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This macro photo of a tiny (maybe half an inch across) Split gill fungus, growing on a fallen log, goes back to 18th October 2010. Came across it the other day - just not getting time to go through all the photos I've taken more recently. Taken at Maclean Pond, off Elbow Falls Trail.
Just came across this beautiful video of Bald Eagles flying, on YouTube. Have been watching and waiting for the youngest of the two Hornby Island Eagles to fledge, but it looks like young "David" (as he has been named) is going to be waiting just a little longer - maybe tomorrow? What a character this young branchling is, lol. Superb footage from BBC and KPBS of American and European Eagles. Music by Abba.
Split Apple Rock, Tasman, New Zealand
This is a (short) long exposure shot of Split Apple Rock, which is located just south of the Abel Tasman National Park, between Kaiteretere and Marahau. After a 10 minutes walk down through some bush you come out to a long stretch of deserted golden sand, with the unmistakable Split Apple Rock sitting just off shore.
We arrived just after sunset (which meant it was dark when had to walk back up through the bush!) to a incoming tide and a calm sea. If you look closely you can see that the rock is used as a perch for the local Shag's (Cormorants), and there are a few perching in the trees as well.
Natrona County, Wyoming
"The Sweetwater Valley contains three distinctive granite landmarks: Independence Rock, Devil’s Gate and Split Rock. The last of these, Split Rock, with its unforgettable gunsight notch, was visible to emigrants for two days or more as they approached and then left it behind them.
Some emigrants on the Oregon, California and Mormon trails—all one road at this point—found this landmark in the Rattlesnake Range a useful navigational tool as they made their way west up the Sweetwater. “[Y]esterday,” Joseph Middleton wrote in 1849, “from the time we started we steered to this cliff with a steadiness that was astonishing, never deviating from it more than the needle does from the north pole, excepting once for a short time—I think this cleft or rent or chasm is very conspicuously seen from the Devil’s Gate, which I think is 11 miles from here; and I think it is still at least 6 or 8 miles ahead. …”
Rising some 1,000 feet above the sagebrush prairie, Split Rock aimed westbound emigrants directly at South Pass, still more than 75 miles away. The relatively gentle landscape offered them a short, but much needed, respite in their long journey.
Emigrants were struck by the rock’s beauty, too. “The picture was worthy the pencil of an artist,” William Carter wrote late in 1857. “Our camp was near what is called the Split in the Rock, a remarkable cleft in the top of the mountain which can be seen at a great distance in either direction.”
Split Rock Station is located a short distance west of Split Rock between Cranner Rock and the south bank of the Sweetwater River in what is now a hay meadow. In the early 1860s, the site served as a Pony Express station, stage station and telegraph station.
Diarist Henry Herr reported that, in 1862, 50 soldiers from the 6th Ohio Regiment were encamped here to protect the emigrants. A crude log structure and pole corral that were part of the station are now part of a private ranch homesite." (wyohistory.org)
Split es el nombre actual de la antigua Spalato, ciudad portuaria y principal población de la Dalmacia, la región de la república de Croacia que da al mar Adriático.
Split está asentada en una península que posee en su vertiente sur un puerto de aguas profundas, bien protegido y provisto de astilleros, el segundo más grande del país después del de Rijeka. Su situación en el centro de la costa dálmata y sus buenas conexiones viales y ferroviarias con el resto del país hacen de Split un importante nudo de comunicaciones que ha potenciado su desarrollo comercial (basado en industrias químicas, de plástico, aluminio y cemento).
El horizonte marino está oculto tras una cadena de islas alargadas, las Islas Dálmatas, que emergen paralelas a la costa de Dalmacia y son en realidad una cordillera de montañas desgajadas de la tierra firme.
Split es el lugar donde el emperador romano Diocleciano (244-313 d C) se hizo construir, cerca de su lugar de nacimiento, un enorme y suntuoso palacio de retiro, que aún se mantiene en gran parte en pie.
Este palacio, construido en torno al año 300 en piedra caliza y mármol de primera calidad, se convertiría en el origen de la actual ciudad de Split. El casco antiguo de Split tiene hoy su núcleo central englobado dentro del inmenso recinto palaciego del emperador, cuya planta cuadrangular de 3 hectáreas de superficie está cercada de gruesas murallas de 2 m de espesor, que alcanzan los 22 m de altura en el tramo frente al mar. Originalmente las murallas estaban reforzadas con dieciséis torres defensivas, de las que quedan tres en pie, y perforadas por cuatro puertas monumentales de acceso, cada una en el centro de cada lado del cuadrado. El mar Adriático bañaba el lienzo sur de las murallas, aunque éstas están hoy separadas de la orilla por un paseo marítimo lonado de palmeras.
EL palacio de Diocleciano pervive como el mayor y mejor conservado ejemplar de arquitectura palatina romana de la antigüedad tardía. Su estilo es de transición entre la arquitectura clásica grecorromana y la arquitectura bizantina. El trazado de su planta es similar a la de un campamento legionario romano, es decir, con un perímetro rectangular y calles internas distribuidas ortogonalmente, con cuatro vías principales que confluyen en el centro, marcando los ejes norte-sur y este-oeste. Esta distribución de carácter militar estaba combinada con las características propias de una lujosa villa, provista de todas las comodidades que un emperador podía desear.
A partir de 812 Spalato creció desbordando las murallas del palacio de Diocleciano hasta convertirse en una importante ciudad bizantina. En 1105, tras padecer efímeras invasiones de Venecia y Croacia, la ciudad reconoció la soberanía de Hungría-Croacia, y combatió esporádicamente con la ciudad portuaria rival de Trogir. De 1420 a 1797 estuvo bajo el dominio de la República de Venecia. En 1797 el poder pasó a los austriacos, que la gobernaron hasta 1918, año en que Split entró a formar parte de Yugoslavia. Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial las actividades portuarias de la ciudad fueron abortadas por los bombardeos tanto de los alemanes como de los aliados, aunque el centro histórico sobrevivió casi indemne.
Además del impresionante palacio de Diocleciano, la ciudad de Split conserva otros monumentos de interés, como el ayuntamiento de estilo gótico veneciano, el campanario de la iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Campanario, el más antiguo de Dalmacia (hacia 1100), fortificaciones medievales y palacios renacentistas y barrocos. Subsisten también restos del acueducto que abastecía de agua al palacio de Diocleciano.
El centro histórico de Split con el palacio de Diocleciano fue declarado Patrimonio Mundial por la Unesco en 1979.
The day after the half moon for this month of November.
Olympus OM-D EM-1 with 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO & MC-14 1.4x Teleconverter
As the sun sets in the sky behind, casting glorious golden tones across the landscape, R761 roars towards Kyabram with Steamrail's Echuca Explorer tour train.
A split second out and it would of looked like a doubleheaded 91 train.
Having worked out that 91101 'Flying Scotsman' would be at the rear of the 1430 from Waverley, we were nearly bowled over by 91129 heading north as they pass at Grantshouse.
91101 is at the rear of 1E19, 1430 Edinburgh - Kings Cross, hauled by 82208 as 91129 passes with 1S13, 1100 Kings Cross - Edinburgh.
Seen on an overcast afternoon at 1456 on the 1st August 2016, just a pity the sun wasn't out for this shot !
Lovely split-rail fence with supports on the border of Monmouth Battlefield. I didn't even notice the pretty little Eastern bluebird halfway down the line.
It's the 100th Birthday celebration for this Minnesota Icon that has guarded the North Shore of Lake Superior since 1910.
It's my annual "offical" autumn photo of this state's treasure. It just has to be included in my series of photos honoring "North of Ordinary!"
Copyrighted 2010 ( Please view large ) - unedited
Taken at Split Bus Nation weekend in Belgium, the blue one is my bus. The colours are so cool just had to take this shot
Le campanile de la cathédrale Saint-Domnius vu depuis le Péristyle du palais de l'empereur romain Dioclétien.
Split Rock Lighthouse is a lighthouse located southwest of Silver Bay, Minnesota, USA on the North Shore of Lake Superior. The structure was designed by lighthouse engineer Ralph Russell Tinkham and was completed in 1910 by the United States Lighthouse Service at a cost of $75,000, including the buildings and the land. It is considered one of the most picturesque lighthouses in the United States.
To read more about this Lighthouse and my recent trip to Sax-Zim Bog visit my Gallery Blog at www.jmgilbertphoto.com/Nature/Sax-Zim-Bog-2020/