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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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

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

Love the stained glass windows!

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

Settlement..a temporary art installation on The Barrows, Heysham village...

Stunning sky colour. Did you use any filters or was that taken as is?

Some modern digital cameras have "digital filters" in the software that can produce that sort of effect.
Fabulously effective - the figures look almost transparent, but I guess they are actually highly reflective?

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

Mirror reflective I'd say. Like a window into the soul.

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Sad update on the drive-in I visited -
http://www.wdrb.com/story/39034347/oldham-county-drive-in-theater-closes-after-high-winds-collapse-large-screen

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

Sad update on the drive-in I visited -
http://www.wdrb.com/story/39034347/oldham-county-drive-in-theater-closes-after-high-winds-collapse-large-screen

Poor design, poor construction, or both.

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Grant
Darwin NT

No wind on this day

No wind on this day

Nice shot.

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Grant
Darwin NT

Thanks!

What type of tree is it?

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

Windblown?
At least it is a reasonably sized tree - on the Orkney Islands "large" trees are barely ten feet tall, and, even in sheltered locations stand at a distinctly jaunty angle.

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

What type of tree is it?

I have no idea. If it helps someone identify it, the location where the photo was taken is Mar Vermelho, Alagoas, Brazil. The climate there is what we call Agreste, that is like a transition zone between the tropical forest-y coast and the arid interior.

Windblown?
At least it is a reasonably sized tree - on the Orkney Islands "large" trees are barely ten feet tall, and, even in sheltered locations stand at a distinctly jaunty angle.

I don´t know if it´s windblown, it sure looks like it. As far as I could find the average wind speed in the area is between 6 and 7m/s though I have no clue if that is enough to do that to a tree or not.