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Autumn gold, that is!
This capture of a bee on a marigold was taken on September 22, the day before autumn officially began this year. However, to my eye, this is an autumn shot; and as I post it, I am wishing all of you, "Happy Autumn!"
Mitten in der Nordoberpfalz ragt er aus der Landschaft: Der 83 Meter hohe Bohrturm des Kontinentalen Tiefbohrprogramms. Hier wurde zwischen 1987 und 1995 mehrere Bohrversuche unternommen um neue Erkenntnisse über die Erdkruste zu erfahren. Die Hauptbohrung begann im September 1990 und wurde im Oktober 1994 bei einer Tiefe von 9.101 Metern beendet. In Europa ist es die tiefste Bohrung, weltweit steht es nach der Kola-Bohrung auf Platz 2.
Drilling Hole
In mid of the north of Upper Palatinate a tower sticks out of the countryside. The drilling tower of the Continental Deep Drilling Programme is 83 meters tall. Between 1987 and 1995 several trials of drilling were made to get new findings about the earth's crust. The main drilling hole began in September 1990 and ended in Oktober 1994 in a depth of 9.101 meters. This hole is the deepest in Europe, worldwide on second place after the Kola Superdeep Borehole.
Focus stack (50 images) Shot with single off-camera strobe (Godox AD200Pro/XPro II trigger), bare bulb, mounted on overhead boom, bounced off 32 inch white umbrella.
Shot for Macro Mondays - spiral
62 mm (l) x 10 mm (dia)
masonry drill bits differ from normal drill bits in that they have a hardened cutting tip (usually tungsten carbide) that is used to chip/grind hard materials such as masonry, brick or stone rather than cut through the material. The deeply fluted spiral shape that of the bit helps to remove dust and debris from the hole that is formed. Masonry bits are tippically used in hammer drills that use a combination of percussion and rotation to create a hole of the desired dimension
What might seem like a quiet, low profile yard that would not see the need, the former Soo Line, and later, Wisconsin Central yard in Gladstone that CN still operates is a busy place that sees more trains than what one would imagine. The night RCO job drills cars on the west end with a pair of switchers that are no longer owned by CN. We spent a good amount of time that night shooting them, and it was a treat to hear those little things throttle up hard and shove the long cuts into their respective tracks.
CP T-43 pulls a cut of cars down the yard lead at Windsor Yard with a veteran ex SOO SD60 on point.
Train: CP T-43 with CP 6255 (SD60).
Windsor Yard (Windsor Subdivision)
Windsor, ON
Macro Mondays: "Spiral"
I am amazed the we (in the USA) still use the imperial measurement system.
The image is about 4.5 cm (1.75 inches) on the long edge.
Watching the Willow Emerald Damselflies (Chalcolestes viridis) ovipositing at Wilford Claypit nature reserve today reminded me that I hadn't posted this image from last year of the same event. Clearly some of these guys succeeded in reproducing because there is a moderate bonanza of Chalcolestes activity this year.
I was very fortunate with this shot to be close and at a good angle, enabling a reasonable view of the ovipositor piercing the wood. It's amazing these dainty insects can apply that much pressure.
The female has some detritus on her thorax; that's not a marking.
Y127 drills a cut of autoracks for the Amports dock, hidden behind the bridge to the left. With CSX reinstating a Detroit to Curtis Bay autorack train, this scene has become a daily, routine occurence. Something i have not been familiar with since 2019.
Train: CSXT Y127 with CSXT 6531 (GP40-3), CSXT 2808 (GP38-2)
CSXT Seawall Branch
Curtis Bay, Baltimore, Maryland