Photo a Day Challenge - Day 142 Technology

I am constantly amazed as to how technology is working, both domestically and in the industrial world. In some ways, I wonder if "we're just playing god" in the many ways we can manipulate the weather, and can cast additional UV light, and heat, onto playing surfaces so as we can extend (or bring forward) a playing season to suit our needs...

This is no more evident than in Europe (mainly, although the same technology is used here at home in Australia) where the use of lighting booms on playing surfaces, in order to promote the active growth of the turf so as the shading from the large grandstands is counteracted. Here we see the lighting booms in use at K.A.A Ghent, in Belgium.

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 141 Pink

June 2010, whilst in Berlin, I had arranged to go to the Tierpark Zoo. It was a great day, I spent it with MB who was also there with her dog Miss A who was over for a breeding service. Anyway, during the day, and it was a hot day, we got to see many animals... Here is a couple of Pink Flamingo's, whilst we have them here in Sydney (Taronga Zoo) they were still great to see...

Tierpark Zoo Pink Flamingos Pond

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 140 Where You Stand

Last year, when in china for the World Horticultural Exhibition, I got to visit the Terracotta Warriors, also in Xi'an's Shaanxi province. I was in awe of the site, and in NO way, does my photo do it any justice what's so ever... Seeing the way the soldiers were standing, en mass, I was standing myself just in sheer bewilderment of it all...

Terracotta Museum - Pit No. 1

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 139 Something You Can't Live Without

Not so much the paper, and really the coffee is not that important, but there are days that I just DON'T function without a cafine hit...

Free Paper & Coffee

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 138 A Favourite Place

A favourite place, for me, is many... But in many ways, onboard an aircraft, going somewhere, anywhere, is often a great place, and no sooner than my next trip for many reasons but to simply get away... Being onboard, gives you the sense of being taken somewhere, that whilst you know WHERE you will end up, you just don't know the way you will get there. The flight crew do, or may very well, but it is open to little challenges along the way. So for a time, you can sit back, chill out and relax, or at least, I can!

Onboard VH-XFD SYD-PER

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 137 Something You've Made

Whilst not really something we made, but we did build the veranda...

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 136 Snack

On the day trip to Thirlmere for the Festival of Steam, we were given a little 'snack box' both for the morning trip down and on its return in the afternoon...

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 135 What You're Reading

STILL reading this book - Maybe I will read it on my upcoming trip to Norway...

We need to talk about Kevin

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 134 Love

Clearly, in love (or are they having a lovely time?)

Lady Beetles01

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Photo a Day Challenge - Day 133 Grass

Yes, this is grass, and its at work! It is also in the middle of the drought back in the summer of 2010 when we, as with all of Sydney, were under water restrictions. Doesn't look very good for a major garden to have its lawn looking like this now does it??

Landbridge

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