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Nothing but Gray Skies on a Cloudy Day in Nova Scotia. This tree seems to have a story to tell sitting majestically between it's comrades. Hard to find a Lower Key scene. To those who wonder why I shoot with a fast SS, my hands and fingers don't work properly. I'm recovering from Lyme Disease which has made me pretty shaky and fussing with a tripod not possible. Dr's say this is the new me and mending will take at least a year to get some stability back in order. At 60 a simple bug bite has certainly opened my eyes to my own mortality and best before date. Ten days in hospital and a month at home on IV Antibiotics and best scenario is I get back to 80% of who I was.
Improved the stability (you can hold it with one hand, for example) among other things. Made the top more accurate as well. It's composed of two CNG (compressed natural gas) tanks, a window, a grate for maintenance workers to walk on, and an exhaust pipe.
Project C.A.R.S. release build, PC
3840x2160 (downsampling), cropped to 3840x1620
-Photoshop edit (added sky, tweaked colors, CA and stuff).
Camera edit (Ctrl+K) mode,
keybinds (neogaf post)
The wood wedding is, like the Silver and Golden Wedding, a jubilee day of the marriage. It is celebrated in the fifth anniversary of the wedding. It’s easy to explain why this day is associated with wood: wood, a natural and robust material, has always stood for stability and happiness. After all, it’s no coincidence that there is a rite of tapping on wood.
(www.bewooden.com/blog/inspiration/wood-wedding-A/)
This is looking back for the Macro Monday theme "Wood". The little wooden hearts were among the presents for my hubby then.
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Photographed in the tranquil cloud forests surrounding La Minga Ecolodge, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, this female Long-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus kingii) offered a fleeting pause on a textured branch. The morning light filtered through the canopy, creating a natural diffuser that softened shadows and enhanced the emerald tones of her head and the warm copper of her breast. I composed with a shallow depth of field to isolate the subject, allowing the background to dissolve into a smooth green gradient, emphasizing her delicate form and plumage detail.
For me, this image reflects the value of patience and precise timing in wildlife photography. The subject’s brief stillness, combined with accurate focus and stability, allowed me to capture fine feather structure without overexposing the iridescence—a challenge when working with hummingbirds. The interplay of color, light, and bokeh aims to create a sense of intimacy with this elusive species while maintaining a clean, uncluttered composition.
©2025 Adam Rainoff Photographer
Today's forms of money have developed from primitive money, e.g. B. mussels or rice, which were accepted as a means of exchange in business life. Money initially belonged to the cultic and legal sphere and referred to "that with which one can repay or pay penance and sacrifices". Only after the 14th century did it assume its current meaning as a "coined currency". From the middle of the 19th century, the gold standard existed in many countries, promising the exchange of legal tender (coins, banknotes) for a fixed amount of gold. By the 1930s almost all major states had abandoned the gold standard. Instead of such a standard, monetary policy measures were taken by the central banks to ensure price stability.
Partial excerpt from: (de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geld#Etymologie)
Geld, auch benannt als:
Cash (englisch für „Bargeld“)
Kies (jiddisch kis, „Geldbeutel“)
Mäuse (jiddisch meus, „Geld“)
Moneten (lateinisch moneta, „Münze“; vgl. engl. money)
Moos (jiddisch und rotwelsch moos, mous (Plural), „Geld“)
Penunze (berlinisch Penunse, von polnisch pieniądze, aus dem Westgermanischen, verwandt mit althochdeutsch pfenning)
Zaster (rotwelsch saster, „Eisen“)
Kohle
Asche
Pulver (gemeint ist Zündpulver; vgl. sein Geld verpulvern, veraltet: verzünden)
Kröten, Mücken
Entwickelt haben sich die heutigen Geldformen aus Primitivgeld, z. B. Muscheln oder Reis, die im Geschäftsleben als Tauschmittel akzeptiert wurden. Geld gehörte anfangs zur kultischen und rechtlichen Sphäre und bezeichnete „das, womit man Buße und Opfer erstatten bzw. entrichten kann“. Erst nach dem 14. Jahrhundert nahm es seine aktuelle Bedeutung als „geprägtes Zahlungsmittel“ an. Ab Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts existierte in vielen Ländern der Goldstandard, bei dem der Umtausch von gesetzlichen Zahlungsmitteln (Münzen, Banknoten) in eine feststehende Menge Gold versprochen wurde. Um 1930 haben fast alle größeren Staaten den Goldstandard aufgegeben. An die Stelle eines solchen Standards traten geldpolitische Maßnahmen der Notenbanken, die eine Preisniveaustabilität sicherstellen sollten.
Teilweise Auszug aus: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geld#Etymologie
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The color blue represents both the sky and the sea and is associated with open spaces, freedom, intuition, imagination, inspiration, and sensitivity. Blue also represents meanings of depth, trust, loyalty, sincerity, wisdom, confidence, stability, faith, and intelligence.
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A familiar sight along NZ roads feeding on carrion caused by traffic, often succumbing themselves as they fail to let go of the meal on takeoff and are themselves hit by vehicles.
Predate young birds and eggs of other species.
Quarter the ground carefully in a shallow glide with occasional wing beats to maintain forward movement directional control and stability, scanning the ground for food as they go....
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Rabbits are some of the most adored and benevolent creatures to grace our back yards and meadows. Their long, pink ears, powerful hind legs, black button noses, and cotton tails give them their distinctive, cuddly appearance and have made them the subject of childhood fables over the course of several centuries.
During warmer seasons, rabbits will eat weeds, grasses, clover, wildflowers, and flower and vegetable plants. When the weather turns cold, rabbits will munch on twigs, buds, bark, conifer needles, and any remaining green plants.
Rabbits are famous for their ability to reproduce. They can have several litters of four to seven kits a year. However, rabbits will naturally have fewer litters or will have litters with fewer kits when food or water is scarce. Wild rabbits have relatively short life spans (typically, less than two years), but they mature quickly and have short (30-day) gestation periods. Their mortality is based on food availability, predator presence, and weather stability.
Rabbits are born hairless, blind, and helpless. Mother rabbits leave newborns in their nests, visiting them only at dusk and at dawn to avoid drawing the attention of predators.
"It's called a hard stare. My Aunt taught me to do them when people had forgotten their manners." This is a quote from Paddington that seemed appropriate for this photo with one penguin looking cross and the other looking sheepish.
These are Chinstrap Penguins, photographed in Antarctica. Chinstraps are one of just four penguin species that actually breed in Antarctica, the others being Adelie, Gentoo and Emperor. The name Chinstrap is obvious but the scientific name Pygoscelis antarctica translates as Antarctic Arse-leg because they use their stiff tail like the third leg of a tripod to give them stability in windy conditions.
Despite some stability in the west and north, this species has suffered a long-term decline in both distribution and population. The cessation of coppicing in woodlands, which creates the right habitat for the adult and that encourages vigorous growth of the foodplant, is believed to be a primary cause of the decline. This species is therefore a priority species for conservation efforts. (Butterfly Conservation)
This is the largest lake in the world. Walking barefoot on the beach helps to balance emotional stability. Then what are you waiting for? Remove your shoes.
“Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself......” - {Paramahansa Yogananda}
Riding a motorcycle is more physically demanding than driving a car because it requires full-body coordination, balance, and constant engagement. Motorcyclists must use their entire body to steer, shift gears, and maintain stability, especially at low speeds or on uneven terrain. Unlike car drivers, who sit comfortably with minimal movement, riders must brace against wind resistance, manage changing road conditions, and remain alert to maintain control and safety. This level of physical involvement makes motorcycle riding a much more active and demanding experience.
Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, UK.
Benedictine stability is the context in which we learn to sit still with whatever company arrives, in the confidence that God in Christ sits still with us; and the practice of this sitting still (which may actually be working together or singing together at least as much as praying silently together) slowly permits us to stay in one place long enough for us to open up to God’s gift in whatever is encountered.
-Rowan Williams, The Way of St. Benedict
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Traditions benefit people by providing a sense of belonging, connecting them to their family, friendship heritage and culture; traditions reinforce important values, creating shared memories. They foster that feeling of stability and continuity across generations; essentially acting as a link to the past while building a group sense of identity.
Magee says, "This work explores the fragility of peace and reminds us that lasting stability should never be taken for granted. Peace always requires hard work."
This was at one point a warehouse for a local furniture company. The facility also housed manufacturing. It’s in the river north historical industrial district in Saint Louis, MO. USA. Thanks for getting a look with me.
C'est en regardant les belles photos de mon ami Flickr Thierry Musette que nous avons eu envie de nous y arrêter en nous rendant en Bretagne.
Elle a été élevée en l'honneur de sainte Thérèse de l'Enfant Jésus peu de temps après sa canonisation.
Imposant édifice de style néo-byzantin inspiré de la basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre, sa construction, sur une hauteur en limite de la ville, a débuté en 1929 et sa consécration a eu lieu en 1954. Aujourd'hui, l'édifice accueille plus de 600 000 visiteurs par an.
Architecte : Louis Marie Cordonnier.
Précédé d'un vaste parvis qui laisse un espace libre de 76 mètres de largeur devant l'escalier menant à son entrée principale, le monument se trouve sur une colline, en limite de la cité qu'il domine de sa masse imposante. C'est une des plus grandes églises construites au XXe siècle[
De style composite (dit romano-byzantin), l'architecture de la basilique est fortement inspirée par celle de la basilique du Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre à Paris. Par ses dimensions, l'édifice, construit en béton armé et granit appelé Bleu de Vire, peut accueillir 3 000 personnes et se compare aux plus grandes cathédrales :
longueur : 104 m ;
largeur du transept : 45 m ;
largeur de la nef : 30 m ;
hauteur du dôme : 97 m ;
diamètre du dôme : 28 m ;
hauteur de la coupole : 50 m ;
la croix monolithe surmontant l'ensemble mesure 1,70 m et pèse près d'une tonne ;
hauteur des voûtes : 37 m ;
superficie : 4 500 m2.
Compte tenu de la nature du sol qui est argileux sur une épaisseur de trente mètres et de sa situation sur la pente d'une colline, les fondations de l'édifice reposent sur 130 piliers cylindriques de diamètres variés (de 1,4 à 5 m) atteignant le niveau de la couche calcaire sous-jacente afin d'établir sa stabilité.
It was while looking at the beautiful photos of my Flickr friend Thierry Musette that we decided to stop there on our way to Brittany.
It was built in honor of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus shortly after her canonization.
An imposing Neo-Byzantine style building inspired by the Sacré-Cœur Basilica in Montmartre, its construction, on a hill overlooking the city, began in 1929 and it was consecrated in 1954. Today, the building welcomes more than 600,000 visitors a year.
Architect: Louis Marie Cordonnier.
Preceded by a vast forecourt that leaves a 76-meter-wide open space in front of the staircase leading to its main entrance, the monument sits on a hill, on the edge of the city, which it dominates with its imposing mass. It is one of the largest churches built in the 20th century.
In a composite style (known as Romano-Byzantine), the basilica's architecture is strongly inspired by that of the Sacré-Cœur Basilica in Montmartre, Paris. Constructed of reinforced concrete and Bleu de Vire granite, the building can accommodate 3,000 people and is comparable in size to the largest cathedrals:
length: 104 m;
transept width: 45 m;
nave width: 30 m;
dome height: 97 m;
dome diameter: 28 m;
cupola height: 50 m;
the monolithic cross surmounting the structure measures 1.70 m and weighs nearly a ton;
vault height: 37 m;
area: 4,500 m².
Given the nature of the soil, which is clayey to a depth of thirty meters, and its location on the slope of a hill, the foundations of the building rest on 130 cylindrical pillars of varying diameters (from 1.4 to 5 m) reaching the level of the underlying limestone layer in order to establish its stability.
A photo from our visit to Zoo Boise's Butterflies in Bloom exhibit. Zoo Boise gets their butterflies from Costa Rican Entomology Supply farmers, a certified organization, working to hone their craft and contribute to the environmental stability of the earth.
Created for Recreating Masters - Recreating Time Challenge:
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His eyes created from one of my photos.
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Blue is the color of the sky and sea. It is often associated with depth and stability. It symbolizes trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, truth, and heaven. Blue is considered beneficial to the mind and body. It slows human metabolism and produces a calming effect. -
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Swahili racing teams come together several times a year to compete in traditional handcrafted, Arabic-styled Mashua dhows in the Lamu Archipelago off Kenya's northern Swahili Coast.
The finest dhows are selected from each village to compete and race under sail through a complicated series of buoys, combining speed and balance with elaborate tacking and maneuvering competence.
Intense village rivalries build over the years, often reaching pitch fever on race day. The winners will return with team bragging rights and a certain village swagger that may last several months until the next race.
About sixteen young men are crowded together into each of these traditional wooden dhows to give the necessary weight, balance, and stability against a stiff monsoon wind.
These four magnificent racing dhows are in near-perfect formation, positioned towards the noonday equator sun on the first day of the New Year. They are in the lead as they prepare to tack around the buoy (top left). Several dhows capsized at this critical point in the race.
The art of Swahili dhow racing requires considerable team skill as the vessels manoeuvre back and forth through the Manda Channel and the open waters of the Indian Ocean before turning back to the starting point at Shela, a small Muslim fishing settlement on the island of Lamu.
The races are organized yearly, usually in conjunction with a Swahili cultural festival or an Islamic religious holiday in the archipelago. This Shela-based race on the island of Lamu is organized yearly by Peponi's on New Year's Day.
For centuries, these vessels have connected the ancient ports and maritime cultures of the East African coast, driven by seasonal monsoon winds linking the Swahili Coast with the Arabian Peninsula, the Persian Gulf, India, and the Far East expl#49
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I didn’t become who I am alone.
The people I’ve let close - the rare few - have shaped my architecture. Some challenged me and forced me to grow sharper; some offered quiet stability and taught me how to rest without vanishing; some widened the inner horizon I didn’t know could hold so much light.
And others, in their own ways, taught me refinement through fracture; not because they intended harm - though sometimes they did - but because not everyone is capable of seeing someone clearly, even when standing right in front of them. Every bond - tender, volatile, brief, or breathtaking - has become part of my design.
I still believe in beauty, not as decoration, but as something constructed with intention, protected with discernment, and chosen again and again in spite of everything that may try to dismantle it.
Ladli — which in Indian languages (Hindi and Urdu) means ‘beloved daughter.’
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Photo: Firoz Ahmad Firoz (Doosra Dashak's Adolescent Girls literacy camp, Rajasthan)
"Worst of all, violence against women and girls continues unabated in every continent, country and culture. It takes a devastating toll on women’s lives, on their families and on society as a whole. Most societies prohibit such violence -- yet the reality is that, too often, it is covered up or tacitly condoned." (UN SECRETARY-GENERAL in International Women’s Day 2007 Message.)
“Almost every country in the world still has laws that discriminate against women, and promises to remedy this have not been kept.” (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on the eve of International Women's Day 2008)
According to one United Nations estimate, 113 to 200 million women are “demographically missing” from the world today. That is to say, there should be 113 to 200 million more women walking the earth, who aren’t. By that same estimate, 1.5 to 3 million women and girls lose their lives every year because of gender-based neglect or gender-based violence and Sexual Violence in Conflict.
In addition to torture, sexual violence and rape by occupation forces, a great number of women and girls are kept locked up in their homes by a very real fear of abduction and criminal abuse. In war and conflicts, girls and women have been denied their human right, including the right to health, education and employment. “Sexual violence in conflict zones is indeed a security concern. We affirm that sexual violence profoundly affects not only the health and safety of women, but the economic and social stability of their nations” –US Secretary of State, Condoleeza Rice, 19 June 2008 (Read more about UN Action against Sexual Violence in Conflict www.stoprapenow.org/ ).
Millions of young women disappear in their native land every year. Many of them are found later being held against their will in other places and forced into prostitution. According to the UNICEF ( www.unicef.org/gender/index_factsandfigures.html ),Girls between 13 and 18 years of age constitute the largest group in the sex industry. It is estimated that around 500,000 girls below 18 are victims of trafficking each year. The victims of trafficking and female migrants are sometimes unfairly blamed for spreading HIV when the reality is that they are often the victims.
According to the UNAIDS around 17.3 million, women (almost half of the total number of HIV-positive) living with HIV ( www.unaids.org ). While HIV is often driven by poverty, it is also associated with inequality, gender-based abuses and economic transition. The relationship between abuses of women's rights and their vulnerability to AIDS is alarming. Violence and discrimination prevents women from freely accessing HIV/AIDS information, from negotiating condom use, and from resisting unprotected sex with an HIV-positive partner, yet most of the governments have failed to take any meaningful steps to prevent and punish such abuse.
United Nations agencies estimated that every year 3 million girls are at risk of undergoing the procedure – which involves the partial or total removal of external female genital organs – that some 140 million women, mostly in Asia, the Middle East and in Africa, have already endured.
We can point a finger at poverty. But poverty alone does not result in these girls and women’s deaths and suffering; the blame also falls on the social system and attitudes of the societies.
India alone accounts for more than 50 million of the women who are “missing” due to female foeticide - the sex-selective abortion of girls, dowry death, gender-based neglect and all forms of violence against women.
Since the late 1970s when the technology for sex determination first came into being, sex selective abortion has unleashed a saga of horror in India and other Asian countries. Experts are calling it "sanitized barbarism”. Worryingly, the trend is far stronger in urban rather than rural areas, and among literate rather than illiterate women, exploding the myth that growing affluence and spread of basic education alone will result in the erosion of gender bias. The United Nations has expressed serious concern about the situation.
The decline in the sex ratio and the millions of Missing Women are indicators of the feudal patriarchal resurgence. Violence against women has gone public – whether it is dowry murders, the practice of female genital mutilation, honour killings, sex selective abortions or death sentences awarded to young lovers from different communities by caste councils, rapes and killings in communal and caste violence, it is only women’s and human rights groups who are protesting – the public and institutional response to these trends is very minimal.
Millions of women suffer from discrimination in the world of work. This not only violates a most basic human right, but has wider social and economic consequences. Most of the governments turn a blind eye to illegal practices and enact and enforce discriminatory laws. Corporations and private individuals engage in abusive and sexist practices without fear of legal system.
More women are working now than ever before, but they are also more likely than men to get low-productivity, low-paid and vulnerable jobs, with no social protection, basic rights nor voice at work according to a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) issued for International Women’s Day 2008. Are we even half way to meeting the eight Millennium Development Goals?
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Unite To End Violence Against Women!
Say No To Sex Selection and Female Foeticide!!
Say No To Female Genital Mutilation!!!
Say No To Dowry and Discrimination Against Women!!!!
Say Yes To Women’s Resistance !!!!!
Educate & Empowered Women for a Happy Future !!!!!!
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"Outstanding Universal "Value
"Brief synthesis
"Located in the Occitanie region, the Pont du Gard is the major element of a 50.02 km aqueduct built in the middle of the 1st century to supply the city of Nîmes, the ancient Roman colony of Nemausus, from the Eure source located near Uzès. A three-storey aqueduct bridge rising to nearly 48.77 m, it enabled the water conduit to cross the Gardon River.
"This triple bridge, whose longest floor, at the very top of the edifice, measured 360 m, is a feat and a masterpiece of Roman architectural technique, but also a work of art whose presence transfigures the landscape. Set in a natural site that enhances its imposing appearance and its lines of force, the Pont du Gard rests on a rocky base, notched by the river spanned by its major arch. The gentle and symmetrical tapering of the arches, the span of the lower arches and the regularity of the upper gallery give it an extraordinarily airy appearance for a work of such magnitude.
"The Pont du Gard is an outstanding example of bridges built in ancient times. It achieves a triple performance with its three levels of arches of unequal dimensions and is characterized by the use, for the construction of the arches of the lower levels, of juxtaposed rollers composed of voussoirs bearing engraved positioning marks. In the series of Roman aqueducts, this exceptional edifice is the result of an extensive adaptation to the river regime of the Gardon whose floods are sudden and devastating. The lips installed in front of the piers are designed to resist high water, and the opening of the principal lower arch (24.52 m instead of 21.87 m for the arches of the extremes) facilitates the flow of water.
"Built, on the first two levels, of large stone blocks and, at the upper level, of small stone rubble which hold the abutting flagstones of the canal, the Pont du Gard is one of the most revealing monuments as to the construction processes of the early Imperial era. On the dressing of the stone can still be seen the marks of the quarrymen’s and stonecutters’ tools, and sometimes the coding of the stones, with figures and letters, showing their position in the assembly schema. The precision in execution meets to perfection a challenging design, and the Pont du Gard has, ever since the 16th century, been considered as one of the major accomplishments of the Roman civilization.
"Criterion (i): The Pont du Gard is a masterpiece of Roman technique and an outstanding artistic achievement which, by its presence, transfigures the landscape.
"Criterion (iii): An exceptional building in the series of Roman aqueduct works, the Pont du Gard bears unique witness to the technique of Roman engineers and builders in the service of urban and territorial development, which is one of the characteristics of this civilization.
"Criterion (iv): The Pont du Gard is one of the most representative works of the construction processes of the Roman imperial era.
"Integrity
"During the Middle Ages, the ancient structure lost a great number of stones; upstream of the upper arcade, twelve arches have disappeared. It was also during the Middle Ages that the bridge was adapted to the passage of men and beasts: a path was built and the piles of the second level were cut away over half of their thickness, threatening the stability of the edifice. Despite these spoliations, the remarkable state of conservation of the Pont du Gard must be emphasized. In the years 1699-1702, the piers were repaired, and corbels were built at the level of the piers to allow for the passage of the road.
"Finally, in 1746, the construction of a road bridge attached to the first level of the Roman bridge was entrusted to the engineer Henri Pitot, who had the concern to adjust his work as exactly as possible to the ancient bridge.
"Authenticity
"The exceptional ingenuity of the design of the Pont du Gard remains apparent in its slightly curvilinear layout, and the lips installed in front of the piers attest to the efforts made to adapt its construction to the river regime of the Gardon. The property is one with the richest information on the construction processes of the early Roman imperial period as shown by its refined stonework, the assembly of the blocks which still bear the marks of the quarrymen’s and stonecutters’ tools, as well as the coding for assembly. The quarry from which the stones were extracted is preserved some 600 metres from the site.
"The aqueduct of Nîmes ceased to function around the beginning of the 6th century and the Pont du Gard never regained its original use.
"Since the end of the 17th century and up to the present day, the Pont du Gard has been the subject of numerous restoration campaigns which have consecrated it in its splendid isolation as an insignia monument, witness of the Roman civilization. It is located at a distance from the villages that today are home to a population of 4500 inhabitants, and only two buildings were erected in its immediate vicinity in 1865 and 1901: a flour mill turned restaurant on the left bank, and a hotel on the right bank." UNESCO World Heritage Convention Website whc.unesco.org/en/list/344/ on 6 Dec 2023
Very difficult working handheld and find stability and the right angle with the sun to get the most beauty out of these rainy dandelions. Only few pictures are OK.
The bridge was originally built in 1903 by Scottish masons over the Mississippi River and rapids in Pakenham. Originally, the bridge was built for horses and carriages which led to the stability of the bridge being compromised once automobiles were invented. This led to the bridge being restored in 1984 where the stones were carefully removed and identified before being reinstated into their original position over the reinforced concrete structure used to strengthen the bridge for modern day use.
It is sometimes said that at the end of a rainbow lies a pot of gold. There can be little doubt that the power station at Wylfa created opportunity, wealth and some economic stability to the community of Anglesey. Its closure caused knock on impact to many other large employers in the region and damaged the smaller businesses that supported the workforce. It sits on the Wylfa headland and generally I try to exclude it from my landscape images. The beautiful coastline can normally do without this ugly man made intrusion but today the rainbow and shape of Llanbadrig headland all seemed to make a rather nice image.. so here it is.