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nsaspook · Nov 5, 2024

Light grey vintage police car with a "CITY OF POLICE FAIRVIEW" door decal and a red light bar on the roof, parked on a street.

Outdoor car show on a paved lot in front of a brick building, with a cream-colored 1930s hot rod with a grille-style rear, a red Chevrolet pickup, a red Ford Mustang and other classic cars.

berkeman · Nov 5, 2024

LOL, Dunkin' Donuts.

Photo through a car window of a steering wheel, a white box with red lettering, a black camera, and a red-and-white can labelled Quaker State Quik Clean Protectant spray. Lettering partly legible.

phinds · Nov 5, 2024

berkeman said:

LOL, Dunkin' Donuts.

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

pinball1970 · Nov 5, 2024

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.

Blurry night photo of a tall, thin tower with bright white and red lights running up its length, set against a dark sky with silhouetted trees and distant lights at its base.

Night photo of a bright pink and white firework bursting over a dark silhouetted tree and distant town lights.

Orange and gold fireworks bursting in a dark night sky above a silhouetted tree and the dim lights of houses on the horizon.

Night photo of a bright fireworks burst with orange and white sparks above a bare tree, with dim houses and street lights below.

pinball1970 · Nov 5, 2024

Photo at night of a golden fireworks burst in a dark sky above dark tree silhouettes and distant lights, with a faint trail rising below the burst.

Night photo of green and gold fireworks bursting in the sky above a dark silhouetted tree and distant houses with lights.

Night photo of a firework burst with pink and white sparks radiating from a bright centre above silhouetted bare trees and dark houses.

Night photo of a pink and white firework bursting in the dark sky above a leafless tree, with a trail of sparks rising below it and faint lights near the ground.

jack action · Nov 6, 2024

My kind of abstract art:

Abstract black ink brushstroke on a white background, a single tall, twisting shape with soft, feathered edges, resembling a stylised standing figure.

Simple Kiss

an abstract design for a simple action

BY Jared Yamahata

jtbell · Nov 7, 2024

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".

Weathered reddish stone gravestone in grass with inscription: IN MEMORY OF THE REV... settled at Hartford with about 100 persons, planted the first church in Connecticut, an eloquent, able and faithful minister of Christ, he died July 7th 1647, Aet LXI.

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

Bronze statue of a Puritan-era man in a wide-brimmed hat and long coat, pointing forward, on a granite base beside a brick path, with a black metal bench and a fenced burial ground behind.

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

Brick Georgian-style building with white cupola and clock, a gilded weathervane on top, and a red heart-shaped sign reading 'Love' on the lawn in front.

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

Photo of the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford, a stone building with a gold-leafed dome and a tall spire, under a cloudy sky, with road-maintenance machines parked on the lawn in front.

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

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch in Hartford, Connecticut, a brownstone gateway with two turreted towers topped by statues, a central pointed arch and a carved frieze.

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.

Bronze statue of a seated man holding an open book, gesturing toward a large printed photo of a red-brick Victorian house with a wraparound porch behind it.

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pinball1970 · Nov 9, 2024

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

Hillside view over a small town of stone houses and terraced rows in a valley, with rolling green hills and moorland beyond, under a grey misty sky. Bare trees and a stone wall in the foreground.

Autumn view over a hillside town with terraced slate roofs in the foreground, a tall church spire, and misty hills beyond, framed by a large bare tree and fallen leaves.

Narrow paved footpath running between low stone walls, covered in autumn leaves, leading toward a dark tunnel mouth under trees with yellow and orange foliage.

Autumn view through bare and yellowing trees and dense bramble across a valley to a small town of houses and a large white building, with a long hill ridge behind under a misty grey sky.

Red poppies, orange wildflowers and white and purple flowers in grass by a wire fence, with a farmhouse and barn on a green hillside under a grey sky.

pinball1970 · Nov 9, 2024

Overcast view looking down from a grassy hillside over a town of terraced houses and streets, with a church tower on the right and a long hill rising in the background.

Clusters of purple-blue tubular flowers with bristly green leaves in the foreground, with a green pasture, barbed wire fence, a small stone barn and a white farmhouse behind them under an overcast sky.

Wildflowers and a red poppy growing along a wire fence in a green field, with pylons and bare trees in the misty background.

Autumn view over a hillside town, with an oak tree in orange and brown leaves in the foreground, bare shrubs on the right, and a church spire and hills in the hazy distance.

pinball1970 · Nov 9, 2024

Autumn path covered in fallen leaves leads through a gap between two stone gate posts toward a stone building with a timber-framed porch, bare trees on either side, and a hillside behind.

Grassy path running into the distance, paved with flat stone slabs whose inscriptions are worn and partly legible, a churchyard-style footpath with a stone tower and houses beyond.

Close-up of bramble leaves turning red and crimson in autumn on a branch with dark red stems, with greenish leaves below and bare twigs behind.

Overcast view over a town from a grassy hillside path, with bare tree branches in the foreground, a stone church tower with a pitched roof in the centre, houses and parked cars below, and a hazy hill behind.

Hillside view over a small town of stone terraced houses and red-brick buildings, with autumn trees in the foreground and rolling hills under a grey sky.

jtbell · Nov 9, 2024

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.

Photo of the Wil-Cox Bridge over the Yadkin River, a concrete arch bridge with a row of open spandrel arches, seen from the riverbank under a clear blue sky.

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

Concrete bridge deck closed to motor traffic, with a sign reading NO MOTOR VEHICLES on the right and arrows painted on the pavement, flanked by low tan walls, stone pillars and iron railings under a clear blue sky.

Looking north gives a good view of the river.

Panoramic photo of a wide, brown river under a clear blue sky, with a wooded island in the foreground and tree-lined banks on both sides, seen from a bridge railing on the left.

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.

Photo taken from a concrete highway bridge looking across a river toward a distant bridge with concrete piers, with railroad tracks in the foreground and green riverbank trees on the left.

Satellite aerial view of the Yadkin River with the Wil-Cox Bridge and Yadkin River Park at upper left, Hwy 52 and the Yadkin River Bridge at lower right, and forested banks.

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 · Nov 13, 2024

Sunset over Manchester.

Silhouetted floodlight masts and a tree against a pink and orange sunset sky with streaky clouds above a dark car park.

pinball1970 · Nov 16, 2024

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

Black and white photo of a stone church side entrance with a pointed Gothic arch doorway, a cross on the gable, and lancet windows, with fallen leaves on the ground.

Clock tower on a roundabout with a green metal frame and a small pitched roof, its faces reading JAMES NORTH CLOCK, with houses and trees beside a grey overcast road.

Stone arch bridge over a narrow wet gravel path, with dark stone retaining walls on both sides, ivy and bare trees, and autumn leaves on the ground.

Red and white striped waymarker post with a Y-shaped top, painted with colourful decorative figures, standing among dense dead and green vegetation under bare trees.

pinball1970 · Nov 16, 2024

Photo looking through a dark stone arch bridge tunnel along a wet narrow road, with autumn trees with yellow and orange leaves and ivy-covered stone walls beyond.

Photo of a gravel path curving through an autumn woodland, with fallen leaves on the ground, bare and yellow-leaved trees on both sides, and ferns at the left edge under an overcast sky.

Black and white photo of a stone-arched bridge over a wet, leaf-strewn towpath between two tall stone retaining walls, with bare trees beyond the arch.

Tree-lined paved path through a cemetery in autumn, with fallen leaves on the ground, dense evergreen shrubs on both sides and gravestones visible to the left.

Point Conception · Nov 17, 2024

Two aerial photos of tropical islands: the upper one shows a forested island with white sand beaches and turquoise water, the lower one a small wooded island with a sandy beach surrounded by shallow turquoise reef water.

Woman seated on a balcony at night with a glass of red wine, a bowl of food and a phone on a table, lit by green-tinted light.

Blurry photo of a person with curly light hair standing in a dimly lit room lit by red and green light, with a hanging punching bag and a glass door in view.

Point Conception · Nov 17, 2024

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

pinball1970 · Nov 17, 2024

Wooden gate and footpath through a woodland in autumn, with leaf-strewn ground and bare and yellow-leaved trees on both sides.

Path through a wooded area in autumn, lined with dead leaves, with bare overhanging tree branches, moss on trunks and branches, and yellow-leaved shrubs beside the path.

jtbell · Nov 17, 2024

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.

Granite memorial with carved relief medallions of athletes and the inscription 'JIM THORPE' with dates 1888 and 1953 on the base.

Bronze statue of an athlete in mid-stride, holding a discus back near his shoulder, on a granite pedestal with a bronze plaque, with trees and a road behind it.

Bronze statue of an athlete in mid-stride, holding a football under one arm, mounted on a tall grey granite pedestal in a wooded park with a wooden bench beside it.

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 · Nov 20, 2024

Tree-lined campus walkway in morning or late-afternoon sunlight, with a paved path on the left, a concrete sidewalk on the right, lampposts, and a building with white columns at the right edge.

pinball1970 · Nov 21, 2024

jtbell said:

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Perfection.

pinball1970 · Nov 21, 2024

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

Sunset over a suburban landscape with houses and bare trees in the foreground, a distant city skyline of tall towers on the horizon, and a low band of clouds.

BillTre · Nov 21, 2024

Digital image of a planetary nebula with a dark central star surrounded by a bright blue ring, with orange and blue wispy gas shells spreading outward into the surrounding starfield.

berkeman · Nov 21, 2024

Future firefighters...

Group of babies dressed in firefighter turnout gear and helmets, crowded together in a room, with the front three looking toward the camera.

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

BillTre · Nov 22, 2024

Golden-lit jagged granite peaks with snow patches under a hazy sky, with a single dark bird soaring between the summits.

Those are some impressive mountains!

berkeman · Nov 22, 2024

Wow, some impressive shots!

A photographer in a black cap and dark long-sleeve top crouches behind a camera on a tripod, shooting on a rough, folded lava field with glowing orange lava flowing around the tripod legs.

collinsmark · Nov 23, 2024

BillTre said:

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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 · Nov 23, 2024

An earlier image but enhanced.

Wet paved town square on a grey day, with black-and-white timber-framed buildings, a stone building with dormer windows on the left, and empty pub tables under dark parasols behind a low stone planter.

jtbell · Nov 23, 2024

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

Outdoor sculpture of many tall, thin mirror-polished stainless steel columns of varying heights standing on gravel, reflecting trees, sky and grass around them.

BillTre · Nov 24, 2024

Photo of the Grand Canyon under a dark storm: a flat-bottomed shelf cloud overhead with two lightning bolts striking down beyond the rim, and sunlit rock ledges in the canyon below.

Arjan82 · Nov 24, 2024

Alright, that's too much fakeness...

This is fake:

BillTre said:

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This is also AI:

berkeman said:

Future firefighters...

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

And this is ~~fake~~ staged as well:

berkeman said:

Wow, some impressive shots!

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

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