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Mt. Robson (3,954 m = 12,972 ft), is also known as "Cloud Cap Mountain" and by climbers as the "Great White Fright."
With 2,975 m (9,760 ft) elevation gain from the valley floor below it is a difficult challenge for those brave enough to climb it.
One of many remarkable peaks of the Canadian Rockies.
Happy Friday!
A walk along the oceans shore. The late afternoon world is full of colors, mostly shades of red and gold. The ocean is loud,intense and the power is unmistakable. The wildlife hunts and gains power from the sounds and sights. It is entertainment only nature can provide.`125
Matera is a city and a province in the region of Basilicata, in Southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Matera and the capital of Basilicata from 1663 to 1806. The town lies in a small canyon carved out by the Gravina. Matera has gained international fame for its ancient town, the "Sassi di Matera". The Sassi originated in a prehistoric troglodyte settlement, and these dwellings are thought to be among the first ever human settlements in what is now Italy. The Sassi are habitations dug into the calcareous rock itself, which is characteristic of Basilicata and Apulia. Many of them are really little more than caverns, and in some parts of the Sassi a street lies on top of another group of dwellings. The ancient town grew up on one slope of the rocky ravine created by a river that is now a small stream, and this ravine is known locally as "la Gravina". In the 1950s, the government of Italy used force to relocate most of the population of the Sassi to areas of the developing modern city.
Until the late 1980s the Sassi was considered an area of poverty, since its dwellings were, and in most cases still are, uninhabitable. The present local administration, however, has become more tourism-oriented, and it has promoted the regeneration of the Sassi with the aid of the Italian government, UNESCO, and Hollywood. Today there are many thriving businesses, pubs, and hotels there.
Fort Gaines is a historic fort on Dauphin Island, Alabama, United States. It was named for Edmund Pendleton Gaines. Established in 1821, it is best known for its role in the Battle of Mobile Bay during the American Civil War. Wikipedia
Dauphin Island, AL
This double crested cormorant did a few circles of the lake to gain altitude before it finally left the area. Gave me a few passes at it. Didn't nail the focus, but I liked the dynamic pose enough to post it.
One of my attempts at the "Macro Mondays" theme "Book".
While Schopenhauer certainly is among my favorite philosophers, this particular book "Aphorismen zur Lebensweisheit" seemed like a bunch of random thoughs by a highly flawed individual with a significant lack of empathy and other social skills to me at the time I‘ve read it.
Not sure why it gained any popularity... If you want aphorisms, do yourself a favor and read Kafka‘s "Zürauer Aphorismen" - they are so much better.
Shot with an Agfa D-Lab Zoom lens on a Canon EOS R5.
Introduction
Gospel Hymn “Those Who Don’t Accept the Truth Aren’t Fit for Salvation”
I
In hearing truth and word of life,
you may think only one word aligns
out of thousands of these words
with your thoughts and with the Bible, the Bible.
Seek in that 10,000th of words.
God advises humbleness,
to not be over-confident, to not exalt yourself.
Aren’t you unfit for God’s salvation
if you can’t accept truth clearly spoken?
Aren’t you one who lacks the fortune
to return before God at His throne,
to return before God at His throne?
II
Holding such meager reverence for God
will gain you greater light, greater light.
If you vet and ponder these words,
you’ll see if it’s truth, if it’s life, if it’s life.
Don’t blindly condemn God’s words
’cause of false Christs in the last days.
Do not blaspheme Holy Spirit
’cause you fear being led astray.
Aren’t you unfit for God’s salvation
if you can’t accept truth clearly spoken?
Aren’t you one who lacks the fortune
to return before God at His throne,
to return before God at His throne?
III
After much seeking and studying,
if you still think these words are not
the truth, the way, or God’s expressions,
you’ll be punished, your blessing’s lost, lost.
Aren’t you unfit for God’s salvation
if you can’t accept truth clearly spoken?
Aren’t you one who lacks the fortune
to return before God at His throne,
to return before God at His throne?
from Follow the Lamb and Sing New Songs
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Image Source: The Church of Almighty God
The Sun chromosphere - HA Partial disk and prominence 04/22/2022
-Telescope - Lunt LS100MT internal etalon and B1200 blocking filter -HA spectra
-Camera: ASI174MM
-2x Meade Barlow
Stack of 30% of 4000 frames (Exposure=1.1380ms each @ Gain=163)
Capture Area=1936x1216
Software:
-SharpCap Pro (Version=4.0.8667.0)
-AutoStakkert(3.1.4 x64)
-ImPPG(v0.6.4)
-PS5
After gaining this horse's trust, I managed to get in a bit closer for some details.
I really like the composition and eye detail in this shot. No crop here, just up close and personal!
Nikon F3
Nikon 105mm f/2.5
Kodak TMax 400
Developed in Ilfosol 3
The Chesapeake & Indiana takes 26 loads for Thomaston behind their SOUTHERN-inspired repaint Geep, as they smoke it up for the run up the hill out of Union Mills, IN. For what the Geep gained in looks it lacked in tractive effort although it still made for an amusing chase on a perfect winter day. A big thanks to the birds for the word on this guy..
A faschinating little shop by this name, found along George Street, along my driving route to work.
I haven't actually been inside yet, just stopped to shoot its title mural along the side of the building.
The Tide was out this morning at 9.09 and two hours later it was slowly gaining again on the long sandy and Covidempty beach. Here's a view from the so-called Kruisberg Beach at Heemskerk looking north towards well-known Castricum aan Zee. I've been here many times, and my cameras agree with me that no view is the same...
Departs Horsted Keynes northbound, during a Jon Bowers photocharter.
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This primeval scene is beside the Natchez Trace Parkway at mile 122, east of Canton, Mississippi. The National Park Service has provided a nice boardwalk to help the visitor experience this silent and gloomy place. In the lower right a few cypress knees can be seen protruding upward out of the water.
A cypress knee is a distinctive structure forming above the roots of a cypress tree of any of various species of the subfamily Taxodioideae. Their function is unknown, but they are generally seen on trees growing in swamps. Some current hypotheses state that they might help to aerate the tree's roots, create a barrier to catch sediment and reduce erosion, assist in anchoring the tree in the soft and muddy soil, or any combination thereof. (Source: Wikipedia)
Many years ago, the Pearl River flowed here but then changed course. A shallow area was created by the deposition of sediments as the river retreated. During periodic low water, seedlings of water-tolerant cypress and tupelo trees gained a foothold. The trees you see today are a result. Water tupelo and bald cypress trees can live in deep water for long periods. After taking root in the summer when the swamp is nearly dry, the seedlings can stay alive in water deep enough to kill other plants. (Source: www.nps.gov/places/cypress-swamp.htm)
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This might come as a big surprise to all my friends here on flickr but there is a new addition to the family. Please welcome wee Tilly. Ashala has got a new baby sister. Tilly is a 5 and half month old border collie and is a wee rescue dog from The Pound. My sister Gina seen a ad for her on one of her Whatsapp groups that she just joined a month before and a member was asking did anybody want to take on a wee rescue pup. Gina phoned up on the Friday and by the Monday the 29th April we brought wee Tilly home. We named her after our Mother who has recently passed away. Tilly and her two siblings were dumped in the dog pound just weeks ago. They had never been handled and would only come out of their shelter for minutes at a time in The Pound before scurrying back in again. The person on Whatsapp was Tilly's foster Mother for just around a week but she quickly gained Tilly's confidence. Tilly is a remarkable wee pup and has come on leaps and bounds since we brought her home 5 days ago. Took her to a dog class that I was taking Ashala to last night to get her socialized and she was perfect. The trainer said she was very bright. She is a very gentle wee thing and has fitted into our home perfectly. There was a wee bit of jealousy between Ashala and Tilly at the beginning but as each day has gone on the jealousy has decreased. The jealousy was more on Tilly's part she didn't want us patting Ashala and would run over to separate us from stroking her. I think Tilly is going to be one very special wee dog especially with the way she is now and how she has over come most of her fears when she hadn't been socilized for the first 5 months of her life. This pic was taken just after Tilly had her first swim in the sea that is why she has the wet look...lol.
Along the Gem Lake trail above Snow Lake. Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.
Washington State, USA.
May 2026.
Fresh snow in May turned this into a winter scene. I climbed up to Snow Lake via Rock Creek (aka the back door) which added a couple of miles and a decent amount of elevation gain, but this allowed me to avoid the creek crossing up the more popular Snow Lake trail from I90.
The Rose-breasted Grosbeak was not muted in his singing, but the softly coloured bib, the few white feathers in the black Head and the speckled plummage down the sides make me believe this one is a first year male, and on his way to gaining those rich colours of the adult male.
Pinery Provincial Park, Lambton Shores, ON
"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you stop to look fear in the face." — Eleanor Roosevelt
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Region by DaveOSaurus and Damoira
A Shopping Region
An ancient land occupying the space between where light meets shadow, where nightmares can be dreams and dreams can be nightmares.
TS-Optics UNC 10" f/5, ZWO ASI662MC, ZWO ADC, Celestron Barlow X-Cel LX 3x, Baader UV/IR-Cut L CCD filter.
FPS (avg.)=49, Shutter=19.98ms, Gain=470 (78%).
FireCapture, Autostakkert, Registax, AstroSurface, Photoshop.
30000 frames stacked.
1 Corinthians 13
Bible 21
I am nothing without love
4 Love is patient, it is kind, love does not envy, love does not boast or exalt itself; 5 she is not rude, she does not seek her own gain, she is not quick-tempered, she does not count wrongs, 6 she is not malicious, but she rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, always hopes, endures all things.
8 Love never ends.
Object: M31 - Andromeda Galaxy (Sept 2025)
Never say never! I swore I would not do this target again, but I was at a very dark site and needed a wideband image to test out my new portable setup and M31 seemed as good as any!
A large spiral galaxy in our “local group” of galaxies named for the mythological princess Andromeda and located in the Constellation of the same name. The galaxy is estimated to be 2.5 million light years distant and is also estimated to be 220,000 light years across with a halo weighing in at 1.23 trillion solar masses containing over a trillion suns within its boundaries.
Other names: Messier 31, M31, or NGC 224
Other objects in FOV:
-M32 - compact elliptical galaxy that is believed to be the remnant core of a much larger galaxy that M31 stripped of its mass during a past collision.
-M110 – The largest of M31’s satellite galaxies that is currently interacting with it.
-NGC206 – a bright star cluster within M31 that has a radius of 400 lightyears. It contains hundreds of O & B type stars.
Details:
- Acquisition Date: 09/20/2025 to 09/21/2025
- Location: Jenkin’s Beach - Green Lake in Dedham, Maine, USA
- Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM PRO @ -10°C -Gain 100 Offset 50
- Filterwheel: ZWO EFW 7 x 36mm
- Telescope: William Optics RedCat 71 f/4.9(350mm f/l) APO Imaging Astrograph with WIFD
- Focuser ZWO EAF
- Mount: Sky-Watcher - Wave 150i Strainwave Mount
- Guide scope: ZWO OAG-L
- Guide Camera: ZWO - ASI220MM Mini
- Software: NINA, PixInsight 1.9 Lockhart, Aries Astro Pixel Processor, Adobe Photoshop CS5
Filters:
- Antlia Luminance 36mm
- Antlia Red 36mm
- Antlia Green 36mm
- Antlia Blue 36mm
Exposure Times:
- Luminance20 x 5min. (100min) bin 1x1
- Red:17 x 5min. (85min) bin 1x1
- Green:17 x 5min. (85min) bin 1x1
- Blue:20 x 5min. (100min) bin 1x1
Total Exposure/Integration:370min. (6.17hr)
Sky Quality:
SQM- 21.83 mag/arcsec2
Brightness- 0.201 mcd/m2
Artificial bright. -29.8 μcd/m2
Ratio - 0.174
Bortle class 3
Firefighters are gaining the upper hand in controlling the deadly Camp Fire. Smoke continues to pour into Northern California, and conditions have been the worst in the world, particularly in Chico and Sacramento. Air quality improved slightly today in San Francisco, as an onshore flow developed over night. More relief is expected by Tuesday as wind patterns shift, and rain is in the forecast for Wednesday.
My heart aches for the people who have lost family members, friends, homes, communities, and a way of life.
Thanks, as always, for stopping by and for all of your kind comments -- I appreciate them all.
© Melissa Post 2018
The Little Lakes Valley trail at the end of Rock Creek Road is aa great hike for those who want a taste of the high Sierra without having to work to get there. The trail starts at Mosquito Flat, elevation 10,250 ft and continues along a chain of beautiful small lakes, with only moderate elevation gains in between. This is Marsh Lake, the second lake.
I tried some new techniques for processing high contrast images here and am quite pleased with the results. Thank you Michael Frye!
Thanks, as always, for stopping by and for all of your kind comments -- I appreciate them all.
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This image is 2-panel mosaic of NGC 3372 (Eta Carinae nebula), one of the brightest and largest DSOs in the night sky.
The image is the result of a 2-panel mosaic in SHO. Aiming at a 9-panel mosaic to cover the entire nebula...hoping my computer's graphics card can handle it 😅. A total of 14hr integration time so far.
Gear used
HEQ5 Pro, 6in reflector, ASI183MM Pro Cooled(imaging), ASI120MM mini (guiding),Baader Mpcc mkiii coma corrector, ASIAir Pro, Optolong Ha 7nm,Optolong Oiii 6.5nm, Optolong Sii 6.5nm, ZWO EAF, ZWO filter drawer
109 x 420s subs at gain 111, -10°C, bin 2x2
The star at the center (η Car) was once the second brightest star in the night sky after it suddenly exploded in the 19th century...an event known as The Great Eruption.
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Orchhâ (Inde) - L’Inde est connu pour ses lumières fabuleuses qui donnent souvent des scènes merveilleusement colorées. Mais pour en bénéficier, il faut être très matinal ou attendre les derniers rayons de soleil pour capter ces ambiances « chaudes ». Du temps de l’argentique en dehors de ces heures extrêmes, je ne faisais plus de photos. Eventuellement, je m’autorisais quelques films en noir et blanc.
Avec l’avènement de la photo numérique, ces limites techniques - même pour le merveilleux Kodachrome 64 -, ont été repoussées. Les capteurs progressent d’année en année et gagnent en dynamique. Ce qui était impossible pour la diapositive, devient envisageable avec les appareils modernes.
La preuve par l’image. La photo ci-dessus n’aurait pas eu le même rendu avec une diapositive car l’homme était dans la lumière. La logique aurait voulu que le fond soit noir, sans le moindre détail, puisque j’ai mesuré la lumière sur l’homme. Le capteur et la mesure matricielle ont fait une remarquable analyse de la scène en restituant une masse d’informations qu’un film argentique n’aurait pu faire.
The art of striking a pose
Orchhâ (India) - India is known for its fabulous lights which often result in wonderfully colorful scenes. But to benefit from it, you have to be very early in the morning or wait for the last rays of sun to capture these "warm" atmospheres. From the time of the film outside these extreme hours, I no longer took pictures. Eventually, I allowed myself a few black and white films.
With the advent of digital photography, these technical limits encountered - even by the wonderful Kodachrome 64 - have been pushed back. The sensors are improving year by year and gaining momentum. What was impossible on the slide, becomes possible with modern devices.
The proof by the image. The photo above wouldn't have looked the same on a slide because the man was in the light. Logic would have wanted the background to be black, without the slightest detail, since I measured the light on the man. The sensor and the matrix metering made a remarkable analysis of the scene, restoring a mass of information that a silver film could not have done.
To everything
There is a season
And a time for every purpose under heaven
A time to gain
A time to lose
A time to reap
A time to sow
A time to love
A time to hate
A time for peace
I swear, it's not too late...
TURN TURN TURN.
From the book of Ecclesiastics...
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To all members of the Flikcr family who came in to visit my stream and commented on it! Thank you... Happy Earth Day...
Keep smiling...
Sure hope we all soon can comfortably see aerial views like this again! :)
Have a terrific day, everyone...
The railroad passes through the center of the small town of Caliente in Kern County, California. The town received its original, name, Allen’s Camp, from Gabriel Allen, who in the 1870s had a cabin and stock pasture at the site. The Southern Pacific railroad reached the small town in 1875. This railroad terminus became a shipping point for cattle from Walker's Basin and Bear Mountain, as well as, freight bound to and from the mining town of Havilah in the southern Greenhorn Mountains. Upon arrival, the Southern Pacific Railroad established a construction headquarters at Allen’s Camp and renamed the town Caliente. For over 16 months a work force of up to 3,000 mostly Chinese men laid track up and over Tehachapi Pass. It was heavy construction which included the famous Tehachapi Loop constructed by Southern Pacific's civil engineer, William Hood. To keep grades around 2% through the pass, Hood elected construct a loop which would pass over itself as a means of gaining elevation. Built during a period of time when almost no type of heavy machinery existed except dynamite the loop was built using a large force of laborers. Hood's loop used cut and fill methods to keep the grade at no greater than 2.2%, which, of course, featured a short tunnel and overpass. It ultimately covered about 3/4 of mile gaining an impressive 77-feet in elevation over the short distance. After all these years the loop is still in use, a testament to outstanding engineering.
Pacific white-fronted geese after taking off from the Colusa National Wildlife Refuge on their spring migration to the northern reaches of Alaska and Canada. Currently two populations of white-fronted geese are recognized: the Pacific Population and the Mid-Continent Population. Numbers of Pacific Population white-fronted geese have increased steadily over the last decade.
Thanks, as always, for stopping by and for all of your kind comments -- I appreciate them all.
© Melissa Post 2018
mt. royal is 10,507 feet in elevation. the hike is a 3.5 mile round trip w/ 1047 feet in elevation gain.
Rolling into the nice super elevated curve just south of Gaines, Michigan is Grand Trunk Western train #410 running from Durand to Lang Yd. in Toledo, Ohio. Normally a pair of SD40's this day you found no complaints from me with GP9 4544 leading SD40 5929 - December 18, 1976.
Roaming around Christmas in the Park a few years ago. I think I gained a couple of pounds just getting the shot. Downtown San José, California.
Today I had the opportunity to work in a studio for several hours and photograph still life for the first time. Recently, I finally opened my wallet and bought a 100mm macro lens. I’ve been in agony since last July when I accompanied another photographer to Elizabeth Park in Hartford, CT. when the roses were in full bloom. Borrowing her lens was a HUGE mistake!
Much like my 500F4, I’ve quickly found that the DOF is paper thin and it will take some time making good images. Most of the images I made today had controlled lighting either by myself using a 600EX-RT with a transmitter coupled with a 10 second delay allowing me to position myself for light angle or by actual controlled studio lighting.
Both the lens and the studio environment were completely foreign to me and the majority of the images were unsatisfactory.
Close to the end of the day, as the sun was descending, a series of large paned windows created natural backlighting on this flower. Nothing more than a piece of black poster board was used behind for separation.
This is the second time I’ve successfully used natural backlighting on a subject and been more than satisfied with the soft tones and stunning texture from the illumination.
I have a long humbling road ahead of me with this lens and the many new concepts I will have to learn to gain proficiency but again it’s a satisfying journey learning, observing and the education of photography.
Thank you all for your comments, favors and words of wisdom. Happy Easter my Flickr Friends!