Posts for: mtcoothaman
Sep 11, 2022 03:33:51 #
I did the Hurtigruten from Bergen to Kirkens in May. It was fabulous and had lots of photo ops=onshore and from the boat. If you pick your onshore expeditions as well as some of the onshore breaks you will have lots to see and pics. As I recall there were 34 stops , some at night, some only a few minutes. I think I had an 18-200 mmm on an APS and it was fine.
Sep 4, 2022 16:53:05 #
My experience of W11 and W10 is that the latter is much more user friendly. W11 has extra steps for some actions .
Aug 24, 2022 15:19:54 #
May 26, 2022 03:54:12 #
SX2002 wrote:
Sad Ken, another great mate, Earl (aka DOOK) passed away a couple of years ago. He lived in Maclean in New South Wales.
I used to enjoy his posts. He lived about 3 hrs drive fom me. Sadly we all have to go eventually. I have managed to survive Covid but we just never know what comes next.
May 3, 2022 18:21:13 #
Possibly a extra wide angle if you have one. However I would not buy one just for the trip as there are not a lot of uses for it.
May 3, 2022 18:10:37 #
Apr 6, 2022 18:55:39 #
A little more info. There are quite a few of these near here as they have been planted as street trees. The parrots will apper from nowhere at the right time and feed on the flowers or nectar.
Golden penda (Xanthostemon chrysanthus) is a fabulous rainforest tree that thrives in sub-tropical and warm temperate conditions. It's an Australian native ...
www.ecoorganicgarden.com.au
Golden penda (Xanthostemon chrysanthus) is a fabulous rainforest tree that thrives in sub-tropical and warm temperate conditions. It's an Australian native ...
www.ecoorganicgarden.com.au
Apr 5, 2022 22:10:17 #
Our Golden Penda is in full bloom after flooding rains. The birds will soon arrive for a meal.
Mar 25, 2022 23:00:26 #
Mar 25, 2022 22:53:00 #
The wreck of the wooden expedition vessel, crushed in the ice pack, was found and announced recently. Below is an article from the NYT which appeared recently. The cold water must have preserved the timbers well.
The wreck of Endurance has been found in the Antarctic, 106 years after the historic ship was crushed in pack ice and sank during an expedition by the explorer Ernest Shackleton.
A team of adventurers, marine archaeologists and technicians located the wreck at the bottom of the Weddell Sea, east of the Antarctic Peninsula, using undersea drones. Battling sea ice and freezing temperatures, the team had been searching for more than two weeks in a 150-square-mile area around where the ship went down in 1915.
Endurance, a 144-foot, three-masted wooden ship, holds a revered place in polar history because it spawned one of the greatest survival stories in the annals of exploration. Its location, nearly 10,000 feet down in waters that are among the iciest on Earth, placed it among the most celebrated shipwrecks that had not been found.
The discovery of the wreck was announced Wednesday in a statement by the search expedition, Endurance22.
Continue reading the main story
“We have made polar history with the discovery of Endurance, and successfully completed the world’s most challenging shipwreck search,” said John Shears, the expedition’s leader.
The first images of the ship since those taken by Shackleton’s photographer, Frank Hurley, revealed parts of the vessel in astonishing detail. An image of the stern showed the name “ENDURANCE” above a five-pointed star, a holdover from before Shackleton bought the ship, when it was named Polaris. Another showed the rear deck and the ship’s wheel.
A video provided by the expedition’s organizer, the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust, showed the bow and portions of the deck and hull.
ImageThe ship’s stern still bore its name, “ENDURANCE,” above a five-pointed star, a holdover from before Shackleton bought the ship, when it was named Polaris.
The ship’s stern still bore its name, “ENDURANCE,” above a five-pointed star, a holdover from before Shackleton bought the ship, when it was named Polaris.Credit...Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust
Image
Crew members retrieved an underwater drone after a search.
Crew members retrieved an underwater drone after a search.Credit...Esther Horvath
Continue reading the main story
Image
From left, John Shears, the expedition’s leader; Mensun Bound, director of exploration; and Nico Vincent, expedition subsea manager.
From left, John Shears, the expedition’s leader; Mensun Bound, director of exploration; and Nico Vincent, expedition subsea manager.Credit...Esther Horvath
Mensun Bound, the expedition’s exploration director and a marine archaeologist who has discovered many shipwrecks, said Endurance was the finest he had ever seen. It is upright, clear of the seabed and “in a brilliant state of preservation,” he said.
The Hunt for the Wreck of the Endurance
Battling sea ice and freezing temperatures, a team of explorers and researchers found Ernest Shackleton’s ship that sank in the Antarctic in 1915.
Historic Moment: The discovery was announced on March 9. The wreck was located at the bottom of the Weddell Sea using undersea drones.
The Expedition: Endurance22 began its search in February. Researchers studying Antarctic ice and global warming were part of the team.
Lush Garden: Following the discovery, marine biologists have been scanning footage of the wreck. It could help determine which species live on it, and if any are new.
From the Archives: Read the cablegram reporting the loss of the ship that Shackleton sent out after making it to safety in the Falkland Islands.
The ship was found about four miles south of the last location recorded by Shackleton’s captain and navigator, Frank Worsley. The search had been conducted over a wide area to account for errors in Worsley’s navigation equipment.
Endurance’s relatively pristine appearance was not unexpected, given the cold water and the lack of wood-eating marine organisms in the Weddell Sea that have ravaged shipwrecks elsewhere.
Mr. Bound also described the wreck as “intact.” Although Hurley’s photographs before the sinking had shown major damage to, and the collapse of, the ship’s mast and rigging, and there had been damage to the hull, Mr. Bound had expected most of the ship to be in one piece.
The expedition video showed what appeared to be broken masts and damage to the decks.
The hunt for the wreck, which cost more than $10 million, provided by a donor who wished to remain anonymous, was conducted from a South African icebreaker that left Cape Town in early February. Aside from a few technical glitches involving the two submersibles, and part of a day spent icebound when operations were suspended, the search proceeded relatively smoothly.
Continue reading the main story
The battery-powered submersibles combed the seafloor twice a day, for about six hours at a time. They used sonar to scan a swath of the smooth seabed, looking for anything that rose above it. Once the wreck was located several days ago, the equipment was swapped for high-resolution cameras and other instruments to make detailed images and scans.
Image
Endurance in 1915, trapped in Antarctic ice but not yet crushed.
Endurance in 1915, trapped in Antarctic ice but not yet crushed. Credit...Frank Hurley/Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, via Getty Images
Under the terms of the Antarctic Treaty, the six-decade-old pact intended to protect the region, the wreck is considered a historical monument. The submersibles did not touch it; the images and scans will be used as the basis for educational materials and museum exhibits. A documentary is planned, as well.
Shackleton left England aboard Endurance with a crew of 27 in 1914, bound for a bay on the Weddell Sea that was meant to be the starting point for an attempt by him and a small party to be the first to cross Antarctica. This was close to the end of what has become known as the heroic age of Antarctic exploration, which included treks by the Norwegian Roald Amundsen, who in 1911 was the first to reach the pole, and by Robert Falcon Scott, a Briton who died after reaching it a month later.
Shackleton never made it to the pole or beyond, but his leadership in rescuing all his crew and his exploits, which included an 800-mile open-boat journey across the treacherous Southern Ocean to the island of South Georgia, made him a hero in Britain.
Shackleton was tripped up by the Weddell’s notoriously thick, long-lasting sea ice, which results from a circular current that keeps much ice within it. In early January 1915 Endurance became stuck less than 100 miles from its destination and drifted with the ice for more than 10 months as the ice slowly crushed it.
As the ship became damaged, the crew set up camp on the ice and lived on the ice until it broke up five months after the ship sank.
Continue reading the main story
Image
The ship’s rear deck and wheel. Its relatively pristine appearance was not unexpected, given the cold water and the lack of wood-eating marine organisms in the Weddell Sea that have ravaged shipwrecks elsewhere.
The ship’s rear deck and wheel. Its relatively pristine appearance was not unexpected, given the cold water and the lack of wood-eating marine organisms in the Weddell Sea that have ravaged shipwrecks elsewhere.Credit...Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust
Image
Team members, in a tent on sea ice, prepared a meal on Monday to celebrate the discovery.
Team members, in a tent on sea ice, prepared a meal on Monday to celebrate the discovery.Credit...Esther Horvath
Image
Stefanie Arndt, left, a researcher, and Beat Rinderknecht, a sea ice specialist, taking measurements.
Stefanie Arndt, left, a researcher, and Beat Rinderknecht, a sea ice specialist, taking measurements. Credit...Esther Horvath
The Weddell Sea still remains far icier than other Antarctic waters, though in recent years ice conditions have been lighter than usual. That was the situation this year, and it helped the expedition reach the search site more easily and remain there safely. The icebreaker, Agulhas II, left the search area on Tuesday for the 11-day voyage back to Cape Town.
In addition to the expedition team, several ice researchers were on board, including Stefanie Arndt of the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany. Dr. Arndt, who studies how Antarctic sea ice may change as the world warms because of human-caused emissions of greenhouse gases, and others spent much time out on the ice drilling cores. On Monday she said on Twitter that they had collected 630 samples from 17 locations, which she called “an incredible number.”
Continue reading the main story
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The wreck of Endurance has been found in the Antarctic, 106 years after the historic ship was crushed in pack ice and sank during an expedition by the explorer Ernest Shackleton.
A team of adventurers, marine archaeologists and technicians located the wreck at the bottom of the Weddell Sea, east of the Antarctic Peninsula, using undersea drones. Battling sea ice and freezing temperatures, the team had been searching for more than two weeks in a 150-square-mile area around where the ship went down in 1915.
Endurance, a 144-foot, three-masted wooden ship, holds a revered place in polar history because it spawned one of the greatest survival stories in the annals of exploration. Its location, nearly 10,000 feet down in waters that are among the iciest on Earth, placed it among the most celebrated shipwrecks that had not been found.
The discovery of the wreck was announced Wednesday in a statement by the search expedition, Endurance22.
Continue reading the main story
“We have made polar history with the discovery of Endurance, and successfully completed the world’s most challenging shipwreck search,” said John Shears, the expedition’s leader.
The first images of the ship since those taken by Shackleton’s photographer, Frank Hurley, revealed parts of the vessel in astonishing detail. An image of the stern showed the name “ENDURANCE” above a five-pointed star, a holdover from before Shackleton bought the ship, when it was named Polaris. Another showed the rear deck and the ship’s wheel.
A video provided by the expedition’s organizer, the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust, showed the bow and portions of the deck and hull.
ImageThe ship’s stern still bore its name, “ENDURANCE,” above a five-pointed star, a holdover from before Shackleton bought the ship, when it was named Polaris.
The ship’s stern still bore its name, “ENDURANCE,” above a five-pointed star, a holdover from before Shackleton bought the ship, when it was named Polaris.Credit...Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust
Image
Crew members retrieved an underwater drone after a search.
Crew members retrieved an underwater drone after a search.Credit...Esther Horvath
Continue reading the main story
Image
From left, John Shears, the expedition’s leader; Mensun Bound, director of exploration; and Nico Vincent, expedition subsea manager.
From left, John Shears, the expedition’s leader; Mensun Bound, director of exploration; and Nico Vincent, expedition subsea manager.Credit...Esther Horvath
Mensun Bound, the expedition’s exploration director and a marine archaeologist who has discovered many shipwrecks, said Endurance was the finest he had ever seen. It is upright, clear of the seabed and “in a brilliant state of preservation,” he said.
The Hunt for the Wreck of the Endurance
Battling sea ice and freezing temperatures, a team of explorers and researchers found Ernest Shackleton’s ship that sank in the Antarctic in 1915.
Historic Moment: The discovery was announced on March 9. The wreck was located at the bottom of the Weddell Sea using undersea drones.
The Expedition: Endurance22 began its search in February. Researchers studying Antarctic ice and global warming were part of the team.
Lush Garden: Following the discovery, marine biologists have been scanning footage of the wreck. It could help determine which species live on it, and if any are new.
From the Archives: Read the cablegram reporting the loss of the ship that Shackleton sent out after making it to safety in the Falkland Islands.
The ship was found about four miles south of the last location recorded by Shackleton’s captain and navigator, Frank Worsley. The search had been conducted over a wide area to account for errors in Worsley’s navigation equipment.
Endurance’s relatively pristine appearance was not unexpected, given the cold water and the lack of wood-eating marine organisms in the Weddell Sea that have ravaged shipwrecks elsewhere.
Mr. Bound also described the wreck as “intact.” Although Hurley’s photographs before the sinking had shown major damage to, and the collapse of, the ship’s mast and rigging, and there had been damage to the hull, Mr. Bound had expected most of the ship to be in one piece.
The expedition video showed what appeared to be broken masts and damage to the decks.
The hunt for the wreck, which cost more than $10 million, provided by a donor who wished to remain anonymous, was conducted from a South African icebreaker that left Cape Town in early February. Aside from a few technical glitches involving the two submersibles, and part of a day spent icebound when operations were suspended, the search proceeded relatively smoothly.
Continue reading the main story
The battery-powered submersibles combed the seafloor twice a day, for about six hours at a time. They used sonar to scan a swath of the smooth seabed, looking for anything that rose above it. Once the wreck was located several days ago, the equipment was swapped for high-resolution cameras and other instruments to make detailed images and scans.
Image
Endurance in 1915, trapped in Antarctic ice but not yet crushed.
Endurance in 1915, trapped in Antarctic ice but not yet crushed. Credit...Frank Hurley/Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, via Getty Images
Under the terms of the Antarctic Treaty, the six-decade-old pact intended to protect the region, the wreck is considered a historical monument. The submersibles did not touch it; the images and scans will be used as the basis for educational materials and museum exhibits. A documentary is planned, as well.
Shackleton left England aboard Endurance with a crew of 27 in 1914, bound for a bay on the Weddell Sea that was meant to be the starting point for an attempt by him and a small party to be the first to cross Antarctica. This was close to the end of what has become known as the heroic age of Antarctic exploration, which included treks by the Norwegian Roald Amundsen, who in 1911 was the first to reach the pole, and by Robert Falcon Scott, a Briton who died after reaching it a month later.
Shackleton never made it to the pole or beyond, but his leadership in rescuing all his crew and his exploits, which included an 800-mile open-boat journey across the treacherous Southern Ocean to the island of South Georgia, made him a hero in Britain.
Shackleton was tripped up by the Weddell’s notoriously thick, long-lasting sea ice, which results from a circular current that keeps much ice within it. In early January 1915 Endurance became stuck less than 100 miles from its destination and drifted with the ice for more than 10 months as the ice slowly crushed it.
As the ship became damaged, the crew set up camp on the ice and lived on the ice until it broke up five months after the ship sank.
Continue reading the main story
Image
The ship’s rear deck and wheel. Its relatively pristine appearance was not unexpected, given the cold water and the lack of wood-eating marine organisms in the Weddell Sea that have ravaged shipwrecks elsewhere.
The ship’s rear deck and wheel. Its relatively pristine appearance was not unexpected, given the cold water and the lack of wood-eating marine organisms in the Weddell Sea that have ravaged shipwrecks elsewhere.Credit...Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust
Image
Team members, in a tent on sea ice, prepared a meal on Monday to celebrate the discovery.
Team members, in a tent on sea ice, prepared a meal on Monday to celebrate the discovery.Credit...Esther Horvath
Image
Stefanie Arndt, left, a researcher, and Beat Rinderknecht, a sea ice specialist, taking measurements.
Stefanie Arndt, left, a researcher, and Beat Rinderknecht, a sea ice specialist, taking measurements. Credit...Esther Horvath
The Weddell Sea still remains far icier than other Antarctic waters, though in recent years ice conditions have been lighter than usual. That was the situation this year, and it helped the expedition reach the search site more easily and remain there safely. The icebreaker, Agulhas II, left the search area on Tuesday for the 11-day voyage back to Cape Town.
In addition to the expedition team, several ice researchers were on board, including Stefanie Arndt of the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany. Dr. Arndt, who studies how Antarctic sea ice may change as the world warms because of human-caused emissions of greenhouse gases, and others spent much time out on the ice drilling cores. On Monday she said on Twitter that they had collected 630 samples from 17 locations, which she called “an incredible number.”
Continue reading the main story
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Mar 17, 2022 22:20:37 #
pdsdville wrote:
I made the mistake of moving from 10 to 11 and really wish I had not. My major problem is when looking for a photo I was able to glance at the folders, see an image in the group I needed, and open the folder. Now 11 does not support having an image in the group on the folder making it much harder to find an image. I had to go into each and modify the name of the file. Took a lot of time and still not finished. Not a happy camper.
I too have had problems with W 11 trying to do auto updates as well as backward changes to Photo software. It seems to be a giant step back or, at best sideways if security upgrade is taken into account.
Feb 17, 2022 06:06:57 #
Feb 15, 2022 06:49:54 #
jimvanells wrote:
Do they add anything to the water?
Not that I am aware of but we do not go in if they are in!
Feb 14, 2022 06:58:24 #
Feb 13, 2022 07:42:36 #
This is a Water Dragon in our backyard about 70cm long (27 inch in the old world ). They often appear and sometimes lie on the bottom of our pool for up to 30 mins. They look scary but are harmless.
