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All the photos I present were taken in the town of Taormina;
I made photos related to "street photography";
I photographed people who, for the most part, I had never met before, performing their portraits, I thank them for their sympathy and availability;
The volcano Etna, in recent days has shown an intense eruptive activity, I photographed that spectacular eruptions from Taormina;
I tried to capture minimal photographic stories, collected walking down the street .. ... in search of fleeting moments ...
For some photographs I used a particular photographic technique at the time of shooting, which in addition to capturing the surrounding space, also "inserted" a temporal dimension, with photos characterized by being moved because the exposure times were deliberately lengthened, they are confused -focused-imprecise-undecided ... the Anglo-Saxon term that encloses this photographic genre with a single word is "blur", these images were thus created during the shooting phase, and not as an effect created subsequently, in retrospect, in the post-production.
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Tutte le foto che presento sono state realizzate nella cittadina di Taormina;
ho realizzato foto riconducibili alla “street photography”;
ho fotografato persone che, per la maggior parte, non avevo incontrato prima, eseguendo dei loro ritratti, le ringrazio per la loro simpatia e disponibilità;
il vulcano Etna, nei giorni scorsi ha mostrato una intensa attività eruttiva, anche con intensi fenomeni chiamati "fontane di lava", emissioni a getto continuo perdurate intensamente per molti minuti, di altissime "fontane" di magma incandescente, molto spettacolari e non comuni, le fotografie dell'Etna sono state realizzate da Taormina;
ho provato a cogliere storie fotografiche minime, raccolte camminando per la strada ... alla ricerca di attimi fugaci s-fuggenti ...
Ho utilizzato per alcune fotografie una tecnica fotografica particolare al momento dello scatto, che oltre a catturare lo spazio circostante, ha "inserito" anche una dimensione temporale, con foto caratterizzate dall’essere mosse poiché volutamente sono stati allungati i tempi di esposizione, sono confuse-sfocate-imprecise-indecise...il termine anglosassone che racchiude con una sola parola questo genere fotografico è "blur", queste immagini sono state così realizzate in fase di scatto, e non come un effetto creato successivamente, a posteriori, in fase di post-produzione.
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Liposcelis bostrychophila
Liposcelis are spread worldwide, and 99.9% are female. They reproduce asexual - no need for males (parthenogenetic). Thus, from a genetic point of view, they are identical.
The right one is still in a nymph stadium, while the left (twin-) sister is adult.
They came with a package of flour ...
Mitutoyo 20x NA 0.42, tube lens: Raynox (125mm)
Illumination: Oblique
Just across the river Irwell (bottom of the picture) is the Greengate area of the City of Salford; I took this picture from the Manchester side of the river. An estimated £950 million of investment was planned for building work between 2016 and 2020 with a further £900 million between 2020 and 2026. The Greengate area sits in the heart of Salford where the vision for the future, as far ahead as 2040, is for it to become a distinctive place to live, work and to attract visitors. These building sit on the site of the old Manchester Exchange Railway Station; even thought it was in Salford. From 16 April 1929, Exchange Station had a platform link to the adjacent Victoria Station, (which is still in use today and is in Manchester), thus creating Europe's longest platform at 2,238 feet (682 m); it could accommodate three trains at once.
Five minutes before I took this I was asked to stop taking pictures of the two buildings centre and right, by security. I asked why and was told I was standing on private land. I was on the bridge to the right of the image, so I stepped off the bridge onto Victoria Street and took this picture. Now standing on public land in Manchester I can now take a picture legally; how stupid is that?
早安! 上班之日天氣又轉好~是怎樣啦~(一邊苦笑一邊默默的打卡去~)
擺明就是要大家，安心上班啊!...................
新北市，萬里，野柳地質公園~
Yehliu (Ye liu) Geopark, Wanli ,Taipei ~
無止盡的晨昏 Chapter 再發~!
Yeliu is a cape of about 1,700 meters long formed by Datun Mountain reaching into the sea. When overlooked from above, the place is like a giant turtle submerging into the sea. Thus, it is also called "Yeliu Turtle". Because the rock layer of seashore contains sandstone of limestone texture and it is subject to sea erosion, weathering and earth movements, there is particular scenery consisting of sea trenches/holes, candle shaped rocks, and pot shaped rocks.
20-March-2025
The Tamar former glacial circle valley does not see the sun from October to early March due to the over 1000m rocky wall, which, to the south, connects the Mojstrovka-Travnik chain with the Jalovec, constituting an obstacle, in addition to the sun, also to the mild Mediterranean southern currents; so, the presence of a vast glacier that shaped the valley during the last Ice Age is thus explained, exactly as for the other Julian cirques.
Here we are near the springs called "Črne vode" (Black Waters) at just under 1300m a.s.l. altitude, but the sparse and prostrate vegetation (from the weight of the snow, also the result of frequent avalanches), the mountain pines and the rock all around make one believe that we are at a higher altitude.
The Tamar Valley continues, slightly lower, a few more kilometers, bending towards the southwest (in the direction of the sun), ending up "hitting" the bastions of Mount Jalovec.
This mountain massif is geographically and climatically very important as it is located at the crossroads of three valleys and is part of the watershed between the Adriatic and the Black Sea catchments: so, in addition to the Danube catchment/basin Tamar valley, the Adriatic catchment valleys Koritnica and Trenta also reach it.
It is also the main mountain of three mountain ranges that branch off from it, namely the Mojstrovke-Travnik mountain chain, on the left of the photo, the Ponce/Ponze, along the Italian border, which continue with the Spiče on the right, and the long chain of the Pelc mountains, up to the Bavski Grintavec, towards the south.
Valentine, Texas
This is an art installation just outside of Valentine, Texas by the artists Elmgreen and Dragset. The store never opens but contains actual Prada merchandise. The idea was to let it decay naturally, however it has been vandalized, and thus restored, a couple of times.
West Texas is one of the most beautiful and interesting places I've visited. Can't wait to return.
Culzean Castle is a castle overlooking the Firth of Clyde, near Maybole, on the Ayrshire coast of Scotland. It is the former home of the Marquess of Ailsa, the chief of Clan Kennedy. In 1945, the Kennedy family gave the castle and its grounds to the National Trust for Scotland (thus avoiding inheritance tax). In doing so, they stipulated that the apartment at the top of the castle be given to General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower in recognition of his role as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during the Second World War. The General first visited Culzean Castle in 1946 and stayed there four times, including once while President of the United States of America.
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Gran pavelló dintre dels diferents pavellons que formen el conjunt de l'hospital
Gràcies al llegat del banquer Pau Gil, el 15 de gener de 1902 es va col·locar la primera pedra del nou hospital. A l'antic nom de la Santa Creu s'hi va afegir el de Sant Pau per respectar la voluntat del seu benefactor. D’aquesta manera, el 1930 es va inaugurar l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau. L'arquitecte Lluís Domènech i Montaner (1850-1923) va ser l'encarregat d’aquest projecte, que es va convertir en l’edifici civil més rellevant del modernisme català.
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Large pavilion within the different pavilions that make up the hospital complex
Thanks to the legacy of the banker Pau Gil, the first stone of the new hospital was laid on January 15, 1902. The old name of Santa Creu was added to Sant Pau to respect the will of its benefactor. Thus, in 1930 the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau was inaugurated. The architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner (1850-1923) was in charge of this project, which became the most important civil building of Catalan modernism.
Thus photo of a tiny red pitcher that I use as a vase has been cropped to fit the Macro Mondays guidelines. The vase is standing on a mirror which is cropped out in this version. The full size photo was much more satisfying and was one of my favorites.
Located on the northwest edge of the Werler or Höveler County, Westerwinkel was together with Stockum a lonely outpost on the edge of the area of interest of Münster .
The strategic importance of the location is thus likely to be reciprocal to the number of sources received, which makes the existence of a fortification during this period probable but unassignable for the entire period of the existence of the counties Werl and Hövel. This is all the more true, as no building substance has been preserved from the original castle complex and no one can say what the castle complex originally looked like. At the time of the Werler rule but in any case existed already today belonging to Ascheberg village Herbern, in the immediate vicinity
Westerwinkel is (Herbern is historically first mentioned in 889 in the books of the monastery Werden an der Ruhr [1] ). For his owner, the need must have existed to secure this property on the northwest edge of the county against possible invaders. In addition, Herbern was on the old trade route Münster - Dortmund - Cologne, today's B54, which led by Herbern, which underlines the strategic importance of the place.
No they're Minerals! Jesus Marie!
IAIS 153 and 152 fly down the former Rock Island mainline in Mineral Illinois with a short SIBU turn on their way back home to Silvis. Definitely didn't start the day thinking I would be shooting SD38s. But with some helpful heads up and being relatively close, I was lucky enough to have a chance to catch these brutes. Big thanks to all those who helped me along the way. Unfortunately, as quickly as they appeared, this pair found it's way back into storage only a couple of days later.
This was the first time I've explored this part of Illinois and the Iowa Interstate. One thing I wasn't expecting while out here was a canal! West of Bureau Jct to Colona, the former Rock Island main closely follows the Hennepin Canal (officially known as the Mississippi and Illinois Canal).
The idea for a canal was first conceived in 1834 as a way to create a quick water route between Chicago and the Mississippi River. This involved digging a 105 mile long trench between Hennepin on the Illinois River, and Colona on the Rock River. However, getting support and funding for construction was a hard fought battle. Thus, the canal wasn't completed until 1907; quite late in the canal era which had been surpassed by railroads as the primary mode of transport decades earlier. Additionally, due to the small lock size, the canal was thought to be obsolete even before it was finished.
Despite that, the canal operated until 1951 when the Army Corps of Engineers suspended all lock operations. Today, the canal is a recreational waterway and the tow path is popular for hiking, biking, and on this day in particular, snowmobiling.
Happy 2026 everyone.
I have always seemed to enjoy New Year's Day more than New Year's Eve. It is a day of fresh starts (or in some years, fresh adventures). A good day for housecleaning and organizing and getting yourself set up for the year ahead. And thus I put some time into catching up a bit on some recent photos I have made, scanned, but not finished up.
This landscape came from about a month or so ago. One of our customers at Blue Moon Camera does a lot of 3D printing and made a 4x5 pinhole camera that needed testing. In form and function it reminds me quite a bit of the Harman Titan, just without the interchangeable cone. Naturally I was more than happy to give it some field testing. It has been a long while since I shot much 4x5, procuring the Hasselblad Flexbody largely scratched that itch. So I decided to take it on the scramble out to Upper Bridal Veil Falls - a waterfall I had not visited in roughly 10 years. Where does the time go?
I don't have a ton to say about it honestly. It is a pretty straightforward and simple camera. A pinhole camera really doesn't need to do a lot. Jody, the camera designer, saw fit to put a nice pinhole in it, so combined with the large film size, this camera makes pretty great images. He loaned me two versions: one with an 85mm focal length and an even wider model with a 65mm focal length. This image was made with the wider of the two cameras.
In Camera Industries 4x5 Pinhole
Kodak Portra 160
Another image of the Chat, because I am so delighted it has thus far survived the winter and I got to photograph it .
As noted on my last post i saw the Chat as it came in to feed. It has always been very wary and I was reluctant to move from my sitting position- but I did as there were many branches between me and the bird and I was shooting between the them . As a result i got a much better view. The blue background is caused by the river flowing below the bank on which i was standing. Luckily the bird was not spooked and stayed awhile
It is now four days later and we have had two heavy snowfalls and it was bitterly cold last night at minus 4 - I sure hope it is still with us. A fitting image to celebrate World Wildlife Day
When I was working on this it reminded my of those DNA coding trays thus the title. Base image created using a Canon PowerShot camera and processed using Photoshop, and Redfield filters.
Happy Sliders Sundy!
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Norman and his crew getting ready to work repairing the soffits of this sprawling, 92-unit, senior housing complex in Ukiah, called, appropriately, Autumn Leaves. What better time than mid-autumn.
Fun fact: I once applied for subsidized housing at this complex. Eventually, however, I was able to continue renting the house I was living in.
GPS is 39.143698, -123.199593.
Contractor Norman Hudson called me on February 18, 2021 to tell me he was in line to get the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. He died two days later, at 77 years of age. He thus fulfilled his often-expressed desire never to retire.
The sturdy steelwork of the DM&IR bridge over Crawford Creek feels the weight of a loaded natural ore train. This train was loaded at the Auburn Mine along the DM&IR and was destined for the blast furnaces of U.S. Steel's Gary Works in Indiana.
In early 1994 mining of natural ore began again at the dormant Auburn Mine, one of the last known pits of natural iron ore on the Mesabi Range, near Virginia. The primary recipient of this ore was US Steel's Gary Works. Initially the ore was to be shipped through the DM&IR ore docks and lake vessel. However, the moisture content of the unscreened ore made it sticky and dumping at the dock was difficult. So, in October 1994, managers opted to move the ore in all-rail trains using DM&IR cars and via a DM&IR-WC-EJ&E routing.
Originally slated to be only 4 trains, then upped to 10, it ended up being a total of 20 that year. The following year, August 1995, Auburn all-rail trains started up again with 35 trains operated up to mid-October. In 1996, a drying/screening plant was built at the Auburn Mine to solve the moisture problems and dock/boat shipments resumed as originally intended, thus ending the movement of natural ore over the WC. WC symbols for these trains were EJELD for loaded trains and EJEEM for empty movements.
The above info was pirated from my WC book Volume 2 and was co-written with my friend Brian Buchanan who worked in the WC marketing/traffic department.
Inhale, exhale
Forward, back
Living, dying:
Arrows, let flown each to each
Meet midway and slice
The void in aimless flight --
Thus I return to the source
Zen Master: Gesshū Sōko 1618–1696
Edit:Thanks to those so brave to comment!
Small "true" bug, about 4-5mm
The tip of the forewing of Heteroptera is fairly thick (~1.2 microns), thus there is no color iridescence visible (brown curve). The base is even thicker and leathary. This is the origin of the name "hemiptera" which means "half-winged". The newer name Heteroptera means also "mixed-wings". This leads to the typical "X" structure of the closed wings in dorsal view, which is an easy means to identify "true" bugs.
Hind wings in contrast, are much thinner (~0.2 microns here), which leads to a brillant blue-violett if illuminated coaxially.
Wing-thickness- analysis goes here
Mitutoyo M Plan Apo 7.5x NA 0.21 tube lens: Thorlabs 165mm
Illumination: Dark field, oblique and UV 365nm (UVIVF, just the eyes show fluorescence)
Dahlia is a genus of bushy, tuberous, herbaceous perennial plants native to Mexico and Central America. A member of the Compositae (also called Asteraceae) family of dicotyledonous plants, its garden relatives thus include the sunflower, daisy, chrysanthemum, and zinnia. There are 42 species of dahlia, with hybrids commonly grown as garden plants. Flower forms are variable, with one head per stem; these can be as small as 5 cm (2 in) diameter or up to 30 cm (1 ft) ("dinner plate"). This great variety results from dahlias being octoploids—that is, they have eight sets of homologous chromosomes, whereas most plants have only two. In addition, dahlias also contain many transposons—genetic pieces that move from place to place upon an allele—which contributes to their manifesting such great diversity.
The dahlia was declared the national flower of Mexico in 1963. The tubers were grown as a food crop by the Aztecs, but this use largely died out after the Spanish Conquest. Attempts to introduce the tubers as a food crop in Europe were unsuccessful.
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Hammer mill mentioned first time 1693. Up to 1874 owned by the Beinwil monastery, when it was bought by Ankli family. The mill was in daily use up to 1975. Electricity came relatively late to the Lüssel valley, thus economical to forge by water power.
Die erste Nachricht über die Hammerschmiede Beinwil stammt aus dem Jahr 1693. Die Schmiede gehörte zum Besitz des Klosters Beinwil. Im Kloster selber residierte zu dieser Zeit zwar nur noch ein Statthalter, während die Klostergemeinschaft 1648 nach Mariastein übergesiedelt war. Doch in der Schmiede wurde weiterhin für die Pächter der zahlreichen Klosterhöfe in Beinwil gearbeitet.
Nach der Klosteraufhebung im Jahr 1874 wurden die Besitzungen des Klosters durch den Staat versteigert. Neben den Klosterhöfen kam auch die «Schmitte» unter den Hammer. Gekauft wurde sie vom bisherigen Pächter Georg Ankli, der 1858 als Schmied von Zullwil nach Beinwil gezogen war. Seit diesem Kauf vor 128 Jahren blieb die Hammerschmiede bis heute im Besitz der Familie Ankli.
The only insects strong enough to obtain nectar from, and thus to pollinate the Bottle gentian are strong bees such as Bumble bees.
Tide was low at sundown on Lone Ranch Beach, thus many rocks and much sea life was exposed. In the distance, a figure stood on the sea stacks at the base of Cape Ferrelo.
This beautiful area has a troubled history. Cape Ferrelo was named after a Spanish Explorer of the area in 1592 when Spain was seeking control. The beach was named after an early settler who established a ranch here and had conflict with the natives. The inhabitants before the arrival of Europeans were the Chetco. The Chetco lived in villages here and harvested the bounty of sea life. The Chetco were massacred in the mid 1850's, and the survivors were forced to move the Siletz Reservation a couple hundred miles north. The Chetco are now part of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians although they have maintained strong cultural ties to the area. Minerals were found here and the US Borax Company did some mining in 1890's and 1960's. The company is currently engaged in controversial development of a thousand residential units and a commercial area. It's controversial as a result of possible degradation of rare plants and archeological sites. When we visited, we were unaware of the history and found the rugged beauty of the beach and the cape amazing.
Happy Slider Sunday!
"Macro Mondays" and "carbon"
Pyrolytic carbon is pure carbon, but forming mosaic crystals. Thus, it shows strong diamagnetism, so that a small magnet (here: 5mm diameter) can levitate above a surface of pyrolytic carbon (there is one more "lifting"-magnet in the game, which is about 10cm above the scene and not shown here. Yet - to my knowledge- this is the simplest setup for (passive) levitation - no electronics, no external energy or control loop necessary!
The often-quoted Earnshaw theorem (which forbids stable magnetostatic levitation configurations) does not apply here, since this theorem does not take diamagnetism into account.
Later on, german physicist Werner Braunbeck extended Earnshaws theorem, showing that materials with magnetic permeability less than one (like pyrolytic graphite, bismuth, copper etc.) allow for stable configurations. This photo is one example for such a setup.
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All the photos I present were taken on the beaches of Taormina and its surroundings (Sicily-Italy); I made photos related to "beach photography" (a genre similar to "street photography");
... I photographed young and old people ... with a great desire for the sea and a great desire to dive into the sea to swim (even if the sea water is still a little cold now ...); I made some photo-portraits of people I didn't know, I thank them very much for their sympathy and their availability; I tried to capture the essence of minimal photographic stories, collected walking along the beaches ... in search of fleeting moments ...
I used a particular photographic technique for some photographs at the time of shooting, which in addition to capturing the surrounding space, also "inserted" a temporal dimension, with photos characterized by being moved because the exposure times were deliberately lengthened, they are confused -focused-imprecise-undecided ... the Anglo-Saxon term that encloses this photographic genre with a single word is "blur", these images were thus created during the shooting phase, and not as an effect created subsequently, in retrospect, in the post-production
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Tutte le foto che presento sono state realizzate sulle spiagge di Taormina e dintorni (Sicilia-Italia); ho realizzato foto riconducibili alla “beach photography” (un genere affine alla “street photography”);
ho fotografato persone giovani e meno giovani…con tanta voglia di mare e tanta voglia di immergersi in mare per fare qualche nuotata (anche se l’acqua del mare adesso è ancora un po’ fredda…); ho realizzato dei foto-ritratti di persone che non conoscevo, le ringrazio veramente tanto per la loro simpatia e la loro disponibilità; ho cercato di cogliere al volo l’essenza di storie fotografiche minime, raccolte camminando per sulle spiagge... alla ricerca di attimi fugaci s-fuggenti ...
Ho utilizzato per alcune fotografie una tecnica fotografica particolare al momento dello scatto, che oltre a catturare lo spazio circostante, ha "inserito" anche una dimensione temporale, con foto caratterizzate dall’essere mosse poiché volutamente sono stati allungati i tempi di esposizione, sono confuse-sfocate-imprecise-indecise...il termine anglosassone che racchiude con una sola parola questo genere fotografico è "blur", queste immagini sono state così realizzate in fase di scatto, e non come un effetto creato successivamente, a posteriori, in fase di post-produzione.---------------------------------------------------------
Eltz castle, low clouds are attracted to this spot like flies to shit, thus the colors were a bit muted, so I "may" have boosted the saturation up to insane levels.
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My new tree - can't get more romantic than this ! :)
Sunrise view from the balcony of our hotel in Nagarkot, Nepal.
Hotel Country Villa is strategically placed on the top of Nagarkot hill, thus offering the best view of the spectacular show upfront. It encapsulates all the elements that set Nagarkot apart. It showcases nature at her best, and thereby catapults its dwellers to the romantic self and promises of a splendid stay.
It is only 28 km from the international airport. The hotel area is vastly spacious; it is spread in 2.51 acre land. It is situated at 7,200 feet from the sea level. Here, you float with the clouds and can give audience to the drama unfolding the spectacle of the sunrise and the sunset from very close.
Handsome, cute and noisy - their unmistakable calls remind me of old sci-fi cartoons - Bearded reedlings were initially classfied as Tits, but don't seem to be related to any other species and thus form now a monotypic family (Panuridae).
Bearded reedling or Bearded tit / Baardman (Panurus biarmicus).
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Thus far, our winter has been really mild for these parts. I am definitely not complaining.
odc wilted
The Common Cuckoo shows two adult plumage morphs—adult male plumage is grey and adult females are either grey or, less frequently, rufous.
The situation is less clear in juveniles, as both sexes exhibit variable proportions of grey and rufous colour. We thus describe the patterns related to sex-specific plumage colour variation in a central European Cuckoo population.
Ce musée d'arts et d'histoire, ouvert le 9 avril 1920, rassemble les diverses collections de Raoul Warocqué, dernier propriétaire de Mariemont, qu’il légua à sa mort (1917) à l’État belge, avec l’ensemble du domaine de Mariemont. Le Musée royal de Mariemont est également l'Établissement scientifique de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles depuis 1981, et ainsi le Musée officiel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.
Au-delà des missions comprises dans la définition d'un musée par l'ICOM, le Musée royal de Mariemont a pour vocation d'organiser des événements très variés : expositions de prestige ou plus pointues, publications, recherches, fouilles, colloques, etc. Il préserve le patrimoine et poursuit notamment, à cet égard, une politique d'acquisition. La diffusion et la démocratisation de la culture reste parmi les priorités du musée, raison pour laquelle plusieurs activités sont organisées en faveur de nombreux publics fragilisés, notamment en collaboration avec les Centres publics d'aide sociale.
This museum of arts and history, opened on April 9, 1920, brings together the various collections of Raoul Warocqué, the last owner of Mariemont, which he bequeathed on his death (1917) to the Belgian State, with all the domain of Mariemont. The Royal Museum of Mariemont has also been the Scientific Establishment of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation since 1981, and thus the official Museum of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.
Beyond the missions included in the definition of a museum by ICOM, the Royal Museum of Mariemont aims to organize a wide variety of events: prestigious or more specialized exhibitions, publications, research, excavations, conferences, etc. . It preserves the heritage and pursues in particular, in this respect, an acquisition policy. The dissemination and democratization of culture remains one of the priorities of the museum, which is why several activities are organized for the benefit of many vulnerable audiences, in particular in collaboration with the Public Centers for Social Assistance.
East Hump DS had a nice little track light pop up on the edge of their display here at Prescott on this morning, locking the 1B switch in the reverse position. Thus, a westbound had to come off the St. Croix Sub first, before three eastbounds could take switches on hand and proceed wrong-main down to CP 3929.
The conductor of the second eastbound climbs back aboard after getting the 1A switch lined for their route before proceeding across the St. Croix River and down the river.
Harpa' means harp in Icelandic and is also the Icelandic name for the month of spring when the days get longer and less dark.
The Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre in Reykjavik
Die Beleuchtung der Harpa ist ein zentrales Element des Konzerthauses und wurde in enger Zusammenarbeit mit dem Künstler Ólafur Elíasson entwickelt. Die Fassade besteht aus dichroitischem Glas, das je nach Lichteinfall und Tageszeit unterschiedliche Farben und Reflexionen erzeugt und so einen Bezug zur isländischen Natur herstellt. Im Inneren sorgen speziell entwickelte LED-Leuchten für eine kaleidoskopartige Licht- und Schattenwirkung, die an die Nordlichter erinnern soll.
Harpa's lighting is a central element of the concert hall and was developed in close collaboration with the artist Ólafur Elíasson. The facade is made of dichroic glass, which creates different colors and reflections depending on the light and time of day, thus establishing a reference to Icelandic nature. Inside, specially designed LED lights create a kaleidoscopic effect of light and shadow, reminiscent of the Northern Lights.
Along the Western shores of Cape Breton this little one was about 1/3rd the size of the other young in the colony suggesting a failed first nesting attempt by the parents and of course a successful second attempt thus far... Bon Chance Mon Petit Ami!!
# Escapade Chez nos voisins Suisse .
# La Gorge de VIAMALA & Et au Milieu Coule Le Rhin Postérieur .
Située entre Thusis et Andeer, la gorge de Viamala a été façonnée au fil des ans par les glaces éternelles et les eaux du Rhin postérieur qui traversent ces massifs rocheux, Le Rhin Postérieur est ici dans la partie la plus étroite de son parcours . Les rochers, d’une hauteur pouvant atteindre 300 mètres, forment la gorge de Viamala (du romanche Via mala, qui signifie «mauvais chemin»). Malgré son étroitesse, les risques de chutes de pierres et la dangerosité de ses eaux, la gorge constituait pour les muletiers et les voyageurs la meilleure voie d’accès aux cols alpins du Splügen et du San Bernardino.
Depuis 1903, la gorge a été mise en valeur avec la construction d’un centre pour visiteurs et de marches d’escalier. Quelques années plus tard fut entreprise la construction périlleuse d’un tunnel, creusé à l’explosif dans la paroi rocheuse. Aujourd’hui encore, ce dernier conduit à la plateforme des visiteurs. ( à Savoir en Novembre c'est fermé )
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Thus having prepared their buds
against a sure winter
the wise trees
stand sleeping in the cold. - William Carlos Williams
She suddenly came into view, I hurried to capture her image, but the crowd closed in, and thus, this is what remains.
Taken with 7artisans 60mm f2.8
The game of "Rapa" was once a very traditional Portuguese game, of Jewish origin, this game entertained many family evenings and children's games. With simple rules, all you need is a small four-sided top, which in Portugal was nicknamed "rapa", with the letters R, T, P, and D printed on each side, and a handful of beans, money, or whatever you want to play. Then you just have to turn the "rapa" and wait for your luck.
Around a table you start by deciding how many beans per player are placed in the middle of the table, and each player in turn rotates the "rapa". According to the letter that comes out performs the task, knowing that:
- R stands for "Rapa" getting all the beans placed in the center, thus starting another turn with new beans.
- T means "Take" taking away only one bean (or the previously stipulated amount).
- P stands for "Put", in which case you must put one or more beans into the pile of beans according to the stipulated amount.
- D means "Leave", everything stays as it was without taking away or putting away, passing the turn to the next partner.
And...have fun!
Nigritella miniata (Orchidaceae) 173 24
Nigritella miniata is a small plant in the Orchidaceae family.
Nigritella miniata is now considered to be rare, perhaps extremely rare in the western and central Alps and at its most frequent in the easterly massifs of Austria and the Carpathians.
Although variable, it typically has an inflorescence taller than it is wide, with individual flowers that are a little smaller and less open than its relatives.
Coloration in immature plants is a uniform crimson, but this uniformity is quickly lost and aging soon induces a lightening of the lower flowers, thus producing an inflorescence that grades upwards from pink to deep red.
Source: Orchids of Britain and Europe.
The iris flower is an example of the relation between flowering plants and pollinating insects. The shape of the flower and the position of the pollen-receiving and stigmatic surfaces on the outer petals form a landing-stage for a flying insect, which in probing for nectar, will first come into contact with the perianth, then with the three stigmatic stamens in one whorled surface which is borne on an ovary formed of three carpels. Thus, an insect bearing pollen from one flower will, in entering a second, deposit the pollen on the stigma; in backing out of a flower, the pollen which it bears will not be rubbed off on the stigma of the same flower.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_(plant)
Kanapaha Botanical Gardens. Florida.
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Erigeron divergens, Spreading Fleabane. Wildflower.
Southwest Arizona, USA.
The genus “Erigeron” (Erig'eron:) is from the Greek eri, “early,” and geron, “old man,” thus meaning “old man in the spring,”
Full frame. No crop. Dedicated Vintage macro film lens. No post processing.
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My new tree - can't get more romantic than this ! :)
no matter how hard i have struggled with the concept, the art of flight has thus far eluded me; but one day i will fly ... and i will fly with you.
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This Redish egret had found a small fish for a morning snack at the South Padre Island Birding Center. The weather thus far has been overcast more than sunny but the diffused light has made it easier to shoot.
The last train of the year worth mentioning...
EJ&E SD38-2 #656 leads L548 just south of Marissa, Illinois on CN's (ex-IC) St. Louis Subdivision, a shot I've wanted for years. In trail is quite the cornucopia of power, the last four of which were out-shopped by Quality Rail in Granite City, including GTW GP38-2 #5832, CN (IC) SD40-2 #6100, GTW GP9 #4920, CN C44-9W #2551, and CN ES44DC #2321. The train will run southeast to Du Quoin then turn north onto the Centralia Subdivision to reach its namesake.
Behind the train running to the right is the lead to the Prairie State Energy Campus generating station.
Thanks to WR for the train symbol and initial heads up.
One of my great hiking companions is having some shoulder problems, thus when he hikes, pain accompanies him frequently. Hiking is tough enough with out having to deal with injuries. The photograph above was from a hike we went on together in the Sol Duc forest. As I made my compositions of Canyon Creek Falls, Jason was downstream putting his sizable talents to work. He is always very diligent and thoughtful about making photographs. Watching others work helps me out.
I have found that when I am out with friends and family, that I have learned so much about the pace of photography. I used to be hurried. Not now and because of my attitude change, my own work has benefitted, or at least I think it has!