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PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov 4, 2021) Sailors on the bow aboard Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53) render honors to aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Mobile Bay is conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 3rd Class Alonzo Martin-Frazier)
Taken at late afternoon, with the sun going down. HDR "Painterly" image. March 14, 2019. © 2019 Peter Ehrlich
This is part of the Book Cliffs, which stretch for 200 miles in Western Colorado near Grand Junction.
I know this would probably look better at a sunrise or sunset but unfortunately I had to head back to Denver. This was taken on a pullout on the I-70.
Riding up the Ocoee River Gorge one morning I stopped at a pullout with a small hiking trail that followed this stream up into the hills. I spent about a half hour exploring and shooting some photos before riding into North Carolina.
I am only a couple of weeks from New York City and have a ton of photos to sort through. Hopefully I can post some more here in the next couple days.
Thanks for looking.
The Minneapolis/St. Paul PCC crosses the Peter J. Maloney (4th Street) bascule bridge, on pullout. September 26, 2015. © 2015 Peter Ehrlich
i shot this sunset recently from the top of Rich Mountain on the Talimena Scenic Byway; this ridgetop drive runs over 50 miles from Mena, Arkansas to Talihina, Oklahoma and has many pullouts for vistas.
Party time at the Grizzly Peak pullout. I was not party to the party.
Nikon 55-300, a composite from several exposures.
No, not done yet. I was driving across Nevada in the middle of nowhere when the light turned epic-again! When I saw a pullout I just had to stop. I took this as semi's blew by. Every time I think I'm done shooting something like this happens. Has the Light Fairy been good to me on this trip or what?
I've become a huge fan of the badlands of the Little Missouri River valley, all the more so after visiting the north unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park last Sunday (8-31-2014). I climbed down to one of the eroded spines that extends into the valley beneath the Edge of Glacier pullout and found a variety of plant life clinging anywhere it could find a foothold.
MILW Road F#84A is about to pullout of Davis Jct., IL having completed switching duties in November, 1978.
Such a popular spot to stop they put in a pullout and a little photo-op walkway :)
We were headed for Steamboat Springs but a sudden resumption of cell phone service (canyons are good for many things, blocked coverage being one of them) brought news of a death in the family. Change of direction - we turned right and headed for Moab, on our way home.
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Summer 2014 1st leg: "Many Rivers"
June 17: Dinosaur National Monument to Steamboat Springs Moab.
Why are these tilted rock layers here?
We’ve parked in a pullout to look at the first of several Kolob box canyons. And right across the road are these tilted sandstone layers.
The Colorado Plateau was originally made from horizontal sediments deposited by water. In the past, they became deeply buried, where they were compressed into sandstone. So, here is a clue to the forces that created the Hurricane Fault and eventually, the Kolob Canyons.
These tilted layers were created from the pressure that occurred before the uplift of the Colorado Plateau. Those pressures bent the horizontal sediments into a large fold.
Movement along the Hurricane Fault raised the Colorado Plateau. The large fold was then uplifted and exposed to erosion which wore away the western half of the fold.
This is a part of the fold's eastern half, exposed as the tilted layers before you.
Two Gray Wolves (Canis lupus), the juvenile is black in color, play on the snow covered flats across the Lamar River from the Midpoint Pullout in Lamar Valley. They ran and chased as the youngster tried to keep the clump of sage it had in its mouth from the gray. Image taken in Yellowstone National Park of Wyoming.
Near the end of the road through Waimea Canyon, one comes to a pullout where the Kalalau Valley can be observed from above. This valley is on the beautiful Na Pali Coast and it is only accessible via boat or a difficult 11 mile hike. I chose to view from above rather than hike... This overlook is frequently foggy and I was lucky to get this view.
Another F-Line pullout from Metro East. This one's the Baltimore car. November 2, 2014. © 2014 Peter Ehrlich
When we were done with the main area of Potter Marsh, we headed just a bit south down the road to two gravel pullouts that overlook the south portion of the marsh, where we found it to be Nesting Tern Central! They were everywhere, and not too happy if you got too close. It was hard to figure out what "too close" was, especially when you couldn't even see what they were trying to protect. Though in this case it was pretty obvious. ;-) Glad I have a telephoto! I did try not to get too close when I was able to figure that out.
Arctic Tern, Sterna paradisaea
Potter Marsh, Anchorage, AK
Day 2 of 17
PCC 2122 is at Erie/10th Street (the street that's the pullout/pull-in trackage to or from Luzerne Depot). as it trundles eastward on Route 56-Erie/Torresdale. 2122 later went to San Francisco, where it is now Muni 1055 and painted PTC green and cream. June 8, 1988. © 2024 Peter Ehrlich.
This was an awesome day. We left Egilsstadir early for the drive to Myvatn. We passed a number of waterfalls (with no pullouts or names) until we came to Rjukandafoss - a beautiful waterfall with several sections. When hiked as the trail and had some great views. Nice start to the day. Back on the road to cover what is known as the Big Sky Country of Iceland - pretty much a lot of nothing. We were headed for Dettifoss - a major waterfall on my Bucket List. It exceeded expectations. Absolutely stunning visually and auditory - it is massive. I tried some long exposure with a tripod but it felt like the ground was shaking. Heather let me check out another waterfall about a mile away - Selfoss. If Dettifoss wasn't around, this would be a major destination by itself. Very different than Dettifoss but awesome on its own. I stayed for a bit and just ogled everything. Simply wow. I returned to the car and Heather dragged me off to another trail with very cool canyon views. We heard there was a third waterfall very close by so naturally we went. It was amazing. There were about 2-3 other people at Hafragilsfoss. Good God Almighty - this waterfall was spectacular - and the guidebook said this was difficult to reach with a 4x4 and best skipped. I'm glad we ignored this (the road was actually a piece of cake). Side note - the area around here looked like Martian landscape. We were in Heaven! We reluctantly headed to Myvatn - the Icelandic equivalent of Yellowstone. It was nice but we must be jaded since we live so close to Yellowstone. All in all, a very nice day, and I definitely want to go back to Dettifoss and the other falls.
I took these photos in mid-September 2021.
Another view of Imnaha Canyon as I descended the plateau. The pullout was one of several provided to cool the car's brakes as I was on a 7-mile 16% grade on one-lane gravel/dirt washboard teeth-rattling road.
West side crews dropped into Skagit County this week clearing all the way to the Crater Creek pullout at milepost 146.7 this week. There is more than two feet of snow on the road though conditions on Thursday afternoon were around 40 degrees. In addition to dealing with snow, crews have to deal with trees, rocks and other debris - some of which comes down in between clearing days. Thanks to Jim, Art and their team for all their work this week. They'll be back at it on Monday, April 2.
Today's run began a 2-day celebration of the 110th Anniversary of the opening of the New York Subway. Pullout train from E. 180th Street Yard. October 26, 2014. © 2014 Peter Ehrlich
Editor's Note: Ten beautiful years of Chandra! This image from 2006 shows a neutron star in Virgo that's racing through space.
This wide-field composite image was made with X-ray (blue/ROSAT & Chandra), radio (green/Very Large Array), and optical (red/Digitized Sky Survey) observations of the supernova remnant, IC 443. The pullout, also a composite with a Chandra X-ray close-up, shows a neutron star that is spewing out a comet-like wake of high-energy particles as it races through space.
Based on an analysis of the swept-back shape of the wake, astronomers deduced that the neutron star known as CXOU J061705.3+222127, or J0617 for short, is moving through the multimillion degree Celsius gas in the remnant. However, this conclusion poses a mystery.
Although there are other examples where neutron stars have been located far away from the center of the supernova remnant, these neutron stars appear to be moving radially away from the center of the remnant. In contrast, the wake of J0617 seems to indicate it is moving almost perpendicularly to that direction.
One possible explanation is that the doomed progenitor star was moving at a high speed before it exploded, so that the explosion site was not at the observed center of the supernova remnant. Fast-moving gusts of gas inside the supernova remnant may have further pushed the pulsar's wake out of alignment. An analogous situation is observed for comets, where a wind of particles from the Sun pushes the comet tail away from the Sun, out of alignment with the comet's motion.
If this is what is happening, then observations of the neutron star with Chandra in the next 10 years should show a detectable motion away from the center of the supernova remnant.
Image credit: Chandra X-ray: NASA/CXC/B.Gaensler et al; ROSAT X-ray: NASA/ROSAT/Asaoka & Aschenbach; Radio Wide: NRC/DRAO/D.Leahy; Radio Detail: NRAO/VLA; Optical: DSS
Read more about this image: www.chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/ic443/
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PCC 1077 (Birmingham), a pullout from Metro East, and N-Judah train with 1493 trailing, meet at Embarcadero/Townsend on the MMX. Nov. 2, 2014. © 2014 Peter Ehrlich
This stone sign is attached to the base of a fire watch tower in northeast Oregon at Hat Point Fire Lookout. It's probably the best viewpoint of Hells Canyon. I got there in a minivan but the road is dirt, narrow and steep in places with few pullouts (to get out of the way for oncoming vehicles). RVs are not recommended. If you decide to go, do a little reading first.
I'll be processing an posting some images from this location over the next few days. (DSC_9126.jpg)
PCC 1052 (Los Angeles) is approaching King/2nd Street Station on an early morning pullout run. The HDR image effect makes it a more "dreamy" scene. 7.6.2017 (UK-style date). © 2017 Peter Ehrlich
An HDR panorama taken from the Lava Cliffs pullout on the top of Trail Ridge in Rocky Mountain National Park. Photo consists of 4 frames, 3 shots each. Each frame was then turned into an HDR image, and the final 4 HDR shots were merged in Photoshop.
It's been a while since I've done up a bookmark, this little pano was a good fit.
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Summer 2014 2nd leg: "Getting High"
July 9: Stopping at every pullout at Black Canyon of the Gunnison's south rim; getting through Grand Junction unnoticed; setting up camp at Fisher Towers.
Ashridge House is a beautiful property hidden away within the Ashridge Estate, surrounded by woodlands of oak and beech in the rolling Chiltern Hills. The majestic double helical solid oak and steel staircase exemplifies the grandeur of the property and reflects the breathtaking beauty of its natural surroundings.
The organic design comprises two curved staircases including oak strings, treads, risers, apron boards and handrails with a matching gallery. The lower stair has curved entry treads with 2D risers and is flared out with handrail volutes on both sides, giving an impression of natural elegance.
However, it is the balustrades of steel spindles flanking the stairs on both sides which make this staircase something truly special. The delicate curved lines of the painted steel are something of an optical illusion, creating the unique sensation that the balustrade is rippling in exquisite waves as you pass by.
The concept and design grew from a seed of an idea from the client in the form of a hand-drawn sketch and pullout from a magazine. Kevala Stars team then worked closely with the client and their architect to nurture this initial idea into the unique staircase that exists today. Retaining the original concept, yet interpreting the design to fit the feature into the available space, Kevala Stairs thus successfully fulfilled the client’s aspirations.
This was an awesome day. We left Egilsstadir early for the drive to Myvatn. We passed a number of waterfalls (with no pullouts or names) until we came to Rjukandafoss - a beautiful waterfall with several sections. When hiked as the trail and had some great views. Nice start to the day. Back on the road to cover what is known as the Big Sky Country of Iceland - pretty much a lot of nothing. We were headed for Dettifoss - a major waterfall on my Bucket List. It exceeded expectations. Absolutely stunning visually and auditory - it is massive. I tried some long exposure with a tripod but it felt like the ground was shaking. Heather let me check out another waterfall about a mile away - Selfoss. If Dettifoss wasn't around, this would be a major destination by itself. Very different than Dettifoss but awesome on its own. I stayed for a bit and just ogled everything. Simply wow. I returned to the car and Heather dragged me off to another trail with very cool canyon views. We heard there was a third waterfall very close by so naturally we went. It was amazing. There were about 2-3 other people at Hafragilsfoss. Good God Almighty - this waterfall was spectacular - and the guidebook said this was difficult to reach with a 4x4 and best skipped. I'm glad we ignored this (the road was actually a piece of cake). Side note - the area around here looked like Martian landscape. We were in Heaven! We reluctantly headed to Myvatn - the Icelandic equivalent of Yellowstone. It was nice but we must be jaded since we live so close to Yellowstone. All in all, a very nice day, and I definitely want to go back to Dettifoss and the other falls.
I took these photos in mid-September 2021.
On my visit to Crater Lake we stopped at this little pull out park.. I loved the type of fences they had constructed there.. Happy Fence Friday, Everybody !!
For many years there has been a pullout and a sign indicating the location of Frying Pan Spring but no way to see the whole feature which is a short distance from the road through a very healthy and thick lodgepole pine forest. Finally when the road was rehabilitated some years ago, the pullout was slightly enlarged and a first rate boardwalk back through the woods to the site of this complex (though not especially beautiful) geothermal feature was built. It is still one of the least-visited interesting sites in Yellowstone.
It's name derives from the constant bubbling of some of the feature's pools, (visually, but not auditorially) reminiscent of a sizzling pan. The pH of this feature is a remarkable 1 - about as acidic as it gets - so don't stick a finger in it. Fine place to hide a body, though.
A second path at the Pu'u Hinahina pullout leads to this view of Ni'ihau, called the Forbidden Island.
Highway 16 between Terrace and Prince Rupert - which needs more pullouts - the drive is stunning. Every bend of the road opens up new vistas. The railway and the road swap positions frequently and the trees do block the view now and again. But mostly even though there is a hard shoulder on each side of the road, its a 100 km/hr highway so pulling over is not something to do lightly. There were many waterfalls that went undocumented.