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Aira Force is a waterfall in the English Lake District, in the civil parish of Matterdale and the county of Cumbria, The site of the waterfall is owned by the National Trust.
Two Swiss Air Force F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets releasing a different kind of fireworks above an alpine valley during the 2022 Axalp shooting event.
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Scaleber Force waterfall in the Yorkshire Dales, England.
Sanderson Half Plate Camera, Berthiot Olor 300mm lens, Fomapan100 developed in Kodak HC-110
A female stands in water grooming in the middle of a small flock. While the males get a lot more attention, I find the females have a lovely subtle plumage, and the fall reflections on the water framed the scene well.
A larger group spent several weeks on the Lake in the fall, spooked and flushed periodically by Hawks and the occasional Bald Eagle. The species is a frequent fall visitor, and there are occasional northbound migrants in the spring.
A feature of the species that always seems striking to my eye is the short, beautifully coloured bill. It is often described as ‘goose-like’ and it helps them have greater pulling force on the underwater greens that form the core of their diet.
One of several magnificent waterfalls on Paddock Beck which runs toward Askrigg in Wenselydale. Mill Gill Force is just beautiful, cutting its way into a gorge with lush vegetation around it. A lot easier to access than Whitfield Gill Force too.
1927 Mercedes-Benz Model K Wins Best in Show at Greenwich Concours
By Jeff Peek / Hagerty.com
Michael and Joannie Rich were looking for just the right car, and in the end, the right car found them. It proved to be a match made in concours heaven. The Pennsylvania couple’s one-off 1927 Mercedes-Benz Model K was chosen Best in Show at Sunday’s 25th Greenwich Concours d’Elegance, which returned to Roger Sherman Baldwin Park after a two-year hiatus.
“It came to us sort of by chance,” Michael says. “I was approached by somebody in the car world who said they had a neat car that I might be interested in. What really interested me was its Fleetwood body. Obviously, there are many coach builders, but it was from a place that’s only a half-hour down the road from us … a place I’d visited. I mean, the factory is still there. There’s a just a tremendous amount of history out of the Fleetwood factory. That’s what really attracted me to it—plus it’s the only one in existence.”
The car’s original owner, William Sloan of Rochester, New York, saw legendary Hollywood actor Rudolph Valentino’s Fleetwood-bodied Isotta Fraschini Roadster at the 1926 New York Auto Salon and fell in love with it. Except he wanted it on a Mercedes-Benz chassis. The car had been repainted in the decades that followed—Michael described it as “a pretty car with an ugly paint job”—and the Riches wanted to restore it back to how it looked when it rolled out of the Fleetwood factory. They entrusted the job to Steve Babinsky and Automotive Restorations in Lebabon, New Jersey.
“It was fun doing the restoration because we could visit it from time to time. I remember when it was down to a frame,” Joannie says. “We discussed the colors, and when we finally found the original color, we looked at each and said, ‘It’s interesting … not one I would pick.’ We sort of toyed back and forth about what we were going to do, and we decided if we were going to do it, we’d do it as it was.”
That proved to be a great decision. The Greenwich Concours d’Elegance is only its fourth public showing.
“The car world has a belief system, and the belief system is that certain cars are just super important, deserving of celebration and recognition,” says McKeel Hagerty, CEO of Hagerty, which owns the event. “The Mercedes-Benz Model K selected as best in show represents that greatness—one that the judges recognized following significant deliberation.”
The short-wheelbase (130 inches) Model K is powered by a 6.2-liter, switchable supercharged (kompressor) six-cylinder engine. From the right side of the bonnet/hood emerged three metal exhaust pipes merging at the lower edge to a single exhaust. This detail later became a hallmark of Mercedes-Benz supercharged cars.
“It’s a special car,” Joannie says. “I get so much enjoyment out of watching people’s reaction to it. They have so many questions. It’s been a lot of fun.”
Michael thanked his father “for getting me into this mess.”
“It’s a hobby,” Joannie jokingly corrected him.
“A mess, a hobby, organized chaos … I just wish he was here to see this.”
Something tells us he would be smiling.
A narrower field of view focussing on the main fall which has cut its way through the exposed whin sill cliff.
XX310 LMML 26-09-2021 United Kingdom - Royal Air Force (RAF) British Aerospace Hawk T.1A CN 312135145
It was a steamy hot day today. The dark clouds were rolling in over the city. According to the weather app, there was no rain forecast. The Bureau of Meteorology radar said otherwise. It showed a massive storm happening over the bay. I jumped in the car and raced down to Seaford Pier. I was hoping to catch the lightning display due West, directly down the centre of the pier, but the storm had shifted by the time I arrived. It was hard to pick a bad spot to set up for a photo.
I've never taken photos of lightning before, so there was plenty of trial and error while I dialled in my settings. There were many shots of nothing, but I got some spectacular shots like this one. Really happy for my first attempt.
After a walk around the cloud shrouded fells around Wasdale Head, I found myself taking a short break here by Ritson Force. The water levels in the Mosedale Beck were actually a lot lower than I had expected, so the flow of the waterfall wasn't that strong.
It is still a great little spot to take a snack and a rest after the rigours of the fells. The water was a lovely clear green/blue colour and the only company I had was a small lively "Dipper" combing the rocks and shallows looking for its own snack.
There are two sets of waterfalls here, this is the lower one, which is more accessible than the narrower upper falls.
"Force" is local dialect for "falls" and does not refer to the power or flow of the river, hence these are the lower falls on the upper river Tees.
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Continuing with the winter theme (still), and another rare dabble into waterfalls for me, first outing for this image from last year, a tighter crop.
Catrigg Force is found a short distance from the village of Stainforth, just north of Settle, where there is a National Park car park. From the same car park it is also only a short walk to Stainforth Force - another dramatic waterfall.
Two stacked images: one at 0.3s for the waterfall and one at 1/400s to freeze any motion in the foliage.
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Mikoyan Gurivich Mig-29UB N29UB This Jet did serve with the Ukrainian Air Force as Red 64
Photo taken at EAA Airventure Wittman Regional Airport Oshkosh Wisconsin USA July 2022
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The new Star Wars was filmed in Skellig Micheal in Co. Kerry.
(As seen at the end)
My shot was taken in Dingle. Co. Kerrty. Different place but the same atmosphere :-))
"Force" is local dialect for "falls", (derived from the Norse "Foss") and does not reflect the power of the river. These are the lower major falls on the river Tees, 2 miles below High Force. The water really did look this black & oily !
German Air Foirce "Luftwaffe" Tornado ECR "Air Defender" departing from Schleswig Air Force base,Germany.
Kisdon Force consists of two waterfalls, this one and the one in the background..
These photo's are all off an old back up hard drive, none of these photo's have been processed before. At the time of taking I took many shots, trying different settings, I posted some and others have just stayed dormant on my back up hard drive..
Cotter Force is one of the better known waterfalls in the Yorkshire Dales and is found on Cotterdale Beck not far upstream from where it flows into the River Ure in upper Wensleydale.
Cotter Force is actually made up of six separate drops, each drop wider than the one above. This is a view of the lower section from the side.