Green for go

Minolta 7Sii

Kodak Plus-X Pan

Rodinal 1+50 13m @ 20C

Uploaded for the CC Flickr Blog Weekly Theme 27: Orange & Blue

The floor has a grey/blueish tone, but it helped a lot to take the pic during the blue hour.

The signal is part of a bike path that runs next to the Mohawk river in Schenectady, NY

Another view: www.flickr.com/photos/aleadam/24889988450/

A Union Pacific "double stack" train rounds the curve on a wintry morning in Wheaton. The overhead trestle, which once carried electric trains of the Chicago, Aurora and Elgin Railroad, now carries trail users of the Illinois Prairie Path. Thanks for viewing!

Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 1000, f/6.3, 230mm, 1/250s

At the Palo Alto airport, back when you could still get up close.

acrylic/ oil on canvas; 40x50 cm;

www.instagram.com/p/DQwTZmEDX3j/?img_index=1

poem by Julio Cortazar

I feel myself dying in you, overtaken by expanding

spaces, which feed on me just like hungry butterflies.

I close my eyes and I’m laid out in your memory, barely alive,

with my mouth wide open and the river of oblivion rising.

And you, patiently, with needle-nosed pliers, pul out

my teeth, my eyelashes, you strip

the clover from my voice, the shade from my desire,

you open up windows of space in my name

and blue holes in my chest

through which the summers rush out in mourning.

Transparent, sharpened, interwoven with air

I float in a drowse, and still

I say your name and wake you, anguished.

But you force yourself to forget me,

and I’m barely a bubble

reflecting you, which you’ll burst

with the blink of an eye.

explored

Highest position:

#89 on Sunday, July 12, 2009

A small clearing that really stood out against the rest of the forest.

From Broadway Street in downtown Los Angeles, California.

Our modern high street !

“Singapore airport goes fully passport-free with biometric clearance”

This is one step closer to the Beast system.

Matthew 3:12 “His winnowing-shovel is in His hand, and He will make a thorough clearance of His threshing-floor, gathering His wheat into the storehouse, but burning up the chaff in unquenchable fire.”

After getting clearance into the yard, NS SD70ACe 1214 eases westbound 65W past the surviving relic from the N&W days. History of the fallen flag lines are getting far & few in between these days, so take the time shoot them when you can.

A sea of grass runs down in the forest.

I feel myself dying in you, overtaken by expanding

spaces, which feed on me just like hungry butterflies.

I close my eyes and I’m laid out in your memory, barely alive,

with my mouth wide open and the river of oblivion rising.

And you, patiently, with needle-nosed pliers, pul out

my teeth, my eyelashes, you strip

the clover from my voice, the shade from my desire,

you open up windows of space in my name

and blue holes in my chest

through which the summers rush out in mourning.

Transparent, sharpened, interwoven with air

I float in a drowse, and still

I say your name and wake you, anguished.

But you force yourself to forget me,

and I’m barely a bubble

reflecting you, which you’ll burst

with the blink of an eye.

poem by Julio Cortazar

art by Alice Alicja Cieliczka

explore Mar 17, 2014 #13

The Highland Clearances was the forced displacement of a significant number of people in the Scottish Highlands during the 18th and 19th centuries, as a result of an agricultural revolution that resulted in enclosures, largely carried out by hereditary aristocratic landowners. A Highland Clearance has been defined as “an enforced simultaneous eviction of all families living in a given area such as an entire glen”.

The clearances are particularly notorious as a result of the brutality of many evictions at short notice (year-by-year tenants had almost no protection under Scots law), and the abruptness of the change from the traditional clan system in which reciprocal obligations between the population and their leaders were well-recognized. The cumulative effect of the Clearances devastated the cultural landscape of Scotland in a way that did not happen in other areas of Britain; the effect of the Clearances was to destroy much of the Gaelic culture.

The Clearances resulted in significant emigration of Highlanders to the sea coast, the Scottish Lowlands and further afield to North America and Australasia, where today are found considerably more descendants of Highlanders than in Scotland itself.

The Clearances were a complex series of events occurring over a period of more than a hundred years

Just as we got to the top of Haystacks there was a brief clearance looking back towards a cloud topped High Crag

Wings open, undercarriage down, tail up, this Rufus Hummingbird makes haste to land

Many of the past collections are going from 10L to 100L... It is a steal!! Hurry!

Credits

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This is a support to a lamp on a lamp post, along the East Bank Esplanade along the Willamette in downtown Portland. Funny place to choose to perch. A young House Sparrow, I believe.

Extensive tree clearance work just west of Crofton has opened up this new vista. I don't think its looked like this since at least the mid 60s, possibly earlier

59206 John F Yeoman climbs away from Crofton curve towards Wolfhall and Savernake with 7Z60, the 11:15 Brentford - Merehead empties

If you want to use this angle better hurry. All the ground level greenery is young nettle growth. Give it a month or 2 and this area is going to be inaccessible

Taken with the aid of a pole

once in a while we all need that one day

that makes us realize that we did something right

by making us unbearably sad, but incredibly happy.

because it changes things for the better,

even though we thought it would feel like the end of the world.

Nina, film

october 13, 2010

more photos from that day

my pro account expires tomorrow :(

6L94 Westbury to Parkeston Sorting Sidings intrigued me enough to nip down to Saltley to see what it was. 66567 duly appeared some 19 minutes down at this point with a lengthy rake of MRA bulk ballast wagons in tow framed by Saltley Viaduct. the tractor and trailers in the foreground have been engaged in tree clearance in preperation for the replacement of Saltley Viaduct although the new bridge will only occupy part of the land an S.U.D./lake will be constructed on the vast majority.

11 ft 2 in clearance on decommissioned railroad bridge.

WAMX 6024 squeals out of the tight curve to Farm City at Zenda, Wisconsin and up against the Lakes Brick & Block office. The rear of the L351 train remains on the mainline in the form of ingots for Spring Grove. 6024 is rumored to be the next WSOR repaint.

A session of tree clearance around here has opened up this view, which was lost over 20 years ago. Next, the pallisade will go up !! 66767 is in Addingford Cutting (once a tunnel) with another load of biomass from Liverpool to Drax power station.

One from my archive.

These hills were once full of native Caledonian fir, now they either lie bare or covered in dense man managed spruce trees.

in the 20 odd years I've lived in Birmingham this is a view I've never seen due to the forest which has occupied this area. Clearance work has revealed Aston Church Road over bridge viewed from the A47 Heartlands Parkway, the bridge will be demolished and a fresh one constructed on the cleared area and it's all due to HS2. 66523 rumbles by with 4O29 Crewe Basford Hall to Southampton. Thanks to Ste B for the heads up on the clearance work.

After receiving clearance, Royal Air Force Dassault Envoy IV G-ZAHS rolls to line-up on Waddington's runway prior to departure as 'Ascot 1184'

One of a pair of Falcon 900LX VIP configured executive jets ordered for No.32(TR) Squadron's use, the pair will eventually migrate to sport military serials

276A2000

A Great Blue Heron gains clearance above the shoreline brush.

The high tides plus high winds has driven the water over much of Blackie Spit.

Rice west of Kilpatrick

Valley of the Gods is a scenic backcountry area is southeastern Utah, near Mexican Hat. It is a hidden gem with scenery similar to that of nearby Monument Valley. Valley of the Gods offers isolated buttes, towering pinnacles and wide open spaces that seem to go on forever.

Monument Valley is located on Navajo Nation land and visitors exploring the area usually travel with a Navajo guide. A permit from the tribe is needed before you can hike into the backcountry. Valley of the Gods offers similar scenery without the tribal restrictions; it is located on BLM land and is open for hiking, backpacking and camping.

There are no designated trails or campgrounds, but there is plenty of backcountry where you can wander and explore.

A 17-mile dirt and gravel road winds through the valley. It is sandy and bumpy, with steep sections. It provides a fun drive through an area that is usually deserted. It is a great place to get away from civilization - to get away from everything associated with modern life.

Bike enthusiasts enjoy riding the road through the valley.

Because of its isolated nature, people exploring Valley of the Gods need to be self-sufficient and carry emergency supplies. There are no facilities, no gas stations, stores or services. You may or may not see other travelers along the road.

The Valley of the Gods Road runs between Highways 163 and 261. The road forks away from Hwy 163 about 7.5 miles north of Mexican Hat. It winds north and west and then connects with Hwy 261 about 6.5 miles northwest of the point where Hwy 261 forks from Hwy 161.

The road is recommended for high clearance vehicles. During dry weather, many people drive the road in family cars - but be advised that it can be rough. When the weather is wet a 4X4 may be needed to get through. (Utah.com)

Long out of use Gardner 6LXC powered Foden Haulmaster tipper LDU651V seen at a farm clearance sale in Norfolk over the weekend.

This one was new to Rugby Portland Cement, as their fleet number 536- with a bulk powder tank fitted.

Thanks to '37114' for pointing out it's heritage.