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Approximate Focus Distance : 13.7m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 320
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/640 secs
Exposure Bias : -2/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 16.8m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1600
Aperture : f/4.0
Exposure : 1/30 secs
Exposure Bias : -4/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 16.8m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1000
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Exposure : 1/250 secs
Exposure Bias : -2/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
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I'm making some new, hand-painted buttons. Gotta borrow a button machine from somebody and press these soon. I painted on photos from shitty magazines. They're gonna be shiny, shitty, grotesque, and scummy, but you'll still want to buy them.
Get in touch when you decide which of these buttons you wanna own.
Approximate Focus Distance : 7.24m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS III USM Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/11.0
Exposure : 1/80 secs
Exposure Bias : -4/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 10.8m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1600
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/100 secs
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A pillar of smoke rises in the distance over Mount Field East with Mount Bridges in the foreground.
This pic from Tarn Shelf, Mount Field National Park, Tasmania. The fire was probably a fuel reduction burn somewhere between the hamlets of Ellendale and Fentonbury.
The stark white dead trees on the slopes of Mt Bridges are testament to a huge bushfire back in 2013 that wiped out approximately 11,000ha of the park and surrounding bushland.
The glorious oranges in my previous postings may never have happened had the fire reached the Fagus groves. The ancient plant is fire intolerant and it would have been the end of them. We were so very lucky.
Fuji X-T2, XF60/2.4, 1/640th sec at f/11, ISO 400
Approximate Focus Distance : 9.53m
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Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM III Lens
ISO Speed 1600
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/80 secs
Exposure Bias : -1 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 56.7m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1000
Aperture : f/8.0
Exposure : 1/2500 secs
Exposure Bias : +1 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 10.8m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/6.3
Exposure : 1/6 secs
Exposure Bias : -1 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 6.27m
Canon EOS 5DS +
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM III Lens
ISO Speed 1600
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/640 secs
Exposure Bias : -1 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Saltwick Bay is a north-east facing bay approximately one mile (1.6 km) to the east of Whitby, on the east coast of North Yorkshire, England. The bay contains the Saltwick Nab alum quarries, listed under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. The bay is part of the Saltwick Formation and known for its collections of fossils. The SS Rohilla hospital ship sank in the bay in 1914, and the fishing trawler Admiral Van Tromp was shipwrecked there in 1976. The bay is accessible through Whitby Holiday Park.
Approximate Focus Distance : 16.8m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/125 secs
Exposure Bias : -1/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 11.4m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS III USM Lens
ISO Speed 1000
Aperture : f/8.0
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At approximately 6:27AM, May 6th, 2019, UP 4014 & 844 arrived in Granger, Wyoming. The early morning light paired with the relative cool air meant that those of us who were lucky enough to be there were greeted with an absolutely unbelievable, gorgeous sight. The steam was bright and voluminous and the locomotives were bathed in an unforgettable orange sheen. The sun cooperated well, but it wasn't long after the massive train stopped that the orange was lost and things returned to normal.
But, for a brief half an hour, we got to see the grandeur at Granger.
Approximate Focus Distance : 10.1m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 800
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/800 secs
Exposure Bias : -2/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 21.6m
Canon EOS 5DS + Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM III Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/9.0
Exposure : 1/30 secs
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 10.1m
Canon EOS 5DS +
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM III Lens
ISO Speed 1000
Aperture : f/9.0
Exposure : 1/40 secs
Exposure Bias : -2/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 15.1m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/8.0
Exposure : 1/2000 secs
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Focal Length : 600mm
Litchfield National Park, covering approximately 1500 km2, is near the township of Batchelor, 100 km south-west of Darwin, in the Northern Territory of Australia. Each year the park attracts over 260,000 visitors.
Proclaimed a national park in 1986, it is named after Frederick Henry Litchfield, a Territory pioneer, who explored areas of the Northern Territory from Escape Cliffs in Van Diemen Gulf to the Daly River in 1864.
Flora
The Central sandstone plateau supports rich woodland flora communities dominated by species including Darwin woolybutt and Darwin stringybark, as well as banksias, grevilleas, terminalias and a wide variety of other woodland species.
Remnant pockets of monsoon rainforest thrive along the bottom of the escarpment, and in the deep narrow gorges created over thousands of years by the force of the waterfalls cutting into the escarpment walls.
They are significant because of their size and lack of disturbance. Here visitors will find lilies and slender ground orchids growing among Pandanus, paperbark and swamp bloodwoods.
Fauna
Common wildlife species include the antilopine kangaroo, agile wallaby, sugar glider, northern brushtail possum, fawn antechinus, black and little red flying foxes and the dingo. The caves near Tolmer Falls are home to a colony of the rare orange leaf-nosed bat and the ghost bat.
Litchfield is a habitat for hundreds of native bird species. Black kites, and other birds of prey are common during the dry season. The yellow oriole, figbird, Pacific koel, spangled drongo, dollarbird and the rainbow bee-eater inhabit the sheltered areas close to waterfalls. A species of marsupial mouse (the northern dibbler), the rufous-tailed bush-hen, a frog (the pealing chirper) and the primitive archerfish, occur in the Wangi Falls area.
Wangi, Tolmer and Florence falls and Buley Rockhole, are popular with visitors and tour groups. The falls have large pools that attract birds and reptiles such as monitors. Orange-footed scrubfowl, honeyeaters, figbirds and Torres Strait pigeons share the fruit and berries in the areas with nocturnal mammals like the northern quoll, northern brown bandicoot and northern brushtail possum. Frill-necked lizard are common throughout the park, but will not be seen as frequently during the cool dry season months. The Finniss River area also hosts a number of large saltwater crocodiles, commonly abbreviated as "salties".
The magnetic termite mounds are a popular tourist attraction. These wedge-shaped mounds are aligned in a north-south direction as a response to the environment. The termites which build them feed on grass roots and other plant debris found in plains which are seasonally flooded. Therefore, the termites are forced to remain above the water, in the mound. The alignment of the mound acts as a temperature regulator, and allows the temperature to remain stable.
Approximately ten minutes after sunset, a full moon rose over the Overlook meadow in Cooper Mountain Nature Park on Monday, December 12.
Approximate Focus Distance : 8.02m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/40 secs
Exposure Bias : -1 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 13.7m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 400
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/250 secs
Exposure Bias : +1/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
This was taken approximately 1 hour before sunset, so the Sun was quite low and backlighting the grass. It was truly lovely to see the Sun shining through the grass this way. It was windy, so I needed a faster shutter speed, at least f/11.0, so that combination dictated ISO640.
Someone asked me about seeing my EXIF data:
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Approximate Focus Distance : 8.45m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1600
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/60 secs
Exposure Bias : -1/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximately 130 meters belowground, this place is called "Lake Paradise". It is the lowermost point in the Katerloch stalactite cave.
Approximate Focus Distance : 11.6m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1600
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/15 secs
Exposure Bias : +2/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 6.69m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/80 secs
Exposure Bias : -1 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 14.2m
Canon EOS 5DS + Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM III Lens
ISO Speed 1600
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/15 secs
Exposure Bias : +4/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 8.02m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 640
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/6 secs
Exposure Bias : -1/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 6.48m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS III USM Lens
ISO Speed 800
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Approximately Close - Ermanno Sbezzo - BJM - Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal
www.facebook.com/LESBALLETSJAZZDEMONTREAL
Choreographer: Ermanno Sbezzo
Performers: Marcel Mejia, Shanna Irwin
Photo Credit: David Wong - Vanessa Fortin Photographie
#bringingtheartstolife #lartaucoeurdenosvies #ReimagineTheArts
Approximate Focus Distance : 7.64m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/125 secs
Exposure Bias : -1 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Anse_aux_Meadows:
L'Anse aux Meadows (lit. 'Meadows Cove') is an archaeological site, first excavated in the 1960s, of a Norse settlement dating to approximately 1,000 years ago. The site is located on the northernmost tip of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador near St. Anthony.
With carbon dating estimates between 990 and 1050 CE (mean date 1014)[1][2][3] and tree-ring dating of 1021,[4][5][2] L'Anse aux Meadows is the only undisputed site of pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact of Europeans with the Americas outside of Greenland.[3] It is notable as evidence of the Norse presence in North America and for its possible connection with the accounts of Leif Erikson in the Saga of the Greenlanders and the Saga of Erik the Red,[6] which were written down in the 13th century.[3] Archaeological evidence suggests the settlement served as a base camp for Norse exploration of North America, including regions to the south.[7]
Spanning 8,000 hectares (31 sq mi) of land and sea, the site contains the remains of eight buildings constructed of sod over a wood frame, with over 800 Norse objects unearthed,[8] including bronze, bone, and stone artifacts, and evidence of iron production.[9] The site was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1968 and a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1978,[10] and is managed by Parks Canada.
Excerpt from www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_hl_eng.aspx?id=14554:
The Long Point (Twillingate) heritage lighthouse is a brick lighthouse built in 1876, which was later encased in reinforced-concrete in 1929. Situated 331 feet above sea level, atop a cliff in Notre Dame Bay on the northeastern coast of Newfoundland, the lighthouse guides vessels into Twillingate Harbour and is a popular eco-tourism destination.
The Long Point (Twillingate) heritage lighthouse is a heritage lighthouse because of its historical, architectural, and community values.
The Long Point (Twillingate) heritage lighthouse is associated with the development of permanent marine aids to navigation along Newfoundland’s coast. Erected during an intensive period of lighthouse-building in the British colony, its use of brick and its distinctive lantern recall the British lighthouse tradition and reflect Newfoundland’s colonial ties to Britain.
The Long Point (Twillingate) heritage lighthouse is primarily associated with the development of the towns of Crow Head and Twillingate. Though French fishing vessels frequented the area as early as the late 1600s, local economic development began in earnest in the late 18th century and, by 1783, Twillingate, now under control of the British, had become a central commercial base in the area, with fishing, fish processing and sealing as its primary industries. To support this growing sea-based economy, the lighthouse was built in 1876 at the request of local interests. While fishing and sealing industries have since declined, the lighthouse remains an important beacon for those who continue to depend on these traditional industries. More recently, the lightstation has played a strong role in the community’s developing ecotourism industry, with its scenic surroundings being ideal locations for whale-watching and viewing icebergs.
From an aesthetic point of view, the Long Point (Twillingate) heritage lighthouse is the only one of its kind in Canada. It is a brick tower encased in reinforced concrete, from which it derives its unique visual profile. The tower rises from a square base to height of approximately 6.1 metres before angling in at the corners to create a short octagonal section below the lantern platform. The red-painted tower is capped by a white-painted cylindrical lantern and gallery. The original 18-foot cast iron lantern, featuring two rows of triangular glass panes, is now a rarity in Canada.
Situated 331 feet above sea level, atop windy Devil’s Cove Head, the tower required sturdy and heavy materials to withstand such a location. It is one of a few complete brick lighthouses to survive in the province. After it suffered structural damage during an earthquake in 1929, the lighthouse was encased in a one-foot-thick reinforced concrete shell, which proved to be a highly effective conservation treatment.
The Long Point (Twillingate) heritage lighthouse is a highly treasured symbol for the local community. Sitting high up on a cliff, with commanding views of the ocean, it is the centrepiece of an evolved and picturesque historic lightstation complex. The lighthouse and its remaining ancillary buildings strongly reinforce the rich maritime character of the region.
While the operation of a marine aid to navigation remains a key function for the lightstation site, today it is also very important for the regional tourism which it anchors. The lightstation is easy to access for visitors and has been transformed into an eco-tourism attraction with an interpretation centre, coffee shop, viewing platform, boardwalk and trails. It is one of the most visited lightstations in the province, popular with tourists and local residents alike.
The following character-defining elements of the Long Point (Twillingate) Lighthouse should be respected:
— its location overlooking Notre Dame Bay;
— the sequential geometric massing of the tower that progresses from a square base to octagonal tower with a lantern;
— the brick tower encased in reinforced concrete;
— the lantern that is composed of a multi-faceted base, two rows of triangular glass panes, fire-retardant cast-iron doors and a lantern cap;
— the interior circular stairway and wooden banister;
— its traditional red and white exterior colour scheme; and
— its visual prominence in relation to the water, surrounding landscape and setting within an evolved historic lightstation.
Approximately 4,10,000 rohingya refugees crossed to Bangladesh from Myanmar after facing ethnic cleansing.
Kutupalong, Coxs Bazar.
The island was formerly known as Ruatan and Rattan. It is approximately 77 kilometres (48 mi) long, and less than 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) across at its widest point. The island consists of two municipalities: José Santos Guardiola in the east and Roatán, including the Cayos Cochinos, further south in the west.
The island rests on an exposed ancient coral reef, rising to about 270 metres (890 ft) above sea level. Offshore reefs offer opportunities for diving. Most habitation is in the western half of the island.
The most populous town of the island is Coxen Hole, capital of Roatán municipality, located in the southwest. West of Coxen Hole are the settlements of Gravel Bay, Flowers Bay and Pensacola on the south coast, and Sandy Bay, West End and West Bay on the north coast. To the east of Coxen Hole are the settlements of Mount Pleasant, French Harbour, Parrot Tree, Jonesville and Oakridge on the south coast, and Punta Gorda on the north coast.
The easternmost quarter of the island is separated by a channel through the mangroves that is 15 metres wide on average. This section is called Helene, or Santa Elena in Spanish. Satellite islands at the eastern end are Morat, Barbareta, and Pigeon Cay. Further west between French Harbour and Coxen Hole are several cays, including Stamp Cay and Barefoot Cay.
Located near the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, the largest barrier reef in the Caribbean Sea (second largest worldwide after Australia's Great Barrier Reef), Roatán has become an important cruise ship, scuba diving and eco-tourism destination in Honduras. Tourism is its most important economic sector, though fishing is also an important source of income for islanders. Roatán is located within 40 miles of La Ceiba. The island is served by the Juan Manuel Gálvez Roatán International Airport and the Galaxy Wave Ferry service twice a day.
The Indians of the Bay Islands are believed to have been related to either the Paya, the Maya, the Lenca or the Jicaque, which were the tribes present on the mainland. Christopher Columbus on his fourth voyage (1502–1504) came to the islands as he visited the neighbouring Bay Island of Guanaja. Soon after, the Spanish began trading in the islands for slave labour. More devastating for the local Indians was exposure to Eurasian infectious diseases to which they had no immunity, such as smallpox and measles. No indigenous people survived the consequent epidemics
Throughout European colonial times, the Bay of Honduras attracted an array of individual settlers, pirates, traders and military forces. Various economic activities were engaged in and political struggles played out between the European powers, chiefly Britain and Spain. Sea travellers frequently stopped over at Roatán and the other islands as resting points. On several occasions, the islands were subject to military occupation. In contesting with the Spanish for colonisation of the Caribbean, the English occupied the Bay Islands on and off between 1550 and 1700. During this time, buccaneers found the vacated, mostly unprotected islands a haven for safe harbour and transport. English, French and Dutch pirates established settlements on the islands. They frequently raided the Spanish treasure ships, cargo vessels carrying gold and silver from the New World to Spain.
During the War of the Austrian Succession (King George's War in the US), a detachment of the British Army under Lt. Col John Caulfeild garrisoned the island from 1742 to 1749. The garrison was originally found from two companies of Gooch's Virginia Regiment, but these were eventually amalgamated into Trelawney's 49th Foot (later the 1st Royal Berkshire Regiment).
In 1797, the British defeated the Black Carib, who had been supported by the French, in a battle for control of the Windward Caribbean island of St. Vincent. Weary of their resistance to British plans for sugar plantations, the British rounded up the St. Vincent Black Carib and deported them to Roatán. The majority of Black Carib migrated to Trujillo on mainland Honduras, but a portion remained to found the community of Punta Gorda on the northern coast of Roatán. The Black Carib, whose ancestry includes Arawak and African Maroons, remained in Punta Gorda, becoming the Bay Island's first permanent post-Columbian settlers. They also migrated from there to parts of the northern coast of Central America, becoming the foundation of the modern-day Garífuna culture in Honduras, Belize and Guatemala.
The majority permanent population of Roatán originated from the Cayman Islands near Jamaica. They arrived in the 1830s shortly after Britain's abolition of slavery in 1838. The changes in the labour system disrupted the economic structure of the Caymans. The islands had a largely seafaring culture; natives were familiar with the area from turtle fishing and other activities. Former slaveholders from the Cayman Islands were among the first to settle in the seaside locations throughout primarily western Roatán. During the late 1830s and 1840s, former slaves also migrated from the Cayman Islands, in larger number than planters. All together, the former Cayman peoples became the largest cultural group on the island.
For a brief period in the 1850s, Britain declared the Bay Islands its colony. Within a decade, the Crown ceded the territory formally back to Honduras. British colonists were sent to compete for control. They asked American William Walker, a freebooter (filibuster) with a private army, to help end the crisis in 1860 by invading Honduras; he was captured upon landing in Trujillo and executed there.
In the latter half of the 19th century, the island populations grew steadily and established new settlements all over Roatán and the other islands. Settlers came from all over the world and played a part in shaping the cultural face of the island. Islanders started a fruit trade industry which became profitable. By the 1870s it was purchased by American interests, most notably the New Orleans and Bay Islands Fruit Company. Later the Standard Fruit and United Fruit companies became the foundation for modern-day fruit companies, the industry which led to Honduras being called a "banana republic".
In the 20th century, there was continued population growth resulting in increased economic changes and environmental challenges. A population boom began with an influx of Spanish-speaking Mestizo migrants from the Honduran mainland. Since the late 20th century, they tripled the previous resident population. Mestizo migrants settled primarily in the urban areas of Coxen Hole and Barrio Los Fuertes (near French Harbour). Even the mainlander influx was dwarfed in number and economic effects by the overwhelming tourist presence in the 21st century. Numerous American, Canadian, British, New Zealander, Australian and South African settlers and entrepreneurs engaged chiefly in the fishing industry, and later, provided the foundation for attracting the tourist trade.
In 1998, Roatán suffered some damage from Hurricane Mitch, temporarily paralysing most commercial activity. The storm also broke up the popular dive-wrecks Aguila and Odyssey.
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At approximately 0749 on September 15, 2020, UP Train MCXNP 14 ran a stop indication and derailed on a crossover switch at State Line Jct. on the KCT High Line while crossing over from 75 to 74 Track. The switches were out of correspondence, being thrown while the stop signal violation took place. At over 20 MPH, both engines and the head 5 cars derailed, listing but upright.
The derailment thankfully stayed on the ballasted deck bridge without falling to the ground below, but presented a unique challenge with where the equipment came to rest, necessitating the use of several contractors to remove the locomotives and railcars.
Wilkerson Crane Rental, Inc., and Cranemasters did most of the lifting, while Mainline Services LLC., under the direction of BNSF engineering forces, as they have the MOW contract on the KCT; replaced the track. Watco/KCTL dropped new ballast with a BNSF rock train to replace what was removed from the bridge deck during cleanup.
A myriad of other contractors also assisted in moving the needed materials and equipment into the site. The line returned to service at 0450 on the 17th without the crossover, which will be restored at a later date. It was nothing short of a fascinating procedure to watch as the equipment was recovered.
The sun sets on the first evening of work, roughly 12 hours after the derailment, after the first autorack was lifted and set to the ground.
Locomotives: UP 6539, UP 9104
Rolling Stock: TTGX 697357, ETTX 702028, CTTX 690172
9-15-20
Kansas City, MO