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CO (Lake County)
Day 3
Segment 10 random spot to Segment 11 Interlaken Trailhead
Into Segment 11. A few years ago, I climbed Mount Elbert and hit the trail via the Mount Elbert Cutoff Trail. The trailhead was nearby. It was very dark when I started then. There were a few switchbacks but then the trail leveled out before the intersection with the North Mount Elbert Trail. A couple of dayhikers continued up Elbert. (Mount Elbert is the second highest in the lower 48 at 14,440 feet, Mount Massive is a close third. It can be a difficult hike if not prepared. I would suggest starting very early. Not only to lessen the threat of afternoon thunderstorms but also to avoid too many hikers standing on the summit.)
There were a number of streams to cross and the trail was actually quite nice. Lots of Aspens but unfortunately they were still mostly green. A side trail leads to Twin Lakes Village, a small town with a general store for resupply or a mail drop. There is also a small Historic District with several historic buildings. Stop in the visitor center; you might be able to charge your phone. The town can also be accessed when the trail crosses under CO82. I didn't need to go there since I was finishing on the other side of Twin Lakes.
The hike around Twin Lakes isn't too exciting but it also isn't difficult. It is about 6 miles of flat, sandy and totally exposed to the sun, hiking. Great views of the mountains though. I stopped for a short break near Mount Elbert Power Plant at a very small Aspen grove. This is the last shade for about 3.5 miles until past the dam. I made good time and finally made it back to the car.
........of Papermill Falls. If you happend to see the scriggles of ice on the stick in another picture of mind......here they are again! You just can see too many scriggles, don't cha know!>
ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti trains in Extravehicular Activity (EVA) and the Russian segment of the International Space Station at Roscosmos's Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. October 2021.
ID: DSC_4927
Credit: GCTC
Anemonoides nemorosa (Ranunculaceae) 097 19
Anemone nemorosa is an early-spring flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native to Europe.
Anemone nemorosa is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant less than 30 centimeters in height. The compound basal leaves are palmate or ternate (divided into three lobes). They grow from underground root-like stems called rhizomes and die back down by mid-summer (summer dormant). The rhizomes spread just below the soil surface, forming long spreading clumps that grow quickly, contributing to the rapid spread of the species in woodlands, where they often carpet large areas. The plants start blooming in spring soon after the foliage emerges from the ground. The flowers are solitary, held above the foliage on short stems, with a whorl of three palmate or palmately-lobed leaflike bracts beneath. The flowers are 2 centimeters diameter, with six or seven (and on rare occasions eight to ten) tepals (petal-like segments) with many stamens. In the wild, the flowers are usually white but may be pinkish, lilac or blue, and often have a darker tint on the backs of the tepals.
From Wikipedia.
Reminisce about Avatar Korra's incredible journey with this MOC designed in the style of the Architecture Skyline series! The design is broken out into four segments; each segment displays an iconic location from one of the four seasons.
- Republic City (with Airbender Island & Aang Memorial Island) [Season 1]
- Tree of Time with Vaatu & Spirit Portals [Season 2]
- Zaofu [Season 3]
- Banyan-Grove Tree [Season 4]
Find the instructions here and on Rebrickable.com!
You can follow all the fun on Instagram: @BenBuildsLego and Facebook
ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti trains in Extravehicular Activity (EVA) and the Russian segment of the International Space Station at Roscosmos's Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. October 2021.
ID: DSC_4730
Credit: GCTC
The predatory leech, Nephelopsis obscura occurs throughout much of Canada but is restricted to the upper Midwest and Rocky Mountain regions in the United States. In the last two decades this leech species has become an important fish bait in the upper Midwest. A few states are capitalizing on the economic returns from sales of this bait species. In Minnesota alone, annual leech sales have an estimated retail value of $1.5 million.
Nephelopsis is a member of a family of the free living, predatory and scavanging leeches. It is the species predominately sold in this country for fish bait. It occurs in ponds and sloughs throughout North Dakota and is an important component in pond ecology.
In 1979, bait leeches became legal for commercial export in Minnesota and legislation was passed opening state wildlife management areas larger than 2,000 acres to harvest by permit only. The demand for bait leeches by Minnesota anglers has intensified harvest of N. obscura, resulting in localized population declines and development of aquaculture techniques for commercial rearing.
Leech harvesters are able to remove as many as 4,000 leeches in a single trapping bout by baiting gunny sacks with fresh, bloody fish parts. - Wikipedia
Bottineau County North Dakota, USA.
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Four silver-colored James Webb Space Telescope primary segments. The primary mirror segments were cryogenically tested at NASA Marshall both before and after they were coated with gold. The gold coating optimizes them for reflecting infrared light. The mirror segments are actually made of beryllium, and polished to a precise prescription.
Credit: NASA
In this image, the flight "telescope segment" of the James Webb Space Telescope sits in the cleanroom at NASA Goddard, ready to be packed into a shipping container and sent to NASA Johnson. The telescope was actually sent to Johnson May 4, 2017, so this image was captured prior to that date. The "telescope segment" includes the mirrors and instruments - essentially the optically complete telescope. After testing at Johnson is complete, the telescope will be mated (at Northrop Grumman) with the rest of the spacecraft, including the tennis-court sized sunshield and spacecraft bus.
On the left side of the image, is the "Pathfinder" or test version of the telescope - it has two test mirrors mounted on its structure. It sits in Webb's transport container. The Pathfinder was actually transported to NASA Goddard from Johnson, where it was the first to undergo the test procedures that the flight would be next to undergo in Johnson's facilities. The lid of the shipping container sits at the back left of the cleanroom.
After the Pathfinder was unloaded, the flight version of the telescope was lifted into the container and secured for its trip to Houston, TX.
Part of the team of engineers and technicians that work on Webb are also pictured in the cleanroom.
Optical engineer Larkin Carey shared his recollections of this day with us:
“You know this is the first, last, and only time Pathfinder and JWST will be in the same room.” I said to [photographer] Desiree as the team was finishing up a rotation of the telescope.
On one side was Pathfinder, that had just been through three cryo tests in Chamber A at NASA JSC, was instrumental in helping prove out all the assembly processes for building such a tough project, and still held three of our flight-spare mirrors on the Pathfinder backplane. It holds a special fondness for me, the way my old backpacking tent or climbing harness reminds me of years of hard work and adventure.
On the other side was the just completed JWST telescope, that had recently been through vibration and center of curvature testing, and integration with the integrated science module and instruments. It would be transferred to the STARRS shipping container in the next few days and flown to NASA JSC shortly after to begin environmental testing (where we are now) and the first steps on its long journey to space. It was a pinnacle of Earth’s space-telescope technology, hinting at knowledge and possibility our science community has been dreaming about for decades.
“Let’s take a picture.”
It was the end of a long day in the middle of a full week, getting close to finishing a really busy spring preparing JWST to leave NASA Goddard. We only had a small core team in the room, but we gathered everyone between the two telescopes and took this photo.
Image credit: NASA/Desiree Stover
Taken with Bronica ETRSi 35mm W back and 75mm f2.8 lens. Shot on Kentmere 100, developed in Kodak d76 stock.
CO (San Juan County)
Day 1 (Segment 25)
Elk Park to random site via Molas Pass
The trail crosses US550 at Molas Pass. At 10,886’ the views are spectacular. A parking area is a short distance away where there are interpretive signs and some toilets. Overnight parking or long term parking is available at Molas Trail Trailhead, a little further down the road toward Silverton. I parked there previously and had just a short hike to connect to the CT. From the Pass, Silverton is about 7 miles away. A fascinating little mining town with most services available. Alternatively, Molas Lake Campground is also nearby for an overnight stay with hot showers and minimal resupply options.
Continuing on into Segment 25, the scenery did not disappoint. The trail skirted the edge of Little Molas Lake where there is a Forest Service campground (first come, first served, that includes a toilet). Although the trail never really went above treeline, there was plenty of exposure with 360 degree views. The hiking included some more steep sidehill but it wasn’t too difficult. There was lots of vegetation, including flowers. Although colorful, no huge field of flowers.
After 13 miles of hiking it was getting late and it was time to start looking for a decent flat spot. I finally found one on the edge of a cliff. I set up camp and then enjoyed the surroundings. Today was a great weather day with a few raindrops and probably in the 60s. It looked like it would be a clear night.
Finally had an overcast day with no precipitation to take better pictures as my lighting setup is not great for taking indoor pictures of larger builds.
Both the front and rear connections are built exactly the same.
The Natural History Museum in London is a natural history museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history. It is one of three major museums on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, the others being the Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. The Natural History Museum's main frontage seen here, is on Cromwell Road.
The museum is home to life and earth science specimens comprising some 80 million items within five main collections: botany, entomology, mineralogy, paleontology and zoology. The museum is a centre of research specialising in taxonomy, identification and conservation. Given the age of the institution, many of the collections have great historical as well as scientific value, such as specimens collected by Charles Darwin. The museum is particularly famous for its exhibition of dinosaur skeletons and ornate architecture—sometimes dubbed a cathedral of nature—both exemplified by the large Diplodocus cast that dominated the vaulted central hall before it was replaced in 2017 with the skeleton of a blue whale hanging from the ceiling. The Natural History Museum Library contains extensive books, journals, manuscripts, and artwork collections linked to the work and research of the scientific departments; access to the library is by appointment only. The museum is recognised as the pre-eminent centre of natural history and research of related fields in the world.
Although commonly referred to as the Natural History Museum, it was officially known as British Museum (Natural History) until 1992, despite legal separation from the British Museum itself in 1963. Originating from collections within the British Museum, the landmark Alfred Waterhouse building was built and opened by 1881 and later incorporated the Geological Museum. The Darwin Centre is a more recent addition, partly designed as a modern facility for storing the valuable collections.
Like other publicly funded national museums in the United Kingdom, the Natural History Museum does not charge an admission fee. (It did but was scrapped in 2001) The museum is an exempt charity and a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge is a patron of the museum. There are approximately 850 staff at the Museum. The two largest strategic groups are the Public Engagement Group and Science Group.
nearly finished - only the stained glass windows and the two trees in front of the wall are missing now ;-)
sorry for posting all the time unfinished examples but I have to confess: I really like the moc now ;-))
Post-collimating test image. Interesting to see the crater-lets inside of Plato. A couple segments of Rimae Plato and the graben in the Alpine Valley are resolved.
Telescope - CPC800 XLT
Camera - ASI120MC-S - with Shorty 2X Barlow
FireCapture, 2000 frames captured, Autostakkert - best 33% frames stacked. Registax 6 - Wavelet filtering, Photoshop CC 2015 for final tweaking.
“10,000-INHABITANT SPACE COLONY: A segment of the torus-shaped space colony is shown during final construction. This colony was conceived by the 10-week-long Ames/Stanford summer study. The colony, 150 yards in internal diameter, is visible through the 100-foot strip windows encircling the wheel-like colony. Shown in this conception is an agricultural are with a lake and a river.
These farming sections are interspersed with three more populated area and would be protected by a shield of lunar material attached to the outside of the colony shell. The louvers, shown being installed, would absorb cosmic radiation, while allowing sunlight to be reflected inside. Artificial gravity would be provided to the 10,000 inhabitants on a 1 rpm rotation of the space colony.”
Absolutely beautiful work, on a preposterously grand scale.
Featured within multiple NASA, academic and commercial publications, books, online, etc…the most appropriate link to cite is that of the artist, Mr. Don Davis. Note his brief & interesting description of this:
www.donaldedavis.com/PARTS/allyours.html
www.donaldedavis.com/BIGPUB/STORUS1.jpg
Credit: Don Davis: “Space Artist and Animator” website
Excellent & pertinent reading:
www.labocine.com/spotlights/visions-of-the-future-the-art...
Credit: LABOCINE website
Also, interesting:
space.nss.org/settlement/MikeCombs/SCTHF.html
Credit: National Space Society website
Ok its a composite of images of my Praktica Nova1 - 9 different images cropped 9 different ways with the 4 corners being different crops of the one image of the lens.
Its partly inspired by this cool image from f8125 :
www.flickr.com/photos/f8125/73765424/
Im not 100% sure it works - perhaps nine images is too many - the sections between the images are all the same though they dont seem to look it, originally done in wedges 1000x1000 pixels and then resized down.
What do you think? Does it work? How would you do it differently?
nearly finished - only the stained glass windows and the two trees in front of the wall are missing now ;-)
sorry for posting all the time unfinished examples but I have to confess: I really like the moc now ;-))
CO (La Plata County)
Day 4 (Segment 27)
random campsite to Bridge site
The final descent to Taylor Lake, although switchbacked, was pretty difficult. Caution was necessary on this steep sidehill which was strewn with loose talus stones. One misstep could be disastrous. Every step was careful and calculated. I did safely arrive at the Lake.
Taylor Lake is a stunning high alpine lake nestled in its own basin at an elevation of approximately 11,600 feet. An excellent place for a short break and to refill water containers. I encountered the hikers I had seen earlier on the Highline Trail, also taking a break.
Kennebec Trailhead, and the end of Segment 27, was about a mile away. I already had about 9 miles in for the day with about 7 more to go, so I didn’t linger at the lake for long. Kennebec Pass was another .6 mile away.