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In the midst of an unusually stormy day in the Karoo, just a stone's throw away from the banks of the Vaal River, Class 25NC No. 3437 charges forward with its formidable freight consist, ascending the steep bank departing from Broadwaters. It's an unforgettable sight, as the locomotive embarks on its inland journey toward Salt Lake and Belmont.
This historic moment was captured during an unforgettable Farrail tour, masterfully orchestrated by the exceptional team at New Cape Central Railway. Our heartfelt gratitude goes to Steamnet2000 for their invaluable support, making this extraordinary experience possible!
Broadwaters, Douglas
June 2023
NGC 1566, sometimes known as the Spanish Dancer, is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the southern constellation of Dorado. Its delicate arms swirl gracefully around its core like a cosmic ballet. In this celestial dance, untold numbers of stars, gas, and dust perform a cosmic waltz, orchestrated by the invisible hand of gravity.
At the heart of NGC 1566 lies a supermassive black hole, weighing in at roughly 10 million solar masses. Much like the fabled sea monsters of Earth's oceans, this cosmic leviathan devours any celestial material that strays too close to its gravitational maw. Yet, paradoxically, this very same dark heart fuels the luminous brilliance of NGC 1566's core, a region known as an active galactic nucleus.
The light from NGC 1566 has travelled across the vast expanses of space for 40 million years before gracing our eyes. As we gaze upon its celestial beauty, we are also peering back through time, witnessing an era when our planet was still in its prehistoric infancy. In this sense, we are both explorers of the universe and time travellers, embarking on a cosmic odyssey with each new celestial discovery.
(The original data was acquired from Telescope Live, which I processed using Pixinsight and Photoshop).
SUNSET PARASAIL - Key West Harbor - Autumn / Fall 2024
Key West, Florida U.S.A. - Florida Keys - November 29th, 2024
-----Local Parasail Vessel: "Conched Out" - Key West, Florida----
*[left-click for a closer-look - end of the ride - well orchestrated!]
*[Very Long Line! - you go way up there! - one to two hundred feet!]
*[You never get wet!...that is unless you want them to quickly
"ocean-dip" your feet one-time! LOL Lots of fun! Visit! Try it!]
*[taken aboard the "Commotion on the Ocean" Fury Catamaran
Sunset Cruise in Key West Harbor with the Cory Heydon Band]
------ Key West: Far from Normal - Close to Perfect -----
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West,_Florida
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_keys
"A Pirate Looks At Forty" - Jimmy Buffett
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0W7gXEEbqo
"Margaritaville" - Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4XtBiWgXLE
"It's Five-Oclock Somewhere" - Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPCjC543llU
RIP Jimmy Buffett - Passed 9/1/23
My 2024 Key West Slideshow: flic.kr/s/aHBqjBUfUL
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The transient beauty of the coast is intricately intertwined with the captivating patterns that emerge in the sand, crafted by the relentless forces of wind and wave. These natural sculptors shape the shoreline, leaving behind ephemeral masterpieces.
As the tides ebb and flow, they orchestrate a delicate dance with the sand. With each advancing wave, the water gently caresses the shore, carrying particles of sand along its journey. As the wave recedes, it relinquishes its cargo, depositing the grains in a meticulous arrangement. This cyclical process, repeated countless times, creates intricate patterns that stretch along the coastline.
The patterns left behind by the retreating tide mimic the ebb and flow of life itself. Swirling ripples, reminiscent of a miniature desert landscape, emerge as the water recedes, their graceful curves and undulating lines transforming the beach into a living work of art. The patterns are at once orderly and chaotic, with intricate geometrical formations intermingling with whimsical curves and asymmetrical shapes.
The wind, a silent artist in its own right, adds its touch to the sculpting process. As it sweeps across the coast, it whispers secrets to the sand, coaxing it to dance in its invisible embrace. The wind's gentle touch lifts fine particles from the beach, carrying them aloft in an intricate ballet. It sculpts the sand into delicate ripples, resembling the soft undulations of fabric.
The interplay between the wind and the tide results in an ever-changing landscape. The patterns shift and evolve, shaped by the combined forces of these elemental sculptors. Ripples become miniature mountains, rising and falling in a transient topography that mirrors the larger contours of the surrounding coast. Each gust of wind and every advancing or receding wave leaves its mark, etching new patterns and erasing old ones, in an eternal cycle of creation and destruction.
These ephemeral patterns serve as a reminder of the impermanence of existence and the transient nature of beauty, as each passing moment alters the landscape, erasing what once was and creating something new. The sands become a canvas for the symphony of time, a tangible reflection of the ever-changing nature of our lives.
The beauty of these fleeting patterns lies not only in their visual allure but also in the emotions they evoke. They inspire a sense of wonder and awe, inviting us to pause and appreciate the intricate designs that nature creates with such effortless grace. The patterns speak of the interconnectedness of all things, the harmonious interplay between the elements, and the constant flux that defines our existence.
In these patterns of nature, we find a profound lesson: that life, like the shifting sands, is ever-changing, and that true beauty lies not in permanence but in the appreciation of the fleeting moments that grace our journey.
The legendary composer, musician and producer, Brian Eno, performed his new concert at the Royal Festival Hall. It featured an orchestral adaptation of his 2016 album, The Ship, with the Baltic Sea Philharmonic, and was orchestrated and conducted by Kristjan Järvi.
The show featured the actor Peter Serafinowicz, and long-time collaborators guitarist Leo Abrahams and programmer Peter Chilvers, and performer Melanie Pappenheim.
Eno had a bad cold during this concert... But he carried on with the show, and sung well, despite his husky voice at the interludes.
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"Eno has only ever played a handful of shows. The last time, in 2021 at the Acropolis in Athens, he played with his brother Roger Eno to a standing ovation from a sold-out theatre.
"The award-winning Baltic Sea Philharmonic is a distinctive ensemble where musicians perform entirely from memory whilst standing. Baltic Sea Philharmonic are led by their charismatic founder, conductor Kristjan Järvi, and are known for dynamic interpretations of commissions such as the acclaimed German TV series Babylon Berlin.
"These performances also coincide with his attendance at the 2023 Venice Biennale Musica, where he is being honoured with the Golden Lion lifetime achievement award.
"Ships was originally commissioned by La Biennale di Venezia for a premiere performance at the 2023 Biennale Musica."
Bokehistan is a term usually used by Dustin Diaz to define the out of focus area which are usually filled with creamy lights.
I found this in one of my old pictures and I think the creamy bokeh here is to die for. Although no lights were used for this shot, I did fire them for the 1BlackMalaysia, Choices of Voice and Villain shot. Yes, they were shot together with this image on that day.
I am losing out on ideas for the Project 365. Hopefully I'll get the inspiration tomorrow to orchestrate a shot.
Worth a view in black
The pink Cosmoses were swaying in the gentle breeze and the water from a tiny stream was rolling relentlessly through the rocks. I was letting me well alone, sitting on a distant rock, for a period unknown. Suddenly, I felt the invisible touch of a master composer orchestrating from somewhere. I could completely visualize the eternal melody and felt its resonance in my blood stream. I realized that the universal soul has its appeal and our distracted souls seldom respond to it, but it is only when we remain quiet and listen to the nature with all our senses wide open, can we listen to its eternal melody.
[Composed straight from the camera and Photographed at Darjeeling Rock Garden, without stand.]
The Battle of Toulouse was one of the final battles of the Napoleonic Wars, four days after Napoleon's surrender of the French Empire to the nations of the Sixth Coalition. Having pushed the demoralised and disintegrating French Imperial armies out of Spain in a difficult campaign the previous autumn, the Allied British-Portuguese and Spanish army under the Marquess of Wellington pursued the war into southern France in the spring of 1814.
Toulouse, the regional capital, proved stoutly defended by Marshal Soult. One British and two Spanish divisions were badly mauled in bloody fighting on 10 April, with Allied losses exceeding French casualties by 1,400. As Wellington pulled back to reorganize his shattered units, Soult held the city for an additional day before orchestrating an escape from the town with his entire army.
Wellington's entry on the morning of 12 April was acclaimed by a great number of French Royalists, validating Soult's earlier fears of potential fifth column elements within the city. That afternoon, the official word of Napoleon's abdication and the end of the war reached Wellington. Soult agreed to an armistice on 17 April.
Well, I wanted to do a build involving my redcoats and bluecoats, and I thought it would be fun this time to actually depict a real battle in history. So, I turned to the Napoleonic Wars. Thanks for viewing! :)
"Far out in a radiant ocean glinting like quicksilver there lies a solitary little lead-coloured land. The tiny rocky shore is to the vast ocean just about the same as a grain of sand to the floor of a dance hall. But seen beneath a magnifying glass, this grain of sand is nevertheless a whole world with mountains and valleys, sounds and fjords and houses with small people ….."
This is the opening of the beautifully orchestrated novel "The Lost Musicians" (1950), by the famous Faroese writer William Heinesen (1900-1991).
Last year I visited these wonderful Faroe islands, in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, halfway between Norway and Iceland. The atmosphere was mythical, the views seemed to evoke poetry. It is not surprising that, despite the limited number of inhabitants a multitude of literary trends and techniques are represented in Faroese literature.
In the coming series I will therefore combine my images with texts by well known Faroese writers. It would be my pleasure if you could enjoy them.
Thank you so much for visiting my photostream.
Camera: Pentax 67II, medium format, 75mm f2.8 SMC, Lee orange filter and medium grad 0.45.
Film: Fujifilm Neopan Acros 100 II medium format, developer: Ilford DDX, 1+4, 20C, 10min. 2 inversions every 30 sec.
Film is alive.
A pair of the Grafton and Upton Railroad's vintage EMD's bring a few cars of sheetrock to G&U Logistix in Hopedale, Massachusetts, on a beautiful fall morning. The G&U had six "vintage" EMD products for power at the time, and were nice enough to send an extra out with their beautiful F7 in the lead on the southbound trip. Big thanks to Steve Carlson for orchestrating the move and calling in a favor to get sun the whole chase! Also, thanks to a fellow enthusiast for providing the equally as beautiful Buick Skylark for s perfect prop!
Upton, MA.
October 2014
"We ran out of water in the tent so I'm going to fill this bottle up"
The child pictured here was forced to live with his family in a tent due to the continuous shelling over the Damascus suburb of Ghouta, which are run by the Assad regime and supported by their Russian allies and have destroyed hundreds of civilian homes in Ghouta alone. The tent which this child and his family live in is located amongst a pile of unused rockets, which are at a highly dangerous risk of exploding and completely destroying all the surroundings if a bomb was to hit them.
Ghouta has been besieged from the ground and bombed from the skies for around four years so far, an effort orchestrated by the Assad regime that attempts to force the civilians to evacuate their homes or surrender.
Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria.
04-10-2016
The Belfry of Ghent in Belgium is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Throughout the time the bell tower served beyond its original religious purpose and orchestrated with the earthly life of the evolving medieval city. It sent hourly chimes, various warnings and even functioned as a fortified watchtower.
Dinner on the rocks at Banyan Tree Bintan.
Ascend to the dramatic rocks beachside, where a personal chef and waiter orchestrate dinner amidst the hypnotic sounds of the sea.
As the Earth rolled over it was an unexpected pleasure to become a witness to this vividly orchestrated sunrise. As soon as the Sun started going over the horizon the sunlight simply lashed out of a gap between the clouds and flooded the land with this pure, new, life giving light, magically transforming all into a poet’s gasp.
One to remember for some time.
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I keep so busy making amateur anybody-can-participate music and art that I seldom find time to consume great art done by highly trained people. This evening friends arm-twisted me into going to hear Handel's Messiah at Emory University. As soon as I saw the splendid organ, my fingers itched for the sketchbook in my purse. Sometimes you can both appreciate art and make art at the same time.
The chorus and orchestra were wider than what is shown here, but I ran out of both paper and patience. This was Messiah as orchestrated by Mozart for more instruments than were used during Handel's lifetime. (So we learned from the program notes.)
A little ironic that the instrument that dominates my sketch is the one instrument in the hall that wasn't used during the performance.
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Drawn April 14, 2017
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
"Cica's Rusty Raft" by Cica Ghost at „Moving Islands"
This picture is based on a part of the collaboration project „Moving Islands“ orchestrated by Eupalinos Ugain on LEA20
The Sim shows a "Cosmogony of Rafts and other improbable floating beings". All is spectacular, all is moving. Absolutely worth a visit
See more at the LEA-Blog
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Moving Islands
Participating Artists:
● Alpha Auer - www.flickr.com/photos/alpha_auer/
● Artistide Despres - artist-id.blogspot.com/
● Aston Leisen - www.flickr.com/photos/aston_leisen/
● CapCat Ragu - www.flickr.com/photos/capcatragu/
● Cica Ghost - www.flickr.com/photos/64860898@N05/
● Cutea Benelli - www.flickr.com/photos/grimbros/
● Derek Michelson
● Eupalinos Ugajin - eupalinosugajin.wordpress.com/
● Haveit Neox - accalpha.blogspot.com/
● Kake Broek - www.flickr.com/photos/13539895@N06/
● Kikas Babenco - www.flickr.com/photos/kikas_babenco/
● Livio Korobase - www.flickr.com/photos/liviokorobase/
● Maclane Mills - www.flickr.com/photos/absence/
● Marmaduke Arado - www.flickr.com/photos/28090997@N03/
● Maya Paris
● Meilo Minotaur - www.flickr.com/photos/meilominotaur/
● Merlino Mayo - www.flickr.com/photos/merlinomayo/
● Oberon Onmura - www.flickr.com/photos/oberon_onmura/
● Ole Etzel - www.flickr.com/photos/boned/
● Pallina60 Loon - www.flickr.com/photos/pallina60loon/
● Scottius Polke - srolfe.com/
● Simotron Aquila - www.flickr.com/photos/simotron/
● Takio Ra
●Uan Ceriaptrix - www.flickr.com/photos/uanguz/
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(More information about the LEA project on the LEA-Website - follow this link)
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The "Somewhere in sl" picture series (or "The Adventures of WuWai in Second Life") is my guide and bookmark folder to wonderful, artful, curious or in other way remarkably sims of second life with travel guide WuWai Chun.
(More pictures of WuWai's adventures: Follow this link)
You can find some of the pictures in world at my homeland
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Twenty-five brand new Enviro 400 MMC vehicles will enter traffic at Folkestone and Hastings on the Wave group of routes on Monday 5th December prompting a carefully orchestrated cascade the same weekend will allow the withdrawal of the older Dennis Tridents in the fleet.
Well into what could be its final week in passenger service with Stagecoach South East, 17689 X601 VDY is pictured here on Bluebell Road, Park Farm whilst working route B2. Tuesday 29th November 2016.
Dennis Trident - Alexander ALX400 (Ex-Canterbury Park & Ride)
Twenty-five brand new Enviro 400 MMC vehicles will enter traffic at Folkestone and Hastings on the Wave group of routes on Monday 5th December prompting a carefully orchestrated cascade the same weekend will allow the withdrawal of the some twenty older Dennis Tridents which are still in the fleet.
One such vehicle likely to bite the dust is Stagecoach South East 18292 AE51 VFW which is seen here on Bluebell Road, Park Farm whilst working route B2. Tuesday 29th November 2016.
Having spent the summer on-loan to Eastbourne for use on the ELAC Language School contract it has now returned to its home at Ashford for what is likely to be the final few months of its working career.
Dennis Trident - Plaxton President (Ex-Cavalier, Huntingdon & District & Stagecoach in Cambridge)
chiesa di santa maria assunta, riola italy 1966-1994
architect: alvar aalto, 1898-1976
there is something almost utzonesque about the church interior with its prefabricated portal frames and its highly principled section, bringing together light, space and construction in a single move. it has been compared to an industrial hall by critics as if that was somehow a negative thing. certainly, detailing is subservient to a degree we are not used to in aalto. it is almost too simple. as a colleague of mine pointed out, you have to look twice to be sure if you are looking at a photo of the model or the finished building.
but its simplicity is deceptive. there is not a single right angle in the plan. corners are acute or obtuse in a pattern carefully orchestrated to dramatize the building as you arrive, pass it along the river, or walk down the aisle. skylights turn out to be not parallel but fan-shaped. the ceiling height drops toward the altar, creating a forced perspective worthy of the baroque. space expands and contracts as you turn around.
I have always had issues with buildings expressing movement. from our point of view, the speed of life, buildings are largely stationary. aalto offers something worthwhile in that regard contained in his famous image of the trout in the stream: his buildings do not express kinetic energy, but rather the energy needed to temporarily stand up in the flux of a chaotic world.
that image does not come with much comfort in riola. so stark and bright is the interior, your first thought will likely be if aalto did not plant a protestant church in catholic italy as so many have suggested. I don't believe it to be the case. this is a cerebral space, an architecture for the thinking man or woman and, I like to think, independent of doctrine or denomination. surprising for a church, perhaps, but not a bad idea on reflection.
it was not well received. at the end of his career, little of aalto's work was. the immensity of his talent held back generations of lesser architects in finland and was probably holding back new solutions to new problems as well. the giant was becoming a dinosaur, with little appreciation among colleagues of the rarity of dinosaurs.
even apparent allies spoke of aalto's 'marble dementia' when describing his final projects, missing as they do the Nordic warmth that had made his name synonymous with humanism in modern architecture. I suspect 'Nordic warmth' may be a contradiction in terms, but more importantly, his detractors failed to understand that the role of the master was never to give us what we wish for.
Model: Karen Pamintuan
Hair and Makeup: Tippy Destacamento
Outfit: Daryl Maat
Been a while since I've last been here. I missed you guys! WIsh I could have more time to be here and visit your wonderful streams. ^^
Anyways, this is the third set that I have done during my shoot with Karen. I'm glad to be picked by Karen to work on a lookbook for this fashion website that she and other fashion industry people are orchestrating. It's sad that she won't be my model (she's gonna do the Rachel Zoe thing and do the stylist job) but I'm very much excited with the idea. Let's see what happens then... ^^
Explore 22
Hope you guys are enjoying your week. XOXO
In the enchanting embrace of autumn, nature orchestrates a symphony of vibrant hues that dance upon the canvas of the world. Nowhere is this chromatic masterpiece more vividly portrayed than in the reflections that grace the serene surface of a tranquil lake. It's a breathtaking tableau that evokes a sense of tranquility, inviting contemplation amidst the subtle rustling of leaves and the crisp, cool air. Nature showcases its prowess as a maestro of colour and change.
Thank you in advance to everyone who comments and/or faves my picture. They are all immensely appreciated.
Espero que os guste y gracias por pasar por aquí y dejar vuestro comentario.
Eskerrik asko aldez aurretik argazkia gustatzen zaionari edo komentatzen duenari, beti izango dira ondo etorriak.
Grazie, merci, danke
I sensed something was fishy visiting a familiar location with a photogenic weathered and blistered homestead/barn combination with a newer ornamental iron-marker indicating a school once existed. Looking from the veranda inside out, some thick trees/brush nearby were rustling, sounds not orchestrated by winds nor birds. Certainly these weren't new prairie tribesman inhabiting derelict abandoned premises and having the odd picnic. This was prime camouflage and a possible food supply.
Puzzled, walking I met the crackling half way, and to the surprise of a sizeable female moose that stepped out to investigate, this photographers heart skipped three beats. The shy creature bolted over the hillside, and I returned to feed the fish and thought about the schooling I'd just received. Did I receive a B+ with wiggle room for improvement. Fair enough, my prairie education has many chapters ahead before graduation.
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This path here in quietude looks like a forgotten secret route. Time has marked the comings and goings from Dunsyre Parish Church to the Old Manse. The sections of each new development can be seen as additional construction blocks with each new section clearly showing differing building technique and fashion in construction changing just as the gravestones show how masons could convey trends and patterns in memorial traditions still evident here in the graveyard where the path between the symbolic stones leads on to the Old Manse.
The beautiful Dunsyre Church in South Lanarkshire Scotland is an amazing place to find and to enjoy. The grave makers are old and full of symbolism. The stones and trees hold lichens that attest to the clean air in this tranquil idyll near Biggar and 24 miles from Edinburgh.
© PHH Sykes 2023
phhsykes@gmail.com
Dunsyre Parish Church
canmore.org.uk/site/48840/dunsyre-parish-church
Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in Dunsyre Churchyard, Lanarkshire.
canmore.org.uk/collection/2222283
Dunsyre Church
canmore.org.uk/site/48839/dunsyre-church
Dunsyre Manse
canmore.org.uk/site/48853/dunsyre-manse
Dunsyre Castle
canmore.org.uk/site/48815/dunsyre-castle
Dunsyre Hill
This path here in quietude looks like a forgotten secret route. Time has marked the comings and goings from Dunsyre Parish Church to the Old Manse. The sections of each new development can be seen as additional construction blocks with each new section clearly showing differing building technique and fashion in construction changing just as the gravestones show how masons could convey trends and patterns in memorial traditions still evident here in the graveyard where the path between the symbolic stones leads on to the Old Manse.
The beautiful Dunsyre Church in South Lanarkshire Scotland is an amazing place to find and to enjoy. The grave makers are old and full of symbolism. The stones and trees hold lichens that attest to the clean air in this tranquil idyll near Biggar and 24 miles from Edinburgh.
© PHH Sykes 2023
phhsykes@gmail.com
Dunsyre Parish Church
canmore.org.uk/site/48840/dunsyre-parish-church
Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in Dunsyre Churchyard, Lanarkshire.
canmore.org.uk/collection/2222283
Dunsyre Church
canmore.org.uk/site/48839/dunsyre-church
Dunsyre Manse
canmore.org.uk/site/48853/dunsyre-manse
Dunsyre Castle
canmore.org.uk/site/48815/dunsyre-castle
Dunsyre Hill
Today I am grateful for and want to shine a spotlight on Northern Spotted Owls who are sadly just about extirpated in BC. I had a magic moment with a beautiful endangered Spotted Owl family in WA this summer. It's always a privilege for me to see them. I never know each year if I will find them again. This year one of the pairs I had seen the year before had Barred Owls in their territory and they were nowhere to be found. It's heartbreaking when that happens. These owls have been through hell and back due to habitat loss and logging of old growth forests, climate change, Barred Owl expansion (that we orchestrated) and recently believe it or not, rat poison is affecting them. Rat poison needs to be banned it is killing so many owls of all species especially recently here in the lower mainland.
So much...too much pressure on a beautiful owl.
Well on top of this in the US, The Trump administration is proposing rolling back protections for close to 300 threatened animal and plant species and guess what?.. the Northern Spotted Owl is one of those birds.
The new proposal would ease restrictions for companies that operate in wildlife habitats. “Removal of Blanket Section 4(d) Rule” and was posted Monday by the Department of the Interior.
Due to extreme mismanagement. BC has less than a dozen birds left in the wild and extirpation in Canada is looming. Once old growth forests are logged and gone, the captive breeding program can do little to recover the population. So far no birds have been released but 2 adult Spotted Owls need a huge area of old growth forest to hunt and raise their young in. These species and their prey (mostly flying squirrels and wood rats) are so habitat specific that it's really too little to late for any captive breeding program to be of any success here. Because once the old growth forest is cut down it takes 100-200 years to mature.
WA, OR and CA still has these owls in low numbers and we need to do all we can to protect them in the Pacific Northwest. A world without them would be very bleak indeed.
These guys continue to have a tough road ahead of them. We really have to protect intact old growth forests and fight for increased legislation, so that they aren't continually fragmented.
If we only saw the bigger picture way back then, but now that we are so fully informed why do we continue down the same destructive paths? This I'll never know...
almost 14 minutes of fordlândia by Johann Johannsson
~stately, slow-building and hauntingly melodic music - which frequently combines electronic processing with classical orchestrations~
© Butch Leitz
All rights reserved
f/2.8, 1/2500, 400 iso, fast shutter to stop action in a breeze from an approaching storm, bleached the image, jacked up the low levels, high-pass filter... these are about 2 feet high, so I was down pretty low with a 70-200 lens.
you know whats interesting is how our eyes and brains work, and how we interpret what we see into an expression or sense of what is if not an actual representation of what is.
many people have commented to me here and on the other treatment of the same photo posted (somewhere here) about how they like the movement. I do to. I like the movement.
however, intellectually and analytically, at a shutter speed of 1/2500 of a second, there was no physical motion in terms of bluriness. but through a combination of soft contrasting and the bokeh elements - those parts of the image that are out of focus due to depth-of-field - since the camera was set at an f-stop of 2.8 - a very narrow DOF - AND (this is a run-on sentence, my teachers would be mad) because the breeze did have everything bending the same direction...
... the implied sense of motion and movement is very strong and satisfying. we've all been in a field where we've seen grasses bend back and forth, orchestrated by the environment...
but analyzing artistic work is not satisfying.
sometimes it's enough to just sit.
and not think.
and just be.
Twenty-five brand new Enviro 400 MMC vehicles will enter traffic at Folkestone and Hastings on the Wave group of routes on Monday 5th December prompting a carefully orchestrated cascade the same weekend will allow the withdrawal of all non-DDA fleet members meaning the end of the use of the former Manchester Magicbus Tridents.
Pictured here in its last few weeks in service and wearing slightly more of its former "Magic bus" logos than other members transferred south, Stagecoach South East 17656 V156 DFT is seen on Mill Top between Nonington and Elvington whilst working route 89. Saturday 19th November 2016.
Dennis Trident - Alexander ALX400 (Ex-Stagecoach Manchester - Magicbus)
This path here in quietude looks like a forgotten secret route. Time has marked the comings and goings from Dunsyre Parish Church to the Old Manse. The sections of each new development can be seen as additional construction blocks with each new section clearly showing differing building technique and fashion in construction changing just as the gravestones show how masons could convey trends and patterns in memorial traditions still evident here in the graveyard where the path between the symbolic stones leads on to the Old Manse.
The beautiful Dunsyre Church in South Lanarkshire Scotland is an amazing place to find and to enjoy. The grave makers are old and full of symbolism. The stones and trees hold lichens that attest to the clean air in this tranquil idyll near Biggar and 24 miles from Edinburgh.
© PHH Sykes 2023
phhsykes@gmail.com
Dunsyre Parish Church
canmore.org.uk/site/48840/dunsyre-parish-church
Photographs and research notes relating to graveyard monuments in Dunsyre Churchyard, Lanarkshire.
canmore.org.uk/collection/2222283
Dunsyre Church
canmore.org.uk/site/48839/dunsyre-church
Dunsyre Manse
canmore.org.uk/site/48853/dunsyre-manse
Dunsyre Castle
canmore.org.uk/site/48815/dunsyre-castle
Dunsyre Hill
Cusworth Hall is an 18th-century Grade I listed country house in Cusworth, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire in the north of England. Set in the landscaped parklands of Cusworth Park, Cusworth Hall is a good example of a Georgian country house. It is now a country house museum.
The house is constructed of ashlar with slate roofs. The rectangular 6 x 5 bay plan main block is linked to 5 x 2 bay service wings.
The Wrightson family had held the lordship of Cusworth since 1669.
The present house was built in 1740–1745 by George Platt for William Wrightson to replace a previous house and was further altered in 1749–1753 by James Paine. On William's death in 1760 the property passed to his daughter Isabella, who had married John Battie, who took the additional name of Wrightson in 1766. He employed the landscape designer Richard Woods to remodel the park. Woods was one of a group of respected landscape designers working across the country during the 18th century and Cusworth was one of his most important commissions in South Yorkshire, another being at Cannon Hall. Woods created a park of 250 acres with a hanging and a serpentine river consisting of three lakes embellished with decorative features such as the Rock Arch and the Cascade.
The estate afterwards passed to John and Isabella's son, William Wrightson (1752–1827), who was the MP for Aylesbury from 1784 to 1790 and High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1819–1820. He was succeeded by his son William Battie-Wrightson (1789–1879), who at various times was MP for East Retford, Kingston upon Hull and Northallerton. He died childless and Cusworth Hall passed to his brother Richard Heber Wrightson, who died in 1891.
The property was then inherited by his nephew William Henry Thomas, who took the surname Battie-Wrightson by Royal Licence and died in 1903. He had married Lady Isabella Cecil, eldest daughter of the 3rd Marquess of Exeter. Between 1903 and 1909 Lady Isabella made further alterations to the house. She died in 1917, leaving an only son Robert Cecil Battie-Wrightson (1888–1952). On his death in 1952, the estate descended to his sister, a nurse who had married a Major Oswald Parker but later was variously known as Miss Maureen Pearse-Brown and as Mrs Pearce. She was obliged to sell the contents of Cusworth Hall in October 1952 to meet the death duties levied at Robert Cecil's death. She subsequently sold the hall to Doncaster Council.
Cusworth Estate Cusworth was first mentioned as ‘Cuzeuuorde’ in the domesday survey of 1086 but there has been a settlement here for centuries dating back to the Anglo-Saxon period. Many different families had held the lands and manor but they did not always live at Cusworth.
‘Old Hall’ A large house is first mentioned in 1327. Robert Wrightson bought the lands and manor of Cusworth in 1669 from Sir Christopher Wray. The first surviving map of Cusworth is that of Joseph Dickinson's 1719 plan which shows the hall and gardens covered only 1 acre with the orchards a further 2 acres. What is most significant at this time was the ‘Parke’ of some 25 acres. The ‘Old Hall’ was next to the walled gardens in the centre of Cusworth village. In 1726 the ‘Old Hall’ was expanded including altering the gardens between 1726 and 1735. This expanded the kitchen garden into the size and form we know today with the Bowling Green and Pavilion.
In the period 1740–1745 William Wrightson employed George Platt, a mason architect from Rotherham, to build a new hall – the current Cusworth Hall – high on a scarp slope on the Magnesian Limestone removing the Hall, and the family, from the village of Cusworth. The ‘Old Hall’ was largely demolished in the process, many components from the old building re-used in the new.
Cusworth Hall Cusworth Hall itself and its outbuildings are at the centre of the park enjoying ‘prospect’ over the town of Doncaster. The Grade I-listed eighteenth century hall was designed by George Platt in the Palladian style. Cusworth Hall is handsome, well proportioned, with wings consisting of a stable block and great kitchen. Later additions by James Paine include a chapel and library. It has decorative outbuildings including a Brew House, Stable Block and Lodge. In addition it has a decorative garden called Lady Isabella's Garden on the west side adjacent to the chapel. On its eastern flank the stable block and gardeners' bothy. Attached to the bothy is a decorative iron enclosure known as the Peacock Pen.
Cusworth Park Cusworth Park is an historic designed landscape with a Grade II listing in the English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens. It was designed and created by the nationally known landscape architect Richard Woods to ‘improve’ the park in the style made famous by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown now termed ‘The English Landscape Park’. Work started in 1761 laying out the ‘grounds and the serpentine river’.
The land forming the existing park is 60 acres (25 hectares) – 250,000m, and was part of the much larger parkland (250 acres) and estates (20,000 acres) of the Battie-Wrightson family who owned Cusworth Hall.
The walled garden The earliest description of the layout of the park and walled gardens is that shown on Joseph Dickinson's 1719 plan. In 1761 Richard Woods altered areas within the walled gardens. Together ‘woods’ Kitchen Garden and Green House Garden occupy the site of the orchard shown on Dickinson's plan.
The purchase of bricks from Epworth for the construction of the walled gardens is recorded in the New House Accounts.
The garden was a compartmentalised space, however with focus on domestic production in some sections, exotics in another, an orchard, and formal flower gardens in the rest.
The kitchen gardens included pine pits (pineapple house), later to become stove houses and mushroom houses.
The Entrance Terrace (Upper Terrace) Old plans show a narrow walled enclosure or ‘entrance terrace' running east–west. The walls of this enclosure may well have been of stone or stoned faced and still, in part survives. To the south are the main components of the walled garden. Access from the terrace down to the bowling green is via a flight of stone steps.
Bowling Green Described on Richard Woods plans of 1760. This is a roughly square, walled enclosure where the bowling green is surrounded by an earthed banked terraced walk. The enclosure is defined by a brick wall, which was lowered along its western side to give a view over to the Green House Garden.
Summerhouse / Bowling Pavilion Built 1726. The summerhouse is the main architectural feature of the walled garden. It is of two stories with the upper storey accessed from the Bowling Green. There is an impression of more carefully shaped quoins at the corners but it is probable that the walls were originally rendered and lime washed externally. There are windows giving views across the Bowling Green from the upper chamber and across the Flower Garden from the lower chamber.
During restoration in the 1990s the upper chamber was decorated with Trompe-l'œil. showing views of imagined walled gardens at Cusworth.
Flower Garden The garden was designed to be viewed principally from the higher position of the bowling green. It was subdivided by cross-paths and furnished with four formal beds. Although one of the smallest compartments, the flower garden was the most highly ornamental and tightly designed. It would have created a formal, colourful architectural space contrasting with the simplicity of the bowling green
Hall Garden The function of the Hall Garden is not clear but appears to have been an extension of the decorative scheme of the flower garden. The Hall Garden has a perimeter walk and is then divided into two plots by a further, central path.
Peach House This whitewash wall indicates the position of the peach house.
Melon Pits Melon pits ran east–west along this area.
Orchard Through the 18th century the orchard was not enclosed and remained open until the late 19th century. It was double its current size extending back up to Cusworth Lane until the northern half was sold off for housing in the 1960s.
Kitchen Garden (No longer existing) The west, south and this east boundary wall(s) of the garden still exist but the plot of land was sold off for housing in the 1960s. There was an access gate between the Hall Garden and the kitchen garden (this can be seen bricked up in the northwest corner). This garden had a perimeter walk and was planted with trees arranged in parallel lines orchestrated around a small building at the northern end of the compartment.
Green House Garden (No longer existing) The kitchen garden represents the greater part of the area occupied by the original orchard shown on Dickinson's 1719 plan. The remaining area was described on Woods’ plan as the Green House Garden and was shown divided into two unequal parts. Both parts of the garden appear to have been planted with trees, probably fruit trees. A building abuts the bowling green in roughly the position as the one shown on the Dickinson plan but there is an additional building, roughly square in plan, to the northwest corner of the enclosure. This was probably the Dovecote for which Wrightson paid £9 15s 0d in 1736.
The west boundary wall still exists and this low (east) wall that runs along the length of the bowling green but the plot of land was sold off for housing in the 1960s.
In 1961 Doncaster Rural District Council purchased Cusworth Hall and the adjoining parkland from the Battie-Wrightson family. The Council undertook an initial restoration of the grounds and also recreated what is now the tearooms within the former stable block. The former reception rooms and spacious galleries now house the Museum of South Yorkshire life, officially opened on 30 September 1967.
Cusworth Hall and Park underwent an extensive £7.5 million renovation between 2002 and 2005, involving essential conservation repairs to the Hall and extensive restoration of the landscape gardens. Within the hall external repairs to the stonework and roof were undertaken to ensure that the exterior was watertight, whilst internal works upgraded internal services and enabled new displays to be installed.
The restoration of the designed landscape have been greatly influenced by a comprehensive analysis of available archive material, among which are the original written memoranda and sketches produced by Richard Woods for his site forman Thomas Coalie. An integrated archaeological programme also formed a key aspect of the restorations, recording in detail landscape features such as the Rock Arch, Cascade, and Bridge. This restoration has not 'recreated' the 18th century scheme, although elements are still incorporated within a 'living' amenity garden that is now thriving as a result of the recent work undertaken in partnership with the Friends of Cusworth Park.
The Hall reopened to the public on 23 May 2007 and the new displays document the history of South Yorkshire and it is a valued resource for local residents, students and school groups alike.
Cusworth Hall Museum and Park is the venue for a varied program of seasonal exhibitions, events and activities linked to the history of the area. including Country Fairs, vintage vehicle rallies, historic re-enactments, wildlife sessions and a range of seasonally themed events. A free, weekly, 5 km parkrun takes place every Saturday at 9 am in the grounds of Cusworth Hall. The first event was held on Saturday 5 October 2019 and was hosted by the staff at Cusworth in collaboration with the local community.
Additionally, Doncaster Museums' Education Service offers a range of learning sessions to schools and educational establishments. Specialist and experienced Education Officers deliver learning workshops to schools across a broad range of topics as well as out-of-school-hours activities for families and local communities.
Gospel Song 2018 "All Things Are in God's Hand"
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Gospel Song 2018 "All Things Are in God's Hand"
I
God had once said such words:
What God says counts and shall come to pass,
can’t be changed by anyone.
No matter if it’s words said before
or words yet to be said,
they all shall be fulfilled,
so that everyone can see
everything in the universe is determined by God.
What is not in the hands of God?
Anything that God says will be done.
Who is able to change the will of God?
Nothing can hinder God’s plan from moving ahead.
God is working at all times.
All things are in God’s hand.
II
God is always working on the planning of His management.
Who is able to interfere?
Doesn’t God still orchestrate everything?
The state things have entered today
is still within God’s plan and vision.
Everything in the universe is determined by God.
What is not in the hands of God?
Anything that God says will be done.
Who is able to change the will of God?
Nothing can hinder God’s plan from moving ahead.
God is working at all times.
All things are in God’s hand.
III
This is what He has preordained.
God’s people shall listen to His voice.
All those who truly love God
will return before the throne He sits!
Everything in the universe is determined by God.
What is not in the hands of God?
Anything that God says will be done.
Who is able to change the will of God?
Nothing can hinder God’s plan from moving ahead.
God is working at all times.
All things are in God’s hand.
All things are in God’s hand.
from “The First Utterance” of God’s Utterances to the Entire Universe in The Word Appears in the Flesh
Eastern Lightning, The Church of Almighty God was created because of the appearance and work of Almighty God, the second coming of the Lord Jesus, Christ of the last days. It is made up of all those who accept Almighty God's work in the last days and are conquered and saved by His words. It was entirely founded by Almighty God personally and is led by Him as the Shepherd. It was definitely not created by a person. Christ is the truth, the way, and the life. God's sheep hear God's voice. As long as you read the words of Almighty God, you will see God has appeared.
Yesterday took place at the castle the medieval festival
a fantastic day orchestrated by talented Djs, Dj Bettina, Dj Lully and Dj Marie Louise, all revisited on the theme of medieval music and costumes
Harry Mahtar.
* otra toma de la misma sesión con pétalos que hice hace unos días.
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The pink Cosmoses were swaying in the gentle breeze and the water from a tiny stream was rolling relentlessly through the rocks. I was letting me well alone, sitting on a distant rock, for a period unknown. Suddenly, I felt the invisible touch of a master composer orchestrating from somewhere. I could completely visualize the eternal melody and felt its resonance in my blood stream. I realized that the universal soul has its appeal and our distracted souls seldom respond to it, but it is only when we remain quiet and listen to the nature with all our senses wide open, can we listen to its eternal melody.
[Composed straight from the camera and Photographed at Darjeeling Rock Garden, without stand.]
I enjoy these well done murals on buildings .I think there is potential for another " reality " show highlighting the artists who design and execute these with a time lapse sequence showing the work from start to finish , with a little orchestrated drama thrown in of course just to leave you hanging while we cut to commercial . It could work .
Amidst the rarefied beauty of celestial events, the Diamond Ring effect stands out as a fleeting, yet unforgettable moment. It heralds the beginning and conclusion of totality during a solar eclipse, a spectacle where the moon and the sun perform a celestial dance across the sky. This image captures that precise, breath-taking instant, frozen in time through the lens of a Canon EOS Ra camera, expertly paired with an EF200mm f/2.8L II USM lens and a 2x III extender. The result is a stunningly sharp focus at 400.0 mm, utilizing an aperture of ƒ/8, a fast shutter speed of 1/1000 to catch the ephemeral light, and an ISO setting of 200 for optimal clarity.
Positioned with precision, my setup included the iOptron SkyTracker, a tracking mount that compensates for the Earth's rotation, ensuring that the celestial bodies remained in sharp focus throughout the eclipse. This was not just about capturing light; it was about capturing a moment of astronomical significance, rendered with exquisite detail.
The orchestration of this shot was further enhanced by SET'n'C (Solar Eclipse Timer and Controller), an invaluable tool in the astrophotographer's arsenal. This software automated the photographic process, creating a sequence of exposures that perfectly captured the varying intensities of light throughout the eclipse's different phases. It was SET'n'C that ensured the timing was impeccable, capturing the Diamond Ring effect with precision—where the brilliance of the sun's corona peeks around the moon's edge, juxtaposed against the darkened sky, creating a spectacle reminiscent of a radiant diamond set against a dark band.
This photograph is more than an image; it's a celebration of the precision and beauty found in the cosmos, captured from a unique vantage point on Earth. It stands as a testament to the wonders of our universe, the capabilities of modern astrophotography, and the enduring allure of solar eclipses. Each element, from the choice of equipment to the application of technology like SET'n'C, was pivotal in bringing this awe-inspiring moment to light.
May 5, 2023 - West of Franklin Nebraska US
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36 Years ago, with a peaked curiosity, I dove feverishly into the world of storm chasing and well, the rest is history. Fast forward a few years and my current journey in storm photography & videography has unlocked a completely new life that I never imagined would exist. Oh how my adventures continue...
Mother Nature definitely orchestrated her magic on this first storm chase of the season. Warm front had positioned itself right over the state of Nebraska. Pulling in all that warm moist air from the south created the perfect conditions for severe thunderstorm development. I was on the hunt & wouldn't be denied this day.
I got to witness 3 very sculptured Supercells that afternoon. The first encounter was north of Franklin Nebraska. Was right along side this beast via Nebraska Hwy 136 & Hwy 10. Storm was cresting to the northeast & I had the perfect view...
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I don't know who this statue is meant to be, but she looked rather lovely among all the greenery in the Conservatory in the Fitzroy Gardens.
She is an echo of all the classical-style statues (really, casts) installed in the Fitzroy Gardens in the 1860s, when the Gardens were a formal urban garden. I think there were close to a hundred statues positioned along the (then fenced) paths.
Fashions in garden design and ideas about urban planning change, of course, and there was much debate about the statues in the 1930s. They ended up being removed in a single night-time operation in the 1930s orchestrated by the city's council.
Do not mess with Paul Kersey.
Death Wish II (1982)
Kersey apparently did not relapse into hunting muggers in Chicago, but encountered a previous friend who ran a radio station in Los Angeles. Paul Kersey and his daughter Carol, who is still catatonic, now live in Los Angeles because Paul accepted a deal from the NYPD to leave town so they wouldn't tell anyone that he was the vigilante. Paul now has a new woman in his life, KABC news reporter Geri Nichols. One day while he's out with Carol and Geri, he is mugged by a gang of five punks. Paul fights back, but they get away. The muggers go to his house, gag, rape, and murder Kersey's housekeeper, and kidnap and rape Carol, who tries to run away, jumps through the second story window, and dies when she's impaled on an iron fence stake. When he learns of his daughter's death, Paul is beside himself with grief and rage, rents a ratty hotel room, disguises himself, and sets out to find the five punks/rapists who killed Carol in order to kill them with his new .380 Beretta Model 85 pistol. When the LAPD deduces that they have a vigilante on their hands, they decide to consult with the NYPD, who fear that Kersey is killing criminals again. Fearing that Kersey, when caught, will reveal that they let him go instead of prosecuting him, the NYPD sends Ochoa to make sure that doesn't happen. Kersey began using the alias "Kimble" during this period as dictated by the situation. The events mentioned above involving his daughter's death took place in 1981 (as stated by Officer Reiner in Death Wish 4, Kersey's daughter died in 1981).
Death Wish 3 (1985)
As seen at the end of Death Wish II (in which three shots are heard over the end of the closing credits), Kersey resumed his mugger slayings even after slaying the final member of the gang that kidnapped and murdered his daughter. Richard Shriker of the NYPD kept tabs on Kersey's activities or at least activities he suspected Kersey had a hand in. Namely, Shriker recalled reading of six mugger slayings in thirty-six hours in L.A., four gang members slain in Kansas City (Shriker does not specify whether this was in Missouri or Kansas), and two mugger-rapists in Chicago. Shriker and Kersey's paths intersect again, as Shriker puts it "ten years" after Shriker's found out Kersey was the New York vigilante (therefore present day). Paul Kersey returns to New York to visit his friend Charley, who lives in one of the worst parts of New York City. But when Paul arrives at Charley's apartment, he finds Charley dying after a vicious beating by a gang led by Manny Fraker, and the police enter the apartment and find Paul standing over Charley's body. Paul is arrested for the murder, but police chief Richard S. Shriker offers a deal: Paul can kill all the criminals he wants if he keeps the cops informed about the death count. Though Kersey says that he stopped his mugger slayings, Shriker releases Paul to go after Fraker. Paul moves into Charley's apartment in a decaying building in the middle of a bombed out gang war zone. The building is populated by a group of elderly tenants who are absolutely terrified of Fraker and his gang, who control the neighborhood. Among the tenants are Charley's friend Bennett, an old watch repairman who keeps a couple of machine guns in his closet. There is also an elderly Jewish couple who live on the first floor. Paul buys a .475 Wildey Magnum pistol with big-game cartridges, spends an afternoon hand loading the bullets, and loads up for war against Fraker.
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)
Evidently, Kersey had largely retired from slaying muggers shortly after Death Wish III, since in Death Wish 4, Phil Nozaki mentions a mugger shot downtown two years previous to the events of Death Wish 4, to which Officer Reiner responds by saying that "the vigilante retired years ago". In any event, Kersey kept regular residence in L.A., regardless of his breaking off his mugger slayings. Paul Kersey is back in Los Angeles, and is dating reporter Karen Sheldon, who has a teenage daughter named Erica. While Erica is at an arcade with her boyfriend Randy Viscovich, Erica dies of a crack cocaine overdose. Later, Randy goes back to the arcade, with Kersey following him. Randy confronts JoJo, the dealer that Erica got the crack from. Randy tells JoJo that he's going to the police, but Jojo kills him to keep him quiet. Kersey shows up and shoots JoJo with a .380 Walther PPK pistol, and watches him land on the electrical roof of the bumper-car ride, where he is electrocuted. Next, Paul gets a note and a phone call from publisher Nathan White, who tells him that he knows about the death of JoJo. Nathan explains to Kersey that his daughter had died of an overdose, so he wants to hire Kersey to wipe out the drug trade in L.A. -- and in particular to target Ed Zacharias and Jack Romero, rival drug kingpins who are the city's two main drug suppliers. Kersey asks for a few days to think about it, and accepts Nathan's offer. Nathan supplies Kersey with weapons and information so he can go after Zacharias and Romero. Kersey is able to orchestrate an inter-gang war between the Zacharias and Romero crime organizations. After most of the two warring factions are killed, Kersey meets again with Nathan White, but is almost killed. After escaping, Kersey realizes that White is not who he claims to be, and is actually a drug kingpin himself, who has tricked Kersey into removing his competition. Kersey's girlfriend (Karen) is subsequently taken captive and ultimately murdered. Immediately after Karen is murdered, Kersey is able to kill the last remaining drug kingpin. A LAPD detective is able to approach Kersey after his last killing. With his gun drawn and his sights on Kersey, the detective demands that Kersey surrender. Kersey walks off, stating "Do what you have to."
"When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus. This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the entrance of the tomb and went away." *
Between the crucifixion and the resurrection there is the burial of Jesus. It seems mundane, even small compared to the other two. But the burial is as supernatural and miraculous as the atoning death and the victorious rising.
The burial is an integral part of this story orchestrated by God. The Father is guiding and intervening in every detail of the life of His Son here on earth, from His birth, to His burial, to His resurrection.
Joseph of Arimathea retrieves the body of Christ, properly prepares it, and properly buries it. This fulfills two explicit prophecies.
One from Isaiah some 700 years prior to Jesus taking our form, and the other from Jesus Himself during His ministry.
"His grave was assigned with wicked men, Yet He was with a rich man in His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was there any deceit in His mouth." Isaiah 53:9
Not satisfied with His sufferings and death, the malefactors sought to insult Him even in death, since they wished to bury His corpse in a common grave among criminals. Isaiah prophesies that this intent would not be accomplished. And, at the appointed time, we see it was not.
"Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.” But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign; and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet; for just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment, and will condemn it because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here." Matthew 12:38-41
Because the truth of God goes against the heart of the lost soul, the unregenerate man or woman will always seek reasons to reject the Word of God. A common excuse is 'signs'. "Well, I would believe the Bible, but..."
Jesus regards this as evil and adulterous (Unfaithful to God.) thinking because God has spoken and God has revealed. We have more than enough to satisfy our wonderings.
So, Jesus says, the only sign we would need is if He rose from the grave three days after His death. And so, since He has done that, the only reason to continue to reject God's offer of salvation is a stubborn determination to hold on to sin.
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
* Matthew 27:57-60
Good Friday 2021:
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Its common name is the Soul Nebula, but it is also identified by and associated with a cluster of stars designated IC 1848. Its neighbor, just out of the frame to the lower left, is the famous Heart nebula which I have recently re-imaged as well and posted October 26, 2024. I’ve processed this image a bit differently making the hydrogen more redish. I hope to get one more image of the space between these nebulae and put it all together as a mosaic.
The stars that were formed in the center of this nebula (and are now hollowing out the interior of it with their powerful solar winds) are estimated to be very young at about a million years old. The nebula is about 6500 light years from Earth and it is about 300 light years across the widest dimension. It is located in the constellation of Cassiopeia which is well situated in the sky at this time of year.
The giant towers and complex structures near the edges of the cavities are regions where the dust and molecular clouds are more dense than their immediate surroundings, and therefore eroding more slowly from the stellar winds and ultraviolet light pressure. Notice how these towers and pillars point toward the cluster of stars in the interior of the nebula. These pillars of compressed dust and gas are nurseries for new star formation and are roughly 10 light years tall.
This image was made from my backyard mini-observatory in north central Phoenix (only 7.2 miles from the center of downtown - the sky is very bright here). I used my Takahashi Epsilon hyperbolic Newtonian 160 ED telescope and QHY600 monochrome, cooled, CMOS, 62 megapixel camera, Chroma 3-nm Ha, OIII, and SII narrowband filters, a precision Optec LEO focuser, all on an Astro-Physics Mach 2 mount. I make a mount model by comparing the actual pointing direction in the sky with the commanded direction by plate solving the star field in an image. The mount model allows me to image without autoguiding - making for much more efficient data collection. The entire rig is controlled by a mini-PC mounted just off the telescope. I use the open source software NINA to orchestrate all the pieces of equipment. NINA supports advanced sequencer scripts that automate the image collection and sky tracking allowing me to sleep while images are collected.
This image was constructed by color mapping monochrome narrowband images made through narrowband filters centered on the emission lines of hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur. I used 132 oxygen, 92 sulfur and 65 hydrogen images each having 5 minutes of exposure time. That’s a total of 24 hours and 5 minutes. I made these exposures over 3 nights this past week. In addition the stars were assembled from 20 one minute exposures through red, green, and blue broadband filters - one hour total exposure. The stars are true color and presented after the calibration process in PixInsight that adjusts the color balance by comparing stars identified in this image with the same stars in the Gaia satellite’s spectroscopic data base. The stars are very bright compared to the nebula so don’t need as much exposure. All the image processing is done in PixInsight except for final level adjustments and cropping made in Photoshop. The reddest parts are pure hydrogen, gold areas are rich in sulfur, blue is oxygen, and in-between colors are blends of all three.
Just curious - what do you see when you look at this image?
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