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A common loon lunges forward in his territorial display to ward off interlopers. In this case, the interloper was me. I am hypersensitive to disturbing my subjects so this was a surprise to me. I was well over 100 yards away from this family, in a very large lake, when the male came over and began rushing through the water and calling, presumably to distract me or send me away. I was taken completely by surprise and so stunned I couldn't help but stare in awe, and capture this intriguing display, if only for a very short time. After which I did begin my retreat. It wasn't until a few minutes later, as I pedaled toward home, that his mate and their young swam very close through my field of view. I assume the male had been clearing the way. I learned on this amazing morning, just how territorial loons can be. Seriously, this lake is 100s of acres in size. I was not in their way by any stretch. If you are interested in more, I created a short video featuring this family and calls that I recorded during those magical days in Wisconsin's north woods. See Vimeo link vimeo.com/357976777
Fun and games at Green Lane, The Wirral as a Merseyrail class 508 EMU enters the station from the underground section.
I was drawn to the repetitive arrowhead of the footbridge and approaching EMU. A change of pace, and probably limited appeal, but I figured it was worth waiting for a couple of trains to get what I was after.
8th July 2016
Looking forward to meet the Danish West Coast at the end of April to enjoy a great time. Blavand, Jylland, Denmark
Turnstone - Arenaria Interpres
Oban Bay - Scotland
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If we don't step forward, we'll always be in the same place.
Is FAST FORWARD an option? I just want to be on the other side.
[WitchCraft] Hellheim Tattoo - for ENCHANTMENT - BoM Feb 13th LM: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nymphai/199/26/3107
Way back in the day, diesels were first starting to take over, and the "Long Hood Forward" operation was used by almost every railroad at the time. This operation is when the long hood of the locomotive is the front rather than the short hood, and was used as both a safety consideration and because it was similar to how most steam locomotives were built. However, due to the lack of visibility, most railroads switched to short hood running by the time the second generation diesels were being built. A few railroads did continue to regularly use long hood as the main way of running, with the most famous examples being the Southern Railway and the Norfolk & Western. In the modern day, you can still see trains running long hood forward, though rare, it does happen under certain circumstances.
When the California Northern Railroad had received a gypsum train from the UP bound for Artois, the train was facing a problem heading south. Though the train originally had three motors when it left for California, with one of the motors facing east, the east facing locomotive was having problems. Specifically, the batteries weren't holding charge, and therefore the unit could not stay powered on. Although this unit was supposed to lead the return trip, it had to be dropped in Roseville so it could get repaired, and a replacement motor would not be picked up. Therefore, the train would arrive on California Northern with only two west facing motors, running on a line with only one fully intact wye. With the wye also being a multiple hour trip from the train's destination, that left turning the units around out of the picture. When it came time for the train to leave Artois, it was decided that the crew would run the 28 miles to Cortena long hood forward and then pick up a new lead motor that was tied down there. The trip would take a bit longer than usual though, as both of the units did not have rear ditch lights, meaning the train would be restricted to 20 mph. After picking up the new locomotive, a 3GS21B (genset), the train would be able to run at both track speed and not long hood forward.
In the photo, the gypsum is on the return trip as it passes by the Cortena siding. The train had only just cleared the north switch not even a minute prior, and would start to slow down as the genset that would be picked up was sitting at the south end of the siding. The train would be stopped for about a half hour before continuing with the new leader. After getting to the UP at Davis, the genset would be taken off and the UP power would be thrown around the wye before tying down for a UP crew to pick it up later that night.
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) Sri Lanka .Family: Ardeidae . Size : 95cm . Conservation status : Least Concern
Air ambulance/rescue captured departing one of several hospitals in Dallas’s medical district from upper floors of Parkland Hospital.
We spoke to a ranger about this hike--from the Dempster Highway to Grizzly Lake, over Glissade Pass to Divide Lake, on to Talus Lake, and then back--before we started. He described the route over Glissade Pass, explaining, "You'll look down and say, 'that can't be possible,' but you just keep going." And that's exactly what we did say, and do, glissading down snowfields and scree. On the way back up the pass, by this point good and tired, we found ourselves sinking deep into the snow and scree, and experiencing the demoralization of actually sliding backwards after great effort. Since this photo is six years old, I won't try to build the suspense; after a lot of effort, we made it back to the tent:) Mrs. Orca making the arduous way from Divide to Grizzly lake over Glissade Pass, Tombstone Territorial Park, Yukon Territory, Canada.
A memorable photo session with my buddy and excellent photographer Nolan Nitschke. I don't remember ever laughing so much during a photo session. So much fun taking in this beautiful late light scene and laughing our asses off. I look forward to many more of these kinda sessions with Nolan.
If you are in the Mammoth Lakes area make sure to stop in his The Sierra Light Gallery - Photography by Nolan Nitschke. Flat out awesome work!
“Life is lived forward,” Kierkegaard wrote, “but can only be understood backward.”
-Why Faith Matters David J. Wolpe
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A marabou stork on Ndutu Lake can't complete for looks with her nearby glamorous flamingo neighbours, but she can still hold her head up and put her best foot forward. These are huge carrion-eating storks wth wingspans up to ~10 ft. Their featherless heads help them to stay cleaner when they are feasting on large corpses. Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania.
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1964 built SKL1 "Friedhelm" (ex DB Klv51) at the DEV depot in Bruchhausen-Vilsen.
Until 1989 it was used by the Deutsche Bundesbahn.
Looking forward to the year ahead.......,to getting out and taking more photo's...............and to all the possibilities............. :)
An archive shot,new stuff when I get out next! lol
All the best to everyone,
Chris.
Looking Forward
I'm looking forward to the future, and feeling grateful for the past.
Mike Rowe
Looking forward to a 2022 of endless new opportunities.
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A burst of rain and hail sweeps across farmland in Nebraska, with a typical flash of lightning. The forward flank is the cold air that rushes down with the rain and hail at the front of a storm.
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