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Meet the Perseus Cluster's giant, overbearing resident galaxy. It's possibly the weirdest-looking elliptical I've ever seen because it hosts these very unusual tendrils of glowing pink and blue gas (the blue parts may be part of the foreground galaxy). They are supposedly maintained by a weak magnetic field that somehow both prevents them from dissipating or collapsing into new stars. To further complicate matters, there is a foreground galaxy rapidly falling toward NGC 1275, visible as a disorganized smear of dark dust accompanied by some young and newly forming blue stars.
I honestly don't know what to make of this galaxy. It's always looked bizarre to me, and I am no closer to coming to any understanding of it now that I've made my own version of it. I'm not totally convinced even the pros understand it very well... which is not a bad thing. Even the Universe needs to keep some secrets.
This has long been one of my favorites from Hubble. You may recall seeing it before like this:
hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2008/28/2375-Image.h...
Felt that image was a bit heavy on the red side, so I wanted to try for a more balanced coloration. Hope you like it.
Data from the following proposal were used to create this image:
A luminosity layer was created by using pseudogreen in the green channel instead of F550M. Helps make the tendrils much more visible.
Red: ACS/WFC F625W
Green: ACS/WFC F550M
Blue: ACS/WFC F435W
North is up.
When I look into your eyes, I can see a reflection of the two of US and the life we'll share together.
In you, my life becomes whole, with you my days become bright. In your hands I would love to lay, this night and for the rest of my life!"
"Were you from another time
Or your soul in another body.
Were I to see you in blackest night
Or in blinding light,
I would know you in all of these.
And I will love you until the earth crumbles to dust and the stars rain down from the heavens. Marry me?"
Little Tommy can not bend his knee but he can climb a stair. And he owns a BIG 100% plastic ring.
Maybe when you grow up, Tommy...
Blythe a Day. February 2025 Day 8
There's a nice story about this photo! So, a few years ago when we started the 80 Stays Around the World photo walk tour, our tour bus pulled into Phoenix for the big event. It was SO HOT there wow. Anyway, it was a great photo walk and I got to know this guy Adam Ghetti and his girlfriend Richelle. I think we talked a lot about video games and really bored Richelle. Anyway, I thought they were a nice couple... and, well, I meet so many people and sometimes I forget. But I didn't forget them when I magically saw them last year at the Tree of Tenere. I took a photo of them and now it hangs in their living room. Okay, fast-forwarding... Adam emails me this year before Burning Man and says he's planning to surprise her by proposing to her during the photo walk at Burning Man. I said it's a great idea... let's cook something up! So halfway through the photo walk, he got down on one knee while hundreds of people took photos. This photo is of Richelle as she is biking to the secret proposal spot, where of course everybody was soon crying. If you want to see a lot of photos of the whole scene, visit my Burning Man Photo Walk page at www.facebook.com/events/167668667439657/
#BurningMan #BurningMan2018
My sister is getting married...this is one of the few pictures I have of the two together...made an interesting invite to an engagement party...
The captions came from website www.graphita.com
Come to our first date," He said.
he looked at me intently and said "I love you from the bottom of my heart"
and with this ring, we renew our love.
Yayyyyyy. I get a ring again ...
I love you more than everything
She asked whether my windows were tinted and the size of my trunk....
We're Here! : <3 St. Valentine's <3
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A bit late lol , As they have been married for 7 or so months now, But had this idea for my Daughter and her Husband while we were on Twywn Beach :-)
Explored June 7 , 2016 . #184
Strobist: AB1600 with gridded 60X30 softbox overhead. AB800 open behind backdrop of white faux suede.Triggered by Cybersync.
*Some months ago the residents of Allendale East were very perturbed at the proposal of the Government to change the name of the township. Although the matter was allowed to drop for a time, it was brought up again recently. As a result a public meeting was called for Thursday evening last in the Public Hall. This was well attended by loca residents and Cr J W Kemp presided.
In opening the meeting Mr Kemp pointed out that Allendale East, was a very old settlement. The land was originally owned by the late William Allen Crouch, one of the pioneer settlers in this district, and when Port MacDonnell was booming he cut a section of land into allotments and named the proposed town Allendale.
The reason for the proposed change is that there is an Allendale in the north of this State, one in Victoria, and one in New South Wales. This fact makes it complicated for Post Office officials.
Mr Kemp, in the course of his remarks, considered that Allendale East was more entitled to the name than the one in the North, as it possessed three churches, a public hall, Soldiers' Memorial Park, cricket and football ground, and tennis courts. Finally, it had a post office and telephone exchange, and he much doubted if the Northern rival possessed this advantage.
At the conclusion of the meeting it was proposed and seconded that a petition be drawn up an signed by as many as possible protesting against any change.
Ref: Border Watch (Mount Gambier SA) Tuesday 4 June 1940.
The Grade I Listed Bishop's Palace, Wells, Somerset.
Construction began around 1210 by Bishop Jocelin of Wells but principally dates from 1230. Bishop Jocelin continued the cathedral building campaign begun by Bishop Reginald Fitz Jocelin, and was responsible for building the Bishop's Palace, as well as the choristers' school, a grammar school, a hospital for travellers and a chapel within the liberty of the cathedral. The chapel and great hall were built between 1275 and 1292 for Bishop Robert Burnell. The windows had stone tracery. Stone bosses where the supporting ribs meet on the ceiling are covered with representations of oak leaves and the Green Man. The building is seen as a fine example of the Early English architectural style.
In the 14th century, Bishop Ralph of Shrewsbury continued the building. He had an uneasy relationship with the citizens of Wells, partly because of his imposition of taxes, and surrounded his palace with crenellated walls, a moat and a drawbridge. The 5 metres (16 ft) high three-storey gatehouse, which dates from 1341, has a bridge over the moat. The entrance was protected by a heavy gate, portcullis and drawbridge, operated by machinery above the entrance, and spouts through which defenders could pour scalding liquids onto any attacker. The drawbridge was still operational in 1831 when it was closed after word was received that the Palace of the Bishop of Bristol was subject to an arson attack during the Bristol riots. These took place after the House of Lords rejected the second Reform Bill. The proposal had aimed to get rid of some of the rotten boroughs and give Britain's fast growing industrial towns such as Bristol, Manchester, Birmingham, Bradford and Leeds greater representation in the House of Commons; however there was no rioting in Wells. The water which filled the moat flowed from the springs in the grounds which had previously chosen its own course as a small stream separating the cathedral and the palace and causing marshy ground around the site. The moat acted as a reservoir, controlled by sluice gates, which powered watermills in the town.
The north wing (now the Bishop's House) was added in the 15th century by Bishop Beckington, with further modifications in the 18th century, and in 1810 by Bishop Beadon. It was restored, divided, and the upper storey added by Benjamin Ferrey between 1846 and 1854. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1548, Bishop Barlow sold Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset the palace and grounds. These were recovered after the Duke's execution in 1552.
In the 1550s, Bishop Barlow sold the lead from the roofs of the great hall. This resulted in it falling into a ruined state. It can be seen in an engraving of 1733 but was largely demolished around 1830 by Bishop Law. He created a "more picturesque ruin" by removing the south and east walls and laying out and planting the area previously occupied by the great hall. The palace was used as a garrison for troops in both the English Civil War and Monmouth Rebellion after which it was used as a prison for rebels after the Battle of Sedgemoor.
Bishop Kidder was killed during the Great Storm of 1703, when two chimney stacks in the palace fell on him and his wife, while they were asleep in bed. A central porch was added around 1824 and, in the 1840s and 1850s, Benjamin Ferrey restored the palace and added an upper storey. He also restored the chapel using stained glass from ruined French churches.
The palace now belongs to the Church Commissioners and is managed and run by The Palace Trust. The main palace is open to the public, including the medieval vaulted undercroft, chapel and a long gallery, although the Bishops House is still used as a residence and offices. There is a cafe overlooking the Croquet Lawn. The palace is licensed for weddings and used for conferences and meetings. The croquet lawn in front of the palace is used on a regular basis. The palace was used as a location for some of the scenes in the 2007 British comedy Hot Fuzz, and more recently in the 2016 film The Huntsman.
I was walking by Proposal Rock the other day and the sun shining through the cap of forest that sits atop the rock caught my eye. I stopped, but it was a step too far. So I backed up. But I was looking at the sun eye-level and my Hasselblad is waist-level. So a couple more minor adjustments in position had to be made. But I got it worked out.
Normally you can turn strong points of light into stars simply by stopping your aperture down. The smaller the aperture you use, the more defined the star. (The number of points your star has is totally dependent upon the number of blades in your aperture though). As long as you have a clean lens and/or filter, free of smudges or scratches or scuffs you ought to get a decent star flare. Except this doesn't work with the sun. Too much light. The sun becomes a big glob of blown highlight regardless of the aperture you use (unless you are using pinhole cameras). What you can do though is partially obscure the sun behind something, so that it is half covered by a tree trunk, a building, a person's head or so forth. Let your imagination be your guide here. If you cover up part of the sun AND use a small enough aperture, then you can get a nice star flare out of the sun too. Plus it doesn't hurt to use a film camera to take advantage of the dynamic range that film has for such tricky exposures. ;-)
May 8, 2021 - Buffalo, NY - Tifft Nature Preserve - AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR - 500mm, f/5.6, 1/1000s, ISO 450
Ford's initial idea for a minivan ... 1973 Ford Carousel. Still based on a E-Series full-size van, but much smaller. 460cid V8. Henry Ford II refused to approve it so both Lee Iacocca and Hal Sperlich re-introduced the minivan idea when they left Ford and went to Chrysler ... and the rest is history.
I have finally decided to post these photos. I made them for a proposal for--well obviously for this set. Unfortunately, I was not aware that Star Trek is a restricted IP and that Lego would not allow the proposal to go public because of course, what would be the point?
There's no point in keeping the photos and description to myself though, especially with the work that went into them. Description below:
'Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Lego starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no minifigure has gone before.'
Thrown through a spatial anomaly to a universe of modular building bricks, the crew of Starfleet's famous flagship find themselves sitting on your desk! With around 1800 parts, this UCS scaled Enterprise-D from Star Trek: The Next Generation is lovingly detailed and mounts on an elegant display stand complete with dedication plaque. But the Enterprise-D is hardly the first ship to bear her name. Display the original Constitution class Enterprise from the 1960s TV classic alongside and at the same scale.
And of course, it isn't a Galaxy class starship without a separating saucer. With the secondary display stand--mounted with a Starfleet badge and the nanofigures of the main bridge crews of both the original series and The Next Generation--you can show off both the saucer and the stardrive sections at once! The nanofigures aren't just for display; act out some of your favorite scenes or make up your own story when you remove the saucer plates to access the main bridge.
Features:
-Prepare for saucer separation: When facing a highly dangerous threat, Captain Picard decides to split the saucer off into its own ship. With the secondary stand, you can mount the saucer and display it right alongside the stardrive section. Just swap the saucer for the battle bridge attachment and you suddenly have two ships!
-Control the action yourself: Remove the panel on the saucer section and access the main bridge. With the detailed nanofigures, the bridge crew is ready for anything. Place Data at Ops, Worf at Tactical, and Picard in his Captain's chair and 'Engage' at warp 6!
-Time for a temporal anomaly: Display the Constitution class Enterprise from the original series alongside its successor. Built to the same scale and detailed with a deflector array, impulse engines, and shuttle bay doors; you can command this highly swooshable starship on its five year mission of exploration and adventure.
-Assemble the senior staff: The nanofigures inlcude The Next Generation's Captain Picard, Commander Riker, Lt. Commander La Forge, Lt. Commander Data, Lieutenant Worf, Dr. Crusher, Counselor Troi, and the original series' Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Dr. "Bones" McCoy, Chief Engineer Scotty, Lieutenant Uhura, Lieutenant Sulu, and Ensign Chekov.
Built for play or display, these two starships are sure to be popular with all ages. Whether you are a young fan of great Lego sets, or a nostalgic collector of Star Trek memorabilia, please support this project and help us to bring the knowledge of the galaxy to everyone.
'Make it so!'