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Running lopsided account the right side on new 132 lb. welded rail and the left on smaller 115 lb. stick rail Niagara Falls to Toronto set of VIA RDC's with leader 6120 still in CN red on June 2, 1979.
The Halloween Pennant Dragonfly (Celithemis eponina) is a brightly colored dragonfly found across the United States. The Halloween pennant's name comes from its orange colored wings, which have dark brown bands marking them. It can often be seen perched on tips of tall reeds and grasses in marshes and other wetland areas.
St. Marks NWR, Florida
This could easily be mistaken for a piece of Birch tree but it's a Buff-Tip moth. I love its camouflage!
Phanogomphus militaris, the sulphur-tipped clubtail, is a species of clubtail dragonfly in the family Gomphidae. It is found in central North America. Source: Wikipedia
JS 6261 is in charge as another load of burning spoil is deposited on the tip at Sandaoling opencast coal mine.
Valløy or Vallø is a peninsula by the Oslo Fjord in Slagen in Tønsberg municipality in Vestfold. The peninsula is only about 1 km long and half a km wide, and is located at the entrance to the town of Tønsberg from the east. The peninsula is small, but has nevertheless been very important in national and local industrial history. Valløy was located in the former Sem municipality, which was merged with Tønsberg in 1988.
In 1739, Vallø saltworks was established. The plant was in operation until 1860 when it was closed down. Since then came several industrial companies, including Vallø glassworks, Vallø wallpaper factory and from 1899 Scandinavia's first oil refinery. The first master of distillation was the Austrian Frantz Drtina. After only a few years, this company had problems with profitability, and in 1905 a new company, A / S Vallø Oljeraffineri, was started.
In connection with the saltworks, Valløy church was built in 1782. During the Napoleonic Wars, Valløy was equipped in 1808 with a cannon battery and coastal protection to defend the entrance to Tønsberg town and the saltworks. In the 1820s, Valløy became the port of call for Norway's first steamship, the DS «Constitutionen».
On April 24, 1945, the refinery and the island were bombed by British planes in what is later known as the bombing of Vallø. At least 52 Norwegian civilians were killed and an unknown number of German soldiers lost their lives. The refinery, which was run by Esso Norway from 1905, did not come back into operation until the early 1950s. The wallpaper factory was also rebuilt. At most, more than 500 people lived on the peninsula, but after World War II, the number dropped radically.
Valløy school was in use from 1915 to 1942.
Until 1960, oil was refined using sulfuric acid. The waste product acid stream was deposited on the east side of Vallø and has been there until Esso Norge AS in 2015 started work on removing acid stream, bleach soil and other oil residues. [1] It is estimated that around 300,000 tonnes of contaminated mass will be removed by boat or truck. The work, which is carried out by Veidekke Entreprenør AS and the Belgian company Deme Environmental Contractors (DEC). The work was completed in March 2020.
On 7th December 2024, Orenstein & Koppel 0-8-0 tank '11' (Works No.13216 built in 1940) of the 750mm gauge Mansfelder Bergwerksbahn, Klostermansfeld, heads away from Hettstedt for Benndorf skirting the former mine's shale tip. Formerly built to transport copper slate, coal and coke, the railway had a route network of 95 km in its heyday. After the exhaustion of the deposits, the railway was dismantled. Today, museum traffic with steam and diesel locomotives still takes place on 11.8 km of the original system.
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At last the Orange-tips (Anthocharis cardamines) have emerged at my local patch, which is near to Loddington, Northants (approx 600ft ASL)
Here is a rather handsome male from yesterday morning
Tip 1: You Can Create Amazing Designs with Patchwork and it is very calming too!
Great Tips From Rachel Dodds
Here are a few little ideas that will help with any patchwork sewing that you do.
-Use spray starch on your fabric – this helps to stop the edges stretching and ruining your...
Let your life lightly dance on the edges of time, like dew on the tip of a leaf.
by Rabindranath Tagore
From the Washington Trails Association:
The furthest northwest tip of the contiguous United State, Cape Flattery provides a dramatic backdrop to a surprisingly accessible hike. It's managed by the Makah Tribe, who provide permits for parking here at Washburn's General Store, The Makah Museum, and many other locations in Neah Bay. As you drive through on the way to the trailhead, be sure to purchase yours -- they're good for the year, and you can also use it for Shi Shi Beach.
From the trailhead, depart down a wide, graveled trail into open forest. Heading gently downhill, the trail narrows down to boardwalk, keeping hikers out of the worst of the mud before transitioning to rooty tread. Signs along the way encourage you to stay on the trail; please honor these. This area sees enough traffic that a spur trail can quickly impact the area in a bad way. Preserve your future visits here by remaining on trail during this visit.
Eventually, the trail returns to boardwalk, carrying you over a boggy sections as the wind intensifies. You're approaching the point. Three turnoffs exist that allow you to see views from all sides of the point. The first branches off to the left, to a viewing platform that allows you to peer down the sheer south side of the point. The second, a few hundred feet further down the trail, is a two-layered affair, where you can enjoy an expansive view north from the upper deck, and a more intimate view of the sea caves below from the lower layer.
The third and last is, appropriately, the piece-de-resistance: a viewing platform accessed via a very steep but short stepladder. Straight ahead is Tatoosh Island. A lonely lighthouse sits on the island, which is constantly buffeted by waves and wind. To the north, it's the rocks of Cape Flattery reef, while to the south it's Kessiso Rocks. Birds wing in the breeze, and the seas around here teem with life.
The constant pounding surf and the meeting of water with land here provides an ideal place for animals of all sorts to feed. As you gaze out on the Pacific, look for seagulls, cormorants, shorebirds of many other sorts, and marine animals like whales or otters playing in the surf.
When you've had your fill, return the way you came.
Although Willington has been flooded for months I went looking for hairy dragonflies none seen by me but a possible sighting from the hide by 2 other guys. I did see a marsh harrier, a bittern and my first damselfies for 2024 plus a few other birds.
Many thanks to you ALL for the views, faves and comments you make on my shots it is very appreciated
......Well it`s something different. Part of the Margate carnival which took place on the 5th of August 2018.
A panorama stitch of the SY loco about to dump spoil from the Wulong deep mine into the vast pit that was the open cast coal mine at Fuxin. All history now - the open cast mine is worked out, and Wulong has closed too.
Fuxin, Liaoning Province, China.
January 2016. © David Hill.