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Arriva North East: Optare Solo M950 - YJ11OJE/2869, is pictured here at the Wensleydale Creamery on Sunday the 10th of June Whilst awaiting time before performing Dales Bus service 830 to Middlesbrough Via Reeth, Richmond, Darlington & Stockton.
The Northern Dales man 830 has returned again this year, for the summer season, this year supported by the Northern PowerGrid and ran by Arriva North East Darlington depot.
Kicking the day of at Middlesbrough bus station at 9:15, Stockton High street 9:27, Darlington Town Centre 9:55, arrives into Richmond market place at 10:25, departs at 10:30, Reeth village Green at 10:55, Muker 11:22 where it meets up with the Preston Bus 830, passengers would board the Arriva service 830 if they want to get to Keld. Climbing over the very steep Buttertubs bank and arriving at the Hawes Wensleydale creamery at 12:08, the bus then goes into the Wensleydale Wanderer service 857 to Masham at 12:20, going Via Castle Bolton & Leyburn arriving into Masham at 13:45, it then departs Masham on the 857 to Hawes at 14:45 arriving at the Wensleydale creamery at 16:03, it then goes back onto Dalesbus service 830 to Middlesbrough via, Reeth, Richmond, Darlington, and Stockton, arriving into Middlesbrough at 18:53.
Arriva North East: Optare Solo M880 - YJ59GKE/2860, was seen here at Castle Bolton on Sunday the 3rd of June whilst operating Wensleydale Wanderer service 857 to Masham.
The Northern Dales man 830 has returned again this year, for the summer season, this year supported by the Northern PowerGrid and ran by Arriva North East Darlington depot.
Kicking the day of at Middlesbrough bus station at 9:15, Stockton High street 9:27, Darlington Town Centre 9:55, arrives into Richmond market place at 10:25, departs at 10:30, Reeth village Green at 10:55, Muker 11:22 where it meets up with the Preston Bus 830, passengers would board the Arriva service 830 if they want to get to Keld. Climbing over the very steep Buttertubs bank and arriving at the Hawes Wensleydale creamery at 12:08, the bus then goes into the Wensleydale Wanderer service 857 to Masham at 12:20, going Via Castle Bolton & Leyburn arriving into Masham at 13:45, it then departs Masham on the 857 to Hawes at 14:45 arriving at the Wensleydale creamery at 16:03, it then goes back onto Dalesbus service 830 to Middlesbrough via, Reeth, Richmond, Darlington, and Stockton, arriving into Middlesbrough at 18:53.
Das war ein Drive-by-Shooting, geschossen aus dem Beifahrerfenster. Ich habe die Szene gesehen und musste es an der Ampel wartend fotografieren.
July 28, 2011: St. Andrews, Manitoba
Even on a dull gray summer day, it's possible to find beauty on the prairie.
Pylons carrying power from Glen Canyon Dam, Navajo Nations, Coconino County, Arizona, Happy Telegraph Tuesday!
Long distance electric lines headed toward the San Rafael Reef, Emery County, Utah. Happy Telegraph Tuesday!
February Alphabet Fun Month
Around the World in Board Games
Q is for Québec – as in Power Grid: Québec
Designer: Friedemann Friese
Artist: Lars-Arne “Maura” Kalusky
Publisher: Rio Grande Games (2012)
Players: 2-6
Playing Time: 120 minutes
Age: 13+
Complexity: 3.12/5
The game Power Grid was first published in 2004, and over the years several new maps have been added, including Québec.
The Canadian province Québec places great emphasis on energy production via ecological hydro power plants. The two cities of Montreal and Québec City offer several cheap connections, making this map challenging with several layers of decisions for building the best networks.
PS … as this is an older game, it comes with the much hated paper money, which I never use (hence why it’s in good condition) and have replaced with mini poker chips.
Arriva North East: Optare Solo M950 - YJ11OHZ/2864, was seen here outside Bolton Castle, Wensleydale on Sunday the 27th of May whilst operating Dalesbus service 857 to Masham, but displaying 830 for Hawes then Ingleton due to the destination system not being programed to display service 857.
The Northern Dales man 830 has returned again this year, for the summer season, this year supported by the Northern PowerGrid and ran by Arriva North East Darlington depot.
Kicking the day of at Middlesbrough bus station at 9:15, Stockton High street 9:27, Darlington Town Centre 9:55, arrives into Richmond market place at 10:25, departs at 10:30, Reeth village Green at 10:55, Muker 11:22 where it meets up with the Preston Bus 830, passengers would board the Arriva service 830 if they want to get to Keld. Climbing over the very steep Buttertubs bank and arriving at the Hawes Wensleydale creamery at 12:08, the bus then goes into the Wensleydale Wanderer service 857 to Masham at 12:20, going Via Castle Bolton & Leyburn arriving into Masham at 13:45, it then departs Masham on the 857 to Hawes at 14:45 arriving at the Wensleydale creamery at 16:03, it then goes back onto Dalesbus service 830 to Middlesbrough via, Reeth, Richmond, Darlington, and Stockton, arriving into Middlesbrough at 18:53.
Operator: Arriva North East
Depot: Faverdale Industrial estate
Registration: YJ11OHZ
Chassis: Optare Solo M950
Bodywork: Optare Solo M950
Engine: Mercedes Benz OM904 LA, 4.25Litre 4Cyclinder (154BHP)
Gearbox: Allison 2100 series
Vehicle Mileage: 459.400
An electric power line along Highway 87 near Box Elder, Montana.
I'm not sure if Montana has more electrical poles than any other state, or if you just see more of them because of the lack of trees here on the plains, but often they are the only significant feature you see on the vast and open Montana landscape.
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Hot outside = photography! Can't stand cold weather (haha). Anyways.. found a mag loaded with Acros which I had totally forgot about, figured I'd finish it... :)
Hasselblad 500C/M + Planar 80/2.8, Fuji Neopan Acros, B+W ND106 + Nikon R60 filters, Tetenal Paranol S for developing.
Exposure time around 15-20 seconds (very bright outside..!)
Photo taken near Klagshamn, Malmö, Sweden.
The long abandoned Cane Belt "Hall District" branch line railroad right of way between Thompsons Tx and Lane City is traceable for most of its 30+ mileage by these 345kV HighLines that connect to the W.A. Parish power plant (behind me). The weird style of the small tower reminds me of the old Dolly Madison logo from the 70's
TenneT is preparing for the installation of the first of two offshore high voltage offshore transformer platforms designated for the offshore wind farm Hollandse Kust (zuid). The platform, also known as ‘topside’, will be installed on December 27th, depending on the weather. It involves lifting the topside on the earlier pre-installed foundation or jacket on the seabed in September 2020.
This first high voltage alternating current offshore transformer station (HVAC) was constructed by in Petrofac in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It left the UAE on November the 25th and arrived in the port of Rotterdam on December 23rd. The fabrication of the 3,800-tonne topside, which started in 2020, has been completed with a safety record of 2.57 million work hours without any lost time incident. The topside is roughly 30 meters high, 60 meters long and 35 meters wide.
The 700 MW offshore station is scheduled to be fully operational in the first quarter of 2022. From that moment on, the wind farm that is being built by Vattenfall about 22 km off the coast can be connected to this HVAC.
The grid connection 'Hollandse Kust (zuid)' consists of two connections of 1,400 megawatts (MW) in total. Both connections will be operational in 2022. From the offshore platforms, respectively called Alpha and Beta, there will be a total of four alternating current (AC) cables that run to the high-voltage substation Maasvlakte on the mainland. Onshore, they will be connected to the Randstad 380 kV South Ring.
As Transmission System Operator, TenneT is responsible for the grid connection of wind farms in the Dutch part of the North Sea. This includes connecting 9,600 MW offshore wind in 2030 to several substations on the mainland: Borssele, Maasvlakte, Beverwijk and Eemshaven.
Technical stuff
This is a single handheld shot. The photo has the following characteristics: 800 ISO, f13, -2/3, 1/80 at 30 mils. I opted for f13, because of the depth of field (DOF) that was necessary for the reflection in the water. An aperture set at 8,0 would have created a bigger blur in the foreground. Combined with the (motion) blur, this would have created too much distortion.
Post-production was done with the help of Lightroom. This included spot removal (targeting in very visible shells in the water), balancing the lighting conditions and cropping. Finally, I added some copyright signs (in Photoshop). The latter is, alas, there to stay due to the frequent copying of my photos. So, don't bother commenting on that.
A landscape eye-sore or a necessity? Much of our world is driven by power and electricity - our homes, our businesses and our personal lives, with all the technology we rely on on a daily basis (computers, TV's, cell phones, iPhones, gaming devices, etc.). But... what would the world be like without all this? I have been to faraway places that don't rely on electricity and they really do get by perfectly fine and seem incredibly happy.
Could YOU live for a day, a week, a month without the technology you're attached to? Would life be harder or easier? I would like to give it a try to see how long I could go. My camera doesn't count though, right?... it runs on batteries. :-)
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