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To all my FLICKr friends, I wish you a very happy and healthy New Year! And thank you for all the ultra-kind comments and views during the past year. It is very much appreciated.
The Centennial Ball as seen at the Times Square Visitor Center.
SUNSET - Florida Everglades U.S.A.
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
Clear Winter Sky - January 1st, 2022
South Florida - Palm Beach County, FL
*[left-double-click for a closer-look - reflection]
SUNSET - Florida Everglades U.S.A.
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
Clear Winter Sky - January 1st, 2022
South Florida - Palm Beach County, FL
*[left-double-click for a closer-look - New Years Day]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everglades
Cover Photo - Sky Rhythm Group - 4/3/22
SUNSET - Florida Everglades U.S.A.
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
Clear Winter Sky - January 1st, 2022
South Florida - Palm Beach County, FL
*[left-double-click for a closer-look - lone-ibis in-flight]
*[Up-On-The-Shelf - Winter-Sunset - New Years Day]
Hey! We're the strippers you called about for your party!
*'*Special thank you goes to my bestie Stevie (stephanie.knickers)
ME
Hair:
DOUX - Ni hairstyle
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Outfit:
Muse - Expensive Taste V2 - Reborn
Lingerie, Fur Coat
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Shoes/Stockings:
Muse - Expensive Taste V2
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Accessories:
*>Kiu<* - Happy New Year Headband_Stars
- Secrets - Maia Crystals
lock&tuft - crossfade joint & booze
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Body Shine/Wounds/Tattoos:
ALT3 > Stretch Mark FX Shine eBody Reborn
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STEVIE
Hair:
DOUX - Pammy hairstyle
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Outfit:
_CandyDoll _ Dolci Set - Legacy
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Shoes/Stockings:
Tantrum - Oh Snap Tippy Toe Heels - Legacy
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Accessories:
e.marie // 2023 Headband
lock&tuft - crossfade joint & booze
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~*~Custom Pose~*~
Times Square Ball Drop.
New Years Eve Times Square, moments after the countdown.
More photos will be posted on www.flickr.com/tonyshilife
My camera is placed just above the year on top of One Times Square in New York City. My job is to give you the closest camera view of the ball as it descends in the final minute of the year. I took this photo with the Insta360 One X. Here is a video I did one year on my YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sssip-D9hao&t=10s
SUNSET - Florida Everglades U.S.A.
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
Clear Winter Sky - January 1st, 2022
South Florida - Palm Beach County, FL
*[left-double-click for a closer-look]
*[Split-the-Difference - New Years Day]
100th Anniversary of the Dropping of the Ball in what was the new Times Square, 1907.
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Designers from FOCUS LIGHTING discuss the project for re-lighting the legendary crystal ball. Look at their phenomenal work at www.focuslighting.com .
Designer's Lighting Forum: www.dlfny.org
Read Yahoo's 'The Spark' story linking to this image: dir.yahoo.com/thespark/?b=6
SUNSET - Florida Everglades
Palm Beach County, Florida U.S.A.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everglades
*[Not every sunset is a 'blaze-of-glory'. Some nights there is nothing! No clouds, no color, no drama...nothing. And then there are the nights with a 'blue-cloudless-sky', and the only thing you seem to get is 'what I call' a simple 'ball-drop'. Just 'the sun' dropping into the western everglades horizon. Nothing more, nothing less. But it often forces you to 'get creative'! Why not...you're already there! LOL]
SUNSET - Florida Everglades
Palm Beach County, Florida U.S.A.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everglades
*[Not every sunset is a 'blaze-of-glory'. Some nights there is nothing! No clouds, no color, no drama...nothing. And then there are the nights with a 'blue-cloudless-sky', and the only thing you seem to get is 'what I call' a simple 'ball-drop'. Just 'the sun' dropping into the western everglades horizon. Nothing more, nothing less. But it often forces you to 'get creative'! Why not...you're already there! LOL]
SUNSET - Florida Everglades U.S.A.
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
Clear Winter Sky - January 1st, 2022
South Florida - Palm Beach County, FL
*[left-double-click for a closer-look - ibis-flock]
*[Long-Distance Dusk - Distant-Flock - afterglow]
At 12:58 PM, the ball rises to the top, then at exactly 1:00 PM GMT the ball drops quickly to the bottom, where it rests until the next day. This time device was built in 1833 and has been in used daily since then. It is visible from the River Thames where sailors could set their watches to 1:00 PM when it dropped.
This photo shows the ball mid-way in its drop which lasts only a second or so.
Ten!... Nine!... Eight!...
"There comes the ball! Get out the bubbly!"
"It's bubbly enough already!"
Seven!... Six!... Five!...
"Yeah! Woohoo! Let's go!"
Four!... Three!... Two!...
"Let's party like it's 3!!!"
ONE!
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
From the Bijou Planks in Paprihaven, thank you for a very fun 2022!
Times Square New Years Eve 2011
Each year during the New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square in Manhattan New York City a time ball made by Waterford Crystal and electric lights is raised to the top of a pole on the One Times Square building at 6:00 pm and then lowered to mark the coming of the New Year. The ball descends 77 feet (23 m) over the course of a minute coming to rest at the bottom of its pole at midnight, then a sign with the digits of the new year lights up as the ball's lights turn off. Toshiba's Times Square billboard directly below the ball counts down to midnight as well.
Every year up to one million people gather in Times Square to watch the ball drop and an estimated 1 billion watch the video of the event, 100 million of them in the United States.
In 1904 The New York Times opens its new headquarters on Longacre Square (the city's second tallest building) and persuades the city to rename the triangular "square" for the newspaper. Owner Adolph Ochs initiates a massive celebration in the square for New Year's, which is so popular 200,000 came it permanently displaces the celebration from Trinity Church. There is no ball, but there are fireworks.
1907 Walter F. Palmer chief electrician for The Times creates the first New Year’s Eve Ball in response to the behest of publisher Adolph Ochs to create some kind of spectacular midnight show that would draw attention to the Square. The New Year’s Eve Ball first descended from a flagpole at One Times Square constructed with iron and wood materials with 100 25-watt bulbs weighing 700 pounds (320 kg) and measuring 5 feet (1.5 m) in diameter. At first it dropped 1 second after midnight.
In 2011 the tradition continues here is a look at Times Square New York City on December 31st 2010 New Years Eve for the big 2011 ball drop celebration.
Photo by
Ryan Janek Wolowski
New York City USA
12-31-2010
Celebrated New Year's eve with family in Times Square and watched the ball drop at midnight. The ball came up the pole at 6 pm and every hour after there were fireworks and countdown to midnight. It was cold and windy but the experience was worth it.
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Wishing everyone a happy and healthy New Year. We hope you enjoy our livestream on YouTube from the New Year's Eve Ball Drop at Times Square last night. #balldrop #timessquarenyc #newyearseve
Happy New Year everyone! Hola 2012! Are you ready to share your kiss?
A huge thanks to all who have stopped by this past year and took the time to give me some feedback. The amount of talent displayed on flickr every day is incredible and the inspiration I draw from your posts is very deep. I look forward to seeing what the new year will bring...
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Friday afternoon I decided to grab my camera bag and hop the train into the heart of New York City - Times Square - because I knew it would be crazy and I wanted to immerse myself into the thick of it. I wanted to feel the energy of the place.
I wasn't disappointed. I spent more time soaking it all in then I did shooting.
It was interesting watching everyone else, from all over the world, holding every kind of camera imaginable, try to capture a bit of this place. It certainly can be daunting with the thousands and thousands of people streaming this way and that as the countless neon lights flashed and swirled and the traffic moved in fits and starts - while in the midst of it all the steady whirlwind of activity as stages and lights, cables and speakers were assembled, erected and laid went on in preparation for the New Year's Eve festivities just a day away.
All of that amazing amount of action didn't stop anyone from posing and snapping - and smiling.
It made me smile too...
Leipzig, Germany 2012
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New York City has always held a special place in my heart for a number of reasons but mostly because I lived 45 minutes from “The City” for all of my childhood. I’ve spent many nights in the city with family, watched numerous Thanksgiving Day Parade’s, ice-skated, seen Broadway plays, ballets, watched the Rockettes and enjoyed The Nutcracker. The one thing I had never done though, was bring my SLR to capture photos of the city.
I spent New Years Eve in New York and decided that I was going to bring my camera and be on top of the city at blue hour before The Ball dropped. The top of the Rockefeller Center Building (also known as “Top of the Rock” and home to NBC Studios) has some of the best views of the NYC skyline: Times Square off to the right, the Empire State Building and World Trade Center in the middle, the Brooklyn Bridge to the left ... in fact, you can see where “The Ball” is setup on the very right of the photo, all set to go for the midnight countdown!
I arrived at Top of the Rock at sunset and staked out my spot on the 68th floor, between 2 sections of the glass walls. The spacing between glass panels is just wide enough for a lens to fit through and that’s exactly what I did. Tripods aren’t allowed and I had to hand-hold the camera and keep shutter speeds short by increasing the ISO and aperture.
Just below Top of the Rock lies one of NYC’s most famous restaurants: The Rainbow Room, which holds a special place in my heart. In 1986 the Rainbow Room underwent a major renovation, overseen by Joseph Baum, my great-uncle. The Rainbow Room and other restaurants he spearheaded like The Four Seasons and Windows on the World (on top of the WTC) became some of the most well known and highest grossing restaurants in history. Although I was too young to participate, my family had many parties at the Rainbow Room, just a few floors below where I was standing to take this picture.
I thought about staying to watch The Ball drop, or even trying to barge my way into The Rainbow Room to pretend I was partying with my great-uncle but when my belly started to rumble I decided it was time to go. Happy New Year everyone!
Nikon D800 w/Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S:
24mm, f/6.3, 1/10 sec, ISO 800
Viewed best nice and large
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No longer home to the New York Times, but still home of the NYC New Years Eve Ball Drop....
Happy New Year.
12/30...#204 in explore..yaaa!
The ball was almost down here, just 16 seconds to go. I took this from the TV but I always watch the New York Ball Drop for New Year's every year on TV.
Times Square New Year's Eve midnight Waterford Crystal ball drop in New York City USA 2016 - 2017
New Year’s Eve Ball History
The first New Year’s Eve Ball lowering celebration atop One Times Square was in 1907. This proud tradition is now a universal symbol of the New Year. The New Year’s Eve Ball is the property of the building owners of One Times Square. The first Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration was held in 1904.
The Ball is covered with a total of 2,688 Waterford Crystal triangles. The House of Waterford Crystal factory is located in Waterford, The Republic of Ireland
The Ball is 12 feet in diameter, and weighs 11,875 pounds.
As the famous New Year's Eve Ball descends atop One Times Square, an estimated one million people in Times Square, millions nationwide and over a billion watching throughout the world are united in bidding a collective farewell to the departing year, and expressing joy and hope for the year ahead.
“Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest”
Performers of the 2016 - 2017
Event Host Allison Hagendorf (Live Announcer of the MTV Video Music Awards VMA's and MTV Movie Awards)
The Sino-American Friendship Association (“SAFA”) presents a spectacular Chinese cultural performance
Hourly Countdown with Anderson Cooper
Univision’s “¡Feliz 2017!: Performance by Luis Coronel (Luis Miguel Coronel Gámez) regional Mexican singer
Jojo Abot
Rachel Platten
Gloria Estefan - Cuba Latin Pop singer
The USO Show Troupe Performance
Waterford Crystal Toast
Gavin Degraw
DNCE with Joe Jonas from the Jonas Brothers
Univision’s “¡Feliz 2017!: Performance by Lupillo Rivera (Guadalupe Rivera Saavedra) Regional Mexican singer from Jalisco México
Thomas Rhett
Silentó
Univision’s ¡Feliz 2017!: Performance by Don Omar aka El Rey (William Omar Landrón Rivera) Puerto Rican Reggaeton singer from Carolina, Puerto Rico
Performing medley of Danza Kuduro, Zumba, Hasta Que Salga El Sol and Te Quiero Pa´ Mi on the Planet Fitness Stage.
First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama Video Message
Mariah Carey
performing medley of Auld Lang Syne, Emotions and We Belong Together on the Countdown Stage.
Rachel Platten performs John Lennon’s Imagine
11:59 p.m.
The Sixty-Second Countdown
The Mayor of New York City Bill de Blasio joined by Times Square 2017 Special Guest United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon push the Waterford crystal button that signals the descent of the New Year’s Eve Ball, and lead the final sixty-second countdown to the New Year on the Countdown Stage.
The Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball
The lighted Ball descends 70 feet in sixty seconds. The Ball is a geodesic sphere, twelve feet in diameter, weighing 11,875 pounds. The Ball is covered with 2,688 Waterford crystal triangles and lit by 32,256 Philips Luxeon Rebel LEDs.
12:00 a.m. -- New Year's Day
2017 Sign
At the stroke of Midnight, the lights on the New Year’s Eve Ball are turned off as the numerals of the New Year “2017” burst to life shining high above Times Square.
HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!
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Time Square Theater District, Manhattan Island, New York City, New York State, The United States of America USA, North America continent
12-31-2016
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It's so amazing that even at 2am Confetti's still in the air of Times Square :) It was a surreal moment.
All the best in 2011 . . .Happy New Year !!!
Thank you so much Flickr Friends. Kudos to everyone on your awesome photography. More power to all.
Happy in Times Square Center of the Universe at Night Midtown Manhattan New York City NY P00065 DSC_0974
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I couldn't be happier and more eager to look forward to a New Year while still remembering 2018 forever because although not everything went as planned, it was the year with the biggest changes and challenges for me which will continue in 2019, the year that brought me closer than ever to the person i want to be, to solving all my problems that have been dragging on for years, to fulfilling my wishes and to making my dreams come true. So i am thankful for all the chances i got because i managed to solve and learn so many things but also to the plans that didn't work out yet, to the doors that were closed to my face and the people that showed their real faces to me because i know where i stand better than ever before, i am thankful for the happy dreams i made come true but also for the hard lessons i truly needed to be reminded of because it's better to lose a battle now than an entire war later and because a mistake can cost you millions but a lesson well learnt can bring back billions. So here's to 2019, i am so looking forward to it, more ambitious, open-minded and motivated than ever ! #newyear #ny2019 #newyear2019 #happynewyear #feelings #wishes #newyork #timessquare
Hey, flickr people, you’re not finished!
After you’re done stuffing your camera's cards with christmas parties, office parties, hanukkah parties, new year parties and then some.
Do you think you are done?
no way.
2009 is here!
put on the party hat (only a few left), empty those cards and have a picture perfect 2009.
This picture made it to Explore on January 1st, 2009 - Highest position # 110