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This is a female mining bee at the Bolsa Chica Wetlands; one of many native bees that pollinate the flowering native plants. Their reward for this job is all the nectar they can eat. It's size can be gauged by comparing it to the ants seen here.
A female Miner Bee foraging for pollen.
Tech Specs: Canon 70D (F16, 1/250, ISO 100) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (2x) + a diffused MT-24EX (both flash heads on Kaiser adjustable flash shoes). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held.
Technique: I'm holding on to the flower with my left index finger and thumb, and resting the lens on that same hand to keep the scene steady. As the bee moves around the flower I rotate the stem to keep it looking at the camera (helps the viewer to connect with the subject and to maximize my chances of getting a usable image). I pay attention to the area that I want to be in focus, and use my peripheral vision to compose the frame. I'm also twisting the camera in my hand, and the flower's stem, so that I can lay the flat area of acceptable focus over as much of the curves in the scene (the bee's head and the flower).
Conditions: Partly cloudy with temps in the 18C range and a light wind. Due to the breeze I was able to grab onto the stem without the bee noticing. Also when the sun went behind the clouds its metabolism would tank, making it easier to get close.
Das Logo bezieht sich auf die vielfältigen Veranstaltungen und Ausstellungen im Jahr 2025, für das Chemnitz zu einer der zwei Kulturhauptstädte Europas gewählt worden war.
The logo refers to the diverse events and exhibitions in 2025, for which Chemnitz was chosen as one of the two European Capitals of Culture.
The imperial city of Chemnitz was founded in the 12th century, emerging from a Benedictine monastery. Its rise as an important trading centre in the foothills of the Ore Mountains was followed by the establishment of the city as a commercial and later industrial location in the wake of the emerging mining industry in the Ore Mountains in the 16th century. Supported primarily by coal mining in western Saxony, Chemnitz developed into one of the most important centres of German mechanical engineering and the textile industry in the 19th century. During this period, Chemnitz was also known as Little Manchester or Rußchemnitz. In the 1920, it was a leading city in the European textile market. Auto Union (today Audi) was founded 1932 in Chemnitz. In the 1930s, the three busiest squares in the Greater German Reich were Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Stachus in Munich and Johannisplatz in Chemnitz, of which nothing remains today except the name. Its economic importance made Chemnitz a primary target for Allied air forces during the Second World War, resulting in the city being almost completely destroyed in February 1945. Even after the Second World War and the reconstruction of the destroyed industrial plants, Chemnitz remained one of the most important industrial centres in the GDR, the East German state founded in 1949.. On 10 May 1953, the city was renamed by decision of the East German government to Karl-Marx-Stadt (Karl Marx City) after Karl Marx, in recognition of its industrial heritage and the Karl Marx Year marking the 135th anniversary of his birth and the 70th anniversary of his death.After the city centre was destroyed in World War II, the East German authorities attempted to rebuild it to symbolise the conceptions of urban development of a socialist city. The historic layout of the city centre at that time was rejected in favour of a new road network. However, the original plans were not completed.. After the peaceful revolution of 1989 in the GDR, but still before the German reunification, a referendum on the future name of the city was held on 23 April 1990, : 76% of the voters voted for the old name "Chemnitz". On 1 June 1990, the city was officially renamed. After the reunification of Germany on 3 October 1990, the city of Chemnitz faced several difficult tasks. Many inhabitants migrated to the former West Germany and unemployment in the region increased sharply..Since than, the layout of the city centre has been changed fundamentally with the collaboration of renowned international architects Most of its industry is now gone and the core of the city has been rebuilt with many shops as well as huge shopping centres. . Chemnitz has had to reinvent itself, like so many times before in its long history. This process has led to ithe election of the city as one of the two Capitals of European Culture in 2025.
Sources:
wikitravel.org/de/Chemnitz and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemnitz
Mining Haulage for the 21st Century.
© ETF European Truck Factory GmbH.
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Could be one of Hiram J. Hackenbacker's creations!
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An old mining place, it's on CR 119 I forget the excat location buy I pass it on the was to Estes Pk.
Taken years ago in an abandonded mining area. This is the passage in which carts (correction here?) were travelling over.
I used my first ever DSLR, Sony A200 + 18-70
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Mining Outpost: This is the 1st alternate build with the 3in1 Creator Neo Classic Space set proposal. The link leads to an animated video for presentational purposes. If you like it you may as well support it at LegoIdeas. Thx.
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in underground mine "Hlubina". In operation 1852-1992. It belongs to the unique area together with coking plant and ironworks owned by Vitkovice.
This in the Red Mountain Site. You can see it from MDH, but you can also drive through it if you have a high clearance 4wd drive vehicle.
This is typical mining operations through out the San Juan Mountains.
During a short drive today I made a spontaneous detour to an old mine. I like these old industrial monuments. There had to be a photo too.
My X2 in front from the old closed Fluorspar mine head tower at Reichhart Schacht nearby Nabburg, Bavaria.
Part of the Little Dudes series, documenting the little dudes who live in my home.
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Some of the many pieces of rusting mining machinery around the Blaenavon Big Pit. Far from littering the landscape they point to a fascinating industrial history, and one designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage site since 2000.
On Thursday, the recently restored remains of the Blue Bird Mine complex -- including a bunkhouse dating back to at least 1877 and a stone caretaker's house that was built when mining resumed after the Great Depression -- will be officially opened to the public at a 2 p.m. ceremony at Boulder County's Caribou Ranch open space.
In 1861 a fire destroyed most of the town. A newspaper article about the fire stated that there were around 40 stamp mills in the vicinity of Nevada, a staggering number for that early date, which surely made the town the milling center of Colorado at that time.
Water system of town of Nevadaville - barrel holds 13 gallons sold 2 barrels for 25 cents
Details of Nevadaville's history are difficult to find as it was always overshadowed by nearby Central City, which was Colorado's most important city for two decades. The 1861 fire was one of the most notable events here, and the stories on it reveal at least some detail on the town's early history.
This is the memorial to not one but two mining disasters at Auchengeich. In 1931 six miners were killed by an explosion - a number of their comrades tried to go back to save them, but were overcome by fumes and had to be rescued themselves.
The second disaster was in 1959, when 47 men were trapped by a blaze, a thousand feet below the surface of the Earth. So severe was the fire and smoke (most were overcome by the smoke, it is thought) that the rescue attempts could not get close, and eventually they were left with no choice but to flood the put to dowse the flames.
47 men gone just like that, dozens of families shattered. My mother was a wee girl when it happened, but she remembered some of the children whose family members were in the pit being taken out of school, wailing and screaming their grief. The history books like to talk about the Great Events - the Industrial Revolution, exploration, empire and all of that, but often neglects that everything was built on the broad backs of men who laboured in such dangerous conditions for little reward.
Hearst Memorial Mining building at UCB.
Olympus 9-18 @ 9mm, f/8. Several exposures merged with hugin+enfuse.
A mining droid used in subterranean mines. The 0nua features a very advanced Pakari metal, almost twice as strong as steel, capable of bearing loads so heavy they seem to be physically impossible. They can use a variety of tools, but work best when simply using their claws.
Produced by MATA Industires.