▲ 7 r/EastVirginia
"There Stands Jackson"
From Manassas Battlefield, c 1980-1982
u/snippetsoflifebynick — 10 days ago
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r/harpersferry r/Outdoors r/backpacking r/warbirds r/hiking r/AbstractPhotos r/itookapicture r/blackandwhite r/nationalparks r/EastVirginia r/analog r/FoggyPics r/Railroad r/classiccars
Harper's Ferry West Virginia, USA railroad trestle
u/Ocean_Heat_1117 — 10 days ago
Overcast on the Appalachian Trail-Harper's Ferry, West Virginia
Three of the first 4 days of my visit to Harper's Ferry have given me nearly total overcast all day. Day 3 finally at least gave me some cloud structure to work with. IYKYK, for the rest, this staircase was cut directly into the bedrock and forms the first AT climb away from the Potomac River crossing from the Maryland Heights.
u/eleanor_konik — 15 days ago
▲ 252 r/Outdoors
Awaiting a Grand Canyon Dawn after the Rising Milky Way
A group of 9 arrived at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon at about 3 AM to capture the rise of the Milky Way. Only 3 were left when the 19 degree F dawn arrived.
u/snippetsoflifebynick — 21 days ago
A Break from summer heat
The day I caught this one, I was hissin' and pissin' about by fingertips and toes threating to fall off. Today I'm worrying about that damned tornado watch amid 100 F plus crazy humidity and Canadian wildfire smoke from 1,500 miles north. Whaddaya see here?
u/snippetsoflifebynick — 3 months ago
Vintage Wings
This close-up perspective of a C-47, the work horse of the WWII Allied airlift cargo fleet, highlights its detailed metal surface and design. In the background, the A-26 Marauder "Silver Dragon" is seen banking into final approach.
u/snippetsoflifebynick — 3 months ago
▲ 5 r/blackandwhite
Critique wanted Reflection of Days Gone By
Shot at the Reading, PA, USA WWII weekend.
u/snippetsoflifebynick — 3 months ago
▲ 4 r/nationalparks
There Stands Jackson-Manassas Battlefield National Park
This image is not intended glorify Stonewall Jackson, it's a piece of American History that caught my eye as a young man in the mid-80s. It's an image that speaks more loudly to me now in my early 70s as I watch the growing polarization of our world and think back on the carnage brought about by similar divisions in the past.
It's a dawn image created on July 21 of 1980 or 81, an anniversary of the First Battle of Manassas. I was alone on the field, pondering the brutality that followed over the rest of the day so many years before, when I spotted the cannon nearby and the distant statue. As I worked along the Union held ridge, this spot totally captured my imagination with the cannon barrel aimed at Jackson on the next ridge.
u/snippetsoflifebynick — 5 months ago