The following is a recording of an accident my dash cam captured on Tuesday, 18 June 2024 in El Paso, Texas on North Mesa at Remcon. When we got to our destination I called the regional police substation and advised that I had a video. Alas, I guess visual evidence was not important enough to warrant an EPPD officer following up with me to obtain a copy. At any rate, I’ve cropped the video to enlarge the relevant scene, as my dash cam has an enormous 140º view.
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In Market Square, bound by North Downs Way and Cannon Street, is the Dover Museum. The main attraction here is on the second floor, or third floor if you’re one of us yanks since the first floor is the one above the ground floor here in the U.K. The ground floor contains the Archaeology Gallery, and it’s here you’ll find stuff such as a wooden bucket dating back to the 6th century:
Head on up to the first floor for the Temporary Exhibition Gallery. On this day the “temporary” exhibit had a decidedly military theme with no specific era in mind:
But it’s not all military on this floor. Other services are featured as well, including fire, police, and maritime.
Okay, time to head on up to the second (third for us yanks) floor and take a gander of this Bronze Age Boat, but before we do:
Now on to the main attraction, Dover’s Bronze Age Boat:
As you can see from the placard below, this remarkably preserved boat dates back to around 1550. It was found in 1992:
And here she is:
In an effort to determine how this boat was put together, archaeologists decided to recreate a portion of it. The result is on display in this next photograph:
This Fun Photo Friday will be the first of two featuring Dover favorites. Next week we head over for a closer look at St. Mary’s Church and the Dover Western Height fortress.
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Today I present a video showing off the magnificence of both the Skógafoss and Seljalandsfoss waterfalls. I put together this video for you (as well as my YouTube channel audience) because sometimes static photographs fail to capture the dynamics of moving scenery. This is particularly true in nature for things such as waterfalls. I hope you enjoy this short video (1 minute 27 seconds):
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