The world around you thread

[CSW]

^^^^

So Newt Gingrich finally got a job where he can really run the country off the rails. ;)
I had the very same thought when I proccesed the picture.
Likeness is very close.

[Stephanie B]

In the woods by a trail at a state park;

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I don’t know how long it will be there before some asshole smashes it.

[Stephanie B]

I don’t know how long it will be there before some asshole smashes it.

Two days later, it still stands.

[Flamingo]

We are having our every few years snow storm... This little guy is staying close to the feeder.

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[CSW]

Small trek thru the white mountains yesterday with the Mrs.
A very frozen Sabbaday Falls.

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[TOTS]

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Coming into Nashville tonight

[Stephanie B]

I haven’t seen one of these critters in a very long time :

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E-2C shooting landings at the local airport today. I shot this from the library parking lot.

[RevolverRob]

Got a gorgeous shot of Nessie today. Didn't realize she was an inter-dimensional being capable of teleporting between Loch Ness and other places. Learn something new everyday.

That or this was an egret photographed from ~200y away with 10x digital zoom on an iPhone.

But clearly, Nessie.

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[CSW]

The swift River, above Rocky Gorge.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51123603433_beb1816cd3_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kTBQbv)Swift River (https://flic.kr/p/2kTBQbv) by Christopher Weismann (https://www.flickr.com/photos/stonewallimagez/), on Flickr

[CSW]

The Swift, at the top of the chute.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51123602678_a7267ec544_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kTBPXu)Top of the chute (https://flic.kr/p/2kTBPXu) by Christopher Weismann (https://www.flickr.com/photos/stonewallimagez/), on Flickr.

[CSW]

Rocky Gorge.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51123694851_fa9db9f256_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kTCimF)Rocky Gorge (https://flic.kr/p/2kTCimF) by Christopher Weismann (https://www.flickr.com/photos/stonewallimagez/), on Flickr.

[CSW]

The Swift, as it exits the Gorge.


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51124496065_595e335e94_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kTGpwH)Swift River Exit. (https://flic.kr/p/2kTGpwH) by Christopher Weismann (https://www.flickr.com/photos/stonewallimagez/), on Flickr

[HeavyDuty]

Rocky Gorge.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51123694851_fa9db9f256_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kTCimF)Rocky Gorge (https://flic.kr/p/2kTCimF) by Christopher Weismann (https://www.flickr.com/photos/stonewallimagez/), on Flickr.

You’re trying to inspire me to dig out the 4x5, aren’t you? Gorgeous work.

[CSW]

You’re trying to inspire me to dig out the 4x5, aren’t you? Gorgeous work.

Thanks HD.
We had the place to ourselves yesterday morning, till about 0930, then some folks started to show.

So nice when hundreds of people aren't there.

[CSW]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51123704501_b3af1127d8_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kTCme4)falls pond (https://flic.kr/p/2kTCme4) by Christopher Weismann (https://www.flickr.com/photos/stonewallimagez/), on Flickr

[CSW]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51123138632_d79f6c0ff7_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2kTzs1G)wanderlust (https://flic.kr/p/2kTzs1G) by Christopher Weismann (https://www.flickr.com/photos/stonewallimagez/), on Flickr

[iWander]

We had a post Easter snow last night... record 2.3" fell- the most since 1901.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210422/f0db1b89b8956b8f45e034dfae4d41f5.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210422/2cdd28d899249a9758a7651f94848de6.jpg

[RevolverRob]

Some pretty sizeable (old) oaks in Hidden Oaks Conservation Area, Bolingbrook, IL.

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[MolonLabe416]

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Hiking along the Columbia River. Hill People Gear Recon Bag chest rig and HPG Junction daypack.

MGC: Police trade-in P-220 DAK Carry in the recon bag.

[SCCY Marshal]

Found a thing on an officially defunct branch trail:

https://i.imgur.com/kD85o9Dl.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/pRGfVepl.jpg

[newyork]

https://i.imgur.com/VqbzfAq.jpg

[newyork]

https://i.imgur.com/NkRvQjr.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/LcbsDVx.jpg

[CSW]

I think this is what you were looking for....

[newyork]

Yup! Didn’t see a single one :(

[Coyotesfan97]

My son and I hiked to hallowed ground in Arizona yesterday. The Granite Mountain 19 Memorial site. It’s a seven mile round trip hike outside of Yarnell. There are 19 plaques on the trail about 200 yards apart. My legs are sore today.

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The fatality site from the trail above

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The Fatality site where the 19 died when the fire turned on them trapping them in a box canyon.

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The crosses are set where each Hotshot died.

[RoyGBiv]

My son and I hiked to hallowed ground in Arizona yesterday. The Granite Mountain 19 Memorial site. It’s a seven mile round trip hike outside of Yarnell. There are 19 plaques on the trail about 200 yards apart. My legs are sore today.
My son, who attends UA, will bring up his interest in training to be a smokejumper from time to time.
There are things you would support your kids in doing, but won't help them figure out how to do.
This is one of those things.

#respect

Been raining here for a week.... Ribbit.

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[mtnbkr]

Found this little feller while on a post-workout walk in the woods. I annoyed him sufficiently to get a good pose. He twitched his tail in the grass like a rattlesnake, to which I replied "aww, how cute, you think you're being scary". :D

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Chris

[DpdG]

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[DpdG]

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[CSW]

Just an old shack I found in Albany, NH.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51211577499_e7fd26b831_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2m2oHNK)Shack. (https://flic.kr/p/2m2oHNK) by Christopher Weismann (https://www.flickr.com/photos/stonewallimagez/), on Flickr

[Irelander]

Out for a run with the dog. Lots of nothing but trees around these parts. Just the way I like it!
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[Borderland]

My son, who attends UA, will bring up his interest in training to be a smokejumper from time to time.
There are things you would support your kids in doing, but won't help them figure out how to do.
This is one of those things.

#respect (https://pistol-forum.com/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=respect)

Been raining here for a week.... Ribbit.

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A friends daughter has been with USFS for a very long time. I think she currently is crew on a helo who drops smoke jumpers. I think she was a jumper for many years.

If your interested I might be able to contact her so your son might be able to converse with someone with experience. This gal is the real deal, she hiked the entire pacific crest trail about 5 years ago.

PM with your email.

[OlongJohnson]

It's not particularly close to TX, but the videos of the volcano trying to make Iceland bigger again are awesome.

[Half Moon]

My son, who attends UA, will bring up his interest in training to be a smokejumper from time to time.
There are things you would support your kids in doing, but won't help them figure out how to do.
This is one of those things.

#respect (https://pistol-forum.com/usertag.php?do=list&action=hash&hash=respect)


Not sure if you want to encourage him but a pretty good book by a smoke jumper circa the late '90's:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0156013975/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_0G48XHNF7681K2P1NXRM

[P30]

Short evening ride through the fields nearby:

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[Coyotesfan97]

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I saw several tanker helicopters flying over my house returning from the Telegraph fire.

[iWander]

The 17 year Brood X cicadas are upon us. The sheer volume of thousands of them all calling at once is deafening! Cool, red-eyed lil buggers! There are literally millions in our area all flying around wildly and hanging on everything.
The first pic is from their larvae burrowing out of the ground. The second is their shells as they molt into adults.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210611/6535422b7ec82cec0e2c8d7a2acf69f2.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210611/e6e9448fe664bdd4d7268993353753ea.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210611/3f803456cda3e28457e44e1dfdfa58dd.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210611/d7aa6c6be54fdcb54e8f87647872c287.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210611/b0ce88c0cd612238863c66ee907dfaa6.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210611/5d1dcbc1f5bfb96f30289c815bc91d05.jpg

[CSW]

When I lived in NJ, we had them. Noisy phukkers that serve no purpose. My labs would play with them, walking around with the little buzzers in their mouths.

[TheNewbie]

When I lived in NJ, we had them. Noisy phukkers that serve no purpose. My labs would play with them, walking around with the little buzzers in their mouths.

My heeler does the same. Interesting to know other dogs do it.


Did your dogs eat them as well?

[CSW]

Occasionally.... 🙄😬

[iWander]

My heeler does the same. Interesting to know other dogs do it.


Did your dogs eat them as well?Local veterinarians were on the news telling animal owners to monitor their pets to make sure they didn't get sick on eating too many cicadas. We had to take our cat to the vet to get her cleaned out for the same reason. She's such a hunter she couldn't stand the thought anything that noisy was on her property, had to purge the yard, and drove herself crazy.

[P30]

From the nearest airport to where I live (Düsseldorf Airport):

This one from 0:50 - 1:15 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4EQuM_t8Fo&t=50s) is amazing (in storm Xavier, October 2017). I suppose the pilot had great skills.

And I suppose, the heavy A380 has not experienced this before: 0:10 - 0:30 (https://youtu.be/roS6oFjCDhc?t=10) (in storm Friederike, January 2018).

[DC_P]

My backyard last night.

[TheNewbie]

Local veterinarians were on the news telling animal owners to monitor their pets to make sure they didn't get sick on eating too many cicadas. We had to take our cat to the vet to get her cleaned out for the same reason. She's such a hunter she couldn't stand the thought anything that noisy was on her property, had to purge the yard, and drove herself crazy.


Did she have side effects from eating so many?

[iWander]

Did she have side effects from eating so many?She acted off and had pecan shell looking [emoji90]. She's fine now thanks.

[CSW]

My backyard last night.

Nice velvet!!!!

[blues]

Nice velvet!!!!

I don't think you're allowed to say that. How will it make the others feel?

[CSW]

I don't think you're allowed to say that. How will it make the others feel?

I really don't give a buck. 😛

[mtnbkr]

Went camping up on Skyline Drive for the amateur radio VHF contest and to knock out a few Summits On The Air (SOTA) activations.

We backpacked up the AT to the first summit and camped just off the top. The forest was sopping wet the entire time due to the recent rains and the persistent fog that kept rolling across the peak. It dripped like a rain forest all night long.

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Chris

[03RN]

View from work
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[Lex Luthier]

View from work
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One of my favorite things is being just high enough in hills to see light glint off of bodies of water.

[Irelander]

View from home, the family farm.
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[mtnbkr]

Buddy and I did a Summits On The Air activation today at a summit on the VA/WV border. It was a 3.5 mile hike in each direction, mostly along a ridge line trail (Tuscarora Trail).

One of the scenic views at about 1 mile in:
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We hiked the entire ridge:
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Chris

[HeavyDuty]

Our resident turkeys are getting big!

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[SecondsCount]

I took a ride to the top of Snowbasin ski area to assist in documentation of their snow making system

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[CSW]

My view right now.
Airing out the very sweaty blaster after work.

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[CSW]

Within the 300+ acres of the school that I work for, there is a family plot where the owner's family has been buried since early 1600.

This grave struck me as amazing.

An unknown child, who died some time in the 1680's, was buried here under an unmarked stone. The owner and the family have no idea the relation to them, except for the child is in the family plot. It grows every year, never gets larger or smaller, and stays green until almost the first snow flies, and all other vegetation has since died.

A concentric ring of ferns grow around this grave, and nowhere else within the cemetery. I find it unbelievable and beautiful.
This child must have very special.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51333951272_5a9ccdca01_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mdcVgo)fairy ring (https://flic.kr/p/2mdcVgo) by Christopher Weismann (https://www.flickr.com/photos/stonewallimagez/), on Flickr

[CCT125US]

Just another day..


https://youtu.be/KyqPJFJuZMk

[Flamingo]

Just another day..


https://youtu.be/KyqPJFJuZMk

I was a flagger in my youth. That really brings back memories.

[JclInAtx]

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Stonewall Beach, Chilkmark, MA

Stonewall beach was more stone wall than beach this year. Kinda par for the course for this year's summer vacation.

[JclInAtx]

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Muleshoe Bend Rec Area, an lcra park near Austin.

[Stephanie B]

Posted in another thread: USCGS Eagle standing into port yesterday:

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[theJanitor]

My boy, learning to surf

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210731/b7decb1290c0ec6386af0a1d96553970.jpg


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[OldRunner/CSAT Neighbor]

My boy, learning to surf

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210731/b7decb1290c0ec6386af0a1d96553970.jpg


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Colt for the win!

[Coyotesfan97]

The squadron of Javelina leaving to forage for the night.

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Javelina roughhousing

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[MGW]

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[BobM]

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A young Great Blue Heron let me get a lot closer than an adult one ever has.

[BobM]

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While kayaking this morning, I saw a small beaver swim up to the bank and beat feet out of sight.

[wvincent]

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[RoyGBiv]

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Looking forward to the glacier pics!!

[CSW]

Crystal Lake in Eaton, NH

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[wvincent]

Looking forward to the glacier pics!!

Man are you going to be disappointed.
Pic was taken on Little Eagle, SD.
My client and I were scouting routes for a waterline for live stock, and he said "Hey, I've got something cool to show you".
It also happens to be the only location on his range that has cell reception, so he calls it "the cell tower".

Client is in the background on his phone standing by the marker in the original post, you can see another marker in the foreground, and there is another one just behind the Ranger.
"Triangulation"
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Hey! We know a guy who has some experience with this stuff, paging Borderland. How about a quick class?

[HeavyDuty]

Man are you going to be disappointed.
Pic was taken on Little Eagle, SD.
My client and I were scouting routes for a waterline for live stock, and he said "Hey, I've got something cool to show you".
It also happens to be the only location on his range that has cell reception, so he calls it "the cell tower".

Client is in the background on his phone standing by the marker in the original post, you can see another marker in the foreground, and there is another one just behind the Ranger.
"Triangulation"
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Hey! We know a guy who has some experience with this stuff, paging Borderland. How about a quick class?

I’ve actually been to Little Eagle…

[Borderland]

Man are you going to be disappointed.
Pic was taken on Little Eagle, SD.
My client and I were scouting routes for a waterline for live stock, and he said "Hey, I've got something cool to show you".
It also happens to be the only location on his range that has cell reception, so he calls it "the cell tower".

Client is in the background on his phone standing by the marker in the original post, you can see another marker in the foreground, and there is another one just behind the Ranger.
"Triangulation"
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Hey! We know a guy who has some experience with this stuff, paging Borderland. How about a quick class?

Around 1928 the fed started a ambitious first order control project in the US using triangulation or measuring angles to distant targets form several locations. Large survey crews who worked for the US Geological Survey were dispatched across the country to do these surveys. The goal was to provide a high accuracy framework for local surveyors to establish horizontal and vertical (elevations relative to sea level) geodetic coordinates. These benchmarks and triangulation stations were well monumented with concrete and brass disks. Many still exist and some are in very remote places. Some probably haven't been seen since they were set. The triangulation stations were usually in places where visibility was good for many miles. If that wasn't possible towers were built and the instruments placed at the top of those towers. I'm not sure how long this project took but it was decades. I knew one of these geodetic surveyors who retired around 1990. He had some stories.

Here's the deep dive.

https://www.ngs.noaa.gov/web/about_ngs/history/Survey_Mark_Art.pdf

[wvincent]

I’ve actually been to Little Eagle…

A statement i never thought I would read on this forum..
It's pretty lonely country up there.

[blues]

A statement i never thought I would read on this forum..
It's pretty lonely country up there.

"Why don't he write?"

[Borderland]

The squadron of Javelina leaving to forage for the night.

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Javelina roughhousing

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Are the Javelina moving into town? When I lived out near Apache Junction we never saw any around the populated areas. I did see them in the Superstitions when I was quail hunting. Walked right up on a pair one time and we had a little excitement for a brief moment.

[HeavyDuty]

A statement i never thought I would read on this forum..
It's pretty lonely country up there.

We were wandering the straddle between east and west river, and came down from US 12 on the way to Mobridge. Linda was a Master Falconer, so we had to go that way to get a pic of her standing next to a sign with the town name.

[RoyGBiv]

Man are you going to be disappointed.
Ha!... I was thinking you were here....
https://alaska.guide/mountain/skull-peak

[Coyotesfan97]

Are the Javelina moving into town? When I lived out near Apache Junction we never saw any around the populated areas. I did see them in the Superstitions when I was quail hunting. Walked right up on a pair one time and we had a little excitement for a brief moment.

I’m in a county island just west of the Pinal/Maricopa line. It’s all acre plus lots and most people have the natural flora around. The wash is shaded and secluded. They don’t bother me, other than driving one of the dogs crazy, so I’m content to let them hang out. Game and Fish doesn’t like to relocate them.

Ha you usually seem to run into them when you’re hunting other game.

[Borderland]

Man are you going to be disappointed.
Pic was taken on Little Eagle, SD.
My client and I were scouting routes for a waterline for live stock, and he said "Hey, I've got something cool to show you".
It also happens to be the only location on his range that has cell reception, so he calls it "the cell tower".

Client is in the background on his phone standing by the marker in the original post, you can see another marker in the foreground, and there is another one just behind the Ranger.
"Triangulation"
75277

Hey! We know a guy who has some experience with this stuff, paging Borderland. How about a quick class?



The NGS Data Sheet
See file dsdata.pdf for more information about the datasheet.
PROGRAM = datasheet95, VERSION = 8.12.5.13
Starting Datasheet Retrieval...
1 National Geodetic Survey, Retrieval Date = AUGUST 5, 2021
QS0818 ************************************************** *********************
QS0818 DESIGNATION - SKULL PEAK
QS0818 PID - QS0818
QS0818 STATE/COUNTY- SD/CORSON
QS0818 COUNTRY - US
QS0818 USGS QUAD - WAKPALA SW (2017)
QS0818
QS0818 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
QS0818 __________________________________________________ ____________________
QS0818* NAD 83(1996) POSITION- 45 34 45.66950(N) 100 40 17.02401(W) ADJUSTED
QS0818* NAVD 88 ORTHO HEIGHT - 645. (meters) 2116. (feet) SCALED
QS0818 __________________________________________________ ____________________
QS0818 GEOID HEIGHT - -21.448 (meters) GEOID18
QS0818 LAPLACE CORR - -4.10 (seconds) DEFLEC18
QS0818 HORZ ORDER - SECOND
QS0818
QS0818.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods
QS0818.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in January 1998.
QS0818.
QS0818.The orthometric height was scaled from a topographic map.
QS0818
QS0818.Significant digits in the geoid height do not necessarily reflect accuracy.
QS0818.GEOID18 height accuracy estimate available here.
QS0818
QS0818.Click photographs - Photos may exist for this station.
QS0818
QS0818.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC18 derived deflections.
QS0818
QS0818. The following values were computed from the NAD 83(1996) position.
QS0818
QS0818; North East Units Scale Factor Converg.
QS0818;SPC SD N - 194,244.616 547,600.351 MT 0.99998159 -0 28 30.6
QS0818;SPC SD N - 637,284.21 1,796,585.48 sFT 0.99998159 -0 28 30.6
QS0818;UTM 14 - 5,048,671.000 369,603.112 MT 0.99980905 -1 11 38.1
QS0818
QS0818! - Elev Factor x Scale Factor = Combined Factor
QS0818!SPC SD N - 0.99990219 x 0.99998159 = 0.99988378
QS0818!UTM 14 - 0.99990219 x 0.99980905 = 0.99971126
QS0818
QS0818: Primary Azimuth Mark Grid Az
QS0818:SPC SD N - SKULL PEAK AZ MK 182 26 14.0
QS0818:UTM 14 - SKULL PEAK AZ MK 183 09 21.5
QS0818
QS0818_U.S. NATIONAL GRID SPATIAL ADDRESS: 14TLR6960348671(NAD 83)
QS0818
QS0818|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
QS0818| PID Reference Object Distance Geod. Az |
QS0818| dddmmss.s |
QS0818| CO6136 SKULL PEAK RM 1 6.373 METERS 08500 |
QS0818| CO6137 SKULL PEAK RM 2 7.438 METERS 17207 |
QS0818| CO6135 SKULL PEAK AZ MK 1815743.4 |
QS0818|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
QS0818
QS0818 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL
QS0818
QS0818 NAD 83(1986)- 45 34 45.66061(N) 100 40 17.02122(W) AD( ) 2
QS0818 NAD 27 - 45 34 45.67900(N) 100 40 15.50300(W) AD( ) 2
QS0818
QS0818.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control.
QS0818
QS0818.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums.
QS0818.See file dsdata.pdf to determine how the superseded data were derived.
QS0818
QS0818_MARKER: DS = TRIANGULATION STATION DISK
QS0818_SETTING: 7 = SET IN TOP OF CONCRETE MONUMENT
QS0818
QS0818 HISTORY - Date Condition Report By
QS0818 HISTORY - 1952 MONUMENTED CGS
QS0818
QS0818 STATION DESCRIPTION
QS0818
QS0818'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1952 (JCM)
QS0818'THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 12 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF MOBRIDGE,
QS0818'IN THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 28, T 19 N, R 28 E, ON LAND
QS0818'OWNED BY MR. TED SOGGE, ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF A SMALL KNOLL
QS0818'LOCALLY KNOWN AS SKULL PEAK, 0.1 MILE NORTHWEST OF A POINT
QS0818'WHERE A TRACK ROAD CROSSES A SADDLE, AND 5 FEET SOUTHEAST OF
QS0818'A 4 IN X 4 IN WITNESS POST.
QS0818'
QS0818'TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY NO. 12 AND
QS0818'STATE HIGHWAY NO. 8 ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MOBRIDGE, GO
QS0818'NORTHWESTERLY ON NO. 12 FOR 7.8 MILES TO A RAILROAD CROSSING.
QS0818'CONTINUE ON THE HIGHWAY FOR 1.4 MILES TO A GATE ON THE LEFT.
QS0818'THEN THROUGH THE GATE, SOUTHERLY AND WEST ON A TRACK ROAD FOR
QS0818'1.25 MILES TO A WIRE GATE ON THE LEFT. THEN THROUGH THE GATE
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Use NAD 83 Lat/Long and a Garmin GPS unit to locate it. Don't try this without permission from the property owner.

[Duelist]

Are the Javelina moving into town? When I lived out near Apache Junction we never saw any around the populated areas. I did see them in the Superstitions when I was quail hunting. Walked right up on a pair one time and we had a little excitement for a brief moment.

They live in the towns in the southeast part of the state. One nearly bit my wife trying to get away from her a few weeks ago.

[CSW]

A small glen I found deep in the woods of Madison, while out woods bummin'.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51357244958_e921168e92_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mfgiEE)glines cascade (https://flic.kr/p/2mfgiEE) by Christopher Weismann (https://www.flickr.com/photos/stonewallimagez/), on Flickr

[Nephrology]

Lately, lots of this:

https://i.imgur.com/xJgbDnD.jpg

[Irelander]

In my area of NW Pennsylvania, you can find some of these old iron furnaces used to extract iron ore back in the good old days. This one is about a mile from the homestead through some trails and we used to visit it often when I was a kid. Throughout the years it has been inaccessible at times due to the state of the various bridges across several streams one must cross. An Eagle Scout built a nice bridge to it many years ago but after years of seasonal floods there are no remains of it. I hadn't been out to see it for years so last week when my brother was visiting from PAX NAS, we took our newly acquired UTV out to see if the trails and bridges were still accessible to the iron furnace. Luckily the property owner has kept it up in recent years although no bridges are left. Luckily the water was low and we were able to drive right up to it. A lot of history here. You can read more about this particular furnace here: http://www.oldindustry.org/PA_HTML/Pa_HallsRun.html

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[BobM]

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While rucking in a wildlife area yesterday, I came across a turkey feather and some tracks. A few minutes later I surprised this turkey and it ran away from me about 30 yards before it finally ducked into the woods.

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[BobM]

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I went to an antique machinery show this afternoon and saw this pair of mules. I wish I’d got a better picture. I don’t really know anything about livestock but thought they were fine looking animals. They’d been pulling a passenger cart shortly before I got this pic.

[JclInAtx]

We've had a bumper crop of cicadas this year, and cicada killers as well. The wasps nest holes have started appearing all over the yard. I noticed one that had something in it, was a little relieved to see this little guy staring back.

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[SecondsCount]

I took some vacation time up in Island Park, ID

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[Yung]

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[SecondsCount]

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Very nice.

How many axis?

[Yung]

Four.

[Catshooter]

Nice machine, poor electrical connection. That flex is going to separate. Four hundred and eighty three phase killywiggles are exciting when un-contained.


Cat

[Cookie Monster]

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A fire on the Rez across from my house - Saturday or Sunday night.

[rcbusmc24]

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Photos from todays Raid Course....

[JclInAtx]

Spent a weekend in Wimberley last month and snapped this off of 12 between Wimberley and San Marcos. Pretty nice vista for central Texas. We were surprised how green it still was. I think this summer has been wetter and not as hot as normal.
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[Borderland]

They live in the towns in the southeast part of the state. One nearly bit my wife trying to get away from her a few weeks ago.

Interesting, for me anyway. I went to Douglas HS (64-67). Never saw Javelina anywhere near a ranch or rural subdivision. There was a season to hunt those and we did that, but the numbers just weren't good enough to have any success. We did have good success with the annual deer hunt though.

My feeling is Javelina have become a lot like deer in rural areas. Nobody hunts them and they've found a home in peoples back yards. There were 3 deer in my neighbors yard today eating apples. I walked within 20' of them and they never moved away. One, a yearling doe, started to follow me to the house. My neighbors applies are history.

[rcbusmc24]

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Pictures from todays raid training package.

[peterb]

Out on the gravel bike yesterday morning, in & around Brownsville, VT.

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[rcbusmc24]

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[entropy]

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[rcbusmc24]

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SpaceX launch last Wed as seen from Lejeune MOUT training site during a night raid... top spot of light is the spacex rocket, then the moon, the bottom spot of light is a Cobra gunship inbound on a SimCAS gunrun...

[rcbusmc24]

Night Raid site in the Lejeune woods...

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[CSW]

Work view from yesterday morning.

Notice the fog/low lying cloud bank on Washington.

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[peterb]

Sunday was a 100k ride around Cabot, VT.
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[snow white]

Vintage boat races today and tomorrow. This is only a few. I took the youngster so I could only stop and take so many pictures.

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[DpdG]

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[peterb]

Seen in the woods today.

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[03RN]

Work view from yesterday morning.

Notice the fog/low lying cloud bank on Washington.

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Geeze, I had to look really close

My work view
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[03RN]

Seen in the woods today.

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Mmmmmm

[03RN]

Vintage boat races today and tomorrow. This is only a few. I took the youngster so I could only stop and take so many pictures.

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Charlie would have loved that.

[snow white]

Charlie would have loved that.

Was pretty cool. Brought along ear pro for the youngster, it gets loud.

[BobM]

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The second beaver I saw this evening while paddling my kayak at a local state park. Seemed like it was holding still hoping I wouldn’t see it.

[CHNEAL]

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[Lex Luthier]

Sunday was a 100k ride around Cabot, VT.
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That looks like a wonderful jaunt. Any idea on grade percentages and overall elevation?

[03RN]

Just a quick hike today
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[peterb]

That looks like a wonderful jaunt. Any idea on grade percentages and overall elevation?

There were a couple of minor differences this year, but this was the route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/14241292 https://www.ridetheridges.com/

Another one I just did yesterday, with some overlap: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/37483861 https://www.peachamfallfondo.com/

The Peacham route comes back through town at the halfway point. At the fondo that's where there are volunteers handing out slices of homemade apple pie. :-)

[peterb]

That looks like a wonderful jaunt. Any idea on grade percentages and overall elevation?

There were a couple of minor differences this year, but this was the route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/14241292 https://www.ridetheridges.com/

Another one I just did yesterday, with some overlap: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/37483861 https://www.peachamfallfondo.com/

The Peacham route comes back through town at the halfway point. At the fondo that's where there are volunteers handing out slices of homemade apple pie. :-)

A bit more color creeping in....
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[03RN]

Same hike as above. Just the 2 of us today.
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After the kids went down for their nap I went for a 6 mile trail run.
Found this beaut
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[Duelist]

Interesting, for me anyway. I went to Douglas HS (64-67). Never saw Javelina anywhere near a ranch or rural subdivision. There was a season to hunt those and we did that, but the numbers just weren't good enough to have any success. We did have good success with the annual deer hunt though.

My feeling is Javelina have become a lot like deer in rural areas. Nobody hunts them and they've found a home in peoples back yards. There were 3 deer in my neighbors yard today eating apples. I walked within 20' of them and they never moved away. One, a yearling doe, started to follow me to the house. My neighbors applies are history.

You’re not wrong.

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[Borderland]

You’re not wrong.

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Great shot. Thanks for posting that.

[peterb]

My feeling is Javelina have become a lot like deer in rural areas. Nobody hunts them and they've found a home in peoples back yards. There were 3 deer in my neighbors yard today eating apples. I walked within 20' of them and they never moved away. One, a yearling doe, started to follow me to the house. My neighbors applies are history.

Taken from inside the house:

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[CleverNickname]

I was in Seattle last week visiting relatives and while I wouldn't necessarily want to live there, I have to admit the view (from a park just down the street from their house) is much nicer than the generic Texas suburb where I live.
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[JclInAtx]

Wife and I went to Lubbock to visit our daughter at Texas tech the other weekend. She had found a steak house that's kinda on the way so we stopped for lunch. Perini's in Buffalo Gap TX. Good steaks and jalapeno poppers. A big step up from our past stops at DQ. This was at the entrance
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[RoyGBiv]

Wife and I went to Lubbock to visit our daughter at Texas tech the other weekend. She had found a steak house that's kinda on the way so we stopped for lunch. Perini's in Buffalo Gap TX. Good steaks and jalapeno poppers. A big step up from our past stops at DQ. This was at the entrance


I absolutely LOVED that campus when we took my daughter to visit.
She wound up going elsewhere, but, it would have been one of my top choices...

FWIW.... The Triple J Chophouse is one of only a few places I've eaten steaks where they paraded it before cooking. IIRC, I believe they serve Red Raider Meats products, from the Ag Sciences Department at TT. My Ribeye was excellent. Cool location on Buddy Holly. Lots of local bars and music nearby.

http://www.triplejchophouseandbrewco.com/html/restaurant.html
https://www.depts.ttu.edu/meatscience/orders/

[Coyotesfan97]

You’re not wrong.

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They’ve moved on but I had at least three Javelina living in the wash behind my house. My “Coyote” dog didn’t like it.

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[blues]

I hope they didn't get into the "chewy" box...or it'd be curtains...

"one little whiff and javelina...goodbye"

[CSW]

They’ve moved on but I had at least three Javelina living in the wash behind my house. My “Coyote” dog didn’t like it.

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Are they good eatin'?

I've had wild boar, it was excellent.

[Duelist]

Are they good eatin'?

I've had wild boar, it was excellent.

If handled properly, yes. Best chorizo I’ve ever had. Good in stews, etc.

They have a stinky gland on their backs. If that thing touches meat, burn the carcass.

[JclInAtx]

I absolutely LOVED that campus when we took my daughter to visit.
She wound up going elsewhere, but, it would have been one of my top choices...

FWIW.... The Triple J Chophouse is one of only a few places I've eaten steaks where they paraded it before cooking. IIRC, I believe they serve Red Raider Meats products, from the Ag Sciences Department at TT. My Ribeye was excellent. Cool location on Buddy Holly. Lots of local bars and music nearby.

http://www.triplejchophouseandbrewco.com/html/restaurant.html
https://www.depts.ttu.edu/meatscience/orders/

TT was the one school we didnt visit with my daughter. She had a friend going there so she and a friend from high school drove up for the weekend. We were pleasantly surprised on our first visit.

We ate at triple j over the summer when we took her for raiderland experience. The food was excellent, but they didn't parade the steaks before cooking. Maybe because of covid, or maybe because the A/C quit while we were waiting.

Had to chuckle 're red raider meats, this is dinner tonight
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[peterb]

From a bike ride yesterday. Old stone walls are a sign that the land was once cleared for farming.

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[CSW]

From a bike ride yesterday. Old stone walls are a sign that the land was once cleared for farming.

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Old stone walls absolutely fascinate me. When you think about the man/beast hours spent tilling fields, removing the stones, bringing the stones to the sight, and then stacking all of them, it's mind boggling.
People were definitely a heartier breed then.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50483705663_ed78ba14d0_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jV5bSk)3 amigos (https://flic.kr/p/2jV5bSk) by Christopher Weismann (https://www.flickr.com/photos/stonewallimagez/), on Flickr

[peterb]

Old stone walls absolutely fascinate me. When you think about the man/beast hours spent tilling fields, removing the stones, bringing the stones to the sight, and then stacking all of them, it's mind boggling.
People were definitely a heartier breed then.

Although when the West opened up, the populations of a lot of New England towns plummeted. “Farmland with no rocks? Pack the wagon, Martha — we’re outa here!”

[snow white]

I too am enamored with old stone walls.

[Catshooter]

"People were definitely a heartier breed then." That's no shit. I was told by a very old man that in those days the term, "able-bodied man" had an actual definition. He could pick up and carry 100 pounds a mile. :)

[mtnbkr]

Went for a walk in the woods yesterday with a tripod, my Oly E-M10ii, and a Panasonic 14-42 kit lens. I decided to try and get one of those long-exposure water shots where the water blurs into mist (or nearly so). I had a couple ND filters, but couldn't get the camera to take a good picture through them, so I shot this without the filter at iso 200. Because it was overcast, it mostly worked out.

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[Borderland]

I built a deer feeder a few weeks ago now that we no longer have a dog. My Griff used to get pretty excited when deer came into yard so I didn't promote that.

I took this shot this morning. They amble through about once a day now. Mostly unfenced property in my neighborhood.

https://i.ibb.co/KFyZBC0/P1000971.jpg (https://ibb.co/8683GFK)

[03RN]

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Just a canoe trip picnic by my house today.

[Stephanie B]

Sheep Farm, Groton, CT

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[peterb]

Got out on the bike for an hour this afternoon. It’s forecast to rain all weekend and we won’t get many more days like this.

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[CCT125US]

Taken 5 feet from the car. We watched each other for a minute or so.

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[blues]

^^^^^

You got the bird's eye view.


(Fo reelz.)

[CSW]

While using the backpack blower the other day on the campus where I work, I heard and felt a 'thud' behind me.
A paper wasp's nest fell out of a tree, and landed on the footpath behind me.
It was dormant [phew!!!], I put my Carhartt cat next to it for size reference!

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[JclInAtx]

On the road to Lubbock, theres a lot of windmills and a lot of cotton fields. Here it is in one photo, taken between Winters and Sweetwater.
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Here's the stadium emptying out in the last minute as Tech had blown their lead and now the game.
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[CSW]

....

[CSW]

Two from this morning, about five minutes apart.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51645980447_b47491ac26_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mFM9EK)


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51645980677_db86c7e882_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mFM9JH)

[Maple Syrup Actual]

https://i.imgur.com/EMEy55z.jpg

I can't remember if I've posted pictures of this place before. It's just the kids park at the bottom of my street. I go back and forth between forgetting it's anything other than a neighbourhood playground, and being amazed at the location. Twenty steps down from the park is the oceanfront.

[CSW]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51647659475_66fe4c1125_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mFVKMv)4th iron eastward (https://flic.kr/p/2mFVKMv) by Christopher Weismann (https://www.flickr.com/photos/stonewallimagez/), on Flickr

[03RN]

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Out squirrel hunting. We only saw one and the eagle already called dibs

[snow white]

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[HeavyDuty]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51647659475_66fe4c1125_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2mFVKMv)4th iron eastward (https://flic.kr/p/2mFVKMv) by Christopher Weismann (https://www.flickr.com/photos/stonewallimagez/), on Flickr

Holy crap. Is that an active line?

[CSW]

Holy crap. Is that an active line?

Indeed it is.
Part of the Conway Scenic Railway.
That rail runs up into Crawford Notch.

[HeavyDuty]

Indeed it is.
Part of the Conway Scenic Railway.
That rail runs up into Crawford Notch.

If you care to share the location, coordinates or map pin, I’d be much obliged…

[CSW]

If you care to share the location, coordinates or map pin, I’d be much obliged…

Use this as a guide.
You have to cross the tracks to get to the campground. You'll see it for sure.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/whitemountain/recreation/camping-cabins/recarea/?recid=79278&actid=34

We should hook up for a day, I could show you several shot-worthy places.

[HeavyDuty]

Use this as a guide.
You have to cross the tracks to get to the campground. You'll see it for sure.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/whitemountain/recreation/camping-cabins/recarea/?recid=79278&actid=34

We should hook up for a day, I could show you several shot-worthy places.

Assuming you mean “hook up” in the old guy sense, definitely!

[CSW]

Assuming you mean “hook up” in the old guy sense, definitely!

Well, being I am also an old guy, yes.
If you ever want to head north for some pictures, drop me a PM, and I'll give you my cell number.

[Flamingo]

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Crap man, are you dressed up as King Diamond? That is some old school Scandinavian metal!

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[snow white]

Crap man, are you dressed up as King Diamond? That is some old school Scandinavian metal!

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Haha its actually just my regular clothes with some black metal style corps paint on. King Dimond fucking rules tho.

[03RN]

Canoeing on the pond by my house
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[RevolverRob]

Harbor this morning.

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[CSW]

Dolloff pond on a frosty morning.
Mt Washington in the background.

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[EMC]

Checking progress on the new lift being put in at Snowbasin in Ogden, Utah.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20211111/788b95318127d1bfe3541b811af3d5c0.jpg

[mtnbkr]

Decidedly lo-fi, but I took this at the train tracks about a mile from my house using my grandparents' old Kodak Brownie Hawkeye loaded with Lomography Metropolis film. This film has wide latitude and can be treated as ASA 100-400 film. In this instance, I treated it like 400 and had the roll developed as such. This is a low-res scan from The Darkroom (http://www.thedarkroom.com), I haven't received my prints back yet.

I like the desaturated colors and grain. I think it matches the subject and is a good fit with the camera. Next time I shoot this film, I'm going to rate it at ASA100 and see how it turns out. Of course, in this camera nothing changes (nothing to adjust), but dev times would be adjusted at the processing end.

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[CSW]

Decidedly lo-fi, but I took this at the train tracks about a mile from my house using my grandparents' old Kodak Brownie Hawkeye loaded with Lomography Metropolis film. This film has wide latitude and can be treated as ASA 100-400 film. In this instance, I treated it like 400 and had the roll developed as such. This is a low-res scan from The Darkroom (http://www.thedarkroom.com), I haven't received my prints back yet.

I like the desaturated colors and grain. I think it matches the subject and is a good fit with the camera. Next time I shoot this film, I'm going to rate it at ASA100 and see how it turns out. Of course, in this camera nothing changes (nothing to adjust), but dev times would be adjusted at the processing end.

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Chris

Well done!

[RevolverRob]

PNW: Yo man, we heard you like plants. So we put some plants on your plants. Also some fungi on your plants too.

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[HeavyDuty]

Exercising my new lens:

https://pbase.com/kjford/image/172125671/original.jpg

[Lex Luthier]

PNW: Yo man, we heard you like plants. So we put some plants on your plants. Also some fungi on your plants too.

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You are going to love Olympic National Park if this sort of thing grabs you. It is a cool aspect of the Puget Sound area.

[Borderland]

You are going to love Olympic National Park if this sort of thing grabs you. It is a cool aspect of the Puget Sound area.

Nothing like 127 inches of rain annually to grow fungi. We try to get over there every year in Sept/Oct. before it starts raining. We were just over there on the Moclips river last month.

50 mph winds expected here today and the Skagit river will probably flood Mt Vernon. They say it may be a 1990 event. Of course weather forecasters are 90% right 10% of the time.

[CCT125US]

Sunrise over the driveway

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Traffic

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[CSW]

Snow squall in the valley.

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[RevolverRob]

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[03RN]

Today's hike up Bald Knob
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[Borderland]

Awhile back I posted a pic of some deer at my new deer feeder. I have a doe and two yearling does that visit everyday now. A few minutes a go a new very large doe walked out of the brush to give this guy the all clear. That's one very fat buck. Somebody must be feeding him. ;)


https://i.ibb.co/PT627Wz/P1020299.jpg

[Boom]

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[wvincent]

Deer season opener and I'm plowing 6000' of waterline. The good news is with an air temp of 35F, and a ground temp of 55F, I'm not getting any stretch, so I don't have to wait to do my terminations. So yeah, I've got that going for me:D;):rolleyes:.
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[CSW]

Wednesday's Alpenglow in the Mt. Washington Valley.

The wide stripe of white 'cloud' on Mt. Kearsarge to the right is Cranmore Ski area making snow.

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[mtnbkr]

I got up before dawn to do an amateur radio "summits on the air" activation in the Shenandoah National Park. The "cloud oceans" were pretty cool early in the morning with the sunrise. Crappy pics, I took them with my potato phone after quickly whipping into scenic overlooks.

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[TOTS]

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[Dog Guy]

Two pictures taken near the Cabin Under the Rock near Mina, NV last May. The squall dumped a layer of hail. Photos taken about an hour apart. The high desert can be beautiful in stormy weather.

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[03RN]

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[peterb]

The storm last Saturday that dumped on the Northeast coat barely touched us inland. Sunday was a beautiful clear day. Afternoon temps were 15-20F, comfortable for a walk in the woods.

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I liked the warm afternoon light on the snow.

The increase in daylight this time of year is welcome — this was a bit after 4, and the sun was still well above the horizon.

[BN]

Sunrise off the back porch this morning.

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[BN]

Here's a little different "Sunrise Off the Back Porch". An Ice storm went through.

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[BN]

It keeps changing throughout the day. This was a lucky shot. The glare was so bright I couldn't see. I just poked the phone out and snapped this.

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[Duelist]

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January in Arizona.

[ubervic]

Not today or even recent, but a snapshot from a trip to Scotland, summer of 2019.

This is a bird's eye view from a rooftop in Edinburgh.

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[blues]

Not today or even recent, but a snapshot from a trip to Scotland, summer of 2019.

This is a bird's eye view from a rooftop in Edinburgh.

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I've got similar shots from Paris and Venice. Nice pic.

[ubervic]

I've got similar shots from Paris and Venice. Nice pic.

The world is a book. Those who do not travel read only one page.

[blues]

The world is a book. Those who do not travel read only one page.

Not according to WAR...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7f/War_The_World_Is_a_Ghetto.jpg

[mtnbkr]

Did three Summits On The Air activations today off of Skyline Drive in Virginia. Temps ranged from 15deg when we started to 19deg when we finished. It was windy as hell on the 1st one, mostly still on the 2nd, and breezy on the 3rd. We damn near froze to death on the first one, but luckily there was a trail shelter up top. Crappy cellphone pics follow...

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Pic from top of Hawksbill showing hoar frost on the trees below us:
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Looking down the trail from the summit of The Pinnacle while the light glints in the ice encapsulating the tree branches:
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Edited to correct the summit name. Hawksbill, not Hazeltop. :rolleyes:

Chris

[Coyotesfan97]

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The Superstitions drenched in sunshine yesterday.

[HeavyDuty]

Our state capital last night:

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[Boom]

Been a while since I’ve seen that arrangement. We only have 350s now. Got rid of our last 200 about a year ago.

I think that pic is from our old 90.

[fatdog]

but today I could tell we are right on the edge of it....

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[jeep45238]

Broke Leg Falls Region, KY. Job site for the Army Corps of Engineers.

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[fatdog]

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[03RN]

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1700 feet and 3 miles is about what my 3yo can manage

[CSW]

We have a constant visitor every spring and summer;
A very large Barred owl.
He/she comes to our property and sits in this spot watching our chickens, which it cannot get.
About two years ago, we lost a good layer to either it or a hawk, and another to a fox, so they are in a chain-link enclosure now, with a roof.

This Barred will sit for hours, unbothered buy the dogs or human living. His calls are wonderful.

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Here's how it sounds.
https://www.bird-sounds.net/barred-owl/?type889

[jeep45238]

A jobsite in northern Ohio near Cleveland, where we are installing a wetland and the general contractor graded the land and re-routed a stream. Currently there's about 2,000 live stakes, 1400 dogwood/viburnum/elderberry/button bush installed along with a ton of specialty seed under the straw blanket. 400 ball/burlap trees are supposed to be delivered this coming week. It's incredibly over-engineered, under-planned, and the lake only exists due to the planning problems :rolleyes:
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https://i.ibb.co/ggDc8Lr/IMG-7043.jpg (https://ibb.co/h8KTNJg)
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Found a neat brewery in Cincinnati with goats and chickens.
https://i.ibb.co/JHHNq7P/IMG-7084.jpg (https://ibb.co/Xtt9DsT)

[Artemas2]

70F less than a week ago and bright green spring grass yesterday

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[Malamute]

Sunrise, yard gate

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Cabin door

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From the yard

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Neighbor

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[HeavyDuty]

Sunrise, yard gate

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Cabin door

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From the yard

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Must be hard to take. Gorgeous.

[Malamute]

Must be hard to take. Gorgeous.


Thanks. I endeavor to persevere as best I can. Ive lost some of my sense of humor for winter though, Im seriously considering becoming a snowbird.

I used to chuckle at the geezer snowbirds, now I want to be one. Funny how that works out.

[Coyotesfan97]

Thanks. I endeavor to persevere as best I can. Ive lost some of my sense of humor for winter though, Im seriously considering becoming a snowbird.

I used to chuckle at the geezer snowbirds, now I want to be one. Funny how that works out.

I kind of want to be a “Sunbird”. I’ll start of movement of Arizonans fleeing to Canada for the summer and doing stupid Sunbird stuff ;)

[Borderland]

Thanks. I endeavor to persevere as best I can. Ive lost some of my sense of humor for winter though, Im seriously considering becoming a snowbird.

I used to chuckle at the geezer snowbirds, now I want to be one. Funny how that works out.

It ain't half bad. ;)

[Borderland]

I kind of want to be a “Sunbird”. I’ll start of movement of Arizonans fleeing to Canada for the summer and doing stupid Sunbird stuff ;)

That would be fair. The only thing that saves you there is they have to go home every few years to to keep their citizenship. I think it's 2 every 5.

[Malamute]

I kind of want to be a “Sunbird”. I’ll start of movement of Arizonans fleeing to Canada for the summer and doing stupid Sunbird stuff ;)

Stop by and visit on the way through, we usually have snow patches to play in through most of the summer. Snow isnt so bad when you can be out in a tshirt and hiking in the sunshine. Dogs love it in the summer, good fun to play in.

Fun in July

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[Coyotesfan97]

Stop by and visit on the way through, we usually have snow patches to play in through most of the summer. Snow isnt so bad when you can be out in a tshirt and hiking in the sunshine. Dogs love it in the summer, good fun to play in.

Fun in July

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That looks like fun!

[jeep45238]

Invasive species suppression for KY Fish and Wildlife
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Saw work for the Army Corps of Engineers
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Teaching a part timer how to run a mini-ex
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[fatdog]

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[P30]

Young giant sequoia (https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Sequoiadendron_giganteum) (Sequoiadendron giganteum) in my hometown in the west of Germany:

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Learned just today what this tree is. Don't know exactly since when it's here, I suppose about 20 years. I know, it can become very old and very tall. Maybe it's still here in 1000 or 2000 years. Then it will be much bigger.

[jeep45238]

I moved in here last November, and did some honeysuckle suppression work then, and continuing it now. I went through the small area I cleared last fall/winter to see what's growing now that there isn't a canopy of honeysuckle out-shading it.

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[03RN]

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Short hike up whiteface mountain this morning.

I was trying to get mt Washington in the background but the snow was screwing up the pic

[S Jenks]

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03RN A much shorter hike up nearby Boulder Loop Trail with the pups on Saturday.

(mustache is gone now)

[03RN]

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03RN A much shorter hike up nearby Boulder Loop Trail with the pups on Saturday.

(mustache is gone now)

Thanks, I'm always looking for hikes my son can do.

[fatdog]

For us there is always this period after everything has exploded green, about two weeks, where the green is a really iridescent bright color, then it sorta morphs to a regular less vibrant green. That period has passed down at the level I live, and certainly up in Birmingham where I work, but it is just hitting its stride up above 1600 feet in the Talladega National Forest. I cannot think of a better way to burn a left over about to expire vacation day like I did today. TNF, Pinhoti Trail, Trammell section, Rebecca Mountain.

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[03RN]

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I know I said shoot but if you want to go fishing let me know too.

[SecondsCount]

My neighbor caught the double rainbow we had after the rainstorm the other day.

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[snow white]

[QUOTE=03RN;1353894]
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Absolutely. I can show you a cool spot on Wentworth that's worth checking out.

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Yellowstone

[CSW]

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Ogunquit, ME.

[HeavyDuty]

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Did you find Frannie or Harold?

[CSW]

Did you find Frannie or Harold?

Honestly, I haven't a clue about what you are referring to.
Went to see a couple who moved there about 5 years ago.
They live about 199 paces from the cove.

[HeavyDuty]

Honestly, I haven't a clue about what you are referring to.
Went to see a couple who moved there about 5 years ago.
They live about 199 paces from the cove.

I may be dating myself.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stand

The first time I was there I sent a pic of the sign from the town beach shithouse to my high school best friend Amy, her reply was “squeee!”

[SecondsCount]

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That's a cool pic. I've never been to Maine but I think I might like it.

[CSW]

I may be dating myself.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stand

The first time I was there I sent a pic of the sign from the town beach shithouse to my high school best friend Amy, her reply was “squeee!”


I've read that book, cover to cover, 3x, and didn't get the reference.

Sorry, a bit tired today.

[Cookie Monster]

That's a cool pic. I've never been to Maine but I think I might like it.

I’d like to get up to Arcadia National Park someday, maybe spend a few weeks along the coast.

[HeavyDuty]

That's a cool pic. I've never been to Maine but I think I might like it.

Maine is amazing, as is NH and VT. I’m going to miss it here, but we will come back for vacations.

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Nubble light, Cape Neddick, York, Maine

[JclInAtx]

Maine is amazing, as is NH and VT. I’m going to miss it here, but we will come back for vacations.


Yes, New Enghland is a great place to visit during the summer to escape the Texas heat for a while. We have family there and go back ever year.

My BIL had a small fishing camp on a lake in Maine, further north than Ogunquit. Belfast was the closest town on the coast and Acadia maybe 2 hours away. Beautiful area and nice little towns, but very crowded in summer. I bet it's really nice now before all the tourists arrive.

Some pics from Cadillac Mountain
First one I think the fog is rolling in, or maybe it was burning off.
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The little bit of bright pink was my daughter's hair. She was in her mercifally brief emo phase and came home from a friend's house with bright pink hair a day or two before our trip.

[Coyotesfan97]

That's a cool pic. I've never been to Maine but I think I might like it.

Maine is a state I’ve always wanted to visit.

[CSW]

I'm biased because I live here, but I was raised in New England and think that new hampshire is much better.

[HeavyDuty]

I'm biased because I live here, but I was raised in New England and think that new hampshire is much better.

I have to agree.

[newyork]

https://i.imgur.com/YxtUh1C.jpg

[03RN]

Maine is a state I’ve always wanted to visit.


Maine has some pretty big swaths of land up north. It's technically paper company land but really isn't used except for snowmobile trails. I've spent months in the fall without seeing another person. Just moose, porcupines, beavers and hates.

[Irelander]

...and hates.

Yikes! Liberals even out in the Maine wilderness? Now that's scary.:cool:

[Irelander]

https://i.imgur.com/YxtUh1C.jpg

That is awesome and freaky at the same time. Best stay out of the Matrix.

[03RN]

Yikes! Liberals even out in the Maine wilderness? Now that's scary.:cool:

Lol, Hares:o

[newyork]

That is awesome and freaky at the same time. Best stay out of the Matrix.

I was working under a deck. The sun shifted and made that crazy pattern. Felt like someone slipped acid into my coffee.

I took the pic and added a cool filter to make it look more matrix like.

[il duce]

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[snow white]

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[CSW]

In early May we had at least 4 Barred owls in the wood that surround our home. Every day at 4pm and 8pm, they would call to each other, and to hear the calls was wonderful.
I have an owl call, and would join the conversation to perplex them, in the off chance of a picture.

One night, the closest I was able to get them was around two hundred yards.

300mm Tamron zoom, at twilight.



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[TOTS]

In early May we had at least 4 Barred owls in the wood that surround our home. Every day at 4pm and 8pm, they would call to each other, and to hear the calls was wonderful.
I have an owl call, and would join the conversation to perplex them, in the off chance of a picture.

One night, the closest I was able to get them was around two hundred yards.

300mm Tamron zoom, at twilight.



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That’s awesome! We have a couple of families of barred owls on my property too and they are calling out all the time. And a great horned owl as well, I think solo, that sometimes sits on my grass looking at my dogs that just sit and look back. The only critter in the yard that my dogs don’t bark at and/or chase, including a couple of large whitetail bucks, is that owl. And I don’t blame them!

[03RN]

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[CSW]

Today's view of the Mount Washington Valley.

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[newyork]

Went to a buddy’s I haven’t seen in a while. We shared some original songs by the fire side in his back yard.

https://i.imgur.com/kCmId1b.jpg

[Artemas2]

Pulled over at roadside overlook gazing across a section of the Susquehanna river

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[Stephanie B]

Last Spring:

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Today:

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I’s starting to get dry here.

[Borderland]

In early May we had at least 4 Barred owls in the wood that surround our home. Every day at 4pm and 8pm, they would call to each other, and to hear the calls was wonderful.
I have an owl call, and would join the conversation to perplex them, in the off chance of a picture.

One night, the closest I was able to get them was around two hundred yards.

300mm Tamron zoom, at twilight.



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They used to get a drink in my bird bath which is 10' from my front deck. My neighbor logged his property so they don't come around much anymore. That's OK with me because they took all of the baby Robins and song birds when they hit the ground. They also used to pick off my neighbors newly hatched chicks when they went through the wire. They keep the rabbit population in check though, which is good. I had a doe and two fawns wonder through my yard this morning. I enjoy the wildlife here and help it along as much as I can.

This very young one was on my dog kennel a few years ago.

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This one was in my front yard. He was about 30' from me when I took that picture.

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[luckyman]

Pics along the Pacific Coast Trail…

Was a little surprised to still see snow with highs of 80 degrees recently up here at 8000 ft
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[Flamingo]

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