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Smoke Box door open on 78022

Baling hay while the sun is still up

RAF Typhoon Black Jack

Creating dust whilst cultivating soil

Flying Scotsman, possibly the most recognisable steam locomotive in the world. Celebrating her centenary in 2023

44871 and 45690 are being prepared for their days running at Keighley and Worth Valley Railway on a snowy March 2023 morning

A pair of Black 5's sitting outside on a chilly winter morning

This Long Ranger was giving a flight line view to some lucky passengers at Farnborough Airshow

Two tractors working in the same area sowing oil seed rape

The black box on the front of the tractor weighs 1,500 kilos or 3,300 pounds on it's own. The tractor itself ... 12,000 kilos or 26,000 pounds. Cultivating land in Lancashire NW England Sony DSC-HX400V

EADS AIrbus A400M 'Grizzly', as it's known by Airbus personnel. Officially named the 'Atlas' at RIAT 2012. First aircraft is due to enter service with the Fench Air Force in 2013. A transport fitting, size wise, in between the C-130 Hercules and C-17 Globemaster III Farnborough 2012 Sony DSC-HX1

Corn cockle in amongst poppies. Corn Cockle is now virtually extinct in the wild.

Self Heal

Not what you would usually associate with a canal This is 'Royal Iris of The Mersey' one of two Mersey Ferries making the return journey from Salford Quays, down the Manchester Ship Canal. Picture taken at the point where the canal joins the River Mersey entering in to the Mersey Estuary. Royal Iris was built in 1959 and is owned by Merseytravel and operated by Mersey Ferries.

Hind Gunship of the Hungarian Air Force

Half of the Synchro Pair of the RAF Red Arrows, flying only a 7 ship display this year

These two look content to be laying down and chewing the cud. Lancashire NW England !http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt251/bonita777/ROBINRESIZEDTHURS.jpg! !http://ih3.redbubble.net/work.6737973.2.flat,550x550,075,f.untitled.jpg!

Airbus A400M Grizzly making her way back to the static line after a breath taking display of agility and manoeuvrability. Four of the western worlds most powerful turbo prop engines - 11,000shp each, contra rotating their 8 bladed propellers RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire Sony DSC-HX1 !http://picasion.com/gl/76/2mkl.gif! !http://ih1.redbubble.net/image.15950252.0007/flat,550x550,075,f.u3.jpg!

Mowing in the hope the crop can be got in before the rains

Hyacinthoides non-scripta - English Bluebells There bluebells were no other bluebells around, just these. In the edge of a banking around the outside of a field of wheat. Lancashire North West UK. Sony DSC-HX1 Thanks to those who voted for the image in the Blue Challenge in a 'Wildflowers of the World' group challenge. !http://ih1.redbubble.net/work.4741671.1.flat,300x300,075,f.flowering-bulbs-feature-banner.jpg! !http://ih1.redbubble.net/image.11197028.5548/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg! !http://ih3.redbubble.net/image.11395278.4213/papergc,441x415,w,ffffff.jpg!

Combine Harvester harvesting wheat

Machine folded up and ready to move go. Just time to eat chips (We Brits know what to call 'em :) and reflect before moving on to the next field. Summer ... hopefully it's not far away and will be a good time to make hay in 2014 Lancashire NW England Sony DSC-HX1 !http://ih1.redbubble.net/image.15716910.1356/flat,300x300,075,f.u2.jpg! !http://ih1.redbubble.net/work.7462184.2.flat,550x550,075,f.shadows-and-reflections-feature-banner-2.jpg! !http://ih1.redbubble.net/work.7278259.1.flat,300x300,075,f.old-man-emu.jpg!

Looking over the reflecting pool at the Capitol Building in Washington DC Construction of the Capitol Building began in 1793 under the watchful eyes of George Washington. Now home to the House of Representatives and The Senate The Dome is made from cast iron and weighs 8.9 million pounds. Well worth a visit ... The Visitor Center is the newest addition to this historic complex. At nearly 580,000 square feet, the underground Visitor Center is approximately three quarters of the size of the Capitol itself. Washington DC Sony DSC-HX1 "Featured Here in Hidden Talent":http://www.redbubble.com/groups/hidden-talent/featured_works !http://ih1.redbubble.net/work.7220784.1.fp,375x360,black,offwhite,box,l,ffffff.jpg! !htt...

Fritillaria Meleagris being gatekeepers for the early part of spring

Basically a knot in a Silver birch tree in to which I have added my own iris!

Saga Frontier about to pass beneath my feet as I stand on the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California. Built in 2007, she's 199 meters in length and flies the Hong Kong flag. !http://ih1.redbubble.net/image.11650779.8305/flat,300x300,075,f.jpg! !http://ih2.redbubble.net/image.11427594.2028/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg! !http://ih3.redbubble.net/work.6241762.2.flat,300x300,075,f.jpg!

While the combines had been on the go for most of the day, It was late evening before they finished the oil seed rape harvest at this particular ground Lancashire NW England Son DSC HX400V

It was a cold morning, so the runny nose could be excused. Lancashire NW England

Genuinely unsure how this will go down! It's a pair of shower heads, yes. But it's a pair of shower heads in the Cell Block on Alcatraz. The penitentiary itself operated until March 1963, after having 1,576 prisoners pass through San Francisco, California Sony DSC HX400V !https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.12738466.8466/pp,375x360.jpg! !https://ih1.redbubble.net/work.11526319.1.flat,550x550,075,f.jpg!

Bolton Corporation Tram running on the Blackpool Promenade

Marina Boulevard, San Francisco on a warm sunny September afternoon. In the background you can see the dome of the Palace of Fine Arts on Lyon St. !http://ih1.redbubble.net/image.11208519.5533/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg!

Harvesting Oil Seed Rape 2018 with a tracked combine. Back a week on from the last time to complete the harvest Lancashire NW England Sony DSC HX400V !https://ih0.redbubble.net/image.13906176.4792/flat,400x300,075,f.u4.jpg!

Taken from Alamo Square, the Victorian Painted Ladies of San Francisco in October 2010 with the contrasting 20th Century Transamerica Pyramid in the downtown background. Almost guaranteed you'll see them on a postcard from San Francisco. Sony DSC-HX1 !http://ih2.redbubble.net/image.11184583.3688/flat,550x550,075,f.jpg! !http://ih2.redbubble.net/image.11950220.9165/flat,215x200,075,f.jpg!

Disking the ground, in preparation for sowing Lancashire NW England Sony DSC-HX400

160 Views as at 20 April 2013 A couple of silkies debating whether or not to venture out in to the sunny but cold February morning. Sony DSC-HX1 Lancashire NW England !http://ih3.redbubble.net/work.5743069.2.flat,215x200,075,f.jpg! !http://ih1.redbubble.net/work.7278259.1.flat,300x300,075,f.old-man-emu.jpg!

This C-17 made for an imposing site in San Francisco Bay during Fleet Week. Sony DSC HX 400V