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Shot in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood. I usually only post one shot from a given scene but looking back in the archives I decided a second shot from this sequence might be worthy of posting.
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While the family were over we got out and about a fair bit. This photo was taken from Onchan Head across the other side of the bay from the lighthouse. It was automated in 1986 and it is now possible to rent one of the Lightkeepers cottages. info about the lighthouse en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Head_Lighthouse
shot with a fujifilm x-s10 and a rokinon (samyang) 12mm f2.0 lens on a custom macro-focusing helicoid
LE PHARE DE LA PIETRA
Aussi appelé phare de L’Ile-Rousse, le Phare de la Pietra date du XIX siècle. Le premier feu fixe rouge, de 4e ordre, y a été allumé en 1857. Il a été remplacé, en 1877, par un feu fixe blanc plus puissant. En 1902, il fut doté d’un feu à 3 éclats toutes les 12 secondes.
Le phare actuel est une tour carrée, centrée sur un soubassement carré, en maçonnerie lisse, peinte en blanc, avec la lanterne peinte en vert. Une maisonnette de gardiennage y est accolée.
Il est alimenté par des panneaux solaires. Il est automatisé et ne se visite pas.
THE LIGHTHOUSE OF PIETRA
Also called lighthouse of Ile-Rousse, the Lighthouse of Pietra dates from the nineteenth century. The first fixed red light of the 4th order was lit in 1857. It was replaced in 1877 by a stronger white fixed light. In 1902, it was equipped with a fire with 3 flashes every 12 seconds.
The current lighthouse is a square tower, centered on a square basement, in smooth masonry, painted white, with the lantern painted green. A guard house is attached to it.
It is powered by solar panels. It is automated and does not visit.
Automated crystal cutting at Waterford.
House of Waterford Crystal.
Remember the electric typewriter that had the IBM letter ball? This mechanism reminded me of the fascinating bit of engineering that went into making that ball work with incredible speed and accuracy.
Shot through the protective glass. No risk there of getting wet.
The St. Marks Light is the second-oldest light station in Florida. It is located on the east side of the mouth of the St. Marks River, on Apalachee Bay.
In the 1820s, the town of St. Marks, Florida was considered an important port of entry. The town served as a port for the prosperous planting region of Middle Florida and some counties of South Georgia. Growers hauled their agricultural products down to the port town in wagons by way of an early road which connected the then territorial capital of Tallahassee to the town of St. Marks. Later, this road would be widened and improved upon by the Tallahassee Railroad Company and would become the state's first railroad.
Once the agricultural products reached the new port town, they were loaded aboard boats for shipment to New Orleans and/or St. Augustine. There were, however, problems in navigating both the Apalachee Bay and the St. Marks River. In many places both bay and river were shallow, and it was not too uncommon for boats to run aground and/or get mired in the muddy shallows
After a survey was completed of the St. Marks area by Robert Mitchell, the Collector of Customs at Pensacola, and a site chosen for the lighthouse, it was discovered that the initial construction sum of $6,000 would be insufficient. The appropriation was increased to $14,000, and by mid-1829 a contract was signed with Winslow Lewis of Boston for the construction of a tower in the St. Marks area for $11,765. The finished product was not accepted by the Collector of Customs for St. Marks, Mr. Jesse H. Williams, because it had been constructed with hollow walls. Williams felt that the tower should be constructed with solid walls and, therefore, refused to accept the work.
Calvin Knowlton was brought in to rebuild the tower. He oversaw its completion, and in 1831, Williams, satisfied that the light was built according to the contract, accepted the work. That same year saw the tower's whale-oil lamps lit for the first time by Samuel Crosby, who had been appointed the first Keeper of the St. Marks Lighthouse the previous year.
The lighthouse was automated by the United States Coast Guard in 1960, and in 2000 the Coast Guard spent $150,000 in 2000 to stabilize the lighthouse. In 2000 or 2001 the lighthouse's fourth-order Fresnel lens was deactivated and a modern solar-powered beacon was placed outside the lantern room. The historic Fresnel lens remained in place in the tower for over a decade. In July 2005, Hurricane Dennis broke a window of the lantern, flooding the inside of the tower.
In October 2013 the Coast Guard deactivated transferred ownership of the lighthouse to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, which operates the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. The lighthouse was deactivated in 2016 and the Coast Guard's solar beacon was removed. Financial grants from the Florida Department of State and Duke Energy in 2016, plus crowdfunded donations, were put towards repairs and restoration. On October 31, 2019, a replica of the original fourth-order Fresnel lens was lit in the tower. The light is now maintained as a private aid to navigation and is lit seasonally.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Marks_Light
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A multiple exposures combined to a panorama setting. This was inspired by two paintings by Edward Hopper, thus the title.
After that disaster with the OFE units, the Blue Mystery company dissolved and was never heard of again. Or so it seems.
They moved off-world and worked in secret for many years on a new line of robots. With the launch of their latest product, S.A.P.E (Sentient Automated Planetary Explorer) they took over space exploration.
And indeed for a while all was well and Blue Mystery was able to clear their name. Until reports came in from far and wide about the sheer stupidity of the S.A.P.E. units. It was not long before people referred to them as "Stupid Apes". And with that the fate of Blue Mystery was finally sealed.
This week's Crazy Tuesday challenge is "Nutcrackers." Since I don't have a nutcracker (or any nuts for that matter) I didn't submit anything but I thought this might be fun romp with AI.
Created using AI tools.
To photograph the lakeshore here during the winter months would be a treat.
Built in 1858, this is the oldest standing structure in Benzie County, Michigan, and marks the all-important entrance to southern end of the Manitou Passage, a once-vital maritime shipping channel on Lake Michigan. Although the lane is no longer used by large commercial vessels, the operating light signal remains a US Coast Guard aid to navigation to this day, and the site shines as a treasured landmark to mariners and landlubbers alike. Because the USCG automated the light in 1983 and subsequently vacated the buildings in 1996, by 2004 it was possible to transfer title to Benzie County who, in turn, leased the site to the all-volunteer organization, Friends of Point Betsie Lighthouse, Inc. In a strong partnership, the County and the Friends have set about renovating the deteriorating buildings. By 2006, they had completed a nearly $1 M exterior restoration phase. Further work continues on a barrier-free access, the Fog/Signal structure, and the interiors of both major buildings. The site has been open for tours and gift shopping, primarily on weekends from Memorial Day to Columbus Day, since 2002. The public beach adjacent to the site is easily accessed, although roadside parking is problematic and there are no public facilities available until reaching Frankfort, 4 mi south, or Platte River, 8 mi north, on M-22. Assistant Lightkeepers Quarter is now available for weekly rentals in season.
Race Rock Light is a lighthouse on Race Rock Reef, a dangerous set of rocks on Long Island Sound southwest of Fishers Island, New York and the site of many shipwrecks.[2][3][4] It is currently owned and maintained by the New London Maritime Society as part of the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act program.[5]
Race Rock Light was built 1871–78 and designed by Francis Hopkinson Smith (1838–1915). It is an excellent example of 19th-century engineering and design. The massive masonry foundations on the reef took seven years to complete, but the stone structure, the keeper's quarters, and the tower were built in only nine months once the foundation was secure. The lighthouse has a fourth-order Fresnel lens in a tower standing 67 feet (20 m) above the waterline. The United States Coast Guard automated the light in 1978.[3]
Race Rock Lighthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. - wikipedia
While in Bryce Canyon teaching a workshop this last weekend I wanted to try out an idea I've had for a very long time, automated tracked Nightscape imaging. I didn't have enough time to collect the foreground images, but I at least wanted to put together a bit of a test for the sky sequence. Luckily the ASIAir Pro has developed a new plan module which allows importing a mosaic from Telescopius, this allowed me to create a mosaic with the 2600mc Pro and my Voigtlander 50mm APO lens that would cover pretty much the entire arch. I waited a little too long to start the plan (waiting for the moon to set) so the plan ended up only covering a portion of the horizon, in the future I'll arrange the panel order to cover the entire horizon. The AAP controls everything (including slewing and centering the mount on each panel)! Only one panel failed, the target centering coordinates were below the horizon by the time I got to it and it couldn't execute that panel.
This plan is a 35 panel mosaic, each panel is a single 2 minute exposure at gain 100 and f2.5 with my ASI2600mc Pro and Voigtlander 50mm APO lens on a Sky Watcher AZ-GTi mount. Calibrated with a master bias and master flat, edited in PixInsight and Photoshop. We had some pretty crazy airglow that night which made color balancing and stitching a challenge, it moved pretty quick so getting the panels to stitch together evenly was a lot of work!
Mass produced to transport supplies and energy cores to outlying settlements and mining facilities. Due to lack of a willing population to make the lengthy and treacherous journey to outposts beyond the 40th parallel, the fleet was self-driving.
The automated book storage system consists of hundreds of metal boxes, retrieved by an automated module and brought to librarians on a mezzanine at the far end (glimpsed in reflection at the top). Each drawer is tightly packed with books. My inner librarian mourns the inability to scan the books on a shelf, to feel the paper, cloth, and leather, smell the dust and words. But it rejoices at the sheer hoarding glory, like a dragon on its treasure trove, and loves the tidy orderliness of the room.
Surprised to see this view on my phone in my album on Flickr. Automated design in flickr mobile app that I had nothing to do with but which works for me. Screenshot from a train…
Camera: Canon 6D
Lens: Nikon CF Plan 10x 0.30 WD 16.5
Magnification: 11x
Light: 2 x Ikea Jansö
Focus Stack: 50 Shots
Automated Rail: WeMacro (10 um)
Tabletop Setup: flic.kr/s/aHskRJsutG
Automated drone deployed on Mars, printing habitats, moving slowly in precise, crab-like movements. Guided by synchronous GPS and local field markers. When the filament tanks are empty, another drone replaces the pallet with fresh tanks. Astronaut added for scale.
I highly recommend listening to some dubstep while building Lego robots!
A Union Pacific RBL rests at North Yard in Salt Lake City, Utah on July 30, 1977. It was fresh from a rebuild and repaint in Pocatello, Idaho. The BI-70-10 box cars were insulated, 70-ton RBLs built by GATC in 1967 (490500-490699 series). They were standard RBLs with cushioned under frames, roller-bearing trucks, and loader-equipped with 10'-6" flush doors. The series were used to haul paper, canned goods, plywood, and particle board. (Information courtesy Mark W. Hemphill)
In countless big cities across the Galactic Federation, especially in hive-cities with complex system of highways and smaller roads, the problem of traffic congestion and a high number of accidents is especially acute. So in some those cities personal cars was replaced by an automatic taxi system. It is made up of millions of public cabs that do not require a driver to operate and can operate on dedicated traffic lines as well as on numerous small branches off major highways.
These electric vehicles do not have a rear or front and move in both directions equally quickly, which greatly simplifies city traffic and does not waste time on turning. Also, the salon is pressurized and even has life support systems, thanks to which these cabs can be used in cities with the most unfavorable ecology or on the surface of planets where there is no breathable atmosphere. Due to the fact that all cabs are controlled by automatics and connected to a single network, the accident rate of this type of transport is minimized.
P.S. Only after hour long rendering I noticed that cars "levitating" above the ground. And I'm too lazy to re-render it. :P
Japan has a very extensive railway transportation network, whereby most major cities and even smaller towns are reachable by train.
With train types ranging from the high speed Shinkansen and commuter trains to the tourist-oriented joy trains and tramways run by both public and private railway companies, the rail journey itself is an almost endless adventure to explore with.
This post (on Tokyo first) is dedicated to the railfans out there around the world like me, who actually started getting into photography as a railfan many years ago!
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This once-proud boxcar shows the pride that railroad's once put into their images. Once upon a time, it was about more than the price attached to a carload shipment.
View across the bottom of a matrix of inidivual clocks that flip their own coloured panels to change the resulting matrix of colours. Seen at the Museum of Contemporary Art.
Read more about it here:
http://www.mca.com.au/collection/work/201120/
The New Transit Yurikamome is an automated and unmanned guideway transit service linking central Tokyo and the Rinkai waterfront area in a futuristic way.