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A partially successful experiment to try and get a good focal length to capture both nebulae in one shot without forking out for another scope. The 127 Mak, with its 1500mm focal length, can't fit both nebulae in the frame, and using a 300mm or 400mm lens makes the objects too small. So for this shot the guidescope was used as a telescope and the telescope as a guidescope. The Orion Mini Guidescope was used with a x2 Barlow and attached to the DSLR which was piggybacked on the telescope. The guide camera was put on the 127 Mak in a not very successful attempt to guide the DSLR (1500mm combined with a tiny sensor makes finding guide stars in the frame almost impossible). The resulting focal length is about 800mm at an agonising f16. It sort of worked but because M42 is so much brighter than NGC 1973/5/7 it gets a bit overexposed while NGC 1973/5/7 still needs much more exposure. I used a little exposure blending to bring out a little more of the Running Man Nebula. I'm glad this much came out but to do it properly a wider field scope is needed as the optics on the Mini Guidescope are ok for guiding but not much else. Blending two exposures might also help. Still, it was a fun experiment.
40 x 30 second exposures at 800mm f16 - 400 ISO (20 minutes)
22 x dark frames
9 x flat frames
21 x bias/offset frames (subtracted from flat frames only)
Captured with APT
Guided with PHD2
Processed in Nebulosity and Photoshop
Equipment:
Skywatcher EQ5 Mount
Orion 50mm Mini Guide Scope
ZWO ASI120 MC imaging and guiding camera
Canon 700D DSLR
This mature bald eagle has just successfully grabbed a fish out of the Susquehanna river (note the tail fins rising behind the body) with its right claw and will be on its way to a private lunch. It was not challenged for the fish like some eagles were. I love the column of water behind it still rising where the eagle had snatched the fish from the water.
Taken 13 November 2016 at Conowingo Dam in Maryland.
You can see the way the flake has broken off on this piece in a kind of cone shape, following the shock wave applied to the rock.
That's a hard hammer in John's hand. Those are generally pebbles. Soft hammers are made of bone.
My flint knapping photos were taken on a day course with John and Val Lord. They have a website here:
John has also written a book that's very useful as a beginner:
www.flintknapping.co.uk/shop.html
And John's son Will is also an expert in flint knapping and excellent teacher. He also runs courses, and will teach hide working, prehistoric jewellery making, bow-making and so forth as well.
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The fish catch is cleaned at the port and the seagulls fight for the leftovers
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Gulls, often referred to as seagulls, are seabirds of the family Laridae in the suborder Lari. They are most closely related to the terns (family Sternidae) and only distantly related to auks, skimmers, and more distantly to the waders. Until the 21st century, most gulls were placed in the genus Larus, but this arrangement is now known to be polyphyletic, leading to the resurrection of several genera. An older name for gulls is mew, cognate with German Möwe, Danish måge, Dutch meeuw, and French mouette; this term can still be found in certain regional dialects.
Gulls are typically medium to large birds, usually grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They typically have harsh wailing or squawking calls, stout, longish bills, and webbed feet. Most gulls, particularly Larus species, are ground-nesting carnivores, which take live food or scavenge opportunistically. Live food often includes crabs and small fish. Gulls have unhinging jaws which allow them to consume large prey. Apart from the kittiwakes, gulls are typically coastal or inland species, rarely venturing far out to sea. The large species take up to four years to attain full adult plumage, but two years is typical for small gulls. Large white-headed gulls are typically long-lived birds, with a maximum age of 49 years recorded for the herring gull.
Gulls nest in large, densely packed noisy colonies. They lay two or three speckled eggs in nests composed of vegetation. The young are precocial, being born with dark mottled down, and mobile upon hatching.
Gulls—the larger species in particular—are resourceful, inquisitive and intelligent birds, demonstrating complex methods of communication and a highly developed social structure. For example, many gull colonies display mobbing behaviour, attacking and harassing would-be predators and other intruders. Certain species (e.g. the herring gull) have exhibited tool use behaviour, using pieces of bread as bait with which to catch goldfish, for example.Many species of gulls have learned to coexist successfully with humans and have thrived in human habitats. Others rely on kleptoparasitism to get their food. Gulls have been observed preying on live whales, landing on the whale as it surfaces to peck out pieces of flesh.
On the 6th day of our successful 16-day trek to the K2 North Base Camp and the North Gasherbrum Glacier in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China, we spent the day exploring from our Sughet Jangal campsite (K2 North Base Camp, elevation 3,894 m, 12,776 ft.), seen here on the true right bank of the Sarpo Laggo River. Its location, from which K2 cannot be seen, is some 23 km (14.3 mi.) north-northwest of the mountain. In this view looking west-southwest, the snow-capped peak obscured by a cloud just left of center rises to 6,001 m (19,688 ft.). The snow-capped summit in sunshine further left is at 5,816 m (19,081 ft.). The Sarpo Laggo Glacier descends in the valley at left and the furthest peak just visible on the horizon at far left (6,254 m, 20,518 ft.) lies on the China-Pakistan border. The closer peak rising to its left (6,127 m, 20,102 ft.) lies in China. The Skamri Glacier (Crevasse Glacier) descends from the right beneath Peak 6001.
After a long overnight trip from Kaskinen, the broken class Dr12 diesel electric locomotive number 2216 has returned back to Haapamäki thanks to the little, but brave class Dv16 diesel locomotive number 2038. At Haapamäki mood is relaxing and relieving, as soon the train returns back to the museum depot and the successful rescue operation come to an end.
On this, the 8th day of our successful 16-day trek to the K2 North Base Camp and the North Gasherbrum Glacier in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China, we trekked some 18 km (11.2 mi.) up the Shaksgam River from the campsite I called Junction Camp (elevation 3,840 m, 12,598 ft.) to the camp I called Quinghongtan North (elevation 3,968 m, 13,018 ft.), where we camped for the night. During the day we mounted the loads on our camels on three occasions to cross channels of the Shaksgam. Here our party treks up the Shaksgam. This view looks east-southeast from 12.6 km (7.8 mi.) east of Junction Camp (15 km, 9.3 mi. by river). The unnamed, angular peak at right rises to 6,384 m, 20,495 ft. some 21 km (13 mi.) away. The peak at left rises to 6,200 m (20,341 ft.) 11.6 km distant. Both peaks lie on the watershed between the Shaksgam and Zug Shaksgam Rivers. We camped at the greenery at the foot of the slope at right (Quinghongtan South) on the third day of our trek en route to the K2 North Base Camp.
This Cheetah Mum now can serve a delicious breakfast to her Cub. One of them is always on alert. Now this is a moment they are themselves vulnerable to other hunters such as Lions. This was a really rare sighting
NASA successfully launched the RockSat-X education payload on a Terrier-Improved Malemute suborbital sounding rocket at 7:33:30 a.m. EDT Aug. 17 from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
Students from eight community colleges and universities from across the United States participated in the RockSat-X project.The payload carrying the experiments flew to an altitude of 95 miles. Data was received from most of the student experiments. However, the payload was not recovered as planned. NASA will investigate the anomaly.
Credit: NASA/Wallops/A. Stancil
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During a fantastic holiday in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, I captured this shot of a Great Blue Heron successfully fishing in the mangroves of the biosphere at Sian Ka'an.
Once the jet lag has worn off, I'll be back lineside for my more usual shots!
The Moniko pride are undoubtably the most successful pride in the Conservancy. The main lion attraction and a formidable pride who have successfully raised many cubs over the seasons. The latest count for this pride is eighteen with seven cubs, spread around their territory which sits in the very heart of the Conservancy. Two dominant males – Baranoti and Lolpopit – roam between the girls keeping the pride intact and ensuring the next generations.
Whilst they do have competition from the Enkoyonai Pride, the strength of the Monikos means that they area able to keep the prime southern area of the Olare Orok Conservancy as their core territory.
This is one of the son's of either late Olorpapit (named for the tear in his ear) and Olbarnoti (Maa for the hairy one) who were the pride males until recently when Olorpapit passed away from old age.
This shot of the king of the jungle was captured during my recent visit to Masai Mara,Oct 2020 during our morning safari drive we came across him and the rest of the pride ,basking in the morning sunshine......
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Continuing Rarity
Female
Rusty Blackbird RUBL (Euphagus carolinus)
near
King’s Pond
Cedar Hill Golf Course
Saanich BC
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Not often i see Passerines so at home in the water -- this individual is at times with Brewer's Blackbird flock - and at times doing its own thing.
In some ways it has taken blackbird water foraging to the next level
Successful hunting trip for this Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus).
Image cropped only, to focus on target.
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Herring Gull with Starfish, Vancouver BC Canada
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One more for logo day from the same place. This time found on an old TOFC trailer instead of a boxcar. While the Pennsy bragged that it was 'The Standard Railroad of the World' it never existed without competition. The mighty New York Central went to nearly all the major markets that the PRR did except the latter's home town of Philadelphia. There the playing field was shared with another Philly based class one, the far smaller but once wildly successful Reading Railroad.
Its image was the green diamond logo that paid homage to its once most important commodity, anthracite coal, and like the keystone a few still can be found to this day.
Middletown, Pennsylvania
Saturday November 14, 2020
On our trip from Jo'burg to Cape Town we met another pair of lion brothers in Addo Elephant National Park. Like their brethren in the Kruger, these two had just been successful in bringing down a kudu bull and were busy devouring it. This guy probably took some time off to digest while his brother, whose head we occasionally saw pop out from the undergrowth, at one point with the kudu's neck between his fangs, kept munching away on their kill.
The baby loon is clapping for successful takeoff
Gavia stellata - Read throated loon family - Kaakkuriperhe
Espoo, Finland.
my most successful picture and my first reaching 1000 2000 views !!!
Not bad for a shot taken with a cameraphone ... :)
Hunting season is well underway in Alaska - and I have already seen quite a few moose and caribou racks in hunter's vehicles, as they head back to their urban homes. Returning to our cabin, we came upon this successful hunter with a beautiful caribou rack in the bed of his truck. I sure hope he packed out the meat as well - or at least donated it to a needy family.
After a successful campaign against the Indians of Ohio in 1796, Wayne died of natural causes at Erie, Pa. where he was buried.
Several years later, Wayne's son arrived to bring his body back to St. David's Episcopal Church in Radnor Township. Pa.
The flesh was rendered from the body and reburied in Erie.
The skeleton was broken up so the son could carry the bones 300 miles back to St. David's church.
Wayne's gravestone is the large monument in the center of photo.
Wayne was a great military leader and more than 25 towns and cities are named in his honor.
Bald Eagle fishing at Conowingo, MD 2010
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A few days ago, the total number of views on my work passed 200,000 views, To mark this milestone, I repost one of my most successful contributions of the past 2,5 years. Thank you all for the visits and the nice comments. These are very much appreciated.
The Petronas Twin Towers (also known as the Petronas Towers, or just Twin Towers) a part of KLCC in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia were the world's tallest buildings at 451.9 m / 1,482.6 ft, before being surpassed by the Taipei 101. However, the towers are still the tallest twin buildings and office building in the world. Tower 1 was built by Hazama Corporation and Tower 2 by Samsung Engineering & Construction and Kukdong Engineering & Construction (both of South Korea). They were the world's tallest buildings from 1998 to 2004 if measured from the level of the main entrance to the structural top, the original height reference used by the US-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat from 1969 (three additional height categories were introduced as the tower neared completion in 1996).
HDR from three exposures. Colormapped using Photomatix.
See large and on black.
Made it #241 on Explore (see the history here)