astrometry
Sponsored images from 
View allAll Photos Tagged Solve
Tune ♥
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8QJmI_V3j4
Credits ♥
Tres Blah - Greta romper
Comes in
15 colors/patterns.
Get the fatpack for 10 Bonus
romper textures.
Maitreya, Hourglass, Physique, Freya, and Isis are included.
Available @ Mainstore
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Lula/131/199/26
Exile - Hair - Phoebe
Includes split color huds for both sides or the standard one that will color it normally.
Available @ Mainstore
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Covet/171/39/28
Hextraordinary - Bloodhound Buddies
It's Elementary my dear Watson! These Bloodhound Buddies will prance, jump, and scurry right into your heart as you attempt to solve the latest mystery or crime spree. There are 12 dogs to collect with a total of 5 different coat options! The doggies come in Black, White, Tan, Liver, and Red. The 2 Rare pups don adorable inspector outfits, hat and and pipe!
Available @ Mainstore
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Old%20Salem/46/155/26?fbcl...
Thank You So Much In Advance For All Your Support And kindness ,Have A Great Week Everyone , Hugs ♥
Since Hogwarts is my home, staying home for Christmas seems to be not so bad ...
I always liked this time of the year, the snowy silence full of expectations, the soft tinking of bells, occasionally interrupted by singing armours or suddenly swooping snowballs.
Although there is still much homework to do, I'm really looking forward to one of our pleasurable Christmas traditions and the best sport ever : Base-jumping in the restricted section!
But first we have to get our portkey to Stonehenge to celebrate the Solstice and the Christmas Star in the Great Conjunction 🌠 - oh, what a night!
🎄❄️⛄⚡🎄
Happy Solstice & Merry Christmas!
🎄❄️⛄⚡🎄
I did have help from Google and Youtube...........so here you have a 65mm Cube, Blood Sweat and Tears !
Mystery solved from yesterdays image. Holly, you will have to try harder!! I'm glad these turned out as well as I hoped as they made me chuckle while taking them. Plus I can't resist the deep colour in those ferns against the soft mist :) Taken in Hillock Wood, Buckinghamshire, or my second home!
they gain an understanding of the mutual attraction of rain and weekends :-)
Arnot Sheppard
HPPT!! Liberty and Justice for all!! Resist! Vote!
hybrid camellia, 'Egao Corkscrew', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
Solving puzzles is a hobby, addiction or compulsiveness? This is not as easy as it seems the maze pass is just barely big enough for the BB to fall through and really easy to come back out LOL. It is a close up, the puzzle is right at 3 inch across. I thought it was too big so quartered the puzzle to a 1-1/2 inch square frame to make it macro.
Problems to be solved. Entering the creative space where problems swirl and answers form.
Pose is from Animosity pose: Animosity – 129-1
The Desk is from EVAH.
Max is wearing.
[Deadwool] Hart vest chain
[Deadwool] Hart vest
730 Cowboy Boots
[Deadwool] Sean trousers -
Lelutka Eon Head with Facelight
Jake Belleza body
Location: In the mainland home Cheeky and I share.
Collie's worst nightmare .. can't get the stick!
Elk seems to thrive on these sort of problems, this one being solved after realising she couldn't turn her head far enough by gradually moving the stick along in her mouth .. She couldn't let go either as the other two would get it!
"You did the right thing, yeah
When you went and looked my way
I know, I know what you wanna say
You wrote it all on your face
(On, on, your)
Just beam me up, beam me up, leave me, don't bring me down
You've been fighting from the gallows
The shadows just come on out
(But you know)
It's all good when it's all bad
Be hurting all day but it's all math
You're losing your brain
And falling right back
It's all good when it's all bad
Been looking all day but it's all math
Just solve the equation
Get it all back." - QUIÑ ♫
Mystery solved. Now we see why all of the crazy colours on a starling. This bird looks perfectly matched with the blackberry bushes that it is feeding from. It's white spots even match the light reflecting on the berry facets. The only reason I noticed the bird at all was because he wasn't being particularly quiet...
Transients come and go as they please into this old senior trailer park I live in. They steal anything in our tiny spaces and porches-, spit in the Main Street as well as our tiny properties. The slum lords refuse to put cameras up or a gate up. Cops never come so we are on our own. This dirty higher than a kite guy made me want to follow to see where the source of the drugs is coming from in the park. Just because it’s old people doesn’t mean it’s not criminal old people selling from their trailer. Because they are. Because I was already in my car ready to run errands and he came in off the busy main street outside the park . I thought it was perfect timing to follow him, but I stayed way back because he had very. Bad energy, the kind that would get violent if he is triggered. I followed a few streets staying back and at the last street he turned left so I slowed then went we he turned . and he had completely disappeared like a ghost. I was so disappointed. I wanted to solve the mystery of who was letting these addicts in. It was a recon fail. Maybe I will get another chance and will be armed with a camera and zoom lens instead of my phone camera. Life ain’t boring not for me anyways . 😂 ( ps the picture taken with an older iPhone just after a storm ⛈️ the cloud odd shape straight across sky is real the pink sky compliments of light room) :)
Thanks to everyone for visits , comments , awards and invitations, I appreciate your feedback very much
World's first steam powered clock
The insides of this clock is where the magic begins....
Built in 1977. Raymond Saunders' first steam clock was built in 1977 to solve the issue of a steam vent in a popular sidewalk for the renovated Gastown district of Vancouver. Owned by the City of Vancouver, BC Canada
The steam clock's plaque reads:
THE GASTOWN STEAM CLOCK
Designed and built by
Raymond L. Saunders
Horologist
The world's first steam powered clock has been created for the enjoyment of everyone. The live steam winds the weights and blows the whistles. Every 4.5 minutes one steel weight will travel by steam power to the top of the clock. The gravity driven "falling ball" drive was 'engineered' by Douglas L. Smith. Each quarter hour the clock will sound the Westminster Chimes. The large whistle will sound once on the hour. The steam is supplied by the underground system of Central Heat Distributor's Limited. The component parts cost $42,000 and the clock weighs over two tons.
A few years ago the clock was refit and is not entirely steam powered. It also has three small electric motors to help operate two internal fans, one of which blows the steam out the top, and another that controls the valves that play the tunes on the five steam whistles mounted atop the clock case.
The large central whistle, which was taken off the CPR steam tug Naramata, counts off the full hours while the four auxiliary whistles chime the Westminster Quarters every quarter hour. The number of chimes matches the number of quarter hours that have passed.
Gastown is the original settlement that became the core of the creation of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Currently, it is a national historic site and a neighbourhood in the northwest end of Downtown Eastside, adjacent to Downtown Vancouver.
Wikipedia and various other online sites.
*Please note : Information has not been verified accurate
Best experienced in full screen.
Thanks so much for comments and visits
~Christie
There were many questions with my last post of the red bellied woodpeckers but this solves the problem everyone had. Such a wonderful pair and delight to photograph !
Wishing everyone a memorable Memorial Day and a Day we give thanks to the men who fought and gave the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom . We think of their families and friends and pray for them today and always !! Thank you !
So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being.
Franz Kafka
There were two of these gorgeous trees in full bloom at Lake St. Clair Metropark. The leaves looked like chestnut trees but the flowers were colored like buckeye tree flowers. Both of those trees have large palmate compound leaves. What were they, I wondered.
Later, I remembered seeing trees like these many years ago in Paris. They lined many of the streets and boulevards of Paris. There were the Horse-chestnuts with whitish flowers, and these pink/red flowers of the Red Horse-chestnut trees.
This picture is of Red Horse-chestnuts, a hybrid of Red Buckeye and Horse-chestnut...mystery solved (again).
In Explore #273 6/17/2025
Timmy’s biggest problem right now is getting enough cuddles. With this heat, I hardly ever see him except at 7:30 a.m. for breakfast and at 9:30 p.m. for dinner. If I’m lucky, like now, he hears me when I go out to the garden in the early evening. He comes out, still half-asleep, and climbs up his ladder. I have to go down two steps on the little staircase to the garden. Then our heads are at the same height, and we can relax and cuddle to our hearts’ content.
Happy Caturday 11.7.2026 "Solving our cat's problems"
Rooks (Corvus frugilegus) are highly intelligent, gregarious members of the crow family (Corvidae) known for their complex social structures, unique appearance, and remarkable problem-solving abilities that rival those of great apes.
While not known for tool manufacturing in the wild, captive rooks have shown astonishing cognitive abilities in studies. They have been observed bending wire into hooks to reach food, a skill previously thought unique to New Caledonian crows.
Rooks have been observed engaging in "anting," where they rub ants into their feathers to use the formic acid as a pesticide. More drastically, a rook has been documented holding a smouldering cigarette butt under its wing to fumigate parasites.
A group of rooks is known by several collective nouns, including a "parliament," a "clamour," a "storytelling," or a "building".
Rook (Corvus fruglegus) winter Germany 9164_
Thank you for all your kind comments on my photos here on Flickr. I read them all and I really appreciate them.
Warmest regards, Stephen.
After a bath this male wood duck did not require a towel. Just give the head a good shake. Problem solved.
Here I used stroboscopic (multi) flash mode while spinning the Rubik's cube to emphasise the process of solving it.
Ravens are large, intelligent birds that are part of the crow family. They have black feathers, sharp beaks, and distinctive croaking calls. Ravens are known for their intelligence and problem-solving skills, which are comparable to those of some primates. They are also highly adaptable and can be found in a variety of environments, from forests and deserts to cities and coastlines. In many cultures, ravens are associated with death and the afterlife, but they are also seen as symbols of wisdom, prophecy, and good luck. Whether soaring high in the sky or scavenging for food on the ground, ravens are fascinating creatures that continue to capture the imagination of people around the world.
This was a ugly, humid night! There were lots of clouds in the sky and accordingly in this image. But I was quite impressed of the result!
IMAGING DATA
12 x 360 sec. ISO400 - 70mm @ F/4
Total 1.2 hours exposure.
no darks, flats or bias made
EQUIPMENT
Camera: Canon EOS 60Da
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm F/4 L
Mount: Skywatcher AZ-EQ6 on concrete pier
Guiding: None
Thanks to everyone for visits , comments , awards and invitations, I appreciate your feedback very much
Imaged remotely from Siding Spring Observatory using iTelescope T32 (17 inch Corrected Dall-Kirkam, FLI Proline 16803 CCD, Planewave Ascension 200HR mount).
Total imaging time: 9 minutes through LRGB filters.
FOV: 40 x 40 arcminutes.
A wee bit tricky to process this as the Red-filter image wasn't properly focused.