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The Maeslantkering ("Maeslant barrier" in Dutch) is a storm surge barrier on the Nieuwe Waterweg, in South Holland, Netherlands. Part of the Delta Works, the barriers are controlled by a supercomputer, and automatically close when Rotterdam (especially the Port of Rotterdam) is threatened by floods.
Maeslantkering has two 210 meters long barrier gates, with two 237 meters long steel trusses holding them. When closed, the barrier will protect the entire width (360 meters) of the Nieuwe Waterweg, the main waterway of Port of Rotterdam. It is one of the largest moving structures on Earth, rivalling the Green Bank Telescope in the United States and the Bagger 288 excavator in Germany. Source: Wikipedia. Maassluis, the Netherlands
These doors open when the train stops. I have to admit I can't remember whether this was Kuala Lumpur or Singapore! It was either my last KL photo or my first in Singapore. I think it was KL.
Plitvice Lakes National Park contains a series of beautiful lakes, caves and waterfalls. These have been formed by processes typical of karst landscapes such as the deposition of travertine barriers, creating natural dams. These geological processes continue today.
The Plitvice Lakes National Park was granted UNESCO World Heritage status in 1979. The lakes are renowned for their distinctive colours, ranging from azure to green, grey or blue. The colours change constantly depending on the quantity of minerals or organisms in the water and the angle of sunlight.
There are 16 interlinked lakes between Mala Kapela Mountain and Pljesevica Mountain. The lake system is divided into the upper and lower lakes: the upper lakes lie in a dolomite valley and are surrounded by thick forests and interlinked by numerous waterfalls; the lower lakes, smaller and shallower, lie on the limestone bedrock and are surrounded only by sparse underbrush. The upper lakes are separated by dolomite barriers, which grow with the formation of travertine, forming thus travertine barriers. Travertine is mostly formed on the spots where water falls from an elevation, by the incrustation of algae and moss with calcium carbonate. The lower lakes were formed by crumbling and caving-in of the vaults above subterranean cavities through which water of the upper lakes disappeared.
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The somewhat bleak Barrett development which faces the Thames Barrier. The views are OK... but it really is in the middle of nowhere. Barrier Park is on one side, but other sides are all brownfield. No shop, no pub, and even the local petrol station doesn't open 24 hours. One day it'll be the area's prime residential, but right now it looks very lonely.
Barrier Free Fun at Roberts Regional Recreation Area, Oakland. East Bay Regional Park District. Built with sponsorship from the Oakland Rotary club.
Photo credit: EBRPD
Currently there are two very ugly barriers on the road known as the Marina and I am not sure as to why they are there but they may have something to do with crowd control when there is a match at the GAA stadium. I first became of the barriers when I discovered that Google Maps failed to gain access to the section between the two barriers. The area is attractive but it urgently some care and attention as it is badly run-down.
The Mariana dates from 1900 and at the time was later described as follows: "The Marina is a delightful, tree-lined promenade on the south bank of the River Lee, of which it commands some exquisite peeps. Easy of access, this promenade is a delight to visitors, and has been greatly improved in recent years, a bandstand having been provided; there are also seats and rustic shelters at intervals. Within easy reach of the park and racecourse."
Currently the Marina is in the process of being redeveloped as a public amenity. Demolition work on the old Showgrounds was completed late last year, paving the way for the construction of the multi-million euro project includes the redesign of the entire Marina, from the Shandon Boat Club to Blackrock, including grounds around Páirc Uí Chaoimh [GAA stadium] and the Atlantic Pond.
From the Great Barrier Reef off Cairns: taken using a disposable underwater camera while snorkelling.
Barrier Free Fun at Roberts Regional Recreation Area, Oakland. East Bay Regional Park District. Built with sponsorship from the Oakland Rotary club.
Photo credit: EBRPD
These are eight concrete barriers that traverse a marshy area.
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Barking Barrier at Creekmouth where the river Roding joins the Thames.
Finished in 1983, after taking 4 years to build. The support structure is 60m tall, and the steel barrier weighs 200 tons
Seen from the north bank of the Roding.
If it's to force pedestrians to use the crosswalk, there are far prettier barriers we can use.
Martha Gonzalez was killed in Pilsen while crossing the street on Tuesday, October 13, 2009. The driver of a purple, four-door sedan is yet to be found.
Photo featured on Streetsblog.
I made the more gruesome photos private at the request of the deceased's family.
Went to make a cup of tea and found this tiny Blue Tit had managed to get through the window but couldn't work out how to escape. I managed to catch it, very gently, and released it back to the garden outside the window, where it got a good scolding from its parents and flew off unscathed. What a privilege to hold something so delicate and full of life.
Refuge staff erected a “beaver barrier” fence along the newly constructed Fahys Creek channel through the former cranberry bogs. The fence was installed to prevent beaver from eating and destroying native vegetation plants this spring.
You are free to use this image with the following photo credit: Roy Lowe/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.