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RKO_3554. A group of approximately 23 lions on top of a hill on their way to start hunting. In the tall grass one of them found and killed a hare....
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Gnadental / Neuss / North Rhine-Westphalia / Germany
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One of my attempts at the "Macro Mondays" theme "Onion family".
Shot with a Noritsu "38-60 mm F 4-4.8" (enlarging) lens on a Canon EOS R5.
Ziva David, NCIS Special Agent is very busy doing spring activities (bug searching) in the lower field with wheat plantation.
After catching the UP MNPRVX at Doyle, my friend and I made our way out to Sand Pass, Nevada, to begin our chase of the MGRRV.
Earlier in the day, we had caught the INPOA descending into the foothills around James, California, alongside a BNSF HBARPAS/HFRSPAS. We'd catch the BNSF a handful of miles east of Belden, followed up by a shot at Keddie. We were pretty hungry and decided to get some breakfast after our shot at Keddie.
Currently, the Bug Fire is running rampant, burning hundreds of thousands of acres just east of Scotts/Reno Junction. Many have been evacuated, and firefighters are working hard to contain the fire. My friend has posted his shot of this train on his page, and the fire is clearly visible. Go check it out: flic.kr/p/2suCgbL
As for the MGRRV, we'd grab our first shot at Sand Pass (seen here), followed by Omira, Reno Junction, and Portola. Of the 4-5 trains on the lineup for Portola (that we would've seen in light), we photographed only 2. It sucks, but that's what happens when you shoot the former WP!
Not the name of the Falls, just the position. Leaving both the top and the bottom of the falls seems to have focused attention on the mid ground. This area is typically part of the narrative and not the story itself. So, I placed it front and center, making it the story.
After all, this is the area of activity. While the top will feed the falls, and the bottom will exit the falls, the mid area is a concentration of activity.
/Tit - planning to have some youngsters soon.... ;-)))
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NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S Z TC-1.4x
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Sugar cane industry at San Pablo - Tucumán - Argentina.
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CP 3002 leads the J21 south through Golden Valley as they approach the stop sign protected diamond that goes over the UP industrial lead. Still nice to see this GP38 roaming the rails.
On January 22, solar reports warned of high solar activity with the presence of two important active regions associated with class M solar flares (www.spaceweather.com/glossary/flareclasses.html). In the image on the left you can see the configuration of the active regions on the Sun's disk. Active region 3559 (detail on the right, left in the complete image of the Sun), had rapid growth and crossed the solar disk in the course of the week. On January 23, this active region and 3561 (on the right in the image of the solar disk separated by around 500,000 km), erupted simultaneously, generating a "sympathetic solar flare", produced by a physical connection between both active regions, which caused shortwave radio blackouts in Australia and Indonesia (www.spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=23&mo...). The large active region 3559 had a "beta-gamma" class magnetic field and more than thirty sunspots, while 3561 evolved over the course of the week reaching about 100,000 km wide and twenty dark cores.
Details associated with the day of capture: www.spaceweatherlive.com/es/archivo/2024/01/22/dayobs.html
The image of the entire disk on the left was taken with a "Meade" 80/400 refractor telescope and the detail on the right, with an "Explore Scientific" 127, f/15 Maksutov-Cassegrain telescope. In both cases a "Meade" 575 white light filter was used (remember not to expose your eyes to the Sun or photographic equipment without the appropriate filters), a Player One Neptune-M camera and a Player One IR685 filter.
January 22, 2024, 20:40 UT. Zona rural, Concordia, Entre Ríos, Argentina.
Mount Merapi, Gunung Merapi in Indonesian language, is a conical volcano located on the border between Central Java and Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
It is the most active volcano in Indonesia and has erupted regularly since 1548. Its name means Mountain of Fire. It is very close to the city of Yogyakarta, and thousands of people live on the flanks of the volcano.
Although smoke can be seen emerging from the mountain top at least 300 days a year, several eruptions have caused fatalities. Hot gas from a large explosion killed 43 people in 1994, mostly in the town of Muntilan, west of the volcano. Another large eruption occurred in 2006, shortly before the Yogyakarta earthquake. In light of the hazards that Merapi poses to populated areas, it has been designated as one of the Decade Volcanoes.
In April 2006, increased seismicity at more regular intervals and a detected bulge in the volcano's cone indicated that fresh eruptions were imminent. Authorities put the volcano's neighboring villages on high alert and local residents prepared for a likely evacuation. On April 19 smoke from the crater reached a height of 400 metres, compared to 75 metres the previous day. On April 23, after nine surface tremors and some 156 multifaced quakes signalled movements of magma, some 600 elderly and infant residents of the slopes were evacuated.
By early May, active lava flows had begun. On May 11, with lava flow beginning to be constant, some 17,000 people were ordered to be evacuated from the area and on May 13, Indonesian authorities raised the alert status to the highest level, ordering the immediate evacuation of all residents on the mountain. Many villagers defied the dangers posed by the volcano and returned to their villages, fearing that their livestock and crops would be vulnerable to theft. Activity calmed by the middle of May.
On May 27, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck roughly 30 miles southwest of Merapi, killing at least 5,000 and leaving at least 200,000 people homeless in the Yogyakarta region, heightening fears that Merapi will blow The quake did not appear to be a long-period oscillation, a seismic disturbance class that is increasingly associated with major volcanic eruptions. A further 11,000 villagers were evacuated on June 6 as lava and superheated clouds of gas poured repeatedly down its upper slopes. The pyroclastic flows are known locally as wedhus gembel (Javanese for shaggy goat).
An inukshuk in Iceland, overlooking Geysir, Strokkur, and other bubbling geothermal pools. Yes, this adventure was very, very, very good.
I've been asked to sell prints, and have been considering it for a while. I think I'm going to pull the trigger this week, so if there's anything that ever struck your fancy, let me know so I can post it in the upcoming shop.