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Description: For some strange reason no written - or at least very little - information is available about the extraordinary construction of this beautiful watertower located at Borkum Island (East Frisia, Lower Saxony, Germany). At this point, the only information I know about it is that it was build in 1891.
Exposure settings: f/22, 0.02 sec (1/50), ISO 100, 12 mm
Location: Borkum, East Frisia, Lower Saxony, Germany.
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I found this one in my hard drive and don't know why I didn't share this.
This was taken during my trip to Okinawa last year. The world's largest aquarium window at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, measures 22.5m by 8.2m.
On the banks of the River Scheldt, in Antwerp, you’ll find 12 museum cranes. It is largest museum collection of port cranes in the world. These tall cranes not only determine a part of the cityscape - if you’re standing on the left embankment - but also refer to the modern harbour that nowadays starts a bit further down the river.
More than 750 years ago, in 1263, there was the first mention of a crane in the port of Antwerp. Those cranes were driven with manpower for centuries. Since the end of the nineteenth century they have been rapidly evolving with the technological developments: steam, water pressure, electricity ... The oldest crane in the collection is from 1907, the youngest of 1963. The cranes were built by 15 different famous manufacturers from the Netherlands and abroad and show the rapid technological evolution in the port of the last century. Most cranes are protected as a monument.
Technical Stuff
This panorama consists of 7 individual photo handheld photos. The initial pano covered a wider angle. I did this to compensate stitching and curvature problems that some arise with small angle panorama; they result in a butterfly image.
The initial stitching resulted in a structurally almost perfect image. I used the Warp tool in Photoshop to resolve those issues.
Post-production was done with Aurora HDR 2018. In several layers I utilized a couple of amended pre-sets that came with Aurora. Although Aurora gives you great control by means of the layer-based approach, I still feel the need to finish the image with the help of PS CC. And as always I added copyright watermarks. Alas, they’re there to stay due to the frequent copying of my photos. So, don't bother commenting on that.
A person heading downstream along Mingus Creek would first see the low dam that funnels water from the creek into the millrace. Millraces direct water to the mill's waterwheel or, in this case, the turbine. Lined with rot-resistant hemlock, the four foot wide millrace is fitted with a water gate to regulate the flow.
The millrace channels water into the 200 foot long wooden flume that rides high atop a bridge of log cribbing. A water gate on the flume regulates flow, a "chunk rack" holds back leaves, twigs, and other debris, and a box in the bottom of the flume catches sand that could ruin the turbine.
As the ground drops below it, the flume eventually stands 22 feet high where it meets the mill's penstock. Fit next to the back wall of the mill, the penstock is a four foot square, vertical wooden shaft filled with water from the flume. The penstock's 22 feet of constant water pressure creates enough force to produce 11 horsepower, a bragging amount for its time and comparable to the power of a small lawn tractor.
Water Pressure, Florida 2009. © J.J. Taylor | No usage permitted without prior written consent. | All Rights Reserved.
I watched one of these as it was assembled. And another as it was disassembled. Used to think it held the town's -- not this town -- drinking water, then learned it was used to build water pressure. Asking dumb questions brings satisfying answers.
Ready to release its powerful flow of water at any given opportunity, whenever the chance arrives...
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Water tower Rostock, Stone gate suburb, Hanseatic city Rostock,
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Northern Germany, 20.04.2009
Info: de.babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done&tt=url...
Rostock coat of arms,
which rust ochers seize:
de.babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done&tt=url...
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Wasserturm Rostock, Steintor-Vorstadt, Hansestadt Rostock,
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Norddeutschland, 20.04.2009
Info: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasserturm_Rostock
Rostocker Wappen,
Der Rostocker Greif: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostocker_Wappen
A woman enjoys a vigorous massage under the flow of water feeding “Meditation”, the deepest of the five pools at Poça da Dona Beija, a.k.a Paradise pools, a complex of thermal pools in Furnas. I dropped the camera and followed suit, an excellent end to day 4 in Sao Miguel.
A new ( to me) mechanized form of expensive and no doubt daring and spectacular water sport...seen, as i watched from the harbour in Antigua ,earleir this winter, when we escaped constant and accumulating amounts of snow for a little while ( though this is the first day of spring....no change is apparent in the white world around us.....)
You can also see the spot in the harbour that allows you access to this...no idea what it costs... you do NOT see a boat when this is in action...just the white flat gizmo that is visible in one of the photos.
I'd welcome a little more info...if you have it !
Water in drought-stricken California gushes down the drain while Golden State water company workers patch a crack in the main water line. July 9th, Claremont, California.
Flying from Hamburg to Frankfurt, I spotted this interesting piece of technology in the North of Germany. To be precise, it is a kind of water power plant in Geesthacht on the river Elbe.
Flight was done on a B737-300 and fully booked.
I really like to explore the world by seeing it from above. Many more things and contexts are visible like this. In this picture, I also like the nice forests around.
Al Nahr As Sana'i Al Azim The Great Man-made River Project. CUrrent debate here
Information about the project here and HERE
2010 update here
In October 2009, Libya hosted the Great River Cup show jumping competition in Tripoli, won by the British Rider William Whitaker on Sarlino
Discussion about possible damage here
The water tower is 31 metres tall, capacity of 600,000 gallons / 2. 7 million litres, designed by Proctor and Redfurm, built in 1969 by Horton Steel Wotks, and now owned by Algoma's Water Tower Inn. It is not operational.
The water tower is 31 metres tall, capacity of 600,000 gallons / 2. 7 million litres, designed by Proctor and Redfurm, built in 1969 by Horton Steel Wotks, and now owned by Algoma's Water Tower Inn. It is not operational.
Water in drought-stricken California gushes down the drain while Golden State water company workers patch a crack in the main water line. July 9th, Claremont, California.
Fireline employee Cole Loggins checks the water pressure from the emergency sprinkler pumps in the Lyceum. Photo by Thomas Graning/Ole Miss Communications
This is the oldest water tower in Berlin Prenzlauer Berg (Germany). The idyllic park surrounding it has witnessed a turbulent history. And you know me... I always like to tell you about it. So, here goes...
Where the cobblestones and asphalt of the Rykestrasse and Knaackstrasse meet, a hill rises through dense vegetation like a deserted island from the sea. Just at the foot of the hill a monumental water tower is situated. The Prenzlauer' water tower is almost entirely hidden behind a flourishing canopy of leaves. An unsuspecting passerby could easily overlook it, although it's 46 meters high.
The water tower was built between 1873 and 1877 as one of Berlin's first modern water supply works of Berlin. Between 1877 and 1914 the new facility provided water for the northern districts of the city. After that the underground reservoirs and the engine were taken 'off line'. During severe winters and just after the First World War the machine building served as a soup kitchen. The water reservoir on the top of the tower remained filled until 1952 to maintain a constant water pressure.
In 1933 the story turned into a black page of history. Almost immediately after Hitler took to power,
a local branch of the NSDAP turned the complex into a concentration camp. To detain "anti-fascist elements". A memorial stone still commemorates these events.
Just like in Düsseldorf, the Allied bombing of Berlin resulted in a dramatic change of usage, as the underground reservoirs became bomb shelters for the Germans. But the most remarkable part from the Nazi period, is the nickname of the tower. Because of the alleged resemblance to Hermann Goering's physic, locals - still - refer to it as "Der dicke Hermann" (translated 'thicker Hermann').
Nowadays the water tower houses rather trendy 80s apartments. The tower and reservoir complex are listed as a monument. In the 90's the underground reservoirs were use for experimental concerts. However, due to the lack of escape routes theses gatherings were prohibited. Now you can just enjoy the wonderful site of the tower and have a great picnic on the top of the deserted island. I can, from personal experience, really recommend it...
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A surface pattern created by water shooting up from an aquascape fountain. The water flowing from a pipe and falling back down in a continuous cycle creates a textured pattern on the surface and adds a soothing sound to the landscape.
Seen and photographed at Stanford Shopping Mall, a modern open-air shopping center in Palo Alto, California.