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“Tu Fui Ego Eris" - What you are, I was. What I am, you will be. The Brno Ossuary in the Czech Republic is the second largest in Europe, behind Paris' catacombs. An estimated 50,000 people's remains are here. The red tinted bones indicate the person died from the plague, yellow tinted bones indicate the person died from cholera. #catacombs #brno #czechrepublic #halloween #skulls (at Brno, Czech Republic) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVsdSiVLq94/?utm_medium=tumblr
You may not know much about William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, but his life (and death) have surely made a mark on the world. During his presidency rapid economic growth took place. He hoped to persuade Spain to grant independence to rebellious Cuba without conflict, but when negotiation failed, requested and signed Congress's declaration of war to begin the Spanish-American War of 1898. The US was victorious in just over 3 months. Spain turned over Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines while Cuba was promised independence, but at that time remained under the control of the US Army. Also in 1898, the US annexed the independent Republic of Hawaii and it became a US territory. On September 6, 1901, McKinley was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition at the Temple of Music in Buffalo, NY, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when anarchist Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen. McKinley died on September 14 of gangrene caused by the wounds. Czolgosz had lost his job during the economic panic of 1893 and turned to anarchism, a political philosophy adhered to by recent assassins of foreign leaders. He regarded McKinley as a symbol of oppression and was convinced that it was his duty as an anarchist to kill him. He was unable to get near the president during an earlier visit, but he shot him twice as McKinley reached to shake his hand in the reception line at the temple. Czolgosz was sentenced to death in the electric chair, and Congress passed legislation to officially charge the Secret Service with the responsibility for protecting the president. McKinley's assassination also created a perception that the United States was under threat from anarchists. The Departments of Justice and Labor had been keeping records on anarchists for years, but President Theodore Roosevelt wanted more power to monitor them. Surveillance programs were created which were eventually consolidated in 1908 as the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Temple of Music was demolished after the exposition and this stone in a residential neighborhood now marks the location of McKinley's assassination. (at Buffalo, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CU-fAs9vzLS/?utm_medium=tumblr
Have you ever looked closely at a soap bubble? Water + Dawn Dish Soap + Glycerin (to stabilize the bubbles) Shot with Nikon D7200 / Tamron 90MM f2.8 Macro / Nikon 50mm f1.2 / Extension Tubes / Edelkrone HeadPlus v2 / Edelkrone FocusPlus Pro Music: Interstellar Mood - Nico Staf • • • • • @edelkrone #edelkronechallenge #tamron #macro #nikon #d7200 #trippy #abstract #rainbow #psychedelic #abstractart #instagram #abstractartist #dawn #soap #dishwashing #fluidart #color #psychedelicart #alien #macro_perfection #macro_captures #macro_highlight #macro_secrets #macro_holic #macrolove #art #bubbles #macrovideo #motioncontrol https://www.instagram.com/p/CU0FvRcloVs/?utm_medium=tumblr
Straightening out the Phoenix Airfield welcome sign outside McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Mt Erebus obscured by the clouds directly behind us! (2020) #mcmurdostation #antarctica #usap #surveylife #phoenixairfield #timelapse #timelapsevideo #surveyor #volcano #nationalsciencefoundation (at McMurdo Station, Antarctica) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUdB9xMgjHt/?utm_medium=tumblr
Timelapse of the Ocean Giant entering Winter Quarters Bay, Antarctica for the 2020 Re supply! Approximately 2,200 miles south of New Zealand at 77°50'S, this harbor is the southernmost port in the Southern Ocean! #timelapse #mcmurdostation #antarctica #boatspotting #nsf (at McMurdo Station, Antarctica) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUXcyL3jaaL/?utm_medium=tumblr
Timelapse of the beautiful sunset last night in North Buffalo! #holygrailtimelapse #timelapse #timelapsevideo #accuweather #wny #buffalony #magichour #edelkrone #timelapseviewplus #longexposure #astrotimelapse (at Buffalo, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUUzSFWj6AB/?utm_medium=tumblr
No matter where I travel on Earth, a New Yorker is usually one of the first people I bump into. Antarctica was no exception. The 109th Airlift Wing (109 AW) is a unit of the New York Air National Guard, stationed at Stratton Air National Guard Base, Schenectady, New York. The primary mission of the wing is to provide airlift support for the scientific community in Antarctica (and the Arctic) by transporting cargo and personnel from McMurdo Station to field stations and camps, including the South Pole Station. They operate the Lockheed LC-130, a ski-equipped USAF variant of the C-130 Hercules. The 109th Airlift Wing is the only unit in the world to fly these aircraft, and they currently have 10 of them in service. The aircraft are equipped with retractable skis that allow the aircraft to land on snow and ice as well as on conventional runways. The aircraft have provisions for using jet-assisted-takeoff (JATO) rockets, four on each side of the aircraft, that are installed and used when the LC-130 operates from rough, unprepared snow surfaces, sticky snow or when shorter takeoff runs are needed. On October 15th, 1999, despite the risks inherent to flying in such cold weather, the 109th AW aided in the daring winter-time rescue of Dr. Jerri Nielsen, a doctor with breast cancer symptoms and based at isolated Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica. The 109th maintains an operating location at Christchurch and at Williams Field, on the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Williams Field, pictured here, consists of two hard-packed snow runways located on approximately 25 ft of compacted snow, lying on top of 262 ft of ice, floating over 1,800 ft of water. As someone who went to the University at Buffalo, NY, seeing these guardsmen and women from Western NY wearing their Buffalo Bills gear in the McMurdo galley was a small reminder of home and very comforting during my deployment. Go Bills! (at McMurdo Station, Antarctica) https://www.instagram.com/p/CL6_FEFnLED/?igshid=1xa2hbfhjzrkj
Sunsets and sunrises in Antarctica are a special sight to see. Since most people come and go from the continent during the summer months, not everyone gets to experience these incredible sights. Antarctica has a unique relationship with the sun. Being at the bottom of the Earth, during the summer the sun never sets. During the winter, the sun never rises. In between these two seasons, the sun puts on a spectacular show. On April 24th, the sun will set for the last time until August 19th. All those brave winter-overs will be treated to the night sky and spectacular auroras, with some of the darkest skies anywhere on Earth. On August 19th, the sun will rise at 12:12pm and set at 1:44pm, quite a short day! Every day the sun will be up for a little bit longer until October 23rd. It will rise at 2:06am and will not set again until 2022. Being in Antarctica during these "shoulder seasons" as they are called, when the sun is rising and setting is an incredible experience. Residents of McMurdo Station are treated to spectacular views such as this one, from October 2019. (at McMurdo Station, Antarctica) https://www.instagram.com/p/CL4Xy5enNRc/?igshid=1ftmxl0bpls21
The Orion Nebula, also known as M42, is visible with the naked eye even from areas affected by some light pollution. It is seen as the middle "star" in the "sword" of Orion, which are the three stars located south of Orion's Belt. The star appears fuzzy if viewed without any binoculars or telescope. The M42 nebula is estimated to be 24 light years across and has a mass of about 2,000 times that of the Sun. To blow your mind even further, 24 light years is equivalent to 141,087,012,989,961 miles across. The nebula is an example of a stellar nursery where new stars are being born. Observations of the nebula have revealed approximately 700 stars in various stages of formation within the nebula. The Orion Nebula is one of the most scrutinized and photographed objects in the night sky, and is among the most intensely studied celestial features. The nebula has revealed much about the process of how stars and planetary systems are formed from collapsing clouds of gas and dust. Astronomers have directly observed protoplanetary disks and brown dwarfs within the nebula, intense and turbulent motions of the gas, and the photo-ionizing effects of massive nearby stars in the nebula. This is the second celestial object I have attempted to photograph. It was captured the same night I first photographed the Andromeda Galaxy at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. (at Orion's Belt) https://www.instagram.com/p/CL2OG_3nuC3/?igshid=tu8i83imchk5
Antarctica is often described as the highest, driest, coldest, windiest, and emptiest place on earth. While standing on the surface, that would be an easy statement to agree with. But another world exists in Antarctica. One above the ice, and one below. Above the ice, very few organisms have adapted to survive, though more and more continue to be discovered by biologists conducting research there. Below the ice, incredibly unique life forms have not just survived, but flourished. One example is the Antarctic notothenioid fishes. The 130 species of this group live almost exclusively in the coldest and iciest waters of Antarctica's Southern Ocean. While your everyday fish would freeze solid almost instantly under these conditions, notothenioids possess special antifreeze proteins in their blood and other body fluids that protect them from freezing to death in icy waters. Scientists have developed a number of ways to study life in the waters off the coasts of Antarctica - underwater drones, cameras, microphones, viewing tubes, etc. One of the best ways to study what exists below the ice is to put an actual human down there. Placing a human in these frigid waters presents a few problems. The water is so cold that regular SCUBA equipment will not function. The seawater there can dip slightly below its freezing point, driving the growth of a shimmering blanket of anchor ice that covers the shallow sea floor. Expert scientific divers have overcome these challenges by developing safe diving techniques, practices, and equipment which have allowed for incredible discoveries. The waters just outside McMurdo Station are one of the most explored marine habitats in Antarctica but there is still so much to discover and learn. In 2004, during a routine under-ice SCUBA dive, divers discovered a never-before-seen species of fish (Cryothenia amphitreta). The more we dive the more we can learn and discover about the unique and mysterious life which we share this Earth with. (at McMurdo Station, Antarctica) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLzLn97nhlb/?igshid=6pgd5ghcjdjp
One of the most anticipated events in Antarctica is a "freshie" delivery. "Freshies" are fresh fruits, vegetables, eggs, dairy, etc that gets flown down on an aircraft for all of us to enjoy! A freshie delivery meant that the community would get fresh salads, sour cream with their tacos on taco Tuesday, nice cheeses and fresh fruit for brunch, tomatoes and onions on their burgers, and many other great treats! Once the plane lands with all these fresh goods, it gets delivered to the back dock of the galley, where some very happy salad chefs and stewards get to load it up into our [probably empty] freshie coolers. This is what that process looks like. This particular delivery was 9,000lbs of freshies off of a C-17. Here it is....an empty walk-in to a nearly full freshie cooler in less than 60 seconds! (at McMurdo Station, Antarctica) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLvSBdon1Sa/?igshid=1vc3l2laamq11
Don’t forget to add a frisbee to your Antarctic packing list! #happycamper #mcmurdostation #antarctica #rnr #frisbee #bunnyboots (at McMurdo Station, Antarctica) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLr4Kq8n-Lq/?igshid=2rwtgxwuz61r
A Weddell seal getting some sun on the icy shores below McMurdo Station, Antarctica! #mcmurdostation #antarctica #wildlifephotography #icelife (at McMurdo Station, Antarctica) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLpnT0inGU9/?igshid=12r3yosgs88w4
Pulling around a Scott Tent on the Ross Ice Shelf #antarctica #yourshotphotographer (at McMurdo Station, Antarctica) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLo0HJPHsRg/?igshid=1c1pzqkrnv97i
“The land looks like a fairytale.” — Roald Amundsen (at McMurdo Station, Antarctica) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLmwb4znoWU/?igshid=zs1u4uwvu692
Observation Hill is a 754 ft lava dome adjacent to McMurdo Station and one of many volcanoes comprising the Hut Point Peninsula in Antarctica. Atop this hill is a memorial cross. After their deaths in early 1912, the last members of Robert Falcon Scott's party were found by a search party led by the surgeon Edward L. Atkinson. The relief party took their photographic film, scientific specimens, and other materials. They had to leave Scott and his men in their tent, and later parties could not locate the campsite, since that area had been covered in snow. A century of storms and snow have covered the cairn and tent, which are now encased in the Ross Ice Shelf as it inches towards the Ross Sea. The search party returned to their base camp in McMurdo Sound to await the relief ship. After it arrived, they worked to build a memorial – a nine-foot wooden cross, inscribed with the names of the fatal party and the final line of the Alfred Tennyson poem "Ulysses", which reads "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield." On 22 January 1913, after a difficult two-day sledge journey, the cross was erected on the summit of Observation Hill, overlooking the camp and facing out towards the "Barrier" – the Ross Ice Shelf, on which Scott's party had died. In 1972, the cross was declared as one of the initial Historic Sites and Monuments in Antarctica by the Antarctic Treaty signatories, as HSM-20. "Ob Hill" can be seen in the background of this photograph, looking out from the deck of the US Coast Guard Icebreaker, Polar Star while it was docked in Winter Quarters Bay. Ob Hill is frequently climbed for spectacular views of the area! (at McMurdo Station, Antarctica) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLmGRkMHbLi/?igshid=18xau7rwcd7pw
The Weddell seal was discovered and named in the 1820s during expeditions led by British sealing captain James Weddell to the area of the Southern Ocean now known as the Weddell Sea. Weddell seals are commonly found on fast ice, or ice fastened to land, and gather in small groups around cracks and holes within the ice. Weddell seals dive to forage for food, maintain breathing holes in fast ice, and explore to find more ice holes. They have been observed to dive nearly 2000 feet deep for up to an hour! Spring is the season for birthing and breeding. Weddell seal populations will often return to the same breeding sites over consecutive breeding seasons. Weddell seals usually give birth to one pup per year, however the Weddell seal is one of the only species of seals that can give birth to twin pups. Birth of the pup only takes around one to four minutes. Newborn pups weigh about 55–65 lbs and grow to two times their weight within their first week of life. The pups take their first swim around one to two weeks of age. During the first two weeks mother Weddell seals distinguish their pups through olfactory smells, specialized vocalizations, and stay in the same spatial area. After six to seven weeks, pups are weaned and begin to hunt independently. The fast ice and pressure ridges near New Zealand's Scott Base are home to a large population of these incredible creatures. At the beginning of the summer season at McMurdo, tours near Scott Base reveal a landscape filled with seal pups, exhausted mothers, and red-stained snow and ice, from the recent births that took place there. (at Scott Base, Antarctica) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLkuuCjnxL6/?igshid=1jbz46jwid63z