiringen (595 metres or 1,952 feet), from where access is possible down the Aare valley to Interlaken and Bern, and across the Brünig Pass to Obwalden and Lucerne. The approach passes the village of Innertkirchen (625 metres or 2,051 feet), where the road to the Susten Pass diverges, and continues alongside the Aare to Guttannen (1,057 metres or 3,468 feet).

 

Beyond Guttannen, and still following the river, the road passes a pair of short tunnels to Handegg (1,378 metres or 4,521 feet), where the lower station of the Gelmerbahn funicular, the steepest in Switzerland, is located. After Handegg the road climbs through several hairpin bends and an 850 metres (2,790 ft) tunnel to the Räterichsbodensee reservoir. A further climb brings the road to the Grimselsee reservoir and the Grimsel Hospice (1,980 metres or 6,500 feet). Here the final climb to the summit commences, with several more sweeping hairpin bends.

 

At the summit are several hotels and an extensive area of parking. Here the road runs alongside the Totesee (2,160 metres or 7,090 feet), a natural lake that has been enlarged into a reservoir. To the west of the pass and lake is the peak of the Sidelhorn (2,764 metres or 9,068 feet), whilst to the east is the mountain range Schafberg (2,481 metres or 8,140 feet).

 

From the Totesee the pass road descends steeply through more hairpin bends to Gletsch (1,759 metres or 5,771 feet) in the most upper valley of the Rhône, the Obergoms. Here connection is made with the Furka Pass, connecting with the canton of Uri, as well as the lower level route down the Rhône valley towards Brig through the Goms. A short distance down the Goms are Oberwald (1,377 metres or 4,518 feet) and Ulrichen (1,346 metres or 4,416 feet). At the latter, a junction is made with Nufenen Pass, into the canton of Ticino, and the Gries Pass, to Domodossola in Italy.

 

Climate

 

Due to the high altitude of the pass, and its continental location, the climate is cool or cold all year round, and receives a fair amount of precipitation year-round (the majority of which is snow). Snow usually falls from late September until late June, although during cool spells, it can snow at the height of summer. Most years, permanent snow fields remain at the pass, due to the temperature rarely rising above 15 °C. This area has a long winter season, with little precipitation mostly in the form of snow, and low humidity. The Köppen climate classification classifies the climate here as subarctic, and abbreviates this as Dfc.

 

(Wikipedia)

 

Furka Pass (German: Furkapass; French: Col de la Furka) is a 2,429 m (7,969 ft) high mountain pass in the southern Swiss Alps connecting Gletsch, Valais with Realp, Uri via the seasonal Furkapassroute. The Furka Oberalp Bahn bypasses the pass through the 1,390 m (4,560 ft) high Furka Base Tunnel, which opened in 1982 to replace the seasonal Furka Summit Tunnel at 2,160 metres (7,090 ft).

 

The Furka Pass was used as a location in the James Bond film Goldfinger, a curve of which is marked as "James Bond Strasse", complete with lookout point and small parking area. Near the western summit of the pass is the Hotel Belvédère; a short walk from it leads to the Rhône Glacier Ice Grotto. The glacier moves 30–40 metres a year, and the 100 metre long tunnel and ice chamber are open from June when the road opens.

 

(Wikipedia)

 

Das Sidelhorn ist ein 2764 m ü. M. hoher Berg im Massiv der Berner Alpen in der Schweiz. Es liegt auf der Grenze der Kantone Wallis und Bern sowie auf der Europäischen Hauptwasserscheide.

 

Der Gipfel kann zu Fuss vom Grimselpass aus erreicht werden. Vom Gipfel aus geniesst man einen weiten Panoramablick über die Berner und Walliser Alpen und die Gletscher und Seen des Grimselgebietes.

 

(Wikipedia)

 

Der Grimselpass ist ein Schweizer Gebirgspass, der das Berner Oberland mit dem Oberwallis verbindet und die Berner von den Urner Alpen trennt. Innerhalb der Schweiz wird er oft in Kurzform als (die) Grimsel bezeichnet, seltener in männlicher Form (der Grimsel). Die Passhöhe (Kantonsgrenze) liegt auf 2163 m ü. M. an der europäischen Wasserscheide zwischen Mittelmeer und Nordsee. Der historische Säumerpfad wurde im 19. Jahrhundert zu einer modernen Hochalpenstrasse ausgebaut, die im Sommer offen ist; ihr Scheitelpunkt liegt nur wenig nordöstlich auf Walliser Seite (2164 m ü. M.).

 

Geschichte

 

Die erste sicher belegte Nutzung des Grimselpasses für den Saumverkehr datiert aus dem 14. Jahrhundert. Die Benutzung während der Römerzeit und eine Überquerung im Jahr 1211 durch Truppen des Herzogs von Zähringen sind nicht gesichert. 1397 schlossen die Landschaften Pomatt, Goms und Hasli sowie die Städte Unterseen, Thun und Bern ein Abkommen, in dem sie vereinbarten, für den freien und sicheren Handelsverkehr zu sorgen und den Saumpfad über die Grimsel zu unterhalten (Säumerordnung). Vom historischen Saumpfad entlang der Aare und von der Passhöhe ins Goms sind noch viele Spuren erhalten.

 

Der Ausbau des Saumpfads zu einer modernen Passstrasse erfolgte im Vergleich zu anderen Schweizer Passübergängen verhältnismässig spät. Die neue Strasse war im Jahr 1894 fertiggestellt. Als Folge des Baus der Wasserkraftwerke der Kraftwerke Oberhasli AG in diesem Gebiet wurde die Strasse zwischen 1920 und 1950 ausgebaut und teilweise neu angelegt.

 

Während mehrerer Jahrzehnte kam es an der Grimselpassstrasse zwischen Innertkirchen und Guttannen immer wieder zu Felsstürzen. Zeitweise galt in diesem Bereich der Passstrasse das Nachtfahrverbot und der Grimselverkehr wurde über Understock umgeleitet. Weil eine Felsnase namens Chapf 900 Meter oberhalb der Strasse in eine unstabile Lage geriet, entschlossen sich die Bundesbehörden zur kontrollierten Sprengung der Fluh. Am 4. Oktober 2001 wurde der Chapf nach monatelangen Bohrungen weggesprengt. Mit 150'000 Kubikmeter gelöstem Gestein war dies bisher die grösste Sprengung in der Schweiz.

 

Geographie

 

Klima

 

Für die Normalperiode 1991–2020 beträgt die Jahresmitteltemperatur 2,3 °C, wobei im Februar mit −4,5 °C die kältesten und im August mit 10,3 °C die wärmsten Monatsmitteltemperaturen gemessen werden. Im Mittel sind hier rund 188 Frosttage und 92 Eistage zu erwarten. Sommer- und Hitzetage werden keine verzeichnet. Die Messstation von MeteoSchweiz liegt auf einer Höhe von 1980 m ü. M.

 

Der Höchstwert bei der Durchschnittstemperatur des Monats Januar wurde 2020 mit −1,4 °C erreicht. Damit wurde der bisherige Rekord von 1989 (−1,7 °C) gebrochen.

 

Seen

 

Auf der Nordseite liegen drei mit Stollen verbundene Stauseen. Aufsteigend nach ihrer Meereshöhe sind dies der Räterichsbodensee, der Grimselsee und der Oberaarsee. Der Räterichsbodensee und der Grimselsee liegen unmittelbar an der Passstrasse. Ebenfalls im nördlichen Grimselgebiet befindet sich der Stausee Gelmersee. Die Stauseen werden durch die Kraftwerke Oberhasli betrieben. Auf der Passhöhe liegt der Totesee.

 

Auf der Talseite der Staumauer des Räterichsbodensee wurde im September 2007 das grossformatige Bild der Wasserjungfrau Mélisande des Künstlers Pierre Mettraux vollendet. Auf einer Halbinsel im Grimselsee unterhalb der Passhöhe befindet sich das Hotel Grimselhospiz.

 

Strasse

 

Auf der Nordseite beginnt die Passstrasse als Teil der vom Jura kommenden Hauptstrasse 6 im Haslital etwa zwei Kilometer nach dem Dorfausgang im Süden von Innertkirchen. An dieser Stelle ist die Strasse nicht sehr steil, steigt aber stetig an. 9 km nach Innertkirchen erreicht man Guttannen, das auf 1060 m liegt (Innertkirchen 625 m). Nach Guttannen steigt die Strasse wiederum mit ungefähr gleicher Steigung an, bis man nach sechs Kilometer Handegg erreicht.

 

Von dort kann man mit der steilsten Standseilbahn der Welt, der Gelmerbahn, den Gelmersee erreichen. Nach der Handegg verläuft die Strasse in einer vergleichsweise steilen S-Kurve und in einen der zahlreichen Tunnel. Danach ist man über der Baumgrenze und nach einigen Serpentinen erreicht man den Räterichsbodensee.

 

Eine Zeit lang verläuft die Strasse hier am See, bis sie wiederum in Serpentinen mit grosser Steigung zum Grimselsee ansteigt. Hier befindet sich das Hospiz. Die Strasse steigt wieder ziemlich steil an, es sind noch sechs Serpentinen (150 Höhenmeter) bis zur Passhöhe. An der Passhöhe gibt es drei Hotels und einen kleineren See, den Totesee.

 

Auf der Südseite steigt die Strasse von Oberwald her steil an und verläuft durch Fichtenwald bis nach Gletsch an der Baumgrenze. Dort zweigt die Strasse von der Hauptstrasse 19 ab, die weiter auf den Furkapass führt. Die Grimselpassstrasse verläuft nun in gleichmässigen Serpentinen steil bis zur Passhöhe an. In umgekehrter Fahrtrichtung hat man Aussicht auf das Goms, den etwas höher gelegenen Furkapass und in der Ferne die Walliser Alpen.

 

Die Grimselpassstrasse ist Teil der Aare-Route, der nationalen Veloroute 8 der Schweiz. Die Passstrasse steigt auf der Südseite kurz aber steil an, während sie auf der Nordseite mit maximal 9 % ansteigt und eine Länge von 26 km hat.

 

Tour de Suisse

 

Der Grimselpass stand bislang zehn Mal auf dem Programm der Tour de Suisse: 1937, 1953, 1956, 1962, 1973, 1986, 1996, 2002, 2007 und 2011. Dabei war er bei der siebten Etappe des Jahres 2007 Ankunftsort. Die Grimsel rangiert als achthöchster Pass, den die Rundfahrt überquerte (Stand November 2011, Höhenwertung bis 2010).

 

Felslabor Grimsel

 

Im Bereich des Passes und der Kraftwerksanlagen liegt unter dem Juchlistock das Felslabor Grimsel der Nagra, in dem Experimente in kristallinem Gestein zur Erforschung der Endlagerung von radioaktiven Abfällen durchgeführt werden.

 

(Wikipedia)

 

Der Furkapass ist ein 2429 m ü. M. hoher Schweizer Strassenpass in den Alpen. Er verbindet das Urserental (das obere Tal der Reuss) im Kanton Uri mit dem Bezirk Goms im Kanton Wallis. Auf ihm verläuft die Europäische Wasserscheide zwischen Mittelmeer und Nordsee.

 

Der Name stammt vom lateinischen furca, womit eine zweizinkige Gabel bezeichnet wurde.

 

Verkehr

 

Strasse

 

Die Passstrasse ist Teil der Hauptstrasse 19. Im westlichen Talort Gletsch zweigt die Strasse zum Grimselpass ab.

 

Der Furkapass liegt auf der Rhone-Route (Andermatt - Genf), der nationalen Veloroute 1 der Schweiz.

 

Auf 2272 m ü. M. findet sich auf der Westseite des Passes das etwa 1882 erbaute Hotel Belvédère (seit 2015 geschlossen), von dem man Zugang zum Ende des Rhonegletschers hat.

 

Eisenbahn

 

Bis 1981 überwand die Furka-Oberalp-Bahn den Furkapass auf einer nicht wintersicheren Zahnradstrecke und im 1925 fertiggestellten Furka-Scheiteltunnel. Dieser ist mit 2160 m ü. M. der höchste Alpendurchstich der Schweiz.

 

Mit der Eröffnung des Furka-Basistunnels wurde die Bergstrecke stillgelegt. Der Rückbau der Strecke konnte jedoch von Eisenbahnfreunden verhindert werden. Ab 1992 betrieb die Dampfbahn Furka-Bergstrecke AG auf Teilen der Bergstrecke eine Museumsbahn. Am 12. August 2010 wurde die gesamte Strecke wiedereröffnet.

 

Ganzjährig wird zwischen Realp und Oberwald VS ein Autoverlad durch den Eisenbahn-Basistunnel angeboten.

 

Höhe

 

Auf der Karte der Schweizer Landestopographie beträgt die Passhöhe 2429 m ü. M., auf dem Hinweisschild vor Ort (Passhöhe) ist allerdings noch 2436 m ü. M. angegeben, wie es auf der alten Siegfriedkarte verzeichnet war.

 

Geschichte

 

Der Pass wurde schon zur Römerzeit begangen. Auch später bestand ein Saumweg, über den ab dem 13. Jahrhundert immer mehr Waren transportiert wurden wie Salz, Wein, Felle und Getreide; Gommer hatten auch Alpen im Urserntal. Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts reichte der Rhonegletscher noch bis nach Gletsch hinunter.

 

In den Jahren 1864 bis 1866 wurde die fast 40 Kilometer lange Strasse mit einer Breite von mindestens 4,20 Meter von Hospental nach Oberwald erbaut. Der Bund kam aus militärischen Überlegungen für zwei Drittel der Kosten auf. Auf der neuen Strasse verkehrte eine Pferdepost, bis 1921 das erste Postauto über den Pass fuhr. 1911 wurde mit dem Bau der Furka-Eisenbahn begonnen, die 1925 eröffnet wurde, aber nur während weniger Monate im Sommer befahren werden konnte. 1982 wurde der wintersichere Furka-Basistunnel in Betrieb genommen.

 

1964 wurden auf dem Furkapass einige Filmszenen des James-Bond-Films Goldfinger mit Sean Connery und Gert Fröbe gedreht. Die Szenen in der Schweiz gelten heute als Klassiker der Bond-Geschichte und wurden auch in späteren Filmen zitiert; so beispielsweise die Szene über Monaco in GoldenEye.

 

Radsport

 

Der Furkapass wurde mehrfach im Rahmen der Tour de Suisse überquert.

 

Im Ultracycling war der Furkapass 2016 Checkpoint des Transcontintental Race und 2018 des Three Peaks Bike Race.

 

(Wikipedia)

আমি তখন রাতের ট্রেনে করে ঢাকা থেকে বাড়ি আসছিলাম। আমার মতো আরো অনেকেই সেরাতে আসন বিহীন টিকেট নিয়ে ট্রেনে উঠেছিল। ছবির যাত্রীরা (খুব সম্ভবত মা - মেয়ে) আমার পাশেই দাঁড়ানো ছিল এবং ট্রেন ছাড়ার বেশ কিছু সময় পর ওনারা ক্লান্তিতে ট্রেনের মেঝেতেই বসে পরেন। তুলনামূলক বেশি ক্লান্ত হওয়ায় মেয়েটিকে মা নিজের বাহুতে শোবার জায়গা করে দেন। ট্রেনে ভিড় ও প্রতিকূল পরিস্থিতির মধ্যেও মায়ের কোলে নিশ্চয়তা ও নিরাপত্তা পেয়ে ঘুমিয়ে পড়ে মেয়েটি।

jørn utzon turns ninety today and the Danish press abounds with misinformation about this elusive master of architecture.

 

"the utzon center" in aalborg, denmark, opens today. designed by utzon with the help of his sons, claim the newspapers. impressive news considering his failing eyesight, not to mention the fact that utzon closed down his office when the production of construction drawings for kuwait national assembly moved to max walt's office in zürich in the mid 1970's.

 

the utzon center in aalborg is designed by kim utzon, his youngest son, who is also the architect behind another utzon news story today: "jørn utzon designs 22 single family houses in skagen". no, he doesn't. the son does. inspired by his father, no doubt, but a novel inspired by stendhal is not a novel by stendhal. it really is that simple.

 

another misunderstanding from today, and I quote: "today the opera is being restored following the original drawings". sadly it isn't. it is being restored to designs by jan utzon. his design abilities can be studied here: Las Pulgas

 

increasingly, I am reminded of the actions of nietzsche's sister and mother after he fell ill.

 

but members of his family are not the only ones to fail utzon's legacy. today saw the publication of a 260 page book dealing only with his design for the national assembly in kuwait. I left work early to secure a copy for myself. the parliament building has been published extensively already but the three different designs for a mosque that utzon did in connection with it have received little coverage. sadly, the new book is no different.

 

seen in connection with the fact that a recent book on the church in bagsværd did not include a particular sectional sketch in which the vaults can be seen as a piece of stylized arabic calligraphy, and the fact that richard weston's huge book on utzon dismisses his great design for farum town centre as being too islamic, I can only see this as a sign of today's islamophobia. utzon himself never displayed such sentiments and indeed his work cannot be understood without the east.

 

in 1948, utzon wrote: "different types of nature arise from the same seeds under different conditions. the conditions in our times are completely different from those that existed before, but the essence of architecture, the seed, is the same".

 

this belief, that the fundamentals of architecture are the same regardless of culture and age, meant that utzon could learn equally from ancient iranian masters and from modern engineering. ultimately, it means that cultures can learn from each other, that we are not separate but that we share values and experiences intrinsic to being human. in todays political climate, that amounts to optimism. utzon's architecture, said sverre fehn, is world-architecture. I return to it for the comfort of wisdom in an age where exchange between the cultures seems reduced to insult, trade or bullets.

 

the photo shows an original utzon design:

 

middelboe house, holte, denmark.

architect jorn utzon, 1953-1955.

photographer is my good colleague christoffer pilgaard.

 

more utzon here and here

I initially had no intention to shoot at Ivesdale, though I had just enough lead on the NS255 to fire off a quick shot, and I have wanted to snap something here eventually, so I took the opportunity. Ivesdale is always a gamble due in part to the road network (getting to the next spot can be troublesome, pythagoras and all that jazz...) and also because Ivesdale has an actively used grain elevator. All it takes is a few hoppers in the way to totally block off photo opportunities here. Conveniently for me, NS hadn't dropped any cars off recently, so when BNSF5401 led the westbound Triple Crown through, it was easy enough to secure a quick photo.

 

It was also about the best light I got that evening, tiny gap in the clouds gave a touch of nose light, but just a touch. From here, it was one hell of a race on towards Cerro Gordo. Hell of a run that was. They sure were moving fast - they'd lost a decent chunk of time back at Dawn thanks to a slew of eastbounds and CN stealing the diamond for a bit. Still, as hard as chasing after these speedy trains is, it is very neat to watch them move so quick.

This belted kingfisher employed a foolproof way to secure it's catch

Secure Airparks are now operating at Edinburgh Airport with a new Wright Streetlite. SN15ABX is seen here heading back towards its car park after a run to the airport. 03rd June 2015.

Explore #422 - December 17, 2007 - Thank you!

Anchoring point

 

Wynnum Creek

Brisbane

Polaroid Automatic 100

Polaroid 669

expired 08-2000!

 

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An Eagles snags a fish from Long Lake at the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge

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