A mallard drake making a splashy take-off from Bushy Park pond during last spring's mating season.

Dark-Eyed Junco blasting out of the fresh snow. Somerset County, PA

Mist and sunlight make a beautiful combination

Some kind of sparrow but I don't know what kind. Maybe one of you do? I don't have my bird book right here

Pileated Woodpecker. Yosemite Valley, California.

The remains of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg’s last two blast furnaces dating back to 1965 and 1970 respectively, are being preserved at Belval with additional adjacent facilities. This structure represents Belval’s industrial heritage. Blast furnaces A and B of the former Esch-Belval plant depict the passing of an age, documenting the liquid phase of steel production and represent the most significant landmarks at the Belval site.

Blast furnace B was the last operational blast furnace of Luxembourg, which was shut down in July 1997 following the switch to electric furnaces as of 1993. A proposal from the Sites and Monuments Board led to the inclusion of the two Belval blast furnaces on the Additional list of National Sites and Monuments as of 18 July 2000.

The conservation project for the Belval blast furnaces is being developed within the new urban area framework. The blast furnace area will be integrated as a public place and will not remain an island in the middle of the “Cité des Sciences” (City of Science). The two blast furnaces will become the hub of the Cité des Sciences, not only at urban level but also at a conceptual, cultural and semantic level.

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...from the past that is! I am posting this one from the archives to introduce my new flickr friends to my favourite flower, the Osteospermum.

Have a wonderful weekend!

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A mallard duck in a splashy take-off from Bushy Park pond, Dublin, last autumn.

From my archives.

commemorating the SpaceX launch tomorrow.

Firefly's pilot is injecting a blast of propane fire into the envelope to adjust altitude -- he was quite low, just overhead. Pilots are very careful to keep flame away from the coated nylon envelopes, as flame will immediately destroy the nylon. 2016 Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta. Sony /A6300 and E50/1.8.

From the Nature Coast to the Space Coast, we are back from our Florida road trip. The Space Shuttle consisted of 3 parts, the Orbiter Vehicle, the External Tank, and the two Solid Rocket Boosters. The only part that was not re-used was the External Tank.

Kennedy Space Center Complex at Cape Canaveral

Happy Wing Wednesday!

Taken with an iPhone 3GS (CrossProcess App).

Explored on 10/09/10: Thank you so very much

Beautiful colours for a deeply depressing grey day like today.

The blast furnace bases at Ironbridge, Shropshire the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution

Fairy wren take off

My introduction to Mount St. Helens along the entrance road to the National Volcanic Monument park. This volcano is part of the Cascade Volcanic Arc, a segment of the Pacific Ring of Fire.

The Mount St. Helens major eruption of May 18, 1980 remains the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in U.S. history. Fifty-seven people were killed; 200 homes, 47 bridges, 15 miles (24 km) of railways, and 185 miles (298 km) of highway were destroyed. A massive debris avalanche, triggered by a magnitude 5.1 earthquake, caused a lateral eruption that reduced the elevation of the mountain's summit from 9,677 ft (2,950 m) to 8,363 ft (2,549 m), leaving a 1 mile (1.6 km) wide horseshoe-shaped crater.

Source and more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_St._Helens

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Now that you're out of my life I'm so much better

You thought that I'd be weak without you, but I'm stronger

You thought that I'd be broke without you, but I'm richer

You thought that I'd be sad without you, I laugh harder

Thought I wouldn't grow without you, now I'm wiser

Thought that I'd be helpless without you, but I'm smarter

You thought that I'd be stressed without you, but I'm chillin'

You thought I wouldn't sell without you, sold nine million

I'm a survivor (What?)

I'm not gon' give up (What?)

I'm not gon' stop (What?)

I'm gon' work harder (What?)

I'm a survivor (What?)

I'm gonna make it (What?)

I will survive (What?)

Keep on survivin' (What?)

Thought I couldn't breathe without you, I'm inhalin'

You thought I couldn't see without you, perfect vision

You thought I couldn't last without you, but I'm lastin'

You thought that I would die without you, but I'm livin'

Thought that I would fail without you, but I'm on top

Thought it would be over by now, but it won't stop

Thought that I would self-destruct, but I'm still here

Even in my years to come, I'm still gon' be here...

Wishin' you the best

Pray that you are blessed

Bring much success, no stress, and lots of happiness

I'm better than that

I'm not gon' blast you on the radio

I'm better than that

I'm not gon' lie on you and your family, yo

I'm better than that

I'm not gon' hate on you in the magazines

I'm better than that

I'm not gon' compromise my Christianity

I'm better than that

You know I'm not gon' diss you on the Internet

'Cause my mama taught me better than that...

Chesapeake & Ohio 4-8-4 614 pulls the Chessie Safety Express over Big Gunpowder Falls at Gunpowder, Maryland

FCCA 1009 blasts out of Tamboraque after climbing the switchback, the track running on the edge of a steep cliff is par for this amazing mountain railroad. We on the otherhand were standing on the edge of an equally precarious Peruvian death road for this vantage point.

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Observing and photographing my first long-tailed weasel in its white coat was a big highlight from this past winter.

The Rio Grande Zephyr train No. 18 blasts through Spanish Fork Canyon approaching Mill Fork, Utah on a very wintery Dec. 10, 1978 morning in the Wasatch.

I could hear this Union Pacific train for about 15 minutes before it finally blasted out of the fog. I guess sound carries on these cold foggy mornings. I finally saw the headlights just a few seconds before it reached me and got me with a cloud of blowing snow.

Santa Fe U28CG 351 leads sister unit 352 and a U30CG as the Texas Chief blasts past McCook, Illinois, on August 30, 1969. The retired units to the right of the frame are trade-ins to EMD that are awaiting scrapping at nearby Pielet Brothers.

Owen Leader photo, Joe Lewnard collection.

2102 causing a volcanic eruption of coal ash exiting a tunnel in rural PA.

Barn Swallow. (view large on black) After a brief stop on the water the Barn Swallow (note fhe forked tail), takes off in a flurry of water droplets making it difficult to get a sharp image. A familiar inhabitant of barns and other outbuildings, the Barn Swallow is easily recognized by its long forked tail. It was originally a cave breeder, but now the swallow nests almost exclusively on man-made structures. IMG_5660

Eurasian Wigeon take off at Miller Knox Park.

Snow Geese - Bombay Hook Wildlife Refuge

Blast Beach Nose's Point Seaham

Ferrari Enzo Supercars

This cloud was attempting to blast 💥 off as the day was over

The Seaham Iron Works in the 19th century had blast furnaces built in 1862. The slag from the furnaces often ended up on the nearby beaches and it was these furnaces that apparently gave their name to Blast Beach just to the south of Nose's Point Seaham.

County Durham.

An area of the beach was used to film the opening scenes of the third movie in the Alien series . The former coal-dumping site looked of another planet.

CSX Q016 gets underway after pausing for my lunch break at Hancock. I miss the B&O CPL signal bridge and HO Tower once at this location.

The PoPo Power was blasting off after pausing to allow its counterpart to get off the single track Lurgan Line

50 036 Victorious blasts through Appleford at the head of 1F71, the 16:00 Oxford - Paddington

An F-35B Lightning II from VMFA-122 "Flying Leathernecks" is seen performing an incredible take off at the 2019 MCAS Yuma air show to start off its demonstration.

As most of you know, the road to Johnstons Ridge Observatory was wiped out by a landslide last year and I assumed that they shut the road down somewhere ahead of Coldwater Lake eliminating the need for Rangers or people in the area. I was wrong, the gate was placed just past the hummocks trail, I almost ran into it in the dark and foggy morning. Well, the hummocks trail hits Boundary trail and the Boundary trail goes up to Johnstons so......As I had arrived at 4am I had lunch alone in the deserted place. fyi there are two picnic tables behind the building, above the theater :)

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