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tucked away on a quiet part of the weaver navigation , just beyond the northwich railway viaduct , and close to the spot where it was built 70 years ago , is this little barge called safe hand
built in 1950 at yarwoods of northwich whose yard once occupied the opposite bank of the canalised section of the river , as a vegetable oils carrier and last used In Liverpool docks , it has been moored at several spots on the weaver navigation in the last year or so , but it's future is not known , will it be converted to a houseboat , or restored, or will it join the select group of rusting old boats languishing on this once busy waterway ?-- some time ago it was offered for sale on the internet at a price of £ 45000 --perhaps someone bought it ?
A solitary deckchair looks out over the sun-drenched English Channel in Worthing, West Sussex, towards the future in energy supply, wind power.
While scanning the sky to chart a billion stars in our Milky Way galaxy, ESA’s Gaia satellite is also sensitive to celestial bodies closer to home, and regularly observes asteroids in our Solar System.
This view shows the orbits of more than 14 000 known asteroids (with the Sun at the centre of the image) based on information from Gaia’s second data release, which was made public in 2018.
The majority of asteroids depicted in this image, shown in bright red and orange hues, are main-belt asteroids, located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter; Trojan asteroids, found around the orbit of Jupiter, are shown in dark red.
In yellow, towards the image centre, are the orbits of several tens of near-Earth asteroids observed by Gaia: these are asteroids that come to within 1.3 astronomical units (AU) to the Sun at the closest approach along their orbit. The Earth circles the Sun at a distance of 1 AU (around 150 million km) so near-Earth asteroids have the potential to come into proximity with our planet.
Most asteroids that Gaia detects are already known, but every now and then, the asteroids seen by ESA's Milky Way surveyor do not match any existing observations. This is the case for the three orbits shown in grey in this view: these are Gaia’s first asteroid discoveries.
The three new asteroids were first spotted by Gaia in December 2018, and later confirmed by follow-up observations performed with the Haute-Provence Observatory in France, which enabled scientists to determine their orbits. Comparing these informations with existing observations indicated the objects had not been detected earlier.
While they are part of the main belt of asteroids, all three move around the Sun on orbits that have a greater tilt (15 degrees or more) with respect to the orbital plane of planets than most main-belt asteroids.
The population of such high-inclination asteroids is not as well studied as those with less tilted orbits, since most surveys tend to focus on the plane where the majority of asteroids reside. But Gaia can readily observe them as it scans the entire sky from its vantage point in space, so it is possible that the satellite will find more such objects in the future and contribute new information to study their properties.
Alongside the extensive processing and analysis of Gaia’s data in preparation for subsequent data releases, preliminary information about Gaia’s asteroid detections are regularly shared via an online alert system so that astronomers across the world can perform follow-up observations. To observe these asteroids, a 1-m or larger telescope is needed.
Once an asteroid detected by Gaia has been identified also in ground-based observations, the scientists in charge of the alert system analyse the data to determine the object’s orbit. In case the ground observations match the orbit based on Gaia’s data, they provide the information to the Minor Planet Center, which is the official worldwide organization collecting observational data for small Solar System bodies like asteroids and comets.
This process may lead to new discoveries, like the three asteroids with orbits depicted in this image, or to improvements in the determination of the orbits of known asteroids, which are sometimes very poorly known. So far, several tens of asteroids detected by Gaia have been observed from the ground in response to the alert system, all of them belonging to the main belt, but it is possible that also near-Earth asteroids will be spotted in the future.
A number of observatories across the world are already involved in these activities, including the Haute-Provence Observatory, Kyiv Comet station, Odessa-Mayaki, Terskol, C2PU at Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur and Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network. The more that join, the more we will learn about asteroids – known and new ones alike.
Acknowledgement: Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC); Gaia Coordinating Unit 4; B. Carry, F. Spoto, P. Tanga (Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, France) & W. Thuillot (IMCCE, Observatoire de Paris, France); Gaia Data Processing Center at CNES, Toulouse, France
Credits: ESA/Gaia/DPAC
The Rietveld Pavilion in the sculpture garden of the the Kröller-Müller Museum in Park Hoge Veluwe with sculptures by Hepworth, Couzijn & De Vries.
The famous Sculpture Garden of the Kröller-Müller Museum in Park Hoge Veluwe is one of the largest in Europe. The magnificent collection of sculptures is exhibited in an innovative way, surrounded by nature. Various artists, from the late 19th century to today, are represented: Auguste Rodin, Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Richard Serra, Mario Merz, Jean Dubuffet and Claes Oldenburg.
The Rietveld Pavilion in the sculpture garden of the museum was restored in 2010. Gerrit Rietveld (1884-1964) designed the pavilion for the display of small sculptures at the Third International Sculpture Exhibition in Arnhem’s Sonsbeek Park in 1955. This ‘Sonsbeek Pavilion’ was intended as a temporary structure, and it was dismantled when the exhibition was over. On the initiative of several Dutch architects, the building found a permanent home in the Kröller-Müller Museum’s sculpture garden, under a new name: the ‘Rietveld Pavilion’. The second Rietveld Pavilion in the sculpture garden of the museum was built in 1965.
From the very outset, the maintenance of the Rietveld Pavilion was a constant source of concern. Every conceivable method was considered and tried, from conservation and restoration to copying and replacing parts of the building, but it eventually became clear that the structure was beyond saving. The 1965 pavilion has been disassembled. In 2010, the museum has rebuild the structure with new materials, while adhering as closely as possible to Gerrit Rietveld’s original design. Wherever possible, parts of the 1965 pavilion that were still in adequate condition have been reused. Construction work began in January and finished in September 2010. The new, third version of the pavilion now stands in the museum’s sculpture garden, preserving Rietveld’s world-famous design for the future. The pavilion is the property of the Government Buildings Agency (GBA) of the State of the Netherlands, which, as its owner, is responsible for its maintenance. The GBA was also overseeing the restoration project on behalf of the Kröller-Müller Museum
The future project turned from auto repair to logging. I would say this truck hasn't moved in a while.
The fog has burned off and the chill of the early September morning is starting to disappear in the warmth of the sun as the Wisconsin and Southern's Monroe Job (L355) trundles through the countryside just east of Orfordville, WI. Most of the cars visible in this photo are empties that will be set out a couple miles ahead at the Farm City Elevator in Orfordville. You have to wonder how much of the corn in this picture might just end up at that very elevator and end up being towed by a future L355 after this falls harvest...
The L355 runs at night during the week, but on Sundays the crew typically runs during the day. I've shot very few trains on the line and so I decided it was worth a trip over to see what I could find. A few times in recent months they've run east in the morning out of Monroe and I was hoping for that today, but they end up running a little later.today, and with only one unit. I managed to get a few different angles and I still consider it worth my time, but I'd love another chance with the train going the right way for the light...
Thank you so much to all the heroes how works so hard to protect this Majestic and In Danger animal from poaching.
Putting themselves in a very dangerous position to make sure that this remarkable creature has future.
Prompt: Person standing on a bridge, looking out at a new city, symbolizing a fresh start --ar 16:9 --p diah5p4 --v 6.1
A police officer from the future takes an illegally modified hoverbike for a joyride.
for Bio-Cup 2017 Round 2 against Leonid An
More photos at Brickshelf as usual.
"Que sera, sera
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see
Que sera, sera"
Some futures are best left unknown. : ))
This is an homage to one of my favourite sci-fi illustrators Peter Elson. Along with artists such as Jim Burns and Chris Foss, he kindled my love of sci-fi and fantasy with amazing visuals of starships, alien worlds and future visions. Sadly no longer with us, I wanted to say 'Cheers Peter, and thank you'.
In the future a new earth-like planet - named Ademis - is discovered. A group of people with different skills is sent to Ademis to live there and examine the pre-conditions for a larger colony to be established.
This is an example module showing the what the habitats look like. My aim is to build further example modules to visualize the various functions of the colony.
A police officer from the future takes an illegally modified hoverbike for a joyride.
for Bio-Cup 2017 Round 2 against Leonid An
More photos at Brickshelf as usual.
This little guy, who hardly could walk was practicing furiously with his father. it was a hell of sight! Meet a future world champ!
An abstract urban future as per my mind here at twelve thirty a.m. and tired at that...
What do you see?
this is the shape of a friend in the future
Built for the preliminary round of Bio-Cup 2020. Theme: FUTURE
I saw this mangrove pod floating in Tarpon Bay. Eventually it will arrive on a shore ora raised mound in low water, grow a root system, and become a mangrove tree. Mangroves are an important part of the ecosystem of the Gulf of Mexico.
The future for Leeds to London East Coast Main Line travel edges closer as the frequency of the Azuma test trains ramps up. According to the latest LNER press release the first Class 800 series Azuma trains will start in passenger service on the London to Leeds route from Wednesday 15 May 2019.
Here 800 102 departs Leeds heading for the IEP depot at Doncaster Carr with the delayed 17:45 5Q33. This test run was running 34 minutes late, due to a 56-minute late arrival on the test run from Kings Cross, looking at RTT the service was held for 53 minutes in Hemsworth loop.
29th March 2019
A still from my machinima, 'Future City' tizzycanucci.com/2017/08/17/mixed-realism/. Filmed at Cica Ghost's 'Future' maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Seth%20Island/209/233/37 and combined with 'The City' from the FDR Presidential Archive on Internet Archive, plus more.
I see his dreams coming true.
IN THE FUTURE is the topic for Tuesday April 12th, 2011
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