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Les chevaux n'ont rien à faire dans un cirque, ni aucun autre animal, d'ailleurs. Mais il y a toujours une exception qui confirme la règle.
Le cirque Knie a bâti sa réputation sur ses chevaux, en grande partie. Lipizzans, Frisons, Andalous, etc, la famille Knie a toujours vécu avant tout pour les chevaux et je suis obligée de reconnaître que leurs chevaux sont magnifiques et fort bien traités.
I don't like to see horses and any other animal performing in a circus. It's not the place of this wonderful animal. But I'm obliged to admit that the Knie's circus has always had beautiful horses which are very well treated !
Lookin into Mt Doom! A selfie taken at the summit of Mt. Nyiragongo in DR Congo. Nyiragongo is an active stratovulcano with an elevation of 3470 m and the worlds largest lava-lake. The last eruption was back in 2002.
I decided to re-edit this piece because I felt that the first image hadn’t quite lived up to it’s name nor the moment that I had captured.
The morning I had captured this, a storm had just passed through, the beach was soaking wet from the rain, it was windy and cold - all-in-all it was pretty miserable. I decided to do one last long exposure of about 15 seconds before packing it in. During that 15 seconds the sky lit up like a fire had rolled through, brilliant reds, yellows and oranges burst at the horizon.
Sitting under the pier with my camera, the right side was full of illumination and brilliance and the left side was dark and moody. This re-edit shows (in my opinion) a more accurate telling of what I saw that morning.
Réalisé le 19 septembre 2020 au Domaine de Maizerets, ville de Québec, Québec.
cliquez sur la photo pour l'agrandir / click on the photograph to enlarge it.
Taken on September, 19th / 2020 at Domaine de Maizerets, Quebec city, Quebec.
Admiration du lever du soleil sur la plage avec les palmiers - Admiration of the sunrise on the beach with palm trees
Real Monasterio de San Clemente, Sevilla, España.
El Real Monasterio de San Clemente es un monasterio de la Orden del Císter situado en la ciudad española de Sevilla.
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Pentax K-5
SMC Pentax-M 50mm F1.7 (all shots with this lens till 95% with aperture at 2.0)
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In a view from a precarious perch high above the rugged shores of Lake Superior, Canadian Pacific train No. 935 curves through Mink Tunnel near Coldwell, Ontario, on September 23, 1993. The consist of 935 today is made up of mostly converted 40 and 50-foot boxcars carrying wood chips.
Dinge des Meeres (Fossilien/versteinerte Korallen) in allen Formen und Größen.
Things of the sea (fossils/petrified coral) of all shapes and sizes
Muchisimas gracias a todos por estas visitas ♥♥♥
Thank you very much to all for these visits.♥♥♥
( Estadísticas visibles en el primer comentario )
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Fito & Fitipaldis - Por la boca vive el pez
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La neige au village
Lente et calme, en grand silence
Elle descend, se balance
Et flotte confusément
Se balance dans le vide,
Voilant, sur le ciel livide,
L'église au clocher dormant.
Pas un soupir, pas un souffle,
Tout s'étouffe et s'emmitoufle
De silence recouvert.
Francis Yard
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Cordon del Caulle - Lago Ranco (Chile)
Probablemente este rio nunca mas vuelva a ser como uds lo ven en esta foto. Debido a la erupcion del Volcan Puyehue-Caulle en estos dias, esta zona ha quedado bajo una masa de cenizas y piedras volcanicas. Sera interesante ver que hara la naturaleza para volver a maravillarnos.
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Samsung NX300 & Steinheil Munchen 'Cassar S' - 50mm f/2.8 Lens | 10mm Macro Tube | 12 Aperture Blades | Wide Open | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
All Rights Reserved. © Nick Cowling 2016.
With the Convention And Exhibition Centre in the center of the picture, the prominent skyscraper is called Central Plaza.
Slightly reworked and replaced on May 15, 2025. Reposted on May24, 2025.
© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.
to landmarks of the the oldtown island of Havelberg: warehouse and St Lawrence curch reflecting in the river Havel
Quizás o al menos para mi, la cala más bonita de Menorca, con unas aguas totalmente cristalinas y que para los amantes de la fotografía no necesitamos filtros para sedar el agua, pues con un disparo rápido consigues el mismo efecto prácticamente
En otra ocasión os mostrare la cala
Feliz jueves
[Esp. / Eng.] - (The English translation is mine, please report any mistake or questionable expression).
Afectuosamente dedicada a Oscar Hevia, que tiene la fortuna de vivir en ese hermoso rincón del mundo. // Warmly devoted to Oscar Hevia, who has the fortune of living in that wonderful corner in the World.
La luz tiende su velo de plata sobre el mar.
Sosegadas, las olas subliman el silencio
de los tímidos pasos del día
aventurándose en su costumbre
de ruidos ascendentes
La piel se recupera y va asumiendo
el esplendor del sol que ya prodiga
su lujo de colores y relieves
el mar azul, el avaro espejo
en que se mira el cielo soleado
y en su vaivén el rumor de las olas
sugiere un largo viaje a la memoria.
Cada día renueva su memoria viejos días
en la unidad de tiempo que es la vida
The light spawns its silver light over the sea.
Pacified, the waves magnify the silence
of the feeble steps of the day
venturing into their habit
of increasing noises.
The skin gets over and is assuming
the splendor of the sun which already lavishes
its luxury of colors and reliefs,
the blue sea, the greedy mirror
in which the sunny sky watches itself
and in its swinging the sound of the waves
suggests a long trip to memory.
Each day renews its memory, old days
in the time unit which is the life.
Ildefonso Manuel Gil (Paniza, Zaragoza 1912 - Zaragoza 2003) - Cancionerillo y otros poemas inéditos. Poemas: poema nº 3. Editado por la Institución Fernando El Católico, 2003.
Going just a bit deeper into the polka dot room.
With a little help from Yayoi Kasuma and a corner of the "Pumpkin" room as seen at the Hirshhorn exhibit in Washington, D.C.
Happy Slider Sunday, HSS
Castell is a municipality in Unterfranken, Bavaria in Germany.
Its history is closely connected to the Counts of "Castell zu Castell"
whose seat still remains there.
The origins of the Castell family can be traced back to the year 1057. Rupert de Castello was the first ancestor to be mentioned in archives. The oldest record of the family’s right to bear the title of Count is found in a royal charter of 1202. The Castell family was an influential force and reigned over a number of well-known places in Franconia. In 1901, the Count of Castell was promoted to the Prince of Castell, demonstrating the recognition of Castell by the royal family of the Wittelsbacher (Bavaria).
Following World War II, Albrecht Prince of Castell-Castell (being only 20 years of age) took over the responsibility for the family and business side and developed – among other things – the Domänenamt to one of Germany’s largest private wineries. Nowadays, Prince Castell is the head of the family, while his son Erbgraf Ferdinand (Hereditary Count) manages the winery and all other business ventures.
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Goldener Herbst in Unterfranken (2)
Castell ist eine Gemeinde in Unterfranken und hat eine interessante Geschichte. Es liegt am westlichen Rand des Steigerwaldes.
Der Ort ist eng mit der Fürstenfamilie Castell zu Castell verbunden, die hier ihren Stammsitz hat.
Die besondere Bedeutung Castells ist darin begründet, dass es bis 1806 die Hauptstadt der reichsunmittelbaren Grafschaft Castell war.
Als 'reichsunmittelbar', auch 'reichsfrei', wurden im spätmittelalterlichen und frühneuzeitlichen Heiligen Römischen Reich diejenigen Personen und Institutionen bezeichnet, die keiner anderen Herrschaft unterstanden, sondern direkt und unmittelbar dem Kaiser untergeben waren. Sie wurden als reichsunmittelbare Stände oder Immediatstände bezeichnet.Aufgrund der früheren Eigenständigkeit ist Castell auch Sitz eines Dekanats der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche in Bayern.Die St. Johanneskirche ist eines der Wahrzeichen des unterfränkischen Dorfes.
Bekannt ist Castell auch für den Weinbau, der dort eine lange Tradition hat.Verschiedene Weingüter, insbesondere das Fürstlich-Castell'sche Domänenamt, produzieren Spitzenweine.Bevorzugte Rebsorte ist die Silvanertraube, welche hier 1659 zum ersten Mal auf deutschem Boden gepflanzt wurde.
Quelle: Wikipedia
Happy mid-Winter Solstice to all!!!!
The unchanging exterior of Woodchester Mansion (nr. Stroud), a 19th Century Victorian Gothic Masterpiece mysteriously abandoned mid-construction in 1873. Hidden in a secluded Cotswold valley, it is untouched by time and the modern world. This Grade 1 Listed Building has been saved from dereliction, but will never be completed. The carvings in Woodchester Mansion are among the finest of their kind in the World.
A wonderful place to visit as you can see quite clearly in places how it was built.....a stunning and unusual building indeed!!
There are also many ghostly stories as you would expect from a building as unusual as this......some can be read below in the first link.
And if you fancy a ghost hunt then the second link will take you to the other side!!!
Handheld iPhone shot, edited in Snapseed on iPad Pro.
For more info.:-
www.haunted-britain.com/woodchester-mansion.htm
www.hauntedhappenings.co.uk/ghost_hunts/Woodchester_Mansi...