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High Roller is a 550-foot tall, 520-foot diameter giant Ferris wheel on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, United States. Owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment, it opened to the public on March 31, 2014 as the world's tallest Ferris wheel.
*Somehow* I have 377 pictures from a road trip to Chicago & Wisconsin that I took with a friend in May 2013... that never got posted.
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The Delavan Roller Rink was built in 1931 as a roller rink. It has been operated as a roller rink and banquet hall for over 80 years. The original hard maple floor is a huge attraction for roller skaters from all over the world. The rink is a nostalgic piece of history and is enjoyed by thousands every year.
(See links). Closed now. For Sale. $499,000.
Delavan Roller Rink - Google street view
548 Delavan Dr. Delavan, WI. 052713.
Old yarn rollers, sit across the floors of the abandoned textile mill, in Brisbane. These ones formed a nice pattern and had to be photographed!
Wikipedia: The Indochinese roller (Coracias affinis) or Burmese roller, is a member of the roller bird family. It occurs widely from eastern India to China and southeast Asia. It is a stocky bird. The crown and vent are blue. The primaries are deep purplish blue with a band of pale blue. The tail is sky blue with a terminal band of Prussian blue and the central feathers are dull green. The neck and throat are purplish lilac with white shaft streaks. The bare patch around the eye is ochre in colour. The three forward toes are united at the base. Rollers have a long and compressed bill with a curved upper edge and a hooked tip. The nostril is long and exposed and there are long rictal bristles at the base of the bill. It has a purplish brown and unstreaked face and breast. It has underwing coverts in a deep shade of blue. Within the Indian region, it is seen to intergrade with the Indian roller.
I hope this place is still up when I go to shoot there next time..
Done in collaboration with missmoody. Straight from the camera.
Was out in the area, not really planning on taking photos, thought I might get a decent sky so I stopped by and tried a quick one. Didn't really work out how I hoped it would!
Location: Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa
Lilac-breasted roller is often considered one of the most beautiful birds in the world with its pastel (colours: buff, white, purple, blue, turquoise, green, black, tan) plumage, striking field marks and long tail streamers.
Monds Roller Mill.
Built in 1824 by Tasmanian miller Thomas Monds this imposing stone building operated as a mill until 1924.
For almost the entire time of its operation the mill was operated by Thomas Mond and his family consortium.
At the time of its demise the mill was the last water powered flour mill operating in Tasmania.
In the intervening years the mill has undergone many and varied business ventures.
Today it is empty and awaiting to be re-invented into another venture.
Carrick, Tasmania.
Mala Mala Game Reserve
South Africa
Near Kruger National Park
Click on Image to Enlarge.
The lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus) is an African member of the roller family of birds. It is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula, preferring open woodland and savanna; it is largely absent from treeless places. Usually found alone or in pairs, it perches conspicuously at the tops of trees, poles or other high vantage points from where it can spot insects, lizards, scorpions, snails, small birds and rodents moving about at ground level. Nesting takes place in a natural hole in a tree where a clutch of 2–4 eggs is laid, and incubated by both parents, who are extremely aggressive in defence of their nest, taking on raptors and other birds. During the breeding season the male will rise to great heights, descending in swoops and dives, while uttering harsh, discordant cries.
The sexes are alike in coloration. Juveniles do not have the long tail feathers that adults do.