In this picture by Mohd Khorshid, a willow warbler splashes in a pool of water in Al Ahmadi, Kuwait. Willow warblers pass through the country in large numbers during their long seasonal migrations.
Sunday, 28 June 2015
Tall ship Enterprize (6)
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| Wish me luck here! I have absolutely no expertise here whatsoever, so please, call me out with anything where you reckon you have a fact to counter my random guess! Above, is a block and tackle. |
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| Left: Another combination of block and tackle Right: a series of Belaying Pins (thank you, Paul from Auckkland West, this post is all your fault! |
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| Above: an anchor ... I probably need to specify the type ... yikes! |
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| Left: the Main Mast Right: a Gaff-Rigged sail |
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| Above Left: A Futtock Ring Above Right: A Futtock Shroud |
Le banc du jardin des étangs Gobert
Once you have reached the top of yesterday's stairs, you arrive at a rather nice space which is occupied, in part, by this huge and very controversial 90 metres long (295ft) bench! The garden has materialised on what were once huge ponds, which used to provide water for the palace's fountains.
Une fois arrivés en haut de l'escalier que VDP vous montrait hier, vous arrivez à un espace vert occupé, en partie, par ce banc de 90 mètres, qui n'a pas échappé à la controverse. Le jardin est construit sur ce qui fut un étang alimentant les fontaines du château, d'où son nom !
Area Of The Peace River Canyon Emitting Heat and Smoke To This Day
After six months at Fort Fork, Alexander Mackenzie began his epic journey to the,Pacific Ocean On the evening of May 9 1793 he canoed up the Peace in an uneventful manner until he readied the great canyon of the river on May 19 While making a difficult portage of a dozen miles around the canyon, he found large deposits of bituminous coal, and one of his men discovered several chasms in the earth that emitted heat and smoke
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