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Macro, detailed imprint on our window. I don’t believe the dove was injured when it collided.
What is left behind is called powder down, which is a dry, talc-like lubricant present at the base of the bird's feathers. Down feathers grow on geese, ducks, swans, herons, pigeons, doves, etc. They help waterproof the feathers and mix with waxy preening oil from glands at the base of the tail.
Down feathers aren't molted. Instead, they grow continuously and crumble over time to become powder down. They have a secondary use for the integrity of the longer feathers!
"For me, becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn't end."
I was so fascinated with this rock pile on Tioga Pass (East of Yosemite NP) in the Eastern Sierra, I went back and photographed it some more the next day. Took the tripod this time.
I've long considered the Eastern Sierra my extended playground.
From Wikipedia: The Sierra Nevada is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primarily in Nevada. The Sierra Nevada is part of the American Cordillera, an almost continuous chain of mountain ranges that forms the western "backbone" of the Americas.
...und ein letztes Bild aus dem Land der Störche, 2 Tage und ein paar Stunden in Masuren gehen zu Ende. Bei heftigem, stundenlangem Dauerregen führt mich mein Weg über holprige Landstraßen und bestens ausgebaute Autobahnen in Polens Hauptstadt, Warschau.
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...and one last picture from the land of storks. Two days and a few hours in Masuria are coming to an end. In heavy, hours-long, continuous rain, my route takes me over bumpy country roads and well-maintained highways to Poland's capital, Warsaw.
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With the continuous toing and froing of pebbles up and down the beach as the waves perpetually polish to an almost perfect shine, this stunning milky green pebble glistens in the morning sun.
I couldn't find a decent description of this spot, but it is located in the Truso valley in Georgia, and earlier I posted a picture of that scenic valley (www.flickr.com/photos/115540984@N02/49212632131/in/datepo...) where we stayed the night and enjoyed the spectacular setting of this Caucasion mountainscape.
What you see here are travertines, a sort of terraces formed by local springs, that contain a lot of minerals. The most famous terraces I know can be found in Turkey (Pamukkale).
The ones here are mostly orange and white, and if you look closely you can see a continuous film of water flowing over the rocks, depositing more material.
20 September 2019 I came back from my journey over a part of the Silk Road to and through Central Asia. 4 months of traveling through 14 countries (Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran) before I flew home from Teheran. An impressive journey in countries that are extremely beautiful, with lovely and welcoming people and diverse cultures and history.
Intense traveling with more than 20000 kilometers in our mobile home on sometimes roads that hardly could be called that way. We saw many villages and cities (some wonderful, others very ugly), countries that are transforming from the old Soviet era into something more related to older cultures and the way people live, often funded by oil readily available around the Caspian sea. We saw the amazing mountains south of the Black Sea, the wonderful Caucasus, and the high mountains in the far east close to China with peaks over 7000 meter, and not to forget the (Bulgarian) Alps!
We crossed the great steppe of Kazakhstan. a drive of at least 5000 km, the remnants of lake Aral, once one of the biggest lakes of the world, saw a rocket launch from Baikonur (this little part is Russian owned), we crossed many high mountains passes, and drove the breathtaking canyon that comes from the Pamir, beginning at ca 4500 meter, and going down for ca. 400km to an altitude of 1300 meter, driving for 100's of kilometers along the Afghan border.
And then the numerous lakes with all sorts of different colors from deep cobalt blue to turquoise, and one rare spectacle in Turkmenistan where a gas crater is burning already for more than 40 years. And finally and certainly not the least to mention an enormous amount of wonderful, hospitable and welcoming people. The woman often dressed in wonderful dresses, and bringing a lot of color in the streets of almost of all countries we visited.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretch'd in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
William Wordsworth
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The origin of the house at 249 Victoria Street that became the historic Senator Restaurant, dates back to the earliest property records kept by the Town of York...1860
In 1929, prior to the Great Depression, Toronto had become one of the leading cultural centres of the world. The restored ELGIN/WINTERGARDEN and PANTAGES ED MIRVISH Theatres are the last two original vaudeville houses of the era and with MASSEY HALL they have now formed the downtown theatre district. Robert Angeloff, a Macedonian entrepreneur, converted the house to the BUSY BEE DINER. The “B” consisted of an open kitchen and counter and became a local destination for traditional meals and coffee to go. In 1938 Luke and Vangel Eftimoff purchased the Busy Bee which they later sold to George Nicolau, a cook with a vision.
George renovated and expanded the Busy Bee and renamed it the SENATOR. Designed and built by the Toronto Refrigeration Company, the SENATOR remains today in its original style and fixtures from 1948. After the war, downtown Toronto along Yonge Street – known across Canada as “the strip” – became the destination for the new restaurants and nightclubs in the city; BASSEL’S , STEELE’S, THE BROWN DERBY, TOWN TAVERN, COLONIAL TAVERN, SILVER RAIL and LE COQ D’OR but regrettably these are all now gone.
In the past 30 years, under the ownership of the Sniderman family, the SENATOR has become a Toronto landmark and dining institution. The oldest restaurant in the city still has a youthful spirit and we have served generations of Torontonians and visitors alike who appreciate our high quality standards; listed on back page. Now in our 84th year of continuous operation in the same location,
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, also called the Holocaust Memoria, is an architectural gem located in Berlin, made up of 2711 concrete blocks of various heights, all placed near each other, creating numerous passageways where visitors can walk around and enter and exit the Memorial from anywhere.
The Information Center introduces its visitors to the National Socialism led by Adolf Hitler and the extermination policies carried out between 1933 and 1945.
Visitors can step into one of the most shocking rooms, an empty hall with its walls covered with the names and dates of birth and death of the Jews locked up in the concentration camps during the Second World War. Reading the names and biographies of the victims could last over 6 years.
Matera is a city and the capital of the Province of Matera in the region of Basilicata, in Southern Italy. With a history of continuous occupation dating back to the Palaeolithic, it is renowned for its rock-cut urban core, whose twin cliffside zones are known collectively as the Sassi.
Matera lies on the right bank of the Gravina river, whose canyon forms a geological boundary between the hill country of Basilicata (historic Lucania) to the south-west and the Murgia plateau of Apulia to the north-east. The city began as a complex of cave habitations excavated in the softer limestone on the gorge's western, Lucanian face. It took advantage of two streams which flow into the ravine from a spot near the Castello Tramontano, reducing the cliff's angle of drop and leaving a defensible narrow promontory in between. The central high ground, or acropolis, supporting the city's cathedral and administrative buildings, came to be known as Civita, and the settlement districts scaling down and burrowing into the sheer rock faces as the Sassi. Of the two streambeds, called the grabiglioni, the northern hosts Sasso Barisano and the southern Sasso Caveoso.
The Sassi consist of around twelve levels spanning the height of 380 m, connected by a network of paths, stairways, and courtyards. The medieval city clinging on to the edge of the canyon for its defence is invisible from the western approach. The tripartite urban structure of Civita and the two Sassi, relatively isolated from each other, survived until the 16th century, when the centre of public life moved outside the walls to the Piazza Sedile in the open plain (the Piano) to the west, followed by the shift of the elite residences to the Piano from the 17th century onwards. By the end of the 18th century, a physical class boundary separated the overcrowded Sassi of the peasants from the new spatial order of their social superiors in the Piano, and geographical elevation came to coincide with status more overtly than before, to the point where the two communities no longer interacted socially.
Yet it was only at the turn of the 20th century that the Sassi were declared unfit for modern habitation, and the government relocation of all their inhabitants to new housing in the Piano followed between 1952 and the 1970s. A new law in 1986 opened the path to restoration and reoccupation of the Sassi, this time – as noted by the architectural historian Anne Toxey – for the benefit of the wealthy middle class. The recognition of the Sassi, labelled la città sotterranea ("the underground city"), together with the rupestrian churches across the Gravina as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in December 1993 has assisted in attracting tourism and accelerated the reclaiming of the site. In 2019, Matera was declared a European Capital of Culture.
The little settlement at Low Head in northern Tasmania was established in 1805. Port Dalrymple (now George Town) was founded in 1804 a few kilometres to the south along the Tamar River.
Low Head was specifically established to provide a pilot station to assist ship captains in negotiating the rocky reefs at the entrance to the Tamar - this is still the oldest continuous pilot station in Tasmania (we'll see a modern pilot boat tomorrow).
In 1805 a beacon was also placed on the hill where the lighthouse now stands and a fire could be lit if necessary at night. Today there is a lovely village green atmosphere in the morning light.
AAA Limo backs from a crew change on the UP Sikeston Sub. in the line's namesake town after dropping a relief crew for UP Train WSKPFR 18. The hogged crew brought the C40-8 out from Poplar Bluff light engine to add to the point, since the SD60M had expired the day before on its 92 day inspection, and all the way out here on the branch doing work train duty. Brilliant move, as always.
This line was part of the old Cairo Arkansas & Texas from Poplar Bluff at one time, and was later Missouri Pacific, and led to the car ferry across the Mississippi River at Bird's Point prior to the Thebes Bridge being built. After that it was part of a network of branch lines that crossed Southeast Missouri, being cut back several times to Jackson, Charleston, and later Miner.
At the time this line had recently been upgraded to 25 MPH. In 2004 and 2005, new ties were installed, ballast dumped, larger tie plates were laid out, and brand new continuous welded rail was dropped to be installed in anticipation of running upwards of 20 trains a day. At that time, it had only been hosting tri-weekly local out of Poplar Bluff.
This was part of a planned track swap with the BNSF for part of their River Sub. Between Rockview Jct. near Chaffee, and Sikeston, they were to build a connector track at the diamond in the latter city. This would have essentially been a southbound main line, while the Chester Sub. would be for northbounds, avoiding a double tracking project. An equal distance of track ownership swapping was to occur in Wyoming in the coal fields between the UP and BNSF.
The line was redesignated about this time from the Sikeston Industrial Lead, to the Sikeston Sub. with TWC up to the BNSF diamond, and the last 5.1 miles were the Miner Industrial Lead.
However, there was great community and political opposition because of an overpass for US Highway 60 that nobody wanted to help Union Pacific finance. Unfortunately a resolution couldn't be reached, so plan was given up on, and the former Cotton Belt portion of the Chester Sub. was later on mostly double tracked instead.
This rail train was ordered to come and picked up all the new CWR, which was to be used elsewhere on the system. After it was picked up, magnets cranes came for the tie plates, spikes, and OTM, and as-needed service continued for a couple more years by the local.
In 2008, the unfortunate saga for this Mo-Pac branch worsened when UP petitioned the STB and filed for abandonment north (compass east) of Essex, MO.
Today this is an empty ROW at this location. The line was torn out in 2010 and 2011 and cut back to just west of Morehouse. Ironically, this line gained a brand new customer after it was cut back, a large grain elevator east of Essex, and the old CAT now hosts occasional unit grain trains.
One of these days I plan to model this stretch of track in HO scale. I only have a few pictures of this line, but tons of great memories growing up looking for trains along these rails make up for it.
Locomotives: UP 9148, UP 2410
5-18-06
Sikeston, MO
Continuous as the stars that shine . . . . . . . . .
They stretched in never-ending line
William Wordsworth
Saltram House is a George II era mansion located in Plympton, Plymouth. In 1957, it became a property of the National Trust, who operate it under the name "Saltram".
Saltram House was used as one of several local settings for the 1995 film Sense and Sensibility.
Mom is doing some housekeeping chores while the young one watches her leave. Their were three little ones in the nest. This one does not seem any too happy to see her leave. Feeding was continuous with both mom and dad taking turns with the duties.
The continuously welded rail train snakes through Collins Curve in Waldwick, NJ while dropping rail on track 2.
29. Ice Pillar
February 2024
60 × 90 cm, Alu-Dibond
Italiaans
Questa imponente colonna di ghiaccio si trovava nella “cattedrale di ghiaccio” durante l’inverno 2023/2024.
La colonna si rifletteva nelle acque scure di un ruscello che scorreva attraverso la grotta. Con il progredire dell’inverno, l’acqua ha cominciato a congelarsi e la caverna si è chiusa progressivamente sotto strati sempre più spessi di ghiaccio. Man mano che si congelava, siamo riusciti a penetrare più in profondità e a osservare meglio la struttura della grotta.
Le colonne di ghiaccio nelle grotte glaciali si formano grazie a gocce d’acqua di fusione che, a contatto con l’aria fredda o con il suolo ghiacciato, si congelano. Crescono lentamente dal basso verso l’alto, o dall’alto verso il basso, e talvolta si incontrano per formare una singola colonna. Correnti d’aria, freddo prolungato e gocce regolari sono le condizioni ideali per queste sculture naturali.
In un’altra foto di questa mostra, Ice Pillar Base, è visibile la base di questa colonna, ripresa in un giorno diverso, che mostra la particolare forma della sua parte inferiore.
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Duits
Diese imposante Eissäule befand sich in der „Eiskathedrale“ des Winters 2023/2024.
Die Säule spiegelte sich im dunklen Wasser eines Bächleins, das durch die Höhle floss. Im Verlauf des Winters fror das Wasser allmählich zu und die Höhle verschloss sich zunehmend unter immer dickeren Eisschichten. Je mehr fror, desto weiter konnten wir vordringen und die Struktur der Höhle erkunden.
Eissäulen in Gletscherhöhlen entstehen durch langsam tropfendes Schmelzwasser, das bei Kontakt mit kalter Luft oder kaltem Untergrund gefriert. Sie wachsen entweder von unten nach oben oder von der Decke nach unten und manchmal treffen sich beide Enden zu einer durchgehenden Säule. Luftzirkulation, anhaltende Kälte und ein gleichmässiger Tropfrhythmus schaffen die idealen Bedingungen für diese natürlichen Skulpturen.
Auf einem weiteren Foto dieser Ausstellung («Ice Pillar Base») ist der Fuss dieser Säule zu sehen. Er wurde an einem anderen Tag aufgenommen und zeigt die markante Form des Sockels.
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This imposing ice pillar stood in the “ice cathedral” during the winter of 2023/2024.
The pillar was reflected in the dark water of a small stream that flowed through the cave. As the winter progressed, the water began to freeze, and the cave gradually sealed itself beneath increasingly thick layers of ice. As the ice closed in, we were able to venture further inside and observe the structure of the cave more closely.
Ice pillars in glacier caves form from meltwater droplets that freeze upon contact with cold air or frozen ground. They grow slowly, either from the bottom up or from the ceiling downward, and sometimes both ends meet to form a continuous column. Airflow, prolonged cold, and regular dripping are the ideal conditions for these natural sculptures.
In another photo from this exhibition, Ice Pillar Base, the base of this pillar is visible, photographed on a different day, showing the distinctive shape of its lower part.
In my homeland you can often find trees near a crossroads - like this birch in deep winter.
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... after continuous swimming for about 15 minutes,
the hungry jaguar was thinking about what he should do next.
Part 23 of a series of pictures of the hard job of a Jaguar, trying to get his breakfast ...
If you want to see the previous pictures of that little story in chronological order, have a look at my Jaguar Morning-Album.
It is not so easy to get a good picture of this special moment despite high continuous shooting speed. Last year I was able to observe the moment only once and immediately had a nice picture - unfortunately in extremely poor light conditions. I thought: If only I have better light, I'll take a better picture. I could hardly be more wrong! I deleted hundreds of shots.
Der Eisvogel steigt wieder aus dem Wasser empor.
Es ist trotz hoher Serienbildgeschwindigkeit gar nicht so einfach ein gutes Bild von diesem besonderen Moment zu erwischen. Letztes Jahr konnte ich den Moment nur einmal beobachten und hatte gleich ein schönes Bild - leider bei äußerst schlechten Lichtverhätnissen. Ich dachte: Wenn ich nur besseres Licht habe, mache ich auch ein besseres Bild. Pustekuchen! Ich habe hunderte Aufnahmen gelöscht.
Ethical tagging:
- free-living animals.
- wild lebende Tiere.
This industrial scale lime kiln was built in 1873 for the Craven Lime Company. The Hoffmann Continuous kiln was patented in 1858 by its German inventor Friedrich Hoffmann. The version built under licence at Langcliffe had 22 individual burning chambers. Limestone was burned continuously in a circuit around the kiln and it took an average of six weeks for one whole circuit.
The largest terrestrial animals in the world is dwarfed by a giant acacia tree in NgoroNgoro Crater. The African Elephant grazes and browses continuously to consume the quantities of food it needs to sustain its large size. Tender acacia leaves are a favorite food and many a tree succumbs to the brute force of the elephant. Smaller trees are frequently knocked down or torn apart in by elephants, sometimes leaving large swaths of forest destroyed. Elephants, when not poached, can live in excess of 70 years. Of the over 100 species of acacia, most are smaller and have less longevity that the tree shown. A few can reach great heights and attain greater age. But the battle between this mighty acacia and the seemingly small elephant is constant. Even though he won't be able to knock this tree over, its lower branches will remain at risk. The ground is strewn with large branches pulled down and stripped of succulent leaves. And in nature's struggle for survival even the might small can survive. #iLoveNature #iLoveWildlife #WildlifePhotography in #Tanzania #Nature in #Africa #Elephants #AfricanElephants #Acacia #DrDADBooks #Canon #WildlifeConservation
The Standard Medical Text Human Embryology And Teratology States, “Although Human Life Is A Continuous Process, Fertilization Is A Critical Landmark Because, Under Ordinary Circumstances, A New, Genetically Distinct Human Organism Is Thereby Formed.”
So you ask your pregnant daughter
"how is that little bundle of tissue today?"
or
"are those cells developing into a boy, girl or neutral," we may say.
oh no. not a new look
perhaps we should start a book
titled, welcome home little gender undetermined baby!
you and i
can see eye to eye
and we believe babies are our future
so let us celebrate before it's too late
let's us know our future with style and class
by being proud to say, " this is the way,
this is the truth, and this is the light."
Let it shine brightly into a future
of babies
happy smiling loving parents
dance oh so proudly dance.
Vietnam took me by surprise. It appeared everyone had the latest Iphone and scooter.
Texting while riding is common place but it's not as precarious as it sounds. The pace on the major streets is never excessive. Everyone appears to move as one mass. People do not seem concerned about beating each other to the next stop. No road rage or flipping people off, even when it gets incredibly congested. I saw no accidents or angry disputes ... very foreign and un-american.
Crossing the street for the first time during rush hour is a leap of faith. One simply starts walking across the street thru the traffic in a deliberate fashion and all the scooters drive around you. It seems like chaos at first but it works. Everyone adjusts to those around them, continuous cooperation in harmony.
Ushguli (უშგული) is a community of four villages located at the head of the Enguri gorge in Svaneti, Georgia.
Ushguli is one of the highest continuously inhabited settlements in Europe, it's located at an altitude of 2,100 metres.
Typical Svaneti defensive tower houses are found throughout the village. The Ushguli Chapel located on a hilltop near the village dates back to the 12th century.
Location: Pahang, Malaysia.
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Female (left) and Male (right)
It took us a return trip of about 264 km (164 miles) and five hours of continuous searching in the disturbed forest, this loving couple was finally found.
Description: Cryptic, uncommon nightbird of lowland and lower foothill forests (to 800 meters). Males show extensive barring on wings, whitish lower belly, and irregular white blotches on the breast. Females are warmer brown, almost rufous, with less wing barring and a wide “necklace” of white blotches on the breast.
Calls: There are sexual variation in calls between sex; male gives a series of rippling clear whistles and both sexes give harsh nasal croaks.
Source of info. : eBird
The Theatre of Dionysus is an ancient Greek theatre in Athens. It is built on the south slope of the Acropolis hill, originally part of the sanctuary of Dionysus Eleuthereus. The first orchestra terrace was constructed on the site around the mid- to late-sixth century BC, where it hosted the City Dionysia. The theatre reached its fullest extent in the fourth century BC under the epistates of Lycurgus when it would have had a capacity of up to 17,000, and was in continuous use down to the Roman period.
The Milky Way galaxy core shines over some otherworldly concretions at the "Pumpkin Patch" in Ocotillo Wells in the predawn hours of June 21, 2020. Shot with a Canon EOS R and Sigma 15mm EX DG lens. I illuminated the rocks in the foreground with an LED blacklight.
Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area had a soft reopening as of at least this past Friday. Although the website hasn't been updated to reflect this reopening, a park employee as well as a park ranger I encountered on Sunday confirmed that the park is now open again.
This unique landscape is the result of wind and water continuously eroding the surface soil and revealing these globular sandstone concretions. Such concretions are believed to be formed by the natural cementing of sand particles to a small object such as a piece of shell, a grain of sand, or even an insect.