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Delighted tourists scream as they are richotted down a fast flowing river of water at the The Rapids exhibit. At the other side of the bridge I am standing on, you can pour or spray water at the screaming folks in the round boats, to make things worse for them! A short video clip of this scene appears in my videos folder. Jan/ Feb. 2012.
The downtown Cedar Rapids skyline is seen surrounded by flood waters and without electricity at midnight on Friday, June 13, 2008.
(Courtney Sargent/The Gazette)
The rain in the River Glen was making lovely rootbeer looking rapids along the road between Carrick and Teelin, County Donegal, Ireland. Viewed in the large size you can always see the lovely red berries of the Mountain Ash trees and some heather on the hillside...was a scenic view!!!
120324-N-AB816-001 CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA (March 24, 2012) Chief Musician Courtney Williams, vocalist and concert narrator for the United States Navy Band, reviews procedures with Kennedy High School students before they perform the John Philip Sousa standard “Washington Post” with the band. The Navy Band frequently invites local high school student musicians to perform the Sousa standard with the Band while on tour. The concert, performed at Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids, was conducted by enlisted conductor Senior Chief Musician Mike Schmitz. This was the nineteenth day of the band's 26 day National Spring Tour of the Midwest. (U.S. Navy photo by MU1 Shana E. Catandella/Released)
I came prepared with my Skills Show raincoat. I'm sure you used to go through a waterfall at this point!
Today I got to visit the historic Apollo Theatre and it's overwhelmingly beautiful, and important to this neighborhood. I'm in NYC at the annual League of Historic American Theatres (LHAT) confereence, on behalf of Wealthy Theatre and GR Community Media Center.
Current view of theater visit:
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On back of card: "Olsen & Burns is where we buy most of our groceries. They carry dry goods & shoes too."
From Motion Picture World, February 12, 1916:
The Star theater building at Sioux Rapids la which was owned by JA Meadows has been acquired by the Sioux Rapids Building and Improvement Association.
From Directory of Industries and Historical and Statistical Data:
Chicago and North Western Railway ; Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha Railway
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This is a picture of the Mckeldin Rapids on the South Branch of the Patapsco River at the Mckeldin Area of Patapsco Valley State Park in Carroll County, Maryland.
Philae Temple Complex is on an island in the reservoir of the Aswan Low Dam, downstream of the Aswan Dam and Lake Nasser, Egypt. Philae was originally located near the expansive First Cataract of the Nile in Upper Egypt and was the site of an Egyptian temple complex. These rapids and the surrounding area have been flooded since the initial construction of the Aswan Low Dam in 1902. The temple complex was dismantled and moved to nearby Agilkia Island as part of the UNESCO Nubia Campaign project, protecting this and other complexes before the 1970 completion of the Aswan High Dam.
One of Nubia's most important monument sites, the Temples of Philae, 12 kilometers south of Aswan, was an ancient pilgrimage center for the cult of Isis and dazzled travelers with its power for centuries. This sacred site was venerated from the Pharaonic era up to the Greek, Roman, and Byzantine periods with each ruler adding their own stamp onto the stones here.
The First Pylon leads into the main temple area. Its two towers and central doorway provide a grand 18-meter-high entry that is decorated with reliefs by Nectanebo. A doorway in the western tower with reliefs by Philometor, leads directly to the Birth House. In front of the pylon there originally stood two granite obelisks erected by Euergetes II and two granite lions. Adjoining the east tower, an elegant gateway has reliefs by Ptolemy II Philadelphus (on the lintel) and the Emperor Tiberius (on the jambs). The gateway, built by Philadelphus, originally stood in a brick wall.
On the front of the east tower, a huge relief depicts Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos grasping a band of enemies by the hair and raising his club to smite them, with Isis, the falcon-headed Horus of Edfu, and Hathor on the left. Above are two reliefs of Neos Dionysos presenting the crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt to Horus and Nephthys (right) and offering incense to Isis and Harpocrates (left).
On either side of the Forecourt, you'll see structures fronted by colonnades. The small building to the east contained rooms for the priests, which served some scientific purpose. Look for the plant columns in its vestibule, which are notable for their elegant proportions. On the north side of the building's vestibule, a door accesses the inner passage around the temple.
The building on the western side of the Forecourt is the Birth House (mammisi), dedicated to Hathor-Isis in honor of the birth of her son Horus. It is surrounded on all four sides by colonnades, the columns in which have foliage capitals surmounted by sistrum capitals. The walls, columns, and screens between the columns are covered with reliefs and inscriptions, mostly by Euergetes II, Neos Dionysos, Augustus, and Tiberius.
In the Birth House check out the interesting reliefs in the last chamber, which depict scenes from the childhood of Horus, including Horus as a falcon in the swamps of the Delta and Isis suckling Horus in the swamps.
The Second Pylon provides a fittingly regal entry to the inner sanctum of the temple with a magnificent doorway 32 meters wide and 12 meters high. The reliefs on the central doorway are by Euergetes II. In front of the doorway are the foundations of a small chapel. Within the central doorway (on the right, above) are some much faded early Christian paintings.
The eight-columned Vestibule is the first room of the inner temple area and was originally separated from the court by screens between the columns on the front. Look for the Coptic crosses and Greek inscription incised into the walls that show how the temple was transformed into a Christian place of worship during the early Byzantine age under the Coptic Bishop Theodore.
After passing through a number of antechambers flanked by dark side chambers, you come to the Sanctuary, lit by two small windows. On the west side of this room is a door leading out of the temple to arrive at the Gateway of Hadrian. Gateway of Hadrian was built in the reign of the Emperor Hadrian and decorated with reliefs by Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, and Lucius Verus.
Long after the introduction of Christianity, the Nubians remained faithful to the cult of Isis, and it was only in the time of Justinian (AD 527-565) that the temples were closed and some of their chambers converted for use in Christian worship. From then until the coming of Islam, a Coptic town flourished on the island.
Southeast of the Temple of Hathor, on the bank of the river, is the Kiosk of Trajan, which during Egypt's age of Victorian explorers was a favorite subject of famous English artists. It dates from the Roman Imperial period and was left unfinished.
The rapids on the Red Cedar River, just south of the Michigan State University John A. Hannah Administration Building.
I made a stop by the Red Cedar on my way back from the post office today, at a place where there is a man-made dam, and where ducks regularly gather. Before I had even made it down the ten steps or so from the sidewalk to the quai at river's edge, forty to fifty (or more) ducks flew or swam practically in unison from the other side of the river in my direction, and in almost no time had clamoured around my feet looking for food.
In the less than a minute or so it took for me to get my cameras out of my backpack (I had been on my bike), it became clear to the ducks that I had nothing to feed them and off they went back into the water to seek food elsewise.
Niagra rapids, I am thankful that there is a man in the pic to give some persective to the height of the rollers. There was no retouching of the pic.
in the forest. It runs all year but the melting snow has made it a torrent. North of Watson's Corners, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
Koiteli Rapids has been tamed pretty badly for the Winter, but wait till the Spring - and you'll see... Sony A7R + Nikon AF-S Nikkor 85mm f1.8 G. Novoflex NIK/NEX adapter.
This downstream view of the river's falls/rapids from the midpoint of the bridge shows the northern bank on which the town of Topsham was built. Due to recent rains and flooding, the river was higher and much more turbulent than normal -- it looked like the water was practically boiling!
The Androscoggin River separates the towns of Brunswick and Topsham, Maine. The early history of the river included the plentiful salmon and sturgeon that were caught by the Pejepscot Indians. Settlers built the first dam across the river in 1753 and 25 saw mills were built between the towns of Brunswick and Topsham by 1820.
In addition to having had the first cotton mill in the state of Maine, Brunswick is the home to Bowdoin College and as a result of her husband serving as a professor there, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" while living there. Also, a scene for the 1993 movie "The Man Without a Face" was filmed in the town.
Taken in Brunswick, Maine
April 2008
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Library of Congress photograph (small) originally published by the Detroit Photographic Company of the Whirlpool Rapids downstream from Niagara Falls.