Benchmark Picture Contest 2009 part 2

[+Black Dog Trackers]

Well it's already near the end of July so I'm starting a part 2 for 2009.

Previous versions of the contest are here:

2009 part 1

2008 part 2

2008 part 1

2007 part 2

2007 part 1

2006 part 3

2006 part 2

2006 part 1

2005 part 2

2005 part 1

2004

 

This thread is for posting really good benchmark pictures, either your own or someone else's.

You are a contest winner if your picture is shown here for all to see and enjoy!

 

1. No intersection stations (the station IS the tower, building, etc.) Why? Well they all look pretty good, but they're not really all that 'benchmarky'.

 

2. The disk has to be at least vaguely visible in the picture. No - 'view from', 'the area', etc. with no PID marker in it. Why? It's gotta be a Benchmark picture!

 

3. No closeup of just the disk. (Come on, it's just a disk - where's the nice scenery?)" A close pictures is OK if it includes some surrounding interesting environment.

 

So, here we go !

 

ANTERO by 2/3Marine

 

 

E 292 by lost02

 

CRYSTAL by titocache

 

S 78 by TillaMurphs

 

TULE by lost02

 

LACY 1972 by dlanderos

 

CLARRISSA by PFF

 

G 40 by southpawaz

 

SCOTT RM3 by Mega Scooter

[+_dxd_]

PID CM7498 Island Azimuth mark, Land O Lakes area, Grand Mesa, CO some people have logged this as KM0285 I came across the mark by accident, at the time I was just sightseeing, not caching or hunting benchmarks. So, I missed a few on the Mesa

 

[+pgrig]

Not exactly the wide open spaces, but here in Mass., these are few and farther between...This is MY6400 in Beverly, at the center rear of the ledge, under the shadow of the tree branch. The former tree is a reference that once carried a "witness sign nailed to it." The disk, however, lives on...

 

[southpawaz]

I was out Saturday driving along the Joshua Tree Forest Parkway of Arizona (so much more descriptive than US 93 or "the road to Vegas," isn't it?) and though I didn't have any data loaded, thought I'd try to stop for a picture of a benchmark with a Joshua Tree. Pulled off at the right spot to catch ET1037, too bad it's been destroyed.

 

[+Harry Dolphin]

 

Sorry. Still one of my favorite views. From my cache: Pirate Ships of Weehawken.

Benchmark is, of course, EMPIRE STATE BUILDING

[topflitejr1]

No Need to apologize HD. I enjoy pics of the New York Skyline. That one is a very good shot. It beats out Downtown Los Angeles anyday. Anyone have any shots of Downtown Minneapolis ( my personal favorite)? Wish I was into Benchmarking when I lived there.

[+Klemmer]

Went on a great hike this week end from Dawson Saddle to Mount Islip via Throop and Hawkins Peaks, then down to Little Jimmy Campground and back to Windy Gap. Good training. Here's a nice pic of EV9281 and the top of the old stone hut on Mount Islip:

 

here's the rest of the remains of the stone hut:

 

I suppose that the stone hut was used by the folks manning the fire lookout tower, which is gone now.

The only thing some quick research turned up on the hut was that it was built around 1927, and used (as I guessed) by the fire tower crews.

Edited July 28, 2009 by Klemmer & TeddyBearMama

[+pgrig]

This frog was watching me uncover RM4 for MY2568. Said he could leap it in a single bound...

 

[+lemon16]

27 BKC, Wupatki National Monument, AZ

[+Mega Scooter]

89SC posted this one when he logged JX0171 P 33

 

[+Mega Scooter]

dukemartin HW1511

 

[+Astro_D]

My hubby snapped this one while on Pigeon Key, FL. AA0292. I am standing at the mark verifying the stamping.

We had to walk 2.5 miles on the old 7 mile bridge to get here.

This is AA0921 taken from the north end of the new 7 mile bridge in the Florida Keys.

The old 7 mile bridge to the right leads to Pigeon Key.

Edited August 11, 2009 by AstroD-Team

[+Mega Scooter]

regal-lager posted this view of KW1979

 

[+dcrep]

One more from Arizona's Mogollon Rim. Up at 7000 feet, it's a nice escape hatch from Phoenix's heat. This is RM1 of ES1096 RIM LINE.

 

[+ddnutzy]

OD1328 in Vermont. I got this while hiking the Vermont Long trail. I forgot to bring the sheets so this one in the only one I found The station is in the center of the picture.

[+billwallace]

Can't hardly see the disk but - FV1844 Cambria, Ca

 

[+89SC]

It's been awhile but I got a scenic picture today. It's HW3680 with Seneca Rocks in the background.

 

[+Mega Scooter]

Ladybug Kids posted this photo taken at TT4616

 

 

MS

[+PFF]

 

N.C.G.S. "MUSTIAN" (DG6923) on Fire Tower Road, Franklin County, NC

[+Klemmer]

Drove up to the Pleasanton CA area (Northern CA) for Thanksgiving with relatives (fun!), from our home area in Southern CA (about a 7 hour drive at ummm.... usually legal speeds). Spent an afternoon Benchmark hunting with friend Wintertime. Here's one in the hills south of Livermore, and a pretty old barn. It was a little hazy / drizzly on & off all afternoon. The mark is in the white curb, bottom center,

 

Here's one a few days later, of a beautiful old steel truss bridge near Pleasanton CA. The disc is

in the curb near the very lower left of the picture.

 

Check out the "non BM" picture thread for our flock of about 35 Wild Turkeys (on the day after Thanksgiving!)

Edited December 6, 2009 by Klemmer & TeddyBearMama

[+Black Dog Trackers]

I had some saved up and here it is the last day of 2009!

 

CLIFF 2 by Mega Scooter

 

 

F MAMMOTH by dukemartin

 

E 499 by dukemartin

 

BLUE by CallawayMT

 

B 103 by lost02

 

S 283 by CarlinCOblue

 

Q 1213 by billwallace

 

U 1161 by Benchmark Blasterz

 

WHITE by southpawaz

 

H 65 by kayakbird

[+Black Dog Trackers]

and some more!

 

2105 by Wader123

 

 

FAIRVIEW by TillaMurphs

 

 

BLACK CROSS by southpawaz

 

 

GORDA 3 RM 1 by esquimaux

 

 

845 4538 C by king.hubi

 

 

4750 U

by Baron88

 

 

COLO KII by jkselby

 

 

W M SOUTH by CallawayMT

 

 

N 20 by kayakbird

 

 

O 14 by tbarhunt

[+Klemmer]

BDT:

Thanks for a nice wrap to 2009. I do like your taste in pictures!

 

And, Happy New Year to all!

 

Now, time to go to the party - out west.

Edited January 1, 2010 by Klemmer & TeddyBearMama

[+pgrig]

Waymarking Photographers:

These seem to me to be exceptionally beautiful photographs. Congratulations! And thanks to BDT for collecting them. A nice way to begin the New Year!

 

-Paul

[kayakbird]

My first MORC stone, SQ0611 TROVERS, ran a close second;

the stone - pipe with cap is nearby

 

looking NW down to the Devils Creek campground on Fort Peck Reservoir in the CMR NWR.

 

but my favorite has to be this one, QX0347 N 139, because of the technical challenge of scaling the abandoned bridge abutment once I got there, all the while being encouraged by an an Osprey family - at least I think that they were saying "Go, Mike, Go", or was it just "GO"?

A long rescue bag rope helped.

Adult and three chicks.

The Brass

kayakbird

Edited January 1, 2010 by kayakbird

[andylphoto]

Here are a few from this year...

 

RL0206

 

QM0003

 

SG0084

[Okie'sKid]

Happy New Year Everybody,

 

Looks like I need to start taking more area pix when I'm out finding brass.

 

Here's Independence Rock (The Register of the Desert) on the Oregon Trail in Wyoming.

 

This granite monolith is one of the more famous landmarks along the Oregon Trail and has served as a meeting place since the area was first inhabited. Pioneers tried to reach Independence Rock by July 4 in order to reach their untimate destinations before winter snowfall.