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... This man is no god. He is nothing!"
I had planned to make this figure since the first time we saw him on screen, but lack of set photos or overall clear pictures on the internet prevented that. Thanks to last Tuesday's episode that is no longer the case. The symbol, like my Wally West Flash, is a stud sanded down and placed on the chest to save time trying to paint a circle and to make it stand out like I think it should.
This character is shaping up to be one of the greatest adversaries the Flash has ever faced. I saw someone on YT post a comment "This guy makes Reverse Flash look like a playground bully." It is very true.
I just hope that they do not make him become a cliche villain by making him either an evil Barry or Henry or Wally. Idk who else that leaves as Eddie is on a different show right now. Idk but I really hope it's not then.
Also the lighting is weird as it was the only way you could see the details on the figure. The symbol looks weird because there is a shine on it. Trust me it looks way better IRL. I'll make a video soon that will hopefully show this figure off more.
Changde Rd. and W. Nanjing Rd., Shanghai
In the day or two following the demonstrations, Shanghai experienced a sharp drop in temperature and rain. On the 29th, between two heavy showers, the sky was dark and dreary, the streets were empty and sparsely populated by pedestrians, with police cars parked on many street corners and some streets filled with temporary recruits on duty to prevent new demonstrations, while Gucci's LED screens played their usual lavish and unrealistic advertisements.
The anger of the demonstrations and protests did not infect everyone. Just a short distance away from the blockade, youths steeped in consumerism were still relaxing and having fun. This is partly due to the blockade of information by the authorities, and partly due to the fact that thirty years of condoning and exploiting consumerism and suppressing social autonomy have created a large group of people who are indifferent to the fate of others.
On the night of 26 November 2022, a demonstration took place in Middle Wulumuqi (Urumqi) Road, Shanghai in memory of the victims of the fire in Wulumuqi (Urumqi), Xinjiang, the casualties of which were caused by the building being locked up as a result of absurd anti-epidemic measures which made it impossible for residents to escape. The police ended up arresting many of the demonstrators and loading three police buses:
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On the evening of the 27th, a large area of the neighbourhood where the demonstration took place last night was suddenly blocked off, allowing only people to leave and not enter, perhaps to prevent further demonstrations from gathering there.. A large number of people gathered at the intersections of the blocked-off neighbourhoods, which gradually festered into a new demonstration.
The demonstration on the night of the 27th:
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Jungle prinia's are a warbler species that are the hulky twin of their city cousins - the plain Prinia. Both the species look very similar except for one thing - the size. The Jungle one is visibly bigger and that is what I use for identification.
We found a few singing openly in the fields on beautiful perches. I thought the nesting season is completed, but maybe I was wrong.
The overall birding activity is still quite low and while the rains have reduced considerably, they are still continuing preventing access to many of the countryside birding hotspots.
Thanks in advance for your views and feedback. Much appreciated.
27-December-2024
Not everyone likes it, but I find this environment very fascinating, despite its rough and cold appearance.
As mentioned, the abundance of siliceous and calcareous rocks combined with the strong winds of Bora/Bura and Scirocco/Jugo, prevent the rooting of humus and therefore the fertility of the soil, despite the fact that the entire area has some of the most abundant rainfall in Europe.
Even in the Mediterranean area, the Northern Adriatic has a temperate climate and rainfall distributed throughout the year, with minimums in February and July and a maximum in autumn, but all months have at least 60mm or 60l/m2 of rain.
Berlin boasts two zoological gardens, a consequence of decades of political and administrative division of the city. The older one, called Zoo Berlin, founded in 1844, is situated in what is now called the "City West". It is the most species-rich zoo worldwide. The other one, called Tierpark Berlin ("Animal Park"), was established on the long abandoned premises of Friedrichsfelde Manor Park in the eastern borough of Lichtenberg, in 1954. Covering 160 ha, it is the largest landcape zoo in Europe. In front of and behind the manor, the original design of the gardens was carefully restored. That is why you won't see any animals in this part of the enormous premises of the Animal Park. But you'll find plenty of them at a short distance.
Friedrichsfelde Manor house, designed in the early neo-Classical architectural style, is located in the Berlin Animal Park in the Friedrichsfelde district of Berlin. It was built in 1685 as Rosenfelde Manor by the Electorate of Brandenburg's Director General of the Navy, Benjamin Raule. This first five-axes building was probably constructed in the Dutch country house style according to plans by Johann Arnold Nering. In 1698, Benjamin Raule fell from grace and was imprisoned and expropriated. The castle fell to the Prussian Elector and later King Frederick I and was renamed Friedrichsfelde. After the king's death, the property was transferred to his half-brother Margrave Albrecht Friedrich von Brandenburg-Schwedt in 1717. In 1719, court architect Martin Heinrich Böhme enlarged the palace by three axes each to the east and west to its present width and added a three-winged Baroque staircase made of oak.
The castle survived the Second World War relatively undamaged. After the expropriation in the course of the land reform, both the building and the surrounding manor park fell into disrepair. When the decision was made in 1954 to create a separate zoo for East Berlin, the palace served for a few years as the headquarters of the organisers of the garden's conversion; parts of the building were used as stables for the zoo. It was not until the period between 1970 and 1981 that the castle was renovated on the initiative of Tierpark Berlin. The director of the Animal Park at the time, Heinrich Dathe, campaigned massively for the preservation of the manor house and prevented plans to demolish it.
Yes, the Atlantic Ocean lies just beyond this sand dune covered in Marram Grass.
Marram grass is a key plant vital for stabilizing PEI's sand dunes with its extensive roots, preventing erosion from wind and tides, and creating habitats for other species.
To prevent this Cathedral from collapsing onto people passing by in the frequent Christchurch earthquakes, a row of containers on top of each was propped against the building. As you can see the quakes caused this column to rub against the containers leaving these marks.
Moon over Árbæjarsafn, Reykjavík, Iceland
The Arbaer Open Air Museum, or in icelandic: Árbæjarsafn, consists of more than 20 old buildings originating mostly from the centre of Reykjavik. Around the middle of the 20th century interest arose to preserve (to icelandic understandings) old buildings. The centre of Reykjavik around the turn of the 19th century was mainly made up of wooden houses being in a rather different state of maintainance. Also turf houses were still a quite normal sight in Reykjavik. Along with the increasing construction of buildings of more durable material the wooden buildings got into danger to disappear slowly out of the centre of the city. Actually the maintainance of wooden buildings is still a problem in Reykjavik where quite a few house owners do not care about the condition of their old wooden house. In the Arbaer Open Air Museum houses will be found that are of historical and artistic relevance. Through the preservation of the old houses memories will be kept alive with the older days and may prevent that the ties with the past get lost. The Arbaer Open Air Museum was opened in 1957 and gives the icelandic population as well as foreigh visitors a good idea of the architecture, way of life and living conditions in earlier days in Reykjavik.
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Time and circumstance (and weather!) have prevented me from capturing full blown autumnal vistas of colour this year, so here are three mini-me autumn scenes that I have managed to capture on my wanderings of late…
Better in L.
This was after the sun set behind the mountains... sometimes the sky does crazy things. This is pretty much straight out of the camera and I just did everything I could to prevent the highlights from blowing out and to minimize oversaturation artifacts.
While the storm conditions prevented much color in the sunrise this morning, it still provided a dramatic backdrop at the always nice South Tufas.
Reminder that the Los Angeles DWP is keeping Mono lake artificially low below the state-mandated level and actively harming its ecosystems in order to supply only ~1-2% of just the city of LA's water supply. The city of LA uses ~30% of its water on watering grass lawns.
Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve
I can probably count the number of times I've used a 6 stop filter on one hand and that excludes the thumb. This is partly because I'm too lazy to calculate the amount of time required most often resorting to guesswork but also because I never seem to find the right kind of image in the right kind of light. Today was slightly different however, the trees were still, the mist was rising, the water swirling and there was really only one thing preventing me from having a go...I was on a barge! 9 shots straight in the trash but this one crept through.
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Yesterday we decided to take a walk around Loch Affric, which is only accessible on foot. Unfortunately the burns at the top which have no bridge access prevented us from doing the full circuit, but the parts we could could reach provided some amazing scenery.
The weather was harsh; sun, rain, hail, but then the occasional rainbow. This was taken the walk back. The Caledonian Pine adds a little something... I like that it's still very much raining!
The Stadhuis (City Hall) of Antwerp, Belgium, stands on the western side of Antwerp's Grote Markt (Great Market Square). Erected between 1561 and 1565 after designs made by Cornelis Floris de Vriendt and several other architects and artists, this Renaissance building incorporates both Flemish and Italian influences. The Stadhuis is inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List along with the belfries of Belgium and France.
In the 16th century Antwerp became one of the busiest trading ports and most prosperous cities in Northern Europe. The municipal authorities wished to replace Antwerp's small medieval town hall with a more imposing structure befitting the prosperity of the great port city. Antwerp architect Domien de Waghemakere drafted a plan (c. 1540) for a new building in a style typical of the monumental Gothic town halls of Flanders and Brabant.
But the threat of war prevented any progress on the project. The building materials intended for the Stadhuis were instead used to shore up the city defenses. Not until about 1560 new plans were developed. In the meantime Gothic architecture had gone out of fashion. The new designs for the Stadhuis were in the new Renaissance style. Completed in 1565, the building lasted hardly a decade before being burnt to a shell in the Spanish Fury of 1576. It was restored three years later.
The low arcaded ground story is of rusticated stone, and at one time housed little shops. Above are two stories with Doric and Ionic columns separating large mullioned windows, and a fourth story forming an open gallery.
The richly ornamented central section, which rises above the eaves in diminishing stages, holds female statues representing Justice, Prudence, and the Virgin Mary, and bears the coats of arms of the Duchy of Brabant, the Spanish Habsburgs, and the Margraviate of Antwerp.
Renovations during the late 19th century by architects Pierre Bruno Bourla, Joseph Schadde and Pieter Jan August Dens drastically modified the interior. Much of the stately decoration dates from this period, as does a roof over what was once an open-air inner courtyard. A number of the leading Antwerp historical painters were invited to assist with the decorations. Henri Leys painted a series of murals depicting key events in Antwerp's history and portraits of former Belgian rulers for the Leys Hall
More Antwerp here
Kyaiktiyo Pagoda, also known as Golden Rock) is a well-known Buddhist pilgrimage site in Mon State, Burma. It is a small pagoda (7.3 metres (24 ft)) built on the top of a granite boulder covered with gold leaves pasted on by devotees. According to legend, the Golden Rock itself is precariously perched on a strand of the Buddha's hair. The balancing rock seems to defy gravity, as it perpetually appears to be on the verge of rolling down the hill. The rock and the pagoda are at the top of Mt. Kyaiktiyo. It is the third most important Buddhist pilgrimage site in Burma after the Shwedagon Pagoda and the Mahamuni Pagoda. A glimpse of the "gravity defying" Golden Rock is believed to be enough of an inspiration for any person to turn to Buddhism.
The legend associated with the pagoda is that the Buddha, on one of his many visits, gave a strand of his hair to Taik Tha, a hermit. The hermit, who had tucked it in the tuft of his hair safely, in turn gave the strand to the king, with the wish that the hair be enshrined in a boulder shaped like the hermit's head. The king had inherited supernatural powers from his father Zawgyi, a proficient alchemist), and his mother, a naga serpent dragon princess. They found the rock at the bottom of the sea. With the help of the Thagyamin, the king of Tawadeintha Heaven in Buddhist cosmology, found the perfect place at Kyaiktiyo for locating the golden rock and built a pagoda, where the strand was enshrined. It is this strand of hair that, according to the legend, prevents the rock from tumbling down the hill. The boat, which was used to transport the rock, turned into a stone. This is also worshiped by pilgrims at a location about 300 metres (980 ft) from the golden rock. It is known as the Kyaukthanban Pagoda or stupa (literal meaning: stone boat stupa).
Legends also mention that pilgrims undertaking the pilgrimage by trekking from the Kinpun base camp three times consecutively in a year will be blessed with wealth and recognition.
I’ve long been inspired to go to Silver Falls SP in Oregon during the fall, but last year’s wildfires and pandemic prevented a planned trip from happening in 2020. This year, after working intense hours in my dayjob for most of the year, I seized on a small window of opportunity to do a quick weekend roadtrip from Sacramento to see the park in prime autumn color. I didn’t think I’d be able to photograph South Falls on a bright sunny afternoon when I first arrived, but the orientation of the falls kept it in diffuse shadow, perfect conditions for shooting waterfalls! There are many vantage points to use the golden maples as a foreground element to this beautiful 177-foot tall curtain of water and the blue color of South Fork Silver Creek.
The story of Prague's Astronomical Clock (Orloj) is a mix of historical marvel and legendary curse.
The creator, Mikuláš of Kadaň (or Master Hanuš), was blinded by jealous city councilors to prevent him from building another masterpiece.
This lead him to sabotage the clock and curse it, causing anyone who tried to repair it to go mad or die.
The clock itself, working since 1410, is a complex medieval device showing time, astronomical positions, and zodiac signs, featuring moving figures of the Apostles and allegorical statues like Death (the Skeleton), Vanity, and Greed, which come alive hourly.
It was fun to see and hear.
This place is so peaceful, I could sit here all day and lose myself in its essence. This is the perfect spot for meditation but the sensory deliciousness of it prevents the mind from becoming still enough!
NOT MY PHOTO used by permission from: www.flickr.com/photos/gregorylam/3200086900
The above photo was taken by ' grego! ' on flickr. He told me he was there and posted the photo right away to flickr. A NYC friend, Yolanda told me about this online shortly after this happened today. ( I don't have television or watch it all so I'm glad Yolanda told me and I could see some photos on flickr.)
I used to live in the NYC area and as a pilot and avid traveler this event and photo was important enough to me to re-post it.
As a commercial pilot myself, I can appreciate what happened and I've got a pretty good guess of what went through the pilots mind. The first thought was to turn around and get back to the airport OR is there some other airport runway closer. But based on the tradeoff of altitude for airspeed he correctly calculated that ditching in the water is the safest bet. One complicating factor is that the pilot wants to save not only the people but also the aircraft. The boss is not happy when the aircraft worth many buko bucks is a total loss.
SO, although the pilot might have been an even bigger hero to save the plane AND the people, and even to prevent them from getting wet and cold, IF he got it back to the airport, the gamble might be deadly if it didnt work. So he correctly made the descion to knowingly destroy the aircraft in the hopes of saving the people. Well done!
Compare that to the poor Airliner pilot who ran out of fuel and crashed the commercial jet into the ground on Long Island some years back. Both pilots had an emergency situation, what a comparison. (Although the comparison is not fair because there was no pilot error leading to the destruction of the above aircraft.)
I had a simlar aircraft emergency flying a single engine airplane in Florida near Pensacola. My engine died mid-flight and I had to do an emergency landing with no power in a rural field. Both myself and the aircraft survived that potentially fatal incident.
In another similar incident in which I had to land the balloon in a small forest, the envelope (fabric part) got all caught up in the tree branches. There was at least a few thousand $$ or more in damage to it. BUT, I was correct not try to be a hero and save the aircraft AND the people. The passengers really do come first. I was so glad that I took the 'hit' of major aircraft damage, but at least the safety of my passengers was NEVER in doubt.
Mamallapuram (Inde) - Ce sympathique homme ne semblait pas être en pleine possession de tous ses moyens. Il errait sans but sur la plage en parlant tout seul. Me voyant faire des photos, il est venu me parler. Le barrage de la langue ne m’a pas empêché de comprendre qu’il était intéressé par mon appareil photo. Je lui ai proposé de le photographier, ce qui a semblé le ravir. Comme je ne voulais pas m’éterniser, sans être impoli, j’ai enclenché le flash d’appoint pour que l’image soit immédiatement lisible sur le monitor de contrôle. Tant pis pour les reflets imparables en raison de la sueur qui perlait sur son visage. En voyant son portrait l’homme m’a remercié et est reparti en chantant.
Je ne pensais pas conserver ce portrait en raison du reflet trop évident. Finalement, j’ai changé d’avis. Une façon de rendre hommage à ce brave homme.
Mamallapuram (India) - This likeable man did not seem to be in full possession of all his means. He wandered aimlessly on the beach talking to himself. Seeing me take pictures, he came to meet me. The language barrier didn't prevent me from realizing that he was interested in my camera. I offered to photograph it, which seemed to delight him. Since I didn't want to go on forever, without being rude, I activated the fill-in flash so that the image was immediately readable on the control monitor. Too bad for the unstoppable reflections due to the sweat beading on her face. Seeing his portrait the man thanked me and left singing.
I did not think to keep this portrait because of the too obvious reflection. Finally, I changed my mind. One way to pay homage to this brave man.
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You probably wonder what is that horse with stripes and paint markings ?! Well, let me answer that question. It's a cute cross between a paint horse and a zebra. Hence why it does have those cute ears and strange tail. We are so glad she take the markings from her mama and the stripes from her dad. So happy to be able to call this cutie ours, she'll grow up a little more but not so much cause we all know, zebras aren't that tall !
You might have another question about the collar the mare have on her neck, well, this pretty here is cribbing on fences that means she'll literally destroy them with her teeth ! This collar will avoid her to do, don't worry it's without danger for her, it have a little furred part on the top and under her jaw as well. It will prevent us as well to change the fences every weeks.. We'll see how it goes !
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The common starling (Sturnus vulgaris), also known as the European starling, or in the British Isles just the starling, is a medium-sized passerine bird in the starling family, Sturnidae. It is about 20 cm (8 in) long and has glossy black plumage with a metallic sheen, which is speckled with white at some times of year. The legs are pink and the bill is black in winter and yellow in summer; young birds have browner plumage than the adults. It is a noisy bird, especially in communal roosts and other gregarious situations, with an unmusical but varied song. Its gift for mimicry has been noted in literature including the Mabinogion and the works of Pliny the Elder and William Shakespeare.
The common starling has about a dozen subspecies breeding in open habitats across its native range in temperate Europe and western Asia, and it has been introduced to Australia, New Zealand, Canada, United States, Mexico, Peru, Argentina, the Falkland Islands, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, South Africa and Fiji. This bird is resident in southern and western Europe and southwestern Asia, while northeastern populations migrate south and west in winter within the breeding range and also further south to Iberia and North Africa. The common starling builds an untidy nest in a natural or artificial cavity in which four or five glossy, pale blue eggs are laid. These take two weeks to hatch and the young remain in the nest for another three weeks. There are normally one or two breeding attempts each year. This species is omnivorous, taking a wide range of invertebrates, as well as seeds and fruit. It is hunted by various mammals and birds of prey, and is host to a range of external and internal parasites.
Large flocks typical of this species can be beneficial to agriculture by controlling invertebrate pests; however, starlings can also be pests themselves when they feed on fruit and sprouting crops. Common starlings may also be a nuisance through the noise and mess caused by their large urban roosts. Introduced populations in particular have been subjected to a range of controls, including culling, but these have had limited success except in preventing the colonisation of Western Australia. The species has declined in numbers in parts of northern and western Europe since the 1980s due to fewer grassland invertebrates being available as food for growing chicks. Despite this, its huge global population is not thought to be declining significantly, so the common starling is classified as being of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
The common starling is 19–23 cm (7.5–9.1 in) long, with a wingspan of 31–44 cm (12–17 in) and a weight of 58–101 g (2.0–3.6 oz). Among standard measurements, the wing chord is 11.8 to 13.8 cm (4.6 to 5.4 in), the tail is 5.8 to 6.8 cm (2.3 to 2.7 in), the culmen is 2.5 to 3.2 cm (0.98 to 1.26 in) and the tarsus is 2.7 to 3.2 cm The plumage is iridescent black, glossed purple or green, and spangled with white, especially in winter. The underparts of adult male common starlings are less spotted than those of adult females at a given time of year. The throat feathers of males are long and loose and are used in display while those of females are smaller and more pointed. The legs are stout and pinkish- or greyish-red. The bill is narrow and conical with a sharp tip; in the winter it is brownish-black but in summer, females have lemon yellow beaks while males have yellow bills with blue-grey bases. Moulting occurs once a year- in late summer after the breeding season has finished; the fresh feathers are prominently tipped white (breast feathers) or buff (wing and back feathers), which gives the bird a speckled appearance. The reduction in the spotting in the breeding season is achieved through the white feather tips largely wearing off. Juveniles are grey-brown and by their first winter resemble adults though often retaining some brown juvenile feathering, especially on the head. They can usually be sexed by the colour of the irises, rich brown in males, mouse-brown or grey in females. Estimating the contrast between an iris and the central always-dark pupil is 97% accurate in determining sex, rising to 98% if the length of the throat feathers is also considered. The common starling is mid-sized by both starling standards and passerine standards. It is readily distinguished from other mid-sized passerines, such as thrushes, icterids or small corvids, by its relatively short tail, sharp, blade-like bill, round-bellied shape and strong, sizeable (and rufous-coloured) legs. In flight, its strongly pointed wings and dark colouration are distinctive, while on the ground its strange, somewhat waddling gait is also characteristic. The colouring and build usually distinguish this bird from other starlings, although the closely related spotless starling may be physically distinguished by the lack of iridescent spots in adult breeding plumage.
Like most terrestrial starlings the common starling moves by walking or running, rather than hopping. Their flight is quite strong and direct; their triangular-shaped wings beat very rapidly, and periodically the birds glide for a short way without losing much height before resuming powered flight. When in a flock, the birds take off almost simultaneously, wheel and turn in unison, form a compact mass or trail off into a wispy stream, bunch up again and land in a coordinated fashion. Common starling on migration can fly at 60–80 km/h (37–50 mph) and cover up to 1,000–1,500 km (620–930 mi).
Several terrestrial starlings, including those in the genus Sturnus, have adaptations of the skull and muscles that help with feeding by probing. This adaptation is most strongly developed in the common starling (along with the spotless and white-cheeked starlings), where the protractor muscles responsible for opening the jaw are enlarged and the skull is narrow, allowing the eye to be moved forward to peer down the length of the bill. This technique involves inserting the bill into the ground and opening it as a way of searching for hidden food items. Common starlings have the physical traits that enable them to use this feeding technique, which has undoubtedly helped the species spread far and wide.
In Iberia, the western Mediterranean and northwest Africa, the common starling may be confused with the closely related spotless starling, the plumage of which, as its name implies, has a more uniform colour. At close range it can be seen that the latter has longer throat feathers, a fact particularly noticeable when it sings.
The common starling is a noisy bird. Its song consists of a wide variety of both melodic and mechanical-sounding noises as part of a ritual succession of sounds. The male is the main songster and engages in bouts of song lasting for a minute or more. Each of these typically includes four varieties of song type, which follow each other in a regular order without pause. The bout starts with a series of pure-tone whistles and these are followed by the main part of the song, a number of variable sequences that often incorporate snatches of song mimicked from other species of bird and various naturally occurring or man-made noises. The structure and simplicity of the sound mimicked is of greater importance than the frequency with which it occurs. Each sound clip is repeated several times before the bird moves on to the next. After this variable section comes a number of types of repeated clicks followed by a final burst of high-frequency song, again formed of several types. Each bird has its own repertoire with more proficient birds having a range of up to 35 variable song types and as many as 14 types of clicks.
THE GRUMMAN MARTLET SINGLE-SEAT FIGHTER
The Martlet is another of those tubby little American fighters which look like flying barrels. In general appearance, it is not unlike the Buffalo, though its square-cut wing-tips and more tapered fuselage should prevent confusion between the two types.
Like the Buffalo, the Martlet is in service with the Fleet Air Arm. Very little has been said yet about the Martlet's work, but it is safe to say that some of our newer aircraft carriers have Martlets aboard.
This aircraft should give a very good account of itself over the sea because it has the three things essential to an F.A.A. fighter: speed, manoeuvrability, and range. Its maximum range is 1,150 miles, which would enable it to be used as a fast scouting plane as well as for immediate protection of the Fleet or of convoys.
An unusual feature in the Martlet is the provision of two small windows under the pilot's feet, to enable him to have more than the normal look-out below.
It is known that the Martlet has already had encounters with
the Luftwaffe and has acquitted itself very well.
Source - The Gen Book, 1943
The Grumman Wildcat and the Grumman Martlet are essentially the same aircraft - the Martlet being the RAF variant. This IWM variant started life in the USA in 1945 before moving to IWM in 1993
Bunches of growing bananas are covered in blue polytene bags to prevent disease. The Saint Lucia banana industry is a valuable source of foreign trade. Marigot Bay is located on the western coast of Saint Lucia.
Last year, I visited Comet Falls at the end of July and promised myself I'd get back earlier in the year this summer to see higher flows. I was thwarted by late snowmelt, preventing any visits without crampons and an iceaxe before the end of July. I had to put my visit off a week after the official opening of the trail, but Crisse and I made it up at last.
This waterfall and I had a rude introduction. I was running late after belting up the hill (1,400' in less than two miles), out of breath, crabby and thinking I wasn't going to make it before dark (had no flashlight--dummy). Now I'm beyond giddy when we meet. I have to run right up to the base and tell her how much I missed her. Then I get soaked in the return greeting, and everyone is reacquainted. Yes, I'm a nerd. Yes, I talk to waterfalls. It's easy--most have personalities as distinct as people.
After my proper soaking, Crisse and I went back down the hill to the lower tiers. You can see a little peek of the huge slab of snow and ice at the base of the second tier. Even in August! I saw layer after layer of freeze and refreeze, blue ice and snow melted together as a record of each passing day of winter. I can only imagine the violence of the winters at Comet.
So here she is in her 380' of "spring" glory. I still like my first shot better (much deeper greens, and the flowers were out), but I love being able to see all the water flowing down. This shot has a slight touch of bokeh on the falls itself, due to shooting at f/5 with the ND filter. Here is a place to spend hours and hours while playing!
This photograph is of what looks like a very old and ornate overhanging window in a building in València. It has been covered in netting, presumably to prevent bits falling off and dropping to the street below. It wasn't clear if the building was due for demolition of for renovation.
The Small White Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium candidum) is a rare, endangered, perennial orchid with tiny white flowers that occurs in isolated patches in Ontario. As with all orchids, fungus found in the soil are interdependent for their nourishment and survival. The orchid requires approximately three years to produce its first leaf and as many as 16 years to produce its first flower after germination. The species is capable of extended dormancy, surviving underground for as long as six years, until suitable conditions occur for above ground growth.
It is important to be aware of the ecological sensitivity of the location. I stay on the trails and minimize my impact on the environment at all times. I practice wildflower-friendly photo techniques only, to prevent damage to flowers and their habitat. Copyright © Kim Toews/All Rights Reserved.
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My attempt at painting A painting The Slaughters Country Inn, in Lower Slaughter, Gloucestershire, England, using Photoshop!
"Click here" Oil Painting! ............. Your turn to have a go; if you have Photoshop CS3, or later!
To view more images of Lower Slaughter, please click "here" !
Lower Slaughter is a village in the English county of Gloucestershire, located in the Cotswold district, 4 miles (6.4 km) south west of the town of Stow-on-the-Wold. The village is built on both banks of the River Eye, which also flows through Upper Slaughter. At the west end of the village there is a 19th-century water mill with an undershot waterwheel and a chimney for additional steam power. There is a ford where the river widens in the village and several small stone footbridges join the two sides of the community. While the mill is built of red brick most of the 16th and 17th century homes in the village use Cotswold sandstone and are adorned with mullioned windows and often with other embellishments such as projecting gables. Records exist showing that Lower Slaughter has been inhabited for over 1000 years. The Domesday Book entry has the village name as “Sclostre”. It further notes that in 1066 and 1086 that the manor was in the sheriff's hands. Lower Slaughter Manor, a Grade-II listed 17th-century house, was granted to Sir George Whitmore in 1611 and remained in his family until 1964. The 13th century Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin. Much of the current structure was built in 1866; however, the spire and peal of six bells was recently restored. In May 2013 it was reported in the national news that the Parish Council were fiercely opposed to the presence of an icebox tricycle selling ice creams for seven days a week, six months of the year, citing that the trading times were excessive, increased footfall would prevent the grass from growing and that children could climb on the trike and fall into the nearby river.
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The Slaughters Country Inn is privately owned and offers a relaxed ambience, a style that is sympathetically balanced between the original features of a 17th Century building and contemporary design. The blend of old and new creates the perfect retreat in a beautiful country location
The sightless eyes don't prevent this spiritual monk from being a skilled warrior.
It's only 6 days left until the rebellion begins. I'm so amped for the upcoming Rogue One: A Star Wars Story! Have you already bought tickets?
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Toesi is Born 10-4-2000 in Denmark
deceased 6-3-2015
after nearly 13 years here on my farm
and eight years on flickr
After almost six days to be seriously ill
The vet today would euthansia for her.
treatment no longer possible.
to prevent unnecessary suffering.
but last night she deceased in her sleep.
Toesi slept peacefully in.
Good Bye my Pride
Good bye sweet Toesi
with love Caroline
I will miss you Terrible my Toesi friend
Copyright © Tatiana Cardeal. All rights reserved.
Reprodução proibida. © Todos os direitos reservados.
A Bororo man scares me playing his flute,
during the Indigenous National Festival.
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A campaign to prevent the Chamber of Deputies vote a project to reduce the legal reserve of the Amazon is being conducted by Greenpeace with support from other civil society organisations. The PL 6424/2005, called "Forest 0", reducing the reserves of the Amazon legal private property from 80% to 50% and allows an offset deforestation in different areas of the originals. The text, authored by Senator Flexa Ribeiro (PSDB-PA), also opens space for the planting of so-called energy plants (such as palm, castor bean, babassu and sugar cane). To support the campaign, sign here (I found it only in portuguese):
Uma campanha para impedir que a Câmara dos Deputados vote um projeto para reduzir a reserva legal da Amazônia está sendo conduzida pelo Greenpeace com apoio de outras organizações da sociedade civil. O PL 6424/2005, batizado de "Floresta 0", reduz as reservas legais da Amazônia em propriedades privadas de 80% para 50% e permite compensar um desmatamento em áreas diferentes das originais. O texto, de autoria do senador Flexa Ribeiro (PSDB-PA), também abre espaço para o plantio das chamadas plantas energéticas (como palmeiras, mamona, babaçu e cana-de-açúcar). Para apoiar a campanha, assine aqui:
37797 stables at Donny. How i wish i had gone slightly wider with this view, possibly the weeds in the foreground prevented me from doing that!!
Camber Sands is a beach at the village of Camber (near Rye), East Sussex, England. It is the only sand dune system in East Sussex and is located east of the estuary of the River Rother at Rye Bay all the way to the East Sussex/Kent border.
A large section of the western end of the dunes lie within the Camber Sands and Rye Saltings Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), while the rest is designated a Site of Nature Conservation Importance. The dunes are accreting (gradually getting bigger). The dunes are managed to prevent problems with wind-blown sand.
Strong winds on the beach of Schiermonnikoog create a so called (a untranslatable and typical Dutch word) windwak, preventing a the water to fully freezy up and leaving a hole in the ice....
Yes, the Chicago River does flow "backwards" in the sense that its flow was reversed in 1900 to prevent sewage and pollution from flowing into Lake Michigan. Instead, the river now flows away from the lake, towards the Mississippi River.
A reflection of the day. If I could have seen so clearly ahead of me to all the great walks I remember on those hills I might have prevented the sky falling into a hole before me. The sky scowled in anger, moody clouds in the wings, and me just the wrong side of where I wanted to be, mourning my regret.
I didn't write this but I confess it is mighty similar to some of the nonsense I produce:
Hidden away on a bleak edge of the south west part of the Staffordshire Peak District is Blake Meer, or Black Mere Pool, sometimes known as Blackmere Pond, which, according to local legend has its very own mermaid. It was believed to be a bottomless pool though in more modern times it has been proved otherwise. According to local legend Blake Mere is reputed to be linked to nearby Doxey Pool by a "U" shaped tunnel. Both are a similar height above sea level and maintain similar water levels but one has been shown to be higher than the other and the local geology is not thought to uphold the notion of a tunnel.
Landlocked Blake Mere Pool
What is a mermaid doing in Staffordshire, a landlocked county in England with Blake Mere Pool many miles from the nearest sea? There are legends of other pools with mermaids inhabiting them in the Peak District and other parts of England also miles distant from the sea. Some are said to be linked to the sea by a tunnel which the mermaid traverses at certain times of the year such as Easter. Blake Mere Pool has two very different explanations concerning the origin of its mermaid.
For the love of a sailor!
One account tells how a sailor from Thorncliffe, a nearby town, fell in love with a mermaid he met on one of his voyages and brought her to the pool so that they could both live close together. However he was a mortal and she was an immortal being and the sailor eventually died leaving her in the pool all alone.
She is said to have wept bitterly at his death and pined and pined over many long years for her love. She longed to leave the small, land-locked lake which now seemed like a prison to her and yearned to return to the freedom of the open sea but could not do so because it was so far away. Eventually she grew bitter and angry towards humans and haunted the lake, luring people to their death.
The condemned girl
The other account is more violent and brutal and tells of how a beautiful local girl refused the affections of Joshua Linnet, a local man. Linnet, furious at being spurned falsely accused the girl of witchcraft. She was tried and sentenced to death by drowning in Blake Mere Pool.
As she drowned, with her dying breath she is said to have cursed Linnet. His body was found three days after at the side of the pool with his face bloodied and rent by claw marks. Local legend says that animals will not drink from the pool, or birds fly over, or settle on it, because the girl’s spirit turned into a mermaid and haunts the pool.
Sightings
Many people have claimed to have seen the mermaid. In the 19th century local people tried to drain the pool to see if it was indeed bottomless. They commenced digging a ditch from the southern banks of the lake. Evidence of this can still be seen.
As they were digging the Mermaid is said to have rose menacingly from the lake and frightened them into stopping the work. She warned them she would drown the local towns of Leekfrith and Leek unless they ceased immediately. Terrified they obeyed and returned home.
"Mere-maid" or mermaid?
In the second explanation it may be the spirit is a "mere-maid" rather than a mermaid. It may refer to the girl who was accused of witchcraft and sentenced to death by drowning.
What ever the original explanation it does seem extraordinary that mermaids are reputed to inhabit such pools of water so far from the sea. There are two other pools in the Peak District reputed to be the homes of mermaids, the Mermaid’s Pool, Kinder Scout and Doxey Pool. Like Black Mere Pool they are also said to be connected to the Atlantic Ocean. These are two common traits that are held by other pools in Britain that are reputedly the home of mermaids.
The Mermaid Inn
Nearby the pool is the 17th century Mermaid Inn is a Grade II listed 17th Century Coach Inn that has great traditional and modern facilities with marvellous views of the area. It is about 500 metres or a 10 minute walk to Blake Mere Pool from the inn.
Credit: zteve t evan
… Museum of Steam Power and Land Drainage. Heritage Museum showing how steam pumps were used to pump water from the Somerset Levels to help prevent flooding.
Sgt. Dmitri Kirov
13th Guards Rifle Division
As our detour through southeastern Europe continues, we’ve laid siege to Budapest. We’ve been ordered to take the airfield to prevent any further resupply to the German and Hungarian troops still in the city. The airfield is mostly held by Hungarians, and command doesn’t seem to think too highly of them. But even if they aren’t as well trained as the Germans, they seem to be just as well equipped. And besides, I saw firsthand at Stalingrad what encircled, desperate soldiers are capable of.
Speaking of Stalingrad, command has let us team up with Lt. Romanova again, the sniper we met during the fighting for the train depots. Zubarev says it’s almost like having our guardian angel back, watching over us through her scope.