Merry christmas to all! (A little in advance.)

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Here is another shot from our trip to the backwaters in Kerala. this is what people living in these areas see on a daily basis. The beautiful Sunset across the array of coconut tress makes for an enchanting scene and for me, a first time visitor to this part of the world, it was nothing less than magical.

On the technical front, I'm not completely happy with this image. The light was too harsh and was difficult to handle the exposure. This is the best I could achieve after processing it but some good GND filters would have made my life easier and I'm planning to invest in them something soon.

Have a wonderful day ahead, my friends.

Explored on 7th December 2011. Best position #15

Even if the water rises to consume us, I will love you.

Even if the might of the skies envelope us with anger, I will love you.

Even if the wind blows us to directions far and unreachable, I will love you.. forever.

La Torre de Celas es el único resto que se conserva de una fortaleza medieval construida en el siglo XIV. Fue destruida por los Irmandiños y reconstruida en el siglo XV, siendo sus propietarios más ilustres los Condes de Andrade.

En la actualidad solo queda en pie la torre, con doce metros de altura; restaurada en 1992, es sede del Museo Etnográfico del Ayuntamiento de Culleredo.

La Torre de Celas is what remains of a medieval fortress built in the 14th century; it was destroyed by the "Irmandiños" and rebuilt in the 15th century.

At present there is only the tower left, twelve metres high; restaured in 1992, it is the Ethnographic Museum of Culleredo.

On a visit to Portland, England, in 1913 wih H.M.S. Victory in the background.

FrigateRN's Posting

FrigateRN's Stream

MaritimeQuest

wish you all a great new week, my friends

find your balance like my good friend here, Yano

برج العرب

Al Arab's Tower

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Oh, please forgive the self indulgence! haha

Thank you so much for:

My Life:

33 years on Earth.

A Wonderful Family.

The Most Loyal Friends.

A bag full of joyful, tearful and wonderful experiences.

Thank you Lord.

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I believe I can fly....

Es la primera obra escultórica de lenguaje moderno instalada en un espacio público de la ciudad. Como ocurrirá posteriormente, su transgresión formal provocará un vivo debate entre los gijoneses de esta época. Actualmente, es uno de las esculturas más características de la ciudad, con un fuerte sentido simbólico. Situada en el Paseo del Rinconín, la Madre mira al mar, hacia el que alcanza degarradoramente una de sus manos. Muriedas intentó plasmar en ella el sufrimiento de tantas asturianas y gijonesas que vieron como sus hijos debían partir en busca de una vida mejor.

Escultura de Ramón Muriedas

Espero sea de vuestro agrado

Os recuerdo que todas se pueden ver en grande y comentarlas

Mejor ver en grande sobre fondo negro

Taken from my hotel room on the 22nd floor of the Cerulean Tower Hotel in Shibuya , Tokyo .

The Hotel actually had 40 floors on the elevator so I asked the concierge in my most polite japanese if it was possible for me to go higher up to make a photo ?

He said I could from the restaurant but it opens at 11am and unfortunately I had to leave at by 7.30 for the airport . I can only imagine how spectacular that view must have been. Shikata ga nai !

per favore, "L" per vederla in GRANDE - please, press "L" to see it LARGE

appoggio.

ascolto.

sincerità.

empatia.

comunione.

E

comprensione.

senza nessuna (nessuna) condizione.

♬ ♪ ♩ ♭ ♫♪ - Jovanotti - mi fido di te

(musica seria, luce che varia

pioggia che cade, vita che scorre

cani randagi, cammelli e re magi)

Finally I got a change to enjoy my seascape fetish for couple of days. A successful weekend trip with my friend Örvar Atli to the north of Iceland, visiting some "hidden gems" and less visited places of our part.

Ernan is a shipswreck at Borgarsandur, near Sauðárkrókur in Skagafjörður, north Iceland. The remaining ship is only visible on low tide, so for successful photography it's pretty hard to plan to visit it during sunset/sunrise unless having the tide figured out also. So it's really a hidden gem.

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Taken @ Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park

Naples, Florida, USA.

November 5th 2011

Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my written permission.

a very nice parked car from east switzerland :-)

12mm @ paradeplatz

"Put on your blindfold

And a dress that's tight

And come with me

On a mystery night

Open your eyes"

Depeche Mode _ Shine

When founded in 1781, the city you see here was coined “El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles”, or "The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels”. It was a northern city of what was then known as “New Spain”, which is present-day Mexico. At the time of establishment by Los Pobladores (“the townspeople”), LA had an initial population of 48 people.

230 years later, that population is now 3.8 million. LA is the second largest city in the USA, and the 48th most populous city in the world.

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUYzkqrns5o - Mom cat hugging her kitten after C-section. Very cute!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLfCBxXw5nk - Cat Conflict. Greedy mother. Cute!

youtu.be/BWxWM9wqxyY - Super cute! Mom cat helps her kitten to escape.

أعترف أنني ذات ذوقٍ رفيع

ومن أخير الناس وأجملهم :$

ليس غروراً

ولكنني كلما نظرتُ إلى صديقاتي وكل من شاركني تفاصيل حياتي

ينتابني ذلك الشعور وبشششدة

شكراً إلهي

وهبتني أشخاصاً أرواحهم جميلة

فـ زادوني جمالاً ❤❤

Noufa and Dana ❤

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A temple snuck in at the junction of the hillsides. An oddment in Ladakh as there is no Hindu population large enough to build temples. You have Buddhists in majority and they have their monasteries to go to. There are few Moslems and that is all.

This is a temple located enroute to Pangongtso and lies at the base of the actual climb to the Changla Pass. The deft touch of hybrid construction and assimilation with Buddhism is all there to see. The prayer flags in red, yellow, blue and white fluttering briskly in the cold breeze are the visible hallmarks of Buddhist temples.

Peace and Prayers flow everywhere, religions are localized. These makeshift temples are courtsey the Army and there you have the Hindu population for you.

Dates

Taken on November 16, 2010 at 12.06pm IST (edit)

Posted to Flickr November 15, 2011 at 7.04PM IST (edit)

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Shanghai -Cina- ottobre 2011

incontri in uno dei mercati nella zona povera.

The Energy of 11-11-11....from my perspective! An auspicious day!

Look deep into the water!

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... ed un doppio sguardo che*.

clicca sulla foto, per vederla GRANDE - click on it, to see it LARGE, thanx

♬ ♪ ♩ ♭ ♫♪ - il bacio sulla bocca - ivano fossati

Un grupo de camellos descansando mientras su dueño esta preparando el rezo, esta escena ha sido captada en Assilah Marruecos.

Espero sea de vuestro agrado

Os recuerdo que todas se pueden ver en grande y comentarlas

Mejor ver en grande sobre fondo negro

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Explored 11/6/11. :)

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Used in the blog post Tennessee's Eastern Highland Rim - Part 2 - Geography.

The walk through the old town and the park constituted a magnificent afternoon. Autumn is so beautiful when the weather is fine and the coloured leaves are glowing in the sun like again last weekend. Here you see a colourful view from the bridge over the Enz.

Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany is the second-largest town in the district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg. It is situated on the river Enz, about 19 km north of Stuttgart, and 20 km south of Heilbronn.

The park is part of the horticultural show held in 1989. The garden for citizens is on the edge of Old Town.

Please take your time ... I love it to view Large On Black

Der Spaziergang durch die Altstadt und den Bürgergarten ergaben einen herrlichen Nachmittag. Ich liebe den Herbst, wenn die Sonne scheint und die bunten Blätter zum Leuchten bringt. Diese Aufnahme habe ich von der Brücke über die Enz gemacht.

Bietigheim-Bissingen ist die zweitgrößte Stadt im Landkreis Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland. Bietigheim an der Enz gelegen, befindet sich ca. 19 km nördlich von Stuttgart, und 20 km südlich von Heilbronn.

Der Park ist Teil der Landesgartenschau, die 1989 abgehalten wurde. Der Bürgergarten befindet sich am Rande der Altstadt.

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Iceland[4][5] i/ˈaɪslənd/ (Icelandic: Ísland, IPA: [ˈislant]; see Names for Iceland), officially called Republic of Iceland[6][7][8] and sometimes its counterpart Lýðveldið Ísland in Icelandic (for example this is a part of the name of the Constitution of Iceland, Stjórnarskrá lýðveldisins Íslands), is a Nordic European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.[9] The country has a population of about 320,000 and a total area of 103,000 km2 (40,000 sq mi).[10] The capital and largest city is Reykjavík,[11] with the surrounding areas in the southwestern region of the country being home to two-thirds of the country's population. Iceland is volcanically and geologically active. The interior mainly consists of a plateau characterised by sand fields, mountains and glaciers, while many glacial rivers flow to the sea through the lowlands. Iceland is warmed by the Gulf Stream and has a temperate climate despite a high latitude just outside the Arctic Circle.

According to Landnámabók, the settlement of Iceland began in AD 874 when the chieftain Ingólfur Arnarson became the first permanent Norse settler on the island.[12] Others had visited the island earlier and stayed over winter. Over the following centuries, Norsemen settled Iceland, bringing with them thralls (serfs) of Gaelic origin. From 1262 to 1918 Iceland was part of the Norwegian and later the Danish monarchies. Until the 20th century, the Icelandic population relied largely on fisheries and agriculture. Industrialisation of the fisheries and Marshall Aid brought prosperity in the years after World War II. In 1994, Iceland became party to the European Economic Area, which made it possible for the economy to diversify into economic and financial services.

Iceland has a free market economy with relatively low taxes compared to other OECD countries,[13] while maintaining a Nordic welfare system providing universal health care and tertiary education for its citizens.[14] In recent years, Iceland has been one of the wealthiest and most developed nations in the world. In 2011, it was ranked as the 14th most developed country in the world by the United Nations' Human Development Index,[3] and the fourth most productive country per capita.[15] In 2008, the nation's entire banking system systemically failed and there was substantial resulting political unrest.

Icelandic culture is founded upon the nation's Norse heritage. Most Icelanders are descendants of Norse (particularly from Western Norway) and Gaelic settlers. Icelandic, a North Germanic language, is closely related to Faroese and some West Norwegian dialects. The country's cultural heritage includes traditional Icelandic cuisine, poetry, and the medieval Icelanders' sagas. Currently, Iceland has the smallest population among NATO members and is the only one with no standing army.

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ISO: 50

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slowly we step into winter.... first snow on the road, cold wind blowing, a last view to autumn (maybe...) and waiting for christmas.

"Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet."

A different view of the Brighton Wheel.

I had a walk along the seafront scouting for shots and found this small but usable puddle for a reflection.

It was raining slightly so there was no big puddles which is what I really wanted.

I got down really low but just out of danger from the cycle route.

The floodlights on the wheel where really bright and I blew the highlights a bit but still like the shot, hope you like it too.

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"... Me vou na boca de um maula,

campeio e não acho a doma...

Um tigre fugiu da jaula

e se foi batendo carona...

Resta então um reio brabo,

o dente afiado da espora,

uma mancha de campo limpo

e a fé na Nossa Senhora ..."

Fragmento de "Campo e fé", de Anomar Danúbio Vieira

Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

Millennium Bridge & St Paul's Dome

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Hey! I just got back from my trip to the Finger Lakes. I'm going through my shots and trying to catch up now.... I hope you like this picture better then the phone pic I posted a few days ago ;)

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Half Moon Bay, California

"Adventure in the Land of the Ancient Gods"

LADAKH : Day 6

After taking some pictures near by our campsite, we continue our morning walk around the shores, trying to catch some different foreground. Tsomoriri is a stunningly beautiful lake with an incredible scenery around, not only surrounded by barren mountains with snow-capped mountain peaks, but also delighted by the sight of greenery along the shores. Sometimes flowers added a tinge of color to the bleak Tso Moriri.

This is the land of endless discovery.

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