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The section on the left (facing East) shows the main living area, which flows through from the courtyard to the back yard. The section on the right (facing West) shows the kitchen, a loft over an enclosed bathroom, and a work area facing North.
For more photos, see the full set.
Three young people (accompanied by a Busker's Best Friend) having a cigarette on the steps of the Chicago Cultural Center.
This is the first image in my Andes Set. It relates to the first part of a journey following the Transandine Railway (Ferrocarril Trasandino) from Los Andes in Chile to Mendoza in Argentina through Paso los Libertadores. The description in the set is reproduced here to make it easier to read.
On 1 October 2011my wife Pauline and I travelled by coach from Santiago de Chile to Mendoza with a Travelsphere group. The stretch between Los Andes in Chile and Uspallata in Argentina afforded spectacular views of the Andes. The road from Los Andes was continuous although, in Chile, it was Ruta CH-60 whereas, in Argentina, it became Ruta Nacional 7. Throughout that part of the journey we saw evidence of the track and stations of the old Transandine Railway (in English) or Ferrocarril Trasandino (en español y completa más). The route from Los Andes to the frontier is shown on Wikimapia and you can see the photos I took along the way in this set. Many were taken from our coach while it was on the move so please don't expect high-quality shots.
One of the most unforgettable sights was a series of 17 steeply ascending bends in the road called Los Caracoles de Cuesta Juncal. You can see them from above here and you can read about them and other spectacular roads here (the link has gone – I'm trying to restore it). The photos on that site are really worth looking at. The 17 bends of Caracoles are number 15 and actually looks pretty tame in comparison with some of the others. Number 6, the Road of Death in Bolivia, looks absolutely terrifying. The Caracoles bends take the road up about 400 m within a distance of 850 m as the crow (or, more likely, condor) flies. Our coach stopped at the top of the bends for a while and many photos were taken – not only by me! We were at an altitude of about 2800 m (9350 feet) and there were several mountains of about 5000 m in altitude around us. At about 6000 m, the highest is Nevado Juncal an enormous mountain with four peaks. Two are wholly in Chile and two are shared with Argentina.
Using a bit of imagination, 'Los Caracoles de Cuesta Juncal' could be translated as 'The Slope from the the Bed of Reeds to the Snails’. Even that doesn't make a lot of sense, so I did some research. 'Cuesta' is certainly Spanish for slope and is inspired by the road's steep incline. And ‘juncal’ does mean 'bed of reeds' but, in this case, the reference is to El Juncal, the hamlet at the bottom of the slope after which Nevado Juncal was presumably named. Likewise, although there may well be an abundance of snails there, 'Los Caracoles' actually refers to a place. But, rather misleadingly, it isn’t at the top of the 17 bends but rather some 6 km to the northeast. So, with that proviso, 'Los Caracoles de Cuesta Juncal' really means 'The slope from El Juncal to Los Caracoles'.
Both El Juncal and Los Caracoles once had stations on the Transandine Line. Although it was originally Estación El Juncal, it was renamed Estación de los Hermanos Clark (Station of the Brothers Clark) in honour of the brothers, Juan and Mateo Clark. They were Chileans, born in Valparaiso, but of a Scottish father and an Argentian mother. They did much of the preliminary work on the railway in the late 19th century but ran out of money before their plans could be fully realised. In 1898 Clark & Co was liquidated and in 1901 a London-based company acquired the incomplete railway for £90,000. The same company went on to win the contract to complete the project and, in 1910, the first train passed through the tunnel straddling the border. Sadly Juan Clark died three years before his dream came true. His brother Mateo lived in retirement in Santiago and died aged 86 in 1929.
The station named after the brothers Clark is south of the 17 bends on this map (hover the mouse over the outline to read the label). You can see how it looks now here. Two stops up the line are the devastated remains of Estación Caracoles. Their location can be seen on the map just to the west of the area marked 'Cuesta Caracoles' – the true Caracoles Slope!
The Transandine Railway once linked Los Andes with Mendoza but, in 1984, after 74 years of fairly successful operation, a storm destroyed part of the line. For another 10 years the section between Los Andes and Rio Blanco continued in operation but, since then, the whole line has steadily fallen into decay. Apparently the locos still languish in a shed in Los Andes. There was evidence of the railway at many points on the journey and what was possibly once a station can be seen in one of my photos. It may have been Estación Las Cuevas – literally 'the Station of the Caves'. There's an illustrated history of the railway here and a superb set of photos here. The good news is that there are well-advanced plans to reconstruct it and apparently some work has begun on the project. The will have to build a new tunnel under Cristo Redenter because the road tunnel by the road was the one that was once used by the railway.
Close to where our coach parked there was an octagonal wooden building. At first I thought that this was Octagon Lodge, part of the famous Ski Portillo that's further up the road. The actual Octagon Lodge is on the right of this Wikimedia photo of the Portillo Ski Centre and, as you can see, it's a carbon copy of the building we saw. 'Portillo', by the way, translates as 'little pass' and refers to the valley that takes the road and the rail track through the mountains to Caracoles and Túnel del Cristo Redentor.
Organised skiing was started at Portillo by the Chilean Government in 1949. But progress was slow due to lack of financial support and, in 1962, two North Americans, Bob Purcell and Dick Aldrich bought the centre and developed it so well that it was chosen as the venue for the Alpine World Ski Championships in 1966. Soon after that, they were joined by Bob's nephew, Henry Purcell. Now there's a name for musicians to savour! Like his illustrious namesake, Henry has turned to composing. But, rather than music, his composition has been an excellent account of the history of skiing at Portillo. While the trains were running they were the best way to get to the ski centre. They stopped at Estación Portillo close to the hotel. This photo of the station and the hotel was taken in 1965 a year before the Alpine World Ski Championships were held at Portillo.
Soon after we departed from 'the bends' we saw the ski centre on our left. Then we drove along a valley that began with a gentle climb but, after sweeping round to the left, became much steeper. This was the pass which gave Portillo its name. Some way up the steep part we saw in front of us the entrance to El Túnel do Cristo Redentor, the tunnel that was to take us from Chile to Argentina. It took its name from that of the statue of Cristo Redenter de los Andes which, unbeknown to us at the time, stands high above the tunnel. It was just before the entrance to the tunnel that we caught a glimpse of Estación Caracoles. The statue itself stands exactly on the border between Chile and Argentina. It was inaugurated in 1904 to celebrate the settlement in 1902 of a border dispute. The mediator had been King Edward VII of Great Britain. Etched on a plaque below the statue are the words Se desplomarán primero estas montañas, antes que argentinos y chilenos rompan la paz jurada a los pies del Cristo Redentor' or 'Sooner shall these mountain crags crumble to dust than Chile and Argentina shall break this peace which at the feet of Christ the Redeemer they have sworn to maintain'. Of course, we would have loved to have visited the statue. It can be reached by using the old road that was used before the tunnel was opened. And that steep, winding ascent is the real Caracoles Cuesta. But it's little more than a track and is totally impassable for a coach. The locations of the bends, the ski centre, the stations, the tunnel and the statue can all be seen on the map.
About 15 km after emerging from the tunnel we came to the border control. It's called Complejo Fronterizo Los Horcones and is a hanger-like building that contains many little 'huts'. Each hut can accommodate one Chilean and one Argentinean customs officer but, when we were there, many of them were not in operation. Thus we joined a queue of hundreds of people that were waiting to be cleared. Quite a few were parties of schoolchildren. Many of the boys wore shirts with 'Rugby' on the back whereas the girls' shirts had 'Hockey' on the back. We had to wait 3½ hours on our feet before we were cleared – and it wasn't warm! But if you're thinking of doing the tour don't let that put you off. It was our only bad experience and, set against the many highlights, it was a mere trifle.
The route from the frontier to Mendoza is shown on this map. For an account of some of the places we passed through in that leg see the photos themselves.
Robert Cutts, January 2011
1000th viewing: June 2013
A section of the prison cell in S21 or Tuol Sleng in Cambodia.
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I got this thin section in the mail yesterday and was quite pleased. I never expected to find an Angrite thin section.
Angrites are a very rare type of meteorite, basically a type of basalt. They are the oldest igneous rocks ever found and are about 4.55 billion years old. Some theorize they are the result of melting of a carbonaceous chondrites parent body. The major minerals are augite and olivine.
The meteorite itself was plowed up in 1979 and kept for many years until in 2000 it was identified as an Angrite. There are currently 24 meteorites classified as Angrites.
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A cross section of a massive tree trunk showing saw cuts, age rings, wood rot, and the workings of wood-boring insects.
New and improved americano meat. The earlier one was lame.
Day 236 of MEAT SECTIONS
© Alyson Thomas 2010
Tam kindly came with me to the local IGA to get some batteries for my dying flash. I couldnt leave without asking her to pose with some melons in the fruit section. the checkout chicks thought it was hilarious, and a younger one commented "i though u must have been a prostitute" lol
Min Mae's Tableaux Vivants "Peep Show"
This section of the fresco from Room F of the Villa of P. Fannius Synistor of Boscoreale depicts a wall and a floor with a column. It features a silhouette of a grape-vine leaf.
The room to which this once belonged was a dressing room for the summer triclinium (dining room), square with sides of just over three meters. It was at the end of corridor 23 with its entrance opposite that of the summer triclinium G. It was an almost square room, with walls of around three meters, and was also decorated in a simple way that imitated the Corinthian room. The decoration here was of marble pilasters with panels inlaid with yellow Venetian marble. Behind them was a red granite podium with green marble shelf. Above this were Corinthian columns, which together with the pilasters went up to the lintel and the ceiling.
What's the meaning of the silhouette of the grape leaf? To me, this is clearly a reference to Dionysus-Bacchus, who is frequently part of the designs of a triclinium. In the dressing room for the triclinium, perhaps it was a reminder that wine was forthcoming?
Roman, Late Republican, ca. 50-40 BCE.
Met Museum, New York (03.14.11)
File name: 08_02_000644
Box label: Fairchild aerial photos: Downtown Boston (incl. harbor): High obliques (Greater Boston)
Title: Boston. Business section
Alternative title: Business district: Fort Hill
Creator/Contributor: Fairchild Aerial Surveys, inc. (photographer)
Date issued:
Date created: 1925
Physical description: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 6 3/4 x 8 3/4 in.
Genre: Gelatin silver prints; Aerial photographs; Cityscape photographs
Subjects: United States Customhouse (Boston, Mass.); Cities & towns; Business districts
Notes: Airview number is: 43266; Image caption: Fort Hill Square in the centre foreground. Atlantic Ave. at the right.
Provenance:
Statement of responsibility: Fairchild Aerial Survey, Inc. N.Y.C.
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: Rights status not evaluated.
The orange-clad fans of Section 3 at the 52nd National Championship Air Races held at Stead Field, Reno, NV, September 16-20, 2015.
Alesha Jamaican Fashion Model in Cut-off Denim Blue Jeans Braless White Top and Sunglasses Photoshoot on Location Regent's Canal Towpath Hackney Section Whitmore Bridge Garden Shoreditch Hoxton London
2023 North Coast Section Wrestling Championships
Hosted by James Logan High School
Union City, California, USA
February 17th and 18th
Photos by John Sachs www.tech-fall.com
This section of 747 is clearly made up of Cathay Pacific and Tower Air airframes, probably from Victorville. The other side of it is painted as ‘Air Force One’, obviously for a movie.
Seen in the ‘Aviation Warehouse’ yard.
El Mirage, CA, USA.
29-2-2016
A Microscopic Study is the topic of my project theme for the group, 100 x: The 2025 Edition.
"Zea is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family. The best-known species is Z. mays (variously called maize, corn, or Indian corn), one of the most important crops for human societies throughout much of the world. The four wild species are commonly known as teosintes and are native to Mesoamerica." (Wikipedia)
SECTION Pedilonum
Distribution: Taiwan (Lan Yü, Lü Tao) to Philippines (Batan Is.) (38 TAI 42 PHI)
Lifeform: Pseudobulb epiphyte
Homotypic Names:
Pedilonum goldschmidtianum (Kraenzl.) Rauschert, Feddes Repert. 94: 460 (1983).
Heterotypic Synonyms:
Dendrobium hainanense Matsum. & Hayata, J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 22: 408 (1908), nom. illeg.
Dendrobium miyakei Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4: 64 (1919).
Dendrobium irayense Ames & Quisumb., Philipp. J. Sci. 52: 446 (1933 publ. 1934).
Dendrobium pseudohainanense Matsum., Trop. Hort. 3: 33 (1933).
Dendrobium victoriae-reginae var. miyakei (Schltr.) T.S.Liu & J.H.Su, Fl. Taiwan 5: 969 (1978).
Pedilonum miyakei (Schltr.) Rauschert, Feddes Repert. 94: 461 (1983).