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Flock of Cormorants on the Atlantic coast, Langebaan, South Africa
Happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.
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Britney jumping down from the perch like a rocket :-)
Coffee, the dog, watches the scene in astonishment :0)
The peregrine falcon - one of the fastest and one of the most beautiful falcons I know. Fantastic bird!
Seen at the falconry of the bird park Walsrode, Lower Saxony.
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The Real Deal...
Rocket was built to run on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the world’s first inter-city passenger railway line. In 1829, Rocket won the Rainhill Trials, which was a competition to decide on the best mode of transport for the railway.
Rocket was the only locomotive to successfully complete the trials, averaging 12 mph and achieving a top speed of 30 mph.
Designed by Robert Stephenson, Rocket’s win proved once and for all that locomotives were better at pulling trains along the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, rather than stationary winding engines.
The technology applied to the design of Rocket was soon extended across the entire railway network, paving the way for the modern rail network and shaping the course of the history.
This is a once-in-a lifetime opportunity to see an iconic symbol return to the site of the world’s oldest surviving passenger railway, the terminus of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway which is now home to the museum.
(Science and Industry Museum, Manchester)
Herd Groyne Lighthouse, the little red rocket that stands at the mouth of the River Tyne, in the Northeast of England.
My usual captures of this little beauty are during the early hours of the morning at sunrise. This however was captured mid day on a bright but breezy day.
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Bumpy Rocket Frog (Litoria inermis) from Mataranka in the Top End of the Northern Territory. Taken with a vintage Yashica 55/2.8 1:2 ML Macro lens for Contax/Yashica from the late 1970's. Shot wide open @2.8 with a 20mm extension tube incorporated for a little added magnification on a Canon 5D Mark III body.
Get your own Rocket @ Axtel's Autos inworld or marketplace.secondlife.com/p/DHRocket-
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Model: James D.
Doug Harrop Photography • November 1989
Union Pacific's Clearfield Switcher shuffles a cut of heavy haul rocket booster cars on the Syracuse Branch wye in Clearfield, Utah.
UP 175 is a former Missouri Pacific B23-7 No. MP 4675 and UP 910 is former Western Pacific GP40-2 No. 3555.
A common darter.
This is a very common dragonfly, breeding in waterways including ponds, ditches, rivers and lakes. As their name suggests, common darters dart forward suddenly from a hovering position to catch their insect prey. They then take their catch to a favoured perch to eat it.
Literally! the power of the March 20th rocket was a clean pair of YN2 four axle's, along with the usual two Dash 8's. Also, credit to my voice activated flash holder :-D
The Central Michigan RR Bay City to Durand, Michigan turn "the rocket" is seen arriving in Durand with former BNSF C30-7 5175 leading a couple more GE's - November 3, 2007.
A gravity defying Pine Cone, but very beautiful nevertheless less. It comes complete with both a few webs and bags of bokeh.
This represents two childhood toys. The first, tiny toy cars that we collected and played with for endless hours. Then later we got a real on. Actually this same model and color. Both times they transported us to a different world.