Do not pass go... Do not collect $200

Photograph Details: Nikon D40, focal length 31mm, ISO-280, exp: 1/60sec, f-stop 4.5
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Q.F. 40mm Mk1 in front of Le Blockhaus D'Eperlecques

Taken on a recent trip over to France and Belgium, this Q.F. 40mm Mk1 is situated in front of Le Blockhaus D'Eperlecques. The breech casing number is L12371 and its year of manufacture is 1942

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Dusk Seaside, Minster Leas, Isle of Sheppey

Photograph Details: Nikon D40, focal length 18mm, ISO-200, exp: 1/20sec, f-stop 3.5
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Falco Peregrinus, Peregrine Falcon hovering at dusk

The peregrine is a large and powerful falcon. It has long, broad, pointed wings and a relatively short tail. It is blue-grey above, with a blackish top of the head and an obvious black 'moustache' that contrasts with its white face. Its breast is finely spotted. It is swift and agile in flight, chasing prey. The strongholds of the breeding birds in the UK are the uplands of the north and west and rocky seacoasts. Peregrines have suffered illegal killing from gamekeepers and landowners, and been a target for egg collectors, but better legal protection and control of pesticides (which indirectly poisoned birds) have helped the population to recover considerably from a low in the 1960s. Some birds, particularly females and juveniles, move away from the uplands in autumn.




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Remembrance Day – also known as Poppy Day, Armistice Day (the event it commemorates) or Veteran's day – is a day to commemorate the sacrifices of members of the armed forces and of civilians in times of war, specifically since the First World War. It is observed on 11 November to recall the end of World War I on that date in 1918 (major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 with the German signing of the Armistice). The day was specifically dedicated by KingGeorge V, on 7 November 1919, to the observance of members of the armed forces who were killed during war; this was possibly done upon the suggestion of Edward George Honey to Wellesley Tudor Pole, who established two ceremonial periods of remembrance based on events in 1917.

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Remembrance Day Poppy Appeal 2009

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Cloudy Moon

Taken last Saturday, whilst photographing Sheppey Rugby Club's fireworks display

The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite and the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System. The average centre-to-centre distance from the Earth to the Moon is 384,403 kilometres (238,857 mi), about thirty times the diameter of the Earth. The common centre of mass of the system (the barycentre) is located at about 1,700 kilometres (1,100 mi)—a quarter the Earth'sradius—beneath the surface of the Earth. The Moon makes a complete orbit around the Earth every 27.3 days (the orbital period), and the periodic variations in the geometry of the Earth–Moon–Sun system are responsible for the phases of the Moon, which repeat every 29.5 days (the synodic period).

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