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Somewhat dwarfed by the then closed former coal-powered Connah's Quay Power Station, BR 45110 passes while hauling the 1E99 11:15 Bangor to Newcastle in late March 1985.
Opened in September 1954.
This power station was built to receive coal from Point of Ayr Colliery. Once fully operational, it had a generating capacity of 180 MW. The power station was closed in 1984 and demolished in 1992.
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'Normal-sized' 1953 London Transport RF dwarfed by bloated 21st-century thing on rail-replacement duty by Amersham station.
And, hey mate, watch our mirror and trafficator! (He did, or at least he didn't hit them.)
A lovely Dwarf Armadillo trotting across farmland on the edge of Torres Del Paine National Park, Chile.
Designed by : Eric Joisel
Uncut 40x40cm square Hanji(Korean paper)
Completed model size : 20cm
Time spent : 5 hours
The Oriental dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca), also known as the black-backed kingfisher or three-toed kingfisher, is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae.
This is a small, red and yellow kingfisher, averaging 13 cm (5.1 in) in length, yellow underparts with glowing bluish-black upperparts. A widespread resident of lowland forest, it is endemic across much of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.
The preferred habitat is small streams in densely shaded forests.In the Konkan region of southwest India, it begins to breed with the onset of the southwest monsoon in June. The nest is a horizontal tunnel up to a metre in length. The clutch of four or five eggs hatches in 17 days with both the male and female incubating. The birds fledge after 20 days and a second brood may be raised if the first fails. The young are fed with geckos, skinks, crabs, snails, frogs, crickets, and dragonflies. The rufous-backed kingfisher is sometimes considered a subspecies.
Pisces VII / Triangulum III ultra faint dwarf galaxy (UFD)
Credit: TNG, Giuseppe Donatiello
Pisces VII belongs to the family of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31).
Since 2013, a new satellite of M31 had not been discovered because its minor satellites are extremely weak, in fact Pisces VII is the faintest galaxy discovered so far outside the domain of the Milky Way.
I discovered it on 1 September 2020 in the DECam images and confirmed by the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo - TNG (image).
David Martínez-Delgado, Noushin Karim, Emily J E Charles, Walter Boschin, Matteo Monelli, Michelle L M Collins, Giuseppe Donatiello, Emilio J Alfaro, Pisces VII: discovery of a possible satellite of Messier 33 in the DESI legacy imaging surveys, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 509, Issue 1, January 2022, Pages 16–24, doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab2797
Dwarf Mountain Frog (Ingerana baluensis) - Poring Nature Reserve, Malaysia
A small frog but a big find for me during my time in Borneo, I had seen one during my first trip to Borneo but my photo had been atrocious so I made it a goal of mine to find this species again and get a better shot. I managed to find quite a few in several different sites across Sabah, this wasn't my first or last one, but it was the one with the most interesting coloration, usually this frog is brown or tan whereas this one was strikingly orange! The definitive website on bornean frogs, "The Frogs of Borneo", says this species may not be rare but is in-frequently encountered by the non-expert naturalist. I was able to find these frogs on a number of occasions, always near a small stream running through the forest, sometimes sitting on low vegetation like this one and sometimes on sloping rocks. Not much is known about its life history. Details about its reproductive mode are a mystery. Even its proper taxonomic standing is a bit of a mystery, IUCN states: "This species probably does not belong in the genus Ingerana, It should probably be assigned to a new genus in the family Ceratobatrachidae."
I sometimes feel that the universe has plans for us. It can be a random event, or maybe a set of circumstances. Then there's those very rare moments when you experience something so special that happens for no reason and you are the only one there to bear witness. Did that happen or was I dreaming?
I could not get my ears to clear on the last day of a week's diving in the Coral Sea. Blocked ears come with the territory and there's no way to descend when it happens Everyone was so pumped to dive and there I was on the deck all by myself (think Donkey in Shrek).
I asked if I could hang off the mermaid line even though we hadn't seen any whales that day. I thought it beat just sitting waiting for everyone to return. Maybe a turtle might swim by.
Out of nowhere, five Minke Whales appeared and circled me, did bubble blasts under me, and showed me their bellies and they jinked and dived near me. Initially they kept their distance as they circled me from all angles. Almost like they were trying to figure out what I was and why I was in the ocean with them.
The biggest whale (pictured) circled me several times and even stopped opposite me to look me over with the biggest eye I have ever seen. Before i knew it, this whale closed the distance and glided 2-3 metres from me. The whale continued to play in close around me for the next 20 minutes.
News spread that a pod of 5 minke whales were out back and people cancelled their second dive to join me on the line...but the extra people splashing about meant the whales moved further away keeping 10-15 metres from the line.
Thanks universe, you sure know how to turn diving misery into a minke whale victory! What a way to finish my trip.
Dwarf cuttlefish or the Stumpy-spined cuttlefish, Sepia bandensis, Mindoro, Philippines, Asia, South China Sea
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Esta es la tercera vez que pliego este modelo. En esta ocasión usé el papel que utilicé para el Tyrannosaurus de Kamiya, la foto más reciente.
Este papel es el que utilizan los pintores para tapar puertas y ventanas; usé dos cuadrados de 30,5cm pegados con pegamento de barra. Es el papel que más recomiendo para este modelo ya que es muy resistente y moldeable. La verdad es que estoy muy satisfecho con el resultado.
En cuanto al bastón y a la grulla, usé un craft.
This image shows the symbiotic system known as CH Cyg, located only about 800 light years from Earth. The large image shows an optical view of CH Cyg, using the Digitized Sky Survey, and the inset shows a composite image containing Chandra X-ray data in red, optical data from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in green, and radio data from the Very Large Array (VLA) in blue.
CH Cyg is a binary star system containing a white dwarf that feeds from the wind of a red giant star. The material from the wind forms a hot accretion disk around the white dwarf before crashing onto the star. CH Cyg is one of only a few hundred symbiotic systems known, and one of the closest to the Earth. Symbiotic systems are fascinating objects, where the components are codependent and influence each other's structure, daily life, and evolution. They are likely progenitors of bipolar planetary nebulas and they could make up some of the systems that later explode as Type Ia supernovas, spectacular explosions visible across cosmological distances.
The image in the inset shows a recent powerful jet in CH Cyg, caught in action by Chandra, HST and VLA. The material in the jet is moving with a speed of over three million miles per hour and is powered by material spinning in the accretion disk around the white dwarf. The detailed structure of the X-ray jet is seen for the first time in this system, showcasing the superb high-resolution capabilities of Chandra. The curved appearance of the jet, shown in the optical by the green arc in the lower right part of the inset, reveals evidence that the direction of the jet rotates. This precession may be caused by wobbling of the accretion disk, in a manner similar to a spinning top.
Clumps in the outer jet, seen in X-rays, optical and radio data, provide evidence for powerful mass ejections by the jet in the past, and for interactions with shells of gas formed by the red giant. The jet can be seen as close as 20 astronomical units (AU) from the binary system, where one AU corresponds to the average distance from the Earth to the Sun. The jet extends out to distances as large as 750 AU from the binary, which is about 20 times the distance between the Sun and Pluto.
The shape of the jet in CH Cyg shows striking parallels with jets seen in very different astrophysical contexts, such as young stars or supermassive black holes located at the centers of galaxies. Because of its proximity it may be used as a "toy model" to study jet formation and propagation in much more complex and distant systems.
In a biological setting, "symbiosis" was originally defined as the "living together of unlike organisms," and describes close and long- term interactions between different species. In this sense, the astrophysical usage is apt because white dwarfs and red giants are very different stars. A red giant is extremely large and bright, with a relatively low temperature, while a white dwarf is small and faint with a high temperature.
Symbiosis is usually beneficial or essential to the survival of at least one of the species in the system, for example bees and flowers, birds and rhinos and clownfish and anemones. In the astrophysical context of symbiotic systems, the survival of the hot disk around the white dwarf, where the jet originates, depends on the wind of the red giant. The power, mass and the speed of the jet is closely related to the white dwarf environment including the disk. Once formed, the jet disrupts and shapes the extended envelope and environment of the red giant, as the latter evolves toward the end point of its life as a planetary nebula. However, in some cases, if the white dwarf gains too much mass from the red giant, it may end up being completely destroyed in a spectacular Type Ia supernova explosion.
A paper describing the new observations of CH Cyg was published in the February 20, 2010 issue of the Astrophysical Journal Letters and was led by Margarita Karovska from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA). The co-authors are Terrance Gaetz from CfA, Christopher Carilli from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Warren Hack from Space Telescope Science Institue, and John Raymond and Nicholas Lee, both from CfA.
Read entire caption/view more images: chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/m82/
Image credit: Inset image: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/M.Karovska et al; Optical: NASA/ STScI; Radio: NRAO/VLA Wide field: DSS
Caption credit: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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Dwarfed by the fairly modern architecture of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 4148 awaits departure on tendered route 10H to Birmingham. At the time the oldest bus in Birmingham, it has since been withdrawn though fellow Y regs 4177 & 4185 soldier on as the last two of their heritage still in the city. Older 4125 works out of Walsall, reguarly in service to Sutton Coldfield, Lichfield and local areas, though is nominally a heritage bus - it was the first Trident new to TWM, and carries its original livery. Route 10H was taken over from Igo Buses, who used Optare Solos in it, after their sudden collapse. Loadings are extremely low, to the point where it seems pointless to run at all. Nevertheless it has proved an interesting route to the enthusiast - its two buses reguarly throwing up a Trident or E400, venturing on roads they aren’t normally found upon.
47468 is about to pass under Scar Lane bridge at Milnsbridge with 1M67 09:53 Scarborough to Liverpool Lime Street. 6/12/86. This must be one of the highest road overbridges in West Yorkshire and it seems to dwarf the train.
Dwarven MechBots have long been revered for the technology and mobility they possess. Although the programing may not be as sophisticated as other races the mechanics of the bot are top notch. Able to perform maintainance and defensive tasks these guys just love to show off there versatility.
It's a what? Well not really sure to be honest I tried to make a bot and then halfway went to switch it to a small scale mech and now it just is all too confusing, so I post.
Astilbe chinensis var. pumila
From your friendly Swallowtail Garden Seeds catalog photographer. We hope you will enjoy our collection of botanical photographs as much as we do.
My first attempt to build a dwarf column out of LEGO. Its inpired by the columns in the Mines of Moria in the Lord of the Rings. I will show it with the upper part once i've done it.
The Oriental dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca), also known as the black-backed kingfisher or three-toed kingfisher, is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae.
This is a small, red and yellow kingfisher, averaging 13 cm (5.1 in) in length, yellow underparts with glowing bluish-black upperparts. A widespread resident of lowland forest, it is endemic across much of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.
The preferred habitat is small streams in densely shaded forests.In the Konkan region of southwest India, it begins to breed with the onset of the southwest monsoon in June. The nest is a horizontal tunnel up to a metre in length. The clutch of four or five eggs hatches in 17 days with both the male and female incubating. The birds fledge after 20 days and a second brood may be raised if the first fails. The young are fed with geckos, skinks, crabs, snails, frogs, crickets, and dragonflies. The rufous-backed kingfisher is sometimes considered a subspecies.