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Continuing with a b/w and colour combo, showing some distant humans struggling/enjoying the weather.
As Norfolk Southern continues to slowly but surely replace the vintage CPLs which are still left here in Virginia, particularly in the Shenandoah Valley, it was time to stop making excuses, and prioritize shooting them. A buddy joined me for 2 days of a wild mission shooting sunrise to last light. Having already shot Pkin, we opted to go for Vesuvius upon learning that 11Z was coming our way. The storm clouds were rolling in, and the shadows were getting long, as we nervously awaited 11Z's arrival. As they rolled through, we were treated to absolutely spectacular late afternoon lighting in this legendary location. Fans of O. Winston Link may recall he shot a few of his scenes here in Vesuvius, Virginia, and it is today just as beautiful, rural, and peaceful as it was back in the days of N&W steam railroading. I will be back out trackside soon no doubt, but without any pretense of being owed any luck. The train Gods owe me nothing.
There were a number of big changes after the SOO bought the MILW and Stevens Point seen a loss of most through traffic as that was shifted to the former MILW Chicago-Twin Cities main. For awhile though the trains between the Twin Ports and Chicago continued to operate through Stevens Point. This set of power east of the roundhouse is no doubt going to be heading for the Twin Ports before long. SOO 770, CN 5215 and CNW 6580 soak up some hazy late May sun in 1986.
Continuing the slow 10 mph chase of Pan Am Q427 heading west to Worcester from Ayer we see the three big Gevos chugging past Mount Vernon Cemetery in the center of town. Interestingly this cemetery includes 60 remains were exhumed and relocated here when their original resting place in the Beaman Cemetery that dated to 1757 was slated to be flooded by the new Wachusett Reservoir.
This is about MP 8.4 on Pan Am's former Boston and Maine Worcester Mainline.
West Boylston, Massachusetts
Friday January 29, 2021
NS 256 slowly rounds a curve in Peru where it will change crews and continue East. This would be one of a last 256's to run the NS system before the roadrailers were retired.
Peru, Indiana
With another winter storm on the way, this goes out to all the 100k+ still without power, but there is hope !! Think good thoughts, the roads weren't bad during this ice storm, this next storm is supposedly supposed to be only snow.
A wider frame I loved from this stunning scene as they continue the slow march over the trestle.
While this was the main reason we made the impromptu choice to drive 7 hrs round trip to and from the Canadian border: flic.kr/p/2oeDHAU we were rewarded for our efforts with a nice bonus in the form of the only road train that runs up here. I had only shot this famous location once before, but not in crazy storm light conditions like this. So yes, as you can see why we had no regrets about our crazy decision for the day!
A Canadian crew is on board matched CN SD75Is 5661 and 5664 (both built in 1996 in London, ON) leading CN train 323 back to Taschereau Yard in Montreal after bringing train 324 down to the NECR's ex Central Vermont Italy Yard in St. Albans. They are seen crawling over the old Central Vermont Railway trestle across Missisquoi Bay at about MP 15.3 (the draw span) on the modern day New England Central Railroad's Swanton Sub.
The bay is the northeastern arm of Lake Champlain and the Canadian border is just under three miles away as the crow flies due north of here. The 3800 ft long wood pile structure was built in 1912 and features a 102 ft long thru girder swing span in the middle. A century later the manually operated span was automated by a local Vermont based rail contractor in a public private partnership. To learn more click here: www.engineersconstruction.com/2012/05/03/100-yr-old-east-...
East Alburg
Town of Swanton, Vermont
Friday January 27, 2023
A C44ACM, rebuilt from a C44AC-CTE, leads an eastbound coal load on Bypass 2. The I-76 overpass is the bridge in the background. Ahead at Pecos, the two mid-train swing helpers will be cut out and the train will continue east in a 2x(0)x1 configuration.
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Continuing my play with a telephoto lens to extract intimate scenes from the larger landscape, I became fascinated by the zig zag pattern the water made as it traveled on it journey down a mountain stream. This was shot at 70 mm
Enjoy!
Mike
This humid and unseasonal hot weather, has bought amazing cloud formations and rain... the mist on the right is rain coming across the bay.
Continuing the early 2021 Lockdown, and weather permitting, whilst not at work i was walking from home to the farside of RSPB Dungeness.
The pools at Hanson ARC, to the left of the path before you reach the Water Tower, now Forbidden Territory as the RSPB don't like people going to them anymore!!! Nevermind, if I do visit them I just won't bother to tell the RSPB of any Species Records I find, anyway if I had not gone to the pools on this day, I would not have had the best ever/closest encounter with a Bittern that I have ever had, plus I would not have been standing there to look up moments later to see the White Tailed Sea Eagle fly over me!!!
Continuing on the theme of telephoto/ long exposure photos of a group of people- the girl in the doorway seemed to stand out in this image, so I wanted to make this concept stronger. It's like that vision you get when you spot someone in a crowd - everything and everyone else just blurs away.
Best viewed on black.
Intersection of boulevard du Montparnasse and rue de Vaugirard. While riding around Paris it is always interesting to see what has changed and what has stayed the same. On the left is the Pharmacie Necker, founded in 1857, it is still there today. Some of the buildings exist and that tower thing in the background continues to loom over the skyline.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_Minster
The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in York, commonly known as York Minster, is the cathedral of York, England, and is one of the largest of its kind in Northern Europe. The minster is the seat of the Archbishop of York, the second-highest office of the Church of England, and is the cathedral for the Diocese of York. It is run by a dean and chapter, under the Dean of York. The title "minster" is attributed to churches established in the Anglo-Saxon period as missionary teaching churches, and serves now as an honorific title.[1] Services in the minster are sometimes regarded as on the High Church or Anglo-Catholic end of the Anglican continuum.[2]
The minster has a very wide Decorated Gothic nave and chapter house, a Perpendicular Gothic Quire and east end and Early English North and South transepts. The nave contains the West Window, constructed in 1338, and over the Lady Chapel in the east end is the Great East Window, (finished in 1408), the largest expanse of medieval stained glass in the world. In the north transept is the Five Sisters Window, each lancet being over 52 feet (16 m) high.[citation needed] The south transept contains a rose window, while the West Window contains a heart-shaped design colloquially known as 'The Heart of Yorkshire'.
History
York has had a verifiable Christian presence from the 4th century. However, there is circumstantial evidence pointing to much earlier Christian involvement. According to Bede, missionaries were sent from Rome by Eleutherius at the request of the chieftain Lucius of Britain in AD 180 to settle controverted points of differences as to Eastern and Western ceremonials which were disturbing the church. Tradition speaks of 28 British bishops, one for each of the greater British cities, over whom presided the Archbishops of London, York and Caerleon-on-Usk.
The first recorded church on the site was a wooden structure built hurriedly in 627 to provide a place to baptise Edwin, King of Northumbria. Moves toward a more substantial building began in the decade of the 630s. A stone structure was completed in 637 by Oswald and was dedicated to Saint Peter. The church soon fell into disrepair and was dilapidated by 670 when Saint Wilfrid ascended to the See of York. He repaired and renewed the structure. The attached school and library were established and by the 8th century were some of the most substantial in Northern Europe.[citation needed][3]
In 741 the church was destroyed in a fire. It was rebuilt as a more impressive structure containing thirty altars. The church and the entire area then passed through the hands of numerous invaders, and its history is obscure until the 10th century. There was a series of Benedictine archbishops, including Saint Oswald of Worcester, Wulfstan and Ealdred, who travelled to Westminster to crown William in 1066. Ealdred died in 1069 and was buried in the church.[4]
The church was damaged in 1069 during William the Conqueror's harrying of the North, but the first Norman archbishop, Thomas of Bayeux, arriving in 1070, organised repairs. The Danes destroyed the church in 1075, but it was again rebuilt from 1080. Built in the Norman style, it was 111 m (364.173 ft) long and rendered in white and red lines. The new structure was damaged by fire in 1137 but was soon repaired. The choir and crypt were remodelled in 1154, and a new chapel was built, all in the Norman style.
The Gothic style in cathedrals had arrived in the mid 12th century. Walter de Gray was made archbishop in 1215 and ordered the construction of a Gothic structure to compare to Canterbury; building began in 1220. The north and south transepts were the first new structures; completed in the 1250s, both were built in the Early English Gothic style but had markedly different wall elevations. A substantial central tower was also completed, with a wooden spire. Building continued into the 15th century.
The Chapter House was begun in the 1260s and was completed before 1296. The wide nave was constructed from the 1280s on the Norman foundations. The outer roof was completed in the 1330s, but the vaulting was not finished until 1360. Construction then moved on to the eastern arm and chapels, with the last Norman structure, the choir, being demolished in the 1390s. Work here finished around 1405. In 1407 the central tower collapsed; the piers were then reinforced, and a new tower was built from 1420. The western towers were added between 1433 and 1472. The cathedral was declared complete and consecrated in 1472.[5]
The nave of York Minster
The English Reformation led to the looting of much of the cathedral's treasures and the loss of much of the church lands. Under Elizabeth I there was a concerted effort to remove all traces of Roman Catholicism from the cathedral; there was much destruction of tombs, windows and altars. In the English Civil War the city was besieged and fell to the forces of Cromwell in 1644, but Thomas Fairfax prevented any further damage to the cathedral.
Following the easing of religious tensions there was some work to restore the cathedral. From 1730 to 1736 the whole floor of the minster was relaid in patterned marble and from 1802 there was a major restoration. However, on 2 February 1829, an arson attack by a non-conformist, Jonathan Martin,[6] inflicted heavy damage on the east arm. An accidental fire in 1840 left the nave, south west tower and south aisle roofless and blackened shells. The cathedral slumped deeply into debt and in the 1850s services were suspended. From 1858 Augustus Duncombe worked successfully to revive the cathedral.
During the 20th century there was more concerted preservation work, especially following a 1967 survey that revealed the building, in particular the central tower, was close to collapse. £2,000,000 was raised and spent by 1972 to reinforce and strengthen the building foundations and roof. During the excavations that were carried out, remains of the north corner of the Roman Principia (headquarters of the Roman fort, Eboracum) were found under the south transept. This area, as well as remains of the Norman cathedral, re-opened to the public in spring 2013 as part of the new exhibition exploring the history of the building of York Minster.[7]
On 9 July 1984, a fire believed to have been caused by a lightning strike[8] destroyed the roof in the south transept, and around £2.5 million was spent on repairs. The fire was photographed from just south of the minster in the early hours by Bettison photographers. This picture was subsequently published showing the South transept alight with a list of North Yorkshire firefighters attending. The stations attending ranged from Scarborough to Harrogate. Huge amounts of water were needed to provide jets at great height to hit the roof timbers and protect the Rose Window. Most of the water was pumped from the Ouse nearby because the water supplies around the minster were inadequate. Fire crews from the main York fire station in Clifford Street worked hard to protect the Rose Window and stop the fire spreading into the tower and organ. Many crews worked for hours and some were on high levels of the minster at the time when the South transept roof fell in. Luckily, those few firefighters inside when the roof crashed down were not directly beneath. But what they saw after the ventilation released the smoke, was a pile of timber covering the whole of the south transept floor to a height of at least six feet. When daylight came the whole scene was occupied by media. At about 8am an officer was approached by two ladies looking for information. "Have you an account for The Times"? They said. The officer replied, "Actually, I spoke to the London and New York Times at about four thirty" The ladies then announced that they were from the Church Times. Reports of the fire travelled across both hemispheres. The Restoration work was completed in 1988, and included new roof bosses to designs which had won a competition organised by BBC Television's Blue Peter programme. In 2007 renovation began on the east front, including the Great East Window, at an estimated cost of £23 million.[9][10]
In 2000, the Dean and Chapter allowed the York Mystery Plays to be performed for the first time inside the Minster, directed by Greg Doran.[11]
Architecture of the present building
York Minster is the second largest Gothic cathedral of Northern Europe and clearly charts the development of English Gothic architecture from Early English through to the Perpendicular Period. The present building was begun in about 1230 and completed in 1472. It has a cruciform plan with an octagonal chapter house attached to the north transept, a central tower and two towers at the west front. The stone used for the building is magnesian limestone, a creamy-white coloured rock that was quarried in nearby Tadcaster. The Minster is 173 yards (158 m) long[citation needed] and the central tower has a height of 230 feet (70 m) high.[citation needed] The choir has an interior height of 102 feet (31 m).[citation needed]
The north and south transepts were the first parts of the new church to be built. They have simple lancet windows, including the Five Sisters in the north transept. These are five lancets, each 52 feet (16 m) high[citation needed] and glazed with grey (grisaille) glass, rather than narrative scenes or symbolic motifs that are usually seen in medieval stained glass windows. In the south transept is a rose window whose glass dates from about 1500 and commemorates the union of the royal houses of York and Lancaster. The roofs of the transepts are of wood, that of the south transept was burnt in the fire of 1984 and was replaced in the restoration work which was completed in 1988. New designs were used for the bosses, five of which were designed by winners of a competition organised by the BBC's Blue Peter television programme.
The chapter house.
Work began on the chapter house and its vestibule that links it to the north transept after the transepts were completed. The style of the chapter house is of the early Decorated Period where geometric patterns were used in the tracery of the windows, which were wider than those of early styles. However, the work was completed before the appearance of the ogee curve, an S-shaped double curve which was extensively used at the end of this period. The windows cover almost all of the upper wall space, filling the chapter house with light. The chapter house is octagonal, as is the case in many cathedrals, but is notable in that it has no central column supporting the roof. The wooden roof, which was of an innovative design, is light enough to be able to be supported by the buttressed walls. The chapter house has many sculptured heads above the canopies, representing some of the finest Gothic sculpture in the country. There are human heads, no two alike, and some pulling faces; angels; animals and grotesques. Unique to the transepts and chapter house is the use of Purbeck marble to adorn the piers, adding to the richness of decoration.
The Kings Screen and organ.
The nave was built between 1291 and c. 1350 and is also in the decorated Gothic style. It is the widest Gothic nave in England and has a wooden roof (painted so as to appear like stone) and the aisles have vaulted stone roofs. At its west end is the Great West Window, known as the 'Heart of Yorkshire' which features flowing tracery of the later decorated gothic period.
The east end of the Minster was built between 1361 and 1405 in the Perpendicular Gothic style. Despite the change in style, noticeable in details such as the tracery and capitals, the eastern arm preserves the pattern of the nave. The east end contains a four bay choir; a second set of transepts, projecting only above half-height; and the Lady Chapel. The transepts are in line with the high altar and serve to throw light onto it. Behind the high altar is the Great East Window, the largest expanse of medieval stained glass in the world, which is currently undergoing a massive conservation project, due to be completed in 2015–16. Below the Great East Window currently sits the Orb, a stainless steel dome which opened at the end of October 2012, containing five of the conserved panels from the window, one of which is changed each month. The Orb enables visitors to see the work of renowned medieval artist, John Thornton, up close, revealing the remarkable detail in each panel.
The sparsely decorated Central Tower was built between 1407 and 1472 and is also in the Perpendicular style. Below this, separating the choir from the crossing and nave is the striking 15th century choir screen. It contains sculptures of the kings of England from William the Conqueror to Henry VI with stone and gilded canopies set against a red background. Above the screen is the organ, which dates from 1832. The West Towers, in contrast with the Central Tower, are heavily decorated and are topped with battlements and eight pinnacles each, again in the Perpendicular style.
English Heritage has recently made publicly available a monograph[12] on the architectural history of York Minster. The book charts the construction and development of the minster based on the architectural recording of the building from the 1970s. The full report can be downloaded from the Archaeology Data Service website.
Stained glass
York as a whole, and particularly the minster, have a long tradition of creating beautiful stained glass. Some of the stained glass in York Minster dates back to the 12th century. The Minster's records show that much of the glass (white or coloured) came from Germany.[13] Upon arrival at York, it was intricately painted, fired, then glazed together with lead strips into the windows. The 76-foot (23 m)[citation needed] tall Great East Window, created by John Thornton in the early 15th century, is the largest expanse of medieval stained glass in the world. Other windows in the minster include an ornate rose window and the 50-foot (15 m)[citation needed] tall Five Sisters window. Because of the extended time periods during which the glass was installed, different types of glazing and painting techniques which evolved over hundreds of years are visible in the different windows. Approximately two million individual pieces of glass make up the cathedral's 128 stained glass windows. Much of the glass was removed before and pieced back together after the First and Second World Wars, and the windows are constantly being cleaned and conserved to keep their beauty intact.
In 2008 a major conservation project of the Great East Window commenced, involving the removal, repainting and re-leading of each individual panel.[14] While the window was in storage in the minster's stonemasons' yard, a fire broke out in some adjoining offices, due to an electrical fault, on 30 December 2009.[15] The window's 311 panes, stored in a neighbouring room, were undamaged and were successfully moved to safety.[16][17] In September 2015 Phase One of the renovation project of the East Front of the Minster was completed.[18]
Towers and bells
The two west towers of the minster hold bells, clock chimes and a concert carillon. The north-west tower contains Great Peter (216 cwt or 10.8 tons) and the six clock bells (the largest weighing just over 60 cwt or 3 tons). The south-west tower holds 14 bells (tenor 59 cwt or 3 tons) hung and rung for change ringing and 22 carillon bells (tenor 23 cwt or 1.2 tons) which are played from a baton keyboard in the ringing chamber (all together 35 bells.)
The clock bells ring every quarter of an hour during the daytime and Great Peter strikes the hour. The change ringing bells are rung regularly on Sundays before church services and at other occasions, the ringers practise on Tuesday evenings. York Minster became the first cathedral in England to have a carillon of bells with the arrival of a further twenty-four small bells on 4 April 2008. These are added to the existing "Nelson Chime" which is chimed to announce Evensong around 5.00 pm each day, giving a carillon of 35 bells in total (three chromatic octaves). The new bells were cast at the Loughborough Bell Foundry of Taylors, Eayre & Smith, where all of the existing minster bells were cast. The new carillon is a gift to the minster. It will be the first new carillon in the British Isles for 40 years and first hand played carillon in an English cathedral. Before Evensong each evening, hymn tunes are played on a baton keyboard connected with the bells, but occasionally anything from Beethoven to the Beatles may be heard.[19]
Shrines
When Thomas Becket was murdered and subsequently enshrined at Canterbury, York found itself with a rival major draw for pilgrims. More specifically, pilgrims spent money and would leave gifts for the support of the cathedral. Hence Walter de Gray, supported by the King, petitioned the Pope. On 18 March 1226, Pope Honorius issued a letter to the effect that the name of William (Fitzherbert), formerly Archbishop of York, was "inscribed in the catalogue of the Saints of the Church Militant." Thus there was now St William of York (whose name is perhaps more often associated with the adjacent St William's College). York had its saint but it took until 1279, when William de Wickwane (William de Wykewayne) was elected archbishop, for the remains of the canonised William to be transferred to a shrine prepared for them behind the high altar.[20] This was placed on a platform raised upon the arches of the crypt removed to this position for that purpose. On 29 December King Edward I himself, together with the bishops who were present, carried on their shoulder the chest or feretory containing the relics to their new resting-place and Anthony Beck, consecrated the same day as Bishop of Durham, paid all the expenses.
The tomb of Walter de Gray was erected in the south transept. His remains were interred on "the vigil of Pentecost, 1255"[20] under his effigy "in full canonicals" carved in Purbeck marble under a canopy resting on ten light pillars. It was subsequently somewhat hidden behind a screen of ironwork erected by Archbishop William Markham in the early 19th century.
Organ
The choir
The fire of 1829 destroyed the organ and the basis of the present organ dates from 1832, when Elliot and Hill constructed a new instrument. This organ was reconstructed in 1859 by William Hill and Sons. The case remained intact, but the organ was mechanically new, retaining the largest pipes of the former instrument.
In 1903, J.W. Walker and Sons built a new instrument in the same case. They retained several registers from the previous instrument.
Some work was undertaken in 1918 by Harrison & Harrison when the Tuba Mirabilis was added and the Great chorus revised. The same firm rebuilt this Walker-Harrison instrument in 1931 when a new console and electro-pneumatic action were added together with four new stops. The smaller solo tubas were enclosed in the solo box. In 1960, J.W. Walker & Sons restored the actions, lowered wind pressures and introduced mutations and higher chorus work in the spirit of the neo-classical movement. They cleaned the organ in 1982.
The fire of 1984 affected the organ but not irreparably; the damage hastened the time for a major restoration, which was begun in 1991 and finished two years later by Principal Pipe Organs of York, under the direction of their founder, Geoffrey Coffin, who had at one time been assistant organist at the Minster.[21]
Organists
The organists of York Minster have had several official titles, the job description roughly equates to that of Organist and Master of the Choristers. The current Organist and Director of Music of the minster is Robert Sharpe. There is also an assistant director of music, David Pipe, and an organ scholar.
Among the notable organists of York Minster are four members of the Camidge family, who served as the cathedral's organists for over 100 years, and a number of composers including John Naylor, T. Tertius Noble, Edward Bairstow, Francis Jackson, and Philip Moore.
Dean and chapter
Dean: The Very Revd Vivienne Faull (since 1 December 2012 installation[22])
Precentor: The Revd Canon Peter Moger (since 12 September 2010 installation[23])
Pastor: The Reverend Michael Smith
Chancellor: The Reverend Canon Christopher Collingwood
Archdeacon: The Reverend Canon David Butterfield
Burials
Bosa of York, Bishop of York and Saint (died c. 705)
Eanbald I, Archbishop (780–796)
Osbald, King of Northumbria (died 799)
Ealdred (archbishop of York) (1061–1069)
Thomas of Bayeux, Archbishop (1070–1100)
Gerard, Archbishop (1100–1108)
Thomas II of York, Archbishop (1108–1114)
William of York, Archbishop (1141–1147, 1153–1154)
Henry Murdac, Archbishop (1147–1153)
Roger de Pont L'Eveque, Archbishop {1154–1181}
Walter de Gray, Archbishop (1216–1255)
Sewal de Bovil, Dean and Archbishop (1256–1258)
Godfrey Ludham, Archbishop (1258–1265)
William Langton, Archbishop (1265)
Walter Giffard, Archbishop (1266–1279)
John le Romeyn, Archbishop (1286–1296)
Henry of Newark, Archbishop (1296–1299)
William Greenfield, Archbishop (1306–1315)
Prince William of Hatfield, Infant son of Edward III (1337)
William Melton, Archbishop (1317–1340)
William Zouche, Archbishop (1342–1352)
Henry Percy, soldier (1364–1403)
Richard le Scrope, Archbishop (1398–1405)
Henry Bowet, Archbishop (1407–1423)
Thomas Savage, Archbishop (1501–1507)
Hugh Ashton, Archdeacon of York (died 1522)
John Piers, Archbishop (1589–1594)
George Meriton, Dean of York (1579–1624)
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, (1730-1782)
John Farr Abbott, barrister (1756–1794)
Astronomical clock
The astronomical clock was installed in the North Transept of York Minster in 1955. The clock is a memorial to the airmen operating from bases in Yorkshire, County Durham and Northumberland who were killed in action during the Second World War.[24]
Illuminations
In November 2002, York Minster was illuminated in colour, devised by York-born Mark Brayshaw, for the first time in its history. The occasion was televised live on the BBC1 Look North programme. Similar illuminations have been projected over the Christmas period in subsequent years.
York Minster was also artistically illuminated on 5 November 2005, celebrating the 400th anniversary of the foiling of York-born Guy Fawkes' gunpowder plot. This was done by Patrice Warrener using his unique "chromolithe" technique with which he 'paints' with light, picking out sculpted architectural details.
In October 2010, York Minster's south transept was selected for "Rose", a son et lumiere created by international artists Ross Ashton and Karen Monid which lit up the entire exterior of the south transept of the minster and illuminated the Rose Window. There were also satellite illuminate events in Dean's Park.
Continuing with Holmfirth Camera Club's Mastering Photography series, task 3 involved shooting two images from the towpath of Huddersfield canal.
It's difficult to image these photos were taken in the heart of Huddersfield town.
I continue to be impressed with what this new Samsung phone can do at night with stationary shots like this. Early on a Friday morning while making my rounds in the yard everybody's favorite oddball painted locomotive rests on a set on track Layover 3 West in Yard 14 waiting for their morning departure.
GP40MC 1136 was originally blt. Jan. 1975 by GMDD as a GP40-2LW CN 9599 and rebuilt ny Alstom in 1997. In 2019-2020 it was rebuilt again by MassDOT at their facility in Rochester and was released for service in this blue scheme.
Somerville, Massachusetts
Friday May 6, 2022
Anticipation continues to build at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida before the scheduled launch of the agency’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft will carry two American NASA astronauts, Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley, to the International Space Station for the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Liftoff from Kennedy’s historic Launch Complex 39A is targeted for Wednesday, May 27, at 4:33 p.m. EDT — an instantaneous launch window.
Here, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Crew Dragon atop, stands poised for launch at historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 21, 2020, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission.
Image Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
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The roof cracks beneath my feet. The coward has fled to the other side before I arrived.
“Look what the cat dragged in.”
I clench my fists in anger.
“Did it feel good? Killing him? Killing a poor defenseless man. A man who was my friend!” I shout.
He smiles.
“Oh it felt good. But I didn't kill just him. I killed his whore wife and the nurses attending him. Nothing better than a good barbeque, ay?” He laughs at me.
“You will pay for your deeds Solar. I'll personally make sure of it.”
“Then what are you waiting for? I'm yours.”
We stare into each other's eyes, waiting, anticipating what's to come. The tension snaps and we rush into each other's fists. I feel his punch connect with my stomach. Another one hits my bottom jaw. But I also hear him gasp for air as my fist meets his chest. I take a swing at his jaw but he dodges, parries, and my my left shoulder explodes with pain. He uses this to his advantage and takes a jab at my left cheek followed by a hit to my nose. I stagger backwards, disoriented from his attacks.
“Tired already?” He asks with a smirk.
“I'm just getting warmed up.” I reply as I wipe the blood from my lips.
We begin to circle around each other, our eyes locked to each others. His eyes are cold, but I can see the fire behind the ice, waiting to be unleashed.
“You think rage will help you. But it will only destroy you.” He says just as he leaps at me, and knocks me down. He grips my left arm and pushes it down. I feel it begin to burn, as he heats up his hand. As I open my mouth to freeze it, he punches my face, disorienting me.
“You are blinded by rage. I know how it feels, since I've been there, just under different circumstances.”
He lets go of my left arm, and hits me in the face with his burning fist, causing my cheek to blister with blood.
“I grew tired of being Zod's little lapdog. So as we were getting inside our life pods to escape, I tampered with his. His pod exploded upon liftoff.”
“You..you killed Zod?..” I mutter in shock.
“It was easier done than said. And now, now I’ve left that foolish madman. He thought he could control me, tell me what to do. No..I've had enough about being second in command. Now it's time for me to shine. And what better way to do so, than to kill the one person who could stop me in doing so. You.”
He raises his fist, ready to strike once again. I grab onto the floor and tear out a piece of it the size of my hand and swiftly hit him in the side of his head letting him roll over me.
“I thought there were more kryptonians.” I say as I get back up on my feet.
“There are. But none as powerful as you and I.” He gets up and outstretches his right arm in my direction. Seeing it begin to turn redder and blacker I freeze it with my breath. The ice cracks under the heat. I manage to duck right before the fire burns my head. I roll over to the left and fire my heat vision into his right knee, causing him to lose balance. He growls as his other arm turns into flame as well. He lunges at me and I welcome him free handedly as I drive my knee into his gut. He lands on his back with a *thump*. I get on top of him and before he can react I drive my fist into his teeth, shattering them.
“Ghet offv mge” he mumbles as his whole body turns into fire causing me to get off of him and take a few steps backwards.
“Solar I think you should cool off befo…” The explosion sends me to the very edge of the rooftop. It's a miracle that the roof hasn't caved in by now. I wave my hands through the air for the smoke to clear a bit faster. Finally I get a good look at the effects this had on him. His body is completely destroyed, the burnt flesh is falling off of him revealing charred bones beneath. I look into his eyes that now scream madness and try to look for at least a spark of humanity but I can’t find anything. His body twitches, and his breathing is fast and heavy. I wonder if this is somehow my fault. Suddenly his body bursts into flame once again, furthermore hurting him.
“Solar you need to stop this, look at what it's done to you.” I try pleading with him, and he responds by shrieking in a unnatural voice.
“I...I'm going to tear you apart.” Unlike the rest of him, his voice is cold and menacing. He swings towards my head, I dodge and parry with the same move except mine connects. As my fist meets his face, his skin burns my own. I breathe in the hot air, and exhale cold air into his direction, diminishing his powers. I take a jab at his lower jaw, and another one at his neck. He growls, and counters with a kick to my left leg. He takes a swing with his fist, but I catch it in the air with my hand. I crush it, and break it. He yells out in pain, and rams me down into the floor. The roof finally gives in and we fall into the fiery inferno down below.
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Images flash in my mind. Her. Them. The ones I left behind. Am I a coward? Was I wrong to save myself? I see their hands outstretched to me. They want me to join them. But I can’t. Not now. Never. I look away from the light and back into the dark.
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After removing one of thousands of metal support pieces using hand-tools, it is handed off to another team member. These pieces are stacked on a truck to be reused at another site.
Outside, the rain continued to hammer away at our dismal little world, and the sky had shucked the last of its evening gray to take on an intense purplish tone that was ominous, close-in, Biblical.
“Sky is weirdin’ up like I don’t know fucking what,” I said.
from Fjord of Killary By Kevin Barry
Continuing my Astro Projection vision...
On one painterly after-sunset the other day, I had an out-of-body and lens experience on cityscapes of Toronto... and have been transported instantly into these cosmic dimensions that mixed all elements together as if it's a painterly whirlpool nebulae if some sort...
...all brought to you by my manual zoom and ICM magic :-)
*Added a thin layer of textures to reinforce the feel, but other than that it's a SOOC image, manual zooming & intentional camera movement during long exposure, no other processing involved.
Continuing with the span of the Forth Bridge with the Mossmorran flame effect from Sunday. Again that's the flame just past the first span on the left, boom what a sky !
Today and tomorrow, we continue our visit of the last Romanesque church for us in Poitiers before we leave this region of France: Sainte-Radegonde.
The first church here was built in the 500s by Radegonde, queen of the Franks, and dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It was renamed in honor of Radegonde herself in 587 after she was sanctified. She had been interred within and, in 1012, after her sanctification, her bones were exhumed on order from Abbess Béliarde and placed in a stone sarcophagus that to this day lies in the crypt, as we will see. The church also served as a burial place for the nuns of the Holy Cross Abbey, the first abbey for women ever created in Gaul, which had been founded by the same Radegonde.
During the early Middle Ages, churches and other buildings often perished by fire: candles and oil lamps were the only way to light buildings that were often quite dark, therefore a number of them were needed —and of course, the opus Dei went on after sunset and before sunrise, and candles were needed for that, too. So, at any time, a number of open flame devices were burning, and there were many wood items inside. Also, most churches were then timber-roofed... You can imagine the rest. The Sainte-Radegonde church fell victime to such a fire and was rebuilt in the late 1000s, having been consecrated in 1099. It was then a collegiate church, the prior being appointed by the abbess of Holy Cross Abbey.
From that old Romanesque church, the lower part of the bell tower, as well as the whole eastern end (choir and apse) have survived. The nave is 13th century Romanesque, and was re-vaulted in Gothic style in the 1300s.
The real crypt under the choir was rather spacious and its three apses housed the remains of Sainte Radegonde, Sainte Agnès (abbess of the aforementioned Holy Cross Abbey) and Sainte Disciole. As the pilgrimage of Sainte Radegonde was growing ever more popular, changes had to be made in the 19th century to the layout of the crypt and of the “basement” where its sarcophagus now lies.
The two other saints are still in the crypt and still the subject of devotion to this day.
Three-exposure panorama shot stitched with PTGui software.
I will continue the Autumn colors...Gosh so many photo's...
Thanks so much for your appreciation of yesterdays photo It really did meant alot! ...and some of you are what I consider great landscape photographers & said "GOOD" things about it...So that was really, really nice to hear..."Thank You"...:-D
Whimbrel WHIM (Numenius phaeopus)
& prey item in this case looks to be a
Purple Shore Crab (Hemigrapsus nudus)
Clover Point
Victoria BC
DSCN5421
This individual is obviously getting lots to eat down there..using the reach of its bill to apprehend prey - mostly shore crabs from what i saw
its been at this location for at least a couple of weeks
prawn sushi with a salad of lettuce, carrot and sweet red pepper servings of wasabi, sushi ginger and soy sauce not shown in the photo
my thanks to Paul Sisul for recommending two excellent sushi making videos
The Best Way To Make Sushi At Home
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIoOv6lWYnk
Dragon Roll - How To Make Sushi Series
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENp0r0y78AQ&t=215s
jasmine rice cooked until sticky www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/tilda-fragrant-jasmin...
cooked and still hot gently mix with some sweet rice seasoning www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/yutaka-mirin-sweet-ri...
prepared prawns were fried in olive oil
fresh prawns @ £5 for 500gr i used 8
the rest are boxed and in the freezer for as and when
how to prepare and cook prawns/shrimps www.wikihow.com/Prepare-and-Cook-Prawns
bamboo sushi rolling mat www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/yutaka-sushi-rolling-...
nori (seaweed) www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/yutaka-sushi-nori-roa...
wasabi www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/s-b-wasabi-43g
wasabi tastes like horseradish/mustard
previous homemade sushi are flic.kr/p/2qHX11m and flic.kr/p/2qKRLGX
more information
How To: Step-by-Step Sushi at Home
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGG01tj9wi4
How To Roll Sushi with The Sushi Man
www.youtube.com/watch?v=40MiH9-FQ5w&t=4s
How to make 7 Types of Sushi | Japanese Food | The Far East Cuisine
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR3QMxReUOQ
history of sushi - sushi university sushiuniversity.jp/basicknowledge/history-of-sushi
basic sushi knowledge - sushi university sushiuniversity.jp/basicknowledge/
just one thing with michael mosley
food special with professor tim spector
7 days 30 different plant based foods
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001ngjx
ps i'm not recommending any of these cookery adventures. they suit my personal taste. photographing to encourage myself to eat more healthily ...
i've created a group www.flickr.com/groups/cooking_is_my_hobby/ to gather ideas and encourage myself to continue with healthy eating by learning from others if you're interested in cooking, sometimes or a lot, or enjoy the cooking of others, you're always welcome ...
Continuing with the theme of photos taken through the windshield...lol. Don't mind the film scan lines...
Another of the magnificent dead trees on the slopes of mount Hautua, plus a magnificent view to the mountains and fjord. I don't often do a frame like this, but I couldn't resist.
The drama of drawing continues as 4 year old Estelle reveals shadow "monsters" hiding in the dark and then it starts "to rain"!
For today's alternative dramatic drawing, go to: www.michikofujii.co.uk/blog/b7dp7a3xbea27zn4yzd7z8cb4hr95z