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Approximately 1,200 metres (0.75 mi) from the dam is the reservoir's straining tower. Standing only 30 metres (98 ft) from the shore, its purpose is to filter or strain out material in the water with a fine metal mesh, before the water flows along the aqueduct to Liverpool.
Its architecture represents Gothic revival, built at the same time as the dam. The tower as a whole is 47 metres (154 ft) tall, 32 metres (104 ft) of which is above water, and is topped with a pointed copper-clad roof, coloured light green.
Approximate Focus Distance : 13.2m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS III USM Lens + Canon Extender EF 1.4x III
ISO Speed 1000
Aperture : f/9.0
Exposure : 1/400 secs
Exposure Bias :-1/3 EV
Focal Length : 840mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 7.29m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1600
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/60 secs
Exposure Bias : -1 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 10.1m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 800
Aperture : f/8.0
Exposure : 1/400 secs
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 16.8m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1600
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/10 secs
Exposure Bias : -1/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 19.1m
Canon EOS 5DS +
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM III Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/6400 secs
Exposure Bias : -1 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 6.18m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/6.3
Exposure : 1/800 secs
Exposure Bias : -1/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 7.54m
Canon EOS 5DS +
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM III Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/8.0
Exposure : 1/60 secs
Exposure Bias : -2/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
The clock is installed in a Renaissance arch crossing the Rue du Gros-Horloge. The mechanism is one of the oldest in France, the movement was made in 1389. Construction of the clock was started by Jourdain del Leche who lacked the necessary expertise to finish the task, so the work was completed by Jean de Felain, who became the first to hold the position of governor of the clock.
The clock was originally constructed without a dial, with one revolution of the hour-hand representing twenty-four hours. The movement is cast in wrought iron, and at approximately twice the size of the Wells Cathedral clock, it is perhaps the largest such mechanism still extant.[1] A facade was added in 1529 when the clock was moved to its current position. The mechanism was electrified in the 1920s and it was restored in 1997.
The Renaissance facade represents a golden sun with 24 rays on a starry blue background. The dial measures 2.5 metres in diameter. The phases of the moon are shown in the oculus of the upper part of the dial. It completes a full rotation in 29 days. The week days are shown in an opening at the base of the dial with allegorical subjects for each day of the week. (Wikipedia)
Approximately on the San Andreas Fault. Near Elkhorn Valley, and Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA.
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Approximate Focus Distance : 9.47m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/100 secs
Exposure Bias : +1/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 10.8m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1600
Aperture : f/5.6
Exposure : 1/6 secs
Exposure Bias : -1 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 7.29m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/500 secs
Exposure Bias : -1/3 EV
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.
The Horseshoe Falls are situated in the Mount Field National Park, 100 metres (330 ft) upstream of Russell Falls, approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi) northwest of Hobart via the Brooker Highway to New Norfolk and are a popular tourist attraction. The waterfall descends over horizontal marine Permian siltstone benches, while the vertical faces of the falls are composed of resistant sandstone layers.
Dealey Plaza, a generally rectangular and approximately 3-acre park, was formed in 1934-40 from several blocks of Dallas founder John Neely Bryan's original land grant. The Plaza replaced residential and commercial buildings on the tract. The land was acquired by the City of Dallas during the 1930's to create a major gateway to the city from the west, and to relieve traffic congestion at the Union terminal railroad tracks which passed north-south at the western edge of the city. Originally called the "Elm-Main-Commerce Subway", the gateway was conceived as a "triple underpass" of streets, which afforded access to the western edge of Downtown Dallas beneath the Union Terminal company tracks. To build the underpass, engineers regraded the area to slope gently down toward the west. All plans for the Plaza showed a rectangular park traversed by three streets rearranged in a bisected triangle - Commerce to the south, Main in the middle, and Elm to the north converging to the west in the Triple Underpass.
The plaza and roadway were designed by city engineers, with assistance in the final plan from E.F. Mitchell, chief engineer for the Texas & Pacific Railroad and Union Terminal Company. The joint federal-city-railroad project was supervised by the Texas Highway Department. The park was named Dealey Plaza in 1935, in honor of George Bannerman Dealey (1859-1946), an outstanding civic leader who had advocated city planning for Dallas for decades already, publisher of The Dallas Morning News, crusader for improvements to the Trinity River corridor, and president of West of Commerce Realty Company, which had donated most of the right of way west of the underpass. The Plaza was dedicated in 1936, the same year the park was placed under the administration of the City of Dallas Park Board, which still maintains jurisdiction over it.
In addition to Dealey Plaza (its features and the streets that run through and adjoin it), the buildings, structures, and lands adjacent to Dealey Plaza, except for the Sixth Floor Visitor Center and the Kennedy Memorial and its Plaza, were all part of the scene in 1963. Two of the buildings (the former Texas School Book Depository and the Dallas Textile Building), like others in the West End, began as early 20th-century Dallas warehouses for Chicago farm implement companies. Like their main commercial tenants, their architecture reflects the influence of Chicago in this case, that city's early skyscraper construction. The other buildings (like the one above) have had governmental functions and reflect more traditional architectural styles.
The Dallas County Criminal Courts Building (aka "Old Criminal Courts Building") was designed in an eclectic Renaissance Revival style by Dallas architect A.H. Overbeck. It was constructed in 1913-15 on the northeast corner of Main and Houston streets. The 124-foot-tall building faces Main Street, with a secondary facade occupying 90 feet along Houston Street on Dealey Plaza. The steel and brick structure, eight stories over a basement, is trimmed with granite and terra cotta in elaborate Classical motifs. The building was constructed to house two Dallas County criminal courts, the offices of the Sheriffs Department, and the County jail. The building retains its exterior details today, which were restored by Komatsu Associates of Fort Worth in the mid-1980's. The building was still in its original use and occupancy in 1963 but was later only occupied by the County Sheriffs Department who continues to use the space today with prisoners being housed in the included jail spaces.
On April 19, 1993, the Dealey Plaza Historic District (including Dealey Plaza and as many as eight 'other' builidngs and numerous other sites/structures/objects) was named as a National Historic Landmark (NHL) and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). All of the information above was found on the original documents submitted for consideration of listing as a NHL and on the NRHP. There is much more included on these documents that can be viewed here:
npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/88315def-c6a9-408b-ac2a-b...
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
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Approximate Focus Distance : 7.64m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1600
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/250 secs
Exposure Bias : -1/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 19.0m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/1600 secs
Exposure Bias : -1/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 6.97m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/6.3
Exposure : 1/60 secs
Exposure Bias : -1/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
A scenic haven approximately 40 miles from New York City, Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park offers day-trippers a day of fun and relaxation. The park's spacious picnic areas, which can accommodate individual families as well as large groups, may be reserved in advance. The park's mammoth pool can hold 3,500 bathers at one time! In addition the park offers a host of other activities for people of all ages to enjoy.
The park's oases of blue water, Mohansic Lake and Crom Pond, provide excellent freshwater fishing and boating. Popular catches include bass, perch, and sunfish.
--- parks.ny.gov
Approximate Focus Distance : 10.1m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/250 secs
Exposure Bias : -1/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 12.6m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/1250 secs
Exposure Bias : -2/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 9.53m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS III USM Lens
ISO Speed 1600
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/100 secs
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 13.7m
Canon EOS 5D Mark III +
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens + Canon 1.4x EF Extender III
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/9.0
Exposure : 1/1600 secs
Focal Length : 840mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 6.69m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/100 secs
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 7.24m
Canon EOS 5DS +
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM III Lens
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/500 secs
Exposure Bias : -2/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
At about approximately 0200 on May 21, 1998 I was taking a lunch break with engineer Sean Ford on the nightly NECR Palmer, MA switcher number 606. We were hanging out on the back porch awaiting train 324 coming in from Brattleboro, VT, when we heard a loud crash and ran out to the parking lot to see Conrail train TV-13 on the ground at speed. Then came the rear end crashing into the head-end sending the consist of double stacks on the front off to the east side of the tracks. The cinderblock wall of Rte 32 overpass in Palmer literally caved in, and onto the right of way directly in front of TV-13. Engines 6176-6516-5650 all derailed along with the head 4 five wells of the train. The fuel tanks of all the engines ruptured and it was a plain mess, thankfully the crew was safe and the 911 call placed by the crew on the touchtone pad of the engine radio brought the Boston Line to a halt and the necessary help. I can't even image how the crew must have felt seeing this all transpire in front of their eyes. Needless to say, our day was over, and as the sun came up the carnage was incredible. The photo shows the scene from the now closed bridge at about 0900 that morning before the arrival of RJ Corman. Later that day, the crews constructed a shoo-fly around the area and traiffic was moving later that evening after 11pm. It was quite a day that didn't include much sleep for me. Thankfully in the end nobody was hurt.
Approximate Focus Distance : 7.86m
Canon EOS 5DS +
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM III Lens
ISO Speed 1600
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/200 secs
Exposure Bias : -2/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximately 12 percent of the world’s population relies upon fisheries and aquaculture for their livelihood, and over half of the world’s people get a significant source of their animal protein from fish and seafood. In Southeast Asia, this proportion is significantly higher. The region’s seas not only serve as a major source of food and livelihood for hundreds of millions of people, they generate several billion dollars in GDP for the region.
Approximately 60 x 30 second exposure combined in photoshop (would have liked more but the clouds came in)
Approximate Focus Distance : 12.6m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 800
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/1250 secs
Exposure Bias : -1 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 8.93m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 800
Aperture : f/9.0
Exposure : 1/250 secs
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 8.45m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 1600
Aperture : f/5.6
Exposure : 1/15 secs
Exposure Bias : -4/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 15.1m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 800
Aperture : f/8.0
Exposure : 1/160 secs
Exposure Bias : -1/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 8.93m
Canon EOS 5D Mark III +
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM III Lens + Canon Extender EF 1.4x III
ISO Speed 1250
Aperture : f/6.3
Exposure : 1/160 secs
Focal Length : 840mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 6.97m
Canon EOS 5DS +
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS III USM Lens
ISO Speed 1600
Aperture : f/8.0
Exposure : 1/80 secs
Exposure Bias : -1/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm
Approximate Focus Distance : 5.75m
Canon EF 600mm f/4L IS USM Lens
ISO Speed 2000
Aperture : f/7.1
Exposure : 1/320 secs
Exposure Bias : -1/3 EV
Focal Length : 600mm