Great Walks, Tramping Tracks and Routes in New Zealand
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Govt of the UAE VC-10 G-ARVF lining up on LHR/28L in Aug77. This fine aircraft is preserved at the excellent Hermeskeil museum. Ektachrome slide scan.
No discusion on the VIP inside but the cockpit crew performed a splendid take off. Short hop to the UK but looks like they used full runway. Positive climb, captain ! Well done !
Morocco Govt Citation 560 XLS+ doing some base training around Fes Airport.
This one is Re-registered from CN-AMJ to CN-MMJ now, apparently they are going to let CN-Axx "domain" only for Military aircrafts and CN-Mxx for Government ones !
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Ahhh Tokyo in the morning!
Freezing cold wind in 2014...
awoke to snow on our first morning in 2016 (it was mayhem in Shinjuku)
freezing cold in 2017 (convenience store fried chicken never tasted so good mmm),
and clear skies in 2018 with what I'd consider to be the best Fuji view from any place yet stayed in...
For the record, the convenience store fried chicken was also very nice during those other years.
Mt Fuji is around 100kms away!
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When it comes to landscaping the streets in India, this tree is widely used to put up a stunning display of its red-orange campanulate flowers.
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One of many Blackbirds feasting on the clusters of flowers in bloom.
Spathodea campanulata
Family Bignoniaceae
Govt. Housing Estate, Behala, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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NOTE:
Not to be confused with another flower of somewhat similar appearance,
Flame Of The Forest / (Bangla Name is Palash (পলাশ)).
Butea monosperma
Family Fabaceae.
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Morocco Govt Citation 560 XLS+ doing some base training around Fes Airport.
This one is Re-registered from CN-AMJ to CN-MMJ now, apparently they are going to let CN-Axx "domain" only for Military aircrafts and CN-Mxx for Government ones !
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Found a nikon point & shoot in a thrift store, the only one I know of that uses an android operating system. Little weird to use. I spent today seeing what sort of quality I could coax out of some cheap little cameras.
Unfortunately not departing from the full length of 28L.
C/n 187009803 Del in 1967 to Yugoslav Govt, sold to Air Guinee 3/78 3X-GAX, crashed on approach to Conakry Guinee 3 Sep 78.
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All About the NZ Seals: www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/native-animals/marine-mammal...
We left Queenstown to make our way to Milford Sounds. Stopped in Te Anau for morning tea and to buy some lunch for our day trip. We we will be staying at Te Anau for the night.
Arrived at Milford Sounds just in time for our boat trip on the 'Milford Sound Nature Cruise" on the 'Milford Marner': For More Info: www.realjourneys.co.nz/en/experiences/cruises/milford-sou...
Day five of our fast trip around the South Island with my friends from the UK. November 5, 2013 New Zealand.
Milford Sound is the most northerly of the fiords indenting the south-western coastline of the South Island; it occupies the trunk portion of a formerly glaciated valley system cut deeply below the surrounding mountains. The mountains rise to heights of 6,000 ft above sea level, and the deepest point of the fiord, near Stirling Falls, is 1,280 ft below sea level. The Arthur and Cleddau Rivers occupy the Milford Valley and enter the head of the fiord; a delta built across the mouth of the Arthur Valley by the Cleddau River is slowly cutting off part of the Sound to form a freshwater lake. The Arthur Valley is occupied by Lake Ada, 3 miles long, which is dammed up partly by old glacial moraine and partly by landslides from the walls of Arthur Valley. From its head, the Sound follows an irregular course for 9 miles to the sea and is joined by Bowen, Sinbad, Harrison, and Stirling Rivers whose valleys were formerly occupied by tributary glaciers. Harrison Valley is still occupied at its head by a small glacier that terminates at an estimated height of 4,500 ft on the south-east slopes of Mt. Pembroke (6,710 ft). Stirling Falls (480 ft), and Bowen Falls (520 ft) spout from hanging valleys over near-vertical faces to the Sound. The inner reach of the Sound has very steep walls reaching heights of 5,560 ft at Mitre Peak and 4,150 ft at the Lion. Like many of the other fiords, Milford is deeper in the inner reaches than about the entrance, and about 1 mile seaward off Stirling Falls the deep basin rises abruptly to a sill at 360 fathoms. Beyond this the floor of the Sound forms a basin a little deeper than 360 ft, which extends out for 2 miles on to the shelf bordering the west coast; the western end of this basin is separated from the indented continental slope by a sill in 240 ft. The basin and sills were formed by glacial erosion which was a result of the confining by the steep fiord walls of the former valley glacier.
Milford Sound offers what is probably the most spectacular fiord scenery in the southern hemisphere, and the well-known and striking views of Mitre Peak from the head of the fiord form the subject of innumerable paintings, postcards, posters, and pictorial postage stamps. The area is well served with tourist amenities, and the luxurious Hotel Milford is situated at the head of the fiord. Visitors may travel to Milford either by car or bus on the Te Anau – Eglinton – Homer Tunnel road, or by plane from Queenstown, Te Anau, or further afield, or by walking the Milford Track from Te Anau. Tourist ships occasionally visit Milford but there has been no regular service by sea for many years. Apart from the amusements provided by the hotel, the attractions of Milford are confined to sightseeing, short walks about the head of the fiord, launch trips and sea fishing and, for the more energetic, tramping and mountaineering. But the sheer impressiveness of the scenery is sufficient to make a visit well worthwhile even if it is only to the head of the fiord.
The first settlers at Milford were Donald Sutherland, J. McKay, and J. Malcolm who, in 1877–80 built permanent huts both at the head of the fiord and at Anita Bay near the entrance. At first they were interested in deposits of asbestos and greenstone at Anita Bay, but in later years Sutherland married and settled down in the homestead at the head of the fiord: By Bryce Leslie Wood, M.SC., New Zealand Geological Survey, Dunedin.
More Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milford_Sound
Any one interested in following our trip around the South Island.. here is a map: <a href="http://www.wises.co.nz/l/lewis+pass/#c/-41.801671/172.516537/8/"
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Indian govt says Kohinoor gifted to Britain
Kohinoor, the much-talked about 108-carat rhombus shown in British royal crown, was not stolen, rather gifted to Britain, the Indian government told the Supreme Court on Monday, according to media reports.
The East India Company, which ruled different...
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Popularly known as The Government Museum of Bangalore ,it is one of oldest museums in India (1886) .The bright red building houses excavated artifacts, paintings,coins and sculptures primarily from the Deccan plateau.I almost visualized how Harappa and mohenjodaro era must have been, by looking at the artifacts .This is a historian delight and a must see in your Bangalore itinerary .
..in Cheticamp, NS in b&w.
After a quick test an hour after sunset the night before, I headed out 45 minutes before sunrise with the Mavic 3 Classic for some low light flights/shots. Early dawn was a great time as traffic was next to zero with no people present. A quick flight, a few shots to get what I'm looking for, get comfy with the navigation lights in low light to prepare for more work in the coming weeks. Happy to report all went well.
Most of the ice is gone inside the harbour with boats preparing for the upcoming snow crab season.
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