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Three figures on Blueback Beach - Yashica T4 Super and Fuji ISO 200 Film - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives in Nanaimo, British Columbia where he works also as a writer and a personal trainer.
Canon EOD M Mirrorless Test Drive - 3 (of 18) - Canon EOS M (2012) with Canon 18-55mm IS STM (EF-M Mount) - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
November 4, 2018
This baby herring was stuck in a small puddle along the edge of the stream. We release him into the main flow of the brook.
Tiny river herring fry, born this summer seem to be late for their first pilgrimage to the sea. These are the offspring of river herring, that made their way upstream in the early spring. These little fish will form immense schools in the coastal waters, providing food for all kinds of fish and birds.
Stony Brook Herring Run
Brewster, Massachusetts
Cape Cod - USA
Photo by brucetopher
© Bruce Christopher 2018
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Beijing, China
View my other images of Limacodid Caterpillars from China (Beijing and Yunnan) in the set, Limacodid (Cup Moth) Caterpillars.
Blueback Beach - 1 (of 7) - Yashica T4 Super and Fuji ISO 200 Film - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives in Nanaimo, British Columbia where he works also as a writer and a personal trainer.
Blueback/Uplands Beach - 4 (of 7) - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Fotodiox Nik-M4/3 adapter & Nikon AF Micro Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
Blueback Beach Skyway - Nikon D70 with Nikkor 35-80 mm 1:4.0-5.6 Zoom - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives in Nanaimo, British Columbia where he works also as a writer and a personal trainer.
May 20, 2017
River Herring (a combination of alewives and blue back herring) are coming and going at the herring run. Some of the early spawners are heading back down the river to the ocean, as some of the fish "late to the party" are still arriving.
Brewster, Massachusetts
Cape Cod - USA
Photo by brucetopher
© Bruce Christopher 2017
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Shot with a Canon 7D.
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Bittersweet Blueback - 22 (of 25) - Panasonic Lumix FZ200 & Polarizer - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
FM 21-100 Basic Field Manual and Soldier's Handbook, printed July 23, 1941.
These old Field Manuals are loaded with facts and information about being a soldier and being in combat. Obviously, some of the information is dated, but a lot of the information in these manuals is still valid and used today. i have a good friend who was a Drill Instructor in the Marine Corps for a long time. He gave me a US Navy Blueback Manual and said that most of the information in that book (1940) is still used today.
I just recently purchased this one. They are fascinating to read.
Day XII: Beach Rock - 2 (of 27) - Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ200 - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
The USS Blueback was the last non-nuclear combat-capable submarine commissioned (1959) and decomissioned (1990) by the U.S. Navy. The submarine is now an interactive exhibit at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland, Oregon.
Blue - 6 (of 11) - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Super-Takumar 1:3.5 28mm Prime (M42 mount) and Fotodiox M42 to M43 Adapter and Polarizer - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
And another new variety of Limacodid caterpillar from my local vicinity. These I have dubbed "Cherry Ripple" for their resemblance to sweet confectionary. The nickname is for my own reference mainly because practically none of these caterpillars are identified (maybe even ever formally) and this will allow me to group the growing number of images I have into their like-kinds including the various instars I have captured. The names will be included as tags.
These are the varieties that are currently in my photostream:
Dirty Mary (Darna sp.), Virgin Mary, Bloody Mary, Toothbrush, Hole-in-One, Green Devil (Setora sp.), Bullseye (Squamosa sp.), Carrot Top (Hyphorma sp.), Torpedo (Susica sp.), Red Devil (Setora sp.), Blue Streak (Susica sp.), Chameleon (Phlossa sp.), Yellow Devil (Setora sp.), Green Marauder (Miresa sp.), Almond-backed, Submarine (Scopelodes sp.), Sand and Sea (Parasa sp.), The Clown (Setora sp.), The Ghost, Chequers, Triple Streak (Parasa sp.), Pin Cushion, Haemorrhoid, Bread Loaf (Parasa sp.), Jelly Bean (Chalcocelis, Chalcoscelides and Belippa spp.), Tank (Demonarosa spp.), Ninja Turtle (Quasinarosa sp.), Doormat (Thosea sp.), Snickers (Mahanta sp.), Blue Stripe (Parasa sp.), Blueback (Cnidocampa (Monema) sp.), Jagged Little Pill (Darna sp.), Pink Lady, The Jester (Setora sp.), Stool (Nagodopsis sp.), Yellow Caboose (Phlossa sp.), Zebra Crossing, Ox Tongue, Octopus, Outrigger, Inkblot, Blaze, Firecracker (Ceratonema sp.), Icicle, Optimus Prime, Claret, Cherry Ripple, Lavenderman (Parasa sp.), Cogwheel (Narosoideus sp.), Broken Heart, The Shield, Dumbbell (Monema sp.), Bindi, Prickly Pear, Stack Hat (Narosa sp.), Grenade (Olona sp.), Bolt (Parasa sp.), Belted Submarine, Green Lantern, The Flash, Snowflake (Phrixolepia sp.), Supernova (Idonauton sp.), Lucifer, Limpet (Ceratonema sp.), French Toast, Cyclops, GI Joe, Unicorn, Ellipsis, Twin Peaks, Backstitch, Medusa, Fusiforma, Jube.
Pu'er, Yunnan, China
View my other images of Limacodid Caterpillars from China (Beijing and Yunnan) in my photostream, HERE.
Hotel Barclay on Stamp Avenue at Roger Street, Port Alberni, BC on Vancouver Island.
New and Modern Hotel Barclay Ltd.
729 - 3rd Avenue North, Port Alberni, B.C.
Cafe, Dining Room, Air conditioned. Sixty rooms. Double room with bath - $6.00. Free parking, elevator. Tyee, Cohoe, Blueback, Trout, Steelhead Fishing - Always some in season!
Pub. by Grant-Mann Lithographers Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia.
Extant as the Best Western Barclay Hotel, 4277 Stamp Avenue, Port Alberni, BC.
The Hyde Pond Dam Removal project in Mystic, Conn. will remove the dam on Whitford Brook, a tributary of the Mystic River. It will restore fish passage to 4.1 stream miles and habitat for alewife, blueback herring and American eel, candidate species under the Endangered Species Act, and mitigate flooding risk downstream of the dam.
More project details: www.fws.gov/hurricane/sandy/projects/HydePondDam.html
Photo credit: Save the Sound
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I recently went on the Tour of the USS Blueback Submarine on display at OMSI in Portland Oregon. This is the view through the parascope. I couldnt imagine living onboard one of these beasts with 80 other guys for months at a time. Everybody becomes friends real fast. I took this with my iPhone 5s.
Blue - 5 (of 11) - Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II with Super-Takumar 1:3.5 28mm Prime (M42 mount) and Fotodiox M42 to M43 Adapter and Polarizer - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
The USS Blueback was the last non-nuclear combat-capable submarine commissioned (1959) and decomissioned (1990) by the U.S. Navy. The submarine is now an interactive exhibit at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland, Oregon.
Watertown was inhabited long before English colonization. In the 1600s, two groups of the indigenous Massachusett, the Pequossette and the Nonantum, had settlements on the banks of the river the English later called the Charles. Recent historical research records "Pigsgusset" as the native name of "Water towne." The Pequossette built a fishing weir to trap herring at the site of the current Watertown Dam. The annual fish migration, as both alewife and blueback herring swim upstream from their adult home in the sea to spawn in the fresh water where they were hatched, still occurs every spring.
Watertown, first known to settlers as Saltonstall Plantation, was one of the earliest of the Massachusetts Bay Colony settlements. Founded in early 1630 by a group of settlers led by Richard Saltonstall and George Phillips, it was officially incorporated that same year. The alternate spelling "Waterton" is seen in some early documents.
Watertown is in Middlesex County in Eastern Massachusetts, six miles northwest of Boston on the Charles River. The population in 2024 is 32,986. Watertown is bordered on the North by Belmont and Cambridge, on the South by Boston and Newton, and on the West by Waltham.
May 20, 2017
Stony Brook Herring Run
Brewster, Massachusetts
Cape Cod - USA
Photo by brucetopher
© Bruce Christopher 2017
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Shot with a Canon 7D.
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The Flock Process Dam Removal project removes the first dam on the Norwalk River, eliminating dam failure risk, allowing fish to move freely between salt and freshwater, facilitating sediment transport and building natural defenses in both upstream and downstream areas of the river to future flooding. Approximately 3.5 miles of stream access are being restored.
Benefits: Restores 3.5 miles of stream access benefiting migratory fish including alewife, American eel, alewife, sea-run brown trout and blueback herring; eliminates dam failure risk while protecting upstream and downstream infrastructure; restores natural sediment transport
The 14-foot high dam served an adjacent former mill but now the dam is abandoned and in a state of disrepair. Failure of this dam threatens downstream property and habitat, two downstream bridges (including an active Amtrak bridge) and an upstream office complex.
More project details:
www.fws.gov/hurricane/sandy/projects/FlockProcessDam.html
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Photo credit: Rick Bennett/USFWS
This Hurricane Sandy resilience project includes removal of the White Rock dam in Westerly, R.I. and Stonington, Conn. In fall 2015, the entire dam will be removed from the Pawcatuck River. The project will open up close to 25 miles of the Pawcatuck River and associated wetlands for migrating American shad, alewife, blueback herring, American eel, and sea-run trout.
More project details: www.fws.gov/hurricane/sandy/projects/CTRIDamRemoval.html
Photo credit: Scott Comings, The Nature Conservancy
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A Major Shopping Centre in the UK using 48 sheet printing to advertise their Summer campaign. 48 Sheet Printing is widely used throughout the UK by many companys as an effective way of advertising.
A pair of adult Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) sitting on a snag in Harpur Pond the Nature Preserve at Binghamton University.
Click on the pic for a larger view. You'll then be able to read everything.
Here are some patches from U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships.
The patch directly above the one from the USS Chicago is a bit tough to read due to its dark brown color. It has the outline of President Abraham Lincoln and the words at the top read, Shall Not Perish - a reference to one of his lines in the Gettysburg Address.
Most of the patches here are from submarines.
Horizontal Tree at Blueback Beach - Yashica T4 Super and Fuji ISO 200 Film - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives in Nanaimo, British Columbia where he works also as a writer and a personal trainer.
SoulRider.222 / Eric Rider © 2011
"Lest We Forget
These words, cut in stone, are a tribute to all submariners
who volunteered to serve their country in the
submarine service of the United States of America.
Never let it be said of any of us that we
forgot our shipmates on eternal patrol.
Dedicated by
U.S. Submarine Veterans
World War II
Oregon Chapter
May 14, 1994"
________________________________________
OMSI is home to the U.S. Navy's last non-nuclear, fast-attack submarine, the USS Blueback (SS-581). The Blueback was the first battle-ready class of submarines to use the teardrop hull. It was in official operation throughout the Pacific Ocean for 31 years.
USS Blueback (SS-581) was a Barbel-class submarine in the United States Navy. She was one of three in her class, the last diesel-electric propelled submarines built by the United States Navy. They incorporated numerous, radical engineering improvements over previous classes and were the first production warships built with the teardrop-shape hull and “attack center” within the hull rather than a conning tower in the sail.
Blueback is the common name for the Sockeye Salmon. When the Blueback was commissioned, submarines were named after fish. Since the 1970’s, most U.S. Navy submarines have been named after cities or states.
Blueback earned two battle stars for her Vietnam War service.
Awarded: June 29, 1956
Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi
Keel Laid: April 15, 1957
Launched: May 16, 1959
Commissioned: October 15, 1959
Decommissioned: October 1, 1990
Struck from Navy Registry: October 30, 1990
Opened at OMSI: May 15, 1994.
Class and Type: Barbel-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement:
1,744 long tons light.
2,146 long tons full.
2,637 long tons submerged.
402 long tons dead.
Length: 219 feet, 6 inches overall.
Beam: 29 feet.
Draft: 25 feet max.
Propulsion:
Three Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines, total 4,500 bhp (3.6 MW).
Two General Electric electric motors, total 6,440 bhp (2.3 MW).
One screw.
Speed: 17 knots (20 mph) surfaced; 21 knots (24 mph) submerged.
Endurance: 30 minutes at full speed; 102 hours at 3 knots (4 mph).
Test depth: 712 feet operating; 1,050 feet collapse.
Complement: 8 officers, 77 men.
Armament: 6 x 21 inches (530 mm) bow torpedo tubes, 22 torpedo's.
Blueback Beach Eagle - Ricoh AF-77 (1993) Compact with Fuji ISO 200 Film - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives in Nanaimo, British Columbia where he works also as a writer and a personal trainer.
View my other images of Limacodid Caterpillars from China (Beijing and Yunnan) in my Flickr photostream, HERE.
You will notice I have given each individual a descriptive superhero-style name in the title of the image. This variety has been nicknamed "Firecracker" for its garish decoration and fuse. These are for my own reference mainly because practically none of these caterpillars are identified (maybe even ever formally) and this will allow me to group the growing number of images I have into their like-kinds including the various instars I have captured. The names are included as tags.
These are the varieties that are currently in my photostream:
Dirty Mary (Darna sp.), Virgin Mary, Bloody Mary, Toothbrush, Hole-in-One, Green Devil (Setora sp.), Bullseye, Carrot Top, Torpedo (Susica sp.), Red Devil (Setora sp.), Blue Streak (Susica sp.), Chameleon, Yellow Devil (Setora sp.), Green Marauder, Almond-backed, Submarine, Sand and Sea, The Clown, The Ghost, Chequers, Triple Streak (Parasa sp.), Pin Cushion, Haemorrhoid, Bread Loaf, Jelly Bean (Chalcocelis and Belippa spp.), Tank (Prolimacodes sp.), Ninja Turtle (Narosa sp.), Doormat (Thosea sp. and Cania sp.), Snickers (Mahanta sp.), Blue Stripe (Parasa sp.), Blueback (Cnidocampa (Monema) sp.), Jagged Little Pill (Darna sp.), Pink Lady, Canary, The Jester, Stool, Yellow Caboose, Zebra Crossing, Ox Tongue, Octopus, Outrigger, Inkblot, Blaze (Thosea sp.), Firecracker.
Pu'er, Yunnan, China
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