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The National Harbor and MGM complex have several interesting sights and plenty of restaurants and shops.
Here you see two of the landmarks (a portion of) The Awakening sculpture in the foreground and the Capital Wheel in the background.
More about them here (from Wikipedia)
On the edge of Bookham Common came across this sad sight , something appears to be going on but not sure what . Never noticed it before , think it was a bit hidden by growth that has been cleared .
Sgt. Lucas G. Gauld, a crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461 (HMH-461) observes a CH-53 Super Stallion after an operation on Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., Aug. 14, 2014. The operation consisted of Marines hooking up and transporting an M777 Howitzer to a firing range.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Coleman/Released)
Tampa, Florida, manatee sighting with shadows of spectators cast on the water. Yes, I'm in there somewhere too!
From morning to night I stayed out of sight
Didn't recognize I'd become
No more than alive I'd barely survive
In a word...overrun
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Joshua Agripino, a rifleman with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, practices providing cover fire while conducting dismount drills from Amphibious Assault Vehicles during an Integrated Training Exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 30, 2013. ITX is a training exercise held to prepare Marines prior to their deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. James Mast/Released)
Bradford, PA. November 2019.
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This is a screen shot from a game I'm playing on my iPad called Puppet Show. It's a hidden object/puzzle solving type game which are my favorite. I thought the girls on the shelf looked familiar. In this photo the two were mid blink (I always knew they blinked when we weren't watching!!)
A very rare sight on the mainline and one I just had to get out and capture.A big thank you to John for driving me to the locations today in that I fell down some steps last week whilst on holiday. ECS movement from Dereham-Carnforth with LMS 8F 2-8-0 No 48151 at the front,LMS Jubilee 4-6-0 No 45699 'Galatea' and Royal Scot 4-6-0 No 45115 'Scots Guardsman' pulling away from Claypole loop on a dull overcast day. The clouds were clearing but sadly not in time for the triple header out of the loop.It was then a dash in John's car to the next location at East Markham
Recorded as my first sighting. The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica), also known as the common puffin, is a species of seabird in the auk family. It is the only puffin native to the Atlantic Ocean; two related species, the tufted puffin and the horned puffin, are found in the northeastern Pacific. The Atlantic puffin breeds in Québec, Iceland, Norway, Greenland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and the Faroe Islands, and as far south as Maine in the west and France in the east. The Atlantic Puffin is most commonly found on the Westman Islands, Iceland. Although it has a large population and a wide range, the species has declined rapidly, at least in parts of its range, resulting in it being rated as vulnerable by the IUCN. On land, it has the typical upright stance of an auk. At sea, it swims on the surface and feeds mainly on small fish, which it catches by diving under water, using its wings for propulsion.
I enjoyed this magnificent sight this afternoon 28/6/17 at Aberdeen Harbour Scotland.
Compared to seagoing tugboats, harbour tugboats are generally smaller and their width-to-length ratio is often higher, due to the need for a lower draught. In smaller harbours these are often also termed lunch bucket boats, because they are only manned when needed and only at a minimum (captain and deckhand), thus the crew will bring their own lunch with them.
The number of tugboats in a harbour varies with the harbour infrastructure and the types of tugboats. Things to take into consideration includes ships with/without bow thrusters and forces like wind, current and waves and types of ship (e.g. in some countries there is a requirement for certain numbers and sizes of tugboats for port operations with gas tankers).
Vessel JASMINE C (IMO: 9463542, MMSI: 235077714) is a general cargo ship built in 2010 and currently sailing under the flag of United Kingdom. JASMINE C has 131m length overall and beam of 21m. Her gross tonnage is 9530 tons. Vessel CARRICKFERGUS (IMO: 7400352, MMSI: Unknown) is a tug built in 1976 and currently sailing under the flag of United Kingdom.
A maritime pilot, also known as a marine pilot or harbor pilot and sometimes simply called a pilot, is a sailor who manoeuvres ships through dangerous or congested waters, such as harbors or river mouths. He or she is normally an ex ship captain and a highly experienced shiphandler who possess detailed knowledge of the particular waterway, e.g. actual depth, direction and strength of the wind, current and tide at any time of the day. The pilot is a navigational expert for the port of call.
Maneuvering a ship through the shallow water to berth / unberth in a port requires teamwork which involves, apart from the port pilot, the ship's captain (jointly responsible), ship's crew, port tugs, and shore linesmen. Since the pilot is on board the ship, he controls the tugs and linesmen through a radio and the ship directly. The ship's captain ensures his crew carry out the pilot's orders.
High skill is required to be a pilot as the channels through which the ships move towards the port is normally too narrow and shallow for the size of the ships, stopping distance of the ships being a few nautical miles and the fact that ships do not steer at slow speed. Even if a ship captain is a regular visitor to a certain port, he can not match the expertise and experience of the Pilot.
In an unfortunate case of an accident, high pollution is a risk as the ships carry thousands of tonnes of fuel for her own consumption.(Clean up cost and other damages of the Exxon Valdez disaster was around $ 5 billion). Also if a ship is wrecked in the channel, the channel and the port could be closed for months until the shipwreck is removed.
Most ports have compulsory pilotage.
Legally, the master has full responsibility for safe navigation of his vessel, even if a pilot is on board. If he has clear grounds that the pilot may jeopardize the safety of navigation, he can relieve him from his duties and ask for another pilot or, if not compulsory to have a pilot on board, navigate the vessel without one. Only in transit of the Panama Canal and in Canada does the pilot have the full responsibility for the navigation of the vessel.
In English law, Section 742 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 defines a pilot as "any person not belonging to a ship who has the conduct thereof." In other words, someone other than a member of the crew who has control over the speed, direction, and movement of the ship. The current United Kingdom legislation governing pilotage is the Pilotage Act 1987.
Pilotage is one of the oldest professions, as old as sea travel, and it is one of the most important in maritime safety. The oldest recorded history dates back to about the 7th century BC.[1] The economic and environmental risk from today's large cargo ships makes the role of the pilot essential[citation needed].