{"id":910,"date":"2008-08-16T14:12:59","date_gmt":"2008-08-16T05:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-08-16\/910"},"modified":"2008-08-16T14:12:59","modified_gmt":"2008-08-16T05:12:59","slug":"life-and-death-of-a-sand-castle-part-iii-destruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-08-16\/910","title":{"rendered":"Life and Death of a Sand Castle, Part III: Destruction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 17 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/5, ISO 500 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nBent on Destruction<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Part I<\/a> was the initial sand-castle build.<\/p>\n\n

Part II<\/a> was a large,<\/span> ambitious expansion.<\/p>\n\n

This is the final part, part III: destruction<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 17 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>80 sec, f<\/span>\/5, ISO 250 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nDozers to the Ready<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Anthony decided that it was time to destroy the sand castle. It's not that<\/span> he wanted to use the space for anything. He just wanted<\/span> to destroy.\n(What do you expect? He's a five<\/span>-year-old boy, you know.)<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 17 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/5, ISO 500 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSavoring the Anticipation<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 17 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>90 sec, f<\/span>\/5, ISO 500 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nImpressive Resilience<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 17 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>160 sec, f<\/span>\/5, ISO 500 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nResistance is Futile<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 17 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>90 sec, f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 500 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nAbout to Take Out a Tower<\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 44 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>50 sec, f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 500 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nOh! That Had to Hurt!<\/span>\n( the sand castle )<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 17 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>100 sec, f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 500 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nGone in 60 Seconds<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 38 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>40 sec, f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 500 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n( no caption necessary )<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

When he was done, a lone tower from the original castle stood. I have no<\/span>\nidea why he spared it...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55mm f\/2.8 @ 17 mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>80 sec, f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 500 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nSurvivor<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

As far as I know it's still there today (10 days later), although we've\nhad some incredible thunderstorms that I'm sure have left it a bit<\/span> battered\nand soggy. (I've posted before about what heavy rain does to\nsand<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Part I was the initial sand-castle build.<\/p>

Part II was a large, ambitious expansion.<\/p>

This is the final part, part III: destruction<\/b><\/p>

Anthony decided that it was time to destroy the sand castle. It's not that he wanted to use the space for anything. He just wanted to destroy. (What do you expect? He's a five-year-old boy, you know.)<\/p>

When he was done, a lone tower from the original castle stood. I have no idea why he spared it...<\/p>

As far as I know it's still there today (10 days later), although we've had some incredible thunderstorms that I'm sure [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}