@hammer1 said:
There's a house for sale in Vancouver on the mainland, not an island, with twice this number of stairs to get to the ocean (see below)..
Reminds of a stone cliff tower we climbed in China to reach the temple on top. Pictured is what the stone cliff tower once looked like before the flooding of the Yangtze River. Today the entire stone cliff tower is surrounded by water.
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Located some photos I had taken of the now surrounded by water cliff tower on the outskirts of Chongqing. Will try to post.
Will add more later to include the temple at the top after we climbed through the stairs and ladders within the pagoda that hugs the cliff. Before the pagoda was built the only way to access the top was by climbing ropes.
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A Pre-COVID journey up the Yangtze River:
Now it is just the river and us along with the imposing scenic views bordering the Yangtze:
To be continued ........
Friday has arrived.
Continuing with the journey - A scenic stop along the Yangtze.
This location is known by the name of Tribe of the Three Gorges. The gorges reference finger like branches of the Yangtze River and tribes relate to the ethnic groups that have historically occupied the surrounding areas. The Tujia Culture is celebrated and is home to the historic Ba and Chu Cultures.
This particular scenic location located in the hinterland of the Xilling Gorge remains preserved despite the creation of the Three Gorges Dam that saw so many others flooded into oblivion.
Notably, of the top ten modern engineering marvels, China has claim to three. One is the Bailong cliff clinging Elevator at 1,070 feet qualifying as the tallest outdoor elevator, another is the Birds Nest structure in Beijing as the world's largest steel structure incorporating 26 miles of unwrapped steel, and thirdly, The Three Gorges Dam ranking above all other dams in the world. It represents China's greatest construction project since The Great Wall of China and at one and a half miles wide is the world's largest concrete structure with the world's largest hydroelectric power station.
Here is the portion of the Three Gorges Dam closest to the Tribe of the Three Gorges scenic location:
The subject scenic views including the ethnic "tribe" members dressed in their "tribal" attire as well as their demonstrating cultural traditions and activities:
The walkway along the stream that extends inward allows viewing of the cliff coffins that have survived from their placement centuries ago.
Enhancing the experience was our knowledgeable and delightful local guide:
Re-edit of a picture I took in Edinburgh from the “before days” (pre-Covid, pre-WWIII) when travel was easier. I watched this guy try to kick up his flaming hat and catch it in his head for about 1/2 hour. He came close a couple of times, but was unsuccessful in catching it on his head.
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@ifthevamzarockin said:
Going through some old boxes and found this old little spy camera.
I wonder if it would be good for coin photos?
Anyone remember this classic? If I recall correctly it was manufactured by Zeiss Icon in Germany and may have gone by that name as well. My father picked one up on a trip to Europe and it was well used to take "slides." The cyclops eye was unique.
@ifthevamzarockin said:
Going through some old boxes and found this old little spy camera.
I wonder if it would be good for coin photos?
Anyone remember this classic? If I recall correctly it was manufactured by Zeiss Icon in Germany and may have gone by that name as well. My father picked one up on a trip to Europe and it was well used to take "slides." The cyclops eye was unique.
Thanks to Wikipedia I just learned this additional info about my dad's camera. Learned that it was the first direct meter coupling SLR and that a modified version was taken to outer space. It was manufactured from 1959 to 1966 and was affectionately know as either the "Bullseye Camera" or simply the "Cyclops." The Zeiss Icon Contarex was its official name.
"The Contarex was the first 35mm SLR focal plane shutter camera providing direct meter coupling to the shutter-, aperture-, and film speed-settings; they are interconnected by cords. An aperture simulator for the exposure meter in the Cyclops window uses an iris in front of the selenium meter cell. The meter needle, to be aligned with an index triangle, is visible both in a top plate window and to the right in the viewfinder. The camera also has a interchangeable focusing screen which is, by default a split image inside of a micro-prism.
A thumb-wheel on the camera controls the lens aperture, and the value is shown in a window on top of the centrally located meter cell (the Cyclops window). The aperture in the interchangeable automatic lens closes when the shutter release is depressed and reopens when the camera is wound on for the next exposure. Due to the limited meter range, not every camera setting combination is possible to accommodate on the Contarex I exposure meter.[4]
A custom modified Contarex was used by astronaut Ed White during the first NASA's extra vehicular activity (EVA) on June 3, 1965, during the flight of Gemini 4. "
@ifthevamzarockin said:
Going through some old boxes and found this old little spy camera.
I wonder if it would be good for coin photos?
Anyone remember this classic? If I recall correctly it was manufactured by Zeiss Icon in Germany and may have gone by that name as well. My father picked one up on a trip to Europe and it was well used to take "slides." The cyclops eye was unique.
Thanks to Wikipedia I just learned this additional info about my dad's camera. Learned that it was the first direct meter coupling SLR and that a modified version was taken to outer space. It was manufactured from 1959 to 1966 and was affectionately know as either the "Bullseye Camera" or simply the "Cyclops." The Zeiss Icon Contarex was its official name.
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Crazy, I just realized that I have a 1964 photo I took of my dad carrying his Contarex Cyclops SLR camera. He was taking photos of earthquake devastation. (Note in the photo I took his camera is within its case which itself is pretty unique.)
I believe this is a photo I took of a photo my dad took with his camera:
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Excerpted from the below Smithsonian Magazine link:
In March 1974, a group of peasants digging a well in drought-parched Shaanxi province in northwest China unearthed fragments of a clay figure—the first evidence of what would turn out to be one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of modern times. Near the unexcavated tomb of Qin Shi Huangdi—who had proclaimed himself first emperor of China in 221 B.C.—lay an extraordinary underground treasure: an entire army of life-size terra cotta soldiers and horses, interred for more than 2,000 years.
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Over the past 35 years, archaeologists have located some 600 pits, a complex of underground vaults as yet largely unexcavated, across a 22-square-mile area. Some are hard to get to, but three major pits are easily accessible, enclosed inside the four-acre Museum of the Terracotta Army, constructed around the discovery site and opened in 1979. In one pit, long columns of warriors, reassembled from broken pieces, stand in formation.With their topknots or caps, their tunics or armored vests, their goatees or close-cropped beards, the soldiers exhibit an astonishing individuality. A second pit inside the museum demonstrates how they appeared when they were found: some stand upright, buried to their shoulders in soil, while others lie toppled on their backs, alongside fallen and cracked clay horses. The site ranks with the Great Wall and Beijing's Forbidden City as one of the premier tourist attractions within China.
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Will add more later to include the temple at the top after we climbed through the stairs and ladders within the pagoda that hugs the cliff. Before the pagoda was built the only way to access the top was by climbing ropes.
Climbing up. Note the holes cut into the rock from which ropes once hung as the only way to climb upward to the grounds and temple on the top.
On the grounds and inside the temple on the top:
Space invader chalice coral, Pectina
I grew this from a piece the size of a pinky nail 100% aquaculture.
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A Pre-COVID journey up the Yangtze River:
Boarding the Boat:
The crew and staff welcomes:
Offered on board fare and entertainment:
Ready to set "sail" as the sun rises over the Yangtze River:
Underway as we depart from a more populated area:
Now it is just the river and us along with the imposing scenic views bordering the Yangtze:
To be continued ........
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(Photos from one year ago as we drove from Las Vegas to Palm Springs.)
Haha! not sure, maybe subconsciously I was. I have been by there before, but cannot recall which came first.
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Spectacular!
Friday has arrived.
Continuing with the journey - A scenic stop along the Yangtze.
This location is known by the name of Tribe of the Three Gorges. The gorges reference finger like branches of the Yangtze River and tribes relate to the ethnic groups that have historically occupied the surrounding areas. The Tujia Culture is celebrated and is home to the historic Ba and Chu Cultures.
This particular scenic location located in the hinterland of the Xilling Gorge remains preserved despite the creation of the Three Gorges Dam that saw so many others flooded into oblivion.
Notably, of the top ten modern engineering marvels, China has claim to three. One is the Bailong cliff clinging Elevator at 1,070 feet qualifying as the tallest outdoor elevator, another is the Birds Nest structure in Beijing as the world's largest steel structure incorporating 26 miles of unwrapped steel, and thirdly, The Three Gorges Dam ranking above all other dams in the world. It represents China's greatest construction project since The Great Wall of China and at one and a half miles wide is the world's largest concrete structure with the world's largest hydroelectric power station.
Here is the portion of the Three Gorges Dam closest to the Tribe of the Three Gorges scenic location:
The subject scenic views including the ethnic "tribe" members dressed in their "tribal" attire as well as their demonstrating cultural traditions and activities:
The walkway along the stream that extends inward allows viewing of the cliff coffins that have survived from their placement centuries ago.
Enhancing the experience was our knowledgeable and delightful local guide:
Departing the scenic area:
With an eventual overland return to our boat:
More to come ....
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Airborne Paratroopers jumping to Van Halen's Jump Adrenaline Rush
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Re-edit of a picture I took in Edinburgh from the “before days” (pre-Covid, pre-WWIII) when travel was easier. I watched this guy try to kick up his flaming hat and catch it in his head for about 1/2 hour. He came close a couple of times, but was unsuccessful in catching it on his head.
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--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.Going through some old boxes and found this old little spy camera.
I wonder if it would be good for coin photos?
I see the bow of the Titanic sticking out of the water as it's sinking.
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Anyone remember this classic? If I recall correctly it was manufactured by Zeiss Icon in Germany and may have gone by that name as well. My father picked one up on a trip to Europe and it was well used to take "slides." The cyclops eye was unique.
Thanks to Wikipedia I just learned this additional info about my dad's camera. Learned that it was the first direct meter coupling SLR and that a modified version was taken to outer space. It was manufactured from 1959 to 1966 and was affectionately know as either the "Bullseye Camera" or simply the "Cyclops." The Zeiss Icon Contarex was its official name.
"The Contarex was the first 35mm SLR focal plane shutter camera providing direct meter coupling to the shutter-, aperture-, and film speed-settings; they are interconnected by cords. An aperture simulator for the exposure meter in the Cyclops window uses an iris in front of the selenium meter cell. The meter needle, to be aligned with an index triangle, is visible both in a top plate window and to the right in the viewfinder. The camera also has a interchangeable focusing screen which is, by default a split image inside of a micro-prism.
A thumb-wheel on the camera controls the lens aperture, and the value is shown in a window on top of the centrally located meter cell (the Cyclops window). The aperture in the interchangeable automatic lens closes when the shutter release is depressed and reopens when the camera is wound on for the next exposure. Due to the limited meter range, not every camera setting combination is possible to accommodate on the Contarex I exposure meter.[4]
A custom modified Contarex was used by astronaut Ed White during the first NASA's extra vehicular activity (EVA) on June 3, 1965, during the flight of Gemini 4. "
Here is one for the upcoming Good Friday. In St. Petersburg Russia where this shot was taken Easter is celebrated on April 24th this year.
Me too.
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Crazy, I just realized that I have a 1964 photo I took of my dad carrying his Contarex Cyclops SLR camera. He was taking photos of earthquake devastation. (Note in the photo I took his camera is within its case which itself is pretty unique.)
I believe this is a photo I took of a photo my dad took with his camera:
While on the topic of old cameras, here is Ike with his favorite:
Reportedly his Presidential Library contains a collection of his 3D Stereoscopic Slides.
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The third McDonald’s which opened in Downey Ca. in 1953:
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Wildcats Close Up
Three normally shy bobcats took an unusual interest in Interprint last week. George Baldasarre took these photos of the wildcats when they were observed hanging around the parking lot of the specialty printing company. The plant is located in a rural spot on Pittsfield's southern edge. Bobcats are the only wildcats left in the state and are about the twice the size of a housecat.
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a 1887 PCGS MS63 Morgan silver dollar in a rattler holder
and a nice die clash on this coin
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Funny thing is, I remember doing this as a child---the Farmall model H with a sickle bar ---- changing the teeth rivets was a knuckle breaking job
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My photos from two of the below described pits:
Excerpted from the below Smithsonian Magazine link:
In March 1974, a group of peasants digging a well in drought-parched Shaanxi province in northwest China unearthed fragments of a clay figure—the first evidence of what would turn out to be one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of modern times. Near the unexcavated tomb of Qin Shi Huangdi—who had proclaimed himself first emperor of China in 221 B.C.—lay an extraordinary underground treasure: an entire army of life-size terra cotta soldiers and horses, interred for more than 2,000 years.
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Over the past 35 years, archaeologists have located some 600 pits, a complex of underground vaults as yet largely unexcavated, across a 22-square-mile area. Some are hard to get to, but three major pits are easily accessible, enclosed inside the four-acre Museum of the Terracotta Army, constructed around the discovery site and opened in 1979. In one pit, long columns of warriors, reassembled from broken pieces, stand in formation.With their topknots or caps, their tunics or armored vests, their goatees or close-cropped beards, the soldiers exhibit an astonishing individuality. A second pit inside the museum demonstrates how they appeared when they were found: some stand upright, buried to their shoulders in soil, while others lie toppled on their backs, alongside fallen and cracked clay horses. The site ranks with the Great Wall and Beijing's Forbidden City as one of the premier tourist attractions within China.
https://smithsonianmag.com/history/terra-cotta-soldiers-on-the-march-30942673/
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