'Amply 74', aka US Air Force 55th Reconnaissance Wing's Boeing RC-135W 'Rivet Joint' 62-4139/OF from Offutt AFB, Nebraska crosses Field Road whilst landing at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk.

Based on Boeing's own '739' airframe, these highly specialised SIGINT versions of the military C-135 have been in service since 1961 and with continuous upgrades are festooned with aerials plus those huge chin fairings housing sensors for gathering data from the 'Other' side.

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Happy Friday...

...but the Friday's not so happy for the MILLIONS OF CHILDREN affected by the recent floods in Pakistan, desperately need for the very basics...

PLEASE donate to UNICEF or to the aid program of your choice... remember, every cent counts!!

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Count the lamps in 'Morning Lights' On Black

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a photo from each month of this past year

1. Untitled, 2. elementary cooking, 3. it's a wrap, 4. Untitled, 5. nuit noir, 6. tire-toi donc une bûche, 7. little dears, 8. Untitled, 9. phone home, 10. Untitled, 11. 3 lamps and a disco ball, 12. Untitled

Zwei Tornados stehen nachts im Zelt auf der Air Base Incirlik, Türkei, am 29.06.2016.

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""If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep you are richer than 75% of this world." Author unknown.

This image has been cropped and re-sized, a method shown to me by Ottavia who was taught this by her contact Ted.

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I promise this does count as a train photo, and there really is one in here...in fact if you look close you can see the entire train from lead ACS64 to trailing Amfleet.

Amtrak Region train 173 for Washington is crossing the 1394 ft long double track bridge over the Thames River from Groton to New London at about MP 124.3 on the New Haven Line main. The four Parker thru truss approach spans date from the New Haven's 1919 construction of a new bridge across the river. They are cruising right across the middle of the new 105 ft wide vertical lift span built in 2008 to replace the 1919 era Strauss heel-trunnion Warren through-truss bascule draw span.

It's that lift span that has made this interesting image possible. Dominating the foreground with her gilt figurehead twinkling on her prow is the Barque Eagle, the 295 ft. long flagship of the United States Coast Guard which along with the USS Constitution, is one of only two commissioned sailing vessels in the United States military today.

New London is the home of the US Coast Guard Academy and every cadet who attends the Academy as well candidates from the Officer Candidate School will spend a minimum of six weeks on board Eagle whose primary mission is training. Historically she berthed up River directly in front of the Academy but she now ties up here beside Fort Trumbull State Park while in home port. I suppose this is suitable as this 19th century fortification out of sight behind me served in later life as rhe original site of the US Coast Guard Academy from its founding in 1915 until moving to its current campus in 1932.

But, that history is not why she berths here, rather we have Amtrak to thank for that. Though the new lift bridge was specifically designed to clear the Eagle's masts, they came up short and for her to clear seamen have to climb the masts and remove some some components from the top as the young seaman I spoke with explained. For that reason she rarely travels up past the bridges anymore and now calls this dock home, though I understand she will be moving to city pier downtown directly behind the Amtrak station in the coming years.

As for that Eagle on her prow? Well you might not know but that is actually a Nazi eagle and the medallion in her talons now bearing the Coast Guard crest was originally adorned with a swastika! You see the Eagle is actually a spoil of war having been built at at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany in 1936 as as the flagship of the Kriegsmarine sail training fleet. Originally named Horst Wessell, Rudolf Hess gave the speech at her launch in the presence of Adolf Hitler! At the end of WWII the US acquired her when the allies were apportioning the war materials of the Reich and sailed her across the Atlantic with her German crew now under US command.

I HIGHLY recommend this fascinating read if you are interested in learning more and some great stories: www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33543706.amp

And the USCG's official site is great especially if you'd like to see her with her three masts at full sail as they publish her schedule here: www.uscga.edu/eagle-schedule/

And above the rail bridge is the massive Goldstar Memorial Bridge carrying 11 lanes of Interstate 95 134 ft over the river on twin 6000 ft spans (blt. 1943 and 1973) that make up the largest bridge in the state.

New London, Connecticut

Friday March 4, 2022

My 14th Winter Count here at Flickr. Started in Utata. One photo per month from the past year.

Temples are certainly the places where Gods reside, but that is not the reason why we find them there. The reason we find them there is because it is at the temples that we find Gods within ourselves.

Brihadisvara Temple at Thanjavur leaves you spellbound not only by its exceptional architectural brilliance and splendour but also by the feeling of pure divinity and tranquility, despite being visited by hundreds and hundreds of devotees on a daily basis. It is magical how you feel 'ONE' and one with them in the devotion and seeking.

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I don't know what this pair were up to but the hand gesture suggests she might be counting something. 4M01, London Gateway to East Midlands Gateway speeds through Barking station on 17 June 2026.

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To feel rich,count the things you have that money can't buy.

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自分の持っているお金では買えない物の数を数えてみよう

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今週末、京都へ行きませんか？？

Let's go to Kyoto this weekend　!

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Another shot from a previous year at the fabulous Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. This year's 25th anniversary festival starts March 27th.

Visit www.tulipfestival.org/ for more details and to see how you can plan a visit.

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in Warsaw, Poland.

Lithuania begins preparing for war.

Krakow, Poland

Some interesting species that I'd missed the flight shot of:

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African Rail - Kenya

So the last day of 2015 is here. The moments of 2015 will disappear, but the memories will still be with us for ever. The good memories and the bad ones. Things we have to take with us on our journey. Happy new year everyone😘💖

my day in photos

I always have vivid dreams when I take a nap. Today, I dreamed that Lei and her hubby Andy, Charlie and I, my friend Missy and my grandmother crashed a wedding. The preacher was wearing a t-shirt with a Dodge City Red Demon on it and had an ASU Sun Devil painted on his face. A woman was speaking about how women are like rivers, ever changing.

In honor of today which is Festival of Sleep Day!

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A beach vendor at Panglao, Bohol, Philippines counts her money.

Writing on the wall. Someone has made marks as the days went by

Caught this bicycle repairman counting his takings, the dong is Vietnams currency by the way.

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All three of Music City Star's commuter sets are lined up south of the NERR yard in Lebanon on a humid Saturday in the Nashville suburbs. Using ex-Amtrak F40s and ex-Metra (C&NW) gallery cars, it's a neat, little commuter operation; #381 in the back is still painted in Pacific Surfliner blue.

For Our Daily Topic Challenge - 'Continuous.'