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Tatoi, located 27 km from the city centre of Athens, was the summer palace and 10,000 acre estate of the former Greek Royal Family, and the birthplace of King George II of Greece. The area is a densely wooded southeast-facing slope of Mount Parnitha. Tatoi palace complex includes numerous outbuildings, such as personnel quarters, outposts, storehouses, mews, apiaries, stock farms etc., which are now derelict.
Not only is the Cat's Eye Nebula, formally cataloged NGC 6543, one of the first planetary nebulae to be discovered, it is also one of the most complex such nebulae seen in space. A planetary nebula forms when a Sun-like star gently ejects its outer gaseous layers, creating a bright nebula with amazing and confounding shapes.
In 1994, Hubble first revealed NGC 6543's surprisingly intricate structures, including concentric gas shells, jets of high-speed gas, and unusual shock-induced knots of gas.
As if the Cat's Eye itself isn't spectacular enough, this newer image taken with Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) reveals the full beauty of a bull's-eye pattern of eleven or even more concentric rings, or shells, around the Cat's Eye. Each "ring" is actually the edge of a spherical bubble seen projected onto the sky — that's why it appears bright along its outer edge.
Observations suggest the star ejected its mass in a series of pulses at 1,500-year intervals. These convulsions created dust shells, each of which contain as much mass as all of the planets in our solar system combined (still only one percent of the Sun's mass). These concentric shells make a layered, onion-skin structure around the dying star. The view from Hubble is like seeing an onion cut in half, where each skin layer is discernible.
Until recently, it was thought that such shells around planetary nebulae were a rare phenomenon. However, Romano Corradi (Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes, Spain) and collaborators, in a paper published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics in April 2004, have instead shown that the formation of these rings is likely to be the rule rather than the exception.
The bull's-eye patterns seen around planetary nebulae come as a surprise to astronomers because they had no expectation that episodes of mass loss at the end of stellar lives would repeat every 1,500 years. Several explanations have been proposed, including cycles of magnetic activity somewhat similar to our own Sun's sunspot cycle, the action of companion stars orbiting around the dying star, and stellar pulsations. Another school of thought is that the material is ejected smoothly from the star, and the rings are created later on due to formation of waves in the outflowing material. It will take further observations and more theoretical studies to decide between these and other possible explanations.
Approximately 1,000 years ago the pattern of mass loss suddenly changed, and the Cat's Eye Nebula started forming inside the dusty shells. It has been expanding ever since, as discernible in comparing Hubble images taken in 1994, 1997, 2000, and 2002. The puzzle is what caused this dramatic change? Many aspects of the process that leads a star to lose its gaseous envelope are still poorly known, and the study of planetary nebulae is one of the few ways to recover information about these last few thousand years in the life of a Sun-like star.
For more information please visit: hubblesite.org/image/1578/news_release/2004-27
Credit: NASA, ESA, HEIC, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Acknowledgment: R. Corradi (Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes, Spain) and Z. Tsvetanov (NASA)
Black bench on white snow seems like a simple enough subject; throw in the grid of the bench and the intersecting shadows and you've got complexity. Shot outside Downsview subway station.
Dendera Temple complex is one of the best-preserved temple complexes of ancient Egypt. The area was used as the sixth nome of Upper Egypt, south of Abydos.
The ceiling of the Dendera Temple, particularly in the hypostyle hall, is famous for its stunning, well-preserved astronomical and mythological scenes, featuring the goddess Nut arching over the cosmos, celestial bodies, constellations, and the famous Dendera Zodiac, showcasing Egyptian astronomy and deep spiritual beliefs with vibrant colors still visible after millennia
Part of tentative UNESCO World heritage site "Pharaonic temples in Upper Egypt from the Ptolemaic and Roman periods"
Stuff I folded there:
My XO Stars
Awareness ribbon (intermediate ver) Fung
Bumble Bee (flat)
Bettens Twist container
Fish (taguro)
HJ Rex (Ku)
Pegasus (Kamiya)
Skull (matt green)
Sheep 2015 (Taro)
and Robin (Lee)
Hummingbird (vietnam)
Panda (peyton) not yet
Heres a good one, this is the 'Beauty of Origami' joas table of ousa2015, another exhibit quicky.
from Valencia official website:
If you come to Valencia a visit to the City of Arts and Sciences is a must. Work of the Valencian architect Santiago Calatrava, several of its buildings have become icons in the city. It is a scientific and cultural leisure complex which can be enjoyed with family or friends, covering around two kilometres of the former riverbed of the River Turia.
www.visitvalencia.com/en/what-to-see-valencia/city-of-art...
From me: This is an amazing place. Unfortunately, we were not there long enough to go inside the buildings but had 2 visits of probably 4 hours & could have easily be there much longer. A must place to go in Valencia.
The mosque was constructed from 1996 to 2007. It is the largest mosque in the United Arab Emirates and the eighth largest mosque in the world. The building complex measures approximately 290 m (960 ft) by 420 m (1,380 ft), covering an area of more than 12 hectares (30 acres).
In reflection of the diversity of the Islamic world and the United Arab Emirates, the collection comprises material in a broad range of languages, including Arabic, English, French, Italian, Spanish, German and Korean.
Natural materials were chosen for much of its design and construction due to their long-lasting qualities, including marble stone, gold, semi-precious stones, crystals and ceramics.
A small part of Pembroke Castle viewed from Westgate Hill in Pembroke .
A few facts about Pembroke Castle ---
An enormous oval castle, mostly surrounded by a serene mill pond. Extensively restored in Victorian times, it's dominated by the complex gatehouse on the outside and the huge circular keep once you're inside. The walled town of Pembroke which grew up around the castle also contains many ancient and interesting Norman buildings.
History
Established by Roger Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury in 1093 as a timber structure.
The first stone structure was erected by William Marshal after he became Earl of Pembroke in 1189.
His third son, Gilbert, was responsible for enlarging and strengthening the castle between 1234 and 1241.
The castle then passed into the hands of William de Valence, a half-brother of Henry III through his marriage to Joan, granddaughter of William Marshal.
Valence family held the castle for 70 years, strengthening it by building the walls and towers around the outer ward. They also fortified the town, creating a ring of walls with three main gates and a postern.
On the death of Aymer, William de Valence's son, the castle passed through marriage into the hands of the Hastings family.
In 1389, the castle reverted to Richard II. It was granted out in a series of short tenancies and began to fall into disrepair.
In 1400, the castle was attacked by Owain Glyndwr, but escaped a siege because the Constable at the time, Francis а Court, bought off Glyndwr with the Welsh equivalent of danegeld.
Eventually Pembroke Castle passed into the hands of a new Earl, Henry VI's half-brother Jasper Tewdwr. He was the first to make it more of a home than a fortress.
In 1457 Henry Tewdwr was born in the castle. He later defeated Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field to become the first monarch of the Tudor dynasty, Henry VII.
In 1648, Cromwell laid siege to the castle during The English Civil War.
Pembroke Castle remained an ivy-covered ruin until 1880 when a Mr J R Cobb of Brecon spent three years restoring what he could.
Nothing further was done until Major-General Sir Ivor Phillips of Cosheston Hall acquired the ruins in 1928 and started an extensive restoration of the castle, restoring the walls and towers as nearly as possible to their original appearance.
Features
Impressive 5 storey central keep with intact domed roof.
A complex gatehouse that dominates Pembroke's Main Street.
Historical displays in the gatehouse rooms.
Wogan's Cavern, a large subterranean cave under the castle, accessed by a tight spiral staircase.
A maze of tunnels, stairs, towers and battlements.
Circular path around inside and outside of the mill pond.
Facilities:
Shop, a brass rubbing centre and café. Park next to the Tourist Information Centre on The Common. There is a train station in Pembroke at the far end of Main Street.
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I spent a few days in Udaipur for a friend's wedding, which occupied most of my time there. I did get a short opportunity to sneak away and check out the City Palace by Lake Pichola. It's easily a place you could lose yourself for an hour or two strolling the grounds, and going room to room within the palace walls.
Read the full blog post: www.aisleseatplease.com/blog/inside-the-complex
Historie Zakkendragershuisje
In historisch Delfshaven, gemeente Rotterdam, ligt een Rijksmonument dat bekend staat als Zakkendragershuisje en Kraanhuis. Het complex dateert uit 1653 en kent een rijke, bewogen geschiedenis. Het heeft dienst gedaan als Kraansluis, onderkomen van het Zakkendragersgilde, gevangenis, opslag, bureau voor de politiecommissaris en als tingieterij. In het Zakkendragershuisje kwamen de broeders van het Zakkendragersgilde bijeen. De per schip aangevoerde zakken graan, grondstof voor de vele distilleerderijen in Delfshaven, werden door de knechten van de zakkendragers uitgeladen en op de rug naar de pakhuizen en branderijen gedragen. Wanneer er een schip moest worden gelost, dan luidde men de klok. De zakkendragers kwamen op het klokkengelui af en dan ontbrandde de strijd over wie de lading mocht lossen. Meestal meldden zich meer zakkendragers aan dan er nodig waren. Een worp met de dobbelstenen moest uitmaken wie aan het werk kon gaan. Volgens een krantenbericht van 24 februari 1955 uit het Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad hebben de laatste zakkendragers tot 1943 bij Van Nelle gewerkt. Toen namen de hijskranen hun werk over.
nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delfshaven_(stadsdeel)#/languages
English:
History Bag Carrier's House
In the historic Delfshaven, municipality of Rotterdam, there is a national monument known as Zakkendragershuisje and Kraanhuis. The complex dates from 1653 and has a rich, eventful history. It has served as a crane lock, accommodation for the Bag Bearers' Guild, prison, storage, office for the police commissioner and as a tin foundry. The brothers of the Bag Carriers' Guild met in the Bag Bearers' House. The sacks of grain brought by ship, raw material for the many distilleries in Delfshaven, were unloaded by the sack carriers' servants and carried on their backs to the warehouses and distilleries. When a ship had to be unloaded, the bell was rung. The bag carriers approached the bells and then the fight broke out over who could unload the load. Usually more bag carriers signed up than were needed. A roll of the dice had to determine who could get to work. According to a newspaper report dated February 24, 1955 from the Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad, the last bag carriers worked at Van Nelle until 1943. Then the cranes took over their work.
This is an image created from my dataset and a second dataset. Processed using Nebulosity 4 and Photoshop.
The magnificent modern architecture of the Umeda Sky Building in Osaka, with its twin escalators defying gravity below The Floating Garden Observatory. After the twin scrapers were constructed in 1988, the center structure housing the garden observatory was hoisted up the entire way and secured at its current location. It is an impressive feet of engineering, and the only to and from the garden are via those two quite terrifying floating escalators.
A new commercial complex known as Haymarket House is to be constructed at this site at Burgess Lane in Smithfield.
Tuesday, 23 April, 2019
Development location:
1-6 Haymarket, Dublin, Dublin, D07 CDN0
Description:
Enabling works consisting of: demolition (in full) of the existing office & residential block at the Haymarket Site inclusive of the basement ( 1-6 Haymarket, 56-58 Smithfield including Smithfield Chambers), provision of associated hoarding and also provision of temporary stays for the Luas OHL (ahead of demolition of the existing building block currently providing support) with associated works. The site was formally known as the Tully Site. The demolition duration is approx. 5-6 months. All of the works above will not form a part of the permanent structure of the Mixed Use Office Development (Building) planned to be constructed on this site once enabling works completed. Mixed Use Office Development (Building) will be a subject of a separate Commencement Notice with documentation (Long Form).
Imaged through high cirrus clouds with Astro-Physics Starfire 130TGX, Televue 2.5x barlow, Player One Mars M II camera.
Description NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) launches at 7:43 a.m. EDT atop a Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Aug. 12. All systems performed nominally for NASA's first Atlas V launch. The spacecraft will arrive at Mars in March 2006. Once in orbit around Mars, various instruments on the MRO will convey detailed observations of the Martian surface, subsurface and atmosphere. Researchers will use the data to study the history and distribution of Martian water. Learning more about what has happened to the water will focus searches for possible past or present Martian life. Observations by the orbiter will also support future Mars missions by examining potential landing sites and providing a communications relay between the Martian surface and Earth.
Credit: NASA/JPL/KSC/Lockheed Martin Space Systems
Image Number: PIA04141
Date: August 12, 2005
Taken years ago in an abandonded mining area. This is the passage in which carts (correction here?) were travelling over.
I used my first ever DSLR, Sony A200 + 18-70
An architectural shoot, together with Susan Sanderus, Kees Smans and Joel Tjintjelaar.
Thanks for a fantastic day!
Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Exposure: 50 seconds
Aperture: f/18.0
Focal Length: 10 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Filter: ND 110
P.p. PHS CS5
Fascinating: living in the most complex machine that mankind has built - ever.
Faszinierend, an Bord der komplexesten Maschine zu leben, die die Menschheit jemals gebaut hat.
Credits: ESA/NASA
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"Palaestra" North-West corner. The column resting on a high pedestal and the stone bases belong to the portico built on the four sides of the “palaestra”. The distance between these architectural elements and the wall and columns in the background ( room BE-N in the map ) suggests the width of the columned porch.
Sardis, the Bath-Gymnasium Complex
The Cygnus Wall complex is a vivid skyscape of interstellar gas - a huge star forming region inside the North America nebula. I shot the closeup using my 8” scope.
This nebula displays the typical reddish glow associated with ionized hydrogen but also includes dark, dusty sections that obscure the background star field.
The picture is the result of over three hours of data, a long but satisfying night under the stars.
This is a City of rush .. we travel .. we walk .. all in a rush ..
From every side of our life we rush to achieve.. we rush to make..
It's so complex.. no specific identification of that specific road of winning..
So .. we live in a Rush Complex.....
The Tower Complex, Great Yarmouth, is an all-in-one leisure & entertainment complex. Fun family activities, Jurassic Journey, a viewing tower, eateries, clubs & bars and live entertainment are all under one roof.
The start of the complex tale of Horsell and the 28 sees Arriva Guildford & West Surrey 3101 (R301 CMV) at Horsell Crown with a morning working into Guildford from Woking on 28th August 2009.
The next day was the last day of the 28 running into Woking; from Monday 1st September 2009, the route was curtailed at Knaphill Sainsbury's from Guildford, no longer continuing to Knaphill Shops, Goldsworth Park, Horsell and Woking. Connections and through tickets were available at Sainsbury's with the 34/35 and 91 on to Woking.
A replacement came in the form of new Countryliner service 97 - a semi-last minute thing drawn up with some de minimis payment from Surrey CC. This started on 1st September 2009, running from Woking along the old 28 route: Brewery Road, Horsell High Street, Bullbeggars Lane, Sythwood and Golsworth Park Waitrose. It then continued along Clifton Way and then ran a loop, up Robin Hood Road (from the Locksley Drive end - not previously served by buses), Beechwood Road (also not previously served at all), Inkerman Road (not served except school variations), Hermitage Road, down Amstel Way to Clifton Way and back to Woking the way it came. It ran every 40 minutes, using a bus between schools (off the 87), usually Dennis Lance DLO416 (N416 MPN).
An exception to the 28 being curtailed at Sainsbury's was a pm school trip from Woking High School. An afternoon bus did continue from Knaphill Sainsbury's, via its old route (Knaphill, Goldsworth Park) to terminate in Horsell - as illustrated here by Dart 3088 (P288 FPK). www.flickr.com/photos/bobsmithgl100/9129121736
This positioned the bus to run the school journey from the school back via Goldsworth Park and Knaphill, to Sainsbury's, and onward to Guildford. (N.B. during school holidays, the bus didn't go to Horsell and back and had an extra long layover at Knaphill Sainsbury's).
The old morning 28 school journey to the school was withdrawn, however. From Brookwood and Knaphill, this was OK, as the 48 (also serving Brookwood and Knaphill) also had a morning school journey which continued to Woking High School from Woking town centre, as illustrated here by DP3 (RL51 CXD): www.flickr.com/photos/bobsmithgl100/8205346761/ Bizarrely, the 48 never had a pm trip to take the kids back.
While Brookwood and Knaphill were OK to get to school in the mornings, Goldsworth Park was not, as it was only covered by the 28's surviving afternoon school extension. The original plan for kids to catch the 91 to Sythwood and then walk wasn't so popular, so Arriva ended up diverting the morning 134 trip (Camberley - Guildford). The 134 is a variant of the 34, historically running between Knaphill and Woking via Littlewick Road and Horsell (instead of via St Johns) and also serving Christ's College in Bellfields, instead of serving Slyfield Green. The am trip was diverted via Goldsworth Park between Knaphill and Horsell (instead of via Littlewick Road), to restore the am Goldsworth Park to Horsell link. The 134 didn't go right up to the school though - kids had to alight at Horsell High Street and walk. This change was made in about October 2009, if I remember rightly.
The pm 134 trip (Guildford - Camberley) remained running along Littlewick Road, for there was no need for it to run via Goldsworth Park (the 28 had a surviving pm trip, remember).
About six months after starting, changes were made to the 97. While Horsell was still linked to Woking town centre and the nearest supermarket (Goldsworth Park Waitrose), the pensioners preferred Knaphill Sainsbury's. Countryliner thus tweaked the 97. It ran Woking - Horsell - Goldsworth Park Waitrose & Clifton Way as before. However, it then ran all the way along Robin Hood Road, then 91 route to Knaphill Sainsbury's (Barnby Road, Anchor Hill, Knaphill High Street (Knaphill Shops), The Broadway and Redding Way). The return trip was the same in reverse. With the longer route, the frequency was thinned from every 40 minutes to hourly.
The story isn't even half way complete yet though...
Surrey CC started a bus review in 2010. Phase 1 covered the west of the Woking borough (among other areas), with service changes from 28th August 2010. Plans went out to public consultation for comments to be made.
The original proposals set out for Horsell was for a new service, numbered 82, and running hourly, to run Woking - Brewery Road - Horsell High Street, turn at Littlewick Roundabout, and then go back. The 97 was stated as going to be reviewed after this. (N.B. Horsell's other bus route, the 73, was unaffected and stayed the same throughout.)
In the end though, the 82 never came to fruition. Instead, the 28 was extended from Knaphill Sainsbury's, back over its old route (Knaphill Shops, Goldsworth Park and Horsell), this time with Surrey CC support. This allowed the 97 to be withdrawn. Only off peak journeys ran through Guildford - Woking on the 28. At other times, journeys from Guildford continued to turn at Knaphill Sainsbury's. Additional short journeys ran from Woking - Horsell to support the service there. Naturally, these short journeys had to turn, and used Littlewick Roundabout to do so. Bizarrely, the off-peak journeys which ran through were also routed to serve Littlewick Roundabout, necessitating the most pointless double run in history - serving two bus stops in a hedge no one ever uses, and going back again. (This was the only difference between the original pre-2009 28 route through Horsell.) The am 134 continued to run via Goldsworth Park, to cover the morning school demand.
But then...!
Surrey CC bus review phase 2 saw Surrey Heath borough covered, including the 48. So, from September 2011, things changed again. The 28 was diverted between Knaphill and Woking via St Johns and Star Hill instead of Goldsworth Park and Horsell (i.e. following the old 48, bar Hermitage Estate which got the 35 routed round it rather than the 28).
Swapping, the 48 was diverted between Knaphill and Woking via Horsell, instead of Hermitage Estate and St Johns. Rather than running via Goldsworth Park like the 28, it runs via Littlewick Road. The service was also axed on Saturdays, reduced to two-hourly and transferred from Countryliner to Dickson Travel.
At the same time, the 134 was removed from Horsell (and Goldsworth Park), instead following normal 34 route between Knaphill and Woking (via St Johns), as illustrated by Enviro 4012 (GN58 BTU): www.flickr.com/photos/bobsmithgl100/9125370904/ A morning journey on the 48 runs via Goldsworth Park (instead of Littlewick Road) to cover the 134's old am link for school kids.
The 28 retained its pm school journey from Woking High School in Horsell via Goldsworth Park, picking up its normal route at Knaphill. It also had a new am trip, running on from Woking town centre to Horsell on schooldays only (like the 48 used to do).
From 23rd September 2013, the pm 28 school trip was revised to run in service from Woking to Horsell (Woking High School), and then continue via Goldsworth Park, as before. The trip runs via Horsell regardless of whether it's the school term or not, giving an extra pm Woking - Horsell trip to support the 48. It only runs round to the school on schooldays though - on holidays running straight up Horsell High Street.
And that brings up up the current situation in February 2015.
Who knows what this year's Surrey CC bus cuts will do to the service here...?
High Street, Horsell, Woking, Surrey.