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Durbar Square is the generic name used to describe plazas opposite old royal palaces in Nepal. Before the Unification of Nepal, Nepal consisted of small kingdoms, and Durbar Squares are most prominent remnants of those old kingdoms in Nepal. In particular, three Durbar Squares in the Kathmandu Valley, belonging to the three kingdoms situated there before unification, are most famous: Kathmandu Durbar Square, Patan Durbar Square, and Bhaktapur Durbar Square. All three are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

 

The Kathmandu Durbar Square is surrounded by spectacular architecture and vividly showcases the skills of the Newari artists and craftsmen over several centuries. The royal palace was originally situated at Dattaraya square and was only later moved to the Durbar square location.

The Kathmandu Durbar Square holds the palaces of the Malla and Shah kings who ruled over the city. Along with these palaces, the square also surrounds quadrangles revealing courtyards and temples. The square is presently known as Hanuman Dhoka, a name derived from the statue of Hanuman, the monkey devotee of Lord Ram, near the entrance of the palace.

Done for Me Again Monday- Endless

 

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Shostakovich plays Shostakovich - Prelude & Fugue No. 22 in G minor

 

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courtyard of Stavropoleos Monastery [finished in 1908], Bucharest, Romania

architect Ion Mincu

Stavropoleos Monastery, Bucharest, Romania

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No more words today! Have a save and creative week everyone!

 

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Highest position: 355 on Monday, January 16, 2012

 

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back to the summer because its so cold at the moment!

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Mont Blanc (French) or Monte Bianco (Italian), meaning "White Mountain", is the highest mountain in the Alps, Western Europe and the European Union. It rises 4,810.45 m (15,782 ft)[2] above sea level and is ranked 11th in the world in topographic prominence. It is also sometimes known as La Dame blanche (French for "the White Lady") or Il Bianco (Italian for "the White One").

 

The mountain lies between the regions of Aosta Valley, Italy, and Haute-Savoie, France and the location of the summit is on the watershed line between the valleys of Ferret and Veny in Italy and the Arve Valley in France.

 

The two most famous towns near Mont Blanc are Courmayeur in Aosta Valley, Italy, and Chamonix in Haute-Savoie, France—the site of the first Winter Olympics. A cable car ascends and crosses the mountain from Courmayeur to Chamonix.

 

Begun in 1957 and completed in 1965, the 11.6 km (7¼ mi) Mont Blanc Tunnel runs beneath the mountain between these two countries and is one of the major trans-Alpine transport routes.

 

The Mont Blanc massif is popular for mountaineering, hiking, skiing and snowboarding.

 

The summit of Mont Blanc is a thick, perennial ice and snow dome whose thickness varies, so no exact and permanent summit elevation can be determined. But accurate measurements have been made. For a long time its official elevation was 4,807 m (15,771 ft). Then in 2002, the IGN and expert surveyors, with the aid of GPS technology, measured it to be 4,810.40 m (15,782 ft 2 in).

 

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The Aiguille du Midi (3,842 m) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps.

 

The cable car to the summit, the Téléphérique de l'Aiguille du Midi, was built in 1955 and held the title of the world's highest cable car for about two decades. It still holds the record as the highest vertical ascent cable car in the world, from 1,035 m to 3,842 m. There are two sections: from Chamonix to Plan de l'Aiguille at 2,317 m and then directly, without any support pillar, to the upper station at 3,777 m (the building contains an elevator to the summit). The span of the second section is 2,867 m measured directly, but only 2,500 m measured horizontally. It thus still is the second longest span width, measured directly.

 

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ROUGHCASTLE,BONNYBRIDGE.

Site of Antonine's wall.

I walk my dog here almost every day

 

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بصورك !

دقيقتين .. وعدّ لي !

كم عمر مر ؟

بلحَظة وأنت تردّ لي ؟

وآحد

أثنين

وثلاثة !

و تبتسم ..

وأنا بعيونك مجَرد ..

بس .. أسم !

أو ملاذك لا أنقسم !

في دآخلك حزنك ..

وحاصر له فرح !

أو سرَح ..

بإبتساماتك حكي ..

ولا لقيتك .. تشتكي !

من كل شيء !

حظك ..

حبيبك ..

لهفتك ..

وعيون ميّ !

وأنـآ ورى وجهي .. حزينة

وأبتسَم !

كل مآتردد :

واحد

أثنين

وثلاثة

وتبتسم !!

 

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Peace Wall at the Eiffel Tower

Plankton has traveled to a lot of places, and we {he & I} realized: he's never been to his hometown!!

 

So off to Chicago for a sunrise! I am guessing that most of you will recognize this iconic backdrop ("The Bean") in Millennium Park ... though probably not ever like this!! As I pulled Plankton out of my backpack ... this fake mustache fell to the ground. Naturally, he begged to wear it for this shot!

 

And why would I have a fake mustache in my backpack you ask? I 'forced' all the cousins into a mustache photoshoot over the holidays. {see all the silly shots in comments} The one Plankton is sporting is the one Jackie used!

 

Sorry I haven't been around much ... who knew that a 'job' could be so time consuming!! They've asked me to work extra days (a good thing for the bank account ... but not for Flickring)!! I shall catch up tonight ... just had to post a toy today!!

 

Happy Toy-in-the-frame Thursday!!!

 

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P.S. I hear that snow is on the way ❅❅❅❅❅

Pink Floyd - One Of These Days (Live At Pompeii)

 

Desde unos de los miradores al lado del lago Toro, camino al parque nacional desde Puerto Natales, por la entrada sur.

 

Región de Magallanes, Patagonia, Chile.

starting 2012 ...

I'll never forget this day! this car is astonishing!

 

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Another one from the Daimler plant. The motorway is the Autobahn 81 separating Sindelfingen and Böblingen.

So many years

I watch the sunset

everyday,

and yet,

no, never its same!!

-Vks

 

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Day 78 of 365

 

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The Burrowing Owl is a species of special concern in Florida due to rapidly declining habitat.

 

I haven't been out shooting in a while. Raiding the archives again. This was taken from my car one summer morning.

 

Canon Digital Rebel and Canon 75-300.

Lastres (Llastres en asturiano y oficialmente) es una parroquia y una villa marinera pertenecientes al concejo de Colunga, situado en la zona oriental del Principado de Asturias

Está declarada como bien de interés cultural.

 

Espero sea de vuestro agrado

 

Os recuerdo que todas se pueden ver en grande y comentarlas

 

Mejor ver en grande sobre fondo negro

Doesn't this look like ice? Not even close! Just another cliche Big Sur, long-exposure shot!!

 

Hope everyone is having a {smooth} Saturday! By the way: this looks really sweet in the lightbox!!

 

Happy Cliché Saturday!!

 

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♫ {cause you're so smooth} ♫

“No inventes, no engañes, no robes ni bebas; pero si inventas, invéntate un mundo mejor; si engañas, engáñale a la muerte; si robas, róbate un corazón y si bebes, bébete los mejores momentos de tu vida.....”. ( Will Smith )

 

Textura lenabem . anna ¡¡Thanks ¡¡

  

Muchas gracias por vuestras visitas y comentarios

Un montón de besos ¡¡

Thank you for your visits and comments

Kisses

En compagnie de mon ami le goéland !!

wanting to be still

to be still with you

in the shadows

all those buildings

all those people/ celebrating/ sunlight & love/ you

 

you are sucha fool/ you spend all day piling up images

locations/ morsels of daydreams/ to give me a poem

 

just smile/ i'll get it

 

~Ntozake Shange

 

I found this poem a few months ago - Folded, printed on mimeograph paper. It was tucked between the dog-eared pages of Shange's book. It is a book that I've had since grad school. I forgot how much I love the words, and they just seemed to fit...

 

Happy (abstract with heavy poetry) Fence Friday!

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Førde Gjestehus og Camping - Førde, Norway.

During a way cool photowalk in Lyon with Mohamed Simma & Damien Caron

 

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Please enjoy another view of Mount Rainier, the tallest mountain in Washington State. From this vantage, the dormant volcano is actually 90 miles (145 kilometers) away!

 

Wishing you all a very peaceful and enjoyable remainder of 2011!

 

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Building Announced:Fall, 1886

Construction Completed:September, 1887

Dedicated:November 18, 1887

Dedication Speaker:Dr. Simon Newcomb, noted astronomer

Named For:Charles Demarest Holden, Class of 1877

Materials:Onondaga Limestone with lead-covered dome

Architect:Archimedes Russell

Size:30 feet by 32 feet with 30-foot high tower

Funding:Erastus F. Holden, coal merchant and SU trustee

Original Location:south side of hill west of Hall of Languages

1991 Relocation:190 feet southwest of original location

Syracuse University – Comstock Tract Buildings

NRHP District

Incredible light during sunset @ Bandon Beach, Oregon. Silhouetted are the sea stacks of Face Rock on the left and Cat and Kittens Rock on the right. One of my favorite spots on the Oregon Coast. Thanks for checking this out. Enjoy!

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Annapurna III is a 24,787 ft / 7,555 m mountain peak in the Himalayas in Nepal. Based on peakery data, it ranks as the 20th highest mountain in Nepal. The nearest peaks are Gangapurna, Canharba Chuli, Tharpu Chuli, Machapuchhare, Tarke Kang, and Singu Chuli.

 

Annapurna III was first climbed in 1961 by an Indian expedition led by Capt. Mohan Singh Kohli, via the Northeast Face. The summit party comprised Mohan Kohli, Sonam Gyatso, and Sonam Girmi.

trying out rust painting technique .

what do you think ?

“I think there should be something in science called the "reindeer effect." I don't know what it would be, but I think it'd be good to hear someone say, "Gentlemen, what we have here is a terrifying example of the reindeer effect."”

 

- Jack Handy

A pochi giorni dal Natale non poteva mancare una spolverata di neve sul Vesuvio...

 

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Nikon D700

Nikkor 80-400mm

 

Description : this photo is not photoshopped, it's the RAW file with less vibrance and saturation !!

this bulk carrier boat beached in Britanny France since a week..and made fuel pollution..as always...

all your comments are welcome

 

16/12/2011 TK BREMEN, navire échoué sur la plage d' Erdeven dans le Morbihan, dont toutes les chaines d'actualités parlent en ce moment. Cette photo a été prise de nuit vers les 22H00, face au navire, avec une mer quelque peu formée ce soir là, d'où le flouté des vagues sur la gauche. L'ambiance qui en ressort est assez mitigée car la photo est belle, mais le symbole l'est beaucoup moins, à cause des répercutions écologiques. Etant donné l'intérêt et à la fois le dégoût qu'ont les habitants pour ce bateau, il était important pour nous de le mettre en image, et d'en garder une trace en l'état car les autorités entament des mesures pour le démanteler.

Il a fallu trouver l' axe adéquate pour palier au problème de surexposition dû aux spots halogènes du pont qui gâchaient toutes les photos de coté.

 

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In romantic tones of early blue hour ...

   

UPDATE: This image was featured on our famous blogTO at this article:

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This is pretty much a spinoff of my most recent upload; they're both part of my space mercenary faction that I've slowly been putting together.

This was the sunrise over Seattle this morning, my friends. It was one of the most phenomenal sunrises I had seen in months. You can see Mount Rainier, Washington State’s tallest mountain (and dormant volcano) that dominates the horizon on unbelievably clear days such as this one.

 

An impromptu decision to curtail my morning workout at the gym gave way to serendipity, which led me to capture this image today. If I had followed my regular routine this morning, I would have completely missed this.

 

This image was taken from the balcony of my apartment. Enjoy!

 

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I love our northern light, with its softness of tone and colour. Near objects, like the stones above, appear sharp and detailed whilst those only slightly distant are hazily soft and recede in paleness.

 

Taken by Crummock Water, Buttermere

  

*Crummock Water is two and a half miles long, three quarters of a mile wide and 140ft deep. The River Cocker is considered to start at the north of the lake, before then heading into Lorton Vale. The hill of Mellbreak runs the full length of the lake on its western side; as Alfred Wainwright described it 'no pairing of hill and lake in Lakeland have a closer partnership than these'.

 

It is owned by the National Trust.

  

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.

A bit of Autumn's last glory!! I know the title sounds 'sad' but I'm not sad at all! Just love that song! :-)

 

Happy Bokeh Wednesday!

 

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♫ Three Dog Night – One Is The Loneliest Number ♫

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