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Another Minntac West empty departs Two Harbors with 115 of the new (2010) cars - sharp looking train.
well, hello hello!
well today the wind was supossed to start early... I guess it's the same anywhere with our sport...we woke around 6 am, normal... to have a session according to Windguru..but apparently WG not even works right in the US ,I thought we had a cheaper mexican version of WG LOL!!! jaja just jocking.. anyway, Kylie, as usual, coffe ready, Blueberry bagels and fruit for breakfast..
JR and I took off to KITEPOINT, although it wasn't that windy we were very confident about it.. well, as you can see in the pictures it was a nice photo shoot of MORPH BEAST V3 and the MORPHBOARDS, lots of looks from the people, interested in what is this kite and good looking boards...??? anyway we took it easy, and head back home around 1.30 pm to Pick Kylie up... what a surprised they have set up for me!!! we took a private flight to see the Beautiful Island Of Hatteras FROM THE SKY!!! this is my first time ever on a plane like this....( and I was complaining about the plane that brought me here...) anyway .. Dwight our Pilot, very nice and funny guy! took us in this amazing trip over the Island, we had the best luck ever, according to him, and I agree, clean sky, lots of colors, and a great ride!!! anyway we took a ride to see all the different kiting spots around Hatteras Island, we went to see the slcis, kitepoint, the Cove, etc.... Unbelievable, I will let the pix speak for itself, however there is a lot of pictures, I have no time or my CPU here to edit them, but I'm sure you guys are going to like them... well, other thing that I really loved about this Air trip is that even from the sky, we can see how many Marine life is out there!!! we saw tons of Dolphins, I believe I have some on the pics, a gigantic sting ray cruising along the surf ..and according to Dwight we saw a Big Bull Shark, I did see it, however, I'm not sure what I t was, but I can tell you it was pretty big from the sky, but no worries, beacuse we are not going to be kiting on the Ocean side... we are including for free this panoramic flight together with our OCTOBER MORPH KITE CAMP IN HATTERAS, please stay tuned for more info...
A very special parade for NYC this year as the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy was repealed (or in the process of getting completely repealed), and Same-Sex Marriage was passed in the state of New York the same weekend the parade was set to occur. No matter what gender or sexual orientation people were, New Yorkers everywhere came to celebrate the historic progress which NY is propelling the country towards.
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In the same location as before: on the north side of US Route 41 some 5.8 road mi (9.3 km) west of the City of Marquette's lakefront.
For the geologic origins and setting of this famous outcrop, see Part 1 and Part 2.
First of all, let me stress that the body parts in this photo were connected to living tour participants who were not maltreated or dismembered in any way. But while we're on this tangential topic, see if you can spot the two persons here who are so fragmentally represented.
Concerning the graffiti, the less said, the better. Fortunately, there's not much of it. But I do particularly like this old slide transfer because it shows the proximity of this famous Mona Formation pillow-lava outcrop to US 41, one of America's great old federal highways that considerably predates the interstate system.
I'm old enough to remember when roads like 41 were the fastest and most direct way of traveling across the country. Each trip included an endless succession of stoplights, stop signs, and small town centers that had not yet been homogenized into one vast corporate dystopia.
This shot also shows how the greenstone—another term for metabasalt—has developed a white-to-tan weathering rind. In the next post of this series, I'll reveal this mildly metamorphosed rock's true, unweathered color.
And finally, I also like how the outcrop, which I assume was glacially abraded in the Pleistocene, still vividly reveals its individual pillow structures. These formed a staggering 2.7 Ga ago, when incandescent basaltic lava erupting onto an ocean floor was shock-cooled as it came into contact with seawater.
The semisolid outer portion of each emerging blob of lava was like the expanding skin of a balloon, swelling with the still-molten rock inside, until the newly formed pillow rolled downslope, or was otherwise detached from its feeder vent. Once the supply of new lava had ceased, it could sit among its surrounding pillows and cool into completely solid form.
My other photos and descriptions in this series can be found in my Geology of Marquette County album.
Same picture but 4 different effects applied. I liked how each one turned out, so posted them all!
This one I converted to black and white with a green filter
Once upon a time over 40 million Bison (also known as the American Buffalo) roamed the plains from Mexico to Canada. By 1884, there were only 1,000 left due to over hunting and human westward expansion.
North American conservation efforts started in 1914 have helped the current population to grow, but of the approximate 500,000 that exist, almost all belong to captive commercial populations. Only 15,000 are considered wild bison, living on natural ranges. (Source: Wikipedia)
This one-horned, furry beast whose body resembles the mountain behind her lives at Penns Cave in Spring Mills, Pennsylvania, a wild life park dedicated to preserving its land as a natural habitat for its birds and animals.
So while I'm turning in my sheets
And once again, I cannot sleep
Walk out the door and up the street
Look at the stars beneath my feet
Remember rights that I did wrong
So here I go
Hello, hello
There is no place I cannot go
My mind is muddy but
My heart is heavy, does it show
I lose the track that loses me
So here I go
Oo oooooo ooo ooo oo oooo...
And so I sent some men to fight,
And one came back at dead of night,
Said "Have you seen my enemy?"
Said "he looked just like me"
So I set out to cut myself
And here I go
Oo oooooo ooo ooo oo oooo...
I'm not calling for a second chance,
I'm screaming at the top of my voice,
Give me reason, but don't give me choice,
Cos I'll just make the same mistake again,
Oo oooooo ooo ooo oo oooo...
And maybe someday we will meet
And maybe talk and not just speak
Don't buy the promises 'cause
There are no promises I keep,
And my reflection troubles me
So here I go
Oo oooooo ooo ooo oo oooo...
I'm not calling for a second chance,
I'm screaming at the top of my voice,
Give me reason, but don't give me choice,
Cos I'll just make the same mistake (REPEAT) again
Oo oooooo ooo ooo oo oooo...
So while I'm turning in my sheets
And once again, I cannot sleep
Walk out the door and up the street
Look at the stars
Look at the stars, falling down,
And I wonder where, did I go wrong.
Same lot of promo shots for Tram Sessions made it into a Japanese publication by Busra 'Bee' Copuroglu.
Äkäslompolo is a village in the municipality of Kolari in Finland's Lapland region. It is situated next to a lake of the same name, north-east of the town of Kolari. Äkäslompolo had 587 inhabitants on December 31, 2022.
Äkäslompolo is, along with Ylläsjärvi, the primary town for the ski resort Yllästunturi, also known as Ylläs for short. The Ylläs ski area has a total of 330 km of cross-country ski tracks, and 61 Alpine ski slopes with 29 ski lifts. In summer Äkäslompolo is popular among hikers, anglers, canoeists, and other outdoor enthusiasts. There are several hotels and many holiday homes in the area.
Kolari is a municipality of Finland at the Swedish border, which follows the Torne River, the longest free-flowing river in Europe.
It is located in the region of Lapland. The municipality has a population of 4,012 (31 December 2023)[2] and covers an area of 2,617.87 square kilometres (1,010.77 sq mi) of which 59.15 km2 (22.84 sq mi) is water. The population density is 1.57 inhabitants per square kilometre (4.1/sq mi).
Neighbouring municipalities are Muonio, Pello, Kittilä, Rovaniemi in Finland and Pajala Municipality in Sweden.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Kolari railway station is the northernmost station in Finland.
Ylläs, one of the most popular ski resorts in Finland, is located in Kolari. The area also features the country's largest bog with a thousand-year-old forest.
History
The first permanent settler in the area was a Savonian named Pekka Kolari, arriving in the area in the early 1580s. He originated from Konnevesi, which was a part of the Rautalampi parish at the time. The island named Kolarinsaari near the village of Istunmäki was likely his original home, as the Savonian surname Kolari originates from the same island.
The area of Kolari was a part of the Pajala parish, which is in modern Sweden. Kolari started growing in the 17th century due to the nearby Kengis (Köngäs) ironworks established in 1644. Kolari was home to many skilled blacksmiths. Charcoal, tar and chalk were produced and delivered to Tornio.
After Russia gained Finland in 1809, it was transferred to the Turtola parish, modern Pello. As the winter market could no longer be held in Kengis due to the new border, they were held on the island of Kolarinsaari in the Tornio river. Kolari became a chapel community in 1856 and a separate parish in 1894.
Lapland is the largest and northernmost region of Finland. The 21 municipalities in the region cooperate in a Regional Council. Lapland borders the region of North Ostrobothnia in the south. It also borders the Gulf of Bothnia, Norrbotten County in Sweden, Troms and Finnmark County in Norway, and Murmansk Oblast and the Republic of Karelia in Russia. Topography varies from vast mires and forests of the South to fells in the North. The Arctic Circle crosses Lapland, so polar phenomena such as the midnight sun and polar night can be viewed in Lapland.
Lapland's cold and wintry climate, coupled with its relative abundance of conifer trees such as pines and spruces, means that it has become associated with Christmas in some countries, most notably the United Kingdom, and holidays to Lapland are common towards the end of the year. However, the Lapland region has developed its infrastructure for year-round tourism. For example, in the 2019 snow-free period tourism grew more than in the winter season. Rovaniemi is the main regional centre of Lapland, and the Rovaniemi Airport is the third busiest airport in Finland. Besides tourism, other important sectors are trade, manufacturing and construction. Like Rovaniemi, Inari is also one of the most important tourist destinations in Lapland for foreign tourism.
Lapland has been connected with the legendary "North Pole" home of Santa Claus (Father Christmas or Saint Nicholas) since 1927, when Finnish radio host Markus Rautio said that Santa Claus lived on Korvatunturi, a fell (mountain) in the region. Later, Rovaniemi staked a claim as Santa's "official hometown" and developed the Santa Claus Village attraction to encourage tourism.
Geography
The area of the Lapland region is 100,367 km², which consists of 92,667 km² of dry land, 6,316 km² fresh water and 1,383 km² of seawater. In the south it borders the Northern Ostrobothnia region, in the west, Sweden, in the north and west Norway, and in the east, Russia. Its borders follow three rivers: the Tana, Muonio and Torne. The largest lake is Lake Inari, 1,102 km². The region's highest point is on Halti, which reaches 1,324 m (4,344 ft) on the Finnish side of the border and is the highest point in Finland.
The areas of Enontekiö and Utsjoki in northern Lapland are known as Fell-Lapland. The bulk and remaining Lapland is known as Forest-Lapland. Lake Inari, the many fens of the region and the Salla-Saariselkä mountains are all part of Forest-Lapland. Fell-Lapland lies in the fells of the Scandinavian Mountains. It is not made up of barren ground like blockfields but instead has the vegetation of birch forests, willow thickets or heath. Common soil types in Forest-Lapland are till and sand with conifer forests growing on top. These forests show little variation across Lapland. Compared to southern Finland forest tree species grow slower. The understory typically consists of blueberries, lichens, crowberries and lings.
The landscape of large parts of Lapland is an inselberg plain. It has been suggested the inselberg plains were formed in the Late Cretaceous or Paleogene period by pediplanation or etchplanation. Relative to southern Finland Lapland stands out for its thick till cover. The hills and mountains are typically made up of resistant rocks like granite, gneiss, quartzite and amphibolite. The ice sheet that covered Finland intermittently during the Quaternary grew out from the Scandinavian Mountains. The central parts of the Fennoscandian ice sheet had cold-based conditions during times of maximum extent. This means that in areas like northeast Sweden and northern Finland, pre-existing landforms and deposits escaped glacier erosion and are particularly well preserved at present. Northwest to the southeast movement of the ice has left a field of aligned drumlins in central Lapland. Ribbed moraines found in the same area reflects a later west-to-east change in the movement of the ice. During the last deglaciation ice in Lapland retreated from the north-east, east and southeast so that the lower course of the Tornio was the last part of Finland to be deglaciated 10,100 years ago. Present-day periglacial conditions in Lapland are reflected in the existence of numerous palsas, permafrost landforms developed on peat.
The bedrock of Lapland belongs to the Karelian Domain occupying the bulk of the region, the Kola Domain in the northeast around Lake Inari and the Scandinavian Caledonides in the tip of Lapland's northwestern arm. With few exceptions rocks are of Archean and Proterozoic age. Granites, gneiss, metasediments and metavolcanics are common rocks while greenstone belts are recurring features. More rare rock associations include mafic and ultramafic layered intrusions and one of the world's oldest ophiolites. The region hosts valuable deposits of gold, chromium, iron and phosphate.
Climate
The very first snowflakes fall to the ground in late August or early September over the higher peaks. The first ground-covering snow arrives on average in October or late September. Permanent snow cover comes between mid-October and the end of November, significantly earlier than in southern Finland. The winter is long, approximately seven months. The snow cover is usually thickest in early April. Soon after that the snow cover starts to melt fast. The thickest snow cover ever was measured in Kilpisjärvi on 19 April 1997 and it was 190 cm. The annual mean temperature varies from a couple of degrees below zero in the northwest to a couple of degrees above zero in the southwest (Kemi-Tornio area). Lapland exhibits a trend of increasing precipitation towards the south, with the driest parts being located at the two arms.
In summer months, the average temperature is consistently over 10°C. Heat waves with daily temperatures exceeding 25°C occur on an average of 5-10 days per summer in northern Finland.
History
The area of Lapland was split between two counties of the Swedish Realm from 1634 to 1809. The northern and western areas were part of Västerbotten County, while the southern areas (so-called Peräpohjola) were part of Ostrobothnia County (after 1755 Oulu County). The northern and western areas were transferred in 1809 to Oulu County, which became Oulu Province. Under the royalist constitution of Finland during the first half of 1918, Lapland was to become a Grand Principality and part of the inheritance of the proposed king of Finland. Lapland Province was separated from Oulu Province in 1938.
During the Interim Peace and beginning of the Continuation War the government of Finland allowed the Nazi German Army to station itself in Lapland as a part of Operation Barbarossa. After Finland made a separate peace with the Soviet Union in 1944, the Soviet Union demanded that Finland expel the German army from its soil. The result was the Lapland War, during which almost the whole civilian population of Lapland was evacuated. The Germans used scorched earth tactics in Lapland before they withdrew to Norway. 40 to 47 per cent of the dwellings in Lapland and 417 kilometres (259 mi) of railroads were destroyed, 9,500 kilometres (5,900 mi) of roadways were mined, destroyed or were unusable, and 675 bridges and 3,700 kilometres (2,300 mi) of telephone lines were also destroyed. Ninety per cent of Rovaniemi, the capital of Lapland, was burned to the ground, with only a few pre-war buildings surviving the destruction.
After the Second World War, Petsamo municipality and part of Salla municipality were ceded to the Soviet Union. The decades following the war were a period of rebuilding, industrialisation and fast economic growth. Large hydroelectric plants and mines were established and cities, roads and bridges were rebuilt after the destruction of the war. In the late 20th century the economy of Lapland started to decline, mines and factories became unprofitable and the population started to decline rapidly across most of the region.
The provinces of Finland were abolished on 1 January 2010, but Lapland was reorganised as one of the new regions that replaced them.
Lapland is the home of about 3.4% of Finland's total population and is by far the least densely populated area in the country. The biggest towns in Lapland are Rovaniemi (the regional capital), Tornio, and Kemi. In 2011, Lapland had a population of 183,320 of whom 177,950 spoke Finnish, 1,526 spoke Sami, 387 spoke Swedish and 3,467 spoke some other languages as their mother tongue. Of the Sami languages, Northern Sami, Inari Sami and Skolt Sami are spoken in the region. Pelkosenniemi is the smallest municipality in mainland Finland in terms of population, while Savukoski is sparsely populated in terms of population density.
Lapland's population has been in decline since 1990.
The northernmost municipalities of Lapland where the Sámi people are the most numerous form the Sami Domicile Area. Sami organisation exists in parallel with the provincial one.
The Arctic Circle is one of the two polar circles, and the most northerly of the five major circles of latitude as shown on maps of Earth at about 66° 34' N. Its southern equivalent is the Antarctic Circle.
The Arctic Circle marks the southernmost latitude at which, on the Northern Hemisphere's winter solstice (which is the shortest day of the year), the Sun will not rise all day, and on the Northern Hemisphere's summer solstice (which is the longest day of the year), the Sun will not set. These phenomena are referred to as polar night and midnight sun respectively, and the further north one progresses, the more pronounced these effects become. For example, in the Russian port city of Murmansk, three degrees above the Arctic Circle, the Sun does not rise above the horizon for 40 successive days in midwinter.
The position of the Arctic Circle is not fixed and currently runs 66°33′49.8″ north of the Equator. Its latitude depends on the Earth's axial tilt, which fluctuates within a margin of more than 2° over a 41,000-year period, owing to tidal forces resulting from the orbit of the Moon. Consequently, the Arctic Circle is currently drifting northwards at a speed of about 14.5 m (48 ft) per year.
Etymology
The word arctic comes from the Greek word ἀρκτικός (arktikos: "near the Bear, northern") and that from the word ἄρκτος (arktos: "bear").
Midnight sun and polar night
The Arctic Circle is the southernmost latitude in the Northern Hemisphere at which the center of the Sun can remain continuously above or below the horizon for twenty-four hours; as a result, at least once each year at any location within the Arctic Circle the center of the Sun is visible at local midnight, and at least once the center is not visible at local noon.
Directly on the Arctic Circle these events occur, in principle, exactly once per year: at the June and December solstices, respectively. However, because of atmospheric refraction and mirages, and also because the sun appears as a disk and not a point, part of the midnight sun is visible, on the night of the northern summer solstice, at a latitude of about 50 minutes of arc (′) (90 km (56 mi)) south of the Arctic Circle. Similarly, on the day of the northern winter solstice, part of the sun may be seen up to about 50′ north of the Arctic Circle. That is true at sea level; those limits increase with elevation above sea level, although in mountainous regions there is often no direct view of the true horizon.
The largest communities north of the Arctic Circle are situated in Russia, Norway, and Sweden: Murmansk (population 295,374) and Norilsk (178,018) in Russia; Tromsø (75,638) in Norway, Vorkuta (58,133) in Russia, Bodø (52,357), and Harstad (24,703) in Norway; and Kiruna, Sweden (22,841). Rovaniemi (62,667) in Finland is the largest settlement in the immediate vicinity of the Arctic Circle, lying 6 km (4 mi) south of the line. Salekhard (51,186) in Russia is the only city in the world located directly on the Arctic Circle.
In contrast, the largest North American community north of the Arctic Circle, Sisimiut (Greenland), has approximately 5,600 inhabitants. In the United States, Utqiaġvik, Alaska (formerly known as Barrow), is the largest settlement north of the Arctic Circle with about 5,000 inhabitants. The largest such community in Canada is Inuvik in the Northwest Territories, with 3,137 inhabitants.
Geography
The Arctic Circle is roughly 16,000 km (9,900 mi) in circumference. The area north of the Circle is about 20,000,000 km2 (7,700,000 sq mi) and covers roughly 4% of Earth's surface.
The Arctic Circle passes through the Arctic Ocean, the Scandinavian Peninsula, North Asia, Northern America, and Greenland. The land within the Arctic Circle is divided among eight countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, the United States (Alaska), Canada (Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut), Denmark (Greenland), and Iceland (where it passes through the small offshore island of Grímsey).
Climate
Further information: Climate of the Arctic
The climate north of the Arctic Circle is generally cold, but the coastal areas of Norway have a generally mild climate as a result of the Gulf Stream, which makes the ports of northern Norway and northwest Russia ice-free all year long. In the interior, summers can be quite warm, while winters are extremely cold. For example, summer temperatures in Norilsk, Russia will sometimes reach as high as 30 °C (86 °F), while the winter temperatures frequently fall below −50 °C (−58 °F).
Foundation stone 6 Jan 1865 by Bishop Augustus Short, architect Robert Rickman Page, bluestone with brick quoins, opened 10 Sep 1865. Church plan was described by some as “whimsical” and by the architect “adaptive”. First church had been built 1848 on same site. Parish hall foundation stone 18 Aug 1906 by Bishop Thomas, opened 24 Nov 1906.
“The first Church of England at Balhannah seems to have been erected about 1848 on the site of the present St. Thomas' Church of England. From the fact that it had a fireplace and a chimney it has been suggested that the building was originally intended to be used as a school. . . When the Rev. John Fulford was appointed Incumbent at Blakiston in 1851 he undertook the oversight of the surrounding district, and used the building at Balhannah for church services.” [Mount Barker Courier 16 Sep 1948]
“The foundation-stone of the new Balhannah Episcopalian Church of St. Thomas was laid by the Lord Bishop of Adelaide on Friday, January 6. The design of the new building, to supersede the present structure, which is found to be inadequate to the wants of the neighbourhood, appears to be exceedingly tasteful. The walls entirely enclose the existing edifice, and great confidence seems to be reposed in the architect and builder, Mr. R. R. Page. . . A spire of imposing dimensions is to surmount the entrance to the building. . . Beneath the stone won placed a bottle enclosing a parchment document. . . The bottle also had within it specimens of the coins of the realm, and a Register of the current date.” [Adelaide Observer 14 Jan 1865]
“The principal entrance is from the main road through a deep recessed doorway . . . thence through a covered way to the tower, where seats will be provided for a waiting congregation, and serving a double purpose - first, as a screen from the summer's heat and the winter's cold; secondly, to screen the minister from the gaze of passers-by and the congregation from an annoying draft. There will also be two other doors for entrance or exit - one to sacristy the other from cemetery. . . . There will be a font second to none in the colony. . . The style of building is called by the designer ‘Adaptative.’ ” [Register 13 Jan 1865]