"Smirisary Snowclouds"Ex #16 FP Explore ;) Thanks for all the views and comments !
Remarkably similar to a previous post but shot in a different location and on a different day.
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"Pink"Ex #20 FP Explore :) Thanks for all the comments and views :)
Photograph's not about reality, it’s about what you allow to be true ;)
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"Going to Red Castle"Ex #22 FP Explore. Thanks again for all the comments !
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"Afternoon sunlight Beinn Dorain - Scotland"Ex #14 Front Page Explore :) Thanks for all the comments, much appreciated :))
70 second exposure taken in scotland on the west highland way as the glens open out onto rannoch moor. There’s always a difficult choice between the long exposure and fluffy cloud shot. You can be sure when I’m short of a shot one day the fluffy cloud one will be posted.
It's bigger, it's better and it's on black here !
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"Lizardo Trans"Fleet No.: 1697
Reg. No.: AYD 386
Manufacturer: Nissan Diesel Phils. Corp.
Model: Euro Bus (Space Arrow Euro Tour)
Chassis: JA530RAN
Engine: Nissan Diesel RH8
*Specifications are subjected for verification and may be changed without prior notice.
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Nissan Diesel Philippines Corporation (NDPC) with manufacturing base in Sta. Rosa City Laguna was established in 1991 to produce buses for the Philippine market. A capital of 150 million pesos, the percentage invested in Nissan Diesel is 48.5%. In 1996, the capital grew to 186 million pesos (1.54 billion at exchange rates of the then 7 million yen). At stake is 30% of Nissan Diesel, 13% of Subaru-FHI, and 12% of Nichimen Co. Ltd.
The model "Euro Bus" was developed from the technical provision of the Belgian Jonckheere Corporation, based on the high decker tourist bus "Deauville" of the said company. Aluminum and Fiber-Reinforced Plastics (FRP) was adapted to its body structure to achieve high performance cost. The JA340SAN model was produced for the domestic market, equipped with PE6T (290PS) engine and with variants set with leaf-spring suspension. The export model on the other hand is the JA520RAN, equipped with RF8 (340PS) engine and has an optional middle door feature.
Since 1996, NDPC produced hi-decker type large tourist buses for Japan. However, the final step was to produce a bus from Subaru-FHI body was done after importation, which at that time had manufactured the Nissan Diesel bus body at the Isesaki factory. Models are: JA530RAN (350PS) and JA520RAN (310PS) both equipped with RH8 engine.
Rental bus demand declined significantly due to the widespread use of aircraft in excursions, the JA system which appears in the time when more rational large-sized tourist models was required for the bus enterprise was observed. At the beginning, a large opportunity was the low-cost edition models, and was released one after another even from other competitors. As for the large customers, the Tokyo Airport Transportation (Friendly Airport Limousine) ordered upto 100 units or more in large quantities at one time, therefore clearing the annual sales target of 40 units.
However, due to the shrinking demand for tourist buses brought by the Asian financial crisis, and the difficulty of exporting from the Philippines, the joint venture has been dissolved on December 31, 2001. Though the production of domestic models continued on thru Santa Rosa Motor Works Inc. which introduced the RB46S model, equipped with PE6T (290PS) engine and the latest 2008 model, the JA450SSN, equipped with PF6A (320PS) engine.
Another key player in the Philippine bus manufacturing industry, the Del Monte Motor Works Inc. also came up with a Euro Bus clone, but unlike Santarosa, its not a Nissan Diesel brand exclusive anymore. Hino RF-based equipped with EK100 (295PS) engine is its most common models aside from the usual Nissan Diesel ones.
However, inspite of the success, the Euro bus itself is not safe from being phased out, with the introduction of its potential successor, the Santarosa Modulo Series (also based on another Jonckheere model), its era is not far from being over. (Chοkz)+
"burn"STS-117, June 08, 2007
Launch +7 seconds (approx). The shockwave came soon hereafter. Wow. There should be more camera shake in these shots than there is.
Atlantis was just about to start rolling, but here it's still in profile so you can see the main engine exhaust to the right of the boosters'. The tower bathed in flame gives some sense of scale. That's just a massive burn going down.
Seen from here.(lecates)+