When I was younger and dumber, I tried Gliding in the French Alps. The tandem flight started high over the Village of Chamonix France. A gut wrenching leap from an exposed cliff about a mile above the village. I carried my camera with me and managed a few shots during the brief flight. The flight ended after […]
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Another Daily Archive photo – Austria. On route to Innsbruck from Munich, I transited the small town of Jenbach, Austria. Jenbach is an old town, with the earliest settlements as far back to the end of the Bronze Age. It is a tidy place that served as an important rail hub during WWII. The town
In this Daily photo from the Archive – France, Leave it to the French to have a dog that is appropriate for the personality. The Afghan hound and its owner are both long-legged and shiny. The guy on the left appears to be admiring one or both of these pedestrians on the streets of Nice,
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On a working trip to the Australian outback, I found the nest of an Australian Wedge-Tailed eagle. Wedge-tailed eagles are found in all Australia, including Tasmania. The eagles also range as far as southern New Guinea. There were two fledgling sized birds in the nest, and after a short climb up the eucalyptus tree I
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UPDATE: Big Bend Topo – I have added some more data and digital elevation data (DEM) to the map. It now provides route elevation profiles. Attached is a view in Basecamp in the 3D mode. Adding DEM to the mapset allows 3D capability. UPDATE Big Bend Topo – For those who request a working copy for
This is one creepy haunted house? place. I won’t say exactly where it is located but, it is in Louisiana. We thought the house was vacant but realized we were being watched by a shadowy figure through dust-caked windows. What appeared to be a vacant plantation home, seems to be occupied. The banisters are overgrown
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