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I've seen lots of these Tree Swallows in the past but they were always moving too fast for me to get a decent shot. Yesterday I saw a few at the Patuxent National Wildlife Refuge and this one was accommodating (thankfully).
The Bauhaus weaving workshop was one of the most inventive and commercially successful departments of the pioneering 20th-century school of art and design. Notably, most of the artists involved were women.
These women were “exploring textiles’ potential, both as works of art and as utilitarian fabrics,” said Laura Muir, research curator for academic and public programs and curator of The Bauhaus and Harvard at the Harvard Art Museums.
Collaboration and innovation were paramount in the workshop: artists pursued new designs suitable for industrial production and experimented with novel materials and techniques.
Unlike male students, who could choose their area of focus from among wall painting, carpentry, metalwork, and more, women, with few exceptions, were assigned to the weaving workshop, which was considered a more feminine arena.
Despite those limitations—indeed, in many ways because of them—the weaving workshop today offers some of the richest and most underexplored topics of Bauhaus-related research and artistic inspiration.
Bauhaus weaver Anni Albers, for example, is the subject of a recent groundbreaking retrospective at London’s Tate Modern.
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Mr. Monster arrived at Wroclaw station by train. He had been travelling for days, and he was exhausted. But he was also excited. He had heard stories about the city of Wroclaw and the station, and he was eager to explore. As he stepped off the train, he took a photo of the station. He was intrigued. He decided to do some research, and he soon discovered a wealth of information about the history of the station. He was reading that Wrocław Central Station is one of the oldest and architecturally most unique and interesting stations in Poland. With nearly 60000 passengers a day, the station is also one of the busiest in Poland. First built in the mid-19th century, the station owes its monumental character to a design put forward by Wilhelm Grapow in response to a huge demand for railway journeys in the 1850s. The monumental building was designed in an English neo-gothic style more closely resembling a castle or palace than a public service building and was intended to showcase the power of the railways at a time when they were the fastest form of public transport. The station gained its contemporary appearance at the turn of the 19th and 20th century, specifically the years 1899-1904, which was once again the result of increasing demand for railway travel. Rebuilding work was carried out by architect Bernard Klüsche. As one of the largest stations in Europe at the time, its construction took two years, using an unprecedented amount of building materials and costing 449,000 Thalers. There was only one platform under a roof and the higher floors of the building housed a representative Secession Hall and apartment for the director of the railway, located in the place of today’s station library. Many conservatorial discoveries were made at the station during the 2010-2012 renovation. As a historic building on the register of monuments since 1966, the station concealed many secrets which were uncovered during renovation works. The biggest of these was the discovery of an Imperial hall not previously known about. Mr. Monster decided to take a walk around the station and explore the area. As he walked, he kept thinking about the history of the city and the station. He was amazed by the history of the station, and he was filled with a sense of awe. He looked up at the station, and he was filled with a sense of mystery. He had no idea what secrets the station held, but he was determined to find out. He was sure that the station had many stories to tell, and he was determined to uncover them.
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Marco arriveerde met de trein op het station van Wroclaw. Hij was al dagen onderweg en hij was behoorlijk uitgeput, maar hij was ook erg enthousiast. Hij had andere reizigers gehoord over de stad Wroclaw en het station en hij wilde graag op verkenning gaan. Toen hij uit het indrukwekkende stationsgebouw stapte, nam hij een foto van het station. Hij was geïntrigeerd. Hij besloot wat onderzoek te doen en ontdekte al snel een schat aan informatie over de geschiedenis van het station. Hij las dat het centraal station van Wrocław een van de oudste en architectonisch meest unieke en interessante stations in Polen is. Met bijna 60.000 passagiers per dag is het station ook een van de drukste in Polen. Het station, voor het eerst gebouwd in het midden van de 19e eeuw, dankt zijn monumentale karakter aan een ontwerp van Wilhelm Grapow als antwoord op een enorme vraag naar treinreizen in de jaren 1850. Het monumentale gebouw is ontworpen in een Engelse neogotische stijl. Marco keek vol bewondering naar het bijzondere gebouw en zag dat het meer op een kasteel of paleis leek dan op een station. Hij was gefascineerd door de bijzondere vorm van het gebouw en besloot om op een bankje buiten er tegenover verder te lezen. Hij leerde dat het station zijn eigentijdse uitstraling kreeg rond de eeuwwisseling van de 19e en 20e eeuw. De verbouwing werd uitgevoerd door de geniale toparchitect Bernard Klüsche. Als een van de grootste stations in Europa in die tijd, duurde de bouw ervan twee jaar waarbij er een ongekende hoeveelheid bouwmaterialen werd gebruikt. Tijdens de renovatie in de periode 2010-2012 zijn er veel bijzondere ontdekkingen gedaan op het station. Als historisch gebouw dat sinds 1966 op de monumentenlijst staat, verborg het station blijkbaar vele geheimen die tijdens deze renovatiewerken aan het licht kwamen. De grootste hiervan was de ontdekking van een keizerlijke zaal waarover daarvoor nog helemaal niets bekend was. Marco besloot een wandeling rond het station te maken en de nabije omgeving te verkennen. Al lopend dacht hij steeds aan de geschiedenis van de stad en het station. Hij keek nog eens naar het station en werd vervuld van een gevoel van mysterie. Hij had geen idee welke geheimen het station nog meer had, maar hij was vastbesloten om erachter te komen. Hij was er zeker van dat het station veel verhalen te vertellen had en hij was vastbesloten om ze te ontdekken.
Robinswood Hill Country Park. Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust.
April 2023.
Chiffchaffs breed widely in Britain & Ireland, apart from on the highest ground. In recent years, this species has been expanding its breeding range north into Scotland, with BTO research suggesting it is benefitting from climatic warming in that part of the UK. Breeding Chiffchaff numbers have also risen in the UK in recent decades, especially in Scotland, although there is some indication that this trend is now levelling off. In autumn, many breeding Chiffchaffs depart for southern Europe and North Africa, but increasing numbers are staying for the winter months. They are among the earliest singers in the breeding season, being heard from February onwards. (BTO).
My thanks to anyone who views, faves or comments on any of my photos. It is much appreciated.
Having wasted most of my day on Flickr-y things like slimming down my sets, adding new sets ready for the new year, and other general housekeeping, I decided I needed to keep Ginger company, and ended up sitting on the sofa researching whisky (in the glass) and double decker buses (on the Internet) while Ginger researched wedding dresses, whisky and took her own picture for the day.
The peace was only broken when I exclaimed "Well bugger me!" upon realising I'd accidentally managed to bag a FUTAB as well. For some reason Ginger found this statement amusing.
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RHS Wisley
RHS Wisley was founded by George Ferguson Wilson, a Victorian businessman in 1878, he made it his ambition to make difficult plants thrive in English conditions. So he created The Oakwood Experimental Garden. This was a 60 acre plot in total, of which part became the garden. Unfortunately he died in 1902 and the whole site was purchased by Sir Thomas Hanbury. Sir Thomas also owned the famous ‘Giardini Botanici Hanbury, at Mortola in Italy, close to the French border. He gave both properties to the RHS in and around 1903, just four years before his death in 1907.
The main laboratory for scientific research was opened in 1907 but this building proved to be inadequate so major improvements were made and the exterior was rebuilt during the First World War. In 1985 it was designated a Grade II Listed building.
This garden now covers 240 acres in which are housed a large glasshouse for tropical, temperate and arid climates, formal and informal gardens, an arboretum, Alpine Houses, Rock garden, Pinetum, a Wild garden and a Walled garden plus many more features.
This is another place worth while visiting, especially, if like me, you’re a member of the RHS.
This will be the second posting of 7 images. There are 6 postings in all.
Hanging out with 75 pages of personality distortion. One day to go.
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Excerpt from Wikipedia:
The Roman wall of Zaragoza is a defensive wall built in the Colonia Caesar Augusta, in the Hispania Citerior Tarraconensis province belonging to the Roman Empire, currently called Zaragoza, being the capital of the autonomous community of Aragon, ( Spain ).
Built under the command of Tiberius in the 1st century and reformed until the 3rd century, the Roman wall of Zaragoza came to have a length of about 3,000 meters and about 120 defensive towers. Two sections have been preserved: the longest, about 80 meters long, at the northwest corner of what was the Roman city of Caesaraugusta, next to the Torreón de La Zuda, and another on the northeast side, which is currently part of the Convent of the Holy Sepulcher.
Its layout, studied by Francisco Íñiguez Almech, must have been regular, with a height of about ten meters and four in width. At intervals of fourteen to sixteen meters were ultra-semicircular towers, with a diameter of between 8 and 13 meters. The wall of the Roman foundation enclosed and conditioned the urban layout for many centuries, as they were reused by Visigoths and Muslims.
The 2008 edition of the Zaragoza Historical Artistic Guide directed by Guillermo Fatás, points out that recent research indicates that the preserved wall was built in the second half of the 3rd century AD. C. and executed with a uniform construction technique: an interior body of Roman concrete covered with ashlars on the outside, 7 m thick except for the eastern section, which would be built in ashlar rigging and would be 6 m thick.
Here’s my rendition of the Hammerhead W14 design by Devid VII
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I built mine more around scientific sample retrieval, and things like that. I really enjoyed working with this frame, might experiment with it some more in the future!
The minifigure was somewhat inspired by the guys seen in the gameplay trailer for Death Stranding. Really looking forward to when I can play that game, not sure when that’ll be though
Finished all my finals yesterday, so a new trimester starts next week. not sure if it will free up time to post or make it harder, but hopefully you guys will be seeing more of me.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
GIANT MOTH.
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A really gigantic (angry-looking) moth that I saw on my recent trip to South America. I was part of a class studying bugs in the cloud forest for a couple weeks, and here and in the comments are a lot, lot, lot of insect pictures for you. :)
Hey, you should really press L.
Iowa Northern Railway train BUWA has IANR 4100, 3809, 3802, and 3803 for power on this December Sunday to make the run from Butler Yard near Shell Rock, Iowa to Bryant Yard in Waterloo. The train had 75 cars out of Butler, but have brought the head 15 into the CN Waterloo Yard for interchange. In the background EJE 667, still in orange, is paused in between it's duties as the yard switch engine, and a few other motors are laying around at the engine facility including EJE 658 in CN paint.
The CN is in the process of purchasing the IANR but is still awaiting STB approval, and so this is perhaps a bit of a look into the future. Meanwhile the past is well represented in this view too, as the Illinois Central Roundhouse here in the background has been present in at least in some form, (it's had stalls added and removed over the years) back to as far as 1901 (and possibly longer, it was hard to pin down a good date for the roundhouse construction from just some quick online research).
The Iowa Northern Railway uses the CN Mainline in Waterloo and Cedar Falls for a few miles from Waterloo West to Cedar Falls Junction as part of an arrangement going back to the 1980s and a highway project that saw the consolidation of some lines in Waterloo to make room for US 218. Normally from what I've seen the interchange work is typically done by the IANR in either direction at some siding tracks just west of Waterloo West and so they don't come into the yard like this. But occasionally when traffic warrants the CN will have the IANR come directly into the "A Yard" here at the Waterloo Terminal to make their setout and pickup as seen here. They would tie onto a cut of cars and shove back out of the yard to the rest of their train waiting on the mainline.
I had gone out after this BUWA even though it was likely to be a cloudy day because IANR 4100 on the point is one of the road's newest units (arrived to the IANR in August 2023 per some online notes, though it's originally a C&O unit) and still looks pretty sharp. But it was a nice bonus to get them making this less-common move, and this angle normally would be a heavily backlit-view if the sun were present.
這一篇的照片都是在燈塔這一頭拍的，因為停不到車位，差點就跑去大安了，卻也因此拍出了另一種角度的高美 ^^
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Gaomei was called Gaomi in the Qing Dynasty and was renamed during the Japanese occupation. The wetlands here are over 300 hectares, but the area is only 1/10 of Dadu River wetlands. The geography is divided into 7 categories, which results in diversified organisms in this area. Gaomei Wetlands is one of the few places that has wild ducks.
Despite the small area, Gaomei Wetlands have special soils mixed with mud and sand. Ecology here breeds diversified organisms of both plants and animals. Research shows that animals here include birds, fishes, crabs and invertebrates.
位於清水大甲溪出海口南側，廣達1,500公頃的高美濕地，擁有豐富的天然資源，是國內少數幾處雁鴨集體繁殖區之一。 曾在高美濕地棲息的鳥類有多達120餘種，為重要之生態保育區。 目前已逐漸取代大肚溪口，成為喜好賞鳥人士的新興賞線。
高美濕地雖然面積不大，但是由於泥質及沙質灘地兼具，加上與河口沼澤地帶鑲嵌在一起，所以孕育了豐富又複雜的濕地生態，以及目前所知全台灣最大族群的雲林莞草區，形成乾濕相間伴有植物生長的複雜地形，因為地形多變，生態種類亦相當複雜，主要為鳥類、魚類、蟹類及其他無脊椎類等生物。
Engine Room Open Now!
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A trio of camels share a tasty bite of Opuntia cactus. This cactus was introduced from North America and is spreading across Central Kenya. My colleague Anne-Marie Hodge is studying how predators control Opuntia invasions by suppressing the animals that eat the cactus's fruit and help it disperse. www.ecology.com/2014/04/21/cactus-teach-earth-day/
Kahn with a couple of book on politics: "Presidential Pets" and "John, Paul, George and Ben".
Daily Dog Challenge: Dogs in Politics
CoF153: Leisure & Sharp ... could be his leisure but probably more mine😂
"The word of the Muad'Dib will penetrate deep within their hearts... one way or another..."
Built for the Burgomeister "R&D Lab" category of DA4, supporting General Farok. The embedded image in the comments meets the A&B criteria of designing LEGO inspired box art.
The research and development lab staff include:
- Master Administrator (main floor); oversees the overall running of the research institute, as well as the data analytics.
- Master of Chemistry (top floor); leads research in spice production, refinement, and weaponized usages. Controls the refining column that rises through the building.
- Master of Resources (in vehicle); procures all resources needed by the lab. Also the primary driver of the desert track ATV stored in the bottom level. The grand staircase in front of the building lifts up for the vehicle to pass through.
- Master of Arms (bottom level); tests all weapons for combat worthiness.
- Master of Communications (bottom level with headset); researches sonic weapons, specifically attuned to the "weirding way".
Gloster Meteor T.7(MOD) WL375 displayed at the Dumfries & Galloway Aviation Museum. Two non standard modifications are a photo nose and F.8 tail assembly. Painted in the last known scheme applied when in service at RAF West Freugh southwest Scotland.
Delivered to the RAF 5 June 1952 and in service up until 1969 it would seem mostly for research/trials work at West Freugh, the twin jet was semi derelict and abandoned in the long grass at that airfield in 1996.
The museum volunteers have done a grand restoration job on this classic early jet fighter design.
A fine trio of IC SD70's leads U702 under the signal bridge at KO as it prepares to take the high line for a recrew at Kremis.
I must say, it would have been grand to see a quartet of Bessemer motors haul tac through the Pennsylvania Countryside. When I was doing my research on the CN Bessemer Sub, I remember seeing a comment getting pissed about foamers traveling from long distances to shoot the Bessemer Sub when there were barely any true BLE units left on the property. But, as we all document what will be history, I am certain that in many decades we will look back and have a chuckle that there were Illinois Central motors hauling Canadian National taconite on Bessemer & Lake Erie tracks.. You just can't get mad at this.
View of Sydney shot from a weather station on top of the Mathews building at the University of New South Wales, Kensington. Shot taken by the Climate Change Research Centre (ccrc.unsw.edu.au) at 2016 Jun 12 16:38.
FALKOR (IMO: 7928677) is a Research/Survey Vessel that was built in 1981 (40 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Cayman Is.
It’s carrying capacity is 555 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 5.5 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 82.9 meters and her width is 13.02 meters. RV Falkor is an oceanographic research vessel operated by the Schmidt Ocean Institute.
main building of Forest Research Institute, Dehradun.
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Explore Aug 6, 2009 #89
As I told you, there were butterflies on the Passion Vine as I was taking pictures. Lots of butterflies. This one seemed to hear my silent request... "Please land somewhere for a while so I can take your picture!" Because just as that thought completely filled my mind, this brilliant creature landed and sat there endlessly flapping her wings... as I took picture after picture!
I didn't know her ID right off the bat. I'm new at the insect game... only since I started shooting Macro a couple of months ago and found insects on almost every flower I focused on. At first I thought this beauty was a Monarch, but when I got home and did some research, I uncovered her true identity. She is a Gulf Fritillary. A Monarch's legs are spotted black and white. Hers are amber-colored. The wing patterns are different too.
I am so grateful that she sat still for me. I love the way the sun illuminates her stained-glass wings. And the profound delicacy of her long willowy butterfly legs. What an amazing double-treat... this brilliant butterfly perched on this amazing symbol of passion!
Oh by the way, I changed lenses for this one. Telephoto vs Macro.
Biscayne Park, FL
EPA flies drones above the smoke to gather the particles that are in the air & they take a bunch of photos (would like to see some of their photos). I think the drones also take photos.
Die Generation Z
ist die Nachfolgegeneration der Generation Y. Der Generation Z werden überwiegend diejenigen zugerechnet, die 1997 bis 2012 zur Welt gekommen sind, so das Pew Research Center.
Eine eindeutige Definition der Anfangs- und Endjahre der Generation Z gibt es nicht.
Was ist die Z Jugend?
Wer ist die Generation Z? Diese Generation bezeichnet junge Menschen, die zwischen den Jahren 1995 und 2010 geboren sind. Im englischsprachigen Raum wird sie gerne als GenZ oder Gen Z bezeichnet. Sie folgt auf die Generation Y (auch Millennials