I can see why your mum enjoyed the walk around those ponds

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

I can see why your mum enjoyed the walk around those ponds

Yeah, she loved it. Not as many people go up there, anymore. I don't know why. It's free.

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

Nice shots.

Great pics, what camera and lens did you use?

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I happened to be in the Aldgate area of London yesterday. The council has spent a lot of time renovating the whole area.

In Aldgate Square I came upon this;



Odd? Well a still picture doesn't do it justice.

Here is a video (sorry about the movement I wasn't up close so had to zoom in)

https://youtu.be/oP7v4QntRJk

Parabolic Jets. Not seen that before.

Interesting

Those are really cute, and mesmerizing in a simple sort of way. I could spend a long time watching those. I bet the mechanics of the drain system is a lot more complicated than it looks.

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

Laminar flow water features. Add colored light at night and it looks wonderful.
Laminar flow water with LED lighting at night.

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Last night, I drove out into the boonies to go to my first ever drive-in movie. This is a totally new facility, just opened, last week. I didn't like the way the screen was constructed with the narrow vertical panels - the seams were visible, and I thought maybe that would disappear once the movie started, but no. It was very distracting. Are all outdoor screens made that way?



The concessions stand:



My parking spot. I got there early, but being a Sunday night, the lot didn't fill up much, lol.



The show started at 9 o'clock, with the moon shining down to say hello:

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

Are all outdoor screens made that way?

That's the only one I've ever seen like that.
I'd suggest it was very, very cheap compared to the usual screen design.

Edit- the screen should look like this

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Grant
Darwin NT

It's weird to me that they would spend a lot of money on good state of the art projection equipment and not build a good screen.

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

Last Friday I was at an out door gig. There were four large screens in use, one as a backdrop to the band and the other three so that the audien e could see the group. All the screens were made from arrays of large led or lcd screens, and none of them had split lines. I'll try and remeber to post a couple of shots of the stage when I get home in a few days time,

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

It's weird to me that they would spend a lot of money on good state of the art projection equipment and not build a good screen.

The one outdoor movie theater near me and near Ft. Lauderdale. Is much bigger and looks, when driving by, as a 'state of the art' screen.

My childhood memories of the 50's may be flawed. But I remember the screens being bigger back then.

I don't know about the 50's but I can definitely agree they were in the 80's, and they definitely didn't have that slatted look either. Looking at Gordon's photo taken during the film, the only time I remember a screening looking anything like that was if it was tipping down with rain and it was forming fast moving rivulets down the windscreen.

To answer your question, not all screens are made that way. It actually looks like the screen isn't there yet. Might just be the backer for the screen which should wrap over that. They make advertising wraps to cover skyscrapers, they can make a white wrap the size of a screen. Wonder if they got caught out in a construction delay and had to open before everything was done?

<ed> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2xa5nyqFEI

Might just be the backer for the screen which should wrap over that. They make advertising wraps to cover skyscrapers, they can make a white wrap the size of a screen. Wonder if they got caught out in a construction delay and had to open before everything was done?

What you're saying makes sense. I know ad billboards use a continuous wrap nowadays, too, so you would think the drive-in could do something like that. I think they were probably in a hurry to get open and get some summer business because there were still bulldozers around the property when I drove in.

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I wish you could have seen the smile and wonder in my granddaughter's eyes

So, Gnu - do I! That is utterly adorable. And awwwwwwwww doesn't get anywhere close to covering it :)

when the bird flew down and just sat there eating the meal worms...it was a priceless moment...

Thank you so much for sharing it with us :)

I wish you could have seen the smile and wonder in my granddaughter's eyes

So, Gnu - do I! That is utterly adorable. And awwwwwwwww doesn't get anywhere close to covering it :)

when the bird flew down and just sat there eating the meal worms...it was a priceless moment...

Thank you so much for sharing it with us :)

+1

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~Sue~

A few from my recent holiday in the far North of Scotland:

Half way up the Cairngrm Mountain Railway the two cars pass - on a single track line...


Dusk over the river at Conon Bridge (a few miles North of Inverness)


Alpaca meet sheep...


Built and decorated by Italian prisoners of war during World War 2 the "Italian Chapel" is a little gem on Orkney
Exterior view


Built and decorated by Italian prisoners of war during World War 2 the "Italian Chapel" is a little gem on Orkney
Part of the ceiling


There are ruined churches, castles and "stately homes" all over Orkney - just some interesting stone work in one of them


Playing with the light from the East window of St.Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall


Some of the older stained glass in St.Magnus cathedral - this older glass appears to have lost a bit of depth to its colour over the years possibly due to the way the whole town gets battered by storms in the winter.


The modern East window in St Magnus - note the depth of colour here


The play of light from a stained glass window on ancient stone work - this part of the building was completed in about 1180, but the glass is "quite new", only dating back to the 1700s


Back to the mainland of Scotland, looking across from Thurso to one of the lighthouses at the entrance to Scrabster harbour.

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

Nice photos Rob !

Nice photos Rob !

+1
I enjoyed them , as well.

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~Sue~

Nice group of photos.

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Grant
Darwin NT