Some careful research suggested the viaduct would still be lit for the returning Scarborough Spa Express and my calculations seemed to be correct as a TPE unit crossed in lovely evening light a few minutes before the booked time for the steam

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This random pattern of stones looks beautiful to me. It almost looks like it was designed, but of course it wasn't. It is just the way the world is. But to see it is the really important thing.

Did you know that astronomers have calculated that there are far more stars in our known universe (let alone those we do not know yet) than there are grains of sand on earth? It's hard to get our head around the vastness of this universe, when we realise how utterly insignificant we are by comparison. But as the French philosopher and mathematician, Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) once said, "Man is only a reed, but at least he's a thinking reed."

As far as we know, human beings are the only creatures in the universe with a consciousness so evolved that we are able to make calculations about the size of our universe. How blessed we are. In many ways the emergence of human intelligence (not always an oxymoron), is the universe becoming conscious of itself.

THE NUMBERS

According to calculations based on rigorous observations, there are 10,000 stars for every grain of sand on earth.

Approximately 7.5 x 10 to the power of 18 grains of sand on earth = 7.5 quintillion.

1 x 10 to the power of 24 to 2 x 10 to the power of 24 stars in the known universe = 1-2 septillion.

Mindboggling. No wonder the Bible translator, J.B. Phillips, once wrote a book called, Your God is Too Small.

Construction works started in 1885 and lasted for almost a century. This building combines many architecture styles, but Romanesque Revival is predominant. The cathedral is surmounted by three giant domes covered by striking blue and white glazed tile from Czechoslovakia. Its stained glass windows were created by Spanish artist Guillermo Larrazábal.

Its towers are truncated due to a calculation error of the architect. If they had been raised to their planned height, the foundation of this Church to the Immaculate Conception, would not have been able to bear the weight. In spite of the architect's immense mistake, the skyline of its domes has become a symbol for the city. Its facade is made of alabaster and local marble, while the floor is covered with pink marble, brought from Carrara (Italy). When the Cathedral was first constructed 9,000 out of Cuenca's 10,000 inhabitants could fit in the building.

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The Cathedral of Cuenca has six domes that are on the pre-ministry and the Central Nave. They are divided into three highs and three lows that are interspersed in their location. all domes have a flashlight inside. The three high domes and one of the low ones are covered by tile while the others maintain the brick structure.

The tall domes have a Renaissance style, the largest is on the Cruiser and has an inner diameter of 12 meters and has a height of 53 meters.

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There are two types of domes:

Low: constituted by spherical shells, seated directly on the arches.

Tall: linked or seated on the arches by means of four spherical triangles (called pendentives). On these pendentives sits a ring, from which a cylinder is generated (called drum) that is crowned by a vault banked. At the top of the dome, there is the Lantern, of Renaissance architectural design.

The Palace hotel in Madrid was inaugurated in 1912 with a production cost of 15 million pesetas, which after an approximate calculation of inflation in the last 110 years, the current value would be approximately 60 million euros.

At the time it was the largest hotel in Europe. It currently belongs to the Marriott group.

The dome in the photo belongs to a space called the "Winter Garden", which is accessed directly from the lobby.

It is one of the spaces with the greatest personality and representativeness within the public spaces of the hotel.

This circular space is located right in the center of the floor, inside and is in "art nouveau" style.

It is covered with a dome of stained glass windows supported by double columns.

The open space is maintained due to iron arches that support it.

This space has natural lighting during the day due to being inserted at the bottom of an interior patio.

The lounges and restaurants are located around this space.

During the Spanish civil war of 1936-1939 the hotel was expropriated by the government of the Republic of Spain.

Initially it became the official headquarters of the Soviet Union Embassy and later became "Blood Hospital".

The dome room was used as an operating room to care for the wounded in the fighting, given its natural lighting.

There the anarchist leader Buenaventura Durruti, who died of his wounds on November 20, 1936, while defending Madrid from the attacks of General Franco's army. (Source Wikipedia)

CUPULA DEL HOTEL PALACE, MADRID, 2022

El hotel Palace de Madrid fue inaugurado en 1912 con un coste de producción de 15 millones de pesetas, que tras un cálculo aproximado de la inflacción en los últimos 110 años, el valor actual sería aproximadamente de 60 millones de euros.

En su momento fue el hotel más grande de Europa. Actualmente pertenece al grupo Marriott.

La cúpula de la foto pertenece a un espacio denominado "Jardín de Invierno", al que se accede directamente desde el lobby.

Es uno de los espacios de mayor personalidad y representatividad dentro de los espacios públicos del hotel.

Este espacio de planta circular se encuentra ubicado justo en el centro de la planta, en su interior y es de estilo "art nouveau".

Se encuentra cubierto con una cúpula de vidrieras de colores sostenidas por columnas dobles.

El espacio diáfano se mantiene debido a unos arcos de hierro que la soportan.

Este espacio posee una iluminación natural por el día debido a estar inserta en el fondo de un patio interior.

En torno a este espacio se ubican perimetrálmente los salones y restaurantes.

Durante la guerra civil española de 1936-1939 el hotel fue expropiado por el gobierno de la república.

Inicialmente se convirtió en la sede oficial de la Embajada de la Unión Soviética y posteriormente se convirtió en "Hospital de Sangre".

La sala de la cúpula fue usada como quirófano para atender a los heridos en los combates, dada su iluminación natural.

Allí falleció el 20 nov 1936, a causa de sus heridas, el dirigente anarquista Buenaventura Durruti, mientras defendía Madrid de los ataques del ejército del general Franco. (Fuente Wikipedia).

This was not taken with a telescope but rather my old Nikon 750 with a 135mm lens. It wasn't visible to the naked eye, at least by me, it certainly could be but for the moon and it's low position in the sky. From top to bottom this image spans 15 degrees (The equivalent of 30 moons!) and yet the tail is still clipped. I thought for sure I could get the whole comet in the frame. I also collected some images with my telescope, but that's just of the nucleus.

from space.com:

"Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) has recently passed its closest approach to Earth and is now heading away from the Sun, though it's still visible in the night sky. After reaching its perihelion on September 27, 2024, it's been one of the brightest comets this century. The comet was closest to Earth on October 12, 2024, at a distance of about 71 million kilometers (44 million miles)

The initial calculations suggested that Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) was on a long-period orbit, potentially returning every 80,000 years, which would categorize it as an orbital comet. However, recent updates have indicated that this might not be accurate. As astronomers continue to gather more observational data, they've noted that the comet's path may actually lead it out of the solar system entirely, suggesting a possible hyperbolic trajectory rather than a closed elliptical orbit​. This means that Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) could be a non-periodic comet, visiting the solar system just this once before heading back into interstellar space, never to return. The distinction between a long-period and a hyperbolic orbit hinges on precise measurements and observations over time, which are still being refined for this comet.

As a comet approaches the Sun, it releases gas and dust. The finer dust gets pushed directly away from the Sun, forming the dust tail. However, some of the larger particles lag behind the nucleus along its orbit, essentially forming a trail. When Earth passes through or near the plane of the comet’s orbit, these larger particles can be seen in profile, appearing to spike straight out from the nucleus towards the Sun. This is the anti-tail.

The anti-tail is best visible when the Earth crosses the comet's orbital plane at or near the comet's tail. It's essentially an optical illusion from our vantage point; the dust isn't really heading towards the Sun but instead spreads along the comet’s path, seen edge-on. This alignment can make the anti-tail appear as a bright spike or fan emerging from the comet, creating a spectacular and somewhat counterintuitive visual"

Modified Nikon D750 (sensor filter removed)

100x15s exposures with Optolong L-Pro filter

Guided with Star Adventurer GTI, ASIair pro, ZWO 30mm guide scope

Processed with PixInsight, Ps

Amazing statistic of the New York City is that in Manhattan alone there are an estimated 280,000 dogs residing on the island and double that quantity in the outer boros of Queens and Brooklyn. Being smitten by dog love myself the proud owner of the two sweet mixed breed pooches, I often find my ‘street’ photography is of lovable canines. In the largely concrete jungle that is Manhattan, it’s amazing to see dogs of all shapes, sizes and breeds being walked. In the few green spaces on the island, many include dog parks within their confines. I seen dogs in the dogs as early as 5 AM (I walk my guys that early if I have to go into the office early or drive my youngest daughter to the train station) and in Washington Square Park after mid-night. Manhattan in particular poses challenges because a larger portion of the population relies primarily on public transportation, unlike us NY suburbanites in northern Jersey, north New York counties (Rockland and Orange) and Long Island, many don’t own motor vehicles. Owning a canine is a wonderful rewarding experience, but also is a large responsibility that requires forethought . My kids and I having moved in the last year, number 1 on the list is, places that will accept pets, then the question is how big. Well Manhattan those queries resonate even more, even if you find a dog friendly building, the bathroom situation, how do you walk the dog? Full time job? Going to be difficult. That’s why budgeted into the care and upkeep of a pooch dog walkers are a must. Added cost is also a factor, the vets, the groomers, tend to charge a bit more. That why it’s important when considering a dog, that a lot of consideration is taken with all the factors that play into having a loyal four legged companion. This consideration and calculation does not happen some times and the city sponsored and private animal shelters in New York City are full of dogs who at first seemed like a good idea, but then reality set in and became sadly expendable. Dogs are loyal, full of love and always happy to see you, I’ve had my two for 8 and 7 years and adore them. They require attention and time, they are living creatures and if they don’t get a decent amount of attention, they will act up.

I love capturing dogs living and interacting in the city. This dog was a bit tired and was on the lap of his female caretaker happy as could be in Washington Square Park people watching; totally cool.

Captured on an Olympus E-5 with an Olympus Zuiko 70-300mm F4.0-5.6 zoom lens processed in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.

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Ο Άγιος Γεώργιος ο Μεγαλομάρτυρας και Τροπαιοφόρος εορτάζεται στις 23 Απριλίου. Εάν όμως το Πάσχα πέφτει μετά τις 23 τότε εορτάζεται την επόμενη μέρα του Πάσχα (Δευτέρα της Δικαινησίμου).

Saint George the Great Martyr and the Troopier.

celebration type: Special calculation.

It is celebrated on April 23rd. But if Easter falls after 23 April, then it is celebrated the next Easter day (Monday of Honorable).

Ο Άγιος Γεώργιος είναι μία από τις συνολικά 16 εκκλησίες που υπάρχουν στον ευρύτερο χώρο του Βασιλικού(Τσαραπλανά),του χωριού καταγωγής του αειμνήστου πατρός μου.

Χρονολογείται από την βυζαντινή-μεταβυζαντινή περίοδο και μαρτυρεί μαζί με άλλα ιστορικά μνημεία την μακραίωνη ιστορία του χωριού.

Σχετικά προσφάτως αναπαλαιώθηκε ενώ ταυτοχρόνως διαμορφώθηκε και ο περιβάλλων χώρος προσφέροντας μία απέραντη,απολαυστική και συναρπαστική θέα του Πωγωνίου.

Agios Georgios is one of a total of 16 churches that exist in the wider area of Vasilikos (Tsaraplana), the village of my late father's birth.

It dates back to the Byzantine-post-Byzantine period and testifies along with other historical monuments the long history of the village.

It has recently been renovated while the surrounding area has also been created, offering a vast, enjoyable and exciting view of Pogoni.

Βίος Αγίου Γεωργίου από τον ορθόδοξο συναξαριστή

[ Gorge Week: Day 2 ] - (1 of 2)

The only red GEVO in the lineup, which doesn’t make it any better, but means you’ll only have to close your eyes once ;). In all seriousness, with conditions like this, I mostly just pray it’s not a pissbrick because just about anything else can be managed.

By now, many of you should be familiar with these trains. As of right now, the CP traffic makes up about two to four out of every 10 trains on the Portland Sub. Obviously this number fluctuates month to month, but it’s safe to say that roughly 20% or more of all traffic comes out of Eastport. This number has risen quite a bit in the past few years.

Back in 2018, Canpotex—the company that produces and ships potash out of Canada—completed a $150 million upgrade to Terminal 5 at the Port of Portland. The company said the upgrades would result in a capacity to export up to 7.5 million metric tons of potash annually. In August of 2024, UP published on their website that they had completed a record number of shipments of potash out of Terminal 5 in the second quarter of the year, but it gave no official numbers. The only statistic given was that Portland exports roughly 20% of Canpotex’s annual potash supply, which is “more than 13 million tons.” This didn’t seem to add up, or perhaps they were old numbers on their website, so I did some more digging. On the Port of Portland’s website, I found yearly export statistics going back to 1994. In 2024, listed under “Mineral Bulk Tonnage,” the port exported 7.59 million metric tons (8.37 million tons) to ocean going vessels. This was the third time they have eclipsed 7 million metric tons exported, and the first time since 2019. However, I’m unsure if this includes the soda ash trains out of Wyoming that are exported through Terminal 4, and being unsatisfied with the answer, I did some basic calculations.

Based on information I have, the trains run in sets of 189 (UP’s website says 188, but their computer says 189, so who knows) and are roughly 27,000 tons each. Numbers I found say that they export “more than a dozen trains per month”, which means UP probably exported somewhere between 4 million and 6 million tons of potash through Terminal 5 in 2024. That puts the train count somewhere between 15-18. I’ve also heard Canpotex wants to increase the train length closer to or even over the 200 car range, which would push these trains to 9500 feet in length. I’m a numbers guy so I found this all to be fascinating, though perhaps some of you find this to be rather abhorrent.

As for the grain trains, like the one pictured here, it’s harder to find information. Unlike the potash trains, these do not come from a single customer, and I would assume they come from all over the CPKC system. Perhaps someone out there has more information about how this handoff works or how the contract for these trains work, if that information can be shared.

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December 30, 2024 - 9:37AM

Celilo, OR // UP Portland Sub

So I may have a few issues with executive function.........and always seem to be late though I try really hard not to! Quick walk before 'H's bedtime and we were out as the skies were darkening.

A few calculations and a horrified moment that it would actually be darker earlier on next week! Probably not too many week day sunsets for a while.

The Elk .. always performing calculus

The Municipality of Silves inaugurated the sculpture “Finitor Polaris” designed by the artist Karine Pierre Vikre, in Jardim do Antigo Minigolfe, on Avenida Beira-Mar in Armação de Pêra, on 2 September at 5pm, 2021.

It is a sculpture that aims to create a combination of a nautical instrument (quadrant) and a musical instrument (harp), thus forming a sound quadrant. [This word, quadrant, is used for a traditional instrument, used to make calculations of altitude and traditionally employed by sailors to navigate, which has a piece shaped like a quarter of a circle].

Its name comes from Latin, with Finitor being the horizon and Polaris the polar star. The sculptural piece represents a quadrant, a nautical navigation instrument, 3.15m high by 3.16m long, made of iron, with hollow square tubes, an iron plate and 10 galvanized steel cables. The Portugal News

The "Quebrada", from the Spanish "quebrar" = to break, is a high cliff overlooking the sea located a few kilometers from Acapulco.

A taxi driver told me that the opening in the rocks is not natural, but the result of a powerful dynamite explosion carried out by order of an ancient governor of Acapulco because the mountainous area blocked every slightest sea breeze making the place unbearably muggy . It is famous for being the place where particularly spectacular dives are performed.

The cliff has a height of 45 meters above the sea, from where I only saw Alejandro, the star of the “clavadistas” (divers), diving. The others dive from a rock situated about ten meters below. The protagonists are young mexicans who first descend from a rock located in front, where there is a platform that allows to the many tourists an optimal view of the dives, then with a couple of strokes swim across a narrow strip of sea, then they climb with their hands to the top where there is a small chapel dedicated to the Virgin of Guadalupe and there, after a brief recommendation to the Saint, they launch themselves into the void, performing sensational dives and somersaults. The show is also repeated in the dark of the evening and is even more spectacular. For work and pleasure I have traveled almost all over the world and, outside of here, I have never seen anything like it.

The dives are very dangerous, not only due to the height, but above all due to the ebb and flow of the sea below. An incorrect calculation and the consequent dive during the retreat of the wave would lead to a fatal impact with the submerged rocks, located not much deeper than sea level.

La "Quebrada", dallo spagnolo "quebrar" = rompere, spaccare, è un alto strapiombo sul mare situato a qualche chilometro da Acapulco. Un tassista mi raccontò che quell’apertura nelle rocce non è naturale, bensì il risultato di una potente esplosione di dinamite fatta per ordine di un antico governatore di Acapulco perché la zona montagnosa bloccava ogni più piccola brezza di mare rendendo il posto insopportabilmente afoso. E’ famosa per essere il luogo ove vengono effettuati tuffi di particolare spettacolarità.

Il dirupo ha un'altezza di 45 metri sul mare, da dove ho visto tuffarsi solo Alejandro, la star dei “clavadistas” (tuffatori). Gli altri si tuffano da una roccia sottostante una decina di metri. I protagonisti sono giovani del luogo che prima scendono da una roccia situata di fronte, dove è sistemata una piazzola che permette ai turisti una visione ottimale dei tuffi, poi con un paio di bracciate attraversano a nuoto una stretta lingua di mare, quindi si arrampicano con le mani fino alla cima dove è situata una piccola cappella dedicata alla Vergine di Guadalupe e là, dopo una breve raccomandazione alla Santa, si lanciano nel vuoto, effettuando sensazionali tuffi e capriole. Lo spettacolo viene ripetuto anche nel buio della sera ed è ancor più spettacolare. Per lavoro e per piacere ho girato quasi tutto il mondo e, al di fuori di qui, non ho mai visto nulla di simile.

I tuffi sono di grande pericolosità, non solo per l'altezza, ma soprattutto per il flusso e riflusso del mare sottostante, un calcolo errato ed il conseguente tuffo durante la fase di riflusso delle onde, porterebbe al mortale impatto con le rocce sommerse, situate non molto in profondità rispetto al livello del mare.

According to my calculations, more acts of fellatio are performed DAILY in Second Life, than any given MONTH in real life! 😮

A great grey owl steps off a birch snag to check out some vole activity nearby. I always underestimate how long their wings are, I left room above the owl when framing in the camera, but as you can see, my mental calculation was off.

I really like the large number of large snowflakes coming down. And the bits of snow falling off its head as it launched.

10-stop ND filter

exposure: 3 mins 20 secs at f11

mono conversion: Photoshop calculations: red over red, soft light blend mode at 55%

Curves layer added to adjust local contrast

Countless specks make, a globule, for a while

Accumulated dust, a settlement, new life

Like fungus on a bread loaf, a jungle for a while

Organisms thrive, a new world, new life

Width of a forefinger, a track in dust, I write

Characters self made, a track of sound, my name

In accumulated dust, to prove myself, a mite

Calculations myriad, to make myself, a name

What I see and hear, I learn to live, I earn

More and more I hoard, till my death, I yearn

Not a speck my own, do I bring, when I come

Not a speck 'I own', can I take, when I leave

Accumulated dust, here I live, I die

- Anuj Nair

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Pink Rhododendron.

These flower Mid Spring.

Calculations say, early Spring being March,

Mid, April and May late Spring.

Have been wanting to try this for over a year. All the calculations said it was possible this month @ LAX. Spent the day driving around looking for possible line-up spots, and then spent 15 min running back and forth between parking lots and soccer fields. Happy I remembered to put an SD card in the camera.

The calculation of the trajectory takes nearly one second 😊

Happy Caturday 20.4.2024 "Masterpieces"

The Art of Computer Programming,

Volume 1, Fundamental Algorithms

by Donald E. Knuth

one of the most important computer scientists

ex wool mill and textile factory (1919-2010)

Monroe "MonroMatic", Model CSA-10

Technology: Stepped drum, fully automatic

Digits: 10 keyboard, 10 counter, 20 accumulator

Dimensions: 9"W x 11"D x 8"H, carriage width 13"

Weight: 25 pounds (11.3kg)

Manufactured: Orange, New Jersey, 1940s-50s

The MonroMatic CSA-10 from the 1940s is a very fast fully-automatic desk calculator in a very compact package.

To perform a division, the operator first selects the number of digits required in the result by pressing a button on the carriage tabulator, then enters the dividend on the keyboard. Pressing the "Div Tab" key positions the carriage, enters the dividend, and clears the counter register. The operator then enters the divisor and presses "Div", and the calculation proceeds automatically to completion.

To perform a multiplication, the operator enters the first factor and presses "Enter X". This positions the carriage to the left and transfers the number to the small multiplier register just below the main result register. On entering the second factor and pressing "Mult", the machine clears the result and counter registers, automatically performs the necessary adds and shifts, and returns the carriage to the left on completion. An "Acc" control allows the results of successive multiplications to be accumulated.

With Alyssa Bloodrose

Taken at Romance in the Clouds

Venus by Sleeping at Last

The night sky once ruled my imagination.

Now I turn the dials with careful calculation.

After a while, I thought I’d never find you.

I convinced myself that I would never find you,

When suddenly I saw you.

At first I thought you were a constellation.

I made a map of your stars, then I had a revelation:

You’re as beautiful as endless,

You’re the universe I'm helpless in.

An astronomer at my best

When I throw away the measurements.

Like a telescope,

I will pull you so close

’Til no space lies in between.

And suddenly I see you.

Suddenly I see you.

I was a billion little pieces

’Til you pulled me into focus.

Astronomy in reverse,

It was me who was discovered.

(I thought I’d never find you,

When suddenly I saw you.)

Like a telescope,

I will pull you so close,

’Til no space lies in between.

Then suddenly I see you.

When the directress talkes to her crew, she talks Hebrew. (with us she talks English, the text of the play is German) During such a talk I tried to write a few words that I recognized in Hebrew letters. Misspelling "schelanu".

Die Regisseurin spricht mit ihrem Stab Hebräisch. Währenddessen versuchte ich ein paar Worte, die ich erkannte, in Hebräischer Schrift zu schreiben. Schreibfehler "schelanu" (von uns)

Notiz "66": die Sammelkarte, die der A. noch fehlt.

Noelte Verfilmung Franz Kafka: "Das Schloß" (youtube)

or the surveyor in the empty castle - oder K. im leeren Schloß

Part of Bilderordner: Empty Padded ~ LeerGefüllt - Waiting Time at Work // "res noscenda note notiz sketch skizze material sammlung collection entwurf design entwurfarbeit überlegung gedanke brainstorming musterbogen schnittmuster zwischenbilanz bestandsaufnahme rückschau vorschau" 365-days project 2: Weaving Tapestry Diary Diary Tapestry Tagebuch Teppich Tapisserie Tagebuch weben: Timeline // Nonsense Analogie schuh werkstatt weben haus bauen torte backen auflauf kochen // schrift bild

Diptych:

DMC-GH3 - P1110200 - 2015-12-01

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I was fascinated by this house wall. Unadorned, unplastered, with the long gutter pipe. The village of Dolceaqua ("sweet water") is not directly on the coast, but there are a few highlights and not only the "Rossese di Dolceaqua", a good red wine of the area, which is otherwise poor in red wines compared to the northern Piedmont. Dolceaqua was the seat of the Dorias, a Genoese noble family that competed with neighboring Monaco and the Grimaldis. Of the Dorias, Admiral Andrea Doria is probably the most famous. He fought against the Ottomans in the 16th century. Besides the red wine and the ruined castle, which is now used as a concert venue, Dolceaqua offers many architectural charms. Well known is the bridge that spans the river with a single arch. I let the picture run out at the edges, where handwritten notes become visible. Calculations for the statics of the house? Calculations for Doria's artillery? Who knows!

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What a surprise! 19.07.2015 just North of Alzey (Rhineland-Palatinate).

I stayed all night long on a field in the middle of nowhere and monitored a weak rain cluster near Paris. And every time I looked on a weather radar I wanted to turn back and go home. But some weather models indicated good conditions in Germany, so it was possible that the cluster will become more intense here. After the cluster crossed the German border the activity strengthened and the system began to shear eastward - all good signs which validated the weather model calculations.

Shortly after 5 AM the south flank of the system arrived at my spot. Here is how it looked like shortly before sunrise - a very photogenic updraft and lightnings, which made the moment more special.

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Was für eine Überraschung! 19.07.2015 nördlich von Alzey (Rheinland-Pfalz).

Die ganze Nacht durch bin ich mitten im Nirgendwo auf einem Feld gestanden und beobachtet, was gewittrige Schauer bei Paris so machen. Mehrere Male, nach einem weiteren Blick aufs Radar, wollte ich umdrehen und Heim fahren - so unspektakulär sah es aus. Doch einige Wettermodelle zeigten, dass es in Deutschland gute Bedingungen herrschten und der Regencluster sich hier verstärken könnte. Und tatsächlich, kurz nachdem Gewitter die Deutsche grenze passierten, verstärkte sich die Aktivität und das System fing an nach Osten auszuscheren - alles gute zeichnen, die die Modellberechnungen bestätigten.

Um kurz nach 5 Uhr morgens erreichte mich das System. Ich habe mich entschieden das südliche Ende abzufangen, da weiter nördlich es schwierig sein könnte einen guten Standpunkt im Dunkeln zu finden. Und so sah es kurz vor Sonnenaufgang aus - ein sehr fotogener Aufwindturm und Blitze, die dem Einblick eine besondere Note verliehen.

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After many calculations, the little inspector thinks he knows exactly where to find the fève within the King Cake…

Skippy was inspired to create his universe with the help of the following:

anc’s Galette des Rois!

In addition, the little man created with:

THOR’s Old's Cool Caliper, and Sketchbook with Sheets!

Keep believing in yourself.

Keep using your imagination to create magic.

Keep shining bright, my friends!

It's full moon, time for a full moon shot. I headed to a hill 9 miles away from the legendary Lick Observatory on Mt. Hamilton, high above the Silicon Valley, California. There were clouds in the east, so I was not sure if the moon shot would turn out alright. Fortunately the moon is very bright, and overpowered the thin clouds. This time I only did a rough calculation; the moon came up too far to the right of the observatory.

I processed two balanced HDR photos from two RAW exposure, blended them, and carefully adjusted the color balance and curves. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.

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-- ƒ/6.3, 345 mm, 1/6, 1/40 sec, ISO 400, Sony A6000, Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3, HDR, 2 RAW exposures, _DSC5484_5_hdr1bal2f.jpg

-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography

Every day, I carry in my thoughts at some point those who, even without being present, watch over us from up there.

A nice thought for your loved ones too.

Moon.

La Misura del Mondo, Azzurra D’agostino.

In matematica non sono brava.

Perdo il conto delle foglie dei rami

e per le stelle ogni volta ricomincio da capo.

Non riesco a misurare il salto delle cavallette

e non so la formula per il perimetro delle nuvole.

Il calcolo di quanta neve sia caduta mi sfugge

e anche di quanta ne possa reggere un filo d’erba.

La somma dei passi per arrivare al mare non mi riesce

e mi chiedo se per il ritorno devo fare una sottrazione.

The music I could hear is the melody of the words I still remember.Moon.

I'm not good at math.

I lose count of the leaves on the branchesand with the stars I start over every time.I can't measure the jump of grasshoppersand I don't know the formula for the perimeter of clouds.

Calculating how much snow has fallen escapes meand also how much a blade of grass can hold.I can't add up the steps to get to the seaand I wonder if I have to subtract them to get back.

I divided the number of seeds by the number of fruitsand the result is a new forest with a few left over.If I multiply the sunny days by the rainy daysI get more than seven seasons and I don't know how many weeks.Mathematics confuses me.It is a strange way to measure the world.No matter how many calculations you make, something never adds up.

Do two windows make a view? Are four walls a house?Are we our centimeters, kilograms, liters? How much does a secret weigh?How much does laughter measure? And how do you calculate the area of the heart?

Recently the field of theoretical cosmology has been enervated by the suggestion that our universe is the mirror image of another one stretching back in time before the Big Bang (see, for example, www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publications/icpti-symmetric-uni... ).

Intrigued, I set out to test whether this was observable in practice. After a quick calculation on the back of an old envelope (cigarette packets now being not Politically Correct) I worked out that conditions would be favourable for an experiment in the period around the vernal equinox for my latitude (51N). At this time the angles of the Earth’s gravitational field, the neutrino flux from the sun and a local EM field could be arranged to the optimum.

So, setting a sufficiently powerful Tesla coil in a glass envelope with an inert gas (I used Nitrogen), I tried it out.

And it worked!

Sometimes I could actually see the dim reflection of the alternate universe appear in the glass capsule, but perhaps the best result was this one where I managed to create a wormhole bridging the paired universes.

If you look carefully at the image though you might observe that the energetic feedback created by the wormhole burnt out my coil… such are the sacrifices of science…

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Storytelling idiocy aside, this image was one of the fun results of an evening spent with a local friendly group of photographers taking images of lightbulbs on tablets (and other things but I didn’t get that far :( ).

I used a clear glass bulb on my iPaddle which I set up to show some very colourful graphic images that I had generated using Midjourney (I finally found something useful to do with that toybox… The text prompt for this one, if you are interested, was ‘Close - up macro HDR photograph of the centre of mirrored 3D circle sculptures, overlapping rainbow circular fractal, vivid rainbow colours, graphic abstract’).

The bulb was lying on its side at an angle resting on the bayonet fitting so I made the canvas larger and rotated it. Starting in Capture One I dropped the greys to black using a levels adjustment and played with the Clarity and a little Dehaze. In Affinity I sharpened it with High Pass/Linear blend and a bit of Unsharp mask and enriched the colour. Then quite a lot of work with inpainting to remove the vestiges of the iPad and a lot of dust.

PS I forgot to mention that this was a focus stack of ten images, though I suspect only four or five contributed anything useful. The camera did the focusing and I used Helicon Focus for the stacking, which I've not really done before (it was fast, worked with raws and produced a dng output).

Thanks for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image. Happy Easter and 100x :)

I will be honest and tell you, I completely forgot about Daylight Savings time before lining up this shot. In my head (and I would've been right), the sun was going to be down behind the buildings and I would not have had to worry about sun. But as I walked up, DST hit me like a brick wall, and I realized I'd have to get creative. QUICKLY, because I wasn't that far ahead of the train. So I maneuvered here and though the nose is a little dark, there was enough sidelight to redeem it. Admittedly, it took more work in photoshop than I normally like to do in order to get it to a final image. But it's cool with the cherry blossoms and the Pepsi Can is my favorite of the 50th units, so all is well that ends well. Just a friendly reminder to all my fellow photographers to figure DST into your calculations.

Con le giornate che si accorciavano rapidamente, già a metà settembre le occasioni per fotografare il treno notturno periodico Kiev - Minsk - Vilnius - Riga erano limitate se non quasi nulle: dopo un attento studio degli orari di partenza e arrivo nella capitale lettone, in unione all'orientamento poco favorevole alla luce delle linee percorse, capimmo che l'unica possibilità che avremmo avuto era quella di attenderlo alle prime luci dell'alba nelle pianure al confine tra Lituania e Lettonia.

Serviva una giornata limpida sin dal mattino, serviva uno spot in cui non ci fossero alberi nelle vicinanze per evitare qualsiasi tipo di ombra, visto che il sole al momento del transito sarebbe sorto da pochissimi minuti.

Partimmo quindi da Jelgava calcolando i tempi per arrivare appena oltre il confine lituano, presso questo curvone a nord di Joniškis, senza avere alcuna informazione in tempo reale sul treno: fortunatamente i nostri calcoli si rivelarono corretti, e poco prima delle 8 questa TEP70BS con il convoglio di 12 carrozze transitava verso la destinazione finale del viaggio lungo oltre 19 ore.

With the days shortening rapidly, already in mid-September the opportunities to photograph the periodic night train Kiev - Minsk - Vilnius - Riga were limited if not almost zero: after a careful study of the departure and arrival times in the Latvian capital, in union with the unfavorable orientation of light along the lines traveled, we understood that the only chance we would have was to wait for it at dawn in the lowlands on the border between Lithuania and Latvia.

We needed a clear day from the morning, we needed a spot where there were no trees nearby to avoid any kind of shadow, since the sun at the moment of the transit would have risen since a few minutes.

We then departed from Jelgava calculating the time just to arrive beyond the Lithuanian border, at this curve north of Joniškis, without having any real-time information on the train: fortunately our calculations proved correct, and just before 8 o'clock this TEP70BS with the convoy of 12 carriages passed towards the final destination of the journey of more than 19 hours long.

Deanich Lodge down below is by my calculation ten miles away from the nearest public road which is itself at the end of Strathcarron. The nearest shop must be 20-30 miles away, so no chance of nipping out for a pint of milk! Beinn Tharsuinn, the next objective, is to the far right on the skyline.

Fast fifty Sonnar design but two different lenses.

This one is Jupiter-3 soviet calculation of this legendary design. It is very fine, high quality lens made for Kiew RF cameras.

In terms of sharpness and bokeh it is hard to find any differences with Zeiss' Sonnar.

I find a very subtle difference in coating , contrast and colours. Jupiter lenses are bit more 'nordic'. Warm colors are bit colder and cold ones quite natural. Zeiss Sonnar produces overall gentlier, clearer and 'happier' image.

The street was started in the middle of the 17th century. The area was mainly used as stable buildings for the nearby Aalborghus castle. There were soon buildings for habitation, as can be seen already in the calculation of the area's property tax in 1682.

With the construction of dwelling also came shops, workshops, and pubs.

The street had very small houses, which were also of very poor quality, with much lower housing prices than other parts of Aalborg. At the end of the 18th century, soldiers from a newly established garrison regiment were moved to Hjelmerstald, at the same time as the poor population became residents.

Around the 20th century, Hjelmerstald had developed into a neighbourhood, with a tarnished reputation, which you only got to if you had an errand there.

Today it is a cosy and very attractive area, where the houses are romantic, small and very beautiful.

calculations @ desktop

My last image was actually a test shot for this one but I quite liked it and thought I would share it anyway.

I had visualised an early morning comp before sunrise with the hope of heavy cloud so I could get away without having to use a heavy duty ND filter. As it happened I was forced off my beloved F8 aperture but still managed more than 10 seconds which I had guessed would be enough to iron out the crinkles on the sea. I know there is a calculation for working out long exposures but I find it takes longer to do that than just knock a few out and check the histogram!

The one thing I hadn't reckoned on though was the dark shadow on the far right but thankfully a few beach light reflections helped balance the image.

If I could have picked the boat up, move it a fraction closer (down) and slightly to the left I would have been happier. Unfortunately to get that alignment I would have needed a step ladder and a tree pruning device... *SIGH!*

Thank you for passing by as always :)

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my website: www.uma-wirth.com

Even with a whole day "heads-up" on this train I pretty much discounted my chances of seeing it figuring it would be where I was at night. However, I ended up where I didn't think I'd be this day so I did a trace on it and found it was aimed at me in a very timely window. I was around Regina, Saskatchewan and after some quick calculation I figured I could travel east and make it to Indian Head, so off I went. It was obviously a pretty nice afternoon and I didn't want to blow it watching him go screaming by me in the opposite direction so I checked out a few angles at Indian Head, none of which were stellar, and waited. And waited. And waited. I finally relented and messaged a friend who I knew could see exactly what was going on and he told me "He's in the siding at Sintaluta to meet 112." Since I had heard 112 chasing me east, 113 was going nowhere anytime soon. I decided to head over there for the meet, not at all a good meet, but opposing monster trains can only meet at a few select long sidings and Sintaluta was the choice for these two. And there, cooling it's wheels, sat the expected CP Military tribute locomotive in full sun on the point of 113 begging to be photographed, and excessively.

CP 7023 "SD70ACU" nee CP 9128 SD90MAC

CP 8719 ES44AC

I wonder how many times this handle has been touched? If you used it twice a day to open and close the door every day that would add up to 1,460 times a year. Times that by 10 years and it would be 14,600. Let your mind do other calculations, at any rate it is a lot!

God does not occur in logistic calculations.6 Perhaps the difficulty we find today in speaking about God arises precisely from the very fact that our language is tending more and more to become pure calculation, that it is becoming more and more a mere means of passing on technical information, less and less a means for our common being to make contact in the logos, a process in which intuitively or deliberately contact is also made with the ground of all things.

-JOSEPH CARDINAL RATZINGER, INTRODUCTION

TO CHRISTIANITY

Not my best exposure calculation ever.

Fomapan 100, Meopta Flexaret with Belar f3.5

No filter, if I remember correctly

Developed with Ilfosol 3, from one of those simplicity packs

"Scanned" with Sony mirrorless.

A Mayan Calendar - a holiday souvenir from Palenque, Chiapas Mexico.

"Time was extremely important to the Maya, they made elaborate and accurate calendars and used them in charting the movements of the sun, moon, stars and even planets.

These calendars served a variety of purposes both practical and sacred. They were used in astronomical calculations, divination and recording important events, such as the reigns of rulers and their conquests.

The Maya used what is now known as the calendar round which is made up of 3 interlocking cycles. A cycle of 20 names, a cycle of 13 numbers (which forms the 260-day sacred calendar) and a 365 days solar year. 52 years will pass until the three cycles line up again."

www.mayaarchaeologist.co.uk/public-resources/maya-world/m...

"Round, like a circle in a spiral

Like a wheel within a wheel......."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEhS9Y9HYjU

I had heard a whisper that 37401 would be propelling the inspection coach Caroline through Garforth, so my thoughts turned to a shot an eastbound shot off the with Caroline in tow passing under the 1909 built North Eastern Railway footbridge at the station. Better still I would have sunshine on the locomotive nose.

Best laid plans and all that meant that my calculations were wrong and Caroline would head the consist through the station. My automatic reserve shot is the one posted here which catches the 37 nicely but going g away and with its nose in shadow.

It's full moon, time for a full moon shot. I headed to a cemetery 12 miles away from the legendary Lick Observatory, located on Mt. Hamilton high above the Silicon Valley, California. My calculation was spot on, the moon appeared at the left of the observatory and raised up towards the right. The moon is racing at 12.5 miles (20 km) distance, it took only 3 minutes from the first sight of the moon to clearing the building.

I processed a balanced and a photographic HDR photos from a RAW exposure, blended them selectively, carefully adjusted the color balance and curves, and desaturated the image. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.

Thank you for visiting - ♡ with gratitude! Fave if you like it, add comments below, like the Facebook page, order beautiful HDR prints at qualityHDR.com.

-- ƒ/6.3, 900 mm, 1/160 sec, ISO 200, Sony A6000, Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, _DSC7093_hdr1bal1pho1h.jpg

-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography

It's full moon, time for a full moon shot. Last night I headed to a cemetery 12 miles away from the legendary Lick Observatory, located on Mt. Hamilton high above the Silicon Valley, California. My calculation was spot on, the moon appeared at the left of the observatory exactly at 5:50 pm and raised up towards the right. The moon is racing at a distance of 12.5 miles (20 km). It took only 3 minutes from the first sight of the moon to clearing the building.

I processed a balanced and a photographic HDR photos from a RAW exposure, blended them selectively, and carefully adjusted the color balance and curves. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.

Thank you for visiting - ♡ with gratitude! Fave if you like it, add comments below, like the Facebook page, order beautiful HDR prints at qualityHDR.com.

-- ƒ/6.3, 900 mm, 1/200 sec, ISO 200, Sony A6000, Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, _DSC7094_hdr1bal1pho1i.jpg

-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography