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Kim Possible is a good show, you should watch it. Stole the finger idea from Pate-Keetongu: www.flickr.com/photos/kumipallomaa/
Is it possible for it to be pouring snow? Because that's pretty close to what it was like when we shot this.
I did try to use a diffused flash, but had it too close to the camera causing big blurry bulbs of snow in the shot. This shot, the one I decided to run with, ironically is one of only a couple where the flash didn't fire for some reason. Probably because the batteries were low, cold, and hadn't fully charged the capacitors yet.
So that's today's lesson: When using flash in snowy conditions, keep it close to the model and further from the camera.
In Portuguese: Sibipiruna, sebipira, coracão-de-negro
Picture taken in the Santa Rosa Farm, Tabajara, Lavinia-SP, Brazil
SN/NC: Caesalpinia Pluviosa Var. peltophoroides, Fabaceae Family
This tree is popularly known as sibipiruna or false brazilwood, is an ornamental species with wood potential and with great distribution in Brazil. The genus Caesalpinia has more than five hundred species, most of which have not yet been studied for their pharmacological potential. Several species of the genus are known for their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. Therefore, it was possible to verify that sibipiruna did not present antimutagenic activity, but a plant with possible mutagenic action in the concentrations used.
Conhecida popularmente como Sibipiruna, Coração-de-negro, Sebipira, Sibipira é uma árvore ornamental da Família das Fabáceaes. É nativa do Brasil e está presente em toda a América do Sul e outras áreas. Muito usada na jardinagem e no urbanismo brasileiro pode atingir mais de 20m de altura. A sibipiruna é uma árvore semidecídua, de rápido crescimento e florescimento ornamental. Nativa da mata atlântica, ela é uma espécie pioneira ou secundária inicial, ou seja é uma das primeiras espécies a surgir em uma área degradada. Seu porte é alto, podendo atingir de 8 a 25 m de altura. O tronco é cinzento e se torna escamoso com o tempo, seu diâmetro é de 30 a 40 cm. A copa é arredondada, ampla, com cerca de 15 m de diâmetro. Suas folhas são compostas, bipinadas, com folíolos elípticos e verdes. No inverno ocorre uma queda quase total das folhas, que voltam a brotar na primavera. A floração ocorre de setembro a novembro, despontando inflorescências eretas e cônicas, do tipo espiga e com numerosas flores amarelas que abrem gradativamente da base em direção ao ápice. Os frutos que se seguem são do tipo legume, achatados, pretos quando maduros e contêm cerca de 3 a 5 sementes beges, também achatadas, em forma de gota ou elípticas. A dispersão ocorre pela ação do vento.
Caesalpinia pluviosa, sebipira es una especie botánica de árbol leguminosa de la familia de las Fabaceae. Se halla endémico de Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Colombia. Está amenazado por pérdida de hábita. Muy usada en las calles de ciudades brasileñas por ser muy bellas en su floreada. Tiene las hojas son bipinnadas con el eje central de 20-25 cm de largo, con 8-9 pares de pinnas, cada una con alrededor de 11 a 13 pares de foliolos de 10-12 mm. La floración ocurre entre de agosto y se extiende hasta el final del verano, produciendo inflorescencias cónicas en racimos erectos de flores amarillas. Las vainas de las frutas da lugar a dos válvas compuestas leñosa seca larga y correosa, con 7,6 a 12,0 cm de largo por 2.7 a 3.1 cm de ancho. Cuando están maduras, las vainas se abren girando en una explosiva dehiscencia expulsando 1-5 semillas. Estas son comprimidas, irregularmente circulares, transversales, ovato-obovadas o orbiculares a subglobosas con un frente muy duro y rígido, claro, espesa o sin albúmina, provisto de una boquilla en el hilio y con margen. Pueden vivir más de cien años. Caesalpinia pluviosa fue descrito por Augustin Pyrame de Candolle y publicado en Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis Caesalpinia: nombre genérico que fue otorgado en honor del botánico italiano Andrea Cesalpino (1519-1603). pluviosa: epíteto latino que significa "lluviosa". Sin. caesalpinia parensis, caesalpinia peltophoroides. Conocida por Momoqui, sebipira o sepipiruna.
Deze boom staat in de volksmond bekend als sibipiruna of vals brazilwood, is een siersoort met houtpotentieel en met een grote verspreiding in Brazilië. Het geslacht Caesalpinia heeft meer dan vijfhonderd soorten, waarvan de meeste nog niet zijn onderzocht op hun farmacologische potentieel. Verschillende soorten van het geslacht staan bekend om hun antioxiderende en ontstekingsremmende activiteiten. Daarom was het mogelijk om te verifiëren dat sibipiruna geen antimutagene activiteit vertoonde, maar een plant met mogelijk mutagene werking in de gebruikte concentraties.
Cet arbre, communément connu sous le nom de sibipiruna ou faux bois du Brésil, est une espèce ornementale avec un potentiel ligneux et une grande distribution au Brésil. Le genre Caesalpinia compte plus de cinq cents espèces, dont la plupart n’ont pas encore été étudiées pour leur potentiel pharmacologique. Plusieurs espèces du genre sont connues pour leurs activités antioxydantes et anti-inflammatoires. Ainsi, il a été possible de vérifier que la sibipiruna ne présentait pas d'activité antimutagène, mais une plante avec une possible action mutagène dans les concentrations utilisées.
Questo albero è popolarmente conosciuto come sibipiruna o falso legno brasiliano, è una specie ornamentale con potenziale legnoso e con grande distribuzione in Brasile. Il genere Caesalpinia comprende più di cinquecento specie, la maggior parte delle quali non sono state ancora studiate per il loro potenziale farmacologico. Diverse specie del genere sono note per le loro attività antiossidanti e antinfiammatorie. È stato quindi possibile verificare che la sibipiruna non presentava attività antimutagena, ma una pianta con possibile azione mutagena nelle concentrazioni utilizzate.
Dieser Baum ist im Volksmund als Sibipiruna oder falscher Brasilholzbaum bekannt und eine Zierart mit Holzpotenzial, die in Brasilien weit verbreitet ist. Die Gattung Caesalpinia umfasst mehr als fünfhundert Arten, von denen die meisten noch nicht auf ihr pharmakologisches Potenzial untersucht wurden. Mehrere Arten dieser Gattung sind für ihre antioxidative und entzündungshemmende Wirkung bekannt. Daher konnte nachgewiesen werden, dass Sibipiruna keine antimutagene Wirkung aufweist, sondern dass es sich bei der Pflanze um eine Pflanze mit möglicher mutagener Wirkung in den verwendeten Konzentrationen handelt.
تُعرف هذه الشجرة شعبيًا باسم Sibipiruna أو شجرة خشب البرازيل الزائفة وهي من أنواع الزينة ذات إمكانات الأخشاب المنتشرة على نطاق واسع في البرازيل. يشمل جنس Caesalpinia أكثر من خمسمائة نوع، معظمها لم تتم دراستها بعد لمعرفة إمكاناتها الدوائية. العديد من الأنواع في هذا الجنس معروفة بتأثيراتها المضادة للأكسدة والمضادة للالتهابات. ولذلك كان من الممكن إثبات أن سيبيبيرونا ليس له تأثير مضاد للطفرات، بل أن النبات نبات له تأثيرات مطفرة محتملة في التركيزات المستخدمة.
この木はシビピルナまたは偽ブラジルウッドとして一般に知られており、木材としての可能性を秘めた観賞用の種であり、ブラジルに広く分布しています。 Caesalpinia 属には 500 以上の種があり、そのほとんどはその薬理学的可能性についてまだ研究されていません。この属のいくつかの種は、抗酸化作用と抗炎症作用で知られています。したがって、シビピルナは抗変異原性活性を示さないが、使用した濃度において変異原性作用を示す可能性のある植物であることを検証することができた。
Editor's note: NASA's Curiosity Rover is scheduled to land on the surface of Mars on the evening of Aug. 5/6, 2012. (Read more here: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html). In honor of this historic event, here are some breathtaking stills of the Red Planet.
Image caption: Image of possible cyclic bedding on Mars, seen by the MRO Mars High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment near iArabia Terra.
Image credit: NASA
More about Curiosity and the Mars Science Laboratory:
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html
View the "Mars Landscapes" photoset:
www.flickr.com/photos/nasamarshall/sets/72157630860188338/
View the "Mars Landscapes" video:
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More preloved motors at Horopito Motors.
Horopito Motors, also known as "Smash Palace". Part working car mechanics, part museum. If you are into rusty and crusty (or want used car parts) it is a great place to spend several hours photographing!
"The day when it will be possible for a woman to love in her strength and not in her weakness, not to escape from herself but to find herself, not to renounce herself but to affirm herself, on that day love will become for her a source of life and not a mortal danger."
USS Olympia (C-6/CA-15/CL-15/IX-40) is a protected cruiser that saw service in the United States Navy from her commissioning in 1895 until 1922. This vessel became famous as the flagship of Commodore George Dewey at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War in 1898. The ship was decommissioned after returning to the U.S. in 1899, but was returned to active service in 1902.
She served until World War I as a training ship for naval cadets and as a floating barracks in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1917, she was mobilized again for war service, patrolling the American coast and escorting transport ships.
Following the end of World War I, Olympia participated in the 1919 Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War, and conducted cruises in the Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas to promote peace in the unstable Balkan countries. In 1921, the ship carried the remains of World War I's Unknown Soldier from France to Washington, DC, where his body was interred in Arlington National Cemetery. Olympia was decommissioned for the last time in December 1922 and placed in reserve.
In 1957, the U.S. Navy ceded title to the Cruiser Olympia Association, which restored the ship to her 1898 configuration. Since then, Olympia has been a museum ship in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is now part of the Independence Seaport Museum. Olympia is the oldest steel US warship still afloat. However, the Museum has been unable to fund essential maintenance for the old ship, and attempts to secure outside funding have failed. Therefore the current steward, under direction of the US Navy has put the ship up for availability to new stewards. It will take an estimated ten million dollars to put Olympia in a stable condition.
Olympia was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966.
As of 2012, Olympia's future was uncertain; repairs are desperately needed to keep the ship afloat. Four entities from San Francisco, California, Beaufort, South Carolina, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC, are vying to be a new steward, but it is a race against time due to the waterline deterioration of the hull. As the current entities are in competition for the ship, no significant repairs have been made, although the current steward has done some minor repairs. In reaction to this gap in coverage, the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) has set up a fund repository which, if funds are raised, will be directly applied to immediate repairs of the vessel with the cooperation of the current steward. At the present time, March 2012, the NTHP is considering a triple application by the Naval Historical Foundation, the Historic Naval Ships Association, and the National Maritime Association to have Olympia placed on the NTHP's list of the eleven most endangered "places". The steward applicants from San Francisco (Mare Island), and Beaufort, S.C., have endorsed the application. Despite these positive steps, Olympia is in critical danger due to the lack of funds.
Since 2011, Independence Seaport Museum has renewed its commitment to the continued preservation of the Cruiser Olympia until the Transfer Application Process reaches its conclusion in summer 2014. The Museum has invested in extensive stabilization measures including reinforcing the most deteriorated areas of the hull, expanding the alarm system, installing a network of bilge pumping stand pipes (which will provide greater damage control capability in the unlikely event of a hull breech), extensive deck patching and extensive repair and recoating of the ship’s rigging. Although still in need of dry docking and substantial restoration, the Olympia is in a more stable condition now than it has been for years. This work was made possible by donations from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, The U.S. Cruiser Sailors Association and many individual donors.
Of the six candidates that originally applied for stewardship of the cruiser Olympia, only two remain: an organization in California and an organization in South Carolina. The Museum continues to seek resources to preserve the ship for education and interpretation. The ship will remain open to the public seven days a week from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, and until 7:00 pm on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend.
That magical morning in autumn...
Canon EF-S 10-22 with Marumi DHG Super Circular Polarizer CPL
Note to self: explored (#393) for the first time on March 3, 2012. Yay!
Bumped up to #313 on March 4.
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Decisions to be made!
Partner, would you rather have a cute little snail or a garbage can with a lid? (The first wise-acre who says a snail ON a garbage can, is gonna get bopped on the head!)
I've ordered this snail pattern and I'll shrink it down to pincushion size- Please click the link to see a much better rendition! Cute, right? It might get something underneath it, to ground it, or it might not. :)
www.vanillahousedesigns.com/p184-stuffed-snail/
Or I can attempt to make a garbage can, about the size of a tomato paste can, with a lid. Hopefully it'll have storage inside it for small tools, or even, TRASH! I'm picturing silver colored felted wool.
66562 and an unidentified 59/1 between Wolfhall and Crofton with 7A09, the 07:12 Merehead - Acton
The bridge abutments of the former MSWJR overbridge are visible in the background, a view now possible due to the clearance of the large grove of Poplar trees that stood here for around 60 years
Taken with the aid of a pole
Here's some fun N. Shoveler facts courtesy of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (click here to read more):
-- The bill of the Northern Shoveler is about 6.5 cm (2.5 inches) long. The bill has has about 110 fine projections (called lamellae) along the edges, for straining food from water.
-- Northern Shoveler pairs are monogamous, and remain together longer than pairs of other dabbling duck species.
Wildfire mitigation strategies involve clearing the underbrush from the forest floor near buildings.
Vision conceived as "transparency" is the Buddhist ideal: "as one sees through clear water, the sand, the gravel, and the color of the pebbles, simply by reason of its transparency, so one who
seeks the path of liberation must have just such a clear mind."
The image that illustrates the manner in which an ascetic apprehends the four truths of the Ariya is this: "If at the edge of an alpine lake of clear, transparent and pure water there were to stand a man with keen sight looking at the shells and shellfish, the gravel and the sand and the fish, watching how they swim and how they rest; this thought would come to him: 'This alpine lake is clear, transparent, and pure; I see the shells and shellfish, the gravel, the sand and the fish, how they swim and rest'”.
In this same manner an ascetic apprehends "in conformity with truth" the supreme object of the doctrine. The formula "in conformity with truth" or "with reality" is a recurrent theme in the texts, like the attributes, "eye of the world", or "become eye", or "become knowledge", of the Awakened Ones.
This is naturally an achievement only through a gradual process. "As an ocean deepens gradually, declines gradually, shelves gradually without sudden precipices, so in this law and discipline there is a gradual training, a gradual action, a gradual unfolding, and no sudden apprehension of supreme knowledge."
Again: "One cannot, I say, attain supreme knowledge all at once; only by a gradual training, a gradual action, a gradual unfolding, does one attain perfect knowledge. In what manner? A man comes, moved by confidence; having come, he joins (the order of the Ariya); having joined, he listens; listening, he receives the doctrine; having received the doctrine, he remembers it; he examines the sense of the things remembered; from examining the sense, the things are approved of; having approved, desire is born; he ponders; pondering, he eagerly trains himself; and eagerly training himself, he mentally realizes the highest truth itself and, penetrating it by means of wisdom, he sees." These are the milestones of the development.
It is hardly worth saying that the placing of "confidence" at the beginning of the series does not signify a falling back into "belief": in the first place, the texts always consider that confidence is prompted by the inspiring stature and the example of a master; in the second place, as we can see clearly from the development of the series, it is a matter of a provisional admission only; the real adherence comes when, with examination and practice, the faculty of direct apprehension, of intellectual intuition, absolutely independent of its antecedents, has become possible.
Therefore it is said: "He who cannot strenuously train himself, cannot achieve truth; through strenuous training (an ascetic) achieves truth: therefore strenuous training is the most important thing for the achieving of truth."
Naturally, there is here an implicit assumption, which we shall discuss before long in detail, an assumption, that is to say, that the men to whom the doctrine was directed were not entirely in the state of brute beasts: that they recognised, not as an intellectual opinion, but through a natural and innate sense, the existence of a reality superior to that of the senses. For the "common man," one who thinks in his heart: "There is no giving, no offering, no alms, there is no result of good and bad actions, there is no this world, there, is no other world, there is no spiritual rebirth, there are not in the world ascetics or Brāhmans who are perfect and fulfilled and who, having with their own understanding comprehended, and realised this world and the other world, make known their
knowledge" - for such the doctrine was not considered to have been expounded, since they lack the elementary quality of "confidence" that defines the "noble son" and that is the first member of the series we have mentioned.
Such men, according to an apt textual illustration, are as "arrows shot by night”.
As for the preeminence accorded (in a pragmatic and anti-intellectualistic spirit) to action in the Doctrine of Awakening, we quote another Buddhist simile. A man struck by a poisoned arrow, for whom his friends and companions wish to fetch a surgeon, refuses to have the arrow extracted before learning who struck him, what his name might he, who his people are, what his appearance, if his bow was great or small, of what wood it was made, with what it was strung, and so on. This man would not succeed in learning enough to satisfy him before he died. Just so (says the text) would a man behave who followed the Sublime One only on the condition that the latter gave him answers to various speculative problems, telling him if the world was eternal or not, if body and the life-principle are distinct or not, what happens to the Accomplished One after death, and so on. None of this—says the Buddha—has been explained by me. "And why has it not been explained by me? Because this is not salutary, it is not truly ascetic, it does not lead to disgust, it does not lead to detachment, it does not lead to dispassion, it does not lead to calmness, it does not lead to contemplation, it does not lead to awakening, it does not lead to extinction: therefore has this not been explained by me”.
In the opposing theories regarding the world and regarding man, characteristically reminiscent of the Kantian antinomies, either one opposite or the other might he true. One thing is certain, however: the state in which man actually finds himself, and the possibility of his training himself, during his lifetime, to achieve the destruction of this state.
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Julius Evola: The Doctrine of Awakening - Part I., Chapter 4. - Destruction of the Demon of Dialectics (excerpt)
Possible Pool Frog?
Still can't be sure if Pool Frog, Edible Frog, or even a Marsh Frog or hybrid (Green Frog Complex).
www.herpetofauna.co.uk/nativepool_frog.htm
kentarg.org/amphibians/marsh-frog-non-native/
insideecology.com/2018/01/23/invasive-non-native-species-...
www.herpetofauna.co.uk/marsh_frog.htm
www.uksafari.com/ediblefrogs.htm
www.froglife.org/info-advice/amphibians-and-reptiles/gree...
The test train was working down the Uckfield line tonight. It was booked for a 20min wait at Hever to enter the single line section. This was at 21.00, twilight at the end of a gloomy day, challenging but possible.
CN 3200 has a Zero is Possible sticker, because CN believes it is possible to have Zero injuries or fatalities. The train was lead by CN 3200 (ET44AC) with CN 3061 (ET44AC) as the rear DPU.
Partner, what do you think of these fabrics? I'm thinking of a frosty wintery scheme with maybe a few dashes of pale pink to warm it up a little. Is there anything you want taken out, or anything you'd like added? I will probably edit this stack once I have a better idea of design so now is your chance to have a say! I used a similar colour scheme here without the darker blues.
So I’ve been putting off giving my curvy Fashionista joints cuz I’m so lazy but my knock off Triad Alpha body has similar proportions?
Idk but I wished the Alpha body had bigger thighs and a tummy so i might keep curvy on this body lol.
In August 1579, while on the way across the the Pacific Ocean enroute back to England after a round-the-world journey, Francis Drake came across a small longboat carrying a half-dead Spanish sailor with a tale to tell. Before expiring, he imparted his knowledge to Captain Drake. His story was secreted away in the British royal archives for many centuries, as it was so fantastic as to be nearly unbelievable. The following is what the sailor said:
Sailing to the West Indies in late 1566, the Spanish vessel Fortuna lost it's way and ended up in a heavy fog. It eventually came to rest in a bay of an island not shown on any maps. This island was populated by strange giant reptiles, an active volcano, and the ancient ruins of a lost civilization. When the sun broke through the clouds, it was revealed the ruins were practically built from gold! It was also noticed that time behaved strangely on the island - as it it was practically standing still compared to the world at large. This was discovered when a fishing expedition came back after only a few hours saying they had been lost in the fog for about two days!
The crew and officers were divided on what to do - some wanted to fill the hold with gold and make a beeline straight for home in Spain, but others wanted to start a kingdom of their own - pirating passing ships and creating a paradise. This culminated in a battle between the two factions, and the death of enough men to make a voyage anywhere impossible in the Fortuna. The surviving few men and officers decided to send out a small crew of the most able-bodied sailors out with a longboat to find help - no matter the nationality of the vessel.
Fate was not kind to these men, as they had no idea where they were in the pacific anyway: after getting lost in the fog again, most of them men died of lack of supplies and diseases. Drifting aimlessly, the last two men drew straws - the winner would survive with the remaining supplies, and the loser would get the pistol and a quick burial at sea. It wasn't long after the winner was drawn and the gun gone off that Drake sailed into the horizon. Finishing his tale, the Sailor asked what year it was: when it was said it was 1579, he replied it only seemed like 6 months on the island when in reality 13 years had gone by. The shock of this revelation proved to be too much for the sailor, and he died shortly thereafter, with his body given to the sea, but not before marking the spot on the map where the island most likely was. Drake and his officers agreed it was not a good idea to go to this island, as it just wasn't worth the risks.
Fast forward to 1923 when Johnny Thunder and his friends rediscover the long-forgotten island, and names it Dino Island, after it's ancient reptilian inhabitants. He doesn't explore it fully as he has his hands full dealing with Lord Sam Sinister and his cronies, so he missed the ancient ruins and the old shipwreck of the Fortuna, laden with gold. But, as Clutch Powers has recently gone missing on the island while making a film, it seems that a return to Dino Island in 1926 is imminent! Will the treasure ship be found and the gold recovered? Only time will tell!
(So I was thinking about taking the new Harry Potter ship (set 76440 minus stickers and banner flags) and changing some colors around and adding two deck cannons - if possible - for a Spanish treasure ship. I'm thinking about turning the dark red and medium blue to regular red, and the gold to black. (with some parts substitutions where needed) I may even add another small center section someday, if I can. A ton of gold 2x2 bricks will be going below decks in the hold as well. Thoughts on this color swap?)
2 possible explanations for this, it had either just finished an Ayrways school run or this was it arriving direct from store at Kilmarnock. Sister 20549 went direct to the depot at Ayr.
Just sometimes it is possible to witness a truly amazing wildlife spectacular right here in Somerset. We all know about the Starling murmurations on the Somerset Levels, but these can be a bit hit and miss as the birds will often drop straight into the reeds without any sort of display.
So, what about the mornings. Well, in the space of a few minutes, 100,000+ starlings all take to the air. A sight to take your breath away. At the moment the Starlings are roosting right next to the main path up through Shapwick Heath NNR. Sunday promised to be a bright sunny start so off I went leaving the house just after 5:30. I was down on the Levels before 6:30 and the sun was not due to rise until 7:15 so plenty of time to soak up the atmosphere. Darkness and near silence on the levels is something to behold. The calling ducks and owls were the only sounds to be heard.
As dawn approached the starlings became noisier and noisier. A grey heron flew overhead as did a V shaped formation of some 30 geese. Then, just before the sun appeared and under the red morning sky, it happened. As if someone had said “Go”, off they went. 100,000+ starlings took off and flew directly overhead. These pictures just cannot do this sight justice, if you can get down there and watch for yourself, do it.
We may not have the huge herds of migrating animals as seen in Africa, but Somerset does have a sight to rival these if you can get there early!!
When I took this I was trying to do something completely different. After failing at what I had set out to do over and over and over again I just said forget it... I'm just going to stick with what's easy and what I'm good at. And tada... I thought this came out really nice!
En route home from doing a bit of scouting for possible blossom photography sites I was on the North Service Road at the site immediately adjacent to the Tim Horton’s as well as the ESSO gas station I had photographed a few days ago. The large tract of land on the South shore of Lake Ontario was, for many years, the site of Prudhomme’s motel/hotel and entertainment complex, until a massive first fire in June 1967 signalled the beginning of the end of the complex. A few efforts were made to resurrect the business but, ultimately, a second fire and lack of investment in a proper restoration destined it for the bulldozers and many years of awaiting development. In the past couple of years development finally commenced, albeit somewhat slowly, and the two aforementioned images show the progress to date. Now a bit more work has begun, although the site still looks pretty barren with large concrete blocks and barriers suggesting the future layout. I stopped there during a brief lull in the rain and got this.– JW
Date Taken: 2025-05-01
Date PP: 2025-05-02
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Tech Details:
Taken using hand-held Nikon D800 fitted with an AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm VR 1:4.0 lense set to 58mm, ISO100 (Auto ISO), Daylight WB, Matrix metering, Shutter Priority Mode, f/6.3, 1/400 sec. PP in free Open Source RAWTherapee from Nikon RAW/NEF source: Set final image size to 9000px wide, level the horizon and crop the frame to a 16x9 format, convert to black-and-white/B&W/monochrome, apply Tone Mapping as well as Dynamic Range Compression each at default levels, use the Graduated Neutral Density/GND tool to darken the sky to bring out the storm clouds, slightly increase Contrast, sharpen, save. PP in free Open Source GIMP: use the Levels tool to set up a good base tonal range, use the Brightness/Contrast tool to increase overall contrast, duplicate the frame to a new top layer and use the Curves tool to adjust the contrast and brightness of the sales building in the background (disregarding the impact on the rest of the frame) and add a black/transparent layer mask following which a white brush was used to pain in the sales building on the mask to make the better looking version visible, ad a non-destructive Dodge/Burn layer and use it to make some localized adjustments to sky brightness, make new working layer from visible result, sharpen, save, scale to 7100 px wide, sharpen, save, add fine black-and-white frame, add bar and text on left, save, scale image to 3700 px wide for posting online, sharpen very slightly, save.
A rather eventful Friday evening. Pretty much the best urbex trip.
Oh, also, earlier this week someone on Flickr called me out and said I don't truly explore....Well I'm not sure how much more Indiana Jones it gets then this, buddy.
Thanks, View Large.
El Parque Tantauco es uno de los mayores parques privados de Chile, administrado por la Fundacion Futuro perteneciente al magnate y empresario chileno Sebastian Piñera, actual presidente el pais.
Se ubica a 20 kms de la ciudad de Quellon en el extremo sur de la Isla Grande de Chiloe con una superficie de 118.000 hectareas que corresponde al 15% de superficie de la islan en un territorio que las comunidades Huilliches hasta hoy reclaman por derechos ancestrales como suyo.
El parque posee dos sectores posibles de visitar. Por via terrestre el sector del Lago Chaiguata en la parte norte y por via maritima el sector de Caleta Inio en el extremo sur frente al Golfo del Corcovado. La zona donde se ubica es considerado un "25 Biodiversity Hotspots" es decir uno de los 25 lugares del mundo con mayor biodiversidad.
Sus atractivos principales son diversos senderos que recorren multiples lagos y lagunas ademas de turberas y pantanos con abundante fauna que incluye varias especies en peligro de extincion como el Huillin o Nutria, la diminuta Ranita de Darwin, el Zorro Chilote y la Ballena Azul posible de ver en el sector de Caleta Inio.
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Tantauco Park is one of the largest private parks in Chile, run by the Future Foundation belonging to billionaire Chilean businessman Sebastian Piñera, current president of the country.
Located 20 kms west from Quellon city at the southern of the Big Island of Chiloe with an area of 118,000 hectares which corresponds to 15% of island surface in an area that until now Huilliches communities are claiming ancestral rights.
The park has two possible areas to visit. By land sector Chaiguata Lake on the north and by sea Caleta Inio in the south in front of Corcovado Gulf. The area is considered an "25 Biodiversity Hotspots" one of the 25 places with the most richest biodiversity of the wolrd.
Among its main attractions there are several trails that traverse multiple lakes and ponds besides bogs and swamps with abundant wildlife including several endangered species such as Huillín (Otter), the tiny Frog of Darwin, Chilote Fox and the Blue Whale possible to see near Caleta Inio.