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Tatiana Weston-Webb doing powerful turns in full control at Rocky Point on the North Shore. This season she's been performing well on the World Championship Tour (best of the best) as an injury replacement, and is also close to qualify for the next season.
The Siq (Arabic: السيق, transliterated al-Sīq, transcribed as-Sīq,[a] literally 'the Shaft') is the main entrance to the ancient Nabatean city of Petra in southern Jordan. Also known as Siqit, the main entrance in Petra is a dim, narrow gorge (in some points no more than 3 metres (10 ft) wide) winds its way approximately 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) and ends at Petra's most elaborate ruin, Al Khazneh (the Treasury). A wide valley outside leading to the Siq is known as the Bab as-Sīq (Gateway to the Siq).
Unlike slot canyons like Antelope Canyon, which are directly shaped by water, the Siq is a natural geological fault split apart by tectonic forces; only later was it worn smooth by water. The walls that enclose the Siq stand between 91–182 metres (299–597 ft) in height.]
The entrance to the Siq contains a huge dam, reconstructed in 1963 and again in 1991, designed to bar the mouth of the Siq and reroute the waters of Wadi Musa. The dam is a fairly true reconstruction of what the Nabataeans did to control Wadi Musa between the 1st century BC and the beginning of the 1st century AD. The entrance also contains the remnants of a monumental arch, of which only the two abutments and some hewn stones of the arch itself have survived. The arch collapsed in 1896 following an earthquake, but its appearance is known from the lithographs of Matthew Boulby and David Roberts.
The Siq was used as the grand caravan entrance into Petra. Along both walls of the fissure are a number of votive niches containing baetyli, which suggest that the Siq was sacred to the Nabatean people. In 1998, a group of statues were uncovered when digging was conducted to lower the road by more than six feet. Although the upper part is greatly eroded, it is still possible to recognise the figures of two merchants, each leading two camels. The figures are almost twice lifesize.
Along the Siq are some underground chambers, the function of which has not yet been clarified. The possibility that they were tombs has been excluded, and archaeologists find it difficult to believe that they were dwellings. The majority consensus is that they housed the guards that defended the main entrance to Petra.
Control - Downsampled from ~15, hotsampling! using SRWE; using this guide and CT by Frans Bouma; Lightroom
Music inspiration.
• Hair: Jas, by Runaway Hair
• Tattoo (face): Losescrew, by Apothic
• Tattoo (body): Addicted, by Numb
• Nails: Missy nails, by Merlific
• Swimsuit: Tina, by Antaya *NEW*
• Piercing: Medusa piercing (group gift), by Suicidal Unborn
• Rings: The witching hour rings, by Insurrektion
• Bong: Lava bong (Blazed Babe - gacha), by Flite
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Control - Downsampled from ~15, hotsampling! using SRWE; hotsampling CT by GhostintheCamera, mods on Nexus from reg2K (esp free cam and dev menu mods), and WIP mods from ilikedetectives and amisthiosintraining, ReShade
Month of Mornings 13/30, Lake Waikopiro, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
One of the challenges as a landscape photographer is the lack of control that you have over one of the most important parts of the image: the weather
As we headed up to Lake Turtira, and its little brother Lake Waikopiro, this morning for my #monthofmornings excursion the weather looked promising; a bit of cloud and some hints of mist in the valleys. But when we arrived we found the sky was largely grey and dull, and there was no mist to be seen anywhere.
So the images this morning were not spectacular, but you can't expect to shoot a portfolio image every day.
Fujifilm X-E3, ISO200, f8, 2.5sec, 9mm Laowa lens.
Processed in Lightroom
[ Best Viewed LARGE or in SLIDESHOW mode ]
Of course having supernatural powers can be disturbing for a nine week old cat, but Max has made it clear that he'll only use his powers for good (unless someone pays serious money).
He can also bend spoons, levitate and solve most Sudoku puzzles in under five minutes.
Stopped by the remote controlled airfield for short time for the first time in quite a while. A friend of mine was flying a few of the 31 planes he owns. Only got photos of 2 of them while there, the first two red ones and the last six photos here. Fun watching how skillful these pilots are doing aerial maneuvers, takeoffs and landings. I always send any photos I take for them to post on their club site. Sorry for so many photos, just saving to my album. :-)
Voles are small rodents resembling field mice. Hawks were plentiful at the refuge today getting an easy meal. I guess i was "inbetween" their catch, as none had a vole in their beak while i watched....but a nearby coyote ate twelve [no kidding-i counted] in the twenty minutes i was parked there. Scroll to see a sampling of the hawks congregated at this field.
Here in Eugene, Oregon lie the remnants of a once mighty train company Southern Pacific which was bought out by the Union Pacific. The remains of a roundhouse, machine shop, and evidence of support buildings not to mention an intact turntable. This photograph of some type of junction I have no idea what for but it was intriguing.
So tired of posting shots in order...so I won't anymore.
Control - Downsampled from ~15, hotsampling! using SRWE; using this guide and CT by Frans Bouma
control, xbox one, ingame photomode, edited with flickr app
absolutely adore this game. love love love it. finally beat down tomassi last night. just one boss to go!
I have wanted to shoot this for a long time. Its so unique. I tried to capture it with a dark feel, to help tell the story of the architecture, its medieval style and its past.
The Oswego Iron Furnace, built in 1866 at the confluence of Oswego Creek and the Willamette River, was the first iron furnace on the Pacific Coast. Between 1867 and 1885, it produced 42,000 tons of pig iron, sold as "Oregon Iron" to foundries in Portland and San Francisco. Before 1867, all iron on the Pacific Coast was brought by ship around Cape Horn.
The founders of the Oregon Iron Company—led by William S. Ladd, John Green, and Henry Green—sought to capitalize on iron deposits in the hills around Sucker Lake (now Oswego Lake). Controlling the means of iron production was part of their vision for a commercial empire in the Pacific Northwest. Most of Portland's cast-iron architecture and the pipe for its water system were made of Oswego iron.
The Oswego Furnace was Oregon's largest manufacturing enterprise in the nineteenth century. It consumed ore from two mines and charcoal from 22,000 acres of timber. Over the course of its operation, three companies owned the works: Oregon Iron Company, Oswego Iron Company, and Oregon Iron & Steel Company.
The furnace, which resembles a medieval tower, was modeled on the furnaces of the Barnum and Richardson Company in Lime Rock, Connecticut. The thirty-two-foot-high stack, as stone furnaces are called, stands on a twelve-foot underground foundation with massive walls built to withstand temperatures of 2,800 degrees Fahrenheit. Charcoal, ore, and limestone were fed into the top of the shaft, and air was injected into the bottom through three Gothic arches that gave access to ports in the smelting chamber. Molten iron was tapped through a fourth arch and channeled to molds in the sand floor of the casting house. In 1878, the second owners increased the height of the stack to forty-four feet.
The furnace closed in 1885 when the company built a larger furnace half a mile north. The firebrick lining of the shaft was removed and probably reused in the new furnace. An attempt to dynamite the stack in the early twentieth century failed but left gaping holes in the interior.
In 1974, the furnace, an example of the craftsmanship of nineteenth-century furnace builders, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The City of Lake Oswego completed a major preservation and stabilization effort in 2010, and the furnace is now an imposing presence in George Rogers Park. It is the only remaining iron furnace west of the Rocky Mountains.