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Inside the clock at the top of the Bath Abbey tower.
Bath Abbey dates back to the end of the 11th century – when Bishop John transferred his seat from Wells, demolished the city’s Saxon Abbey and replaced it with a Norman Cathedral that doubled as the church of the monastery – but there were religious buildings on the same site for many hundreds of years before.
Much of the work was carried out by Bishop Oliver King in the late 15th century. The bishop was said to have had a vision of angles ascending and descending a ladder during his visit to Bath in 1499 and the west front depicts that vision.
The monastery was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1539, but the church itself was saved and in 1574 Queen Elizabeth I promoted its restoration, which was completed by 1611.
Wear and tear meant it was restored once more by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s and again in the late 20th century, more damage having been inflicted by bombing during the Second World War.
The flower matures into a globe of fine filaments that are usually distributed by wind, carrying away the seed-containing achenes. This globe (receptacle) is called the "clock", and blowing it apart is a popular activity for children worldwide.
The flower head is surrounded by bracts (sometimes mistakenly called sepals) in two series. The inner bracts are erect until the seeds mature, then flex down to allow the seeds to disperse; the outer bracts are always reflexed downward. Some species drop the "parachute" (called a pappus, modified sepals) from the achenes. Between the pappus and the achene, there is a stalk called a beak, which elongates as the fruit matures. The beak breaks off from the achene quite easily.
This floral clock was manufactured in Switzerland by the house Favag and was given as a gift from the Consul of Denmark to the island of Tenerife in 1958. Parque García Sanabria. Santa Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands
One of the first images taken with the new camera, after the old one drowned. Not sure what to think of it yet. It works so far, but I haven't yet figured out its "performance envelope".
Source: 111020_123939.RAF
This snowflake had 2 folding styles (look inside the circle in the middle). I cut the numbers after I opened it and added the hands before I laminated it. This was the time of day when I finished the design.
The time difference between local time and Columbus and New York is wrong on the digital clocks, but correct on the analog clocks.
Burning the Clocks lantern parade, seafront burning and fireworks in Brighton on the winter solstice of 21st of December 2017.
Part of a Set / Album: www.flickr.com/photos/dominicspics/albums/72157691314815482
www.samesky.co.uk/events/burning-the-clocks
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_the_Clocks
I used an old Canon optical image stabilizer lens [EF-S 17-85mm 1:4-5.6 IS USM] on an EOS 450D DSLR. With exposures of up to a 1/4 of a second, most of the images had to be discarded, and the remainder are very "grainy" / "noisy", but the pictures at least form a sort of record of the event...
The clock inside Wells Cathedral
The Wells Cathedral clock is an astronomical clock in the north transept of Wells Cathedral, England. The clock is one of the group of famous 14th to 16th century astronomical clocks to be found in the West of England. The surviving mechanism, dated to between 1386 and 1392, was replaced in the 19th century, and was eventually moved to the Science Museum in London, where it continues to operate.
Where the staff used to signal their arrival. Many of these shots aren't quite focused but I was finding the whole day quite emotional.
Clock and sundial on the tower - 1892 clock by Joyce of Whitchurch given by Sarah Tyrrell, wife of John Ormseby Gore, Baron Harlech, one of whose three daughters married into the local Kenyon family of Gredington House nearby, It's maintenance history is not without incident ! www.churchinwales.org.uk/parishholding/asaph/a110-en/hist... - Church of St Chad Hanmer, Flintshire Wales
Clock used at work to measure positions and to create a datem. it is accurate to 0.0005 thou. (1 thou is 0.1mm)
A pair of Hanhart stopwatches, attached to the dashboard of an MG. Paired clocks like this were used for timekeeping in road rallies. They also look awesome.
Burning the Clocks lantern parade, seafront burning and fireworks in Brighton on the winter solstice of 21st of December 2017.
Part of a Set / Album: www.flickr.com/photos/dominicspics/albums/72157691314815482
www.samesky.co.uk/events/burning-the-clocks
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_the_Clocks
I used an old Canon optical image stabilizer lens [EF-S 17-85mm 1:4-5.6 IS USM] on an EOS 450D DSLR. With exposures of up to a 1/4 of a second, most of the images had to be discarded, and the remainder are very "grainy" / "noisy", but the pictures at least form a sort of record of the event...
This studio pottery wall clock is unsigned, by an unidentified maker. It was found in Apple Valley, Minnesota.