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JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (March 17, 2022) Lt. Macklen Lethin, from Honolulu, Hawaii, assigned to the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783) reunites with his children on the submarine piers at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam after Minnesota completed a change of homeport from Groton, Connecticut. The submarine’s ability to support a multitude of missions, including anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, strike warfare, and surveillance and reconnaissance has made Minnesota one of the most capable and advanced submarines in the world. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael B. Zingaro)
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After major advances in spacecraft propulsion, the Zenon space station in the Omikron sector was less and less visited and quickly fell into disrepair. The latest generation of spaceships were able to reach the most inhabited sectors in the system without a stopover. Subsequently, the Xæraba space station in the Qoppa sector became a vibrant hub where trade thrives, expeditions to unknown sectors are set up and is home to the largest shipping company in the entire Laniakea cluster.
From thedailylumenbox.blog LomoChrome Turquoise shot at ISO 100 with Leica Ic and Voigtlander 15mm, Heliar Super Wide. Developed by The Darkroom in San Clemente, CA
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Some background:
Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson, vice president of engineering and research at Lockheed's Skunk Works, visited USAF air bases across South Korea in November 1951 to speak with fighter pilots about what they wanted and needed in a fighter aircraft. At the time, the American pilots were confronting the MiG-15 with North American F-86 Sabres, and many felt that the MiGs were superior to the larger and more complex American design. The pilots requested a small and simple aircraft with excellent performance, especially high speed and altitude capabilities. Armed with this information, Johnson immediately started the design of such an aircraft on his return to the United States.
Work started in March 1952. In order to achieve the desired performance, Lockheed chose a small and simple aircraft, weighing in at 12,000 lb (5,400 kg) with a single powerful engine. The engine chosen was the new General Electric J79 turbojet, an engine of dramatically improved performance in comparison with contemporary designs. The small L-246 design remained essentially identical to the Model 083 Starfighter as eventually delivered.
Johnson presented the design to the Air Force on 5 November 1952, and work progressed quickly, with a mock-up ready for inspection at the end of April, and work starting on two prototypes that summer. The first prototype was completed by early 1954 and first flew on 4 March at Edwards AFB. The total time from contract to first flight was less than one year.
The first YF-104A flew on 17 February 1956 and, with the other 16 trial aircraft, were soon carrying out equipment evaluation and flight tests. Lockheed made several improvements to the aircraft throughout the testing period, including strengthening the airframe, adding a ventral fin to improve directional stability at supersonic speed, and installing a boundary layer control system (BLCS) to reduce landing speed. Problems were encountered with the J79 afterburner; further delays were caused by the need to add AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles. On 28 January 1958, the first production F-104A to enter service was delivered.
Even though the F-104 saw only limited use by the USAF, later versions, tailored to a fighter bomber role and intended for overseas sales, were more prolific. This was in particular the F-104G, which became the Starfighter's main version, a total of 1,127 F-104Gs were produced under license by Canadair and a consortium of European companies that included Messerschmitt/MBB, Fiat, Fokker, and SABCA.
The F-104G differed considerably from earlier versions. It featured strengthened fuselage, wing, and empennage structures; a larger vertical fin with fully powered rudder as used on the earlier two-seat versions; fully powered brakes, new anti-skid system, and larger tires; revised flaps for improved combat maneuvering; a larger braking chute. Upgraded avionics included an Autonetics NASARR F15A-41B multi-mode radar with air-to-air, ground-mapping, contour-mapping, and terrain-avoidance modes, as well as the Litton LN-3 Inertial Navigation System, the first on a production fighter.
Germany was among the first foreign operators of the F-104G variant. As a side note, a widespread misconception was and still is that the "G" explicitly stood for "Germany". But that was not the case and pure incidence, it was just the next free letter, even though Germany had a major influence on the aircraft's concept and equipment. The German Air Force and Navy used a large number of F-104G aircraft for interception, reconnaissance and fighter bomber roles. In total, Germany operated 916 Starfighters, becoming the type's biggest operator in the world. Beyond the single seat fighter bombers, Germany also bought and initially 30 F-104F two-seat aircraft and then 137 TF-104G trainers. Most went to the Luftwaffe and a total of 151 Starfighters was allocated to the Marineflieger units.
The introduction of this highly technical aircraft type to a newly reformed German air force was fraught with problems. Many were of technical nature, but there were other sources of problems, too. For instance, after WWII, many pilots and ground crews had settled into civilian jobs and had not kept pace with military and technological developments. Newly recruited/re-activated pilots were just being sent on short "refresher" courses in slow and benign-handling first-generation jet aircraft or trained on piston-driven types. Ground crews were similarly employed with minimal training and experience, which was one consequence of a conscripted military with high turnover of service personnel. Operating in poor northwest European weather conditions (vastly unlike the fair-weather training conditions at Luke AFB in Arizona) and flying low at high speed over hilly terrain, a great many Starfighter accidents were attributed to controlled flight into terrain (CFIT). German Air Force and Navy losses with the type totaled 110 pilots, around half of them naval officers.
One general contributing factor to the high attrition rate was the operational assignment of the F-104 in German service: it was mainly used as a (nuclear strike) fighter-bomber, flying at low altitude underneath enemy radar and using landscape clutter as passive radar defense, as opposed to the original design of a high-speed, high-altitude fighter/interceptor. In addition to the different and demanding mission profiles, the installation of additional avionic equipment in the F-104G version, such as the inertial navigation system, added distraction to the pilot and additional weight that further hampered the flying abilities of the plane. In contemporary German magazine articles highlighting the Starfighter safety problems, the aircraft was portrayed as "overburdened" with technology, which was considered a latent overstrain on the aircrews. Furthermore, many losses in naval service were attributed to the Starfighter’s lack of safety margin through a twin-engine design like the contemporary Blackburn Buccaneer, which had been the German navy air arm’s favored type. But due to political reasons (primarily the outlook to produce the Starfighter in Southern Germany in license), the Marine had to accept and make do with the Starfighter, even if it was totally unsuited for the air arm's mission profile.
Erich Hartmann, the world's top-scoring fighter ace from WWII, commanded one of Germany's first (post-war) jet fighter-equipped squadrons and deemed the F-104 to be an unsafe aircraft with poor handling characteristics for aerial combat. To the dismay of his superiors, Hartmann judged the fighter unfit for Luftwaffe use even before its introduction.
In 1966 Johannes Steinhoff took over command of the Luftwaffe and grounded the entire Luftwaffe and Bundesmarine F-104 fleet until he was satisfied that the persistent problems had been resolved or at least reduced to an acceptable level. One measure to improve the situation was that some Starfighters were modified to carry a flight data recorder or "black box" which could give an indication of the probable cause of an accident. In later years, the German Starfighters’ safety record improved, although a new problem of structural failure of the wings emerged: original fatigue calculations had not taken into account the high number of g-force loading cycles that the German F-104 fleet was experiencing through their mission profiles, and many airframes were returned to the depot for wing replacement or outright retirement.
The German F-104Gs served primarily in the strike role as part of the Western nuclear deterrent strategy, some of these dedicated nuclear strike Starfighters even had their M61 gun replaced by an additional fuel tank for deeper penetration missions. However, some units close to the German borders, e.g. Jagdgeschwader (JG) 71 in Wittmundhafen (East Frisia) as well as JG 74 in Neuburg (Bavaria), operated the Starfighter as a true interceptor on QRA duty. From 1980 onwards, these dedicated F-104Gs received a new air superiority camouflage, consisting of three shades of grey in an integral wraparound scheme, together with smaller, subdued national markings. This livery was officially called “Norm 82” and unofficially “Alberich”, after the secretive guardian of the Nibelung's treasure. A similar wraparound paint scheme, tailored to low-level operations and consisting of two greens and black (called Norm 83), was soon applied to the fighter bombers and the RF-104 fleet, too, as well as to the Luftwaffe’s young Tornado IDS fleet.
However, the Luftwaffe’s F-104Gs were at that time already about to be gradually replaced, esp. in the interceptor role, by the more capable and reliable F-4F Phantom II, a process that lasted well into the mid-Eighties due to a lagging modernization program for the Phantoms. The Luftwaffe’s fighter bombers and recce Starfighters were replaced by the MRCA Tornado and RF-4E Phantoms. In naval service the Starfighters soldiered on for a little longer until they were also replaced by the MRCA Tornado – eventually, the Marineflieger units received a two engine aircraft type that was suitable for their kind of missions.
In the course of the ongoing withdrawal, a lot of German aircraft with sufficiently enough flying hours left were transferred to other NATO partners like Norway, Greece, Turkey and Italy, and two were sold to the NASA. One specific Starfighter was furthermore modified into a CCV (Control-Configured Vehicle) experimental aircraft under control of the German Industry, paving the way to aerodynamically unstable aircraft like the Eurofighter/Typhoon. The last operational German F-104 made its farewell flight on 22. Mai 1991, and the type’s final flight worldwide was in Italy in October 2004.
General characteristics:
Crew: 1
Length: 54 ft 8 in (16.66 m)
Wingspan: 21 ft 9 in (6.63 m)
Height: 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Wing area: 196.1 ft² (18.22 m²)
Airfoil: Biconvex 3.36 % root and tip
Empty weight: 14,000 lb (6,350 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 29,027 lb (13,166 kg)
Powerplant:
1× General Electric J79 afterburning turbojet,
10,000 lbf (44 kN) thrust dry, 15,600 lbf (69 kN) with afterburner
Performance:
Maximum speed: 1,528 mph (2,459 km/h, 1,328 kn)
Maximum speed: Mach 2
Combat range: 420 mi (680 km, 360 nmi)
Ferry range: 1,630 mi (2,620 km, 1,420 nmi)
Service ceiling: 50,000 ft (15,000 m)
Rate of climb: 48,000 ft/min (240 m/s) initially
Lift-to-drag: 9.2
Wing loading: 105 lb/ft² (510 kg/m²)
Thrust/weight: 0.54 with max. takeoff weight (0.76 loaded)
Armament:
1× 20 mm (0.787 in) M61A1 Vulcan six-barreled Gatling cannon, 725 rounds
7× hardpoints with a capacity of 4,000 lb (1,800 kg), including up to four AIM-9 Sidewinder, (nuclear)
bombs, guided and unguided missiles, or other stores like drop tanks or recce pods
The kit and its assembly:
A relatively simple what-if project – based on the question how a German F-104 interceptor might have looked like, had it been operated for a longer time to see the Luftwaffe’s low-viz era from 1981 onwards. In service, the Luftwaffe F-104Gs started in NMF and then carried the Norm 64 scheme, the well-known splinter scheme in grey and olive drab. Towards the end of their career the fighter bombers and recce planes received the Norm 83 wraparound scheme in green and black, but by that time no dedicated interceptors were operational anymore, so I stretched the background story a little.
The model is the very nice Italeri F-104G/S model, which is based on the ESCI molds from the Eighties, but it comes with recessed engravings and an extra sprue that contains additional drop tanks and an Orpheus camera pod. The kit also includes a pair of Sidewinders with launch rails for the wing tips as well as the ventral “catamaran” twin rail, which was frequently used by German Starfighters because the wing tips were almost constantly occupied with tanks.
Fit and detail is good – the kit is IMHO very good value for the money. There are just some light sinkholes on the fuselage behind the locator pins, the fit of the separate tail section is mediocre and calls for PSR, and the thin and very clear canopy is just a single piece – for open display, you have to cut it by yourself.
Since the model would become a standard Luftwaffe F-104G, just with a fictional livery, the kit was built OOB. The only change I made are drooped flaps, and the air brakes were mounted in open position.
The ordnance (wing tip tanks plus the ventral missiles) was taken from the kit, reflecting the typical German interceptor configuration: the wing tips were frequently occupied with tanks, sometimes even together with another pair of drop tanks under the wings, so that any missile had to go under the fuselage. The instructions for the ventral catamaran launch rails are BTW wrong – they tell the builder to mount the launch rails onto the twin carrier upside down! Correctly, the carrier’s curvature should lie flush on the fuselage, with no distance at all. When mounted as proposed, the Sidewinders come very close to the ground and the whole installation looks pretty goofy! I slightly modified the catamaran launch rail with some thin styrene profile strips as spacers, and the missiles themselves, AIM-9Bs, were replaced with more modern and delicate AIM-9Js from a Hasegawa air-to-air weapons set. Around the hull, some small blade antennae, a dorsal rotating warning light and an angle-of-attack sensor were added.
Painting and markings:
The exotic livery is what defined this what-if build, and the paint scheme was actually inspired by a real world benchmark: some Dornier Do-28D Skyservants of the German Marineflieger received, late in their career, a wraparound scheme in three shades of grey, namely RAL 7030 (Steingrau), 7000 (Fehgrau) and 7012 (Basaltgrau). I thought that this would work pretty well for an F-104G interceptor that operates at medium to high altitudes, certainly better than the relatively dark Norm 64 splinter scheme or the Norm 83 low-altitude pattern.
The camouflage pattern was simply adopted from the Starfighter’s Norm 83 scheme, just the colors were exchanged. The kit was painted with acrylic paints from Revell, since the authentic tones were readily available, namely 75, 57 and 77. As a disrupting detail I gave the wing tip tanks the old Norm 64 colors: uniform Gelboliv from above (RAL 6014, Revell 42), Silbergrau underneath (RAL 7001, Humbrol’s 127 comes pretty close), and bright RAL 2005 dayglo orange markings, the latter created with TL Modellbau decal sheet material for clean edges and an even finish.
The cockpit interior was painted in standard medium grey (Humbrol 140, Dark Gull Grey), the landing gear including the wells became aluminum (Humbrol 56), the interior of the air intakes was painted with bright matt aluminum metallizer (Humbrol 27001) with black anti-icing devices in the edges and the shock cones. The radome was painted with very light grey (Humbrol 196, RAL 7035), the dark green anti-glare panel is a decal from the OOB sheet.
The model received a standard black ink washing and some panel post-shading (with Testors 2133 Russian Fulcrum Grey, Humbrol 128 FS 36320 and Humbrol 156 FS 36173) in an attempt to even out the very different shades of grey. The result does not look bad, pretty worn and weathered (like many German Starfighters), even though the paint scheme reminds a lot of the Hellenic "Ghost" scheme from the late F-4Es and the current F-16s?
The decals for the subdued Luftwaffe markings were puzzled together from various sources. The stencils were mostly taken from the kit’s exhaustive and sharply printed sheet. Tactical codes (“26+40” is in the real Starfighter range, but this specific code was AFAIK never allocated), iron crosses and the small JG 71 emblems come from TL Modellbau aftermarket sheets. Finally, after some light soot stains around the gun port, the afterburner and some air outlets along the fuselage with graphite, the model was sealed with matt acrylic varnish.
A simple affair, since the (nice) kit was built OOB and the only really fictional aspect of this model is its livery. But the resulting aircraft looks good, the all-grey wraparound scheme suits the slender F-104 well and makes an interceptor role quite believable. Would probably also look good on a German Eurofighter? Certainly more interesting than the real world all-blue-grey scheme.
In the beauty pics the scheme also appears to be quite effective over open water, too, so that the application to the Marineflieger Do-28Ds made sense. However, for the real-world Starfighter, this idea came a couple of years too late.
I KNOW, IT IS AN OLD CREATION. I just edit it.
A small base but it is cool ! :)
Video link : www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygnHtIwCi7E
"That's it?"
"Fort Zhukov, mates. Used to be a shining example of soviet imperialism."
AP: "Now it's a rats nest."
RH: "Most are, Patton."
AP: "This ain't your first deactivated soviet base?"
RH "Not my first military base if that's what your asking."
"Stay focused, ya bellends."
"Y'know, it's not as big as I though it'd be. Doesn't look like a military base. More like a prison...."
RH: "....most are."
AP: "There's only one gate and the walls are pretty tall. Not to mention the concrete's gotta be thick."
"May look impregnable, but this ol' Fort ain't ran by the commies no more. Just raggered locals walkin' around in night gowns."
"Still, breaking in is gonna be all kinds of a pain in the dick. Destroying it is just another layer of hell."
AP: "You brought the Sky Slayer along, right? It's got airstrike capabilities. Though honestly I'd rather have an A-10..."
RH: "Plus we left it at an airbase in Laitava. Stealth chopper or not it goes over the border and they'll probably catch wind that the sky's gonna be on fire soon."
AP: "The Sky Slayer's stealth VS whatever decades-old radar this place has? You shitting me?"
RH: "Kinyetz loves his tech. He's probably got modern radar, and the stuff the Chinese and Russians got now make's all of Uncle Sam's jets just another waste of taxpayer money."
AP: "Yeah, lower frequency stuff. Shit, Sky Slayer's set up like modern jets, only higher frequency radars."
"Does it matter? Sky Slayer's pretty much immune to missiles."
"Lookit all them SAMs, lad. All the gizmos on your chopper might not do that much it all that's comin' at ya at once."
AP: "He's right. Sky Slayer can deal with a couple SAM's and another aircraft but all that down there? Too much to handle, one's gonna get through."
RH: "Well, this base was made in the like the 80s, can't all be analogue down there. Gotta be able to hack into those SAMs and shut them down remotely. Hell, self destruct could be possible."
"The more shit that blows up the better. Those fuel silos will definitely be the first to go when we bust in."
"Alot of lights on the walls, though. Can't get them by surprise if they see us a mile out."
AP: "Like eyepatch said, can't all be analogue. Maybe we can just disable everything remotely and kick the place into the dark ages."
RH: "Biggest problem is I don't have a single idea how to do that."
"Gon' be honest with you blokes, don't think we have enough soldiers on our team for this, anyway. May not look big but I see alot o' wankers in rags down there carrying all kinds of Kalashnikovs. Some are new, shiny AK-12s...."
"Maybe the Wymarcie military can help us?"
RH: "Yeah, good luck with that. Most outdated, unmotivated armed forces on the entire damned planet on our side backing us up against these animals. Hell, Kinyetz probably has them under his thumb."
"The kid in the village wasn't. All we need to do is boost their morale ourselves. But how....."
AP: "Well, I see a place I can help out from. That radio mast about half a mile out to the northwest would be a pretty good sniping spot."
'Sniping from a radio tower?"
AP: "I can do it!"
RH: "Anybody notice that hatch by the west wall?...."
"Look, we got a fuckload of stuff on our plates as is. Let's just go home and try to figure things out. Most importantly how to turn the everything off on this place."
"Sounds like a plan."
AP: "Break!"
RH: "Wonder what's in there...."
Based on the Renault 8, Dinky Toys #517 (1962). Meccano Tri-Ang released this Gordini version #1414 in 1968, together with rare 8S versions. This one was re-issued by Mattel / Atlas two years ago in a Gordini set, also including a yellow 8S and a white Dauphine. The one you see is the french model that I´ve bought in an almost complete but playworn condition back in 1991. I restored it immediately . Even in 1991 the original model was (too) expensive. I used duplicolor fjordblau 78 [01-114748-1578235] and repro stripes by Graph and Petra Perrel ("36" numbers). Years later I added the repro box .
The lights, tires, license plates and the driver are originals.
The Buffalo was one of the first U.S. monoplanes with an arrestor hook and other modifications for aircraft carriers. It won a competition against the Grumman F4F Wildcat in 1939 to become the U.S. Navy's first monoplane fighter aircraft.
(Source : Wikipedia)
the 35mm f3.5 elmar is still amazing. i don't see any coating on it, so it's best that the sun is behind you.
Hollem, Howard R.,, photographer.
Working on a plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas
1942 August
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
United States.--Navy
Airplane industry
World War, 1939-1945
Air bases
United States--Texas--Corpus Christi
Format: Transparencies--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-18 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34915
Call Number: LC-USW36-969
This is a moc that i mag eof a lego clone base you can see the video on my youtuce channel at www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZLwAq0hCHE
PHLUG SPACETEMBER 2014: (Spaceship)
Build your own spaceship Category
in game quotes "Materials Check and clear"
Once unpack in to construction yards it is now ready to construct any structures that is authorize by the space council.
Inspired by @dollsahoy‘s jointed curvy custom I finally bit the bullet and got myself some Hobby Base ball shaped joints in the flesh colour since she confirmed the joints were big enough to work on 1/6th scale. I’ve been tempted to get some before but considering how this type of parts is geared towards hobbyists in the 1/12 scale and smaller I didn’t want to risk getting a bunch of useless parts.
This pack comes with ball parts sized 6mm, 8mm, 10mm and one 12mm part. I decided to get two sets just so I could have an even amount of parts. I really want to get slightly larger ball parts that were bigger than 12mm for knee joints but it seems like this was the biggest parts. Coincidentally, the “flesh” colour is a decent match to Mattel’s “Nostalgia”/Purple MTM skin tone.
Since I was dragging out a bunch of equipment for this I decided to do a bunch of dolls. The basic idea is that you slice through where you want to give your doll a joint, drill into both ends to fit the ball joint’s pegs, then bevel the edges so the ball joint fits in seamlessly.
For the drill bit, I used a 3mm drill bit and it was a snug fit for all the joints. I didn’t use glue in any of these joints except when I used them for hands as I needed to trim the peg down so it wouldn’t stick out of the palm.
I used the 10mm Ball joints for both of my Curvy elbows, and then gave them MTM hands since I didn’t want to COMPLETELY reinvent the wheel if I don’t have to.
I used 12mm ball parts for my Broad Ken elbows however these were a tiny bit too small. But…. I already committed to it by cutting his arms so they work but I wished I had 14mm or 16mm ball joints instead. Since his arms were hollow I filled them with tissue and a lot of superglue, then drilled into that since it’s my easiest and fastest way of building up hard material in a doll.
For both Broad Ken and Legolas’ wrists I used 8mm ball joints. I accidentally drilled into Broad Ken’s palm for one of his hands so I decided to cut the peg in half and exercised more caution when drilling into all the other hands, and glued the ball joint in the hand to stop it falling out.
Anyway, I’m really surprised how strong these joints are in comparison to Volks/Figma/Nendoroid ball joints cuz they didn’t fall apart and they’re quite stiff which is good for posing.
I may have ordered some more sets from HLJ to try articulating more dolls.
Mars Base Camp is Lockheed Martin’s concept for sending humans to Mars in about a decade. Using NASA’s Orion spacecraft as the command deck, the orbiting outpost could give scientists/astronauts the ability to operate rovers and drones on the surface in real time, helping us better understand the Red Planet.
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (Dec. 23, 2024) A Sailor throws a heaving line as the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Montana (SSN 794) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam during its change of homeport, Dec. 23, 2024. Montana is assigned to Submarine Squadron 1 and is capable of supporting various missions, including anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface ship warfare, strike warfare, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Scott Barnes)
Lomo LC-A with Kodak Ektar 100 film.
After a hard day exploring it is always good to return to a cozy, comfortable campsite.
Atlantic Ocean in the distance.
Riis Park, Fort Tilden, Rockaway, Queens, NY.
Based on an old Trans-Canada-Airlines poster advertising non-stop service between New York and Toronto. My version created entirely in Adobe Illustrator using my fictional "Great Plains Airways" airline.
- www.kevin-palmer.com - Many colorful wildflowers were blooming at the start of the Heart Mountain Trail. From here it was 4 miles to the summit.
Africa - Marocco - Telouet (Atlas Mountain) 1820 mt slm - Campo base Base Camp.
Night long exposure - Please View On Black
This is a corner of the Turkish Navy's Golcuk naval base in the Sea of Marmara and depicts how it looked in August 1982.
A variety of submarines are visible. On the far left are four Guppy-class submarines outboard of what was then the Turkish Navy's only Tang-class submarine, S343 Piri Reis.
On the other side of the pier from those submarines is what I think is a C107-class utility landing craft (LCU). Outboard of it is the A588 Umerbey, a fomer Bundesmarine Angeln-class cargo ship being used by the Turks as a submarine tender.
On the right of the image is a further pair of Guppy-class submarines, together with three much more modern Type 209s.
The naval base, town and region were devastated by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake on 17 August 1999; at least 7,000 people were killed in the town and surrounding area, amongst a total of up to 45,000 victims. The land along the line of the rupture was offset (moved sideways) by up to 5.7m!
AF85 064 B-1B LANCER from Dyess Air Force Base , Texas @ RAF FAIRFORD for deployment in June 2023. Monday 05th June 2023
Everest Basecamp – mount everest, who does not know this mountain. The highest mountain in the world with a height of 8.848 meters (29,028 ft). who always wanted conguered mountain climbers climbers reliable. This mountain is deadly for novice climbers, so for those of you who are still a beginner, do not try to try to conguered this mountain. not necessarily because of his conguered climbers can reliably especially novice climbers.
The following is the Everest base camp
At Everest Base Camp, climbers will Often spend 4-8 weeks, acclimatizing to the altitude. During that time, the “Icefall Doctors” will set up ropes and ladders in the notoriously unstable Khumbu Icefall. Seracs, crevasses and shifting blocks of ice of make the icefall one of the most dangerous sections of the route. Many climbers and Sherpas have been killed in this section. To reduce the risk, climbers will usually begin Reviews their ascent well before sunrise when the freezing Temperatures glue ice blocks in place.Camp I
Above the icefall is Camp I at 6.065 m (19,900 ft) Camp 1 is mostly a temporary camp with most climbers just spending one night at this camp.Camp II
Base Camp II, Advanced Base Camp (ABC) is established at 6,400 m (21,300 ft). The Western Cwm is a are relatively flat, Gently rising glacial valley, marked by huge lateral crevasses in the center roomates Prevent direct access to the Upper Reaches of the Cwm. Climbers are forced to cross on the far right near the base of Nuptse to a small passageway known as the “Nuptse corner”. The Western Cwm as the topography of the area geneally cuts off wind from the climbing route. The high altitude and a clear, windless day can the make the Western Cwm unbearably hot for climbers.Camp III
From ABC, climbers ascend the Lhotse face on set of ropes up to Camp III, on small ledges situated at Approximately 7,200 m to 7,400 m. From there, it is another 500 meters to Camp IV on the South Col at 7.920 m (26,000 ft). From Camp III to Camp IV, mountaineers are faced with two additional obstacles: The “Geneva Spur” and the “Yellow Band”. The Geneva Spur is an anvil shaped rib of black rock named by a 1952 Swiss expedition. Fixed ropes help climbers in scrambling over this snow covered rock band. The Yellow Band is a section of sedimentary sandstone. The route from the base of the Lhotse face to the Summit is almost always completely fixed with static line.Camp IV
On the South Col, climbers are very close to 8,000 m and can only spend limited time at those altitudes even with supplemental oxygen. Climbers typically only have a maximum of two or three days they can tolerate at this altitude for making peak bids. Clear weather and low winds are important factors when Deciding on a summit attempt. If weather does not cooperate within Reviews These short few days, climbers are forced to move down, many all the way back down to Base Camp.
From Camp IV, mountaineers Reviews their summit push will start from 8 pm to 2 am with the hope of reaching the summit (still another 1,000 meters above) within 10 to 12 hours. Climbers will first reach “The Balcony” at 8,400 m (27,700 ft), a small platform where they can rest and gaze at peaks to the south and east in the early dawn light. Continuing up the ridge, climbers are then faced with a series of impressive rock steps the which usually forces them to the east into waist deep snow, a large amount of sudden grave hazard. At 8,750 m (28,700 ft), a small table-sized arena of ice and snow marks the South Summit.
From the South Peak, mountaineers go after the knife-edge along the Southeast Ridge the which is known as the “Cornice traverse” where snow griping to irregular rock. This is the most bare part of the climb as a misstep to the left would send one 2,400 m (8,000 ft) down the southwest face while to the immediate right is the 3,050 m (10,000 ft) Kangshung face. At the end of this traverse is an imposing 12 m (40 ft) rock wall called the “Hillary Step” at 8.760 m (28.750 ft).
Tenzing and Hillary were the first mountaineers to rise this step and they did it with prehistoric ice climbing equipment and without fixed ropes. Now, climbers will ascend this step using fixed ropes Previously set up by Sherpas. Once above the step, it is a comparatively easy climb to the top on fairly angled snow slopes – though the exposure on the ridge is extreme especially while traversing very large cornices of snow. After the Hillary Step, climbers must traverse Also a very loose and rocky section that has a very large entanglement of fixed ropes that can be troublesome in bad weather. Climbers will typically spend less than a half-hour on “top of the world” as they Realize the need to descend to Camp IV before darkness sets in, afternoon weather Becomes a serious problem, or supplemental oxygen tanks run out.
That Everest base camp you will visit when you are mountain climbing Everest. if you are big enough guts, you should climb this mountain. but if you are in doubt it is better not try to climb this mountain.
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I did go for a trip last week to the westfjord to visiting my brother and his family, we had a good time, bbq and beer...and ofcourse a good weather :)
I went on a mountain that is named Bolafjall, i haven´t been there for 20 years because the mountain was closed for visitors, the USA army did that because of the radar base there (to the right). but now they have opened the mountain again and pepole are going there up to see the view over the fjords.
i went there in while the sun was going down, i did want to take a panorama shot of the sunset, i used my Singh-ray reverse grad filter for the horizion, but i did some mistakes, i did not see it on my camera screen, just at home in Reykjavík while i was working on this panorama. i will just go some othertime and i will not do the same mistake again(i forgot my remote controll at home :( ) some images was shaken :(
But anyway, this is the sunset from the Westfjords on top of the mountain.
hope you like it :)
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Marines assigned to Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, depart a vehicle checkpoint and patrol back to Forward Operating Base Geronimo, Afghanistan, May 30. The Marines are a part of the H&S guard force, a group of mostly non-infantrymen who perform infantry duties in the H&S battle space. The patrol was the first the Marines had completed on their own without being accompanied by a platoon sergeant or commander. "They’re doing really well, a lot better than I expected," Cpl. Eric Ramirez, squad leader, said. "Out on patrol they’ve been building their confidence. They’re learning a lot and are motivated." (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Mark Fayloga)