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A utility pole that uses the minifigure zip line handles so that string can be fed through to link multiple poles together. Would work well for layouts I think. It's also made to be pretty sturdy. Free Instructions here: rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-50464/MasterBuilderKTC/utility-p...
"Wooden structure"
Hôtel particulier Chambellan au 34 rue des Forges à Dijon. (Bourgogne - Côte d'Or)
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Boasting 35 hectares of greenery and 3,000 m² of ecological gardens promoting biodiversity, the Parc de la Villette is one of the largest and loveliest green spaces in Paris. A multi-disciplinary arts and culture venue, it attracts more than 10 million visitors each year.
With 26 bright red ‘follies’ – architectural structures designed by Bernard Tschumi – dotting the landscape (each devoted to a different cultural or leisure activity), the Parc de la Villette is one vast playground for Paris lovers.
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A different angle of The Wave structure in Arizona. What a place to see! But don't forget to get a permit to go there.
The area that was to become West Palm Beach was settled in the late 1870s and 1880s by a few hundred settlers who called the vicinity "Lake Worth Country." These settlers were a diverse community from different parts of the United States and the world. They included founding families such at the Potters and the Lainharts, who would go on to become leading members of the business community in the fledgling city. The first white settlers in Palm Beach County lived around Lake Worth, then an enclosed freshwater lake, named for Colonel William Jenkins Worth, who had fought in the Second Seminole War in Florida in 1842. Most settlers engaged in the growing of tropical fruits and vegetables for shipment the north via Lake Worth and the Indian River. By 1890, the U.S. Census counted over 200 people settled along Lake Worth in the vicinity of what would become West Palm Beach. The area at this time also boasted a hotel, the "Cocoanut House", a church, and a post office. The city was platted by Henry Flagler as a community to house the servants working in the two grand hotels on the neighboring island of Palm Beach, across Lake Worth in 1893, coinciding with the arrival of the Florida East Coast railroad. Flagler paid two area settlers, Captain Porter and Louie Hillhouse, a combined sum of $45,000 for the original town site, stretching from Clear Lake to Lake Worth.
On November 5, 1894, 78 people met at the "Calaboose" (the first jail and police station located at Clematis St. and Poinsettia, now Dixie Hwy.) and passed the motion to incorporate the Town of West Palm Beach in what was then Dade County (now Miami-Dade County). This made West Palm Beach the first incorporated municipality in Dade County and in South Florida. The town council quickly addressed the building codes and the tents and shanties were replaced by brick, brick veneer, and stone buildings. The city grew steadily during the 1890s and the first two decades of the 20th century, most residents were engaged in the tourist industry and related services or winter vegetable market and tropical fruit trade. In 1909, Palm Beach County was formed by the Florida State Legislature and West Palm Beach became the county seat. In 1916, a new neo-classical courthouse was opened, which has been painstakingly restored back to its original condition, and is now used as the local history museum.
The city grew rapidly in the 1920s as part of the Florida land boom. The population of West Palm Beach quadrupled from 1920 to 1927, and all kinds of businesses and public services grew along with it. Many of the city's landmark structures and preserved neighborhoods were constructed during this period. Originally, Flagler intended for his Florida East Coast Railway to have its terminus in West Palm, but after the area experienced a deep freeze, he chose to extend the railroad to Miami instead.
The land boom was already faltering when city was devastated by the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. The Depression years of the 1930s were a quiet time for the area, which saw slight population growth and property values lower than during the 1920s. The city only recovered with the onset of World War II, which saw the construction of Palm Beach Air Force Base, which brought thousands of military personnel to the city. The base was vital to the allied war effort, as it provided an excellent training facility and had unparalleled access to North Africa for a North American city. Also during World War II, German U-Boats sank dozens of merchant ships and oil tankers just off the coast of West Palm Beach. Nearby Palm Beach was under black out conditions to minimize night visibility to German U-boats.
The 1950s saw another boom in population, partly due to the return of many soldiers and airmen who had served in the vicinity during the war. Also, the advent of air conditioning encouraged growth, as year-round living in a tropical climate became more acceptable to northerners. West Palm Beach became the one of the nation's fastest growing metropolitan areas during the 1950s; the city's borders spread west of Military Trail and south to Lake Clarke Shores. However, many of the city's residents still lived within a narrow six-block wide strip from the south to north end. The neighborhoods were strictly segregated between White and African-American populations, a legacy that the city still struggles with today. The primary shopping district remained downtown, centered around Clematis Street.
In the 1960s, Palm Beach County's first enclosed shopping mall, the Palm Beach Mall, and an indoor arena were completed. These projects led to a brief revival for the city, but in the 1970s and 1980s crime continued to be a serious issue and suburban sprawl continued to drain resources and business away from the old downtown area. By the early 1990s there were very high vacancy rates downtown, and serious levels of urban blight.
Since the 1990s, developments such as CityPlace and the preservation and renovation of 1920s architecture in the nightlife hub of Clematis Street have seen a downtown resurgence in the entertainment and shopping district. The city has also placed emphasis on neighborhood development and revitalization, in historic districts such as Northwood, Flamingo Park, and El Cid. Some neighborhoods still struggle with blight and crime, as well as lowered property values caused by the Great Recession, which hit the region particularly hard. Since the recovery, multiple new developments have been completed. The Palm Beach Mall, located at the Interstate 95/Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard interchange became abandoned as downtown revitalized - the very mall that initiated the original abandonment of the downtown. The mall was then redeveloped into the Palm Beach Fashion Outlets in February 2014. A station for All Aboard Florida, a high-speed passenger rail service serving Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, and Orlando, is under construction as of July 2015.
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Sand dunes in the evening light in the region of Sossusvlei.
Travelling through Namibia was a breathtaking experience for me. The intense colours, the shapes with light and shadow were often surreal. The silence and the endless expanse are just as spectacular. A dream that became true.
Sanddünen im Abendlicht
Die Reise durch Namibia war für mich ein atemberaubendes Erlebnis. Die intensiven Farben, die Formen mit Licht und Schatten waren oft surrealistisch. Genau so schön ist auch die Stille und die unendliche Weite. Ein Traum, der Wirklichkeit wurde.
This is creation from two images I took. One of the night moon and the second is a structure at the cruise ship terminal in the port of Miami.
Lynds’ Dark Nebula 673 (or LDN 673) is a very dense and highly fractured dark cloud complex in the Aquila Rift. It is located some 400 – 500 light-years from Earth. The Aquila Rift forms a huge mass of dark molecular clouds and consists of numerous small and large nebulae. Situated against the Milky Way’s faint starlight, LDN 673 contains raw material to form a huge number of new stars.
Image captured over 2 nights; 2021-10-09 & 2021-10-12.
2 hours and 48 min total integration
L subs 8 * 360sec = 48 min
R subs 6 * 360sec = 36 min
G subs 7 * 360sec = 42 min
B subs 7 * 360sec = 42 min
Imaging Equipment:
SharpStar 140PH Triplet 910mm focal length
Mesu 200 MKII,
ZWOASI2600MM Pro camera
Just my luck! Not many snowstorms create colourful snowflakes, and when they do they are usually smaller hexagonal gems. I was thrilled to encounter this vibrant flower in a slightly large crystal!
The colour here is well understood, but still magical. It’s not colour in the same sense as you would paint with (the paint would absorb certain wavelengths of light and reflect others, you see the reflected light), but rather generated through optical interference. This is the same physics that generates colours in soap bubbles, but in a snowflake is often much more structured.
One way or another, a bubble forms in the ice. The thickness of this bubble dictates the thickness of the ice on either side of it, and shifts in this thickness will change the resulting colours. Light bounces off of reflective surfaces, but a snowflake is ice, not a mirror; some light still enters the snowflake and reflects back off of the additional boundaries between ice and air. When light passes through a denser material (ice), it slows down, and when it reflects back out, it speeds up again. This is critical. If the distance traveled through the ice is small enough, the two rays of light will rejoin, but half of it will be “out of sync”. This causes some wavelengths to cancel out while others are added together, generating specific colours from otherwise white light. Very similar principals apply to sound waves and interference.
Once the bubble is completely enclosed, things can still change. Water molecules can break away from their crystal structure (sublimation) and re-attach elsewhere. This might slightly change the thickness of the ice in certain areas but in a gradual fashion. I suspect this is the reason for the gradient from yellow to magenta at the tips of the internal “petals”.
The central bubble here is fascinating for other reasons as well – just look at the outer edge of it. Notice these little “nubs” in each corner? Imagine the snowflake being just that big. Those little nibs would be the last elements to stay open to the outside air before shifts in temperature and humidity allow the outer edge of the snowflake to become whole again. What’s interesting here is that a snowflake typically grows fastest where it has the greatest access to water vapour – the corners. Why then did the corners take the longest to close up? Moreover, why did the middle of each prism facet also have a nub, which continued to progress a line-like bubble that eventually evolved into a sectored-plate design?
It’s a beautiful physics puzzle and fun to spend some time imagining how and why it came to be.
Shot on a Lumix S1R with a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens. I’ve used a lot of ring flashes over the years, but my favourite is also one of the most affordable – the Yongnuo YN-14EX II: www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1462725-REG/yongnuo_yn_14e... . It’s better in many ways than Canon’s own MR-14EX II, and it’s what I’ve been using to shoot the snowflakes in this year’s series. For more tips on snowflake and general macro photography, you can also check out my upcoming instructional book, Macro Photography: The Universe at Our Feet - skycrystals.ca/product/pre-order-macro-photography-the-un...
For those curious about how the book is progressing? Coming along nicely! Most of the book is just undergoing revisions and grammar checks but there is still more work to be done. I appreciate your patience. :)
Tiny hair-like structures of salt grow and combine to form the salt flats at Badwater in Death Valley. Here is a wider view of the same area showing how the salt combines to form geometric pools.
Photo taken in the Badwater area of Death Valley National Park (California, USA).