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Texas Star Party - I was still shooting film when everyone else was jumping on the CCD bandwagon. Sure...I had a CCD camera. That ST-7E was my autoguiding camera.
Takahashi FS128 refractor
Takahashi NJP Temma 2 mount
2 Nikon F3 bodies (still have 1 F3 body...sits in my antique camera collection)
Nikon 300mm f/4 ED lens (I now use this lens with my D7000)
Mamiya 1000s body with Mamiya 100mm lens (still have the Mamiya body...sits in my antique camera collection)
SBIG ST-7E CCD camera
Televue Genesis 101 refractor
This photo was shot with a Nikon F100 (autofocus film camera). This body also now sits with my antique camera collection. =)
Just discovered that this was Explored here on Flickr...at #401. Heh!
The Kiwi Rail passenger train that traverses the North Island Main Trunk line, is principally provided for the tourist market. The "Northern Explorer" as it is now called has received new-build modern passenger carriages recently and has become increasingly popular, with fully-booked trains becoming the norm in peak season. Contrary to this, the timetable frequency has been reduced in recent times with northbound departures from Wellington on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. The southbound service from Auckland runs on Mondays Thursdays and Saturdays.
The train is seen here at Thorndon ,shortly after departure from Wellington Railway Station, hauled by a DFB class locomotive in "patched" former Toll Rail livery.
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Canon 6d / 70-200mm canon
Baracoa is a municipality and city in Guantánamo Province near the eastern tip of Cuba. It was founded by the first governor of Cuba, the Spanish conquistador Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar in August 15 of 1511. It is the oldest Spanish settlement in Cuba and was its first capital (the basis for its nickname Ciudad Primada, "First City").
Baracoa is located on the spot where Christopher Columbus landed in Cuba on his first voyage. It is thought that the name stems from the indigenous Arauaca language word meaning "the presence of the sea."
Baracoa lies on the Bay of Honey (Bahía de Miel) and is surrounded by a wide mountain range (including the Sierra del Purial), which causes it to be quite isolated, apart from a single mountain road built in the 1960s.
The original inhabitants of the island were Taíno. They were eradicated by the Spanish all over Cuba except here and this is the only place where descendants still live. A local hero is Hatuey, who fled from the Spanish in Hispaniola and raised a Taíno army to fight the Spanish in Cuba. According to the story Hatuey was betrayed by a member of his group and sentenced to burn at the stake. It is said that just before he died a Catholic priest tried to convert him so he would attain salvation; Hatuey asked the priest if Heaven was the place where the dead Spanish go. When he received an answer in the affirmative he told the priest that he'd rather go to Hell.
On October 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus landed in Cuba in a place he named Porto Santo. It is generally assumed from his description that this was Baracoa, although there are also claims it was Gibara. But Columbus also described a nearby table mountain, which is almost certainly nearby El Yunque. He wrote in his logbook ... the most beautiful place in the world ...I heard the birds sing that they will never ever leave this place....
The remote location at the eastern end of the Cuban island has kept the influence of mass tourism quite low, despite the idyllic location. Baracoa can be reached by bus from Santiago de Cuba (4 hours) or by plane from Havana (2 hours).
(Wikipedia)
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It took us some time to reach the outpost of Baracoa that is located in the far east of Cuba. It's a different world than rest of the island: less crowded, vibrant, with tropical forest and magnificent scenery around. Maybe not that attractive at the first sight, however far much more magical after a deeper exploration.
Yumurí Canyon is a lush, tropical gorge and an unexpectedly impressive sight to say the least, with walls at points measuring nearly 200 m from the canyon floor. Its eponymous river, dotted with deep natural swimming pools, is neither deep nor particularly fast flowing, making it ideal for exploring the near-complete seclusion of eastern Cuba either via rowboat or on foot.
Explored: 14 June 2007 #464 Thank you
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The Sugar Glider (Petaurus breviceps), sometimes called the Flying Sugar, is a small gliding possum native to eastern and northern mainland Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago, and introduced to Tasmania.
Canon EOS Kiss Digital X
Lakeside Tropical Bank Holiday Weekend
Shropshire England UK
I am happy to say, I have had my first five photos explored.
1. Blooming Art, 2. Anemone, 3. Anthurium, 4. Sunny day~Carnation, 5. Dahlia pre open
Big thank you Angel, for kindly helping me with this...dearly appreciated! :)
Big thank you to Rich for sending me the link to explore...dearly appreciated Rich! :)
As I've just hit 10 million and have been screenshotting my data regularly, I thought I'd quickly look a the pattern between uploads and explores over time.
It seems that after hitting the 7-8 million views mark, a lot more of my photos started making it onto Explore.
CSV data in case I ever need it again:
Milestone,Date,Totaluploads,Totalexplrs
0,01/12/2009,0,0
0.5,16/10/2014,647,2
1,16/06/2015,686,3
2,10/12/2016,866,9
3,15/02/2018,1046,13
4,21/10/2018,1082,19
5,20/02/2019,1127,19
6,03/09/2019,1195,21
7,07/08/2022,1224,23
8,17/04/2023,1307,38
9,07/05/2024,1426,54
10,01/01/2025,1575,69
So fun to get off the trail and wander up towards the canopy using the leaning trunk of a fallen giant redwood as a ramp.
I am in my 30s now.
:D
1. Sunny moments of life...., 2. Heavens above..., 3. Up close, 4. Hard at work..., 5. Treasure hunt, 6. Buzz, 7. I am sorry, 8. Laws of attraction,
9. The unexpected guest..., 10. Over the hedge, 11. Bison mother, 12. Job hopping..., 13. Perfect landing, 14. Give thy light...., 15. I am not scary...., 16. Watch your steps...,
17. Street Puppies, 18. Lost, 19. Lets grow together..., 20. Busy boy..., 21. Colors, 22. So the butterflies..., 23. Monkey business, 24. Weed,
25. Guess the name of this insect !!, 26. Butterfly, 27. After impact, 28. Deekshabhoomi Nagpur, 29. Sunset, 30. Full moon - Panasonic Lumix FZ 28
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My first picture to make explore! :D
Esshh I have to get back to packing! Road trip to the beach with Sarah!
Ahhh windows rolled down, music blaring, sun shinning through my Jeep, gahhh I love summer (:
2022
14 of eagle1effi's photos have been in Explore:
about 400 of eagle1effi's photos
since 2007
2. Wetten daß das innen auch schief läuft., 3. Just in time, 4. Der heiße Planet ( STERN), 5. 22 mm Sunset scenery, 6. Ankunft in Dresden, city. Frauenkirche, 7. Like a lost place, 8. Schönes Wochenende,
9. Sunset: Excellent image! .... faved by Explore algorithm, 10. First Tulip 2022. On Explore now., 11. 2730mm Extra Zoom handheld, 12. Verstehen - Grenzen sind relativ - Diese Eiche und der Fussballplatz gehören zusammen, 13. Sunset Series Canon Powershot SX70 HS DS IS handheld, 14. A lot of traffic in the air
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an out-take from some time in the last year. I have no idea who this is. I've explored and shot photos with many cool people in the last few years. Normally when processing and clearing out files one might say " WTF is this person doing in my shot?"...and just delete... But not today. I actually liked the sense of solitude and walking into the void
What an odd thing to do. Wandering into abandoned buildings and taking photos. Smelling mold and decay, Hazards everywhere. At face value, it's a really stupid thing to do. Not exactly safe, even if we do try to be as safe as we can. People have and will continue to get injured and killed doing this. Not exactly legal either, as many have learned the hard way.
But there is a draw that I cannot describe with words. A feeling unlike anything I've ever experienced. Breaking the barrier from outside, to inside. Turning a corner and facing the prospect of a long hallway and not knowing if you are alone. Feeling the presence of the factory workers that walked these hallways a century ago. The pride that still remains in these abandoned structures that built the American dream. The rush is incredible. Those who know what I am talking about get it. Those that don't get it will never get it.
How much is enough? I have no idea. Last year crawling 100 yards through a frozen tunnel on a disintegrating conveyor belt while busting into an abandoned warehouse, I thought to myself, what the Hell are you doing man? At the same time I thought, Wow, this is awesome. What a thrill. I love this. It's part of who I am now.
and so here, the urban explorer. Saddled with gear. Walking into the black. An adventure inadvertently captured in mid sentence.
Explore:Highest position: 279 on Friday, December 7, 2012
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A Flying Flamingo - @ Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary - Andhra Pradesh, India.
IN FLICKR EXPLORE ON 10-02-2014.
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Pulicat lake bird sanctuary is a saline backwater lake lying along the T.N.-A.P coast; part extending to Chengalpattu district of T.N. It has an area of 481 sq.KM and it is the 2nd largest brackish water lagoon in India after Chilka lake in Orissa. The area on the TN side is 153.67 sq.km.
The Pulicat sanctuary is drained by Arni river while the Buckingham canal brings in the city’s drainage water. At the southern end is an opening on to Bay of Bengal through a shallow mouth of 200 m in width. The rest of the lake is closed by a sand bar running parallel to the Bay of Bengal in the form of the Sriharikota island.
The sanctuary has an area of 321 Sq. KM with 108 sq.KM of National Park area.
It lies within 11o 30’ N to 11o 42’ N and 76o 30’ E to 76o 45’ E.
Rainfall ranges from 800 - 2000mm. Temperature varies from 14o C to 33o C.
Altitude ranges from 100’ MSL to 1200’ MSL.
The wetlands eco system are considered as among the richest areas of bio diversity. Pulicat, by virtue of the mixing of fresh water with sea water is found to be an ideal habitat for diverse life-forms. 160 species of fish, 25 species of polychaete worms, 12 species of prawn, 19 species of mollusk and 100 speceis of birds are well documented apart from a number of other aquatic flora and fauna.
Among the most spectacular is the flamingo-a tall gaunt, white-coloured bird with a touch of pink on the wings, pink beak and legs, seen feeding in shallow water. The squat, large-billed grey pelican with gular pouch and a number of ducks are commonly seen. Flocks of sea gulls and terns circling in the sky or bobbing up and down on the water are an added attraction at pulicat. Besides, there are a number of waterside birds and waders such as curlews, stilts, plovers, sand pipers, lapwings, redshank. Egrets, herons, kites etc. are some other birds found here. The lake is also home to crabs, clams, mussels, oysters, snails, fish worms, insects, spiders, sponges, anemone, prawns, plankton and so on including rare endemic species like gilled leech, an unidentified bloodred fish, etc., Rapid siltation has caused loss of bio diversity. It is seen that mangrove opllen is found on Sriharikota Island indicating their existence some years back. Loss of mangroves may be one of the resons hastening siltation, reducing biodiversity and hence depriving fisherfolk of their livelihood.
Source : www.forests.tn.nic.in/wildbiodiversity/bs_plbs.html
Revisited.
The Amaze X storm drain has another name which is way to obvious as to where it is. So we created a new one. And plus it is maze like with many off shoots. We explored a couple of them and found some treasure..!