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"Tight" style in the Loop - impromtu snap session wtih Nichole - D600 w/ Nikkor 105 f2.0 DC lens. Leggings here… blackmilkclothing.com/
We continue on our journey exploring old dies and forming techniques. We've now discovered that a combination of three types of hammers are required to achieve forming in many of the dies
37409 and 37259 take a breather in Abington Down Loop with an extremely late running (due to loco failure, hence the class 37 substitution) 4S53 Daventry-Coatbridge, to allow 350406 to pass on a Manchester Airport-Glasgow Central service to pass. 7th November 2014.
"The Looping Boat", by Alex Chinneck, bears the name "The Industry", after the first vessel to navigate the canal when it opened in 1819, and it features the Tudor Rose – the assay mark of Sheffield.
This is called loops and balls because it contains, not just loops, but also, oddly enough, balls, mostly red. The loops are multicolord. There is, or was a trucking company called Red Ball Express. I can imagine this image on the sides of the trailers. Smile.
Tiene cinco looping, los mismos que los aros olimpicos. Me tuve que subir sola, porque ni mi hermana ni Magnolia se atrevieron...... Buahhhh!!!!!
Sh2-276 Bucle de Barnard. Es una nebulosa de emisión, parte del Complejo Molecular de la Nube de Orión (OMCC), que también contiene la nebulosa Cabeza de Caballo y la nebulosa de Orión. El lazo toma la forma de un gran arco aproximadamente centrado en la nebulosa de Orión M42. Las estrellas en la nebulosa de Orión se cree que son responsables de la ionización del bucle.
El bucle se extiende aparentemente unos 10º, cubriendo gran parte de Orión. Es visible en fotografías de larga exposición.
Se encuentra a unos 1.400 años luz con unos dimensiones de más de 100 años luz de diámetro. Se cree que se originó en una explosión de supernova hace unos 2 millones de años, que tal vez creó varias estrellas fugitivas conocidas, incluyendo AE Aurigae, Mu Columbae y 53 Arietis,2 que se estima han sido parte de un sistema estelar múltiple en el que una de ellas explotó como supernova.
Aunque esta nebulosa débil fue observada por los astrónomos anteriores, lleva el nombre del pionero astrofotógrafo E.E. Barnard quien la fotografió y publicó una descripción en 1894.
B33 Nebulosa Cabeza de Caballo. Es una nube de gas fría y oscura, situada a unos 1.500 años luz de la Tierra, al sur del extremo izquierdo del cinturón de Orión. Forma parte del Complejo de Nubes Moleculares de Orión, y mide aproximadamente 3,5 años luz de ancho. Esta nebulosa oscura es visible por contraste, ya que aparece por delante de la nebulosa de emisión IC 434.
NGC 2024 Nebulosa de la Flama. Es una nebulosa de emisión que aparenta estar en llamas situada a unos 1.350 años-luz. Se encuentra cerca de la estrella más oriental del cinturón de Orión, Alnitak.
M78 NGC 2068. Es una nebulosa de reflexión en la constelación Orión. Fue descubierta por Pierre Méchain en 1780 e incluida por Charles Messier en su catálogo de objetos ese mismo año.
M78 es la nebulosa de reflexión difusa más brillante de un grupo de nebulosas que incluyen NGC 2064, NGC 2067 y NGC 2071. Este grupo pertenece al Complejo de Nubes Moleculares de Orión y está a unos 1.600 años luz. M78 se encuentra en los pequeños telescopios como un parche nebuloso e implica dos estrellas de la décima magnitud. Estas dos estrellas, HD 38563A y HD 38563B, son responsables de hacer visible la nube de polvo en M78 reflejando su luz. Se conocen en M78 alrededor de 45 estrellas variables del tipo T Tauri, jóvenes estrellas todavía en proceso de formación, así como unos 17 objetos Herbig-Haro.
vdB 62/63. Son nebulosas de reflexión en la constelación de Orión, situadas en la parte centro-oriental de la constelación, en el extremo noreste del Bucle de Barnard. Constituyen una pequeña porción iluminada de una gran nebulosa oscura catalogado como LDN 1622, extremadamente compacto y denso; dentro de esta nube fenómenos tienen lugar intensa formación estelar, como lo demuestra la presencia de numerosas estrellas jóvenes.
Alnitak ( ζ Orionis) es un sistema estelar triple que forma parte del llamado cinturón de Orión junto a Mintaka (δ Orionis) y Alnilam (ε Orionis), conocidas como «las tres Marías». Su nombre proviene del árabe y significa «el cinturón».
La estrella principal del sistema, Alnitak A, es a su vez una estrella binaria. La componente principal, Alnitak Aa, es una supergigante azul de tipo espectral O9.5Ib y magnitud aparente +1,89, la más brillante en el cielo de este tipo espectral. Alnitak Ab, 2 magnitudes más tenue, es igualmente una estrella de tipo O, aunque de secuencia principal.
Alnitak Aa es una estrella muy caliente con una temperatura efectiva de unos 30.000K, 10.000 veces más luminosa que el Sol en el espectro visible, aunque si se considera la importante cantidad de radiación ultravioleta que emite, su luminosidad es 100.000 mayor que la solar. Su masa se estima en 20 masas solares. Alnitak es una fuente de rayos X provenientes del fuerte viento estelar. Se encuentra a unos 700 años luz.
Alnilam (ε Orionis) es la cuarta estrella más brillante en la constelación de Orión. Forma parte del llamado Cinturón de Orión (o «Las Tres Marías») junto a Mintaka (δ Orionis) y Alnitak (ζ Orionis), siendo la más brillante de las tres, pese a que es la más lejana (1.340 años luz). Su nombre proviene del árabe y significa «collar de perlas».
Alnilam es una supergigante blanco-azulada de tipo espectral B0Iab, muy masiva (unas 40 masas solares), y extraordinariamente luminosa: incluyendo la gran cantidad de radiación ultravioleta emitida por la estrella, su luminosidad equivale a 375.000 veces la luminosidad solar. Un fuerte viento estelar que sopla desde su superficie a 2.000 km/s hace que pierda masa a un ritmo 20 millones de veces mayor que el Sol.
Mintaka (δ Ori Orionis) es la estrella más al norte del Cinturón de Orión y que junto a Alnitak (ζ Orionis) y Alnilam (ε Orionis) forma el grupo conocido como “Las tres Marías”. Su nombre deriva de la palabra en árabe "cinturón".
Mintaka es una estrella múltiple compleja; a un minuto de arco de la estrella principal se puede observar otra estrella de magnitud aparente +6,8. A la distancia de 915 años luz a la que se encuentra Mintaka, la separación real entre ambas es de al menos 0,25 años luz. Entre estas dos componentes existe una tenue estrella de magnitud 14. La estrella de magnitud 6,8 es además una binaria espectroscópica.
M42 Nebulosa de orión. También conocida como NGC 1976, es una nebulosa difusa situada al sur del cinturón de Orión. Es una de las nebulosas más brillantes que existen, y puede ser observada a simple vista sobre el cielo nocturno. Está situada a unos 1.270 años-luz y posee un diámetro de unos 24 años luz. Algunos documentos se refieren a ella como la Gran Nebulosa de Orión, y los textos más antiguos la denominan Ensis, palabra latina que significa "espada", nombre que también recibe la estrella Eta Orionis, que desde la Tierra se observa muy próxima a la nebulosa.
Saiph (κ Orionis). Es la sexta estrella más brillante de la constelación de Orión con magnitud aparente +2,06. Su nombre proviene del árabe y significa «espada del gigante». Se encuentra a unos 720 años luz.
Con una temperatura superficial de 26.000 K, Saiph es una supergigante blanco-azulada de tipo espectral B0.5Ia, cuya luminosidad —incluida una gran parte de su radiación emitida en el ultravioleta— es 65.000 veces mayor que la del Sol. Su diámetro angular ha sido medido y ha permitido obtener directamente el valor de su radio, 11 veces mayor que el radio solar.
Sh2-276 Barnard’s Loop. It is an emission nebula, part of Orion Cloud Molecular Complex (OMCC), which also contains the Horsehead Nebula and Orion Nebula. The loop takes the form of a large arc approximately centered in the Orion M42 nebula. The stars in Orion nebula are believed to be responsible for the ionization of the loop.
The loop apparently extends about 10°, covering much of Orion constellation. It is visible in long exposure photographs.
It is about 1,400 light years old with dimensions of more than 100 light-years in diameter. It is believed to have originated in a supernova explosion about 2 million years ago, which may have created several known fugitive stars, including AE Aurigae, Mu Columbae and 53 Arietis, 2 which are estimated to have been part of a multiple star system in which one of them exploded as a supernova.
Although this faint nebula was observed by previous astronomers, it bears the name of the pioneering astrophotographer E.E. Barnard who photographed it and published a description in 1894.
B33 Horse Head Nebula. It is a cloud of cold and dark gas, located about 1,500 light-years from Earth, south of the far left of the Orion belt. It is part of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, and is approximately 3.5 light-years wide. This dark nebula is visible by contrast as it appears in front of the emission nebula IC 434.
NGC 2024 Flame Nebula. It is a nebula of emission that appears to be in flames located about 1,350 light-years. It is located near the easternmost star of Orion belt, Alnitak.
M78 NGC 2068. It is a reflection nebula in the Orion constellation. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1780 and included by Charles Messier in his catalog of objects that same year.
M78 is the brightest fuzzy reflection nebula in a group of nebulae including NGC 2064, NGC 2067 and NGC 2071. This group belongs to the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex and is about 1,600 light-years away. M78 is found in small telescopes as a nebulous patch and involves two stars of the tenth magnitude. These two stars, HD 38563A and HD 38563B, are responsible for making visible the cloud of dust in M78 reflecting its light. About 45 variable stars of type T Tauri are known in M78, young stars still in the process of formation, as well as about 17 Herbig-Haro objects.
VdB 62/63. They are reflection nebulae in Orion constellation, located in central-eastern part of the constellation, at the northeastern end of the Barnard’s Loop. They constitute a small illuminated portion of a great dark nebula cataloged as LDN 1622, extremely compact and dense. Within this cloud take place intense star formation, as evidenced by the presence of numerous young stars.
Alnitak (ζ Orionis) is a triple star system that forms part of the so-called Orion belt along with Mintaka (δ Orionis) and Alnilam (ε Orionis), known as "the three Marys." Its name comes from Arabic and means "the belt".
The main star of the system, Alnitak A, is itself a binary star. The main component, Alnitak Aa, is a blue supergiant of spectral type O9.5Ib and apparent magnitude +1.89, the brightest in the sky of this spectral type. Alnitak Ab, 2 dimmer magnitudes, is equally an O-type star, although of main sequence.
Alnitak Aa is a very hot star with an effective temperature of about 30.000K, 10,000 times more luminous than the Sun in visible spectrum, although considering the important amount of ultraviolet radiation that emits, its luminosity is 100,000 greater than the solar one. Its mass is estimated at 20 solar masses. Alnitak is a source of X-rays from the strong stellar wind. It is about 700 light-years away.
Alnilam (ε Orionis) is the fourth brightest star in Orion constellation. It is part of the so-called Orion Belt (or "The Three Marias") along with Mintaka (δ Orionis) and Alnitak (ζ Orionis), being the brightest of the three, although it is the farthest (1,340 light-years). Its name comes from Arabic and means "pearl necklace".
Alnilam is a white-blue supergiant of spectral type B0Iab, very massive (about 40 solar masses), and extremely luminous: including the great amount of ultraviolet radiation emitted by the star, its luminosity is equivalent to 375,000 times the solar luminosity. A strong stellar wind blowing from its surface at 2,000 km/s causes it to lose mass at a rate 20 million times greater than the Sun.
Mintaka (δ Ori Orionis) is the northernmost star of Orion Belt and together with Alnitak (ζ Orionis) and Alnilam (ε Orionis) form the group known as "The Three Marias". Its name derives from the Arabic word, belt.
Mintaka is a complex multiple star; To one minute of arc of the main star can be observed another star of magnitude apparent +6,8. At the distance of 915 light years to Mintaka, the actual separation between the two is at least 0.25 light years. Between these two components there is a tenuous star of magnitude 14. The star of magnitude 6.8 is also a spectroscopic binary.
M42 Orion Nebula. Also known as NGC 1976, it is a diffuse nebula located south of Orion belt. It is one of the brightest nebulae that exist, and can be observed with the naked eye over the night sky. It is located about 1,270 light-years and has a diameter of about 24 light-years. Some documents refer to it as the Great Orion Nebula, and the earliest texts call it Ensis, a Latin word for "sword", a name that also receives the star Eta Orionis, which from Earth is very close to the nebula .
Saiph (κ Orionis). It is the sixth brightest star of Orion constellation with apparent magnitude +2.06. Its name comes from the Arabic and means "sword of the giant". It is about 720 light-years away.
With a surface temperature of 26,000 K, Saiph is a white-blue supergiant of spectral type B0.5Ia, whose luminosity - including a large part of its radiation emitted in the ultraviolet - is 65,000 times greater than the Sun. Its angular diameter has been measured and has made it possible to directly obtain the value of its radius, 11 times greater than the solar one.
re-purposed vinyl LP (the Bar-Kays' "Nightcruising") illustrating a section of the Chicago Perimeter Ride map
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This 50-acre natural wetlands adjoins the Ohio River in New Albany, Indiana, and is directly across the river from Louisville, Kentucky.
The 3rd and 4th Inversion of the ride, just before the second lift hill
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I’ve been wanting to take a city break in summer, rather than in the cold months for a while, so rather than heading for the Lake District for a week of toil on the fells when Jayne could get a week off, we took off from Liverpool for Paris. Flight times were nice and sociable but it meant we were on the M62 car park at a busy time in both directions – it’s a shambles! I’ve stopped over in Paris a dozen times – on my way to cycling in the Etape du Tour in the Alps or Pyrenees – and had a few nights out there. Come to think about it and we’ve spent the day on the Champs Elysees watching the final day of the Tour de France with Mark Cavendish winning. We hadn’t been for a holiday there though and it was a bit of a spur of the moment decision. Six nights gave us five and a half days to explore Paris on foot. I had a good selection of (heavy) kit with me, not wanting to make the usual mistake of leaving something behind and regretting it. In the end I carried the kit in my backpack – an ordinary rucksack – to keep the weight down, for 103 miles, all recorded on the cycling Garmin – and took 3500 photos. The little Garmin is light and will do about 15 hours, it expired towards the end of a couple of 16 hour days but I had the info I wanted by then. This also keeps the phone battery free for research and route finding – I managed to flatten that once though.
What can I say – Paris was fantastic! The weather varied from OK to fantastic, windy for a few days, the dreaded grey white dullness for a while but I couldn’t complain really. We were out around 8.30 in shorts and tee shirt, which I would swap for a vest when it warmed up, hitting 30 degrees at times, we stayed out until around midnight most nights. It was a pretty full on trip. The security at some destinations could have been a problem as there is a bag size limit to save room in the lifts etc. I found the French to be very pragmatic about it, a bag search was a cursory glance, accepting that I was lugging camera gear, not bombs around, and they weren’t going to stop a paying customer from passing because his bag was a bit over size.
We didn’t have a plan, as usual we made it up as we went along, a loose itinerary for the day would always end up changing owing to discoveries along the way. Many times we would visit something a few times, weighing the crowds and light etc. up and deciding to come back later. I waited patiently to go up the Eiffel Tower, we arrived on Tuesday and finally went up on Friday evening. It was a late decision but the weather was good, the light was good and importantly I reckoned that we would get a sunset. Previous evenings the sun had just slid behind distant westerly clouds without any golden glory. It was a good choice. We went up the steps at 7.30 pm, short queue and cheaper – and just to say that we had. The steps are at an easy angle and were nowhere near as bad as expected, even with the heavy pack. We stayed up there, on a mad and busy Friday night, until 11.30, the light changed a lot and once we had stayed a couple of hours we decided to wait for the lights to come on. This was a downside to travelling at this time of year, to do any night photography we had to stay out late as it was light until 10.30. The Eiffel Tower is incredible and very well run, they are quite efficient at moving people around it from level to level. It was still buzzing at midnight with thousands of people around. The sunset on Saturday was probably better but we spent the evening around the base of the Tower, watching the light change, people watching and soaking the party atmosphere up.
Some days our first destination was five miles away, this is a lot of road junctions in a city, the roads in Paris are wide so you generally have to wait for the green man to cross. This made progress steady but when you are on holiday it doesn’t matter too much. Needless to say we walked through some dodgy places, with graffiti on anything that stays still long enough. We were ultra-cautious with our belongings having heard the pickpocket horror stories. At every Café/bar stop the bags were clipped to the table leg out of sight and never left alone. I carried the camera in my hand all day and everywhere I went, I only popped it in my bag to eat. I would guess that there were easier people to rob than us, some people were openly careless with phones and wallets.
We didn’t enter the big attractions, it was too nice to be in a museum or church and quite a few have a photography ban. These bans make me laugh, they are totally ignored by many ( Japanese particularly) people. Having travelled around the world to see something, no one is going to stop them getting their selfies. Selfies? Everywhere people pointed their cameras at their own face, walking around videoing – their self! I do like to have a few photos of us for posterity but these people are self-obsessed.
Paris has obviously got a problem with homeless (mostly) migrants. Walk a distance along the River Seine and you will find tented villages, there is a powerful smell of urine in every corner, with the no alcohol restrictions ignored, empty cans and bottles stacked around the bins as evidence. There are families, woman living on mattresses with as many as four small children, on the main boulevards. They beg by day and at midnight they are all huddled asleep on the pavement. The men in the tents seem to be selling plastic Eiffel Tower models to the tourists or bottled water – even bottles of wine. Love locks and selfy sticks were also top sellers. There must be millions of locks fastened to railings around the city, mostly brass, so removing them will be self-funding as brass is £2.20 a kilo.
As for the sights we saw, well if it was on the map we tried to walk to it. We crossed the Periphique ring road to get to the outer reaches of Paris. La Defense – the financial area with dozens of modern office blocks – was impressive, and still expanding. The Bois de Boulogne park, with the horse racing track and the Louis Vuitton Centre was part of a 20 mile loop that day. Another day saw us in the north east. We had the dome of the Sacre Couer to ourselves, with thousands of tourists wandering below us oblivious of the entrance and ticket office under the church. Again the light was fantastic for us. We read that Pere Lachaise Cemetery or Cimitiere du Pere Lachaise was one of the most visited destinations, a five mile walk but we went. It is massive, you need a map, but for me one massive tomb is much the same as another, it does have highlights but we didn’t stay long. Fortunately we were now closer to the Canal St Martin which would lead us to Parc de la Villette. This was a Sunday and everywhere was both buzzing and chilled at the same time. Where ever we went people were sat watching the world go by, socializing and picnicking, soaking the sun up. As ever I wanted to go up on the roof of anything I could as I love taking cityscapes. Most of these were expensive compared with many places we’ve been to before but up we went. The Tour Montparnasse, a single tower block with 59 floors, 690 foot high and extremely fast lifts has incredible views although it was a touch hazy on our ascent. The Arc de Triomphe was just up the road from our hotel, we went up it within hours of arriving, well worth the visit.
At the time of writing I have no idea how many images will make the cut but it will be a lot. If I have ten subtly different shots of something, I find it hard to consign nine to the dark depths of my hard drive never to be seen again – and I’m not very good at ruthless selection – so if the photo is OK it will get uploaded. My view is that it’s my photostream, I like to be able to browse my own work at my leisure at a later date, it’s more or less free and stats tell me these images will get looked at. I’m not aiming for single stunning shots, more of a comprehensive overview of an interesting place, presented to the best of my current capabilities. I am my own biggest critic, another reason for looking at my older stuff is to critique it and look to improve on previous mistakes. I do get regular requests from both individuals and organisations to use images and I’m obliging unless someone is taking the piss. I’m not bothered about work being published (with my permission) but it is reassuringly nice to be asked. The manipulation of Flickr favourites and views through adding thousands of contacts doesn’t interest me and I do sometimes question the whole point of the Flickr exercise. I do like having access to my own back catalogue though and it gives family and friends the chance to read about the trip and view the photos at their leisure so for the time being I’m sticking with it. I do have over 15 million views at the moment which is a far cry from showing a few people an album, let’s face it, there’s an oversupply of images, many of them superb but all being devalued by the sheer quantity available.
Don’t think that it was all walking and photography, we had a great break and spent plenty of time in pavement bistros having a glass of wine and people watching. I can certainly understand why Paris is top of the travellers list of destinations
Some photos taken while the "we Love Yo-Yo Meet 2015" (WLYYM 2015) in Weimar @ JGH Ettersberg. Organized by Dave from www.yo-shop.de
Bryce Point is arguably the most spectacular (and most visited) viewpoint in Bryce Canyon National Park. I was surprised to learn that Bryce is very high in elevation and is quite green. Bryce Canyon National Park is a national park located in southwestern Utah in the United States. The major feature of the park is Bryce Canyon which, despite its name, is not actually a canyon but a giant natural amphitheater created by erosion along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. Bryce is distinctive due to geological structures called hoodoos, formed by wind, water and ice erosion of the river and lake bed sedimentary rocks. The red, orange and white colors of the rocks provide spectacular views for park visitors. Bryce is at a much higher elevation than nearby Zion National Park. The rim at Bryce varies from 8,000 to 9,000 feet (2,400 to 2,700 m).
Bryce Canyon National Park is located in southern Utah about 50 miles (80 km) northeast of—and 1,000 feet (300 m) higher than—Zion National Park. The weather in Bryce Canyon is therefore cooler, and the park receives more precipitation: a total of 15 to 18 inches (38 to 46 cm) per year. Yearly temperatures vary from an average minimum of 9 °F (−13 °C) in January to an average maximum of 83 °F (28 °C) in July, but extreme temperatures can range from −30 °F to 97 °F (−34 °C to 36 °C).
Bryce Canyon was not formed from erosion initiated from a central stream, meaning it technically is not a canyon. Instead headward erosion has excavated large amphitheater-shaped features in the Cenozoic-aged rocks of the Paunsagunt Plateau. This erosion exposed delicate and colorful pinnacles called hoodoos that are up to 200 feet (61 m) high. A series of amphitheaters extends more than 20 miles (32 km) north-to-south within the park. The largest is Bryce Amphitheater, which is 12 miles (19 km) long, 3 miles (4.8 km) wide and 800 feet (240 m) deep. A nearby example of amphitheaters with hoodoos in the same formation but at a higher elevation, is in Cedar Breaks National Monument, which is 25 miles (40 km) to the west on the Markagunt Plateau.
Responding to increased visitation and traffic congestion, the National Park Service implemented a voluntary, summer-only, in-park shuttle system in June 2000. In 2004, reconstruction began on the aging and inadequate road system in the park.
Most park visitors sightsee using the scenic drive, which provides access to 13 viewpoints over the amphitheaters. Bryce Canyon has eight marked and maintained hiking trails that can be hiked in less than a day (round trip time, trailhead): Mossy Cave (one hour, State Route 12 northwest of Tropic), Rim Trail (5–6 hours, anywhere on rim), Bristlecone Loop (one hour, Rainbow Point), and Queens Garden (1–2 hours, Sunrise Point) are easy to moderate hikes. Navajo Loop (1–2 hours, Sunset Point) and Tower Bridge (2–3 hours, north of Sunrise Point) are moderate hikes. Fairyland Loop (4–5 hours, Fairyland Point) and Peekaboo Loop (3–4 hours, Bryce Point) are strenuous hikes. Several of these trails intersect, allowing hikers to combine routes for more challenging hikes.
The park also has two trails designated for overnight hiking: the 9-mile (14 km) Riggs Loop Trail and the 23-mile (37 km) Under the Rim Trail. Both require a backcountry camping permit. In total there are 50 miles (80 km) of trails in the park.
More than 10 miles (16 km) of marked but ungroomed skiing trails are available off of Fairyland, Paria, and Rim trails in the park. Twenty miles (32 km) of connecting groomed ski trails are in nearby Dixie National Forest and Ruby's Inn.
The air in the area is so clear that on most days from Yovimpa and Rainbow points, Navajo Mountain and the Kaibab Plateau can be seen 90 miles (140 km) away in Arizona. On extremely clear days, the Black Mesas of eastern Arizona and western New Mexico can be seen some 160 miles (260 km) away.
The park also has a 7.4 magnitude night sky, making it the one of the darkest in North America. Stargazers can therefore see 7,500 stars with the naked eye, while in most places fewer than 2,000 can be seen due to light pollution (in many large cities only a few dozen can be seen). Park rangers host public stargazing events and evening programs on astronomy, nocturnal animals, and night sky protection. The Bryce Canyon Astronomy Festival, typically held in June, attracts thousands of visitors.
There are two campgrounds in the park, North Campground and Sunset Campground. Loop A in North Campground is open year-round. Additional loops and Sunset Campground are open from late spring to early autumn. The 114-room Bryce Canyon Lodge is another way to overnight in the park.
A favorite activity of most visitors is landscape photography. With Bryce Canyon's high altitude and clean air, the sunrise and sunset photographs can be spectacular.
Pilots at the Chicago Air and Water Show are doing a loop-de-loop. Similar to the experiences of roller coaster riders doing a clothoid loop, the pilots will experience varying G-forces during the loop. They will feel light at the top and heavy at the bottom. Further information about these experiences can be found at The Physics Classroom.
This is a looper caterpillar, so called because of the loop formed when it moves. Chomping its way through the tomatoes, a Chrysodeixis - either Chrysodeixis eriosoma or Chrysodeixis subsidens, family Noctuidae. Como NSW Australia, December 2011.
Chrysodeixis have 2 pairs of abdominal prolegs. When disturbed, the caterpillars move the front portion of their body about in wide sweeping arcs. GJ Goodyear, NSW Department of Agriculture Pest Bulletin 58, 1977.
Note that the looping action of this noctuid is different to the 'true' looping action of a geometrid caterpillar, which inches its way along by repeatedly stretching out the front of its body and grabbing on, followed by a loop of the body which brings up the rear end.
See E H Zeck's wonderful watercolour of a Green Looper.