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- Top Of 4peaks is letting go of Winter, wearing a Rare Fashionable Frosting, Desert Mountain, AZ. -
I've had to rename one of my favorite canyons from Cowpie Canyon to Clear Cut Canyon. My last trip down was decorated with cow pies and could only be navigated through cow trails tromped through dense underbrush. On my most recent trek, I was allowed to walk unimpeded by brush and stickers from the numerous flash floods that have ravaged the area. The deep, fast-moving waters flushed the canyon floor of dried vegetation and any other unattached materials and wrapped fallen tree limbs and mud around the standing cottonwoods. This scene is usually populated with bullrush and willows which are now nonexistent, leaving a slow moving, silty-orange stream.
Amazing storm last night. This was just the pre-show warm up. The headliner was more auditory with flash-pop lightning and buckets of rain swallowed by gale force winds.
"When the magic hour arrives, my thoughts center on light rather than on the landscape. I search for perfect light, then hunt for something earthbound to match with it." --Galen Rowell
I've deeply embraced this rule as I've moved forward in my photography. Although the interesting occurance that's transcended Galen is the technology that's boosted our ability to capture moments previously impossible with film. Another quote by Galen was incredibly fortuitous as he didn't have anywhere near the dynamic range of modern insurments... "I began to realize that the camera sees the world differently than the human eye and that sometimes those differences can make a photograph more powerful than what you actually observed."
This is just South of Lone Pine California off US-395. The mountain range in the background is part of the California Sierra Nevadas. (dang, accidentally deleted the rest of my description, here goes again.)
Mount Whitney is the jagged peaks almost in the center. Fresno California is about 80 miles west as the crow flies. Interestingly Mount Whitney the highest elevation in the continental United States at 14,454 feet is also 80 miles as the crow flies from the lowest point in the continental United States, that being Badwater Basin 282 feet below sea level in Death Valley. The mountains in the foreground are named the Alabama Hills.
There's a movie museum in town, which always seemed strange to me because this is a very small town. Well reading up on Wikipedia I learned that many many movies have been filmed here. I'll include the link rather than naming them.
Took this shot Tuesday, couldn't pass up the clouds. Usually I come through here and it's cloudless, avenging about 6 inches of rain annually. I even got rained on a few minutes after leaving this spot. Rain and 95 degrees made for an interesting combination, even saw a few lightning strikes.
Near Boise Idaho right now, my delivery isn't until 3 AM, but fortunately I'm only half a block away. Only 160 miles to drive tomorrow, some should have so Flickr time then. Gonna take a nap before my delivery and afterwards sleep in until about 10 AM.
Link to info on Lone Pine, check out History, over 400 films, 100 television episodes and countless commercials.
The larch trees surrounding CPKC's Cranbrook Subdivision are ablaze in colour as CP 7021 guides train no. 313 along the fast-flowing waters of Michel Creek into Sparwood, British Columbia.
CP 7021 wears the sand colour that the Canadian and U.S. armies apply to fighting vehicles and equipment serving in arid climates.
Back to RAF Marham after a very nice visit for the day at RAF Lossiemouth for a 15 Sqn spotting day.
After a brief visit from RAF Marham "Pinky aka "Desert storm" special marked Tornado GR4 departs Lossiemouth Feb 2017. After a very privileged day spent at 15 Sqn OCU this airframe was visiting especially for our special day.
Last minute checks as the Aircrew prepare to take "Pinky" back home to RAF Marham where she is currently serving on 31 Sqn.
Storm cell over the 29 Palms Marine Base. Very isolated... I didn't see a drop of rain, but it looks like the sky totally opened up in this one spot!
Taxing to the 15 Sqn OCU flight line at RAF Lossiemouth is the now 31 Sqn RAF Marham based "Desert Storm" aka "Pinky" Tornado GR4. Up for a day's visit for a photo shoot for our special visit to the Sqn way back in Feb 2017. The Dark cold conditions of the day added to the atmosphere as this Charismatic old Bomber taxes to the stand.
The USS Wisconsin (BB-64), "Big Wisky", is an Iowa-class battleship, the second ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It was built at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and launched on 7 December 1943 (the second anniversary of the Pearl Harbor raid).
The USS Wisconsin served in the Pacific Theater of World War II, where it shelled fortifications and screened United States aircraft carriers as they conducted air raids against enemy positions. During the Korean War, Wisconsin shelled North Korean targets in support of United Nations and South Korean ground operations, after which it was decommissioned. The ship was reactivated 1 August 1986, modernised and participated in Operation Desert Storm in January and February 1991.
Wisconsin was last decommissioned in September 1991, having earned a total of six battle stars for service in World War II and Korea, as well as a Navy Unit Commendation for service during the January/February 1991 Gulf War. It currently functions as a museum ship operated by Nauticus, The National Maritime Center in Norfolk, Virginia. - Wikipedia
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After a brief visit from RAF Marham "Pinky aka "Desert storm" special marked Tornado GR4 departs Lossiemouth Feb 2017. After a very privileged day spent at 15 Sqn OCU this airframe was visiting especially for our special day.
CP 292-06 crosses a mildly busy I-94 just west of CAMDEN on the CP Paynesville Sub with CP 7021 in the lead. May 2020
Taxing to the 15 Sqn OCU flight line at RAF Lossiemouth is the now 31 Sqn RAF Marham based "Desert Storm" aka "Pinky" Tornado GR4. Up for a day's visit for a photo shoot for our special visit to the Sqn way back in Feb 2017. The Dark cold conditions of the day added to the atmosphere as this Charismatic old Bomber taxes to the stand.
After a brief visit from RAF Marham "Pinky aka "Desert storm" special marked Tornado GR4 departs Lossiemouth. After a very privileged day spent at 15 Sqn OCU this airframe was visiting especially for our special day.
Despite the bears, the skunks, the ramshackle leftover lodgings, the occasional potshots at prairie dogs, and because of my neighbors - the Fox Family Five, the tiny three-inch yellow birds, the blue birds, the horned toads, the fruit tree pruning deer, the patch of prairie dogs, the golden and bald eagles, the Banded Garden Spiders, the praying mantises, the coyotes - I love my little spot here on the Pantone Plateau.
View north toward Copper Mountain (L) and 29 Palms Marine Base (R). Texture by pareeerica (thank you!!). HSS!
Checking and prepping "pinky" ready for the Aircrew to board her and take her back home to RAF Marham where she is currently serving on 31 Sqn.
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Whilst I have many medals and awards through sport and my military career; during my service in the Royal Air Force as a 'Medic' recovering casualties during Gulf War one, I received this from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after the conflict. The Saudi Arabian version of the Kuwait Liberation Medal is awarded to members of the Coalition Forces who participated in Operation Desert Storm and the liberation of Kuwait between the dates of January 17, 1991 and February 28, 1991. It was a harrowing experience at the time but because of it I have made many life long friends. World peace is what we should strive for and hopefully one day that will be achieved
ZG750 Tornado GR4 XV(R) Sqn RAF. Wearing commerative "Opearation Granby" desert pink markings to celebrate 25 years since the first Gulf War. RAF Northolt 6/10/16
Unit Name: 278th ACR- Athens, TN
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0630. More than 5,000 ships and 4,000 ship-to-shore craft were employed in the landings. British forces on the left flank and U.S. forces on the right had comparatively easy going, but U.S. forces in the center (Omaha Beach) met determined opposition. Nevertheless, by nightfall of the first day, large contingents of three British, one Canadian, and three American infantry divisions, plus three airborne divisions, had a firm foothold on Hitler's "fortress Europe."
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Army, Afghanistan. March 29th 2004 Columbus, Georgia National Guard troops on way to Afghanistan. Picture uploaded by a veteran Hero Browse and Search Thousands of Veteran Uploaded Photos by War or by Branch of Military at VetFriends
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On finals to land at RAF Lossiemouth where it is operating on 15 Sqn OCU.
This aircraft is a celebratory tribute to 25 years of operations for the Tornado fleet serving in the Royal Air Force.
"For You", U.S. Air Force 2004, Iraqi Freedom.
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Marines, Iraqi Freedom
Unit Name: I MEF
Night fire in Iraq .
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25 th anniversary schemed Panavia Tornado GR4 operating from 15 Sqn OCU at RAF Lossiemouth returns home from a commemoration flypast.
After a brief visit from RAF Marham "Pinky aka "Desert storm" special marked Tornado GR4 departs Lossiemouth Feb 2017. After a very privileged day spent at 15 Sqn OCU this airframe was visiting especially for our special day.
Army - Iraqi Freedom. Me and my buddies in Kuwait before moving into Iraq.
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