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After frequent prodding by Garshna to check out Burroughs 3, I decided the hottest day of the year was the best time to set off on the driest, most exposed trail I've ever hiked.... :-) Karen Sykes called it a thigh burner and she was right. It's only nine miles out and back, but you have to climb Burroughs 2 twice with an elevation gain of 2,600 feet. On my way back a guy asked me if it was worth the hike since the view was so amazing from 2 already, I laughed, hesitated for just a moment because I'd already decided that I'm not going back unless my daughter makes me, but yes. If you can get there you simply must, the last bit is steep as heck and dang Burroughs 2 is between you and the parking lot, but the views are astounding...oh and if you wear shorts, put the sunblock on your legs too.... :-)
I hesitate to say 'blow it up' because it is a volcano so.... enlarge it and step into my little world. :-)
I've now had my tripod in this exact same spot on at least four occasions in the last two months... each time desperately hoping to get the shot that I had pre-visualised... but had not yet captured!
But... if I've attempted to shoot from this exact same spot four times already... then you might now be asking... why is the title of this post "Third Time Lucky"?
Well... because this is yesterday evening's shot... hah hah... nothing that I shot there at sunset today came close to what I managed to capture in this image.
The more you practice... the luckier you get!! :)
Nikon D800, Nikkor 14 - 24 mm at 20 mm, ISO of 100, aperture of f/11 with a 0.8th of a second exposure.
Bogaczewo is one of the coolest stations in the general proximity of Gdańsk, when you only count in those, where there actually is regular traffic. All that thanks to the array of semaphores at the entrance from the direction of Pasłęk/Braniewo. The impressive 10 meter tall structures with 5 meter distant signals (a huuge rarity nowadays!) provide an interesting background for any picture taken here.
This picture of the EP07-365 with the IC 58106 "Gryf" on hook was taken exactly from the place where the old broad gauge track from Kaliningrad used to run. The line terminated in Bogaczewo and was partially dismantled in the 1990s and 2000s. Now the broad gauge only reaches to Chruściel. A nice reminder of the old 1520mm line was a third semaphore signal, which would be sitting to the left of the frame. As opposed to the ones currently standing, the third signal was noticeably smaller with a height of 8 meters. It was dismantled around the year 2020.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus
Reflecting water ways, and silhouetted cross bucks fill a third of the photo, an SCFE east side empty cane train filling the other two thirds, gets up to speed with GP11 303. I thought he was heading for Moorehaven but when he turned south instead of north it was a beat feet and speed moment out of town to get a great sunset outside of town. The SCFE has a small number of load outs east of Clewiston compared somewhere around 15-20 loadouts on the USSC, so catching these guys going east took me by surprise but during cane season, the trains almost never stop.
The third train of the morning put on less of a show since it wasn't crusing through at track speed over the century mark. Wickford Junction bound Keolis/MBTA train 809 is slowing for their station stop as they approach MP 197 on Track 3 of Amtrak's New Haven Line behind utilitarian MPI HSP46 2011.
At the right center edge in the background, partially obscured by the catenary poles and signal for BORO interlocking, is the old wooden tower that was known as SS165 in NH days. Allegedly constructed in 1898, it was relocated here when the NH undertook their massive grade separation project through town and built their two new stations between 1903 and 1906.
This tower also holds the distinction of being the last in service on the corridor in MA, not closing down until 1993. Amazingly it survives a quarter century later despite regular reports of its imminent demise.
At left stands the brick Second Congregational Church that was constructed in 1904 on Park Street looking over this scene. The congregation dates from 1748 and is a daughter church of the First Congregational Church in the old town section of North Attleborough. This is actually the third structure in which congregants have gathered. Originally located in a meeting house on what is now the common, Second Congregational had a stately white clapboard building built in 1825 which was removed in the early 1950s to make way for the addition of a new Fellowship Hall and education rooms. The clock in the tower of this third building was owned originally by the city but now belongs to the church and surprisingly seems to be keeping perfect time.
To learn even more about the history of this location check out the lengthy caption with this old post: flic.kr/p/2i2mm9z
Attleboro, Massachusetts
Monday February 14, 2022
Once again the Fast 5 were unsuccessful in their hunting this day. I often thought as I watch these many failed chases that all the vehicles moving around the animals affected their hunting success.
Masai Mara
No shelter here for man or beast where the animals and their handlers share the same harsh conditions under the desert sun. This was the scene at the desolate passing loop of Tmeimitschatt where the loco was shunting a mixed consist of wagons, perhaps unusual as an iron ore train had derailed some kilometres to the west blocking the line.
I couldn’t determine which direction the train was headed, but I guess most of the livestock only had a one-way ticket.
The iron ore railway line across the Sahara from Zouarat
to Nouadhibou in Mauritania.
Mauritania March 2022. © David Hill
At the third time of asking, 67002 Leads 67018 ’Keith Heller’ at Irthlingborough Road, Wellingborough with 22:12 Toton T.M.D. - West Hampstead North Jn. 11-11-2016.
70817 on the .6R38 1405 Aberdeen Waterloo Colas to Irvine Caledonian Paper cross Rossie viaduct near Montrose...cloudy...a non runner and finally in the sun(just)
After days of downpours, so much rain! There are two waterfalls at Company Mill Preserve, now a third! Coming through the old stone dam, what a pretty sight! In Explore!
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Once again the Fast 5 were unsuccessful in their hunting this day. Here one of the 5 gives it another go.
Masai Mara
Lewin's Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii) in early morning light
(2024-11-16_OM1_18490P_Fr_DxO_crop2_NikCE)
Looking south from Boulder, Colorado's First Flatiron one has a real sense of just how precipitous this perch is!
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Flickr Friday: Support
Part of the "third hand" tool that I use to support backgrounds and hold items in tabletop photography scenes.
Explore No. 215, 27 January 2023
The plant that I posted recently has already sprouted two additional leaves, perhaps with one or two more on the way.
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The "Empty Quarter" or the "Rub' al Khali" is the largest contiguous sand desert in the world, encompassing most of the southern third of the Arabian Peninsula. The desert covers some 650,000 square kilometres including parts of Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. It is part of the larger Arabian Desert. One very large pile of sand!!!
The desert is 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) long, and 500 kilometres (310 mi) wide. Its surface elevation varies from 800 metres (2,600 ft) in the southwest to around sea level in the northeast. The terrain is covered with sand dunes with heights up to 250 metres (820 ft), interspersed with gravel and gypsum plains. The sand is of a reddish-orange color due to the presence of feldspar. There are also brackish salt flats in some areas, such as the Umm al Samim area on the desert's eastern edge. Along the middle length of the desert there are a number of raised, hardened areas of calcium carbonate, gypsum, marl, or clay that were once the site of shallow lakes.
These lakes existed during periods from 6,000 to 5,000 years ago and 3,000 to 2,000 years ago. The lakes are thought to have formed as a result of "cataclysmic rainfall" similar to present-day monsoon rains and most probably lasted for only a few years. Evidence suggests that the lakes were home to a variety of flora and fauna. Fossil remains indicate the presence of several animal species, such as hippopotamus, water buffalo, and long-horned cattle. The lakes also contained small snails, ostracods, and when conditions were suitable, freshwater clams. Deposits of calcium carbonate and opal phytoliths indicate the presence of plants and algae.
There is also evidence of human activity dating from 3,000 to 2,000 years ago, including chipped flint tools, but no actual human remains have been found. The region is classified as "hyper-arid", with typical annual rainfall of less than 3 centimetres (1.2 in). Daily maximum temperatures average at 47 °C (117 °F) and can reach as high as 51 °C (124 °F). Fauna includes arachnids (e.g. scorpions) and rodents, while plants live throughout the Empty Quarter. As an ecoregion, the Rub' al Khali falls within the Arabian Desert and East Saharo-Arabian xeric shrublands. The Asiatic cheetahs, once widespread in Saudi Arabia, are regionally extinct from the desert.
Geologically, the Empty Quarter is one of the most oil-rich sites in the world. Vast oil reserves have been discovered underneath the sand dunes. Sheyba, at the northeastern edge of the Rub' al Khali, is a major light crude oil-producing site in Saudi Arabia. Ghawar, the largest oil field in the world, extends southward into the northernmost parts of the Empty Quarter.
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