billybob Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Yes just stray purple haze... cool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Just now, billybob said: Yes just stray purple haze... cool. Yep that's what I tried to imply to our SW buddy the other night! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted April 3, 2021 Author Share Posted April 3, 2021 This is our backyard. They must really like the Winter Rye grass I sowed. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiva Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 Under the right circumstances, money could fall from the sky. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boom3 Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 On 4/2/2021 at 5:49 PM, JohnJ said: The story is new tech isn't infallible. Put these in the CC&C thread Wednesday night when I saw it but this is the proper thread for them. The streetlight at the edge of my yard is less than two years old. Between Tues. night and the next it turned into a blacklight Like you could see the velvet Elvis' come to life under or the secret notes written with lemon juice. Didn't shimmer on the dry street last night, but everything turns purplish under it! We have indirect LED lighting in our living room that is programmed to cycle through colors. In some of the phases, I can tell there's a significant UV component because certain inks ands dyes in the room start glowing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 5 hours ago, boom3 said: We have indirect LED lighting in our living room that is programmed to cycle through colors. In some of the phases, I can tell there's a significant UV component because certain inks ands dyes in the room start glowing. Makes me wonder if the dummies in charge here have put up these expensive streetlights with some sort of connectivity. If so a pc nerd could possibly hack them to be like the ones that came out a couple years after the leds supplanted the pig-tail fluorescent bulbs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang_flht Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 The Carbonnière tower in Camargue - France https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_Carbonnière https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tour+Carbonnière/@43.5921377,4.2071553,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x12b69b08d0e56c0b:0x9e5275c79aa3a6a1!8m2!3d43.5921338!4d4.209344 The view from the top 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 29 minutes ago, mustang_flht said: The Carbonnière tower in Camargue - France I wonder why it was built so heavy duty? It was a lookout, right? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babadono Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 On 4/3/2021 at 2:03 PM, Shiva said: Under the right circumstances, money could fall from the sky. I heard it grows on trees. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiva Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Unfortunately, not my pic, but the type of image that I love. The rarity of an erupting volcano under the strange green light of the Aurora borealis. The image, now in my screensaver rotation. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9382609/Iceland-volcano-erupts-time-900-years.html 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang_flht Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 35 minutes ago, JL Sargent said: I wonder why it was built so heavy duty? It was a lookout, right? Hi, Yes, the Carbonnière tower is mentioned for the first time in a text dated 1346 which provides details on the function of the structure: it says that "this fortress is the key to the kingdom in this region. " Indeed, located in the middle of the marshes, it was the obligatory passage to reach Aigues-Mortes: its crossing was subject to a toll. It was manned by a garrison made up of a squire and several guards. The terrace could support up to four pieces of artillery. Aigues-Mortes is the fortified town from which Louis IX's troops left for the crusades. Fortunately today the inhabitants are calmer. I will put you some pictures of the ramparts if I find them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Sargent Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, mustang_flht said: It was manned by a garrison made up of a squire and several guards. The terrace could support up to four pieces of artillery. Ah, I see. It was a fortified gateway charging a toll if you will. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang_flht Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 21 minutes ago, JL Sargent said: Ah, I see. It was a fortified gateway charging a toll if you will. Yes, the road go through the tower for the toll (today the road goes around the building), there was a sharp harrow to stop (or kill) those who did not pay https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_Carbonnière https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aigues-Mortes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang_flht Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 I found the ramparts and a gate of the fortifications of Aigues-Mortes, the whole old town is fortified 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, JL Sargent said: I wonder why it was built so heavy duty? It was a lookout, right? Hey man, everything old is heavy duty compared to the new stuff Edited April 5, 2021 by JohnJ dyslexic attack 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang_flht Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 12 hours ago, JohnJ said: Hey man, everything old is heavy duty compared to the new stuff Hi men, Yes at home in my region many monuments are big and heavy, because they date from the middle ages or antiquity, there are castles, fortifications and churches of the middle ages and aqueducts, theaters and ancient arenas of the Romans: it's beautiful 🤩 Around 15/20 miles of my home Romans: Pont du Gard, Arena of Nîmes and Arles, Ancient Theater of Arles, Square House of Nîmes, Glanum of Saint Remy de Provence ... Middle Ages: Palace of the Popes of Avignon, Pont d'Avignon, Castles of Tarascon and Beaucaire, ramparts of Avignon, many churches. I have to look for the photos (Here we have just started the 3rd containment of Covid 19, so I have time at home 😪) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang_flht Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Basilica Notre Dame de la Garde in Marseille, if you observe well there are boats suspended from the ceiling because the Good Mother protects the sailors https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilique_Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 3 hours ago, mustang_flht said: if you observe well there are boats suspended from the ceiling because the Good Mother protects the sailors As Star of the Sea... Such a beautiful building. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang_flht Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Me at the exterior 😜 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 6 hours ago, mustang_flht said: Me at the exterior 😜 Great pictures! And fantastic masonry! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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