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[BillTre]

The zebrafish image is by Daniel Castranova, @BillTre's friend who got an image on a stamp (unless there are two zebrafish guys with that name...).

Yup, that's him.

 

[DennisN]

Ran across a long set of photos on "architectural wonders of the past" from around the world. Really has some amazing stuff that people / civilizations have done.

The whole thread is here

One of the entries on that page was the amazing Mont-Saint-Michel.
It is a lovely place, both on the inside and outside.

Here are some old photos of it (from 2004):

Mont-Saint-Michel:

View from the abbey which shows the large surrounding tidal area:

A nice garden at the abbey:

A view down from the abbey:

Nice old houses inside the walls:

A view of the abbey from below:

...and some more nice old houses inside the walls:

 

[morrobay]

Some pretty nice close-up photos in this group! @Andy Resnick @BillTre

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Caffeine crystals - Amazing. And that's what we isolated in organic chemistry.

 

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[jtbell]

Over the past weekend I visited a model-train show in a nearby city, and saw something unusual for this region: a layout that includes a subway / metro:



Another one featured a "Toonerville Trolley":

 

[DennisN]

Some autumn shots taken today...

A part of a very large ivy:

(I've posted a photo of this ivy before in the thread, but this time it was (sort of) partly in sunlight.
Well, actually, not in direct sunlight. The ivy is on a wall facing straight north, and I don't think I've ever seen it in direct sunlight. So all the light comes from reflections from the nearby houses and windows.)

Flowers by the sidewalk:

More sidewalk flowers:

And a pigeon:

 

[DennisN]

Here's a very cool piece I bought in a secondhand shop.
I don't know what these things are called, but it is a frame with seven different types of sand separated by glass panes inside the frame. And when you move the frame around you get different configurations of the sand types in the compartments.

On the back of the frame there is this info which shows the origin of the different sand types:

And "U.A.E." must obviously mean "United Arab Emirates".

 

[jtbell]

I remember having something similar a long time ago, but with only two types of sand IIRC. And definitely not from the UAE.

 

[DennisN]

I am going through unprocessed photos and found one with a gothic theme :

Full moon behind branches (lens: Tokina 200mm (vintage)).

 

[BillTre]

I am going through unprocessed photos and found one with a gothic theme :

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Full moon behind branches (lens: Tokina 200mm (vintage)).

Needs a witch or something.

 

[morrobay]

Ok

Needs a witch or something.

Or some bats like the photo I missed in the Similan Islands on the beach with a full moon: large bats came streaming out of the caves on top of a rocky point in front of full moon.

 

[Rive]

The hike today: started with a rain (so we packed only phones, not any decent gear): turned into 'cloudwalking', and finished in sunshine.

 

[Ibix]

Where is that, roughly? Looks lovely except for the weather...

 

[Rive]

Mid-Europe: a small range of small mountains - but technically, in our backyard
For autumn, this weather is just perfect. We love these foggy days.

 

[DennisN]

The hike today

Lovely photos and lovely fog!

 

[BillTre]

An interesting cut-away:

 

[BillTre]

Maybe a Terminator landed there.

 

[Arjan82]

Early morning during a weekend of sailing, unfortunately I wasn't there...

 

[DennisN]

An interesting cut-away:

Maybe a Terminator landed there.

Could also be an avant-garde alien who tried to do a vertical crop circle and failed .
(or succeeded maybe, depending on taste)

 

[DennisN]

Some more autumn photos taken today...
...it was partly cloudy so I didn't get much vibrant colors, but it was fun nevertheless...

A large autumn tree:

A small autumn tree:

Autumn pigeon wondering where the summer has gone...

...and a crop of the head:

A seagull wandering about... "Now, where did I put those french fries I was saving for lunch?"

...and last, a jackdaw... "Are you looking at me?"

 

[phinds]

Wife and I went for a drive in the backwoods a few days ago since this was supposed to be prime leaf time in Central NY. Petty much a total bust --- a couple of hillsides with some color but nothing impressive. I had my camera but nothing was worth taking pics of.

BUT ... when we got back, I just stepped out to the end of our driveway to took this shot up our street.

 

[morrobay]

Nice day after the rain+those eyes

 

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[jtbell]

At the South Carolina State Fair last Sunday: a flying fire engine!



This was my first visit to this fair, after living here for 38 years, and only my second state fair ever. The other one was the Michigan State Fair which a group of us physics graduate students visited about 45 years ago.

It took me about an hour to drive to Columbia, then another hour in a slowly-crawling queue of cars entering the fairgrounds parking lot. I should have gone in the middle of the week instead of the last day of the fair. The gorgeous weather (not too cool, not too warm) surely encouraged people to turn out.

 

[morrobay]

The changing light effects here

 

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[BillTre]

 

[jack action]

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Not to start any conspiracy theory but is it me or does this look like the Death Star is completed?

 

[BillTre]

Not to start any conspiracy theory but is it me or does this look like the Death Star is completed?

Quote - "Obi Wan Kenobi: That's no moon…it's a space station. Han: It's too big to be a space station. Luke: I have a very bad feeling about this."

 

[Swamp Thing]

Here's a very cool piece I bought in a secondhand shop.
I don't know what these things are called, but it is a frame with seven different types of sand separated by glass panes inside the frame. And when you move the frame around you get different configurations of the sand types in the compartments.

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On the back of the frame there is this info which shows the origin of the different sand types:

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And "U.A.E." must obviously mean "United Arab Emirates".

Could you make a video of the sand re-distributing?

 

[DennisN]

Could you make a video of the sand re-distributing?

Yes, I can try. But I have to think a bit about it. The sand redistribution goes very quickly.
Also, the piece is a bit heavy (it has 7 or 8 glass panes).

 

[Ibix]

The versions of these things that I've seen are filled with liquid, or often not quite filled with liquid so there are air bubbles, so the redistribution process is quite slow and pretty. Searching for "sand frame" on YouTube turns up quite a few videos.

I get the impression @DennisN's one doesn't have liquid? I've not seen one of those before.