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Found in open, scrubby habitats from coastal heaths, open woodlands, and low hedges to bramble thickets on waste ground. Rather retiring, like most warblers, but jerky climbing display flight often draws attention. Also gives its burbling, buzzing song from a perch. Often gives a rising, sparrow-like “weet, weet.” Plumage brownish overall with bright rusty wings; grayer head has narrow whitish eyering and sets off white throat, which often looks a little puffy.
Scientists taking a “deep dive” into one of the iconic first images from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have discovered dozens of energetic jets and outflows from young stars previously hidden by dust clouds. The discovery marks the beginning of a new era of investigating how stars like our Sun form, and how the radiation from nearby massive stars might affect the development of planets.
Dozens of previously hidden jets and outflows from young stars are revealed in this new image from Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam). This image separates out several wavelengths of light from the First Image revealed on 12 July 2022, which highlights molecular hydrogen, a vital ingredient for star formation.
The Cosmic Cliffs, a region at the edge of a gigantic, gaseous cavity within the star cluster NGC 3324, has long intrigued astronomers as a hotbed for star formation. While well-studied by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, many details of star formation in NGC 3324 remain hidden at visible-light wavelengths. Webb is perfectly primed to tease out these long-sought-after details since it is built to detect jets and outflows seen only in the infrared at high resolution. Webb’s capabilities also allow researchers to track the movement of other features previously captured by Hubble.
Recently, by analyzing data from a specific wavelength of infrared light (4.7 microns), astronomers discovered two dozen previously unknown outflows from extremely young stars revealed by molecular hydrogen. Webb’s observations uncovered a gallery of objects ranging from small fountains to burbling behemoths that extend light-years from the forming stars. Many of these protostars are poised to become low mass stars, like our Sun.
Molecular hydrogen is a vital ingredient for making new stars and an excellent tracer of the early stages of their formation. As young stars gather material from the gas and dust that surround them, most also eject a fraction of that material back out again from their polar regions in jets and outflows. These jets then act like a snowplow, bulldozing into the surrounding environment. Visible in Webb’s observations is the molecular hydrogen getting swept up and excited by these jets.
Previous observations of jets and outflows looked mostly at nearby regions and more evolved objects that are already detectable in the visual wavelengths seen by Hubble. The unparalleled sensitivity of Webb allows observations of more distant regions, while its infrared optimization probes into the dust-sampling younger stages. Together this provides astronomers with an unprecedented view into environments that resemble the birthplace of our solar system.
In analyzing the new Webb observations, astronomers are also gaining insights into how active these star-forming regions are, even in a relatively short time span. By comparing the position of previously known outflows in this region caught by Webb, to archival data by Hubble from 16 years ago, the scientists were able to track the speed and direction in which the jets are moving.
This science was conducted on observations collected as part of Webb’s Early Release Observations Program. The paper was published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society in December 2022.
In this image, red, green, and blue were assigned to Webb’s NIRCam data at 4.7, 4.44, and 1.87 microns (F470N, F444W, and F187N filters, respectively).
[Image Description: The image is divided horizontally by an undulating line between a orange-burgundy cloudscape forming a nebula along the bottom portion and a comparatively blue upper portion. Speckled across both portions is a starfield, showing innumerable stars of many sizes.]
Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI, J. DePasquale (STScI); CC BY 4.0
SMS Baldwin S12 308 was burbling away in the Pureland Industrial Park while switching Home Depot.
Freshly painted after an extensive rebuild, the former Michigan Limestone & Chemical 116 has a bright future in Jersey.
Found in open, scrubby habitats from coastal heaths, open woodlands, and low hedges to bramble thickets on waste ground. Rather retiring, like most warblers, but jerky climbing display flight often draws attention. Also gives its burbling, buzzing song from a perch. Often gives a rising, sparrow-like “weet, weet.” Plumage brownish overall with bright rusty wings; grayer head has narrow whitish eyering and sets off white throat, which often looks a little puffy.
Burbling away in "Jog" at the GR Amtrak station is P32-8HW #518. The crew has just secured the train for the night in Grand Rapids after turning on the wye. Recently the fleet of Midwest Chargers has been rendered mostly OOS due to failures and the current inability to get parts from Siemens. As a result the Dash 8s, which hardly ever leave the yard anymore, have been called upon to keep the trains running. Amtrak management was a little nervous sending out #518 (500, 504, 517, 518, and 519 are the Chicago Dash 8s), as it always seems to have issues when it leaves the yard, but the locomotive performed well. This was #518's 4th trip on the Pere Marquette in recent weeks, and the first time I had personally shot a Dash 8 on the PM in over 10 years!
A rare trio of Pickens Railway's U18Bs burbles through Belton, South Carolina, on the return run from Honea Path, soaking up some gorgeous November evening sun.
The Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) is widespread across NZ, its loud and unique song of whistles, clicks and burbles common across almost all of the country. They're energetic too, chasing each other through the canopy and between branches and trees at full speed, in flap-then-glide darting bursts.
Alpine Creek in the Santa Cruz Mountains of San Mateo County in northern California, runs through "Heritage Grove", a Coast Redwood preserve. Here, along the banks of the creek, one can find several dozen 'old-growth' redwoods in a small 38-acre forest grove. Under the shaded canopy of these large trees and along the edges of this burbling stream lies a lush green carpet of sorrel and ferns.
Found burbling away nicely in Shoreham recently was this wonderful 1947 FWD Sucoe Wrecker that had just carried out a vehicle recovery
It was registered to the Sussex based Fairground Harris Brothers but seems to have lost it's 'Harris' titles (this side anyway) so may have been sold on or simply in the process of being spruced up?
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251's burble as Delaware Lackawanna's PT98 heads east past the old depot at Moscow, PA. At this time the DL was still regularly running to the NS interchange in Portland, but that changed not long after my visit. The consist on this day was something only the DL could assemble: an M636, C636, C630M and an M420.
DL M636 #3643
DL C636 #3642
DL C630M #3000
DL M420 #2045
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I took a quick jaunt through the Great Smoky Mountain National Park (GSMNP) a few days ago. In the wake of the devastating fires on the Tennessee side of the park, I had to go see for myself what things looked like. I was gratified that it was raining on the day that I visited. When I passed through the park in October, the drought was so bad, that flow in the streams was very low. I stopped along the road on the North Carolina side and just enjoyed watching the water flow and burble over the rocks while a light rain fell. Something we take for granted, but appreciate more now that its back.
©2016 AP Gouge Photography
Italien / Trentino - Fassatal
Val San Nicolò
St Nicholas valley
Nikolaustal
In the background you can see the Marmolata.
Im Hintergrund sieht man die Marmolda.
The Fassa Valley (Ladin: Fascia, Italian: Val di Fassa, German: Fassatal) is a valley in the Dolomites in Trentino, northern Italy. As an administrative valley community (Italian: Comunità di valle, German: Talgemeinschaft) of Trentino, it is called Region Comun General de Fascia.
The valley is the home of the Ladin community in Trentino, which make up the majority of the population.
Municipalities
The municipalities in the valley include (Ladin name):
Canazei (Cianacei)
Campitello di Fassa (Ciampedel)
Mazzin (Mazin)
San Giovanni di Fassa (Sen Jan)
Soraga di Fassa (Soraga)
Moena (Moena)
(Wikipedia)
The Val San Nicolò stretches from Pozza di Fassa to the Marmolada Group and offers relaxation amidst dense woods and gentle Alpine meadows
Starting point of our hike is the parking space “Sauc” in the Val San Nicolò (St. Nicholas valley), east of Pozza di Fassa. We follow the marker no. 640 towards "Lagusel", first along the creek before it turns to the right and proceeds steeply uphill. Almost the whole ascent of our hike is already done at the beginning and we reach the Alpine meadows of Lagusel with the little mountain lake.
We proceed further up to the Sella Palacia mountain pass (marker no. 641) which is located below the peaks of the Costabella and offers a gorgeous panoramic view. Here our descent to the Val San Nicolò starts. The “Baita alle Cascate” mountain hut is an ideal place to take a rest, it is located amidst blooming Alpine meadows, the burbling waterfalls of Jonta behind.
To get back to the parking space we follow the valley path which proceeds through the beautiful landscape of meadows with lovely wooden huts past the Ciampie Mountain Hut.
(trentino.com)
Marmolada (Ladin: Marmolèda; German: Marmolata, pronounced [maʁmoˈlaːta]) is a mountain in northeastern Italy and the highest mountain of the Dolomites (a section of the Alps). It lies between the borders of Trentino and Veneto. The Marmolada is an ultra-prominent peak (Ultra), known as the "Queen of the Dolomites".
Geography
The mountain is located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) north-northwest of Venice, from which it can be seen on a clear day. It consists of a ridge running west to east. Towards the south it breaks suddenly into sheer cliffs, forming a rock face several kilometres long. On the north side there is a comparatively flat glacier, the only large glacier in the Dolomites (the Marmolada Glacier, Ghiacciaio della Marmolada).
The ridge is composed of several summits, decreasing in altitude from west to east: Punta Penia 3,343 metres (10,968 ft), Punta Rocca 3,309 metres (10,856 ft), Punta Ombretta 3,230 metres (10,600 ft), Monte Serauta 3,069 metres (10,069 ft), and Pizzo Serauta 3,035 metres (9,957 ft). An aerial tramway goes to the top of Punta Rocca. During the ski season the Marmolada's main ski run is opened for skiers and snowboarders alike, making it possible to ski down into the valley.
History
Paul Grohmann made the first ascent in 1864, along the north route. The south face was climbed for the first time in 1901 by Beatrice Tomasson, Michele Bettega and Bartolo Zagonel.
Until the end of World War I the border between Austria-Hungary and Italy ran over Marmolada, so it formed part of the front line during that conflict. Austro-Hungarian soldiers were quartered in deep tunnels bored into the northern face's glacier, and Italian soldiers were quartered on the south face's rocky precipices. It was also the site of fierce mine warfare on the Italian Front. As glaciers retreat, soldiers' remains and belongings are occasionally discovered.
On July 3, 2022, a serac collapsed which led to the sliding downstream of over 200 000 m3 of ice and debris, killing eleven people and wounding eight more.
(Wikipedia)
Das Val San Nicolò zieht sich von Pozza di Fassa in die Marmolatagruppe hinein und bietet Erholung zwischen dichten Wäldern und sanften Almwiesen
Ausgangspunkt ist der Parkplatz "Sauc" im Val San Nicolò östlich von Pozza di Fassa. Wir folgen dem Wegweiser Nr. 640 in Richtung "Lagusel". Zuerst folgt dieser dem Bach, dann zweigt er rechts, teils steil ansteigend, den Berghang hoch ab. Fast die gesamte Steigung der Wandertour bringen wir so schon zu Beginn in einem Zug hinter uns und erreichen die Almwiesen von Lagusel. Hier liegt ein kleiner, flacher Bergsee, in dessen Wasser sich Wald und Himmel spiegeln.
Zurück auf dem Weg geht es weiter hoch zum Sella Palacia Pass (Weg Nr. 641). Vom Pass aus, der unter den Spitzen der Costabella (Sas da Pecol) liegt und gen Westen den Blick zum Rosengarten öffnet, geht es dann ruppig abwärts ins Nikolaustal hinunter. Wir freuen uns schon sehr auf die Einkehr in der Schutzhütte "Baita alle Cascate". Diese liegt am Talschluss umgeben von blühenden Almwiesen. Und gleich dahinter liegen die plätschernden Wasserfälle von Jonta.
Um zurück zum Parkplatz zu gelangen, folgen wir dem Talweg, der sich durch die Landschaft aus Almwiesen mit wunderschönen Holzhütten zieht und an der Ciampie-Hütte vorbei, gemütlich wieder zu unserem Ausgangspunkt zurück führt.
(trentino.com)
Das Fassatal (kurz Fassa, veraltet Eves, italienisch Val di Fassa, ladinisch Val de Fascia [ˈfaʃa]) ist ein zu zwei Dritteln ladinischsprachiges Tal in den Dolomiten. Es liegt im Trentino in Italien und wird zu Ladinien gezählt. Das Fassatal liegt am Oberlauf des Avisio, dessen untere Talabschnitte Fleimstal und Cembratal genannt werden. Die Gemeinden des Tals gehören zur Talgemeinschaft Comun General de Fascia. Diese ist mit der 2006 aufgelösten Bezirksgemeinschaft Ladino di Fassa deckungsgleich. Das Tal ist Teil des Wintersportgebietes Dolomiti Superski.
Für den Kraftverkehr erschlossen ist das Tal in erster Linie durch die SS 48.
Geographie
Im Fassatal befinden sich folgende Gemeinden:
Campitello di Fassa (ladinisch Ciampedèl, deutsch historisch Kampidel im Fassatal)
Canazei (ladinisch Cianacèi, deutsch historisch Kanzenei)
Mazzin (ladinisch Mazin, deutsch historisch Matzin)
Moena (ladinisch Moena, deutsch historisch Moyen)
San Giovanni di Fassa (ladinisch Sèn Jan)
Soraga di Fassa (ladinisch Soraga, deutsch historisch Überwasser)
Südlich von Moena wird das Tal des Avisio Fleimstal genannt. Die Ursache dieser unterschiedlichen Benennung des Tales liegt auch in den Besitzverhältnissen im Mittelalter, als das Fassatal zum Bistum Brixen gehörte und das Fleimstal zum Bistum Trient.
Sage und Geschichte
Die Geschichte des Fassatales liegt teilweise in sagenhaftem Dunkel. Vor den ersten schriftlichen Dokumenten soll es der Sage nach sieben Gemeinden, die „Regoles“ (deutsch „Riegel“), im Fassatal gegeben haben. Das Fassatal war dabei immer wieder räuberischen Angriffen aus dem Osten über den Fedaia-Pass aus der „Marca Trevignana“ (Hauptstadt Treviso) ausgesetzt. Daher ranken sich zahlreiche Sagen um das Fassatal über ständige Kämpfe mit den „Trevisanern“ oder meist „Trusanern“.
Die Gemeinden schlossen einen Schutzbund und heuerten eine Söldnertruppe an, die sogenannten „Arimannen“ (Heermänner), die von „Sorastantes“ (Über-Stehern) geleitet wurden. Der germanische Ausdruck Arimanne deutet auf langobardischen Einfluss. Die Trusaner wurden von den Arimannen entscheidend geschlagen, indem einer der ihren sich den Trusanern als Führer anbot, in Wirklichkeit sie aber in einen Hinterhalt lockte und dies mit seinem Leben bezahlte. Dieser Schlachtplatz liegt rechter Hand, wenn man von Canazei an Penia vorbei Richtung Fedaia fährt. Er heißt heute noch „Pian Trevisan“ oder „Cian Trujan“.
Die Arimannen bewachten in Holztürmen (ciasteles, vgl. Kastell) die Grenzen des Tales und meldeten gegebenenfalls mit Leuchtfeuern von eins bis drei verschiedene Alarmstufen in das Tal. Da die Arimannen sich aber auch selbst in längeren Friedenszeiten räuberisch verhielten, wurden sie auch Latrones (Räuber) genannt, was sie dann auch als Ehrentitel verwendeten.
Mit dem frühmittelalterlichen Anschluss des Tales an das Fürstbistum Brixen war die Einrichtung der Arimannen überflüssig geworden. Der Sage nach wurden danach noch einmal „die letzten der Latrones“ von den Trusanern unterhalb des Fedaia-Passes überfallen und vernichtet. Zwar konnten die Arimannen noch ein Leuchtfeuer entfachen, das aber im Tal nicht mehr gesehen wurde. Seitdem sieht man oben in den Bergen noch heute bisweilen das „lum de morc“, das Todeslicht.
Der Sagenforscher Karl Felix Wolff aus Südtirol bezeugt, ein frühmittelalterliches Dokument gesehen zu haben, das auf eine vorherige Existenz der Arimannen Bezug nimmt. Da dieses Dokument jedoch verschollen ist, gibt es derzeit keine schriftlichen Belege.
(Wikipedia)
Die Marmolata (italienisch Marmolada, ladinisch Marmoleda, der Name soll von der Ähnlichkeit des Felsens mit Marmor herrühren) ist der höchste Berg der Dolomiten und Teil der Marmolatagruppe. Die Marmolata ist ein westöstlich verlaufender Gratrücken, der von der Punta Penia (3343 m s.l.m.) über die Punta Rocca (3309 m s.l.m.) und die Punta Ombretta (3230 m s.l.m.) zum Pizzo Serauta (3035 m s.l.m.) und der Punta Serauta (3069 m s.l.m.) führt. Dieser Gratrücken bricht nach Süden in einer geschlossenen, zwei Kilometer breiten und bis zu 800 Meter hohen Steilwand ins Ombrettatal ab. Die auf der Nordseite zum Passo Fedaia vergleichsweise sanft abfallende Flanke trägt den einzigen größeren Gletscher der Dolomiten (Ghiacciaio della Marmolada).
Zur Geschichte der Marmolata
Die Sage vom Marmolatagletscher
Eine Südtiroler Sage erklärt (ätiologisch) den Ursprung des Marmolatagletschers so: Ursprünglich gab es auf der Marmolata kein Eis und Schnee, sondern fruchtbare Almen und Wiesen. Vor einem Marienfeiertag im August unterbrachen die Bauern wie üblich die Heuernte und gingen ins Tal, um in die Kirche zu gehen. Doch zweien war die gebotene Feiertagsruhe gleichgültig, sie arbeiteten den ganzen Feiertag durch, um ihr Heu noch trocken in die Heuschober zu bringen. Tatsächlich fing es auch gleich an zu schneien. Doch es schneite immer weiter und hörte gar nicht mehr auf, bis schließlich die ganze Marmolata von einem Gletscher bedeckt war. Eine andere Version berichtet von einer gottlosen Gräfin, welche die Bauern zur Heuarbeit gezwungen hatte. Während sich die Bauern retten konnten, wurde die Gräfin samt Gesinde von den Schneemassen begraben.
Die Besteigungsgeschichte bis 1914
Am 3. August 1802 erreichen drei Priester (Don Giovanni Costadedòi, Don Giuseppe Terza, Don Tommaso Pezzei), ein Chirurg (Hauser) und ein bischöflicher Richter (Peristi) vom Passo Fedaia aus den Höhenkamm bei der Punta Rocca. Beim Abstieg verliert die Gruppe Don Giuseppe Terza vermutlich durch Spaltensturz. Es ist ein Unfall, der dem Aberglauben neue Nahrung gab, was dazu beigetragen haben mag, dass erst 50 Jahre später ein neuer Besteigungsversuch unternommen wurde. Diesmal waren es drei Priester aus dem Bereich Agordo (Don Pietro Munga, Don Alessio Marmolada, Don Lorenzo Nikolai) und der 17-jährige Adelsspross Gian Antonio De Manzoni. Als Führer der Gruppe wird der bergerfahrene „Führer“ Pellegrino Pellegrini engagiert, der den Gämsjäger Gasparo de Pian mitnimmt. Diese Sechsergruppe steigt am 25. August 1856 vom Passo Fedaia, mit einfachen Steigeisen ausgerüstet, über den Gletscher zum Grat an und bezeichnet sich als Erstbesteiger, obwohl ihr Bericht keinen Nachweis enthält, dass man die Punta Rocca tatsächlich bestiegen hat.
1860 bezeichnet sich John Ball (mit dem Führer Victor Tairraz und John Birkbeck) ebenfalls als Erstersteiger der Marmolata, was jedoch widerlegt wurde.
Tatsächlich wurde die Punta Rocca erst im Juli 1862 vom Wiener Bergsteiger und Gründungsmitglied des Österreichischen Alpenvereins Paul Grohmann auf der Nordroute bestiegen. Er fand weder auf dem kurzen, schwierigen Gipfelgrat, noch auf dem Gipfel Besteigungsspuren. Die um 35 Meter höhere Punta Penia wird am 28. September 1864 ebenfalls von Paul Grohmann gemeinsam mit den beiden Bergführern Angelo und Fulgenzio Dimai bestiegen. In den 1880er Jahren nimmt das Dolomitenbergsteigen einen gewaltigen Aufschwung, was zur Errichtung von Schutzhütten am Fedaiasattel (Alpenvereinssektion Bamberg) und beim Ombrettapass (Contrinhaus der Alpenvereinssektion Nürnberg) führt. Die Sektion Nürnberg bemühte sich auch um einen relativ einfach zu begehenden Weg auf die Punta Penia und finanziert die Versicherung des Westgrates, der von Hans Seyffert, Eugen Dittmann mit Führer Luigi Rizzi am 21. Juli 1898 erstbestiegen wurde. Der sehr beliebte, exponierte Klettersteig wurde am 5. August 1903 eröffnet.
Den ersten Weg durch die Südwand (Schwierigkeitsgrad II) fanden die Bergführer Cesare Tomè, Santo De Toni und ihr Begleiter Luigi Farenza am 21. August 1897 mit Hilfe einer Schlucht. Den Grat erreichten sie allerdings zwei Kilometer östlich des Hauptgipfels. Die erste Südwandroute auf die Punta Penia, die heute als „Via Classica“ (IV) bekannt ist, wurde am 1. Juni 1901 von den Bergführern Michele Bettega, Bortolo Zagonel und der Britin Beatrice Tomasson eröffnet.
Die Marmolata und der Erste Weltkrieg
Die Marmolata war im Ersten Weltkrieg als Grenzberg zwischen Österreich-Ungarn und Italien Frontgebiet. Die österreichischen Stellungen verliefen vom Passo Fedaia über den Sasso Undici zur Forcella Serauta und weiter entlang des Kammes nach Westen. Die italienischen Stellungen befanden sich ostwärts bzw. südlich davon. Die Italiener bemühten sich vor allem entlang des Grates Richtung Punta Rocca vorzudringen, was jedoch auch unter Einsatz von Sprengstollen nicht gelang. Um den Nachschub zu den Stellungen am Kamm sicherzustellen, gruben bzw. sprengten die Österreicher Stollen in den Gletscher, die neben der Versorgung auch Unterkunftszwecken dienten, was zur Errichtung einer regelrechten „Eisstadt“ führte. In Zusammenhang mit diesen Kampfhandlungen steht auch das größte Lawinenunglück der Alpingeschichte. Am 13. Dezember 1916 verschüttete eine Nassschneelawine das westlich des Fedaiapasses gelegene österreichische Reservelager Gran Poz, wobei an die 300 Soldaten ums Leben kamen (→ Lawinenkatastrophe vom 13. Dezember 1916).
Die Erschließung ab 1918
Nach dem Krieg schreiben vom 8. bis 9. September 1929 Luigi Micheluzzi, Roberto Perathoner und Demetrio Christomannos mit der Ersteigung des Südpfeilers der Punta Penia (VI) Alpingeschichte. Sie hatten lediglich ein Hanfseil mit und schlugen ganze sieben Haken. Bezüglich der korrekten Besteigung tauchten allerdings Zweifel auf. Jedenfalls bezeichneten einige Nachbegeher (Fritz Kasparek, Hans Steger) diesen Weg als den schwierigsten ihrer Kletterlaufbahn, vor dem Zweiten Weltkrieg wird er lediglich sieben Mal begangen. Mit der Südwestwand der Punta Penia (VI+) durch Gino Soldà und Umberto Conforto und vor allem mit der ebenfalls 1936 durch die von Batista Vinatzer und Ettore Castiglioni erstiegenen Südwand der Punta di Rocca (VI+) kamen noch vor dem Zweiten Weltkrieg hervorragende Routen dazu. Die Vinatzerführe trug lange Zeit den Ruf der schwierigsten Dolomitenführe. Nach dem Krieg trugen sich mit Armando Aste, Toni Egger, Claudio Barbier, Walter Philipp und Georges Livanos Spitzen des Nachkriegsbergsteigens in die Liste der Erstbegeher ein. In den 1980er Jahren sollte sich zeigen, dass die schon beendet erschienene Erschließung durch die Freikletterbewegung neue Impulse erhielt. Eine neue Generation eroberte die Silberplatten, wobei vor allem Heinz Mariacher Pionierarbeit leistete. Bekannt wurde auch der Weg durch den Fisch (IX-), den tschechische Bergsteiger erstbegingen.
Tourismus heute
Über die Westseite des Gletschers verläuft der anspruchsvollste Teil des sogenannten Dolomiten-Höhenweges Nr. 2. Auf die Punta Penia führt ein Klettersteig mit der Schwierigkeits-Bewertung B vom Contrinhaus auf der Südseite via Marmolatascharte und Westgrat (daher der Name Westgrat-Klettersteig). Der Klettersteig trägt auch den Namen Hans-Seyffert-Weg. Eine sehr eindrucksvolle Bergtour führt am Fuß der Marmolata-Südwand von Malga Ciapela über den Passo Ombretta und das Contrinhaus nach Alba bei Canazei.
Auf die Marmolata führt auch eine Seilbahn; die in den Jahren 2004 und 2005 erneuerte Anlage führt in drei Abschnitten von Malga Ciapela (1467 m s.l.m.) über die Stationen Banc/Coston d'Antermoia (2350 m) und Serauta (2950 m) auf die Punta Rocca genannte Bergstation (3265 m), von der man den Marmolata-Nebengipfel Punta Rocca (3309 m) in einer halben Stunde erreichen kann. Das in die Seilbahnstation Serauta integrierte Gebirgskriegsmuseum in 2950 m Seehöhe ist das wohl höchstgelegene Museum Europas. Von der Bergstation Punta Rocca lässt sich durch einen Stollen unschwer das kleine Felsheiligtum Madonna della Neve erreichen, das Papst Johannes Paul II. bei einem Besuch persönlich konsekriert hat.
Eine der längsten Skiabfahrten der Alpen, die Bellunese, ist ca. 12 km lang. Sie führt von der Punta Rocca 1900 Höhenmeter bergab über den Passo Fedaia nach Malga Ciapela.
Bis etwa 2000 fand auf dem Marmolata-Gletscher Sommerskifahren mit einigen Schleppliften statt. Dieses Angebot wurde danach seltener und 2005 – auch auf Druck von Umweltschutzverbänden – komplett gestrichen. Bis zum Jahr 2008 gab es eine weitere Liftkette von der Passhöhe des Fedaiapasses zur Punta Serauta. 2008 wurde der Schlepplift stillgelegt; 2012 brannte die Talstation der Sesselbahn auf der Passhöhe nieder und wurde seitdem nicht wieder aufgebaut. Die hierdurch stark verminderte Kapazität und der große Andrang führen oft zu langen Wartezeiten (eine Stunde und mehr) bei der Talstation der nun einzigen Seilbahn auf die Marmolata in Malga Ciapela.
Gletschersturz 2022
Am 3. Juli 2022 kam es zu einem Gletschersturz am Gipfelgletscher der Punta Rocca. Wohl aufgrund außergewöhnlich hoher Temperaturen und eindringenden Wassers riss ein Eisblock auf etwa 200 Meter Breite ab, die Eis- und Gesteinsmassen stürzten auf die darunterliegende Normalroute zur Punta Penia, auf der zu diesem Zeitpunkt mehrere Seilschaften unterwegs waren. Zahlreiche Tote und Vermisste waren die Folge. Als Auslöser wurde der Klimawandel gesehen: Nach einem warmen und niederschlagsarmen Winter habe sich im folgenden Sommer Schmelzwasser unter dem Gletschereis gesammelt und dessen Haftung reduziert.
Schutzhütten im Marmolata-Gebiet
Rifugio Contrin (2016 m, A.N.A., traditionsreiches Haus südwestlich der Marmolata-Südwand)
Rifugio Falier (2074 m, CAI, am Fuß der Marmolata-Südwand im Val Ombretta)
Bivacco Marco Dal Bianco (2727 m, Biwakschachtel am Passo Ombretta)
Capanna Punta Penia (3340 m, privat, kleine Schutzhütte in Gipfelnähe)
(Wikipedia)
'The Waterfall', found below Broadun where the East Dart river leaves Sandy Hole Pass. We followed a beautiful walk up from Postbridge.
(1 in a multiple picture album)
I was hiking along the Virgin River near the base of Angels Landing (on left) when the sun began to peek over the rim. It was coming from behind the formation on the right and seemed to spotlight the iconic formation that many brave people climb.
Down in the cottonwood grove all was silent except for the birds and the burbling river.
Santa Fe ALCO RSD4 2129 burbles the night away sitting outside the Santa Fe Barstow Depot circa 1971.
Kodacolor Negative by Bob Black- John Black Collection. 1387
If you've visited Rocky Mtn Nat'l Park you can probably imagine how Moraine is a great place to enjoy sunrise. You are standing there in that huge meadow with breathtaking mountain scenery in every direction you turn- in this image, you're looking to the west, toward the snowy peaks of the Continental Divide. Having the place all to yourself, standing on the surface of a frozen river, listening to the water burbling along under your feet, is just icing on the cake.
Okay, so the experience of a frigid winter sunrise high in the Rocky Mountains was personally exhilarating, but I'm not totally happy with this shot- there wasn't much alpenglow to speak of & although I wanted the interesting rock to anchor the foreground, it's too freaking huge in the composition. Ah well, it'll all still be there another morning for another try.
Belt Railway of Chicago ALCO C424 604 was burbling into the Chicago and North Western's Proviso yard with a transfer on a hot morning in 1994.
These icons of Chicagoland provided a lot of fun around town from the 1960s until retirement in 1999.
The 604 was sold to the Arkansas and Missouri and parted out to provide parts to other ALCOs.
Arizona Rock Squirrel, comfortably enthroned, surveys his realm, serenaded by burblings of the Lower Salt River.
This pretty geyser is indeed, solitary, all by itself, located a short hike from either the Upper Geyser Basin boardwalk or on the way up or down the trail from Observation Point. This is one of those geysers that people tampered with way back when they didn't understand geysers or geology that well. They wanted to use the hot spring water so they put a pipe in it, which lowered the water level several feet and caused the then-hot spring to turn into a geyser that erupted every few minutes. They removed the pipe and the water level rose again, but it continued to be a geyser that now erupts every 5-7 minutes (give or take). It's not a huge geyser, though. It sort of "burbles" and erupts about 3-4 feet (so the nearby sign says). It was difficult to even see it erupt on that chilly day because of all the steam. I could only tell it was going to erupt by watching for ripples in the water, which occurred just before that "burble" of an eruption.
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Immaculate and classy Lockheed 12A Electra Junior G-AFTL burbles away from RIAT 2025
This year, the show's theme was 'Eyes in the Skies' so you may ask why was this vintage beauty involved?
Back in the lead up to WWII, she toured Europe equipped with hidden aerial cameras
Notably flown by Sidney Cotton in the reconnaissance role and on behalf of the British Government, she was used to photograph German and Italian military installations
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Maybe the most photographed structure on the Lehigh Valley mainline was the crossing of the Susquehanna River at Towanda, PA. I for one never got to see a train on this bridge until this day while chasing the Lehigh Railway. The lighting for a side lit shot in afternoon of an eastbound works well here.The railroad threw in a surprise for me. I waited patiently for the pair of SD40-2's I was chasing to cross the river and head for the sand transfer to drop it's train. A bit of time had passed, more than I anticipated, and with the temperature at 90 degrees, I was getting a bit toasted. But all of that changed once a rumble was heard approaching the trestle. Then the unmistakable sound of U-Boats shouted through the valley as the two U23B's cried for mercy as they yanked on nearly 100 loaded sand cars and general freight. The train from Sayre was combined with cars hiding behind the glass factory and form this monster. The cry for help from the four axle locomotives is a sound that can not be heard in very many part of the country any more. Oh, yes, they are still kicking around on many short lines, such as this one, but with 9000 ton of train behind them, in notch 8, burbling bloody mayhem? Look hard!
While I have many photos of famed Greenwich and Johnsonville 4116 at work on the Batten Kill Railroad, the erstwhile little road owns a second Alco RS3. Alas in the five years since I've been back on the East Coast she hasn't run and is out of service with assorted ailments. Allegedly she is slowly being worked on as time and money permit so who know when or if her 244 will ever again burble to life.
BKRR 605 was blt. Nov. 1950 as Lehigh and Hudson River 10. She was sold 5 years before that road disappeared into Conrail becoming St. Johnsbury and Lamoille County 205 and then after another 5 or 6 years she became Vermont Railway 605 dressed in red paint. After another eight or so years in Vermont she migrated to the newly created Batten Kill and was done up in this handsome scheme. Here she sits eflecting in a puddle tucked up at the end of track on the Carovail Spur just west of the Cargill elevator near MP 8.5 on the original Greenwich and Johnsonville Railroad as measured from Greenwich.
This trackage dates from after 1906 when the Delaware and Hudson (which had acquired the little shortline that year) built this approximately 10 mile line east to connect with it's Washington Branch route at Greenwich Jct. For it's entire life until being sold to the new Batten Kill it was an independent and wholly owned subsidiary of the D&H.
Salem, New York
Monday October 17, 2022
Riffles on a burbling beck.
DeKalb County (Forrest Hills), Georgia, USA.
13 March 2024.
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On a glorious day after the 2023 Coronation a Class 20 burbles its way past heading for the current terminus of the line at Embsay. There are plans to extend the line a bit further to Bolton Bridge it seems and there are signs of preparatory work. However, this may be under threat given the apparent universal funding crisis which is reported to be affecting Heritage Railways.
We intended visiting the line and spending some money to help out while not actually travelling - services were busy anyway. However, to get to the refreshment room it was necessary to buy a Platform Ticket. Owing to it being a Gala Event the prices were increased to £10 each - just £5 less than a ticket to travel the line.
There was no suggestion that the purchase of a Platform Ticket could be used to offset the cost slightly on any purchase made. Interesting.
Unsurprisingly we chose not to partake. Maybe next time when we are not under the weather!
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feeling fabulous today, passed my test, still burbling, but so relieved its finally over, its been hanging over my mood like the sword of Damocles all summer and its finally behind me and I've flushed it into the past :)
photo taken by my father in our backyard with his then brand new Canon camera, which I now have.
celebrating by watching Pink Panther cartoons :)
Long after
We are gone
The streams will still burble the dharma
The birds will still sing the dharma
The wind will still whisper the dharma
The rain will still spill the dharma on the rocks and plains and oceans
From the Washington Trails Association:
Hikers flock to Mount Storm King for that signature shot, standing on a rocky outcropping above Lake Crescent. But it's a grind to get there, and the climb to the summit can be dangerous in bad weather. Luckily, there are several outcroppings about halfway to the top offering similar views. It's still a steep hike to get to them, but at least it's shorter.
Start at the Storm King Ranger Station, on the southeast side of Lake Crescent. Hop on the wide trail that passes in front of the ranger station, and soon pass under Highway 101. Signed for Marymere Falls, the flat trail may lull you into a false sense of security. Make no mistake, your climb will come.
After just a few minutes of hiking (it'll clock in at about a half mile), arrive at huge boulder and a sign propped against it, pointing the way uphill via a 180-degree turn. This is your turnoff for Storm King. You might want to take a few layers off.
Shift it into low gear and begin your climb. Passing first through damp forest, the trail switchbacks steeply before flattening out moderately at a half mile from the turnoff. The forest opens, and becomes drier as you traverse through giant pines. Keep climbing, and you'll notice the forest around you changing. Pines give way (or at least share space) with madronas and manzanitas; hardy, twisted trees and shrubs with reddish bark that add color to the surrounding trunks of massive cedars and hemlocks.
Begin looking for views when the madronas appear. There are several viewpoints, offering peek-a-boo views of both the Barnes Creek valley and the deep blue waters of Lake Crescent. At 1.3 miles, arrive at a shoulder where you have a through-the-trees view of Lake Crescent and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. This is the end of the maintained trail. If you want to continue, the trail does so, but it becomes gradually fainter and rougher, culminating in a climber's trail.
Hikers are aided by ropes just below the end of the climber's trail, but it's quite exposed, and the tread is nearly non-existent up there. Consider carefully if you become uncomfortable on your way up, and don't climb up anything you don't want to climb down.
Extending your trip: Back at the junction with Marymere Falls, turn left and go see the falls before heading back to the trailhead. It's a short hike, and the sweet little loop takes you past not only a gorgeous waterfall, but also wide, quietly burbling Barnes Creek. It's a nice cool down after the beating you got on Storm King.
37610 and 37425 burble by Stanground whilst working 1Z97 1326 Derby R.T.C.(Network Rail) to Ely, the set would then run as 1Q99 1640 Cambridge Recp 1&2 (but started at Ely) to March Down R.S. via various branch lines in the area.
The set should have been in the region a few days ago, but I believe there was a train fault.
Europhoenix/ROG 37510 "Orion" burbles away on the UDL with London Northwestern Aventra EMU 730230 in tow working a very late 5Q57 11.01 Crewe C.S. - Old Dalby.
Those of you who follow my work know about something called my 'Batten Kill Batting Average.' It started because of my story of trying to shoot this most elusive and desirable of northeastern rail operations. This link will take you to that original story if you don't know what I'm talking about: flic.kr/p/2mz9p86
To be fair I'm not even sure if this should count since I wasn't attempting to shoot the BKRR and was specifically in the area to shoot Berkshire and Eastern on my way home from my trip to the Saratoga, Corinth and Hudson. Given that it was a Saturday evening I gave ZERO thought to these guys, and was just enjoying capturing angles of EDMO picking up in the yard when the radio crackled to life. I genuinely thought my mind was playing tricks on me when I heard the Batten Kill call the EDMO crew on the radio. But the second time I realized I wasn't hearing things after all, and sure enough the 5012 was asking the B&E crew what their plans were! I heard the BKRR crew say they were just around the corner and needed to come in to pick up five hot cars urgently requested by one of their customers. I could NOT believe my good fortune and despite the gathering gloom I sure wasn't going to pass this opportunity up!
In short order the veteran Alco RS36, SNEX 5012 (ex Atlantic & Danville number 2 blt. May 1959), burbled out onto the 250 ft long deck girder bridge spanning the Hoosic River and waited for the B&E crew to finish up. With them now out of the way the 5012 has come down into the north (east) end of the yard and is gathering up their cars in this view taken from the Duan Lane grade crossing.
For me this was now the start of my 10th time shooting the Batten Kill out of 18 visits or a .556 average!
Hamlet of Eagle Bridge
Hoosick, New York
Saturday April 27, 2024
#4116 is a real live burbling 244 powered Alco RS3...and an ex Delaware & Hudson loco (4116 blt Sept 1952) on D&H "home rails" no less!
Seen here switching out Carovail, one of the Batten Kill Railroad's two regular remaining customers.
Salem, New York
Saturday April 13, 2019
Colas 37219 "Jonty Jarvis" 8-12-1998-18-3-2005 burbles through Central on the DML rigged up with Rail Data Equipment working 0V37 14.22 Derby R.T.C. [Network Rail] - Canton Sidings.
One of my favorite spots on the true east end of the railroad, one hears the river burbling, birds singing, and sees the sun shining. Slowly the drone that can only be attributed to an EMD becomes louder and louder until the LM screams around the corner shattering the tranquility. Still in the last hours of high sun, but I couldn't resist a shot.
He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought —
So rested he by the Tumtum tree
And stood awhile in thought.
And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came wiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
This is my entry to the contest on Bricker.ru. The goal of the contest was to design a fantastic beast that could exist in the world of Harry Potter. I've chosen the classic J. Tenniel's illustration as a prototype, and made a dragon-insect hybrid, created by 19th century British wizard.
The model itself was made in the beginning of this year, but contest rules don't allow to reveal MOC authorship before the results are available to the public.
Unfortunately, the Jabberwock didn't make it to the top-5... but I'm still happy with the model. ^_^
Conrail train TTSE burbles through Beacon on former New York Central trackage on a hazy afternoon in 1994.
The trio of GE B23-7s was sounding and looking fantastic as they wheeled the Tarrytown to Selkirk freight on the Metro-North tracks headed for the River Line.
'The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
came whiffling through the tulgey wood and burbled as it came!'
My contribution to VirtuaLUG's Alice in Wonderland layout at BrickWorld 2012 was the chessboard battle and Jabberwocky. Since others helped contribute the armies and I was unable to attend, I have no pics of the complete layout. Although the board and ruins have been torn down, I still have this on my shelf and probably will for a good long time. ~H
37714 [37024] "Cardiff Canton" burbles away in the platform after working the 15.00 service up from Loughborough whilst D6700 [37119] manoeuvres around the train to work the 15.45 service back down to Loughborough on the Great Central Railway's English Electric Running Day.
The 08.20 Chester - Manchester Victoria burbles through rural Cheshire on a glorious late spring morning.
An unidentified Class 107 burbles away in the Kyle Street sidings on the evening of 30-10-1983, the weekend of the "Railfair" at Ayr to celebrate the start of the Ayrshire electrification project. I can't quite remember if the sidings were "officially" open or that we just asked a passing railwayman for permission to cross the line, but the photo seems to be taken well inside the siding area. Low light conditions (and quite possibly a trip to our favourite bar on Burns Square) have unfortunately not given a clear enough negative to positively identify the DMBS, but the number seems to end in a "2"(?). The ex-Hamilton 107 fleet were remarkably homogeneous in these days. Difficult to find any distinguishing features of individual vehicles. An enduring civic pride in the beautiful town of Ayr has forced me to digitally clean up the litter in the area, but the ever present DMU oil stains must remain.