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DeSoto Bend National Wildlife Refuge, Iowa
This eagle was perched on a tree on the bank of the Missouri River obviously watching for fish. Shooting photos out of the window of a vehicle adds an extra degree of difficulty and I thought I would be able to get out of the vehicle without disturbing this eagle since it was pretty far away. I was mistaken. It flew the moment I pointed my camera after getting out of the vehicle.
Somehow I caught a Tufted titmouse just after it launched itself off of a bird feeder. A great combination of sharp detail on the body with blurred action on the wings.
Yesterday (Monday 8 November) officers from GMP's Bury Neighbourhood Policing Team, alongside Bury community safety partners and other agencies launched Operation Saturn - a multi-agency proactive response aimed at tackling anti-social behaviour and other crimes across the district.
The launch follows a recent increase in anti-social behaviour and crime involving young people across the district, including a series of knife point robberies in Bury town centre and a violent disorder at Radcliffe Metrolink station last month, both of which resulted in arrests.
The high-visibility operation will see neighbourhood and specialist officers working closely alongside partners and community stakeholders including youth services and TFGM staff to target specific hotspot areas of ASB & crime across the district.
The operation launched yesterday on the Central Neighbourhood and focused on Bury town centre, Bury East, Redvales and Moorside areas including the Bury transport interchange.
Chief Superintendent Chris Hill of GMP's Bury District said: "Operation Saturn is about getting back to basics and working with partners and communities in the right place and the right time to really make a difference.
"This is about high visibility and getting officers out onto the streets to listen to what our communities have to say and to help provide that protective and reassuring presence. It's also about sending a message to offenders that GMP is here and we will take action wherever it's needed to bring this type of offending right down.
"Yesterday's launch was a really positive step in our commitment to protecting our community and I very much look forward to seeing how this develops and improves over time."
Chief Inspector Jamie Collins of GMP's Bury district said: "The feedback from the Bury communities is that they don’t see enough neighbourhood officers policing there areas."
"Operation Saturn is about putting high visibility uniformed officers into the areas of concern and is just one of the positive steps forward in our pledge to prevent and reduce crime, harm and ASB.
"This operation goes back to the basics of policing and focuses on the importance of high-visibility patrols on our streets and ensuring we are engaging with members of the community, to both understand their concerns for the area and also offer advice and tips of how best to stay keep safe from harm.
"Our communities expect to see us on foot across the district and in their neighbourhoods and we are committed to making this a normality and making our Borough a safe and welcoming place to live."
Bury Council’s cabinet member for communities Councillor Richard Gold said: "We know there have been increasing concerns from residents about anti-social behaviour and it's important that residents feel safe and secure when they're out and about in their own homes. This initiative is great because will help to target those hot spot locations, and with lots of visible officers, will help in the overall fight against anti-social behaviour.
"Seeing more police out on the streets is definitely the way forward and very much helps with community reassurance and I look forward to seeing regular repeat operations of this kind in the area."
Launch Time/Window PST/PDT: 19:21
Vehicle: Falcon 9
Payload: Argentina's SAOCOM-1A Satellite
Pad/Silo: SLC-4E
Took this shot as if I were about to launch off in my boat. In a few weeks this will be a very busy boat launch as the salmon start to arrive
Vulcan, United Launch Alliance’s next-generation American rocket, lifts off in this artist’s rendering. The rocket design leverages the proven success of the Delta IV and Atlas V launch vehicles while introducing advanced technologies and innovative features. Vulcan will have a maximum liftoff thrust of 3.8 million pounds and carry 56,000 pounds to low Earth orbit, 33,000 pounds to a geo-transfer orbit and 16,000 pounds to geostationary orbit with greater capability than any currently available single-core launch vehicle. Image credit: United Launch Alliance
Launch day of the New Flexity 2
001 inside the new depot at Starr Gate depot at Blackpool on the Launch day of the Flexity 2 tram,08/09/2011
The Apollo 14 Saturn V, carrying Astronauts Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Stuart A. Roosa, and Edgar D. Mitchell, lifted off at 4:03 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on January 31, 1971, from the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A, to begin the fourth manned lunar landing mission.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: 71PC-0152
Date: January 31, 1971
MG3 Launch Image, checkout the photo shoot www.harniman.com/blog/the-mg3-adds-a-touch-of-mini-magic-...
Derwent Water Launch, heading back to Keswick, passing Rampsholme Island.
Derwentwater (or Derwent Water) is one of the principal bodies of water in the Lake District National Park in north west England. It lies wholly within the Borough of Allerdale, in the county of Cumbria.
The lake occupies part of Borrowdale and lies immediately south of the town of Keswick. It is both fed and drained by the River Derwent. It measures approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) long by 1 mile (1.6 km) wide and is some 72 feet (22 m) deep. There are several islands within the lake, one of which is inhabited. Derwent Island House, an 18th century residence, is a tenanted National Trust property open to the public on five days each year.
Derwentwater is a place of considerable scenic value. It is surrounded by hills (known locally as fells), and many of the slopes facing Derwentwater are extensively wooded. A regular passenger launch operates on the lake, taking passengers between various landing stages. There are seven lakeside marinas, the most popular stops being: Keswick, Portinscale and the Lodore Falls, from which boats may be hired. Recreational walking is a major tourist activity in the area and an extensive network of footpaths exists within the hills and woods surrounding the lake.
The Keswick—Borrowdale road runs along the eastern shore of the lake and carries a regular bus service. There is a lesser, or unclassified, road along the western shore connecting the villages of Grange and Portinscale.
Derwentwater gave its name to the Earldom of Derwentwater.
The lake is believed to be the last remaining native habit of the vendace (Coregonus vandesius) fish from the 4 originally known sites: Bassenthwaite Lake and Derwent Water in the Lake District and the Castle Loch & Mill Loch in Lochmaben.
From the Launch Party in March. for the livestock festival in Niagara Falls on July 22nd. The festival highlights local music, art & artisans, as well as craft beer and a wellness area. If your in the area & your interested, check it out at .https://livestockniagara.com
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July 29, 2013
Polaroid SX-70
Impossible Project PX70 Color Protection
One of my favorite days over our summer road trip was our visit to the Kennedy Space Center. We took a tour of the entirety of the Space Center and were able to see the VAB (Vehicle Assembly Building) and Launch Pad 39A pictured above. Launch Pad 39A is the most famous of NASA's launch pads. 39A is where every moon mission launched from. It was amazing to stand so close to such a monumental structure that has affected humankind so much.
So basically I've been working on her 'look' forever. I finally got her eyes and need to work on her outfit. Of course, I've also put her up for sale because I just don't know anymore...
Voyager 1 was launched atop Titan/Centaur-6 at Launch Complex 41 at 8:56 a.m. EDT September 5, 1977, joining its sister spacecraft, Voyager 2, on a mission to the outer planets.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: KSC-77P-232
Date: September 5, 1977
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Images taken on Gaia launch day at ESA/ESOC, 19 December 2013. Team photos taken 18 December during final pre-launch briefing. Credit: ESA/J. Mai
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Psyche spacecraft onboard is launched from Launch Complex 39A, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will travel to a metal-rich asteroid by the same name orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter to study it’s composition. The spacecraft also carries the agency's Deep Space Optical Communications technology demonstration, which will test laser communications beyond the Moon. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Go flying coyote!
10" x 8", mixed media on watercolor paper, made for the Illustration Friday topic "launch"
6/2011
Quite a bit of PS work needed here to take out the sun reflections on my twin Singh-Ray Filters here. I used my three stop reverse grad and two stop hard edged grad to hold back that direct sunlight whilst exposing properly for the foreground rocks.
I'm not sure that the whole shot escaped totally unscathed - but I like the energy of the breaking wave and the rushing water in the foreground.
Hope you enjoy it too ;-)