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Everyone loves spring.
The weather starts to warm, the birds start to sing, kittens and puppies are everywhere. Leaves come out and flowers bloom.
Beautiful spring in Finland.
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La basilique de Fourvière a été édifiée dans le dernièr quart du XIXème siècle et inaugurée en 1896. Elle domine toute la ville de LYon.
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Fourviere basilica
Fourvière Basilica was built in the last quarter of the nineteenth century and inaugurated in 1896. It dominates the entire city of LYon.
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Lyon
My Favorite house in Gaspesie. Unfortunately this house was eaten by several cold winters and wind and it's on the floor right now.
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"Vicinity" West India Quay, Docklands, London, UK
La baie du Mont Saint-Michel est un espace privilégié pour les oiseaux.
On y a observé 347 espèces d'oiseaux. Chaque hiver, à la mi-janvier, on y dénombre entre 100 000 et 150 000 oiseaux.
Plus d'information sur : www.ornithomedia.com/magazine/observer-france/observer-oi...
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Plenty of birds in Mont Saint-Michel's bay
The Mont Saint-Michel is a privileged area for the birds.
It has been observed 347 species of birds. Every winter, in mid-January, their number is estimated between 100,000 and 150,000 birds.
More information on www.ornithomedia.com/magazine/observer-france/observer-oi...
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Ilôt de Tombelaine - Baie du Mont Saint-Michel - Normandie/ Tombelaine Islet - Mont Saint-Michel's bay - Normandy
La balade à pied en quittant ou en arrivant au Mont Saint-Michel offre des vues exceptionnelles sur le Mont.
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Mont Saint-Michel
The walk leaving or arriving at Mont Saint-Michel offers outstanding views on the Mount.
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Mont Saint-Michel - Normandie/Normandy
canon5d2+samyang 14mm f2,8 20s iso4000 - 20 shots with geminids merged of about 500 totally made during continious shooting on december 14/15.
After i returned back home from the forest lake where i was shooing privious pano with meteors i sat down in my garden chair and just stared at meteors falling here and there. The activity was really fine and i wanted to relax a bit, so i left camera shooting automatically with 20s exposures. After an hour and a half i went to sleep and when i got up i realised my 14mm lens was covered with hoar frost! Was a bit pity, but as i founf later i had already captured some great meteors which i merged into this resulting image. So sad the upper left geminid didnt fit the frame properly!! Perhaps the next year i'll try to shoot some shower using 8mm samyang lens thus aiming to cath the big fat ones mostly xD
Also check my other meteor showers composites:
Cette magnifique fontaine appelée "la fontaine des mers" est une des 2 fontaines inaugurées en 1840 qui ornent la Place de Concorde à Paris.
On aperçoit en face le Palais Bourbon qui abrite la Chambre des Députés.
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Tribute for Paris
This beautiful fountain named "fountain of the seas" is one of two fountains, inaugurated in 1840, and decorating the Concord Place in Paris.
In the background we can see the Palais Bourbon which houses the Chamber of Deputies.
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Paris
Autumn joy
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Vergisson - Roche de Solutré - Bourgogne du sud/South Burgundy
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"Journey And Destination" London, UK
Summer. Finland. Sunset on the lake.
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"Bargain Hunt" Sloane Square, Chelsea, London, UK
Barley in evening light in my neighborhood in Fellbach, Germany.
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The resolution to my last photo (see the photo at daylight in my commen):
It is a candle lantern on my balcony table. I hope you have had fun with my little guessing game.
Congrats to Romero, elfenstaub, Cajaflex, barbara fizek and Stefano Demurtas, they were right with their idea!
Robert was near, but it is no chinese red lantern same for caroline gray.
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Have a beautiful and happy weekend everybody !
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I've been toying around with 4 hours and 20 minutes of data on the Andromeda Galaxy for some time. This is my latest processing attempt. The full description and software used can be found at: www.leisurelyscientist.com/?p=551
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Canalway Cavalcade 2015, at Little Venice in Maida Vale, London, UK
sunset at the lighthouse on the atlantic
The region of Gaspé in Gaspésie, Québec had between 10 and 15cm of fresh snow yesterday. how lucky :)
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Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain, London, UK
A rare bird for Florida. Franklin's Gulls are very similar to Laughing Gulls. They are slightly smaller, with a smaller bill, larger white eye arcs and a darker, more extensive hood in winter.
Some friends and I spent several hours picking through a couple thousand Laughing Gulls at a few different locations in the Daytona Beach area one day this fall. We finally found what we were looking for right before sunset. This is a first cycle (first winter) bird as shown by the brown feathers in the wing.
Canon Rebel XSi and Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
Per te che curi questo amore
come fosse un fiore delicato
e ci metti tutto,
tutto ciò che riesci a dare,
e comprendi un mondo
che i miei occhi
sanno appena immaginare...
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One Angel Square
One Angel Square[1] is an office building in Manchester, England. Construction work began in 2010 and was completed in February 2013. The landmark building is the head office of the Co-operative Group. Standing 72.5 metres (237.8 feet) tall, the building forms the centrepiece of the new £800 million NOMA development in the northern quarter of Manchester city centre. The building cost at least £105 million to construct and was sold on leaseback terms in 2013 for £142 million.
One Angel Square is one of the most sustainable large buildings in Europe and is built to a BREEAM 'Outstanding' rating. It is powered by a biodiesel cogeneration plant using rapeseed oil to provide electricity and heat. The structure makes use of natural resources, maximising passive solar gain for heat and using natural ventilation through its double-skin facade, adiabatic cooling, rainwater harvesting, greywater recycling and waste heat recycling.
The building's distinctive form has been compared to a sliced egg and a ship.[16] Its design was announced by architects 3DReid in May 2009 and construction began in July 2010 with a projected completion date in March 2013. In December 2012, the scheme surpassed its pan-European sustainability aims and achieved a world-record BREEAM score of 95.32%. It is also an energy-plus building, producing surplus energy and zero carbon emissions. The building has received numerous awards for its striking aesthetic and sustainability aims.
Palazzo Labia - Salone del Tiepolo ; view from guglie bridge
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"... Tenho um cuiudo picaço,
peito e anca que é um colosso,
que já me deu muito gosto
mandando corda em rodeio,
- quando eu abria pra fora
num armadão encopado
e acomodava o chumbado
lustrando a capa do olho ..."
Fragmento de "Riqueza de posteiro", de Márcio Nunes Corrêa
Capão do Leão, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
Sitting Campo della Carità ( Accademia )
We see San Vidal church and Grand Canal
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The Sea Arch Stack, Crohy Head, County Donegal, Ireland
I didn't even realise that this wonderful natural formation even existed until recently. I was in the western coast of Ireland when I found out and located this barely known arch stack!
It is located on a small peninsula called Crohy Head. Very difficult to climb down too and you even have to use a rope that is attached to some rocks on the cliff face! Amazing location with this very unique sea arch
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The Tower of Hercules is the only Roman lighthouse which, since its origins up to the present, has been performing its original function: being an aid to navigation for ships crossing the Atlantic corridor. This peculiarity makes it an outstanding exponent which bears a unique testimony to the numerous lighthouses erected by civilisations of the past by the sea and which have unfortunately been lost to time, while the Tower of Hercules remains faithful to its mission of guiding the seamen who come face to face with the immensity of the ocean on a daily basis.
The lighthouse was most likely built in the second half of the 1st century or the early years of the 2nd century A.D. by the Romans at finis terrae (Latin for ‘end of the world’) of the world known, namely, north-western Hispania, at the mouth of the great Gulf of Artabro, which encompasses the rias of El Burgo, Ares and Ferrol (A Coruña, Spain) to guide the ships sailing along the most western coast of the Empire. The location chosen to build it was a rocky hillock, known as Punta Eiras, some 57 metres high, which is between Punta Herminia and Punta del Orzán, thus dominating the northern end of the peninsula on which the city of A Coruña itself rises.
This unique construction has a rectangular plan, each side of it measuring approximately 11.75 metres and a total height of 55 metres, of which 34.38 m correspond to the Roman building and 21 to the restoration made in 1789 to modernize the aid to navigation system. Nowadays, the Tower rises on a wide polygonal platform 32.40 metres wide, which is its base. This platform was built in early 19th century. On the outside, the monument has a prismatic structure topped by an octagonal towered section with triangular reinforcement at the corners, thus softening the square plan. This first towered section is followed by another, shorter one which is the base of the lantern where the powerful beacon that lights intrepid seamen is.
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La Torre de Hércules es el único faro romano que desde sus orígenes hasta la actualidad ha cumplido con su función primigenia: la de servir de señal marítima e instrumento de navegación para las embarcaciones que en su singladura atraviesan el corredor atlántico. Esta particularidad lo convierte en un ejemplo excepcional como testimonio único de los numerosos faros que las civilizaciones del pasado construyeron a orillas del mar y que, desgraciadamente, se han perdido en el devenir de la historia, mientras que la Torre de Hércules continua cumpliendo con la misión de orientar y dirigir a los hombres del mar que se enfrentan diariamente con la inmensidad del océano.
El faro fue construido con toda probabilidad en la segunda mitad del siglo I o en los primeros años del siglo II d. C. por el Imperio romano en el finis terrae del mundo conocido, es decir, en el noroeste de Hispania, en la entrada del gran Golfo Ártabro que comprende las rías del Burgo, Ares y Ferrol (A Coruña. España), para acompañar a los barcos que bordeaban el extremo más occidental del Imperio. El lugar elegido para su emplazamiento fue una loma rocosa, denominada Punta Eiras, de casi 57 metros de altura, que se encuentra entre Punta Herminia y Punta del Orzán, dominando el extremo septentrional de la península en la que se asienta la propia ciudad de A Coruña.
Esta singular construcción es de planta cuadrangular de aproximadamente 11,75 m de lado y presenta una altura total de 55 m, de los cuales 34,38 m corresponden a la fábrica romana y 21 m a la restauración realizada en 1789 para modernizar el sistema de señalización marítima. En la actualidad la Torre se levanta sobre una amplia plataforma poligonal de 32,40 m de ancho, que le sirve de base y que fue construida a principios del siglo XIX. Exteriormente, el monumento presenta una estructura prismática sobre la que se dispone un remate torreado octogonal con refuerzos de sección triangular en las esquinas, que suaviza el arranque de la base cuadrada. A este primer cuerpo torreado le sucede otro, decreciente en altura, que sirve de base a la linterna en la que se encuentra la potente lámpara que ilumina con su luz a los intrépidos navegantes.
♫ If I was a sculptor, but then again no,
Or a man who makes potions in a travelling show
I know it's not much, but it's the best I can do
My gift is my song and this one's for you ♫
* Todas as Fotos da Sequencia estão abertas, pois já foram publicadas anteriormente
Foto: Beijo de Karen e Milton no Amanhecer da Pedra Bonita - Rio de Janeiro
Video: ♪ Your Song ♪ - Ewan McGregor
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STOP the madness!
Flickr Red Day- April 6, 2014
textures by darkwood67 , thanks
happy sliders sunday everyone!
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"I like to turn things upside down, to watch pictures and situations from another perspective."
- Ursus Wehrli
texture by French Kiss, thank you
have a wonderful weekend, my flickrinos!
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Bundoran Beach, County Donegal, Ireland
I sat for ages trying to find a fitting title for this Image. I was trying to find a meaningful title for such a magical, amazing and beautiful place. I pondered and the answer was obvious... Ireland
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It was a quite gloomy day, but in the evening almost all the clouds gone away. The sunset light was warm and promised close spring...
Volkswagen Transporter 22 1979.
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Irie Vibes Fishing. "Trolling, trolling, trolling, big fish kept avoiding our lures"
Very different kind of fishing that I am used to. Including preferred refreshments of the crew.
Locomotive 107 at Valentia (Valencia) Harbour Station in Co. Kerry…
Photographer: Robert French of Lawrence Photographic Studios, Dublin
Date: Between 1901 and 1908
NLI Ref.: L_CAB_06562
Alpenglow on the Mt. Baker from Deming, WA. This is what I see on my commute to work. Baker is a live volcano. We can occasionally see a plume of steam rising from a spot just to the right of the peak.
Mt. Baker: 9,355 feet or 2,851 meters in elevation. The two black buttes to the right of the dome erupted leaving craters. The last eruption was about 700,000 years ago. In 1975 there was an event that led to melting glaciers and snow, but did not result in magma reaching the surface. That magma has been slowly cooling since then.
♫ I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
I see skies so blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed days, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
The colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands, saying, "how do you do?"
They're really saying, "I love you"
I hear babies cry, I watch them grow
They'll learn much more, than I'll never know
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world ♫
Foto tirada na tarde deste ultimo sabado onde o tempo estava completamente diferente da foto da sequencia que foi tirada quase no mesmo angulo
* Nesta foto podemos ver o Morro Dois Irmãos local da foto anterior
* In this picture we can see the Morro Dois Irmãos, where the previous photo was taken
Foto: Fim de Tarde na Pedra Bonita - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil
Video: ♪ What a Wonderful World ♪ - Saudoso Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole
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Big panorama from Freshwater Bay yesterday on the day the big swell known as Hercules arrived on the south coast and lots of people came out to enjoy the sights and take photos.
This one was timed to show a big wave crashing into the sea wall in front of the Albion hotel.
I’ve posted a dozen or so here on flickr, but there are 44 on my photo-blog at
isleofwightpictures.com/big-seas-freshwater-bay/
so if you like things that go splash and people running away from them you might want to take a look!
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Busker or rather troubadour in Trinidad on Christmas eve 2013.