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RKO_6905. From the archives. When scrolling through my archive I found this nice shot. Looking at the image I wonder why I din't take a landscape shot with some more space at the side of its head.....😏
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Continuing my series, Maxwell is a small town in Story County, Iowa with around 860 people. Businesses include a small grocery store, a gas station, a bank, medical clinic and funeral home. However, what I find fascinating is the Historical Society’s museum. There are two large century-old buildings plus a machine shed with farm implements. I only show one building in this photo, but the combined museum collection holds over 13,00 items from the 1800’s to date. I find that quite amazing for a small town.
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About the series: Life in a small Midwestern town often means a slower pace of life, close-knit communities, and a strong connection to the land and agriculture. Residents typically have a strong sense of pride in their hometown and a friendly, neighborly attitude. Small towns usually have limited employment and entertainment options, but the tradeoff is typically a lower cost of living and a quieter, more peaceful environment. Presented in black and white at night, I hope to capture the essence of a few small Iowa towns in this series. Series Album: flic.kr/s/aHBqjBWTai
The mysterious quiet, ambiguous, fascinating, of the lakes. Of certain taciturnal people. Of some silent animals. Some plants.
The Coso Petroglyphs have been subject to various interpretations as to their meaning and function. One perspective argues that the drawings are metaphoric images correlated with individual shamanic vision quests. Alternatively it has been argued that they are part of a hunting religion that included increase rites and were associated with a sheep cult ceremonial complex.[3][4] However these alternative explanations might be somewhat complementary in that the medicine persons could have been the artisans but their messages might have often been associated with religious observances centering on the veneration of bighorn sheep.[5]
In addition to the extant petroglyph rock art, the Coso People carried out extensive working of obsidian tools and other 'manufacturing.' There is considerable archaeological evidence substantiating trade of these products between the Coso People and other Indigenous peoples of the Americas and Native American tribes.[6] For example, distant trade with the southern Californian Pacific coast Chumash People is confirmed by archaeological recovery from California sites in San Luis Obispo County, California[7] and other coastal indigenous peoples' sites.
Big and Little Petroglyph Canyons are situated on property of the China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station. The two canyons are a designated U.S. National Historic Landmark. In 2001, they were incorporated into a larger National Historic Landmark District, called the Coso Rock Art District.[8]
In 2014, the Ridgecrest Petroglyph Festival was created as an annual celebration and showcase the petroglyphs located in the two canyons.
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Ok, parties of geologists come to places like this on holiday. I overheard one of the group leaders saying that the beach is littered with stuff that was spat out by the volcanoes across the sea in Skye. A while ago. So whilst there are plumes of dark volcanic rock thrusting out of the coast, this end of the beach is covered in green algae pebbles and rocks where the freshwater river flows out to the sea, but further back where the sand is pale and fine, is where the black volcanic grit, washed out of the surrounding mountains flows over the 'white' seashell sand to make all the patterns I show elsewhere in my photostream. The shoreline is quite steep, with a deep heap of granite pebbles of varying colours and strata, that rolls back and forward with the tides and sometimes thunderous Atlantic waves crashing into the bay.
This is a stitched image of nine frames that didn't quite join up as wonderfully as I had hoped, but you get the picture. Nice grey, cloudy sky. End of the track, fabulous isolated back o'beyond holiday home on the Ardnamurchan Estate at Fascadale, fully equipped with jump leads.
Some fascinating historical information can be found on San Diego’s Embarcadero, right next to Tuna Harbor where many commercial fishing boats dock downtown. The sign, erected by the San Diego Port Commission in 2008, is titled Tuna Fleet Service World War II (1941-1945). It provides a glimpse of how dozens of San Diego-based Tuna Clippers joined the American war effort during the Second World War.
Here is the text on the sign:
During World War II, 600 fishing vessels were taken by the Navy, Army, and Coast Guard, including 52 “Tuna Clippers”.
On Pearl Harbor Day, the U.S. canned tuna industry was located almost exclusively in Southern California, and canners received most of their tunas from “baitboats”. Fishermen on these boats chum live bait (sardines, anchovies) to attract the tunas into a feeding frenzy and then use rigged bamboo poles to pull the hooked tunas aboard. Dating from 1924, a fleet of large “baitboats” was developed and became know as “Tuna Clippers”. These large ships, equipped with powerful diesel engines and newly developed brine refrigeration, fished for tunas found migrating thousands of miles from San Diego on trips of 90 days or more. During the 1930s, this San Diego high seas fleet was studied by the U.S. Navy, resulting in wartime plans that included the conversion of Tuna Clippers to minesweepers.
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Macro fun with L while she was in a "sitting still" mood.
I love eyes and the details you can see when right up close are fascinating
The rose looks fair, but fairer it we deem / For that sweet odour which doth in it live.
-Shakespeare
A long-tailed broadbill (Psarisomus dalhousiae) was framed enjoying the morning leisure under warm sunshine. The colours of the bird always attract the birders. The special yellow spot on head is so cute here. The backdrop Bokeh with a soothing tone gave it another level of elegance. Pics was taken from Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, West Bengal, India.
The Roaches walk series. Walking on the top of this amazing rocky ridge on day 4 in the Peak District National Park. This day was the first when the weather has changed with spectacular clouds over the head. They looked threatening but we’re lucky to get only drizzle. Near Leek, Staffordshire, England
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Fascinating how the rainwater seems to bead off the paper-like petals of the strawflower. The petals truly know how to guard their precious treasure of pollen.
It was fascinating to see how the color changed in the Canyon as the sun was going down.
Big thank you for the friendly people running the bus between Village and Hermits Rest for sending another bus to 'save' us and another 5 or 6 enthusiast photographers still there after sunset.
This waterfall in the southwest of Iceland is located 1,5 kilometer downstream from the famous Brúarfoss.
The impressive turquoise water drops here into a small canyon of black lava rocks.
After a fascinating exploration and sunrise shoot up at the Needle on Quiraing I made my way back along this enchanting escarpment with this wonderful vista of the arching Cnoc a Mheirlich in the foreground with Cleat and Dun Dubh in the distance beyond the waters of Loch Leum na Luirginn and Loch Cleat.
The light was fabulous on this breezy fresh November morning at the tip of the Trotternish Peninsula of Skye.
A fascinating delve into Gdańsk‘s maritime history, the city‘s Nowy Port Lighthouse was inspired by a long-lost lighthouse built in 1871 in Cleveland, Ohio, in the USA. This one in front of you was built in 1893, the 28-metre tower functioned as a lighthouse, harbour pilot’s tower and time-ball station until it was finally decommissioned in 1984. Its principal claim to fame is its use by German soldiers in September 1939, and it was from the upper floors that a machine gun emplacement fired the very first shots of WWII. Painstakingly restored by an amiable Polish-Canuck the centrepiece of the lighthouse is a time ball, unveiled on May 21, 2008. During its former life it was synchronised to the Royal Astronomical Observatory in Berlin but today it takes its signal from Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) in Braunschweig which is broadcast as a DCF77 long-wave radio signal by the European Time Centre in Mainflingen, Germany. Time-balls were originally designed to allow ships’ captains out at sea to synchronise their on-board clocks exactly before they headed back out, the dropping of the ball being the signal to mark the hour - this would allow them to calculate longitude resulting in more accurate navigation.
When you are kicked out of your routine by something complicated, fragile, marvellous, something you can not really explain. Something that does not even need your explanation. Something that comes from the outside but sticks into your world and is oblivious to your rationality. It transcends it. It goes beyond it. You can "take" the sunflower, you can "have" it, but you will never "be" the sunflower. It is and remains marvellous. Sony A7iii plus Helios 44M-7 at F11.
What's not to love about fascinating ferns!
3 pictures today, because I will be away for the next 2 days.
The Monostor Fortress - the largest modern fortress in Central Europe - was built between 1850 and 1871. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the neoclassical military monument is a fascinating sight with its huge walls of precisely hewn stone, the 3-4 metre thick earthen ramparts covering the defences and its network of underground passages (kazamata) several kilometres long.
Its monumental dimensions are evidenced by the following figures: The fortress covers 25 hectares, the total area including the firing ranges is 70 hectares, the floor area of the buildings is 25 680 m2 and the number of rooms is 640.
After the fortress was built, it served generations of soldiers of the Hungarian Defence Forces. Its tasks included the defence of the central fortress (North - Komárom) and the control of shipping on the Danube. It was never used in combat and served mainly as a training centre and weapons depot. During the First World War it was used as a conscription and training centre. During the Second World War, the 22nd Infantry Regiment had its headquarters at Fort Monostor, and the soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Infantry Regiments were stationed there. After the Second World War.
Between 1945 and 1990, the Red Army's Army Group South set up the largest ammunition depot in Central Europe in the fort. With their withdrawal, the military function of the fortress ended forever.
Today the fort is a popular destination with a military history exhibition, Cold War vehicles, a bread museum, a boat exhibition and numerous events.
Eiffel tower, Seine river, Paris, France
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very similar to my recent post "heat"
i couldn't resist, the ocean bokeh has me mesmerized....
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@Kew Gardens. We saw signposts to The Hive, and wondered what it was! When we came across it, it was this amazing installation - a honeycomb in metal, and it hummed, just like bees en masse.Meant to celebrate the environment and the work the bees do, it is inspiring!
This fascinating cooled conservatory (23-25C, 80-90% humidity, the 0.8 hectacre size = 1.5 regular football fields) is veiled in mist and filled with diverse vegetation. Plants include orchids, carnivorous pitcher plants, begonias, bromeliads, ferns, and rare plants. Structural features in this 58m high building include the Cloud and Treetop Walks and a 35m Waterfall. Beautiful to see and experience!
View from the 57th floor on the Observation Deck of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel.
There is something I find fascinating about Holy Island the same as I do about the Isles of Scilly off of Cornwall when we have visited there, maybe it`s the thought of a community in some form of isolation when tide and weather come together to prohibit travel to and from an Island.
Or maybe it`s just the beauty of the place in particular the 16th century castle of Lindisfarrne which towers above the Island and can be seen from all directions.
The castle is run by the National Trust so if you are a member you can visit for free and there is also holiday accommodation there.
This is a five shot focus stack, I could have got by with maybe one shot but just to be safe I did the focus stack.
I did another focus stack from a little further back to take in another Iron ring the same as in my foreground, I`ll show that in due course.
We were lucky as it was not too busy, there is only a six hour window when you can cross the Causway at low tide so visitors flock in at much the same time after reading the tide advice, I would love to see this at high tide but you would have to be prepared to either stay overnight in one of the pubs or guest houses or just hang about for six hours and wait for the next low tide.
To shoot a sunrise from there would be rather nice I think, not sure I could persuade Jane to venture all the way back up there again it`s over 400 miles from our home on the South Coast.
Many more images to come from here .
Most of you probably know that there was a wildfire on Burbage Moor recently, suspected to be caused by a disposable BBQ. I also read a fascinating blog post about the work the Peak District wardens do, and was surprised that people were reporting that they had no idea open fires (and probably BBQs) are not permitted in the National Park:
thepathlesstravelled.co.uk/2023/05/29/three-days-in-may/
This section struck me on having open fires:
"They said that nothing on their social media feeds about wild camping had explained risk".
Which made me wonder where the hell were they getting their information from, and what it said. I Googled "wild camping Peak District", and found that whilst mentioning the risk of open fires (they obviously hadn't got their info from there), none of the top results mentioned BBQs and the fact they are not permitted in the National Park. I have now started a bit of a one woman crusade to get that rectified 😁 The top result, now clearly displays this information, and Bex moved the section about fires to the top of the page as requested:
www.theordinaryadventurer.com/advice/wild-camping-peak-di...
Another success here:
abrokenbackpack.com/camping-peak-district/
The page previously actively encouraged BBQs by saying, and now states. I'll try a few more over the next few days, but my other bugbear is the "Peak District Wild Camping" Facebook group. The information when joining the group states:
"Fires can be a fundamental element to a camp out but we’ve decided to ban fire posts to avoid possibly promoting any unnecessary damage to the National Park."
Is it me, or does this send entirely the wrong message? To me it reads as if fires are central to a wild camp? I mean, when was a fire ever part of leave no trace camping? I wrote to the Admin of the group, asking for this to be reconsidered, and also to add some info about BBQs being banned, but was ignored.
Not quite related, but latest I was read was him recommending Burbage Valley as a wild camping location to a first timer. Burbage Valley? You're never more than 10 minutes from the road! Not to mention the aforementioned wildfire.
Happy for you to tell me I'm being a complete killjoy, but I might be difficult to convince 😂 The same bloke runs the Snowdonia and Lake District wild camping FB groups too, all with the same group information.
And breathe 😂 Right, off to write to the supermarkets and ask them to stop selling disposable BBQs!
A fascinating hour spent watch black headed gulls hawking flies and insects in the strong autumn sunshine as the sun dipped behind the hills the temperature dropped the gulls suddenly settled on the water after wondering what was going on I noticed as the temperature dropped the insects starting to land on the water and the gulls snapped all they could catch !!
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Fascinating to watch this Hoverfly laying her eggs on the leaves of Pansy flowers in our polytunnel. We planted them to attract pollinating insects in. Seems to have done the trick HFDF!
The sun is shining (for now) so I'm heading out to take some photos, I thought I'd go stir crazy with all the wind & rain. I'll catch up with comments later.
Notice the bird to the right doing a rather unconventional takeoff from his spot on the tree...found it really fascinating!
With its sweeping beach, dramatic coastal scenery and fascinating history, Cruden Bay is one of the most picturesque seaside villages on the Aberdeenshire coast. The village sits beside a two-mile stretch of wide sandy beach framed by dunes and rolling coastline, creating a peaceful setting popular with walkers, golfers, beachgoers and your four-legged friends.
Historically linked to nearby Slains Castle, Cruden Bay grew alongside the harbour at Port Erroll, originally developed by the Earls of Erroll in the late 16th century. The harbour remains part of the village’s coastal character today, offering views across the bay and a glimpse into the area’s long fishing heritage.
Towering above the surrounding landscape is St James the Less Church, opened in 1843 and visible for miles along the coast. The area’s history stretches back much further, with the name “Cruden” believed to derive from the Gaelic Croch Dain, meaning “Slaughter of Danes”, linked to a historic battle fought nearby in 1012.
Today, Cruden Bay is best known for its expansive beach, relaxed seaside atmosphere and spectacular coastal walks. The beach itself stretches beneath the dramatic cliffs leading towards Slains Castle, offering one of the most scenic coastal landscapes in the North-east.