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As amazing as the Lofoten might look in bright sunlight, their Northern character reveals itself more in stormy weather as I feel.
Chinese paper lanterns such as these can be commonly found hanging in areas such as temples or places such as Chinatown for instance. They are often used as decorations during major holidays and festivals such as the Lunar New Year and the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Although this photograph appears to be a street scene caught on the fly -an instance of what Henri Cartier-Bresson called the “decisive moment” -it was actually staged for the camera by Ruth Orkin and her model.
“The idea for this picture had been in my mind for years, ever since I had been old enough to go through the experience myself,” Orkin later wrote. While traveling alone in Italy, she met the young woman in the photograph at a hotel in Florence and together they set out to reenact scenes from their experiences as lone travellers.
“We were having a hilarious time when this corner of the Piazza della Repubblica suddenly loomed on our horizon,” the photographer recalled. “Here was the perfect setting I had been waiting for all these years… And here I was, camera in hand, with the ideal model!
All those fellows were positioned perfectly, there was no distracting sun, the background was harmonious, and the intersection was not jammed with traffic, which allowed me to stand in the middle of it for a moment.” The picture, with its eloquent blend of realism and theatricality, was later published in Cosmopolitan magazine as part of the story “Don’t Be Afraid to Travel Alone.”
Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art website
I first went to this hotel about 5 years ago on a business trip. We were doing some work for a company on the outskirts of Telford, and this was the cheapest available at the time.
Looking back, it wasn't a great time for me, as I was working in a toxic business. I guess I knew it at the time, but thought erroneously that I had the mental means to not let it affect me.
Whenever I traveled for work, I always used to take some running gear with me, so that I could 'explore the area' I was sent, something which i still do today. You can generally see more if you run, than if you walk. I ran from this hotel and found an old railway line, now converted to a cycle/walking path around the area. It was an interesting hour to spend before the rigours of the work day to explore.
Fast forward to this weekend in March. I had an appointment with a luthier in Shropshire, and booked a different hotel in Shropshire. Again, with running gear in the luggage, my wife and I popped out before breakfast and found ourselves on the same pathway. We spent a leisurely hour exploring the area.
I found the experience of revisiting old places and going over the situation of that time quite cathartic, It took me longer than it should have to leave that company, I realise that now, but I can look back, not with dread, but with a sense of understanding and being able to focus on the good points of the time. Views like this, for instance, which I otherwise would not have seen.
yet another panoramic view of the crystalline transparency of air, water and light high up in Norway's North.
A rather relaxing scene to an otherwise wonderful and eventful weekend!! Along Forest Road 52, in lonesome Lewis County's Cascades region, this unnamed creek simply flowed freely for all to bask in its immediate glory.
Photo captured via Minolta Maxxum AF Zoom 28-85mm F/3.5-4.5 Lens. Western Cascades Lowlands and Valleys section within the Cascades Range. Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Lewis County, Washington. Late October 2022.
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this was not a pretty sight ... breeding Monarch butterflies on the dirty driveway. I've seen instances of this where I thought it was beautiful ... this time was not.
Sometimes you pick the horse but in rare and exceptional instances, the horse picks you. 8 years ago, I drove out to west Texas to buy my first horse and when I walked up to the 1 year old stallion pasture, I was greeted by over 20 stallions ranging in a variety of colors and temperaments. I didn't know much about horses at this point but I knew I wanted a horse that would be a good companion and train easily. Well, this cinnamon boy walks straight up to me, lowers his head, and gently presses his face against my torso. I of course melt into a puddle while I stroke his face, and when I was done I walked away. The sea of stallions were moving around us and the owners while we walked but the same horse continued to follow close behind. When I stopped, he stopped. When I walked, he walked. That's when I decided he's the one. He picked me. I kindly said to him "I guess I'm your huckleberry..." and it stuck-- I named him Huck. He was a quick learner in ground work, and didn't buck once under saddle while he was being trained with rider weight. He has been the perfect first horse for this city girl and I love him so.
Huck - Red Roan - 9 years old
The breeder's site: www.mahorses.com
For big countries like Mainland China, it can take years just to see the whole country proper. Often people might choose to visit a different province every year, just like a different state in the United States for instance.
For small countries like Singapore though, that is unfortunately not an option.
This was one of those instances when I was out to shoot the sunset, but it wasn't very special. Turning to my left (south) however, the clouds were lit up like they were on fire.
The peaks in the foreground, from left to right, are Eagle Mtn, Buck Knob and Bell Knob. Centered in the rear is the valley of the upper Hiwassee River. On the horizon to the right, above Bell Knob, is Georgia's tallest mountain, Brasstown Bald. If you look real close you can see the visitor center tower at the summit.
The Plebejus argus butterfly has bright blue wings rimmed in black with white edges and silver spots on its hindwings, lending it the common name of the Silver-studded Blue. However, as in this instance, the “studs” are not always visible. This male was seen on heather in Surrey.
NR27 and NR115 climb up out of Fish River with 4SA8 Goulburn to Perth Indian Pacific.
The week before I went to get this shot and my camera's second card was full meaning I only got 1 shot. Really wish Canon would just allow photos to be continually taken with only 1 card in this instance.
Anyway here is "The Wider VIew"
2023-02-01 Pacific National NR27-NR115 Fish River 4SA8 70mm
From the 50501 protest in Denver, Colorado. The U.S. flag code (which is not legally enforceable, BTW), specifically says that the flag is not to be inverted “except as a signal of dire distress in instance of extreme danger to life or property.” I think what's currently going on in America certainly qualifies.
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Visiting the summer cottage during winter is a totally different experience. Lake is frozen for instance :)
Autumn colours at the Sir Thomas Phillips Weir in the Roe Valley Country Park, Limavady, Northern Ireland.
The two best known instances of water power being exploited in the Roe are seen in the installation of Ireland’s first hydro-electric turbine in 1896 and the use of water for the flourishing flax industry in both the 17th and 18th centuries.
However, the earliest known use of power from the red river can be traced to a much earlier date. While it has long been known that the Norman invaders of the 12th Century made use of water power from the Roe, it has been suggested by recent archaeological evidence that the monks who lived in the area made use of sophisticated water mills before any Norman French had set foot in Ireland.
The next known use of the river for power comes from the modernising English soldier, Sir Thomas Phillips. Phillips was a professional soldier, who has left a significant mark on the town of Limavady, with some commentators suggesting that without his vigour and zeal, the town as we know it might today be nothing more than another small village.
Phillips was one of the leading figures in the plantation of Ulster, serving the Crown through warfare as a ‘servitor’ and also as chief advisor to the Crown on the plantation of County Londonderry.
Phillips was granted some 3,500 acres in the Roe Valley, in addition to 500 in Castledawson, which he described as “the horsepond of Limavady” and the “cabbage patch of Castledawson.”
He did, however, immediately set about making improvements to his new territory. He extended and repaired the O’Cahan Castle and dug out a surrounding ditch.
Other works included a ‘pleasure garden’, a fish-pond, an orchard, a ‘malt house’ for brewing beer as well as a host of embattlements.
It was Phillips who built what remains today of a ‘weir’ in the Roe, having constructed a water mill and a mile long race. It has been suggested, however, that the race was more likely a renovated version of the old race built by the Normans for their own mill centuries earlier.
An interesting fact about Sir Thomas Phillips reveals him as the man who applied for the licence for the brewery at Bushmills, which still produces world-famous whiskey to this day.
It wasn’t until the development of the linen industry, however, that the Roe was to be fully exploited. The Roe Valley was an ideal location for the process of linen production, commonplace throughout Ireland on a large scale from the late 17th Century onwards.
SG50 National Day Parade, Singapore 国庆——新加坡
What is SG50? Well, it represents the little red dot that we’ve come to know as home. The logo celebrates the Singaporean spirit – signifying that our dreams are not limited by the physical size of our island nation.
Well in this instance , recycling !! Shot taken for Saturday Self Challenge 04/01/25 -- Seasonal !!
So here we are with a random shot of a recycling bin left out for the dustman after the Christmas festivities and obviously a seasonal bi-product is the amount of rubbish and recycling that is generated by many - next week it will be proper rubbish to be collected and I wonder how full to overflowing the black bins will be . I am glad to say as a rule my green bin is usually full but not overflowing and the black bin is usually no more than two thirds full or less . I did note this year that most folk left their bins out on the usual day only for it not to be collected !! There is always an alteration to collection times this time of the year so that the bin men get time off for the bank holidays !!
So for our music this week , it has to be a track from an album called " Recycler " !
First the electric version , then the wooden version from the film and then ZZ Top talking about playing on the film !!
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Note the plumage similarities with my previous post of a fall female Cerulean--the supercilium (wide pale stripe above the eye), the prominent auricular (cheek patch) patch, the wing bars, and the lighter color below. These plumages can be confused in the field especially with so so views and lighting. The dorsal (back) streaking will never be present in the female Cerulean but back views of these canopy species are not often seen well. I've read about how the auricular patch is "rounded off" in the Blackburnian as opposed to Cerulean but as can be seen above I've found that NOT to be the case in many instances in female Blackburnians. The tail is longer in the Blackburnian with a very short extension of the tail beyond the under tail coverts in the Cerulean. The female Cerulean has more olive tones and the Blackburnian has more brownish tones but with certain lighting this can be difficult to appreciate. Most Ceruleans have migrated to the South by early September whereas Blackburnians can be be found early and late in migration. Much care must be taken in the identification of female type Ceruleans as many if not most of these especially late in the season will be Blackburnians.
long time ago, old Japanese respected nature as their gods.
for instance, big rocks, mountains and big rivers, which were difficult to move and control by human's power.
it might seem ridiculous, but I think respects of nature has a meaning to keep the nature as it is and consequently keep the nature cycle around there.
taken at the same place with different angle of "rock and water waves".
Appreciate all of your visits, great comments and supports my dear friends and visitors.
The MRVHK 17 crosses Shady Creek trestle, surrounded by the colors of fall. On its way north out of Klamath Falls on this morning, the train broke knuckles on 2 separate occasions, additionally breaking 2 air hoses during the second instance. The engineer made it very clear to the dispatcher and corridor that trip optimizer was in use "to its fullest extent" both times the train broke. Problems like these on the Cascade sub seem to be the new norm. The previous day on this trip, we had hiked into this same spot for a southbound, and only a couple miles away from us, a trailing unit failed from crankcase overpressure, leading to hours of troubleshooting and work to set the unit out, tie down, and later get the train moving again with a different crew and another locomotive. If I actually got any shots to show for it, I would do a more detailed write-up of that story. Last time I was on the hill during snow back in march, the situation was similar to this with frequent locomotive failures and other problems. In more demanding and remote territory like this, UP's lack of maintenance and other attempts to save money like TO and getting rid of the helpers really cut the operation deep, to the bone, it's pretty disappointing to see.
The Mottled Duck breeds from Texas to Florida, introduced to South Carolina coast. Non-migratory, year-round resident of coastal marshes, both freshwater and estuarine. In a few instances, I have even seen them on the ocean taking the little ones for swimming lessons.
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El patio de los Arrayanes es el gran patio escenográfico perteneciente al Palacio de Comares de la Alhambra, situado en su centro, al este del patio del Cuarto Dorado y al oeste de la sala de Baños y patio de los Leones. A su alrededor se articulan una serie de estancias siendo las más importantes las destinadas a cuarto de trabajo del sultán (diwan) o sala del trono y de audiencias (situadas al norte del patio). El patio es rectangular de dimensiones bastante considerables y con un estanque o alberca en el centro rodeado de plantaciones de arrayanes (o mirtos). Se le conoce también con los nombres de patio de los Mirtos, patio de la Alberca y patio de Comares.
En el centro se encuentra el estanque que mide 34 metros por 7,10 metros; se abastece de agua por medio de dos pilas de mármol situadas en cada extremo. Está enmarcado por unos pasillos pavimentados en mármol blanco, delimitados a su vez por la plantación de los mirtos o arrayanes bien recortados que forman como un seto, de un verde brillante que contrasta con el mármol y con el agua.nota 1 Alrededor del estanque y los mirtos y por sus cuatro costados, hay un gran espacio que constituye el patio propiamente dicho, cuyo suelo es también de mármol blanco. En su origen estaba adornado también por naranjos silvestres de fruto amargo, según la descripción hecha por el embajador veneciano Andrea Navagiero que hizo una visita a la Alhambra en el siglo XVI.
El patio fue restaurado en el siglo XIX como tantos otros sitios de la Alhambra. El restaurador principal fue el académico arquitecto Rafael Contreras Muñoz (1826-1890). Uno de los cambios más espectaculares consistió en levantar el pavimento que estaba enlosado con lápidas procedentes de cementerios musulmanes, sustituyéndolas por un enlosado de mármol.
Al muro norte se abre primero una galería o pórtico abierto en cuyo centro hay una pequeña cúpula. En los extremos hay unas alcobas que se supone fueran de tertulia mientras esperaban la audiencia del sultán. En las paredes y por encima del zócalo de azulejos se escribieron poesías de Ibn Zamrak, ministro de Muhammad V, en alabanza de este sultán. Hay también dos nichos o tacas, esculpidos en mármol y adornados con azulejos, donde se colocaban jarrones con flores o lámparas de aceite. A lo largo de la galería hay un zócalo de azulejos realizados por Antonio Tenorio y el morisco Gaspar Hernández entre 1587 y 1599.
La galería del muro sur está compuesta por tres arcos iguales y uno central más elevado. La recorre un zócalo de azulejos. Esta galería también recibe a sus visitantes con una leyenda:
"La ayuda y la protección de Dios y una victoria espléndida para nuestro Señor Abu Abd' Allah, emir de los musulmanes."
No se tiene mucha noticia sobre las dependencias que había en este lado. Fueron destruidas parcialmente para la construcción del palacio de Carlos V en el siglo XVI. Por encima de esta galería hay un corredor y sobre éste otra galería de seis arcos iguales y otro con dintel y zapatas de madera en el centro. Las celosías son del siglo XIX.
En el lado este del patio se abren distintas puertas que conducen a estancias privadas del sultán y su corte.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_of_the_Myrtles
The Court of the Myrtles (Patio de los Arrayanes) is part of the palace and fortress complex of the Alhambra. It is located east of the Gilded Room (Cuarto Dorado) and west of the Patio of the Lions and the Baths. Its current name is due to the myrtle bushes that surround the central pond and the bright green colour of which contrasts with the white marble of the patio. It was also called the Patio of the Pond or the Reservoir (Patio del Estanque o de la Alberca) because of the central pond, which is 34 metres long and 7,10 meters wide. The patio is divided in two sides by the pond, which receives its water from two fountains. The space has chambers and porticoes around it. These porticoes rest on columns with cubic capitals, which have seven semicircular arches decorated with fretwork rhombuses and inscriptions praising God. The central arch is greater than the other six and has solid scallops decorated with stylised vegetal forms and capitals of Mocárabes.
The most important chambers that surround the Patio are the ones in the north side, which are part of the Comares Palace, the official residence of the King.
Comares Palace
The name of the Palace, Comares, has led to various etymological research. For instance, Diego de Guadix wrote a dictionary about Arabic words in which it is said that Comares originally comes from cun and ari. The first term means stand up and the second one look, in other words it would have meant Stand up and look around or possibly Open your eyes and see, which is a way of referring the beauty of the place.
In the sixteenth century, a historian from Granada called Luis de Mármol Carvajal claimed that the term Comares derived from the word Comaraxía, that actually has a meaning related to a craftsmanship labor very appreciated by Muslims: a manufacturing technique of glass for exterior and ceilings.
A third suggested theory is that the name comes from the Arab word qumariyya or qamariyya. These ones designate the stained glasses that can even be glimpsed from the Hall of the Ambassadors' balcony.
There's another possibility that says that Qumarish is the name of a region in the North of Africa where most craftsmen came from, in other words, the place might be called Comares in honour of the people who worked there.
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Photo of Nason Creek captured via Minolta Maxxum AF 16mm Fish-Eye F/2.8 Lens. Washington's Central Cascades Range. Wenatchee/Chelan Highlands section within the North Cascades Region. Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. Chelan County, Washington. Late October 2021.
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Another one of my currently being organised archives: an instance of an exceptionally beautiful Scottish west coast sunset as seen from Connel Bridge. The turbulence in in the water are what is called the Falls of Lora, which are generated when the water level in the Firth of Lorn (i.e. the open sea) drops below the level of the water in Loch Etive as the tide goes out. As the seawater in Loch Etive pours out through the narrow mouth of the loch, it passes over a rocky shelf which causes the rapids to form. As the tide rises again there is a period of slack water when the levels are the same on either side. However, due to the narrow entrance to the Loch, the tide rises more quickly than the water can flow into the Loch. Thus there is still considerable turbulence at high tide caused by flow into the Loch. Thus, unlike most situations where slack water is at high and low tides, in the case of the Falls of Lora slack water occurs when the levels on either side are the same, not when the tidal change is at its least. As a result, the tidal range is much greater on the coast than it is inside the loch. A 3 metres (9.8 ft) range at Oban may produce only a 1.3 metres (4.3 ft) at Bonawe on the loch shore.
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This was one of the rare instances in my birding and photography experience where a species was completely unexpected (by me, not by others) and it showed upright before sunrise on the cliffs by Prince Edward Point. I was prepared for the spring migration of brightly-coloured Warblers to begin; not for some tardy bird from the North to be heading home for summer. Instead of songbirds filling the morning air with their noisy and tuneful interactions, we found the species that doesn’t have a song.
But like the other migrants, she just flew in from down south and boy were her arms tired! The morning was awash in small insects of varying types, and this bird was cleaning up everything she could find. She was gone in twenty minutes, moving on northward.
Because I have had most of my experience with the species in Algonquin Park or in a small corner of a forest southeast of Ottawa, always in the winter and always on its coldest days, it was also quite striking to see one in the spring sunshine.
The valley of the ten peaks is a lovely stroll through Alpine forest, that ends at lake Eiffel. The immense grandeur of the canadian rockies can in most instances only be caught by panoramas, and this one was made with my wide angle. The little lake on the left is btw not Lake Eifel, but lake Moraine, another miracle of emerald color in Banff NP.(NB this picture can be viewed best enlarged).
From 11 june till the 25th of July, I traveled in Canada. Starting in Brighton Ontario, where my sister lives at the border of an amazing part of lake Ontario, I flew to Vancouver, and Vancouver island where I took the boat at Port Hardy to take part 1 of the Inside passage, to Prince Rupert in BC. Two days later I took part 2 to Skagway in Alaska. When coming from Skagway Alaska, you can take the train to Carcross. it is a very scenic train ride that halts at Bennet lake.
And then to Whitehorse and further on by car to Kluane National park in the Yukon district. Whitehorse is situated at the border of the Yukon. Frow there I flew back to Vancouver, rented a car, and traveled three weeks in the BC- and Alberta Rockies, visiting the famous, and less famous Nature parks like Banff and Jasper. Last few days back to Brighton Ontario to enjoy lake Ontario once more, before going home. A picture of my itinerary can be found on Facebook (www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152940536581759&set...).
4000 pictures later, it is quite a task to show the right stuff, although the stunning scenery guarantees at least a few great shots to share. Objective will be to make a book (for myself mainly), and that might take a while.
I hope you will enjoy the impression of my travel, one that equals earlier journeys to Alaska and south America, this journey was the first in the digital era, and equally intensive because of all the hiking activities every day on and on. I loved every minute of it.
The Samanid mausoleum is located in the historical urban nucleus of the city of Bukhara, in a park laid out on the site of an ancient cemetery. This mausoleum, one of the most esteemed sights of Central Asian architecture, was built in the 9th (10th) century (between 892 and 943) as the resting-place of Ismail Samani - a powerful and influential amir of the Samanid dynasty, one of the Persian dynasty to rule in Central Asia, which held the city in the 9th and 10th centuries. Although in the first instance the Samanids were Governors of Khorasan and Transoxiana under the suzerainty of the Abbasid Caliphate, the dynasty soon established virtual independence from Baghdad.
For many years the lower part of the mausoleum remained under a two-meter high layer of sediment. Now the foundation has been cleared of these obstacles and the mausoleum, fully restored, is open for observation from all sides as was initially planned by the builders.
The monument marks a new era in the development of Central Asian architecture, which was revived after the Arab conquest of the region. The architects continued to use an ancient tradition of baked brick construction, but to a much higher standard than had been seen before. The construction and artistic details of the brickwork (see picture), are still enormously impressive, and display traditional features dating back to pre-Islamic culture.
This heron just seems to take a little breather from a hectic day...
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Have a pleasant day, everyone...
NEW JERSEY 2017 BALD EAGLE PROJECT REPORT
ANOTHER PRODUCTIVE YEAR FOR NJ’S EAGLES
by Larissa Smith, CWF Wildlife Biologist
The Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ in partnership with the NJ Endangered and Nongame Species Program has released the 2017 NJ Bald Eagle Project Report. In 2017, 178 eagle nests were monitored during the nesting season. Of these nests 153 were active (with eggs) and 25 were territorial or housekeeping pairs. One hundred and ninety young were fledged.
In 2017 the number of active nests was three more than in 2016, but the number young fledged decreased by 27 from a record high of 216 fledged in 2016. The productivity rate this season of 1.25 young/active nest is still above the required range of 0.0 to 1.1 for population maintenance. Productivity could be lower this season for many reasons including weather, predation and disturbance to the nesting area. In 2017 nest monitors reported several instances of “intruder” eagles at nests which did disrupt the nesting attempts of several pairs. One of these “eagle dramas” unfolded at the Duke Farms eagle cam watched by millions of people. An intruder female attempted to replace the current female. This harassment interrupted the pairs bonding and copulation and no eggs were laid.
This year’s report includes a section on Resightings of banded eagles. Resightings of NJ (green) banded eagles have increased over the years, as well as eagles seen in NJ that were banded in other states. These resightings are important, as they help us to understand eagle movements during the years between fledging and settling into a territory, as well as adult birds at a nest site.
For more info: www.conservewildlifenj.org/blog/2017/12/06/new-jersey-201...
New Jersey Bald Eagle Project Report | 2017 may be downloaded here: www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ensp/pdf/eglrpt17.pdf
Da die neue Bauteihe 249 immer mehr Leistungen übernimmt, verschwinden die Loks der Baureihe 298 nach und nach. Groß war die Freude deswegen am 24. Februar 2025 als die 298 310 mit ein paar Wagen von Hennigsdorf nach Seddin fuhr. Südlich von Golm lauerte ich den Zug auf und konnte dieses Bild machen.
De nieuwe DB locs uit de serie 249 worden steeds meer ingezet. Als gefolg hiervan verdwijnen de oudere locs steeds meer van de Duitse sporen. Groot was de vreugde daarom op 24 februari 2025 toen de 298 310 een slag van Seddin naar Hennigsdorf en terug reed. Op de foto is de loc met een drietal wagons op weg terug naar Seddin was (hier iets ten zuiden van Golm).
More and more freight trains are being hauled by new DB class 249 engines. This means, that it is getting rarer to see one of the older engines (like for instance class 298 engines).
On February 24th, luckily engine 298 310 was tasked with bringing a short train from Hennigsdorf to Seddin (seen here near Golm).
Built in 1881 by Mr. R. D. Hume of Astoria, Oregon, the vessel Hume was named after his wife. The Mary Duncan Hume spent her first ten years hauling goods from Oregon to San Fransisco. Purchased in 1889 by Pacific Whaling Co., the vessel spent the ten years following her sale as an Arctic whaling vessel and obtained a record catch of Baleen in a single 29 month voyage. Another of her whaling voyages made history when the Mary D. Hume spent six years at sea. Both instances setting records for the ship's impressive performance.
In 1899, the Mary D. started in towing service on the Nushagak River in Alaska, and was then sold to The American Tug Boat company. In 1914 she briefly served in the Alaska Halibut industry before returning to work as a tug boat for another 60 years.
Finally in 1978 the Mary D. Hume was retired to Gold Beach where she now sits, slowly sinking into the mud, only a few hundred feet from where she was originally constructed. In 1979 the ship was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
What is this?
I recently saw Stephen Shore's "Beverly and La Brea" 1975.
I was transfixed and couldn't figure out why. What was it about La Brea that held my awe? What was he trying to do?
My Flickr friend ajimhill recommended I read Stephen Shore's "Modern Instances". Quite a cerebral photography book.
Through practice & practice I am attempting to implement Shore's principles of "spacial continuity"; do not impose structure of a scene from you, but rather allow the scene to organize itself into it's natural structure, thus allowing the viewer to be able to move their attention through the 'space' of the picture.....
Not everywhere in Iceland met with our universal approval. While some places brought a pleasant surprise, there were others that found us harrumphing noisily as we pulled up at a packed car park, and sighing as we realised we’d need to do battle with other human beings to get a view. Take Fjaðrárgljúfur for instance. It was a place that had all the hallmarks of great promise, a high sided narrow winding canyon, through which runs a shallow river, small soft cascades offering a happy detour from the main road near the equally difficult to pronounce town of Kirkjubæjarklaustur. The place names around here seem to be even more arcane than is usual in a country where attempting to say anything at all requires a certain degree of tonsillar dexterity. Come to think of it, I’m not sure I can get through “tonsillar dexterity” without tripping up somewhere in the middle. I’m glad nobody asks me to read this stuff aloud.
Fjaðrárgljúfur seemed to have attracted quite a number of visitors. Ok, so we were here in the middle of the afternoon, gradually making our way towards Vik from Jökulsárlón, but even so, it felt busy as we squeezed our van into the car parking area. And of course we already knew that the welly boots would be redundant here. That’s the problem with Feeyardarawotsit you see (spell checker just blew up by the way); it’s been tainted by a teenage pop sensation and now it’s mostly off limits. All the fault of one Justin Bieber. Apparently his music videos have blighted the plane wreck too.
I should stress here that I’m a leading authority on neither Mr Bieber nor his work. In fact I know nothing about him at all, other than the fact that the “i” comes before the “e” in his surname, he’s aged somewhere between twelve and forty-six, and is either a fresh faced teenager with carefully airbrushed pimples, or on his fifth marriage and counting after a number of high profile alimony disputes. I gather he is, or was very popular. If you can name one of his songs, you’re doing better than me. I didn’t even bother to watch his videos during the countless hours of research I did before this trip. You can only do so much preparation you know. I’m sure he’s very talented - I just wish he’d stayed away from Iceland. It’s bad enough fighting off other togs for the prime spots, but when a gang of Instaselfie teenyboppers arrive, armed with giggles and iPhones, things can get nasty.
What I’d have loved to do here, is quietly potter around in the canyon, revelling in the fact that while others packed a bottle of gin or two in their suitcases, I kept the space free for my wellies, planting the tripod in the water here and there, mostly getting it wrong, but maybe just once finding something worthy. Of course it’s a fragile space that the authorities want to protect, but then again if that teen idol had stayed away, a tide of adolescent adoring hordes might have done too, instead leaving the canyon to a pair of peaceful middle aged seventies rock fans who were only too aware of how sinful it is to tread on the moss.
So sadly, the only option open to us was to traipse up the dedicated path to the dedicated viewing point, a thoughtfully placed balcony at the head of the canyon, where we waited our turn. Once we were installed in the best position, we still had to wait for one of those “in-between” moments when the balcony was vacant apart from ourselves. That’s the trouble with those lofty steel platforms - the minute anyone shuffles from one side to the other, it bounces around like the main stand at a football stadium when the home team has just scored a vital goal. And with all those energetic young Bieberites around, bouncing was the order of the moment. This was only a six second exposure, but it needed to be a bounce free six seconds unless I fancied trying a bit of ICM.
We didn’t stay long. Maybe an extended visit might have resulted in some amazing discovery, but on the face of it there was only one shot, unless you had a drone. Neither of us are brave enough to own one. With some dramatic light the view here can come to life, as I’ve seen in one or two fine examples, but in the middle of the day, there was nothing doing. This shot looks like pretty much every other shot from Feey…whatstheuse, and the fact it’s taken me four years to post it probably tells you what I think. It’s only because I wanted to write a story about a pop star whose music I’ve never knowingly listened to that it’s here at all. I hope the read was worth it…..
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This tool is used for automotive (setting valve clearance on older engines, for instance) and engineering use, where a precise gap must be set.
I've confirmed the term “feeler gauge,” which starts with an F, is indeed a noun.
The 9th of November is a very fateful day for Germany. In a good way (for instance, on Nov. 9th in 1989 the Berlin Wall came down), but mostly in a terrible and very sad way: November 9th 2018, is the 80th anniversary of the Pogrom Night of 1938, also referred to as "Crystal Night", "Night of Broken Glass", or Kristallnacht. The Pogrom Night on November 9th was the terrible "highlight" of days of destruction and arrests which followed the assassination of Nazi diplomat Ernst vom Rath by 17 year old Herschel Grynszpan in Paris. During the night of November 9th to November 10th SA paramilitary forces (and civilians) ransacked and damaged or destroyed Jewish shops, businesses, homes, schools, hospitals and cemetaries, and set synagogues on fire in Germany and Austria. Hundreds of people died, about 30,000 were arrested. While the Jewish population in Germany had, more than ever before, been discriminated against, surpressed and persecuted since the Nazi regime had come into power, that terrible night in 1938 marked the beginning of the so called "Final Solution" and the Holocaust. The name "Crystal Night" (Kristallnacht) comes from thousands upon thousands of glass shards that covered the streets after that night.
This was taken at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, also known as the Holocaust Memorial, at the heart of Berlin. The Holocaust Memorial was designed by architect Peter Eisenman. It consists of 2,711 stelae (concrete slabs) arranged in a grid pattern on a sloping field, covering an area of 19,000 square metres. According to Eisenman, the stelae on sloping ground are supposed to create an atmosphere of uneasiness and confusion.
For me, due to the long and narrow alleys, there also is a feeling of losing "track" of people, of people disappearing. People you see there are "gone" the next moment. There can also be a sensation of "encircling". When I was there, I "met" a man, a tourist, and we happened to always take the same turn around the stelae, so we would meet each other again and again for a few times...The people who went underground in order to survive the Holocaust must have felt that where ever they turned to, however well chosen and protected their hideouts were, their persecutors could (and all too often would) find them at any time, anywhere...
Taken during a photowalk with Sabine.R, marionrosengarten, --Conrad-N-- and H. Roebke.
Den 9. November könnte man durchaus als "Schicksalstag" der Deutschen bezeichnen, nur dass die diversen Ereignisse, die sich in den vergangenen einhundert Jahren an einem 9. November zugetragen haben, eher weniger mit Schicksal zu tun haben als mit aktivem Tun. Im sehr guten (09.11.'89) wie im unfassbar schlechtem Sinne (09.11.1938):
09.11.1918: Beginn der Novemberrevolution in Berlin
09.11.1923: Hitler-Ludendorff-Putsch
09.11.1938: Pogromnacht
09.11.1989: Fall der Berliner Mauer
Der fürchterlichste 9. November war sicherlich jener vor 80 Jahren, die Pogromnacht, in deren Verlauf mehrere hundert Menschen getötet, mindestens 30.000 inhaftiert wurden und tausende jüdischer Geschäfte, Wohnhäuser, Schulen, Krankenhäuser, Friedhöfe verwüstet und Synagogen in ganz Deutschland und Österreich in Brand gesteckt wurden. Der 9. November 1938 gilt als Auftakt des Holocaust.
Different photo than the last one. Used Silver Efex Pro 2 and the subtle changes as I played with the color filter sliders was too much fun! This is also an instance in which I added some grain to give some structure to the photo.
No sign of the two maroon SD9043MACs in mainline service yet as 130 and 133 continue to hold down that assignment (along with 650 in this instance).
The word dungeon comes from French donjon (also spelled dongeon), which means "keep", the main tower of a castle. The first recorded instance of the word in English was near the beginning of the 14th century when it held the same meaning as donjon. The proper original meaning of "keep" is still in use for academics, although in popular culture it has been largely misused and come to mean a cell or "oubliette". Though it is uncertain, both dungeon and donjon are thought to derive from the Middle Latin word dominio, meaning "lord" or "master".
In French, the term donjon still refers to a "keep", and the English term "dungeon" refers mostly to oubliette in French. Donjon is therefore a false friend to dungeon (although the game Dungeons & Dragons is titled Donjons et Dragons in its French editions).
An oubliette (same origin as the French oublier, meaning "to forget") was a form of prison cell which was accessible only from a hatch or a hole (sometimes called an angstloch) in a high ceiling. The use of "donjons" evolved over time, sometimes to include prison cells, which could explain why the meaning of "dungeon" in English evolved over time from being a prison within the tallest, most secure tower of the castle into meaning a cell, and by extension, in popular use, an oubliette or even a torture chamber.
The earliest use of oubliette in French dates back to 1374, but its earliest adoption in English is Walter Scott's Ivanhoe in 1819: "The place was utterly dark—the oubliette, as I suppose, of their accursed convent.
A dragon is a large, serpent-like legendary creature that appears in the folklore of many cultures around world. Beliefs about dragons vary drastically by region, but dragons in western cultures since the High Middle Ages have often been depicted as winged, horned, four-legged, and capable of breathing fire. Dragons in eastern cultures are usually depicted as wingless, four-legged, serpentine creatures with above-average intelligence.
The earliest attested dragons resemble giant snakes. Dragon-like creatures are first described in the mythologies of the ancient Near East and appear in ancient Mesopotamian art and literature. Stories about storm-gods slaying giant serpents occur throughout nearly all Indo-European and Near Eastern mythologies. Famous prototypical dragons include the mušḫuššu of ancient Mesopotamia, Apep in Egyptian mythology, Vṛtra in the Rigveda, the Leviathan in the Hebrew Bible, Python, Ladon, and the Lernaean Hydra in Greek mythology, Jörmungandr, Níðhöggr, and Fafnir in Norse mythology, and the dragon from Beowulf.
The popular western image of a dragon as winged, four-legged, and capable of breathing fire is an invention of the High Middle Ages based on a conflation of earlier dragons from different traditions. In western cultures, dragons are portrayed as monsters to be tamed or overcome, usually by saints or culture heroes, as in the popular legend of Saint George and the Dragon. They are often said to have ravenous appetites and to live in caves, where they hoard treasure. These dragons appear frequently in western fantasy literature, including The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling, and A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin.
The word "dragon" has also come to be applied to the Chinese lung, which are associated with good fortune and are thought to have power over rain. Dragons and their associations with rain are the source of the Chinese customs of dragon dancing and dragon boat racing. Many East Asian deities and demigods have dragons as their personal mounts or companions. Dragons were also identified with the Emperor of China, who, during later Chinese imperial history, was the only one permitted to have dragons on his house, clothing, or personal articles. Source Wikipedia.
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