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Python 19/10/2017 14h29
The last months of the Python version 1.0. Since 05/01/2018 the first version of the Python made its last ride. Between January and March (or April) most part of the tracks will be rebuilt and fully renovated.
Python
Python is a double-loop Corkscrew roller coaster in the Efteling amusement park in the Netherlands. When it started operation, it was the largest steel roller coaster on the European mainland.
With Python, Efteling started the implementation of a new strategy: development from a fairy-tale forest into an all-round amusement park. This change led to many problems with the local community. Environmentalists tried to get the building permit withdrawn, and the park's neighbors feared more problems arising from growing visitor numbers. Because of the likely noise pollution, the highest court of public justice ordered the construction to be stopped. After some time, construction could recommence, but legal problems continued for several more years.
In 2005 the trains were replaced by Kumbak Coasters designed by Karel Willemen and in December 2011 with Vekoma MK1212 trains. In mid January 2012, the python was fitted with new carriages. These new cars have a new set of restraints which accommodate the needs of riders large and small. There is a flexible over the shoulder strap which is not unlike those on accelerator coasters such as Kingda ka but slightly thicker. Over these are metal bars for riders to hold on to and to give support to the under straps. Also, the cars have been fitted with wheels that allow a smoother ride.
FACTS & FIGURES
Opening date: April 12, 1981
Type / model: steel double-loop Corkscrew roller coaster
Manufacturer: Vekoma
Lift/launch system: chain lift
Height: 29.00 m
Drop: 22 m
Length: 750.00 m
Speed: 75 km/h
Inversions: 4
Duration: 120 seconds
Capacity: 1400 riders per hour
G-force: 0 - 3.5
Trains: 2 trains with 7 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 28 riders per train.
[ Source: Wikipedia - Python (Efteling) ]
9 years, 9 feet, still a puppy!
Albino Burmese Python (Python molurus bivittatus)
Macro: D200 + 50mm1.4D + mixed lighting (tungsten, halogen, fluorescent)
(GHS) -111
Python 12/05/2017 10h57
One of the most iconic roller-coasters in De Efteling and the only one without any theming. Since the opening in 1981 just a roller coaster without a story behind it. In the second half of 2017 Python will be completely dismantled (except for the station and lift-hill) to be built up again. This -as we speak- 26-years old coaster is ready for the future after this renovation.
Python
Python is a double-loop Corkscrew roller coaster in the Efteling amusement park in the Netherlands. When it started operation, it was the largest steel roller coaster on the European mainland.
With Python, Efteling started the implementation of a new strategy: development from a fairy-tale forest into an all-round amusement park. This change led to many problems with the local community. Environmentalists tried to get the building permit withdrawn, and the park's neighbors feared more problems arising from growing visitor numbers. Because of the likely noise pollution, the highest court of public justice ordered the construction to be stopped. After some time, construction could recommence, but legal problems continued for several more years.
In 2005 the trains were replaced by Kumbak Coasters designed by Karel Willemen and in December 2011 with Vekoma MK1212 trains. In mid January 2012, the python was fitted with new carriages. These new cars have a new set of restraints which accommodate the needs of riders large and small. There is a flexible over the shoulder strap which is not unlike those on accelerator coasters such as Kingda ka but slightly thicker. Over these are metal bars for riders to hold on to and to give support to the under straps. Also, the cars have been fitted with wheels that allow a smoother ride.
FACTS & FIGURES
Opening date: April 12, 1981
Type / model: steel double-loop Corkscrew roller coaster
Manufacturer: Vekoma
Lift/launch system: chain lift
Height: 29.00 m
Drop: 22 m
Length: 750.00 m
Speed: 75 km/h
Inversions: 4
Duration: 120 seconds
Capacity: 1400 riders per hour
G-force: 0 - 3.5
Trains: 2 trains with 7 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 28 riders per train.
[ Source: Wikipedia - Python (Efteling) ]
Python 08/02/2018 15h59
The Python is undergoing a full renovation between January and March 2018. After about 36 years it was time to renovate this famous roller coaster. Perhaps one of the first roller coasters in Europe that was considered cultural heritage. The last ride was made on the 5th of January and the demolition started on Monday 8th January. After one week more than half of the tracks were dismantled.
The new Python (lets call it Python verson 2.0) is sheduled to re-open the last week of March or early April.
Python
Python is a double-loop Corkscrew roller coaster in the Efteling amusement park in the Netherlands. When it started operation, it was the largest steel roller coaster on the European mainland.
With Python, Efteling started the implementation of a new strategy: development from a fairy-tale forest into an all-round amusement park. This change led to many problems with the local community. Environmentalists tried to get the building permit withdrawn, and the park's neighbors feared more problems arising from growing visitor numbers. Because of the likely noise pollution, the highest court of public justice ordered the construction to be stopped. After some time, construction could recommence, but legal problems continued for several more years.
In 2005 the trains were replaced by Kumbak Coasters designed by Karel Willemen and in December 2011 with Vekoma MK1212 trains. In mid January 2012, the python was fitted with new carriages. These new cars have a new set of restraints which accommodate the needs of riders large and small. There is a flexible over the shoulder strap which is not unlike those on accelerator coasters such as Kingda ka but slightly thicker. Over these are metal bars for riders to hold on to and to give support to the under straps. Also, the cars have been fitted with wheels that allow a smoother ride.
FACTS & FIGURES
Opening date: April 12, 1981
Type / model: steel double-loop Corkscrew roller coaster
Manufacturer: Vekoma
Lift/launch system: chain lift
Height: 29.00 m
Drop: 22 m
Length: 750.00 m
Speed: 75 km/h
Inversions: 4
Duration: 120 seconds
Capacity: 1400 riders per hour
G-force: 0 - 3.5
Trains: 2 trains with 7 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 28 riders per train.
[ Source: Wikipedia - Python (Efteling) ]
Certainly not a high quality image, but I was surprised to see this small, attractive, non-venomous snake in a glass case in the Queensland Museum, on a visit with my grandchildren, so I took an iPhoto shot. There were two of these live pythons in a display with arboreal insects.
These reptiles are native to parts of Papua Nuigini, Indonesia and Cape York Peninsula in far north Queensland. They have a very distinctive method of arranging themselves on a tree branch, they loop a coil or two over the branches in a saddle position and place their head in the middle.
This Australian Amethystine (Scrub) Python, Morelia Kinghorni, was over 4 metres long and weighed in at about 10 kilograms. The phone call came into Kuranda Conservation snake relocation service www.kurandaconservation.org that 'a snake was in the chook house'. Too late for the rooster, but this python was safely relocated far away in the tropical rainforest thanks to Jax and some of her team at Kuranda Conservation Community Nursery. What a privilege for me to be part of this past 'relocation' adventure in 2012.
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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Python Action Team has removed the program’s 500th invasive Burmese python from the wild. Team Members Beth Koehler and Peggy van Gorder captured the snake at 1:15 a.m. on Tuesday, June 25 at Everglades and Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area. It was a 9’ 10” long female and weighed in at 20 pounds, 14 ounces.
FWC Photo
Python 18/08/2017 23h04
Sometimes you have to look down when passing along the double loop corkscrew rollercoaster Python to see its beauty from a different perspective. Photo taken on one of the magnificent evenings in De Efteling during the Negen Pleinen Festijn when the park is open till 23h00. This photo is taken 4 minutes after closing time while walking back to the exit. Another beautiful day in De Efteling went by.
Python
Python is a double-loop Corkscrew roller coaster in the Efteling amusement park in the Netherlands. When it started operation, it was the largest steel roller coaster on the European mainland.
With Python, Efteling started the implementation of a new strategy: development from a fairy-tale forest into an all-round amusement park. This change led to many problems with the local community. Environmentalists tried to get the building permit withdrawn, and the park's neighbors feared more problems arising from growing visitor numbers. Because of the likely noise pollution, the highest court of public justice ordered the construction to be stopped. After some time, construction could recommence, but legal problems continued for several more years.
In 2005 the trains were replaced by Kumbak Coasters designed by Karel Willemen and in December 2011 with Vekoma MK1212 trains. In mid January 2012, the python was fitted with new carriages. These new cars have a new set of restraints which accommodate the needs of riders large and small. There is a flexible over the shoulder strap which is not unlike those on accelerator coasters such as Kingda ka but slightly thicker. Over these are metal bars for riders to hold on to and to give support to the under straps. Also, the cars have been fitted with wheels that allow a smoother ride.
FACTS & FIGURES
Opening date: April 12, 1981
Type / model: steel double-loop Corkscrew roller coaster
Manufacturer: Vekoma
Lift/launch system: chain lift
Height: 29.00 m
Drop: 22 m
Length: 750.00 m
Speed: 75 km/h
Inversions: 4
Duration: 120 seconds
Capacity: 1400 riders per hour
G-force: 0 - 3.5
Trains: 2 trains with 7 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 28 riders per train.
[ Source: Wikipedia - Python (Efteling) ]
NEW Python's Rope Belts at Veneno
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This 18-foot Burmese python was caught in Everglades Francis S. Taylor WMA by one of our Python Removal Contractors. During cooler months, people are more likely to see pythons during the day. Report sightings to the Exotic Species Hotline (888-IVE-GOT1), on www.IveGot1.org, or using the IveGot1 app.
Learn more about what you can do to help: www.myfwc.com/python
FWC Photo by Robert Edman
The ball python or python regius is a nonvenomous python species found in Africa. This is the smallest of the African pythons and is popular in the pet trade, largely due to its typically docile temperament. No subspecies are currently recognized.
The name ball python refers to the animal's tendency to curl into a ball when stressed or frightened. The color pattern is typically black or dark brown with light brown or gold sides and dorsal blotches. The belly is a white or cream that may include scattered black markings.
This python is known for being a picky eater and may not eat for months, particularly during the winter breeding season. Ball pythons will not eat when they preparing to shed.
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I need to blog about this. This photo includes:
* A Raspberry Pi with a T-Cobbler
* A 20x4 LCD display with negative RGB backlight (currently hard-wired to purple)
Put together, this is a Raspberry Pi running a Python script that uses 3 GPIO pins to control 16 outputs.
Driving the LCD itself is a a dirty, dirty hack that fools some code from Adafruit into thinking it's talking directly to GPIO pins, when really it's talking to my shift registers.
It's that last part which made me bounce in my chair - because I don't quite yet understand how to talk to the LCD display, yet my hack worked the first time. (Albeit very, very slowly.) \o/
In the near future, I want to figure out how to control the red / blue / green backlight pins from the Raspberry Pi, in order to change colors on the display.
Mexican Burrowing Python - Loxocemus bicolor - Двухцветная змея
Loxocemidae, Henophidia, Pythonoidea, Caenophidia
Reserva Natural para la Conservación del Heloderma, El Arenal, Zacapa, Guatemala, 11/04/2021
Python 06/04/2018 16h22
The first curve of the Python before its first drop to the first looping. Seen from below.
Python
FACTS & FIGURES
Opening date: April 12, 1981 (re-opened after renovation March 31, 2018)
Type / model: steel double-loop Corkscrew roller coaster
Manufacturer: Vekoma
Lift/launch system: chain lift
Height: 29.00 m
Drop: 22 m
Length: 750.00 m
Speed: 75 km/h
Inversions: 4
Duration: 120 seconds
Capacity: 1400 riders per hour
G-force: 0 - 3.5
Trains: 2 trains with 7 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 28 riders per train.
[ Source: Wikipedia - Python (Efteling) ]
A Green Tree Python (Morelia viridis) from Oslo Reptilpark.
Lens: Sigma 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 @ 135mm
Extension Tubes: 12 + 20 + 36mm
Exposure: 0.3sec @ ƒ18, ISO 100
A Reticulated Python tastes the air with its tongue, while exploring its enclosure at the Toronto Zoo.
The Reticulated Python (Python reticulatus) is a species of python found in Southeast Asia. It is widely regarded as the world's longest snake and longest reptile, but is not the most heavily built (although it is among the four heaviest). Like all pythons, it is a nonvenomous constrictor and normally not considered dangerous to humans. Although large specimens are powerful enough to kill an adult human, attacks are only occasionally reported.
This Python was sunning itself on the dirt road before rapidly doing a 180° turn and disappearing into the scrub. I was able to take a reasonably accurate measurement and it was 3.5 - 4.0m long or about 11.5 - 13.0 ft.. At its widest part its diameter was about 15 cm (6 in.), possibly slightly larger. At this size it would be a female.
ED based WAG-7 loco -27489 in helm of a BCNA rake is coupled to another BOXN rake for forming a python rake (SER mentions it as tiger rake) from Bondamunda (BNDM) yard to release two freight rakes in the same time slot !!
Bondamunda (BNDM) under Chakradharpur (CKP) division of South Eastern Railway (SER) zone forms two python daily and release them towards Bhilai (BIA) yard !! The maximum permissible speed (MPS) of these python rakes (also known as tiger rakes in SER zone) is 60 kilometer per hour in both SER and SECR zone !!
This is the first python rake formed and released from Bondamunda (SER) freight yard towards Bhilai (BIA) under South East Central Railway (SECR) zone !! This python rake is formed with twin BNDM based WAG-7 hauled 58 BOXN rake and a caboose followed by solo ED based WAG-7 hauled 42 BCNA rake and a caboose !!