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No train in Japan is more famous, nor more sought after, than JR Central and JR West's 923 Series, better known worldwide as "Doctor Yellow"
Originally built in 1998, these trains were rebuilt from the original 700 Series. Their role is to make sure the Tokaido and San'yo Shinkansen routes are kept in peak condition through inspection. Each 923 series contains a myriad of track and overhead measurement equipment housed in 7 cars. Monitoring is done on board by a 9-person crew of railway technicians.
It is said here that seeing Doctor Yellow by chance is considered to bring good luck. At best, they'll operate 3-4 times a month. No official schedule exists, but there are unofficial ways to check if they're running, though by no means is it a guarantee. Regardless, I'm thrilled to finally see one for myself!
JR Tokaido Shinkansen.
JR 923 Series (Doctor Yellow) T5 Set
Tamachi, Minato Ward, Tokyo
It is funny how cities just six hours from one another can deal entirely differently with weather. I grew up in Montreal, where you drive right over/through deep snowdrift and more-or-less vigilantly gun it on the ice. No problemo. Here in Toronto, the city is clearly traumatized by snowfall. Things shut down. Drivers panic. But the most interesting thing to me is the quiet. I think I snapped this shot at around six o clock on Friday night. People burrow and hide… and it makes me think that part of the human condition is the need for an excuse to experience trauma/drama. Toronto takes this opportunity because seemingly, this is as bad as it gets here. So people so to wallow/revel. But someone from Montreal would probably not think it as big a deal, and would find their trauma elsewhere. Weird.
Hmmm. Just a strange, passing thought to accompany this night shot. I'm not great at night shooting… I think I simply don't have the patience for it. But this one wasn't too bad.
edit: Y'all totally surprise me. This made the explore front page! Thanks so very much. It's really never the ones I expect.
There is just not enough hours in a day to capture everything I want. Checking the ice condition on a daily basis and unfortunately, got only one day so far when the pond was frozen. I had to wait a while to see some birds landing which I love to watch and capture every year as they are making me laugh so much, I wouldn't miss that opportunity in the whole world.
Pavlov
Dans sa célèbre expérience, Pavlov sonnait une cloche chaque fois qu’il servait de la nourriture à un chien. Puis un jour, Pavlov sonna la cloche mais ne servit aucune nourriture au chien : celui-ci saliva quand même.
Montana Rail Link westbound freight "LM" (Laurel to Missoula) awaits departure from yard. The time is 6:05 in the evening of a successful day, spent in both directions to and from Helena. My friend who had provided the ride and expertise for the day was a signal maintainer with his headquarters in the well-kept depot built by Northern Pacific. The MRL restored the depot clock to working condition.
The engineer on the WAMX 4179 has the Northwoods AC cranked up on high as he makes track speed on the way back to Bradley, Wi from Fifield.
Night after night... floating in warm waves of expectation. He always ends up here... with me
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A Burrell Steam Traction Engine from 1907 - "Dixie Flyer" and is still in beautiful condition! Amazing engineering!
Minolta Alpha / Dynax / Maxxum / a9
Minolta AF 100-300 APO f4.5-5.6
Ilford Delta 400
Camera Scanned
Sony A7M3 / SEL90M28 Macro
Essential Film Holder
Kaiser Copy Stand
Converted in Negative Lab Pro
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Tatoi Air Force Base. Hellenic Air Force Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc MJ755 arriving home (Tatoi AFB) after a complete overhaul back to flying condition at Biggin Hill (UK). The plane was built in 1943 and took part in several military operations during WWII. After the war it was given (along with 77 more units) to Greece by the UK Government in order to rebuild its Air Force. In 1953 performed it's last flight. Then after spending the next seven decades in different museums in Greece as static display, thanks to the Icarus Foundation efforts it was sent to Biggin Hill (UK) to be restored back in flying condition. After two years of hard work, today we were able to welcome it back home.
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A male Least Bitter waits patiently in a mass of twisted twigs near the water’s edge on Horsepen Bayou as it searches for just the right tasty bit to whet its appetite. The Least Bittern is extremely good at knifing through this type of environment and is very much at home amongst the reeds no matter what condition those reeds are in. A stealthy and patient hunter just like the Green Herons. Just a wee bit smaller. The tides were quite low that day and could get no closer.
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Common house gecko inside the house. I have quite a few of them living inside the house and outside of the house. This one has lost part of its tail possibly caused by me turning air conditioner that i think it lives in. I have another larger gecko that lives in the house that caught killed and removed a centipede that was crawling near my bed which was good because one night i was woken up by another very large centipede crawling on me, not a nice experience.
‘Mint’ in color, that is! It wasn’t in bad condition for 56 years of age when the photo was taken. I believe it is a 1960 model. Its period styling has gained a certain coolness over the years, something it probably didn’t readily enjoy for the first half of its life!
After missing the first two days of Texans training camp before agreeing to a five-year, $14 million contract Saturday, outside linebacker Brian Cushing is eager to get on the practice field today with his new teammates.
Cushing, the first-round draft choice from Southern California, is getting $10.435 million in guaranteed money to become the starter on the strong side and help improve a defense that ranked 22nd last season, including 23rd against the run.
“I’m just relieved and excited to have this done,” Cushing said. “I’m ready to play football and help the team win.”
Cushing (6-3, 262) was in Los Angeles when agent Tom Condon reached the agreement with general manager Rick Smith and director of football administration Chris Olsen.
Cushing’s contract could be worth a maximum of $18 million over five years.
In the fifth year of his deal, there’s a clause that could earn him an additional $4 million in an escalator bonus.
Odds are that Cushing’s contract will be extended before he enters the fifth season in 2013.
Smith and Olsen will have all eight of their draft choices under contract when the Texans take the field for the third day of two-a-day drills at their Methodist Training Center.
“It’s very important to have him signed,” coach Gary Kubiak said. “Rick and Chris were up at 3 in the morning trying to get it done. They’ve done a good job.
“Brian’s two days behind now, but he didn’t miss anything we did in the offseason program, so that’s a good thing. He wanted to be here while we were working on the contract, but he couldn’t.”
Rookies who have signed with the Texans report a week early for conditioning and meetings before practicing for the first time with the veterans. Cushing wanted to report with the rookies.
He was working out at Reliant Stadium last week when the Texans had to explain league rules that forced him to leave.
Cushing took what turned out to be a quick trip back to Los Angeles. He returned to Houston on Saturday afternoon.
Texans coaches are excited to get him on the practice field.
“We’re going to put the pads on (Sunday morning), and I know he’s chomping at the bit to get out there,” Kubiak said.
After the Texans used the 15th pick in the first round on Cushing, they inserted him into the starting lineup. He impressed his coaches in the organized team activities and minicamp.
“We like his presence on the ball,” Kubiak said, meaning Cushing has a knack for finding the ball and making plays. “He’s playing over the tight end, and we’re going to ask him to do a great deal. We think he can handle it.
“Brian’s very athletic. He’s physical against the run. He can rush the passer. He can drop into coverage. We brought him here for a reason, and we’re going to put him to work real fast.”
Frank Bush, who is in his first season as defensive coordinator, has to make calls that maximize Cushing’s strengths. The faster Cushing learns, the quicker Bush plans to utilize all his talent.
“We’re going to try to take advantage of all his talent,” Bush said. “Because he’s such a talented kid, there are a lot of things we can do with him.”
The coaches say they think Cushing has everything it takes to become a star at his position.
“Brian can turn and run with the tight end,” Bush said. “He’s big and strong enough to strike them at the line of scrimmage and nullify some of their speed down the field, so we’re comfortable with him in coverage.
“His ability also gives us a chance to be aggressive toward the quarterback. He’s a big guy who’s shown he can get there.”
For my art exam on The Human Condition. This is development work. It is all seperate works, i have just merged them together in photoshop.
All images are inspired by Francis Picabia : www.askart.com/AskART/photos/COL20080204_5647/153.jpg
Image 3 also has influences from Edvard Munch: 1.bp.blogspot.com/_Qfmy1iBc5N8/SKdlxixVZJI/AAAAAAAAAxw/yF...
Images 4 and 5 have influences from Arnulf Rainer: www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=999999961&w...
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Image 1 and 2: watercolours
Image 3: colour photocopy of img2 with oil paint on top
Image 4: colour photocopy of img2 with added photos and chalk pastels
Image 5: chalk pastels
This photo is a tribute to those people who volunteer their time to restore and maintain these old steam locomotives in working condition. In this photo, two men are performing minor maintenance tasks while waiting the two hours or more that it takes to fire this engine up. This engine runs a tourist loop at New Hope Pa. and was out of service in 2014. Hopefully it will be back this year. Parts have to be hand made and there are not many people that know how to repair or operate them anymore.
Astana - Capital City of Kazakhstan
The city was renamed into Nursultan in honor of the former President Nursultan Nasarbajew.
The weather condition looked very promising, clear skies and low wind, and the mornig had all that just not at the same time. I wanted the Alpine glow on Pen Yr Ole Wen and the reflection. Alas it was one or the other. Once the light started to hit the mountain the wind had picked up and distroyed the reflection. Anyway I'm happy with this blue hour picture.
Parque Natural del Señorío de Bértiz, Navarra, España.
El Parque Natural del Señorío de Bértiz, de 2.040 ha, está localizado al noroeste de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra, España. En el municipio de Bértiz-Arana, accediéndose desde la localidad de Oyeregui y Oronoz-Mugaire.
El territorio del parque natural perteneció a la familia Bértiz desde el siglo XIV. El titular del predio, Pedro Miguel Bértiz, fue nombrado Merino de las Montañas (o sea, juez de amplia jurisdicción), en el año 1392, por el rey Carlos III el Noble.2
La casa solariega fue levantada en 1847 por la antigua familia Bértiz, que continuó con la propiedad hasta el siglo XIX y ampliada en 1905 por sus últimos propietarios Don Pedro Ciga y su esposa Dª Dorotea Fernandez.
A la muerte sin descendencia de Francisco de Bértiz, en el año 1657 tomo posesión del Senorío Antonio Barragán. La Real Corte de Navarra, mediante sentencia de 1672, declaró la propiedad del palacio y mayorazgo de Bértiz a favor de Juan Francisco de Alduncin. El matrimonio de María Josefa de Alduncin, heredera del Senorío, con Francisco Javier de Elío, hizo que la propiedad pasara a esa familia (1741). Los Elío vendieron el Senorío a Pedro Andrés Oteiza, maderista y vecino de Narvarte (1881). El 20 de octubre de 1900 Oteiza vendió la finca a Pedro Ciga por la cantidad de seiscientas cincuenta mil pesetas. Los Ciga lo remodelaron a su estado actual y en el año 1949 lo donaron a la Comunidad Foral de Navarra, con la condición de que se conservara tal cual y de que fuera utilizado exclusivamente para fines recreativos, educativos y científicos.
Al sur, en la zona más baja a orillas del río Bidasoa en la localidad de Oyeregui, se encuentran el palacio y los jardines, en 3,4 ha que acogen una abundante colección botánica, con especies traídas de todos los lugares del mundo.
El resto del territorio al norte es una sucesión de valles y montes cubiertos de bosque atlántico autóctono, muy bien conservados dada la escasa explotación que de ellos se ha venido haciendo, abundando las hayas, los robles y las alisedas. En estos bosques hay numerosos ciervos, corzos y jabalíes, así como las típicas aves del bosque atlántico de pequeño y mediano tamaño.
En la cima del monte Aizkolegi se encuentra un chalet modernista, hoy abandonado, desde el que se disfrutan unas magníficas vistas del Parque y al que se llega mediante una pista forestal.
The Señorío de Bértiz Natural Park, covering 2,040 ha, is located in the northwest of the Comunidad Foral de Navarra, Spain. In the municipality of Bértiz-Arana, accessed from the town of Oyeregui and Oronoz-Mugaire.
The territory of the natural park belonged to the Bértiz family since the 14th century. The owner of the property, Pedro Miguel Bértiz, was named Merino de las Montañas (that is, judge of wide jurisdiction), in the year 1392, by King Carlos III the Noble.2
The manor house was built in 1847 by the old Bértiz family, who continued to own the property until the 19th century and enlarged it in 1905 by its last owners, Mr. Pedro Ciga and his wife, Ms. Dorotea Fernandez.
On the death without issue of Francisco de Bértiz, in 1657 he took possession of the Senorío Antonio Barragán. The Royal Court of Navarra, through a ruling of 1672, declared the ownership of the palace and mayorazgo of Bértiz in favor of Juan Francisco de Alduncin. The marriage of María Josefa de Alduncin, heir to the Senorío, with Francisco Javier de Elío, made the property pass to that family (1741). The Elíos sold the Senorío to Pedro Andrés Oteiza, a Maderista and resident of Narvarte (1881). On October 20, 1900, Oteiza sold the farm to Pedro Ciga for six hundred and fifty thousand pesetas. The Ciga family remodeled it to its current state and in 1949 they donated it to the Comunidad Foral de Navarra, with the condition that it be kept as is and that it be used exclusively for recreational, educational and scientific purposes.
To the south, in the lower area on the banks of the Bidasoa River in the town of Oyeregui, are the palace and gardens, covering 3.4 ha that house an abundant botanical collection, with species brought from all over the world.
The rest of the territory to the north is a succession of valleys and mountains covered with native Atlantic forest, very well preserved given the little exploitation that has been done of them, abounding with beeches, oaks and alder groves. In these forests there are numerous deer, roe deer and wild boar, as well as the typical small and medium-sized birds of the Atlantic forest.
At the top of Mount Aizkolegi there is a modernist chalet, now abandoned, from which magnificent views of the Park can be enjoyed and which is reached via a forest track.
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There is a large herd of about 50 or more deer on the Lagoon Creek reserve.
Deer – Chital
Scientific name - Cervus axis
Other common names - Chital deer, Axis deer, Indian spotted deer.
Origin - India, Nepal and Sri Lanka
Distinctive characteristics - White throat patch and white spots. Dark dorsal stripe and band over muzzle. Noticeably long tail compared with other deer species.
Identification - Feral chital deer are a small-medium sized species. Their coat colour is variable, but is often dark to rusty red with uniformly marked white spots in lines along the body. They have a distinctive white throat patch and a dark muzzle. The coat colour of the inner legs and underside of the belly is white-beige. This species is often found in medium to large groups. Mature males have antlers that are smooth and slender with usually three tines on each, though the number of tines is influenced by animal condition. Antlers may be 70-89 cm in length. Males are larger in size and weight (90 cm and 85 kg) than females (80cm and 60 kg). Chital have a distinctive high-pitch alarm call when disturbed. Scats are small cylindrical pellets sometimes with an indentation at one end.
History and Biology - Chital deer were initially introduced to Australia from Sri Lanka and India in 1802 but did not survive. They were later successfully released into Queensland in the 1860's. Chital deer are herbivores that browse on a variety of grasses, fruit and leaves. They are gregarious and can form groups of more than 100 individuals. They do not have a defined breeding season, and are capable of producing three offspring in two years. Chital deer will eat their shed antlers if their diet is lacking the vitamins and minerals. Females will separate from the herd during birthing and rearing of young.
Distribution - Feral chital deer occur in many areas throughout Queensland, small areas in NSW, Victoria and the south-east of South Australia. They are absent from other regions.
Habitat - They can be found in a variety of habitats, including open grasslands, open and closed woodlands, thick forests and heavily timbered farmland.
Damage - Feral chital deer are a growing pest threat. They can cause significant browsing damage to native vegetation, damage sensitive habitats and compete with livestock for pasture. They can damage forestry plantations and ornamental gardens. They are not often found in close proximity to humans but they do present a serious motorway hazard. Feral chital deer may carry and spread livestock diseases that can cause production losses and increased management costs.
(Source: www.feralscan.org.au/deerscan/pagecontent.aspx?page=deer_...)
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