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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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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.
Rainforest Rocket Frog
(silverstoneia flotator)
Seen at the Rainmaker Nature Park in Costa Rica on December 31, 2020.
After hiking in pouring rain for a long time our guide had to return home and it was time to eat lunch at the little cafe at the Rainmaker. A yummy warm lunch was included in our tour and was prepared fresh by two very nice Costa Rican Ladies.
While we were eating, the rain stopped and the sun finally started poking through the clouds. After rain can be a good time to find reptiles and amphibians coming to the surface to warm up and dry off or otherwise enjoy the humid warm conditions. My son and I got back on the trail to see what we could find. We only had about an hour left to hike before we needed to begin our long drive to San Jose and we hurried down the trail in hopes of finding and ohitograohing some additional species.
I was very happy to find this spring loaded little frog rocketing from one leaf to another near the trail. These little frogs are difficult to photograph because they don't sit still very long and they can jump really far.
Known as the Rocket for my entire life, HESR trains 701/702 the Bay City to Durand and return train has made quick work of setting out their inbound train and shoving out with their outbounds. The engineer starts grabbing notches and starts up the former GTW salt line for their next stop in Saginaw. Everything this crew does involves a shove move due to how their mainline ties into the yard here in Durand behind me, with only a westbound facing switch. The crews come south pulling past the Durand depot to clear the switch at Main street and will then shove their entire train into the yard that they share with CN and GLC. Once that is completed they will head to the west end of the yard, tie onto their outbound train and once CN gives them the signal they shove out of the yard before finally pulling north. This angle was a lot better in the CMGN and RA days with classic U and C GE's but a flared SD40-2 is not a horrible engine to frame up.
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.
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....
Between the woods and the road next to a nearby intersection that we pass by frequently. I made a point of trying to photograph them today but it was more difficult than I thought it would be. The bright sunshine didn't help much and there was no place to park nearby so I had to walk a ways.
I think these are so pretty yet as I understand it, they are forbidden in some states because of their invasive nature.
Lamborghini Murcielago LP670-4 SV - [EXPLORED - 3rd - made front page]
Seen on Sloane Street 21/11/2010 - Canon EOS 550D - 18-55mm IS
All comments are welcome :)
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.
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.
burning up his fuse up here alone. (Elton John song reference, BTW) Jasper jetting around Lost Dutchman State Park.
The park name is in reference to a German dude (back in the 1800s known as a "Dutchman") who supposedly found a gold in the Superstition Mountains just East of Phoenix, AZ. Somewhere along the line the map to the goldmine was lost and the mine hasn't been found since despite many treasure seekers dying in the desert trying to find it. So it's really short for Lost Goldmine that a Dutchman originally discovered, not a Dutchman that got lost.
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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Our stroll over at the river did provide a few squirrel images!!!! Rocket gets very disobedient when it comes to leaving the squirrel alone and go on walking!!!! 😄
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
Macro Mondays: Planes, Trains and Automobiles. The hubcap logo from a 1971 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme. This was my first car and is long gone, but I've held onto these nice stainless steel hubcaps for many years.
The Rockets - Knoebels Grove at Night. This photograph is a 15 second exposure and I started it with the ride stopped for about the first five seconds. By doing so you can actually see the two cars of the ride along with the trails of lights. Knoebels is a wonderfully old, family run, amusement park located in Elysburg, PA. It was our first stop on our two week journey. You can see more at RandyRobertsPhotography.com
© 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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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!
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.
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"
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.
After skipping work in Dane, L467 continues along the Reedsburg Sub with a pretty good sized train. The afternoon's edition of the Reedsburg Rocket consisted of a fresh GP59 in WSOR colors & 4223, the sole SD45 carbody on the WSOR roster.
NASA Johnson Space Center - Houston, TX - USA
This shed houses a Saturn V, the tallest, heaviest and most powerful Saturn rocket ever flown. It was used primarily during the Apollo missions to send humans to the Moon. There are only three Saturn V rockets on display in the world. The rocket at NASA Johnson Space Center is the only one comprised of all flight-certified hardware.
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Questo capannone ospita il Saturn V, modello di razzo utilizzato dalla NASA tra il 1967 e il 1973 durante il programma Apollo, per portare l'uomo sulla Luna.
Fuji GA645i
Kodak T-MAX 100
Adox D76 1:1