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We're Not The Only Ones Who Can Think And Feel......
Animals are Wonderful.......
Treat Them Like It..............
Although it looks like he's glaring at me, he's actually looking at something behind me. ;-) Also, that horse does have eyes - dark horses at night with blinders are hard!
Named for the nearby Pripyat River, Pripyat was founded on 4 February 1970, the ninth nuclear city in the Soviet Union, for the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It was officially proclaimed a city in 1979, and had grown to a population of 49,360 before being evacuated a few days after the 26 April 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
Though Pripyat is located within the administrative district of Ivankiv Raion, the abandoned city now has a special status within the larger Kiev Oblast (province), being administered directly from Kiev. Pripyat is also supervised by Ukraine's Ministry of Emergencies, which manages activities for the entire Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
Access to Pripyat, unlike cities of military importance, was not restricted before the disaster as nuclear power stations were seen by the Soviet Union as safer than other types of power plants. Nuclear power stations were presented as being an achievement of Soviet engineering, where nuclear power was harnessed for peaceful projects. The slogan "peaceful atom" (Russian: ?????? ????, mirnyj atom) was popular during those times. The original plan had been to build the plant only 25 km (16 mi) from Kiev, but the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, among other bodies, expressed concern about it being too close to the city. As a result, the power station and Pripyat were built at their current locations, about 100 km (62 mi) from Kiev. After the disaster the city of Pripyat was evacuated in two days.
A 35 man (plus guides) trip to the Ukraine exploring Chernobyl, the village, Duga 3, Pripyat and Kiev including Maidan (Independence Square) and observing the peaceful protests underway.
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For this weeks Sunday Challenge; Yesterday. This was several years ago on a camping trip down Tagish Lake. This guy was lucky he was on the BC side of the border. ;)
This weeks weekend getaway destination was Deep Sea World, its a popular aquarium located in the village of North Queensferry. One of the main attractions is the 112 meter long transparent acrylic underwater viewing tunnel, which is one of the longest of its kind in the world.The curvature of the 6.5-centimeter (2.6 in) thick acrylic causes a de-magnifying effect on all of the creatures in the exhibit—roughly one third reduction. This means the above shark is 1/3rd more bigger than what it looks, and to add the guide mentioned that it's a small one. They also have services to allow diving with Sharks, but it costs a fortune!
Camera Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi
Exposure 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture f/3.5
Focal Length 18 mm
ISO Speed 800
Exposure Bias -2/3 EV
Flash On, Fired
Lens EFS 18-55
Photographed from the boot trail between Peggy's Pond and Circle Lake.
Hiked the Cathedral Pass Trail past Squaw Lake (2.5 miles) to the junction with Pacific Crest Trail (4.5 miles), hiked the PCT about .3 miles to the junction with Peggy's Pond Trail, and hiked the .7 mile to Peggy's Pond July 1. I found a nice camp site on a knoll a short distance beyond the pond where I spent two nights. Mosquitoes were annoying at times and it was very warm. I walked the "trail" that leads to Mount Daniel, also part of the boot path that leads to Circle Lake, and also twice walked up the creek that flows from Mt Daniel to the base of the mountain beyond several hundred feet of cascading waterfalls to the snow line on Mt Daniel. Wild flowers are at their peak. I was hoping to find ptarmigan, but found none. I did find an American dipper near the headwaters of the creek at about the 6900 foot level. Mount Daniel is 7,869 feet or slightly higher elevation depending on source of information. I saw two climbers, which I believe came in from Peggy's Pond early July2 (I saw their tent), and July 3 four "climbers" that may have made the summit after taking a number of wrong routes. I wanted to get out early because of the heat. It was 96 F in Cle Elum when I drove through slightly past noon and about 107 F in the Yakima Valley by late afternoon July 3. Happy 4th of July. It just hit 100 F at my home a few minutes after noon, July 4.
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Deep cafe Event Beach Party
Antonio Deep 11.oo am
Mousepad 12.3o pm
Jessie K. o2.oo pm
We Love The Art Of Sound
In the depths of the summer forest, the sun will set, the forest will be surrounded by the darkness ... The beautiful light dance of the Princess firefly will begin in the darkness where no one enters his feet. It is a shine of life of only 10 days on a summer evening. Shutter speed It is a picture of a composite of several photographs taken for 20 seconds.
Looking across Morfa Sands,another misty day,the two objects in the foreground are whats left of WW2 buildings that have been uncovered over time.
To one and all thanks for looking and the faves.
One of the thousands of tulips in a local park. This one was growing in a flower pot on a balustrade and looked particularly lovely against the blue sky.
Across from the Beech Hangers is a deep pine plantation. Woodland birds today in comparison with the coastal and waders of Oare National Nature Reserve yesterday. Species seen, Jays, Greater Spotted and Green Woodpeckers, Tree Creepers, Nuthatch, Blue, Great Long-tailed and the one which I find impossible to distinguish between, Willow or Marsh Tit or maybe both, Black Caps and high up in the tree tops a small population of Crossbills.