Bell tower detail on the right |
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Roman arch |
Winchester Cathedral |
Winchester Cathedral |
Wide angle lens |
Period houses |
Queen Anne House |
Japanese anemone |
Variety of buildings |
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Museum |
Bistro |
Commemorating the Olympics |
New building behind |
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Church of St Lawrence |
Nearly 900 years old |
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Gargoyles |
Fly your kite |
Coat of arms |
We had lunch here |
We arrived at the observatory after trundling down some
unmade roads and were welcomed with refreshments. We were
divided into groups and got down to photography. It was
windy causing a problem with the flora. |
Solarisation seemed appropriate |
Dish in monochrome |
Sky pointing |
Looking up
and
below looking down
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The workers |
Red nose |
Stairs |
Hard hats had to be worn on the skirt around the Dish |
The fields
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Graffiti |
Legs? |
Wildflowers and the Dish |
Two Dishes |
Nature's dish |
Monarda didyma |
Circuits |
Banks of computers |
Colour |
This enlarges a lot |
but WHAT? |
Rainbow ribbon |
Brass |
Keys |
Bug mug |
Blues behind |
Mondrian colour? |
Shasta daisy |
Rat trap |
Iris foetidissima pods |
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Rosa rugosa |
Made in spare time |
Owl keeps the birds away |
Where is the head? |
Fields from the path |
Umbel |
Dish through the umbellifers |
Mallow - another natural dish |
Mignonette |
Sorrel |
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Geranium |
Wonderful sky |
Rain comimg!! |
Scabious |
Echium vulgare
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Emphasizing a point |
We were warned that it would rain at 3 and it did... |
Low-Band Array. 96 aerials observing the lowest frequencies |
High-Band Array. Each 'tile' is 5 x 5 metres and contains 16
individual antennas |
Ground nettle |
Spider's art |
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Rain |
We drove home through some very heavy summer rain and
heavy traffic and arrived home rather later than hoped.
We had had a great day out. |
From a report in the RPS Journal |