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A seemingly benign street picture until you see that sign.
I did not stick around to eavesdrop on their plans.
++ I gotta get me a new lens 😫
I don't actually know what caused this but the remains of the trunk on the right seems to be a visual echo of the lightning that might have struck this tree.
This tree seemed to be striking a pose in the sunlight.
Late February in the sunshine. Seen at The Knapp & Papermil, a Worcestershire Wildlife Trust reserve.
This morning I was woken up by loud roaring thunder. I was not able to fall back asleep so I decided to go take pictures. This shot was taken during blue hour from Treasure Island. This was a very quick edit and upload. It has been ages since I have taken a photograph. It felt really good to get out again with my camera.
BNSF ES44DC 7714 is at McDonough, Georgia on the House Track after striking a dump truck the day before on NS 218 at MP 284.5H.October 2022
A portrait of a tricolor heron hunting, its sharp, dagger-like beak poised and ready to strike swiftly along the water's edge at a lake in Central Florida.
The VFW VAK 191B was an experimental German vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) strike fighter of the early 1970s. VAK was the abbreviation for Vertikalstartendes Aufklärungs- und Kampfflugzeug (Vertical Take-off Reconnaissance and Strike Aircraft). Designed and built by the Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke (VFW), it was developed with the purpose of eventually serving as a replacement for the Italian Fiat G.91 then in service with the German Air Force.
Operationally, it was intended to have been armed with nuclear weapons as a deterrent against aggression from the Soviet Union and, in the event of a major war breaking out, to survive the first wave of attacks by deploying to dispersed locations, rather than conventional airfields, and to retaliate against targets behind enemy lines.
The VAK 191B suffered from a protracted development cycle, spanning ten years between inception and flight, in part due to changing requirements, partnerships changing, and the difficulty inherently associated in the development of VTOL-capable aircraft. Ultimately, during the late 1960s, VFW took the decision to demote the development programme from targeting the type's production and instead only to test-fly a limited number of prototypes, using the VAK 191B effectively as a technology demonstrator and experimental aircraft to support the company's other activities and future programmes. On 10 September 1971, the first prototype conducted the type's maiden flight. A total of 91 flights were performed prior to the retirement of all three prototypes in 1975. These aircraft have been preserved and two are now on public display in museums.
It had been a wild and showery day, but the sun somehow managed to find a gap in the clouds just before nightfall. The sunrays illuminate Keswick and the fells. Is that Skiddaw and Blencathra?
P.s. update on my storage problems - I've spent the last couple of days properly culling my photos, and deleting over 600GB of data 😳 I've ordered a HDD so will be backed up soon! I'll wait for the dreaded Black Friday and buy a huge SSD for my second copy as well. Thanks for all your comments and help.
Crested Serpent Eagle striking a pose on an early morning at Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra, India
Storm chasing on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Lithia, VA. Even cropped and 78mm this strike was a little closer than I would like.
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A Green Heron poised for an immediate and deadly strike for anything passing by that looks like food. All rights reserved.
"In retaliation to recent Eurasian 'terrorist' activity NATO forces have conducted a series of surgical strikes on key Eurasian military assets. While the purpose of striking these seemingly random targets is unknown, it appears as if both superpowers are finally engaging each other in open conflict."
A build for World in Darkness! Lighting is a bit funky, but I'm figuring it out :P
For all of you 253rd members, mission 16 will be out soon I promise! Thanks for viewing guys!
"The supernatural is the natural not yet understood." - Elbert Hubbard
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It's been a long and busy day, but I got through it and that brings me one day closer to the weekend!
It was difficult being at work today; the sun was shining and the temperature was almost perfect. Being stuck inside a building was certainly a challenge and quitting time couldn't come soon enough.
But hey; survived and still managed some time in the sun!
Hope everyone has had a good day.
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Cloud-to-ground lightning bolts simultaneously strike down upon the mountains near Wilcox, Arizona during monsoon thunderstorms.
In stealth mode creeping ever so slow and waiting patiently for the right moment to strike as it is lunch time !
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two tufted puffins, Fratercula cirrhata, perched in the Rocky Shores exhibit at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. Though these individualsare in the zoo, this species is common in some coastal areas in Washington during the summer. Breeding occurs on islands along the northern outer coast and in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The tufted puffin spends the winters offshore and is seldom sighted on or near land,
References:
www.birdweb.org/birdweb/bird/tufted_puffin
wdfw.wa.gov/species-habitats/species/fratercula-cirrhata#...