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This has always be a dilemma for me (a beginner mistake) , should have aligned with the roof or the floor ... LOL /:-)
Final stop in the series, the visitor center that also serves as the loading/unloading platform for the roller coaster!
As promised, here is a video of the roller coaster in action!
You can check the pictures of the different sections in this album.
If you are interested to know more about the whole project, see some WIP pictures and details about the motorization, you can check this topic on Eurobricks.
When LEGO released the new roller coaster tracks I immediately thought of building a Jurassic Park themed ride. I love the movie (the original from '93) and am a fan of the slow-paced immersive rides such as the Pirates of the Caribbean or the JP ride at Universal Studio. Building the different iconic sections was pretty straightforward... the engineering wasn't! I will be the first to admit that I am not a Technic guy, so the learning curve was pretty steep.
The full layout is using 4 medium PF motors, 2 IR receivers and 2 battery boxes - everything is controlled with 1 train remote control.
As you can tell from the video, the wagons sometime need a bit of help to keep going. I was able to make it run without problem in a controlled environment - but never for very long. The video was shot at public display where the tables were not level... my batteries not fully charged... and these track pieces are actually very tricky to maintain aligned... so, keeping it running for 2 days was a lot of fun. Every time it would get stuck somewhere a kid would shout at me that it was broken!
Still, the layout was a huge success.
I mean, Dino + roller coaster, you can't go wrong!
The Bull Jumping Ceremony is the most important event in Hamer society. During this initiation, the bulls are lined up in a row. The initiate, naked, has to leap onto the back of the first bull, then from one bull to the next, and come back in the opposite direction. If he succeed, he will be able to take a wife. If he fails it will be a shame for him and he will have to wait at least for a year and try again.
La cérémonie du saut des taureaux est la plus importante dans la société Hamer. Durant cette initiation, les taureaux sont alignés. L'initié, nu, doit sauter sur le dos du premier taureau, puis sur les suivants et revenir dans l'autre sens. S'il réussit il pourra se marier mais s'il tombe ce sera une honte pour lui et il devra recommencer l'année suivante.
Regulus, Jupiter, Venus and Alfa Centau... Romeo :D
Canon 6d + Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 + Fotopro MGA-684N
"WHEN STARS ALIGN!" is a figurative reference to everything that went right with this photo: tack sharpness, correct colors, dramatic light-and-shadows elements, action-stopping shutter speed setting! I've taken a lot of BIF (birds in flight) shots but never got "everything right in one shot" until this one!
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Aligned Chimneys. Burano, Italy. Digital Pastel artwork by Donna Corless.
Prints and notecards are available for purchase from my site at PhotosAndArt.com from the Digital Pastels Gallery.
flamands roses, étang de Bolmon, canal de Marseille au Rhône, Châteauneuf les Martigues, Bouches du Rhône
Boxley Abbey Barn is a large medieval barn in Boxley, Kent. It is a remnant of the buildings of the mostly demolished Boxley Abbey.
The barn is 186 feet (57 m) long, aligned with its long axis roughly east–west, and was built in the late 13th or early 14th century. It is constructed of local ragstone with two storeys and a plan tiled gable roof. Irregularly sized and placed windows and doors punctuate each of its façades. The building was used by the Abbey as its Hospitium and later as a tithe barn.[1]
Boxley Abbey Barn is a Grade I listed building and is on the Historic England Heritage at Risk Register.[2] The barn is included as part of the Scheduled monument which covers the site of Boxley Abbey.
My mind is a restless sea of thoughts.
Ideas come as waves,
radiating outward from my inner being.
A storm, causing ripples that thrash about in all directions.
With no form or shape,
peaking, then crashing without discretion,
a useless power.
Then ,
time and motion
commence with duty.
Aligning and combining my mental forces,
transforming scattered waves
to an organized swell
of untapped potential.
Groomed by opposing forces
of persuasive energy
the waves are shaped,
ideas take form.
Now,
marching in unison
their force can not be denied.
Exploding with precision,
over the sands of time.
author unknown
La fantasia est la répétition théâtralisée des deux mouvements de la cavalerie en guerre : la charge rapide (el kerr) et la retraite subite (el ferr).
Alignés à une extrémité de l’arène — ou de ce qui en tient lieu —, les cavaliers lancent leurs montures ventre à terre et, la bride tenue d’une seule main, font tournoyer leurs fusils au-dessus de leurs têtes ; arrivés à hauteur du gros de la foule de spectateurs, ils se lèvent comme un seul homme, saisissent leurs moukhalas des deux mains, la bride abandonné, arment et tirent de concert, à l’avant ou à l’arrière, en direction de la terre ou encore en l’air, puis font une volte courte et rapide et s’en retournent tout aussi vite qu’ils sont venus à leur point de départ pour recommencer leur course échevelée.
Les salves ainsi tirées par les cavaliers portent le nom de baroud.
Selon les régions et selon leur adresse ou leur hardiesse, les cavaliers peuvent agrémenter leurs évolutions de postures ou de gestes acrobatiques, lançant en l’air leurs armes pour les rattraper en pleine course[., se couchant sur les croupes ou se mettant debout sur leurs selles, et certains même se tenant sur leurs têtes, le cheval toujours lancé au galop[.
Les femmes répondent à ces performances par de stridents youyous d’encouragement et de satisfaction.'"Wikipedia
Standing in this position, you realize just how big these machines are.
It's interesting to watch the tiny adjustments the pilots (or autopilots) are making all the way down until the very last minute in order to stay perfectly on the glideslope and aligned with the runway.
Photo of oil droplets from the oil & water macro abstract photography assignment captured via Minolta MD Macro Rokkor-X 100mm F/4 lens. Inside the creative halls of the 494 ∞ Labs. Early December 2020.
Exposure Time: 1/8 sec. * ISO Speed: ISO-100 * Aperture: F/8 * Bracketing: None * Color Temperature: 6078 K * Film Plug-In: Fuji Velvia 50 * Adaptor: 1:1 Extension Tube