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Category Archives: Almonte
Almonte, Ontario – A bit of History and Architecture
This blog entry will be focusing on a bit of the architecture and history of Almonte. (Location) Although a few photos of the Mississippi River and the Great Falls are included in this post, please refer to previous blog entries … Continue reading
Posted in Almonte, Canada Explorer, Ontario
Tagged Almont, almonte, Almonte Knitting COmpany, Almonte Post Office, beautiful views, Beckwith Limestone, bedrock, brick wall, electrical power generation, electricity demands, Falls, fences, Great Falls, Green Power, grist mill, grist mills, Juan N. Almonte, Juan Nepomiceno ALmonte, Latin for Today, Mississippi River, Mississippi River Power Corporation, natural beauty, North Elmsley sandstone, old town hall, Ontario, physical obstacles, Post Office Customs Inland Revenue, power turbines, railine, railway, railway tracks, Ramsayville, rapids, riverwalk, Rosamon, shading, Shipman's Mills, THe Bench of the Minister and His Wife, Thomas Fuller, triangular shape, Wall mural, Waterford, weir, woolen mill, woollen cloth manufacturing centre, woollen mill, woollen mills
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Upper section of Great Falls – Almonte, Ontario
After visiting the Lower section of Great Falls, I moved uphill to the upper section of Great Falls in Almonte, Ontario.
Posted in Almonte, Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario
Tagged almonte, Almonte ONtario, bridge, eastern ontario, Great Falls, Mississippi River, Ontario, Plunge Falls, rapids, riverwalk, rock structures, signs, vantage points, weir, weirs
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Lower section of Great Falls – Almonte, Ontario
After extracting Graeme’s car from a muddy rut on a bushland trail north of Almonte, I drove to the lower section of the Great Falls parking lot in Almonte, Ontario, expecting to be able to walk over to bit of … Continue reading
Getting out of a rut.
Last night, Graeme was heading along the trail into the Observatory buildings when a nice rut grabbed a wheel and held him there. We looked at the problem in the dark and decided that would have more success getting the … Continue reading
Posted in Almonte, Astrophotography, Canada Explorer, Ontario
Tagged almonte, Almonte ONtario, astronomy, car wash, coiuntry driving, Fred P. Lossing Observatory, getting out of a rut, hose spray, mud, observatory buildings, Ontario, royal astronomical society of canada, Springtime road conditions off of main roads, tow rope, wheel
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Night of Astrophotography
Night of Astrophotography Now that I have my new set-up and dark skies (moon is down and I’m at a remote location outside of Ottawa), I’m able to start to seriously test out the scope/mount abilities (sans Auto-Guiding). The above … Continue reading
Posted in Almonte, Astrophotography
Tagged 100ED APO Refractor, alkaid, alnitak, astrophotography, big dipper, dark skies, flame nebula, galaxies, galaxy m101, galaxy m51, great orion nebula, HEQ5-pro, hi1, hit list, horse head nebula, M101, M51, Messier, ngc objects, NGC2024, NGC2237, NGC2238, NGC2244, NGC2246, NGC4263, NGC5198, NGC5422, NGC5473, NGC5474, NGC5477, NGC5485, NGC5486, NHC2239, night photography, night sky, nikon d90, periodic error, pinwheel galaxy, rosette nebula, Skywatcher, star cluster, stars, whirlpool, whirlpool galaxy, worm gear
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The Great Orion Nebula
The Great Orion Nebula I’m just starting out in astrophotography so this is my official first Nebula photographed in any sort of clarity to accurately identify it. The Great Orion Nebula makes up part of Orion’s Sword (just below and … Continue reading
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Tagged astrophotography, IR infrared, nebula, night photography, Nikon, Noct-Nikkor 58mm f 1.2, Orion, Orion's Belt, stars
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