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It's amazing the difference orientation makes

by SeasideMan @ Sunday, Jun. 01, 2008 - 22:58:51

Two pictures of the same fly taken seconds apart.. In the upper one the focus is on the head, but  on the lower one it's the blue body. Click on them to make them bigger.

Cheers, Tom.

fly2

fly1


 
 

Is it me?????

by Esspee @ Sunday, Jun. 01, 2008 - 22:18:15

Or does this pebble on the beach look like a skull?
CLICK TO ENLARGE>>skull (3488 x 2616)

England Is Beautiful 2

by Prettyintelligentprincess @ Sunday, Jun. 01, 2008 - 20:54:18

UllswaterAs Tall As GiantsUllswater: hazy evening.

Not An Illusion!

by Prettyintelligentprincess @ Sunday, Jun. 01, 2008 - 20:46:05

Towering GiantsAngelic OwlIncy Wincy...

England is Beautiful

by Prettyintelligentprincess @ Sunday, Jun. 01, 2008 - 20:37:01

Towering Tree TopsNew Life With Raindrops

The Falkirk Wheel.

by joebangles @ Sunday, Jun. 01, 2008 - 20:30:00

The Worlds first and only "Rotating boat lift" on the Clyde and Forth canal at Falkirk, Scotland.

This engineering feat, 115 feet high, transfers boats between the differing heights of the Forth and Clyde and Union canals.

Falkirk Wheel.

detail Falkirk Wheel.

Words below and photographs from, http://www.bennettmg.co.uk/Project_MS_Falkirk_Boatlift_1.aspx

British Waterways ‘Millennium Link’ canal project is the largest UK canal restoration ever. It reconnects the Forth & Clyde and Union Canals allowing unhindered passage of traffic between Glasgow and Edinburgh.

The centrepiece to this project is the Falkirk Wheel - the world’s first rotating boatlift. The 35m high, 1500 tonne machine transports canal barges and other boats between the Forth & Clyde and the Union Canal, a vertical drop of 18 metres. Before the closure of the canals in the mid 20th century this transfer was achieved by a flight of eleven locks.

First structure of its kind in the world.
Design life of at least 120 years.
35 metres high.
35 metres wide.
30 metres long.
Each gondola contains at least 250,000 litres of water.
Capable of carrying eight boats at a time.
A single trip takes 15 minutes.

Peace and Beauty Before The Crowds: Ullswater.

by Prettyintelligentprincess @ Sunday, Jun. 01, 2008 - 20:29:00

Rolling Leaves of GreenUllswaterLakeside

New Born

by prydwen @ Sunday, Jun. 01, 2008 - 20:08:13

baby

Spring

by prydwen @ Sunday, Jun. 01, 2008 - 13:20:45

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Swan

by prydwen @ Sunday, Jun. 01, 2008 - 13:15:53

swan

Stung by the Photography Bug!

by la_spice @ Sunday, Jun. 01, 2008 - 12:51:33

collage3

Simplicity

by la_spice @ Sunday, Jun. 01, 2008 - 08:41:42

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Alum Lily

Can you see the ghost dog, eating from his ghostly bowl?

by SeasideMan @ Sunday, Jun. 01, 2008 - 01:14:44

He's there.... Click on him to make him bigger:

ghost_dog

Cheers, Tom.


 
 

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