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we have dunes in barstow, along our dry river. they have their own lonely beauty. dunes always look lonely, don't you think?
original lensbaby
somewhere in life, or should i say, everywhere in life, change happens. although it is said that “the only thing constant is change”, it still takes me by surprise each time i realize that things and people and i can change so much in so short a time. the only thing i can do is hope that these changes are all for the better, no matter how difficult some of them might be.
in a day or so, i will be saying a temporary goodbye to Flickr and to you all. not to worry, i will be back. so many things have happened to me here in Flickrdom that i need sometime to take them all in. mind you, most of these things were all good, especially the part where i met each and every one of you. and for that i shall forever be grateful. but even good things need time to “settle in”. i don’t want to let life hurry on without giving myself a chance to pause long enough to appreciate all these gifts of friendship that i have been given. i need some quiet time to count my blessings.
as you can see, even a temporary goodbye is so very difficult that i am doing it at a snail’s pace. take care, you all! stay happy, and keep those amazing images coming. i will be watching, somehow, someway.
Lake Phewa
Nepal
Marianne Charlotte and I are heading to Eyre Peninsula for a brief break! Gotta rest and recover from the Child Care Bugs Charlie brings home! Sorry I haven't been able to visit your photostreams as I've had little time except to post the odd picture here and there and then sleep these days! Hope we get some different types of shots while over there like Dunes and granite rocks!
New temporary Bridge, it will be replaced later.
Diese Brücke gehört zum Magdeburger Ring.
(Ernst-Reuter-Allee Richtung Stadt und Hauptbahnhof)
September 8, 2016
Someone's beach sculpture, built below the tideline. It probably won't be there tomorrow. Art for arts sake, and the joy of creating!
Nauset Light Beach
Eastham, Massachusetts
Cape Cod - USA
Photo by brucetopher
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Located next to the Hoddesdon Clock Tower is this beautiful Crooked Cottage which happens to be part of the Christmas & New Year Fair.
© Leanne Boulton, All Rights Reserved
Candid street photography from Glasgow, Scotland. Her big hair caught my eye and the shot worked out great - enjoy!
On a recent visit to Mt Damper falls we discovered that the recent rains had created a new waterfall nearby. Normally this creek is dry.
Mt Damper Falls - Waitaanga Forest.
Tufts of mountain grass catch the last rays of light on the snow-clad slopes of Beinn-y-Phott as the chain of summits extending from Snaefell all the way to North Barrule are beautifully illuminated in the distance. This was taken a few weeks ago in what was probably the last patch of winter weather we can expect for the Isle of Man for this season.
On a completely different note, I woke up to the sad news of the passing of the astrophotographer Alyn Wallace this morning. I’m genuinely shocked and saddened by this, particularly as he was so young. I didn’t personally know Alyn, but I’ve followed his photography adventures and journey keenly for the last 6 years or so. He was an inspiring, engaging and extremely talented photographer who without a doubt had a profound impact on many thousands of photographers across the globe. Half the battle with photography is finding that motivation to drag yourself out the front door to face what are usually uncomfortable environmental conditions head on. Watching his adventures never failed to fill me to the brim with photographic enthusiasm to do this. A reminder if we ever needed it that life is a fragile and fleeting thing. RIP Alyn ✨
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Eu não me canso de fotografar as garças e seus hábitos.
Nesta captura eu estava bem próxima, mas acho que já se acostumaram comigo!
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The cutting-edge technology that keeps the Silverstone motor racing track in tip-top condition could be coming to Croydon. John Bownas spoke to the team hoping to bring it here.
Pot holes – we all hate ‘em, and Croydon certainly has its share.
But now, the borough’s highways team is taking a lead from the people responsible for maintaining Silverstone’s grand prix circuit.
New technology that is good enough for the world’s top racing drivers is being tested in Croydon to see if it is up to the council’s exacting standards.
If trials are successful, the infrared-powered Nu-Phalt repair system could become invaluable to Croydon’s road repair crews who would be the first in London to realise its potential benefits.
Apart from a significant possible cost saving, the biggest advantages that the new technique has over traditional methods are:
•speed: a typical 1 square metre repair can be completed in just 20 minutes; currently, the same job takes considerably longer, and would be only a temporary fix;
•durability: the infra-red triggered thermal bonding means that patch repairs are far more permanent and blend seamlessly into the surrounding road surface;
•environmentally friendly: the process starts by recycling the existing macadam and needs only a small amount of new material to top off the repair.
The council has recently announced a multi-million pound investment project to resurface many of its roads.
However, there will always be a need for fast and efficient repairs in those cases where small patches of tarmac work loose.
This can happen at any time of the year – although it is usually after spells of wet or cold weather that these small holes open up to create a real headache for motorists and cyclists.
In total, the council’s emergency repairs operation currently costs about £560k every year in manpower and materials – and that’s not including the money that is budgeted separately for the major road resurfacing schemes that we will be seeing a lot more of over the next few years.
Steve Iles is the council’s head of highways, and he knows better than anyone else in the borough just how big a task it is to stay on top of the thousands of road repairs that his teams have to carry out every year.
Talking to Your Croydon about this mammoth job and his hopes for the promising high-tech solution, he first ran through some of the big numbers involved.
“We’ve got nearly 3,000 roads in Croydon, and these all get inspected by the council at least twice a year.
“We look out for any problems that might have arisen since the last visit – and particularly any new holes or cracks that could pose a hazard.
“Since January our system’s logged nearly 5,000 new reports from both streetscene inspectors and those members of the public who phone or email to tell us about possible problems.”
In that same time we’ve managed to fill in or repair about 9,800 – but there’s still around 8,600 that we know about waiting to be fixed.
“That takes a lot of doing,” continued Steve, “I’ve got six full-time staff who spend the majority of their day out doing this sort of work.
“And when they can’t do road repairs, because of snow and ice, they drive the gritting lorries to try to keep the roads clear.”
Tony Whyatt is the highways engineer whose research into improved technology solutions has led to the trial of the Nu-Phalt system.
“I’m really optimistic about how this will save us time and money.
“We reuse most of the existing road material on-site and need to add only a small amount of fresh material to each repair.
“There’s no noisy compressors, and the system cuts the number of vehicles and staff involved in each repair.
“We also minimise disruption to traffic – which is good for drivers – and these repairs can be driven over again almost immediately they’re finished.”
Indeed, driving away from our meeting with Tony we drove over a number of holes that had just been filled – and the first thing we noticed was that we didn’t notice them at all.
The repaired road was as smooth as the day it was originally laid.
Heavy rain over Death Valley National Park on October 18 created the temporary Lake Manly on the Badwater Salt Flats. This causes the salt flats to become resurfaced with a new layer of white rock salt as the salty water dries, so instead of the dirty, dusty surface that has been common in recent years, Badwater should look very different this year.
Iceberg in Jokulsarlon Lagoon. Moments after the shot was captured the ice boulder fell off the iceberg and broke up, so I feel very fortunate to have captured this temporary balancing arrangement.