Flickrfan: Bubble Pipe
August 31, 2009
Flickrfan: All the wiser
August 31, 2009
Flickrfan: Monte Civetta
August 31, 2009
Photographed by OneEighteen
The Alta Via 1 between Coldai and Rifugio Vazzoler passes below the face of Monte Civetta. A rampart of rock about 7 km long. An absolutely magnificent day’s hiking. The views were indescribable.
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Flickrfan: President MirHossein Mousavi and Mohammad Khatami
August 31, 2009
Photographed by Nariman-Gh
Iranian opposition leader, President Mir Hossein Mousavi (R) and his close ally, former reformist president, Mohammad Khatami (L)
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Flickrfan: Skagen reflection
August 30, 2009
Flickrfan: Nine Inch Nails Live @ Shoreline Amphitheatre – Mountain View, CA, 5.22.09
August 30, 2009
Photographed by Nine Inch Nails Official
Photo by Rob Sheridan.
Find and share NIN photos and videos, organized by tour dates, at media.nin.com
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FlickrFan Event: Salon discussion ” Fashion photography”
August 30, 2009
Boston Photography Center
Fashion photography is a genre of photography devoted to displaying clothing and other fashion items. Fashion photography is most often conducted for advertisements or fashion magazines such as Vogue, Vanity Fair, or Allure. Over time, fashion photography
Belmont, MA 02478 – USA
Thursday, September 17 at 7:00 PM
Attending: 6
Boston Photography Center
Deer Island is part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. Although still an island by name, Deer Island has in fact been connected to the mainland since the former Shirley Gut channel, which once separated the island from the town of Winthrop, was filled in by the New England Hurricane of 1938. Today Deer Island is best known as the location of the Deer Island Waste Water Treatment Plant, whose 150 foot tall egg-like sludge digesters are major harbor landmarks.[1][2]
The island has a permanent size of 185 acres (0.75 km2), plus an intertidal zone of a further 80 acres. Two-thirds of the island’s area is taken up with the waste water plant, which treats sewage from 43 nearby cities and towns, and is the second largest such plant in the United States[citation needed]. The remainder of the island consists of park land surrounding the treatment plant, and offers walking, jogging, sightseeing, picnicking, and fishing.[1][2]
1888 German map of Boston Harbor showing Deer Island on the middle righthand side.It was once leased to Sir Thomas Temple (1614-1674) [3], a British proprietor and governor of Nova Scotia, and said to be a descendent of the renowned Lady Godiva of Coventry[4] [5] although this descent was debunked by E. A. Freeman in the 19th century [6]. Sir Thomas Temple was also the uncle of John Nelson (1654-1734), a New England trader and statesman, who owned neighboring Long Island in Boston Harbor which at one time was also known as "Nelson’s Island".
Over the years, Deer Island has had several different uses. During King Philip’s War (also known as Metacomet’s War) in the 1670s, it was used as a place of internment. Christian "Praying Indians" were moved from Marlborough and Natick in spite of the efforts of John Eliot[7], the minister of Roxbury, to prevent it. Most went to Deer Island, but at least one colony was sent to Long Island.[8]
During the winter of 1675-76 some 500 American Indians were held on the island and, without adequate food or shelter, many died. In the middle of the 19th century, the island was the landing point for thousands of refugees from the Irish Potato Famine, many sick and poverty-stricken.[citations needed]
Aerial view of Deer Island shortly after departure from Logan AirportIn 1847, a hospital was established to treat incoming immigrants, and during the following two years approximately 4,800 men, women, and children were admitted. Many recovered and went on to new lives, but more than 800 died.[citations needed]
In 1850, an almshouse was built to house paupers. It became the Suffolk County jail and is mentioned in Sylvia Plath’s poem "Point Shirley."[citations needed]
In his book "A Short History of Nearly Everything", Bill Bryson mentions an experiment done at the military prison on Deer Island. Following the August 1918 flu pandemic, in an attempt to develop a vaccine, sixty-two volunteers were selected from three hundred prisoners. These men were promised pardons if they survived a set of tests. None of the volunteers fell sick, but the ward doctor contracted the disease and died. It is possible that the prisoners became immunized due to exposure to the virus during the weeks preceding the trial, experiencing few symptoms or none at all. [9]
The first sewage treatment plant was constructed on Deer Island in the late 19th century, and expanded in the 1960s. The current plant dates from the 1990s
Meet me @ the parking lot.
Banafsheh
Boston, MA 02114 – USA
Sunday, September 6 at 6:00 PM
Attending: 1
Flickrfan: Old Stairs
August 30, 2009
Flickrfan: Cute squirrel monkey
August 30, 2009
Photographed by **Mirm**
View On Black is sooooooo very cute!!!
Fascinated by my camera and me making a picture of it, this baby squirrel monkey did the strangest things to hold my attention. But at the same time he looked a kind of shy as he is looking like at this very moment! I love this kind of monkey and especially this little cutie! I really felt a certain interaction between the two of us, which made it so hard to leave there!Dit doodshoofdaapje was helemaal gefascineerd door mij en mijn camera. Het wrong zich in de gekste bochten om mijn aandacht maar vast te houden. Maar hij was ook een beetje verlegen en ik vind dat je dat op deze foto ook een beetje kunt zien! Dit soort aapjes zijn echt schattig en deze uitslover helemaal. Ik had echt het gevoel dat ik contact had met dit dondersteentje!!!!
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