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The pure red plumage of the male Cardinal is evidence enough to verify that this species was named after the Roman Catholic cardinals who wore bright red robes. The most significant feature about them is how the male and female pair sing almost all year long to each other and also stay in close contact forming a very faithful mating.
This easily identified species is nonmigratory with the females being a little less showy than the males having light brown or tan coloured outer tail and wing feathers.
Males do have an aggressive nature and if they come in contact with their own reflection in a window or shiny surface may well attack the reflection.
I believe the males realize they are quite prominent in their bright red appendage so they prefer to reside in thickets and brushy tangles of various moist habitats.
This female is keeping a close eye out for any possible threats while also visiting a well stocked back yard feeder.
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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 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.
Gastown is the original settlement that became the core of the creation of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Currently, it is a national historic site and a neighbourhood in the northwest end of Downtown Eastside, adjacent to Downtown Vancouver.
World's first steam powered clock
Historic Gastown
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada
The insides of this clock is where the magic begins....
Built in 1977. Raymond Saunders' first steam clock was built in 1977 to solve the issue of a steam vent in a popular sidewalk for the renovated Gastown district of Vancouver. Owned by the City of Vancouver, BC Canada
The steam clock's plaque reads:
THE GASTOWN STEAM CLOCK
Designed and built by
Raymond L. Saunders
Horologist
The world's first steam powered clock has been created for the enjoyment of everyone. The live steam winds the weights and blows the whistles. Every 4.5 minutes one steel weight will travel by steam power to the top of the clock. The gravity driven "falling ball" drive was 'engineered' by Douglas L. Smith. Each quarter hour the clock will sound the Westminster Chimes. The large whistle will sound once on the hour. The steam is supplied by the underground system of Central Heat Distributor's Limited. The component parts cost $42,000 and the clock weighs over two tons.
A few years ago the clock was refit and is not entirely steam powered. It also has three small electric motors to help operate two internal fans, one of which blows the steam out the top, and another that controls the valves that play the tunes on the five steam whistles mounted atop the clock case.
The large central whistle, which was taken off the CPR steam tug Naramata, counts off the full hours while the four auxiliary whistles chime the Westminster Quarters every quarter hour. The number of chimes matches the number of quarter hours that have passed.
Wikipedia and various other online sites.
*Please note : Information has not been verified accurate.
A special thanks to all my Flickr friends and visitors, for taking the time to view and acknowledge my photography.
I would also, like to extend my thanks, to all those who place my images in their beautiful galleries, or use my images for their covers.
Additionally, I am truly humbled to receive so many thoughtful and generous testimonies. I cannot express how deeply touched and honoured I am, to find such caring and beautifully written words left on my behalf.
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~Christie
Formerly EXPO '86
Telus World of Science/ Formerly the Expo'86 Centre
Vancouver, BC Canada
Science World at Telus World of Science, is a science centre run by a not-for-profit organization.
This geodesic dome ( golf ball shaped ) building was constructed for Expo '86. It was opened in 1985 as the Expo preview center and became the Expo '86 World's Fair Centre.
The height is 155 feet tall with a foundation of reinforced steel in a cement slab.
The dome is supported by 182 piles
There are 391 lights and 766 triangles on the Science World dome.
Constructed using 15,000 pounds of extruded aluminium and aluminium panels on the dome. The panels are 1 mm thick and are covered with a vinyl surface.
Science World has a total building area of 10,220 square metres and a total exhibit area of 4,275 square metres. The building’s volume is 36,790 cubic metres.
The air-conditioning system uses chilled water for cooling and gas-fired boilers for heating.
The OMIMAX Theatre seats 400 people
The screen is 27 metres in diameter. The theatre’s sound system uses high-fidelity, six-channel, two-way sound with sub-bass to create an unparalleled surround sound experience.
I read that the 15,000 watt xenon lamp that lights the movie screen is so bright that if it was placed on the surface of the moon and focused it at a spot on Earth, you would actually see its light.
The dome in this image was lit in red in honor of Remembrance Day. Remembrance Day (sometimes known informally as Poppy Day) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth of Nations member states since the end of the First World War to remember the members of their armed forces who have died in the line of duty.
(Please note** All information has been taken from various online sources and has not been verified to be accurate)
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Thanks for visiting
~Christie
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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.).
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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for the #MacroMondays theme of “perfect together”— an ornament and the string to hang it…. am not sure I’ll use this but she’s just so cute!! She’s under 5cm- will post the size verification later.
She was created by a dear one which makes her even more special!
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Btw, probably the best macro is the Velcro strap used for keeping cords together.
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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
GMC 910 Truck 1969 Owner Verification (Vintage manual focus lens) - Chatted for a while to the owner of this 1969 GMC 910 Truck (he verified the year) who was unloading it outside the skate hire shop at Olympic Plaza today. He’d owned the truck for a number of years and was thinking about having it repainted in the spring. Didn’t look in bad shape given it’s age!
Exceptions verify the rule, but every moment is forever. And the moment it's over, it's been over half an hour ago. After an hour it's a day ago, after a day, a week, and so on. And when it's over it took only an hour or two, when it reality it was a whole day at work. Selling a ticket to the last car on the ferry, taking a look around if I forgot anyone, and I spot the red convertible all the way at the front. Oh right, that one, now that I see it. That's still there. Completely forgot I ever met that at all. Might as well have been ten crossings ago that I sold him his ticket.
Today I went to one of my ship spotting places. Yesterday... did I even go anywhere yesterday? Ah right, Hattingen. Or was that the day before yesterday? Did yesterday even happen? If so, where was I? Spending another day not worth remembering, I guess.
‘Trust, but verify)’ is a Russian proverb, which is rhyming in Russian. The phrase became internationally known in English after a scholar of Russian history taught it to Ronald Reagan, then president of the US. Reagan used it on several occasions in the context of nuclear disarmament discussions with the Soviet Union.
Once verified the operation and management of the new camera and tested its proper functioning and not to tire the staff, I will upload pics as varied as possible of my huge stock.
In this case it is Zúrich that is a city whose tourist center is beautiful and I have many already edited and about to be uploaded to Flickr.
The conjunction of the urban landscape and the river Limmat gave me the ability to shoot the camera without rest and that most of them are good. The problem is to choose what to show in my gallery, because I have always intended to make it as varied as possible.
The opinion is always personal and there is the possibility of what I like, for another it is a vulgar photograph.
The edition is slightly different from my last images. I have tried to make it visually beautiful even though it is already by itself.
By the way, on the terrace with red flowers that looks to the left of the image, we ate my wife and myself. We ate very well, but the Swiss bills are terrifying.
Thank you in advance for your visits and comments.
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Una vez comprobado el funcionamiento y manejo de la nueva cámara y comprobado su buen funcionamiento y para no cansar al personal, voy a volver a subir fotos lo mas variadas posible de mi inmenso stock.
En este caso le toca a Zúrich que es una ciudad cuyo centro turístico es bellísimo y tengo muchas ya editadas y a punto de ser subidas a Flickr.
La conjunción del paisaje urbano y el rio Limmat me dio la posibilidad de disparar la cámara sin descanso y que la mayor parte de ellas son buenas. El problema es escoger cual mostrar en mi galería, pues siempre he tenido la intención de hacerla lo más variada posible.
La opinión. siempre es personal y existe la posibilidad de lo que a mí me gusta, para otro sea una fotografía vulgar.
La edición es ligeramente diferente a mis últimas imágenes. He intentado que sea visualmente bella aunque ya lo es por sí misma.
Por cierto, en la terraza con flores rojas que se ve a la izquierda de la imagen, comimos mi esposa y un servidor. Comimos muy bien, pero las facturas suizas, son terroríficas.
Agradecido de antemano por vuestras visitas y comentarios.
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Blocage de l'avenue par la police pour le passage du cortège présidentiel.
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Verification that my square photo was indeed square. I do my best to shoot down along a centerline. My skill set is simply not adequate for this task.
In addition, I suspect the very fine and cautious group managers are being misled by the shadows and bubbles within the cup.
I love to shoot liquids and solid objects inside round ramekins, glasses, and cups. I really should try to remember to not submit any of them to Square and Squaring Circle groups. At my age, I may forget.
Note: One may feel that the circle was not centered within the square. There are a number of offset circles in the image due to light sources, shadows, and reflections inside the cup. It's purely subjective as to which center to use.
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