Lone Pine 4

Michael Stephen Wills Photography

From this angle the Pinyon Pine is backed by Checkerboard Mesa slickrock.

For humans travelling on foot this weather worn sandstone is anything but slippery, If we wore iron horseshoes the sense of slippery, or slick, rock becomes apparent. It was ranchers mounted on horses who coined the name slickrock.

For this shot we approached Zion National Park from the east, via route 9, past Checkerboard Mesa.

Captured with a Kodak DCS Pro SLE/c dslr and a Canon lens EF 200 mm 1:2.8 L II stabilized with the Manfrotto Studio Tripod model 475 and the 468 Hydrostatic ball head. This series explores the possibility of the iconic “Lone Pine.”

Here is a gallery of the four Lone Pine images.

Copyright 2021 Michael Stephen Wills All Rights Reserved

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November 1942 (2)

Pacific Paratrooper

One of the US battleships  destroyed off Guadalcanal One of the US battleships destroyed off Guadalcanal

14 November – the Japanese convoy enroute to Guadalcanal was hit by a strike from the USS Enterprise and sank the IJN Kinugasa and set the Isuzi ablaze.  The Maya was then damaged as well as the flagship Chokai.  IJN Admiral Mikawa ordered a retreat and the US aircraft went after the fleeing vessels.  Flying Fortresses alternated their attacks with the carrier aircraft.  Upon hearing these reports, Yamamoto ordered Adm. Kondo to go in with his last battleships and 5 cruisers to destroy Henderson Field.

RAdm. Willis A. Lee RAdm. Willis A. Lee

15 November – Halsey determined that his only hope was Adm. Willis “Ching” Lee and his battleships.  As an expert with radar, Lee chose Cape Esperance as the confrontation site.  The cruiser Sendai, 9 miles away was the first vessel spotted ahead of KOndo’s battleships.  Lee’s 16″ shells were fired and the…

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Observations of Guadalcanal

Pacific Paratrooper

Nov. 4, 1942: Two alert U.S. Marines stand beside their small tank on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands during World War II. The military tank was used against the Japanese in the battle of the Tenaru River during the early stages of fighting. (AP Photo) Nov. 4, 1942: Two alert U.S. Marines stand beside their small tank on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands during World War II. The military tank was used against the Japanese in the battle of the Tenaru River during the early stages of fighting. (AP Photo)

Captain J.L. Zimmerman, USMC, a staff officer interviewed by an Army Intelligence officer shortly after the height of fighting ___

He ( the Japanese soldier) fought as an individual, as well and as bravely as any warrior the world has ever see; he bore privation and hardship that would have put out of action most of the troops of the Allied forces, and in spite of those hardships and privation, he attacked with determined ferocity whenever he came in contact with the American troops.  In attack, he was single minded and reckless of his life; in defense he was bitterly tenacious.

This was first published…

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Pensamentos.me/ VEM comigo!

Vivaldi translation: “Even if for a short period of time, we get stuck in our problems, and as much as these experiences leave us with a melancholy taste about life. Let us not cling to the whys […] But, how to take advantage of the time given to us.”

Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

“Ainda que por um curto período de tempo, fiquemos presos aos nossos problemas, e por mais que essas experiências nos deixe um gosto melancólico sobre a vida. Não nos apeguemos nos porquês […] Mas, como aproveitar o tempo que nos é dado.”

Marii Freire Pereira https://pensamentos.me/ VEM comigo!
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America Is Back Again??? Not So Fast …

Filosofa's Word

The former guy’s slogan was Make America Great Again, but every single thing he did dragged this nation further and further from that ideological ‘greatness’.  I would argue that the United States has never been any more ‘great’ than many Western nations, worse than some.  But, greatness is relative and subject to interpretation, so perhaps my standards are higher than some.  However, the nation was certainly at one time much ‘better’ than it has been for the past four years.

When Joe Biden traveled to Europe for the G7 earlier this month, he announced that “America is Back!”  And certainly he has brought us back to respectability among our allies, a respectability that was completely gone under the former guy, who treated our adversaries better than he treated our allies.  However, the U.S. has bigger problems and, in some ways, no we are not back.  Columnist Nicholas Kristof explains…

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PLEASE LISTEN TO THE YANOMAMI SHAMAN’S MESSAGE – THE PLEA OF THE RAINFOREST

Barbara Crane Navarro

Yanomami observing gold mining site in their territory – photo of Yanomami, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela and photo montage – Barbara Crane Navarro

« Hey – Look at me

We see you

We tried to show you

You never bothered to learn our language

You were always looking down

We’ve been warning you since the beginning

The land is alive

This land can’t be owned

This land is us

All of us

You wanted the stones

The Gold

Your shiny things

Titles – Flags – Profits

You called that progress

We tried to teach you

But you’ve always been so greedy

Too primitive – Too savage

To understand

Now you still bring curses over the Yanomami

Illnesses

And once again we are dying because of it

And all indigenous land is being turned into

ashes and mud

Five centuries

You never looked up to discover

what we were holding in…

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Brazil’s environment minister resigns amid criticism, probes – Next: Bolsonaro?!

Barbara Crane Navarro

Brazil’s environment minister resigns amid criticism, probes – Federal News Network https://ift.tt/3vQoleI Brazil’s environment minister resigns amid criticism, probesFederal News Network Superforest via “deforestation” – Google Newshttps://ift.tt/2Pik6Fi

Brazil’s environment minister resigns amid criticism, probes – Federal News Network —

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Com apoio da Funai, operação combate atividade de garimpo na Terra Indígena Yanomami — Ecoamazônia

Barbara Crane Navarro

Uma ação conjunta da Fundação Nacional do Índio (Funai) e da Força Nacional de Segurança Pública (FNSP) resultou, no último dia 18, na apreensão de 100 galões de combustível escondidos às margens do rio Mucajaí, na Terra Indígena (TI) Yanomami, em Roraima. 29 morewords

Com apoio da Funai, operação combate atividade de garimpo na Terra Indígena Yanomami — Ecoamazônia

Gold mining destruction in Yanomami territory

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