Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2021/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, the native "Indians" are the ones who "discovered" the Americas, 15-20k years earlier! Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Aug 8, 2021 at 1:37 AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > I had no idea that Lindbergh?s flight was a fake ;-) Just like Columbus?s > ?discovery? of America, 500 years after the Vikings had been there. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> > http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < > http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < > http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> > > Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < > http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> > > YNWA > > "I?m not arguing, I?m just explaining why I?m right" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 5 Aug 2021, at 21:58, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > > > Just back from a week down in Connemara in the west of Ireland. > > > > Here's a shot I took down there. It's a sort of homage to Herbert List's > 1937 photograph. > > > > A honeysuckle slip in a bottle beside the outdoor eating area of Baid?n > restaurant in Clifden, Co. Galway overlooking the Atlantic. The Alcock & > Brown 1919 landing site for the very first non-stop transatlantic flight is > about 4km from this bottle. They flew eastwards across the ocean in a > Vickers Vimy and saw what they thought was a verdant green landing strip > beside the Marconi radio station. Unfortunately, it was a bog. Luckily > they weren't hurt. > > > > > http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Honeysuckle+in+bottle.jpg.html > > > > Can be seen larger. Sony A7 and 55/1.8 Sonnar. > > > > Douglas > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information