Time-lapse photography showing aircraft on approach into one of the busiest airports in the world, London-Heathrow (EGLL/LHR).
And you though aircraft approaches were smooth and graceful. Time lapse proves otherwise, LOL!
Photography
Aint Peters Church – Source: Andrew Doohan
When I placed these photos into a previous post, I missed something that should have been clearly obvious to me. While looking at their faces and stance of the subjects in these photos, I missed the fact that both men have the same lower body and legs.
What the hell is going on here! See for yourself!
Spot the difference … Pouria Nour Mohammad, using an Austrian passport, and Seyed Mohammed Reza Delavar, using an Italian passport both appear to have the same lower body. Source: Getty Images
Malaysian authorities have stated that the Iranian pair were illegal immigrants who were on their way to Europe via Beijing.
The photos released by Malaysian authorities appear been intentionally altered with the use of Photoshop or smiliar. But police spokeswoman Asmawati Ahmad revealed the odd appearance of the photos stemmed from a police staff member placing one on top of the other when photocopying them. “It was not done with malice or to mislead,” she said.
Then what was it done for? This is a serious incident, the loss of a plane with 239 persons on board, and Malaysian police can’t even manage something as basic as to release the correct photos of the passengers carrying stolen passports to the media. In this electronic age, why are they “photocopying” the photos? Something is not right here! A simple photocopy error? No! The legs are too well lined up to be a simple error!
Who is in charge? These seems to be an ever increasing number of conflicting statements released by the airline, the government, the military and the police.
What is required here is one central emergency control centre where ALL information is released to the media after being thoroughly examined, so as to prevent these blunders from occurring.
The families who have lost loved ones on this flight have earned that right and deserve better.
I was driving home from work at 0700 and I thought that I noticed some flames in the distance. No, I thought, I’m seeing things, as I had been on night shift and I was very tired.
As I turned onto the main road near to where I lived, to my surprise, this is what I found:
House Fire
And:
House Fire – Lambton
As I always carry a camera with me, (Nikon S9300) I took these (and other) photos.
What was very bizarre about this occurrence was that it was so quiet, not even a bird chirping, and the house was well alight, as you can see. There were no fire brigades on scene. In fact, they did not arrive for at least another 5 minutes after these photos were taken. The fire was attended by three brigades but the house was totally destroyed by the fire.
I was advised (off the record) by a fire brigade contact, that arson may have been involved.
The first photo appearred in the local newspaper. See the link here.
NOT a good way to start a New Year!!
Those of you who read Time Away would know of my present location at a holiday spot of the NSW Mid-North Coast known as Tea Gardens-Hawks Nest.
At the risk of turning this blog into a travelblog, I have included a few photos to show what a magnificent place this is:
View from our Apartment
This is the view from our second storey apaprtment, which looks directly out over the main surfing area of bennett’s beach.. You will agree it’s a very pleasant sight to wake up to each morning.
Bennett’s Beach
This is the southern view from Bennett’s Beach, with Yacabaa Headland in the background. Yacabaa is the northern headland covering the entrance to Port Stephens and Nelson Bay.
Bennett’s Beach
Another southern view looking a little more out to sea, this time showing Cabbage Tree and Boondelbah Islands.
A Scoop of Pelicans
A “scoop” of pelicans settling in for the evening on one of the Tea Gardens wharves, after a particularly blustery afternoon.
The Singing Bridge
A closer view of The Singing Bridge which joins Tea gardens to Hawks Nest, so named for the whistling sound that occurs when strong winds blow.
Tea Gardens War Memorial
The Tea Gardens War Memorial Park. The park has a little interactive facility giving an overview of Australia’s commitment to past conflicts. The flag is at half-mast in remembrance of the five Australian soldiers killed in Afghanistan recently. Lest We Forget.
I’m probably being a bit self-indulgent with this post, but my wife and I decided to take some time away from home and have a week’s vacation.
So on Wednesday 5th (dear wife’s 59th birthday) found us in the twin township of Forster-Tuncurry. This wonderful seaside town is found on the Mid-North Coast of NSW. The smaller township of Tuncurry is found on the north side of the Wallis Lake channel, and the larger town of Forster is found on the south.
The towns are joined by a rather long road/foot bridge which celebrated the 50th anniversary of its construction this year.
Forster-Tuncurry Bridge
Unfortunately, the local parish priest, fellow blogger and aficionado of good coffee, had also chosen this time to take his vacation, and thus was not available for the Ritual of Good Coffee. But don’t despair Andrew, I went ahead and enjoyed the coffee anyway! The coffee shop (Sotos) is situated on the banks of the channel you see below, and this is more or less the view from the coffee shop window. This is the south channel with Godwin Island in the background.
Forster-Tuncurry Channel
Thursday saw us leave this rather ideallic spot for another of the Mid-North Coast’s pleasant little seaside towns, this time Tea Gardens-Hawk’s Nest. We had taken a short rental of an apartment overlooking Hawk’s Nest’s main beach. The two following photos are the view from our patio or deck.
Hawks Nest Beach
and this one
Hawks Nest Beach
Again twin coastal towns separted by a bridge. This bridge which spans the Myall River, is referred to as the “Singing Bridge” apparently from the whistling created by the wind passing around it.
The Singing Bridge
. The town Hawks Nest has frontage onto the Pacific Ocean and to Port Stephens, which is arguably the best unspoilt natural harbourin Australia.
Myall River Channel
Oh! Apologies for poor standard of photos! An Apple iPhone is not a Nikon D5000. Seem to have left home without the latter.
Words, By George! 