tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69702162009-02-21T02:30:02.331-08:00My Photoblog - mostly photos taken around Lady Ann Lake, EdgewaterAdityahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688332585004423163noreply@blogger.comBlogger177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970216.post-1156533431348045732006-08-25T12:11:00.000-07:002006-08-25T12:17:11.423-07:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thermodynamix/224653976/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/73/224653976_910baf92ea_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thermodynamix/224653976/">The man and his baby</a> </span><br clear="all" /><p>The Golden Gate bridge was the brainchild of Joseph Strauss, an engineer responsible for over 400 drawbridges, though they were far smaller than this project and mostly inland. His first drawings were in 1921 - and were far from approved. Strauss spent more than a decade trying to get support for the bridge in Northern California.<br /><br />To commemorate Joseph Strauss for his part taken in the construction of the bridge, a statue of him was relocated in 1955 near the structure to remind people how important his work was in the building of the Golden Gate Bridge.<br /><br />Golden Gate suicide trivia (im sure Strauss never expected his masterpiece to be used like this): The Golden Gate Bridge is notorious as a site for suicide. The official suicide count ended in 1995 when the number approached 1,000. Through the eight years to 2003, on average there was one suicide jump every two weeks, which brought the unofficial total to over 1,300 suicides. The 220-foot (67 m) fall takes four seconds and jumpers hit the water at 75 miles per hour (120 km/h). As of 2006, only 26 people have survived the jump.<br /><br />Roy Raymond, founder of Victoria's Secret, committed suicide by jumping off the bridge</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6970216-115653343134804573?l=thermodynamix.blogspot.com'/></div>Adityahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688332585004423163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970216.post-1137881027329384882006-01-21T14:03:00.000-08:002006-01-21T14:03:47.376-08:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thermodynamix/89397515/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/39/89397515_6b7457827f_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thermodynamix/89397515/">Jigsaw</a> </span><br clear="all" /><p>Tennis trophies for the local tennis league championship last year</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6970216-113788102732938488?l=thermodynamix.blogspot.com'/></div>Adityahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688332585004423163noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970216.post-1136775222671554202006-01-08T18:53:00.000-08:002006-01-08T18:53:42.740-08:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thermodynamix/83696557/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/36/83696557_ab86f881c2_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thermodynamix/83696557/">Marching column</a> </span><br clear="all" /><p>of canadian geese ...</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6970216-113677522267155420?l=thermodynamix.blogspot.com'/></div>Adityahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688332585004423163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970216.post-1136595655171507522006-01-02T22:20:00.000-08:002006-01-06T17:00:55.240-08:00<a href="http://img472.imageshack.us/my.php?image=image4613vp.jpg" border=0 target="_blank"><img src="http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/6343/image4613vp.th.jpg"></a><br>Decaying ... with floodlights<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6970216-113659565517150752?l=thermodynamix.blogspot.com'/></div>Adityahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688332585004423163noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970216.post-1136179649234210392006-01-01T21:27:00.000-08:002006-01-01T21:27:29.286-08:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thermodynamix/77459479/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/38/77459479_b7e2727025_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thermodynamix/77459479/">More tennis</a> </span><br clear="all" /><p>Another tennis trophy - this one was for winning the singles tournament last summer.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6970216-113617964923421039?l=thermodynamix.blogspot.com'/></div>Adityahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688332585004423163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970216.post-1135829534996085932005-12-28T20:12:00.000-08:002005-12-28T20:12:15.056-08:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thermodynamix/76244616/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/37/76244616_1f6e04ae58_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thermodynamix/76244616/">Sunrise</a> </span><br clear="all" /><p>Sunrise on winter solstice day ... clicked last week at Edgewater</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6970216-113582953499608593?l=thermodynamix.blogspot.com'/></div>Adityahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688332585004423163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970216.post-1135574454581378802005-12-25T21:20:00.000-08:002005-12-25T21:20:54.640-08:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thermodynamix/77263652/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/37/77263652_7594aaef3d_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thermodynamix/77263652/">Doubles ....</a> </span><br clear="all" /><p>these are a couple of trophies i got for the summer tennis league ...</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6970216-113557445458137880?l=thermodynamix.blogspot.com'/></div>Adityahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688332585004423163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970216.post-1135377104036515922005-12-23T14:31:00.000-08:002005-12-23T14:32:22.593-08:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thermodynamix/75404702/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/6/75404702_23fbf83cbf_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" /></a><br /><span style="margin-top: 0px;font-size:0;" ><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thermodynamix/75404702/">Gray and bleak ...</a> </span> <p>Another version of the <a href="http://thermodynamix.blogspot.com/2005/12/twin-towers.html">previous picture</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6970216-113537710403651592?l=thermodynamix.blogspot.com'/></div>Adityahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688332585004423163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970216.post-1135229074460136282005-12-21T21:24:00.000-08:002005-12-21T21:24:34.520-08:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thermodynamix/74645391/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/6/74645391_e0f2007872_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thermodynamix/74645391/">Twin Towers</a> </span><br clear="all" /><p>Grain silos at a local college campus ...</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6970216-113522907446013628?l=thermodynamix.blogspot.com'/></div>Adityahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688332585004423163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970216.post-1135091985190485312005-12-20T07:19:00.000-08:002005-12-20T07:19:45.246-08:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thermodynamix/75176390/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/40/75176390_f272d23ae3_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thermodynamix/75176390/">Floating ....</a> </span><br clear="all" /><p>or flying?</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6970216-113509198519048531?l=thermodynamix.blogspot.com'/></div>Adityahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688332585004423163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970216.post-1134883130469417842005-12-17T21:18:00.000-08:002005-12-17T21:18:50.476-08:00<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1942/404/1024/DSC05199-1.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1942/404/400/DSC05199-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><em> Abandoned by the railway tracks</em></div>&nbsp;<a href='http://picasa.google.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6970216-113488313046941784?l=thermodynamix.blogspot.com'/></div>Adityahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688332585004423163noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970216.post-1129121504730480462005-10-12T05:50:00.000-07:002005-10-12T13:44:51.646-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1942/404/1024/DSC05082-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1942/404/400/DSC05082-1.jpg" border="0" /></a>Harper's Ferry National Historic Park is home to the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers - the point where the states of Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia meet. Lots of civil war history and probably spectacular fall colors setting in by now.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6970216-112912150473048046?l=thermodynamix.blogspot.com'/></div>Adityahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688332585004423163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970216.post-1128395990489334562005-10-03T20:19:00.000-07:002005-10-03T20:19:50.523-07:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/1254/1024/DSC05052-1.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/1254/400/DSC05052-1.jpg'></a><br />Harpers Ferry National Park<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6970216-112839599048933456?l=thermodynamix.blogspot.com'/></div>Adityahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688332585004423163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970216.post-1127793848356991342005-09-26T21:04:00.000-07:002005-09-26T21:04:08.383-07:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/1254/1024/collage_frame.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/1254/400/collage_frame.jpg'></a><br />Collage of Edgewater photos ....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6970216-112779384835699134?l=thermodynamix.blogspot.com'/></div>Adityahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688332585004423163noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970216.post-1127708131206605712005-09-25T21:15:00.000-07:002005-09-25T21:15:31.260-07:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thermodynamix/46671692/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/30/46671692_b735a7f6ac_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thermodynamix/46671692/">More Indian Creek</a> </span><br clear="all" /><p>Picasa collage tricks rock!!</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6970216-112770813120660571?l=thermodynamix.blogspot.com'/></div>Adityahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688332585004423163noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970216.post-1127304814085767742005-09-21T05:13:00.000-07:002005-09-21T05:13:34.120-07:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/1254/1024/DSC04973-1.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/1254/400/DSC04973-1.jpg'></a><br />The 12th Annual Trail of Tears motorcycle ride commences ....<br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/1254/1024/DSC04972-2.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/1254/400/DSC04972-2.jpg'></a><br />a 100,000 of them - men and women of all ages, and with magnificient bikes of all makes, years and styles ....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6970216-112730481408576774?l=thermodynamix.blogspot.com'/></div>Adityahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688332585004423163noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970216.post-1126978611546668352005-09-17T10:36:00.000-07:002005-09-17T10:36:51.616-07:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/1254/1024/DSC05025-1-1.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/1254/400/DSC05025-1-1.jpg'></a><br />Biker at the 12th Annual Trail of Tears Commemorative Ride<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6970216-112697861154666835?l=thermodynamix.blogspot.com'/></div>Adityahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688332585004423163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970216.post-1126846667371810082005-09-15T21:57:00.000-07:002005-09-15T21:57:47.376-07:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/1254/1024/DSC01029-1.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/1254/400/DSC01029-1.jpg'></a><br />so thats worth 20<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6970216-112684666737181008?l=thermodynamix.blogspot.com'/></div>Adityahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688332585004423163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970216.post-1126158998473550292005-09-07T22:56:00.000-07:002005-09-07T22:56:38.506-07:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thermodynamix/40720136/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/26/40720136_ac00ecf5f9_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thermodynamix/40720136/">Do the dew ....</a> </span><br clear="all" /><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6970216-112615899847355029?l=thermodynamix.blogspot.com'/></div>Adityahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688332585004423163noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970216.post-1126010034147970912005-09-06T05:33:00.000-07:002005-09-06T05:36:33.476-07:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thermodynamix/40714618/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/23/40714618_71be3728aa_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" /></a><br /><br />Probably one of the clearest reflection shots i have gotten (clicked this one last spring). This is the scene right behind my apartment. <p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6970216-112601003414797091?l=thermodynamix.blogspot.com'/></div>Adityahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688332585004423163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970216.post-1124858837913241192005-08-23T21:47:00.000-07:002005-08-23T21:47:17.963-07:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/1254/1024/DSC04755-1.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/1254/400/DSC04755-1.jpg'></a><br />one for the road ....<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6970216-112485883791324119?l=thermodynamix.blogspot.com'/></div>Adityahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688332585004423163noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970216.post-1124459995262483292005-08-19T06:59:00.000-07:002005-08-19T06:59:55.323-07:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thermodynamix/33568631/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://photos22.flickr.com/33568631_c190a5c614_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thermodynamix/33568631/">Visitor</a> </span><br clear="all" /><p>Imagine visitors like that on your rooftop!</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6970216-112445999526248329?l=thermodynamix.blogspot.com'/></div>Adityahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688332585004423163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970216.post-1124381174046303502005-08-18T09:06:00.000-07:002005-08-18T09:06:14.106-07:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thermodynamix/33058984/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://photos23.flickr.com/33058984_096de51ff4_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thermodynamix/33058984/">Pines</a> </span><br clear="all" /><p>This tree was bent so low - the pine cones were almost dipping in the water! Pine cones that they were, they were left pining for the water ... ok, that was a lousy joke. will leave it at that!!</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6970216-112438117404630350?l=thermodynamix.blogspot.com'/></div>Adityahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688332585004423163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970216.post-1123975429605526322005-08-13T16:23:00.000-07:002005-08-13T16:23:49.690-07:00<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thermodynamix/33324552/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://photos23.flickr.com/33324552_5073692dbf_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thermodynamix/33324552/">Turquoise</a> </span><br clear="all" /><p>Bare trees line Little River <br /><br />About Little River: <br /><i>... The Little River has been slicing through sandstone for thousands of years, creating a canyon with depths of 600 feet .... <br /><br />... Tucked away in the northeast corner of Alabama near the Georgia border, Little River Canyon is an isolated oasis carved into a mountain. During the spring runoff, a handful of daredevil kayakers descend the canyon's steep walls into a cauldron of class V whitewater ... </i><br />Source: <a href="http://gorp.away.com/gorp/resource/us_national_park/al_littl.htm">Gorp</a><br /><br />Pictures of Little River Falls:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thermodynamix/29693323/"> Plenty of water</a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thermodynamix/29799187/">Starved of water</a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thermodynamix/29799912/">Up close and personal</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nps.gov/liri/home/home.htm">Little River Canyon National Preserve</a> (NPS Website)</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6970216-112397542960552632?l=thermodynamix.blogspot.com'/></div>Adityahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688332585004423163noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970216.post-1123901805572504742005-08-12T19:56:00.000-07:002005-08-12T19:58:12.963-07:00<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/1254/1024/DSC04878-1.jpg"><img style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/68/1254/400/DSC04878-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The same <a href="http://thermodynamix.blogspot.com/2005/08/winter.html">bare tree</a> - without a leaf even in summer ...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6970216-112390180557250474?l=thermodynamix.blogspot.com'/></div>Adityahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16688332585004423163noreply@blogger.com0