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[freddie01] 27/3/2020 07:25

Machu Picchu, Perú



Mt.YangMaiyong ~ Shangrila ~ Leung Bin



Volcanic Autumn | Washington’s 14,411-foot Mount Rainier



Butchart Gardens ~ a group of floral display gardens in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada



Krf, Grcka (Corfu, Greece) by Katarina 2353



This Overview shows downtown Portland, Oregon, on the banks of the Willamette River. With more than 650,000 inhabitants, it is Oregon’s largest and most-populous city and the second-most populous in the Pacific Northwest. Portland’s cityscape is defined by its numerous bridges, many of which are historic and the three most traveled — Hawthorne Bridge, Steel Bridge and Broadway Bridge — are more than 100 years old.



Water Castle / Germany



Spring Flow
Bissell Covered Bridge, MA



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[freddie01] 26/3/2020 07:43

Taken from the 38th floor of the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas on 3/15/2020 [5504x8256]



Buenos días, bahía de Santander



Electric wires stretch across bright red salt ponds in San Francisco Bay, California. Here, sea water is channelled into large ponds and exits through natural evaporation, leaving the salt behind to be collected. The massive ponds get their vibrant reddish colors from the algae that thrive in the extremely salty water.



Obwalden, Switzerland (by Alexander Burkhardt)



Château de Rambouillet - Laiterie de la Reine - foto di Chatsam



Glacial river



Pierpaolo Rovero.







Sydney, Australia

[freddie01] 25/3/2020 07:41

The Long Term Effect of Magical Thinking by hjl



Lunar Eclipse. Credit:Paul Timlett



Château de la Motte, Châteaurenard, Loiret, France





Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan, China was built over a 10 day period between January 23 and February 2. With more than 7,000 people working around the clock, the facility was a major step in the Chinese government’s response to slow the spread of COVID-19. The facility has 1,000 beds with 30 intensive care units, medical equipment rooms, and quarantine wards. Field hospitals like this one are one of the ways China has slowed the spread of the virus. As of today, China has reported a second consecutive day of no new confirmed cases in Hubei province, the epicenter of the pandemic.



Cologne is the fourth most populous city in Germany, with just over a million inhabitants. Situated on the Rhine River, the city is known for its Cologne Cathedral and numerous institutions of higher education, including the University of Cologne — one of Europe’s oldest and largest universities. Green areas cover more than a quarter of Cologne, which equates to roughly 800 square feet (75 square meters) of public green space per inhabitant.





“Supermoon 2012 San Francisco” by Toby Harriman.



Cairo, Egypt

[freddie01] 24/3/2020 07:24

Waves roll into the northern shore of Dakar, the capital and largest city of Senegal. Roughly 1 million people live in the city proper and another 1.4 million inhabit its greater metropolitan area. Situated on the Cap-Vert (Cape Verde) Peninsula on the Atlantic Ocean, Dakar is the westernmost city on the African mainland.



Tulips fields bloom in Lisse, Netherlands. The Dutch produce a total of 4.3 billion tulip bulbs each year. 53% of the total harvest (2.3 billion) is grown into cut flowers. Of these, 1.3 billion are sold in the Netherlands as cut flowers and the remainder is exported: 630 million bulbs to Europe and 370 million elsewhere.



Mount Fuji is an active stratovolcano and the tallest peak in Japan, rising 12,389 feet (3,776 meters). Fuji has an extremely symmetrical cone, which is snow‑capped for several months of the year. During warmer months, climbing routes make it possible for hundreds of thousands of people to hike the volcano each year.





Jasper National Park, Alberta - by Paul Zizka



Bowerbirds create elaborate structures to attract potential mates and place a variety of bright objects they collect in & around a bower, spending many hours arranging the collection.



The steps of the Franciscan Monastery of La Verna, in Tuscany. Some parts of this photo was digitally manipulated.



A full unearthed Easter Island head. The torsos have become partially buried with erosio



Oddly terrifying benches.

[freddie01] 23/3/2020 07:27

Iōjima — not to be confused with Iwo Jima — is an island located 59 miles (110 km) south of Kagoshima, Japan. Iōjima experiences frequent volcanic activity, which results in massive amounts of sulfur dioxide flowing into the sea. This causes the surrounding waters to turn yellow, green, and teal as seen here. The island has a total area of 4.5 miles (11.65 sq km) and a population of 142 people.



The Marree Man, also known as Stuart’s Giant, is a modern geoglyph atop a plateau at Finnis Springs, 37 miles (60 km) west of Marree, South Australia. It depicts an indigenous Australian man hunting with a boomerang or stick and is 1.7 miles (2.7 km) tall with a perimeter of 17 miles (28 km). Although it is one of the largest geoglyphs in the world, its origin remains a mystery, with no one claiming responsibility for its creation.



The Nossa Senhora da Graça Fort is an eighteenth century fort in the village of Alcáçova, Portugal. Its prominent position atop Monte da Graça (Hill of Grace) made it an important stronghold during the Seven Years’ War, War of the Oranges and the Peninsular War. The fort is part of the Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications, a UNESCO World Heritage Site



Waste ponds can be seen at the Athabasca oil sands in Canada. The area contains the largest known deposits of bitumen on Earth. Bitumen is a semi-solid form of crude oil that naturally occurs as a mixture of sand, clay, and water. The additional energy required to mine and then remove the sand from the bitumen leads to the release of more carbon emissions than in any other form of oil production. Extraction takes place by injecting hot water into deep wells so the sands liquefy and can be pumped up to the surface. This waste pond is roughly four square miles (10 square kilometers).



A football (soccer) pitch is nestled along the waterfront of Križna Luka, a neighborhood on the Croatian island of Hvar. Located in the Adriatic Sea, Hvar is about 115 square miles (298 square km) in size and has slightly more than 11,000 residents. The pitch shown in this Overview is the home ground for the NK Hvar football club and has the capacity to seat 1,000 fans.



The plaza outside of Duomo di Milano, the largest cathedral in Milan, Italy, can be seen nearly empty last week (March 4) during a nationwide lockdown in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19. As a means of limiting the number of cases, health organizations have recommended taking preventative measures such as limiting public gatherings until more data can be gathered about the spread of the virus.

We’ll do our best to continue to provide big picture perspectives during this time. Please take your health and the health of those around you seriously - wash your hands and employ social distancing as much as possible. Be safe!



Happy Pi Day! There are many circular sights to see from the Overview perspective, including the Nardò Ring — a high speed, 7.8-mile-long (12.5 km) test track in Nardò, Italy. Each of the ring’s four lanes has a determined “neutral speed” and is banked in such a manner that one can drive as if the road were straight. In fact, a driver in the outer most lane doesn’t need to turn the wheel while driving at speeds of up to 149 mph (240 km/h).

[freddie01] 22/3/2020 09:06

Midden-Zeeland is the central peninsula of Zeeland, the westernmost and least populous province of the Netherlands. Located at the mouth of several major rivers — including the Scheldt, Rhine and Meuse — Zeeland has more than 21,000 acres (8,550 hectares) of arable farmland and at least 3,100 farms. Popular crops grown in this region include onions, potatoes, grain legumes, sugar beets, and flax.



Cars and trucks sit in bumper-to-bumper traffic along the EDSA Highway in Manila, Philippines. Manila is recognized as the densest city in the world and also has some of the worst traffic on the planet. In addition to its large population, the city lacks quality infrastructure or additional modes of reliable transport. Furthermore, laws that have been implemented to limit the number of cars on the road or to mitigate the city’s poor urban design are rarely followed. In total, 71% of the air pollution in the Philippines comes from automobiles and the dirty air that they produce has been considered a life-threatening problem to Manila’s 12 million residents.



Marsamxett Harbor is a natural harbor on the east coast of the island of Malta. The harbor is mostly used for leisure activities and has the greatest number of yacht berthing options available on the island. At its center is Manoel Island, home to an eighteenth century star fort, Fort Manoel.



The Diavik Diamond Mine is located on Lac de Gras lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada, 120 miles (193 km) south of the Arctic Circle. The mine produces approximately 7.5 million carats of diamonds each year. In standard weight, that’s an annual output of 3,300 pounds (1,500 kg). In this Overview, the most distinguishable areas of the facility are its two primary open pits, waste ponds, processing facilities, and an airstrip capable of landing aircraft as large as 737s and C-130s.



Brightly-colored roofs are seen here in Khlong Sam, a tambon located in the Pathum Thani Province of central Thailand. Many buildings in Thailand have ceramic tile roofs, painted in lighter shades to reflect sunlight and keep indoor areas cooler. These buildings, all constructed within the past 20 years, were likely painted in a uniform color that varied depending on the time they were built



“Rethinking Nuclear Power”

The Arlit Uranium Mine supplies the raw material for much of France’s nuclear power generation. France generates 75% of its electricity from nuclear, yet usage across the rest of the world has been falling over the last 20 years. Nuclear power generation produces zero carbon emissions and provides highly efficient and reliable energy to the grid. Yet, it is not without its risks. As worldwide energy use is projected to increase 50% in the next 30 years, the future of nuclear could help meet that demand.



The large, circular earth work seen here is part of a major redevelopment project in Taparura, a district on the northern coast of Sfax, Tunisia. The project plans to restore the city’s beaches and create more than 1,000 acres (420 hectares) of land to accommodate new housing, hotels, recreational areas, green spaces and public facilities for about 50,000 residents. Taparura draws its name from the Roman Taparura, a fifth century town that Sfax was founded atop of in AD 849.



Waste ponds are seen at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station near Tonopah, Arizona. As the most powerful nuclear power plant in the United States, the facility produces an average of 3.3 gigawatts, or enough power to serve roughly 4 million people. Additionally, since it is the only major nuclear power plant that is not located near a large body of water, this facility evaporates water from the treated sewage of several nearby cities to provide cooling for the steam that it produces.

[freddie01] 21/3/2020 07:46

Segovia, Spain









Chefchaouen, Morocco



Ilha da Madeira, Portugal





Abandoned Church Before Vandals



This Overview shows cars parked next to the Hyundai manufacturing plant in Montgomery, Alabama, USA — a facility that can make 400,000 vehicles per year. We have an estimated 1 billion automobiles on our planet with 80 million new cars sold each year. As countries around the world begin to focus on traffic-reducing policies and curbing emissions from cars, the average distance traveled per person in automobiles may have hit its peak.

[freddie01] 20/3/2020 10:06

Moscow ,Russia
via: ahmet.erdem



Cappadocia,Turkey
via: muratate.s



Venice,Italy
via: matacena_ph



Rome,Italy
via: yan.denisov



Tirane,Albania

[freddie01] 04/3/2020 10:48

Night lights 2. Nottingham, February 2020.



Glacial melting and flooding occurs every year by the Skafta River in Iceland. As the water travels down towards the North Atlantic Ocean, incredible patterns are created on the hillsides. Rising lava, steam vents, or newly opened hot springs can all cause this rapid ice melt, leading to a sizable release of water that picks up sediment as it flows down from the glaciers.





One of the most interesting building!! Zaandam,Netherlands!!



Late Night, Bruges, Belgium



Mongolia



Trees grow inside the hull of a sunken ship in the Angas Inlet, an arm of the Gulf St. Vincent in Adelaide, Southern Australia. In this inlet and others nearby can be found the remains of more than 30 iron and wooden ships abandoned up until 1945. They serve as canoeing attractions and bird roosts for upwards of 200 species of local and migratory birds.









Ice formations on Lake Superior

[freddie01] 02/3/2020 07:36

Dunnottar Castle Scotland



Faroe Islands - by Dominic Lars



Uluru, or Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone formation in the Northern Territory of Australia. The monolith — rising to a height of 2,831 feet (863 m) with a perimeter of 5.8 miles (9.4 km) — is a sacred site to the Aboriginal people who settled there 10,000 years ago. While the first Australian tourists arrived at Uluru in 1936, annual visitor numbers rose to more than 400,000 by the year 2000. Increased tourism at the site provides regional and national economic benefits, but also creates an ongoing challenge to balance conservation, cultural values, and visitor needs.



























Church in Bergamo, Italy

[freddie01] 01/3/2020 11:09

Haute Route Pyreneenne, July 2018



Seljalandsfoss







Belo Horizonte is the sixth largest city in Brazil with a population of roughly 2.5 million people. The city was constructed at the end of the 19th century with a planned, symmetrical array of perpendicular and diagonal streets in its downtown area. The roads are named after the Brazilian states and the indigenous tribes of Brazil.



The RMS Queen Elizabeth returning to New York after WW2 was over



Swedish photographer, Johan Vilhelm Löfgren, accidentally captured this image of a green meteorite while taking pictures of the Northern lights







Incredible photograph of greenhouses protecting strawberries in Turkey. The woman is harvesting them.



Sarlat-la-Canéda, France (by Antonio Ponte)



Käy Helsingissä!





Schwetzingen Palace is located in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Built in stages from 1700 until 1750, the grounds of the palace feature ornate gardens that were designed in the styles of the the “French formal garden” and the “English landscape garden.”



One more day in Berlin
Weidendammer Brücke - Berlin

[freddie01] 29/2/2020 08:40

Morning glow, Lofoten





Jacmel, Haiti.





Crawick Multiverse



Bridge To Terabithia



Emerald Lake, Yoho



Frosty Eilean Donan Castle





Sierra Winter MoonSetting

[freddie01] 25/2/2020 11:16

Rockport, MA by rothgalleries





Château de Maintenon, France (by Vince neumann)



Dusk in Lofoten, Norway.



Roman theatre in Amman, Jordan







Myanmar



Iōjima — not to be confused with Iwo Jima — is an island located 59 miles (110 km) south of Kagoshima, Japan. Iōjima experiences frequent volcanic activity, which results in massive amounts of sulfur dioxide flowing into the sea. This causes the surrounding waters to turn yellow, green, and teal as seen here. The island has a total area of 4.5 miles (11.65 sq km) and a population of 142 people.



Krf, Grcka (Corfu, Greece) by Katarina 2353

[freddie01] 24/2/2020 08:53

Trinity College Library, Dublin, Ireland



Landwasser Viadukt, Engadin, Switzerland by Danilo Capece





This Overview, taken by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station, shows an oblique view of the Maiella Massif in Italy’s Central Apennine Mountains. A massif is a compact group of connected mountains, usually isolated from other mountains in a range. Located about 25 miles (40 km) from the coastline of the Adriatic Sea, the Maiella Massif abruptly rises to more than 9,000 feet (2,700 m) above sea level









Avro Lancaster



The supply icebreaker

[freddie01] 23/2/2020 09:19

Different landscapes of Scotland






Old Harry Rocks | ( by Peter Yan )



Pollença - Majorca - Spain (by Dominik “Dome”)



White Desert - Faraf moment love



Budapest - Hungary (by DomiKetu)

[1gw] 21/2/2020 18:48

FWIW I've just sold out of CommScope. I don't like the way coronavirus is spreading, so taking some money off the table - and given Comm identified they already were expecting a supply chain issue in 1Q it seemed like a natural one to include. Taking a fair old hit on it (41%) which reduces the gains on Pace & Arris, but I may be back when the dust settles. I still like the underlying story.

[freddie01] 21/2/2020 08:28

Chengdu, Sichuan



Underground House, Gharyan, Libya







The Blood moon in Norway



Sciacca



Waste ponds are seen at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station near Tonopah, Arizona. As the most powerful nuclear power plant in the United States, the facility produces an average of 3.3 gigawatts, or enough power to serve roughly 4 million people. Additionally, since it is the only major nuclear power plant that is not located near a large body of water, this facility evaporates water from the treated sewage of several nearby cities to provide cooling for the steam that it produces.

This image was featured in our story “Rethinking Nuclear Power.”

[alexmcdonald] 20/2/2020 22:21

I didn't read the whole report so missed the writedowns.
The Coronavirus statement is probably due to factory shutdowns in China which is likely to affect product availability.

[1gw] 20/2/2020 16:25

And uninspiring guidance as well, I think, including a general coronavirus hit expected:

"Due to the uncertainty regarding the impact of the Coronavirus, we are providing a wider than normal guidance range for the first quarter,..."

[1gw] 20/2/2020 16:19

Did you notice the writedown on Arris goodwill, Alex? Looks like Arris did well to sell when they did, although highlighting "the loss of key leaders following the acquisition" is a pretty damning indictment of the integration process, isn't it?

"GAAP net loss available to common stockholders was $(450.5) million for the fourth quarter of 2019, driven by $376.1 million of goodwill impairment charges related to our ARRIS reporting units as a result of our annual goodwill impairment test. Since the closing of the acquisition of ARRIS, these reporting units have experienced challenges that impacted our performance, including declines in spending by cable operator customers that resulted in declines in net sales and operating income and the loss of key leaders following the acquisition. We initially anticipated a recovery in spending by certain customers starting in 2020; however, during our annual strategic planning process in the fourth quarter, a number of specific factors arose, including an assessment of historical and future operating results, key customer inputs, new assessments of market trends and anticipated expenditures required to support the changing market dynamics affecting each of the reporting units. As a result of these factors, we expect a more prolonged recovery and we concluded that the fair value of each of the ARRIS reporting units was less than its carrying value, resulting in the goodwill impairment charges. Goodwill impairment charges are excluded from non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA."

[alexmcdonald] 20/2/2020 12:42

Looks like being a good day for COMM. Results in mid range of forecast. Future looks good. Buying Arris seems to have worked for them.