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Today, we travel back to the Magic Kingdom for an inside shot of the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train ride. What's really great about photographing this ride is the fact that as you enter the mine, the train slows down allowing you to get some pretty cool shots. Do you do a lot of "on-ride" photography when allowed? Have a magical day?
A female Tawny Mining Bee (Andrena fulva) in our Staffordshire garden yesterday.
It was a great day for bee photography. The day before had been warm and sunny and lots of bees had been active. They it turned chilly and some of those that ventured out got "stranded"; waiting for some sunshine. An opportunity not to be missed!
Giant rotary excavator in the open-pit mining area Garzweiler (Germany).
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Following the toxic stream through the dark forest, my team and I made our way into a deep cavern. Getting closer to the interior of the planet the toxic fumes increased in my reticle sensors. Glancing around I could see my human and Twi-lek comrades having a rougher time through the vapor. My IG-24 assistance droid was configurating what appeared to be a projectile launcher of sorts. Stumped by the fact I continued my haste down the corridor of rock and gas.
Suddenly the vapor started moving faster, seemingly getting sucked out of the cave. Swiftly turning around I could see funnels forming around IG-24 as they rushed into his blaster apparatus. The droid had made a suction chamber! If that thing was a living being I’d give it a raise, meanwhile the other living beings were still suffering from the toxins, but it appeared they were recovering slightly.
After trudging through the tunnel for quite a while, we met our previous base camp. Not needing this camp to base any operations anymore we had decided that we could excavate this area. Calling in our drill drone, we prepared for it’s arrival. An older design, the DD-13 still held up in its old age, the drill worked as well as ever. A valued part of our operation, it held a special place in my heart, even if it’s older legs slowed its movement. Finally arriving, we commenced our mining and continued our search for yerium.
Excuse the poor build quality, but this was built in about 8 hours with constant redesigning and rebuilding for RebelLUG’s “VignWeek” where I’ll attempt to build a vignette every day this week in under 24 hours.
Tawny mining bee (Andrena fulva) showing well in my garden. The females are particularly eye-catching with their foxy red hair and black undersides. These mining bees will nest in the lawn and patches of bare ground!
*clank clank clank* "Hey everybody, are you ready to get to work! It's my first day and I'm super excited!"
This driver did a great job hauling this mining truck through this city of Red Deer, Alberta. The pilot truck on the left of the image guided traffic to allow the driver to negotiate this left hand 90° turn.
First red TIE Interceptor, now yellow TIE Fighter!
I am usually not too fond of "yet another TIE variant" but how could I resist a yellow one? Such a beautiful color to go with black and grey! This just screams "utalitarian design" and so fits the mining guild theme perfectly!
It is a relatively simple build, but it already contains some fixes I intend for the v2.0 TF, most notably better shape of the solar panel. Change is minimal but noticeable enough! And I am very slightly... quite proud of the stripe solution ^^
Found these 2 Mining or solitary Bee's in my garden today. ID uncertain possibly Andrena or Lasioglossum species but so many of them expert advise needed please, (9 pages of them in the book). Both have another view of same Bee in comments
Another record shot of a bee from yesterday. This one landed beside some holes in the soil of the footpath running along the River Ayr at Failford.
Any help with ID much appreciated...the bee in this shot, and those in the next two uploads were all in the same spot.
Many thanks to Rory Dimond for the ID of Lasioglossum species for this one---I'm fairly sure the other two I found in the same area are different.
The winding wheel at the mining museum in the Afan Valley, South Wales UK.
The valley was once a hive of industry, with railway lines both side of the valley, taking coal down to Port Talbot and beyond.
All the mines are now closed and the valley has been reclaimed by nature, with forest walks and cycle routes.
At the top end of the valley is a tunnel linking Afan Valley (Bleangwynfi) to the Rhondda Valley (Bleancwm). The tunnel is just short of two miles long and plans are under way to reopen it as a walking/cycle route between the valleys.
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We went out looking for the deserted Gascoigne Wood mining plant. Hoping to find dilapidated buildings, we found nothing but security cameras and dead ends. But we did encounter a very pleasant sunset.
If anyone knows of any abandoned buildings in the north of England (that can be accessed easily) let me know.
Ta.
One of the benefits of a little cooler temperatures. The little bees settled down so I could get a picture!
in a pot marigold blossom.
(Dasypoda hirtipes ♀ in Calendula officinalis flos)
Hosenbiene ♀
in einer Ringelblumen-Blüte.
A wall mural in the old part of Ipoh, Malaysia showing tin mining activities in the Kinta Valley with a background of the famous karst or limestone hills. A mining dredge can be seen amongst other mining methods. This is one of seven wall murals in Ipoh painted by the Lithuanian street artist Ernest Zacharevic who became famous in Malaysia after his many works in the UNESCO World Heritage city of Georgetown, Penang.
Perth is a mining town. Mining is a major source of revenue for Western Australia and hence the state is relatively wealthy and has the highest median household income of any Australian capital city. The picture shows the precinct at the ground floor for one of the major mining companies. This is repeated throughout the city with some lovely grounds
Bottom's Up! This reed bee (Exoneura sp.) was tucking into our Native Geraniums to get at the food stuff within. Happy Beautiful Bug Butt Thursday everyone!
The town of Gold Hill, NC was once known for being in the middle of Carolina gold territory. Today it still is known for gold and other mining operations, and hosts NS P92 every week day to serve the mine along with other industries.
Thanks to the flatbed truck's driver for allowing me to gain some height for this photograph!
An old mining building beside the Miner's Track, Llyn Llydaw, below Snowdon, Snowdon National Park, Gwynedd, North Wales
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From the road I spotted this which looked like it was from the same mining structure - some sort of metal and wood - this was no way I could had gotten closer - rats.
Ore empties behind a leased SD40-2 work upgrade past a welded rail train at Milepost 5 during May 2003.
On display at the Babbitt Mining Display, this former wooden Reserve Mining caboose sits next to the parking area. This caboose has an interesting history starting its life on the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range in 1944 and operated on the railroad until the 1970s. The caboose was retired by the DMIR proceeded by a purchase by the Reserve Mining Company where it became a safety car and outfitted to host safety meetings to railroad employees. Northshore Mining donated the car to the City of Babbitt in 1995.