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A sleek and swift ship, decorated in the Police's famous battenburg pattern.
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Totally inspired by Alego Alego's model. I hope that it's okay that the cockpit slope/curved brick isn't directly attached to the 62743 piece. Unlike last year, this is digital, as it'll be a month until I'm back home with my real bricks.
I wanted to use the decorated fins for the wings (which I own in real bricks!) but the decorations aren't in Mecabricks' catalogue (which is vast). www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=6239pb073...
ELEPHANT PLAINS: Located in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve, neighbouring the Kruger National Park, the Elephant Plains Game Lodge promises a Big Five game viewing experience with high class luxurious and comfortable accommodation facilities. From rondavels to intimate honeymoon suites the lodge provides its guests with a vast range of options to choose from for their accommodation. Elephant Plains Game Lodge is famous for the enthralling Big Five game viewing where guests can avail two game drives a day. With amazing facilities like swimming pool, spa, gym, library, games room and much more; Elephant Plains Game Lodge serves the guests with one of the best accommodation services in South Africa. The lodge can accommodate up to 24 guests at a time and also offer wedding planning services for those who wish to celebrate the wedding in the wilderness of South Africa. www.elephantplains.co.za
KRUGER NATIONAL PARK is one of the largest game reserves in Africa. It covers an area of 19,485 km2 in the provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga in northeastern South Africa, and extends 360 km from north to south and 65 km from east to west. The administrative headquarters are in Skukuza. Areas of the park were first protected by the government of the South African Republic in 1898, and it became South Africa's first national park in 1926. To the west and south of the Kruger National Park are the two South African provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga. In the north is Zimbabwe, and to the east is Mozambique. It is now part of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, a peace park that links Kruger National Park with the Gonarezhou National Park in Zimbabwe, and with the Limpopo National Park in Mozambique. The park is part of the Kruger to Canyons Biosphere an area designated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as an International Man and Biosphere Reserve (the "Biosphere"). The park has nine main gates allowing entrance to the different camps. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kruger_National_Park
SABI SAND: The Sabi Sand Game Reserve is situated in the southwestern corner of the world-renowned Kruger National Park in South Africa and consists of 65000 hectares. It is the most prestigious game reserve in South Africa and is famous for incredible leopard and lion sightings. www.sabisandsgamereserve.com
The vast majority of images I do these days are macros, so just taking this photo felt strange in itself. For me, these tweezers are invaluable when I'm picking up and arranging tiny objects like the stiletto shoes in this image. The shoes are as light as a feather and only ½" long. I frequently knock them over! I find these cheap plastic tweezers are much easier to use, and far more accurate, than metal ones and I wouldn't be without them now. The background is a modern dolls house carpet.
For this week's Crazy Tuesday group theme, Hand tools.
Vaste cimetière de trains dans le désert Bolivien, arrêt obligatoire pour tous les aventuriers, à visiter tôt le matin ou tard le soir !
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Amidst the vast, rolling plains of the Midwest, a weathered and forgotten farmhouse stands as a relic of a bygone era. Its desolation is a haunting testament to the passage of time, where the once vibrant colors of its paint have now succumbed to the relentless assault of nature. The cracked and peeling facade, reminiscent of a psychedelic mural gone awry, tells tales of forgotten dreams and lost aspirations.
The structure, leaning precariously as if weary from bearing witness to years of changing seasons and unforgiving weather, casts eerie shadows that dance in the fading light of dusk. The porch, once a welcoming threshold, now hangs onto its last vestiges of existence, a skeletal reminder of the life that once thrived within these weathered walls.
A sense of abandonment pervades the air, as if the spirits of the past occupants linger, whispering echoes of laughter and the toil of hard work. The overgrown vegetation, reclaiming the land it once yielded to human hands, adds to the surreal aura of neglect and isolation.
In this frozen moment captured by the lens, one can almost hear the distant echoes of Hunter S. Thompson's voice, a raspy whisper on the winds of time, speaking of forgotten dreams, lost hope, and the relentless march of progress that left this once bustling abode to fade into the annals of history.
I've never been to Mavora Lakes during a peak season, so it has always been empty. Knowing you have the entire area to yourselves is exhilarating.
High on a mountaintop above Lake Utah... but looking in the opposite direction.
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NR18 and NR109 await to depart Manguri siding with 4DA8E, Journey Beyond Rail's The Ghan Expedition from Berrimah Passenger Terminal (Darwin) to Adelaide Parklands Terminal.
Manguri, SA.
Friday, 3 November 2023.
Japan Autumn 2024
木漏れ日
Daigoji temple
In the vast grounds of Daigoji beyond the Sanboin Temple, the gardens and forest become quite dense. The foliage, colours and shade become all enveloping in some spaces. It can be very dark in the distant recesses, especially as here in the late afternoon.
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Like a vast lump of clay on a potters wheel, the Peña de Arties (1642m) marks a dramatic form for the otherwise open and sun filled Cinqueta valley high in the Spanish Aragon region. Seen from some angles, the mountain is like a giant's grave, and it is perhaps not surprising to find that witches are reputed to have lived watching over its northern wall from the village of Sin, and that multiple bronze age cromlechs rose high above its indubitable presence (witches as varied pagan expressions and not necessarily close to any modern caricature or medieval stigma).
Like a 'roche moutonnée that decided to be a small mountain', the land aside is perfectly pastoral and open to sun - an invitation to strong minded peoples. Just after the Peña de Arties are the well known open villages of Plan and Gistain.
The view is from the dirt track that rises and dog-legs behind the village of Saravillo.
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Al jaren een vaste waarde bij station Berlin Lichtenberg: het vierdelige treinstel Baureihe 175 (VT 18.16), ooit de trots van de Deutsche Reichsbahn, nu eigendom van het DB Museum; 9 maart 2024.
Le domaine de Chantilly est un vaste ensemble de 7 830 hectares de terres composé du château de Chantilly, de ses collections d'œuvres d'art, regroupées dans le musée Condé, de son parc et d’une forêt, la forêt de Chantilly, pour ses éléments les plus célèbres, mais aussi de propriétés, de bâtiments dont plusieurs monuments historiques, de terres agricoles, de terrains de golf. Constitué depuis le Moyen Âge par ses propriétaires successifs, il appartient depuis 1897 à l'Institut de France.
Japan Autumn 2024
From the Bentenike bridge
Daigoji temple
In the vast grounds of Daigoji beyond the Sanboin Temple, the gardens and forest become quite dense. The foliage, colours and shade become all enveloping in some spaces. It can be very dark in the distant recesses, especially as here in the late afternoon.
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La forge de Savignac-Lédrier est située dans la vallée verdoyante de l’Auvézère.
Elle est surmontée par un château de style Renaissance vestige des seigneurs qui en étaient les propriétaires.
La forge utilisait l’énergie hydraulique de la rivière l'Auvézère.
Elle bénéficiait d'une main-d’œuvre paysanne libre en période hivernale.
Cette forge était l'une des plus grosse forge à bois du Périgord. Elle produisait de la fonte et du fer à l’aide d’un haut-fourneau et d’une affinerie.
Après la Révolution, La forge est achetée par la famille Combescot qui continuera sa production jusqu’à l’extinction de son haut-fourneau en 1930.
Elle est classée monument historique en 1979, puis devient la propriété du conseil général depuis 1990 qui a commencé un vaste programme de restauration en y faisant un écomusée.
The Savignac-Lédrier forge is located in the green valley of the Auvézère.
It is surmounted by a Renaissance-style castle, a vestige of the lords who owned it.
The forge used hydraulic energy from the Auvézère river.
It benefited from a free peasant labor force during the winter.
This forge was one of the largest wood forges in Périgord. It produced cast iron and iron using a blast furnace and a refinery.
After the Revolution, La forge was bought by the Combescot family who would continue to produce until their blast furnace died out in 1930.
It was classified as a historical monument in 1979, then became the property of the General Council in 1990 which began a vast restoration program by making it an eco-museum.
The cool evening air carries the scent of pine and water as the lake reflects the fiery hues of the setting sun. Gentle ripples lap against the shore, and distant peaks glow in amber light. You cast your line, the quiet splash blending with the soft calls of birds settling for the night. A peaceful stillness surrounds you—serene, yet alive. The world feels vast yet intimate, time slows, and for a moment, everything is simply perfect. This is fishing at its finest.
De tijd dat het spoor een vaste waarde vormde in de aanvoer van walsdraad voor staalverwerker van Merksteijn in Almelo ligt alweer vele jaren achter ons. Sinds de vaste aanvoer van walsdraad uit Brandenburg in 2016 stopte heeft het spoor alleen de dienst vervuld om onregelmatig kleinere partijen staal naar Almelo te transporteren; voor de overige aanvoer van staal was vanaf dat moment de binnenvaart aan zet. In de daarop volgende jaren komen naast de vaste vervoerder DB Cargo ook IRP met walsdraad uit Amsterdam en Captrain met walsdraad uit Leipzig naar Almelo, al dan niet om een poging te doen concurrerend te zijn met de binnenvaart. Desondanks groeit er geen van deze vervoeren uit tot vast werk voor het spoor.
Nu de overzeese aanvoer van het walsdraad bemoeilijkt lijkt te worden door de malaise rondom covid-19 en het Europese staal prijstechnisch wellicht weer mee kan concurreren ontvangt van Merksteijn ineens sinds mei een continue aanvoer van walsdraad per spoor. Nieuw hierbij is de aanvoer uit Verona dat per wagenladingtreinen uit Italië via Kijfhoek naar Almelo komt. Nadat een aantal wagengroepen zijn opgespaard in Kijfhoek is het aan de DBC 193 334 om op 8 juli het walsdraad uit Verona naar Almelo te brengen. In de stromende regen passeert de trein de bossen bij Holten.
Hier vast enkel plaatjes van afgelopen dagen. De RFO Rail Force. One 193 623 63124 Maasvlakte West West - Venlo (-Blerick) bij Hulten op 24-8-2019
The meadows of the River Cherwell seen from the towpath of the Oxford Canal, the morning mists lifting and just catching the low sun.
The Cherwell valley is a lovely rural area that stretches between Banbury and the Thames at Oxford. It has always been prone to flooding; the whole point of water-meadows; but they seem to flood earlier and longer every year.
I think they are now being encouraged to flood as many embankments are being breached so that the valley acts as one vast reservoir, holding back and slowing the water to protect low-lying Oxford downstream.
Probably off limits now for walking until the spring, although our springs are getting increasingly wet. My experience of wading through these floods about a mile further on has rather dampened my enthusiasm for getting stuck in the middle of nowhere wondering whether to turn back, or wade on!
Oregon coast. The sun breaks through the clouds, spotlighting part of the Pacific Ocean on a windy day....
Good Friday walk with the sailing club to 16 Beach, Rye, Mornington Peninsula. For ABC TV Weather, Victoria
- John Muir
"You cannot see the Grand Canyon in one view, as if it were a changeless spectacle from which a curtain might be lifted, but to see it, you have to toil from month to month through its labyrinths."
John Wesley Powell
Post sunset look to the north from Desert View in Grand Canyon National Park, towards Comanche Point and the Palisades of the Desert. This is the only time during a nine day trip that we had any clouds in the sky, and they were pretty far off. Earth's shadow is visible as the dark blue band below the pink (the belt of Venus).
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A vast ocean of darkness fills the rocky banks of Arizona's largest canyon. The fleeting embers of glowing rock fade fast as the sun sets for the day. Looking from above, the Man with No Name diligently scans the vast depths below. While no stranger to unfriendly encounters, the sheer vastness of this land - as well as the lack of knowledge of what dangers may lurk within it - compels this part-time gunslinger to have additional firepower by his side.
above the vast expanse of the mountains, an umbrella perches like a guardian on the edge, sheltering nothing but space and light. the weathered wooden fence stretches across the frame, guiding the eye toward the distant peaks, whispering of boundaries against an endless sky. the starkness of black and white enhances every shadow, every line, and every contrast between human design and the untamed natural world. this image, captured in a remote mountain setting, is a quiet meditation on solitude, balance, and the delicate intersection of man-made and natural beauty.