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Yup, that happened. I spotted a Bald Eagle along the Alexandria Waterfront Walk in alignment with the US Capitol.
I was in Alexandria because of a different photo outing that required a longer lens. When I was walking through an area after sunrise (before the sun broke over the clouds), I spotted a Bald Eagle perched on a pylon. I set up as quickly as possible to grab some shots. It stayed perched quite a while so I could grab it from a couple of angles.
A little backstory: it's very infrequent, but I've seen a few photos of eagles in this area over the years (a few are here on flickr). I was curious where the location was, so three years ago I found and took some test shots here. However, I'm rarely in Alexandria so I haven't visited specifically in hopes of capturing a Bald Eagle. So it was pure luck that I saw one when here on my different outing. I might have walked right by but, because I was aware of where I was at, I looked up. Super cool chance encounter!
In order to create an authentically powerful life, you need to align your personality with your soul. ~ GZ and there it was..few years later and the alignment has happened in front of my eyes. Just like that..
The sun rises over the distant peaks of the Lake District lighting up the clouds above in an array of beautiful colours, on a calm morning at the Point of Ayre. Captured with my telephoto lens, the alignment with Winkie Lighthouse only really works for a few short weeks each year. A wonderful way to start the day 👌
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Self portrait in one of the car parks of the University of Tasmania.
I love these trees - at night the dominance of the bright light is hard to adjust to - I took a few different angles and found that flaring and rotten exposure were big issues. Then I thought i'd work with the flare and while I was setting up a man walked through the frame. I thought - yep this shot needs a peron in it, so self timer on and in I walked.
The crescent moon finds a gap in the clouds as a magnificent sunset lights up over the darkly looming heights of the dunes, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado. My youngest son requested a trip to the Dunes in a rented RV for his birthday present a couple of years ago when this photo was made. Bless him for having the prescience to get us all here for this moment.
Back to the current day, a number of wildfires are roiling the typically blue Colorado skies with smoke that is almost as pretty at sunset as the clouds you see here. The downside, of course, is the loss of forest, life, and livelihood. Today the humidity finally increased and it began to rain in some small measure. After the latest conflagration leaped over the Continental Divide, perhaps the forest on the eastern side of Rocky Mountain National Park will not burn too severely, but who can be sure. It is troubling to know that years like this are but the harbinger of what is to come if we do not act quickly to reduce our economic dependence on fossil fuels. Forests have a hard time absorbing carbon from the atmosphere when they are incinerated and become a source of carbon themselves.
Full Pink Moon Over South Tower of Golden gate Bridge in QingMing Day.
Qingming Festival (清明节) is one of the most important traditional festivals in China. It falls on April 5th in 2023.
It is also called Tomb Sweeping Day as it is the time for Chinese people to show respect to their ancestors by cleaning their ancestors' tombs and placing offerings.
In addition, Qingming (清明) in Chinese mean 'clearness' and 'brightness'. It is the fifth of the 24 solar terTms of the traditional Chinese solar calendar, marking the start of the warm weather of spring and the beginning of farm work.
Here is a timelapse of full moon rising:
I used PlanIt to plan the alignment and locate the shooting spot.
Low Fog Sunset at Golden Gate Bridge, taken from small airplane.
The sunset burn w/low fog was predicted by Yiupai sunrise/sunset forecast service.
I was not overly hopeful of taking a decent shot of the Sturgeon Full Moon (Supermoon) a few days ago. I had pinpointed a good spot on a hill 2.5 miles away, to photograph the National Wallace Monument at 600mm, but not a place I had ever visited before. However as the bright red moon made an appearance we were standing on exactly the right spot.
(From my own archived photos, 2010)
How many millions of photos have been taken of these Abu Simbel temples?
Yet it continues to fascinate us every time we go. And I've been there three times.
It was built by the powerful Pharaoh Ramses II around 1274 BC to celebrate his supposed victory in the Battle of Kadesh over the Hittites, although the Hittites also claim they were the ones who won.
The temples are dedicated to the worship of the great deities of Ancient Egypt: Amun, Ra, and Ptah, as well as Ramses II, since the pharaohs were considered gods.
The four statues that dominate the façade represent Pharaoh Ramses II himself at different ages.
The second from the left collapsed in an earthquake.
They are about 20 meters (65 feet) tall.
A series of solar phenomena occur within the temple 61 days before and after the winter solstice, due to the monument's original alignment.
The rise in the Nile River level due to the construction of the Aswan Dam jeopardized the survival of several temples in the Nubian region, upstream of the dam.
The rescue of the Abu Simbel temples began in 1964 by a multinational team of archaeologists, engineers, and heavy equipment operators working together under the banner of UNESCO.
In total, it cost about $40 million at the time ($336 million adjusting for inflation in 2020).
Between 1964 and 1968, the entire site was carefully cut into large blocks (averaging 20 tons and weighing a maximum of 30 tons each), dismantled, lifted, and reassembled at a new location 65 meters higher and 200 meters farther from the river, in one of the greatest archaeological engineering challenges in history. (Source: Wikipedia)
ABU SIMBEL, 2010
(De mis propias fotos archivadas, 2010)
¿Cuántos millones de fotos se habrán hecho sobre estos templos de Abu Simbel?
Aún así nos sigue fascinando cada vez que vamos. Y eso que yo he estado tres veces.
Fue construido por el poderoso faraón Ramsés II, hacia 1.274 aC para celebrar su supuesta victoria en la Batalla de Qadesh, sobre el reino de los hititas, aunque los hititas también reivindican que fueron ellos los que ganaron.
Los templos están dedicados al culto de las grandes deidades del Antiguo Egipto, Amón, Ra y Ptah, además de Ramsés II, ya que los faraones eran considerados dioses.
Las cuatro estatuas que presiden la fachada representan al propio faraón Ramsés II a diferentes edades de su vida.
La segunda por la izquierda se desmoronó en un terremoto.
Tienen unos 20m (65 ft) de altura.
En su interior se cumplen una serie de fenómenos solares 61 días antes y después del solsticio de invierno, debido a la alineación original del monumento.
La subida del nivel del río Nilo debido a la construcción de la presa de Asuán, puso en peligro la supervivencia de varios templos de la zona de Nubia, aguas arriba de la presa.
El rescate de los templos de Abu Simbel fue iniciado en 1964 por un equipo multinacional de arqueólogos, ingenieros y operadores de equipo pesado que trabajaron juntos bajo el estandarte de la Unesco.
En total, costó unos 40 millones de dólares de la época (336 millones contemplando la inflación al 2020.
Entre 1964 y 1968, todo el sitio fue cuidadosamente partido en grandes bloques (de un promedio de 20 toneladas y un máximo de 30 toneladas cada uno), desmantelado, elevado y reensamblado en una nueva ubicación 65 metros más alta y 200 metros más lejos del río, en uno de los mayores desafíos de la ingeniería arqueológica en la historia. (Fuente: Wikipedia).
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Sunrise against the massive Ship's Prow at 12,000ft, Chasm Lake, Colorado.
Not nearly as exciting or as rare as the alignments at Salk Institute or Scripps Pier but way less stressful !
Amazing symmetry and balance as this flock of Canada geese sweep under the waning crescent moon in the morning sky.
The crescent moon rising after sunset at The Bungle Bungles (or more correctly, Purnululu National Park) was the perfect way to cap off a day of exploring the amazing rock formations that are found in this remote part of Australia.
I discovered by accident that over the past few days many of my contacts images have not been appearing in my feed, so apologies to those of you I've missed. I'm trying to back track as I can.
An architectural snippet of the Zuidas. A place that is evolving into Amsterdam's prime location for international businesses and modern homes - Zuidas, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Obviously Paddy realsies that he should be going with the 'flow' of the strata. Behind looking back at the ridgeline we'd just traversed
Happy Earth Day!
Despite continued vigorous search, astronomers have yet to find another planet like Earth. All around us, we can easily see the unique beauty and qualities of our planet. Yet at the same time, we also witness its abuse through environmental mismanagement and unchecked pollution.
Among the five major types of pollution, I'm passionate about raising awareness of and fighting against light pollution. Here in the Southwest, we have some of the darkest night skies. However, many around the world have never seen the Milky Way. The disappearance of dark skies has impacts beyond stargazing including wildlife safety and energy conservation. Start today and do your part to help control light pollution and preserve our dark skies!
www.darksky.org/5-things-you-can-do-to-protect-the-night-...
For this shot, I chose a night where a 20% moon would be setting right before the Milky Way would be in perfect position over Zion Canyon. I shot the foreground with the moonlight and then shot the night sky shortly after the moon had set (all from the same tripod position). This was essential to be able to bring contrast and light into this dark canyon.
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7 hours at sub zero temps waiting on the right alignment (mainly because I got there way too early to help another astrophotographer and thought it would have taken longer than it did). I decided to wait to acquire this image of Dunnottar Castle on the East coast of Scotland as the milky way core rose over the horizon around 3:45 am.
This image was acquired by tracking the night sky with a 50mm f/1.4 lens at f/2.8. Each frame was for two minutes at ISO 1600.