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Some times you just got to have a little support.
Remembering Leo Russell R.I.P.
Remembering Bill Withers R.I.P.
Remembeing the Pretenders
James Honeyman_Scott and Peter Granville Farndon R.I.P.
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I'm so grateful to have spent my birthday on a caravan safari at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. The sheer expanse of the park (1800 acres), and the varied wildlife it supports (over 300 species) are impressive. Pictured here, from the caravan safari are two Southern white rhinos.
Dunsapie Loch, Holyrood Park
A small artificial loch located between Dunsapie Hill and Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh's Holyrood Park. Created at the initiative of Prince Albert, Consort to Queen Victoria, in 1844, it is fed with water from Alnwickhill in the south of the city.
Today, lying alongside the road at about 110m above sea level, the loch forms a popular location within the park which is often the starting point for an ascent to the top of Arthur's Seat. It supports plentiful wildfowl.
Excerpt from mcfcrandall.wordpress.com:
Amnesty International Toronto Organization is a group that works to raise public awareness of human rights issues. One of the projects that it supports is Urban Canvas. Thirty murals were planned, each based on one of the thirty articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The mural for Article 26 is on Sherbourne Street at St. James Town West Park. It is on the wall of a Shoppers Drug Mart.
Article 26 pertains to education:
“Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages…. and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit. Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and it shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups” is written on the accompanying poster. That is a condensed version of article 26.
The Mackinac Bridge is currently the fifth longest suspension bridge in the world. In 1998, the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Japan became the longest with a total suspension of 12,826 feet. The Mackinac Bridge is the longest suspension bridge in the western hemisphere. The total length of the Mackinac Bridge is 26,372 feet. The length of the suspension bridge (including anchorages) is 8,614 feet. The length from cable bent pier to cable bent pier is 7,400 feet. Length of main span (between towers) is 3,800 feet.
The width of the roadway is 54 feet. The outside lanes are 12 feet wide (2), the inside lanes are 11 feet wide (2), the center mall is 2 feet wide, and the catwalk, curb and rail width is 3 feet on each side - totaling 54 feet. The stiffening truss width in the suspended span is 68 feet wide making it wider than the roadway it supports.
The height of the roadway at mid-span is approximately 200 feet above water level. The vertical clearance at normal temperature is 155 feet at the center of the main suspension span and 135 feet at the boundaries of the 3,000 ft. navigation channel.
All suspension bridges are designed to move to accommodate wind, change in temperature, and weight. It is possible that the deck at center span could move as much as 35 feet (east or west) due to high winds. This would only happen under severe wind conditions. The deck would not swing or "sway" but rather move slowly in one direction based on the force and direction of the wind. After the wind subsides, the weight of the vehicles crossing would slowly move it back into center position.
The steel superstructure will support one ton per lineal foot per roadway (northbound or southbound). The length of the steel superstructure is 19,243 feet. Each direction will, therefore, support 19,243 tons. The answer is 38,486 tons (2 x 19,243 tons).
Iskanderkul (Russian: Искандеркуль; Tajik: Искандаркӯл) is a mountain lake of glacial origin in Tajikistan's Sughd Province. It lies at an altitude of 2,195 metres (7,201 ft) on the northern slopes of the Gissar Range in the Fann Mountains. Triangular in shape, it has a surface area of 3.4 square kilometres (1.3 sq mi) and is up to 72 metres (236 ft) deep. Formed by a landslide[citation needed] that blocks the Saratogh river, the outflow of the lake is called the Iskander Darya, which joins the Yaghnob River to form the Fan Darya, a major left tributary of the Zeravshan River.
134 km from Dushanbe and 23 km from the Dushanbe—Khujand road, Iskanderkul is a popular tourist destination.
The lake takes its name from Alexander the Great's passage in Tajikistan: Iskander is the Persian pronunciation of Alexander, and kul means lake in many Turkic languages. There are two legends connecting the lake to Alexander. The first one states it used to be a location the inhabitants of which resisted Alexander's rule, and in fury, the king ordered to divert a river and annihilate them. The second legend states that Bucephalus had drowned in the lake.
A 300 square kilometres (120 sq mi) tract of land including the lake and surrounding mountains has been designated a nature reserve. As well as the lake itself, habitats found in the reserve include rivers, water meadows, broad-leaved and juniper forests, mountain shrubland and sub-alpine meadows.
Over half of the reserve, comprising 177 square kilometres (68 sq mi), has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area because it supports significant numbers of the populations of various bird species, either as residents, or as breeding or passage migrants. These include Himalayan snowcocks, saker falcons, cinereous vultures, yellow-billed choughs, Hume's larks, sulphur-bellied warblers, wallcreepers, Himalayan rubythroats, white-winged redstarts, white-winged snowfinches, alpine accentors, rufous-streaked accentors, brown accentors, water pipits, fire-fronted serins, plain mountain finches, crimson-winged finches, red-mantled rosefinches and white-winged grosbeaks.
All things share
the same breath;
the beast, the tree, the man.
The Air
shares it's spirit with
all the life it supports.
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Chief Seattle
EXPLORE @ 352, 12/3/13
Primarilly, it supports climbs on the Campanile di Val Montanaia, but many other walls in the surroundings are attractive for climbing as well.
Rievaulx Abbey is a Cistercian monastery, founded in 1131 by Walter Espec in a secluded valley on the edge of the North York Moors. The name Rievaulx is a Norman concoction, a misuse of Rye Vallis, or Rye Valley. The abbey was one of the first Cistercian houses to be established in England. It was meant to act as an administration centre for Cistercian missionary work in the north of England and into Scotland, a place from which monks would be sent out to establish daughter houses throughout the region.
The first structures at Rievaulx were temporary timber buildings, intended to serve only until proper permanent buildings could be erected in stone. The first stone structures were begun under the first abbot, William (1132-1145), sometime after 1135. The plan for Rievaulx was to follow the same layout as that of the mother abbey of the order at Citeaux, in France. This consisted of a large church, with a cloister range to the south.
Abbot William's church was taken down and rebuilt on a grand scale by the third abbet, Aelred (1147-1167). Aelred had come to Rievaulx from Scotland, where he had served as a steward in the household of King David.
The east end of the church was later torn down and enlarged by Abbot Roger II (1223-1239). One unusual feature at Rievaulx is the orientation of the church. Most churches in Britain, certainly established in the mediaval period, are oriented loosely on an east/west line. At Rievaulx the layout of the site neccessitated a different approach, and the abbey church is laid out on a north/south line.
The abbey was expanded in the period 1145-1165 and again in the late 12th century. Interestingly, though Rievaulx was reckoned the most important Cistercian house in England in the late 12th century, it really reached the peak of its power around 1200, and from that point on life at Rievaulx became a struggle. Part of the struggle was the monk's own fault An ambitious programme of rebuilding and extended the abbey buildings in the 13th century led to heavy debts.
But some things were beyond the abbey's control. Like most Cistercian monasteries Rievaulx relied heavily on income from sheep farming. In the 13th century a series of epidemics ravaged the abbey's flocks, leaving them with far lower income than expected. They did engage in minor rebuilding during the 14th century, but by then the abbey had truly fallen upon hard times. Parts of the abbey buildings were torn down in the 15th century. By the time the abbey was suppressed by Henry VIII in 1538 it supported 22 monks and 100 lay people. Compare that to the 1160s when, under Abbot Aelred, it had a population of 140 monks and more than 500 lay brothers.
My first attempt at SHIPtember (build a 100+ stud spaceship within the month
of September). I started September 1st with a clean workspace and completed it
on September 29th.
Length: 109 studs (34")
Width: 73 studs (23")
Weight: 9 lbs
Piece Count: ~5100
The Deep Freeze Discoverer is a high speed reconnaissance ship capable of both atmospheric and lower orbit flight. Built to monitor the uncharted and uninhabited continents of Ice Planet 2002. It supports an array of dispersible communication droids and twin intercontinental rockets. Skis allow it to land on any snowfield or icy lake its single pilot may encounter. The Deep Freeze Discoverer is a true asset for the Ice Planet star fleet.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurobe_Dam
Kurobe Dam
The Kurobe Dam (黒部ダム) or Kuroyon Dam (黒四ダム), is a variable-radius arch dam on the Kurobe River in Toyama Prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan. It supports the 335 MW Kurobe No. 4 Hydropower Plant and is owned by Kansai Electric Power Company. At 186 metres (610 ft) high, it is the tallest dam in Japan.[1] It was constructed between 1956 and 1963 at a cost of ¥51.3 billion yen. The project was a difficult engineering feat for the rapidly growing post–World War II Japan, and claimed the lives of 171 people.[2]
The Kurobe Dam is a 492 m (1,614 ft) long and 186 m (610 ft) high variable-radius (dome) arch dam. The dam is 39.7 m (130 ft) wide at its base, 8.1 m (27 ft) wide at its crest and contains 1,582,845 m3 (2,070,283 cu yd) of concrete. The dam is flanked and supported by two "wing" dams; the one on the left bank is 69 m (226 ft) long and the right is 56 m (184 ft). The dam withholds a reservoir with a capacity of 199,285,175 m3 (260,655,168 cu yd) of which 148,843,000 m3 (194,679,000 cu yd) is live (active or "useful") storage. The reservoir also has a catchment area of 188.5 km2 (72.8 sq mi) and surface area of 3.49 km2 (1.35 sq mi).[4] The dam's spillway is located on its crest and contains 10 11.5 m (38 ft) wide uncontrolled openings with a maximum discharge capacity of 906 m3/s (32,000 cu ft/s). Three other openings exist in the dam's orifice which consist of 1.5 m (4.9 ft) diameter pipes, two of which can discharge a maximum of 88 m3/s (3,100 cu ft/s) each and the third 44 m3/s (1,600 cu ft/s). The dam's crest elevation is 1,454 m (4,770 ft) above sea level while the reservoir's normal operating level is 1,448 m (4,751 ft) and low level is considered 1,338 m (4,390 ft).[5]
The dam's power station, Kurobe No. 4, is located underground and contains four generators which are powered by Pelton turbines for a total installed capacity of 335 MW and average annual generation of 1 billion kWh.[1][6] The power station is 22 m (72 ft) wide, 33 m (108 ft) high and 117 m (384 ft) long. The penstock serving water to the power station is 10,909.6 m (35,793 ft) long and utilizes a maximum effective hydraulic head of 545.5 m (1,790 ft) while transferring a maximum of 72 m3/s (2,500 cu ft/s) to the turbines. The plant's surge chamber is 145.6 m (478 ft) long and 5 m (16 ft) high.[5]
黒部ダム（くろべダム）は、富山県中新川郡立山町、黒部川水系黒部川に建設されたダムである。ダムに貯えられた水を利用している発電所が黒部川第四発電所（黒四）であることから、黒四ダム（くろよんダム）とも呼ぶ人もある。
黒部ダムは、世界的に見ても大規模なダムであり、また周辺は名勝・中部山岳国立公園でもあることから、立山黒部アルペンルートのハイライトのひとつとして、多くの観光客が訪れる。なお、黒部ダムを紹介するときの映像でダムから放水されているシーンがあるが、これは常時ではなく、6月下旬～10月中旬頃に限られる。
ダム観光施設の運営は、関西電力関電アメニックスくろよん観光事業部が行っている。
登山客の間では、下ノ廊下に平行して歩く日電歩道の玄関口として親しまれている。
黑部水壩（黒部ダム）是位於日本富山縣中新川郡立山町、黑部川水系黑部川上建設的水壩。水壩有利用貯發電的黑部川第四發電所（黑四）、故又名黒四水壩（黒四ダム）。
為日本代表水壩之一，堤高186米，是全日本最大的拱形水壩；水庫的建造共歷時七年，攔截御前澤所形成的人工湖黑部湖貯水量在2 億立方公尺以上，為日本最大的水庫，於1963年正式完工啟用，由關西電力公司以513億日元建設。1968年，石原裕次郎製作了以這個水庫為外景的電影《黑部之太陽》（黒部の太陽）。2002年12月31日播放NHK電視台的「紅白歌合戰」中，中島美雪在黑部水庫的洞穴中唱出《地上之星》，創下瞬間收視率52.8%的高收視率。
An Ethiopian Wolf patrols its territory in the Web Valley. This remote and inaccessible area is one of the last remaining strongholds of the Ethiopian Wolf. It is superb wolf habitat due to the very high density of rodents it supports. However, even here they are under threat. Photographed in Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia.
Roméo et Juliette , Grèbes huppés .
Depuis deux jours qu'il se sont rencontrés , ils surveillent l'endroit contre toute intrusion...
Et tout a coup , ils prirent la décision de l'emplacement du nid !
Chacun est allé chercher des végétaux et les a apporté sur l'endroit choisi . Instant magique pour celui qui a le privilège de regarder !
Les grosse branches dépassant de l'eau proviennent d'un arbre au fond de la rivière . il servira de support pour ancrer le nid flottant...
"Nous le savons: la terre n'appartient pas à l'homme, c'est l'homme qui appartient à la terre.
Nous le savons: toutes choses sont liées. Tout ce qui arrive à la terre arrive aux fils de la terre.
L'homme n'a pas tissé la toile de la vie, il n'est qu'un fil de tissu. Tout ce qu'il fait à la toile, il le fait à lui-même."
"All things share the same breath the animals, the trees, the man, and the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.
The earth and myself are of one mind
All things are connected. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the children of the earth.
We are part of the earth, and it is part of us."
Seattle, chef indien Suquamish
This perch is in several of my 2016 rookery pictures. During the nesting season, I photographed displaying egrets, nest building egrets and posing spoonbills on this perch (see comment 1 for examples). On my most recent trip, I was thrilled to see it supporting an egret nest with chicks. I made this image mid-day and stayed until dark hoping for a shot in better light, but didn't have another opportunity with both adults present.
Smith Oaks Rookery in High Island Texas
5/2016
Comme des pochtrons sur une bouteille de gros rouge , les oiseaux se précipitent dès qu'il y a de l'eau non gelée dans l'abreuvoir....
C'est le film de la photographie précédente .
"Nous le savons: la terre n'appartient pas à l'homme, c'est l'homme qui appartient à la terre.
Nous le savons: toutes choses sont liées. Tout ce qui arrive à la terre arrive aux fils de la terre.
L'homme n'a pas tissé la toile de la vie, il n'est qu'un fil de tissu. Tout ce qu'il fait à la toile, il le fait à lui-même."
"All things share the same breath the animals, the trees, the man, and the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.
The earth and myself are of one mind
All things are connected. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the children of the earth.
We are part of the earth, and it is part of us."
Seattle, chef indien Suquamish
I've been busy doing political work for the last few weeks (I provide IT support for local Get Out The Vote efforts to oppose the current hate-mongering administration), so haven't had much time to devote to photography, but I did get out & take a few photos in Lithia Park in Ashland. This is a small duck pond near the entrance to the park.
Rievaulx Abbey is a Cistercian monastery, founded in 1131 by Walter Espec in a secluded valley on the edge of the North York Moors. The name Rievaulx is a Norman concoction, a misuse of Rye Vallis, or Rye Valley. The abbey was one of the first Cistercian houses to be established in England. It was meant to act as an administration centre for Cistercian missionary work in the north of England and into Scotland, a place from which monks would be sent out to establish daughter houses throughout the region.
The first structures at Rievaulx were temporary timber buildings, intended to serve only until proper permanent buildings could be erected in stone. The first stone structures were begun under the first abbot, William (1132-1145), sometime after 1135. The plan for Rievaulx was to follow the same layout as that of the mother abbey of the order at Citeaux, in France. This consisted of a large church, with a cloister range to the south.
Abbot William's church was taken down and rebuilt on a grand scale by the third abbet, Aelred (1147-1167). Aelred had come to Rievaulx from Scotland, where he had served as a steward in the household of King David.
The east end of the church was later torn down and enlarged by Abbot Roger II (1223-1239). One unusual feature at Rievaulx is the orientation of the church. Most churches in Britain, certainly established in the mediaval period, are oriented loosely on an east/west line. At Rievaulx the layout of the site neccessitated a different approach, and the abbey church is laid out on a north/south line.
The abbey was expanded in the period 1145-1165 and again in the late 12th century. Interestingly, though Rievaulx was reckoned the most important Cistercian house in England in the late 12th century, it really reached the peak of its power around 1200, and from that point on life at Rievaulx became a struggle. Part of the struggle was the monk's own fault An ambitious programme of rebuilding and extended the abbey buildings in the 13th century led to heavy debts.
But some things were beyond the abbey's control. Like most Cistercian monasteries Rievaulx relied heavily on income from sheep farming. In the 13th century a series of epidemics ravaged the abbey's flocks, leaving them with far lower income than expected. They did engage in minor rebuilding during the 14th century, but by then the abbey had truly fallen upon hard times. Parts of the abbey buildings were torn down in the 15th century. By the time the abbey was suppressed by Henry VIII in 1538 it supported 22 monks and 100 lay people. Compare that to the 1160s when, under Abbot Aelred, it had a population of 140 monks and more than 500 lay brothers.
The wood church in Şurdeşti II is located at the top of the Şurdeşti locality in Maramureş County where it was brought in the 1930s from the village of Bontăieni, Maramureş. The woven tradition around it supports its origin in Moiseni in the Oas Country, as well as a stop in Ferneziu near Baia Mare. If tradition is true, the church is one of the most traveler of those known in Transylvania. This old wooden church must not be confused with the well-known wooden church at the bottom of the village of Şurdeşti, famous for its high tower, listed on the world heritage list.
The wooden church at the top of the village of Şurdeşti was brought to the village of Dan Toma in Izvor, before 1940, in the village of Bontăieni, only 6 km away. The tradition of this church claims that it was brought forward from Ferneziu, and there it was from Moiseni, in the Land of Oaş. As in Moiseni there was no church until late, the wooden church was probably Certeze.
The age of the church can be appreciated relatively on the spot. The dimensions are of a small church where the church's bowl is about 4.3 m wide and 7.1 m long and the altar is 3.2 m wide and 3.8 m long. The small dimensions, the strong cheetahs in the tooth lying and the small window clogged on the south side sent to the 17th century. A conscription in 1734 notes that the wooden church of Certeze was at that time old and covered with shingles.
Terabyte from Lego set Ultra Agents 70165
I wonder whether his brothers gigabyte and megabyte may show up in later sets...
The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometres over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres. The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia. The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from outer space and is the world's biggest single structure made by living organisms. This reef structure is composed of and built by billions of tiny organisms, known as coral polyps. It supports a wide diversity of life and was selected as a World Heritage Site in 1981. The Great Barrier Reef has long been known to and used by the Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and is an important part of local groups' cultures and spirituality. The reef is a very popular destination for tourists, especially in the Whitsunday Islands and Cairns regions. Tourism is an important economic activity for the region, generating over A$3 billion per year. 22963
Motorists of the 1950's making the long drive down to Florida often needed to replace worn tires. In lieu of this, a unique building of the modern era called the General Tire Building was constrcutred at 5600 Biscayne Boulevard. The structure was designed by Architect Robert Law Weed of Weed Russell Johnson Associates and built in 1954, the two-story construction also served as a gas station for Standard Oil gas. The building's flat double-height concrete roof extends outwards to form a broad canopy which wraps around it, supported by slender steel columns. At its southern corner, the canopy is cradled by a geometric steel grid which originally towered above the roof, displaying the large General Tire sign. (The sign was since be removed and the grid has been partially cut down.) A glassed-in showroom with floor to ceiling windows occupies about half of the enclosed area, adding to the structure’s streamlined, modern look.
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
www.emporis.com/buildings/1154333/5600-biscayne-boulevard...
mimoboulevard.org/general-tire-building-5600-biscayne-bou...
The Duddon Estuary is the sandy, gritty estuary of the River Duddon that lies between Morecambe Bay and the North Lonsdale coast.
The River Duddon and its estuary form part of the boundary of the historic county of Lancashire.
It opens into the Irish Sea to the north of the Furness peninsula; Walney Island forming part of its southern edge. Its 28 miles (45 km) of shoreline enclose an area of 13 square miles (35 km2), making it the second largest estuary in Cumbria after the Solway Firth and one of the six main estuaries in the historic county of Lancashire.
The main settlements alongside the Duddon estuary are Haverigg, Millom, Foxfield, Kirkby-in-Furness, Askam and Ireleth and Barrow-in-Furness.
The estuary as a whole was designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in 1990 with the amalgamation of five previously separate SSSIs: Duddon Sands, Sandscale Haws, North Walney, Hodbarrow Lagoon and Haverigg Haws. It is a Ramsar site.
The Duddon Estuary is significant for natterjack toads. It supports one fifth of the national population of the rare amphibian that is only found at 50 sites in the UK, of which five are in the Duddon Estuary.
The Duddon Estuary is an Important Bird Area. Species to be seen include pintail, red knot and common redshank with wintering waterfowl including common shelduck, red-breasted mergansers, Eurasian oystercatchers, ringed plover, dunlin and Eurasian curlew.
In 1998 it was designated a Special Protection Area (SPA) under the Birds Directive. It qualified under three criteria:
regularly there are over 20,000 wintering waterfowl.
breeding population of sandwich terns
overwintering populations of knot, pintail and redshank; populations on passage of ringed plover and sanderling.
In 2015, before the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, there were consultations on a successful proposal that Morecambe Bay and Duddon Estuary be combined in a new SPA. This would amalgamate the existing Morecambe Bay and Duddon Estuary SPAs and would add marine areas identified as being used by foraging terns.
The estuary is botanically rich with salt marsh, sand dune and shingle communities, including a nationally rare shingle vegetation community at Haverigg Haws and North Walney.
Shingle species include sea sandwort, spear-leaved orache, sea rocket and sea kale. All the dune grasslands at Sandscale Haws, Haverigg Haws and North Walney support a rich flora with the rare dune helleborine.
Development has had no significant effect on the nature conservation interest of the estuary, but it is at risk from coastal defence works, grazing by agricultural stock, sea level rise, recreational pressure and bait digging.
Le cincle, cet oiseau fascinant, est indissociable des cours d'eau vifs qui jalonnent nos paysages. Son lien avec l'eau est non seulement remarquable, mais fondamental pour sa survie et son développement. En effet, c'est dans ces eaux cristallines qu'il trouve sa nourriture : insectes aquatiques, petits crustacés et autres proies nécessaires à l'alimentation de ses jeunes.
Mais ce n'est pas tout. Le cincle ne se contente pas de chasser sous la surface ; il construit également son nid en forme de boule au-dessus de l'eau. Cette stratégie ingénieuse lui permet de protéger ses œufs et ses oisillons des prédateurs tout en étant à proximité de la source essentielle qu'est l'eau. Ainsi, chaque aspect de sa biologie est intimement lié à cet élément vital. La préservation des habitats aquatiques devient alors primordiale pour garantir la pérennité de cette espèce emblématique. Protéger les rivières et les ruisseaux ne profite pas seulement aux cincle ; cela soutient toute une biodiversité dont nous devons prendre soin ensemble.
The dipper, this fascinating bird, is inseparable from the fast-flowing waterways that punctuate our landscapes. Its connection with water is not only remarkable, but fundamental to its survival and development. Indeed, it is in these crystal-clear waters that it finds its food: aquatic insects, small crustaceans and other prey necessary to feed its young.
But that's not all. The dipper does not just hunt under the surface; it also builds its ball-shaped nest above the water. This ingenious strategy allows it to protect its eggs and chicks from predators while being close to the essential source of water. Thus, every aspect of its biology is intimately linked to this vital element. The preservation of aquatic habitats then becomes essential to guarantee the sustainability of this emblematic species. Protecting rivers and streams does not only benefit dippers; it supports an entire biodiversity that we must take care of together.
Rust and poor maintenance are evident on BA7 signal post at Blair Atholl station. It supports a bracket frame that now only shows one signal arm.
This was taken during a 1Z10 photo shoot in Scotland. One of the challenges that frequently arises during such a shoot is pictures tend to be repeated, after all there are only so many vantage points. What I enjoy is trying to find a new angle a different point of view.
So here is my shot of this lovely station showing 66433 having a passing point break with the 4D47, 1310 Inverness Mossend waiting for a late running northbound HST.
Cycas armstrongii, sometimes called Armstrong’s Cycad or Darwin Cycad, is a hardy, palm-like plant found mainly in the tropical Top End of the Northern Territory. Despite its resemblance to palms or ferns, it belongs to an ancient group of plants known as cycads, which have existed for over 200 million years—predating even the dinosaurs. This species typically grows with a stout, woody trunk topped by a crown of stiff, glossy green fronds. It’s incredibly resilient, thriving in open woodlands and grasslands that experience long dry seasons, intense heat, and seasonal fires. In fact, it has the remarkable ability to re-sprout after being burnt, a trait that helps it survive in its fire-prone environment.
Cycas armstrongii holds ecological and cultural significance in northern Australia. Its seeds contain toxins that make them inedible without careful processing, a skill Aboriginal people mastered by leaching and cooking them to remove the harmful compounds. The plant also plays a role in the local ecosystem by providing shelter and food for insects, and it supports certain butterfly species whose caterpillars feed on its leaves. While it’s locally common in the Darwin region, it’s protected under conservation laws due to threats from land clearing, illegal collection, and habitat disturbance.
Le canal Albert est un canal à grand gabarit de 130 km de long situé en Belgique. Il relie le Port autonome de Liège, situé sur la Meuse, au Port d'Anvers, situé sur l'estuaire de l'Escaut et donnant accès à la mer du Nord. Il porte ce nom en souvenir d'Albert Ier, roi des Belges.
Inscrits dans la politique de grandes réalisations à mettre en œuvre après la Première Guerre mondiale, les travaux débutèrent peu avant 1930. La stratégie était de relier les sidérurgies flamandes et wallonnes aux charbonnages du Limbourg.
Le canal Albert fut inauguré en grande pompe le 30 juillet 1939 à l'occasion de l'Exposition internationale de l'Eau qui s'est tenue à Liège du 20 mai au 31 août 1939. Le mémorial Albert Ier et son phare est inauguré la même année sur l'Île Monsin1. Le 2 septembre, une médaille (8 cm. de diamètre) de Pierre de Soete à l'effigie du roi Albert fut offerte aux réalisateurs du canal Albert par la FCCUB.
Il compte six écluses. Construit à l'origine avec un gabarit de 2 000 tonnes, il a été élargi en 1997 pour permettre le passage de bateaux de 9 000 tonnes.
Il supporte un trafic de 40 millions de tonnes par an.
The Albert Canal is a large-gauge canal 130 km long located in Belgium. It connects the Autonomous Port of Liège, located on the Meuse, to the Port of Antwerp, located on the Scheldt estuary and providing access to the North Sea. It bears this name in memory of Albert I, King of the Belgians.
Included in the policy of major achievements to be implemented after the First World War, work began shortly before 1930. The strategy was to connect the Flemish and Walloon steel industries to the coal mines of Limburg.
The Albert Canal was inaugurated with great pomp on 30 July 1939 on the occasion of the International Water Exhibition held in Liège from 20 May to 31 August 1939. The Albert I Memorial and its lighthouse were inaugurated the same year on Monsin Island1. On September 2, a medal (8 cm. in diameter) by Pierre de Soete bearing the image of King Albert was offered to the creators of the Albert Canal by the FCCUB.
It has six locks. Originally built with a gauge of 2,000 tonnes, it was widened in 1997 to allow the passage of boats of 9,000 tonnes.
It supports a traffic of 40 million tonnes per year.
Rievaulx Abbey is a Cistercian monastery, founded in 1131 by Walter Espec in a secluded valley on the edge of the North York Moors. The name Rievaulx is a Norman concoction, a misuse of Rye Vallis, or Rye Valley. The abbey was one of the first Cistercian houses to be established in England. It was meant to act as an administration centre for Cistercian missionary work in the north of England and into Scotland, a place from which monks would be sent out to establish daughter houses throughout the region.
The first structures at Rievaulx were temporary timber buildings, intended to serve only until proper permanent buildings could be erected in stone. The first stone structures were begun under the first abbot, William (1132-1145), sometime after 1135. The plan for Rievaulx was to follow the same layout as that of the mother abbey of the order at Citeaux, in France. This consisted of a large church, with a cloister range to the south.
Abbot William's church was taken down and rebuilt on a grand scale by the third abbet, Aelred (1147-1167). Aelred had come to Rievaulx from Scotland, where he had served as a steward in the household of King David.
The east end of the church was later torn down and enlarged by Abbot Roger II (1223-1239). One unusual feature at Rievaulx is the orientation of the church. Most churches in Britain, certainly established in the mediaval period, are oriented loosely on an east/west line. At Rievaulx the layout of the site neccessitated a different approach, and the abbey church is laid out on a north/south line.
The abbey was expanded in the period 1145-1165 and again in the late 12th century. Interestingly, though Rievaulx was reckoned the most important Cistercian house in England in the late 12th century, it really reached the peak of its power around 1200, and from that point on life at Rievaulx became a struggle. Part of the struggle was the monk's own fault An ambitious programme of rebuilding and extended the abbey buildings in the 13th century led to heavy debts.
But some things were beyond the abbey's control. Like most Cistercian monasteries Rievaulx relied heavily on income from sheep farming. In the 13th century a series of epidemics ravaged the abbey's flocks, leaving them with far lower income than expected. They did engage in minor rebuilding during the 14th century, but by then the abbey had truly fallen upon hard times. Parts of the abbey buildings were torn down in the 15th century. By the time the abbey was suppressed by Henry VIII in 1538 it supported 22 monks and 100 lay people. Compare that to the 1160s when, under Abbot Aelred, it had a population of 140 monks and more than 500 lay brothers.
Butorides virescens
ORDER: PELECANIFORMES
FAMILY: ARDEIDAE
The hydrilla (invasive species of aquatic plant) here has formed such a dense mat that it supports the weight of this Green Heron.
Lake Pflugerville, Travis County, Texas, USA; September 8, 2015.
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That rooftop garden place was so freaking cool. Trees! On a rooftop! On a parking garage!
Not only that, but his has been here since the 1920s, and I don't understand how it supports the weight.
(Thanks Charlie!)
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I have been swamped the past couple of months planning our annual Canibeat event First Class Fitment which was this past Saturday so it felt good to sit down tonight and edit some photos on the new iMac!
This is one of only a handful of legit RHD s15's in the country and it was built in memory of Sean's friend Drew Panettieri who tragically passed in a motocross accident back in 2006, at the early age of 19. When Sean reached out to me a few weeks ago about shooting the car, I was honored to have the opportunity. I have always been a fan of the car and the cause it supports, and the car was recently painted a fresh coat of white, received a set of Status buckets, installed a new exhaust, and was tuned so I couldn't resist!
Here is the first shot from the set... more to come!
Lake Biwa
Lake Biwa is Japan's largest lake, which has a total area of approximately 670 ㎢ and a circumference of approximately 235 km. Its average depth is approximately 41 meters and deepest point approximately 104 meters. It supports an abundance of life and industry around the area widely.
It is also regarded as the third oldest ancient lake in the world, after Lake Baikal and LakeTanganyika,and which is calculated at over four million years old. It was designated as a UNESCO Ramsar Wetland(1993) in accordance with the Ramsar Convention.
This lake is considered a sacred natural environment, and is home to over 50 unique species of flora and fauna. Its name appears many times over in historical accounts as a popular stopping point on overland travel routes, and the area has numerous historical sites, including ancient shrines, temples, and castle remains. The famous haiku poet of the Edo period, Matsuo Basho, wrote many poem about Lake Biwa.
Rievaulx Abbey is a Cistercian monastery, founded in 1131 by Walter Espec in a secluded valley on the edge of the North York Moors. The name Rievaulx is a Norman concoction, a misuse of Rye Vallis, or Rye Valley. The abbey was one of the first Cistercian houses to be established in England. It was meant to act as an administration centre for Cistercian missionary work in the north of England and into Scotland, a place from which monks would be sent out to establish daughter houses throughout the region.
The first structures at Rievaulx were temporary timber buildings, intended to serve only until proper permanent buildings could be erected in stone. The first stone structures were begun under the first abbot, William (1132-1145), sometime after 1135. The plan for Rievaulx was to follow the same layout as that of the mother abbey of the order at Citeaux, in France. This consisted of a large church, with a cloister range to the south.
Abbot William's church was taken down and rebuilt on a grand scale by the third abbet, Aelred (1147-1167). Aelred had come to Rievaulx from Scotland, where he had served as a steward in the household of King David.
The east end of the church was later torn down and enlarged by Abbot Roger II (1223-1239). One unusual feature at Rievaulx is the orientation of the church. Most churches in Britain, certainly established in the mediaval period, are oriented loosely on an east/west line. At Rievaulx the layout of the site neccessitated a different approach, and the abbey church is laid out on a north/south line.
The abbey was expanded in the period 1145-1165 and again in the late 12th century. Interestingly, though Rievaulx was reckoned the most important Cistercian house in England in the late 12th century, it really reached the peak of its power around 1200, and from that point on life at Rievaulx became a struggle. Part of the struggle was the monk's own fault An ambitious programme of rebuilding and extended the abbey buildings in the 13th century led to heavy debts.
But some things were beyond the abbey's control. Like most Cistercian monasteries Rievaulx relied heavily on income from sheep farming. In the 13th century a series of epidemics ravaged the abbey's flocks, leaving them with far lower income than expected. They did engage in minor rebuilding during the 14th century, but by then the abbey had truly fallen upon hard times. Parts of the abbey buildings were torn down in the 15th century. By the time the abbey was suppressed by Henry VIII in 1538 it supported 22 monks and 100 lay people. Compare that to the 1160s when, under Abbot Aelred, it had a population of 140 monks and more than 500 lay brothers.
The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometres over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres. The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia. The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from outer space and is the world's biggest single structure made by living organisms. This reef structure is composed of and built by billions of tiny organisms, known as coral polyps. It supports a wide diversity of life and was selected as a World Heritage Site in 1981. The Great Barrier Reef has long been known to and used by the Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and is an important part of local groups' cultures and spirituality. The reef is a very popular destination for tourists, especially in the Whitsunday Islands and Cairns regions. Tourism is an important economic activity for the region, generating over A$3 billion per year. 22877
Lowestoft aerial photograph - the Thun Britain product tanker ship passes through the Lowestoft Bascule Bridge. Built in 2022, it supports marine gas-oil supply missions in the North Sea & British coastal trade.
Associated British Ports ABP
Photographed in full-frame detail using a Nikon D850, this is a high-resolution aerial image.
Is this my spirit animal? I don’t know, but if it was I’d be happy about it. According to a number of sources, crows provide insight and means of supporting intentions. Allegedly, if the crow has chosen you as your spirit or totem animal, it supports you in developing the power of sight, transformation, and connection with life’s magic. That sounds positively aspirational. I don’t care at all that a group is called a murder of crows.
"Hi, is that IT support? Since those Rebel fighters showed up near the thermal exhaust port the network has been a bit slow".
Tahai, Rapa Nui, Easter Island, Chile.
The three ahu of Tahai
But without a doubt, the great focus of attention at Tahai are its three ahu or ceremonial platforms located on the small rocky cliff that rises above the sea. The altars form a visual line that stars in this magnificent setting. If you look straight at the platforms, the first group on the left with five moai statues is the Ahu Vai Uri, the next one is the Ahu Tahai and the last one with a single statue wearing a pukao or hat is the Ahu Ko Te Riku.
Ahu Vai Uri
The Ahu Vai Uri, whose name could be translated as dark water or green water, is the platform with the largest number of erected statues. Its construction dates from 1200 AD. and its five restored moai are a sample of the different styles of how they were carved.
The first one on the right is currently a piece of rock that is barely recognizable. However, the one that follows, much better preserved as such as the first on the left, has a lower and more robust body than the rest and shows a grim expression.
Ahu Tahai
Ahu Tahai has a single solitary moai about 4.5 meters high. The figure, which is very eroded, shows a thick torso and a wide neck, and rises on the oldest platform of the complex built around 700 AD.
Despite the enormous wear suffered by the moai over time, it still shows the greatness and pride of the ancestors they represent and, in some way, still transmits that mythical power called mana.
Ahu Ko Te Riku
Ahu Ko Te Riku is the last and singular platform located further north. Above it rises a single moai of 5.1 meters high that was restoredwith all the elements that adorned the old finished statues.
On his head it carries a pukao, a cylindrical piece carved in red scoria from the Puna Pau volcano. This form, which according to different opinions, represents a hat or a hair bun, was placed in the last phase of construction of the ahu. It is believed that the original pukaoof this moai was used to carve the Christian cross that is found in the nearby cemetery to Tahai, but there is not even the certainty that it had one. The other differentiating element of Ahu Ko Te Riku is that it supports the only moai that has eyes of the whole island.
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Motorists of the 1950's making the long drive down to Florida often needed to replace worn tires. In lieu of this, a unique building of the modern era called the General Tire Building was constrcutred at 5600 Biscayne Boulevard. The structure was designed by Architect Robert Law Weed of Weed Russell Johnson Associates and built in 1954, the two-story construction also served as a gas station for Standard Oil gas. The building's flat double-height concrete roof extends outwards to form a broad canopy which wraps around it, supported by slender steel columns. At its southern corner, the canopy is cradled by a geometric steel grid which originally towered above the roof, displaying the large General Tire sign. (The sign was since be removed and the grid has been partially cut down.) A glassed-in showroom with floor to ceiling windows occupies about half of the enclosed area, adding to the structure’s streamlined, modern look.
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
www.emporis.com/buildings/1154333/5600-biscayne-boulevard...
mimoboulevard.org/general-tire-building-5600-biscayne-bou...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurobe_Dam
Kurobe Dam
The Kurobe Dam (黒部ダム) or Kuroyon Dam (黒四ダム), is a variable-radius arch dam on the Kurobe River in Toyama Prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan. It supports the 335 MW Kurobe No. 4 Hydropower Plant and is owned by Kansai Electric Power Company. At 186 metres (610 ft) high, it is the tallest dam in Japan.[1] It was constructed between 1956 and 1963 at a cost of ¥51.3 billion yen. The project was a difficult engineering feat for the rapidly growing post–World War II Japan, and claimed the lives of 171 people.[2]
The Kurobe Dam is a 492 m (1,614 ft) long and 186 m (610 ft) high variable-radius (dome) arch dam. The dam is 39.7 m (130 ft) wide at its base, 8.1 m (27 ft) wide at its crest and contains 1,582,845 m3 (2,070,283 cu yd) of concrete. The dam is flanked and supported by two "wing" dams; the one on the left bank is 69 m (226 ft) long and the right is 56 m (184 ft). The dam withholds a reservoir with a capacity of 199,285,175 m3 (260,655,168 cu yd) of which 148,843,000 m3 (194,679,000 cu yd) is live (active or "useful") storage. The reservoir also has a catchment area of 188.5 km2 (72.8 sq mi) and surface area of 3.49 km2 (1.35 sq mi).[4] The dam's spillway is located on its crest and contains 10 11.5 m (38 ft) wide uncontrolled openings with a maximum discharge capacity of 906 m3/s (32,000 cu ft/s). Three other openings exist in the dam's orifice which consist of 1.5 m (4.9 ft) diameter pipes, two of which can discharge a maximum of 88 m3/s (3,100 cu ft/s) each and the third 44 m3/s (1,600 cu ft/s). The dam's crest elevation is 1,454 m (4,770 ft) above sea level while the reservoir's normal operating level is 1,448 m (4,751 ft) and low level is considered 1,338 m (4,390 ft).[5]
The dam's power station, Kurobe No. 4, is located underground and contains four generators which are powered by Pelton turbines for a total installed capacity of 335 MW and average annual generation of 1 billion kWh.[1][6] The power station is 22 m (72 ft) wide, 33 m (108 ft) high and 117 m (384 ft) long. The penstock serving water to the power station is 10,909.6 m (35,793 ft) long and utilizes a maximum effective hydraulic head of 545.5 m (1,790 ft) while transferring a maximum of 72 m3/s (2,500 cu ft/s) to the turbines. The plant's surge chamber is 145.6 m (478 ft) long and 5 m (16 ft) high.[5]
黒部ダム（くろべダム）は、富山県中新川郡立山町、黒部川水系黒部川に建設されたダムである。ダムに貯えられた水を利用している発電所が黒部川第四発電所（黒四）であることから、黒四ダム（くろよんダム）とも呼ぶ人もある。
黒部ダムは、世界的に見ても大規模なダムであり、また周辺は名勝・中部山岳国立公園でもあることから、立山黒部アルペンルートのハイライトのひとつとして、多くの観光客が訪れる。なお、黒部ダムを紹介するときの映像でダムから放水されているシーンがあるが、これは常時ではなく、6月下旬～10月中旬頃に限られる。
ダム観光施設の運営は、関西電力関電アメニックスくろよん観光事業部が行っている。
登山客の間では、下ノ廊下に平行して歩く日電歩道の玄関口として親しまれている。
黑部水壩（黒部ダム）是位於日本富山縣中新川郡立山町、黑部川水系黑部川上建設的水壩。水壩有利用貯發電的黑部川第四發電所（黑四）、故又名黒四水壩（黒四ダム）。
為日本代表水壩之一，堤高186米，是全日本最大的拱形水壩；水庫的建造共歷時七年，攔截御前澤所形成的人工湖黑部湖貯水量在2 億立方公尺以上，為日本最大的水庫，於1963年正式完工啟用，由關西電力公司以513億日元建設。1968年，石原裕次郎製作了以這個水庫為外景的電影《黑部之太陽》（黒部の太陽）。2002年12月31日播放NHK電視台的「紅白歌合戰」中，中島美雪在黑部水庫的洞穴中唱出《地上之星》，創下瞬間收視率52.8%的高收視率。
Site of Edward Thatch's final camp before his battle with the Ranger and the Jane.
"...Springer’s Point Preserve on Ocracoke Island is the perfect spot to spend the morning bird watching or the afternoon hiking and sitting on the beach overlooking the Pamlico Sound. This tranquil Preserve was opened to the public on May 20, 2006 and encompasses more than 120 acres of maritime forest, tidal red cedar forest, salt marsh, wet grasslands and sound front beach. You’ll pass ancient, gnarled live oaks as you make your way along winding trails to the sandy beach overlooking the infamous Teach’s Hole. Designated as one of the state’s significant natural heritage areas because of its unique maritime forest and importance to colonial water birds, the Preserve enjoys a cultural history as vibrant as the array of plant and bird species it supports. This site, historically referred to as “Teach’s Plantation”, is the reputed favorite haunt of the legendary pirate, Blackbeard, who marauded, eluded capture and finally met his fate at Teach’s Hole, off Springer’s Point." coastallandtrust.org
(coastallandtrust.org/lands/springers-point-preserve/)
"Springer's Point Nature Preserve is only accessible by foot or bicycle, and parking is prohibited on the road and private driveways. The trail and reserve are owned and operated by the North Carolina Coastal Land Trust. Encompassing more than 120 acres, the preserve is home to maritime forest, tidal red cedar forest, salt marsh, wet grasslands, and sound-front beach.
In 1718, the pirate Blackbeard camped in this area in the days leading up to his defeat and death. The water off Springer's Point-called Teach's Hole-is known to be where the final battle between Blackbeard and the British Royal Navy occurred. Now, a pleasant stroll through the maritime forest leads out to views of Ocracoke Inlet and Cape Lookout National Seashore beyond." nps.gov
(www.nps.gov/places/000/springers-point-nature-preserve.htm)
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A departure from Death Valley for a bit.
Back to one of my favorite local beaches....Ellwood. This is just to the SE of Sandpiper Golf course. The remains of the wall run for nearly a mile. Originally it supported an access road to several oil piers back in the '30's. I have a fascination with the old seawall and all the beautifully weathered wood along this beach. This is one of those rich locations that I will always shoot, the conditions vary quite a bit through the year. With winter and the storms, most of the sand will be washed out to sea and a beautiful cobble beach is exposed. I hope to get back out and shoot here soon. This was was with my D7000 and I would like to get some images with the newer full frame D600.
Boundary Bay is a vital link in the Pacific Flyway, supporting over 1.5 million birds from three continents and 20 countries. As part of the larger Fraser River estuary, it supports the largest wintering shorebird and waterfowl populations in Canada. The area also provides habitat for significant numbers of raptors and marine mammals.
Located in the Fraser River estuary in Delta, BC Canada
Circumsphere - Chris Marshall & Stephen Lewis. This globe like structure was constructed from more than a mile of galvanised steel rod. It supports a number of steel disks, that show the route of Sir Francis Drake's circum-navigational voyage around the earth. The voyage was completed at this waterfront in 1581.
Circumsphere is mounted on a Dolphin; the name given to many small mooring structures that sit out in the river Thames, that provided low-tide moorings for ships, barges, tugs and lighters.
(1 in a multiple picture album)
Nothing caps Autumn like a visit to Snowline Orchards high on a hill in Oak Glen, California. The big red barn (almost hidden behind these trees) carries all sorts of goodies including apple cider donuts and the juice used to make them. There is a large blackberry patch for the picking and one can see the cider being squeezed in the mill. Being at a higher elevation it supports, besides the apple trees, oaks and maples which spring red and orange color as winter approaches.
Rievaulx Abbey is a Cistercian monastery, founded in 1131 by Walter Espec in a secluded valley on the edge of the North York Moors. The name Rievaulx is a Norman concoction, a misuse of Rye Vallis, or Rye Valley. The abbey was one of the first Cistercian houses to be established in England. It was meant to act as an administration centre for Cistercian missionary work in the north of England and into Scotland, a place from which monks would be sent out to establish daughter houses throughout the region.
The first structures at Rievaulx were temporary timber buildings, intended to serve only until proper permanent buildings could be erected in stone. The first stone structures were begun under the first abbot, William (1132-1145), sometime after 1135. The plan for Rievaulx was to follow the same layout as that of the mother abbey of the order at Citeaux, in France. This consisted of a large church, with a cloister range to the south.
Abbot William's church was taken down and rebuilt on a grand scale by the third abbet, Aelred (1147-1167). Aelred had come to Rievaulx from Scotland, where he had served as a steward in the household of King David.
The east end of the church was later torn down and enlarged by Abbot Roger II (1223-1239). One unusual feature at Rievaulx is the orientation of the church. Most churches in Britain, certainly established in the mediaval period, are oriented loosely on an east/west line. At Rievaulx the layout of the site neccessitated a different approach, and the abbey church is laid out on a north/south line.
The abbey was expanded in the period 1145-1165 and again in the late 12th century. Interestingly, though Rievaulx was reckoned the most important Cistercian house in England in the late 12th century, it really reached the peak of its power around 1200, and from that point on life at Rievaulx became a struggle. Part of the struggle was the monk's own fault An ambitious programme of rebuilding and extended the abbey buildings in the 13th century led to heavy debts.
But some things were beyond the abbey's control. Like most Cistercian monasteries Rievaulx relied heavily on income from sheep farming. In the 13th century a series of epidemics ravaged the abbey's flocks, leaving them with far lower income than expected. They did engage in minor rebuilding during the 14th century, but by then the abbey had truly fallen upon hard times. Parts of the abbey buildings were torn down in the 15th century. By the time the abbey was suppressed by Henry VIII in 1538 it supported 22 monks and 100 lay people. Compare that to the 1160s when, under Abbot Aelred, it had a population of 140 monks and more than 500 lay brothers.
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The Galaxy Dropship showing its main gimmicks: rotating and extractable thrusters, opening hatch to reveal the co-pilot, swivelling wings and opening stern hatches to release cargo.
Here the Galaxy Dropship is holding a space lab similar to the Galaxy Commander.
À 20 minutes de Rouen, le Centre d’art contemporain de la Matmut - Daniel Havis propose 4 expositions par an d’artistes d’envergure nationale et internationale.
Avec la volonté de rendre accessible l’art et la culture au public le plus large, le Groupe Matmut développe depuis plusieurs années une politique d'action culturelle dynamique, notamment grâce au centre d'art. Elle accompagne et cherche à promouvoir des artistes et structures dans leur démarche de création et de diffusion. Chaque exposition de trois mois environ est accompagnée d’une édition et d’une programmation culturelle (visites commentées, ateliers pour enfants et scolaires, partenariats avec différentes structures, événements) à destination des petits et des grands.
À l’intérieur d’un château néo-Louis XIII du XIXème siècle, le Centre d’art contemporain - Daniel Havis vous invite à découvrir l’histoire et l’architecture de ce lieu. Vous pourrez ainsi apprécier à l’extérieur l’ouvrage de l’architecte Lucien Lefort, les ferronneries de Ferdinand Marrou ou la taille de pierre d’Edmond Bonet. Le château de style néo-classique arbore fièrement sur son fronton la devise « Omnia pro arte » (Tout pour l’art) inscrite par son bâtisseur Gaston Le Breton et aujourd’hui plus que jamais vivante grâce au Groupe Matmut.
Le château se situe dans un parc de 6 hectares avec des univers différents qui évoluent au rythme des saisons : jardin à la française, jardin japonais, jardin de l’Evolution, jardin du Dédale, arboretum, la roseraie, le tout peuplé de sculptures monumentales de célèbres artistes (Peter Briggs, Norman Dilworth, Quentin Garel, Vera Molnar...).
20 minutes from Rouen, the Matmut Contemporary Art Center - Daniel Havis offers 4 exhibitions per year by artists of national and international stature.
With the aim of making art and culture accessible to the widest possible audience, the Matmut Group has been developing a dynamic cultural action policy for several years, particularly through the art center. It supports and seeks to promote artists and organizations in their creative and dissemination efforts. Each exhibition of approximately three months is accompanied by an edition and a cultural program (guided tours, workshops for children and schools, partnerships with different organizations, events) for young and old.
Inside a 19th century neo-Louis XIII castle, the Contemporary Art Center - Daniel Havis invites you to discover the history and architecture of this place. Outside, you can appreciate the work of the architect Lucien Lefort, the ironwork of Ferdinand Marrou or the stone cutting of Edmond Bonet. The neoclassical style castle proudly displays on its pediment the motto "Omnia pro arte" (Everything for art) inscribed by its builder Gaston Le Breton and today more alive than ever thanks to the Matmut Group. The castle is located in a 6-hectare park with different universes that evolve with the seasons: French garden, Japanese garden, Evolution garden, Dédale garden, arboretum, rose garden, all populated with monumental sculptures by famous artists (Peter Briggs, Norman Dilworth, Quentin Garel, Vera Molnar...).