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Op 19 september kwam de eerste lege cementtrein sinds lang aan te Obourg. Het is te zeggen, de eerste cementtrein ooit bij Holcim-Obourg. Jawel, nog voor ikzelf begon te fotograferen was Europorte al druk in de weer met het rijden van klinkertreinen tussen Obourg en Grand-Couronne (bij Rouen). Mocht u me niet geloven: Het satelietbeeld op GoogleMaps liegt er niet om. Hetgeen ik u kan vertellen is dat deze treinen gereden werden met een G2000, later vervangen door de Euro4000. Nadat in 2014 deze trafiek stilviel was er geen beweging meer te bemerken op het kaaispoor bij Holcim langs het Centrumkanaal tussen Seneffe en Nimy.

 

Daar kwam nog niet zo heel erg lang geleden verandering in. Europorte zou beginnen met cementtreinen te rijden naar Lafarge in Sucy Bonneuil (eigenlijk Bonneuil-sur-Marne, bij Parijs). Deze treinen zouden de donderdag aankomen om de dag erop (vrijdag) en na het weekend (maandag) te worden beladen. Vervolgens vertrekt de trein de dinsdag om de woensdag gelost te worden bij Parijs. In Obourg zelf worden de wagens beladen door om en weer pendelende trucks die de cement van de fabriek naar de laadkaai shuttlen.

 

Op dinsdag 19 november had ik het geluk bij de 2 de poging die dag, om deze trein te kunnen fotograferen bij doorkomst van de halte Ghlin. Met een vriendelijke zwaai terug naar de treinbestuurder, die nog een lange rit voor de boeg heeft!

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I could not resist to take another and simple picture of Lamu Island with the original windlight and water settings (Graphic settings set to high)

 

Photographed on Lamu Island:

ALB DREAM FASHION - AnaLee Balut design - LAMU island gardens, LAMU ISLAND

(Link to the Destination)

 

More of my pictures from Lamu Island (Follow this Link)

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Lamu is an Island in the real world too and you will find some authentic places an objects on the sim:

RL Location Lamu: (GoogleMaps)

 

The sim build lis inspired from the original Town Lamu in Kenia, whitch AnaLee vistit so often and fell in love with.

 

The Old Town of Lamu is an UNESCO World Heritage Site

Look at pictures of real Lamu from other Flickr photographers in my gallery -> follow this link

 

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There are some guided tours of the island

 

Historical Donkey Tour of LAMU TOWN gives you a lot of information about history and life in real Lamu:

Link to the starting point)

 

Camel Tour of LAMU ISLAND

Link to the starting point

 

Ballon Ride to Palace of Lamu Island

Link to the starting point

 

Palace and Hang Gliding

Link to the starting point

 

Make a break at the Meditation Area

Link to the location

  

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The "Somewhere in sl" picture series (or "The Adventures of WuWai in Second Life") is my guide and bookmark folder to wonderful, artful, curious or in other way remarkably sims of second life with travel guide WuWai Chun.

  

More pictures of WuWai's adventures: (Follow this link)

 

To see more www.flickr.com/photos/gnuckx

  

Avola (Siracusa)

 

Àvola (Àvula in siciliano) è un comune a pianta esagonale, di 31.695 abitanti della provincia di Siracusa che si affaccia sulla costa ionica della Sicilia nel Golfo di Noto.

 

Storia antica e medievale

Secondo taluni, l'origine della città si fa risalire alla Hybla maggiore (Hybla major) sita in prossimità della costa sud-orientale della Sicilia. La zona, abitata precedentemente dai Sicani, fu invasa dai Siculi e divenne teatro di lotte per il predominio sulla regione. Il termine «Hybla» non è greco ma preellenico, probabilmente sicano, ed è il nome di una Dea adorata da entrambe le popolazioni (identificata poi con la Afrodite ellenica). I Siculi combatterono gli indigeni e si insediarono definitivamente sul territorio a cavallo fra il XIII e il XII secolo a.C. Dell'epoca dei Siculi sono testimonianza i numerosi reperti, soprattutto vasellame e stoviglie, rinvenuti in alcune tombe in quella che è oggi la Riserva naturale orientata Cavagrande del Cassibile.

 

Successivamente i Greci colonizzarono la zona intorno alla metà dell'VIII secolo a.C. trovando una civiltà già influenzata e raffinatasi a contatto con i Fenici. Durante la Guerra del Peloponneso, il territorio conobbe la dominazione del tiranno Dionisio. Nel III secolo a.C., a seguito della Prima guerra punica, il predominio greco-cartaginese passò ai Romani che costituirono la provincia di Sicilia (227 a.C.), pur lasciando un'ampia autonomia a Siracusa e a tutti i possedimenti di questa città nella parte sudorientale dell'isola, fra cui anche la zona di Hybla Major. La soppressione delle istituzioni statuali siracusane nel corso della seconda guerra punica, vide l'occupazione militare romana di tutta la Sicilia sud orientale attorno alla metà del penultimo decennio del III secolo a.C. (definitiva dopo la caduta di Siracusa nel 212 a.C.)

 

Con la dominazione romana, protrattasi fino al 450 circa, tutto il territorio perse il suo antico splendore. A seguito delle devastazioni e dei saccheggi operati dai Vandali che occuparono l'intera Sicilia attorno alla metà del V secolo, venne cancellato persino il ricordo di Hybla major e la zona si tramutò in una landa semideserta. Tale situazione si protrasse durante la dominazione ostrogota (V-VI secolo) e bizantina (VI-IX secolo). In epoca araba (IX-XI secolo) il territorio si andò progressivamente ripopolando ma un modestissimo borgo, sul luogo di Avola vecchia, nacque con ogni probabilità solo durante la dominazione normanna o sveva (XI-XIII secolo).

 

Storia moderna e contemporanea

In età tardomedievale, sotto gli Aragonesi, si ebbe un certo risveglio demografico ed economico del paese che si intensificò nel corso del XVI e del XVII secolo. Alla vigilia dei grandi sconvolgimenti tellurici del 1693, Avola, ancora abbarbicata sulle colline iblee, che si trovano alle spalle dell'attuale abitato, doveva avere una popolazione non inferiore ai seimila abitanti. Ma in quell'anno, ed esattamente il 9 e l'11 gennaio, un violento terremoto, che distrusse la cittadina e numerosi altri centri urbani della Sicilia orientale (fra cui anche Siracusa e Catania), costrinse la popolazione superstite a spostarsi nella vicina costa, a otto chilometri di distanza, e a rifondare Avola. I lavori di ricostruzione iniziarono negli anni immediatamente successivi al cataclisma per volere del Principe Nicolò Pignatelli d'Aragona che affidò la progettazione del nuovo abitato a padre Angelo Italia, noto architetto siciliano appartenente all'ordine dei Gesuiti. La città fu edificata a pianta centrica e secondo una struttura geometrica e razionale che le conferì quel nobile aspetto che ancor oggi la caratterizza. Nel corso del XVIII e XIX secolo Avola fu abbellita da alcune pregevoli costruzioni civili (Palazzo Ducale, Palazzo di Città, Teatro Comunale ecc.) e religiose (chiese di Sant'Antonio Abate, Sant'Antonio di Padova e la fastosa Chiesa Madre). Nei primi decenni del XX secolo vennero eretti anche alcuni eleganti villini liberty che dettero, e continuano a dare, ulteriore lustro al centro cittadino.

  

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I could sit and look at satellite pictures of the Earth and Google Map all day. I really could. I love seeing the shapes and formations of river estuaries, mountains, volcanic flows, glaciers, cities, roads and islands.

 

The above picture is of Hilbre Island, taken vertically from above the earth. Beautiful, amazing, intricate. This is a small piece of Hilbre Island right by my feet. Doesn't it look like a satellite shot?

 

There's a crater to the upper right, and a sulphurous flow down to the left towards a distant lake glistening in the sunshine.

Frederick Web Promotions Googlemaps "wonder wheel"

 

Looks like a flow chart, it reveals stuff Google has associated with your website.

 

Good for me! Google correctly knows me as a social media consultant!

Unfortunately, I can't even make out my own house. But it is in approximately the center of this photo. I've lived there in Mill Valley on Reed Street for almost 15 years so even if this was photographed 6 years ago, my house is still in there. My point is that I live in an area that is covered with trees and vegitation. This was a shock to my system when I moved from North Beach in SF shortly after the earthquake.

Google Local Business Listings now displays a 7 Pack.

 

The choices provided by Google used to be either 3 Googlemaps listings OR 10 Googlemaps listings.

 

The difference between what Google displays depends on if there is any competitors or not

 

Translation: if your competitors are asleep at the switch, YOU DOMINATE

St. Nicholas church. Brest fortress. Belarus.

 

Свято-Николаевская гарнизонная крепость. Брестская крепость. Беларусь.

 

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Luminance HDR 2.6.0

 

Tonemapping parameters:

Operator: Mantiuk06

Parameters:

Contrast Mapping factor: 0.5

Saturation Factor: 1.2

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He knows when you are sleeping, he knows when you're awake

Selets reservoir, Brest region. Belarus.

 

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Водохранилище Селец, Брестская область. Беларусь.

I took this shot as we were flying over Utah, on the way back to New York from our honeymoon in the Southwest. That's the Green River to the right of center, carving out the Labyrinth Canyon. I'm pointing the camera almost behind me, hence the tilt of the horizon.

 

The Colorado Plateau at this point is at an elevation of approximately 1,340 meters (4,400 feet). The spot can be seen on Google Maps.

 

More at my blog: Google Earth

 

Finally, Green River at Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_River_(Utah)

photo taken on google maps in New Orleans. The idea behind it is that in quarantine we can't go anywhere so we go to these places using google maps.

FILE MERGE -> 50% DXO Optics 10 / 25% LR,25% NX-2

 

Stadspark, 9675 Winschoten

GoogleMaps : 53.155028, 7.044577

Sigma 150-500 / D7100

What mere mortals see from the ground when people GoogleMap a spot nearby. (View the larger size - it looks better) Reference Link

I thought this was a beautiful ceiling until I realized it was a fake facade tarp.

All true stories. I can't believe so many memories exist in one screen full of the map. I wish Google Maps had this kind of annotation.

 

Here's the live Google Maps URL I used to grab this image of Placentia, California.

Nieuwendijk 48, 1012 MN Amsterdam, Netherlands

 

"We are the leading Smart Shop chain and wholesale in the Netherlands. Over the years we have welcomed millions of satisfied customers, both local and international. In order to serve you even better, we have opened our online store in January 2004. You can order all our smart products, dietary supplements and souvenirs with the same great service and quality you're used to from us. Please note that we DO NOT SELL ILLEGAL PRODUCTS. All products sold are legal in the Netherlands. We DO NOT ship to the U.S.A."

I was drinking V Energy and holding my camera whilst standing on the centre island on Grenfell St!

Date: 08/06/2017

This photo is of the building originally occupied by Hoffman’s Resaurant & Bar. See the next image, a postcard from the 1930s.

 

My thanks go out to a flickr member, Chris Nickey, for leading me to this contemporary photograph.

 

Photo courtesy of GOOGLE MAPS, ©2022 by Google

I was drinking V Energy and holding my camera whilst standing on the centre island on Grenfell St!

Date: 08/06/2017

Dunham Massey Hall

The present hall was built in 1616 by Sir George Booth, who received one of the first baronetcies to be created by James I in 1611; it was remodelled by John Norris for his descendant, George, 2nd Earl of Warrington between 1732 and 1740; it was further altered by John Hope towards the end of the 18th century and again by Joseph Compton Hall between 1905 and 1908. The hall, stables, and the carriage house of Dunham Massey are all Grade I listed buildings, three of six such buildings in Trafford. The deer park is the only surviving medieval park in Trafford or the surrounding area.

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