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Frog Level
Waynesville, NC
Haywood County
Waynesville is about 20 miles from where we live. The town started to develop after the arrival of the railroad in 1884. The tracks were laid along Richland Creek and downhill from Main Street. The low land was mostly a swampy area until the train depot and train arrived.
The area got its name from the local people due to its low-lying location along the river or the "Frog Level" when the water rose.
Sorry I have not been on Flickr much lately, I haven't been out taking photos since our Disney World vacation. I really must get out more. I have missed all of you.
Freightliner Class 66 Co-Co 66590 on 4M61 12.54 Southampton - Trafford Park liner at speed through Tamworth.
5th September 2013
CSX C40-8W 7788 and AC4400CW 441 on westbound multi-level train S279 at CP 293 in Solvay NY in 2009. The detector reported 310 axles on Track 2.
#volvo #madebysweden #V60 #mountaindrive
Lumix GX8, Leica Nocticron 42.5mm f/1.2
Edited in RNI Films app on iPhone.
Location: Tindevegen, Jotunheimen, Norway.
Godox AD200 in a Glow Parapop Octabox. Light was placed camera right at about eye level. Godox X1c trigger.
After a spell of cold weather, the temperatures have risen and the sun was shining. The perfect day for a trip out to Elk Island National Park. Today we hiked around the Moss Lake trail where there were beautiful things to see around every corner.
The High Level Bridge is a road and railway bridge spanning the River Tyne between Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead in North East England. It is considered the most notable historical engineering work in the city. It was built by the Hawks family from 5,050 tons of iron. George Hawks, Mayor of Gateshead, drove in the last key of the structure on 7 June 1849, and the bridge was officially opened by Queen Victoria later that year.
It was designed by Robert Stephenson to form a rail link towards Scotland for the developing English railway network; a carriageway for road vehicles and pedestrians was incorporated to generate additional revenue. The main structural elements are tied cast-iron arches.
Notwithstanding the considerable increase in the weight of railway vehicles since it was designed, it continues to carry rail traffic, although the King Edward bridge nearby was opened in 1906 to ease congestion. The roadway is also still in use, although with a weight restriction. It is a Grade I listed structure. [Wikipedia]
The information we get from satellites is essential for understanding how fast our seas are rising so that decision-makers are equipped to take appropriate mitigating action. Satellites carrying altimeter instruments systematically measure the height of the sea surface so that sea-level rise can be closely monitored. Altimetry measurements over the last 25 years show that, on average, sea-level is rising about 3 mm a year, and this rise is accelerating. However, this average number masks big differences as it is not rising at the same rate everywhere. In fact, while in some places it is rising as much as 10 mm a year, in other places it is falling by 10 mm a year. There are many reasons for this imbalance such as differences in local gravity, freshwater discharge from rivers and differences in seawater density.
Credits: ESA
31174 heads an engineers towards Arpley sidings for reversal and eventually Warrington Yard having just passed under Bank Quay station, 1st June 1988.
A short time before the city level crossings were replaced by road underpasses, a JS class loco heads up the branch to Mine 1 on the Pingdingshan Coal Railway.
We nearly missed this shot and the locals are all looking back down the road to see the westerners rushing about to try to get their photographs! We hoped another train might come and the local people brought out chairs for us to sit on whilst we waited. This sort of kindness is quite common in such places.
looking past Mookie's leg...a bit scary when you are that small...
(For ODC "from ground level")
I Had a lot of fun with this one, creepy crawling on the ground...should sweep more often...;-)
Level 2 Covid activities. We are allowed to catch up with friends again. The men are getting together once more to sail their yachts on the waterways (in the distance). Keeping their Covid distance from others as we expand our bubbles is about the only thing different here.
Samarkand is a city in southeastern Uzbekistan and among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Central Asia. Samarkand is the capital of the Samarkand Region and a district-level city, that includes the urban-type settlements Kimyogarlar, Farhod and Khishrav. With 551,700 inhabitants (2021)] it is the third-largest city in Uzbekistan.
There is evidence of human activity in the area of the city dating from the late Paleolithic Era. Though there is no direct evidence of when Samarkand was founded, several theories propose that it was founded between the 8th and 7th centuries BC. Prospering from its location on the Silk Road between China, Persia and Europe, at times Samarkand was one of the largest cities in Central Asia, and was an important city of the empires of Greater Iran. By the time of the Persian Achaemenid Empire, it was the capital of the Sogdian satrapy. The city was conquered by Alexander the Great in 329 BC, when it was known as Markanda, which was rendered in Greek as Μαράκανδα. The city was ruled by a succession of Iranian and Turkic rulers until it was conquered by the Mongols under Genghis Khan in 1220.
The city is noted as a centre of Islamic scholarly study and the birthplace of the Timurid Renaissance. In the 14th century, Timur made it the capital of his empire and the site of his mausoleum, the Gur-e Amir. The Bibi-Khanym Mosque, rebuilt during the Soviet era, remains one of the city's most notable landmarks. Samarkand's Registan square was the city's ancient centre and is bounded by three monumental religious buildings. The city has carefully preserved the traditions of ancient crafts: embroidery, goldwork, silk weaving, copper engraving, ceramics, wood carving, and wood painting. In 2001, UNESCO added the city to its World Heritage List as Samarkand – Crossroads of Cultures.
Modern Samarkand is divided into two parts: the old city, which includes historical monuments, shops, and old private houses; and the new city, which was developed during the days of the Russian Empire and Soviet Union and includes administrative buildings along with cultural centres and educational institutions. On 15 and 16 September 2022, the city hosted the 2022 SCO summit.
Samarkand has a multicultural and plurilingual history that was significantly modified by the process of national delimitation in Central Asia. Many inhabitants of the city are native or bilingual speakers of the Tajik language, whereas Uzbek is the official language and Russian is also widely used in the public sphere, as per Uzbekistan's language policy.
A few weeks ago I posted this shot of Goðafoss, a waterfall in the North of Iceland, but what I neglected to mention then was that the waterfall spreads over quite a long distance with various small waterfalls dropping a few levels until getting all the way to the river.
It’s a beautiful place and getting there so late (about 1am) and seeing everything so misty was a really cool sight.
To view the blog entry go to: www.momentaryawe.com/blog/?p=2600
The High Level Bridge, Lethbridge Alberta, Canada. Shot from directly underneath in the midst of near waist high damp undergrowth that was pleasantly inhabited by rather large mosquitos.
Construction of bridge began in August of 1908, and the bridge was completed June 22, 1909 and officially opened on November 1, 1909. It cost $1,334,525 to build. This bridge is still the longest and highest of its kind in the world reaching 5,327.625 feet long (1.6km) and 314 feet high (96 meters).
Shot May 2007.