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We were on our way to a hike in Blodgett Canyon, a few miles to the west and upslope from the small town of Hamilton, Montana.
As I recall, it was a few days after Thanksgiving and we were encountering a light snowfall as we approached elevation on the
eastern slopes of the iconic Bitterroot Mountains.
I stopped along the side of the road to make some captures of a lovely stand of aspen trees and had to be called back into the car after taking way too long admiring and photographing the scene, a frequent occurrence in my life, going back about 50 years. However, I have nary a regret. Only a massive and ever-
growing appreciation for the magnificence of Nature. Quite a gal, that one.
The Monday challenge is about beauty. Frost adds beauty to the mundane in the winter and I am so thankful. See expressions of beauty in the eyes of other beholders in this group or come and join us for a weekly challenge: www.flickr.com/groups/1091826@N21/
I made this capture in the Needles area of Canyonlands National Park in southern Utah back in 1992. I probably recorded the image on Kodak 64 transparency film, or slide film, and was lucky-not-good on catching this lovely rising moon, due to the fact that I had no
idea whatsoever what phase the moon was in before coming upon on this magnificent scene on this very early evening. In southern Utah, in one of the 5 National Parks that expose their majesty in that area, it is rather easy to record marvelous and/or magnificent scenes. That's what makes southern Utah one of the richest natural beauty areas in the U.S., and certainly in the Great American West.
About 18 years after I made the shot, and after digital photography was fully up and running, I had a company transform this image into a digital file. Doing so made sure that I would have the digital image much, much longer that I would have the Kodak transparency.
Safely stored for the future. For transparencies, recorded on a film emulsion, have a much shorter lifespan than do the digital images
of today. So they say. And I certainly hope that they are correct.
I visited all 5 of the National Parks on a 6-week tour around the American West and must say that my eyes and spirit thanked me profusely for months and years afterwards. They are stupendously beautiful to see, to hike, and to record. One as grand as the other.
Impossible to say which was is the very best. It is a 5-way tie in my humble opinion.
Whether starting at Zion National Park in the west, or at Arches National Park in the eastern end of the state, making the trek to visit all of southern Utah's parks is adventure not to be missed if at all possible. And, if and when you do go, make sure to keep track of the phases of the moon before you go and while you are moving along. Trusting to luck will only work for you just so long. Take it from an old timer.
(This new oldie-but-goodie image has been significantly improved and enhanced with the use of post-production software, improving on an earlier version that you may have visited in my photostream).
Motia (Motya, Μοτύη), moderna isla de San Pantaleón, fue una ciudad del oeste de Sicilia, entre Drepanum y Lilibea, situada en una pequeña isla a 1 km de la costa a la que estaba unida por un paso artificial. Fue colonia fenicia, probablemente sólo un centro comercial que se convirtió en ciudad con el tiempo. Los griegos decían haber sido fundada legendariamente por una mujer llamada Motia, y la conectaron con Heracles.
Sobre el siglo VII a. C. pasó a depender de Cartago. A medida que los griegos establecían colonias, los cartagineses se concentraron en las tres principales: Solos (Solus), Panormo (Panormus) y Motia (Motya), esta última la más cercana a Cartago, por lo que se convirtió en capital de las posesiones cartaginesas en la isla.
Es mencionada como colonia cartaginesa el 415 a. C. durante la expedición ateniense. En el 409 a. C., cuando el general Aníbal Magón desembarcó en Sicilia dejó su flota en Motia mientras avanzaba por tierra para atacar Selinunte. En esta época fue saqueada (como también Panormo) por Hermócrates, el exiliado siracusano establecido en la zona. Durante la expedición cartaginesa al mando de Amílcar (407 a. C.), los cartagineses la usaron como base de su flota.
En el 397 a. C., Dionisio I de Siracusa la atacó y la asedió. La resistencia fue épica; después de ganar las murallas y las torres, los habitantes resistieron calle a calle, casa por casa; los que sobrevivieron y no pudieron escapar, fueron ejecutados por Dionisio como castigo. Biton fue nombrado gobernador por Dionisio, y su hermano Leptines la convirtió en base de la flota siracusana.
En el 396 a. C. desembarcó en Panormo el general cartaginés Himilcón y reconquistó la ciudad, donde no encontró casi resistencia. Himilcón fundó entonces Lilibea, que tenía una mejor situación, y trasladó allí a los habitantes de Motya que habían sobrevivido. La vieja Motya desapareció de la historia y el islote fue habitado sólo por pescadores.
La isla, que corresponde a la que tenía la ciudad, se llama hoy San Pantaleón (desde el siglo XI, cambiado por monjes Basilianos), y se pueden ver algunas ruinas, fragmentos de las murallas y dos puertas, y se han hallado algunas monedas y cerámica.
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Mozia (it. Mozia oder Mothia, siz. Mozzia) ist eine antike phönizische Stadt auf der Insel San Pantaleo am westlichen Rand Siziliens in der Lagune 8 Kilometer nördlich von Marsala. Die Siedlung auf der kleinen Insel ist deshalb so interessant, da sich dort nach der Zerstörung durch Dionysios von Syrakus nie mehr eine umfangreichere Besiedlung befand, und Motya so Archäologen die Möglichkeit bietet, eine Phönizierstadt im Ganzen zu untersuchen.
Durch tektonische Veränderungen ist die damals vorhandene Brücke zur Hauptinsel versunken, die früher vorhandene Straße ist aber noch deutlich im flachen Wasser der Lagune sichtbar. Von der ehemals mächtigen Stadt sind heute noch einige Befestigungsanlagen sowie der Kothon (Binnenhafen), das Heiligtum „Cappiddazzu“, das Tophet und Grundmauern einiger Häuser vorhanden. Ein kleines Museum beherbergt bei den Ausgrabungen gefundene Keramiken, Kleinplastiken, Münzen und ähnliches.
Riding around Covenas
De paseo por medeln
Gente Paisa
"Lo mejor que tenemos para orgullecernos es la calidez de la gente "
I made this capture in the early afternoon on Thanksgiving Day, 2012 at the northeast corner of Flathead Lake, the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River. Forgoing the traditional Thanksgiving dinner, owing to the fact that my entire family was back east, myself and the late, great Jazzy, one fabulous dog and a loving and loyal companion, decided to make a weekend adventure of looping the entire lake, a trip of some 90 miles over the course of the three days.
Mother Nature provided me with a wonderful sky to work with on this particular day, and this lake-level vantage point, with its handsome collection of rocks and stones, seemed like a perfect place to make one of the many lake portraits on the trip.
This remains my favorite shot of the lake to this day. And having the privilege of spending 13 delightful years with Jazzy,
a beautiful and super smart female chocolate lab, remains one of the great highlights of my life.
Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart
to all you divine souls:
Moanalani (THROUGH_HAWAIIAN_EYE S)
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