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Two sea otters hanging out in a kelp bed near Kodiak Island AK
It is possible that the nearer one is the pup of the female behind it
A few years ago, I was staying at a cabin near Glacier with a dream of seeing a sunrise at Two Medicine with Mt. Sinopah reflected in the glass lake. Well, the wind picked up on my drive there and there were no clouds to add color to the morning. I managed the shot seen below in my photo stream - pre-dawn with the constellation Orion above the horizon.
Last week, however, I found myself in the same cabin with the same dream, and it happened to come true. I have to admit I was a bit lazy about it - we were running late because I missed the turn initially and didn't realize it until about 15 miles down the road - and didn't take the time to set up with a tripod. Although we were first on the scene, we didn't quite have the place to ourselves as we were joined by 2 other photographers that had the pleasure of viewing this with us.
Those who speak with striped tongues.......Mallard hybrid drakes in Bushy Park, Dublin.
You just have to love flickr's autotags......listen guys: these are NOT toucans !
"The historic ghost town of Two Guns is situated on the eastern rim of Canyon Diablo about 30 miles east of Flagstaff, Arizona, United States of America. The town, originally known as Canyon Lodge, flourished as one of the significant tourist spots along the famous route 66.
The town had a gas station, a cafe, overnight accommodation, a store selling local souvenirs and even a zoo with animals characteristic for the area. But when Route 66 was redirected to the opposite canyon, the town of Two Guns, as many towns along the old unused section of Route 66, started slowly to decline. After several attempts for it to be resurrected, the town of Two Guns became a completely abandoned ghost town at the beginning of the 1970s. The several remaining buildings are now in ruins but the site remains a picturesque place full of history and mystery.
The area that would later become Two Guns was inhabited much earlier. Native artifacts discovered there indicate that this place was populated from 1050 AD. The first European settlers started to populate the area in the mid-19th century when the construction of the Santa Fe Railway was proceeding in northern Arizona. In 1880 there was built a railroad town called Canyon Diablo, which became a ghost town years before the idea of building the town of Two Guns was even born. The town of Canyon Diablo quickly became a favorite place for outlaws, gamblers, and criminals. Billy the Kid and his gang hid in a ruined house built from the stone on the west edge of Canyon Diablo in winter 1879-1890."
(www.abandonedspaces.com/towns/two-guns-arizona-cursed-gho...)
Harvey Dent, AKA Two-Face, is one of the Batman's most dangerous and conflicted foes.
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Two-Face was one of the easier characters to build for, in large part because of his simplistic suit design and large (comparatively) stature. That said however, his face was one of the most challenging aspects as it required me to build two halves of one head that spanned the width of 3 (and not 4) studs, while still being stable. Although not perfectly divided, I used a printed leg (Azog) and Ninjago stickers (among others) to help bridge the gap and even out the burns.
My Two-Face takes inspiration from Batman: The Animated Series and Batman: Arkham City. His base is one of the collection's largest and it depicts an imploded courthouse.
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Tomorrow when the farm boys find this
freak of nature, they will wrap his body
in newspaper and carry him to the museum.
But tonight he is alive and in the north
field with his mother. It is a perfect
summer evening: the moon rising over
the orchard, the wind in the grass. And
as he stares into the sky, there are
twice as many stars as usual.
-Laura Gilpin