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Just another shot from the top of the world.
Being at Soldier Summit feels like you are on top of the world physically and spiritually. It is a special place to me. When I planned this trip I wanted to come here almost as much, or more, than seeing the Big Boy. This is the high point of the Rio Grande's mainline in Utah (though not the high point in the state...more on that soon!)
At 7477 ft above sea level we are 2000 ft higher than Provo 50 miles to the west. The sandstone and scrub brush have given way to a tundra like feel and the surrounding hillsides are dotted with fir trees and stands of Aspen. The first time I came here was 1997 and though the UP was in charge the old Grande was still a very busy place and there were three trains at the summit all with scarlet and gray SP power. Now the intermodal and manifest trains are all gone and the old Grande serves only coal trains the traffic of tenants BNSF and Amtrak.
But no matter what color or type of trains it's still a magical place as attested to by the sight of this heavy westbound export coal train from Colorado just about to the apex. The helpers had cut out down at Colton (we shot them at Kyune and then doubled back - you can see them in an earlier post) and the train is cresting the summit slowly alone at about 7 PM on a stunning Saturday evening....our second day in a row that we'd made the drive over from Salt Lake. And on Sunday after chasing the Big Boy we'd drive all the way from Evanston for our third dose. The Grande does that to you. It captivates the soul and draws you back in over and over.
Someone asked me from whence the pass takes its name. It comes from a group of soldiers who were caught in an unexpected snowstorm on the summit in July 1861. These soldiers were Southerners, previously under Union General Philip St. George Cooke at Camp Floyd, on their way to join the Confederate Army. A few of them died in the storm and were buried on the summit some 21 years before the 3 ft gauge rails of D&RGW first reached this spot.
Now you know the rest of the story.
Wasatch County, Utah
Saturday May 11, 2019
No fallen soldier should ever go unknown, and certainly must never be forgotten.
This unknown soldier serving under Major Hatch died during the Indian Wars of the 1860's. He rests all alone in a park setting at Pembina North Dakota.
Is it my imagination, or is she looking a little bored?
A pair of common red soldier beetles, Rhagonycha fulva, doing what comes naturally. These beetles frequent plants like cow parsley and hogweed, and apparently have the nickname 'hogweed bonking beetle' - there were certainly numerous other couples similarly engaged.
Sent home from their base due to Corona, but keeping in form by walking/hiking around Ærø with packed equipment. Even on a hot summer day!
Sergeant Scott did not die during the Civil War, but cemeteries around the nation decorate veterans' graves, like his, with flags on Memorial Day. He is buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Millville, NJ, USA, with his wife.
The life-size figures of the soldiers help us remember the fallen of the World Wars. These are in St Pancras station London.
- www.kevin-palmer.com - On a rare warm winter day, I went for a hike on the Soldier Ridge Trail on the edge of Sheridan. The parts of the trail that weren't covered in snow were very muddy.
Soldier fly. Focus stacked using zerene. See www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/51472150500/ for a 3D version
November Butterflies?
Yes, this die hard Red Admiral is still marching on staunchly into November.
Hardly cropped, so enjoy also in MEGA SIZE (3463 x 3451)
Achaemenian Soldiers craved on stone in Persepolis, Shiraz - Iran.
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'GERMAN SOLDIER'
'PAPPLEWICK PUMPING STATION 1940'S EVENT' - OCTOBER 2016
NIKON D7100 WITH NIKKOR 50MM F1.8G
DIRECTOR / PRODUCER - TONY FLETCHER.
Country/City: USA, Manitowoc
Category : CabinetCard
Shows: Soldier with Rifle
Style: real Photography on Cardboard
Artist/Date: Melendy and Packard, about 1897
A Soldier crab on the march. Captured at Toorbul, in the Pumicestone Passage, Queensland, Australia. There were literally thousands of these soldier crabs scurrying in all directions before they would bury themselves in the muddy sand.
Nikon D810 with Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR lens. My new macro lens. ;-)
A soldiers Love to his betrothed, his love of religion and his love for country.
His love is never ending.
Props used -; Wedding ring, 1914-18 war medals, prayer book, flower petals.
Lighting with a torch.
A semi-old custom of mine. I was inspired by Will Chapman's (owner of Brickarms) custom Undead Soldier, so I made three of 'em :D
For Sir Nadroj
Up for trade
Cashmoor Down, East Dorset
Rustic Sailor Beetle [Cantharis rustica]
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