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A pair of davits (arms used for lowering and raising small boats such as lifeboats from larger ships) forming an arch over an entrance in the new sea wall At Broughty Ferry, Dundee. Taken almost directly into sunlight but the names of previous lifeboats can be seen on the structure.
I went down to Rosemarkie Beach on the Black Isle at 3am yesterday for the sunrise, which was nice. On the way back to the car though, I was quite taken with this image of one of the oil rigs at the mouth of the Cromarty Firth.
This is Johan Sverdrup Oilrig, being built here in my little city.
I think it is pretty awsome to look at, with all the nice lighting.
So I had to give it a go to take a nightshot.
Of course being thrilled again, out in the rain, out in the dark docking area, careful careful not to plop out in the water.
Oh my what an exciting life I have, lol.
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A slightly different (and wider) version of this shot, showing the line of oilrigs, on left of shot, that fill the Cromarty Firth. These rigs are not small.....many weigh about 45,000 tonnes. You can't see the detail in this shot, but where they built the rigs are Nigg and Ardersier they are now constructing bases for enormous wind turbines to stand on the seabed. Each of the bases is several hundred feet high, with the turbines being several hundred feet high on top of that.
I suspect the Fyrish Monument will outlive all these things, and perhaps the human race too.
This is Karmsundet, the North Sea is coming in with all its force and the island Karmøy, where the oilrig is, is protecting the mainland.
Norway.
My guide book described the heavy oil industry at Invergordon and the view across the Cromarty Firth. A sea mist obliterated most of the view for me.
Great Yarmouth - The Big Picture.
Taken from Britannia Pier looking south on a surprising warm and sunny October day. From left to right the 3 main landmarks are an oil rig being dismantled, a temporary big wheel and the Tower complex.
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England.
Winter has come to my home town, snowing and hail drops from the sky.
Normally winter comes on a Thursday here (😂), and flowers come up in January (while I have more and more snow all the way till April).
This is the bridge over to the island Karmøy and an oilrig which has been here for ages 😁
Isn't that in Vanuatu, a world away from Nigg Bay. Just off the shores of the pretty seaside village of Cromarty lie a long line of various drilling rigs. Nearest is Transocean Leader, a semi submersible rig witha deadweight of almost 45,000 tonnes and capability to drill down 25,000 feet. It can operate in water depths up to about 4,500 feet which is nothing compared to many that can operate in oceans 12,000 feet deep. We came here, whilst waiting to help pick up the latest addition to the family for the 3 hour journey home, and hoped to see some dolphins, but only saw drilling rigs and some country side I have never seen before on the Black Isle.
There will be many more of these rigs standing idle off our shores as new oilfields are cancelled and we switch to electric cars and 'greener' energy.
When I got to the Tore roundabout I was just itching to get on the A9 and run up to 'home' another 103 miles further to the north, but I wasn't allowed. And it would have been silly of me, late on a Sunday afternoon.
I popped home to Weston to check this out. Its a decommissioned oil rig which has been transformed into an art installation. In a couple of weeks it will be dismantled and recycled.
It makes a great photo subject both inside and out. Visiting at low tide is recommended if you want shots from the beach; its great for blue hour as it's lit up.
You need to go in to get decent shots of the waterfall and obviously a wide angled lens helps. This is a hand held shot.
It's free and the considering it's half term the queue was really quick!
Long-legged jack-up oil platforms laid up for storage and repair at Pelican Island, Galveston, Texas.
Not the best of auroras, it was quite weak and diffuse with little evidence of ray structure (and clouds in the way). But I wanted to show the light from the Ocean GreatWhite - one of the world's largest ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rigs that is currently moored in Loch Kishorn for maintenance. Although it is miles away, the rig is visible from my house on Skye - it is huge, and easily dwarfs the rig Northern Producer that is moored nearby awaiting decommisioning - photographed on a kayak outing in August 2021 (see first comment box). Sadly it doesn't look like there will be an opportunity to kayak over to the Ocean GreatWhite, it is further away and there is a 300 metre exclusion zone around it.
The aurora exposure was 25 seconds, but this resulted in the light from the rig showing as a big white blob bleeding into the otherwise dark lanscape. I shot the rig on a 0.3 second exposure then blended the images. Zooming in shows details of the lights on the rig even at this distance. Had the aurora been better, I might have been tempted to just clone out the rig.