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Epsom Explore are a new coach tours and holidays company set up by both Coachpoint of Aldershot and Lewis Coaches of Thamesmead. Currently there are 2 coaches painted in an allover grey livery ahead of branding next year.
First to wear the scheme was Scania K360EB6 / Irizar PB C52FT FA12ENG. This has now been joined by Mercedes-Benz Tourismo C49FT BX14OMS, new to Marchant of Cheltenham in 2014, as seen at the Coachpoint Windlesham yard in December 2020.
Added the scarf from the Wayfarer outfit. I plan to include this color, as well as a series of other colors as well, plus an option without the scarf.
EXPLORED Highest position: 6 on Thursday, May 2, 2013
Thankyou all so much! Dave :)
No PS used here (I do not have it anyway!) I would have edited out the vapour trail and the trees if I did perhaps!
At the peak of tulip mania, in March 1637, some single tulip bulbs sold for more than 10 times the annual income of a skilled craftsman.
In an auction held in Holland in February 1637, 99 lots of tulip bulbs fetched a staggering 90,000 guilders, more than $3.5 million in today's money. Tulipomania had reached its height, and its story is told in just one of the fascinating sections of Anna Pavord's wonderful book on this most seductive of flowers.
I can highly recommend the facinating book "The Tulip by Anna Pavord"
you can imagine the strangle looks I got when I went bazonkers underneath some flowers!!!!
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Explore # 357 5-3-2012
Small leaves float on water while a goldfish glides beneath the surface.
Best seen on black: press L to view.
Having seen these wonderful penguins on national and local news over the past couple of days I decided to repost these 2 photos. These Humboldt Penguins are in decline and at risk but there is no population recovery plan in place and perhaps there should be!!
The endangered Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti) is a medium-sized penguin. It resides in South America, along the Pacific coast of Peru and Chile. Its nearest relatives are the African penguin, the Magellanic penguin and the Galápagos penguin. The Humboldt penguin and the cold water current it swims in both are named after the explorer Alexander von Humboldt. The species is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN with no population recovery plan in place. The current wild population is composed of roughly 23,800 mature individuals and is declining. It is a migrant species.
Humboldt penguins nest on islands and rocky coasts, burrowing holes in guano and sometimes using scrapes or caves. In South America the Humboldt penguin is found only along the Pacific coast, and the range of the Humboldt penguin overlaps that of the Magellanic penguin on the central Chilean coast. It is vagrant in Ecuador and Colombia. The Humboldt penguin has been known to live in mixed species colonies with the Magellanic penguin in at least two different locations at the south of Chile.
The Humboldt penguin has become a focus of ecotourism over the last decades
Tonight's fixation: Harvest Moon.
For those who would like to attempt this shot:
Use your manual setting
Try a lower ISO like 400 or lower for a subject this bright
Start with a high Aperture and work your way down - I used f20
And not too slow of a shutter speed for some detail.
A focal length of at least 300mm,
And a tripod to keep it steady.
I just love the light on these flowers. Not sure if flowerly is a word either but we'll just coin one right here!! St.John's, NL. AND thanks for all the comments and great support and thanks David at Explore. Cheers.
Happy December first! Where did the month go? I go back so school tomorrow...So sad. I felt like the fall break was only like a day long...
I saw Catching Fire again because I'm badly obsessed. I started going back on my HG IG account again & I'm on there like every second xD.
Have a wonderful day!
Location:
Escapades
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Izzie's - Retro Glasses
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Wearing its distinctive colour scheme applied before the start of the 2017 season, Arriva Kent & Surrey 8001 V304 KGW is seen here about to turn off of Dock Road and into Chatham Bus Station whilst working the "Explore Medway" open top bus service. Friday 30th August 2019.
Dennis Trident 9.9m - Alexander ALX400 (Ex-Connex Bus TA 4 & Travel London/Abellio 9704)
Caborca, Sonora, México.
El 6 de abril de 1857 la iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción de Caborca fue escenario de violentos combates cuando la gente del pueblo de Caborca fue sitiada en la vieja misión por una banda de filibusteros americanos, encabezados por Henry Crabb; los filibusteros fueron derrotados por los pápagos, apoyados por habitantes de municipios vecinos. El pápago Francisco Javier atacó con flechas incendiarias el depósito de dinamita de los filibusteros, destruyéndolo en el acto, mermando de esta manera las acciones de los invasores. El capitán Lorenzo Rodríguez comandaba las acciones de los nacionales triunfadores. . En memoria de esta defensa en abril de 1948, Caborca cambió su denominación por el de "Heróica Caborca".
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Caborca has a very long and interesting history. It was first christened in 1692 by Father Francisco Kino as "The Conception of Our Lady of Caborca." On April 6th, 1857, Caborca was the scene of a defense against foreign invasion. A force of American filibusters, captained by Henry Crabb, was defeated by Tohono O'odham (Papagos) with the help of neighboring communities. In memory of this defense, the city changed its name to “Heroica Caborca” in April 1948.
Nov 1, 2008 #441 on Explore ...thank you all !!!!!!!
Mini-city located on the Konyaatli beach front just down from the Aqua Park and the Hill-Side Su hotel.
This miniature park is an open space that displays miniature buildings and models
It was great to see all of the many spectacular historical places in Turkey in miniature scale.
The arts that had been scaled down in 1/25 of their originals with the specialist model makers.
Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia (Turkish: Ayasofya, Greek: Αγία Σοφία; "Holy Wisdom", Latin: Sancta Sophia or Sancta Sapientia) is a former patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. Famous in particular for its massive dome, it is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture. It was the largest cathedral ever built in the world for nearly a thousand years, until the completion of the Seville Cathedral in 1520. The current building was originally constructed as a church between A.D. 532 and 537 on the orders of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian, and was in fact the third Church of the Holy Wisdom to occupy the site (the previous two had both been destroyed by riots). It was designed by two architects, Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles. The Church contained a large collection of holy relics and featured, among other things, a 50 foot (15 m) silver iconostasis. It was the patriarchal church of the Patriarch of Constantinople and the religious focal point of the Eastern Orthodox Church for nearly 1000 years.
In 1453, Constantinople was conquered by the Ottoman Turks and Sultan Mehmed II ordered the building to be converted into the Ayasofya Mosque. The bells, altar, iconostasis, and sacrificial vessels were removed, and many of the mosaics were eventually plastered over. The Islamic features — such as the mihrab, the minbar, and the four minarets outside — were added over the course of its history under the Ottomans. It remained as a mosque until 1935, when it was converted into a museum by the Republic of Turkey.
For almost 500 years the principal mosque of Istanbul, Hagia Sophia served as a model for many of the Ottoman mosques such as the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque of Istanbul), the Şehzade Mosque, the Süleymaniye Mosque, and the Rüstem Pasha Mosque.
Although it is sometimes referred to as Saint Sophia (Greek for wisdom), the Greek name in full is Ναός τῆς Ἁγίας τοῦ Θεοῦ Σοφίας, Church of the Holy Wisdom of God, and it was dedicated to the Holy Wisdom of God rather than a specific saint named Sophia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia
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This is a 3 exposure HDR image..
Exploring Galveston Historic Pleasure Pier
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My flowering almond tree was so full of blooms last summer that there were buds coming right out of its trunk! This is one of them! Thousands of blooms, sooo magical to see. EXPLORE#483 Mar.8, 2010 Thanks!
View On Black and Large for contacts.
EXPLORE ~ Highest Position # 215
She didn't hear me coming. Notice how her face is turned away from Missi, she didn't want her to know she was having a quick beauty nap.
EXPLORE May 16, 2009 #410
- En arribar a Girona, la típica foto des del riu Onyar, peró com que jo no en tenia cap, m´ha fet il.lusió fer-la :-)
Un dia molt maco i molt productiu en quant a fotos. A veure quantes en puc aprofitar :-)
Bona nit :-)))
- Al llegar a Girona, la típica foto desde el rio Onyar, pero como que yo no tenía ninguna, me ha hecho ilusión hacerla :-)
Un dia muy bonito y muy productivo en cuanto a fotos. A ver cuantas puedo aprovechar :-)
Buenas noches :-)))
Lewis Coaches Mercedes Benz Tourismo K5 EEC in Epsom Explore livery on the M25 this morning, 12th July, 2022. It was new to Marchants as BX14 OMS.
Awarded as Explore on 09/06/2015 by honourable Admin of Frame Bangladesh Mr. Md. Humayun Rashid.
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