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Travelling on from Lake Pukaki on the main road south one soon finds Twizel. Twizel was the main construction town for the extensive irrigation and power scheme that controls the various lakes in the area. Some of the lakes were natural, others man-made. But at Pukaki Twizel airport are two quirky Capsules which are decked out as accommodation. I would imagine a great view of the stars and mountains, but very cold!
The door at the end was open so I peeked in to see what was on offer!
No hope that these capsules would travel to the stars though.
at the Queens Zoo...
Peaking over the foliage outside the Hall of Science in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park are two towering metal structures you wouldn’t expect to find in Queens, rocketships. These space-age remnants are relics of the United States Space Park, an attraction created by NASA and the Department of Defense for the 1964 World’s Fair. These vessels aren’t even the first rockets to come to New York City. In 1957, a Redstone rocket was put on display in the main concourse of Grand Central Terminal. While the Redstone rocket was only a temporary fixture, you can still see the World’s Fair’s rockets today in Rocket Park, a playground area outside the Hall of Science.
Confession: I did not go on a space mission last month. This is actually a starburst firecracker shot in the evening on the 4th of July with an extended exposure of 10 seconds. Then in post production I got the idea to rotate the image so it looks like a rocket thruster propelling an asteroid into orbit. If you tilt your head, you can see the street and green lawn in the background. The white balance was adjusted to emphasize the cool tones.
So sorry to disappoint; I have not been exploring strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before. :)
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Wildly beautiful Dames Rocket (Hesperis matronalis) in the nearby field around the dock at Tod Inlet, Gowlland Tod Provincial Park.
Dame’s rocket is a biennial, meaning it blooms in the second year; however, it self seeds and if allowed to drop seed, will bloom each year behaving like a perennial plant.
Its lavendar/purple flowers bloom in mid-Spring and are particularly showy and fragrant in the evening with a scent likened to a mixture of clove and violet. Additionally, the leaves and seeds of dame’s rocket are edible, used for medicinal purposes, and purported to be endowed with aphrodisiac properties.
Los Tayos Rocket Frog (Hyloxalus nexipus) - Cordillera Escalera, Peru
In my experience Dendrobatids are very difficult to photograph while they're calling. The slightest disturbance and they'll stop and oftentimes won't start again. When I'm in the appropriate riparian habitat I constantly hear the shrill calls of Hyloxalus nexipus and have frequently seen them calling from a high point on the rocks. However, despite how common they are, photographing them call has been an enormous challenge. They see me coming and dive underneath a rock or at the very least stop calling. I wasn't out looking to photograph frogs when I saw this one calling from atop a rock, I had my telephoto lens attached, not a lens I would pick for frog photography... but when this little male started shrilly calling I immediately snapped a few shots. Mixed feelings about this one, obviously the frog is small in the frame I feel like it works with how simple the environment is. Had to really push the ISO on this one too.
This pandemic certainly has changed things. Whilst the whole situation has been one of suffering and overwhelming sadness it has given time to evaluate and reflect on what we do have and sometimes how that is taken for granted.
Our family have moved closer together and like others we now have a lovely fur-ball to look after, This will mean when things slowly return to normal the jet setting will slow down for us and I will definitely be working locally. Be grateful of the things you have right?
So less exotic and more local forests, landscapes and home comforts will be the order of the day for my 2021 photography (and beyond). Hope my long time Flickr friends are all happy and healthy,
By the way this is Rocket in case you hadn't figured it out....
I thought these astronauts were simply fabulous!
kite at the 2016 Wildwoods International Kite Festial
I was in Chinatown on Chicago's North Side celebrating Chinese New Year earlier today so I didn't get a chance to post my Caturday photo until now. This is Rocket, the tabby cat of my friend and neighbor (He is the brother of Ollie). Rocket sometimes thinks he is a dragon but really wants it to be Year of the CAT forever!!!
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BNSF L-HLA816-21 Is westward towards Sullivan, MO with a long cut of loaded centerbeams that will be switched out for the Menards Distribution Center along with those cars are some tank cars from BJRY, here is the 816 going track speed through Pacific, MO (50mph) while making its presence known with the leaders classic RS3K wailing through every crossing in town
wearing this fly booster
REKT x TREVOR ROCKET-LEGS
at NEO JAPAN - EVENT (Sep 23 ~ Oct 15): maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/GABRIEL3/132/128/501
joint and equal work by both stores
REKT STORE
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TREVOR (TKCL - ANIME & COMICS)
The Rotary Rocket Company developed a rocket with a helicopter blade landing system. A test vehicle made three hover flights in 1999, but the company ran out of money and closed its doors in early 2001.
Or did it? I took this picture of the company in March of this year.
this word donated by kyle malinky:
rocket.
rock•et \’rä-kət\ noun.
1a: a firework consisting of a case partly filled with a combustible composition fastened to a guiding stick and propelled through the air by the rearward discharge of the gases liberated by combustion b: a similar device used as an incendiary weapon or as a propelling unit (as for a lifesaving line) 2: a jet engine that operates on the same principle as the firework rocket, consists essentially of a combustion chamber and an exhaust nozzle, carries either liquid or solid propellants which provide the fuel and oxygen needed for combustion and thus make the engine independent of the oxygen of the air, and is used especially for the propulsion of a missile (as a bomb or shell) or a vehicle (as an airplane) 3: a rocket-propelled bomb, missile, projectile, or vehicle
An upgraded version of Rocket’s ship from the end of Guardians of the Galaxy vol 1. Based on techniques from the recent Milano set.
Algebra
"There is no collective thought. On the other hand our science is
collective like our techniques. Specialization. We inherit not only results but methods which we do not understand. For the matter of that the two are inseparable, for the results of algebra provide methods for other sciences."
~ Simone Weil
Gravity and Grace
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From Collins English Dictionary:
Expression
8. (Mathematics) maths a variable, function, or some combination of constants, variables, or functions
*Created for the Our Daily Challenge topic:
EXPRESSION
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Monday Music Mania
Rocket Man
Elton John
HMMM!
A well overdue update to my Rocket and Groot. Rocket is based off his endgame appearance. Arms are connected through magnets, the rest is sculpted/painted. Groot is a bootleg with a drybrush coat on top.
© 2009 Steve Kelley
Long exposure of Jersey City, NJ, river traffic, and the Hudson River shot from New York City, NY (NYC).
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This is my 100th photos on Flickr , and probably the craziest car I saw !
Brabus Rocket II 800. Based on the Mercedes CLS with a V12 engine.
March 2013
Strasbourg, France.
another screenshot of some madness with nick and myself. if you're looking for a match, you can find me on xbox live under the name "speps86"
Coming out of a restaurant in Los Angeles, we noticed that everyone was looking up at the sky. A passing Biker shouted
out to us "It's a Rocket, Man."
It really was. Some kind of test rocket.
Couldn't get the Elton John song out of my head for the rest of the night.
Immerse yourself in a creative project if you're feeling troubled they say. Building this sure allowed me to concentrate on something besides the news for a few hours.
Based on a 1973 Cadillac image from Pearsonville junkyard, September 2010. 2 minutes of full moon with red and white LED . . . a 2025 mixdown . . . and a lot of pushing and shoving in Photoshop.