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The Macro Mondays theme for 6/19 is odd and this little yellow fellow seems to want to meander off on his own. (Last week’s posting to MM was neither blue nor a ducky, so I thought I’d portray both this week.)…… there are also two versions of this scene… grin… yes, I dithered.
Will put up the size verification later when I’m on my laptop, but this scene is just under 2 and a half inches.
........💙 HMM 💙
In 1964 the young Paul Simon wrote The Sound of Silence, a song that more than half a century later is still sadly valid. He couldn’t imagine that in 2020s we would still talk about his dialogue with the most intimate part of himself, opened by one of the most beautiful opening words ever written.
There have been multiple theories about the meaning of this song. For example, some believe it is related to the death of JFK or the Vietnam War. But many think it is something simpler. And the author himself has verified that it has to do with something as simple as lack of communication.
This is a message that resonates, even more, today than it did 59 years ago, which is perhaps what led Disturbed to create a hauntingly beautiful cover of the song. It was most famously played live on "Conan" on March 28, 2016, and the video of it on YouTube has garnered a mere 75 million views since.
Kɪʀᴀ Tᴀᴛᴛᴏᴏ | LIFE IS FOR LIVING
L'Eᴍᴘᴏʀɪᴏ&PL | Fᴀʟʟ Oᴜᴛ - SᴄɪFɪ Hᴇʟᴍᴇᴛ - FᴀᴛPAᴄᴋ
Tʜᴇ Bᴇᴀʀᴅᴇᴅ Gᴜʏ | Tᴏxɪᴄ Gᴇɴᴇʀᴀᴛᴏʀ - Tᴇᴄʜ Aᴅᴠᴇɴᴛᴜʀᴇꜱ
This is an image of our natural satellite taken on a warm August morning last year.
Some prominent lunar maria (plural of mare, sea, lava filled plains) on the near side are (see annotated image for identifying these and other prominent features): Mare Imbrium (Sea of Showers, second larger lunar sea), Mare Serenitatis (Sea of Serenity), Mare Nubium (Sea of Clouds) and Oceanus Procellarum (Ocean of Storms, largest lunar basin). Prominent craters among others are Copernicus (diameter 93 Km), Plato (100 Km), Archimedes (83 Km), Aristarchus (40 Km, brightest lunar feature), Aristoteles (87 Km) and Tycho (86 Km, center of a large ray system).
Features close to the lunar terminator (day-night division) are seen better due to low angle illumination by the sun - that’s why the Full-Moon phase is the worse time to observes, as there are no shadows cast by lunar features.
Not the best image quality, since this is just one single exposure on a night with mediocre seeing (Moon altitude was also low, about 25o). Much better results are achieved by stacking lots of video frames on nights of good seeing conditions, still I was totally absorbed by simply observing through the eyepiece(s) with a bino-viewer, a very rewarding accessory for visual study of the Moon and the planets. I can also verify for those interested that the Sky-Watcher Mak 150 is a great scope for planetary observing and photography.
Thanks to everyone for looking. Clear skies to all!
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Camera Model: Canon EOS 550D
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The Gibraltar Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on the Toronto Islands in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Begun in 1808, it is the oldest existing lighthouse on the Great Lakes, and one of Toronto's oldest buildings. The lighthouse is perhaps best known for the demise of its first keeper, German-born John Paul Radelmüller, whose 1815 murder forms the basis of Toronto's most enduring ghost story. Recent research has verified many aspects of the traditional tale of his death and identified the soldiers charged with but ultimately acquitted of the crime.
The Orchidaceae are a diverse and widespread family of flowering plants, with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant, commonly known as the orchid family. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering plants. The Orchidaceae have about 28,000 currently accepted species, distributed in about 763 genera. The determination of which family is larger is still under debate, because verified data on the members of such enormous families are continually in flux. Regardless, the number of orchid species is nearly equal to the number of bony fishes, more than twice the number of bird species, and about four times the number of mammal species. The family encompasses about 6–11% of all seed plants. The largest genera are Bulbophyllum (2,000 species), Epidendrum (1,500 species), Dendrobium (1,400 species) and Pleurothallis (1,000 species). It also includes Vanilla (the genus of the vanilla plant), the type genus Orchis, and many commonly cultivated plants such as Phalaenopsis and Cattleya. Moreover, since the introduction of tropical species into cultivation in the 19th century, horticulturists have produced more than 100,000 hybrids and cultivars. Orchids are easily distinguished from other plants, as they share some very evident, shared derived characteristics, or synapomorphies. Among these are: bilateral symmetry of the flower (zygomorphism), many resupinate flowers, a nearly always highly modified petal (labellum), fused stamens and carpels, and extremely small seeds. 32779
Steveston is a charming fishing village that is situated in Richmond BC, on the Mighty Fraser River
Canada
My all time favourite tug:
KU'ULAKAI Tugboat c. 1944
(Ku'ulakai meaning: Hawaiian Fishing God of Fisherman)
Her history: as per online sources: (Unverified)
Built:1944
Length: 111.9
Gross Tonnage: 301
Used as a Tugboat all along the West Coast of BC
Ku'ulakai is said to be the only intact Miki tug in Canadian waters.
Builder: Northeast Shipbuilding, Quincy Massachusetts, USA
According to onlines sources, this tug was built as a wooden Miki US Army Tug - LT465, and used by the U.S. navy during the Second World War to tow damaged ships from the Pacific back for repair.
Online information also reports that later on in life, she was used by drug runners in the South Pacific and that in 1988 was seized by the Canadian Coast Guard for smuggling drugs out of China.
She was originally named: Lloyd B. Gore, decommissioned & sold 1946.
Please note* All information has been taken from online sources and has not been verified to be accurate.
Definitely one of British Columbia's best kept secrets.
If you enjoy quaint fishing villages, combined with light and vibrant colours, I am pleased to extend an invitation for you to browse through my.... 'I 💖 Steveston album'
www.flickr.com/photos/120552517@N03/albums/72157677404584764
Thank-you for all the overwhelming support and many friendships. Wishing you all health during this difficult time.
Stay Healthy
~Christie
~Christie (happiest) by the River
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Horseshoe Pond, Alger County, Michigan
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Anyone that knows me, knows my huge passion and love for boats, ships and tugs.
The Ku'ulakai is by far my most favorite tug.
This beautiful old girl is being lovingly refit and moored in the historic, fishing village of Steveston.
Located in Richmond, BC
Canada
KU'ULAKAI Tugboat c. 1944
(Ku'ulakai meaning: Hawaiian Fishing God)
Her history: as per online sources: (Unverified)
Built:1944
Length: 111.9
Gross Tonnage: 301
Used as a Tugboat all along the West Coast of BC
Ku'ulakai is said to be the only intact Mikki tug in Canadian waters.
Builder: Northeast Shipbuilding, Quincy Massachusetts, USA
According to onlines sources, this tug was built as a wooden Mikki US Army Tug - LT465, and used by the U.S. navy during the Second World War to tow damaged ships from the Pacific back for repair.
Online information also reports that later on in life, she was used by drug runners in the South Pacific and that in 1988 was seized by the Canadian Coast Guard for smuggling drugs out of China.
She was originally named: Lloyd B. Gore, decommissioned & sold 1946.
Please note* All information has been taken from online sources and has not been verified to be accurate.
I 💖 Steveston
Definitely one of British Columbia's best kept secrets.
Series: Steveston by Romance
Thank-you so much for all your views, comments and faves
So very much appreciated !!
~Christie (happiest) by the River
The Orchidaceae are a diverse and widespread family of flowering plants, with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant, commonly known as the orchid family. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering plants. The Orchidaceae have about 28,000 currently accepted species, distributed in about 763 genera. The determination of which family is larger is still under debate, because verified data on the members of such enormous families are continually in flux. Regardless, the number of orchid species is nearly equal to the number of bony fishes, more than twice the number of bird species, and about four times the number of mammal species. The family encompasses about 6–11% of all seed plants. The largest genera are Bulbophyllum (2,000 species), Epidendrum (1,500 species), Dendrobium (1,400 species) and Pleurothallis (1,000 species). It also includes Vanilla (the genus of the vanilla plant), the type genus Orchis, and many commonly cultivated plants such as Phalaenopsis and Cattleya. Moreover, since the introduction of tropical species into cultivation in the 19th century, horticulturists have produced more than 100,000 hybrids and cultivars. Orchids are easily distinguished from other plants, as they share some very evident, shared derived characteristics, or synapomorphies. Among these are: bilateral symmetry of the flower (zygomorphism), many resupinate flowers, a nearly always highly modified petal (labellum), fused stamens and carpels, and extremely small seeds. 32775
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Computer scientist Margaret Hamilton helped get the Apollo 11 astronauts to the Moon. She led the Software Engineering Division of the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, the team responsible for developing the guidance and navigation system for the Apollo spacecraft and writing the code that brought astronauts into space and safely back home again.
Hamilton’s leadership and work formed the bedrock of software engineering as a whole. In this now-iconic photo, Hamilton stands next to listings of the Apollo Guidance Computer source code.
The Macro Monday theme for 8/28 and I just happened to have a bottle with a hexagon design on it - how fortuitous!! Will put up the size verification and a context shot in the first comment box in a bit when I’m on my laptop. ….
My resident art supporter and I both liked this bc of the color blocks- that happened when I put a colorfully painted wooden kitty behind the bottle.... We also liked the hexagons with the star bokeh!! Remember the days when we could post 2 selections to MM?
Btb, there are a bunch of hexagon pictures - including some with M&D pattern blocks— grin
…..💙 HMM 💙
The MM theme is odd and the micro-mini duckies are back!! After a MM posting last week that wasn’t at all my usual, I thought the blue duckies should make an appearance.
HMM- the theme for the Macro Mondays group for today, 12/7, is 🎉celebration🎉. This ornament celebrates Christmas 🎄 and the coming of the end of a year of covid-19. Using hand sanitizer, hoarding TP, and wearing masks- all symbols of 2020 that we’ll be glad to leave behind.
May the coming year bring us a successful vaccine that we’re wishing for and the ability to be with our families and friends without angst or worry.
.....By the way I cropped the right side a tad so it would definitely be under 3 inches. There is a size verification shot in the photostream, which I’ll also put in the first comment box when I can get back to my laptop.
Having observed many times in my Australian garden, that Dragonflies and Damselflies like to cling to bare stems and twigs, in my French garden I prepared a few perches around, by removing the leaves from small branches which tend to stick out of trees and bushes. When I found this Southern Darter (Sympetrum meridionale) clinging to such thoughtfully prepared perch, I felt very happy to see that observation pays :) /
Parce que j'avais remarqué, dans mon jardin Australien, que Libellules et Demoiselles aimaient particulièrement s'accrocher à des tiges et branchettes nues, j'ai préparé dans mon jardin Breton un certain nombre de perches ici et là, en ôtant les feuilles de petites branches qui s'écartaient naturellement d'arbustes et buissons. Lorsque j'ai trouvé ce Sympétrum méridional agrippé à l'une de ces perches soigneusement préparées par mes soins, je me suis sentie heureuse de vérifier une fois de plus que l'observation est toujours payante !
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Hotel Europe is a six storey, flatiron style building, built on a pie shaped property located in Historical Gastown, Vancouver BC Canada.
Construction began in 1908 and the hotel was completed and opened in 1909.
It was the first reinforced concrete structure to be built in Canada and the earliest fireproof hotel in Western Canada.
For the first years, the hotel flourished as people arrived to Vancouver by Steamship and stayed at the hotel.
The ground floor was once a beer parlour and is now currently a store. Below this beer parlour was an underground saloon accessible by stairs from a sidewalk entrance.
The underground area, including the saloon is said to have extended under the sidewalks on both sides of the hotel. These extensions were known as “areaways,” a typical feature of buildings in the Gastown area. Areaways were used to load and unload freight through trap doors in the outside sidewalk.
The Hotel Europe’s areaways were eventually filled in and bricked up and the underground saloon is said to be now a storage basement.
A more luxurious, Vancouver hotel opened in 1919 and the guest traffic shifted to the new hotel. At sometime it was said that the Hotel Europe became a brothel.
This building was later renovated into suites and is currently an affordable housing complex.
Rumored haunted. It is believed there is one, possibly two ghosts residing in the Hotel Europe. The first ghost was reported in the early '80s by a contractor who had been working on some repairs alone in the cellar, near the bricked up areaway entrance. Supposedly, he had left the cellar briefly and when he returned he found his tools had been scattered all over the floor. He heard scratching noises coming from behind the brick wall (a wall said to have been previously filled in) and felt a bad presence. He grabbed his tools and fled. Also, reported was a man dressed in a black coat with a flat cap that appeared in the shop on the ground level. One evening in the early 2000's after the shop owner had closed the store, the owner saw a man/ghost clearly reflected in the convex security mirror at the top end of the store. She was surprised to see him as she was sure there were no customers left in the store when she locked up. When she went to investigate, there was nobody there. The man in the mirror had vanished. The owner was left shaken and fled the property. This man/ghost was reported to return again at a later date.
It is questioned if this was the same original ghost or indeed a second one.
**Please note: All enclosed information has been collected from various online sources and has not been verified to be true or accurate.
Thank-you for visiting
~Christie by the River
A test shot to verify sharpness of a new (used) lens, the Voigtlander 15mm f/4.5 Heliar Super-Wide.
As seen here the pictures I have taken have been unfocused:
This image is satisfactorily sharp, what I found is the infinity symbol needed to be set to the maximum focal distance. Focusing to 1M with the rangefinder patch is also acceptably sharp. Hyper-focal focusing on the distance scale leaves the frame soft throughout (I expect something is in focus, but likely so far away it is difficult to spot over flat ground.).
April fools….. The #MacroMondays theme for 4/1 is April fools… silly, funny, punny. And I had a bit of a tough time figuring out how to do that in macro. Then I started thinking like the kids in my classes before I retired- being playful with language!! I think I’ll have three but I’ll need to stage the other two… I’ll put up the size verification in a bit.
….giggling……💙 HMM 💙
93102 (Győr Rendező-Tarjánpuszta) Every Sunday of the week a freight train carrying fuel arrives from the Slovnaft refinery in Bratislava to the Tarjánpuszta storage facility. The freight trains are operated by the private railway company Eurogate between the Rajka border station and Tarjánpuszta. Today a special locomotive was at front of the train. The EWG (East West Gate) 629 002 (ex 2M62-0718A LDZ Cargo) locomotive worked at the head of the train for testing. The purpose of the test was to verify whether the M62 type is stronger on this terrain than the CFR LDE 2100 type.
La idea de construir un temple expiatori (és a dir, a partir de donatius) dedicat a la Sagrada Família va partir del llibreter Josep Maria Bocabella, inspirat pel sacerdot Josep Manyanet —canonitzat el 2004—, fundador de la Congregació de Fills de la Sagrada Família i de la Congregació de Missioneres Filles de la Sagrada Família de Natzaret, encarregades de promoure el culte a la Sagrada Família i de fomentar l'educació cristiana de nens i joves.[6] El 1866, Bocabella va fundar l'Associació de Devots de Sant Josep, entitat dedicada entre altres qüestions a recaptar fons per a la construcció d'un temple. Per a la difusió de la seva tasca, va editar a partir del 1867 una revista, titulada inicialment El Propagador de la devoción a San José, inspirada en la revista francesa Le propagateur de la dévotion à Saint Joseph, publicada a Dijon pel pare Joseph Huguet.[7][b]
El 31 de desembre de 1881, Josep Bocabella va comprar per 172.000 pessetes uns terrenys situats a la zona del Poblet, aleshores una barriada de Sant Martí de Provençals.[8][9][c][10] Delimitats pels carrers de Mallorca, Provença, Marina i Sardenya, corresponien a una de les illes del Pla Cerdà, la qual, però, era més gran que les altres perquè, en principi, estava previst construir-hi un hipòdrom.[8]
El projecte fou encomanat a l'arquitecte Francesc de Paula Villar i Lozano, que va traçar un projecte neogòtic amb una església de tres naus amb creuer i un absis amb deambulatori, rebutjant la idea de Bocabella de fer una rèplica del santuari de Loreto, que se suposa va ser la casa de Josep i Maria a Natzaret.[11] El dia de Sant Josep de 1882, el bisbe Urquinaona posava la primera pedra,[12][13][14] coincidint amb la proclamació al Concili Vaticà I de sant Josep com a patró de l'Església Universal. Els desacords de Villar amb Bocabella van fer que aquest demanés assessorament a l'arquitecte Joan Martorell i Montells i van provocar la dimissió del primer. Aleshores, es va oferir el càrrec a Martorell, però aquest el va rebutjar i va recomanar Gaudí, que havia treballat per a ell com a ajudant, i el 1883, assumí la direcció de les obres.[15]
El desembre de 1884, Gaudí signà el projecte de la capella de Sant Josep a l'absis de la cripta, que fou inaugurat el 19 de març de 1885, en el qual intervingueren els escultors Llorenç Matamala i Piñol i Carles Mani.[16] Se sap que en aquest any hi treballaven un equip de vuit paletes, deu picapedrers, dotze escultors i un nombre indeterminat de fusters i serrallers.[17] El 1891 van començar les obres de la façana del Naixement,[cal citació] i des del 1895, la gestió del projecte va a càrrec de la Junta Constructora del Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, una fundació canònica per a promoure la construcció del temple mitjançant donatius i iniciatives privades.[cal citació]
A partir de l'encàrrec de la casa Milà de l'any 1906, Gaudí pràcticament es concentraria només en l'obra de la Sagrada Família que, de fet, ocuparia tota la seva carrera, ja que feia un quart de segle que en dissenyava i dirigia la construcció i moriria fent-ho; així i tot, el temple només quedava embastat.[18] Va poder veure'n construïda una part del costat de l'Epístola amb la façana del Naixement, de la qual només la torre de sant Bernabé estava acabada totalment i una part del mur exterior de l'absis.[cal citació]
El 12 de juny de 1926, Antoni Gaudí va ser sepultat a la capella de la Mare de Déu del Carme de la cripta.[cal citació] A la seva època, hi van col·laborar molts dels seus deixebles i ajudants, com Francesc Berenguer, Josep Maria Jujol, Josep Francesc Ràfols, Cèsar Martinell, Joan Bergós, Francesc Folguera, Josep Canaleta i Joan Rubió, i a la seva mort, es va fer càrrec de les obres un altre dels seus deixebles, Domènec Sugrañes, que va finalitzar la construcció de les tres torres de la façana del Naixement que quedaven pendents.[cal citació]
El 20 de juliol de 1936, tot just iniciada la Guerra Civil espanyola, grups d'exaltats anarquistes van incendiar el temple i van destruir bona part del taller en el qual Gaudí havia treballat i on hi havia els seus esbossos, maquetes i models. Tot i que es va perdre molt material van quedar restes de les maquetes, que es van restaurar, i la documentació que s'havia publicat en El Propagador, en l'Àlbum i que havia estat recollida pels seus deixebles, com Isidre Puig i Boada.[cal citació]
L'any 1944 es van reprendre les obres per un equip dirigit per Francesc de Paula Quintana i Vidal, Isidre Puig i Boada, Lluís Bonet i Garí, els quals, a la mort del primer l'any 1966, continuaren fins a l'any 1981, en què prengué el relleu Francesc Cardoner i Blanch.[19] El 1985 va ser nomenat director Jordi Bonet i Armengol,[20][21] amb un equip on figuraven Carles Buxadé, Joan Margarit i Jordi Faulí i Oller.[20] El 2012, Jordi Bonet va ser substituït per Jordi Faulí i Oller.[22]
El 18 de març de 2007 se'n va commemorar el 125è aniversari de la col·locació de la primera pedra amb una festa, concerts i ballant una sardana (La Santa Espina) encerclant tot el temple.[23]
Segons les darreres previsions, la torre de Jesús s'acabaria a finals del 2025, i el 2026 es faria la inauguració oficial, coincidint amb el centenari de la mort de Gaudí.[24]
The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família,[a] otherwise known as Sagrada Família, is a church under construction in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is the largest unfinished Catholic church in the world. Designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926), in 2005 his work on Sagrada Família was added to an existing (1984) UNESCO World Heritage Site, "Works of Antoni Gaudí".[5] On 7 November 2010, Pope Benedict XVI consecrated the church and proclaimed it a minor basilica.[6][7][8]
On 19 March 1882, construction of Sagrada Família began under architect Francisco de Paula del Villar. In 1883, when Villar resigned,[5] Gaudí took over as chief architect, transforming the project with his architectural and engineering style, combining Gothic and curvilinear Art Nouveau forms. Gaudí devoted the remainder of his life to the project, and he is buried in the church's crypt. At the time of his death in 1926, less than a quarter of the project was complete.[9]
Relying solely on private donations, Sagrada Família's construction progressed slowly and was interrupted by the Spanish Civil War. In July 1936, anarchists from the FAI set fire to the crypt and broke their way into the workshop, partially destroying Gaudí's original plans.[10] In 1939, Francesc de Paula Quintana took over site management, which was able to go on with the material that was saved from Gaudí's workshop and that was reconstructed from published plans and photographs.[11] Construction resumed to intermittent progress in the 1950s. Advancements in technologies such as computer-aided design and computerised numerical control (CNC) have since enabled faster progress and construction passed the midpoint in 2010. In 2014, it was anticipated that the building would be completed by 2026, the centenary of Gaudí's death,[12] but this schedule was threatened by work slowdowns caused by the 2020–2021 depths of the COVID-19 pandemic.[13] In March 2024, an updated forecast reconfirmed a likely completion of the building in 2026, though the announcement stated that work on sculptures, decorative details and a controversial proposed stairway leading to what will eventually be the main entrance is expected to continue until 2034.[14]
Describing Sagrada Família, art critic Rainer Zerbst said "it is probably impossible to find a church building anything like it in the entire history of art",[15] and Paul Goldberger describes it as "the most extraordinary personal interpretation of Gothic architecture since the Middle Ages".[16]
Though sometimes[when?] described[by whom?] as a cathedral, the basilica is not the cathedral church of the Archdiocese of Barcelona; that title belongs to the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia (Barcelona Cathedral).
History
Origins
Sagrada Família was inspired by a bookseller, José María Bocabella [es], founder of Asociación Espiritual de Devotos de San José (Spiritual Association of Devotees of St. Joseph). After a visit to the Vatican in 1872, Bocabella returned from Italy with the intention of building a church inspired by the basilica at Loreto. The apse crypt of the church, funded by donations, was begun 19 March 1882, on the festival of St. Joseph, to the design of the architect Francisco de Paula del Villar, whose plan was for a Gothic revival church of a standard form. The apse crypt was completed before Villar's resignation on 18 March 1883, when Antoni Gaudí assumed responsibility for its design, which he changed radically.[17] Gaudi began work on the church in 1883 but was not appointed Architect Director until 1884.[citation needed]On the subject of the extremely long construction period, Gaudí is said to have remarked: "My client is not in a hurry."[18] When Gaudí died in 1926, the basilica was between 15 and 25 percent complete.[9][19] After Gaudí's death, work continued under the direction of his main disciple Domènec Sugrañes i Gras until interrupted by the Spanish Civil War in 1936. Parts of the unfinished basilica and Gaudí's models and workshop were destroyed during the war. The present design is based on reconstructed versions of the plans that were burned in a fire as well as on modern adaptations.[14] Since 1940, the architects Francesc Quintana, Isidre Puig Boada, Lluís Bonet i Garí and Francesc Cardoner have carried on the work. The illumination was designed by Carles Buïgas. The director until 2012 was the son of Lluís Bonet, Jordi Bonet i Armengol. Armengol began introducing computers into the design and construction process in the 1980s.[citatiThe central nave vaulting was completed in 2000 and the main tasks since then have been the construction of the transept vaults and apse. In 2002, the Sagrada Família Schools building was relocated from the eastern corner of the site to the southern corner, and began housing an exhibition. The school was originally designed by Gaudí in 1909 for the children of the construction workers.[20]
As of 2006, work concentrated on the crossing and supporting structure for the main steeple of Jesus Christ as well as the southern enclosure of the central nave, which will become the Glory façade. Computer-aided design technology has allowed stone to be shaped off-site by a CNC milling machine, whereas in the 20th century the stone was carved by hand.[21] In 2008, some renowned Catalan architects advocated halting construction[22] to respect Gaudí's original designs, which, although they were not exhaustive and were partially destroyed, have been partially reconstructed in recent years.[23]
Since 2013, AVE high-speed trains have passed near Sagrada Família through a tunnel that runs beneath the centre of Barcelona. The tunnel's construction, which began on 26 March 2010, was controversial. The Ministry of Public Works of Spain (Ministerio de Fomento) claimed the project posed no risk to the church.[24][25] Sagrada Família engineers and architects disagreed, saying there was no guarantee that the tunnel would not affect the stability of the building. The Board of the Sagrada Família (Patronat de la Sagrada Família) and the neighborhood association AVE pel Litoral (AVE by the Coast) led a campaign against this route for the AVE, without success.[citation needed] In October 2010, the tunnel boring machine reached the church underground under the location of the building's principal façade.[24] Service through the tunnel was inaugurated on 8 January 2013.[26] Track in the tunnel makes use of a system by Edilon Sedra in which the rails are embedded in an elastic material to dampen vibrations.[27]
The main nave was covered and an organ installed in mid-2010, allowing the still-unfinished building to be used for liturgies.[28] The church was consecrated by Pope Benedict XVI on 7 November 2010 in front of a congregation of 6,500 people.[29] A further 50,000 people followed the consecration Mass from outside the basilica, where more than 100 bishops and 300 priests were on hand to distribute Holy Communion.[30]In 2012, Barcelona-born Jordi Faulí i Oller took over as architect of the project.[31][32] Mark Burry of New Zealand serves as Executive Architect and Researcher.[33] Sculptures by J. Busquets, Etsuro Sotoo and Josep Maria Subirachs decorate the fantastical façades.
Chief architect Jordi Faulí announced in October 2015 that construction was 70 percent complete and had entered its final phase of raising six immense steeples. The steeples and most of the church's structure were planned to be completed by 2026, the centennial of Gaudí's death;[14] as of a 2017 estimate, decorative elements should be complete by 2030 or 2032.[34][failed verification] Visitor entrance fees of €15 to €20 finance the annual construction budget of €25 million.[35] Completion of the structure will use post-tensioned stone.[36]
Starting on 9 July 2017, an international mass is celebrated at the basilica every Sunday and holy day of obligation, at 9 a.m., and is open to the public (until the church is full). Occasionally, Mass is celebrated at other times, where attendance requires an invitation. When masses are scheduled, instructions to obtain an invitation are posted on the basilica's website. In addition, visitors may pray in the chapel of the Blessed Sacrament and Penitence.[37]
The stone initially used in its construction came from the Montserrat mountain, but it became clear that as quarrying there went deeper, the stone was increasingly fragile and an alternative source had to be found. Since 2018 stone of the type needed to complete the construction has been sourced from the Withnell Quarry in Brinscall, near Chorley, England.[3
Taken with my Nikon N90s and Fujichrome slide film. The lens was my 14-24mm f/2.8. Conversion to digital was my Nikon D850. Colors are very different with film/transparencies. If you can find good film it's worth the effort, IMO. I heard that tree to the left is gone but I haven't verified that myself. If anyone knows, drop a note below.
In a film canister. MM red and green for 12/23
The size verification and a picture of the roll being grasped by the clothespin chopsticks device will be in the comment box when I get to my laptop.
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This is my favorite of the green&red possibilities. The other two are the Christmas mouse on the “lawn” and the gift wrap- green ribbon and red gift tag.
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I was taking pictures of a mallard on the lake.I had to look down at my screen to check my shots when I saw this guy down by my feet staring at me.
Je prenais des photos d'un canard colvert sur le lac. J'ai dû regarder mon écran pour vérifier mes photos quand j'ai vu ce type à mes pieds en train de me regarder.
I verified via my Star App--the non-concentric arc at the right side of the frame is the International Space Station (ISS), which passed through this patch of sky at ~2:33 am
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The #MacroMondays theme for 2/10 is dangling and I’m pretty sure this will be my posting. I really like the bokeh and the colors. (And I *really* do need to get one of those third hand devices!!!)
Size verification and a context shot later.
ANSH scavenger4 upside-down
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The Macro Monday theme for 1/30 is screw. This choice fits the three parameters of the theme for MM. It also has garnered the most views and faves. I like the other three for totally different reasons, so I think I’ll dither for a bit before choosing.
Btb, I had an incredibly difficult time getting any of these to post. I finally discovered a work around but I’m hoping that my iPhone and Flickr app learn how to play nicely together again— SOON
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In the 1660s, English physicist and mathematician Isaac Newton began a series of experiments with sunlight and prisms. Based on his experiments he argued that the geometric nature of the laws of reflection and refraction could only be explained if light is made of particles, which he referred to as corpuscles, as waves don't tend to travel in straight lines. Newton concluded that light is composed of colored particles that combine to appear white.
Collembola Fasciosminthurus saportae
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Je suis partie vérifier la population des Collemboles Fasciosminthurus saportae (+/- 1mm) et j'avais très envie de voir si la famille Albinos que j'ai découvert il y a deux ans, était toujours présente.
J'ai cherché pendant 2h en plein soleil, à plus de 32° (déjà). Il faut être motivé. Alors que le soleil baissait, à un moment je vois une point orange se déplacer, mon coeur palpite !! c'est l'albinos. Il faut que je me concentre pour réussir une photo. Je suis donc heureuse de vous présenter le Fasciosminthurus saportae classique et son cousin albinos.
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I went to check the population of Collembola Fasciosminthurus saportae (+/- 1mm) and I really wanted to see if the Albino family that I discovered two years ago, was still present.
I searched for 2 hours in full sun, at more than 32 ° (already). You have to be motivated. As the sun went down, at one point I see an orange dot moving, my heart is beating !! it's the albino. I have to concentrate to take a picture. I am therefore happy to present the classic Fasciosminthurus saportae and its albino cousin.
Beautiful day
No idea how old this ring is but it has been in the family for as long as I can remember and I'm an old guy now. I think it belonged to my grandmother. It is said to be a ruby but I can't verify that. For the Macro Mondays challenge: "Rings."
Well, this certainly isn’t what I drove down for… Last night was the ribbon cutting and first stop for the Southwest Chief at the new platform at the old Santa Fe depot in Ft. Madison. All the hubbub in the local media and from the hotel across the street implied that “the cutover” was happening that night and that all trains in the future would be using the new old station.
I should have verified with my contacts, as this was not correct. The official first day will be Wednesday [12/15] as management wants each crews to have completed “qualifying trips” on that extra mile of track… The first of those was 11/30 and apparently they won’t be done until early this week.
I’m just happy that I wasn’t completely f’d and found one set of containers that had a gap big enough for a sucker hole on the nose. If I had set up on the south side, I wouldn’t have gotten a damn thing. At least it was a nice day to go for a drive so momma could have some kid-free time.