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[berkeman]

LOL, Dunkin' Donuts.

 

[phinds]

LOL, Dunkin' Donuts.

HEY ... it's a cop car! He's just doing his best to reinforce the stereotype.

 

[pinball1970]

November the 5th we celebrate the night some guy tried to blow up some Government buildings, or perhaps celebrate the fact he was caught. Not sure, anyway.

 

[pinball1970]

 

[jack action]

My kind of abstract art:

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Spoiler: What is it?

Simple Kiss​

an abstract design for a simple action
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BY Jared Yamahata​

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[jtbell]

Looking back at the pics from my August trip, I realized that I never got around to showing any from Hartford, Connecticut except for the stamp show that was the reason for this trip. I did walk around downtown a bit before going to the show.

The Ancient Burying Ground dates from the mid 1600s. Among others buried here are the leaders of the group of settlers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony that founded Hartford in 1636. Thomas Hooker is known as the "father of Connecticut".

The settlement was named after Samuel Stone's birthplace, Hertford, England.

The Old State House (1796) is now a museum. If I visit Hartford again, I'll set aside time to go inside.

The current state capitol replaced the Old State House in 1879.

The Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch (1886) honors the Hartfordians (?) who served in the Civil War.

After the stamp show I visited the house where Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) lived 1874-1891. Unfortunately, photography is not allowed inside the house. When I finished the guided tour, it was pouring rain so I couldn't take pictures outside, either. I had to settle for this display in the visitor center.

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[pinball1970]

Rather than get a bus right into Mossley Lancs we got off a few stops early and walked over the hills. A little misty.

 

[pinball1970]

 

[pinball1970]

 

[jtbell]

A few hours before arriving home at the end of my August trip, I stopped at the Yadkin River Park in North Carolina, near I-85 where it crosses the river north of Salisbury. Next to the park is the Wil-Cox Bridge (1924), the first free highway bridge here, succeeding privately owned toll bridges going back to 1818.

It's now closed to traffic, and part of a bike/hike trail.

Looking north gives a good view of the river.

Looking south, you can see the current US-29 / US-70 / NC-150 bridge which replaced it, along with a pair of railroad bridges (the North Carolina Railroad, operated by Norfolk Southern), and in the distance, the I-85 bridges.

In the satellite view, you can see the path of the original 4-lane I-85 which was replaced with the current 8-lane version in the early 2010s.

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[pinball1970]

Sunset over Manchester.

 

[pinball1970]

Not quite in the hills, too tired after an hour. Hyde towards Werneth low.

 

[pinball1970]

 

[morrobay]

 

[morrobay]

This Sunday night and standby for day trip island photos of ko Khram

 

[pinball1970]

 

[jtbell]

A bit like Lieutenant Columbo, I'm back with "just one more thing" from my August trip. After my ride on the Lehigh Valley Scenic Railway in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, early in the trip, on my way out of town I visited the memorial to the town's namesake, athlete Jim Thorpe.

For the story of how he ended up there, despite never having visited while he was alive, see the linked Wikipedia article about him, toward the end.

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[jtbell]

 

[pinball1970]

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Perfection.

 

[pinball1970]

I bobbed up to the higher floor to get this. Manchester skyline.

 

[BillTre]

 

[berkeman]

Future firefighters...

https://www.usfra.org/photos/firefighter-baby-d7a3

 

[BillTre]

Those are some impressive mountains!

 

[berkeman]

Wow, some impressive shots!

 

[collinsmark]

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That's not the Helix Nebula. That's just something an artist made up.

Also, for what it's worth, the Helix Nebula's (NGC 7293) angular diameter is many times larger than the field of view of the HST. Even in principle, it would take a pretty massive mosaic for HST to produce a full representation of the Helix.

 

[pinball1970]

An earlier image but enhanced.

 

[jtbell]

In the outdoor sculpture park at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, today:

 

[BillTre]

 

[Arjan82]

Alright, that's too much fakeness...

This is fake:

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This is also AI:

Future firefighters...

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https://www.usfra.org/photos/firefighter-baby-d7a3

And this is fake staged as well:

Wow, some impressive shots!

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https://www.imaging-resource.com/ne...-faking-viral-lava-photographer-on-fire-photo

 

[Arjan82]

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And almost sure that at least the sky here is AI as well...

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It seems to originate from this facebook account which only seems to post AI fotos of nature:


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[berkeman]

And this is fake staged as well:

Interesting. I saw something about National Geographic photos, and assumed that made them valid. But it looks like that was part of the fakeness, saying that they were from National Geographic. I'll try to be more careful.

 

[pinball1970]

Interesting. I saw something about National Geographic photos, and assumed that made them valid. But it looks like that was part of the fakeness, saying that they were from National Geographic. I'll try to be more careful.

This is from Bill though! Has someone hacked his account?

 

[pinball1970]

An earlier image but enhanced.

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The pub on the right is a mid 16th C building and was removed brick by brick and rebuilt 300 meters away from the original spot, following the 1996 IRA bombing.
Before that the area was redeveloped in the 1970s after surviving the blitz so Manchester pubs seemed to have got a lucky pass.
This is called "Shambles" square. The the square took its name from the butchers and abattoirs which once stood in its place - the blood and guts leftover from slaughter and butchering being known as 'shambles."

 

[Arjan82]

Also, for what it's worth, the Helix Nebula's (NGC 7293) angular diameter is many times larger than the field of view of the HST. Even in principle, it would take a pretty massive mosaic for HST to produce a full representation of the Helix.

But it was captured by Hubble:

It looks rather different though :)

The observation with the spitzer telescope comes closer:

Here some more and a comparison:
https://webbtelescope.org/contents/media/videos/1102-Video