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38,000+ acre lightning-caused McDonald Fire on uninhabited military ground, a lot of growth the last few days. Thankfully it is on the south side of the Tanana River.
Fairly heavy smoke on the Richardson Highway between Fairbanks and Salcha. Past the smokiest area, we were able to see this active front.
Parking skills.
Car: FIAT Panda Active 1.1.
Engine: 1108cc in-line 4.
Power: 54 BHP.
Fuel: Petrol.
Year of manufacture: 2005.
Date of first registration in the UK: 9th August 2005.
Place of registration: Portsmouth.
Date of last MOT: 22nd November 2024.
Mileage at last MOT: 43,451.
Date of last V5 issued: 2nd September 2019.
Date taken: 19th January 2025.
Album: Carspotting 2025
===AIRCRAFT INFORMATION===
Registration: No. 82-8000
Aircraft: Boeing VC-25A / Highly Modified Boeing 747-200B
Aircraft Manufacturer: Boeing Company
Serial No./ MSN: 23824
Aircraft Delivery Date: 23/08/1990
Livery: Normal
Aircraft Status: Active
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Call sign: Air Force One
Arrival of former US President Barrack Obama for the 27th APEC Summit
How about another frame of this awesome scene just as they start pulling south out of town.
CSXT's Troy Industrial Track is a six mile long branch line that connects with the Amtrak controlled Hudson Line just north of the Albany-Rensselaer station at the east end of the Livingston Avenue bridge. The former New York Central route is the last active rail line into the Collar City which at one point in the early 20th century was the fourth wealthiest city in the nation. The city once had lines radiating in four directions serving a grand Union Station downtown.
The four railroads that originally formed the Troy Union Railroad were the Rensselaer and Saratoga (D&H), Troy and Boston (B&M), Troy and Greenbush (NYC) and Schenectady and Troy (NYC). That's how the NYC ended up with half ownership of the TURR, and the others each had one quarter.
This surviving spur began as the Troy and Greenbush Railroad which was chartered in 1845 and opened later that year, connecting Troy south to East Albany (now Rensselaer) on the east side of the Hudson River. It was the last link in an all-rail line between Boston and Buffalo and until bridges were built between Albany and Rensselaer, passengers crossed on ferries while the train went up to Troy, crossed the Hudson River, and came back down to Albany.
The Hudson River Railroad was chartered in 1846 to extend this line south to New York City and the full line opened in 1851. Prior to completion, the Hudson River leased the Troy and Greenbush and all would come into the hands of Cornelius Vanderbilt in 1864 who then three years later combined it with his New York Central Railroad to have the entire New York City to Buffalo route under his control. A decade after that Vanderbilt would gain control over the lines to Chicago uniting the famed 'water level route' under one banner that would grow to be one of the worlds greatest rail systems in the first half of the 20th Century.
The above information is courtesy of this site where you can learn more:
penneyvanderbilt.wordpress.com/2017/04/14/troy-greenbush-...
CSXT is the direct corporate successor of the New York Central by way of Penn Central in 1968, then Conrail in 1976, and CSXT in 1999. Despite occasional fear of the line's demise they continue to serve it three days a week with a local out of South Schenectady that travels via the Carmen Branch and the Hudson Line via West Albany hill and LAB to get to this branch.
CSXT local L020 has 17 cars trailing two ACSES equipped ex Chessie GP40-2s as they air test their train near MP 5 on the branch. Rising at right is the building known locally as The Fortress. Dating from 1902 the original name of the building is the United Waste Manufacturing Company Building, and it was built as a storage facility for wool and cotton shoddy. Today it is home to a high end antiques dealer and to learn more here is a cool blog post I found that is worth a read.
www.brownstoner.com/history/walkabout-troys-fortress-of-s...
Troy, New York
Friday October 25, 2024
Svitzer Amazonas tugboat moored up in Bramley Moore awaiting her transit to Cammell Lairds for refit.
IMO: 9409974
MMSI: 357223000
Call Sign: HP3936
Flag: Panama
AIS Vessel Type: Tug
Gross Tonnage: 436
Deadweight: 260 t
Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 31.5m × 11.5m
Year Built: 2008
Status: Active
Bollard Pull: 65 tonnes
Draught: 4.6/5.3 m
Registered Owner: Svitzer Canada Ltd. (for now - joining Liverpool fleet)
Ship Manager: Svitzer Caribbean Ltd. (for now - joining Liverpool fleet)
Shipyard: ASL Marine Holdings, Singapore
fire fighting Ship 1 (2400m3/h) with water spray
Main engine power: 3,660 kW
Actively drilling holes.
This Downy Woodpecker was very actively drilling holes in this rotten branch at John Heinz. The wood chips flying everywhere can be seen in the photograph
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Active Saint Augustine Lighthouse ~ built 1874
Anastasia Island ~ Saint Augustine, Florida U.S.A.
Summer 2018 ~ Northern Florida ~ Historic Coast
Very Late Afternoon ~ Scenic Local River Cruise
Independence Day Week ~ July Fourth Holiday
(three more photos 'from this day' in the comments)
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St. Augustine Lighthouse is located on the north end of Anastasia Island in St. Augustine, Florida. Built in 1874 of brick, the St. Augustine Lighthouse is 163 feet high making it the 8th tallest lighthouse in the United States today. It's all about the light.... finding it and following it to safe harbor. The light can be seen from 25+ miles out to sea.
Today St. Augustine Lighthouse is run by the non-profit St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum Inc and is open to the public. Visitors can climb the 219 steps to the top for great views from this beautiful and fun tourist attraction. It was recently re-painted in 2015. Fun to visit!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Augustine_Light
factoidz.com/beautiful-lighthouses-in-florida-are-great-t...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._augustine_florida
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"Sail Away" - Niel Young - Live - Farm Aid 2009
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"Sailing" - Christopher Cross
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The beavers were very active when the river flooded this area. You see the tree in the background where the beavers tried to cut it down when the river was high in the flooded area.
Active Assignment Weekly - Abstract Presents.
AAW - Dec. 25, 2023-Jan. 1, 2024.
Our neighbours gave us a tray of Bridge Mixture for Christmas. Put them in a white bowl and took some out of focus pictures. Cropped, contrast and highlights increased.
Marsh Wren - Cistothorus palustris (male)
There were several of these singing and displaying near the boardwalk right by Lake Erie. It would have been fun to spend several hours with them, waiting for one to get close for a good photo. This was, however, a birding trip, not a photography trip.
So I was sitting around, when I had a great idea, what if the Marvel heroes had been active in the times they were introduced, and so now, coming soon, will be a ten part mini series, titled Marvels of the Old World, and I figured I would show what the heroes who were the avengers, will look like in the soon to come story. From left to right they're Janett Van Dyne, Hank Pym, Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Bruce Banner, and Thor. I hope you enjoy the designs and check out Marvels when the first issue comes out!
Remake of my Gears of War 3 figures now with 100% sculpted accessories. Leg decal design by Cygnet UD.
*THE MOD IS JUST FOR LOOKS, IT DOES NOT FUNCTION*
*YES TINY TACTICAL SHELLS FIT IN THERE*
Strong currents rip through this narrow passage making pleasure boating very challenging. Also the Ferries use this pass so watch out!
Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi_Hung_Estate:
Choi Hung Estate (彩虹邨; lit. 'rainbow estate') is a public housing estate in Ngau Chi Wan, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was built by the former Hong Kong Housing Authority (屋宇建設委員會) and is now managed by the current Hong Kong Housing Authority. It received a Silver Medal at the 1965 Hong Kong Institute of Architects Annual Awards.
Choi Hung Estate is located in Ngau Chi Wan and is surrounded by several of eastern Kowloon Peninsula's major roads. To the north is Lung Cheung Road; to the south Prince Edward Road East; to the west Kwun Tong Bypass and to the east Clear Water Bay Road.
The Hong Kong government granted the land to the Hong Kong Housing Authority to build a large housing estate in 1958. The blocks of the estate were completed between 1962 and 1964. An opening ceremony was held in 1963 with the presence of then Hong Kong Governor, Sir Robert Brown Black. A signboard commemorating the ceremony is located in the estate's Lam Chung Avenue.
Accommodating nearly 43,000 people, it was the largest public housing estate at the time.
In November 2023 it was reported that Choi Hung Estate was earmarked for redevelopment meaning that 43,000 residents will require rehoming.
In October 2024, the redevelopment plan was revealed in the Wong Tai Sin District Council. It was proposed to demolish Tan Fung House, Pik Hoi House, Kam Pik House, Market and two former Sheng Kung Hui primary schools buildings in between 2028 and 2029 as the first phase, residents in the three blocks will be settled to the new blocks in Mei Tung Estate. Once the first phase is expected to complete in between 2035 and 2036, the blocks will settle the residents in Pak Suet House, Hung Ngok House, Kam Wan House and Kam Wah House when the next phase begins. The final phase is expected to begin in between 2042 and 2043, the residents in the last remaining blocks (Chi Mei House, Luk Ching House, Chui King House and Kam Hon House) will be settled to the new blocks in the second phase. The number of units will be increased to 9200 once the entire redevelopment plan is completed in between 2048 and 2049.
The estate has 11 residential blocks, one car park, and five schools, with various shops and restaurants on the ground floor of each block. Roads in the estate connect the blocks to each other and to major roads.
According to the 2016 by-census, Choi Hung Estate had a population of 18,435. The median age was 48 and the majority of residents (96 per cent) were of Chinese ethnicity. Cantonese was the predominant usual spoken language (93 per cent), followed by other varieties of Chinese excluding Mandarin (4.5 per cent), non-English and non-Chinese languages (2 per cent), Mandarin (0.5 per cent), and English (0.3 per cent).
The average household comprised 2.5 persons. The median monthly household income of all households (i.e. including both economically active and inactive households) was HK$15,290.
The estate is photogenic and has become a tourism hot-spot. The most photographed view of the estate includes the basketball court and rainbow apartments behind. Some journalists and researchers have been vocal against the growing Instagram popularity of the area, criticising that it is a shallow view of the complex social history of the council estate in Hong Kong, as well as driving away locals who want to use the space. Though some locals have also begun selling photos for profit to tourists. It has been suggested that the location is popular not only for the aesthetics, but also because it allows the photographers and selfie-takers to feel as if they are in the middle of the world - compared to the more detached equally-aesthetic Hong Kong skyline shots. In 2017, a photograph of the building was shortlisted for the Arcaid Award, an architecture photography prize.
Proof that I still occasionally shoot digital on the only digital camera I now own (I recently parted with the amazing Fujifilm X100V) and that I occasionally still upload my mundane images here (though, here's my periodical plug to say I'm mostly active on Instagram, Glass and Newgrain).
A nature walk was cut short by the neverending stream of thunderstorms. Going in danger's way can provide some good photo opportunities however. We left before the lightning came very close
At the party store outside of Wilderness State park, these two young cyclist take a break before the last stretch to the Mackinaw Bridge. Bike tour Dalmac 2002
Encamp at sunrise. View from Vila, Encamp, Vall d'Orient, Andorra, Pyrenees
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Two of kind pears.
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