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Sandwiching research car 32 are Norfolk Southern's newest stallions SD70ACC 1800 and 1801. The Pumkin Vine south out of Roanoke on Starkey Hill provides the perfect place to perform adhesion testing.
Ten years ago I had been supervising a research project on peace and reconciliation in these areas. It included a lot of correspondence. One week of this exchange of messages is documented here. I put the correspondence in a bucket of water, later compacted and then dried it. The research had ticked all the right boxes, but was ignored by the events unfolding on the ground. You will be aware of that. But I will not let this research go without a shout. I am giving it a kind of new lease of life as a piece of art. Art can be ignored as well, but its staying power is a lot longer than that of academic work. Leica M Mono, Voigtlander AS 2.8/90.
The Colosseum, Rome
Well there can’t be many more iconic and instantly recognisable structures in the world than the Colosseum in Rome.
Given how iconic it is there was no way I was not going to shoot it. Now one of my locations was covered by Daniel Burton recently www.flickr.com/photos/92169786@N06/54403371597/in/datepos... I did go there before this shot but I’ll save my take on it for another time. Having seen one or two compositions on Flickr I decided to do some research online before going to Rome to see if any other compositions presented themselves. Now, for me, this was pretty hard going as the vast majority of what I could see was all geared towards the ‘Insta-selfie’ crowd (thanks to Dom Haughton for that term). To me, anything on the Instaselfie hit-list is like a ‘No Entry’ sign. All full of people posing with mega-crowds of tourists in the background also taking selfies and eating gelatos. However, at the point I did come across a few locations that I felt had potential. Unfortunately some were not feasible due to a multitude of maintenance works going on but I got lucky here. It was just a case of waiting as I had a strong feeling the early sun might catch one side of the Colosseum. I had to be a little patient as it took a few mins for the sunlight to strike the top of the stone. Luckily it still had that soft orange tone but as the sun rose and the light travelled down the structure it soon lost that colour. I think this shot is a fair compromise between colour and amount of the Colosseum hatched in light.
According to Wikipedia the Colosseum is not only the largest standing amphitheatre in the world but also the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built. Construction began under the Emperor Vespasian in AD 72 and was completed in AD 80 under his successor and heir, Titus. Further modifications were made during the reign of Domitian (AD 81-96).
The Colosseum is built of travertine limestone, volcanic rock, and brick-faced concrete. It could hold an estimated 50,000 to 80,000 spectators at various points in its history, having an average audience of some 65,000. As is well known, it was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles including animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, dramas based on Roman mythology, and briefly mock sea battles! It ceased to be used for entertainment in the early medieval era. It was later reused for such purposes as housing, workshops, quarters for a religious order, a fortress, a quarry, and a Christian shrine.
Although substantially ruined by earthquakes and stone robbers, the Colosseum is still a renowned symbol of Imperial Rome and was listed as one of the New 7 Wonders of the World - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_7_Wonders_of_the_World
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The front half of this thing has been sitting around since sometime last summer and I've used quarantine to finish it off. I think the overall quality drops off the farther back on the ship you go, but overall I'm very happy with it!
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This large (13,000 acres) refuge in Maryland is home to miles of trails, lakes, forests and open areas. It's one of my favorite places year round. I usually visit the "South Track." It's open dawn till dusk while the North Track's hours are more restrictive and may or may not remain open to the public due to budget constraints.
Here you see an American Goldfinch plucking thistle seeds. View Large for the best look.
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.
02 January 2008 | YIP-002 | Copyright © 2009 Gary Allman
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.
Hanging out with 75 pages of personality distortion. One day to go.
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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!
Concordia research station in Antarctica is a place of extremes. In winter no sunlight is seen for four months and the typical crew of twelve live in complete isolation.
ESA sponsors a research medical doctor each year to study the effects of living in isolation. The extreme cold, isolation, sensory deprivation and remoteness make living in Concordia similar to living on another planet.
Share your summer pictures with the crew who have not seen the Sun since 4 May: blogs.esa.int/concordia/2015/06/24/midsummer-greetings/
Credit: ESA/IPEV/PNRA-B. Healey
The physics of bouncing water droplets underlies a wide range of industrial applications from crop spraying to ink-jet printing, and continues to fascinate after 200 years of research.
my second experimental shot
Looking for a room in this idea
for a photo shoot in Brussels, someone got an idea?
Thank you very much.
In a little beach of French Riviera, I have seen a strange man that goes around the sand unfailingly. I have thinking that he was a little crazy because he walked in all the side... Then I have look that he have also a kind of metal detector, and so I know what he make.... The "researcher"...
It was screamingly funny!!!!!!!!!! Ah!!
Nice day.......
Alex
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In una piccola spiaggia della Costa Azzurra, ho visto uno strano tipo che andava in giro per la spiaggia instancabilmente. Ho pensato che fosse un po' matto perché camminava da tutte le parti.... Poi ho visto che aveva una specie di metal detector, e così ho capito che cosa faceva.... Il "ricercatore".... Da morire dal ridere!!!!!!!!!!!!Ah!!
Built in 1933-1935.
Camera: Ežys sim card box (Altoids equivalent)
Paper: Kodak Polymax RC, 6x9.5 cm
Exposure: about 3 min, sunset
Developer: D-76 1:1
Scanner: CanoScan 9950f
This slide is from my collection, but I did not take this photograph. The description on the slide says "HMS Vidal's helicopter taking off" and is dated 17 September 1959. After a little research I discovered that on the 9th December 1959 this helicopter lost power taking off from the ship, ditched in the sea and sank.
This image was taken in the harbour in Funchal Maderia at about 6.15am, just before the sun came up.
plant photography at Forest Research Institute, Dehradun.
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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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