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Detail aus dem Innenleben einer Treibstoff-Fluss-Doppelanzeige (Hersteller: United Instruments, Inc., Kansas, USA (hergestellt in Japan). Baujahr: 1968)
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Detail of the inner life of a dual fuel flow gauge (manufacturer: United Instruments, Inc., Kansas, USA (made in Japan). Year of manufacture: 1968)
# Explore 09.11.2023
Liebe Freunde, heute bin ich zurück aus dem Krankenhaus. Ich hatte einen Elektrolytentgleisung, entstanden durch ein Medikament. Es war ein langer Weg, bis ich wieder nach Hause durfte. Seid achtsam und bleibt gesund! Liebe Grüße an meine Flickr-Freunde!
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Dear friends, I'm back from hospital today. I had an electrolyte imbalance caused by a medication. It was a long journey before I was allowed to go home again. Take care and stay healthy! Greetings to my Flickr friends!
I was recently gifted a bunch of photography things. I just disposed of this charger that was from the 1950's and I'm sure it was quite toxic. Interesting history here:
A photoflash battery is a specialized zinc-carbon battery optimized to provide a high electric current output for a short duration of time, such as required to fire a flashbulb. Service life for this battery in flashlight service was short, since flashlights required a lower but continuous long duration current.
Photoflash cells were in production during the flashbulb era, and were slowly phased out as alkaline cells came into general usage. The photoflash cell was produced as a 1.5 volt size D and size C cell.
The cathode of a zinc-carbon cell is generally made of powdered carbon black, manganese dioxide and electrolyte. The MnO2 to carbon ratios vary between 10:1 and 3:1 for general purpose cells. A 1:1 mixture was used for photoflash batteries. This allowed a high current output with intermittent use, perfect for photoflash use.These cells had reduced capacity compared to those with a higher content of MnO2.
Taken in macro@3x. Diameter of coin 2.5 inches
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The purity of precious metals is measured in thousandths, which indicate the amount of pure precious metal that an alloy has if we divided it into 1,000 parts. Fine or pure silver has 999.9 thousandths of silver: any precious metal always contains a small amount of impurities because they are materials from nature. That is why we consider "pure" any precious metal that has at least 999.9 thousandths of every 1,000 of that metal. In contrast, sterling silver is obtained by mixing fine silver with another metal, generally pure electrolytic copper. That other metal with which we alloy a precious metal is called «the league».
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La pureza de los metales preciosos se mide en milésimas, que indican la cantidad de metal precioso puro que tiene una aleación si la dividieramos en 1,000 partes. La plata fina, o pura, tiene 999.9 milésimas de plata: cualquier metal precioso contienen siempre una pequeña cantidad de impurezas porque son materiales de la naturaleza. Por eso consideramos "puro" cualquier metal precioso que tenga al menos 999.9 milésimas de cada 1,000 de ese metal. La plata de ley, en cambio, se obtiene mezclando la plata fina con otro metal, generalmente cobre electrolítico puro. A ese otro metal con el que aleamos un metal precioso se le llama «la liga».
I'm off to Tasmania for a couple of weeks, and the best part? I get nearly a full week alone to roam the wild northeast coast just me and my camera. Expect a flood of coastal pics in my Flickr gallery when I return — rocks, beaches, waves & possibly the odd windswept bush rethinking its life choices.
So before the seascape tsunami hits, I thought I’d mix things up with something completely different - sports photography!
This "gem" hails from my archives of the Tour de Mushroom— a highly competitive event tragically overlooked by the mainstream cycling world and almost entirely banned now by the International Fungus Federation. You need lightning-fast shutter speed and nerves of steel to capture these elite athletes as they tear across... mushrooms.
I can still hear the breathless live commentary ....
“This year’s Tour de Mushroom took a wild turn as riders tackled the dreaded Mushroom Massif — a perilously spongy stage riddled with treacherous caps, deceitful gills, and one cranky puffball with anger issues.”
“Spectators (mostly ants and a very confused lady beetle who thought she was at a flea market) lined the caps. The breakaway group surged ahead, barely avoiding a catastrophic pile-up in a deceptively damp patch of moss. This was lucky because support is limited here - just a shady beetle under the gills offering motivational squeaks and handing out half a bottle cap of lukewarm electrolyte liquids. The peloton trailed behind, grumbling about poor traction, suspicious smells, and possible fungi-induced hallucinations. Several riders insisting they were hallucinating mushrooms singing Queen songs - Sporehemian Rhapsody, Another One Bites the Mush & Flat Bottomed Gills”
That's how I remember it anyway ;)
Stay well everyone. I hope you enjoy this detour into fungus-fuelled fury on two wheels. Thanks as always for any comments, they are always appreciated !
Rust is the common name for a very common compound, iron oxide. Iron oxide, the chemical Fe2O3, is common because iron combines very readily with oxygen -- so readily, in fact, that pure iron is only rarely found in nature. Iron (or steel) rusting is an example of corrosion.
When a drop of water hits an iron object, two things begin to happen almost immediately. First, the water, a good electrolyte, combines with carbon dioxide in the air to form a weak carbonic acid, an even better electrolyte. As the acid is formed and the iron dissolved, some of the water will begin to break down into its component pieces -- hydrogen and oxygen. The free oxygen and dissolved iron bond into iron oxide, in the process freeing electrons.
The chemical compounds found in liquids like acid rain, seawater and the salt-loaded spray from snow-belt roads make them better electrolytes than pure water, allowing their presence to speed the process of rusting on iron and other forms of corrosion on other metals.
There is something about this unremarkable intersection that I find riveting, photographically speaking. I've posted images of it from various angles and in various lighting conditions.
There is a historical marker in front of the Harrington Building that reads:
CHARLES MARTIN HALL (1863-1914): Hall's invention of electrolytic manufacture of aluminum was first applied to commercial production in 1888 by Pittsburgh Reduction Company, which later became Alcoa. This process, developed here, made commercial use of aluminum possible.
Rolling northbound on a frigid winter morning, CN 368 locomotive engineer had just made the transition from dynamic braking to power after clearing the hills in background and hoping to gain some momentum before the next one, less than half a mile away. A lenghtly cut of cars loaded with sulphuric acid from from the Canadian Electrolytic Zinc plant in Valleyfield,QC trail the head-end and will for sure harm his train-handling skills over this tortuous and ruthless 160-mile long territory.
M36831-26
2321 2419 IC2717 5625 5765
Milepost 23.2 Lac St-Jean subdivision
Lac-aux-Sables,QC
January 27, 2013.
The Gérard-Cadieux Boulevard crossing is activated as CN 536 with CN 9411 & CN 4802 does some switching at the Canadian Electrolytic Zinc (CEZ) plant in Valleyfield just before sunset. The track at right leads to the Port of Valleyfield.
CN 536 with CN 9411 & CN 4802 is lifting acid empties at the Canadian Electrolytic Zinc (CEZ) plant in Valleyfield just before sunset.
Life has its similarities I find. We are back home from last night till Friday morning as I have more blood tests to have to try to discover what is behind the ever increasing PVCs which are plaguing me which could be an electrolytes imbalance. I intended putting a few butterfly shots on but these were also in my ready to upload folder and bought back memories to share. At the east coast I have very little internet and Flickr loads exceedingly slowly but Jonathan has no problem logging into Drs.net.com but all I see for ages on Flickr are black holes where your wonderful photography should be. I sit my ipad to the side of me on the caravan settee before the urge to smash it overcomes me lol....The campsite WIFI is no better at all but I keep trying as your photography is so diverse and inspiring. I miss Cornwall but the North Sea has it attractions for me and we all enjoy it. Hoping all of you are doing well at this time.and have a wonderful weekend when it comes and hopefully some good weather..Sue :)
P.s Comments off as I cannot hope to comment back..and I don't ever hope and certainly not expect 3 shots in succession to receive attention anyway..:)
This bird continued until the end of last month. As it weakened it was taken to a wildlife centre where it was given electrolytes and food to eat. All looked promising however it did not make it,
This dog looked for all the world like he wanted to tell me he was enjoying himself on his jollydays lol...Sue ;)
I hope you reckon that's enough dear `*⊹ ᑭɧყƖƖıʂ •٭ but not QUITE the road trip fabulous shots you capture ;))
My illness that is now being treated with double beta blockers is not yet responding well and some of my ordinary PVCs have changed to interpolated PVCs which can eventually lead to Cardiomyopathy with severe and chronic anxiety being the root cause.
I don’t have control over my anxiety and Flickr is just one thing I can leave off at least. I have had some lovely mails asking me to just take a break then come back and believe me they are so heartwarming and mean more than you will ever know.
The place I am at now is to still leave my account open as it is paid up until April 2024. Comments for new photos are turned off and shall remain off as I am too unwell to leave comments as they take me ages to formulate and I get so tired and stressed.
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Another change, the extra beta blockers are causing Bradycardia now so I have to cut back on them. Having more tests later today to see if electrolyte imbalance is causing me to have more than usual PVCs.. don’t wish to bore everybody but there is a reason why trying to keep up with commenting is too difficult at present…Sue :)
According to McDonald’s "If life’s the main mission, McDonald’s is your Side Mission: a welcome escape that’s often more fun than the destination"
I think they must have a distorted view of life!
The human body craves salty, sweet, and fatty foods due to a combination of evolutionary hardwiring, the brain's reward system that releases dopamine and other pleasurable neurochemicals, and the potential for nutritional deficiencies or imbalances, like lack of electrolytes or sleep, which can also trigger these cravings. These foods are "hyperpalatable," meaning they are easy to digest and contain properties (sweetness, saltiness, richness) that stimulate pleasure and appetite hormones, leading to a desire to eat more. (No wonder obesity is a problem).
On a side note my photo walks let me stumble about different Izakayas. So from time to time it is nice to stop for a beer or two.
Title in reference to a German movie.
Tokyo, Japan
The NyrStar zinc smelter/refinery on Hobart's Derwent River. Blue Hour with a cold front brewing to the west over Mt Faulkner and Mt Dromedary (back right).
Formerly the Electrolytic Zinc Company of Australasia Limited (or simply E-Zed) the smelter is one of the oldest remaining industries/large scale employers on the island. While the fundamental processes are unchanged since 1916, the refinery has substantially cleaned its act up over the last 50 odd years and work practices are very 21st C.
An archive frame - mainly because I was riding around the bush on the opposite side of the river last night and remembered that I had unfinished business with this image and others in the sequence. My original efforts left a lot to be desired.
Sony A7R2, FE 24-70 f/2.8 GM, 1.5 secs at f/9, ISO 64, ~47mm.
Thirst Quencher...
When it is hot like it is today, you had better be hydrating. The body loses water through sweating, which can lead to dehydration. Staying adequately hydrated is crucial for maintaining bodily functions, regulating temperature, and overall health, especially during warm weather. It's important to drink water throughout the day, not just when you feel thirsty. Other hydrating options include electrolyte-rich drinks, fruits, and vegetables. Alcohol actually dehydrates a person. It acts as a diuretic, increasing urine production and causing the body to lose fluids faster than it normally would, leading to dehydration. So drink wisely.
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Macro Mondays 18/09/17 theme Evolution
From the beginning of history, humanity has a need for portable light sources. Torches, candles, oil lamps and kerosene lamps were designed to be carried around but they could be dangerous because they have flame as a source of light. Inventions of incandescent electric light bulb and of dry battery at the end of the 19th century enabled solution for this problem.
First dry cell batter was invented in 1896. It was an improved variant of the previous version in that way that its electrolyte was a paste instead of liquid. Because of that, it could work in any position and it would not break or spill that easily. It was a perfect power source for a portable light source. In 1899, English inventor David Misell invented the first flashlight. It had three D batteries placed in a tube that acted as a handle of the device. Batteries powered a small incandescent electric light bulb and a simple contact switch turned light on and off. They were called “flash” lights because they could not throw light for too long and you had to turn them off to “rest” them from time to time because early flashlights run on zinc-carbon batteries that could not give constant current for a longer periods of time. First flashlights did not sell too well because of the behaviors of batteries and because carbon-filament electric bulbs were inefficient. Replacing of carbon filament with tungsten and improving of batteries made flashlight a more useful device, which increased its popularity and it started to replace lamps with flammable fuel. By 1922, there were several different designs of flashlights. There was classic cylindrical variant, a lantern-shaped version that could be left to stand, reflector type for lightning a greater area and a small pocket variant. Different varieties and usefulness were reasons of the high demand, which resulted in 10 million flashlight users by the same time.
Modern LED Flashlight
Modern flashlights generally have the same or similar parts and work basically the same. They most commonly use incandescent light bulbs or LEDS. Incandescent light bulbs have tungsten filament in a glass bulb in atmosphere of vacuum or of gas xenon, argon or krypton; noble gases that reduce evaporation of filament and with that make lamp last longer. Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) are electronic elements, semiconductors that emit light. Types that are used in flashlights are of white high-power kind. They are much more efficient than incandescent light bulbs and last longer. As a source of energy, they mostly use batteries but the can use accumulators or super-capacitors, they can be charged by solar power or mechanically. Depending on planed use they are made in myriad of shapes. They are made like keyrings or pens, as headlamps on helmets, with clips for mounting on rifles and as high power reflectors. We have them on mobile phones and in hundreds of variants more.
Flash light is an object that basically started as a novelty and turned into a necessity with thousands of possible uses.
www.historyoflighting.net/electric-lighting-history/histo...
a glass of lemon and mint everyday is very healthy and provides you with the essential vitamin c and there is no better way to cleanse the body than with some water infused with freshly squeezed lemons and sprigs of mint. One of the major benefits in drinking lemon water is that it aids in weight loss and gives your body natural electrolytes.
by Lemon Water with Fresh Mint - Eat Yourself Skinny
Edison Battery Oil, 2 oz. bottle. Oil is intended for use with Edison alkali storage batteries. The oil is poured into the cell and floats on top of the electrolyte preventing air from reaching the electrolyte.
National Museum of American History
Edison & Others developed the Nickel/Iron storage battery in the 1880s !
Edison, Exide, Willard, and others built & sold them for automotive use.
Edison stated that this battery would last your lifetime !
He was promoting them for Early Electric auto use ~
The Nickel-Iron (NiFe) battery was considered a Life-Long Battery that could last 30-50 years or more!
It was not harmed by deep discharge or repeated cycling charges.
In many ways this battery was superior to the Lead/Acid storage battery we use today as it has a very long life; and could be restored by changing the electrolyte and cleaning the plates !
The battery was built with cells in a glass or ceramic jar with a lid that could be opened .
This was an aklaline battery that used a Potassium Hydroxide caustic soda & distilled water electrolyte with Nickel & Iron (NiFe) plates contained in a glass cell with a rubber top supporting the plates & covering the cells.. The cells were connected in series with brass wing nut & wire or copper ribbon strip jumper connections..
The cells were stacked in a wooden crate and hooked-up in series.
Each cell was .8 Volts with 1.2 Volts in later production variants.
Each of the cells could be refreshed or replaced.
Edison sold this battery to the Telephone , Telegraph, Railroads , and for early penny in the slot amusement listening tube phonograph use. You often find old Edison battery jars on eBay !
The Telephone & Telegraph companys had iron battery boxes on their poles with banks of the Edison Nickel/Iron battery in them .
The railroads had iron signal boxes which also contained banks of Edison batteries.
The "Battery Oil" was poured on top of the fresh electrolyte in each cell to prevent evaporation and gassing while charging on these utility poles.
The oil would float on top of the electrolyte to give a thick protective oil film.
This would help the battery gases to re-combine instead of gassing-off while sitting long term, or re-charging. It also prevented evaporation.
You often find empty Edison Battery Oil bottles of 3-4 oz near old railroad iron signal & switch boxes in the woods near the switch & signal boxes today.
The railroad workers would use the oil and then just toss the empty bottles in the woods along side the tracks.
Look for them near the old railroad signal boxes ! You can still find many today !
The railroads and telephone/telegraph COs still used this type of battery well into the 60s-70s in some rural areas in the USA !
Edison Electric Storage Battery Co . built them until 1972~
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The charismatic, pink flower spikes of Foxgloves are famous as both a reminder of the hazy days of summer and of their deadly poisonous nature.
Digitalis purpurea
while very beautiful with its trumpet like blossoms, are very poisonous to dogs, cats, and even humans! Foxglove contains naturally-occurring poisons that affect the heart, specifically cardenolides or bufadienolides. These poisons are called cardiac glycoside toxins, and they interfere directly with electrolyte balance within the heart muscle.
The Latin name, Digitalis, means 'finger-like' and refers to the tubular flowers of the Foxglove. It is also the name of the drug that comes from the toxins of Foxgloves and is prescribed for heart conditions.
The crew of three on 536 job made quick work of their light weekend work load and while performing a brake test on the released cars at the CEZ plant, track VO80, I managed to fight the cold of the night to get a shot of the beautiful Heritage 1 leased Geep at the point, who's helping CN's falling four-axles roster for a while now.
Honestly, she ran quite good and still got its 26L brake valve too with no on-board cameras, two rare things in today's class 1 railroading world.
She was built back in November 1976 as Frisco 462.
CN L53621-29
BNSF 2317 CN 4724
Canadian Electrolytic Zinc plant
Milepost 0.13 CEZ Spur
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield,QC
October 29 th 2023
In the ongoing story of what is happening in my life here is an update.
Before I was hit with the Sepsis infection, gone Septic, I had planned a vacation to the “Big Island”.
Sepsis is the body's extreme response to an infection. It is a life-threatening medical emergency.
I had to cancel my vacation when Covid hit. So, I was determined not to miss going this time. 10 days of antibiotics, lots to rest and while still feeling pretty weak, I figured I could handle it. But, that 9 hours on the plane really kicked my butt. I slept for over 12 hours after I got there. I would go to sleep at 5pm each night and get up at 5am. Then when I tried to eat I would get nauseous. So, I didn’t eat for about 4 days except for yogurt and electrolytes. Back home, Jan, was having a fit because I wasn’t eating. I would go out in the morning for 3-4 hours and then come back to my room, lay down and sleep. I was pretty much as weak as a kitten. Still, am for that matter.
After, getting back home the infection again reared its ugly head. I ended up in the Emergency Room again, after yet another 911 call.
Funny, on the way to the hospital, there was a huge bang that shook the ambulance. The paramedic lunged across me and I thought we had been hit by another vehicle. As it turned out, the side door on the ambulance some how came open as we were going around a curve and slammed against the ambulances side. I tried to laugh it off, but, the paramedic didn’t see the humor, when I mentioned that if I had popped out of the ambulance riding a gurney down a slippery icy road that would have been quite a tale to tell.
Once in the ER, I was set up with an IV in each arm and they injected some heavy duty antibiotics into both IV’s.
The doctor said, the infection had come back. I guess the first round of antibiotics didn’t kill all of it.
I was also tested for Covid and wouldn’t you know it, I tested Positive.
What they say about your taste being off with Covid is definitely true. I start to eat and about half way through my meal I get nauseous.
10 more days on antibiotics. Hopefully, they get rid of all of the infection this time.
I am feeling better. But, I still don’t have any energy. Haven’t been out with the camera since getting home.
So, I as I have said before, “This To Shall Pass”!
Soon I hope! :-)
Any and all prayers are very much appreciated.
Link to my original story of when this all started:
www.flickr.com/photos/alaskafreezeframe/52420880859/in/da...
Camera Settings: f/7.1 - 1/00 - 500mm - ISO 1250
I'm finally at a somewhat functional temp..... and I'm getting better. Drinking plenty of water and electrolytes and all that jazz... stay safe, stay hydrated, take frequent breaks!
Earlier this week, when Tim was off work waiting to see a doctor, I decided to get some acrylic paints out of the cupboard. Southsea Dave had been given some canvases and art gear when he left an old job of his but his heart wasn't in being creative so he kindly gave some of them to me.
To test myself, I decided to see if I was able to paint a big eye and here it is! We don't really know what to do with it and I was tempted to just paint something else over it, but it does seem a bit of a shame! I've dumped it in the lean-to for now, with all the washing and JJ's bike!!
This is a drop and run photo as I will be going back to Tim again! JJ and I just came home to have dinner and walk Harbie round the block, but here is what Tim's sick note says, for those interested:
"Investigations for malignancy, severe hypercalcaemia and electrolyte derangement. Needing hospital admission."
I will google all those things later (or should I?!)
Tsk tsk. So it fluttered again, and I called the doc, and he saw me, said it could very well be an electrolyte imbalance or, if I still have it, anemia causing the flutters, as well as perimenopause. He gave me a blood work form for all those things and thyroid.
Honestly, I haven't had a panic attack in about five years. Maybe longer. My heart would race for no reason, and I would sweat and feel claustrophobic. This was nothing like that.
I was there last April for the same reason, and I didn't have the EKG, so we went for it this time. I won't have to do it when I get my physical next month. There was nothing "abnormal" on the test, but there were two unexplained blips, and my heart was slow, as usual, which isn't really a cause for concern--unless you're the one whose heart beats slowly, because it feels weird! Imagine being at 42 bpm, which is my lowest ever during a test.
Anyway, he says why don't we just be safe, since I had it three days in a row, and get a 24-hour heart monitor.
So there you go.
The galleries for contemporary art at the Art Institute of Chicago are always very worthwhile visiting. And the views of Millennium Park are amazing and often so bright that the windows have to be partially blinded off, as in this photo.
Here's an interesting installation by the Argentinian artist Victor Grippo (1936-2002). It's a surprising 'dump' of 800 pounds of Chilean potatoes on a damast-covered table. To these potatoes Grippo has attached copper and zink electrodes (see the red 'lines'); these sink into the potatoes' electrolytes which generate an electric current that can be measured on a voltmeter. Thus the energizing 'food of the poor masses' also has an entirely different physical dimension. Apparently the potatoes over time 'wear out', and they have to be replaced by new ones with fresher electrolytes...
In the background Millennium Park, of course...
For 365 and FGR group "Urban Legends"
Dihydrogen monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people every year. Most of these deaths are caused by accidental inhalation of DHMO, but the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide do not end there.
Prolonged exposure to its solid form causes severe tissue damage. Symptoms of DHMO ingestion can include excessive sweating and urination, and possibly a bloated feeling, nausea, vomiting and body electrolyte imbalance. For those who have become dependent, DHMO withdrawal means certain death.
Dihydrogen monoxide:
· is also known as hydroxl acid, and is the major component of acid rain.
· contributes to the "greenhouse effect."
· may cause severe burns.
· contributes to the erosion of our natural landscape.
· accelerates corrosion and rusting of many metals.
· may cause electrical failures and decreased effectiveness of automobile brakes.
· has been found in excised tumors of terminal cancer patients.
Contamination is reaching epidemic proportions!
Quantities of dihydrogen monoxide have been found in almost every stream, lake, and reservoir in America today. But the pollution is global, and the contaminant has even been found in Antarctic ice. DHMO has caused millions of dollars of property damage in the midwest, and recently California.
Despite the danger, dihydrogen monoxide is often used:
· as an industrial solvent and coolant.
· in nuclear power plants.
· in the production of styrofoam.
· as a fire retardant.
· in many forms of cruel animal research.
· in the distribution of pesticides.
· as an additive in certain "junk-foods" and other food products.
Even after washing, produce remains contaminated by this chemical.
Companies dump waste DHMO into rivers and the ocean, and nothing can be done to stop them because this practice is still legal. The impact on wildlife is extreme, and we cannot afford to ignore it any longer!
The American government has refused to ban the production, distribution, or use of this damaging chemical due to its "importance to the economic health of this nation." In fact, the navy and other military organizations are conducting experiments with DHMO, and designing multi-billion dollar devices to control and utilize it during warfare situations. Hundreds of military research facilities receive tons of it through a highly sophisticated underground distribution network. Many store large quantities for later use.
Dodging the late day darkness, CN 580, the twice a week Matagami Turn, is racing hours of service over the time-consuming Chapais subdivision, leaving a trail of dust in this remote world. With empty cement and fuel cars on the rear end pulled in the dark hours of the night in Matagami, the train was made entirely of gons, all of them loaded at the Matagami and Langlois Zinc mine, and all bound for the Canadian Electrolytic Zinc processing plant in Valleyfield,QC.
With a single unit today assigned to them, the Senneterre-based crew leaved tonnage at Franquet, the junction point between Chapais and Matagami subdivisions, in order to be pulled by an extra work train tomorrow, allowing the photographers a bonus run on this quite remote line in northern Québec.
In June 2022, both Matagami and Langlois mines closed their operation leaving the remote 62 mile-long Matagami subdivision without any profitable customer. Harsh forest fires in the summer of 2023 severely damaged the line and CN didn't reopen it yet as we speak.
CN L58021-13
9450
Milepost 56.5 Chapais subdivision
Lebel-sur-Quévillon,QC
September 13th 2017
After a failed attempt to get to Mt Buffalo and a disappointing run down to Burrinjuck Dam except for the sweet ride in the M3, got to love those country roads at 200km.
Just missing sunset at the Commonwealth Bridge and a six pack later I captured the scene above. the stars were a little tricky, had to use a doubled stacked Lees Filter holder and used the hard edge of the ND filters at angles to match the bridge to hold back the lights.
This is a wonderland of a location for landscape photographers in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
The night before I took this photo, I had actually gotten lost for about 3 hours, wandering among the rocks and rock bowls of this area. The slickrock is deceptively difficult to navigate, as some of the rock wells have rather sharp dropoffs of 30 feet or more. And unless someone found you in the bottom, there's no way you'd ever crawl your way out. So as you walk the area you're constantly be re-routed by the area's natural dips, curves, and drop-offs.
Despite having a GPS with me while exploring in the daylight, I failed to mark any way points. Then, on my first night out, I began to walk the 20 minutes to where I thought my first shot was (the plan was to go to the furthest-out shot and work my way back as sunrise approached).
Instead, I got lost. So I walked further. And further. At first, I was only slightly lost. Making the situation worse, however, was that I was sick. I'd had a bad cold for the past few days and had drunk a lot of water to compensate, and I think I had actually created an electrolyte imbalance in an effort to stay hydrated, something I didn't realize until a day or so later.
Also complicating the matter was that my ultra-bright flashlight, which I could've used to better orient myself with some of the rock "peaks" in the area, was out of battery, apparently having been left on during the day in my jacket pocket.
Instead I was left wandering with my headlamp (sufficient for keeping me safe), and using a combination of celestial navigation and Google maps on my phone. For the first hour and a half, I stubbornly wandered in circles looking for my shooting spots. Maybe not surprisingly, I actually climbed and nearly got "cliffed out" several times. After that, I was seriously exhausted and decided I had enough and thought I'd go back to the car.
I should've probably just stuck to celestial navigation, because Google Maps was surprisingly ineffective at getting me back to the parking lot. Unbeknownst to me, a new parking lot must've been created sometime in the past few years, but Google Maps still had all of the old data. So the unfamiliar route back to the "parking lot" was unfamiliar for a reason.
Although the experience was frustrating and pretty exhausting, I knew that I could just sit down and wait for sunrise, so I never felt in danger, except for the few times that I found myself walking right up to the edge of a cliff and realizing that I had to get around the drop-off to get back on-route.
Anyway, kind of a long-winded behind-the-scenes description of what it took to get this shot. The next day, a few hours after being lost, I marked all of my locations with GPS waypoints. The next night, I came back and got what I wanted. Problem solved.
1. Pop top opener–(part of the metal lid opens for sips but doesn't end up in the drink) invented by American engineer Ermal Fraze
2. Aluminum can–invented by Coloradan engineer Bill Coors of the Coors Beer family
3. Aluminum production–invented by American student/entrepreneur Charles Martin Hall and French professor Paul Héroult at Oberlin College in Ohio, who in 1886 invented the modern electrolytic process of aluminum extraction from its ore called the Hall-Héroult process, which is still used.
4. Carbonated soda pop–carbonation was first observed to be transmittable by Britain's Joseph Priestley in 1767, mass produced as carbonated water by Switzerland's Jacob Schwepp of the Schwepp Company, and finally the first flavorful carbonated soda pop was created by America's Charles Hires and his root beer in 1876.
5. Pepsi-cola–created by North Carolinian pharmacist Caleb Bradham
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CCWeek28: scavenger hunt (aluminum can)
Triumph Stag (1970-77) Engine 2997cc V8 OC Total Production 25,877 (of which 6780 were exported to the USA)
Registration Number POE 419 M (Birmingham)
TRIUMPH ALBUM
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Built as a 2 door 2+2, convertible or hardtop, designed by Giovanni Michelotti. Originally conceived as a short chassis open top version of the Triumph 2000, but ended with a monocoque and a V8 engine of 145bhp not shared with any other Triumph. Overdrive at first optional, becoming standard in 1972, and many with Automatics.
The car initially received an enthusiastic welcome, but suffered from engine reliability problems, attributed to several design faults, firstly a coolant problem caused by the water pump being set above the engine, if coolant was lost via via the expansion bottle, the coolant level dropped below the level of the pump resulting in loss of fluid to the pump and water pump failure. Water pump failures also occurred due to poorly hardened drive gears, which wore out prematurely and stopped the water pump. Secondly the choice of materials, the engine block was constructed of iron and the heads of aluminium a combination that required the use of corrosion inhibiting anti freeze all year round a point often not realised by owners or the dealer network, resulting in cases of electrolytic corrosion, so that corroded alloy debris came loose and was distributed around inside the engine. A third cause of trouble was the engine's use of long, simplex roller link chains, which would first stretch and then often fail inside fewer than 25,000 miles , even before failure a stretched timing chain could skip links causing valve and piston damage. Another problem with the cylinder heads was the arrangement of cylinder head fixing studs, half of which were vertical and the other half at an angle. The angled studs when heated and cooled, expanded and contracted at a different rate to the alloy heads, causing sideways forces which caused premature failure of the cylinder head gaskets. Subsequently these design and maintenance faults have been recognise and addressed by owners and a well maintained Stag is a very desirable classic.
During the production run modifications evolved and consequently in Stag circles different period car are referred to as Early Mk I 1970, the Mk I (1971–1972/3), Mk II (1973) and Late; Mk II (1974–1977), visually the Mark 1s and Mk.2s differed only in the addition of twin coachlines to indicate Mk.II variants.
Diolch am 92,046,641 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mae pob un yn cael ei werthfawrogi'n fawr.
Thanks for 92,046,641 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated.
Shot 17.04.2022 Weston Park (Classic Car Show), Weston-under-Lizard, Salop 157-351
Lubec is located on a peninsula overlooking an excellent ice-free harbor, the town was first settled about 1775. Originally part of Eastport, it was set off and incorporated on June 21, 1811, and named for Lübeck, Germany. Following the War of 1812, Lubec was the site of considerable smuggling trade in gypsum, although principal industries remained agriculture and fisheries. By 1859, there was a tannery, three gristmills and nine sawmills; by 1886, there were also two shipyards, three boatbuilders and three sailmakers.
From 1897 to 1898, the town was the site of a swindle in the sale of stock in the Electrolytic Marine Salts Company, the brainchild of Reverend Prescott Jernegan and Charles Fisher of Martha's Vineyard. Jernegan claimed to have developed a method of using "accumulators" to get gold from sea water, and bought an old grist mill to turn it into a factory. The scheme attracted an abundance of investors, who were all too eager to funnel money into the company after being promised astronomical returns. In the summer of 1898, work was suspended without explanation. Jernegan and Smith vanished, and the fraud was gleefully exposed by newspapers across New England.
Lubec reached its population peak in the 1910s and 1920s, hovering a little above 3,300. Since then, the population has generally been in a gradual but steady decline, and currently sits at a little over 1,300.
Helia Jalili, University of Waterloo
Nano Teddy Bear
The scanning electron microscopic image (taken using a FESEM LEO 1530) shows the ZnO nanostructures on an indium oxide coated glass substrate deposited at 70oC by using a facile electrochemical deposition technique. A potentio-/galvanostat electrochemical workstation (CH Instruments 660A) was used to deposit the ZnO nanostructures by amperometry potentiostatically at -1.1 V (relative to the Ag/AgCl reference electrode) and a spiral platinum wire served as working electrode. An aqueous zinc nitrate [Zn(NO3)2.6H2O] solution was used as an electrolyte to prepare these ZnO nanostructures.
Fairlight at Great Yarmouth.
The Oakley class 37 ft. lifeboat Fairlight 37-06, official number 973, was built in 1964 by William Osborne of Littlehampton.
The boat was stationed at Hastings from 1964 to 88. She was in the relief fleet from 1988 to 89, at St. Ives from 1989 to 90, placed into the relief fleet again from 1990 to 91 and then stationed at Newquay from 1991 to 92.
She was sold in October 1994 as a pleasure boat at Blakeney Point in Norfolk and was named Almalux. She was later renamed Fairlight.
Fairlight returned to Hastings in 2008 when she was on display as part of the lifeboat station's 150th. anniversary celebrations.
The Oakley class 37 ft. lifeboat was designed for carriage launching.
The design combined great stability with the ability to self-right in the event of it capsizing. This was achieved by a system of shifting water ballast. The system works by the lifeboat taking on 1.5 tons of sea water in a tank under the engines immediately it is launching. If the lifeboat then reached a crucial point of capsize the ballast water would transfer through valves to a righting tank built into the port side. If the capsize was to the starboard side of the lifeboat, the water shift started when an angle of 165° was reached. This would push the boat into completing a full 360° roll. If the capsize was to the port side, the water transfer started at 110°. In this case the weight of water combined with the weight of machinery aboard the lifeboat usually managed to stop the roll and allow the lifeboat to bounce back to upright. The tank was emptied when the boat was taken out of the sea. There was a problem with damp sand left in the tank after the water was drained, which caused weak electrolytic action that eroded the copper nails which held the wooden hulls together.
The boat's hull is constructed from two wooden skins with a layer of calico between. After several years it was found that the calico absorbed water, which caused softening of the wood around the copper nails. This led to a series of surveys in the late 1980's resulting in the withdrawal of some boats and replanking of others. The skins were made from diagonally laid African mahogany planks. The outer one was 0.375 inches (9.5 mm) thick with the inner 0.25 inches (6.4 mm). The keel was iron and weighed 1.154 tons. The hull is divided into 11 watertight compartments and is fitted with 175 air cases and 46 PVC blocks.
Crew: 7
Survivor capacity: 35
Length overall: 37 ft. 11 in. (11.55 m)
Beam: 11 ft. 6 in. (3.5 m)
Draught: 3 ft. 3.5 in. (1 m)
Displacement: 11 ton
Engines: 2 x Ford Thorneycroft or Parsons Porbeagle diesels
Engine output: 2 x 52 hp (38.77 kW)
Top speed: 8.1 knots (9 mph - 15 km/h)
Range at top speed: 156 nm (180 miles - 290 km)
shoot thru bottom of tumbler with lime in water
shot by not turning upside down but held up and shot from underneath against light from cabin window - to catch this awesome reflection thru the bottom of a single slice of lime in water - if you didnt know youd swear it was two slices.
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and then theres the pun i hadnt thought of: this being actually a drink from which expression bottoms up originates - double entendre,eh?
thoughts?
Lorence Toutant is at the commands of CN 9411 (with CN 4802 trailing out of sight) as CN 536 prepares to lift cars from a propane facility in Valleyfield. With CN 536 only going on duty at 1800 and usually with lots of switching to do at Coteau first, it's rare to be able to get any shots on the CEZ spur in daylight.