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Near Scuola Grande de San Rocco

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The Sea Arch Stack, Crohy Head, Dungloe, 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 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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Stuttgart is the only city in Germany where wine is grown within the urban area, mainly in the districts of Rotenberg, Uhlbach and Untertürkheim.

Stuttgart is still one of Germany's largest wine-growing cities with more than 400 hectares of vine area, thanks in main to its location at the centre of Germany's fourth largest wine region, the Württemberg wine growing area which covers 11,522 hectares (28,470 acres) and is one of only 13 official areas captured under German Wine law. The continuing importance of wine to the local economy is marked every year at the annual wine festival ('Weindorf'). (Wikipedia)

 

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Panorama da Pralongià.

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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Flickr Red Day- April 6, 2014

 

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Roof architectural detail at the Lan Sun Chinese Garden

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One of the oldest homes in the Louisiana Purchase, Destrehan was constructed beginning in 1787 and completed in 1790. Robin de Logny contracted with a free man of color, Charles Pacquet, to build the house and outbuildings to support his indigo plantation. Pacquet was given the use of six slaves to build the house. He was paid the grand sum of "one brute negro," a cow and a calf, 100 bushels of both corn and rice, and $100 in cash upon completion. This building contract, still on file at the parish courthouse in Hahnville, LA, makes Destrehan Plantation the oldest documented house in the Lower Mississippi Valley.

Building NRHP- #73002132

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I have an upcoming B&W fine art photography workshop Im organizing in London, Specializing in daytime B&W long exposure and architectural photography. Places are going to be very limited, if you would like details please send me a mail.

 

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Düsseldorf Rheinufer - at the Rhine

 

in the background you can see the bridge from Fridays upload or better where it was heading to ... on the left you can see a little bit of the path of Mondays upload ;-)

“O fotógrafo quanto faz uma foto – usa os olhos, a alma, o coração e a emoção.

E no final o dedo. Para ver e entender a mesma, use tudo, menos o dedo.” Adilson Santos, fotógrafo.

 

* As fotos da sequencia estão abertas, pois ja foram publicadas anteriormente. Todas mostram a Pedra da Gávea tambem no amanhecer, local onde foi tirada a foto principal, sendo que a primeira mostra a imagem inversa, mostrando a Pedra da Gávea do alto do Morro Dois Irmãos e a segunda a Pedra da Gávea é vista do alto da Pedra Bonita

 

* Amigos peço desculpas pela falta de retribuições, mas desde de quinta feira não tenho parado e como podem perceber, neste fim de semana a coisa tambem foi bastante cansativa, vou no decorrer da semana tentar retribuir as visitas.

 

Foto: Amanhecer no Alto da Pedra da Gávea - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil

Video: ♪ Air ♪ - Johann Sebastian Bach

 

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Winter walk next to Rocher Percé rock formation.

 

I didn’t know why I was getting a creepy kind of feeling when I walked through this section of the woods. But now that I’ve seen this image on my computer, I understand why! ;-) (The reason is easier to see when the image is viewed large.)

 

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- Ursus Wehrli

 

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Another from the archives. This is Glacier Peak taken from Tonga Ridge, near Steven's Pass, WA, USA. Summer 2012.

  

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Que la Luz interior ilumine nuestra esencia.

Que la Bondad de corazón sea la fuerza de nuestra vida.

Que el Espíritu de Amor, No-Violencia y PAZ

transforme a los seres humanos, los países y el Mundo.

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That the interior Light illuminates our essence.

That the Kindness of heart is the force of our life.

That the Spirit of Love, Non-violence and PEACE

transforms to the human beings, the countries and the World.

 

Hay una serie en el primer comentario

There's a series in the first comment

 

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Esta ruta recorre parte de la Serra da Groba por el Monte Lousado en Torroña, en la parroquia de Burgueira, concello de Oia.

 

** Nos enseña el Foxo Pedriño formado pro 1.500 metros de muros de piedra preparados para acorralar y dar caza a los lobos, que acababa en un foso que tristemente ha sido destruido por la pista forestal que nos lleva hasta él.

 

** También veremos el Curro de Os Puxeiros, considerado como el más antiguo de toda la Serra da Groba. En estos recintos se agrupaba a los caballos semi-salvajes en régimen de libertad una vez al año, para marcarlos, desparasitarlos y cortarles las crines.

Sus antiquisimos muros son una belleza y nos dan idea de lo primitivos que son.

 

** Luego llegaremos a la piedra conocida como Laberinto de Monte Lousado con varios petroglifos bien conservados siendo el principal un gran laberinto, también cruciformes, coviñas y grabados geométricos.

 

Unas curiosas disquisiciones sobre el tema

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La localización del petroglifo y la ruta fué siguiendo este enlace, aunque nosotros jamás utilizamos GPS, me niego a perder mi pequeña dosis de aventura ....

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** Y finalmente si seguimos llegaremos hasta las ruinas del Castelo de Lousado, una antigua fortificación medieval ......pero solo vereis piedras amontonadas ..... ya habiamos subido varias veces y me acabo de enterar de que era un castillo :-)

Esta vez no subimos porque lo habiamos hecho un par de dias antes, igual publico la ruta un día.

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5:43 pm CET -> De derecha a izquierda, Porru Bolu y Mosquil de Cebolleda, Llampa Cimera, Los Argaos, Peña Santa de Enol, Aguja de Enol, Peña Santa de Castilla, Torre de la Canal Parda, Cota Norte (Pico de los Asturianos) y Torre del Alba (Torre de los Traviesos)

 

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Aperture: f/5.6

Exposure: 1/500 sec

ISO Speed: 100

 

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Fanad Head, County Donegal, Ireland

 

The sky in this image made me feel like it was on fire, I love how the water is so turquoise/green in Fanad Head, its like our own little Irish Pacific ocean right here in cold Ireland! lol

 

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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.

 

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Rhodes(Greek: Ρόδος, Ródos, IPA: [ˈro̞ðo̞s]; Italian: Rodi; Ottoman Turkish: ردوس Rodos; Ladino: Rodi or Rodes) is a Greek island approximately 18 kilometers (11 mi) southwest of Turkey in eastern Aegean Sea. It is the largest of the Dodecanese islands in terms of both land area and population, with a population of 117,007[2] of which 53,709 resided in the homonymous capital city of the island.

 

Historically, Rhodes was famous worldwide for the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The medieval Old Town of the City of Rhodes has been declared a World Heritage Site. Today Rhodes is a tourist destination.

 

The island of Rhodes is shaped like a spearhead, 79.7 km (49.5 mi) long and 38 km (24 mi) wide, with a total area of approximately 1,400 square kilometers (541 sq mi) and a coastline of approximately 220 km (137 mi). The city of Rhodes is located at the northern tip of the island, as well as the site of the ancient and modern commercial harbors.

 

In the 1st century AD, the Emperor Tiberius spent a brief term of exile on Rhodes, and Saint Paul brought Christianity to the island. Rhodes reached her zenith in the third century, and was then by common consent the most civilized and beautiful city in Hellas. In 395, the long Byzantine Empire period began for Rhodes, when the Roman Empire was split and the eastern half gradually became a Greek empire. Although part of Byzantium for the next thousand years, Rhodes was nevertheless repeatedly attacked by various forces. It was first occupied by Muslim forces of Muawiyah I in 672. Much later, Rhodes was retrieved for the Byzantine Emperor Alexius I Comnenus during the First Crusade.

 

In 1309 the Byzantine era came to an end when the island was occupied by forces of the Knights Hospitaller. Under the rule of the newly named "Knights of Rhodes", the city was rebuilt into a model of the European medieval ideal. Many of the city's famous monuments, including the Palace of the Grand Master, were built during this period.

 

The strong walls which the Knights had built withstood the attacks of the Sultan of Egypt in 1444, and of Mehmed II in 1480. Ultimately, however, Rhodes fell to the large army of Suleiman the Magnificent in December 1522, long after the rest of the Byzantine empire had been lost. The few surviving Knights were permitted to retire to the Kingdom of Sicily. The Knights would later move their base of operations to Malta. The island was thereafter a possession of the Ottoman Empire for nearly four centuries.

 

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A pretty Heron for hump day. We're supposed to get snow today in NC and I'm off work for a few days, fun times... ^_^

The fjord ends up in Geiranger, 50 km to the right, and the Atlantic, 30 km to the left.

Acho que a vida é um processo... É como subir uma montanha. Mesmo que no fim não se esteja

tão forte fisicamente, a paisagem visualizada é melhor. Lya Luft

 

A Cidade do Rio de Janeiro é conhecia internacionalmente por suas belas praias urbanas, mas o que muitos não sabem e isto incluindo muitos cariocas, é que existem 05 Praias praticamente selvagens dentro da cidade e que só podem ser alcançadas pelo mar ou por uma trilha relativamente longa onde chegamos relativamente facil as Praias do Perigoso e das Conchas, para chegar nas outras praias ha necessidade de ir por uma outra trilhas e estas são um pouco mais puxadas.

 

Lá temos tambem uma grande rocha chamada de Pedra da Tartaruga, pela semelhança que ela tem a uma tartaruga vista de determinados angulos, Para quem gosta de esporte radical como o Rapel a Pedra da Tartaruga é considerada a opção mais bonita da cidade e acho que pelas fotos o motivo se justifica.

 

A Foto principal e a primeira da sequencia foram tiradas neste ultimo domingo, enquanto todas as praias da cidade estavam lotadas, a Praia do Perigoso tambem podemos ver que estava lotada para o padrão dela

 

* Apenas as duas ultimas fotos da sequencia estão abertas pois já foram publicadas anteriormente.

 

Foto: Rapel na Pedra da Tartaruga - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil

Video: ♪ Song For The King ♪ - Michael W Smith

 

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Long time before the creation, one day the elements came to present themselves before the mighty. Everyone wanted to prevail over a large part of the earth. But the Mighty was wise and rightful, therefore he divided the earth fairly among the elements. The water dominated the cold world, which consisted entirely of ice. But there was also a hot world, full of embers and flames. Between this two worlds, there was a mysterious nothingness, an immense gaping emptiness without light and structures.

 

The two forces fire and ice were not satisfied with the division of the world, because each of them wanted to have more. In the cold world the water decided to divert a river in the direction of the mysterious world of nothingness. Their water turned into ice, which continued to expand in the direction of the nothingness. The same idea had the fire with the magma flows. And so the inevitable happened. In the world of nothingness fire and ice clashed!

 

Tremendous forces collided and caused an apocalyptic catastrophe of gargantuan proportions. The earth shook, and huge cracks appeared while in other places the earth were formed to huge mountains. Fire and lava veins cooled, the ice melted and the water began to boil. Vapour and mist rose into the air where they were transformed to charged and dark clouds. It started to rain and there were also storms and lightning. And then … there was silence … for a long time there was no more noise … and suddenly the light penetrated in this darkness, because the light wanted to see what had happened. The whole world shone and showed her beauty. There was heat, air, clouds, mountains, valleys and fields. The paradise was born!

 

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The Fusshörner are a group of peaks located on the south ridge of the Gross Fusshorn. On the east side lies a glacier named Driestgletscher and the Geisshorn.

 

Location: Aletsch-Arena, Valais, Switzerland

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.

Very dramatic W.D. Hogan shot of soldiers marching across the bridge in Athlone for the handover of Custume Barracks - just one of the many barracks around the country to move from British to Irish control in 1922.

 

Photographer: W.D. Hogan

 

Date: Saturday, 25 February 1922 (according to our information)

 

NLI Ref.: HOGW 54

Panorama of Denver, Colorado with the Pepsi Center to the right

 

The City and County of Denver (Arapaho: Niinéniiniicíihéhe') is the largest city and the capital of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is also the second most populous county in Colorado after El Paso County. Denver is a consolidated city and county located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The Denver downtown district is located immediately east of the confluence of Cherry Creek with the South Platte River, approximately 12 miles (19 km) east of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Denver is nicknamed the Mile-High City because its official elevation is exactly one mile or 5,280 feet (1,609.3 m) above sea level, making it one of the highest major cities in the United States.The 105th meridian west of Greenwich passes through Union Station and is the temporal reference for the Mountain Time Zone. With a 2012 estimated population of 634,265, Denver ranks as the 23rd most populous U.S. city.

 

Pepsi Center (aka The Can) is a multi-purpose arena in Denver, Colorado, United States. The building is home to the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association, the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League, and the Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League. When not in use by one of Denver's sports teams, the building frequently serves as a concert venue.

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Sognefjord, Norway

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Norway's longest and deepest fjord, the Sognefjord is a geologic and panoramic marvel. The terrain soars upward from the watery depths of the North Atlantic, and many waterfalls punctuatue its edges with spray. The area is accessible only between May 18 and September 15.

 

The average width of the main branch of the Sognefjorden is about 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi). Cliffs surrounding the fjord rise almost sheer from the water to heights of 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) and more.

 

A fjord is formed when a glacier cuts a U-shaped valley on the surrounding bedrock. Most fjords are deeper than the adjacent sea; Sognefjord, Norway, reaches as much as 1,300 m (4,265 ft) below sea level.

Explored #3 on 2014/01/15

Nelson, New Zealand

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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The Pont Royal is a bridge crossing the river Seine in Paris. It is the third oldest bridge in Paris, after the Pont Neuf and the Pont Marie.

The bridge is built with five elliptical arches semicircular .

 

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The Matterhorn (German), Cervino (Italian) or Cervin (French), is a mountain in the Pennine Alps. With its 4,478 metres (14,692 ft) high summit, lying on the border between Switzerland and Italy, it is one of the highest peaks in the Alps and its 1,200 metres (3,937 ft) north face is one of the Great north faces of the Alps.

 

The individual pieces of the chocolate bar Toblerone are claimed by its maker Kraft to be formed in the likeness of the Matterhorn.

 

Zermatt (French: Praborgne) is a municipality in the district of Visp in the German-speaking section of the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

 

It is located at the northern base of the Matterhorn in the Pennine Alps, about 10 km from the border with Italy.

 

Zermatt has a permanent population of around 5,500 people, although the actual population varies considerably through the seasons as tourists come and go. The village is situated at the end of Mattertal, a north-facing valley, at an altitude of 1,620m (5,315ft). The valley is a dead end; although the border with Italy is close, it cannot be crossed by road, as it traverses a glacier at an altitude of over 3,000m. Zermatt is the starting point of the Patrouille des Glaciers and the Haute Route.

 

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The Alps (French: Alpes; German: Alpen; Italian: Alpi; Romansh: Alps; Slovene: Alpe) is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east, through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west. The word "Alps" was taken via French from Latin Alpes (meaning "the Alps"), which may be influenced by the Latin words albus (white) or altus (high) or more likely a Latin rendering of a Celtic or Ligurian original.

 

The highest mountain in the Alps is Mont Blanc, at 4,808 metres (15,774 ft), on the Italian-French border. All the main peaks of the Alps can be found in the list of mountains of the Alps and list of Alpine peaks by prominence.

 

The Alps are generally divided into the Western Alps and the Eastern Alps. The division is along the line between Lake Constance and Lake Como, following the Rhine. The Western Alps are higher, but their central chain is shorter and curved; they are located in Italy, France and Switzerland. The Eastern Alps (main ridge system elongated and broad) belong to Austria, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovenia and Switzerland.

 

The Alps are a classic example of what happens when a temperate area at lower altitude gives way to higher elevation terrain. Elevations around the world which have cold climates similar to those found in polar areas have been called alpine. A rise from sea level into the upper regions of the atmosphere causes the temperature to decrease. The effect of mountain chains on prevailing winds is to carry warm air belonging to the lower region into an upper zone, where it expands in volume at the cost of a proportionate loss of heat, often accompanied by the precipitation of moisture in the form of snow or rain.

 

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“She was an exotic flower amongst the snowdrifts, out of place,

a Technicolor misfit in a monochrome Christmas movie.”

 

― Thomm Quackenbush, We Shadows

 

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in white and golden colors in Golden Gate Canyon State Park (Rocky Mountains, Colorado).

 

Aspen is a common name for certain tree species; some, but not all, are classified by botanists in the section Populus, of the poplar genus.

All of the aspens typically grow in large clonal colonies, derived from a single seedling, and spread by means of root suckers; new stems in the colony may appear at up to 30–40 m (98–130 ft) from the parent tree. Each individual tree can live for 40–150 years above ground, but the root system of the colony is long-lived. In some cases, this is for thousands of years, sending up new trunks as the older trunks die off above ground. For this reason, it is considered to be an indicator of ancient woodlands. One such colony in Utah, given the nickname of "Pando", is estimated to be 80,000 years old, making it possibly the oldest living colony of aspens. Some aspen colonies become very large with time, spreading about 1 m (3.3 ft) per year, eventually covering many hectares. They are able to survive forest fires, because the roots are below the heat of the fire, with new sprouts growing after the fire burns out.

 

Aspens do not thrive in the shade, and it is difficult for seedlings to grow in an already mature aspen stand. Fire indirectly benefits aspen trees, since it allows the saplings to flourish in open sunlight in the burned landscape. Lately, aspens have an increased popularity in forestry, mostly because of their fast growth rate and ability to regenerate from sprouts, making the reforestation after harvesting much cheaper, since no planting or sowing is required.

 

In contrast with many trees, aspen bark is base-rich, meaning aspens are important hosts for bryophytes and act as food plants for the larvae of butterfly (Lepidoptera) species—see List of Lepidoptera that feed on poplars.

 

Young aspen bark is an important seasonal forage for the European hare and other animals in early spring. Aspen is also a tree of choice of the European beaver.(Wikipedia)

 

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Palais Großer Garten in Dresden / Deutschland

 

Palais big Garden, Dresden / Germany

  

Saliendo de los bosques desde el valle de Nilahue, con vista al norte hacia los volcanes Choshuenco, Quetropillán y Lanín.

 

Parque Nacional Puyehue.

Región de Los Ríos, Chile central.

Yesterday we had Magnus Krenty's autocycle/motorcycle (IH 54) outside O'Doherty's Hotel at Ardmalin in Co. Donegal. Today, we've been chauffeur-driven up around the coast to Burtonport. Outside O'Donnell's Hotel we find JI 54 waiting for us. And very far removed from the infernal combustion engine, that looks like a very fine lace collar on the window looker outer (technical term)...

 

Photographer: Almost certainly Robert French of Lawrence Photographic Studios, Dublin

 

Date: Circa 1910?? (definitely after 1906)

 

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Heaven

I'm in heaven

And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak

And I seem to find the happiness I seek

When we're out together dancing cheek to cheek

 

Oh, I love to climb a mountain and to reach the highest peak

But it doesn't thrill me half as much as dancing cheek to cheek

 

Todas as fotos da sequencia estão abertas, pois foram publicadas

anteriormente e foram tiradas em dias e horarios diferentes,

sendo que a ultima foto mostra a visão inversa da Praia para a Montanha

 

Foto: Topo do Morro Dois Irmãos - Vidigal - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil

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On our walk through the Roxborough State Park, Colorado, United States.

 

The state park is known for dramatic red sandstone formations. Located in Douglas County 25 miles (40 km) south of Denver, Colorado, the 3,339-acre (13.51 km2) park was established in 1975. In 1980 it was recognized as a National Natural Landmark because of the number of ecological systems and geological formations. It is also a State Historic Site and National Cultural District because of the number of archaeological sites.

Roxborough State Park is a designated Colorado Natural Area and National Natural Landmark for its 300 million year old red sandstone Fountain Formation that tilt at a 60 degree angle. The park includes great examples of exposed Precambrian to Late Mesozoic hogback, monolithic and spire formations from the Permian, Pennsylvanian and Cretaceous age. Carpenter Peak's exposed granite is from Precambrian era.

The park consists of forests of ponderosa pine and Douglas fir, prairie land, and woodlands that support many forms of wildlife. There are 145 bird, over 50 butterfly and moth, and 11 amphibian and reptile species. Mammals commonly found in the park include black bear, coyote, deer, elk, fox, mountain lion, prairie dog, and rabbit. Sources of water include Little Willow Creek, Willow Creek and Mill Gulch. Elevations range from 5,900 to 7,280 feet (1,800 to 2,220 m).

There are six hiking trails in Roxborough State Park, a network of easy to moderate trails that also connect to Douglas County trail system, Pike National Forest and Waterton Canyon trails. (Wikipedia)

 

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