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C’est l’arrivée de Mathieu Van Roggen, venu de Hollande, qui a dynamisé vers 1880 les CARRIÈRES DE SPRIMONT. Il les a rendues pleinement performantes par la rationalisation de l’exploitation et la modernisation de l’outil. La grande centrale électrique de 1904, devenue “Musée de la pierre”, en est le remarquable témoin. Par la suite, le groupe Merbes-Sprimont gère les propriétés jusqu’à la reprise en 1984 par la famille Brancaleoni.
Plusieurs sites sont actuellement en exploitation. La réputation de qualité de ces gisements est depuis longtemps établie et
les références de prestige en sont fort nombreuses, depuis la Grand’ Poste de Liège et le pont de Fragnée vers 1900, jusqu’au
nouveau pont haubané du Val-Benoît en 2000.
Importante capacité de production et souplesse de gestion sont les atouts premiers de l’entreprise sprimontoise.
Cette carrière de petit granit consiste en une excavation allongée, partiellement occupée par la 'décharge de classe III du Fond de Correux'. L'activité extractive a encore lieu dans la partie médiane et un grand atelier de taille est installé vers la route. Le secteur occidental, actuellement désaffecté, et les abords supérieurs de la fosse présentent toutefois un intérêt biologique: reproduction du crapaud accoucheur et du lézard des murailles; flanc nord incliné colonisé par une végétation des substrats calcaires (e.a. Catapodium rigidum, Crepis foetida, Teucrium botrys); présence de la fougère Gymnocarpium robertianum.
It was the arrival of Mathieu Van Roggen, from Holland, who revitalised the CARRIÈRES DE SPRIMONT around 1880. He made them fully efficient by rationalising the operation and modernising the tool. The large power station of 1904, which became the “Stone Museum”, is a remarkable example of this. Subsequently, the Merbes-Sprimont group managed the properties until the Brancaleoni family took them over in 1984.
Several sites are currently in operation. The reputation for quality of these deposits has long been established and
their prestigious references are numerous, from the Grand’ Poste in Liège and the Fragnée bridge around 1900, to the
new cable-stayed bridge at Val-Benoît in 2000.
Significant production capacity and management flexibility are the primary assets of the Sprimont company.
This small granite quarry consists of an elongated excavation, partially occupied by the 'class III dump of Fond de Correux'. Extractive activity still takes place in the middle part and a large cutting workshop is installed towards the road. The western sector, currently disused, and the upper edges of the pit are nevertheless of biological interest: reproduction of the midwife toad and the wall lizard; inclined northern flank colonized by vegetation of calcareous substrates (e.g. Catapodium rigidum, Crepis foetida, Teucrium botrys); presence of the fern Gymnocarpium robertianum.
Tern's turning are difficult to capture. It really is a matter of luck as it happens so quickly. Once they have dived for a fish, they shake the water off. It takes about 3 seconds before the shake.
Notice how his head is turned 180° and his tail is turned 90°.
This shot is special to me because the Tern is faced toward me and the background is vegetation and the beach, not just sky or water. Today was a good day for photographing birds.
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteri
Member of the Nature’s Spirit
Good Stewards of Nature
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Livestock mobility, flexible use of rangelands, and diverse herds were key elements of traditional nomadic pastoral practices throughout the world and contributed to the high ecological stability of pastoral systems.
Nomads are still found today on the Tibetan Plateau and Himalaya. Known in the Tibetan language as drokpa, translating as “high-pasture people,” there are an estimated two million Tibetan-speaking nomads spread over a vast area. Throughout the Tibetan areas of what is now the People’s Republic of China and in the northern parts of Bhutan, India and Nepal, nomads are an important element in the economy and society wherever they are found, but their way of life is disappearing.
Read more: maptia.com/danielmiller/stories/nomads-of-the-tibetan-pla...
"Aging gracefully means being flexible, being open, allowing change, enjoying change and loving yourself." - Wendy Whelan
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"Take my picture,” she said. “I’m going to do something.”
And this - quite unexpectedly - is what she did.
This is the top of Emmie's drinking cup. It is upside down and the flexible, rubber straw normally hangs straight down. It allows her to sip without spilling - HCT!
Flexible screens offer users some privacy for group meetings or other activities. The frosted 'glass' allows colour and light through and does not block views through the space. Additional seating can be used as funky pouffes can be gathered together for meetings in the open.
She knows that an inauguration of a Gallery should not be bored. Besides, she also knows the flexibility is indispensable if you have relations with egocentric artists. She is the best for a Gallery, flexible and amusing, without will of prominence.
Passengers scramble on and off flex unit, 769002 as it stands at Llanishen Station. 2D54 15:33 Penarth to Bargoed
One of my favorite plants or trees. In Chinese painting, this element is often seen in it.
"In summary, bamboo is a symbol of strength, flexibility, and health. Its strength teaches us to stand upright and its flexibility teaches us to adapt to the harshest circumstances."
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This is an internal view of a flexible aluminum dryer duct.
Strobist/technical info:
The duct has a diameter of 4" and was curved at a 90-degree angle. One Nikon SB900 speedlight with snoot was fired in Manual mode @ 1⁄4 power and at a distance of 14" into the opposit end of the duct.
The SB900 was triggered by two PocketWizard PlusX's.
Lens: Tokina AT-X Pro Macro 100 F1:2.8 D.