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Specific intensity is the radiance of a surface per unit frequency or wavelength.
The conservation of specific intensity has two important consequences:
1. Brightness is independent of distance. Thus the camera setting for a good exposure of the Sun would be the same, regardless of whether the photograph was taken close to the Sun (from near Venus, for example) or far away from the Sun (from near Mars, for example), so long as the Sun is resolved in the photograph.
2. Brightness is the same at the source and at the detector. Thus you can think of brightness in terms of energy flowing out of the source or as energy flowing into the detector
Two years ago I made my first locomotive as a full Lego scale model, set to the relatively big scale of 1/16. It was an older type American Diesel-electric unit called SD40-2, made by EMD (Electro Motive Diesel). The warm response the model received encouraged me to build another one, and this time I aimed for a more modern type, also produced by EMD: The SD70ACe. This mighty machine is a six-axle, 4300- horsepower, AC-traction diesel-electric locomotive which was first introduced in 2004, and has been in production since 2005. The SD70 ACe is very representative for locomotives used by North American Railroads to transport heavy freights.
The locomotive that I replicated is owned by Union Pacific; a freight railroad that operates nearly 8,500 locomotives, from which about 700 are SD70 Ace’s, and is the largest in the United States.
This specific example is something special though. It is a so called Union Pacific "heritage unit". These are a total of six SD70Ace’s which are painted in unique commemorative schemes which are meant to designate former railroads which Union Pacific purchased or operated over former trackage. Locomotive ‘UP 1989’ is such a “Heritage Unit” and is exclusivly painted in the colors of “Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad”, which Union Pacific acquired in 1996.
The Lego model consist of about 27.000 bricks, and was built in 4 months. It is about 143 cm in length (56,2 inch). The model was made from pictures and drawings found on the internet. It is fully detailed both, in, -and outside with modeled engine, electrical cabinets and cabin.
All decals were self-made as vector files, and printed and pre-cut at a professional company. Some retrofitted chromebricks are used.
This is also the first time I have used lighting in a model. Rob from www.brickstuff.com made it possible for me to make a realistic lighting setup without sacrificing any space for detail due to the very thin wiring, and even the ditch effect is onboard. For the same detail space reason I used the small battery boxes inlcuding switches from Brickstuff, and there are now two main switches to operate the external and cabin lights. It really adds to the realism of a build, and it will definitly not be my last work with lights mounted!
Unfortunately I don't have a hyper-specific category for these three... two are rejects from the last posts (for not being animals) and the third one is a random scarecrow. But they do have new parts.
Left to right:
Bloodsport (new visor)
Count Vertigo (new hair / torso)
Scarecrow (new head / torso I never had)
I needed a break from studying so I set out to create a very specific image. The result was something entirely different, but to me that is what's so beautiful about creative expression. Intent is important when creating a photo but being open to new possibilities, to truly living in the moment and reacting fluidly to what is around you...Responding to the forces that surround you while you're creating - that is just as special.
This photo is rooted in two thoughts...The first is from one of my favourite movies, Chronicles of Narnia (I read the book a long time ago, I'm sure it's amazing but the visuals in the movie are incredible <3)...The image has to do with the scene where the little girl meets Mr. Tumnus and learns that winter has lasted for a long time. So that connects to the whimsical aspect of the photo. The second part is that this looks like an ad for something. It has that element of sexuality and smoking. The materialism that is symbolized represents how obsessive we have become over consumer goods, over trivial nonsense. The two girls face the same direction, and one even looks straight at the camera. The earth behind them is warm, green and lush but there is no way of knowing whether or not they are aware of this. They are huddling together for warmth. Ultimately, they are immersed in the lifeless cold of winter but there is always hope for summer and what summer represents :)
BTS shots are on my blog
Four Union Pacific SD70Ms have an intermodal train in tow as they roll under the signal bridge and approach the Rock Island diamond in Joliet, IL, one summer morning back in 2012.
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Jardí Botànic, Barcelona, España.
El Jardí Botànic de Barcelona es un Jardín botánico de 14 hectáreas de extensión. Dentro del Jardín se encuentra el Instituto Botánico de Barcelona (IBB-CSIC), un centro mixto perteneciente al CSIC y el Ayuntamiento de Barcelona.
Se inauguró el 18 de abril de 1999, en el solar de un antiguo vertedero de escombros en el Parque de Montjuic. El proyecto fue obra del Ayuntamiento de Barcelona. Es miembro de la Asociación Ibero-Macaronésica de Jardines Botánicos, y del BGCI, presentando trabajos para la Agenda Internacional para la Conservación en los Jardines Botánicos.
El código de identificación internacional del "Jardí Botànic de Barcelona" como miembro del "Botanic Gardens Conservation Internacional" (BGCI), así como las siglas de su herbario es BC.
Las colecciones están enfocadas en plantas de las regiones mediterráneas de todo el mundo, esta es una vegetación vinculada al clima mediterráneo que se caracteriza por un largo verano seco, de inviernos suaves y lluvias en la primavera y el otoño. Este clima sólo se encuentra sobre un 5% de la superficie de la tierra pero en 5 regiones del mundo en las cuales las plantas tuvieron una evolución adaptativa específica que con todo da paisajes bastante similares, por lo que las plantas se distribuyen agrupadas, según las cinco regiones mediterráneas del mundo.
Las sendas nos permiten acceder de zona en zona, comenzando por las Islas Canarias situadas a la entrada y subir al Mediterráneo occidental reconocible por el instituto botánico, que sobresale.
Del hemisferio Norte, la zona con una mayor representación es la Cuenca Mediterránea, siguiendo el camino de visita se accede hasta las costas de California de clima mediterráneo.
Después se encuentran las zonas mediterráneas del hemisferio Sur donde se visita la región mediterránea de Chile, el sur de África, y las dos regiones mediterráneas del sur de Australia (SE y S).
The Jardí Botànic de Barcelona is a 14-hectare botanical garden. Inside the Garden is the Botanical Institute of Barcelona (IBB-CSIC), a joint center belonging to the CSIC and Barcelona City Council.
It was inaugurated on April 18, 1999, on the site of an old rubble dump in Montjuic Park. The project was the work of the Barcelona City Council. He is a member of the Ibero-Macaronesian Association of Botanical Gardens, and of the BGCI, presenting papers for the International Agenda for Conservation in Botanical Gardens.
The international identification code of the "Jardí Botànic de Barcelona" as a member of the "Botanic Gardens Conservation International" (BGCI), as well as the initials of its herbarium is BC.
The collections are focused on plants from Mediterranean regions around the world, this is a vegetation linked to the Mediterranean climate that is characterized by a long dry summer, mild winters and rains in spring and autumn. This climate is only found on 5% of the earth's surface, but in 5 regions of the world in which the plants had a specific adaptive evolution that nevertheless gives quite similar landscapes, for which reason the plants are distributed grouped, according to the five Mediterranean regions of the world.
The paths allow us to access from zone to zone, starting with the Canary Islands located at the entrance and going up to the western Mediterranean recognizable by the botanical institute, which stands out.
From the Northern Hemisphere, the area with the greatest representation is the Mediterranean Basin. Following the visit path leads to the coast of California with a Mediterranean climate.
Then there are the Mediterranean areas of the Southern Hemisphere where you visit the Mediterranean region of Chile, southern Africa, and the two Mediterranean regions of southern Australia (SE and S).
Every year, mostly between the months of December and January, hordes of photographers descend on an obscure stretch of coastline located at the end of a dodgy road in Big Sur to capture the setting sun through a natural archway on Pfeiffer Beach. This was taken last year after I almost bottomed out my Prius trying to get get from PCH down to the parking area after the road was heavily damaged by one of the rare rainstorms we had. For more information on shooting the Keyhole Arch including compositional ideas and logistical concerns, please feel free to check out my new article up today at : The Resonant Landscape
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A cold clear morning sees the Norbord Inverness plant, off the A96, venting steam to great effect.
The plant produces oriented strand board (OSB), part of the organisations line in wood products, which also includes chipboard and MDF.
OSB, also known as flakeboard, sterling board and aspenite in British English, is a type of engineered lumber similar to particle board, formed by adding adhesives and then compressing layers of wood strands (flakes) in specific orientations. It was invented by Armin Elmendorf in California in 1963.
Same owner since 1997.
One of many special editions, apart from it having the 1400 engine I guess the same as the Ghia, I don't know what else is special about this one. I think the wheel trims and colour are specific to the spec too.
It's done 82k miles in total and only does around 300-400 a year.
Paul Huxley’s site-specific wall drawing reveals his artistic and environmental concerns, developing narrative through abstraction, Huxley’s drawing evokes statistical measurements that emerged from studies on climate change. Its abstract form and colours signify tipping points in global warming, particularly on the earth and its animals because of the human population’s rapid growth since 1950 (from 3 billion people in 1960 to 6 billion in 1999, and a projected 9 billion in 2050).
Additionally, the drawing alludes to the rising sea levels, thereby responding to its location overlooking the Grand Canal and Venice’s problems with its rising water, which, together with rising silt levels, and subsistence are causing the city to tilt eastward up to 2 millimetres annually.
While executing the wall drawing in situ, Huxley plans to mitigate the damage to Venice’s waters that his cadmium-laden brushes could cause upon washing. He will filter the water and dry the brushes in a way that prevents the toxic chemical, so critical to artists for giving hues their vibrancy, from leaching into the water.
I did a couple sketches, and the guy wanted a wildstyle graffiti piece, I was like you sure, dude was like yeah, do your thang, So, I did a color scheme and wanted midnight dark blue for the background, the idea was going for a blue print background, dude came back after I already made the paint order with, yeah a couple people arent feeling the wall color being that dark....pause...I was like okay go with what you want i guess...so, there goes the concept and the color scheme, commission jobs...yuuup!
Grand Rapids Eastern GP38 #3839 moves to runaround its train at the Fremont Co-Op back in August of 2008. #3839 was built in September of 1970 as B&O #4806. It became CSXT #2106 after the CSX merger, then was sold to Railtex in 1993, becoming Grand Rapids Eastern #5106. When Rail America bought Railtex in 2000, it was renumbered into RA's numbering scheme, becoming GR #3839. When Genesee & Wyoming bought Rail America, it was repainted orange and became Mid Michigan RR #2057. Today it works for Marquette Rail, mostly in Manistee.
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Strange process. I had a specific idea in mind, thanks to Angelique (check out, she’s great and that’s an understatement). I wanted to use some stock image for this, just to give it a try. Couldn’t find any that would fit (not being very patient :) so I just improvised a brief session.
No textures, this time (though I love it :) I just added some mist with brushes. And light, curves, filters, etc... You know...
Model: Marie
And, by the the way, should we assume anything?
ps, triggered by a nonetheless understandable and nice comment here: I don't mean to be provocative at all. Hopefully thought provoking. It's just that, I think, we often assume things that are not for us to definitely decide about.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanderling
The sanderling (Calidris alba) is a small wading bird. The name derives from Old English sand-yrðling, "sand-ploughman".[2] The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific alba is Latin for "white".[3]
It is a circumpolar Arctic breeder, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to South America, South Europe, Africa, and Australia. It is highly gregarious in winter, sometimes forming large flocks on coastal mudflats or sandy beaches.
It is somewhat unlike other sandpipers in appearance, which has led to the suggestion that it should be placed into a monotypic genus Crocethia. A more recent review (Thomas et al., 2004) indicates, however, that the sanderling is a fairly typical "stint" or small sandpiper and should be separated from the large knots with its closest relatives in a distinct genus.
This bird is similar in size to a dunlin, but stouter, with a thick bill. It shows a strong white wingbar in flight, and runs along the sandy beaches it prefers with a characteristic "bicycling" action of its legs, stopping frequently to pick small food items. It eats small crabs and other small invertebrates. In spring, birds migrating north from South America consume large numbers of horseshoe crab eggs in the Delaware Bay area.
In spring, the birds arrive on the High Arctic breeding grounds (see map), where they lay 3–4 eggs in a ground scrape. On the nesting grounds, these birds mainly eat insects and some plant material.
The sanderling is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
Description
The sanderling is a small plump sandpiper, 18–20 cm (7.1–7.9 in) in length. Its weight ranges from 40–100 g (1.4–3.5 oz). The winter bird is very pale, almost white apart from a dark shoulder patch. This is the source of the specific name, alba, which is the Latin for "white". Later in the summer, the face and throat become brick-red. The juvenile bird is spangled black and white, and shows much more contrast than the adult.
Standard Measurements[4][5]
length180–220 mm (7.1–8.7 in)
weight60 g (2.1 oz)
wingspan430 mm (17 in)
wing114.5–121.6 mm (4.51–4.79 in)
tail47.3–53 mm (1.86–2.09 in)
culmen22.5–26.6 mm (0.89–1.05 in)
tarsus23.5–25.8 mm (0.93–1.02 in)
If its size is misjudged, a sanderling in breeding plumage can be mistaken for some varieties of stint, or a sanderling in winter plumage can be mistaken for a dunlin or red knot. It can be told from other small wading birds, given good views, by its lack of a hind toe. Its behavior is also distinctive.
Distribution, habitat and migration
The sanderling breeds in the High Arctic areas of North America, Europe and Asia. In North America, it breeds in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Nunavut, Greenland (and to a lesser extent Alaska). In Eurasia, it breeds in Spitsbergen and areas of northern Russia from the Taymyr Peninsula to the New Siberian Islands. In the northern winter, it has a nearly cosmopolitan distribution across the world's marine coasts. It is a complete migrant, travelling between 3,000 to 10,000 km (1,900 to 6,200 mi) from its breeding grounds to its wintering sites. Birds that travel further also arrive later and leave sooner. Most adults leave the breeding grounds in July and early August, whereas juvenile birds leave in late August and early September. The northward migration begins in March at the southern end of their winter distribution.[6]
The breeding habitat of the sanderling is coastal tundra north of 5 °C (41 °F) July isotherm. The species typically chooses nesting sites on dry stony areas near wet areas, from 60 m (200 ft) above sea level to 800 m (2,600 ft). During the winter and its migration, it is most commonly found on coastal sandy beaches, but also occurs on tidal sand flats, mud flats and the shores of lakes and rivers. More infrequently, it may occur on rocky shores.[6]
Subspecies
The sanderling consists of two subspecies:
C. a. alba, (Pallas, 1764), breeds on Ellesmere Island, north & east Greenland, Svalbard, Franz Josef Land and the Taymyr Peninsula
C. a. rubida, (Gmelin, 1789), breeds in northeast Siberia, Alaska and northern Canada
Behaviour
Feeding behaviour
Sanderlings feed on invertebrate prey buried in the sand in the upper intertidal zone. In North America, this diet largely consists of the isopods Excirolana linguifrons, Excirolana kincaidii, and the mole crab, Emerita analoga. When the tide is out, these crustaceans live in burrows some way beneath the surface. When the tide comes in, they move into the upper layers of sand and feed on the plankton and detritus that washes over them with each wave. They then burrow rapidly down again as the water retreats. They leave no marks on the surface, so the sanderlings hunt for them by plunging their beaks into the sand at random, consuming whatever they find. Their bills can penetrate only 2 or 3 cm (0.79 or 1.18 in) and as the water swirls around and retreats, the sand is softer; this makes it easier for the birds' beaks to penetrate further. In the spring, when much breeding activity is taking place in the benthic community, there may be as many as 4000 invertebrates per square metre, but their average size is smaller than later in the year. The birds appear to rush madly around at the edge of the surf, but in reality they are maximising their chances of catching as many prey animals as possible when they are at their most vulnerable near the surface.[7]
Breeding behaviour
At breeding time sanderlings are territorial, with the male aggressively defending its territory. They may either form monogamous pairs or polyandrous (one female and two male) pairings.
Acqua alta is the term used in Veneto, Italy for the exceptional tide peaks that occur periodically in the northern Adriatic Sea. The peaks reach their maximum in the Venetian Lagoon, where they cause partial flooding of Venice and Chioggia; flooding also occurs elsewhere around the northern Adriatic, for instance at Grado and Trieste, but much less often and to a lesser degree.
The phenomenon occurs mainly between autumn and spring, when the astronomical tides are reinforced by the prevailing seasonal winds that hamper the usual reflux. The main winds involved are the sirocco, which blows northbound along the Adriatic Sea, and the bora, which has a specific local effect due to the shape and location of the Venetian Lagoon.
Precise scientific parameters define the phenomenon called acqua alta, the most significant of which (i.e., the deviation in amplitude from a base measurement of "standard" tides) is measured by the hydrographic station located nearby the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute. Supernormal tidal events can be categorized as:
intense when the measured sea level is between 80 cm and 109 cm above the standard sea level (which was defined by averaging the measurements of sea level during the year 1897);
very intense when the measured sea level is between 110 cm and 139 cm above the standard;
exceptional high waters when the measured sea level reaches or exceeds 140 cm above the standard.
Generally speaking, tide levels largely depend on three contributing factors:
An astronomical component, which results from the movement and alignment of celestial bodies, principally the Moon, secondarily the Sun, and marginally other planets (with effects decreasing in relation to their distance from the Earth); this component is dependent upon the laws of the astronomical mechanics and can be computed and accurately predicted for the long run (even years or decades)
A geophysical component, primarily dependent upon the geometric shape of the basin, which amplifies or reduces the astronomical component and, because it is dependent upon the laws of the physical mechanics, can be also computed and accurately predicted for the long run (even years or decades);
A meteorological component, linked to a large set of variables, such as the direction and strength of winds, the location of barometric pressure fields and their gradients, precipitation, etc. Because of their complex interrelations and quasi-stochastic behavior, these variables cannot be accurately modeled in statistical terms. Consequently, this component can only be forecast for the very short run and is the principal determinant of acqua alta emergencies that catch Venetians unprepared.
Two further contributing natural factors are the subsidence, i.e. the natural sinking of the soil level, to which the lagoon is subject, and eustasy, i.e. the progressive rise of sea levels. While these phenomena would occur independently of human activity, their effects have increased because of inhabitation: the use of lagoonal water by the industries in Porto Marghera (now ceased) sped up subsidence, while global warming has been linked to increased eustasy. Venice's "Tide Monitoring and Forecast Center" evaluates that the city has lost 23 cm in its elevation since 1897, the year of reference, 12 of which are attributable to natural causes (9 because of eustasy, 3 because of subsidence), 13 are due to the additional subsidence caused by human activity, while the "elastic recovery" of the soil has allowed the city to "gain back" 2 cm.
Geophysical determinants linked to the Adriatic Sea
The long and narrow rectangular shape of the Adriatic Sea is the source of an oscillating water motion (called seiche) along the basin's minor axis.
The principal oscillation, which has a period of 21 hours and 30 minutes and an amplitude around 0.5 meters at the axis' extremities, supplements the natural tidal cycle, so that the Adriatic Sea has much more extreme tidal events than the rest of the Mediterranean. A secondary oscillation is also present, with an average period of 12 hours and 11 minutes.
Because the timeframe of both oscillations is comparable to naturally occurring (yet independent) astronomical tides, the two effects overlap and reinforce each other. The combined effects are more significant at the perigees, which correspond to new moons, full moons and equinoxes.
Should meteorological conditions (such as a strong scirocco wind blowing north along the major axis of the Adriatic basin) hamper the natural outflow of excess tidal water, high waters of greater magnitude can be expected in Venice.
The particular shape of the Venetian lagoon, the subsidence which has been affecting the soil in the coastal area, and the peculiar urban configuration all magnify the impact of the high waters on city dwellers and on the buildings.
Furthermore, the northbound winds called bora and sirocco often blow directly towards the harbors that connect the lagoon to the Adriatic Sea, significantly slowing down (and, at times, completing blocking) the outflow of water from the lagoon toward the sea. When this occurs, the ebb is prevented inside the lagoon, so that the following high tide overlaps with the previous one, in a perverse self-supporting cycle.
The creation of the industrial area of Porto Marghera, which lies immediately behind Venice, amplified the effects of high waters for two reasons: first, the land upon which the area is built was created by filling large parts of the lagoon where smaller islands just above sea level previously lay. These islands, called barene, acted as natural sponges (or "expansion tanks") when high tides occurred, absorbing a significant portion of the excess water.
Second, a navigable channel was carved through the lagoon to allow oil tankers to reach the piers. This "Oil Channel" physically linked the sea to the coastal line, running through the harbor in Malamocco and crossing the lagoon for its entire width. This direct connection to the sea, which was obviously non-existent at the time of Venice's foundation, has subjected the city to more severe high tides.
Porto Marghera and its facilities are not the only human-made contributors to higher tides. Rather, the municipality of Venice has published a study that suggests the following initiatives may have had an irreversible and catastrophic impact on the city's capacity to withstand acque alte in the future:
the building of the Railroad Bridge (1841/1846) connecting Venice to the land, because its supporting pillars modify the natural motion of lagoonal water;
the diversion of the river Brenta outside the Chioggia basin, which drained the 2,63 hectares of the river's delta that functioned as expansion tanks, absorbing extra lagoonal water during high tides;
the building of offshore dammed piers (Porto di Malamocco, 1820/72; Porto di S. Nicolò, 884/97; Porto di Chioggia, 1911/33), which obviously restrict the natural movement of water;
the building of the Ponte della Libertà (1931/33), which connects Venice to the land;
the building of the Riva dei Sette Martiri (1936/41), an extension to the Riva degli Schiavoni;
the building of the artificial island Tronchetto used as a car and bus terminal (17 hectares, 1957/61):
the doubling of the Railroad Bridge (1977).
Back in the early 80's, TRAINS magazine worked out a formula of some kind to determine what specific locomotive represented the perfect, All-American diesel. I don't know exactly what the dynamics and requirements that were used, but I won't argue with the magazine's results. Here she is, B&O GP38 3802, the proud winner. She even had a plaque applied certifying her greatness. It was on the frame below the cab on the engineer's side. We see the 3802 here in a rescan, leading DT10 at Stateline tower. DT10 was a C&O freight that ran from Barr Yard to Detroit, using Conrail between Pine Jct and Porter Jct, getting on the former Pere Marquette there for the rest of the ride. I wonder what TRAINS would pick for its All-American today.
I don't really understand if this something specific to very small villages or...special to Thamanthi...but the market actually runs from something like 5AM til 10AM or so. That's it. Pretty cold and foggy during the winter.
There are many generic kinds of time. Each field of gravity in the
Universe has its own specific time, determined by the mass contained
in that field. There are no two points on Earth which at the same
moment of astronomical time would remain in the same relation to
the Sun, even though the practical convention of time zones imposes
consistency on all local clocks.
These thoughts formulated by Jarosław Kozłowski in 1978 amazingly
correspond with many of his installations. The artist’s obsession with
time is present both in his utterances and in specific actions. Alarm
clocks, watches, temporal manipulation—that’s a frequent motif in
his practice. He used watches for the first time in 1968 in his
environment Situation. Then they returned in the eighties when he
started smashing alarm clocks in Continuum, series of drawing
performances. During the nineties Kozłowski began to create
large-scale installations, in which he deconstructs time and space as
a basic categories of description of the world.
Time Archive is a site-specific installation, inscribed in given space.
Row of shelves is filled with clocks previously owned by real people
and indicating different times of day. Going each by their own time,
with references to their owners/users, the clocks represent personal
time or, in other words, history in its individual dimension. In this
archive, the hundreds of alarm clocks—individual meters of time—
drown out the authority of ‘monumental time’, associated with sym-
bols of power and compared to Nietzsche’s ‘monumental history’.
Indicating different hours, minutes and seconds, the clocks relativise
official measures of time and divisions into geographical zones. As a
space of experiencing time, the archive becomes a place of cultural
experiences, where the simple question about time (what time is it?)
refers to questions about the philosophical and political foundations
of the place of its presentation.
The sound of the ticking clocks is an integral part of the project. The
accumulative aesthetics of a collection of alarm clocks, each looking
differently and showing a different time, have an extension in the
ticking sounds, overlapping and merging into a drone. Despite the
proverbial silence of archives, the space of the Time Archive is
enlivened with its sounds.
The Time Archive project expands on themes tackled in many of
Jarosław Kozłowski’s earlier works, including in spectacular installations
such as Personal Files (1993) in a former archive in the Hague,
Personal Files II (1997) at the National Museum in Poznań, Time
Vacuum (1999) at the Arbäaer Museum in Reykjavik, Time Cistern
(2006) at the CCA Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw, or Time Library (2007)
in the Kalisz Museum, previously the municipal archive. In all those
projects, time was considered in its various categories: biological,
existential, metaphysical, astronomic, institutional, and in relation to
the given place, its history, philosophy and politics.
Legend says that Wild Bill Hickok (real name: James Butler Hickok) was shot in the back of the head during a poker game while holding specific cards, namely the ace of spades, ace of clubs, eight of spades, and eight of clubs and an unknown fifth card and this hand of cards has become known as “the dead man’s hand.”
Although it’s true Hickok was shot and killed that day there is no conclusive evidence what exact cards he was holding at the time of his death were those. To date, no contemporary accounts have been discovered that might reveal what the hand was.
Good story though
This mantis lives to mimic ants, fire ants to be specific. The nymphs are incredibly fun to raise as they look exactly like ants, all the way down to the mandibles. As they get older, they gradually lose their bright red coloring and begin to sport green and brown markings. The mature adults are green in color and look nothing like ants. Females have small black and orange markings at the end of the wings and males have dark coloring along the entire wing.
the one on the right is Dolly's sister Dolly, I cloned her in Photoshop - ;-)
I guess most will know the case of Dolly the first cloned large mammal back in 1996 -
Dolly was cloned by Keith Campbell, Ian Wilmut and colleagues at the Roslin Institute, part of the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and the biotechnology company PPL Therapeutics, based near Edinburgh.
The funding for Dolly's cloning was provided by PPL Therapeutics and the Ministry of Agriculture. She was born on 5 July 1996 and died from a progressive lung disease five months before her seventh birthday (the disease was not considered related to her being a clone) on 14 February 2003.
She has been called "the world's most famous sheep" by sources including BBC News and Scientific American.
The cell used as the donor for the cloning of Dolly was taken from a mammary gland, and the production of a healthy clone therefore proved that a cell taken from a specific part of the body could recreate a whole individual.
On Dolly's name, Wilmut stated "Dolly is derived from a mammary gland cell and we couldn't think of a more impressive pair of glands than Dolly Parton's."
Read more at Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_(sheep)
Chromodoris quadricolor is a species of very colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusc. The specific epithet quadricolor means four-coloured, so-named because this nudibranch is yellow, white, blue and black in color.
Paul Perry - Visual Artist
Milpi - Magic Mosaics
Bundaberg Australia
Hand cut ceramic tile mosaic.
Based on image supplied by and used with permission of the Taribelang Bunda Elders.
The Taribelang lived on 4,700 km2 of territory around Bundaberg, and inland to near Walla, and north as far as Baffle Creek. Their territory also extended along the lower reaches of the Burrum River.
Until friends pointed it out to me, I had many times walked right past a magical little area in the forest where there is a thick mattress of moss and these tiny purple orchids grow. They are not much bigger than daisies. Apparently, these Calypso orchids are quite rare as they need a safe and stable environment to develop their delicate symbiotic relationship with a specific fungus in the ground.
My friends found them because they were looking for mushrooms, which goes to show you that everybody sees different things and there is so much wonder to discover!
A trio of GEs leads a just shy of 200 cars long Q329 into Grand Rapids at Shaffer. The third unit and bottom 105 cars were an empty coal train destined for storage in Muskegon on the Michigan Shore RR.
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Aspens, Earth Shadow, Morning. East of the Sierra Nevada. September 17, 2016. © Copyright 2016 G Dan Mitchell - all rights reserved.
The earth’s shadow and predawn light on aspen groves east of the Sierra Nevada
On a cold and clear morning in mid-September earlier this year I left my camp in the Sierra and headed east, past Mono Lake and on out into the mountains east of the Sierra Nevada and east of US 395. I did not have a specific goal in mind, but I thought I would do a bit of early season aspen color reconnaissance in preparation for planned visits to photograph fall color a few weeks later. I gradually worked my way further out from the Sierra, stopping from time to time and poking around the ends of various gravel roads. Finally I found one that looked promising and took it.
I knew that I had previously seen aspens atop ridges in the general area of this road, and I had made a note to come back this way in the fall. I don't typically expect to see much fall color by mid-September in the Sierra, but I soon found quite a bit of it — a whole mountain top was covered with small trees that were beginning to turn colors almost uniformly. I took a short spur road to an overlook and parked — from here there was an almost unobstructed view of a big section of the Sierra crest. It was cold enough to let me know that autumn wasn't far away as I waited for the sun, beginning to photograph in that lovely predawn period of warm colors when the earth's shadow can be seen in the darkened atmosphere just above the horizon.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, "California's Fall Color: A Photographer's Guide to Autumn in the Sierra" is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.
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Climbing ripples form under specific hydraulic conditions, and tend to be canceled or eroded by the next flow. Sometimes they do get preserved though, such as in this example. This set is part of a turbidite, a sedimentary layer that forms at the foot of relatively steep submarine slopes. I can count at least seven different flows in this small interval (see coin for scale).
Marnoso-Arenacea Formation (Miocene)
Northern Apennines
Palazzuolo sul Senio, Firenze
Italy
Casa da música from architect Rem Koolhaas. Porto - Portugal
Olympus XA2 + Kodak Ektachrome Extra 100 (Expired)
Canon EOS 5D +70-200 F2.8L IS USM +ND8 #2007-10-20 06:50 @문무대왕릉
Underwater Tomb of King Munmu
This little rocky islet is the Underwater Tomb of King Munmu (661-681 A.D.), who unified the three kingdoms and became the 30th ruler of the Silla Kingdom. The king gave specific instructions to be buried in the East Sea after his death so that he would become a dragon and protect Silla from Japanese intruders. The rocky island, about 200m in circumference, is divided by a cross-shaped waterway, forming a pool at the center, at the bottom of which is a granite 3.6 meters long, 2.9 meters wide and 0.9 meters thick. The remains of King Munmu’s cremated body are buried under this rock. Historians still debate whether the ashes of the King Munmu were scattered or stored in an urn and placed under the granite. The beauty of the landscape of the underwater tomb reaches its peak in the autumn.
Lions do not mate at a specific time of year and the females are polyestrous. Like those of other cats, the male lion's penis has spines that point backward. During withdrawal of the penis, the spines rake the walls of the female's vagina, which may cause ovulation. A lioness may mate with more than one male when she is in heat. They normally mate after every 15-20 minutes for 2-3 days whilst on their honeymoon. The average gestation period is around 110 days; the female gives birth to a litter of between one and four cubs in a secluded den, which may be a thicket, a reed-bed, a cave, or some other sheltered area, usually away from the pride.
King Loki of the Kilo Saba Pride is seen busy in procreation during a Photography Safari on a late evening game drive just as the sun was setting in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya.
Beamish - The Living Museum of the North
Beamish, the North of England Open Air Museum is an open-air museum located at Beamish, near the town of Stanley, County Durham, England. The museum's guiding principle is to preserve an example of everyday life in urban and rural North East England at the climax of industrialisation in the early 20th century.
Much of the restoration and interpretation is specific to the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, together with portions of countryside under the influence of industrial revolution in 1825. On its 300 acres (120 ha) estate it utilises a mixture of translocated, original and replica buildings; a huge collection of artefacts, working vehicles and equipment; as well as livestock and costumed interpreters.
Roquefort-sur-Soulzon is a commune in the Aveyron department, in the region of Occitania, southern France.
Roquefort is located on the Causse du Larzac and is famous for its ewe derived products including milk, wool, and meat. Much of the activity in the commune centres on the production and distribution of Roquefort cheese. To be legally termed Roquefort cheese, it must follow the rules laid down by the federal standards of the Appellation d’Origine. According to archaeologists, the cheese making process in the specific caves dates back to 900 C.E.
A visitor centre illustrates the process of making Roquefort cheese and offers guests a chance to sample and purchase the product. Visitors can also visit the Cambalou caves which are 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) long and 300 metres (980 ft) wide in which the cheeses are aged before they are ready to be sold.
For Monochrome Monday here's another view of these New York Central time machines.
I rarely go out with the specific goal of shooting the hind end of a train. While locomotives have always been the primary focus of railroad photographers since the earliest days of the genre at least a couple generations ago the rear ends were nearly as interesting. Until the mid 1980s every freight train was punctuated by a caboose each dressed in the unique colors and style of the owning road, of which there were far more in the pre mega-merger era. Go back a generation or two further than that to the pre Amtrak era and the rear end of passenger trains were just as interesting often brought up by observation cars of varied styles and colors and frequently adorned with neon logos or stylish nameplates befitting the status of the train.
Alas those days have been relegated to the history books and if you want to photograph a caboose rolling you have to visit a heritage railroad or participate in a photo freight reenactment. Similarly you won't find an observation car on any modern Amtrak trains so unless you want to travel north to see VIA's classic Canadian, you have to visit a museum or be lucky enough to catch a private car or executive train out on the line.
However in recent years the New Jersey based United Railroad Historical Society has begun running regular excursions along the Hudson River (and even a few as far as Chicago!) with their trio of original New York Central Railroad cars that they add to regularly scheduled Amtrak trains.
Bringing up the rear of Amtrak train 233 (Empire Service from New York Penn Station to Albany-Rensselaer) are NYC tavern-lounge number 43 (Budd built 1947), Pullman bedroom lounge 'Swift Stream' (Budd 1949), and observation lounge car 'Hickory Creek' built by Pullman-Standard for the 1948 refit of the flagship 20th Century Limited.
All three cars would have regularly traveled these rails on their original trains, though originating at Penn Station instead of Grand Central would seem blasphemous to those old Central men! The Hickory Creek resplendent in her Henry Dreyfuss designed two toned grey livery splits the Central era small target GRS type SA signals as she sails north up Main1 at MP 99 on modern day Amtrak's Hudson Line which opened between New York and Albany in 1851 as the Hudson River Railroad.
In 1864 the road was purchased by Cornelius Vanderbilt along with the New York and Harlem. Meanwhile in 1853 Erastus Corning had assembled a plethora of small local lines as the New York Central Railroad running from Albany to Buffalo and in 1867 Vanderbilt merged it with his road to create the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad and the rest as they say is history. The line passed from the NYC, to Penn Central, Conrail, and ultimately CSXT until December 2012 when Amtrak took over control and dispatching of the line from Poughkeepsie to Hoffmans (where it joins the busy Mohawk Subdivision) under a long term lease agreement with CSXT.
As for these trips check out this website to learn more about what the URHS offers:
www.hudsonriverrail.com/experiences
And for an in depth history of each of these three cars check out these links:
www.urhs.org/rolling-stock#/nyc43
Tivoli, New York
Saturday October 26, 2024
Transfer image from 1990, 35 mm. picture to the computer.
A California wildfire that has scorched an area roughly the size of Chicago near Yosemite National Park was 20 percent contained Monday night, officials said — a jump from 7 percent the previous night.
But the so-called Rim Fire, stretching 250 square miles, still threatens 4,500 structures as well as the power and water utilities for San Francisco, roughly 200 miles to the west. It has charred 160,980 acres and was growing rapidly, hampering suppression efforts, authorities said Monday night.
The raging flames also loomed over towering sequoias that are among the largest and oldest living things on the planet. The iconic trees can withstand fire, but brutal conditions — including harsh winds and thick brush — have prompted park employees to take extra precautions in the Tuolumne and Merced groves, according to the Associated
Press.
El Capitan is a vertical rock formation in Yosemite National Park, located on the north side of Yosemite Valley, near its western end. The granite monolith extends about 3,000 feet (900 m) from base to summit along its tallest face, and is one of the world's favorite challenges for rock climbers.
The formation was named "El Capitan" by the Mariposa Battalion when it explored the valley in 1851. El Capitán ("the captain", "the chief") was taken to be a loose Spanish translation of the local Native American name for the cliff, variously transcribed as "To-to-kon oo-lah" or "To-tock-ah-noo-lah". It is unclear if the Native American name referred to a specific Tribal chief, or simply meant "the chief" or "rock chief". In modern times, the formation's name is often contracted to "El Cap", especially among rock climbers.
When “Random” Isn’t So Random — Facebook AI Gets Eerily Specific - IMRAN®
For a change of pace in my Thank You post to Top Fans, I tapped the new AI option next to Facebook’s usual vivid geometric backgrounds. I expected something generic.
Instead, from the simple prompt “Celebrating sunsets German Shepherd beach life,” the system generated an image with markings uncannily close to my German Shepherd Dog K2.
Now, sure — there are tens of thousands of GSDs with similar patterns. But there are also thousands of variations it could’ve chosen. The accuracy made me pause and wonder whether Meta’s AI wandered a little too close to my albums or posts.
Probably coincidence. Probably. Still… hmmm. I’d love to hear of others’ similar experiences.
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World Tour 2013 - 2014 - day 247
After a first day visiting Inle lake and taking pictures of some genuine fishermen I came back to my hotel and looked at the burmese fishermen pictures done by Steve Mccurry a few years ago. I was impressed by his water reflexion picture and really wanted to do the same kind for the fun. Then I reminded that last day I saw some Touristic fishermen just waiting at a specific place of the lake for pictures. So I ordered a boat very early in the morning and negotiated with him just to take me in this place. Then I asked the two fishermen to pose for me during around 20 minutes and payed for that service but not for the picture. And I could realize that actually organized picture turn out to be more impressive.
Coeligena
From specific name Ornismya coeligena Lesson, 1833, Bronzy Inca. • (syn. Colibri) L. coeligenus heaven-born, celestial (> coelum or caelum heaven; genus offspring).
coeligena / coeligenus
L. coeligenus heaven-born, celestial (coelum or caelum heaven; genus offspring).
Q326 heads up the hill at Fox behind an ex Conrail C40-8W and a former C&O SD50-2.
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The GRE crew prepares to shove a cut of loaded wheat hoppers north across the Grand River to King Milling. The GTW referred to this spot as Malta.
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Sunset WX probably gets quite a bit of well deserved criticism from time to time, but on May 1, 2024, I looked at their sunset forecast and took a chance on the 2 hour drive to Malin Head from my airbnb which was close to Bushmills in Northern Ireland. In this instance. Sunsetwx had the whole northwestern corner of Ireland lit up in red, and after a lengthy delay due to google taking me to a Ferry which had closed for the night, I finally showed up at Malin Head, just as the sky went nuclear. So a big shout out to the folks at SunsetWX for nailing this forecast. For those of you who might not be aware, Sunsetwx has a European model, and even though their batting average is about 40%, it can be a very useful website when used with other weather apps.
After shooting Malin Head, I headed South to support Mt San Antonio College at the Cork International Choral Festival and to shoot the Southern Coast. Both of my Ireland episodes are now up on Youtube along with Part I of my trip to the Dolomites last Spring. If you want to see what I have been up to, please feel free to visit my YouTube channel at the link below and be sure to say hi if you make it over there!
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I did this build with some old parts I grabbed up at my grandmas house...nothing specific, I just wanted to try out some destruction on a smaller house...hope you like it, comment and fave:)
Syndicate
In July and August 2015, we spent a few weeks touring the southern Italian provinces of Basilicata, Puglia and Campania.
I am in the process of uploading a selection of photographs from that trip. As usual, whenever relevant or necessary, I will write a specific caption below in bold type.
A cathedral by the sea: the San Niccola Pellegrino Romanesque cathedral is one of the most beautiful and impressive Romanesque churches I have ever seen.
I remember when I went to see it one morning, we were staying in our rented house on the Costa Amalfitana on the Mediterranean side of southern Italy (south of Naples) and I had to drive all the way across Italy to the Adriatic coast and back in the evening. My wife didn't want to come and I kept hoping it would be worth, and boy wasn’t I disappointed!
The erection of this enormous cathedral began in 1099 and was completed by 1149, i.e., at a time when the Puglia province was under Norman domination.
Lateral view of the façade with the Adriatic in the background. The cathedral is built right next to the water.
FOUR CHOPPERS AND A CASTLE
Shrewsbury Castle provides the backdrop as Class 20's 007 and 142 "Sir John Betjemen" with 189 and 205 both in blue livery on the rear make their way to Coton Hill Yard from Shrewsbury Station for servicing after arriving with the (1Z41) 0902 Gloucester to Shrewsbury "Chopper Topper" charter organised by "Pathfinders Tours". The charter visits Hams Hall Reception Line and to Donnington Railfreight Terminal in Shropshire. In addition to a number of Goods Loops and requested specific lines, the route also features traversal of the Oxley Chord, the hard climb over Cannock and ascent of the Lickey Incline.
Happy Squirrel Appreciation Day!
Squirrels, no matter the specific species, are pretty much in most wildlife's food chain. So they need to be quite vigilant. I just love it when they scurry around the landscape in a haphazard sort of way ... but then periodically stop, look, & listen. Reminds me of something I always learned in elementary school when approaching a railroad crossing or even crossing an ordinary street. LOL
Kidding aside, squirrels are a photographer's best friend when the wildlife is scarce. I can remember trudging through thigh high snow in Denali NP chasing them ... yes, it was a slow day then too.
This particular one though was taken in Yellowstone NP last May. I just loved the way this little guy popped up on the rock to survey its surroundings for danger.
Thanks for stopping by to view. Hope that everyone is having a great weekend so far.
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