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046c 2011 07 03 file
from the archives - spotted a crop opportunity within the original vertical view......
Black-footed Albatross has a Conservation Status under the IUCN of Near Threatened www.iucnredlist.org/species/22698350/181896323
This Black-footed Albatross takes off from close to our boat during a pelagic birding trip off Tofino on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Sighting several of these majestic birds at a feeding opportunity near a large Canada Coast Guard vessel doing fisheries research was one of few highlights on our outing. When booking, I visualized a wonderful calm, sunny day with excellent photo potential — the reality unfortunately turned out to be an overcast day with rough conditions and relatively sparse sightings. The worst part was returning to shore since the wind picked up and had us bouncing roughly along for some two hours, vainly trying to stay dry even while wearing survival flotation suits. (We were aboard a small open whaler-style craft…)
Galleggiando sul Mar Morto, dove l'acqua molto salata alza in modo particolare la linea di galleggiamento.
Un bell'esempio di come si sta a galla lo si vede qui: flic.kr/p/9qDBD8
LR Enfuse on a 3 image stack. Used a -2.3 and +1.6 to get shadows with lots of detail. This area was the final stage of the milling process- known as the wash floor - machine shaken flotation tables here recovered the copper. Copper sand came in from the holes in the floor above. Waste sand was flushed away down a "launder" to the lake.
1. Prohibido / Forbiden, 2. La puerta del terror / The creepy door, 3. El campito de los toritos / The land of young bulls, 4. El mortero y la cantara / The mortar and the pitcher, 5. La ventana, la cesta y la planta / The window, the basket and the plant, 6. La marmita / The pot, 7. El cantaro y la aceitera / The pitcher and the oil tin, 8. El alambique / The alembic,
9. La tabla de lavar / The"washer" board, 10. ¿Gustais? :-p / Help yourself :-p, 11. Una luz en la noche / Light in the night, 12. Perdon por existir / Forgive me for living, 13. STOP !!!!!!!, 14. Hazte el sueco y no te pediran ... / Look the other side and you won't have to share, 15. Buen provecho ? / Bon appétit ?, 16. Colegas / Friends,
17. Mira, bonita, eso lo diras tu ..... / That's your opinion, not mine ..., 18. Floripondio colgado / Hanging flower pot, 19. Un alto en el camino, 20. Farolillo / Lamp, 21. La hora bruja / The magic hour, 22. Bandera / Flag, 23. La alargada sombra de la buganvilla / The long shadow of the bougainvillea, 24. La foca feliz,
25. Radical a buen recaudo, 26. Delicia veraniega / Summer delight, 27. "La" Selene / Full moon, 28. x2, 29. 2CV, 30. El colmo de la globalización ....., 31. Linea de flotación / Flotation line, 32. Vivan los novios! / Do I look smart enough?,
33. Los matojos de Carmelo / Carmelo's bushes, 34. Splash!! y al primer albor .... / and under the first rays ..., 35. Al romper el dia / Morning has broken, 36. Esto es to, esto es to, esto es todo amigos!! / That's all folks!!, 37. La penultima / Last but not least, 38. Hoy toca flores! / Today it's flowers time!, 39. Mira que es facil complicarse la vida .... / Complicated life ......, 40. Aunque tu no te des cuenta, te estoy mirando / Eventhough you are not aware, I'm looking at you,
41. La cocina / The kitchen, 42. Del azul al amarillo / From blue to yellow, 43. Triste y sola, pero aun verde / Sad and alone, but still green, 44. La fuente de la vida / The fountain of life, 45. Sal al balcon y echa un jamón ....., 46. Mas de lo mismo, 47. Pipas / Seeds, 48. Los monumentos tambien trasnochan,
49. La Milagrosa de Antonio / Gay Pride Parade, 50. Aires de antaño / Yesterday's air, 51. Estrellitas / Little stars, 52. Discrecion / Discretion, 53. La rua principal (Main street ), 54. Floripondio pseudopecera / Flowers like in a fishbowl, 55. El merecido reposo de los ciclistas ... (AKA Esta casa es una ruina / This house is a ruin), 56. Esta es madriguera con 3 añitos / This is me when I was 3 years old,
57. Arbolito andalú (Green tree), 58. La glorieta / The square, 59. Camino de la era / Way to the threshing floor, 60. Campos de Madriguera, 61. Arreglao pero informá / Dandy, 62. El caballito /The little horse, 63. Puerta cerrada (Closed door), 64. Hiedra (Ivy),
65. Pezuños moteados (Spotted paws), 66. La vaca que rie (The smiling cow), 67. Fantasia floral / Floral fantasy, 68. Fragmentos (Fragments), 69. Planeta azul (Blue planet), 70. Noche de ronda, 71. Passsssssssa la vidaaaaaaaa, 72. Le tomo el pelo como un chino / Il fait des chinoiseries / Do you mind?
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No improvement on the situation of this poor boat Sonda , its just taking in more tidal sediment and sinking further into the muddy bottom of the creek . Flotation attached at the stern has done little other than level the boat out . This image was taken at low tide and when at high the whole vessel becomes submerged . It appears theres no money to raise this boat from what is becoming its watery grave .
Cabbage Tree Creek
Shorncliffe
Brisbane
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A shot out of the blue
can but a dream imbue
what you consider still inconsiderate
stares you right from the subtemperate
shallows of your own mind flow
seen best only in dreams aglow
your choice is subconscious stimulation
that drop in emotional oceans' contemplation
is yours for keeps until the day
you choose to finally lay sway
relieving pain of it's burden of guilt
give health a hand and it may applaud wellbeing right to the hilt
for the flotation of optimism upon rippling thoughts
are unsinkable within the element of all life's afterthoughts
take nothing for granted and grant it will
the magic of stillness from a splash of watery skill...
...is nature's own good hand in eternal progress
succursal unto one another in equal measure we all possess
the strength of a drop in the subtle lake
the haptic moment of give and take
now can we?
associate our hearts to the highest degree
one to another we breathe life into each other
born of life to give life we can revere non other
by anglia24
11h10: 03/04/2008
©2008anglia24
l© All Rights Reserved Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission
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hyde street pier
san francisco, california
空と切れ目のない海の色、それにぽっかり浮かぶ姿がすごく印象に残っているシヨン城。
行く前から撮りたくて仕方なかった場所。
行って案内をしてもらって、牢獄として使われていたと知った。
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Zenza Bronica S2 / Nikkor-P 75mmF2.8 / Portra160
2012.06.07 In Montreux モントルーにて
Guillaume Daniel (G.D.) Delprat, after whom this shaft was named, was a Dutch-Australian metallurgist and mining engineer. An astute businessman, Delprat was Broken Hill Proprietry Limited’s ( BHP) General Manager from 1899 to 1921. He played an important part in the perfecting of a technique that came to be known as the (C.V.) Potter-Delprat flotation process; it revolutionized sulphide ore treatment and brought enormous profits from the metal content of millions of tons (tonnes) of formerly useless tailings.and a developer of the flotation process, which entails separating valuable minerals from gangue (mined rock that is not ore) with water.
The Delprat shaft was sunk in 1900. In 1952, the original wooden headframe was replaced by the present steel structure, and an electric winder replaced a steam engine. The early steam engines used to power mining machinery in the early twentieth century were powered by boilers fuelled by local firewood. Timber was also cut for use in buildings and headframes.
The shaft was closed to mining by the time MMM (Mining for Metal and Minerals) ceased operations in August 1976. It became a tourist mine in 1977, and its closure in 2007 was due to nearby remnant mining operations by CBH Resources.
Source: Visit Broken Hill (www.visitbrokenhill.com/Trails/Silver-Trail/11.-Delprat-S...)
This is not real ! The water and reflection are just Photoshop ! I don't intend to deceive, which is why the picture is tagged as "Photoshop". It's very convincing though :)
Young boy was helping his father to land Cabalito de Totora. I later noticed that they put PET bottles inside the boat to increase flotation.
This stylish hotel spa has a heated pool, Dead Sea saltwater pool, Jacuzzi, steam room and sauna. Treatments include massages (55 minutes), body wraps, salt scrubs, phytomer and mud facials, dry flotation and hydrobaths. An Arabic loofah experience (75 minutes) has to be tried to be believed – expect your skin to glow by the end.
Riverside Show & Go, 2009.
The Crofton Line:
"When Powell Crosley sold out his automotive interests in 1952 to Aerojet General, it was not the end of the line for the Crosley-designed vehicles.
Between 1959 and 1962, a version of the unique Crosley Farm-O-Road was produced by Crofton Marine Engine Co. as the Crofton Bug for several years.
The Farm-O-Road appeared as part of the Crosley line in 1950. This miniature Jeep was in keeping with Crosley's philosophy of offering minimum cost vehicles. With a wheelbase of only 63 inches and an overall length of 91.5 inches, it made a VW Beetle look huge. Crosley aimed the 1,000-pound vehicle at the small farmer, who could not afford both a car and a tractor. Crosley even offered accessories like plows, cultivators and harrows.
After lying dormant for several years, W.B. Crofton, a successful GMC and Detroit Diesel products dealer saw a potential market for a small utility vehicle. He started producing a slightly modified version of the Farm-O-Road in San Diego, California called it, appropriately, the Crofton Bug.
The minor modifications made to the Crosley design included an overall length increase to 105 inches for more load carrying capacity. Even though the Bug had a shipping weight of only 1,100 pounds, it was rated for a full half-ton payload capacity. While the early model retained the nearly horizontal steering wheel of the Farm-O-Road, it was changed to a more vertical attitude during the production run. Like wise, the Farm-O-Road's grille treatment of three large vertical oval openings was later changed to three columns. The center-mounted instrument panel was revised and presented less information than the one used on the Crosley version. For example, an electric fuel gauge was an option. The standard model came with very uncomfortable looking lowback seats, but for $20 more you could get a pair of deluxe high back seats.
Power came from the venerable Crosley four-cylinder overhead cam engine. For the Bug, the rated horsepower was now 35 at 5200 r.p.m. up about 10 horses from the Crosley days. The displacement was still 44 c.i.d. Unlike the Crosleys that used a crash box to the bitter end, the Crofton had a three speed synchromesh unit. For $100.00 to $200.00 more, depending on the year, you could order a six speed compound transmission. The later Crofton catalogs also listed an optional 45 h.p. 53 c.i.d. unit for about $300.00 more.
Crofton offered a rather unique warranty for the power plant. The engine, transmission and clutch would be completely overhauled at the factory for $12.50 for each month of ownership starting with the date it was delivered to the dealer. For example, overhaul of a year-old engine would run a mere $75.00. After one year, the cost was a flat $150.00.
Initially the Crofton came in only one color, high-visibility yellow. However, because of customer demands, other colors like red, black, blue, green, gray, orange, tan, aqua, white and gold were offered for $20.00 more. The option list for the Croftons was rather extensive. It included such utility items as a tow bar, snowplow, trailer hitch, pintle hook, dual rear wheels, and a variety of different tires, towing eye power take-off unity, Powr-Lok differential and electric winch.
If you wanted an upgrade version of the Bug, you order the "Brawny" Kit. With it you got the standard Bug plus the six-speed transmission, Powr-Lok differential, full crash pan, and 9.00 x 10 inch high flotation or 7.5 x10 inch cleated tires. In 1961, the Brawny Bug cost $1,800.00.
While the Farm-O-Road had been aimed at the small farm market, Crofton went after the commercial user and sportsman. Advertisements show the Bug in use around golf courses, city parks and at airports. It was also a handy delivery vehicle in town or within large factories or warehouses. The Bug was also touted for use by postmen, parking meter coin collectors and utility meter readers. Crofton ads also expounded on how the Bug, especially the Brawny, was just the thing for campers and hunters, and at a 1,100 pounds was perfect to carry on your yacht for those trips onshore.
Crofton also produced a much more industrial type unit, the Tug, based on Bug components. The Tug was essentially a platform on wheels with a drivers seat and steering wheel located at the very front behind a vertical front panel and windshield. The engine was located under a cover next to the driver. While still retaining the 63-inch wheelbase, it was 124 inches long and could carry a payload of 1,500 pounds.
While most sources indicate that the Bug was discontinued after 1961 or 1962, Crofton catalogs as late as 1963 still show the Bug. These were probably leftover models. Somewhere between 200 and 250 Bugs were made.
CROFTON BUG SPECIFICATIONS
Wheelbase 63 inches
Overall length 105 inches
Width 48 inches
Height 59 inches
Tread F/T 40 inches
Weight 1,000 pounds springs Semi-elliptical leaf type
Rear axle 5.38:1
Transmission three-speed synchromesh
Clutch 6.5-inch single plate
Brakes four-wheel hydraulic, drum
Tires (standard) 5.30x12
Electrical six-volt
Fuel capacity 8 gallons
ENGINE
Type Four-cylinder, water cooled, five main bearing, OHC
Bore and Stroke 2.5x2.25
Displacement 44 c.i.d.
Compression 9.9:1 ratio
Horsepower 35 at 5200 r.p.m..
Maximum torque 40 ft./lbs. at 3700 r.p.m."
It was dark, but hand-holding the 645 is nothing at all. I must have shot at a slower shutter speed, as there is some movement among some of the wheat. The wind was pretty gusty, and I likely waited for a more steady but heavy force.
I like a little bit of movement in my photos - even the smaller medium format shots.
Someone said that the 6x4.5 format is pointless - why not just shoot 35mm? I think this is a good reason why. The Mamiya 645 is a wonderful camera, and it's one that has no 35mm equivalent. There's nothing like the 645.
I use the waist-level finder (something that *is* available on some 35mm cameras, but is more often not) and use its bulk to steady itself. The size of the frame is around three times the area as 35mm, so that alone should really tell you that they're just not the same.
But I'm not here to sell you on it. I could not possibly care less about what you shoot (hell, I barely care about what *I* shoot). That said, this is the smallest format I use now, and I find it vastly different from 35mm.
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'Flotation'
Camera: Mamiya m645j
Lens: Mamiya-Sekor 2.8/45mm
Film: Ilford Pan F+; x-04/2006
Process: WD2D+; 7min
Whitman County, Washington
June 2020
The Water Hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes, is in the family Pontederiaceae, which includes other aquatic plants such as Pickerelweed and the Mud Plantains. It is native to Brazil. Unlike Pickerelweeds, which root themselves in the mud at the shoreline, Water Hyacinth is free-floating, consisting of wide rosettes of thick round or fan-shaped leaves, each leafstalk with a bulbous swelling near the base that provides flotation. The feathery roots dangle into the water, and the violet-blue flowers bloom on stalks that can extend as much as three feet above the plant. Water Hyacinth is the fastest-reproducing plant that has ever been measured--in addition to seeds, the plant can reproduce asexually by sending out horizontal runners called "stolons" which produce daughter plants. A single plant is capable of producing as many as 600 offspring within four months. A patch of Water Hyacinth can easily double its size in less than two weeks, and form thick dense mats in which most of the individual plants are linked to each other through stolons.
Because of its free-floating lifestyle and its attractive foliage and flowers, Water Hyacinth has long been popular for use as an ornamental plant in water gardens, fish ponds and aquariums, and has been widely exported around the world (many Internet aquarium shops sell it). As a result, it is one of the most common invasive plants on earth, and has now been established in over 50 countries in Africa, Asia and Australia. In the US, Water Hyacinth has become introduced throughout the Southeast, from North Carolina to Texas, and also in southern California and Hawaii. The plants have also been found in the wild in New York, Tennessee, Kentucky, Washington, Missouri, Arkansas and Oregon, but because the tropical Water Hyacinth cannot tolerate cold temperatures, they cannot survive the winter in these northern areas.
Once it becomes established, the plant can quickly cover an entire body of water, from shore to shore. The dense mats block out sunlight, killing off most of the native aquatic plants. They also reduce oxygen levels in the water, which can kill fish and other aquatic life. One acre of Water Hyacinth plants can weigh over 200 tons, enough to interfere with boats, making many rivers un-navigable, and to choke off water flow, turning the water stagnant. It also deposits about 500 tons of dead and rotted plant material on the bottom each year, leading to ponds and waterways being filled in.
It is believed that Water Hyacinth first entered Florida in 1884, by way of New Orleans. In 1884, at the New Orleans World Fair, a pavilion from Japan was giving out free Water Hyacinths as ornamental water plants (why the Japanese were giving out a plant from Brazil is a question that can no longer be answered.) One of the visitors to the World's Fair was Mrs WF Fuller from Florida, who took the lovely little plant with her back to Palatka, on the St John's River, and put it in her outdoors fish pond. When a sheet of Water Hyacinth covered her pond, she thinned it out, tossing some extra plants around her boat dock on the St John's River. By 1896, the plant covered more than 200 miles of river. When cattle rancher Eli Morgan saw how quickly the plant grew, he in turn decided it would make a good food source for his cattle, and transferred some Water Hyacinths to his ranch on the Kissimmee River. As it turned out, Water Hyacinths aren't very nutritious and the cattle didn't like them anyway. But the plants soon spread along the Kissimmee River, reaching Lake Okeechobee and fanning out across southern Florida. By the 1960's, Water Hyacinth mats covered some 120,000 acres of ponds and rivers all over Florida.
The state launched a multi-million dollar campaign to eradicate the invader. The plant was made illegal to import, keep, or release. Waterborne machines were developed to grind the mats into pulp, and large amounts of plant poisons were sprayed onto them. In some areas, two species of Hyacinth Weevils, insects from Brazil that kill the plants, were released as a form of biological control. Although reduced by over 98%, however, the plant defied all efforts to eradicate it. Today, Florida uses a constant program of "maintenance control" to keep the invasive plant at a tolerable level.
I found these growing and blooming in Lake Kissimmee, in Polk County, Florida.
Guillaume Daniel (G.D.) Delprat, after whom this shaft was named, was a Dutch-Australian metallurgist and mining engineer. An astute businessman, Delprat was Broken Hill Proprietry Limited’s ( BHP) General Manager from 1899 to 1921. He played an important part in the perfecting of a technique that came to be known as the (C.V.) Potter-Delprat flotation process; it revolutionized sulphide ore treatment and brought enormous profits from the metal content of millions of tons (tonnes) of formerly useless tailings.and a developer of the flotation process, which entails separating valuable minerals from gangue (mined rock that is not ore) with water.
The Delprat shaft was sunk in 1900. In 1952, the original wooden headframe was replaced by the present steel structure, and an electric winder replaced a steam engine. The early steam engines used to power mining machinery in the early twentieth century were powered by boilers fuelled by local firewood. Timber was also cut for use in buildings and headframes.
The shaft was closed to mining by the time MMM (Mining for Metal and Minerals) ceased operations in August 1976. It became a tourist mine in 1977, and its closure in 2007 was due to nearby remnant mining operations by CBH Resources.
Source: Visit Broken Hill (www.visitbrokenhill.com/Trails/Silver-Trail/11.-Delprat-S...)
In orbit above the semi-desert grasslands in Kazakhstan, an astronaut aboard the International Space Station spotted one of the few features that stand out. Lake Tengiz is the only large lake (1590 square kilometers, 615 square miles) in northern Kazakhstan. Through white wisps of cloud, the crew member photographed the 50 kilometer-long eastern shore of the lake, with its thin, winding islands and white beaches.
The islands and intervening waterways make a rich habitat for birds in this part of Asia. At least 318 species of birds have been identified at the lake; 22 of them are endangered. It is the northernmost habitat of the pink flamingo. The lake system is Kazakhstan’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site, and it has been declared a RAMSAR wetland site of international importance.
Part of the richness of area is its complex hydrology. Fresh water enters the system via the Kulanutpes River, so there are small lakes (lower right) full of fresh water. But in this closed basin, the water in the main lake (top) slowly evaporates, becoming salty. Winds stir up bigger waves on the main lake, dispersing sediment and salt and making the water a cloudier and lighter blue-green. (Another astronaut photograph shows the entire lake system, while this story provides more information.)
The strange shape of the islands is not easy to interpret. They may be drowned remnants of delta distributaries of the Kulanutpes River. Westerly winds probably have had a smoothing effect on the shorelines, especially in a shallow lake like Tengiz, which is only about 6 meters (20 feet) deep.
The lake has an exciting history for people who follow space exploration. In 1976, a Soyuz spacecraft landed in the lake near the north shore (top right). The capsule crashed through the ice and sank during an October snowstorm when temperatures were -22°C (-8°F). Because of low power, the capsule was unheated and the crew was feared lost. It was many hours before the airtight capsule was located and divers could attach flotation tanks to get the capsule to the surface. It was then dragged ashore across the ice by helicopter. The rescue effort took nine hours before the crew was able to safely exit the capsule.
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A family heading out to do a little fishing on a lake in Jasper. The heavy smoke from forest fires did not deter them in their quest for fish.
On the Jordanian side, nine international franchises have opened seaside resort hotels near the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Center, along with resort apartments, on the eastern shore of the Dead Sea. The 9 hotels have boosted the Jordanian side's capacity to 2,800 rooms.
This stylish hotel spa has a heated pool, Dead Sea saltwater pool, Jacuzzi, steam room and sauna. Treatments include massages (55 minutes), body wraps, salt scrubs, phytomer and mud facials, dry flotation and hydrobaths. An Arabic loofah experience (75 minutes) has to be tried to be believed – expect your skin to glow by the end.
Landing on the glacier, you could hear the roar of a river and waterfall. We ventured over the ice and there was the most amazing sight...a waterfall into the glacier! It was the best water I have ever tasted and the purest blues I've ever seen!
BTS: If you know me, you know I get very motion sick--small aircraft and boats, oh, and merry-go-rounds, elevators, and cars...okay, pretty much anything that moves--but never throw up on helicopters, because we usually have the doors off and the fresh air helps me keep the sickness barely under control. This day we didn't, but I had my parka on with a flotation vest since we were flying over water. I got SUPER overheated and 'daintily' barfed into a bag just seconds before landing. Our pilot friend joked that I still caught the landing on video. PRIORITIES, PEOPLE. ;)
We wear strap-on spikes to prevent sliding on the ice. I must say, I was VERY cautious around this waterfall.
For a flotation device, this boat has a lot of holes in it, but the lifeguards on Juno Beach must have some use for it. It sits right at the base of one of the lifeguard towers on the beach.
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Rusty tank interior with rivets.
Rostiger Tank von innen mit Nieten. Der Tank wurde zur Metallgewinnung im Flotationsverfahren genutzt. Ein Wasser/Gesteinsmehlgemisch wurde gerührt und belüftet. Heute kann man das Innere betreten im Museum des Bergwerks Rammelsburg bei Goslar im Harz.
Gratuitous use of F/1.2 bokeh on this flotation device at Lake Meriwether near Woodbury, Georgia. ;)
The Dornier Do X flying boat preparing for departure on lake Zürich in November 1932. My restoration and colorization of the original image in the Swiss ETH Library.
"The Dornier Do X was the largest, heaviest, and most powerful flying boat in the world when it was produced by the Dornier company of Germany in 1929. First conceived by Claude Dornier in 1924, planning started in late 1925 and after over 240,000 work-hours it was completed in June 1929." --
"The Do X was a semi-cantilever monoplane. The Do X had an all-duralumin hull, with wings composed of a steel-reinforced duralumin framework covered in heavy linen fabric, covered with aluminium paint.It was initially powered by twelve 391 kW (524 hp) Siemens-built Bristol Jupiter radial engines in tandem push-pull configuration mountings, with six tractor propellers and six pushers mounted on six strut-mounted nacelles above the wing. The nacelles were joined by an auxiliary wing to stabilise the mountings. The air-cooled Jupiter engines were prone to overheating and could barely lift the Do X to an altitude of 425 m (1,394 ft). The engines were managed by a flight engineer, who controlled the 12 throttles and monitored the 12 sets of gauges. The pilot would relay a request to the engineer to adjust the power setting, in a manner similar to the system used on maritime vessels, using an engine order telegraph. Many aspects of the aircraft echoed nautical arrangements of the time, including the flight deck, which bore a strong resemblance to the bridge of a vessel. After completing 103 flights in 1930, the Do X was refitted with 455 kW (610 hp) Curtiss V-1570 "Conqueror" water-cooled V-12 engines. Only then was it able to reach the altitude of 500 m (1,600 ft) necessary to cross the Atlantic. Dornier designed the flying boat to carry 66 passengers on long-distance flights or 100 passengers on short flights.The luxurious passenger accommodation approached the standards of transatlantic liners. There were three decks. On the main deck was a smoking room with its own wet bar, a dining salon, and seating for the 66 passengers which could also be converted to sleeping berths for night flights. Aft of the passenger spaces was an all-electric galley, lavatories, and cargo hold. The cockpit, navigational office, engine control and radio rooms were on the upper deck. The lower deck held fuel tanks and nine watertight compartments, only seven of which were needed to provide full flotation. Similar to the later Boeing 314, the Do X lacked conventional wing floats, instead using fuselage mounted "stub wings" to stabilise the craft in the water, which also doubled as embarkation platforms for passengers.
Three Do Xs were constructed in total. The original operated by Dornier, and two other machines based on orders from Italy. The X2, named Umberto Maddalena (registered I-REDI), and X3, named Alessandro Guidoni (registered I-ABBN). The Italian variants were slightly larger and used a different power plant and engine mounts. Dornier claimed the X2 was the largest aircraft in the world at that time. Each was powered by Fiat A-22R V12 water-cooled engines, with the six engine mounts being covered by a streamlined fairing.A proposed improved version of the Do X designated the Dornier Do 20, in which the pylon-mounted engines were to be replaced by four pairs of 1000 h.p. diesel engines in nacelles fared into the wing's leading edge and driving four propellers, was promoted in 1936, but never advanced beyond a design study."
(Wikipedia)
My knees were not too happy with me while taking this, jumping off of a log about 20 times the day after running a marathon is not so nice on the muscles :)
To my surprise, I ended up lightening the sky. And that looks more natural than the original.
One of the old waterproof compacts - probably the Nikon, maybe the later Konica.
Topee inspired by brødrene Dal.