Haugesund is a municipality on the North Sea in Rogaland county, Norway. While the population is greater in the neighboring Karmøy municipality, the main commercial and economic centre of the Haugaland region in northern Rogaland and southern Vestland is in Haugesund. The majority of the population of Haugesund lives in the Haugesund urban area in the municipality's southwest. The majority of the municipality outside this area is rural or undeveloped.

The 72.68-square-kilometre (28.06 sq mi) municipality is the 338th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Haugesund is the 28th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 37,357. The municipality's population density is 546.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,415/sq mi) and its population has increased by 9.7% over the previous 10-year period.

The numbers are small, yet the city looks like a million :-)

Another in the line of sparrows I had not seen in the backyard area until recently. Since I did not have my 'bubba' lens handy, I had to increase the dpi on this one for documentation.

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We arrived there after lunch... first, there was no water and we have felt a little disappointed. After a few hours, the tide came in, and we decided to stay to photograph the sunset... We have waited patiently while the sun was going down and a freezing wind was increasing and testing our perseverance,but things were still looking rather promising... then, a thick line of clouds began to form near to the horizon line... and the sun has quietly and quickly disappeared behind it. No flaming skies, no magic light... lesson to learn: ambition doesn't always pay off :)))

I apologize by this long series, but, nevertheless all the mishaps, we still did a lot of shooting.

By "we" I mean a group of about twenty clicking maniacs.

Carrasqueira - Portugal

Manufacturer: Dodge, Division of Chrysler Group LLC, Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S.A.

Type: Challenger V8 Series JH Model JH23 2-door Hardtop Coupé

Production time: September 1972 - September 1974

Production outlet: 29,284

Engine: 5898cc Chrysler LA-series V-8 360

Power: 248 bhp / 4.800 rpm

Torque: 434 Nm / 3.200 rpm

Drivetrain: rear wheels

Speed: 203 km/h

Curb weight: 1610 kg

Wheelbase: 110 inch

Chassis: Chrysler E-platform with self-supporting unibody

Steering: recirculating ball and nut

Gearbox: three-speed manual / all synchronized / floor shift

Clutch: 10.5 inch singel dry plate disc

Carburettor: Carter 4-barrel downdraft / Holley dual downdraft

Fuel tank: 68 liter

Electric system: 12 Volts

Ignition system: electronic

Brakes front: hydraulic powered 10.98 inch discs

Brakes rear: hydraulic powered 10 inch self-adjusting drums

Suspension front: independent upper trapezoidal wishbones (A-arm, control arm) with shock mounted tension strut, Trail Link, sway bar, along lying torsion bar + telescopic shock absorbers

Suspension rear: independent sway bar, semi-elliptic leaf springs + telescopic shock absorbers

Rear axle: live semi-floating type

Differential: hypoid

Wheels: 14 inch

Tires: F70 x 14

Options: Chrysler TorqueFlite three-speed automatic transmission, four-speed manual gearbox, a 318 CID (5210cc) V-8 engine, 360 V-8 Axle Performance Package, power steering, power brakes, power windows, Air Conditioning, rear window defogger, shaker hood scoop (standard on Rallye models), radio, sun-roof, leather seats, two-tone colouring

Special:

- This first generation 2-door Coupé body Pony Car (1969-1974) was designed by Carl Cameron, built on the Chrysler E-platform (like the Plymouth Barracuda) and assembled in Hamtramck (Michigan) and in Los Angeles (California).

- Everything changed at Dodge (and all car manufacturers) when the 1973 oil crisis hit the United States. The government passed legislation (1972) requiring engines to have the ability to run on low lead or no lead gasoline. Government safety and emission regulations, and increasing insurance premiums meant the horsepower rating and size for all manufacturers was on the decline.

- Engine power was now rated in SAE net horsepower, meaning theoretical horsepower with all accessories in place.

- So this 2+2-seater fixed-head Hardtop Coupé was for now the last series Challenger, only available with two detuned V-8 engines.

- Dodge re-used the Challenger name again for its second generation Challenger from 1978 until 1983.

- They were available as this Hardtop Coupé and as 2-door Rallye Hardtop Coupé (replaced the R/T series in 1972) with a faux brake vent on the fenders and a shaker hood scoop (1972-1974: 16,437 units built).

A ground-nesting bird, the skylark population in Richmond Park is under threat from increasing visitor numbers and dogs not kept under control. Notices are in place in skylark nesting areas requiring visitors to stay on the paths, and dog owners to keep dogs on short leads, during the nesting season (March – September).

Sex in the bush...

Squirrels doing their thing to increase the family :D !

Chobe NP, Botswana

It appears to be very difficult to kill off the Pacers. Despite mass withdrawals at the end of last year a number of units look likely to be pressed back into service providing additional capacity whilst social distancing measures are required on public transport.

Although many people were glad to see the back of them this seems to be a sensible decision rather than increasing risk by having overcrowded trains or leaving people standing on the platforms.

Four units worked the 3Z01 ECS from Heaton, where they had been in warm storage, to Newton Heath.

142071 heads 065, 068 and 087 along the Tyne Valley line passing Blaydon signal box.

22nd June 2020.

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Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, England, over the River Thames. It is close to the Tower of London, which gives it its name.Name[›] It has become an iconic symbol of London.

The bridge consists of two towers which are tied together at the upper level by means of two horizontal walkways which are designed to withstand the horizontal forces exerted by the suspended sections of the bridge on the land-ward sides of the towers. The vertical component of the forces in the suspended sections and the vertical reactions of the two walkways are carried by the two robust towers. The bascule pivots and operating machinery are housed in the base of each tower. Its present colour dates from 1977 when it was painted red, white and blue for the Queen's Silver Jubilee. Originally it was painted a chocolate brown colour.[1]

Tower Bridge is sometimes mistakenly referred to as London Bridge, which is actually the next bridge upstream.[2] A popular urban legend is that in 1968, Robert McCulloch, the purchaser of the old London Bridge that was later shipped to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, believed that he was in fact buying Tower Bridge. This was denied by McCulloch himself and has been debunked by Ivan Luckin, the seller of the bridge.[3]

The nearest London Underground station is Tower Hill on the Circle and District Lines.

The nearest Docklands Light Railway station is Tower Gateway.

In the second half of the 19th century, increased commercial development in the East End of London led to a requirement for a new river crossing downstream of London Bridge. A traditional fixed bridge could not be built because it would cut off access to the port facilities in the Pool of London, between London Bridge and the Tower of London.

A Special Bridge or Subway Committee was formed in 1876, chaired by Sir Albert Joseph Altman, to find a solution to the river crossing problem. It opened the design of the crossing to public competition. Over 50 designs were submitted, including one from civil engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette. The evaluation of the designs was surrounded by controversy, and it was not until 1884 that a design submitted by Horace Jones, the City Architect (who was also one of the judges),[4] was approved.

Jones' engineer, Sir John Wolfe Barry, devised the idea of a bascule bridge with two towers built on piers. The central span was split into two equal bascules or leaves, which could be raised to allow river traffic to pass. The two side-spans were suspension bridges, with the suspension rods anchored both at the abutments and through rods contained within the bridge's upper walkways.

Construction started in 1886 and took eight years with five major contractors – Sir John Jackson (foundations), Baron Armstrong (hydraulics), William Webster, Sir H.H. Bartlett, and Sir William Arrol & Co.[5] – and employed 432 construction workers. E W Crutwell was the resident engineer for the construction.[6]

Two massive piers, containing over 70,000 tons of concrete,[4] were sunk into the riverbed to support the construction. Over 11,000 tons of steel provided the framework for the towers and walkways.[4] This was then clad in Cornish granite and Portland stone, both to protect the underlying steelwork and to give the bridge a pleasing appearance.

Jones died in 1887 and George D. Stevenson took over the project.[4] Stevenson replaced Jones' original brick facade with the more ornate Victorian Gothic style, which makes the bridge a distinctive landmark, and was intended to harmonise the bridge with the nearby Tower of London.[6] The total cost of construction was £1,184,000.[6]

The bridge was officially opened on 30 June 1894 by The Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VII), and his wife, The Princess of Wales (Alexandra of Denmark).[7]

The bridge connected Iron Gate, on the north bank of the river, with Horsleydown Lane, on the south – now known as Tower Bridge Approach and Tower Bridge Road, respectively.[6] Until the bridge was opened, the Tower Subway – 400 m to the west – was the shortest way to cross the river from Tower Hill to Tooley Street in Southwark. Opened in 1870, Tower Subway was the world's first underground ('tube') railway, but closed after just three months and was re-opened as a pedestrian foot tunnel. Once Tower Bridge was open, the majority of foot traffic transferred to using the bridge, there being no toll to pay to use it. Having lost most of its income, the tunnel was closed in 1898.[8]

Tower Bridge is one of five London bridges now owned and maintained by the Bridge House Estates, a charitable trust overseen by the City of London Corporation. It is the only one of the Trust's bridges not to connect the City of London to the Southwark bank, the northern landfall is in Tower Hamlets.

The bridge is 800 feet (244 m) in length with two towers each 213 feet (65 m) high, built on piers. The central span of 200 feet (61 m) between the towers is split into two equal bascules or leaves, which can be raised to an angle of 83 degrees to allow river traffic to pass. The bascules, weighing over 1,000 tons each, are counterbalanced to minimize the force required and allow raising in five minutes.

The two side-spans are suspension bridges, each 270 feet (82 m) long, with the suspension rods anchored both at the abutments and through rods contained within the bridge's upper walkways. The pedestrian walkways are 143 feet (44 m) above the river at high tide.[6]

The original raising mechanism was powered by pressurised water stored in several hydraulic accumulators.Hydraulics[›][clarification needed]

The system was designed and installed by Sir W. G. Armstrong Mitchell & Company of Newcastle upon Tyne. Water, at a pressure of 750 psi, was pumped into the accumulators by two 360 hp stationary steam engines, each driving a force pump from its piston tail rod. The accumulators each comprise a 20-inch ram on which sits a very heavy weight to maintain the desired pressure.

In 1974, the original operating mechanism was largely replaced by a new electro-hydraulic drive system, designed by BHA Cromwell House. The only components of the original system still in use are the final pinions, which engage with the racks fitted to the bascules. These are driven by modern hydraulic motors and gearing, using oil rather than water as the hydraulic fluid.[9]

Some of the original hydraulic machinery has been retained, although it is no longer in use. It is open to the public and forms the basis for the bridge's museum, which resides in the old engine rooms on the south side of the bridge. The museum includes the steam engines, two of the accumulators and one of the hydraulic engines that moved the bascules, along with other related artefacts.

During World War II, as a precaution against the existing engines being damaged by enemy action, a third engine was installed in 1942:[10] a 150 hp horizontal cross-compound engine, built by Vickers Armstrong Ltd. at their Elswick works in Newcastle upon Tyne. It was fitted with a flywheel having a 9-foot diameter and weighing 9 tons, and was governed to a speed of 30 rpm.

The engine became redundant when the rest of the system was modernised in 1974, and was donated to the Forncett Industrial Steam Museum by the Corporation of the City of London.

To control the passage of river traffic through the bridge, a number of different rules and signals were employed. Daytime control was provided by red semaphore signals, mounted on small control cabins on either end of both bridge piers. At night, coloured lights were used, in either direction, on both piers: two red lights to show that the bridge was closed, and two green to show that it was open. In foggy weather, a gong was sounded as well.[6]

Vessels passing through the bridge had to display signals too: by day, a black ball at least 2 feet (0.61 m) in diameter was to be mounted high up where it could be seen; by night, two red lights in the same position. Foggy weather required repeated blasts from the ship's steam whistle.[6]

If a black ball was suspended from the middle of each walkway (or a red light at night) this indicated that the bridge could not be opened. These signals were repeated about 1,000 yards (910 m) downstream, at Cherry Garden Pier, where boats needing to pass through the bridge had to hoist their signals/lights and sound their horn, as appropriate, to alert the Bridge Master.[6]

Some of the control mechanism for the signalling equipment has been preserved and may be seen working in the bridge's museum.

Although the bridge is an undoubted landmark, professional commentators in the early 20th century were critical of its aesthetics. "It represents the vice of tawdriness and pretentiousness, and of falsification of the actual facts of the structure", wrote H. H. Statham,[11] while Frank Brangwyn stated that "A more absurd structure than the Tower Bridge was never thrown across a strategic river".[12]

Architectural historian Dan Cruickshank selected the bridge as one of his four choices for the 2002 BBC television documentary series Britain's Best Buildings.[13]

Tower Bridge is still a busy and vital crossing of the Thames: it is crossed by over 40,000 people (motorists and pedestrians) every day.[14] The bridge is on the London Inner Ring Road, and is on the eastern boundary of the London congestion charge zone. (Drivers do not incur a charge by crossing the bridge.)

In order to maintain the integrity of the historic structure, the City of London Corporation have imposed a 20 miles per hour (32 km/h) speed restriction, and an 18-tonne weight limit on vehicles using the bridge. A sophisticated camera system measures the speed of traffic crossing the bridge, utilising a number plate recognition system to send fixed penalty charges to speeding drivers.[citation needed]

A second system monitors other vehicle parameters. Induction loops and piezoelectric detectors are used to measure the weight, the height of the chassis above ground level, and the number of axles for each vehicle.[citation needed]

River traffic

The bascules are raised around 1000 times a year.[15] River traffic is now much reduced, but it still takes priority over road traffic. Today, 24 hours' notice is required before opening the bridge. In 2008, a local web developer created a Twitter feed to post live updates of the bridge's opening and closing activities.[16]

A computer system was installed in 2000 to control the raising and lowering of the bascules remotely. Unfortunately it proved less reliable than desired, resulting in the bridge being stuck in the open or closed positions on several occasions during 2005, until its sensors were replaced.[14]

The high-level walkways between the towers gained an unpleasant reputation as a haunt for prostitutes and pickpockets and were closed in 1910. In 1982 they were reopened as part of the Tower Bridge Exhibition, an exhibition now housed in the bridge's twin towers, the high-level walkways and the Victorian engine rooms. The walkways boast stunning views of the River Thames and many famous London sites, serving as viewing galleries for over 380,000 tourists[citation needed] who visit each year. The exhibition also uses films, photos and interactives to explain why and how Tower Bridge was built. Visitors can access the original steam engines that once powered the bridge bascules, housed in a building close to the south end of the bridge.

In April 2008 it was announced that the bridge will undergo a 'facelift' costing £4m, and taking four years to complete. The work entails stripping off the existing paint and repainting in blue and white. Each section will be enshrouded in scaffolding to prevent the old paint from falling into the Thames and causing pollution. Starting in mid-2008, contractors will work on a quarter of the bridge at a time to minimise disruption, but some road closures are inevitable. The bridge will remain open until the end of 2010, but is then expected to be closed for several months. It is hoped that the completed work will stand for 25 years.[17]

The walkway section of the renovation was completed in mid 2009. Within the walkways a versatile new lighting system has been installed, designed by Eleni Shiarlis, for when the walkways are in use for exhibitions or functions. The new system provides for both feature and atmospheric lighting, the latter using bespoke RGB LED luminares, designed to be concealed within the bridge superstructure and fixed without the need for drilling (these requirements as a result of the bridge's Grade I status).[18]

In December 1952, the bridge opened while a number 78 double-decker bus (stock number RT 793) was on it. At that time, the gateman would ring a warning bell and close the gates when the bridge was clear before the watchman ordered the lift. The process failed while a relief watchman was on duty. The bus was near the edge of the south bascule when it started to rise; driver Albert Gunter made a split-second decision to accelerate the bus, clearing a three-foot drop on to the north bascule, which had not started to rise. There were no serious injuries.[19]

Main article: Hawker Hunter Tower Bridge incident

On 5 April 1968 a Hawker Hunter FGA.9 jet fighter from No.1 Squadron RAF, flown by Flt Lt Alan Pollock, flew under Tower Bridge. Unimpressed that senior staff were not going to celebrate the RAF's 50th birthday with a fly-past, Pollock decided to do something himself. Without authorisation, Pollock flew the Hunter at low level down the Thames, past the Houses of Parliament, and continued on to Tower Bridge. He flew the Hunter beneath the bridge's walkway, remarking afterwards it was an afterthought when he saw the bridge looming ahead of him. Pollock was placed under arrest upon landing, and discharged from the RAF on medical grounds without the chance to defend himself at a court martial.[20][21]

In May 1997,[22] the motorcade of United States President Bill Clinton was divided by the opening of the bridge. Thames sailing barge Gladys, on her way to a gathering at St Katharine Docks, arrived on schedule and the bridge was duly opened for her. Returning from a Thames-side lunch at Le Pont de la Tour restaurant, with UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, President Clinton was less punctual, and arrived just as the bridge was rising. The bridge opening split the motorcade in two, much to the consternation of security staff. A spokesman for Tower Bridge is quoted as saying, "We tried to contact the American Embassy, but they wouldn't answer the 'phone."[23]

On 19 August 1999, Jef Smith, a Freeman of the City of London, drove a "herd" of two sheep across the bridge. He was exercising an ancient permission, granted as a right to Freemen, to make a point about the powers of older citizens and the way in which their rights were being eroded.[24] However, this was a hollow gesture as the so-called right is to drive sheep across London Bridge into the City of London, and Tower Bridge does not have its northern landfall in the City.[citation needed]

Before dawn on 31 October 2003, David Crick, a Fathers 4 Justice campaigner, climbed a 120 ft (37 m) tower crane near Tower Bridge at the start of a six-day protest dressed as Spider-Man.[25] Fearing for his safety, and that of motorists should he fall, police cordoned off the area, closing the bridge and surrounding roads and causing widespread traffic congestion across the City and east London. The Metropolitan Police were later criticised for maintaining the closure for five days when this was not strictly necessary in the eyes of some citizens.[26][27]

On May 11, 2009, six persons were trapped and injured after a lift fell 10 ft inside the north tower.[28][29]

With the current summer schedule slowly drawing to a close, many airlines are now beginning to prepare themselves for the quieter winter schedule as well as beginning to make changes to the next summer schedule.

Emirates provides much of the capacity between London Heathrow and Dubai-International, ever since COVID-19 has seen the flag-carrier consistently operating 6 daily flights all utilising Airbus A380s. Sporadically, a few winter schedules has seen Emirates providing a 7th daily flight which consisted of a Boeing 777-300ER alongside a vast array of Airbus A380s, although the previous W24 schedule did not see the 7th daily flight operate.

In recent schedule filings, Emirates intends to increase frequencies between London Heathrow and Dubai-International for the W25 schedule; commencing from 26th October 2025, EK41/42 is reinstated but will operate 6-times weekly instead of daily which does exclude Friday. Boeing 777-300ERs will continue to operate EK41/42.

Currently, Emirates operates 116 Airbus A380s.

Echo Echo Uniform is one of 116 Airbus A380s operated by Emirates, delivered new to the flag-carrier on 27th March 2014 and she is powered by 4 Engine Alliance GP7270E engines. She has previously carried Year of Zayed 2018 colours from December 2017 to January 2019, Rugby World Cup Japan 2019 decals from June 2019 to December 2019 before carrying Dubai Expo colours from September 2021 which was modified to Destination Dubai colours since September 2022.

Airbus A380-861 A6-EEU on final approach into Runway 09L at London Heathrow (LHR) on EK31 from Dubai-International (DXB).

While the rest of the group charge ahead, one member tarries, exiled by a lack of waterproof dressings.

We're Here, banned from the mainstream.

Hand-held & polarised. I haven't used the polariser on the 85mm before, so it was nice to see the strong contrast increase.

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A new picture of this wonderful and magical place is the beach of Barrika. (Basque Country).

For this time, I had very clear whether risk going since I was alone, and it is very dangerous to nights out with no one who can help you if you pass anything.

I made up my mind that all variables were favorable:

- Full moon.

- Night cloudless (Very rare in these northern lands, it always rains or is cloudy).

- Low tide.

The feeling of watching the moon rise over the cliff, illuminating all this beach was spectacular.

Silence reigned at the scene at 1:00 am, only heard in the distance the sea.

The tide began to rise and it was nearly 2:00 am the water started to get too close and the danger increased but wanted to have my own take on this night spot.

I must say that I was very sorry to see that the part of the left had very many light pollution from a nearby village, but is something that can not be controlled.

After taking the picture, the worst was climbing the 300 steps down the cliff to the beach.

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Hummingbirds are visiting our north Alabama backyard. I put feeders (filled with 1 part sugar to 4 parts water) out a few days ago. Yesterday a hummingbird appeared but I was unable to get a photograph. The rainy day must have increased their appetite; one returned several times for a refill for its tummy. Morgan County, Alabama - 2018

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WWT Slimbridge.

The Gadwall is a little smaller than the Mallard with an obvious black rear end. It shows a white wing patch in flight. When seen close-up the grey colour is made up of exquisitely fine stripes and speckling. It nests in low numbers in the UK and is an Amber List species.

As a breeding species, Gadwall is thought to have become established with the aid of introductions during the 1850’s, since when the population has increased. Winter numbers are swelled through the arrival of individuals from the Continent and Iceland.

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This is one of the places where Istanbulites like to fish. The bridge you have seen is the Galata bridge. It connects the two sides of the Golden Horn and you can see hundreds of anglers on it. Since some are here for hobbies and some cannot buy food, people from all economic classes are together.

What appears in the background is the Galata tower, although it was built as an observatory in the past, today it serves tourism and there is a nice restaurant on the upper floor.

I prefer cloudy weather for city photography, otherwise unwanted reflections and chromatic aberration may increase. I wanted to leave the fisherman unfocused, I do not find it right to show people's faces in jobs for which I do not get a model release.

5 November 2020: Update on The Corona Pandemic – The number of new infections is stabilising and the increase in the number of hospitalisations is slowing down. That isn’t coming a day too soon: 1,351 patients are currently receiving critical care. That number is expected to rise further and will most likely reach a peak in two weeks’ time. Yesterday, the University Hospital in Ghent was already sounding the alarm. The hospital currently has 52 Covid patients in critical care and says that it won’t be able to accept any more critical care patients by the end of the weekend. Clearly, we did not yet leave the danger zone and it doesn’t look like the crisis will get any better soon. Belgium’s Prime Minister warned yesterday that strict measures will have to remain in force until there is a vaccine in early summer. Meanwhile, the US recorded over 100,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day for the first time since the pandemic began. The US is facing multiple challenges – a monthlong pandemic, economic devastation and a polarized society. Add on top the current political turmoil and you have a combustible situation. If President Trump loses his bid for re-election, as it increasingly starts to look like, he will not go quietly away. I’m wondering what the future will bring. Right now we’re all looking at the world through a haze… – San Francisco, CA, USA

Zurriola, San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, País Vasco, España.

La Playa de Zurriola es una de las tres playas de la ciudad de San Sebastián (España). Está situada entre la desembocadura del río Urumea y el monte Ulía, y tiene una longitud aproximada de 800 metros.

En 1994 se llevaron a cabo unas obras de reforma de la playa, anteriormente prácticamente inutilizable dada la virulencia de las aguas. Gracias a dichas reformas, que incluyeron la construcción de un espigón, la playa aumentó su longitud, sus aguas se hicieron aptas para el baño y su uso se multiplicó.

Frente al perfil elegante y tranquilo de las playas de Ondarreta y La Concha, la playa de Zurriola se ha consolidado como una playa de perfil más joven y apropiada para la práctica del surfismo (se trata de la playa más abierta y con más fuerte oleaje de la ciudad) y como escenario de algunos conciertos del Festival de Jazz de San Sebastián y de competiciones de Bodyboarding, surf, skateboarding y eventos similares.

The Zurriola Beach is one of the three beaches in the city of San Sebastián (Spain). It is located between the mouth of the Urumea River and Mount Ulía, and it has an approximate length of 800 meters.

In 1994, some works were carried out to reform the beach, which was previously practically unusable given the virulence of the waters. Thanks to these reforms, which included the construction of a jetty, the beach increased its length, its waters became suitable for bathing and its use multiplied.

Facing the elegant and tranquil profile of the beaches of Ondarreta and La Concha, Zurriola beach has established itself as a beach with a younger profile and suitable for surfing (it is the most open beach with the strongest waves in the the city) and as a stage for some concerts of the San Sebastian Jazz Festival and competitions of Bodyboarding, surfing, skateboarding and similar events.

Schloss Liebieg - that's like love at first sight:

Fairytale-like and graceful, the stately building presents itself in a large park with aristocratic towering trees and countless rhododendrons.

bushes. You will receive a friendly welcome after passing the wall of a romantic rippling fountain. Let yourself be enchanted, and you will feel as if you are happy. This will keep you from further increasing the coin level in the fountain ...

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Beartooth Butte is reflected in the lake of the same name along the (where else?) Beartooth Highway winding over the Beartooth Pass ;-).

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To make this photo more attractive, auto enhance used, which lowered the high tone, raised the low tone, increased contract and saturation, refined the details. The final one is quite different from the original. So, is this one better than the original? Well, it may bring out more than my eyes can notice, but it is a little far from the reality. Or I was restricted by the camera I used? What should we capture through the camera? reality or fantasy?

It is a migratory insectivorous species breeding in mixed coniferous forest with undergrowth in northern Asia and northeastern Europe, from Finland east across Siberia to Kamchatka and south to Japan. It winters mainly in southeastern Asia, in the Indian Subcontinent, the Himalayas, Taiwan, and northern Indochina. The breeding range is slowly expanding westwards through Finland (where up to 500 pairs now breed), and it is a rare but increasing vagrant to western Europe, mainly to Great Britain There have also been a few records in westernmost North America, mostly in western Alaska.

It might just be my imagination, but the older I get, the more I think these vultures are watching me with increased excitement.

Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus). Patuxent Research Refuge, Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

Augmented sensation

Increased awareness

Synchronistic events

The bridge of Ourense known as indistinctly as Ponte Romana, Ponte Vella or Puente Mayor, on the Miño river, was built in the first century AD. C. within a branch of track XVIII or Via Nova.

The strategic situation of the same as a communications hub in the center of the then Gallaecia province only increased during the later centuries contributing to the development of the city of Orense.

For a late Freight Car Friday offering here's a view of Berkshire and Eastern Railroad train EDMO is exiting the west portal of the 4.75 mile long Hoosac Tunnel at MP 420.4 on the B&E operated Pan Am Southern Freight Mainline, the one time Boston and Maine Fitchburg Division.

The classic Conrail can opener logo adorns an empty tri level auto rack that provides a great visual of how tight the clearances are on this legendary bore. Orignally double tracked, when the tunnel was reduced to single track in 1957 the rails were centered to allow for TOFC loads. Clearances were increased in 1997 by lowering the track and again in 2007 by notching the roof providing the current clearance of 19 ft 6 in to clear most auto racks as well as double stacked international containers.

North Adams, Massachusetts

Saturday November 23, 2024

Following an increase in service on the 36 route another vehicle was required. Out of the blue a new Volvo B9 appeared. She was completely different in every single aspect and truth be known she was a pig to drive. After months of service she aquired the then obligatory reg plate X13VTD.... Strangely at the end of her lease she passed to an operator in Glasgow bizarrely keeping her X13VTD plate ? Suddenly In 2012 another single B9 was delivered for further service increase and numbered 3613 ( fleet numbers are very rarely used twice )

BF62UKZ was out of this world and was fantastic to drive. Fortunately she along with 3614 has been chosen to stay at Harrogate as strategic spare buses for the future and has been repainted and looks immaculate

Waimea Valley Botanic Gardens, O'ahu, Hawai'i

"Approximately 750 recognized species of land snails once occurred throughout the Hawaiian Islands and 60 - 90% of this diversity has been lost. Historically their shells were used to make lei. Snails are in traditional Hawaiian poetry. Some terrestrial snails increase the nutrient cycling of forest litter and others benefit their host plants by feeding on fungus and algae on the leaves.

Snails support a functioning forest ecosystem."

A snow-encrusted TV-204X is holding at the pedestrian crossing just north of CP7 in Bogota, NJ. As traffic increased on the River Line, neighbors in this area would complain about fumes and noise from idling diesels. Eventually a rule was established where trains would be held north of here away from the residential area.

CR 5026 B36-7

February 4, 1995

The increase use of the pesticide DDT in modern farming brought the Peregrine falcon population to the bring of extinct in North America. Conservation efforts across the continent by various conservation organizations and individuals as increased the population such that the falcon is no longer in danger and population status of the bird is now labeled “Least concern” which is a great success story for conservation.

I found this falcon sitting on a concreate post under a bridge near a major highway. It gave me a pose for a few moments and flew after a flock of pigeons to find breakfast.

Markhor is a wild goat and one of the most beautiful wild animals inhabiting the mountainous regions of Pakistan. The animal prefers living on dangerous and steep cliffs of the mountains to protect themselves from the attacks of wild predators including snow leopard and wolf. Also these high cliffs provide safe refuge from the hunters, who wishes to get at least one pride trophy of markhor in their hunting life. The male markhor is more beautiful while having long twisted horns. These animals have strong role in the food web of the mountains ecosystem and their presence ensures to keep it in shape both for nature and humans.

Pakistan hosts seven Caprinae species with 11 sub-species occupying habitats from the hills in the southern desert to the high alpine areas of the Himalaya (Hess et al., 1997). Most of the worlds Caprinae population inhabits Pakistan’s lower altitudes, use steep slopes, loosely covered by bushesor open forests, providing readily available rock bluffs as escape terrain.

Broadly, there are divided into two categories: flare-horned markhor (Capra falconeri falconeri) and straight-horned markhor (Capra falconeri megaceros). Flare-horned markhor includes two sub-species: Pir Panjal or Kashmir markhor and Astore markhor, whereas straight-horned markhor also includes two sub-species as well: Kabul markhor and straight-horned or Suleiman markhor. The Chiltan Markhor has been categorised as Chiltan Wild Goat.

they are potential prey for snow leopards, brown bears, lynx, jackals, and golden eagles. While not directly causing their endangerment, the already small population of markhor is further threatened by their predation. Hunting for meat as a means of subsistence or trade in wildlife parts adds to the growing problem for wildlife managers in many countries. Poaching, with its indirect impacts as disturbance, increasing fleeing distances and resulting reduction of effective habitat size, is by far the most important factor threatening the survival of the markhor population. The most important types of poachers seem to be local inhabitants, state border guards, the latter usually relying on local hunting guides, and Afghans, illegally crossing the border. Poaching causes fragmentation of the population. into small islands were the remaining subpopulations are prone to extinction. The markhor is a valued trophy hunting prize for its incredibly rare spiral horns which became a threat to their species. The continuing declines of markhor populations finally caught the international community and became a concern.

A limited production variant of the Seraphim III/IV, the Strike Seraphim III/IV was created to be used by the UEF's special forces branch ECSO as well as other special operations groups. The ECSO were still using D-type Seraphim IIIs which were woefully inadequate come the Third Colony War. 150 Strike Seraphim III/IVs were built with a focus on firepower and maneuverability. Power output was increased over the standard Seraphim III/IV and the Strike was given a large amount of armaments allowing it to even take out a battleship single-handedly. In order to keep costs down components were taken from other Kampfers in service with the UEF such as modified hip binders from the refit R-type Seraphim III and modified grenade racks from the regular Seraphim III/IV.

Armaments include head-mounted CIW, shoulder-mounted missile pods (x2), a hyper-beam bazooka, wrist-mounted double-ended beam pick, melee bracer on one arm, chest-mounted beam particle cannon and a beam shotgun (stored on back).

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Yussssss, variantssss strikeeee againnnnn

So I threw some kit onto the Seraphim III/IV and it looks pretty snazzy I think. Fins on the missile pods serve no function other than looking cool. Was thinking of ZZ Gundam for some reason. Hip binders are once again stolen straight off my R-type Seraphim III. I like the design, ok? XD

Think I got the lighting just right this time too. Might retake some of the photos I uploaded within the past 2 weeks now that I've got the lighting working again.

Will also take a photo of and upload a view of the back at some point. I thought the beam-shotgun design was kinda nifty but you can't see it at all here lol.

Still fits a fig with opening cockpit hatch as per norm.

NOTE: I'VE REPROCESSED THIS IMAGE.

I've increased the Oiii but the only way I could do this was to remove the stars so I could stretch it further, I then use a big gaussian blur on it to remove the noise, I then add the stars back in from the original image. ( I also removed the stars from the Ha and the Ha luminance).

Yet again I was promised a clear night to get this image in one go but as is the norm in the UK I only managed to get 2h of Ha before the clouds rolled in. I manged to get 20 Oiii subs (1h 40min) the following night between 9 and 11:40 during the gaps in the clouds. I would have liked more Oiii but that's life.

Object Description:-

IC5146 (SH2-125) the Cocoon Nebula is a rich Ha emission Nebula and lies in the constellations of Cygnus. It is a stellar nursery where star formation is currently taking place and the cluster is enveloped in dark and bright nebula. The cluster is about 4,000 ly from earth and the bright central star is believed to have formed 100,000 years ago. It is a relatively small but bright object with a apparent mag of 7.2 but only an apparent diameter (visual) of 12'.

EQUIPMENT:-

Telescope Meade 6000 115mm and AZ-EQ6 GT

ZWO ASI1600mm-Cool cmos camera

Orion Mini Auto Guide

Astronomik 12nm Ha Filter

Astronomik 6nm Oiii Filter

Chip Temp Cooled to -20 degC

IMAGING DETAILS:-

IC5146 Cocoon Nebula (Cygnus)

Ha Gain 139 (Unit Gain)

Oiii Gain 200

24 Ha subs@300sec (2h)

20 Oiii subs@300sec (1h 40min)

Total imaging Time 3h 40min

Dithering

20 Darks

20 Flats

PROCESSING/GUIDING SOFTWARE:-

APT "Astro Photograph Tools"

DSS

PS CS2

Water increase because of the rain, and please choose the one by which a flow becomes clear.

A mountain went to the deep valley stream.

I expect, it's clear for water, and, the quantity of water is also rich.

A heart danced in wonderful location in !

The place where a flow of water is also intense in particular at the inside for me, search

I walked.

The flow full of uplifting feeling what I have in mind did finally upstream

NI could touch.

The creature who rises at all freely flows in the condition for water.

charmed me repeatedly.

Penduline Tit (Remiz pendulinus) is found throughout southern Europe and is a rare visitor to Britain, but with increasing frequency. The first British record was at Spurn, Yorkshire in 1966 but since then there have been several hundred records. The unusual name comes from the pendulous, bag-shaped nest they construct in trees in wetlands. The scientific name Remiz comes from the Polish name for this species. They are in a family that are closely related to the true Tits that are found across Eurasia and Africa, with a single example in America, the Verdin: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/3758668187/in/photolist (though Verdin is the only species that doesn't build a pendulous nest). They are absolutely tiny too, weighing less than 10g, which is a bit smaller than a Blue Tit. This is a male with a black mask, looking like a mini Red-backed Shrike www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/27323912890/in/photolist Females are duller and lack the face mask. I photographed this one in a Tamarisk in a marsh on the edge of Lake Bafa in Turkey.

The Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens (RTBG), which cover an area of approximately 14 hectares (34.6 acres), in Hobart located within the Queens Domain. The gardens were established in 1818 and is the second oldest Botanical Gardens in Australia – the Sydney Botanic gardens were founded two years earlier.The land was originally occupied by the Muwinina people. Archaeological excavations have uncovered extensive shell middens and stone artifacts dating back more than 5000 years.The Gardens hold historic plant collections and a large number of significant trees, many dating back to the nineteenth century. It also has an increasing number of important conservation collections of Tasmanian plants, of which the King's Lomatia is one of the most unusual, and the world's only Subantarctic Plant House. Here, plants from subantarctic islands in high southern latitudes are displayed in a climatically-controlled environment, where chilly fogs and mists mirror the wet, cold conditions of their island homes. The plants of the Subantarctic Plant House have been collected by Gardens staff and associated scientists on field trips to Macquarie Island.

Prior to European settlement, local Aboriginal tribes used the site, and traces of their occupation are still apparent.

From 1996, the Gardens have contained The Patch, a working display garden which regularly appears on Gardening Australia.

The legendary Australian yacht Sayonara - designed by William Fife III - photographed off St. Kilda (Melbourne) on September 2, 1899. The 17.67 m (LOA) x 3.29 m Sayonara is here shown with her original yawl rigging. My restoration and digital hand colorization of Mark James Daniel´s 1899 photo in the Victoria State Library archive.

"Sayonara, Japanese for goodbye, was built for Mr G F Garrard, then commodore of the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria (RYCV) at a time when the largest yacht in Australia were to be seen on Port Phillip Bay.

Designed as a fast cruising yawl with high bulwarks by W Fife of

Scotland, being a sister ship to his own champion Cirego, she was built by Mr A McFarlane of Birkinhead, Adelaide, and launched in November 1897. She then cruised around to Melbourne in record time.

Her first major race was when sailed by Mr A P Agg of the Brighton

Yacht Club in the Intercolonial regatta held on Hobsons Bay, February 1898, where she defeated all opposition including the then undefeated South Australian Champion Alexa to win the major prize of $140.

In no time she proved to be invincible on Port Phillip. She was a

marvel in light weather when she was able to walk away from all

opposition. Then a hard blow was struck when the various clubs decided to put limitations on the sizes of yachts entering important races and regattas.

This decision only affected Sayonara and the Alexa which had remained in Victoria for several years as there was no competition for a yacht of her size in Adelaide.

July 1898, Sayonara was sold to Messrs C D and J A Wallace who decided to keep her at St. Kilda in season 1898/99, when able to, she raced in events of both the RYCV and the St Kilda Yacht Club. In winter 1899 her rig was altered to that of a cutter, increasing her sail area to 2079 sq. ft. Shortly afterwards she was under the sole ownership of C D Wallace. The season 1900/01 she was laid up as her owner was overseas."

In 1912 Sayonara was sold to Sydney, where she has remained ever since under several owners:

"Sayonara was converted to a Bermudan rig and spent the latter years on Pittwater. The yacht has been a well known sight at her mooring off Scotland Island being used for cruising. The previous owner, Mr Hank Kossen, was impressed with the restoration of Waitangi when he inspected the yacht in Sydney during the 1995 Gaffers Regatta. He undertook to advise Col Anderson if he was ever to consider selling Sayonara (which at that time was unlikely).

Late in 1996 Hank advised that he wished to sell Sayonara. A holding syndicate was formed to purchase and transport the yacht to Melbourne and gave her a million-dollar refit before re-launching her in 2000.

She has since been a regular in classic yacht events."

(Classic Yacht Association of Australia)

Long Exposure Photographs of the Old City of Dubrovnik.

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