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Cultural heritage of the Netherlands.
There was a small band of clouds blocking the sun for some hours. I waited till the sun finally came beneath it and took my shots. Two minutes later there was lightning and hail all over the place. So intense that taking more pictures was out of the question, running for shelter was the reasonable thing to do.
I was still soaked of course but also pleased with the results of that little moment of good light.
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This pre-sunrise photograph was taken from the Heritage Bridge of Lower Seletar Reservoir looking towards Orchid Country Club. It was calm with various captivating and illuminated clouds reflected in the mirror-like surface of the reservoir.
I took a secound attempt for his motive and I am actually more happy with this one. The previous one was shot during the blue hour but this was the shot which I had in mind. @ former Coal Mine "Zollverein" in Essen, Germany.
Title by Kool & the Gang - 1974
The main road through the dense jungles of the beautiful Kaeng Krachan National Park. It is paved for maybe half of it's length. After that only four wheeled drive vehicles can continue.
Wikipedia: Kaeng Krachan National Park is the largest national park of Thailand. It is on the border with Burma, contiguous with the Tanintharyi Nature Reserve. It is a popular park owing to its proximity to the tourist town of Hua Hin. It was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 26 July 2021, despite concerns from the OHCHR around the human rights violations of the indigenous people that live in the park.
The forests contain a great biodiversity of tropical vegetation, including tropical and subtropical broad leaf tree species and palms. Ninety-one species of mammals and 461 bird species have been counted in the park.
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Though looking rather old, this water level regulator is still in use. It is part of the water purification system established around 1882 in order to produce drinking water for Basel, Switzerland.
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“In my South, the most treasured things passed down from generation to generation are the family recipes.”
― Robert St. John
The wooden box was my Grandmother's; the red box was my Mom's. Many memories on index cards and scraps of paper!
Texture created with Waterlogue Pro, Distressed FX Plus and iColorama.
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NS 21D with the Interstate Heritage Unit on Point clears Ladson Road grade crossing at Charleston, SC.
Photo Date: 22 Dec 2021 (Wed)
Located: Stonehenge, Near Amesbury, Wiltshire, England
Filmed and edited by Kelvin Ho
CP 237 with a classic looking nose rolls through downtown Hamilton, Ontario. Above the train you can see the nose of a GO Transit engine parked in the Hamilton GO Centre. 5/28/2023
taken at the Grand Canyon National Park
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This evocative black-and-white image captures the raw energy and heritage of a traditional camel race in the UAE. Riders, poised with purpose, guide their camels along the dirt track under the desert sun. Camel racing is more than a sport in Arabia — it’s a cultural institution that reflects centuries of Bedouin tradition, endurance, and deep-rooted pride. These races once symbolized tribal prestige and are now celebrated in modern arenas with robotic jockeys and global spectatorship. Your photo beautifully preserves this transition between past and present, paying tribute to the region’s enduring connection with its desert-born legacy.
Another archive shot of a typical beach day, a sky full of happy clouds being puffed along on a playful wind. Days at the coast can be so bright and are always happy and life affirming. Ride like the wind is by Frank Zappa
UP’s Rio Grande Heritage SD70ACe, only four months old at the time, and a former Chicago & North Western AC4400CW, pull the MDVRO 21 through Price Canyon between Kyune and Colton, Utah on Oct. 22 ,2006.
All three paint schemes applied to Iowa Interstate's ES44AC's are represented on BICB-05 crossing the Mississippi River on April 6, 2022.
Amtrak 662 leads Northeast Regional train 93 at Elizabeth, NJ, on the Northeast Corridor. The 662 wears a Phase III AEM-7 style wrap with an advertisement for Train Sim World 2 on the side.
Durdle Door is one of Dorset’s most photographed and iconic landmarks. It is part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site and is an extremely popular beauty spot.
It is located on the Lulworth Estate in south Dorset and is part of the Jurassic Coast. The coastline is of such international geological importance that it was designated England’s first natural World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2001 and is now part of a family of natural wonders including America’s Grand Canyon and Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.
The magnificent natural limestone arch was formed when the power of the waves eroded the rock and forged a hole through the middle. The name Durdle is derived from an old English word ‘thirl’, which means to pierce, bore or drill.
Text Ref: www.visit-dorset.com/listing/durdle-door/126276301/
Just outside the old village Lysekil this sailer is out on a fine day in the early summer. Typical landscape along this part of the Swedish West Coast with the island Skaftø in the back.
As a contrast to this Sailing - in nearly excact the same place back in 1890:
flickr link: www.flickr.com/photos/swedish_heritage_board/3332817568/
Sailboat in still water, on Gullmarn fjord outside Lysekil. Skaftö island on the other side of the water
Photograph by: Carl Curman
Date: c. 1890
Format: Print
Feeding the pigeons is a daily ritual at several places in India. God is believed to be in all life forms. This is one way of serving him, it is believed. The Gateway of India provides a historical background to this feeding site in Mumbai. Come monsoons, the dark clouds, the heritage monument and thousands of pigeons set the stage for some photography drama.
The Nazca Lines are a group of geoglyphs made in the soil of the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. They were created between 500 BC and 500 AD by people making depressions or shallow incisions in the desert floor, removing pebbles and leaving different-colored dirt exposed. In the years leading up to 2020, between 80 and 100 new figures had been found with the use of drones, and archaeologists believe that there are more to be found.
Most lines run straight across the landscape, but there are also figurative designs of animals and plants. The combined length of all the lines is more than 1,300 km, and the group covers an area of about 50 km2.
Some of the Nazca lines form shapes that are best seen from the air (at around 500 m, although they are also visible from the surrounding foothills and other high places. The shapes are usually made from one continuous line. The largest ones are about 370 m long.
Because of its isolation and the dry, windless, stable climate of the plateau, the lines have mostly been preserved naturally. Extremely rare changes in weather may temporarily alter the general designs. As of 2012, the lines are said to have been deteriorating because of an influx of squatters inhabiting the lands.
The figures vary in complexity. Hundreds are simple lines and geometric shapes; more than 70 are zoomorphic designs, including a hummingbird, arachnid, fish, condor, heron, monkey, lizard, dog, cat, and a human. Other shapes include trees and flowers. Scholars differ in interpreting the purpose of the designs, but in general, they ascribe religious significance to them. They were designated in 1994 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
One of the main and most devoted scholar to Nazca lines conservation was Maria Reiche. She is known for her research into the Nazca Lines, which she first saw in 1941. Known as the "Lady of the Lines", Reiche made the documentation, preservation and public dissemination of the Nazca Lines her life's work.
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Three years after Union Pacific acquired Southern Pacific, a manifest rolls south down the Shasta Route. The train is highballing Hotlum siding, named for a glacier up on Mt. Shasta. It is a fine Saturday afternoon in Siskiyou County, California on fall 1999's first weekend.
Aside from the General Electric locomotive leading the train, there are no visual clues that The Friendly Espee is not still lord of the property. Generally, SP did not operate GE's north of Roseville. However, big changes will be coming soon, making this a day to savor.
Heritage Park in Kirkland, Washington. Urban park near downtown. End of October. This lovely lonely flower with its curtain of green looked like it was bowing its head as for last performance in garden saying farewell to Autumn.
A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Nærøyfjord is one of the narrowest arms of Sognefjord, Norway's deepest and longest fjord. At just 17 kilometers long and 250 meters wide at its narrowest point, Nærøyfjord is a true natural wonder and one of the most beautiful places in the country. The view becomes most spectacular from below, as you travel by cruise ship, as you plunge into the cliffs.
Classé au patrimoine mondial de l’humanité par l’Unesco, le Nærøyfjord est l’un des bras les plus étroits du Sognefjord, le fjord le plus profond et le plus long de la Norvège. Avec seulement 17 kilomètres de long et 250 mètres de large à l’endroit le plus étroit, le Nærøyfjord est une véritable curiosité naturelle et l’un des endroits les plus beaux du pays. C’est d’en bas, lors du passage en bateau de croisière, que le site devient le plus spectaculaire, alors que l’on s’engouffre au milieu des falaises.
With the Rock River running at it's normal springtime high, Amtrak's westbound Empire Builder races across the stone arch bridge in Watertown. It's been a while since I shot down here, so my next visit will include a pruning shear.
AMTK 156,184
Amtrak 7
Watertown, WI.
Spring 2020
NS Westbound Roadrailer 255 exits a severe thunderstorm at Arnold, just East of Jacksonville, Illinois, with the fresh Virginian Heritage pulling 120 trailers. The train is still inching along the Springfield-Hannibal District at a snail's pace under a Summer storm caused speed restriction that produced 60-70 MPH winds.
Amtrak Regional train 147 rolls south on the Springfield Line in Hamden, CT on beautiful fall morning. A former New Haven Railroad catenary bridge still stands at this location as it was the end of the electrified territory at Cedar Hill Yard.
Monknash, The Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
Despite some lovely days out lately, I've come home empty handed when it comes to photography. Right places, wrong light.... so here's one from the archives :))
One week after photographing CP 236 with CP 7018 leading we were lucky to have 7018 leading again but this time on the point of CP 237.
Here it is pictured heading through rural Waterdown on its return trip to Toronto.
Another view of the wintery scene at Vancouver's Heritage Harbour looking towards the downtown West End skyline, taken during our first light round of snow. (FYI - the orange/red block you see in the distance (near center of the image) is actually an enormous barge that broke loose in high windstorms a couple of months ago and drifted further into Burrard Inlet getting frighteningly close to the bridge before finally running aground in English Bay where it's been stuck ever since, waiting on the next king tide when they hope to get it back out to sea.)
After dealing with a career filled with deadlines and pressures I try to avoid those situations now. When I participate in art shows I often get asked to come out and photograph people's barns but I rarely do. But a family of siblings asked me to photograph this deteriorating heritage of their great-grandfather who built this barn in the late 1800s and I found it hard to turn them down.
The beautiful old country church at Heritage Canyon on the outskirts of Fulton,IL. Heritage Canyon,a park containing a number of historical buildings from the communities Dutch roots,is home to various events including Fulton's annual Dutch Days celebration. I captured this during probably the ugliest time of year for photographing it-one can imagine the beauty of this setting in spring,fall,and even a fresh blanket of winter snow....
illinoisadventuretv.org/index.asp?page=st&site=1089
www.cityoffulton.us/canyon.php
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12. Erindale Community Hall
(c. 1928) 1620 Dundas Street W.
In the last quarter of the 19th Century, the Parish Hall, General Store and Post Office, and the Royal Exchange Hotel formed the commercial core of Erindale. In 1919, fire swept Erindale, destroying much of its old core, including the original hall on this site. A community-based committee was formed to oversee the building of a new hall. The new hall was officially opened in 1928 by Lieutenant Governor W.D. Ross. Still owned and operated by a Board of Directors and separate from municipal support, the Erindale Community Hall hosts many community events and is available for public rental.