Random picture thread for Friday

Three locks of the Charles River Dam, Boston
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@1northcoin said:
LOCKED DOWN, BUT NOT LOCKED OUT

Photos from April of 2020 as we ventured out to the nearby sand dunes when gathering with others was not an option.

An added view;

Random internet pictures from the past......

@1630Boston said:

I can't look at that without thinking there is going to be an accompanying CAPTCHA message asking me to click on the photo(s) showing crosswalks.

@1northcoin said:

@1630Boston said:

I can't look at that without thinking there is going to be an accompanying CAPTCHA message asking me to click on the photo(s) showing crosswalks.

I just thought: Legion!

And just for fun here are some added photos from the same friendly skies as I awaited Air Force One's aerial appearance:

(The contrails may be from an advance plane as it is headed westward to Asia as well. Generally there is an AWACS plane that accompanies Air Force One to facilitate communications.)

And this one from earlier in the day as a surveillance Black Helicopter swooped by my building:

Well now 🤨. Just started. I’ll post pictures as we prepare for a foot of fresh snow ❄️ 😉🙀🦫

Some star trails at the Great Sand Dunes. The streak going through the second one is the International Space Station, I thought that was rather interesting.

Magic Eye

Waited all winter for mornings like this.

Roxbury Massachusetts
Highland Park and Fort Hill

Fort Hill , During the Revolutionary War, Colonial troops were positioned in various high spots around Boston in order to keep an eye out for the British army. Henry Knox, Josiah Waters, and the Colonial Army assembled a fort on this hill in 1775.

The Standpipe

The Standpipe, a 130 foot tall brick tower built in 1869 by the Cochichuate Water Company, was a high pressure water tank. Situated on the area's highest point, this gave gravitational pressure to the system. A spiral staircase which wrapped around the water tank still remains.