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Seaboard System 1068 & 6269 are in Boyles Yard in Birmingham, Alabama. Canon AE-1, Canon FD 50mm 1.8 Lens, Kodachrome 64 Epson 4990 scan.
BFI Waste Systems of San Jose, CA.
(Fun fact, these where the samer trucks used in the movie ''Men At Work'' BFI Los Angeles had the same type of trucks working as well)
A new addition, I was finally able to find a Yamaha B-6 amp (the truncated pyramid on the second from bottom shelf) which I have wanted for a very long time (I know, I am a 'collector' :-)). At any rate except for dealing with an apparent problem in my power distributor this system is done. Very happy with the sound right out of the box, we'll see if it changes any with some time in.
Encouraging others brings out the best in ourselves. These ladies stopped every few steps, yet kept strolling along. I hope to walk along the shore with a companion well into my senior years.
TA2 Trans Am Muscle Car Series as part of the Australian Motor Racing Series round at Sydney Motorsport Park.
Three reps from each of the "Big 3" makes.
(1 of 9) #14, "Caddy Storage Systems" Cameron Sendall; CHEVROLET Camaro.
(2 of 9) #24, FORD Mustang of "Think Investments" and Jack Childs.
(3 of 9) #4, Mark Crutcher, "Crutcher Developments" DODGE Challenger.
(4 of 9) #12, Tim Shaw in his "Shaw Property Developments" DODGE Challenger.
(5 of 9) #28, Tim Tritton, "Every-day Finance Solutions" FORD Mustang.
(6 of 9) #74, Murray Kent, "Retro Motorsport" CHEVROLET Camaro.
(7 of 9) #29, Nathan Hernes in the "Gulf Western Oils" DODGE Challenger.
(8 of 9) #77, Bill Robinson in his "Elite Smash Repairs" FORD Mustang.
(9 of 9) #22, Ashley Jarvis "Lighthouse Electrical" CHEVROLET Camaro.
Eastern Creek, New South Wales, Australia.
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen at sunrise atop the mobile launcher as it rolls out to Launch Pad 39B, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis I flight test is the first integrated test of the agency’s deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecraft, SLS rocket, and supporting ground systems. Launch of the uncrewed flight test is targeted for no earlier than Aug. 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Andrew Barclay 0-4-0 saddle tank 'No.19' (works No.1614 built in 1918) was captured in the rain on the moors near Minnivey Colliery on 27th August 1971 as it was returning to Dunaskin with empty tippler wagons. The wooden-bodied wagon was a semi-permanent fixture to the locomotive and acted as an auxiliary coal tender. Supplied new to the Dalmellington Ironworks, it was transferred to the National Coal Board Area No.5 on vesting day on 1st January 1947 and, apart from works visits was maintained and worked at Dunaskin Loco Shed serving the Waterside System throughout its commercial service. Purchased by the Ayrshire Railway Preservation Group in 1980, it remains at Dunaskin to this day.
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Railroad tycoon Henry Plant developed Port Tampa as part of his Plant System, which included a liner shipping service to Cuba. His investment proved well timed, as Tampa played a key role in shipping troops and equipment to Cuba when the Spanish-American War broke out in 1898. Of note is the passenger depot, with the larger of the two buildings being a hotel for railway passengers heading overseas. Other business handled by Port Tampa were shipments of Florida citrus fruit while a major import was leaf tobacco for Tampa and Ybor City’s many cigar factories.
Nothing survives today from this view. Port Tampa was located south of the city. Later port developments occurred to the east, in the Channelside area.
The water recovery system on the International Space Station allows to recycle up to 90% of the water.
Astronauts living and working 400 km above our planet might prefer not to think about it, but the water they drink is recycled from their colleague’s sweat and exhaled breath – collected as condensation on the Space Station’s walls.
Water is precious on Earth but even more so in space where all drinkable water must be transported from home or recycled. As we explore further from our home planet providing water and food to astronauts will become more and more challenging so just like on Earth reduce, reuse, and recycle is the mantra for off-world explorers and their space agencies.
While Earth-observing satellites monitor our precious water resources, technologies developed for human space missions also serve global needs in harsh environments here on Earth.
Credits: ESA
96-gallon Toter trash cart
Wheatland Waste Systems
Ritzville, WA
December 2014
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Polaroid Spectra System SE, Impossible Project PZ 680 film.
Las Vegas, NV.
Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat +51·542 Long -3·593
Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian, Tal 2x Barlow Lens, ZWO ASI 120MC
Captured using Firecapture
FPS (avg.)=42
Shutter=0.545ms
Gain=33 (33%)
Gamma=34
Processed with Registax 6 & G.I.M.P.
Seeing Conditions: Average with drifting cloud.
Out of 6750 frames captured, about 1850 used for processing. Final image enlarged to 150%.
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As 2007 is fading out so are our chances blown away for some decent rain from that low pressure system out at sea. Was a very interesting beach walk. Happy new Year everyone!
Here's a nice Appalachian kitty to cuddle up with this weekend. I wanted a friend for my Chessie GP38 and I was smitten by a photo of an old SD18 so here it is. It helps that I've now made numerous early SDs so I could focus even more on the details here. I've got one more piece of Chessie to complete my Chessie set.
Hey everyone!
So, I'm actually posting something quite new for the first time in a very long while and I actually feel good about it. It was my friend's (the one in the photo) mom's birthday yesterday and she invited me and a couple of other close people out for dinner to celebrate and it was actually quite fun. Drank so much champagne and ate too much and just had adult conversations with the other people there. I took this just before we left for the party and it was totally spontaneous. There's something about this that takes me back to my older photos and I really love my older photos so yeah, I might start focusing on taking photos like these.
Anyway, more exciting news. I'm going to be taking new photos this coming week and I'm so excited. I've been meaning to take my camera out for a spin because I've been feeling a bit rusty lately (in terms of taking photos, editing, updating etc) so yeah, new stuff coming
Thanks for the support (comments, views, favorites, etc) and for everything so far! I know that I haven't been updating that much but that'll hopefully change soon.
The TOC says, you can ONLY thumb through ONE of these lusty Librarians! So who's decimals will you defile? 1) 100-199 2) 300-399 3) 500-599 4) 700-799 ?
All-digital this year (and for the foreseeable future), though I tried.
The planets of our Solar System, captured in 2019 and 2020 with an 80mm refractor and a DSLR.
Camera: Canon T3i
Telescope: Explore Scientific ED80 f/6.0 Apochromatic Refractor
Barlow: Antares 3x Triplet Barlow (effective magnification is 4.932x for 2373mm focal length at f/29.66)
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G
Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, is continuously blasted by solar radiation but lacks an atmosphere. Thus, it has daytime temperatures of 800°F (427°C) and nighttime temperatures of -280°F (-173°C). flic.kr/p/2ksSrQn
Venus, the 2nd planet, has the hottest surface temperature in the Solar System with an average of 867°F (464°C). This is the result of a runaway greenhouse effect. Inevitably, Earth will suffer a similar fate. flic.kr/p/2j1fbct
Mars, the 4th planet, once had a dense atmosphere with a warm climate and liquid water oceans like Earth. Today, Mars is a barren wasteland and its vast quantities of water have been frozen in time for billions of years. Mars has 2 tiny moons which are captured asteroids. flic.kr/p/2k1UJTt
Jupiter, the 5th planet, has 79 known moons. Its atmosphere is separated into several bands at different latitudes, resulting in turbulence and storms along the boundaries. flic.kr/p/2hwoy7F
Saturn, the 6th planet, has 82 known moons and a prominent ring system. Its largest moon, Titan, is the only other place in the Solar System with bodies of surface liquid (rivers, lakes, and seas). flic.kr/p/2jkbowD
Uranus, the 7th planet, has 27 known moons. It has the coldest atmosphere in the Solar System, with temperatures of -371°F (-224°C). flic.kr/p/2ktPAr6
Neptune, the 8th and farthest planet, has 14 known moons. It has the strongest winds in the Solar System, measured at 1,300 mph (2,100 kmh). Neptune is the only planet discovered by mathematical prediction rather than direct observation. flic.kr/p/2ktPAtL
February 2017:
Hard to believe but my journey into mirrorless started almost 4 years ago when I purchased a Sony NEX-6 to try out with some inherited Leica M-mount lenses: www.flickr.com/photos/beachwalker2007/9603195550/. About a year later, the NEX-6 was traded for a full frame Sony A7 www.flickr.com/photos/beachwalker2007/14261248273/. Some of the M-mount lenses I had acquired up to that point turned out not to work that well on the A7, so a bit of a course correction was needed. When Sony/Zeiss released more and more lenses, I briefly considered giving up my Nikon FX system in favor of a full A7 system www.flickr.com/photos/beachwalker2007/18320884181/ and www.flickr.com/photos/beachwalker2007/32159772370/ but ultimately never made that transition.
A friend who purchased the A7 at the same time I did (and got the Sony/Zeiss 24-70/4 and 70-200/4 with it) has in the meantime added the Sony 90/2.8 macro and the Sony/Zeiss 16-35 and also traded the A7 for an A7II. Quite a versatile system too that doesn't take up much more space than what's depicted in the image above.
In late 2016, realizing that manual focus sometimes is a bit slow, I did acquire two Sony AF lenses, the 70-200/4 (for which I gave up the Leica Summicron 90/2) and the 28/2 to give my system a bit more versatility. It probably also marks the beginning of coming full circle, dropping adapted lenses altogether in favor of native ones. Might contemplate in the future trading the 15mm and 21mm for a Zeiss Batis 18/2.8. Never was really interested adapting my Nikon F-mount lenses to the Sony E-mount cameras. Still am not, even though now the first adapters are available that support AF-S and the automatic diaphragm.
Early in 2017, facilitated by Sony offering both a discount and a trade-in bonus, the A7 was replaced by an A7II. Aside from giving me image stabilization with all the lenses above, the A7II isn't all that different from the A7. A bit easier to hold with its larger and deeper grip, not prone to chewing through batteries even when turned off, but still hampered by an AF system that isn't all that great at tracking moving subjects. Firmware upgrades that were made available for the A7RII and A7SII never made it to the A7II (so there is still no means to enter a minimum shutter speed when using AutoISO, for example).
The entire system fits snugly into a Think Tank Retrospective 10 bag and is sufficiently versatile in its current configuration to tackle every photographic situation unless it involves moving subjects or needs more reach than the 70-200 provides; quite suitable when traveling. Each M-mount lens has its own adapter; in a mixed system of adapted and native lenses nothing is worse than having to juggle adapters around.
Update July 2017:
Replaced the three M-mount Voigtlander manual focus lenses with the new Sony FE 12-24/4G zoom (instead of the Zeiss Batis 18/2.8 mentioned above).
12-24, 28, and 70-200 leaves me with a bit of a gap in the middle that for the time being I will have to live with. I could have kept the 40/1.4 but I really haven't used that lens all that much since I purchased it almost three years ago.
2018: I added a used A7RII to the bag and over the course of the year also added a 50/1.8 and a Samyang 35/2.8 to close the gap between the two zooms.
March 2019: Gone are the A7II, A7RII, 28/2, 50/1.8, Samyang 35/2.8, and 70-200/4; my Sony mirrorless system now consists of an A7RM3, the 12-24/4G and the 24-105/4G. Entirely adequate for travel; I currently don't have any plans to extend that system any further. If I feel the need, I can carry the Leica Apo-Telyt 180/3.4 to cover the "long end"; it's a better performer than the Sony FE 70-200/4G anyway.
November 2019: Added the one lens that I had thought about a lot to "round out" and "complete" my Sony system thanks to a generous discount from lensrentals/lensauthority: Sony FE 100-400/4.5-5.6. Now my Sony bag contains three zooms that cover 12-400mm - the "only" thing missing now is a second body.
Completed my Solar System photo
Took around 4 years to complete this photo
Nikon Coolpix p1000
Bresser Messier MC 127 + ASI 224MC
ZWO Seestar S50
Updated: v3 of my Solar System images! 🔭
(Composite, not to scale)
• Sun/Mercury: Mercury Transit, Nov 11, 2019
• Venus: Mar 21, 2020
• Earth's Moon: Jul 29, 2017
• International Space Station: Jun 1, 2020 (with Crew-Dragon DM-2 docked at the top end)
• Mars: Sep 28, 2020
• Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE): Jul 20, 2020
• Jupiter: Sep 28, 2020
• Saturn: Sep 28, 2020
• Uranus: Oct 16, 2017
• Neptune: working on capturing it soon!
Equipment:
• Orion SkyQuest XT10 Dobsonian (for all except the comet)
• Canon 60D
Thanks to fellow Solar System Ambassador, Brandon Porter (Crystal Coast Stargazers) for helping process my raw video of Mars, Jupiter & Saturn!