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The Mirsky Castle Complex is a UNESCO World Heritage site in Belarus located in the town of Mir in the Karelichy District of the Hrodna voblast,
Cosmic smoke & telescope mirrors?
Webb found complex organic molecules similar to smoke or smog in a galaxy more than 12 billion light-years from Earth. This sets a new record for the most distant detection of these big, complicated molecules: bit.ly/43M4YEG
The distant galaxy in question lies behind a much closer foreground galaxy. The gravity of the foreground galaxy is so great that it distorts and magnifies the light of the galaxy behind it, making it easier to see.
In space, where there’s smoke, there are stars — usually. But this galaxy might change astronomers’ long-held belief: These “smoky molecules” were abundant in some areas with little star formation, or were scarce in some areas with active star birth.
Due to how far light from this galaxy had to travel, we’re seeing this galaxy as it was back when the universe was < 1.5 billion years old. The discovery suggests that complex chemistry began occurring in the universe much earlier than we thought.
This image: The galaxy observed by Webb shows an Einstein ring caused by a phenomenon known as lensing, which occurs when two galaxies are almost perfectly aligned from our perspective on Earth. The gravity from the galaxy in the foreground causes the light from the background galaxy to be distorted and magnified, like looking through the stem of a wine glass. Because they are magnified, lensing allows astronomers to study very distant galaxies in more detail than otherwise possible.
Credit: S. Doyle/J. Spilker
Image Description: This is an infographic with a navy blue background. At the top left it says, "What creates an Einstein Ring?" In the center is a diagram. At far left is a drawing of Webb, labeled James Webb Space Telescope. In the center is a foreground galaxy, shown in blue. On the right is a background galaxy, shown in red. Arrows run in a diamond shape from the red galaxy around the blue galaxy, and to Webb. The lines are labeled "Distorted light rays." At the bottom there is another arrow pointing to the right that says "Looking further into the past." which implies the galaxy shown in red is older and farther away than the foreground galaxy, which has warped its light. At far right is the inset Webb image of the Einstein ring. In this inset, on a black background, there are two notable objects. There is a foreground galaxy seen as a big bright blue dot at the center of the frame. It is surrounded by an orange ring meant to highlight the discovery of organic molecules in the galaxy whose light has been bent into a circle. Near the top left of the image, there is also a distant background galaxy represented as a tiny red dot.
Lots going on here. Mid-level clouds dominated this afternoon with unusual altocumulus patterns highlighting this cloudscape.
Same sky 14 minutes earlier: www.flickr.com/photos/79387036@N07/38298095341/in/datepos...
An impressive clock.
The Great Hall marks the final chamber inside Burghley House that is open to the public. It's over 60 feet in height, and measures 30 feet wide and 68 feet lengthwise. It features a fine example of a double-beam roof.
This stunning nebula complex comprises emission and reflection nebulae and is around 5900 light years away. They lie within a very dusty part of the southern Milky Way in Sagittarius.
This is an LHaRGB exposure comprising 13.5 hours of data (L=240, Ha=180, R=150, G=120, B=120 minutes of exposure)
FOV: 39.4 x 26.2 arcmins @ 0.59 arcsec/pixel
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Le complexe de Karnak, reconstruit et développé pendant plus de 2 000 ans par les pharaons successifs, de Sésostris Ier au Moyen Empire à l’époque ptolémaïque, s’étend sur plus de 2 km2 et il est composé de trois enceintes (espaces fermés par un mur). Il est le plus grand complexe religieux de toute l’Antiquité.
Temple le plus important de la XVIIIe dynastie, il était consacré à la triade thébaine avec à sa tête le dieu Amon-Rê. Le complexe était relié au temple de Louxor par l'allée des sphinx de près de trois kilomètres de long.
Site touristique, il est classé au patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO depuis 1979. Seule l’enceinte d’Amon peut être visitée. Le site fait l’objet de fouilles conduites dès le XIXe siècle par des archéologues français, organisés depuis 1967 au sein du Centre franco-égyptien d'étude des temples de Karnak (CFEETK). Les découvertes continuent à être nombreuses.
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A second (interior) shot of the Westide shopping and leisure centre in Bern, Switzerland.
Very special architecture from the well known architect Daniel Libeskind, there are almost no right angles in the building.
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The Westside Shopping and Leisure Centre, on the outskirts of Bern, Switzerland, is a multi-use facility with shops, restaurants, a swimming pool, conference spaces, residences, a hotel, fitness centres, and a cinema. It was designed by international architect Daniel Libeskind and completed in October 2008.
Despite its location west of the city, in Brünnen-Bern, Westside is urban in scale. According to Studio Daniel Libeskind’s website, the site brings “together the dimensions of commerce, culture and leisure." Positioned over a motorway, the centre overlooks an S-Bahn station and acts as a gateway to Bern. The complex is crystalline in structure; a steel concrete skeleton supports the centre’s wood façade.
Cuts in the roof bring the changing daylight into the center’s two plazas. One plaza faces the surrounding Brünnen landscape and connects to the centre’s bath, while the other plaza adjoins the hotel and cinema.
Windows tumble across the façade, bringing light into the building. This design evokes the erratic matrix of windows across Libeskind’s first major international success, the Jewish Museum Berlin.
Critics, such as David Rogers of the Los Angeles-based Jerde Partnership, have faulted Bern for neglecting to integrate such a shopping centre into the city’s urban fabric. A shopping centre on the city’s periphery contributes to the disintegration of the city centre and leads to a “loss of values,” he says.
Defenders of Westside, such as Swiss architect Barbara Holzer, argue that Bern’s urban centre is not under threat and that the shopping centre instead offers “new urban spaces.” Westside, with its blend of commercial, residential and recreational spaces, exemplifies populist architecture and emphasises public life. Peter Keller, of the Zürich newspaper, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, adds that the shopping centre suits its surrounding landscape and bears the striking signature of its architect.
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Plant 21 was built in 1919 as part of an expansion of the sprawling Fisher Body Company's complex on Piquette avenue.
Despite over $1 million dollars of work, the site is still considered “contaminated” by the EPA. Several sections of the floor have caved in, the cement being eaten away by water and broken by ice. At least one fire heavily damaged the ground level of the first floor.
The City of Detroit is seeking interested developers to renovate the site, but as of yet there have been no takers. For just $300,000, you could own a slice of automotive history with a great view of the city.
Santa Chiara is a religious complex in Naples, Italy, that includes the Church of Santa Chiara, a monastery, tombs and an archeological museum. The Basilica church of Santa Chiara faces Via Benedetto Croce, which is the easternmost leg of Via Spaccanapoli. The church facade of Santa Chiara is diagonally across from the church of Gesù Nuovo.
The double monastic complex was built in 1313–1340 by Queen Sancha of Majorca and her husband King Robert of Naples, who is also buried in the complex. The original church was in traditional Provençal-Gothic style, but was decorated in the 17th century in Baroque style by Domenico Antonio Vaccaro. After the edifice was partially destroyed by a fire after the Allied bombings during World War II, it was brought back to the alleged original state by a disputed restoration, which was completed in 1953.
Famous is the cloister of the Clarisses, transformed in 1742 by Domenico Antonio Vaccaro with the unique addition of majolica tiles in Rococò style. The brash color floral decoration makes this cloister, with octagonal columns in pergola-like structure, likely unique and would seem to clash with the introspective world of cloistered nuns. The cloister arcades are also decorated by frescoes, now much degraded. (Wikipedia)
This 28 cylinder radial engine is on display at the Kalamazoo Air museum in Michigan. What an amazing show of power. I wonder what that thing weighs.
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Into the extensive bunker complexes near Graz with Irmi and our very curious dog Philetta . Styria . Austria . The exact place and hidden access I keep secret
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Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex
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The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex is a large former industrial site in the city of Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has been inscribed into the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites since December 14, 2001 and is one of the anchor points of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.
The first coal mine on the premises was founded in 1847, mining activities took place from 1851 until December 23, 1986. For decades starting in the late 1950s, the two parts of the site, Zollverein Coal Mine and Zollverein Coking Plant (erected 1957-1961, closed on June 30, 1993), ranked among the largest of their kinds in Europe. Shaft 12, built in Bauhaus style, was opened in 1932 and is considered an architectural and technical masterpiece, earning it a reputation as the "most beautiful coal mine in the world".
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A wider view of the space station and multiple smoke stacks.
'Industrial Complex' best viewed large on black.
The total complex area is 9,000 square meters. It offers residents and city guests a universal sports hall for team sports, gym and swimming pool. Innopolis is a new Russian city, located in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. The city’s economy is based on high-tech industries.
Het laatste Tsjechische metersporige trambedrijf, dat van Liberec, wordt sinds 1990 geleidelijk omgebouwd tot normaalspoor. In 2001 waren de stadslijnen klaar. Het laatst omgebouwde traject kreeg alleen normaalspoor, het overige deel is drierailig. De interlokale lijn naar Jablonec heeft nog smalspoor, maar is op de recent vernieuwde delen voorbereid voor normaalspoor.
De in- en uitrit van de remise is uiteraard drierailig uitgevoerd. Hier - maar ook elders in de stad - liggen wissels met drie tongen. Voorbij het wissel ligt een nog zeldzamere railconstructie, waar smalspoortrams van gezamenlijk gebruik van de rechter rail naar de linker rail overgaan. Deze constructie kan het zonder bewegende delen stellen: ook zonder wisseltong worden de wielstellen van een smalspoortram op het hartstuk naar links gedwongen. Zulke eigenaardigheden komen om de hoek kijken daar waar een drierailig systeem in twee richtingen bereden moet kunnen worden. Het alternatief is een vierrailige trambaan.
De uitrijdende gerenoveerde Tatra heeft voorop een rode sticker '1435'. De smalspoortrams hebben een blauwe sticker '1000'
The last Czech metre-gauge tramway network, that of Liberec, is in a conversion process to standard gauge since 1990. The urban lines were completed in 2001. The last reconstructed line is purely standard gauge, while the rest got three-rail track. The interurban line to Jablonec kept its narrow gauge track, but the recently renovated parts are prepared for standard gauge.
Of course, the depot entrance and exit have three-rail track with suiting points. Beyond the track switch is an even more uncommon device: a crossover for narrow gauge trams to change from right to left shared rail. It has no moving parts, because the left wheels force the right wheels to choose the right path on the switch diamond.
The renovated Tatra tram leaving the depot has a red tag '1435' on the front. Narrow gauge trams carry a blue version with the number 1000