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The native American tribes in the USA have named the full moons. February's is the Snow Moon. Here it is rising over the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory as seen from Amado, Arizona, USA. www.sao.arizona.edu/FLWO/whipple.html
In the wide view the 6.5 meter telescope is on the summit and the lesser telescopes are to the right of the moon. The narrow view shows the group of smaller telescopes, antennas, and buildings which are down off the summit.
I used a preset film simulation in my X-T3, the Fred Herzog Kodachrome V1 simulation by Mark G Adams modified a bit in Fuji RAW Studio.
Remote area south of West Union and north of the Whipple State Nature Preserve. An exciting day for weather, hiking and spring wildflowers. And a slip on a steep hillside and a face plant.
www.sao.arizona.edu/FLWO/whipple.html
The Summit at 2616m (8585ft):
The 6.5-meter MMT (256-inch), a joint facility operated with the University of Arizona, for solar system, galactic and extragalactic astronomy.
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Whipple's penstemons, Penstemon whippleanus, were growing beside a creek at 10,000 feet in the Ruby Mountains. They are usually found in moist areas high in the mountains of CO, AZ, NM, AZ, WY, ID, MT. They are purple in the Ruby, San Juan and Abajo Mountains, but on Grand Mesa in Colorado they are frequently white or cream with light purple highlights.
Other common names are Whipple's beardtongue or dusky beardtongue. This plant grows 1 - 2 feet tall, with flowers clustered at the top--for a view of a flower stalk:
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All 243 species of Penstemon are native and endemic to North America.
The native American tribes in the USA have named the full moons. February's is the Snow Moon. Here it is rising over the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory as seen from Amado, Arizona, USA. www.sao.arizona.edu/FLWO/whipple.html
In the wide view the 6.5 meter telescope is on the summit and the lesser telescopes are to the right of the moon. The narrow view shows the group of smaller telescopes, antennas, and buildings which are down off the summit.
I used a preset film simulation in my X-T3, the Fred Herzog Kodachrome V1 simulation by Mark G Adams modified a bit in Fuji RAW Studio.
The full spectrum of autumn goodness. I visited Whipple Hill which is located a short distance from my home in Arlington, MA. Talking about going to northern Vermont for foliage colors and then finding more of them next door at home 😂
I found it interesting that the reflections had stronger colors than the actual trees.
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Plenty of Buttercups on the eastern hillside of the hiking trail at Whipple Nature Preserve in the Appalachian Plateau of Adams County, Ohio.
Created for Digitalmania Influenced by Lynn Whipple
Flowers by Lynn Whipple, Face by Anne Bagby
Background by Robert Kushner
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This ground-hugging cactus is common in pinyon juniper and pine forests in Arizona. I took this shot near Show Low, AZ.
The Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory is operated by the Smithsonian in SE Arizona located near Amado on top of Mount Hopkins. You can see a car driving up to the observatory and just make out the observatory on Hopkins center left (the highest peak in the frame). For best wonderment results, please view large in the lightbox! ;-)))
Image Notes: This is a stacked star trails image. I used 81 26 second shots at 2500 ISO, F/2.8 at 16 mm taken with my Nikon D700 on my 11-16 Tokina. Three dark frames were taken and three separate shots were exposed to bring out the foreground via light-painting and longer exposure. A bit of diffraction/star burst was added to the N. Star/Polaris via Pro Digital's StarSpikes plugin.
Also known as the "Triple Whipple Bridge" due to its unique Whipple design and it is reportedly the only example of this truss type left in the world. Built in 1878 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company which was based in Canton OH. This bridge spans 298 feet and is supported by stone abutments. Originally it carried Indiana State Hwy 56 across Laughery Creek. In the late 1950's the "new" bridge was constructed and spans the creek a couple of hundred feet downstream and a new section of Hwy 56 was constructed as well thus bypassing the little town of Buffalo (or French depending on who you are talking to). However, this bridge remained in service in until 1970. After that it fell into poor condition. Fortunately, due to its historic significance federal funds combined with Ohio County and Dearborn County funds were made available and the structure and roadway were restored in 2009, but it is limited to pedestrian traffic.
It is notable that a covered bridge was originally at this site and was supported on the same abutments as this bridge. However, the covered bridge failed and collapsed in the creek after only nine years.
The "Triple Whipple Bridge" is just adjacent to the Speakman House also restored in the past few years.
Finally, on a side note, having grown up in this area I rode and drove across this bridge many times.
At 8,553-foot summit: one building of Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory, a unit of Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), Cambridge, Massachusetts
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The Capon Lake Whipple Truss Bridge is a historic metal truss bridge crossing the Cacapon River in Capon Lake, West Virginia. Originally constructed in 1874 it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Capon Lake is an unincorporated community along the Cacapon River in Hampshire County West Virginia.
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Abbot Richard Wallingford of St. Albans spent so much time building a giant astronomical clock that he was admonished by King Edward III for neglecting the buildings of his monastery. Constructed in the 1330s and completed after Richard’s death, the complex clock was the high tech of the age. It was presumably lost in the 1540s dissolution of the abbey.
But all was not lost for the Oxford Bodleian Library has Richard's notes on the construction.
This image is of a faithful ¼-scale copy made by Don Unwin and housed in the Whipple History of Science Museum, Cambridge.
The device is in two modules, a clock with striking mechanism linked to a separate astronomical gearing section.
I would like to show more of this fascinating device but – in the current mania of many museums – the lighting was depressingly dim for decent photography or even proper viewing.
This 520 acre preserve is known for it's spring and summer wildflowers, sinkholes and 10' to 30' dolomite cliffs. This rock slid down the hill to settle just below the 2.2 mile loop trail.
These Sarcoscypha Coccinea are edible. They have a woody flavor and are good for stews but can be eaten raw...these were safe. I only eat mushrooms from our grocery.
This historic Whipple Truss bridge, built in 1887, crosses Hogan Creek in Aurora, Indiana. It's a direct connector from Rt 50, connecting with scenic Rt 56 that goes from Aurora to Rising Sun. Aurora is recovering from the 2025 flood but short of needed volunteers.
Opened for traffic in 1877, this bridge replaced an earlier ferry that traversed the Des Moines River here. It is a rare example of a multi span Whipple Truss bridge, of which only 7 survive today. It closed in 1960 and was named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
Whipple's fishhook barrel cactus features vivid flowers above a dense array of spines, the longest of which are curved like fish hooks.
Homage to Lynn Whipple. This multimedia artist has a wide range of work. Some images have a vintage feel and are small scale, others, such as her flower works, have exuberant colour and large scale.
Whipple works in layers, and I found some of her techniques surprisingly adaptable to photoshop techniques. I found her work extremely inspiring.
Wifey's keen eagle eye spotted this arch up the mountain side during a day trip alongside the Colorado River on the California side.
I'd photographed this spot a few times before but never as well as I'd liked, so with the word that the Mass Central Railroad would be using their relatively recently refurbished and repainted GP9 in service I went out two days in a row. This spot along their mainline at MP 6 is a signature photo location where the tracks cross a small causeway over the swamp between Forest Lake and the Ware River just south of the Bennett Road grade crossing in the Whipples section of town. With the maples at peak color along the waters edge I tried three different takes on this spot. Which is your favorite?
Having wrapped up their work a little earlier than usual the PA-2 crew was headed back south just early enough to try the broadside shot here. MCER GP9 1749 (ex CO 6199 blt. Dec. 1956) and GP38-2 1751 (ex PC 7997 blt. Jun. 1972) are dressed in a sharp scheme that mirrors the original Boston and Maine bluebird colors debuted on their GP9 order of 1957.
This route traces its history back to 1870 when the Ware Rive Railroad opened the first 16 miles to Gilbertville. Three years later the full 49 miles was opened to Winchendon and that same year the line came under the control of the Boston and Albany Railroad which operated it as one of its few branch lines.
The modern Massachusetts Central Railroad dates back to 1975 when the company was established by grant of the first railroad charter issued in the commonwealth since 1910. The new iteration of the road had big dreams of saving the remnants of the original ex Boston and Maine Central Mass Branch but it wasn’t to be. While they did take over the three mile spur to Bondsville and the yard trackage in Ware they only operated the former for a about a year (though 40 years later the rails and ties remain amidst the forest).
Meanwhile the former Boston and Albany Ware River Branch had been cropped back from Winchendon to South Barre by the Penn Central in 1968 when the northern 25 miles were abandoned. Eight years later the remaining 25 miles were not included in the USRA’s Final System Plan for Conrail. The Commonwealth picked up the trackage and contracted with Conrail to operate it for the first three years. In December 1979 the new Mass Central was named designated operator of the state trackage and has continued to operate it ever since.
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Thursday October 10, 2024
Best day hiking was on the Twinleaf Trail at Whipple Nature Preserve in rural Adams County, Ohio. The boss and I agreed that we probably saw the most prolific growths of wildflowers that we ever encountered. On the east side of this Appalachian hill about 75 miles up the Ohio River from Cincinnati.
Whipple House
1 South Village Green,
Ipswich, Massachusetts
"The Whipple House was built in three stages between the mid-1600s to the early 1700s. The Whipple family occupied the house for six generations. Like many settlers of Ipswich, John Whipple arrived from England shortly before 1638. From a family of prominent textile merchants, Whipple was a man of considerable standing in Ipswich...Retaining much of its original oak, pine and chestnut framework and furnished with a number of exceptional Massachusetts pieces from the Colonial Period, the Whipple House offers a revealing look at the domestic surroundings that were familiar to early New England colonists of means. "
Source: Whipple House Museum -- Essex National Heritage Area website
Designated as National Historic Landmark: October 9, 1960
National Register of Historic Places : #66000791
Added NRHP: October 15, 1966