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Just south of Berwick-upon Tweed Station is the impressive Royal Border Bridge crossing the River Tweed. At 1742 on the 1st August 2016 a Virgin East Coast Trains HST , 1S20, is slowly approaching its booked stop at Berwick-upon-Tweed with the 1400 London Kings Cross - Aberdeen service. This train will make another nine stops before arriving in Aberdeen at 2111.
Amazingly, this is the first time I have ever photographed the Royal Border Bridge ! ( shame on me )
Since the earliest settlements around the hot springs in Garland County, the valley between Hot Springs Mountain and West Mountain has been the focus of growth and development in the town of Hot Springs. Just as the Indians realized the importance of the springs, the early white settlers were quick to take advantage of the natural resources close at hand. By the 1840's, many of the settlers were using the springs to attract visitors to the area. Stores, bathhouses, and hotels began to fill both sides of the valley. To match the growth of Bathhouse Row (National Historic Landmark & NRHP #74000275) on the east side next to Hot Springs Mountain, a variety of commercial stores and hotels began to flourish on the west side of the valley following the Civil War. With the settling of the land disputes in 1877, the covering of Hot Springs Creek, and the widening of Central Avenue in 1884, the older frame buildings began to be replaced by ornate brick structures which attempted to mirror the newer architectural styles of the larger hotels around town and the newly remodeled Bathhouses across Central Avenue. Now known as the Central Avenue Historic District (NRHP), it possesses one of Arkansas' richest collections of historic commercial buildings. Ranging in date from 1886 to 1930, these structures reflect the growth of this town into the state's most significant resort community.
One of the most imposing and elaborately detailed buildings in the district is the Thompson Building (seen in the photograph above), designed by George Mann and constructed in 1913. Richly ornamented, the white glazed terracotta facade is five stories in height of Classical Revival inspiration and is the best representation of this style on Central Avenue. It reflects the importance of its architect, George Mann, who did work in Missouri, Ohio, and Illinois at the turn of the century, and also worked quite extensively in the State of Arkansas. He designed the Arkansas State Capitol in Little Rock in 1899 and the Pulaski County Courthouse in 1912. Mann and his partner, Eugene Stern, were responsible for the construction of the new bathhouses on Bathhouse Row during the early 1920's, as well as the third Arlington Hotel built in 1925. And, it also was one of the most important office building in Hot Springs built in the early 1900's. The original Thompson Building was a two-story brick building with Jackson's Pharmacy on the first floor. It burned shortly after 1910 and this second Thompson Building was constructed in 1913 to be an office building, primarily used by local doctors with apartments rented on the top floors. Today, more than 110 years after it was built in 1913, the Thompson Building has been renovated and reborn as The Waters Hotel, a place to experience a captivating combination of modern amenities with the charm & architectural details of a more than 110-year-old building.
The Hot Springs Central Avenue Historic District, including the Thompson Builidng, was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in June 1985. All of the information above was found on the original documents submitted for listing consideration and can be viewed here:
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The Waters Hotel site:
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
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Though these may simply detract from the scenery, I actually find the fascinating with all their angles and shapes.
Take Aim: Triangles
L'église dédiée à Saint François-Xavier a été construite par les Jésuites sur la place de la mairie de la vieille ville de Kaunas en Lituanie
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An eerie scene as I approached the supercell near Dutton MT. Interesting chase day as earlier I went hiking in glacier park and about 2 hours later witnessed a brief tornado and numerous new hail dents in my truck.
Structure - holds and protects. I got lucky with this one. The light was changing and fast. 4 images merged with a little crop.
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Le Mans se trouve à la confluence des rivières de la Sarthe et de l'Huisne. Ancienne capitale provinciale du Maine et du Perche à partir du xvie siècle, elle voit le mariage de Geoffroy V d'Anjou et Mathilde l'Emperesse, fille du roi d'Angleterre, jetant ainsi les bases de l'Empire Plantagenêt, et la naissance d'Henri II. Le vieux Mans, dénommé Cité Plantagenêt, est le quartier historique de la ville.
I've been in the succulent greenhouse. It's not very exciting there, cacti and all that. But when I saw this plant through the branches, I had to make a pictures.
To all Dads out there, Happy Father's day.
I am Nizam, and I send this message to any surviving humans taking refuge among the stars: we are here, we are waiting... at IMAX on the July 24th midnight 2009
This was the title for an e.mail sent to me by "The valley walker" well i have now seen it :-) tease me some more now i need to find that "babys finger "
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Here is my first published work even though i did it as a freebie its great seeing your work on a web site !
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Photographed in Tanzania, Africa
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I was pleased to have a chance to take this photo because I've not been happy with many previous photos I've taken of wildebeests. Primarily, I suppose, because I've tried to take a photo of the entire animal and have not really been able to appreciate the details of the animal's structure or markings. In this photo, the curve of its skull between horns and nose, the texture of its horns and the pattern of its hide is easier to see. Previous photos I've taken have also made it difficult to see its brown eyes against the brown color of its head. And then, of course, there are those *very* long eyelashes...
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From Wikipedia: The blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), also called the common wildebeest, white-bearded wildebeest, white-bearded gnu or brindled gnu, is a large antelope and one of the two species of wildebeest. It is placed in the genus Connochaetes and family Bovidae, and has a close taxonomic relationship with the black wildebeest. The blue wildebeest is known to have five subspecies. This broad-shouldered antelope has a muscular, front-heavy appearance, with a distinctive, robust muzzle. Young blue wildebeest are born tawny brown, and begin to take on their adult coloration at the age of 2 months. The adults' hues range from a deep slate or bluish-gray to light gray or even grayish-brown. Both sexes possess a pair of large curved horns.
The blue wildebeest is a herbivore, feeding primarily on short grasses. It forms herds which move about in loose aggregations, the animals being fast runners and extremely wary. The mating season begins at the end of the rainy season and a single calf is usually born after a gestational period of about 8.5 months. The calf remains with its mother for 8 months, after which it joins a juvenile herd. Oddly, rare blue wildebeat can have a glow or luminescent coat during the change of seasons between fall and winter. Blue wildebeest are found in short-grass plains bordering bush-covered acacia savannas in southern and eastern Africa, thriving in areas that are neither too wet nor too arid. Three African populations of blue wildebeest take part in a long-distance migration, timed to coincide with the annual pattern of rainfall and grass growth on the short-grass plains where they can find the nutrient-rich forage necessary for lactation and calf growth.
The blue wildebeest is native to Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Today, it is extinct in Malawi, but has been successfully reintroduced in Namibia. The southern limit of the blue wildebeest range is the Orange River, while the western limit is bounded by Lake Victoria and Mount Kenya. The blue wildebeest is widespread and is being introduced into private game farms, reserves, and conservancies. So, the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources rates the blue wildebeest as being of least concern. The population has been estimated to be around 1.5 million, and the population trend is stable.
Fossil records suggest these two species diverged about one million years ago, resulting in a northern and a southern species. The blue wildebeest remained in its original range and changed very little from the ancestral species, while the black wildebeest changed more as adaptation to its open grassland habitat in the south. The most obvious ways of telling the two species apart are the differences in their colouring and in the way their horns are oriented.
In East Africa, the blue wildebeest is the most abundant big-game species; some populations perform an annual migration to new grazing grounds, but the black wildebeest is merely nomadic. Breeding in both takes place over a short period of time at the end of the rainy season and the calves are soon active and are able to move with the herd, a fact necessary for their survival. Nevertheless, some fall prey to large carnivores, especially the spotted hyena.
Wildebeest often graze in mixed herds with zebra, which gives heightened awareness of potential predators. They are also alert to the warning signals emitted by other animals such as baboons. Wildebeest are a tourist attraction but compete with domesticated livestock for pasture and are sometimes blamed by farmers for transferring diseases and parasites to their cattle. Illegal hunting does take place but the population trend is fairly stable and, with some in national parks or on private land. The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists both kinds of wildebeest as least-concern species.
Predators:
Major predators that feed on wildebeest include the lion, hyena, African wild dog, cheetah, leopard, and crocodile, which seem to favour the wildebeest over other prey. Wildebeest, however, are very strong, and can inflict considerable injury even to a lion. Wildebeest have a maximum running speed of around 80 km/h (50 mph). The primary defensive tactic is herding, where the young animals are protected by the older, larger ones, while the herd runs as a group. Typically, the predators attempt to isolate a young or ill animal and attack without having to worry about the herd. Wildebeest have developed additional sophisticated cooperative behaviours, such as animals taking turns sleeping while others stand guard against a night attack by invading predators. Wildebeest migrations are closely followed by vultures, as wildebeest carcasses are an important source of food for these scavengers. The vultures consume about 70% of the wildebeest carcasses available. Decreases in the number of migrating wildebeest have also had a negative effect on the vultures. In the Serengeti ecosystem, Tanzania, wildebeest may help facilitate the migration of other, smaller-bodied grazers, such as Thomson's gazelles (Eudorcas thomsonii), which eat the new-growth grasses stimulated by wildebeest foraging.
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A great view of the Kilauea Point and Lighthouse with the Pacific Ocean pounding the volcanic shoreline. Taken from the viewing area off the parking lot on Kilauea Road in Kilauea North Kauai Hawaii U.S.A..
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I thought the Vasco da Gama Tower had a touch of Dubai about it, albeit on a budget. It was interesting to learn that the observation tower itself was buit for EXPO98 and that the hotel was then built 15 years later.
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From Wikipedia : "The Vasco da Gama Tower (Portuguese: Torre Vasco da Gama) is a 145 m lattice tower with skyscraper in Lisbon, Portugal, built over the Tagus river. It is named after Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama, who was the first European to arrive in India by sail, in 1498.
The architects of the tower were Leonor Janeiro, Nick Jacobs and SOM (Skidmore, Owings and Merrill). The steel structure, representing the sail of a caravel, was assembled by engineering company Martifer.
The tower was built in 1998 for the Expo 98 World's Fair. At the 120 m, there was an observation deck and, just below it, a luxury panoramic restaurant. At the base of the tower was a three-story building that served as the European Union Pavilion during the expo.
Both the observation deck and the restaurant were closed in October 2004. While they were open, the tower was the tallest structure in Portugal open to the public (excluding bridges).
The base building was to be leased for office space after the closing of the expo, but never found tenants. Instead, it was used for one-off events, like the world premiere of the new MINI car in 2001. In 2006 the tower was climbed by Alain Robert, a solo urban climber. He was sponsored by Optimus Telecomunicações, a Portuguese mobile phone company, that used the climb as part of a marketing campaign for a recently released product.
Parque Expo received permission for a plan by Portuguese architect Nuno Leónidas to expand on the riverside, for a luxury hotel with 178 rooms in 20 floors. The base building was demolished from July to September 2007, and construction of the hotel started in October 2007. The hotel is called "Myriad by Sana Hotels", managed by Portuguese company Sana Hotels. The observation deck and the panoramic restaurant are still accessible through the three current panoramic elevators."
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New London Harbor Light is a lighthouse in Connecticut on the west side of the New London harbor entrance. It is the nation's fifth oldest light station and the seventh oldest U.S. lighthouse. It is both the oldest and the tallest lighthouse in Connecticut and on Long Island Sound, with its tower reaching 90 feet.
The light is visible for 15 miles and consists of three seconds of white light every six seconds. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It is currently owned and maintained by the New London Maritime Society as part of the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act program.
New London Harbor Light is located at Lighthouse Point in southern New London, just east of Guthrie Beach off Pequot Avenue. In addition to the lighthouse, the station includes the keeper's house, a two-and-a-half-story brick residence. The property once also included a barn, an oil house, and an engine room; all of these structures have been removed.
The original New London Harbor Lighthouse was built on the west side of the entrance to New London Harbor in 1760. Connecticut ceded the lighthouse to the United States according to the "Memoranda of Cessions" of 7 August 1789.
On May 7, 1800, Congress appropriated funds to rebuild the lighthouse, and it was removed in 1801 when the current stone tower was built. In 1855, a fourth-order Fresnel lens replaced the original 11 lamps with 13-inch (330 mm) reflectors. Illumination was converted to oil-vapor lamp in 1909 and to acetylene in 1912. The light was electrified in 1930. The present keeper's house was built in 1863, and was enlarged in 1900 to accommodate the families of married keepers. The light was acquired by the New London Maritime Society in 2010.
Grand Central Station in Manhattan, New York, is an amazing piece of architecture. It truly is a grand structure that looks imposing despite almost every other building around it being taller, or well known. Standing outside you can see the old PanAm (now MetLife) Building, a landmark in its own right, as well as the Grand Hyatt, and even more famous, the Chrysler Building. Yet, Grand Central remains a central landmark. While the outside is amazing, the inside is an even more wonderful work of architecture, art, culture and a harbor of tranquility for a rushing sea of humanity that passes through it every day, into and out of the tunnels daily trains take to move millions to their destinations. This is a panorama stitched from a series of WindowsPhone Lumia 1020 handheld photos. I had to fix some places where the straight lines of lights don’t match up, because handheld photos are almost always not perfectly aligned. But, despite that, this panorama, taken just before midnight on August 10, 2014 when out for a walk after dinner in Manhattan with my childhood friends form Pakistan, gives you an idea of how wonderful this place is.
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The structure was built in 1910 as soldiers' quarters for the men of the Royal Artillery who manned the Central and West Batteries. On the night of 18 December 1941, Japanese troops successfully crossed the Lei Yue Mun Channel from Devil's Peak and were engaged in fierce fighting with the defenders in this building. After stubborn resistance, the defenders, overwhelmed by superior numbers and firepower, were forced to retreat.
(Source: Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence Leisure and Cultural Services Department)
Expedition 50 Earth observation composite of the Richat Structure, also known as the Eye of Sahara and Guelb er Richat, in the Sahara near Ouadane in west-central Mauritania, western Africa.
Zoomable version here: www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2021/05/Richat_reassembled
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