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A Bald Eagle leaves its mate guarding the nest while it goes hunting.
Fort Donelson, Dover, Tennessee, USA
A morning ritual performed in a hotel bathroom behind a frosted glass door. Reminiscent of any number of impressionist sketches of women bathing. May, 2008
CSX P907, a MARC special to Gettysburg from Baltimore run back in 1990 was rolling along CSX's former Western Maryland trackage near Orrtanna behind a pair of former B&O F-units.
I wish I could go back and chase this thing again.
Ya abra tiempo para viajar a la tierra, eh regresado quizas millones de veces a este mismo lugar eh visto los mayores cambios en la humanidad & sin embargo este viaje de ida sin regreso es solo mental, porque tu alma siente una vez más, razona & es capaz de cuestionarse lo que unos pocos hacen al sonido del tick tack.
Ya abra tiempo para regresar a la tierra una vez más & olvidar lo que tu mente puede recordar.
Ya abra tiempo para regresar a la tierra una vez más.
Off To Work.
Many of us do it,
everyday pulling ourselves out of our beds.
Sometimes feeling is it worth it?
The daily grind to earn our daily bread.
Then I remember those that are looking for work,
but cant find it,
Then I feel fortunate to even have a place to work my fingers to the bone.
Wish I could say more,
but I'm out of time,
time to go
(Off To Work).
Steve.D.Hammond.
A police officer stands beside one of Greater Manchester Police’s Land Rovers in this image, which was at taken on 1 July 1976. The location is said to be somewhere between Rochdale and Bacup.
The area has long been used to train the Force’s traffic officers in the art of off-road driving, so we think the officer may have been the instructor leading a course.
From the collection of Greater Manchester Police Museum.
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Camera Model Name: Canon EOS 5D
Lens: EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
Tv (Shutter Speed): 1/125
Av (Aperture Value): 14.0
Metering Modes: Partial Metering
ISO Speed: 100
Focal Length: 390.0 mm
Flash: Off
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DAY 09: Destination – KORZOK
Distance & Time: Shey – Korzok by car - 220 km / 7 hrs.
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Photo opportunity seems absurd; it is impossible not to try. Picking up the gear bag, we head towards the herd. The even land exposing at both ends, the sun behind the cloud cover sending shivers but merciless when out.
The walk is never ending, the heat unbearable and the wind forceful. Knowing fully well that we should give up this pursuit but it is obstinacy that drives on. Glad to remember that the minimum distance to be maintained is 3 km / 1.86 miles if we are not to disturb the animals. This translates into less space to be covered!
Three of the kiangs are nearer than the others and have spotted us, signal Tashi to make no sudden movements as that might alarm them. The thumping of heartbeat seems overtly loud in this oddly tense moment. With slow deliberation lift the camera, aim and get into a shooting frenzy. Just for a few seconds perhaps before a single from the herd stomp it’s feet and break into a swift gallop, others immediately follow; we watch fascinated.
Must get back to the car and drive on, Korzok is still far. Turning back a gasp escapes, the car looks not any larger than a spec in the horizon! Tracking kiangs we had lost the sense of distance.
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Kiang also known as Tibetan Ass or Asiatic Ass (Equus kiang) is a species that possess a keen eyesight and well-developed sense of smell. It feeds on grass and herbs. The genders are alike and weigh between 250 – 380 kg / 551 – 838 lbs., adding about 10 kg / 22 lbs. fat towards winter. Longevity is reported to be about 20 years. A social animal, it lives mostly in sexually separated hordes of 10 – 40 individuals in high altitude, open bleak semi-deserts, steppes, grassy rolling tablelands and soft sandy slopes, often near marshes or springs. Actively grazes throughout the day and can stay without water for quite some time. When alarmed, the entire group flees in a straight gallop (easily reaching the speed of 60km / 37 miles per hour). Resident throughout east and north Ladakh can be found between 4, 000 – 5, 200m / 13, 123 – 17, 060 ft. altitudes, occasionally even higher. The species however moves considerably back and forth across the Tibetan border, very often related to direct disturbance and human presence/absence. An estimated more than 2000 kiang are surviving in Ladakh. Natural predators include mainly wolf and Tibetan wild-dog, which hunts foals, old and injured or sick animals.
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“Santa’s sleigh is all loaded and ready to go. Thank you, elves, for all your hard work. Hopefully, this Christmas will be a little brighter for some people.”
“I know this season can be hard on those who lost things or more importantly, people. I lost my uncle after a long illness.”
“And I think of my grandmother who died just before Christmas years ago. We talk about her a lot.”
“My cousin lost his house in a bad storm and lost everything.”
“But hopefully we understand that Christmas is what blessings we have that help us think of things that cannot be lost or taken away.”
“You’re right, Jill Ellyn. We can also be thankful for the blessings of this past year as well.”
“Oh, wait! Where’s Bentley? I lost him!”
Since I printed this image as a large archival print 13"x19", I've come to believe it is one of my best. Years of painting taught me to seach for simplicity, large shapes, shadow and light. The gulls, although they appear to be the subject of this photo, are to me Impressionistic specks of light. This was shot in the late afternoon when the light had warmed and made a nice contrast with the cooler blues in the foreground.
A Republic Airways Embraer 170 lifts off from runway 10L at John Glenn Columbus Airport en route to Detroit, a fortress hub of Delta Air Lines.
Look out world. I'm off work and ready to party! In the mood for maybe Ohana Rock Club.
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