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A very simple still-life composition today, Perhaps though if there's just one item, it's not a composition!
Had it been discovered a decade earlier, Jha Jha in the Bihar State of eastern India would have been a mecca for steam enthusiasts. In 1979 most freight was diesel, but all but the most prestigious expresses were still steam hauled, requiring an engine change at Jha Jha and bankers for most southbound trains over a low range of hills.
Train 50 bound for Howrah (Calcutta) departs Jha Jha on the morning of 12 January 1979 with WP 7446 up front and WG 9276, built by Hitachi of Japan in 1955, banking at the rear.
Processed from an Agfa CT18 colour scan.
img287_Jha Jha
画像の株は岡山の池田晃先生から戴いた株の開花姿です。
The orchid in the image is a flowering figure of the strain given by Mr. Akira Ikeda, who lives in Okayama prefecture, JAPAN.
Nikon Z7
Nippon Kogaku Japan. (Nikon) Apo-Nikkor f=240mm 1:9
(for Large Format Process Lens)φ53mm P=0.75mm Mount
Tilt-Shift Photography
Sinar-F2
シンビジウム スリーピング・ドーン ‘峰’
(Cym.) Cymbidium Sleeping Dawn ‘Mine’
This particular Cymbidium specimen was bred using the registered grex Cymbidium Sleeping Dawn (Valley Orchids [Richard Vandyke], registered with the RHS on January 1, 1973). The individual plant has been given the name Mineyama, which is derived from a mountainous region in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan.
We wish to clarify that the word Mine in this context does not imply ownership, but rather originates from a proper geographical name in Japan. The intended pronunciation is “Mi-neh,” in accordance with the standard romanization of Japanese. We kindly ask that this nuance in meaning and pronunciation be acknowledged.
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Made by Ōyama Orchid Nursery, in Kagawa-Ken, JAPAN.
a true albino.
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from RHS Sander's List.
(Cym.) Cymbidium Sleeping Dawn {Valley Orchids (Richard Vandyke), 01/01/1973 . RHS}
Cymbidium: Sleeping Dawn
Genus: Cymbidium
Epithet: Sleeping Dawn
Synonym Flag: This is not a synonym
Registrant Name: Valley Orchids
Originator Name: Richard Vandyke
Date of registration: 01/01/1973
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Seed parent : Cym. Sleeping Beauty ‘Platinum Bird’
{Arthur Russell Bryant (Arthur Russell Bryant /John Gillson)01/01/1970. RHS}
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Pollen parent : Cym. Sussex Dawn ‘Alba White Second’
(McBean's Orchids (founded by Edward McBean), 01/01/1955. RHS)
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Cym. Sleeping Beauty {Arthur Russell Bryant (Arthur Russell Bryant /John Gillson)01/01/1970. RHS}
= Cym. Sussex Dawn (McBean's Orchids (founded by Edward McBean), 01/01/1955. RHS)
× Cym. Durham Castle (Samuel Low, 01/01/1954. RHS)
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Cym. Sussex Dawn (McBean's Orchids (founded by Edward McBean), 01/01/1955. RHS)
= Cym. Sussex (McBean's Orchids (founded by Edward McBean), 01/01/1940. RHS)
× Cym. Ramboda (McBean's Orchids (founded by Edward McBean), 01/01/1937. RHS)
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DNA =
40.63% : Cym. insigne Rolfe., 1904
20.70% : Cym. lowianum (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f., 1879
17.19% : Cym. hookerianum Rchb.f., 1866
09.77% : Cym. eburneum Lindl., 1847
06.25% : Cym. lowianum (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. var. kalawense (Colyear) Govaerts, 1999
04.69% : Cym. sanderae (Rolfe) P.J.Cribb et Du Puy, 1988
00.78% : Cym. schroederi Rolfe, 1905
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Philippians 3:13
13 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Php 3:13.
...of which there have been many over the years..............
Tutuco at 13, now 18 years old.
It's great feeling proud of such kids.
画像の株は岡山の池田晃先生から戴いた株の開花姿です。
The orchid in the image is a flowering figure of the strain given by Mr. Akira Ikeda, who lives in Okayama prefecture, JAPAN.
Nikon Z7
Rodenstock Apo-Gerogon 150mm F9
for Large Format Process Lens M39 Screw Mount.
The magnification of design criteria is Macro Lens of 1:1.
BelOMO (Zavod Diaproektor) VORSATZ Double Extension Bellows for M42 Screw Mount
Белорусское оптико-механическое объединение
Russia Krasnogorski Mekhanicheski Zavod (KMZ) Product . (manufacture, 1964.)
シンビジウム スリーピング・ドーン ‘峰’
(Cym.) Cymbidium Sleeping Dawn ‘Mine’
This particular Cymbidium specimen was bred using the registered grex Cymbidium Sleeping Dawn (Valley Orchids [Richard Vandyke], registered with the RHS on January 1, 1973). The individual plant has been given the name Mineyama, which is derived from a mountainous region in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan.
We wish to clarify that the word Mine in this context does not imply ownership, but rather originates from a proper geographical name in Japan. The intended pronunciation is “Mi-neh,” in accordance with the standard romanization of Japanese. We kindly ask that this nuance in meaning and pronunciation be acknowledged.
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Made by Ōyama Orchid Nursery, in Kagawa-Ken, JAPAN.
a true albino.
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from RHS Sander's List.
(Cym.) Cymbidium Sleeping Dawn {Valley Orchids (Richard Vandyke), 01/01/1973 . RHS}
Cymbidium: Sleeping Dawn
Genus: Cymbidium
Epithet: Sleeping Dawn
Synonym Flag: This is not a synonym
Registrant Name: Valley Orchids
Originator Name: Richard Vandyke
Date of registration: 01/01/1973
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Seed parent : Cym. Sleeping Beauty ‘Platinum Bird’
{Arthur Russell Bryant (Arthur Russell Bryant /John Gillson)01/01/1970. RHS}
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Pollen parent : Cym. Sussex Dawn ‘Alba White Second’
(McBean's Orchids (founded by Edward McBean), 01/01/1955. RHS)
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Cym. Sleeping Beauty {Arthur Russell Bryant (Arthur Russell Bryant /John Gillson)01/01/1970. RHS}
= Cym. Sussex Dawn (McBean's Orchids (founded by Edward McBean), 01/01/1955. RHS)
× Cym. Durham Castle (Samuel Low, 01/01/1954. RHS)
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Cym. Sussex Dawn (McBean's Orchids (founded by Edward McBean), 01/01/1955. RHS)
= Cym. Sussex (McBean's Orchids (founded by Edward McBean), 01/01/1940. RHS)
× Cym. Ramboda (McBean's Orchids (founded by Edward McBean), 01/01/1937. RHS)
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DNA =
40.63% : Cym. insigne Rolfe., 1904
20.70% : Cym. lowianum (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f., 1879
17.19% : Cym. hookerianum Rchb.f., 1866
09.77% : Cym. eburneum Lindl., 1847
06.25% : Cym. lowianum (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. var. kalawense (Colyear) Govaerts, 1999
04.69% : Cym. sanderae (Rolfe) P.J.Cribb et Du Puy, 1988
00.78% : Cym. schroederi Rolfe, 1905
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Tug-of-war....and on the verge of defeat!
This is my entry for the #43 - Game category in the 112 in 2012 Group.
🇫🇷 Fr.
- Bourreuse à voie Métric FORNONI 08-275 ZWL ( Italie 🇮🇹 )
● Bourreuse
Une bourreuse - le terme exact est bourreuse-dresseuse-auto niveleuse, car les machines modernes remplissent ces trois fonctions, ce qui n'était pas le cas des premières machines - est un engin de travaux ferroviaires servant au positionnement de la voie et au compactage du ballast sous les traverses. Le principe du bourrage mécanique des voies a été inventé par Auguste Scheuchzer.
On distingue les bourreuses de voie courante, des bourreuses d'appareils de voie (communément appelés aiguillages, mais également « aiguilles » en langage technique)[1]. À la SNCF et dans les entreprises de travaux ferroviaires, il y a eu deux types de bourreuses : les bourreuses d'appareils de voie du type 08-75 GV (Géométrie Variable) ou B66U, et les bourreuses de voie courante du type 08-75 GS (Géométrie Simple) ou B45D. La différence entre ces machines est le nombre de bourroirs : sur les GV il y a 8 bourroirs orientables et escamotables.
● Action de la bourreuse
La machine agit par l'intermédiaire de pioches métalliques vibrantes, les bourroirs, qui sont plongées de chaque côté des traverses et qui compriment la couche de ballast par serrage mécanique. La double action vibratoire et compressive constitue le bourrage. Pour une optimisation il ne faut pas dépasser un temps de serrage supérieur à 2 secondes, un dispositif électronique permettant à l'opérateur de savoir quand le temps est optimal.
L'opération est réalisée en même temps qu'une rectification du tracé, du nivellement longitudinal et transversal (dévers) de la voie. Cette rectification intervient en relevant le niveau de chaque file rail puisqu'il est impossible de l'abaisser.
Source :
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourreuse
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🇬🇧 GB. UK
● Tamping machine
A tamping machine or ballast tamper, informally simply a tamper, is a self-propelled, rail-mounted machine used to position very precisely the track (rail and connected sleepers), by means of a lifting lining unit (or clamp), and stabilize the new position by packing (or tamping) the track ballast under railway tracks, by means of a group of mechanized tines.
Jackson 6700 switch tamping machine
Prior to the introduction of mechanical tampers, this task was done by manual labour with the help of beaters. As well as being faster, more accurate, more efficient and less labour-intensive, tamping machines are essential for the use of concrete sleepers since they are too heavy (usually over 250 kg or 550 lb) to be lifted by hand.
● At its most basic, early tamping machines only packed the ballast. Practically all modern machines correct the alignment of the rails to make them parallel and level, in order to achieve a more comfortable ride for passengers and freight and to reduce the mechanical strain applied to the rails by passing trains. This is done by finding places where the sleepers have sunk from the weight of the passing trains or frost action, causing the track to sag. The tamper lifts each sleeper and the rails up, and packs ballast underneath.[2] When the sleeper is laid down again, the sagged rails now sit at the proper level. Combining tamping and alignment into a single machine saves time and money, as only one machine needs to be run over the track to perform both functions.
Tampers frequently work in concert with ballast regulators, as part of a section crew...........
Source :
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamping_machine
🇩🇪 DE
Gleisstopfmaschine
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleisstopfmaschine
🇮🇹 IT
Rincalzatrice ferroviaria
it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rincalzatrice_ferroviaria
🇪🇸 ES
Bateadora
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bateadora
🇳🇱 NL.
Stopmachine
nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stopmachine
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Thank you to everyone who pauses long enough to look at my photo. Any comments or Faves are very much appreciated.
Venezia. Piazza San Marco.
Scatto in B&W, temporale improvviso, una coppia sfida la pioggia, catturo questo momento di intimità in una fotografia dinamica, eppure armonica.
Hefty concrete supports beneath Centre Point, a 34-storey tower block in Central London. In the centre, the staircase linking it to the adjoining restaurant deck (above my head as I took this).
Completed in 1966, the building was designed by Richard Seifert and Partners.
Last night I was able to capture some light from the 1-trillion stars (literally) within the "nearby" Andromeda Galaxy. This is the closest major galaxy to our Milky Way, but it is still 2.5 million light-years away. The little blur above the galaxy is a satellite galaxy of Andromeda Galaxy referred to as Messier 32 (M32).
I took this photo in my backyard, last night... around 11pm. It was a 61-second exposure at 200mm, using an equatorial mount. I'm definitely interested in trying more experiments like this! :-D
This concludes my themed-share of this week... the week of stars/space #weekofstars #weekofspace