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EXPLORE #7 on 10-04-08
Approaching storm...that eventually passed over,
even though it was threatening looking!
An almost impossibly windy Friday and a great temple wedding couple- who booked all the way from Kansas! After speaking with the bride it was quite clear she was in love with her shoes almost as much as her groom! When she found them, they swept her off her feet!
Markings: Factory- Being accepted by HSM-77
BuNo:166541
Specifications (SH-60B)
General characteristics
Crew: 3-4
Capacity: 5 passengers in cabin or slung load of 6,000 lb or internal load of 4,100 lb for -B, -F and -H models and 11 passengers or slung load of 9,000 lb for -S
Length: 64 ft 8 in (19.75 m)
Rotor diameter: 53 ft 8 in (16.35 m)
Height: 17 ft 2 in (5.2 m)
Disc area: 2,262 ft² (210 m²)
Empty weight: 15,200 lb (6,895 kg)
Loaded weight: 17,758 lb (8,055 kg)
Useful load: 6,684 lb (3,031 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 21,884 lb (9,927 kg)
Powerplant: 2× General Electric T700-GE-401C turboshaft, 1,890 shp (1,410 kW) take-off power each
Performance
Maximum speed: 180 knots (333 km/h, 207 mph)
Cruise speed: 146 knots
Range: 450 nmi (834 km) at cruise speed
Service ceiling: 12,000 ft (3,580 m)
Rate of climb: 1,650 ft/min (8.38 m/s)
Armament
Up to three Mark 46 torpedo or Mark 50 torpedo,
AGM-114 Hellfire missile, 4 Hellfire missiles for SH-60B and HH-60H, 8 Hellfire missiles for MH-60S Block III.
AGM-119 Penguin missile (being phased out),
M60 machine gun or, M240 machine gun or GAU-16/A machine gun or GAU-17/A Minigun
Rapid Airborne Mine Clearance System (RAMICS) using Mk 44 Mod 0 30mm Cannon.
On April 2nd, 2009 HSL-47 "Saberhawks"transitioned to Helicopter Maritime Strike 77 (HSM-77)
MH-60R Seahawk
The MH-60R is designed to replace the SH-60Bs and SH-60Fs, and be a true multi-mission helicopter. Its sensors include the ASE package, MTS-FLIR, an advanced airborne fleet data link, and a more advanced airborne active sonar. It does not carry the MAD suite. Pilot instrumentation will be based on the MH-60S’s glass cockpit, using several digital monitors instead of the complex array of dials and gauges in Bravo and Foxtrot aircraft. Offensive capabilities are improved by the addition of new Mk-54 air-launched torpedoes and Hellfire missiles. All Helicopter Anti-Submarine Light (HSL) squadrons that receive the Romeo will be redesignated Helicopter Maritime Strike (HSM).[11]
The Fleet Replacement Squadron (FRS), HSM-41, received the R-model aircraft in December 2005 and has begun training the first set of pilots. In 2007, the MH-60R successfully underwent final testing for incorporation into the fleet. As of August 2008, the first 11 combat-ready examples equipped HSM-71, a squadron assigned to the USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74). According to Lockheed Martin, "secondary missions include search and rescue, vertical replenishment, naval surface fire support, logistics support, personnel transport, medical evacuation and communications and data relay.
BuNo:166541 Taken on April 24th 2009 with 15 hour Total time on airframe.
This is my dear Mother in law, Jean.
She invites me to attend the Temple with her often. She's a wonderful lady and I am blessed to know her.
Just when I thought I had figured out what goes into a picture's 'Interesting' rating - this picture comes along.
No favorities, no comments. Posted in 3 of my sets and 1 group pool, and only been viewed 11 times.
But it is my 3rd most interesting picture (overall), and my most interesting picture taken this year.
well...
not really hidden.....
more exposed .....
really....
so.. i did wonder.....
as i took this...
why do men do this when they talk on the phone?
can they hear better down there?
didnt get too many shots today...
i am going back tmrw...
w/ stu...
perhaps i will blend better ......
lol
i felt intrusive today....
didnt really dress the part of a fellow tattoo-ist....
if that makes sense...
so i stood out anyway...
then...
walkin around w/ the camera...
tends to make some people ...
nervous, uncomfy, suspicious.....
especially this guy....
not sure he was too happy that i took his pic....
i said thanx & moved along...
cameras WERE allowed....
how do you guys handle it?....
Fog in the Sonoran, near Saguaro Lake, AZ
Captured with the vintage Jupiter 37a glass and Sony a7r.
#saguaro #cactus #desert #bw #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #sonorandesert #sonoran #fog #stereoscopic #streetphotography #stereophoto #jupiter37a #mesaaz #getoutside #stormyweather
MADE EXPLORE: #286 on Tuesday, February 17, 2009
I had just put fresh nectar out. This was such a pretty male hummingbird...very hungry. The feeder was empty for a couple of days....those woodpeckers steal from the feeder! hrmph!
very nice people....
i wanted to buy a statue too...
but not enough funds avail.... =(
i did get their card tho ......
for possible future purchase...
oh...
my dias de los muertos celebration is getting better & better each yr =)
I LUV this piece....& it will go on the baby grand for the rest of the yr when its not being used.....
the artist : emilio bairocio
& the retail stores where his work can be found:
casita del pueblo
6738 greenleaf ave
whittier, CA 90601
&
Lady Luck & Me
7 E 6th st.
Tempe, AZ 85281
This was his profile picture on facebook :)
An Evening With The Maine
The Nile Theatre
Mesa, AZ
August 27, 2010
MADE EXPLORE: #35 on Saturday, August 8, 2009
She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
Lord Byron
EXPLORE #55 on 08-18-08
Shot out my car window. Horizon is a little too centered. Guess I am having a lazy day and just posting as is. LOL. I like the reflections off the building in the left back area.
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Did I mention I love reflecting pools? Well I do and I love predawn photography as well.
I'm not Mormon but I have several close friends who are LDS and have been to and by the LDS Temple in Mesa Arizona several times and I've always wanted to photograph it just before sunrise.
I also wanted to do the west entrance as most people capture the north reflecting pool. For this my first attempt I used a Canon EOS 5D Mark II digital camera and a Canon EF 17-40mm F/4L USM Zoom lens.
This is straight out of the camera no Photoshop converted RAW to JPEG using Canon Digital Photo Professional I played with the white balance to get the unique look.
Mesa AZ LDS Temple Information
7th Operating Temple
Location: 101 South LeSueur, Mesa, Arizona, United States.
Site: 20 acres.
Exterior Finish: Concrete reinforced with 130 tons of steel. Exterior is faced with glazed egg-shell colored terra cotta tiles.
Temple Design: Modification of the classic style, suggestive of pre-Columbian temples and the Temple of Herod.
Number of Rooms: Four ordinance rooms and nine sealing.
Total Floor Area: 113,916 square feet.
Joel from This Century came out dressed/tattooed as John during "Everything I Ask For"
An Evening With The Maine
The Nile Theatre
Mesa, AZ
August 27, 2010
I've been waiting all year for this! The lighting of the Christmas lights at the Mormon Temple in Mesa Arizona.
I took this image at that magic moment just as the day was turning into night.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark II digital camera and a Canon EF 17-40mm F/4L USM Zoom lens.
Nothing Screams "I'm an American" Like a Fourth of July Strobist style ShalerJump
YES, we were nearly shut-down 1/2 way through the action be a security officer whose supervisor thought we should be doing our thing. We were on the top floor of Fiesta Mall Parking Garage in Mesa AZ. The mall encourages people to watch the fireworks there, and it was a full house The guard said something about "All this equipment"
The guard started to say that photography is not allowed, but they let it happen for the Fourth, (duh) I basically said that we're no different than the other people with their cameras. I pointed to a few people w/ tripods and D-SLR's I politely said that although the strobes might be bright, so were the fireworks. We're just taking some pictures of our friends and trying to be patriotic.
Yes we were where the cars could drive, yet the garage was packed full and nobody should be driving, although some people did come late. The guy understood, got on his radio and let us continue. (yeeee ha!) So, if people give you static. POLITELY reason with them and ask what makes a Strobist any different than anyone else with a camera. Why should crappy photographers get away with photography when the world just needs better photos?! :-)
Anyway, what did you do on the Fourth, Just fireworks or did you do it strobist style?
Techie/ Strobist Info...
-Two -sunpak 622 strobes, one camera right (with a small brolly box)
-2nd 622 seen camera left, behind in the photo (lens flare and all)
-3rd strobe, sb-800 on ground behind the Jumper, w/ Small snoot of blackwrap.
- fired by Pocket Wizards.
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Stopped by this classic sign on the way home from work last night. This lens is too fast, and even overexposed the sign… gotta practice more with it! It looks like lights were flying all around it. #voigtlander29mmf08 #supernokton #joecowphoto #mesaaz #starlightmotel #ufo #lensflare
My friend Bobby let me borrow his new Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM zoom lens and this is one of the first photos I took with it of a Mesa Arizona Sunset yesterday.
(Explore) Apr 15, 2010 #332
The Harriers of VMA-223 "Bulldogs" from MCAS Cherry Point (NC) visiting:
Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport (formerly Williams AFB)
Mesa, AZ USA
I took this photo of Red Mountain early Saturday morning just after sunrise.
I've always loved how red it is even at noon but early in the morning with the fiery red rays of the sun it looks amazing.
From Wikipedia:
Red Mountain (Mount McDowell) is located on the Salt River Indian Reservation, just north of Mesa, Arizona. It is named after General Irvin McDowell, a Union officer in the Civil War.
Red Mountain is sometimes referred to as "FireRock," and the deep cleft on its western side (visible from both Power Road and SR 87) is known as "Gunsight" because of its resemblance to the narrow slot in a fort used for firing at attackers.
Canon 5D Mark II digital camera and Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM Zoom Lens.