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BLM Fire and Aviation Photo Contest 2020
Category: The Land We Protect
Photo by: Shane Trotter, BLM
Reno, Nevada 2020
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde (C), First Deputy Managing Director David Lipton and Communications Director Gerry Rice (R) hold a press conference October 12, 2017 at the IMF Headquarters in Washington, DC. IMF Staff Photo/Stephen Jaffe
We managed to get up to The Lake District for a few days at Easter. We got away from work on Good Friday afternoon and spent three hours covering 110 miles, the M61 and M6 were very slow or stopped. As ever once there we soon left the hassle behind. We were using a B&B that we used very regularly for ten years until the owner passed away quite suddenly. Now under new ownership it has been totally gutted and refurbished, it’s very nice but twice as expensive.
We were out in good time on Saturday, it was dull and cool but very calm. I’d deliberated for ages as to where to walk, wanting to avoid the worst of the Easter crowds. It was the busiest I’d seen the Lakes for a long time amd the North Lakes in particular had stunning weather, the South Lakes had dense fog in places until the afternoon and was much cooler – but not cold. Parking in Patterdale we headed up Arnison Crag, on to Birks aiming for St Sunday Crag. This was where it started to go wrong. I got a sudden pain in my right ankle, near a previous serious ankle injury, it’s not unusual to get a bit of pain in this ankle but it got worse. My ankle felt like it was in a vice. On the plus side the cloud which was very low initially was clearing higher at the same speed that we were climbing. We scrambled over Cofa Pike through some snow on to Fairfield and for a change the summit was clear with glorious views. I had to undo my gaiter and slacken my boot, my ankle was swelling and bruising. I took paracetemol and carried on – I didn’t have much choice really. We walked to Hart Crag out to Dove Crag, back to Hart Crag as we wanted to head down over Hartsop above How. We stopped for a quick sandwich and pot of lemon tea before heading down the rocky path. By now I was suffering but still able to walk fairly fast. The yomp back along the road to Patterdale was tough. We covered 11.5 miles in around five hours, which was OK for a first walk in the mountains for a while. We drove to Keswick wanting to get to Brysons tearooms for cake and coffee. Keswick was packed and sunny and we had to walk in half a mile, that was painful, my ankle was agony until I got it loosened up. Toasted Plum Bread, apple pie and ice cream and coffee made up for the grief.
On Sunday I knew I couldn’t walk much. I was applying Ibuprofen Gel regularly but it was going to be a car and camera day. There was dense fog when we set off so I decided we needed to be somewhere attractive when it started to clear, I just didn’t know when that was going to be. We drove into Langdale and the fog broke to reveal Blue sky and the top of the Langdale Pikes, it was fantastic. I immediately thought of Blea Tarn and drove up the pass out of Langdale. I expected to find, as is usual, tripods in a row, with photographers clicking away. There wasn’t a soul, it was so calm and peaceful – and beautiful – I couldn’t believe my luck. I limped as fast as I could to the Tarn, unfortunately an overnight camper, who I chatted with about the beauty, reflections and the camera I was carrying, did her best to encourage her dog into the water and she got in to get washed. It was so calm that the ripples would cross the entire tarn and spoil the photos. I shot as quick as I could, moving away from her all the time. I think I had around 15 minutes at the most before a breeze – that I couldn’t feel – started to ripple the water. The reflections disappeared and it was over. Without the bad ankle I would have missed this tranquillity as we would have been toiling up out first climb of the day. The fog stayed put in the South Lakes but we headed north over Dunmail Raise to blue sky and 17 degrees.
On Monday after 36 hours of Ibuprofen I felt that my ankle would stand a six or seven miler – but where? We had very thick fog in Ambleside so again I drove over Dunmail Raise and again it was fantastic. I could see the chance of some good photos around Thirlmere but I had to get waterside at a point where the view wasn’t obstructed with saplings and bushes growing out of the water. This was easier said than done, it took three attempts to get a decent location. I had reflections, hanging mist, water and mountains – and wet feet again, fortunately I had my walking boots and socks to put on for the walk ahead. After my photo chase we parked at Steel End and headed up the steep nose of Steel Fell. It’s a tough climb but the view over Thirlmere was great. We could see the wall of fog to the south and I was looking forward to getting to the top, hoping that we would be able to see over it with mountains poking out of a sea of white. This was exactly as it was, the Lion and the Lamb on Helm Crag looked like an island in the sea of mist. We walked along the ridge to Calf Crag with clear views to the north and a sea on mist to the south, it looked like the right choice again. We were going to head down Wythburn back to Thirlmere. Wyth Burn runs through a secluded hanging valley through an area called The Bog. I’ve walked down here a few times and at first glance it looks dry – they didn’t name it The Bog for nothing – it is extremely wet. It doesn’t matter how high you walk to avoid it – you can’t! We were wet above the gaiters by the time we got back and it was tough on the ankle. Brysons here we come, another beautiful hot day in Keswick but back to work tomorrow.
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde (L) and World Bank President Jim Yong Kim (R) are joined by Indonesia Bank Governor Agus D.W. Martowardojo (2nd L) and Finance Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro (2nd R) as they sign the documents to hold the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings in 2018 in Bali, Indonesia on October 10, 2015 at the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings at the Lima Convention Center in Lima, Peru. IMF Staff Photo/Stephen Jaffe
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde (C), First Deputy Director, David Lipton (L) and Communications Department Director, Gerry Rice (R) answer questions during the IMF Mananging Director Press Conference at the IMF Headquarters during the 2019 IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings April 11, 2019 in Washington, DC. IMF Staff Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
Managed to get a pic of last night's sunset over Hornsea Mere before it disappeared. Glad camera was in car with me. Just a straighten and crop and a bit of luck :)
Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, Minister of Finance of Indonesia Sri Mulyani, and Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley participate in the Debate on the Global Economy during the 2022 Spring Meetings at the International Monetary Fund.
IMF Photo/Cory Hancock
21 April 2022
Washington, DC, United States
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BLM Fire and Aviation Photo Contest 2020
Category: The Land We Protect
Photo by: Samantha Nelson, BLM
Casper, Wyoming 2020
2013 World Water Week
Sunday: Doing More with Less - What Can We Learn from Managing Drought? K16/K17.
Photo: Thomas Henrikson.
We managed to get to the Lake District for the Easter weekend. We were open at work on Good Friday so I had to be in at work for a couple of hours and didn’t set off until 9.00am. We had a quick café stop and then jumped on the M62. It took us until 2.00pm to get to Langdale. We crawled up the M61 and M6, reminding me why we used to avoid Bank Holiday traffic. Although staying in Ambleside we drove to Langdale to get a couple of hours walking in. Langdale was packed but we found a place to park at the foot of the pass up to Blea Tarn. We headed up Pike of Blisco – against a steady stream of walkers descending at this time in the afternoon. I didn’t bother taking photos to any great extent, it wasn’t great light, windy and the appalling weekend forecast had depressed me – this was supposed to be the best day and it was nearly over. After a nice settled spell, possibly the first in the north of England this winter (now officially British Summertime) heavy rain and gales were coming our way apparently.
Each morning I studied the maps trying to second guess the light, wind and crowds. On Saturday it was initially dry, much to our surprise, we parked in Coniston and set off up Walna Scar Road. It’s a long steep drag to the top of the pass, the cloud was down and thick, the wind was getting extreme as we got higher – and we didn’t see a soul! We were heading over Brown Pike onto Dow Crag, we weren’t likely to get lost on a ridge. By now it was raining hard and the wind was making staying upright difficult. We slid off the rocky summit of Dow Crag on our backsides, the safest way. We dropped on to Goats Hause, the wind was screaming through and but I guessed there would be some shelter if we headed for the Old Man of Coniston. We met the first person of the day here, arriving at the summit just before him. There was still winter snow on north facing slopes but the wind wasn’t as bad as Dow Crag. It was grim, 30 metre visibility and there was very little point in staying on the tops as originally planned. Jayne was up for heading straight down the tourist track through the quarries. We have only ever ascended it before but we set off down at a trot, passing some fell runners along the way. There was a steady stream of Easter trippers heading up and judging by the questions we were asked on the way down they had little idea of what they were heading in to or how far they were from the summit, and all in appalling conditions. Lower down it was quite calm and many had little idea of the severity of the conditions on the tops. The countryside was rapidly waterlogging again after the belated dry spell.
Sunday brought more very heavy rain and gales on the tops. What looked like snow had accumulated on high ground overnight. It was actually several inches of hail and was horrible underfoot, like small wet marbles but trapping a lot of water on the lower slopes below the freezing line. We parked at Patterdale and walked across slopes that the recent floods had wreaked havoc on, with a lot of remedial work to be done this summer. The plan was to get to Boardale Hause and decide whether to go high – over Place Fell – or head in to Boardale and stay low by doing a circuit of Place Fell. It was raining hard and there was a howling gale but it was behind us, the cloud had lifted a bit so we went high. The summit plateau was a nightmare, covered in slippy, wet, slushy hail with the wind nearly blowing us over. We went north straight over the top and down the other side, the top was in thick cloud but the lower slopes were clear and we legged it off the fell, descending by Scalehow Force waterfall, which was in fine form with the heavy rain. We followed the path above the shores of Ullswater back to Patterdale. Another wet walk.
Monday saw us parked a mile or so south of yesterday’s parking place in Patterdale at Bridgend. With the weather being bad people weren’t out early, even on a bank holiday, so we didn’t have a problem parking. There wasn’t a plan, we were just making it up. Today looked promising, Storm Katie was battering the rest of the country but missed the north for a change. The tops were wintry, again it was hail accumulations not snow, on the high ground it was on very old lying snow and very difficult on steep descents. We decided to take the steady slopes of Hartsop above How to Hart Crag, on to Fairfield and then hopefully over Cofa Pike on to St Sunday Crag, Birks and finally Arnison Crag. This was just less than ten miles and it turned out to be a very tough five hours, exhausting, particularly after the three previous days. A large coastguard helicopter circled us repeatedly and finally landed on the path we were following to Hart Crag, we assumed it was on an exercise. The ground was frozen above 2500 feet and walking was easier as the snow/hail was load bearing and we could yomp on a bit. It was like midwinter with frequent squally whiteouts blasting in. The wind would pick up first lifting the frozen hail in a frozen spindrift that bounced along several feet high blasting our faces, this was followed by, what was more like frozen drizzle than snow, fine, but hard, we could feel it through our clothes it came at us that hard. I decided that we would head straight over Cofa Pike to St Sunday. A mistake with hindsight. The lake of footprints was the first bad sign but we were committed. We lived to tell the tale but Jayne had a bit of a near miss. The crag down to Cofa is steep and it was covered in hail on old snow, the layer of hail was shearing away from the underlying snow and we had to go down on out backsides, keeping a tight grip as we went. At one point Jayne failed to arrest a slide that was above a steep and deep drop. I had hold of her from a position in front of her and to her left and I was fairly well anchored so I felt in control and was sure of the outcome. From her point of view it was frightening and it subdued her for the rest of the walk. She had also ripped the outer lining of her Paramo waterproof trousers as well. Considering that we were going downhill it was hard going, every step a slip or a slide, with the underlying grass saturated and a thin layer of hail it was an unpleasant walk off the fell. At the end of Arnison Crag we took a pathless shortcut – that we swore we would never use again years ago – to save around twenty minutes of walking. This was the only day I had the camera out all day and had to cover it with a dryliner bag whenever a heavy shower came in. I also broke the lens hood. We drove to Keswick for afternoon coffee and toast at Brysons. The new Paramo store across the square was the next stop for new trousers. These Paramos had cost £85 14 years ago and they have just brought a new model out. We had two choices, The old model was reduced to…..£85 – after 14 years we could pay the same price or we could return the old trousers - cleaned – and get a £50 voucher towards the new model, which are £135, or £85 with the voucher. The old ones were ¾ of a mile away in the car – unwashed – so we bought the old model. Needless to say we had a couple of drinks in the Golden Rule in Ambleside every night before our tea.
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde (R), First Deputy Managing Director David Lipton (C) and Communications Director Gerry Rice (L) walk off the stage after their press conference April 20, 2017 at the IMF Headquarters in Washington, DC. IMF Staff Photo/Stephen Jaffe
BLM Fire and Aviation Photo Contest 2020
Category: The Land We Protect
Photo by: Paul Hohn, BLM
North Fork Fire, Popo Agie Wilderness
BLM Fire and Aviation Photo Contest 2020
Category: The Land We Protect
Photo by: Rocky Garduno, BLM
24 Fire, Lakeview, Oregon 2020
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde (R) and First Deputy Managing Director David Lipton (L) share a smile during their press conference April 14, 2016 at the IMF Headquarters in Washington, DC. The IMF/World Bank Spring meetings are being held in Washington this week. IMF Staff Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde shows off a Myanmar water polo jacket as she watches Myanmar against Thailand in water polo at the 27th Annual SEA Games December 6, 2013 in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. Lagarde is on a three country visit to Asia. IMF Photograph/Stephen JaffInternational Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde cheers on the water polo players as she watches Myanmar play Thailand during the 27th biennial SEA Games December 6, 2013 in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. Lagarde is on a three country visit to Asia. IMF Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
October 2 2009. World Bank Annual Meetings. World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick and IMF Managing Director Dominque Strauss-Kahn meet with CSO/NGO representative. Archbishop Noungane of South Africa moderates. Photo: Simone D. McCourtie / World Bank
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Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva participates in the G7 African Ministerial meeting during the 2022 Annual Meetings at the International Monetary Fund.
IMF Photo/Cory Hancock
12 October 2022
Washington, DC, United States
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Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva meets with President of Colombia Iván Duque Márquez at the International Monetary Fund.
IMF Photo/Cory Hancock
11 October 2021
Washington, DC, United States
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2013 World Water Week
Sunday: Doing More with Less - What Can We Learn from Managing Drought? K16/K17.
Photo: Thomas Henrikson.
Managed to get an hour out today and took the dusty Tomiyama Art Pano 170 out with some Ilford Ortho Plus. Dev in DD-X (1+4) for 10 minutes or so.
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde (C), First Deputy Managing Director David Lipton and Communications Director Gerry Rice (R) hold a press conference April 20, 2017 at the IMF Headquarters in Washington, DC. IMF Staff Photo/Stephen Jaffe
Managed to source the bridge camera I started photography with (Lumix FZ45), when I sold my one a few years ago I totally regretted it for the macro shots that I took, now with my Raynox attached I can explore that genre again without losing a limb to pay for it!
Thanks for looking and hope you like my 1st attempt.
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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde (C), First Deputy Director, David Lipton (L) and Communications Department Director, Gerry Rice (R) take to the stage for the IMF Mananging Director Press Conference at the IMF Headquarters during the 2019 IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings April 11, 2019 in Washington, DC. IMF Staff Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
Managing Director of the IMF Kristalina Georgieva meets with King Felipe VI of Spain at the International Monetary Fund in Washington.
IMF Photo/Joshua Roberts
2 December 2022
WASHINGTON, DC, United States
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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde anwers a question during her press conference April 14, 2016 at the IMF Headquarters in Washington, DC. The IMF/World Bank Spring meetings are being held in Washington this week. IMF Staff Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde (C), Deputy Managing Director David Lipton (L) and IMF Communications Director Gerry Rice (R) hold a press conference October 8, 2015 during the 2015 IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings in Lima, Peru. IMF Staff Photo/Stephen Jaffe
October 2 2009. World Bank Annual Meetings. World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick and IMF Managing Director Dominque Strauss-Kahn meet with CSO/NGO representative. Archbishop Noungane of South Africa moderates. Photo: Simone D. McCourtie / World Bank
Photo ID: 100209-CSO034a World Bank
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde smiles as she is surrounded by media during the opening of the IMFC meeting at the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings April 12, 2014 at the IMF Headquarters in Washington, DC. IMF Staff Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and Deputy Managing Director Bo Li, Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, Head of the BIS Innovation Hub Cecilia Skingsley, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa Vera Songwe, Governor of Bank Indonesia Perry Warjiyo, and Global Economics and Policy Editor for Bloomberg Television and Radio Kathleen Hays participate in the Central bank digital currencies Financial Inclusion Seminar during the 2022 Annual Meetings at the International Monetary Fund.
IMF Photo/Tom Brenner
14 October 2022
Washington, DC, United States
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Managed a few snowflake images today. Although its fairly cold at -8C we're mostly getting small ice pellets, rather than snow.
Pentax K01, El-Nikkor 50mm F2.8 enlarging lens, reverse mounted on Pentax Auto Bellows, and Pentax Helicoid extension tube.
Managed to convince Gemma to let us have pizza for dinner since Domino's were doing an any size of pizza for £9.99 deal. It was excellent.
Deputy Managing Director Kenji Okamura looks on during a meeting with the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan Ministers and Governors during the 2022 Annual Meetings at the International Monetary Fund.
IMF Photo/Ariana Lindquist
15 October 2022
Washington, DC, United States
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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde (C), First Deputy Managing Director David Lipton and Communications Director Gerry Rice (R) hold a press conference October 12, 2017 at the IMF Headquarters in Washington, DC. IMF Staff Photo/Stephen Jaffe
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde (C), First Deputy Managing Director David Lipton and Communications Director Gerry Rice (R) hold a press conference April 20, 2017 at the IMF Headquarters in Washington, DC. IMF Staff Photo/Stephen Jaffe
Scenes from Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva’s Curtain Raiser speech during the 2022 Annual Meetings at Georgetown University
IMF Photo/Cory Hancock
6 October 2022
Washington, DC, United States
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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde walks to George Washington University's Lisner Hall to participate in the "Conversation on Global Economy" with Charlie Rose during the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings April 10, 2014 at the IMF Headquarters in Washington, DC. IMF Staff Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
Managed my 2nd first place of the season in our 6 round digital projected image competition with this re-worked shot
Fantasy Canyon is a Bureau of Land Management-managed area located about 27 miles (43 km) south of Vernal, in Uintah County, Utah. Even though the area is only about 10 acres (40,000 m2) in size, it contains some of the most unusual geologic features in the world. The site was officially documented by early explorer and paleontologist Earl Douglass, who recorded the area by other names such as “The Devil’s Playground” and “Hades Pit.” He published photographs of this area in a 1909 publication called “The Columbian Magazine.”
The rocks of Fantasy Canyon, quartzose sandstones, were deposited during the Eocene Epoch. They date from around 38 to 50 million years ago. During the geologic period, the Uinta Basin was occupied by a large lake called Lake Uinta. The lake extended 120 miles (190 km) west to Heber City, 30 miles (48 km) east to Rangely, Colorado, south to the Book Cliff Divide, north to the Uinta Mountains, and was about a half mile deep.
Fantasy Canyon is along the east shore of what was once Lake Uinta, where the sediments eroded from the surrounding high lands. Sediments were deposited and the once loose sands, silts, and clays were forged into sandstone and shale. Because of different rates of weathering, the more durable sandstone remained while the more easily weathered siltstone and shale washed away, yielding this spectacular scenery. Today’s geologic formations of Fantasy Canyon will eventually give way to weather and then topple and erode into sand, but new formations will appear as the topsoil washes away. Because the delicate formations are so fragile the area is referred to as “Nature’s China Shop.”
Source: Wikipedia
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde (L) participates in a conversation with Danny Leipziger (R), Managing Director at the Growth Dialogue and Professor of International Business,George Washington University at the Jack Morton Auditorium of George Washington University May 2, 2019 in Washington, DC. IMF Photo/Stephen Jaffe
Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva participates in the Summit on the Financing of African Economies at the Grand Palais Éphémère.
IMF Photo/Cyril Marcilhacy
18 May 2021
Paris, France
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Deputy Managing Director Kenji Okamura tours the Termoelectrica facility in Chișinău, Moldova.
IMF Photo
14 June 2022
Chișinău, Moldova
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Deputy Managing Director Antoinette Monsio Sayeh takes part in the IMFC Plenary during the 2021 Spring Meetings with Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and Secretary of the Fund and Secretary’s Department Director Ceda Ogada at the International Monetary Fund.
IMF Photo/Joshua Roberts
8 April 2021
Washington, DC, United States
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