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While this is a typical Chihuahuan Desert scene featuring sparse vegetation with seemingly little opportunity for human use, the Rio Grande is less than a mile behind me, and the landscape there is lush in comparison. Lush enough to attract farmers who could grow food and cotton crops in the late 1800s. When a nearby community was raided in 1916 during the Mexican Revolution, the War Department sent thousands of soldiers to protect the border residents. Three regiments of the US Cavalry were stationed here at a spot named Camp Santa Helena. They built a few adobe structures but abandoned the site when the Revolution ended in 1920.
People continued to live here and a store that served people on both sides of the river remained in operation until it was destroyed by fire in 2019. The community's name was changed to Castolon when the residents tried to establish a post office and learned they had to select a different name as there was already a Santa Helena in Texas. I couldn't find any date or usage information for the building, but suspect it was built after the Army's departure. The mountain is Cerro Castellan, which was seen from the other side in this album's previous photo.
Castolon Historic District, Big Bend National Park, Texas.
Seemingly unorganized and frenetic northern lights again last night. Good colors and brightness, better than the night before.
In the seemingly endless potato fields and flats of East Groningen stands proudly Landgoed Tenaxx (= Tenaxx Country Estate), the brain-and-muscle child of the philosopher-naturalist T.C.W. Oudemans. On 30 hectares (about 75 acres) it's a wonderful arboretum primarily financed by its popular companion dino-park with enormous mock-ups of those prehistoric animals. The arboretum is specialised in the 'weeping' variants of trees. Out of the flatlands of this area, Oudemans and his helpers have excavated a hilly edenic Tree Abode with a few delightful ponds... And you might suddenly be surprised by a huge North American plant-eater, Diplodocus (see inset).
The flowers are of a Catalpa Tree. I'm not sure whether Northern (speciosa) or Southern (bignonioides). The name 'Catalpa' comes from the Muscogee language and means something like 'Winged Head'. Catalpa was first scientifically described by Mark Catesby (1683-1749) in 1726. It was given its own genus 'Catalpa' by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723-1788) in 1777, correcting great Carolus Linnaeus's earlier 'Bignonia catalpa'.
It was a seemingly normal day for Juniper at the beach....until....oh, crab!
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Crabby McStabby (Fatpack) @ Access Aug 12 - Sept 8
~Wearing~
Wasabi (Muffin)
[VK!] Mamon Pants & Top (crab) for TDB
.tiptoes (swim masks) Crab - RARE
.Tippy.Tap. Melinda Sandals
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Simply Shelby (Summer Sandcastle Decor & Backdrop)
Simply Shelby (Summer Dream Castle Set)
Two azures (seemingly the same) flying in close proximity on the same day, but two different species.
Celastrina lucia with loosely arranged wing scales and checkered hindwing fringe.
Celastrina neglecta with neat rows of scales and white hindwing fringe.
Compare the two in large view for detailed look at the wings.
View of the dorsum (open wings, not shown) would further confirm the species.
Must be viewed large-- click on it:)
Though it was an exceptionally cold winter and spring, a snowstorm in Mid-may is unheard of here. Unfortunately, a large group of recently-arrived migrating Tree Swallows got caught in the storm and had to hunker down on the tree branches overlooking the Yukon River, and wait it out. I feared the worst would happen during the 24 hour storm, and was worried sick that they would die from exhaustion as a result of their long journey from Central America, a lack of food as there were no flying insects, strong winds and sub-zero temperatures. I returned the next morning and found no dead birds, so presumably most had survived. They seemed to go into a state of semi-torpor (slow metabolism) and huddled (see note) to conserve energy, a strategy that apparently worked.
As surreal as it appears, this shot is pretty much straight out of the camera with a few contrast, vibrance and saturation adjustments in CS5. The green bokeh is courtesy of the deep green colour of the Yukon River in the spring. Eventually, this photo and others, along with the story, attracted significant international media attention. See my narrative www.flickr.com/photos/keithmwilliams/6401859531/in/photos...
I captured this Caspian Tern seemingly fish like a Black Skimmer. I don't know if it was fishing, imitating, or doing something else. Zoom in on the beak to see what I mean.
This is the second shot in the series. The first is in the first comment box.
Caspian Terns
Hydroprogne caspia
Member of the Nature’s Spirit
Good Stewards of Nature
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ISO 1250
Flash (off, did not fire)
With seemingly nothing going on at the BKRR I headed toward North Bennington where I found Vermont Railway's RDHJ turn having arrived down from Rutland. A four unit set of power led by VTR 432 an SD70M-2 blt. Dec. 2006 as FEC 103 is at MP 2 on the B&R Sub mainline passing the old Rutland Railway freight house which sits inside the wye track whose tail is the old Bennington Branch that prior to 1953 reached 53 miles to Chatham, NY as the famed torturous 'corkscrew division.' Today only the northern mile or so is used for car storage and the remainder down to the gorgeous old stone Bennington Station 4 1/2 miles away has recently been turned into a trail after decades of being out of service.
In the foreground standing on the platform waiting for a train that will never come is a passenger cast in stone, one of many pieces of outdoor public art in this quirky little village.
North Bennington, Vermont
Monday October 17, 2022
While they've proven far more longevous than almost all of their Class 1 compatriots, CSX's tired fleet of CW40-8/9s are finally nearing the end of their service lives, with plans being made to finally retire the active roster in 2026. These motors have been in and out of storage as part of CSX's surge fleet since 2020, and have now seemingly found homes at various terminals around the system. Two Montgomery-based CW40-9s, 9002 and 9041, both still in YN2 garb, bring northbound train L698 homeward through Letohatchee, as fall colors finally hit their peak in south Alabama.
This dead tree in central Switzerland seemingly reaches out to embrace the eternal beauty of the galactic core.
While shooting the focus stack for this image during nautical twilight, I noticed the Milky Way becoming visible in my LCD and really liked the composition. As I had not yet set up my tracking mount, I quickly shot an untracked single exposure of the sky. That was a good decision, because a few minutes later, when my tracker was aligned, the galactic core was blocked by clouds.
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Canon EOS 6D, astro-modified
Samyang 24mm, f/1.4 @ f/2
Sky:
Single exposure of 12s @ ISO6400
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Focus stack of 3 panels, each a stack of 5 x 50s @ ISO1600
Six months ago and seemingly showing no signs of their impending demise, Royal Air Force Panavia Tornado GR.4 ZA612/074 blasts away from RAF Marham's Runway 19
Now the last of the last are on their retirement tour and I'm hoping to catch the three 'Tourists' over Boscombe Down tomorrow as they complete day 2 out of 3 with appearances over many airfields and installations around the country synonymous with this wonderful aircraft that has been at the forefront of our Royal Air Force for over three decades!
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Mastbos - Breda - North Brabant - Netherlands
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Holkham pines Norfolk
There are seemingly plenty of these visitors around the Norfolk coast in the Autumn, but they have always eluded me, so I was delighted to manage a couple of shots of this very flighty bird, albeit heavily cropped - it is a lifer for me ! Coupled with the Red-breasted Flycatcher , it made a good day !
Strangely, seemingly 'simple' shots take just as long to set up and compose as much more complex scenes — a lot of time is spent getting the camera angle just right before objects can even be placed, not to mention the faff involved with making macarons!
Long seemingly endless converging ridges with young and small fresh green potato plants of newly sown potatoes. It is spring now.
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This seemingly random collection of evening sky photographs is actually the result of a very definite aesthetic choice on my part. The effect of these collages should always be greater than the sum of its parts.
These photographs were taken over several evenings in Melbourne. They were framed in camera using the Leica D-Lux 7 square format.
It's easy to predict that Cedar Waxwings will chow down on Yaupon berries at every opportunity! There were around 50 in this bush!
Seemingly, a bulked-up juvenile male Ruby-throated Hummingbird checking the sun's angle to determine when its migration to South America should begin. Once he gets a north wind, he'll be gone until mid-April.
Fairly Uncommon.
Despite their seemingly bare appearance, hedgerows in winter are crucial wildlife corridors and provide refuge for birds and hibernating mammals in winter, Kent's hedgerows and fields remain vital habitats, offering shelter and food for wildlife and providing a landscape of subtle, natural beauty.
A beautiful whitetail buck seemingly feeling his oats. I watched this big chocolate-antlered 8-point as he squinted his eyes and craned his neck, pointing his nose toward the sky. It didn't appear that he was lip curling, and almost looked like he was just having a good stretch. Maybe he was sniffing the air to try and figure out our scent (or some other scent). Whatever the case, it provided for some interesting poses.
After a seemingly never-ending curfew - over six months - I was finally able to resume the practice of night photography. I went out on the very first night and was welcomed with a deluge.
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I was on a mission yesterday to find the remains of an incident and came upon remains of a different kind. An old cemetery dating back to the 1800's, seemingly forgotten with over grown weeds and tipping headstones. I found beauty in the stillness, as if time had just stopped here. Headstones indicated beginnings and endings, but not much else in between.
A seemingly unlikely duo comprised of CN 4138 and BNSF 2098 pull L583 across Rectory Street in London, and onto the Talbot Spur down to St. Thomas. It makes a little more sense knowing 2098 was on lease to CN for at least a full year by the time this photo was taken, after which CN would purchase the unit altogether. It's become one of many new-ish four-axle units to be added to the roster as of late, almost certainly to replace aging GP9's like the one pictured.
Jet seemingly fast asleep. heard me mention on the phone to a friend "we must go out for a walk in the hills soon" !
Amazingly dogs whilst seemingly fast asleep are always listening in.
Jean Theron Louw is a South African architect whose true passion is sculpture.
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Seemingly Peaceful' (Scheinbar friedlich)
Jean Theron Louw ist eine südafrikanische Architektin, deren wahre Leidenschaft die Bildhauerei ist.
张家界－老屋场－神兵聚会
This magic place, seemingly out of this world, is in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern part of Hunan province, China. It is said that the geographic formation in the park inspired James Cameron to create planet Pandora for his blockbuster movie "Avatar".
To capture the first slice of golden sunlight shinning over that towering peak, I have to get up 4 AM in the morning, hire a local driver to take me to the place beyond the reach of "normal" tourists.
Stitched together from 4 separate photos. No HDR.
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After seemingly rearranging his food cache behind for a while, the beaver walked forward and disappeared in the water. I had not realized that there was a beaver house and food cache in one of the storm sewers open water spots. Douglas Park, Wascana, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. 1 December 2020.
Back in August of 2020, a pair of seemingly out of place CSX SD40-2s (8823/8840 both ex Conrail) lead CN train M3379129 (Gary, IN - Waterloo, IL) across the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal over the 124 year old former swing bridge built in 1898 by the Chicago Madison & Northern RR on the west of Chicago, IL. The train is just outside of their crew change point of CN’s Hawthorne Yard along the former Illinois Central and former Chicago Central & Pacific Iowa Division rail of the now CN Freeport Sub. Taken: 8-29-20
This was a catch to remember, as the three of us were having our normal Saturday outing in NWI just happened to be in Gary, Indiana at the right time to hear them mark up with CN DS. Not knowing where the train was going yet but one ATCS lineup up the Chicago Sub would give us our answer and then we were off to the city.
This seemingly ordinary boathouse is actually an artwork (Rivers by Tania Kovats) at the fabulous Jupiter Artland just outside Edinburgh. www.jupiterartland.org/art/tania-kovats-rivers/
Seemingly permanently attached to this working, GBRf's 66772 races south past Boars Head near Wigan in charge of 6V35, the 08.44 Clitheroe Castle Cement to Avonmouth Hanson Siding.
A cleaner 66154 brings up the rear in the shadows.
3S11 2106 St Blazey L I P to Par passes through Camborne around 22:10, a key attraction of this was the Paddington bound sleeper was due to pass northbound around 22:05 meaning two different trains could be photographed within minutes of each other and it was only 10 minutes from where we were staying. It had to be worth a trip out on at least one of the evenings.
66179 was in an horrendous condition and seemingly been on the RHTT for some time whereas 66154 on the rear was comparatively clean.
The seemingly endless fields of rich, black soil in Minnesota's Red River Valley are dressed in a winter coat of white.
A seemingly well fed sow grabs a few winks while the chickens clean the pen. A division of labor for which I'm particularly fond. Just ask Marg. Now I'm off for a nap.
Los Altos Hills CA
Seemingly endless waterfall cascades at the magnificent and amazing Fjallfoss o Dynjandi located in the Westfjords of Iceland.
Although seemingly rare, black leopards make up about 11% of the leopard population in the wild.
Taken during a Kathleen Reeder photography workshop. kathleenreeder.com/
Seemingly dormant for some time, but does seem rather clean. Typical Rover beige,or if you want to be sophisticated, champagne.
Seemingly not a very well liked bird and considered a pest for damage to crops.
Another very common bird but not so common for me so was happy to be able to photograph it.
Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary
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seemingly everywhere you looked there was another gorgeous and interesting image to capture. Olympic National Park.
This is the seemingly endless dirt and dusty road to Alice Springs in the outback of the Northern Territory of Australia.
There were only two dominant primary colours in this scene - the red hues of the land and the blue of the sky.
I took a colour shot, but much prefer the B&W rendition of the large format pinhole shown here.
Intrepid 5x4 with pinhole board, Fomapan 100 developed in my favourite brew, Rodinal.