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The purple of EMR's turbostars sure does look good in the summer sunshine! This is not one of the dreaded /5s but a far nicer /2!
It will be a shame when these are refurbished as the declassified 1st Class compartments on these units is rather comfy. With the rate the /5s are being done at though, I imagine it will stick around for a little while longer though...
The Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja), sometimes known as the American Harpy Eagle, is a Neotropical species of eagle. This species was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema naturae in 1758 as Vultur harpyja.[2] It is the only member of the genus Harpia.
It is the largest and most powerful raptor found in the Americas, usually inhabiting tropical lowland rainforests in the upper (emergent) canopy layer.This species is an actively hunting carnivore. Its main prey are tree-dwelling mammals such as monkeys, coatis, and sloths; it may also attack other bird species such as macaws. The talons are extremely powerful and assist with suppressing prey. The Harpy Eagle can exert a pressure of 42 kgf/cm² (4.1 MPa or 530lbf/in2) with its talons.[3] It can also lift more than three-quarters of its body weight.
A pair of Harpy Eagles lays two white eggs in a large stick nest high in a tree, and raise one chick every 2–3 years. After the first chick hatches, the second egg is ignored and fails to hatch. The chick fledges in 6 months, but the parents continue to feed it for another 6 to 10 months.
Its name references the harpies from Ancient Greek mythology. These were wind spirits that took the dead to Hades, and were said to have a body like an eagle and the face of a human.
Lindos (/ˈlɪndɒs/; Greek: Λίνδος) is an archaeological site, a town and a former municipality on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Rhodes, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] It lies on the east coast of the island. It is about 50 km south of the town of Rhodes and its fine beaches make it a popular tourist and holiday destination. Lindos is situated in a large bay and faces the fishing village and small resort of Haraki.
History[edit]
Lindos was founded by the Dorians led by the king Tlepolemus of Rhodes, who arrived in about the 10th century BC. It was one of six Dorian cities in the area known as the Dorian Hexapolis. The eastern location of Rhodes made it a natural meeting place between the Greeks and the Phoenicians, and by the 8th century Lindos was a major trading centre. In the 6th century it was ruled by Cleobulus, one of the Seven Sages of Greece. The importance of Lindos declined after the foundation of the city of Rhodes in the late 5th century.
In classical times the acropolis of Lindos was dominated by the massive temple of Athena Lindia, which attained its final form in around 300 BC. In Hellenistic and Roman times the temple precinct grew as more buildings were added. In early medieval times these buildings fell into disuse, and in the 14th century they were partly overlaid by a massive fortress built on the acropolis by the Knights of St John to defend the island against the Ottomans.
Acropolis[edit]
Above the modern town rises the acropolis of Lindos, a natural citadel which was fortified successively by the Greeks, the Romans, the Byzantines, the Knights of St John and the Ottomans. This makes the site difficult to excavate and interpret archaeologically. The acropolis offers spectacular views of the surrounding harbours and coastline.
On the acropolis of Lindos today parts of the following buildings may still be seen:
Rhodian trireme
The Doric Temple of Athena Lindia, dating from about 300 BC, built on the site of an earlier temple. Inside the temple is the table of offerings and the base of the cult statue of Athena.
The Propylaea of the Sanctuary, also dating from the 4th century BC. A monumental staircase leads to a D-shaped stoa and a wall with five door openings.
The Hellenistic stoa with lateral projecting wings, dating from about 200 BC. The stoa was 87 metres long and consisted of 42 columns.
The well-known relief of a Rhodian trireme (warship) cut into the rock at the foot of the steps leading to the acropolis. On the bow stood a statue of General Hagesander, the work of the sculptor Pythokritos. The relief dates from about 180 BC.
The Hellenistic staircase (2nd century BC) leading to the main archaeological area of the acropolis.
Remains of a Roman temple, possibly dedicated to the Emperor Diocletian and dating from about 300 AD.
The Acropolis is surrounded by a Hellenistic wall contemporary with the Propylaea and the stairway leading to the entrance to the site. A Roman inscription says that the wall and square towers were repaired at the expense of P Aelius Hagetor, the priest of Athena in the 2nd century AD.
The Castle of the Knights of St John, built some time before 1317 on the foundations of older Byzantine fortifications. The walls and towers follow the natural conformation of the cliff. A pentagonal tower on the south side commanded the harbour, the settlement and the road from the south of the island. There was a large round tower on the east facing the sea and two more, one round and the other on a corner, on the northeast side of the enceinte. Today one of the towers at the southwest corner and one to the west survive.
The Greek Orthodox Church of St John, dating from the 13th or 14th century and built on the ruins of a previous church, which may have been built as early as the 6th century.
Some scenes of the well-known film, The Guns of Navarone, were filmed here.
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Parham Park is an Elizabethan house in Cootham, between Storrington and Pulborough, West Sussex, South East England, originally owned by the Monastery of Westminster and GRANTED to Robert Palmer by King Henry VIII in 1540.
History[edit]
The foundation stone was laid in 1577 by the 2-year-old Thomas Palmer, and Parham has been a family home ever since. Thomas Bishopp (later Sir Thomas Bishopp, 1st Baronet) bought Parham House in 1597. For 325 years his descendants CONTINUED to live at Parham House Estate until January 1922. Then in 1922 the Hon. Clive Pearson, younger son of Viscount Cowdray, bought Parham from Mary,17th Baroness Zouche in her own right,[1] and he and his wife Alicia opened the house to visitors in 1948, after the Second World War when it had also been home to evacuee children and Canadian soldiers. Off the Long Gallery at the top of the house there is an exhibition which touches on the period between 1922 and 1948, with many family photographs as well as photographs of the building works which took place during that time.
This Churchill MK2 Tank has stood in this location on Kithurst Hill West Sussex (in several DIRECTIONS) for over 70 years. Used for target practice by Canadian troops based at Parham during WW2.
Mr and Mrs Pearson, followed by their daughter Veronica Tritton, spent more than 60 years carefully RESTORING Parham and filling it with a sensitively chosen collection of beautiful old furniture, paintings and textiles, also acquiring items originally in the house. There is a particularly important collection of early needlework. What they created at Parham is a rare survival of mid 20th Century connoisseurship within a major Elizabethan house.
Now owned by a charitable trust, Parham House and Gardens are surrounded by some 875 acres (3.54 km2) of working agricultural and forestry land.
Deer park[edit]
Parham Park
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Parham Park is located in West Sussex Parham Park
Shown within West Sussex
Area of SearchWest Sussex
Grid referenceTQ059148
Coordinates50.922817°N 0.492407°WCoordinates: 50.922817°N 0.492407°W
InterestBiological
Area263.4 ha (651 acres)
Notification1965
Natural England website
Around the house stretches 300 acres (1.2 km2) of ancient deer park whose Fallow Deer are descendants of the original herd first recorded in 1628. This area had been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest.[2] It has special biological interest for its epiphytic lichen flora, as an area for two rare beetles and its large heronry.
The monument is made from Italian marble, with smaller elements of granite.[2] It is 55 feet (17 m) tall.[1] The monument has a bronze bas relief of mounted Pulaski, and is topped with a statue of Liberty, with the stars and stripes banner.[1][5] The monument was designed by Robert Launitz.[2] The bas relief was designed by Henryk Dmochowski, and shows the moment of Pulaski's death.[8][5] Additional elements present on the monument include the coat of arms of Poland and the coat of arms of Georgia.[2]
Inscription on the monument reads: "Pulaski, the Heroic Pole, who fell mortally wounded, fighting for American Liberty at the siege of Savannah, October 9, 1779."[5]
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It started snowing on the afternoon of the 8th and continued through the 9th of February, which brought the birds flocking to the feeders :)
Lindos (/ˈlɪndɒs/; Greek: Λίνδος) is an archaeological site, a town and a former municipality on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Rhodes, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] It lies on the east coast of the island. It is about 50 km south of the town of Rhodes and its fine beaches make it a popular tourist and holiday destination. Lindos is situated in a large bay and faces the fishing village and small resort of Haraki.
History[edit]
Lindos was founded by the Dorians led by the king Tlepolemus of Rhodes, who arrived in about the 10th century BC. It was one of six Dorian cities in the area known as the Dorian Hexapolis. The eastern location of Rhodes made it a natural meeting place between the Greeks and the Phoenicians, and by the 8th century Lindos was a major trading centre. In the 6th century it was ruled by Cleobulus, one of the Seven Sages of Greece. The importance of Lindos declined after the foundation of the city of Rhodes in the late 5th century.
In classical times the acropolis of Lindos was dominated by the massive temple of Athena Lindia, which attained its final form in around 300 BC. In Hellenistic and Roman times the temple precinct grew as more buildings were added. In early medieval times these buildings fell into disuse, and in the 14th century they were partly overlaid by a massive fortress built on the acropolis by the Knights of St John to defend the island against the Ottomans.
Acropolis[edit]
Above the modern town rises the acropolis of Lindos, a natural citadel which was fortified successively by the Greeks, the Romans, the Byzantines, the Knights of St John and the Ottomans. This makes the site difficult to excavate and interpret archaeologically. The acropolis offers spectacular views of the surrounding harbours and coastline.
On the acropolis of Lindos today parts of the following buildings may still be seen:
Rhodian trireme
The Doric Temple of Athena Lindia, dating from about 300 BC, built on the site of an earlier temple. Inside the temple is the table of offerings and the base of the cult statue of Athena.
The Propylaea of the Sanctuary, also dating from the 4th century BC. A monumental staircase leads to a D-shaped stoa and a wall with five door openings.
The Hellenistic stoa with lateral projecting wings, dating from about 200 BC. The stoa was 87 metres long and consisted of 42 columns.
The well-known relief of a Rhodian trireme (warship) cut into the rock at the foot of the steps leading to the acropolis. On the bow stood a statue of General Hagesander, the work of the sculptor Pythokritos. The relief dates from about 180 BC.
The Hellenistic staircase (2nd century BC) leading to the main archaeological area of the acropolis.
Remains of a Roman temple, possibly dedicated to the Emperor Diocletian and dating from about 300 AD.
The Acropolis is surrounded by a Hellenistic wall contemporary with the Propylaea and the stairway leading to the entrance to the site. A Roman inscription says that the wall and square towers were repaired at the expense of P Aelius Hagetor, the priest of Athena in the 2nd century AD.
The Castle of the Knights of St John, built some time before 1317 on the foundations of older Byzantine fortifications. The walls and towers follow the natural conformation of the cliff. A pentagonal tower on the south side commanded the harbour, the settlement and the road from the south of the island. There was a large round tower on the east facing the sea and two more, one round and the other on a corner, on the northeast side of the enceinte. Today one of the towers at the southwest corner and one to the west survive.
The Greek Orthodox Church of St John, dating from the 13th or 14th century and built on the ruins of a previous church, which may have been built as early as the 6th century.
Some scenes of the well-known film, The Guns of Navarone, were filmed here.
The Jubilee River is a hydraulic channel in southern England. It is 11.6 km (7.2 mi) long[1] and is on average 45 metres (148 feet) wide.[2] It was constructed in the late 1990s and early 2000s to take overflow from the River Thames and so alleviate flooding to areas in and around the towns of Maidenhead, Windsor, and Eton in the counties of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. It achieves this by taking water from the left (eastern) bank of the Thames upstream of Boulter's Lock near Maidenhead and returning it downstream of Eton
The Gateway of India is a monument built during the 20th century in Mumbai City of Maharashtra state in Western India.[2] It is located on the waterfront in the Apollo Bunder area in South Mumbai and overlooks the Arabian Sea.[3][4] The structure is a basalt arch, 26 metres (85 feet) high. It lies at the end of Chhatrapati Shivaji Marg at the water's edge in Mumbai Harbour.[5] It was a crude jetty used by the fishing community which was later renovated and used as a landing place for British governors and other prominent people. In earlier times, it would have been the first structure that visitors arriving by boat in Mumbai would have seen.[6][7] The Gateway has also been referred to as the Taj Mahal of Mumbai,[8] and is the city's top tourist attraction.[9] The structure was erected to commemorate the landing of King George V and Queen Mary at Apollo Bunder, when they visited India in 1911. Built in Indo-Saracenic style, the foundation stone for the Gateway of India was laid on 31 March 1911. The final design of George Wittet was sanctioned in 1914 and the construction of the monument was completed in 1924. The Gateway was later the ceremonial entrance to India for Viceroys and the new Governors of Bombay.[10] It served to allow entry and access to India.[11]
One of the Adult Ospreys finally seems to relent and brings a fish to the nest. While they'd been all around that day, this was the first time one of the adults came to the nest, and it had been at least three hours. Unfortunately for Juvenile #2, it flew RIGHT OVER the nest with that fish, taunting the little one to fly after it, and landed in a nearby tree.
This image was scanned from a photograph in an album dating from World War 2. It was taken during the North African campaign.
The album was purchased from an op shop by one of our members and is held in the Sir Edgeworth David Memorial Museum. Unfortunately, we do not know who took the photos, or who owned the album, so if you have any information about this, please contact us.
The original photo was taken prior to 1955 and so is out of copyright. You are free to use it, but we would appreciate your acknowledging our efforts in the attribution.
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Petworth House is a late 17th-century Grade I listed country house in the parish of Petworth, West Sussex, England. It was built in 1688 by Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, and altered in the 1870s to the design of the architect Anthony Salvin.[2] It contains intricate wood-carvings by Grinling Gibbons (d. 1721).[3] It is the manor house of the manor of Petworth. For centuries it was the southern home for the Percy family, earls of Northumberland.
Petworth is famous for its extensive art collection made by the Northumberland and Seymour/Somerset families and George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont (1751–1837), containing many works by his friend J. M. W. Turner. It also has an expansive deer park, landscaped by Capability Brown, which contains a large herd of fallow deer.
History
Medieval Manor House
The manor of Petworth first came into the possession of the Percy family as a royal gift from Adeliza of Louvain, the widow of King Henry I (1100–1135), to her brother Joscelin of Louvain.[4] He later married the Percy heiress and adopted the surname Percy. His descendants became the earls of Northumberland, the most powerful family in northern England. The Percy family, whose primary seat was at Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, bordering Scotland, intended Petworth to be for their occasional residence only.
The site was previously occupied by a fortified manor house built by Henry de Percy, 1st Baron Percy (1273–1314), in 1308–09, the chapel and undercroft of which still survive as part of the current house.[4]
However, in the 16th century, the Percy family came into conflict with the crown as the staunchly Catholic family fell foul of the English Reformation which resulted in Petworth being briefly taken from them by King Henry VIII, restored to them by Queen Mary I before the wider family came under scrutiny during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, allied the family to Mary, Queen of Scots, and led the 1569 Rising of the North against Elizabeth with the aim of deposing her and placing Mary on the throne – this failed and led to his execution for treason in 1572. His younger brother, Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland, would regain his title from the Queen after begging her mercy and was granted his freedom on the condition that the family be confined to Petworth where they could be observed by the court. The house at Petworth was therefore transformed and expanded to become the permanent home of the family with grand stables erected and a pleasure garden laid out at this time.[4][5] A part of this era manor house, a 'Lost' North wing, was discovered during archaeological excavations in 2012–15 under the lawn at the front of the house having been demolished in 1692.[4][5]
Baroque House
In 1670 Josceline Percy, 11th Earl of Northumberland (1644–1670), died without a male heir, and thus his considerable fortune and estates of Petworth House, Alnwick Castle, Syon House and Northumberland House were inherited by his 2-year-old daughter and sole heiress, Lady Elizabeth Percy (1667–1722). In 1682, at the age of 16 and already twice widowed, she married the 20-year-old Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset (1662–1748), whose family seat was Marlborough Castle in Wiltshire. They became one of the wealthiest couples in England.[4]
It was the 6th Duke, nicknamed 'the Proud Duke', and the Duchess who rebuilt the house between 1688 and 1702 in the Baroque style that favoured order and symmetry.[6] It was very much inspired by the Palace of Versailles and aimed to establish Petworth as a rival to these European palaces.[4][a]
The grounds and wider parkland were also managed at this time with the parkland being home to quarries and proving an industrial and working landscape supporting the building works and the house. Around the house were planted more formal gardens including an avenue of lime trees approaching the house, a canal gardens and fishponds, parterre, great greenhouse and Orangerie. Completing the formal gardens was a Quarter Piece Lawn and Rampart terraces comprising a series of walks carved into the hill and accompanied by carved seats, stairs and statues.[5]
Split inheritance challenges and Capability Brown
Since 1750 the house and estate have been owned by the prominent Wyndham family, descended from Sir Charles Wyndham, 4th Baronet (1710–1763), of Orchard Wyndham in Somerset, a nephew and co-heir of Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset (1684–1750). As part of the inheritance and splitting-up of the great Percy inheritance, which had been a source of contention between the 7th Duke and his father the 6th Duke, in 1749[8] after the death of the 6th Duke, King George II granted the 7th Duke four extra titles in the peerage, including Baron Cockermouth and Earl of Egremont, with the latter two created with special remainder to Sir Charles Wyndham,[8] the intended and actual recipient of Petworth, Cockermouth Castle and Egremont Castle. Following the 7th Duke's death in 1750, his lands and titles were split between his daughter, Lady Elizabeth Seymour and her husband Sir Hugh Smithson, 4th Baronet (d.1786), and Charles Wyndham through the 7th Duke's deceased brother-in-law Sir William Wyndham. The former inherited the northern Percy estates, including Alnwick Castle and Syon House, together with the titles Baron Warkworth of Warkworth Castle and Earl of Northumberland[8] and whose descendants are the current Dukes of Northumberland based at Alnwick Castle. The latter inherited Petworth and some estates in Sussex, Cumbria and Yorkshire as earls of Egremont.[6]
The 2nd Earl was responsible for the collections of Rococo mirrors and antique statues that exist in the house today[9] and was responsible for commissioning Lancelot 'Capability' Brown to landscape the parkland during the 1750s and 1760s.[4] The works involved the demolition of the formal gardens that preceded it, the landscaping of the wider parkland to raise the profile of the lawn in front of the house, infill quarries, smooth over the terraced walks and digging out buildings in the parkland down to foundation level. Archaeological investigations seemed to suggest that the turf was removed prior to the levelling works so they could be replaced after the works were completed and aiding the current natural look to the landscape.[5]
House of Art
It was George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont (1751–1837), who solidified the house's reputation as one of fine art. He inherited the house in 1763 and began what has been termed a 'Golden Age' of Petworth when he expanded his collection of contemporary art and expanded and changed the house in order to display it best, in particular through the addition of the North Gallery in 1824–5.[10] He was patron to many contemporary artists including J. M. W. Turner and John Constable who were frequent guests to the house and painted the house and its parkland frequently - this has more recently helped inform restorations to the house and parkland.[10][6]
The 3rd Earl bequeathed Petworth and Cockermouth Castle to his illegitimate son and adopted heir Col. George Wyndham (1787–1869), but who could not inherit the title of Earl of Egremont so was instead created Baron Leconfield by Queen Victoria in 1859.
The title of Earl of Egremont instead passed to his nephew George Wyndham, 4th Earl of Egremont (1786–1845), who, while not inheriting Petworth, instead received the (not inconsiderable) entailed Wyndham estates including Orchard Wyndham, still owned today by the Wyndham family. He attempted to make up for the loss of Petworth by building his own stately home in Devon called Silverton Park, which was demolished in 1902.Wikipedia
Fort Geldria or Fort Geldaria, located in Pulicat, Tamil Nadu, was the seat of the Dutch Republic's first settlement in India, and the capital of Dutch Coromandel.[1] It was built by the Dutch East India Company in 1613 and became the local governmental centre in 1616.[2] It was named for Geldria, the native province of Wemmer van Berchem, the General Director of the company.[3] Regularly protected by a garrison of 80 to 90 men,[4] Fort Geldria was the only fortification in the Indian empire;[5] all other positions of the Dutch Company were trading posts.
Even today, almost 2000 years after its construction, the breathtaking pantheon is a remarkable building to see. The spectacular design, proportions, elegance and harmony are a striking reminder of the architecture of the great Roman Empire. When Michelangelo saw this wonder for the first time he said that it looks more like the work of angels, not humans.
1 The word Pantheon is a Greek adjective meaning “honor all Gods”. In fact the pantheon was first built as a temple to all gods.
2 It is the best preserved Ancient Roman monument. It is a bit of a mystery how the Pantheon managed to survive barbarian raids when all the rest of Roman monuments had been shattered. Its turning into a church in 609 AD has a lot to do with it in later time, but also the structure itself is way ahead of its time. In fact, the exact composition of the material is still unknown and appears to be structurally similar to modern day concrete! Whatever the reasons are, the Pantheon is the only structure of its age and size that has successfully survived the damage of time and gravity, still intact with all its splendor and beauty.
3 The exact age of the pantheon remains unknown. The Roman legend tells that the original Pantheon was built on the very site and was dedicated to Romulus, their mythological founder, after he ascended to heaven from that site. Most historians claim that Emperor Augustus right hand, Agrippa, built the first Pantheon in 27 BC. It burned in the great fire of 80 AD, was rebuilt by Emperor Domitian, but was struck by lightning and burned again in 110 AD. The Pantheon as we know it today was built in 120 AD by Emperor Hadrian Who was passionate with architecture and designed it together with Apollodorus of Damascus, a famous Greek architect of the time who unfortunately was executed by order of the Emperor, because of an argument about the design of the temple…
sundial-rome-on-segwayA lighting effect can be viewed on April 21when the midday sun strikes a metal grille above the doorway, saturating the courtyard outside with light
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4 The most fascinating part of the Pantheon is its giant dome, with its famous hole in the top (The eye of the Pantheon, or oculus). The dome was the largest in the world for 1300 years and until today it remains the largest unsupported dome in the world! The diameter of the dome is 43.30 meters or 142ft (for comparison, the United States Capitol dome is 96 feet in diameter) and is in perfect proportion with the Pantheon by the fact that the distance from the floor to the top of the dome is exactly equal to its diameter.
The great architectural achievement was due to the massive weight of the large dome. Roman engineers lightened the dome as much as possible; not only its thickness progressively decreases, but the materials used in the upper part of the dome were lighter with internal spaces within the dome walls. The decrease in thickness has the effect that while the interior of the ceiling is spherical, its exterior is slightly “flattened”. It is larger than the dome of St. Peter’s basilica but since it seems flattened from the outside it is hard to get a full sense of its dimension. The hole (oculus), 7.8 meters in diameter, is the only source of light and is the connection between the temple and the gods above. Rain occasionally fall through it, but the floor is slanted and drains the water if it manages to hit the floor. In practice, rain seldom falls inside the dome.
5 The interior has the shape of a cylinder covered by a half of a sphere; the height of the cylinder is equal to the radius of the sphere, and is 43.3 meters (142ft) . There are no windows inside but the large oculus! The Pantheon now contains the tombs of the famous artist Raphael and of several Italian Kings and poets. The marble floor, which features a design consisting of a series of geometric patterns, is still the ancient Roman original. The history of Pantheon was forever changed during the reign of Pope Urban VIII, who melted down every scrap of bronze located upon the ceiling, outraging a great deal of Roman citizens.
6 The 16 massive Corinthian columns supporting the portico weigh 60 tons each. They are 39 feet (11.8 m) tall, five feet (1.5 m) in diameter and brought all the way from Egypt. These columns were dragged more than 100 km from the quarry to the Nile river on wooden sledges. They were floated by barge down the Nile River when the water level was high during the spring floods, and then transferred to vessels to cross the Mediterranean Sea to the Roman port of Ostia. There, they were transferred back onto barges and pulled up the Tiber River to Rome. The Columns support a triangle pediment with an inscription attributing the Pantheon to Marcus Agrippa (“M•AGRIPPA•L•F•COS•TERTIUM•FECIT” meaning “It was built by Marcos Agrippa in his third consulate”). It is the only remain from the original temple built by Agrippa and it is believed that Hadrian left it as a gesture to his predecessor when he rebuilt the pantheon.
7 A lighting effect can be viewed on April 21 when the midday sun strikes a metal grille above the doorway, saturating the courtyard outside with light. The Romans celebrated April 21 as the founding date of the city, and the impressive sight of their Emperor standing at the entrance of the Pantheon surrounded by light coming from inside the pantheon might have been seen as something that, in effect, raised their emperor to the level of the gods and invited him in to join them.
8 In the year 609 The Pantheon was the first pagan temple to be transformed into a church and therefore it was saved from being destroyed during the middle Ages. Today it is a church dedicated to St. Mary of the Martyrs. None the less it is called the Pantheon by virtually everybody and it seems to exist independent of religious rule but more of a tribute to the past.
9 In front of the Pantheon is the beautiful “Fountain of the Pantheon”. It was designed by famous architecture Giacomo Della Porta in 1575 and sculpted out of marble by Leonardo Sormani. In 1711, Pope Clement XI requested that the fountain be modified and had Filippo Barignoni design a new layout, which included a different basin, made of stone, and the obelisk of Ramses II set in the centre on a plinth with four dolphins decorating the base.
This image was scanned from a photograph in an album dating from World War 2. It was taken during the North African campaign.
The album was purchased from an op shop by one of our members and is held in the Sir Edgeworth David Memorial Museum. Unfortunately, we do not know who took the photos, or who owned the album, so if you have any information about this, please contact us.
The original photo was taken prior to 1955 and so is out of copyright. You are free to use it, but we would appreciate your acknowledging our efforts in the attribution.
If you have any information about this photograph, please contact us.
Bruges ( French and English : Bruges ; German : Brügge ) is the capital and largest city by population of the Belgian province of West Flanders and of the district of Bruges . The central city , located in the northwest of the country, is also the capital of the electoral canton of Bruges , itself has four judicial cantons and is the seat of the diocese of Bruges and of an assize court .
The historic center is included as a medieval city on the UNESCO World Heritage List . It is egg-shaped and approximately 430 hectares in size. The entire municipality has an area of over 14,099 hectares, including approximately 1,075 hectares reclaimed from the sea, near Zeebrugge . The city has approximately 120,000 inhabitants; approximately 20,000 of them live in the city center. The inhabitants of Bruges are called Bruges residents.
Bruges' economic significance stems mainly from its seaport, Zeebrugge , but also from industry, services and schools at all levels. The city is also a world-famous tourist attraction.
Naming
See also: History of Bruges: Etymology .
The oldest written source using the city's name is the "Breviarium de thesauro sancti Bavonis, quod invenerunt fratres remansisse post Nordmannicam infestationem". This inventory of a church treasure of the Ghent St. Bavo's Abbey was drawn up after the plundering of the abbey by Normans , probably between 851 and 864. It mentions a golden cross that had been sent to Bruges for protection, but had not been returned: " crux illa aurea, que Bruggis fuit ad servandum missa nec postea reversa". The earliest copy of this inventory only dates from the 12th century. [2]
The oldest tangible source on which the name of the city is used for the first time are some coins dated according to the most recent insights between 864 and 898. They contain the entries Bruggas , Bruccas , Briuggas and Briuccas . [2]
It is not exactly known where the name Bruges comes from. It may be a corruption of the Celtic name for the now canalized river Reie , which flowed through Bruges and emptied into the North Sea . Reie itself comes from the Celtic word Rogia , meaning "Holy Water". The Celts regarded rivers and springs as divine beings, and it is likely that the Celtic name has stuck to the Bruges watercourse. Through evolution, the name of the water, Rogia or Ryggia , would also have become the name of the city, Bryggia .
It is possible that contamination also occurred in later centuries with the Old Norse word bryggja , meaning "landing bridge" or "mooring wharf". For example, from 800 onwards there were many contacts with Scandinavia through trade across the North Sea and through the raids of the Normans . The name Bruges therefore shows similarities with Bryggen , the historic port of Bergen , which, like Bruges, was an important city of the Hanseatic League from the 14th century .
The Langerei , part of the canalised river De Reie.
Bruges is regularly referred to as the " Venice of the North ", referring to its many waterways and bridges . Most of these canals are called " reien ", after the river Reie. Another theory is that the nickname has to do with the fact that the medieval trading cities of Bruges and Venice fulfilled somewhat similar economic functions as main distribution centers, each in its own region.
Bruges is also often called the "Breydel City", after the Bruges folk hero from the 14th century, Jan Breydel .
The nickname of the people of Bruges is "(Brugse) fools". They owe this nickname to an unlikely legend: after they had imprisoned Maximilian I of Austria for a time in their struggle for autonomy , he forbade the holding of an annual fair and other festivities. In an attempt to appease him, Bruges held a big party for him and then asked permission to hold another annual fair, collect taxes and ... build a new "fool's house". He replied: " Close all the gates of Bruges and you have a fool's house! ".
History
See history of Bruges for the main article on this subject.
The first signs of life on the current Bruges territory date from the 2nd century AD, when a Gallo-Roman settlement was located there. The name of Bruges was mentioned for the first time between 850 and 875. Between the 9th and 12th centuries, the city grew into an international trade center thanks to its important port. The port was briefly in danger of being compromised by the silting up of the area between Bruges and the current coastal strip. However , the creation of the Zwin , the navigation channel between Bruges and the sea, in 1134 ensured that the connection survived.
In 1089, Bruges was declared the 'capital' of the county of Flanders and from the 13th to the 15th century, Bruges could safely be regarded as the economic capital of Northwestern Europe . Due to its importance as a trading center, the first stock exchange building in the world was built in Bruges. In addition, the Waterhalle on the Grote Markt was also built as a meeting place for traders.
The period between ca. 1280 and 1480 can be called the golden age of Bruges. At that time the city had 46,000 inhabitants. The city center received a second city wall, some of whose gates have stood the test of time to this day. The Burgundian royal family had made Bruges its city of residence and attracted many excellent artists, including painters and architects. This resulted in an enormous enrichment of the city on an architectural, artistic and cultural level. The monumental town hall is a good example of this, but many impressive churches and houses also date from that period.
However, the death of Mary of Burgundy in 1482 marked a turning point and the royal family soon withdrew from the city. The end of Bruges as an international trade metropolis was in sight. Antwerp took over this role for a century and Bruges fell into complete decline. The Spanish king was also Count of Flanders from 1592 to 1713; this Spanish rule , coupled with several religious wars , dragged the city further and further into the depths.
This was followed by Austrian rule , a French annexation , a reunited Netherlands and Belgian independence . According to some, Bruges was one of the poorest cities in the Netherlands from 1600 to 1885. This usually involves citing the figures of the needy population. Others argue from this that the city, on the contrary, remained rich, since it could support so many poor people. The building of large city houses throughout the seventeenth to eighteenth centuries shows that there was at least a wealthy upper layer. The industrial revolution in the nineteenth century did not affect Bruges to any significant extent. The struggle for a new seaport was the major action point in Bruges.
From the beginning of the nineteenth century, Bruges was mainly praised as a place of residence and historical place by English authors. Towards the end of the century , Georges Rodenbach 's novel Bruges-la-Morte was one of the elements that brought additional attention to the city. The book presented Bruges as impoverished but mysterious and this generated additional international interest. The historical heritage was rediscovered and the construction of the seaport in Zeebrugge in 1896 also promised to bring about an economic revival. The exhibition of the Flemish Primitives in 1902 was the starting signal for the strong cultural and tourist development that has characterized the city since then.
During the two world wars, Bruges was almost completely spared from destruction. In 1971, the city's territory was significantly expanded through a merger with the surrounding peripheral municipalities and in 2000 the city center was included on the UNESCO World Heritage List. During the year 2002, Bruges was the cultural capital of Europe .
Geography
The area in which Bruges grew is located on the border of a sandy loam area and the sea polders , approximately 15 km from the North Sea . Most of the city can be considered part of the Zandstreek.
Bruges has eight sub-municipalities , six of which – Brugge, Sint-Andries, Sint-Michiels, Assebroek, Sint-Kruis and Koolkerke – have an urban character and two – Dudzele and Lissewege – are characterized by a rural and port-related landscape on the one hand. The city center – the historic part of the city within the fortifications – has the highest population density on average. Neighborhoods adjacent to the city center also often have a high population density, sometimes higher than some neighborhoods in the city center. In general, with the exception of certain neighborhoods, population density decreases slightly the further one moves from the city center.
Bruges is best known as a historic city with a lot of cultural heritage. The historic center is well preserved, especially the medieval street pattern and heritage. The current appearance of the city center has also been influenced by the interest in Gothic Revival in the 19th century, which resulted in the 'neo-Bruges style', ranging from Gothic Revival to eclecticism . Many buildings were then embellished, restored, rebuilt or newly built in this style. [6] The canals , the history, the archaeological finds, but also the shopping streets attract many people to this city every day. The city center of Bruges can be explored largely on foot, but also by bicycle (carriage), horse-drawn carriage or tram, with City Tour buses or with boats on the canals.
For residential tourism, the city has more than 90 hotels, good for more than 7,800 beds. The youth accommodation and guest rooms each provide more than 1,000 beds. In 2015, there were approximately 1.13 million arrivals in Bruges, including approximately 27,100 in Zeebrugge, and more than 2.03 million overnight stays, including approximately 52,300 in Zeebrugge. [8] Compared to other large Flemish cities, a smaller share of these has a business character, although this share appears to have increased in recent years.
Car traffic is kept out of the city center as much as possible. The speed limits (30 km per hour), a loop plan with a lot of one-way traffic (two directions for cyclists) and peripheral car parks should make Bruges a pleasant walking and shopping city.
However, the presence of catering establishments and shops partly displaces the residential function in the core of the city center.
Every year on Ascension Day, the Holy Blood Procession takes place in Bruges. The relic of the Holy Blood , which Diederik van Alsace is said to have brought from Jerusalem to Bruges, is venerated by the city. The procession consists of three parts: the Bible, the history of the Precious Blood and the prelature procession with the relics. Another major procession held in Bruges is the Golden Tree Procession . This five-yearly parade was created in 1958 with the central element being the "Coat of Arms of the Golden Tree", which was held in 1468 on the Bruges Market on the occasion of the wedding of Charles the Bold and Margaret of York .
In 2002, Bruges was the cultural capital of Europe . As a result, a new multifunctional concert building was built, with the ambition to give it an international appearance.
From 1968 to 1974 and again since 2015, the Bruges Triennial takes place every three years, originally starting as a traditional retrospective of current Belgian art and after the long interruption evolved into an open-air exhibition with monumental installations by international artists and architects, each around a central theme.
Bruges is also the center of one of the Flemish tourist regions : the Bruges Ommeland .
Architectural heritage
See also the list of immovable heritage in Bruges .
Civil
The Grote Markt , with the Belfry with City Halls , and several (neo)Gothic buildings, such as the Provincial Court (until the end of the 18th century the Waterhalle ).
De Burg , with the town hall , the buildings of the Brugse Vrije , the Proosdij and the Basilica of the Holy Blood.
The Jan van Eyckplein , with the Poortersloge and the Tolhuis .
The Hof van Gruuthuse (including museum ) and the Groeninge Museum on the Dijver , and the Rozenhoedkaai , with one of the most famous cityscapes of Bruges.
The Vismarkt and the Huidenvettersplein .
The Sint-Janshospitaal , which houses the municipal museum ' Memling in Sint-Jan ', and the nineteenth-century Sint-Jan, operated by a Spanish company and which exhibits paintings by Pablo Picasso .
The Gezelle House , in the birthplace of the poet Guido Gezelle .
The old city gates , namely the Smedenpoort , the Ezelpoort , the Kruispoort and the Gentpoort (the Dampoort , the Katelijnepoort and the Boeveriepoort have disappeared), and the four (partially) historic mills on the Kruisvest, namely the Sint-Janshuismolen , the Bonne- Chièremolen , the Koeleweimolen and De Nieuwe Papegaai .
The old almshouses .
Religious
The Begijnhof Ten Wijngaerde , with the Monasterium De Wijngaard .
The Basilica of the Holy Blood , the former St. Donas Cathedral and - under the Crowne Plaza Burghotel - the foundations of St. Donas Cathedral (where Charles the Good was murdered) on the Burg.
The Church of Our Lady (115.6 meter high brick tower) containing the tombs of Charles the Bold and his daughter Mary of Burgundy .
St. Salvator's Cathedral , founded in the 9th century .
The Jerusalem Church , including the mausoleum for Anselmus Adornes and his wife, Margaretha van der Banck .
The Sint-Walburga Church (Baroque Church), originally the church of a Jesuit monastery , now of the Sint-Walburga parish.
The English Monastery .
Other churches or chapels, such as St. Anne's Church , St. Giles' Church , St. James' Church , St. Magdalene Church , Carmelite Church , Our Lady of the Pottery Church , Our Lady of the Blind Chapel , the church of the Godelieve Abbey and the former Theresian Church (nowadays the Joseph Ryelandt Hall ).
Museums
Municipal museums
Since 2019, the umbrella organization of the city museums has been recognized as a Cultural Heritage Institution under the name Musea Brugge . The previous division into three museum groups (Groeninge Museum, Hospital Museum and Brugge Museum) has therefore been abolished. Musea Brugge is the umbrella organization of the fourteen museums of the City of Bruges. The collections contain visual and applied art from the 15th to the 21st century and are housed in protected monuments in the historic city center of Bruges.
Arentshuis
Belfry
Bruges Free
Companion house
Groeninge Museum
Gruuthuse Museum
Church of Our Lady
Museum Onze-Lieve-Vrouw ter Potterie
Burgher's lodge
St. John's Hospital
Sint-Janshuismolen
City Hall
Folklore Museum
Religious buildings with a museum secondary function
English Monastery
Holy Blood Basilica
Court Bladelin
Jerusalem Church
St. Salvator's Cathedral with treasury
St. Trudo Abbey Male
Our Lady of the Visitation Church , Lissewege
Franklin Habit’s Dolores #3 Transatlantic Travel Ensemble. Designed in 2018 by Fiona Ellis, purchased from Webs Yarn store in 2018. Knitted by me. Cast on April 2020. Yarns used: Fingering weight, Valley Yarns Huntington in Navy and Tahki Yarns Donegal Tweed Fine in Faded Denim.Finished May 2020.
From the pattern:
Fall is upon us, and often brings out the wanderer in Dolores. When she felt the old, familiar tingling in her hooves, she summoned internationally renowned designer Fiona Ellis to whip up something suitable for a wild transatlantic crossing aboard the Cunard liner Queen Mary 2. It’s the only way to cross, Dolores will tell you- especially when you have designs on the suave piano duo appearing nightly in the ship’s theater. “I want something that will keep me warm when I’m wet”, said Dolores, “but still show the curves”. “I know just the thing”, said Fiona. And behold: a sweater and skirt pairing that pays homage to the elegance of the golden age of the ocean liner but is sturdy enough to withstand the rigors of modern travel.
Dryburgh Abbey, near Dryburgh on the banks of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders, was nominally founded on 10 November (Martinmas) 1150 in an agreement between Hugh de Morville, Lord of Lauderdale and Constable of Scotland, and the Premonstratensian canons regular from Alnwick Abbey in Northumberland.[1] The arrival of the canons along with their first abbot, Roger, took place on 13 December 1152.[2]
It was burned by English troops in 1322, after which it was restored only to be again burned by Richard II in 1385, but it flourished in the fifteenth century. It was finally destroyed in 1544, briefly to survive until the Scottish Reformation, when it was given to the Earl of Mar by James VI of Scotland.
The 12th Earl of Buchan bought the land in 1786. Sir Walter Scott and Douglas Haig are buried in its grounds.
Bologna or Bulåggna; pronounced [buˈləɲɲa] in the Bolognese dialect of Emiliano-Romagnolo language) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. It is the seventh largest city in terms of population and it is the heart of a metropolitan area (officially recognized by the Italian government as a metropolitan city) of about 1,000,000 inhabitants. The urban sprawl of Bologna – Modena, whose metropolises are adjoining, is continuously expanding. Home to the oldest university in the world, University of Bologna, founded in 1088, Bologna hosts numerous students who enrich the social and cultural life of the city. Famous for its towers and lengthy porticoes, it has a well-preserved historical downtown (one of the largest in Italy) thanks to a careful restoration and conservation policy which began at the end of the 1970s, on the heels of serious damage done by the urban demolition at the end of the 19th century as well as that caused by wars. The city, the first settlements of which date back to at least one millennium before Christ, has always been an important urban center, first under the Etruscans (Velzna/Felsina) and the Celts (Bona), then under the Romans (Bononia), then again in the Middle Ages, as a free municipality (for one century it was the fifth largest European city based on population). An important cultural and artistic center, it is rarely recognized as such, as it does not possess a world renowned "masterpiece" that would attract tourists en masse; that having been said, its artistic importance and its importance in terms of landmarks can be contributed to homogenous mixture of monuments and architectural examples (medieval towers, antique buildings, churches, the layout of its historical center) as well as works of art which are the result of a first class architectural and artistic history. Bologna is also an important crossroads of the roads and trains of Northern Italy, where many important mechanical, electronic and nutritional industries have their headquarters. According to the most recent data gathered by the European Regional Economic Growth Index (E-REGI) of 2009, Bologna is the first Italian city and the 47th European city in terms of its economic growth rate.[2] It is home to prestigious cultural, economic and political institutions as well as one of the most impressive trade fair districts in Europe. In 2000 it was declared European capital of culture[3] and in 2006, a UNESCO “city of music”. The city of Bologna was selected to participate in the Universal Exposition of Shanghai 2010 together with 45 other cities from around the world.[4] Bologna is also one of the richest cities in Italy, often ranking as one of the top cities in terms of quality of life in the country: it was ranked 5th in 2006, and 12th in 2007, out of 103 Italian cities.[5] Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, and it has spectacular history, art, cuisine, music and culture.
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness." (Oscar Wilde)
Lately I have been reading a lot about Daido Moriyama and some other photographers associated with him, and of course I've looked at many pictures. I have known Moriyama's work for a decade or two, but it seems only now these photos are starting to speak to me. Some things need time.
I find it fascinating how they work, and it’s interesting to read about the degree of awareness they had of what they were doing. They were really up to date theoretically and somehow worked with that. Well, possibly the 60s, 70s and still part of the 80s were a good time for this, when modernism turned to post-modernism and all kinds of stuff.
Maybe it’s anachronistic to mimic a style 60 years old. I mean, we all know that’s long gone for better or worse … but still, I tried.
Doing this has already taught me at least three things that are quite valuable:
1.
I consider myself an "advanced" photographer, after doing it for almost 40 years and basically doing nothing else for 25 years now. But in this field I am an absolute beginner. It’s humbling in a good way to see (and to feel) that I don’t know anything about this.
2.
It’s surprisingly hard to let go of the "conventional" photographic qualities most of us learned the hard way. Now it feels so strange to make blurry, underexposed, tilted photos. You really need to trick yourself to give up control.
3.
This kind of photography seems to be at least as much about "feeling the scene" as "seeing the scene". It’s hard to put in words that are not clichéd, but it’s more seeing with the imagination than with your eyes. It’s another way to approach previsualization, I guess – possibly quite useful for other genres, even if those pictures are not so great.
New to Isle of Man Transport(Bus Vannin)(92), in 06/2001, registered FMN-619-J, this bus was ne of a large number of Dennis Tridents and DAF's acquired by Blackpool Transport, from Bus Vannin, in 2011/2. It is seen here on Queen's Terrace, Fleetwood, when operating Service 1 Fleetwood Freeport - Starr Gate, Blackpool, on 03/05/2015. © Peter Steel 2015.
Clandon Park House is an early 18th-century grade I listed Palladian mansion in West Clandon, near Guildford in Surrey.[2]
It stands in the south east corner of Clandon Park, a 220-hectare (540-acre) agricultural parkland estate which has been the seat of the Earls of Onslow for over two centuries. The house and gardens were gifted to the National Trust in 1956,[3] but the rest of the park remains in private ownership.[4] Some of the house's contents have also been acquired by the Trust in lieu of estate duty.[5]
Construction of the house, designed by Italian architect Giacomo Leoni, began about 1730, and the interiors were finished by continental sculptors and plasterers in the 1740s. It replaced an Elizabethan house. The park was landscaped by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown in 1781, and there are two formal gardens on either side of the house. Nearby is a Māori meeting house, one of only three outside New Zealand, that was brought to England in the late 19th century. After being transferred to the National Trust, the house underwent restoration before it was opened to the public, and later became a wedding venue and filming location for period dramas.
The house was badly damaged by fire in April 2015, probably caused by an electrical fault in the basement, leaving it "essentially a shell". Thousands of historic artefacts, paintings, and items of furniture were lost in what has been described as a national tragedy. In January 2016, the National Trust announced that some of the principal rooms on the ground floor would be fully restored to the original 18th-century designs, and upper floors will be used for exhibitions and events.
History[edit]
The estate and Elizabethan house, together with Temple Court Farm at Merrow, was purchased in 1641 from Sir Richard Weston of nearby Sutton Place,[6] by Sir Richard Onslow, MP for Surrey in the Long Parliament and great-grandfather of Thomas Onslow, 2nd Baron Onslow, who rebuilt it. Many members of the Onslow family followed political careers; three of them, including Arthur Onslow, were Speakers of the House of Commons. Their portraits would later hang in the Speaker's Parlour at Clandon House.[7]
Engraving of the house, showing the west front and deer park, c. 1824
The house was built, or perhaps thoroughly rebuilt, in about 1730–33 (the latter date is on rainwater heads) by Thomas Onslow, 2nd Baron Onslow to the design of the Venetian architect Giacomo Leoni. It is a rectangular building of red brick and stone dressings. Clandon House interiors, completed in the 1740s, featured a two-storey Marble Hall, containing marble chimney pieces by the Flemish sculptor Michael Rysbrack, and a rococo plasterwork ceiling by Italian-Swiss artists Giuseppe Artari and Bagutti.[8]
Clandon Park was landscaped by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown in 1776–81, replacing a French garden and transforming part of a disused canal into an ornamental lake.[9] A porte-cochère was added to the principal facade in 1876. A sunken Dutch garden was created by Frances, Countess of Onslow at the north front of the house in the late 19th century. In 1895, the house was investigated for paranormal activity by the Marquess of Bute and Ada Goodrich Freer on behalf of the Society for Psychical Research. During World War I, the Onslow family created and managed a hospital in Clandon House for the war injured.
Built by Austria in 1866, Caserma XXX Maggio ( Barracks 30th May ) in the fortified town of Peschiera Del Garda, Italy, is an, imposing bombproof construction, built at first a military barrack, then a hospital, then used to house prisoners of war during WW 2, it was liberated by Italian anti fascist partisans early in 1945, now in the same condition as it was after the war, it is open to the public with guided tours during summer months.
UNESCO World Heritage Site ( www.comunepeschieradelgarda.com )
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Built after 1846, The Arches (Formerly known as 'The Stables') was purchased by the crown in 1966 from the Nobbs family. It is located slightly south of Prisoners Barracks No.2.
It is believed to have been used to store agricultural produce such as grains.
Taken in Gabriel Park, Portland, Oregon.
Wikipedia:
C/2006 P1, also known as Comet McNaught, is a comet that was discovered on August 7, 2006 in Australia by Robert H. McNaught. It will make Perihelion on January 12, 2007, and has become visible to the naked eye. It is visible near Venus, Aquila, and Ophiuchus during sunrise or sunset in the northern hemisphere. At magnitude -2, it is currently the brightest comet visible since Comet West in 1975, making it the 4th brightest comet seen in 70 years. [1]. After passing the sun later this month, it will become visible in the southern hemisphere, possibly as a much brighter object than it already is now.
Nasa.
Patmos (Greek, Πάτμος; Italian: Patmo) is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea. One of the northernmost islands of the Dodecanese complex,[2]) it has a population of 2,998 and an area of 34.05 km2 (13.15 sq mi). The highest point is Profitis Ilias, 269 metres (883 ft) above sea level. The Municipality of Patmos, which includes the offshore islands of Arkoi (pop. 44), Marathos (pop. 5), and several uninhabited islets, has a total population of 3,047 (2011 census) [3] and a combined land area of 45.039 square kilometres (17.390 sq mi). It is part of the Kalymnos regional unit.
Patmos' main communities are Chora (the capital city), and Skala, the only commercial port. Other settlements are Grikou and Kampos. The churches and communities on Patmos are of the Eastern Orthodox tradition. In 1999, the island's historic center Chora, along with the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse, were declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.[4] The monastery was founded by Saint Christodulos.[5] Patmos is also home to the Patmian School, a notable Greek seminary.
Patmos is mentioned in the New Testament Book of Revelation. The book's introduction states that its author, John, was on Patmos when he was given (and recorded) a vision from Jesus. Early Christian tradition identified this writer John of Patmos as John the Apostle, though some modern scholars are uncertain. As such, Patmos is a destination for Christian pilgrimage. Visitors can see the cave where John is said to have received his Revelation (the Cave of the Apocalypse), and several monasteries on the island are dedicated to Saint John.
Clandon Park House is an early 18th-century grade I listed Palladian mansion in West Clandon, near Guildford in Surrey.[2]
It stands in the south east corner of Clandon Park, a 220-hectare (540-acre) agricultural parkland estate which has been the seat of the Earls of Onslow for over two centuries. The house and gardens were gifted to the National Trust in 1956,[3] but the rest of the park remains in private ownership.[4] Some of the house's contents have also been acquired by the Trust in lieu of estate duty.[5]
Construction of the house, designed by Italian architect Giacomo Leoni, began about 1730, and the interiors were finished by continental sculptors and plasterers in the 1740s. It replaced an Elizabethan house. The park was landscaped by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown in 1781, and there are two formal gardens on either side of the house. Nearby is a Māori meeting house, one of only three outside New Zealand, that was brought to England in the late 19th century. After being transferred to the National Trust, the house underwent restoration before it was opened to the public, and later became a wedding venue and filming location for period dramas.
The house was badly damaged by fire in April 2015, probably caused by an electrical fault in the basement, leaving it "essentially a shell". Thousands of historic artefacts, paintings, and items of furniture were lost in what has been described as a national tragedy. In January 2016, the National Trust announced that some of the principal rooms on the ground floor would be fully restored to the original 18th-century designs, and upper floors will be used for exhibitions and events.
History[edit]
The estate and Elizabethan house, together with Temple Court Farm at Merrow, was purchased in 1641 from Sir Richard Weston of nearby Sutton Place,[6] by Sir Richard Onslow, MP for Surrey in the Long Parliament and great-grandfather of Thomas Onslow, 2nd Baron Onslow, who rebuilt it. Many members of the Onslow family followed political careers; three of them, including Arthur Onslow, were Speakers of the House of Commons. Their portraits would later hang in the Speaker's Parlour at Clandon House.[7]
Engraving of the house, showing the west front and deer park, c. 1824
The house was built, or perhaps thoroughly rebuilt, in about 1730–33 (the latter date is on rainwater heads) by Thomas Onslow, 2nd Baron Onslow to the design of the Venetian architect Giacomo Leoni. It is a rectangular building of red brick and stone dressings. Clandon House interiors, completed in the 1740s, featured a two-storey Marble Hall, containing marble chimney pieces by the Flemish sculptor Michael Rysbrack, and a rococo plasterwork ceiling by Italian-Swiss artists Giuseppe Artari and Bagutti.[8]
Clandon Park was landscaped by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown in 1776–81, replacing a French garden and transforming part of a disused canal into an ornamental lake.[9] A porte-cochère was added to the principal facade in 1876. A sunken Dutch garden was created by Frances, Countess of Onslow at the north front of the house in the late 19th century. In 1895, the house was investigated for paranormal activity by the Marquess of Bute and Ada Goodrich Freer on behalf of the Society for Psychical Research. During World War I, the Onslow family created and managed a hospital in Clandon House for the war injured.
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Blankie first arrived in our family shortly after the birth of our first daughter, over a decade ago. Back then, he was clean, smooth and bright - he was covered in broad stripes, and each of these was a different primary colour. Just perfect for a bed in a nursery.
Daugher #1 slept under him, but showed him precious little notice other than that. Ditto for daughter #2. It appeared that Blankie was doomed to a purely functional existence, providing an invaluable night time service, but never being treasured. Being appreciated, but never being loved.
That was, until daughter #3 arrived. For she not only slept under Blankie, she slept with him (for, indeed, he became a personified 'he' under daughter #3's care). Then he started to go everywhere with her. She snuggled him, she played with him, and she dragged him across the floor, the ground and wherever she wandered. He was always with her.
As a result, Blankie started to suffer from a bit of wear a tear. First, his stuffy started to come apart. Then so did his seams. And then his stuffing fell out of his gapping seams. He started to fray around the edges, then in the middle.
Many times Blankie has been to the Blankie hospital (otherwise known as Granny's) where the Blankie Doctor (otherwise known as Granny) has stitched, sowed and repaired him over and over again. He's now about half the size he once was, as he has had to have been folded over numerous times in the repair process. All his stuffing has long since disappeared. His primary colours are faded and jaded.
But he is still loved as much as he ever was, however raggedy he may look. And tonight, he will be snuggled tightly as he drifts slowly and peacefully off to sleep...
April is nationally recognized as Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. This year 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division is renewing its stand against sexual assault and harassment through the "It's Our Duty" campaign, a series of videos created in solidarity of SAAPM and survivors of sexual violence. It's our duty to prevent sexual assault and sexual harassment.
Rage is an example of Concept Photography.
1.It addresses a discrete audience –anyone who has ever gotten frustrated trying to do calculations; and a universal audience - anyone who has ever gotten frustrated trying to do calculations.
2.It is not an explicit example of the concept of “rage”, my glowering face is not shown, but a general expression of the concept of rage – which is diagnostic for concept photography.
do you see the little dot right there?(I tagged it) it's an Iridium Satellite. The shine is called "Iridium Flare". I took this around 3.30 PM at May 9th (GMT +2). it was seen from Mersin/Turkey. although it's too small, I still love it!
here's a link if you want to catch a satellite passing above your location:
Patmos (Greek, Πάτμος; Italian: Patmo) is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea. One of the northernmost islands of the Dodecanese complex,[2]) it has a population of 2,998 and an area of 34.05 km2 (13.15 sq mi). The highest point is Profitis Ilias, 269 metres (883 ft) above sea level. The Municipality of Patmos, which includes the offshore islands of Arkoi (pop. 44), Marathos (pop. 5), and several uninhabited islets, has a total population of 3,047 (2011 census) [3] and a combined land area of 45.039 square kilometres (17.390 sq mi). It is part of the Kalymnos regional unit.
Patmos' main communities are Chora (the capital city), and Skala, the only commercial port. Other settlements are Grikou and Kampos. The churches and communities on Patmos are of the Eastern Orthodox tradition. In 1999, the island's historic center Chora, along with the Monastery of Saint John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse, were declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.[4] The monastery was founded by Saint Christodulos.[5] Patmos is also home to the Patmian School, a notable Greek seminary.
Patmos is mentioned in the New Testament Book of Revelation. The book's introduction states that its author, John, was on Patmos when he was given (and recorded) a vision from Jesus. Early Christian tradition identified this writer John of Patmos as John the Apostle, though some modern scholars are uncertain. As such, Patmos is a destination for Christian pilgrimage. Visitors can see the cave where John is said to have received his Revelation (the Cave of the Apocalypse), and several monasteries on the island are dedicated to Saint John.
Camden Street is a street in Dublin 2. It links Ranelagh/Rathmines (Dublin 6) to the southern city centre of Dublin. There is an Upper (southern end) and Lower (northern end) Camden St.
A prominent company located on Upper Camden St for over a century was Earley and Company (1861–1975). They were ecclesiastical furnishings and stained glass manufacturers and retailers. The firm was one of the largest and most prestigious ecclesiastical decorators both in Ireland and the U.K.
There were two cinemas on the street: The Camden Cinema and the Theatre De Luxe. The Camden Cinema was located at 55 Upper Camden St., where the headquarters of Concern Worldwide is now located. It closed around 1912. The Theatre De Luxe was opened in 1912 by Maurice Elliman, a Jew who escaped the pogroms in Eastern Europe. The first building was designed by Frederick Hayes, MRIAI, and built by George Squire & Co. It was enlarged and rebuilt in 1920. The exterior was remodelled in Art deco style in 1934. It closed in 1975. The building is now a hotel (Hotel De Luxe) and a night-club.
Taken 25/11/24 to the South of Trafalgar Square and the light was on its last legs by now/
The New Bus for London, is a hybrid diesel-electric double-decker bus operated in London. Designed by Heatherwick Studio, it is manufactured by Wrightbus, and initially featured a "hop-on hop-off" rear open platform similar to the design of the AEC Routemaster, but updated to meet requirements for modern buses to be fully accessible. The first bus entered service on 27 February 2012.
Go-Ahead London is a major bus operator in Greater London. The name first appeared in August 2008, before which the company had traded under separate names and brands. It is currently (as of November 2024) the largest bus operator in Greater London, operating a total of 157 bus routes mainly in South and Central London as well as some services into North and East London with a fleet size of 2270 vehicles under contract to Transport for London.[2] It is also the largest operator of electric buses in London, with a total of 540 electric vehicles
A few days ago we took her to get fixed. Today in the morning we noticed she was acting funny and whimpering. My mom and older sister rushed her to the vet and they diagnosed her with Parvo (Canine parvovirus type 2). It's a virus transmitted from dog to dog and most likely was given to her when we left her at the vet to be fixed. Fatality rate is high but so are our hopes. I suppose all we can do now is wait. We've had her for 6 months or so now, she's just a baby...
Update: She passed away earlier this week.
In this photo the white background was caused by the dog funnel the vet put on her after being fixed.
Click View On Black to view full version.
-Shot with Nikon D90 + Nikon 105mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR.
-Adobe Photoshop used for softening.
-Cropped.
Ferstel
(Pictures you can see by clicking on the link at the end of page!)
Ferstel and Café Central, by Rudolf von Alt, left the men's alley (Herrengasse - Street of the Lords), right Strauchgasse
Danube mermaid fountain in a courtyard of the Palais Ferstel
Shopping arcade of the Freyung to Herrengasse
Entrance to Ferstel of the Freyung, right the Palais Harrach, left the palace Hardegg
The Ferstel is a building in the first district of Vienna, Inner City, with the addresses Strauchgasse 2-4, 14 Lord Street (Herrengasse) and Freyung 2. It was established as a national bank and stock exchange building, the denomination Palais is unhistoric.
History
In 1855, the entire estate between Freyung, Strauchgasse and Herrengasse was by Franz Xaver Imperial Count von Abensperg and Traun to the k.k. Privileged Austrian National Bank sold. This banking institution was previously domiciled in the Herrengasse 17/ Bankgasse. The progressive industrialization and the with it associated economic expansion also implied a rapid development of monetary transactions and banking, so that the current premises soon no longer have been sufficient. This problem could only be solved by a new building, in which also should be housed a stock exchange hall.
According to the desire of the then Governor of the National Bank, Franz von Pipitz, the new building was supposed to be carried out with strict observance of the economy and avoiding a worthless luxury with solidity and artistic as well as technical completion. The building should offer room for the National Bank, the stock market, a cafe and - a novel idea for Vienna - a bazaar.
The commissioned architect, Heinrich von Ferstel, demonstrated in the coping with the irregular surface area with highest conceivable effective use of space his state-of-the art talent. The practical requirements combine themselves with the actually artistic to a masterful composition. Ferstel has been able to lay out the rooms of the issuing bank, the two trading floors, the passage with the bazar and the coffee house in accordance with their intended purpose and at the same time to maintain a consistent style.
He was an advocate of the "Materialbaues" (material building) as it clearly is reflected in the ashlar building of the banking institution. Base, pillars and stairs were fashioned of Wöllersdorfer stone, façade elements such as balconies, cornices, structurings as well as stone banisters of the hard white stone of Emperor Kaiser quarry (Kaisersteinbruch), while the walls were made of -Sankt Margarethen limestone. The inner rooms have been luxuriously formed, with wood paneling, leather wallpaper, Stuccolustro and rich ornamental painting.
The facade of the corner front Strauchgasse/Herrengasse received twelve sculptures by Hanns Gasser as decoration, they symbolized the peoples of the monarchy. The mighty round arch at the exit Freyung were closed with wrought-iron bare gates, because the first used locksmith could not meet the demands of Ferstel, the work was transferred to a silversmith.
1860 the National Bank and the stock exchange could move into the in 1859 completed construction. The following year was placed in the glass-covered passage the Danube mermaid fountain, whose design stems also of Ferstel. Anton von Fernkorn has created the sculptural decoration with an artistic sensitivity. Above the marble fountain basin rises a column crowned by a bronze statue, the Danube female with flowing hair, holding a fish in its hand. Below are arranged around the column three also in bronze cast figures: merchant, fisherman and shipbuilder, so those professions that have to do with the water. The total cost of the building, the interior included, amounted to the enormous sum of 1.897.600 guilders.
The originally planned use of the building remained only a few years preserved. The Stock Exchange with the premises no longer had sufficient space: in 1872 it moved to a provisional solution, 1877 at Schottenring a new Stock Exchange building opened. The National Bank moved 1925 into a yet 1913 planned, spacious new building.
The building was in Second World War battered gravely particularly on the main facade. In the 1960s was located in the former Stock Exchange a basketball training hall, the entire building appeared neglected.
1971 dealt the President of the Federal Monuments Office, Walter Frodl, with the severely war damaged banking and stock exchange building in Vienna. The Office for Technical Geology of Otto Casensky furnished an opinion on the stone facade. On the facade Freyung 2 a balcony was originally attached over the entire 15.4 m long front of hard Kaiserstein.
(Usage of Leith lime: Dependent from the consistence and structure of the Leitha lime the usage differed from „Reibsand“ till building material. The Leitha lime stone is a natural stone which can be formed easily and was desired als beautiful stone for buildings in Roman times. The usage of lime stone from Eggenburg in the Bronze age already was verified. This special attribute is the reason why the Leitha lime was taken from sculptors and masons.
The source of lime stone in the Leitha Mountains was important for Austria and especially for Vienna from the cultur historical point of view during the Renaissance and Baroque. At the 19th century the up to 150 stone quarries of the Leitha mountains got many orders form the construction work of the Vienna „Ring road“.
At many buildings of Graz, such as the castle at the Grazer castle hill, the old Joanneum and the Cottage, the Leitha lime stone was used.
Due to the fact that Leitha lime is bond on carbonate in the texture, the alteration through the actual sour rain is heavy. www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC2HKZ9_leithagebirge-leithak...)
This balcony was no longer present and only close to the facade were remnants of the tread plates and the supporting brackets recognizable. In July 1975, followed the reconstruction of the balcony and master stonemason Friedrich Opferkuh received the order to restore the old state am Leithagebirge received the order the old state - of Mannersdorfer stone, armoured concrete or artificial stone.
1975-1982, the building was renovated and re-opened the Café Central. Since then, the privately owned building is called Palais Ferstel. In the former stock exchange halls now meetings and presentations take place; the Café Central is utilizing one of the courtyards.
Fun facts (and legends) about Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic:
1. It's 516 meters (1,693 feet) long, and about 10 meters (33 feet) wide.
2. It was built to connect the castle to the Old Town.
3. There are three towers on the bridge: two on the castle side, one on the Old Town side. (I think you can go up one, maybe more, for slightly better panoramic views.)
4. Its construction has a very specific start time: 5:31 a.m. on the 9 July 1357. (Written another way: 1357.9.7.5:31.) So, it's a palindromic bridge. Supposedly stronger because of it. It was completed 45 years later in 1402.
5. The first stone was laid at the above minute by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles, for whom the bridge is named.
6. It didn't get the name "Charles Bridge" until 1870.
It originally had the more creative names of Stone Bridge or Prague Bridge. The river it spans, by the way, is the Vitava.
7. Prague is famous for being the filming locations of a handful of Hollywood movies (Amadeus, Immortal Beloved, Mission Impossible...and the pinnacle of Hollywood production, XXX -- the first one. For those of you who have deigned to sit through that gem, you'll know the setting was Prague. The final scene (well...penultimate) is of Vin Diesel sitting on these little wooden thingies next to the bridge. You're welcome for the memory, everyone...
8. There are 16 arches shielded by ice guards. (I think that's what the little wooden thingies are.)
9. There are 30 statues or statuaries on the bridge -- 15 on each side -- mostly of religious folk, saints and the like -- that were originally erected around 1700. How many of these are original? Zip. Zero. Nada. All replicas, with the originals in the National Museum, it seems.
10. This bridge/river/area is famous for swans. Why they're here and why they stay, I have no idea. But, they're nice. I saw them, but from a distance.
Now for my personal notes...
I've been on a severely sprained ankle the past few days, so haven't done much shooting in Prague, I'm sad to say. But, this bridge? I imagine it's easily the most photogenic (especially for panoramas) in the city. Looking at these pictures, I'm crying for the loss of my DSLRs and P&S cameras earlier this year. These turned out...ok, and a few slightly better than ok.
The problem with this is that every tourist (and all tourist companies) know this. Whatever you do, do NOT come between...I don't know...11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. or afternoon at all unless you love seeing throngs of people photobombing your shots. Come at sunrise or sundown. Sundown would give the best backlighting and blue hour shots of Old Town, and sunrise would give you the misty/foggy shots of the river and Old Town.
If I lived in Prague, this is exactly the place I'd come, probably once a week or every other week, to shoot in different times and seasons. It's that nice of a spot. Of course, I'd do that if I had my cameras back...
Dani and Pity
The Red Sea is a salt water inlet of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb sound and the Gulf of Aden. In the north are the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez (leading to the Suez Canal). The Red Sea is a Global 200 ecoregion.
Occupying a part of the Great Rift Valley, the Red Sea has a surface area of about 438,000 km² (169,100 square miles )[1][2]. It is roughly 2250 km (1398 mi) long and, at its widest point at 355 km (220.6 miles) wide. It has a maximum depth of 2211 m (7254 ft) in the central median trench and an average depth of 490 m (1,608 feet ), but there are also extensive shallow shelves, noted for their marine life and corals. The sea is the habitat of over 1,000 invertebrate species and 200 soft and hard corals and is the world's northernmost tropical sea.
North American B-25J Mitchell
Flying Bulls N-6123C
" The Flying Bulls B-25 Mitchell was manufactured in 1945 in Kansas City (USA) and fortunately not used in World War 2.
It was initially used as a test platform – but it landed in an aircraft cemetery in Arizona while still young. There it was acquired by a company that wanted to convert this B-25 into a fire fighting plane – but nothing came of this.
In the eighties, this plane was acquired by an aviation club in Kansas City and was presented at air shows.
It was discovered by the Flying Bulls in the mid-nineties – and finally purchased after careful negotiations. The B-25 was immediately restored from the ground up in the USA and equipped with high-quality parts before it took off to fly over the north Atlantic to Europe in 1997.
It was time in 2001 – the silvery, gleaming Mitchell was moved to its new home, the Flying Bulls. Since then she gleams in Hangar-7 and at many air shows. "
(~1.0 centimeter across)
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A mineral is a naturally-occurring, solid, inorganic, crystalline substance having a fairly definite chemical composition and having fairly definite physical properties. At its simplest, a mineral is a naturally-occurring solid chemical. Currently, there are over 6100 named and described minerals - about 200 of them are common and about 20 of them are very common. Mineral classification is based on anion chemistry. Major categories of minerals are: elements, sulfides, oxides, halides, carbonates, sulfates, phosphates, and silicates.
The silicates are the most abundant and chemically complex group of minerals. All silicates have silica as the basis for their chemistry. "Silica" refers to SiO2 chemistry. The fundamental molecular unit of silica is one small silicon atom surrounded by four large oxygen atoms in the shape of a triangular pyramid - this is the silica tetrahedron - SiO4. Each oxygen atom is shared by two silicon atoms, so only half of the four oxygens "belong" to each silicon. The resulting formula for silica is thus SiO2, not SiO4.
The simplest and most abundant silicate mineral in the Earth's crust is quartz (SiO2). All other silicates have silica + impurities. Many silicates have a significant percentage of aluminum (the aluminosilicates).
Topaz is superficially similar to quartz. Topaz is an aluminum hydroxy-fluorosilicate (Al2SiO4(F,OH)2). It is very hard (H≡8), has a nonmetallic, glassy luster, and often occurs in ~columnar crystals having striations parallel to the long axis. Topaz varies in color from clearish to yellowish to greenish to bluish to pinkish, etc. Unlike quartz, topaz has one good cleavage. Topaz is an igneous mineral; it is found in many pegmatites.
Locality: undisclosed
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Photo gallery of topaz:
Lindos (/ˈlɪndɒs/; Greek: Λίνδος) is an archaeological site, a town and a former municipality on the island of Rhodes, in the Dodecanese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Rhodes, of which it is a municipal unit.[2] It lies on the east coast of the island. It is about 50 km south of the town of Rhodes and its fine beaches make it a popular tourist and holiday destination. Lindos is situated in a large bay and faces the fishing village and small resort of Haraki.
History[edit]
Lindos was founded by the Dorians led by the king Tlepolemus of Rhodes, who arrived in about the 10th century BC. It was one of six Dorian cities in the area known as the Dorian Hexapolis. The eastern location of Rhodes made it a natural meeting place between the Greeks and the Phoenicians, and by the 8th century Lindos was a major trading centre. In the 6th century it was ruled by Cleobulus, one of the Seven Sages of Greece. The importance of Lindos declined after the foundation of the city of Rhodes in the late 5th century.
In classical times the acropolis of Lindos was dominated by the massive temple of Athena Lindia, which attained its final form in around 300 BC. In Hellenistic and Roman times the temple precinct grew as more buildings were added. In early medieval times these buildings fell into disuse, and in the 14th century they were partly overlaid by a massive fortress built on the acropolis by the Knights of St John to defend the island against the Ottomans.
Acropolis[edit]
Above the modern town rises the acropolis of Lindos, a natural citadel which was fortified successively by the Greeks, the Romans, the Byzantines, the Knights of St John and the Ottomans. This makes the site difficult to excavate and interpret archaeologically. The acropolis offers spectacular views of the surrounding harbours and coastline.
On the acropolis of Lindos today parts of the following buildings may still be seen:
Rhodian trireme
The Doric Temple of Athena Lindia, dating from about 300 BC, built on the site of an earlier temple. Inside the temple is the table of offerings and the base of the cult statue of Athena.
The Propylaea of the Sanctuary, also dating from the 4th century BC. A monumental staircase leads to a D-shaped stoa and a wall with five door openings.
The Hellenistic stoa with lateral projecting wings, dating from about 200 BC. The stoa was 87 metres long and consisted of 42 columns.
The well-known relief of a Rhodian trireme (warship) cut into the rock at the foot of the steps leading to the acropolis. On the bow stood a statue of General Hagesander, the work of the sculptor Pythokritos. The relief dates from about 180 BC.
The Hellenistic staircase (2nd century BC) leading to the main archaeological area of the acropolis.
Remains of a Roman temple, possibly dedicated to the Emperor Diocletian and dating from about 300 AD.
The Acropolis is surrounded by a Hellenistic wall contemporary with the Propylaea and the stairway leading to the entrance to the site. A Roman inscription says that the wall and square towers were repaired at the expense of P Aelius Hagetor, the priest of Athena in the 2nd century AD.
The Castle of the Knights of St John, built some time before 1317 on the foundations of older Byzantine fortifications. The walls and towers follow the natural conformation of the cliff. A pentagonal tower on the south side commanded the harbour, the settlement and the road from the south of the island. There was a large round tower on the east facing the sea and two more, one round and the other on a corner, on the northeast side of the enceinte. Today one of the towers at the southwest corner and one to the west survive.
The Greek Orthodox Church of St John, dating from the 13th or 14th century and built on the ruins of a previous church, which may have been built as early as the 6th century.
Some scenes of the well-known film, The Guns of Navarone, were filmed here.
Navajo Upper Antelope Canyon is a slot canyon in the American Southwest, on Navajo land east of Lechee, Arizona. It includes five separate, scenic slot canyon sections on the Navajo Reservation, referred to as Upper Antelope Canyon (or The Crack), Rattle Snake Canyon, Owl Canyon, Mountain Sheep Canyon and Lower Antelope Canyon (or The Corkscrew).[2] It is the primary attraction of Lake Powell Navajo Tribal Park, along with a hiking trail to Rainbow Bridge National Monument.
The Navajo name for Upper Antelope Canyon is Tsé bighánílíní, which means 'the place where water runs through the (Slot Canyon) rocks'. Lower Antelope Canyon is Hazdistazí (called "Hasdestwazi" by the Navajo Parks and Recreation Department), or 'spiral rock arches'. Both are in the LeChee Chapter of the Navajo Nation.[4] They are accessible by Navajo guided tour only.[5]
Located southeast of Lower Antelope canyon by the gateway town of Page, Ari. This part of the canyon is chiseled out by millions of years' worth of flood erosion and impactful winds on its sandstone, enough to sculpt out the iconic "X" shape that aptly named the canyon. Canyon X is a relatively new scenic tour and the lesser-known cousin of Upper/Lower Antelope Canyon. Canyon X is a mixture of the characteristics of both the Upper and Lower canyon, with the Upper's feature of pillars of light and the Lower's steepness. Canyon X is also deeper than the other two and brings ample photo opportunities.
Standing over the river on the road bridge a good view can be had of the museum. Never far from graffiti and traffic its a good spot to take a snap or two.
Here is the Wikopedia info:
The curves on the building have been designed to appear random. The architect has been quoted as saying that "the randomness of the curves are designed to catch the light". Designed by Canadian/American architect Frank Gehry and opened to the public in 1997, it was immediately vaulted to prominence as one of the world's most spectacular buildings in the style of Deconstructivism, although Frank Gehry does not associate himself with this architectural movement. Architect Philip Johnson called it "the greatest building of our time".[2]
The museum's design and construction serve as an object lesson in Gehry's style and method. Like much of Gehry's other works, the structure consists of radically sculpted, organic contours. Sited as it is in a port town, it is intended to resemble a ship. Its brilliantly reflective titanium panels resemble fish scales, echoing the other organic life (and, in particular, fish-like) forms that recur commonly in Gehry's designs, as well as the river Nervión upon which the museum sits. Also in typical Gehry fashion, the building is uniquely a product of the period's technology. Computer Aided Three Dimensional Interactive Application (CATIA) and visualizations were used heavily in the structure's design.
Computer simulations of the building's structure made it feasible to build shapes that architects of earlier eras would have found nearly impossible to construct. It is also important to note that while the museum is a spectacular monument from the river, at street level it is quite modest and does not overwhelm its traditional surroundings. The museum was opened as part of a revitalization effort for the city of Bilbao and for the Basque Country. Almost immediately after its opening, the Guggenheim Bilbao became a popular tourist attraction, drawing visitors from around the globe.[2] It was widely credited with "putting Bilbao on the map" and subsequently inspired other structures of similar design across the globe, such as the Cerritos Millennium Library in Cerritos, California.
The building was constructed on time and budget, which is rare for architecture of this type. In an interview in Harvard Design Magazine[3] Gehry explained how he did it. First, he ensured that what he calls the "organization of the artist" prevailed during construction, in order to prevent political and business interests from interfering with the design. Second, he made sure he had a detailed and realistic cost estimate before proceeding. Third, he used CATIA and close collaboration with the individual building trades to control costs during construction.
The Portland Saturday Market is an outdoor arts and crafts market in Portland, Oregon.[1] It is the largest continuously operated outdoor market in the United States.[1][2] It is held every Saturday and Sunday from the beginning of March through December 24,[1][2] in Tom McCall Waterfront Park underneath and also south of the Burnside Bridge, as well as within an adjacent plaza just across Naito Parkway, extending west to the Skidmore Fountain.[3] The market's hours of operations are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays, and 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m on Sundays, and admission is free.[2] The market is accessible by foot, bicycle, Segway, and TriMet's MAX Light Rail line which stops near the market at the Skidmore Fountain stop. The market has over 400 members and generates an estimated $8 million in gross sales annually. It has become a central economic engine for the historic Old Town Chinatown neighborhood, and attracts an estimated 750,000 visitors to this area each year.[4]
These are the first Hyper Stereo 3D Screenshots from Crysis 2. It was extremely difficult to create these shots, there is no way I could play the game proper at this Hyper 3D depth created with the iZ3D Driver.
Click here to see a Slideshow of these 3D Screenshots.
www.flickr.com/photos/57605784@N06/sets/72157626366412812...
However Crysis 2 is one of the first 3D games that offers its own Stereoscopic 3D support for use with NVidea 3D Vision and 3D Monitors, which I dont have. It can also output in side by side, which can be recorded.
See my You-Tube channel for live 3D Capture from Crysis, it is at standard depth determined by the Game Creators, not Hyper Stereo.
www.youtube.com/user/XtraDefinition3D?feature=mhum
To see more games played in anaglyph 3D + Tutorial & links to free software, click on the group link below.
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