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The wooden chariot has long since rotted away. The ongoing excavations of the mausoleum of the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, revels that it was laid out to resemble a palace complex. The Terracotta Army formed the garrison for the palace. The army was arranged in long trenches with wooden roofs covered in earth that rotted away and collapsed centuries ago. Every terracotta figure was broken into fragments that have been painstakingly reassembled and is still ongoing. As stated below many other types of figures have been found in other pits including palace animals such as birds and pets.
—from Wikipedia
The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE with the purpose of protecting him in his afterlife.
The figures, dating from approximately the late 200s BCE, were discovered in 1974 by local farmers in Lintong County, outside Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. The figures vary in height according to their rank, the tallest being the generals. The figures include warriors, chariots and horses. Estimates from 2007 were that the three pits containing the Terracotta Army hold more than 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses, and 150 cavalry horses, the majority of which remain in situ in the pits near Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum. Other, non-military terracotta figures have since been found in other pits, including those of officials, acrobats, strongmen, and musicians.
From Portal, AZ, with Nikon D750 (Ha modified) and Nikkor 300mm f/2.8 lens. May 2020. 5 hours of 2 minute exposures, processed via PixInsight.
The Zollverein Coal Mine Complex in Essen (More images in my series Zollverein) is one of the most impressive surviving examples of industrial culture from the modern era.
With their design of the central shaft facilities for Shaft XII, built between 1928 and 1932, Fritz Schupp and Martin Kremmer created the single most important part of the complex, both technically and architecturally. The industrial monument has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001.
The site of the Zollverein coal mine and coking plant stands symbolises industrial history and structural transformation in the economy. Here, Schupp and Kremmer created a high-performance industrial complex with clear aesthetics and a high degree of functionality. Symmetry, axiality and gradation of scale – the organising principles of the modernist formal idiom – came into their own here in a new context.
The curtain wall façades, designed in the style of New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit) and made of a steel framework inset with clinker bricks, earned the colliery the reputation of being “the most beautiful coal mine in the world”, even back in its working days. Clearly visible from afar, the 55-metre-high double winding tower rises above the other buildings as an icon of mining architecture and a symbol for the entire Ruhr region. Years later, Fritz Schupp built the Zollverein Coking Plant, which went into operation in 1961, in the same style as the coal mine complex. In its day, the mine was regarded as the largest and most efficient one in the world. An era came to an end when the coal mine ceased operations in 1986 and the coking plant in 1993. A total of 600,000 people were employed here and coal was last extracted from a depth of 1,000 metres.
In the context of the International Building Exhibition (IBA) Emscher Park, the facility, which is protected as a historical monument, was promoted as a model project; the first phase of refurbishment began in 1989. Today, the Zollverein complex is the central anchor point of the Route of Industrial Heritage – a 400-kilometre-long trail along the industrial and cultural heritage of the Ruhr region. Based on a master plan by Rem Koolhaas and his firm OMA in collaboration with the architectural firm of Heinrich Böll, the site was transformed with conversions and new buildings by Norman Foster and SANAA into a site for culture, business and education. Today, the Zollverein is a popular tourist destination that is home to the Ruhr Museum, the Red Dot Design Museum, the Zollverein Monument Trail, and the new Folkwang University of the Arts with its design department, plus the studios and ateliers of four dozen creative companies.
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Victory Park, also known as the Victory Park Memorial Complex is a park located in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. It was planned in honor of the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
The project was announced by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in a holiday address on Victory Day in 2019. When describing the park, he said that it will be the "practical embodiment of our admiration for the people's feat in that cruel war." It was also conceived during a visit by Russian president Vladimir Putin to Tashkent in October 2018. The Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Culture and the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan worked on the creation of the park as a joint project. The park was officially opened on 9 May 2020 with full military honors.
Buildings such as a "Museum of Glory" were erected on the park's territory while designs such as an entrance arch were being installed. Historical memorabilia such as emblems, war flags and maps were added to the architectural ensemble of the park.
The Ode to Fortitude monument was erected in memory of Zulfiya Zakirova, an Uzbek mother who lost five sons during the war. The monument is located in the center of the park.
The Museum of Glory (Uzbek: «Шон-шараф» музейи) or Shon-Sharaf State Museum in the park is erected in the form of a man-made mound, inside which is located the main pavilion of the park is an exhibition dedicated to the history of Uzbekistan's participation in World War II. The museum consists of six departments. All accompanying information about the exhibits is presented in Uzbek, Russian and English. The museum has more than 12.5 thousand artifacts. Separate sections dedicated to ministries and departments within the Armed Forces are organized. It is part of the Victory Park Memorial Complex, the head of which is an advisor to the Minister of Defense for Culture.
In September 2020, a resolution of the President "On measures to organize the activities of the Victory Park Memorial Complex" was adopted, according to which, the activities of the Victory Park Memorial Complex are organized under the Ministry of Defense. With this being the case, the complex is classified as a state institution and a legal entity. As such, it has its own development fund. The head of the complex considered to be a special advisor to the Minister of Defense is appointed and dismissed by the Minister of Defense in agreement with the Minister of Culture.
The Center for Spirituality and Enlightenment, the Department of Information and Mass Communications, the Military Band Service and the Central Song and Dance Ensemble of the Armed Forces are located on the territory of the Complex.
The opening of the new athletics complex at Carroll Community College. They invited everyone to take a walk around the new track to celebrate. ( Ricoh GR III 1/2000 sec at f/5.6 )
Whilst admiring the stunning mountain scenery at Glencoe, Scotland, I was naturally drawn to the arboreal views that presented themselves to me. I didn't see cameras being pointed at this wonderful structure and is a textural treat for the eyes. I loved the earthy colours contrasting against the thin pale branches.
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NGC 7822 is a young star forming complex in the constellation of Cepheus. The complex encompasses the emission region designated Sharpless 171, and the young cluster of stars named Berkeley 59. The complex is believed to be some 3,000 light years distant.
One of the hottest stars discovered within 3200 light years of the Sun is located near the center of this image. It is an eclipsing binary system consisting of an O5V spectral type star that exhibits a surface temperature of nearly 45,000 K and a luminosity about 100,000 times that of the Sun.
The star is one of the primary sources illuminating the nebula and shaping the complex's famed pillars of creation-type formations, often referred to as the “elephant trunks”. These are fairly common in star forming regions like this and are seen in this image as the finger-like projections of yellow-gold dust in a circular arrangement almost pointing toward the image center.
This image was obtained using 3 narrowband filters Hydrogen alpha, singly ionized sulfur or SII and doubly ionized oxygen OIII. In the standard “Hubble palette” color-mapping scheme, sulfur maps to red, hydrogen to green and oxygen to blue.
Capture info:
Location: Las Cruces, NM US
Telescope: RASA 11V2
Camera: QHY 268M
Mount: 10 Micron GM2000
Data: H alpha, OIII, SII: approximately 20 hours of total integration time
Processing: Pixinsight
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Having come across this poem from Lord Byron on another photography site (There Is Pleasure In The Pathless Woods), I've come to really love and appreciate the words he wrote to describe the beauty of nature...well, him, John Muir and many others! This view looking to the south across Lake Chelan seemed to best capture that look and feel of what he wrote. Nearby is a grassy meadow, stretching from side to side. On the shoreline are some very lucky people who have this amazing view to soak in every day. Far off in the distance and stretching far off into the distance are mountains and peaks of the Bonanza Massif on the right and Sawtooth Ridge on the left. For this image, I used some CEP filters (Low Key, Polarization and Graduated Neutral Density) which seemed to best bring out this late afternoon stop on a bike ride in the Lake Chelan National Recreation Area and North Cascades National Park Complex.
This is an image of the Messier 78 complex M78 in Orion. It is a difficult object from my location due to the strong light pollution here unfortunately but I decided to try.
This is also known as the "Casper The Friendly Ghost Nebula" although I'm not entirely sure where this comes from!
Certainly the two Nebula, M78 at right and NGC 2071 left, look like two ghostly eyes peering out from the darkness but I wouldn't say they looked friendly, more sinister I would say lol!!
However, M78 was discovered in 1780 by Pierre Méchain who passed on its location to Charles Messier who catalogued it as M78.
M78 is a reflection nebula, showing the typical sky blue colour and the brightest in this complex. We only see these structures because of the associated stars illuminating the clouds of dust by reflecting their light. The whole complex is surrounded by dark, thick dust and gas adding a sense of mystery. The dust has a slight reddish hue.
The complex consists of M78, the brightest at left. Above it are NGC 2067 (l) and NGC 2064(r). The bright nebula to the left of M78 forming the other eye is NGC 2071.
Image with a Skywatcher Esprit 120ED scope and a ZWO 2600MC camera.
A total of 3hr exposure calibrated with temp. matched darks, flats and dark flats.
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Divers rock types, mainly marbles and shists were assembled here either trough glaciers or rockfall. Lake Sils is in the background.
Imagine those two flamingos - who were actually fighging for the territory - were two rival team leaders in any big corporation...
Flamingo 1:
“Hi, just to align: I noticed you’ve been operating in our pond area without prior stakeholder involvement.”
Flamingo 2:
“Thanks for flagging. From my understanding, the pond was never formally assigned to your team.”
Flamingo 1:
“Interesting. Because historically, East Mud has been managed under our scope.”
Flamingo 2:
“I appreciate the historical context, but we’re trying to move away from silo thinking.”
Flamingo 1:
“Of course. I’m fully supportive of collaboration. I just want to avoid duplicated shrimp-related activities.”
Flamingo 2:
“Sure. But from a business perspective, it would be inefficient if one team controlled all shrimp streams.”
Flamingo 1:
“We are not controlling them. We are ensuring compliance.”
Flamingo 2:
“Right. And we are ensuring operational flexibility.”
This cloud to ground (CG) discharge was the last of a 15 minute period of strikes that saw just one lightning strike per minute on average. This frame was only 0.25s at f/5.6, iso 500, with focal length of 35mm cropped sensor. Fujifilm X-T3, 16-55mm f/2.8 lens in movie mode (4fps). This image was also cropped from original.
An old build. Scene from the original Half-life game.
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I was looking back on my past creations and realized I never uploaded this image, just the one with the comparison.
I'm not quite gone yet as I imagined. Working on a new project.
Believe it or not, this little guy was no more than 20cm long! And despite his tiny stature, he was completely fearless, and even took a few bites right at my lens!
Another shot from Belur. The rains had just stopped and a passage of light ...lucky to
get a patch of blue n shades of white in the sky. THE LEFT section is at a higher level than the right, dry except for the floor and has a roof ...the light/color absorption is different. Same WB settings across.
DRI- Handheld. 3 different exposures. with spot focus on the pillar for one exposure and 2 others between the left flank wall and the right section - sky. I had to hold the cam steady with one hand and move the cursor to specific spots...aligned in PS. Individual exposures treated in ACR.
The patterns on a California Quail make him a rather striking bird. Have 6 that are in the yard daily.