Mystic Challenge - FINALLY IN VOTING - ALIENS !!!
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Shot from the little hill south of the Parthenon. Info from their web site: The National Observatory of Athens is the oldest Research Center in Greece (founded in 1842), encompassing a broad range of scientific fields, a Geoastrophysics Museum and a Historic Observatory.
This is a blend of two photos done in Photomoatix Exposure Fusion. Then Topaz remask to replace the building and the sky with the originals from the darker photo. Further postprocessing in PS using Nik Filters, and several curves and vibrance layers on many layers.
GLACIER and RUTOR WATERFALLS. Another glacier that is unfortunately disappearing. La Thuile, Aosta Valley, ITALY. (It replaces the previous one with the same subject).
What i see
is not what you see
What i see
is conflict
is contradiction
is chaos
packed inside tight
pushed up against
my ribs
my brain
my soul
With every encounter
with every interaction
a little piece of me goes missing
weakening the coping mechanism
until it seizes up
wearing me down
from the inside out
until I'm replaced
Making you feel uneasy
Now the real me is gone and forgotten
- L. Magic
Photo taken @ The Studio
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(Replaced this pic, sorry... I hope you like this...)
*Final version
These folks have replaced the traditional barking dog with ‘guard cacti’. Really who says cacti in everyday speak? The fence is only in the front of the property and does not extend around the side. Obviously there are plans for more cactus plants in the future. I think there should be a sign saying, “Beware of Cacti. Get the point? You could be stuck until the police arrive.” As Robin would say, “Holy prickly situation, Batman.”
Business on the Pickens Railroad Belton line has picked up immensely in recent years. The Pickens only serves one customer on their Belton line but bridges traffic from CSX to the industries in Anderson keep both the Greenville Western and Pickens busy. The railroad has recently invested significant money in the infrastructure and the worn out stick rail and rotten ties have been entirely replaced. The trains nowdays typically rate two U18Bs, one bridge still presumably keeps the B40-8s confined to the Anderson line. Here an afternoon Belton turn heads west on the outskirts of Anderson.
replacing an earlier photo of Dandelion :-) got them in droves all over the garden. Close look reveals a very complicated flower, and a very beautiful one.
Replaced the original portrait image with this landscape one as it suits the fine scene at the top of Padley Gorge better.
Replaced with New Larger Lightroom A.I. Noise Reduction image 30-05-2023
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I look over the darkland haze,
And I see so many souls ablaze,
And I feel myself enter the darkland haze,
Detained, as I fail to see the light that points the way.
Retreat to dreams of another day,
Replace trust from along the way,
Define, collate, the thoughts profane,
Don’t look, don’t weep, pray hard to return again.
Holding onto the wasted land,
Holding onto the wasted faith,
Take away the imagery,
And let the hurt lead you on.
Embrace the fire that burns, the flames that shine,
Retrace the steps of Gods that lead to heaven,
Hell in sight, the burning kingdom draws me in,
The angels plead but I’m taken by the promises of sin,
Perverse, undignified, unpure,
Don’t look, don’t weep, pray hard, to go far away.
Fleeting thoughts conjure up the darkest notions,
Plague my dreams and invade my conscious when I’m waking,
Pacify apparitions far and wide that cross my path,
And leave me standing cold and shaking,
Scared and ashamed as I beg for reprieve,
Closed in, condemned, pray hard to return.
Don’t look, don’t weep, go back, go far away.
Holding onto the wasted land,
Holding onto the wasted faith,
Take away the imagery,
And let the hurt lead you on.
Pray Hard.
This scene was shot alongside Interstate 5 in Central California, with yesterdays energy depicted by a lone windmill, replaced in current times by the high tension power lines mapping the landscape in the background.
Replacing the wall at St Fagans National History Museum.
The arch has always been a lovely feature of the wall.
Europe, France, PACA, Bouches du Rhône, Marseille, La Joliette, Cathédrale de Marseille (slightly cut from B&T).
The Saint-Marie-Majeure (dite La Major) (1893) cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Marseille. Its eclectic style is Byzantine-Roman Revival. The architects were Léon Vaudoyer and Henri-Jacques Espérandieu. The edifice is 142 meters (469 ft) long, and the main cupola is 70 meters (231 ft) high. With a capacity of 3,000 seats, it is one of the largest cathedrals in France.
Its polychromatic façade has alternating bands of ‘Pierre de Cassis’ and green marble.
Espérandieu (a Protestant architect) was also the leading architect of the ND de La Garde (also Byzantine - Roman Revival styled) here.
He was called in to replace Léon Vaudroyer, who died in 1872 after a 20-year involvement with the design and build of the cathedral. In the 19th century cathedral building was a very lengthy process, not as long as that of the ones of the middleages though.
This is number 28 of the Churches album and 15 of Marseille.
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This was just made to replace the older award called Objects Award for Elite Artists Artistic Creation Arts Group, made this version into art style and VIVID colors mixing.
There will be one more new one coming later on that will go with real photo's better for that group since it has mixing of art and photo's, it will be more like something i did for World of Artistic and Photography Artists where the award goes to both real and artistic.
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Over time, something newer and flashier takes your place. Outrageous, in my opinion! Treasure these broken gems, they just need a little love to shine again.
I replaced the small perch wih a stick I had found at one of the rapids in the Rio Grande. I put the camera on the tripod a few feet way. Then I set up my Canon R7 to be controlled by the Canon app in my iPhone while I was inside the house. Then just waited, and waited. And then waited some more. Finally, my small friend showed up late in the day as the light was going down. In my excitement I did not raise the ISO. I was lucky to get one sharp frame at 1/15 sec.
The Red Arrows
The Red Arrows, officially known as the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, is the display team of the Royal Air Force based at RAF Scampton. The team was formed in late 1964 as an all-RAF team, replacing several unofficial teams that had been sponsored by RAF commands.
The Red Arrows have a prominent place in British popular culture, with their aerobatic displays a fixture of British summer events. The badge of the Red Arrows shows the aircraft in their trademark diamond nine formation, with the motto Éclat, a French word meaning "brilliance" or "excellence".
Initially, they were equipped with seven Folland Gnat trainers inherited from the RAF Yellowjacks display team. This aircraft was chosen because it was less expensive to operate than front-line fighters. In their first season, they flew at 65 shows across Europe. In 1966, the team was increased to nine members, enabling them to develop their Diamond Nine formation. In late 1979, they switched to the BAE Hawk trainer. The Red Arrows have performed over 4,800 displays in 57 countries worldwide.
According to an RAF press release, the Arrows will fly in a "seven-aircraft formation, rather than nine" this year because two members of the crew have moved to other positions in the air force.
The seven-aircraft display is not unheard of and is used "when a situation dictates, such as illness or aircraft availability".
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It's an old 1937 Dodge school Bus but was recently replaced the front end with an Oldsmobile front end.
Se ordenó su construcción para reemplazar a la antigua catedral que había sido destruida en el gran incendio de Montreal en 1852.
Se optó por crear un modelo a escala de la basílica de San Pedro de Roma.
La construcción empezó en 1875, y 1955, fue reconsagrada a María, Reina del Mundo por el papa Pío XII.
It was ordered to be built to replace the old cathedral that had been destroyed in the Great Fire of Montreal in 1852.
The decision was made to create a scale model of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
Construction began in 1875, and in 1955, it was reconsecrated to Mary, Queen of the World by Pope Pius XII.
I replaced all the valves of my re-issue 1957 Vox amp. Not all of them are new though, the one on the left is actually dated 1958! They sound gorgeous...
From Wikipedia:
The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is located in London, England. It is commonly called the Houses of Parliament after the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two legislative chambers which occupy the building. The palace has been a Grade I listed building since 1970 and part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987.
The site of the current palace may have been used by Cnut during his reign from 1016 to 1035, and from c. 1045 – c. 1050 Edward the Confessor built a palace and the first Westminster Abbey. The oldest surviving part of the palace is Westminster Hall, which dates from the reign of William II (r. 1087–1100).
The building was originally constructed in the eleventh century as a royal palace and was the primary residence of the kings of England until 1512, when a fire destroyed the royal apartments. The monarch moved to the adjacent Palace of Whitehall, but the remainder of the palace continued to serve as the home of the Parliament of England, which had met there since the 13th century. In 1834 a second, larger fire destroyed the majority of the palace, but Westminster Hall was saved and incorporated into the replacement building.
The competition to design the new palace was won by the architect Charles Barry, who chose a Gothic Revival style for the building. Construction started in 1840 and lasted for 30 years, suffering delays, cost overruns, and the deaths of Barry and his assistant, Augustus Pugin. The palace contains chambers for the House of Commons, House of Lords, and the monarch, and has a floor area of 112,476 m2 (1,210,680 sq ft). Extensive repairs had to be made after the Second World War, including rebuilding the destroyed Commons chamber. Despite further conservation work having been carried out since, the palace is in urgent need of major repairs.
From www.bbc.com/travel/article/20200312-why-is-the-palace-of-...:
In 2012, the Houses of Commons and Lords commissioned a study on the condition of the palace, which indicated the need for major restoration work. The current sewage system was installed in 1888; there are more than 1,000 areas that contain asbestos; the chambers are not wheelchair accessible; and even rodents populate the place. Part of the building’s mechanical and electrical systems were installed after World War Two and should have been replaced in the 1980s but were not. Over the years, steam, gas and water services were built on top of each other and next to high-voltage electrical wires. And about 321km of telephone, broadcasting and sound wires need to be upgraded.
The Anston limestone used in the original construction, which was cheap and ideal for carving, began to quickly decay in the 19th Century and was only partially restored in the 1980s and ‘90s. On top of all of that, Barry and Pugin used combustible materials to decorate the palace’s interiors.
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100x: The 2024 Edition
92/100 London landmarks by night
A couple of photos taken inside the Houses of Parliament by me:
Westminster Hall: flic.kr/p/XDhpmD
St Stephen's Hall: flic.kr/p/YikNMj
Black tailed Godwit - Limosa Limosa
These large wading birds are a Schedule 1 species. In summer, they have bright orangey-brown chests and bellies, but in winter they're more greyish-brown.
Their most distinctive features are their long beaks and legs, and the black and white stripes on their wings. Female black-tailed godwits are bigger and heavier than the males, with a noticeably longer beak (which helps the sexes to avoid competing for food with each other).
They're very similar to bar-tailed godwits, which breed in the Arctic. Black-tailed godwits have longer legs, and bar-tailed godwits don't have striped wings. As the names suggest, the tail patterns are different, too.
Black-tailed godwits are much more likely to be found on inland wetlands than the more coastal bar-tailed godwit. They migrate in flocks to western Europe, Africa, south Asia and Australia. Although this species occurs in Ireland and Great Britain all year-round, they are not the same birds. The breeding birds depart in autumn, but are replaced in winter by the larger Icelandic race. These birds occasionally appear in the Aleutian Islands and, rarely, on the Atlantic coast of North America.
There is an estimated global population of between 634,000 and 805,000 birds and estimated range of 7,180,000 square kilometres (2,770,000 sq mi). In 2006 BirdLife International classified this species as Near Threatened due to a decline in numbers of around 25% in the previous 15 years. It is also among the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
In Europe, black-tailed godwits are only hunted in France, with the annual total killed estimated at 6,000 to 8,000 birds. This puts additional pressure on the western European population, and the European Commission has a management plan in place for the species in its member states.
In England, black-tailed godwits were formerly much prized for the table. Sir Thomas Browne (1605–1682) said: "[Godwits] were accounted the daintiest dish in England and I think, for the bignesse, of the biggest price."
Population:
UK breeding:
54-57 pairs of the limosa 'Eurasian' subspecies, and 7-9 pairs of the islandica subspecies
UK wintering:
44,000 birds from the Icelandic population
UK passage:
12,400 birds
Europe:
99-140,000 pairs
The chain to manually raise a drawbridge over a canal in Amsterdam.
There was already a drawbridge at this location in 1737, but it was replaced in 1880 and again in 1952 (but to the old design).
(Original uploaded photo replaced with this cropped version.)
Atlantic seaside resort town in Southern Maine. The town is home of Palace Playland, an amusement park that dates back to 1902 and occupies four acres of beachfront.
Attractions included "The Carousel," with hand-carved wooden horses from Germany, beautifully painted and gold-leaf accented. "The Jack and Jill“ consisted of a large bucket that hoisted two people to the top of a 50 foot slide and dumped them out. Dominating the park was “Noah’s Ark,” a huge ark-shaped funhouse that rocked back and forth while parents hung onto their little ones straining to run through the below-deck passages.
A fire in 1969, reportedly started by a penny that replaced a fuse, consumed the park.
I couldn't bring myself photograph the cookie-cutter attractions that now make up Palace Playland. Those childhood pictures of unique charm and character exist only in my mind.
The Istana Negara is the official residence of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the monarch of Malaysia. It is located along Jalan Tuanku Abdul Halim in Segambut, northwestern Kuala Lumpur. The palace opened in 2011 and replaced the old Istana Negara which was located at a different compound in central Kuala Lumpur.
Late in the afternoon of 20-3-19, CLF6 and GM37 combine to unload thier rail train not far from thier destination of Bates in what's called the Barton Sandhills .
At Bates the locos and Van will run around and head back to Barton and turn on the triangle
Lighthouses have been the beacons in storms for many sailors and boaters over the years. They endure all kinds of assaults from the harsh weather which make them extremely vulnerable to falling apart. This lighthouse has already replaced the original one built at this site on Georgian Bay and has been repaired since then, too. It is a popular place for scuba divers in the summer because of all the shipwrecks in the harbour. In our sailing days, we would watch the weather very closely and wait an extra day or two before making the 12 hour sail up to the North Channel. Then we usually left with a convey of other boats who all wanted to take advantage of the good weather when it did come. It was neat to revisit this spot this week and see it in winter.
Meet Ahroknir, Toa Taggerung's pet. He's still a child, but I'm willing to make a big full-size dragon next year. Still need to replace a few pieces here and there, too.
Kennecott Copper Corp. 'Magna Motors' No. 403 and 401 pull a train of copper ore from Bingham Canyon through Bacchus, Utah on Dec. 9, 1978. New EMD SD40-2s were in the process of replacing these 3000 volt, 125-ton GE electrics, built for Kennecott Copper in 1947.
Nylon strings are traditionally tied behind the bridge, but I've found that after years of use strings begin to saw through the wood where they are tied. I've found that using tiny blocks of wood to secure the wood avoids the issue.
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66120 creeps up to Neath and Brecon junction with 6e09, the 1354 Onllwyn to Immingham service. This working conveys anthracite from the opencast sites around Onllywn disposal site for Coal Products Ltd at Immingham, who use the coal in the manufacture of smokeless fuels.
The line to the right is the disused remains of the Vale of Neath railway which connected Aberdare to Swansea Victoria. Latterly the line served the loading point at Cwmgrach (pictured here in 1997 flic.kr/p/24Ep8Vi and here in 1994 flic.kr/p/PBQZhh but was disused by the time of this photograph.
I was fascinated to find this steam era photograph from virtually the same viewpoint:
Hosted on Phil Trotter's excellent smugmug site, it shows a busy yard to the right of the Vale of Neath line and an engine shed, complete with 0-6-0 Pannier tanks on the land now occupied by the Lidl supermarket. All of the buildings in the old photograph have disappeared and have been replaced with housing.
The Lightship LV-112 replaced an earlier model LV-117 that had been sunk in a collision with a passenger liner. LV-112 was primarily stationed at Nantucket Shoals throughout most of its active-duty service. It was retired in 1975 and was moved a couple of times within the northeast coast of the U.S. including Oyster Bay where this picture was taken. Since 2010, the lightship has found a permanent home as a floating museum at the Boston Harbor Shipyard and Marina.