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Standard rail system map displayed near the ends of the light rail cars.
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Arriva Guildford & West Surrey Dart 3110 (T110 LKK) crosses Victoria Way on a very late running 34 to Guildford, while a relatively on time 3100 (R310 CMV) waits to turn right on the 91 to Knaphill.
A shame it was only on time because it had missed out the entire 34 short working to St Johns, but there you go! Unavoidable! Not that it would have affected anybody - the driver could see that no one wanted the 34.
Photo taken at 2254.
Stagecoach South West
Alexander Dennis Dart SLF/Pointer 2
PX55 EFG - 34777 & WA06 HMZ - 34867
Exeter, Coach Station
Tuesday 7th April 2015
Seen up the farm on Monday afternoon while working on the Lance engine (rather a lot of mess on the floor). Here we see Dart 78 with Lance 111.
This is the first image from my Darter Photography project series. The darter is an amazing animal, I have found this one quite regularly on the water edge stretching out its wings to dry them.
I composed this image by placing the suns light reflection behind the subject. It was difficult to control the exposure, which meant it required many adjustments during the shoot. The was the closest I had been to this darter, which took me many months to get it accustomed to my presence.
Also see image at www.denishawkins.id.au
2009 Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 Dart integral body/chassis with a Cummins ISBe 4.5 litre inline 4 diesel engine, Reg.GN07AXM of Arriva Southern Counties (Kent & Surrey) (No.4058) at Chatham Waterside Bus Station, 18 February 2023.
Originally introduced in 2003 by Transbus (formed in 2000 by the merger of Alexander, Dennis and Plaxton) as a replacement for the Plaxton Pointer 2 body, the Alexander ALX200 body, and the Dennis Dart SLF chassis, the Transbus Enviro 200 Dart was effectively a semi-integral bus employing an updated version of the ALX200 body and Dart SLF chassis combination. However, available options were the Enviro 200 body with the MAN 14.240 chassis; or the Enviro 200 chassis with the Optare Esteem or MCV Evolution bodies. Production stopped in 2018.
Southbound DART passes Whiterock on Killiney Bay with a service to Greystones (Na Clocha Liath), as the weather closes in.
Had my Tamron 70-300mm on the camera, wasn't really ideal, but I like the composition.
1957 Goggomobil Dart roadster. One of several used for promotional purposes by Shannon's Insurance. Taken at the 2012 New South Wales All Chrysler Day, held at Fairfield Showground, Prairiewood, Sydney.
Back to my butt shots! I was disappointed I couldn't get a front view but I really wasn't prepared to step down into the pond to get around the front and we all know what would have happened.... one look at me and my camera and he would have took off anyway!! :-)so butts will have to do this time! Yay!!! .... nearly Friday!
All these 7 shots of balloons was taken 1 frame at a time, not set on multi shot, for each one i had to throw the dart 7 times. i know it can be hit of miss but i had more hits than misses, lucky i guess. The shots were taken in my garage as the water can make a bit of a mess. I mounted my nikon SLR with 90mm Tamron lens on a tripod fitted with a cable release, the backdrop was a piece of black velvet to stop the light shining on the background from the flash which was a tripod to the left of the balloon an a projector screen on the other side to throw the light back on the other side.Placed a bowl to catch the water, then all i did was throw the dart and press the cable release and there you have it. TIP: leave water in balloon for at least 3 days to stop the balloon from splitting too quickly
Direct Access to Regional Transit (DART) service was operated in selected San Diego neighborhoods from the mid-1980s through the late-2000s, such as this van in Hillcrest.
Today, I had the opportunity to photograph the various apparatus used by Sacramento's Drowning Accident Rescue Team (DART). Here are a couple of teasers while I work on getting the other pictures uploaded.
Many thanks to Jason at DART for the invitation.
Red-veined darter found at Akrokorinth in Greece.
The red-veined darter or nomad (Sympetrum fonscolombii) is a dragonfly of the genus Sympetrum. It is a common species in southern Europe and from the 1990s onwards has increasingly been found in northwest Europe, including Britain and Ireland.
S. fonscolombii is similar to other Sympetrum species but a good view with binoculars should give a positive identification, especially with a male. Males have a red abdomen, redder than many other Sympetrum species. The wings have red veins and the wing bases of the hind-wings are yellow. The pterostigma are pale with a border of black veins and the underside of the eye is blue/grey. The female is similar but the abdomen is yellow, not red, and the wings have yellow veins, not red veins as found in the males. The legs of both sexes are mostly black with some yellow. Immature males are like females but often with more red.
Occurs in much of central and southern Europe including most Mediterranean islands, in Africa, the Middle East and south-western Asia including India, Sri Lanka, and Mongolia. In Europe it is resident in the south of its range but in some years it migrates northward and has been found as far north as Belgium, Sweden, Finland, Poland and northern England. It is the only libellulid to be found in the Azores and it is also found on the Canary Islands and Madeira.
It is found in all sorts of still water but being a migrant it is often found away from water. It has been seen flying over the sea.
S. fonscolombii can be seen on the wing throughout the year around the Mediterranean and in the south of its range, however, its main flight period is May to October and it is scarce during the winter months. It is a territorial species with the males often sitting on an exposed perch. After copulation the pair stay in tandem for egg laying and pairs can be seen over open water with the female dipping her abdomen into the water depositing eggs. Pairs are known to fly over the sea in tandem dipping into the salt water where the eggs soon perish. The eggs and larvae develop rapidly and S. fonscolombii unlike most other European dragonflies has more than one generation a year.
An Autumn shot from four years ago with Whittle Dennis Dart SLF Plaxton Pointer W461 UAG on a service to Stourport.
After almost 2 weeks finally a fair amount of sunshine today so I visited my favourite local reserve.
There were quite a few darters around.
The 1922 Martin Dart waiting for restoration in the Fantasy of Flight Golden Hill Storage Facility located in Polk City in Polk County Florida U.S.A.
Soon, all the Mk1 Darts will be gone, and Pointer 2 Darts 3109 and 3110 will leave the fleet too. It looks to be that bits from two generations of park and ride vehicles will leave the depot at the same time!
3109 (T109 LKK) is seen here in Guildford bus station on route 26.
Friary bus station, Guildford, Surrey.
The classic made it's appearance in 1960 and lasted till 1976. This was the emblem style for 1970 to 1975.
Slanghalsvoel
(Anhinga rufa)
The African darter (Anhinga rufa), sometimes called the snakebird, is a water bird of sub-Saharan Africa and Iraq.
The African darter is a member of the darter family, Anhingidae, and is closely related to American (Anhinga anhinga), Oriental (Anhinga melanogaster), and Australasian (Anhinga novaehollandiae) darters.
The male is mainly glossy black with white streaking, but females and immature birds are browner. The African darter differs in appearance from the American darter most recognisably by its thin white lateral neck stripe against a rufous background colour. The pointed bill should prevent confusion with cormorants.
It is an 80 cm long cormorant-like fish-eating species with a very long neck, like other anhingas.
The African darter is found throughout sub-Saharan Africa wherever large bodies of water occur; overall the species remains widespread and common.
One subspecies, the Levant darter (Anhinga rufa chantrei), occurred at Lake Amik (Amik Gölü) in south-central Turkey, in Hula valley lake and marshes in northern Israel and in the Mesopotamian Marshes of the lower Euphrat and Tigris rivers in southern Iraq. The Turkish population disappeared during the 1930s and the Israeli population during Hula drainage in the 1950s. It was feared that it also had disappeared from Iraq, but a small and threatened population remains at least in the Hawizeh Marshes (part of the Mesopotamian Marshes), which are also home to numerous other waters birds such as little grebe, pygmy cormorant, marbled teal and sacred ibis.
This species builds a stick nest in a tree and lays 3–6 eggs. It often nests with herons, egrets and cormorants.
It often swims with only the neck above water, hence the common name snakebird. This, too, is a habit shared with the other anhingas.
Unlike many other waterbirds the feathers of the African darter do not contain any oil and are therefore not waterproof. Because of this, the bird is less positively buoyant and its diving capabilities are enhanced. After diving for fish, the feathers can become waterlogged. In order to be able to fly and maintain heat insulation, it needs to dry its feathers. Thus the African darter is often seen sitting along the waterside spreading its wings and drying its feathers in the wind and the sun along with cormorants which may share its habitat.
Wikipedia