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The Fountain of Nations is a musical fountain in the Epcot theme park, designed by Mark Fuller and his team from WET. The fountain contains about 200,000 gallons of water, has about 300 nozzles and can shoot water between 30 and 150 PSI to over 150 feet high.
The original fountain was built in 1982 with the rest of the park. In the dedication ceremony, representatives from 22 nations poured water from their countries into the fountain. In 1993, the fountain was refurbished to perform water shows synchronized to a handful of pieces of music. At night, the fountain illuminates with 1,068 different colored lights. During Epcot's Holidays Around the World celebration, the fountain dances to Christmas music. It is also synchronized with The Lights of Winter archway that is over the bridge connecting Future World and World Showcase.
The fountain has multiple nozzles. There are 212 "microshooters" that shoot water 80 feet into the air, 40 "minishooters" that shoot water at a 70-degree angle 100 feet into the air, and 12 "supershooters", which can shoot water 150 feet into the air. The supershooters have a distinct popping noise due to their use of air pressure for a launching system. There are also 60 spray nozzles. Since the fountain shoots water up to 150 feet into the air, crosswinds often blow mist onto nearby guests.
The fountain plays a variety of music, some of which comes from old Epcot and Walt Disney World attractions. The automated shows are performed on every quarter-hour. The fountain also dances to this music until the park is fully cleared out so people can watch it after the IllumiNations firework show. (The fountain is shut off during the show so as not to interfere with the fireworks.) From November to the end of December, the regular music is played until around 6:00 pm. This is when the Lights of Winter Archway lights up and starts to play holiday music.
Pictured:
Fountain of Nations
Epcot Future World
Walt Disney World Resort
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
November, 2008
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LOL Yesterday I went back to see if my little Eastern Screech-Owl family was still there. I guess you can see that they were. Unfortunately, there were deeper into the trees this time..However, these two definately had they're eyes on ME..Aren't they cute? I just can't get enough of seeing them. Two owls are better than one hehehe ;)
"The Eastern Screech Owl was first described by Carolus Linnaeus (the Swedish naturalist who developed binomial nomenclature to classify and organise plants and animals), who classified it in 1758. The word "Asio" is attributed to Pliny the Elder in his "Naturalis Historia" around 77 AD, and is Latin for 'Horned Owl'. Eastern Screech Owls have also been called the common screech Owl, Ghost Owl, Dusk Owl, Little-eared Owl, Spirit Owl, Little Dukelet, Texas Screech-Owl, whickering Owl, little gray Owl, mottled Owl, the red Owl, the mouse Owl, the cat Owl, the shivering Owl, and the little horned Owl."
"The Eastern Screech Owl is a small, nocturnal, woodland Owl. There are two colour morphs, a gray phase and a reddish-brown phase."
This is double the pleasure isn't it? haha..Enjoy this cute pair of Eastern Screech Owls. Yes, it's true..I no longer have OWL ENVY now..Phew.
La Défense (where else !). Finally some sun, and I found a new "spot" :-) Sorry about the square crop, but it fitted the composition quite well so I couldn't resist.
Part of "A stroll in Paris"
Icy wind blows between the houses, flashes quickly in the night on the streets of the rotten city. A shade, a woman, her eyes are shiver and charm, her look magnetize you, it won't let you go.
The photoshoot shows the creature in an own perspective, who became nowadays very popular in books, films and series. The vampire. The immortal being of the past, the present and the future.
Look at the whole series!
Az időn át - Vámpír krónikák (a jelen)
Jeges szél süvít a házak közt, fürgén cikázik az éjszakában a romlott város utcáin. Egy árny, egy nő, a szeme borzongás és igézet, megbűvöl a tekintete, nem ereszt.
A sorozat saját szemszögünkből mutatja be azt a lényt, aki mára oly divatossá vált könyvekben, filmekben és tévésorozatokban. A vámpírt. A múlt, a jelen és a jövő alakját, aki halhatatlansággal bír.
Nézd meg a sorozat többi darabját is!
Info:
Concept, model: Ágnes Vincze
Makeup artist: Dóra Vízhányó
Hair stylist: Gábor Antal
Strobist info:
Metz 58 AF-1 @ 1/4 power at camera right 80º into a reflective white umbrella, fired with Phottix Tetra PT-04II wireless trigger
Strobist.hu info:
Metz 58 AF-1 @ 1/4 teljesítményen kamera jobb 80º-ról, fehér visszaverő ernyőbe Phottix Tetra PT-04II-vel indítva.
Street scene from Rawalpindi, inside the "old" city. This is not a tourist "souk" or bazaar, in fact, you never see any foreigner ! People are all the more happy to see you, discuss (even if it's in a broken english) and often, offer you tea ;-)
Merci de lire les explications en début d'album / Please read the explanations at the beginning of the set
Part of Pakistani Lifestyle (Recommended as a slideshow)
HDR image processed from 5 exposures with Photomatix Pro.
Seen and captured (this time with tripod :-) ) in Berne ... the lovely town where I was born. Showing Kramgasse in the medieval old town with the famous Zeitglockenturm in the background.
Explore 17/06/2010 #424
Thanks so much my friends!
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HDR image processed from 7 exposures with Photomatix Pro (again, the new version, so cool!).
Once more - since it was such a stunning moment - the Ring of Brodgar at sunrise ... a Neolithic henge and stone circle on the Mainland of the Orkney Islands.
A different perspective and a slighly earlier moment, right just after the sunrise at the horizon.
Unforgettable!
A cool thing is that on one of the stones, a viking was engraving some signs ... kinda early time tourism :-)
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From my back at the farm "Songkran" series taken early in the year with my then trusty D40... every sunset was of Gold and Orange as intense as seen.. A unique and enticing place.. where people are people.. the drawback rudimentary dwellings, boot camp/ jungle comfort no aircon (a real killer... lol.) in the real boonies :-).
The Northeast region of Thailand is known as Isaan and is home to the second largest people group in the country. In Thai, Isaan refers to the people, the dialect and the land area of the Northeast. One can be Isaan, speak Isaan and be from Isaan. The Isaan region includes 170,218 square kilometers, about one third of the country’s total area. In 1997 the population of Isaan was 21,086,501 or 35% of Thailand’s total population.
Isaan are a hard working, good-natured people of Laotian descent. They are in the process of acculturation to the predominate Central Thai culture, but for the most part they still form a distinct cultural group as evidenced by the use of their own language, their eating habits and their distinct social class.
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Prise de ma serie "Songkran: de cette annee..
je m'excuse de ne pas prendre tout le temps necessaire a la traduction de ce qui est copier / coller ci-dessus et je m'en excuse humblement.. mais je sais aussi que pour la plupart comme moi .. On se demerde plutot mieux quela moyenne en anglais.. L0L :-)
To each and every one have a super Sunday :-0
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taken on the longtailboat boat towards Bamboo Island, Koh Phi Phi, Thailand.
June 2008
The Phi Phi Islands (Thai: หมู่เกาะพีพี) are located in Thailand, between the large island of Phuket and the western Andaman Sea coast of the mainland. Phi Phi Don, the larger and principal of the two Phi Phi islands, is located at [show location on an interactive map] 7°44′00″N, 98°46′00″E. Both Phi Phi Don, and Phi Phi Leh, the smaller, are administratively part of Krabi province, most of which is on the mainland, and is located at [show location on an interactive map] 8°02′30″N, 98°48′39″E.
Ko Phi Phi Don ("ko" (Thai: เกาะ) meaning "island" in the Thai language) is the largest island of the group, and is the only island with permanent inhabitants, although the beaches of the second largest island, Ko Phi Phi Lee (or "Ko Phi Phi Leh"), are visited by many people as well. There are no accommodation facilities on this island, but it is just a short boat ride from Ko Phi Phi Don. The rest of the islands in the group, including Bida Nok, Bida Noi, and Bamboo Island, are not much more than large limestone rocks jutting out of the sea.
Phi Phi Don was initially populated by Muslim fishermen during the late 1940s, and later became a coconut plantation. The Thai population of Phi Phi Don remains more than 80% Muslim.But the actual population if counting laborers, especially from the north-east, from the mainland is much more Buddhist these days.
Ko Phi Phi Leh was the backdrop for the 2000 movie The Beach. Phi Phi Leh also houses the 'Viking Cave', from which there is a thriving bird's nest soup industry. There was criticism during filming of 'The Beach' that the permission granted to the film company to physically alter the environment inside Phi Phi Islands National Park was illegal. [1] The controversy cooled down however, when it was discovered that the producers had done such a decent job of restoring the place that it finally looked better than it had done before.
Following the release of The Beach, tourism on Phi Phi Don increased dramatically, and with it the population of the island. Many buildings were constructed without planning permission.[citation needed]
Ko Phi Phi was devastated by the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004, when nearly all of the island's infrastructure was wiped out. Redevelopment has, however, been swift, and services like electricity, water, Internet access and ATMs are up and running again, but waste handling has been slower to come back online.
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[fr]: Une journée ensoleillée à la Place d'armes, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
[image info]: NO HDR (single exposures at -1ev) - vertorama from 3 images - Nikon D200 - tripod - Sigma 10-20mm@12mm
[Level of Retouching]: 20% (levels, general and local curves, vibrancy, photomerge, perspective correction) - total processing time: 40 minutes
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Meet Sonny, a NYPD Mounted Police Officer who was on duty for the outdoor filming of the Today Show at NBC's Rockefeller Center in NYC. Sonny was obviously there to promote the fine virtues of the NYPD, to the many tourists and city folk working in that area. Sonny was a true gentleman, and it was easy to see what an ambassador he is for the fine city of NY. I took plenty of pics, somehow I think both are quite used to that....:-)))
Thanks Sonny for the conversation and for participating in my 100 Strangers Project
Belgium.
National Botanic Garden.
www.br.fgov.be/PUBLIC/GENERAL/index.php
The azure damselfly (Coenagrion puella) is a species of damselfly found in most of Europe. It is notable for its distinctive black and blue colouring. They are commonly found around ponds and lakesides during the summer.
Mating in damselflies, as in dragonflies, is a complex, precisely choreographed process involving both indirect insemination and delayed fertilisation. First, the male has to attract a female to his territory, continually driving off rival males. When he is ready to mate, he transfers a packet of sperm from his primary genital opening on segment 9, near the end of his abdomen, to his secondary genitalia on segments 2–3, near the base of his abdomen. The male then grasps the female by the head with the claspers at the end of his abdomen; the structure of the claspers varies between species, and may help to prevent interspecific mating. The pair fly in tandem with the male in front, typically perching on a twig or plant stem. The female then curls her abdomen downwards and forwards under her body to pick up the sperm from the male's secondary genitalia, while the male uses his "tail" claspers to grip the female behind the head: this distinctive posture is called the "heart" or "wheel"; the pair may also be described as being "in cop".
I'm fascinated by the idea of death personified. A little morbid it's true but a concept that interests me nonetheless. It was in Philip Pullman's, Dark Materials when the idea was first introduced to me, death walking side by side with you through life.
"Doesn't it scare you, having your death close by all the time?" said Lyra
"Why ever would it? If he's there, you can keep an eye on him. I'd be a lot more nervous not knowing where he was."
"And everyone has their own death?" said Will, marvelling.
"Why yes, the moment you're born, your death comes into the world with you, and it's your death that takes you out."
- The Amber Spyglass, Philip Pullman
This is my little take on such an idea. The model is the lovely Sevgi. We took this at a meetup in London last year. I've put together a blog post about it here :)
I was in Driggs, Idaho and we were on our way to have dinner. I saw this squall develop and pulled off the road to capture the event. In my large original, there are several sun rays in the left portion of the sky but most do not show up in this smaller image.
James Neeley and I were meeting Rodney Lough www.rodneyloughjr.com/ a professional photographer who was shooting in the area. Rodney shoots with an 8 x 10 film camera and with that equipment is not able to capture such a fleeting event as this little squall. There are advantages to shooting with a DSLR camera ;>)
When I saw this squall develop with the clouds and sun rays, I tried to design my shot so that it was more than just a record of the event. I walked a bit to my left so I could frame the squall and light show and also add some secondary compositional elements, the crossed fence and the fence disappearing into the image, that would make the image more interesting. You can see how the fence line on the right leads the viewers attention right to the spot-lighted squall. The cross fence fills an otherwise empty space in the foreground. As one becomes a better and more experienced photographer, this comes naturally, always looking for the best composition.
i was on the way to work when i saw this plumbago's branches had dropped to the ground. i had to lie down on the sidewalk to get a low POV, getting all messed up.
i used to want to look impeccable and now nothing matters except getting the picture i want.
i've got less than 90 images to go on this year's project and i'm feeling dissatisfied. i look through my contacts' images, wonderful galleries and a refreshed explore and i see amazing, thrilling imagery. how i wish i could stretch out and create something truly unique, emotional and expressive.
I watched this Blue Jay and her mate for some time and they didn't go far without the other. While one came down for a visit the other waited patiently on top of our evestrough lol ;) I never saw the two of them together on the railing........They were always calling out to one another .........Noisy birds that's for sure ;) Cool to watch though...I'm happy they visiting our backyard so frequently.
Happy Thanksgiving to my American Flickr friends ;)
Enjoy! Best viewed LARGE.
Looks great viewed LARGE!
Took this Photograph today in a local street :) The Poinciana has to be one of the most beautiful Trees in the World.
Link to Closer View www.flickr.com/photos/22271740@N07/3021093927/
Link to Single Flower www.flickr.com/photos/22271740@N07/3021107157/
ENGLISH
Espresso or caffè espresso is a concentrated coffee beverage brewed by forcing very hot, but not boiling water under high pressure through coffee that has been ground to a consistency between extremely fine and powder.
Espresso was developed in Milan, Italy in the early 20th century, but up until the mid-1940s it was a beverage produced solely with steam pressure. The invention of the spring piston lever machine and its subsequent commercial success changed espresso into the beverage we know today. Espresso is now produced with between 8.2 and 18 atmospheres or bars (0.82 to 1.8 megapascals; 120 to 265 PSI) of pressure.
The defining characteristics of espresso include a thicker consistency than drip coffee, a higher amount of dissolved solids than drip coffee per relative volume, and a serving size that is usually measured in shots, which are between 25 and 30 ml (30ml=1 fluid ounce) in size. Espresso is chemically complex and volatile, with many of its chemical components quickly degrading from oxidation or loss of temperature. Properly brewed espresso has three major parts: the heart, body, and the most distinguishing factor, the presence of crema, a reddish-brown foam that floats on the surface of the espresso. It is composed of vegetable oils, proteins and sugars. Crema has elements of both emulsion and foam colloid.
As a result of the high-pressure brewing process, all of the flavors and chemicals in a typical cup of coffee are concentrated. Because of its intense and high concentration of ingredients (including caffeine), espresso lends itself to mixing into other coffee based drinks, such as lattes, cappuccini, macchiato and mochas, without being diluted in the resulting drink.
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Fair trade is an organized social movement and market-based approach to alleviating global poverty and promoting sustainability. The movement advocates the payment of a fair price as well as social and environmental standards in areas related to the production of a wide variety of goods. It focuses in particular on exports from developing countries to developed countries, most notably handicrafts, coffee, cocoa, sugar, tea, bananas, honey, cotton, wine, fresh fruit, and so on.
Fair trade's strategic intent is to deliberately work with marginalised producers and workers in order to help them move from a position of vulnerability to security and economic self-sufficiency. It also aims at empowering them to become stakeholders in their own organizations and actively play a wider role in the global arena to achieve greater equity in international trade.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espresso, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_trade
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CASTELLANO
El café expreso (también café espresso o café exprés) es un tipo de preparación del café. Debe su término a la obtención de esta bebida a través de una cafetera expreso. Se caracteriza por su rápida preparación y por su sabor más concentrado. A juicio de expertos representa la mejor forma de preparar un café.
Para la obtención de un café expreso, se hace pasar agua a alta presión (entre 5 y 10 Bar, dependiendo de la máquina) a través del café. Para que el agua atraviese el café extrayendo todo su sabor y aroma, es necesario que el molido se haga muy fino.
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Consumo responsable es un concepto defendido por organizaciones ecológicas, sociales y políticas que consideran que los seres humanos harían bien en cambiar sus hábitos de consumo ajustándolos a sus necesidades reales y optando en el mercado por opciones que favorezcan la conservación del medio ambiente y la igualdad social. Entre las citadas organizaciones se encuentran Ecologistas en acción, algunos partidos verdes y en especial aquéllas organizaciónes e individuos que propugnan una Ecología social.
Se esgrime que el acto de consumir no sólamente es la satisfacción de una necesidad, sino que implica colaborar en los procesos económicos, medioambientales y sociales que posibilitan el bien o producto consumido. Por ello se postula que deberían tenerse en cuenta en el momento de elegir entre las opciones disponibles en el mercado las que menos repercusiones negativas tengan.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espresso, es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumo_responsable
Music: Kings of Leon - Milk
This woman just stand there watching over the beach of the "Wannsee" in Berlin, which was already very crowded for a May-afternoon :-)
Check out maydos' pictures for more pictures in 1:2-ratio ;)
Practicando los macros.
Gota de lluvía
En una gota de lluvía cabe el universo entero,
el tuyo, el mío, el de todos,
en una gota de lluvia cabe Kafka,
cabe Manhattan,
caben cien islas y cien rosas.
En una minúscula y nerviosa gota de lluvia
cabe la sabiduría de Sgalambro,
cabe la sombra de la luz,
caben mil derviches girando alrededor de tu cintura,
cabe la era del cinghiale bianco,
la era que siempre estamos esperando...
En una minúscula gota de lluvia
cabe todo,
todo menos el silencio cómplice y educado
que hiere como un cuchillo hambriento.
Todo, cabe todo
menos tus ojos
de esclavo obediente,
todo menos la tristeza acomodada,
todo menos la sombra
de una comunidad sin comuna.
Todo menos la cordura de tanta “buena gente”.
En una gota de lluvia cabe
el universo
entero,
el tuyo,
el mío
el de todos.
View On Blacklarge CONSIGLIATISSIMO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nomadi - Sospesi tra terra e cielo
Figli di una sensazione, l'importante è ciò che hai...
è più importante l'apparire di ciò che pensi o ciò che fai...
Se non hai un'opinione qualcun'altro te la da...
ed è più facile obbedire che guardare la realtà...
E noi qui, sospesi tra terra e cielo
pronti a spiccare il volo
in un mondo senza eroi non ci arrenderemo mai...
Coi piedi a terra e con gli occhi al cielo
pronti per un altro volo
un poco santi e un poco eroi non ci fermeremo.
Can you feel this strange sensation?
They want t'give you a destination
Don't you know what they expect?
As you know they don't respect
You still 've got reputation,
but it's not their expectation
So you say nothing more,
'cause you know you've lost the game.
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This dude was crazy, but I'm sure that he had all the fun in the world.
10300 Feet above sea level, about 3100
meters above sea level, correct me if I'm wrong.
Well, we are back at home.
It feels good, but the memories of driving across country, the views, the food, the people, will forever be in my mind....
Obrigado Leley and Sussu for the nice stay in your house.
If I was ever poor, I forgot.
It was better than a five star hotel staying with you guys.
Again, thank you.
Este rapaz ai era doido mesmo, lembrei da Bel Matos, que ta meia sumidinha, mas eu aposto tambem que ele teve o maior prazer do mundo, pois bater as assas a 3100 metros nao eh para qualquer um nao.
Ele esperou muito tempo para ter um ventinho, para ele poder decolar.
Enquanto isso todo mundo esperava.
Ja estamos em casa, a viajem foi otima, a comida, o povo, as vistas, ficarao para sempre registradas em minha memoria.
Obrigado Leley pela otima estadia em sua casa...
Se fui pobre eu esqueci...
Um abraco a todos.
Diamond Lake is a lake in the southern part of the U.S. state of Oregon. It lies near the junction of Oregon Route 138 and Oregon Route 230 in the Umpqua National Forest in Douglas County. It is located between Mount Bailey to the west and Mount Thielsen to the east; it is just north of Crater Lake National Park.
Diamond Lake has been known as one of the most desired fishing lakes in Southern Oregon, famous for its large rainbow trout, although the species is not native to the lake.[2]
Diamond Lake was named for John Diamond, for whom Diamond Peak is also named.[1] He discovered the lake in 1852 while on the summit of Diamond Peak.[1] Diamond was a pioneer settler of Coburg, Oregon who was part of a party that was opening a road between the Middle Fork Willamette River and Idaho as an immigration route.[1]
The post office of Diamond Lake, Oregon was established in 1925 and ran until 1956, when it was changed to a summer-only office.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Lake_(Oregon)
Captured with my Samsung SmartPhone.
Have a wonderful day ( and for Canadians, Thanksgiving Sunday) and thanks for visiting.
- Beastie Boys, Professor Booty
**EXPLORED**
I know it's not polite to toot your own horn, but holy hell do I ever love the way today's shots turned out! I was totally inspired by this shot, and knew I wanted to do my own version with blues instead of pinks. Of course, in post processing I wound up falling in love with this shot, which is decidedly more muted. Whatever. Don't you just love those days where shoots go even better than expected and you totally feel like you rocked it out? This is one of those days for me. So let me enjoy it!! Ha!
That said, there were a bunch of outtakes that I really liked too, so I'm posting them in the comments. Let me know what you think of them. And as a side note, when I started my self portrait 365 project, I wasn't sure I could handle it. I mean, I'm self conscious of the way I look and usually hate pictures of me. So how was I going to do a whole year of it, right? But what I've discovered in the course of doing these daily self portraits, is that I love the way I can totally transform my look for different shots. Wigs, makeup, angles, processing...it's become this total obsession of mine. I love making myself look like somebody else, while still retaining the bits of me that I love. This shot is such a good example of that.
Ok, I'll stop rambling about how much I love these shots. Ha. If you read this far, you must really like me a lot! ;)
365 Days (self portraits): Day 163
30 Songs in 30 Days: Day 10 (Professor Booty - Beastie Boys)
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Details:
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mk II
Lens: Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM
Exposure: 30 sec
Aperture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 16mm
ISO Speed: 1600
Accessories: Manfrotto 190XB Tripod, Manfrotto 322RC2 Heavy Duty Grip Ball Head, Canon RC1 Wireless Remote
Date and Time: 12 January 2011 9.08pm
Post Processing:
Imported into Lightroom
Exported image to CS5
Noise reduction layer
Unsharp mask filter
Crop tool
Re-imported back into Lightroom
Added keyword metadata
Exported as JPEG
From The CSIRO website
The Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), at the Paul Wild Observatory, is an array of six 22-m antennas used for radio astronomy. It is located about 25 km west of the town of Narrabri in rural NSW (about 500 km north-west of Sydney). It is operated by CSIRO's Astronomy and Space Science division...
The "Compact Array'' is the premier instrument of its kind in the southern hemisphere. It operates 365-days per year, 24-hours per day. Its business is pure science. It is not used for any military activities.
This antennas work together using a technique called "interferometry'' which allows the antennas to mimic a much larger antenna. This gives the telescope the ability to see very fine detail. Effectively "radio interferometry'' works by replacing the lens of a conventional imaging system with sophisticated electronics, supercomputer-like hardware and complex software. Using this technique, a image of a small section of the sky can be formed in a 12-hour period. Whereas the Array uses six antennas spread over 6km, the same interferometry principles can be applied to antennas spread over a continent. For example, several times a year, the Array is used together with other radio telescopes spread across Australia (such as the Parkes antenna) to make images with extremely fine detail.
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: MUSE CONCERT AT BARCELONA: PALAU SANT JORDI (8 of 9): MUSE LIVE! /
CONCIERTO DE MUSE EN BARCELONA: PALAU SANT JORDI (8 de 9): MUSE en Directo!
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 84 of 115) PAG: Entrada, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115.
PHOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
Akari: Heeeeeey!!! Dooom!! (He is so handsome... *_____*)
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Akari: Eeeeeeey!!! Dooom!! (Que guapo está... *_____*)
LINKS:
- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
Definitely worth viewing on black
I took the title from this 1937 Pullman poster.
This 1912 Pullman private car was custom-built in Chicago for Clara Baldwin Stocker, the eldest daughter of Elias “Lucky” Baldwin (link). It has been completely restored to its 1912 condition, and is on display at The Nethercutt Collection (link) in Sylmar, CA. Two great things about The Nethercutt Collection: 1. It has hundreds of beautifully restored antique and classic cars, musical instruments, this Pullman car, and a 1937 Canadian Royal locomotive. 2. Entrance is 100% free.
If you're in the Los Angeles/San Fernando Valley area, it's definitely worth a visit.
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Walter B. Pridmore, an historian and former guide at the Port Arthur Historic Site writes, “The church could accommodate 1,000 worshipers but it was not consecrated because it was multi-denominational. The convicts, who entered the building through the doors at either end of the building, were seated on benches and the 200 free people were accommodated in pews. The free entered the church via the main entrance and passed under a huge three-tiered pulpit to an area screened off from the convicts. . . . . The entry foyer now contains seven of what was originally a peel of eight bells that hung in the belfry. They are believed to be the first bells cast in Australia and were poured at the Port Arthur foundry in 1847.” Port Arthur: Convicts and Commandants page 34.
The church was gutted by fire in 1884, some 7 years after the settlement ceased to operate as a penal station.
Note: For more more photographs and additional information about Port Arthur, see my other images in this series (images 0254 to 0264)
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Paris Plages just opened, and the backlighted water sprays are still a big hit with the photographers ;-)
Part of "A stroll in Paris"
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Taken in Beaubourg museum. 45mm, no crop, just B&W conversion and slight toning.
Part of "A stroll in Paris"
i actually dont like this picture, but I had to use a recent picture of me.
hmmm.. 10 things about me...
I don't find these interesting but maybe you will.
1) today's my 17th birthday!
2) i'm pretty lucky to have the family and friends that I have... they're pretty great. I have one older brother and he's a lot of fun and artisitc and I love him!
3) i can be pretty shy and sometimes avoid eye contact, but i'm working on it. sometimes i think people think i'm mean or don't care about them if they don't know me very well.
4) I want to travel sooo bad. I know a lot of people say that, but I just really would like to see the world. I'd go almost anywhere if i could. but don't get me wrong, i also enjoy where i live.
5) I've got a real relationship with a real God, not just a religion.
6) I think my biggest enemy is myself, but I need to get through that and get my focus back on others.
7) sometimes i doubt whether im good at what I do so every comment and favorite and message really means a lot to me even if i forget to respond or something. Im really counting on the fact that I'll improve too.
8) I'm a junior and have no idea what I'll be doing the rest of my life and would really like to know or at least have some sort of idea.
9) I really enjoy the outdoors, and I love the change in seasons.
10) At random times some thoughts will just hit me. I'll be walking somewhere and just think, what am I doing in life? or why do people do this? and just question things that are thought of as normal. haha maybe i'm just weird.
I guess that's it. hope you enjoyed it. haha.
I have to get back to homework...
P.S. I'm really sorry if I didn't list you and we're buddies. I have really awesome friends on here, maybe someone that I forgot to include. if that's true or if you just wanna be tagged just tell me!
The Picture is taken from the (beautiful) old Castle high above, overlooking the City.
Croatia is well known as ' the Land of Thousand Islands '...
From the Hvar Harbour one can take a small ferry for some Kuna to visit one
of the nearby Islands or a bigger Ferry from nearby Starigrad to the farther ones.
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Das Photo ist vom alten Schloß aus, das hoch über der Stadt liegt, aufgenommen.
Kroatien ist bekannt als das Land der tausend Inseln....
Vom Hafen Hvar's aus kann man für einige wenige Kuna eine der zahlreichen
kleinen Fährboote nehmen, die einem in kurzer Zeit für ein paar Kunas auf eine
der nahegelegenen Inseln bringen oder eine größere Fähre vom Fährhafen
Starigrad aus zu den weiter entfernten.
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Noční vlaky jsou nedílnou součástí železniční dopravy v Itálii, přičemž relace, směřující z vnitrozemí na Sicílii, patří k nejvytíženějším. Jen ze samotného Říma jezdí hned dva páry spojů, doplněné o vlak z Milána, který cílů na ostrově ve Středozemním moři dosahuje až odpoledne, a i ve směru do Milána vlak odjíždí z obou sicilských destinací nedlouho po poledni. Cestujícím zejména posledně jmenovaného páru se tak naskýtají překrásné výhledy na Tyrhénské moře, neboť železniční trať je vedena v těsné blízkosti pobřeží od Sicílie až téměř po Neapol. Vzhledem ke zmíněné vytíženosti jsou všechny tři páry vlaků složeny pouze ze spacích vozů a poté, co se přepraví ze vnitrozemské italské železniční sítě přes Messinskou úžinu na tu sicilskou pomocí trajektu, se ve stanici Messina Centrale rozdělují Zatímco jedna část vlaků je vedena po severním břehu ostrova do stanice Palermo Centrale, druhá část vlaků směřuje na jih přes Katánii do Syrakus.
Na snímku vlaku ICN 1963 "Intercity Notte" [Milano Centrale – Siracusa], pořízeném dne 23. března 2024 u letoviska Praia a Mare, lze spatřit všechny tři typy spacích vozů, kterými lze v těchto vlacích cestovat. Nejpočetnější lehátkové vozy, nabízející pouze čtyřmístná a o poznání komfortnější kupé, než bývá v Evropě zvykem, představují zástupce dvou sérií, které vznikly v letech 1996–2001 přestavbou starších vozů konstrukce UIC-X ze 60. a 70. let v celkovém počtu 230 vozů. Lůžkový vůz je zde zastoupen v západní Evropě nejrozšířenějším typem MU rovněž po modernizaci. Na vzniku celkem 283 vozů během let 1963 a 1990 se podílely hned tři společnosti a vozy tohoto typu jezdily i ve Francii či v zemích Beneluxu. Zatímco zcela původní francouzské vozy dnes dožívají v Černé Hoře, všechny dnes provozované italské vozy prošly modernizací a jsou dodnes v provozu, jak se lze na tomto snímku přesvědčit. S celkovou kapacitou až 36 osob nabízí jedno-, dvou- či třílůžková kupé standardních parametrů.
Nejzajímavější je ale třetí vůz na snímku – jedná se o lůžkový vůz typu T3S, který vznikl v počtu 11 vozů v letech 2007–2008 ve firmě RSI Costa Masnaga přestavbou starších lůžkových vozů typu T2S z roku 1982. Jedna polovina vozu je tvořena standardními třílůžkovými oddíly, druhá polovina pak představuje netradičně provedená čtyřlůžková kupé s vlastním WC a sprchou. Vozy tohoto typu byly mj. nasazeny v letech 2017–2020 na páru nočních vlaků Benátky–Paříž, avšak po ukončení provozu tohoto spoje v důsledku pandemie viru Covid-19 v roce 2020 byly staženy do vnitrostátního provozu a dnes jsou vozy nasazovány na všechny tři páry nočních vlaků na Sicílii, avšak pouze do skupiny vozů Miláno/Řím – Syrakusy a zpět.
Praia a Mare je obec v regionu Kalábrie, která je známá jako plážové letovisko u Tyrhénského moře. Celkem dva kilometry dlouhá pláž je částečně pokryta atraktivním černým lávovým pískem. Na jižním konci se nachází skalní ostrov Dino, kde se nachází několik velkých mořských jeskyní, přístupných malými plavidly. Na nejjižnějším výběžku pláže se na výběžku sopečné skály tyčí středověká věž Fiuzzi, postavená byzantskými silami k ochraně pobřeží.
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Bang bang
you shot me down, bang bang
I hit the ground , bang bang
That awful sound, bang bang
My baby shot me down
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Listen here www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSRLQQsrOxk Vanilla Fudge version (my preferred)
or here www.goear.com/listen/b349a61/bang-bang-nancy-sinatra Nancy Sinatra version
...chi apre la porta deve richiuderla
sia che resti
sia che decida di andare via...
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Coldplay - Lost
...Solo perchè sto perdendo
non significa che sono perso
non significa che mi fermerò
non significa che mi opporrò
solo perchè sto ferendo
non significa che io sia ferito
non significa che non otterrò
quello che merito
niente di meglio e niente di peggio
mi sono appena perso
ogni fiume che ho provato ad attraversare
ogni porta che abbia mai provato
ad aprire era chiusa a chiave
e sto solo aspettando che svanisca la luce ...
Malacca Strait
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I think this is the first shot I try to take advantage of the wildflowers we've got growing here in California.
Due to the increased rain and snow that fell across the US, this spring should display some of the best wildflowers in years.
Not the most optimal conditions that I sought out for. I wish I had more blues in the sky but it wasn't in the cards for me this time. :(
Still dealing with some major colic issues with Sienna. Seems to be worse than it's ever been. Now it's so bad that every time she's awake, she's crying. And she basically cries herself to sleep. All I know is that there has to be a special place in heaven for parents of colicky babies.
Have a great week everyone!
4th picture from the amazing studio session with Elodie.
Setup shot is still here.
Backstage video is HERE.
Thanks again to the team. It was a great afternoon.
Strobist:
Cactus V5s as triggers.
1 LP160 @ 1/4th in Lumodi BeautyDish on the right, behind.
1 LP160 @ 1/4th in 40x60cm softbox on the left, behind.
Several flags to avoid light spills.
Canon EOS 5DmkII with EF 135mm f/2L @ 1/100th sec; f/5.0; iso100.
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Tsuen Wan Jockey Club Tak Wah Park was designed along the classical Chinese garden theme. The park, with an area of about 1.63 hectares, is located in Tsuen Wan town centre. Being a Chinese-style garden that is rarely found in Tsuen Wan, Tak Wah Park provides a fine place for relaxation in the bustling town area. Sponsored by the Hong Kong Jockey Club, construction works of the park were carried out in 2 phases. Phase I was completed in 1989, while Phase II was completed in 1995. Modelled on the setup of a classical Chinese garden, the park has rock mountains made from Taihu rock, thick foliage, ornamental lakes, ancient village houses, a "pai lau", stone bridge, a stone boat, a pavilion and a verandah. A "Chess Garden" was built in the park, where giant stone-carved pieces of Chinese chess are used to display the endgame for the deliberation of chess lovers. In addition, there are 2 theme gardens in the park, namely, "Camellia Garden" and "Herb Garden", where different species of Camellia and herb are grown. Tak Wah Gallery and Environmental Resources Centre are converted from ancient village houses on the site. They are managed by Leisure and Cultural Services Department and Environmental Protection Department respectively.
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