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Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do. Pele
Depuis la route, Rocamadour surgit devant vous. Le village vertical, bâti en paliers successifs à l'aplomb de la falaise, s'accroche à 150 m au-dessus du canyon de l’Alzou. De jour comme de nuit, vous serez certainement éblouis par la beauté esthétique et la prouesse technique des bâtisseurs.
Ce petit village de 630 habitants est l’un des sites les plus visités de France. Vous y entrerez par la porte fortifiée du Figuier avant de suivre la rue de la Couronnerie, l’unique rue de Rocamadour, très animée, avec ses boutiques et restaurants.
Les mystères de Rocamadour
L'histoire du village de Rocamadour commence bien mystérieusement : rien ne permet en effet de connaître les raisons qui poussèrent des pèlerins à se rendre , dès le 9ème siècle, dans ce lieu escarpé.
Pas le moindre document pour éclairer sur le culte primitif qui entraîna ce rassemblement populaire, ni sur l'identité du corps trouvé intact sur le seuil de l'église Notre-Dame.
Rocamadour, membre des Villes Sanctuaires en France
Mais avant d'aller plus loin dans sa découverte, il faut savoir que Rocamadour est membre de l'association qui regroupe 17 villes sanctuaires de France. Toutes sont visitées chaque année par des milliers de touristes et de pèlerins venus du monde entier :
Chartres, Lisieux, Lourdes, le Mont-Saint-Michel, La salette, Paray -le-Monial, Ars, Vezelay, Alençon, Cotignac, Le Puy-en-Velay, Nevers, Saint-Anne-d'Auray, Thierenbach, Saint-Maximin er la Sainte Beaume et Souvigny.
Toutes méritent le détour. Elles se distinguent par la singularité de leurs paysages, de leur patrimoine souvent reconnu par l’UNESCO, de leurs chemins arpentés par des milliers de pèlerins venus de toutes parts, mais aussi par leurs saints. Leur notoriété est souvent nationale voire internationale.
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Per scattare questa foto, mi sono messo con la macchina fotografica vicino alla superficie dell'acqua, fra un'onda e la successiva. E sopra di me, una fantastica striscia di nuvole che sembrava arrivare dall'infinito. Un'onda di nuvole sopra un'onda del mare
Foto dal mio album ricordi, Sottomarina, vicino Chioggia
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My Darjeeling D Class loco made great plumes of steam due to it being an articulated loco with two sets of drivers. As seen in this pan shot, the big loco was a big success at the steam-up in Scranton this weekend.
I've run this loco at past steam-ups and each time I bring different passenger cars. For this run, I opted to bring my set of green Isle Of Man (IOM) coaches, which ran smoothly all day.
Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 AFS
Dedicated to Slick (406) & Chill '94,
As two complimentary colors are in harmony, I would dare say so are two non-complimentary colors, too. Considering the former, such colors like blue and orange are the success to a Hot Imperial Crushed-Dramatic sunset. When we [rarely] think of the latter, those colors may be nearest their equals; in a sunrise, such as this one depicted, the blues offer a calm start to the unknown and infinite opportunities we get to learn and grow to simply live our lives [another day] that can intimidate us and the magenta's builds upon the blues' abilities to calm the eye but additionally adds excitement to the chill scene--allowing the frame to receive more excitement and for the eye to see and take in more beautiful moments...
Photo captured via Minolta MD W.Rokkor-X 35mm F/2.8 lens. Channeled Scablands section within the Columbia Plateau Region. Inland Northwest. Spokane County, Washington. Early September 2020.
Exposure Time: 1/10 sec. * ISO Speed: ISO-100 * Aperture: F/22 * Bracketing: None * Color Temperature: 6150 K * Color Grading: Fuji Velvia 50
Fred Shero - former Stanley Cup winning coach of the Philadelphia Flyers
This morning's drive to work, TGIF!!!
When NASA astronauts blast off for their voyage to the Moon on the Orion spacecraft during Artemis missions, they’ll have protection in the form of the launch abort system (LAS). The LAS is designed to carry crew to safety in the event of an emergency during launch or ascent atop the agency’s Space Launch System rocket.
On Feb. 25, NASA successfully tested the attitude control motor (ACM), which is built by Northrop Grumman and provides steering for Orion’s LAS during an abort, at the company’s facility in Elkton, Maryland. The 30-second hot fire was the third and final test to qualify the motor for human missions, beginning with Artemis II.
Image credit: NASA
Burrard Inlet, Vancouver Harbour,
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A Bulk Carrier that was built in 2017 sailing under the flag of Marshall Is.
It’s carrying capacity is 82010 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 14.4 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 229 meters and her width is 32.24 meters.
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I made Bar B Qued Venison Ribs for Christmas eve. I had no recipe, nor had I ever made them before. They dissapeared pretty quick and the "Regular" Venison eaters of the family gave a thumbs up.
Ever since I saw my first Ospreys back in 2013, diving in a local storm water pond for Goldfish, Koi or Catfish I was hooked. Every summer since I scout various storm water ponds around Greater Toronto Area over the week-ends for an opportunity to watch and photograph the spectacle. Sometimes I get lucky, most often I don't. These storm water ponds are mecca for migrating Ospreys. By end of first week of September they are very much gone from our area. A very narrow window of opportunity, but what an opportunity that is because of proximity of these ponds and their relative smaller size afford photographing these magnificent birds from close range.
Recently restored by HET and Sydney Trains is heritage Red set W3 seen passing through Regents Park on run 880D bound for FMC from Campbelltown after a successful second shakedown run
W3 consists of 2 Commonwealth Engineering Sputnik cars built in 1955 C3708 & C3702 and 2 Double Deck Tulloch cars built in 1964 T4801 & T4814. Each car is represented in different liveries of their time in service and were the first Suburban cars to enter service with Powered doors
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Get up early, work hard, get enough sleep.
A lone, early-morning runner at the Stoke Mandeville Paralympics training center running track.
. . . may be a good way to describe a flower. I don't like hearing "spectacular" to describe a bombing. Michigan lily (lilium michiganense) in my native wildflower garden now. Webster Groves, Missouri.
With the Marquette Range littered with vestiges of better times, it is a pleasure to see an operation like Mineral Range reviving railroad activity in and around Ishpeming. How often do you see rail-to-trail segments converted back to rail operation! Wishing Clint and his crew further success (along with Lundin's copper operation).
Woody Woodpecker figured out how to get suet from the feeder.
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Loon family...Day 2 Part 2 !! It's very hard to get close, they have a 20 foot radius you cross that boundary line (comfort zone) and they yodel "back off"!! I didn't need Google to tell me that I had plenty of time to study their language, although, never outstaying my welcome. It's an insult to have anyone think I'd keep the little one as I'm not a diver or live in the water. My firm motto in life (always has been) is if you love something set it free, if it comes back, it's yours, if it doesn't, it never was. I love this little one dearly, even though he was only with me for 24 hours. He is the one lifting his head up slightly as I peeped...his sibling is swimming next to dad.
The morning of reuniting Yogi with his family butterflies consumed my stomach as I had a lot of pressure to get this right. Yogi's life depended on it. When I arrived at the dock a lovely old couple greeted me and the sweetest faced lady who reminded me of my dad's mother was standing with her walker. She immediately asked me what on earth was wrong as I was crying from the overwhelming task ahead. She hugged me and said, "sweet angel, bless your heart for doing this, takes a special soul." Was as if God placed her there just for me as reinforcement. After their well wishes I then headed out in search of Yogi's parents praying the whole way I'd find them in a good spot.... It was crucial!! There they were...I paddled up as close as I could to the sibling chick. Kissed Yogi goodbye, scooped up my little bundle of fluff and placed him on my paddle, extended him as close as I dared and, Plop, dropped him into the water next to his sibling and...hurrah, he floated! I spun around to head out of dodge and the mother loon rushed over and scooped Yogi up onto her back. Success! Glancing back I was relieved to see the reunited loon family all swimming away. That night the haunting call of the loons had a special meaning for me and I smiled contentedly as I watched the loons floating in the moon splashed waves. I go to visit them every day, morning and night. So far so good, my heart does a happy dance every time I see him, on the third night the proud male paraded his family right by my kayak to show off their kids...the male's idea...after I saw the female giving him shit. It was priceless!...Every day is a blessing!
Dedicated to Elizabeth ....the sweet lady on the dock and Yogi, my miracle baby :)
Happy Canada Day!
After striking out so many times when attempting to shoot the nightly M704 on the Hudson Line, I was finally able to catch it on this cool October's night. CSXT484 leads a roughly 11000ft train northbound through Peekskill.
Not everyone in life is successful. Some try harder than others and success seems to find those with a combination of luck and determination. And sometimes not even those people will make it.
Defeat is not a shameful conclusion.
Because to be defeated means that you actually tried.
Those who don't try can't expect success.
Or happiness.
Success! Five days ago I photographed this rose bud, looking rather sad after too much rain. The following day I removed a couple of the outer petals, which were becoming stuck to the remainder of the bud, in the hope that it would then open naturally. In summer, when there has been a lot of rain, buds sometimes fail to open fully and in due course one can just lift these buds from the stem.
Volare nel Parco Ovest
Con la fotografia ho vissuto una buona parte della mia vita, dal 1988 ad oggi, alti e bassi, periodi bellissimi e di grande successo e periodi di depressione e problemi lavorativi e non, ma è rimasta comunque come unico punto fermo (o quasi) in tutti questi anni.
Negli ultimi anni mi sto sempre più appassionando alla foto naturalistica, mi ci trovo: sono spesso da solo in posti dove non vedo gente e non ascolto che i miei pensieri... a volte anche per tre giorni senza vedere un essere umano... una goduria.
Il parco
Abitando a 300 metri dal parco ovest a Bergamo, ho sempre trovato modalità e tempo per comporre delle osservazioni più o meno complete sul campo, grazie alle quali, posso tranquillamente definire il parco ovest una zona di alto interesse faunistico di passaggio e di permanenza per alcune specie (allego elenco). Purtroppo, il parco è inserito in una zona in continuo sviluppo socio/urbano, assediato da una super strada e da un aumento urbanistico troppo a ridosso, se non addirittura dentro il parco. La disattenzione degli amministratori ai temi naturalistici, pur di rispondere (giustamente) ai bisogni di corto raggio degli abitanti, e a volte il non vedere la natura come fonte essenziale di benessere collettivo, anche sul lato economico, fa sì che Bergamo rischi di perdere la sua piccola torbiera o la sua Oasi ovest!
Eyas Awad
E cosi fu…
Un’area di 125.000 metri quadrati a sud della città, tra la circonvallazione Pompiniano, la linea ferroviaria Bergamo – Treviglio, via Tobagi-Galli-Ravizza, collegata alle aree del parco agricolo ed ecologico della cintura verde di Bergamo.
Alla fine del 2013, quando ho cominciato ad appassionarmi sempre di più alla fotografia naturalistica e al birdwatching, mi sono trovato a frequentare questa area con una certa assiduità e sempre con binocolo e attrezzatura fotografica.
Inizialmente la mia impressione sul parco si limitava a “un luogo lasciato andare, una fetta di campagna in mezzo alla città”, ma con il passare del tempo e lo sguardo più attento e con le stagioni che rimodellavano il parco insieme alla luce del sole e all’odore del temporale, scattavo fotografie, guardavo quelle creature volanti, vedevo i loro nidi, i loro piccoli, il cibo, le predazioni, sentivo i vocalizzi, i richiami per amore o per minaccia... osservavo!
E capanno sia!
Spesso per fotografare ed osservare la fauna nel parco dovevo ricorrere ad ogni sorta di stratagemma di camuffamento, dallo stare immobile per ore dentro un cespuglio, all’utilizzo di Ghillie e reti mimetiche, all’uso di un capanno mobile nel quale stare. Comunque, il mio girovagare nel parco fotografando qua e là finì per essere notato dalle persone che frequentavano il posto per altri motivi, per passeggiare magari con l’amico a quattro zampe o perché possedevano lì un orto.
Un pomeriggio di fine aprile 2017 l’anziano ortolano mi chiese se mi sarebbe piaciuto avere un orto lì, sotto la ferrovia in quel posto recintato e semi abbandonato. Vi erano tanti alberi intorno e dentro, alcuni da frutta, il resto era un abnorme rovo.
Pochi giorni dopo ho preso quel terreno e con l’aiuto di mia moglie e dei miei figli, in una settimana avevamo già pulito l’orto e raccolto le macerie e il materiale edile buttato lì. In quella settimana ho costruito un capanno, una mangiatoia, una pozza e preparato dei tronchi per i picchi e dei rami come posatoi.
Quell’autunno fu veramente un spettacolo della natura, mai avevo visto cosi tanti uccelli nello stesso momento, alcuni giorni sembrava che piovessero peppole e fringuelli, tanti pomeriggi non fotografavo neanche, ma guardavo dal finestrino del capanno in piena estasi. Le mattine d’inverno quando riempivo la mangiatoia e potevo toccare con le mani il pettirosso o la cinciarella mi sentivo felice, felice e solo felice!
Sognavo ad occhi aperti... se il parco diventasse una sorta di parco protetto aperto per la didattica e ripristinato ad una sorta di piccola torbiera che era una volta, con tre capanni per osservare i differenti habitat? Se mettessimo le cassette nido per il gheppio e per la civetta, e perché no anche per i pipistrelli? Sognavo ad occhi aperti!
ESA test facilities can test more than just space hardware: here, the 2.0m-diameter nose of an Airbus A340 aircraft is seen in ESA’s Hertz chamber, undergoing radio-frequency testing.
“We had a rare gap in our test schedule and were able to accommodate a commercial customer,” explains ESA antenna engineer Eric Van Der Houwen.
“SPECTO Aerospace works on repairing damaged structural aircraft parts like radomes – radar domes – found on the noses of aircraft, which protect forward-looking weather radar and other equipment. But before any repaired radome can be returned to flight it needs radio frequency testing to confirm the repair has been a success and the structure is performing acceptably.”
A radome can be damaged in various ways, including lightning strikes, bird strikes or due to hail erosion. The repair process needs to return the radome – an aramid fibre honeycomb composite sandwich structure – to be high mechanically stiff and aerodynamically smooth – while also ensuring its desired radio-frequency (RF) performance remains intact.
“Sometimes a repaired radome can look good but might not perform so well in RF terms,” adds Eric. “It might be that the radome structure is absorbing too much RF energy, or triggering signal reflections or interactions that alter the shape of what should be a forward-looking signal. In this particular case, this radome requires a ‘side lobe level test’ – checking its sideways emissions.
“So we first of all measure the antenna pattern and energy level without the radome and then with the radome to see how much these values change. Finally we again test the antenna without the radome, to make sure our results match on a reliable basis.”
Part of ESA’s technical heart in the Netherlands, the metal-walled ‘Hybrid European Radio Frequency and Antenna Test Zone’ chamber is shut off from all external influences. Its internal walls are studded with radio-absorbing ‘anechoic’ foam pyramids, allowing radio-frequency testing without any distorting reflections.
The Hertz chamber carried out a rapid test campaign for the company, with the nose cone – which fits onto both Airbus A330 and A340 aircraft – into and out of ESA’s ESTEC technical centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands in a single day.
“ESA is one of our reliable partners for specific aircraft parts testing,” remarks Jeroen Mast, managing director of SPECTO. “Our in-house test facility is able to perform the standard transmission efficiency tests for aircraft radomes, with ESA’s anechoic test facilities offering a valuable add-on to our services.”
ESA’s test facilities at the service of all Agency missions and Member States are supported through ESA’s Basic Activities. At the Space19+ Council of Ministers in Seville, Spain on 27-28 November, ESA will press for an increase in Basic Activities to maintain and develop its test facilities and general infrastructure.
Credits: ESA-P. de Maagt