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Rebar Art, high atop a Lookout Tower at Paradise Point Resort, near SeaWorld in San Diego, California.
(Rebar = reinforcing bar, is common steel bar, an important component of reinforced concrete and reinforced masonry structures. It is usually formed from mild steel, and is given ridges for better frictional adhesion to the concrete. Wikipedia.)
This house is part of the "global warming" problem... The black roof, gate and garage door and the dark paint on the house and fence, are heated by the sun and are contributing to global warming and climate change - and a massive electricity bill, to cool the house.
I only hope that the next owner, at least puts solar panels on the roof and house and paints the fence white... this would reduce the heat produced by this house... this house would then also generate enough electricity for all it's requirements... plus electricity to split water to produce hydrogen for cooking, and fuel for 2 or more cars... plus electricity to pump salt water from the canal at the back - to desalinate the water and supply all it's own water needs... plus produce enough fresh water to wet the exterior of the house and garden, the nature strip, path and road in front of the house for 1 minute every 10 minutes in daylight hours, when it is not raining, to produce water vapour...
This will make the house energy, fuel and water self sufficient... it would keep the house and surrounding air cool and produce water vapour to help increase the Earth's cloud cover...
If every house, building and structure on the planet would undergo the same transformation... we could totally replace all fossil fuels and eliminate the need for fossil fuels altogether... we could achieve a negative heat and carbon foot-print and increase global cloud cover... this would help to cool the planet and produce more rain to help re-grow the vegetation in the desert, that we have lost through land clearing and deforestation, which is the principal cause of our current global warming episode...
With a few other measures to increase water evaporation... We can STOP global warming !!!
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The three cars of the Paradise Point Skyride, approaching the base station at St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands.
St. Thomas harbor and the Caribbean Sea from a small park on Kongens Gade, Charlotte Amalie, in front of Government House. The cruise ship Celebrity Summit is at the West Indian Company Dock, about 2 miles (3 km) away. Paradise Point, a viewpoint reached by cable car, is at the left.
A tourist interlude, as I was about to leave Paradise Point. Two iguanas were chasing each other in foliage near some steps. Someone said that they were fighting.
Then they jumped out onto the steps, and this happened. The earier activity must have been a mating ritual.
Someone else told us that female iguanas are larger than males. What would we do without experts?
A third onlooker called this "iguana porn." :-)
Foamy water clashes against a lone standing rock over which birds chirp and feed. This place is next to Karachi nuclear electricity producing plant and therefore, photography beyond this point is not permitted.
ST. THOMAS (U.S.V.I.)
Saint Thomas is an island in the Caribbean Sea, a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States. Located on the island is the territorial capital and port of Charlotte Amalie. As of the 2001 census, the population of Saint Thomas was 51,181 about 47% of the US Virgin Island total. The district has a land area of 31.24 square miles (80.9 km2).
The island was originally settled around 1500 BC by the Ciboney people. They were later replaced by the Arawaks and then the Caribs. Christopher Columbus sighted the island in 1493 on his second voyage to the "New World". The Caribs barely survived the first decades of contact with Europeans, either due to disease, deportation or slaying.
The Dutch West India Company established a post on Saint Thomas in 1657. The first congregation was the St. Thomas Reformed Church which was established in 1660 and was associated with the Dutch Reformed Church. The Danish conquered the island in 1666, and by 1672 had established control over the entire island through the Danish West India and Guinea Company. The land was divided into plantations and sugar cane production became the primary economic activity. As a result the economies of Saint Thomas and neighboring islands of Saint John and Saint Croix became highly dependent on slave labor and the slave trade.
In 1917 St. Thomas was purchased (along with Saint John and Saint Croix) by the United States for $25 million in gold,[citation needed] as part of a defensive strategy to maintain control over the Caribbean and the Panama Canal during the First World War.
U.S. citizenship was granted to the residents in 1927. The U.S. Department of the Interior took over administrative duties in 1931. American forces were based on the island during the Second World War. In 1954, passage of the U.S. Virgin Islands Organic Act officially granted territorial status to the three islands, and allowed for the formation of a local senate with politics dominated by the American Republican and Democratic parties. Full home rule was achieved in 1970.
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ForestEthics & the Sierra Club team up to crash the Sustainable Brands corporate beach party with a #NoTarSands kayak blockade!
ST. THOMAS (U.S.V.I.)
Saint Thomas is an island in the Caribbean Sea, a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States. Located on the island is the territorial capital and port of Charlotte Amalie. As of the 2001 census, the population of Saint Thomas was 51,181 about 47% of the US Virgin Island total. The district has a land area of 31.24 square miles (80.9 km2).
The island was originally settled around 1500 BC by the Ciboney people. They were later replaced by the Arawaks and then the Caribs. Christopher Columbus sighted the island in 1493 on his second voyage to the "New World". The Caribs barely survived the first decades of contact with Europeans, either due to disease, deportation or slaying.
The Dutch West India Company established a post on Saint Thomas in 1657. The first congregation was the St. Thomas Reformed Church which was established in 1660 and was associated with the Dutch Reformed Church. The Danish conquered the island in 1666, and by 1672 had established control over the entire island through the Danish West India and Guinea Company. The land was divided into plantations and sugar cane production became the primary economic activity. As a result the economies of Saint Thomas and neighboring islands of Saint John and Saint Croix became highly dependent on slave labor and the slave trade.
In 1917 St. Thomas was purchased (along with Saint John and Saint Croix) by the United States for $25 million in gold,[citation needed] as part of a defensive strategy to maintain control over the Caribbean and the Panama Canal during the First World War.
U.S. citizenship was granted to the residents in 1927. The U.S. Department of the Interior took over administrative duties in 1931. American forces were based on the island during the Second World War. In 1954, passage of the U.S. Virgin Islands Organic Act officially granted territorial status to the three islands, and allowed for the formation of a local senate with politics dominated by the American Republican and Democratic parties. Full home rule was achieved in 1970.
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Perce Rock as seen from St-Peter's Point, also know as Paradise Point. St-Georges-de-la-Malbaie, Québec.
Le Rocher Percé vu de Pointe-St-Pierre, endroit aussi connu sous le nom de "Paradise Point". St-Georges-de-la-Malbaie, Gaspésie, Québec.
Merci à Darkwood67 pour la texture:
At St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands on January 7, 2009: Disney Magic, Carnival Triumph, Explorer of the Seas and Norwegian Gem. Among the standard white square boxes-on-water, the Disney Magic presents a futuristic take on the elegant look of classic ocean liners of the past. Its lines, its colour scheme and twin funnels help create the illusion. The forward funnel is a dummy that houses the amazing teen club.
That's what they were called! And naturally, we had to do them like you're supposed - handsfree. Plus we got to keep the souvenir shot glass.
Identity of Karachi beaches -the camel ride. A pleasure trip is offered by these camel owners to the picnicker visiting by the beaches of Clifton, Manora, Hawkesbay and Sandspit.
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st. thomas, u.s. virgin islands
april 1969
nicole, paradise point
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Well its done, finally. Not even an appendix operation in the last week could stop me. I have uploaded my book for SOFOBOMO 2010. And yup, I think it looks pretty good. I hope you think so also.
Download my SOFOBOMO 2010 book and leave a comment or critic about the images, what I could improve on, which you like the best or anything else that comes to mind. Im happy to hear it all. Hopefully any feedback I get can help me improve for the future.
st. thomas, u.s. virgin islands
april 1969
nicole, paradise point
part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf
© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
Image-use requests are welcome via flickrmail or nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com
I took this at my '14 year anniversary' Drum Circle. Our San Diego Women's Drum Circle had a potluck and then we danced, drummed and sang around a bonfire down at Paradise Point on Mission Bay.
At St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands on January 7, 2009: Disney Magic, Carnival Triumph, Explorer of the Seas and Norwegian Gem. Among the standard white square boxes-on-water, the Disney Magic presents a futuristic take on the elegant look of classic ocean liners of the past. Its lines, its colour scheme and twin funnels help create the illusion. The forward funnel is a dummy that houses the amazing teen club.
st. thomas, u.s. virgin islands
april 1969
the view from paradise point
part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf
© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
Image-use requests are welcome via flickrmail or nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com
ForestEthics & the Sierra Club team up to crash the Sustainable Brands corporate beach party with a #NoTarSands kayak blockade!
At St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands on January 7, 2009: Disney Magic, Carnival Triumph, Explorer of the Seas and Norwegian Gem. Among the standard white square boxes-on-water, the Disney Magic presents a futuristic take on the elegant look of classic ocean liners of the past. Its lines, its colour scheme and twin funnels help create the illusion. The forward funnel is a dummy that houses the amazing teen club.
At St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands on January 7, 2009: Disney Magic, Carnival Triumph, Explorer of the Seas and Norwegian Gem. This pic shows a tender alongside the Disney Magic. Among the standard white square boxes-on-water, the Disney Magic presents a futuristic take on the elegant look of classic ocean liners of the past. Its lines, its colour scheme and twin funnels help create the illusion. The forward funnel is a dummy that houses the amazing teen club.
Identity of Karachi beaches -the camel ride. A pleasure trip is offered by these camel owners to the picnicker visiting by the beaches of Clifton, Manora, Hawkesbay and Sandspit.
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Walking around the streets of Paradise Point or any other city on Earth and seeing the dark roofs, dark paint and dark bricks and bitumen roads... it is not hard to understand why the Earth is warming...
“We have removed the trees that used to store the solar energy and kept the Earth cool - and replaced the trees with structures and roads that are simply heated by the sun”... “Our actions of land-clearing and deforestation are responsible for most of the excess heat being generated by the sun”... “We have also surrounded our planet with a blanket of carbon... produced mostly as a result of land-clearing and deforestation and to a lesser extent, the use of fossil fuels, that now keeps the excess heat trapped on Earth”...
“The combination of excess heat being generated - and excess carbon in our atmosphere is producing 'Global Warming'”...
We are now entering a dangerous second phase of global warming... where global warming itself is feeding global warming and producing accelerated global warming... due to the release of vast quantities of methane from melting ice and permafrost... and even greater quantities from melting methane hydrate crystals in our oceans... which, if not stopped, will produce a dangerous and lethal methane and carbon monoxide spike in the atmosphere before the end of this century... The release of methane can only be prevented... by stopping global warming and returning Earth's temperature to pre 1900 levels...
All animals produce methane... it is a by-product of the process of digestion... and some animals produce more than others... but, this is not the problem... The argument, that we should become vegetarian, because cows, sheep and pigs etc. produce much of the methane... is both totally false and irrelevant, because all the potential methane that is in the food that is consumed or that rots in the field, if not consumed, is going to be released into the environment at one stage or another anyhow... it makes absolutely no difference whatsoever, whether we eat meat or vegetables... because, all the methane that the cow does not release, or that we don’t release, is going to be released by other animals, worms and bacteria etc. anyway... However, nature has a way of taking care of the methane that nature produces... the methane is consumed by lightning and fire and converted into CO2 (carbon dioxide), H2O (water) and CO (carbon monoxide) over a period of twelve to thirteen years and is kept relatively steady at around 2ppm (parts per million)... It is only when additional methane (more than is being converted) is released and then builds up in the atmosphere that a dangerous situation develops, as is happening now...
CO2 - (carbon dioxide) is plant food... and nature's response to increased levels of CO2 in the atmosphere has always been an expansion of Earth's green vegetation canopy, to soak-up the excess CO2... However, we are now preventing this expansion... Releasing methane is now nature's only means of correcting itself... by eliminating the cause of the problem - humans... and thus enabling the forests and jungles to re-establish themselves and eventually cool the Earth !!!
If we don't wish this to happen, then we need to stop and reverse global warming... but we need to do the right things !!!
Reducing or even stopping our carbon emissions will not stop global warming... Because:-
1. It does nothing to address the excess heat that is being generated.
2. It does nothing to remove the excess carbon that is already in the atmosphere.
3. It does nothing to actually cool the planet and stop the methane being released !!!
There are several things that we can do and indeed must do, if we wish to stop global warming:-
1. We need to implement an immediate halt to all land-clearing and deforestation and stop any further trees from being cut-down or harvested for any reason whatsoever... And we need to re-plant all the trees that stood on Earth ten thousand years ago, plus 20% to make-up for the carbon added to the atmosphere from fossil fuels... The main problem is, that the land required, is now occupied and used for human purposes and needs... so we need to supply water to the Earth's deserts and grow the forests there... as this is a slow process, it will take much, much longer than 90 years to stop and reverse global warming !!!
2. We can slow down the build-up of methane in our atmosphere, by reducing the amount of methane that is now entering the atmosphere trough our waste-stream, by better managing our Bio-Waste... We need to stop our current land-fill and sewage systems and replace these with sealed “Bio-Digesters” and divert all bio-waste into these bio-digesters... All human, animal and plant waste from households, gardens, factories and farms, needs to go into these digesters, to be decomposed and the methane that is released as a product of decomposition needs to be captured and used as a fuel... All plastics, with the exception of PVC, can be re-formulated by the addition of an additive that makes them bio-degradable and compostable (see - www.flickr.com/photos/infinity-club/3094688789/ - for details)... this will enable plastics to also be decomposed in a bio-digester waste treatment system... The removal of any toxins is critical before the end product can be returned to the land as compost... Whilst the combustion of methane produces CO2, the CO2 is preferable to the methane, as methane is a much more potent greenhouse gas (one part of methane is the equivalent of twenty two parts of CO2)...
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At St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands on January 7, 2009: Disney Magic, Carnival Triumph, Explorer of the Seas and Norwegian Gem. Among the standard white square boxes-on-water, the Disney Magic presents a futuristic take on the elegant look of classic ocean liners of the past. Its lines, its colour scheme and twin funnels help create the illusion. The forward funnel is a dummy that houses the amazing teen club.
We headed down to the 9:15pm family fireworks display at Paradise Point with our dog Whisky tonight and saw that others had the same idea.
Check out the golden retriever in the water! He wouldn't come out of the water, his owner had to wade in there to get him :) Whisky desperately wanted to join him as it looked like so much fun!
Hope you all have a fantastic start to the new year 2013!
After sunset off of Paradise Point State Wayside in Port Orford, Curry County, on Oregon's southern coast. The tlip of Cape Blanco on the right. Shot with a Panasonic FZ-150 at maximum telephoto (600mm equivalent). Shot at ISO 250 and 1/80th of a second wide open aperture so some noise and movement of the subject compromizing the sharpness.
We took the Sky Ride to Paradise Point in Charlotte Amalie, the capitol of St. Thomas of the USVI.
The ride up was fun, and the view from the top was spectacular.
While at the top, we had a nice lunch at the restaurant.
I definitely recommend the Sky Ride. We plan to ride it again.
We took the Sky Ride to Paradise Point in Charlotte Amalie, the capitol of St. Thomas of the USVI.
The ride up was fun, and the view from the top was spectacular.
While at the top, we had a nice lunch at the restaurant.
I definitely recommend the Sky Ride. We plan to ride it again.
We took the Sky Ride to Paradise Point in Charlotte Amalie, the capitol of St. Thomas of the USVI.
The ride up was fun, and the view from the top was spectacular.
While at the top, we had a nice lunch at the restaurant.
I definitely recommend the Sky Ride. We plan to ride it again.
After sunset off of Paradise Point State Wayside in Port Orford, Curry County, on Oregon's southern coast. Not a great shot but just trying to see what my little point and shoot could do in dim light. Look close and you can see the exhaust from the boats diesel. Shot at ISO 400 and 1/80th of a second wide open aperture so some noise and movement of the subject compromizing the sharpness.
After sunset off of Paradise Point State Wayside in Port Orford, Curry County, on Oregon's southern coast. Shot with a Panasonic FZ-150 at maximum telephoto (600mm equivalent).
Some of the beach agates I have found this year at Port Orford's Paradise Point Beach here in the southern Oregon coast's Curry County.
Saint Martin is a tropical island in the northeast Caribbean, approximately 300 km (186 miles) east of Puerto Rico. The 87 km² island is divided roughly in half between France and the Netherlands Antilles; it is the smallest inhabited sea island divided between two nations. The southern Dutch half comprises the Eilandgebied Sint Maarten (Island area of St. Martin) and is part of the Netherlands Antilles. The northern French half comprises the Collectivité de Saint-Martin (Collectivity of St. Martin) and is an overseas collectivity of France.
St. Martin/St. Maarten has been shared by the French and the Dutch in a spirit of neighborly cooperation and mutual friendship for almost 350 years. The border is almost imperceptible. and people cross back and forth without ever realizing they are entering a new country. There are four boundries, Belle Vue / Cole Bay, French Quarter / Dutch Quarter, Low Lands / Copecoy and Oyster Pond, testifying to centuries of peaceful cohabitation and the treaty that made the arrangement possible.
All the same, each side has managed to retain much of the distinctiveness of its own national culture. The French tend to emphasize comfort and elegance. The beaches are secluded, the luxury resorts provide lavish accommodations, and the restaurants offer the finest dining experiences anywhere in the Caribbean. The latest French fashions can be found in many of the shops, and the smell of fresh croissants and pastries mixes everywhere with the spicy aromas of West Indian cooking. Small cafés and charming bistros add a decidedly Gaelic and cosmopolitan flair to the place. On the whole the atmosphere remains very relaxed.
On the other hand, St. Maarten with its busy cruise port and bustling commercial district, has long been an active center for trade and tourism. More developed and at the same time more informal, it is very Dutch in flavor and still has strong ties with fellow compatriots in the other Netherlands Antilles. Between the two different cultures in St. Martin and St. Maarten, vacationers will be able to find just about every kind of activity they might want for a perfect holiday in the sun.
St. Martin is sunny and warm year-round with an average yearly air temperature of 27 °C and sea surface temperature of 26.4°C. The total average yearly rainfall is 995 mm, with 22 days of thunder.. The island is buffeted by cooling trade winds that keep things temperate all year long.
The main towns are Philipsburg (Dutch side) and Marigot (French side). The island has an approximate resident population of 85,000. he official population on the Dutch side is 50,000 while on the French side this is 35,000. Human density is 3 times that of the Netherlands. n addition there is an average of 1,000,000 tourist visitors per year.
The highest hilltop is the Pic Paradis (424 m) on center of a hill chain. There is no river on the island, but many dry guts. Hiking trails give access to the dry forest covering tops and slopes.
ST. THOMAS (U.S.V.I.)
Saint Thomas is an island in the Caribbean Sea, a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States. Located on the island is the territorial capital and port of Charlotte Amalie. As of the 2001 census, the population of Saint Thomas was 51,181 about 47% of the US Virgin Island total. The district has a land area of 31.24 square miles (80.9 km2).
The island was originally settled around 1500 BC by the Ciboney people. They were later replaced by the Arawaks and then the Caribs. Christopher Columbus sighted the island in 1493 on his second voyage to the "New World". The Caribs barely survived the first decades of contact with Europeans, either due to disease, deportation or slaying.
The Dutch West India Company established a post on Saint Thomas in 1657. The first congregation was the St. Thomas Reformed Church which was established in 1660 and was associated with the Dutch Reformed Church. The Danish conquered the island in 1666, and by 1672 had established control over the entire island through the Danish West India and Guinea Company. The land was divided into plantations and sugar cane production became the primary economic activity. As a result the economies of Saint Thomas and neighboring islands of Saint John and Saint Croix became highly dependent on slave labor and the slave trade.
In 1917 St. Thomas was purchased (along with Saint John and Saint Croix) by the United States for $25 million in gold,[citation needed] as part of a defensive strategy to maintain control over the Caribbean and the Panama Canal during the First World War.
U.S. citizenship was granted to the residents in 1927. The U.S. Department of the Interior took over administrative duties in 1931. American forces were based on the island during the Second World War. In 1954, passage of the U.S. Virgin Islands Organic Act officially granted territorial status to the three islands, and allowed for the formation of a local senate with politics dominated by the American Republican and Democratic parties. Full home rule was achieved in 1970.
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Bridgepixing a wooden Footbridge at Paradise Point Resort, near SeaWorld in San Diego, California. We have more than 13,000 images of Bridges and a Bridge Blog at www.Bridgepix.com.
Mount Rainier is the highest mountain of the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest, and the highest mountain in the U.S. state of Washington. It is a large active stratovolcano located 54 miles (87 km) south-southeast of Seattle, in the Mount Rainier National Park. It is the most topographically prominent mountain in the contiguous United States and the Cascade Volcanic Arc, with a summit elevation of 14,411 ft (4,392 m). Mt. Rainier is considered one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world, and it is on the Decade Volcano list. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rainier
Paradise is the name of an area at approximately 5,400 feet (1,600 m) on the south slope of Mount Rainier in the national park. Paradise is the most popular destination for visitors to Mount Rainier National Park. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rainier_National_Park#Paradise