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One of the actors who played the role of a princess during the Edo period.
Location: Edo Wonderland, Nikko-shi, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
A village created in Nikko/Kinugawa during the bubble economy of Japan in early 80s. Basically depicted here are houses and establishments during the Edo period, how its government functioned during the rules if shoguns and samurais, how the geishas were regarded, how the business thrived, how the people lived and how ninjas existed. I thought they were just a myth. Whatever, it was worth the experience despite the rains during the entire day of the tour!!! lol
*** Explored #43 on 8/24/2011! ***
Update: This is a re-post of yesterday's photo. I decided that the original version I posted was too contrasty with excessive shadows so I uploaded a new version. I also figured out why I thought my photo was super red when it shouldn't be: Google Chrome doesn't support Color Profiles/Color Management! The photos look much better in Firefox/Safari
I spent the last couple days on a photovacation taking photos of beautiful things around northern Arizona. My photo buddy Willie and one other friend and I flew into Phoenix and drove 5 hours north to Page, AZ. We arrived in the evening, just as a storm started blowing in. We immediately went over to Horseshoe Bend to see if we could get some nice photos. Although we knew that this spot was *completely* over-photographed we hoped that the storm would give us a fairly unique shot of the bend in the Colorado River. About an hour before sunset the lightning starting getting pretty close and the rain got a little heavier than we would have liked and we decided to head back and sit in the car -- we sprinted back to protect our gear. Luckily monsoon season in Arizona means the storms only last about 20 minutes and we were able to head back to The Bend before the sunset light started.
Fortunately for Willie and I, another storm was right behind and rolled behind Horseshoe Bend just as the sun was setting. The incoming storm created an absolutely beautiful sunset, filled with light shafts reflecting off the off the rain. The water was also calm enough to reflect the sunset in the river. We definitely had a treat of a sunset!
I rented a D700 for this trip from LensRentals.com. The D700 was absolutely amazing. With my 17-35mm lens on it I could finally go really wide and this place absolutely needed a wide angle lens. We scoped out a couple locations for this shoot and eventually decided we liked this spot because it was a little bit different than most peoples photos (who take their shots a bit to the left). I liked the two rocks on the left and right from this spot -- they point into Horseshoe Bend and frame it really nicely.
Couple other notes about Horseshoe Bend: It's right off the highway and really easy to get to. There's about a 0.75 mile walk along a sandy trail to get here and pretty much anyone except a 90 year old parent could make the trek. Once you arrive at Horseshoe Bend there's a really long stretch of land that you can scope out to get your shot (there's not just one or two spots). The edge of the cliffs drops 1,000 feet down and there are no railings preventing you from falling off. We got right up to the edge to get this shot. I was afraid to let go of my camera for fear that the wind would blow it off the edge!
Additionally, there's no way to get rid of that little rock on the bottom (left/center) that sticks into the river. It's a huge rock (that only looks small due to the 17mm lens) and no composition gets rid of it.
See Willie's photo standing a couple inches to the left of me.
Nikon D700 w/Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8 ED-IF AF-S:
17mm, f/11, 0.4 sec, ISO 200, Tripod
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Norvegia 2011 - Viaggio con il battello postale - Hurtigruten -
Navigazione tra i fiordi - canale tra le isole Vesteralen e le isole Lofoten
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Our train got into Paris Gard du Nord around 17:30, then we walked to our nearby hotel, just by Gare du l'Est. It was a quick turnaround, as I wanted to be out at a Parisienne landmark by sunset. Now, I know that most of my photos are at sunset, sunrise or the blue hour, but there simply is no better times to shoot landscapes, especially colour and HDR ones. There are exceptions to the rule, obviously, but 95% of the time this rule holds true, at least in my style of photography.
We got to the Eiffel Tower ridiculously early, so went for some food while I waited for the light to change. As soon as the sun started dropping, I raced to this little park in front of the tower and started snapping away. Poor Anna had to wait patiently while I ran backwards and forwards changing position, getting different angles and adapting as the light changed. When the sun got to a certain point, I noticed how it shone through this gap in the hedge. I waited until I could frame it with this little tree as well.
We were quite lucky to get any type of decent sunset, as it had been spitting a few minutes beforehand and the sky was covered in dark storm clouds. We even saw thunderstorms later on from the top of the tower. Thankfully the clouds broke up for a while as the sun dipped beneath the horizon.
The Eiffel Tower (La Tour Eiffel) was completed in 1889 in only four years and was the entrance arch to the World's Fair that year. It was designed by Gustave Eiffel and held the title of the tallest man-made structure in the world (324 metres) for 41 years until it was surpassed by the Chrysler Building. To make it look more uniform to people on the ground, the tower is actually painted in three different shades of paint; the lightest at the top and the darkest at the bottom.
This is a 7-shot HDR. You nearly always need to take more than three exposures if you're shooting directly into the sun, as the range of light is far greater than most normal scenes.
This photo is for Carol (in a barrel), as she went to Paris a few days before me and probably didn't bother taking any sunset shots.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark II / ISO 100 / f/14 / 17-40mm @ 17mm
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When I was looking at photos of Portland before I left, this was one of the shots I really wanted to try. I never would have found this spot If it weren't for David taking me up there. It took me several tries to get a sharp shot, as you have to zoom to 200mm and take a 20-30 second exposure. I sure am happy with the result. Thanks again David! =)
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off a Dream once broken
She can turn a drop of water
Into an ocean"
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BF Performance Lamborghini Murcielago GT 660 - Stuttgart/Böblingen
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The light was really bad and the car stood so close to the wall, so I couldn't take any better shots of this lovely car. :(
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ZLATIBOR is a mountain of exquisite beauty. It has pleasant and mild climate, large clearings, exuberant pastures intersected with mountains with mountain streams and pine trees - which this mountain is named for.
The average hight is about 1000m above sea level.
Mountain and sea gulfs encounter here which speed up the curing and the recovering from large number of lung and heart illnesses, especially from illnesses of thyroid gland and anemia.
The Balkans is the historical name of a geographic region of southeastern Europe. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains, which run through the centre of Bulgaria into eastern Serbia. The region has a combined area of 550,000 km2 (212,000 sq mi) and a population of about 55 million people.
The ancient Greek name for the Balkan Peninsula was “the Peninsula of Haemus” (Χερσόνησος του Αίμου, Chersónisos tou Aímou).
The Balkans are adjoined by water on three sides: the Black Sea to the east and branches of the Mediterranean Sea to the south and west (including the Adriatic, Ionian, Aegean and Marmara seas).
The identity of the Balkans is dominated by its geographical position; historically the area was known as a crossroads of various cultures. It has been a juncture between the Latin and Greek bodies of the Roman Empire, the destination of a massive influx of pagan Slavs, an area where Orthodox and Catholic Christianity met, as well as the meeting point between Islam and Christianity.
The Balkans today is a very diverse ethno-linguistic region, being home to multiple Slavic, Romance, and Turkic languages, as well as Greek, Albanian, and others. Through its history many other ethnic groups with their own languages lived in the area, among them Thracians, Illyrians, Romans, Uzes, Pechenegs, Cumans, Avars, Celts, Germans, and various Germanic tribes.
The Balkan region was the first area of Europe to experience the arrival of farming cultures in the Neolithic era. The practices of growing grain and raising livestock arrived in the Balkans from the Fertile Crescent by way of Anatolia, and spread west and north into Pannonia and Central Europe.
In pre-classical and classical antiquity, this region was home to Greek city-states, Illyrians, Paeonians, Thracians, Epirotes, Mollosians, Thessalians, Dacians and other ancient groups. Later the Roman Empire conquered most of the region and spread Roman culture and the Latin language but significant parts still remained under classical Greek influence. During the Middle Ages, the Balkans became the stage for a series of wars between the Byzantine, Bulgarian and Serbian Empires.
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رأيــكم يـهـمـنـي
اشــكر الاستاذ : حـسـام الـعـبداللـطـيـف
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وشكراً لسعة صدرك يابو باسل الله يعطيك العافية
مـــاشـــاء الــلــــه تـــبـــــاركـ الــلـــــه
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Es el agua, es el viento, es resumen de todo lo que siento,
es la arena, es el sentimiento, es la tinta que no borra en el silencio,
es el aire de puntillas, es la calma cogiendo carrerilla,
es el sabor de lo pequeño, es tocar un sueño.
Es el mapa de un suspiro, es lo que hay cuando te miro,
es el duende del latido de tu corazón.
Magia es probar a volcar lo que hay en el fondo de ti, magia es verte sonreír.
Magia es probar a saltar sin mirar, es caer y volver a empezar.
Es el tiempo, es la hoguera, es la mano que mece la marea,
es la tierra, es la bandera blanca, es la gota de una lluvia de esperanza.
es el mundo de puntillas, es la vida cogiendo carrerilla... (Rosana Arbelo)
LA MANGA DEL MAR MENOR - MURCIA - ESPAÑA
The weather has finally been nice ... we've been outside trying to tame our garden (I'm not going to tell you how tall our grass is) ... but today; it finally gets a trim! So I apologize for being scarce. After the lawn work; I'll be catching up to my peeps and my favorite day of the week!!
This is a dune fence from my archives. Dune / sand fences are my favorite sort of fences; and when nature takes over and they slowly bend under the power of the sun, the sand and the water; I like them even better! This set of fences lined an area where the water formed a little inlet. I was lying in the sand on my back ... looking across this fence towards the inlet and the endless sand beyond ... wish I was there right now. ♥♥♥
Happy Fence Friday
i took this photo back in the autumn.
i am going to be trying to upload a little more often from now on!
We hit the sunny beaches where we occupy ourselves keeping the sun off our skin, the saltwater off our bodies, and the sand out of our belongings. ~Erma Bombeck
Finally, I am off to my summer vacations! Ahhhh feels good. I am heading for Croatian island of Pag today. Will be back from the seaside in September. I hope I will enjoy your streams in the moments of relaxation. Have fun everyone. Summer is still on!
English: Come On! Let's Travel!
I was inspired by this new video to upload yet again one of my photos during my summer holiday in the Philippines. It's just lurking in my archives so please let me share. The video made me smile!
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And oh, it's my 300th upload! Thanks everyone!
Porsche 997 GT3 RS - Stuttgart Hbf
I am very happy with the editing.
It's my first one in this colour.
I went to Filoli last week to see how the gardens were in August. They are thriving. I took this shot in the "cutting garden", which is their garden dedicated to growing flowers for the arrangements in the house. Filoli is an historic site of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, located in Woodside, California and I am extremely lucky to live relatively close to it.
I hope everyone is enjoying their Wednesday.
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Marina Bay is a bay near Central Area in the southern part of Singapore, and lies to the east of the Downtown Core. Marina Bay is set to be a 24/7 destination with endless opportunities for people to “explore new living and lifestyle options, exchange new ideas and information for business, and be entertained by rich leisure and cultural experiences.
Explore # 495, 10 August 2011
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O Venus, joy of men and gods,
Forsake for once thy blest abodes ...
Quit Paphos and the Cyprian Isle
To reign o'er my Duck Island.
Sir Charles Hanbury-Williams
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While the rest of London rioted, I thought I'd show everyone a different side of the city. As it turns out, quite by accident. I was working late and came out around sunset. I had my camera and tripod with me, so thought I'd meander my way slowly to a tube station. I headed toward Westminster and aimed to get the Houses of Parliament. Again. By the time I'd gotten there, the sun had gone to low and all the clouds cleared up.
Not one to give up easily, I headed towards the bigest cloud formation I could see. This took me into St James's Park. Quite by happenstance I spied this quaint little cottage to which I'd never set eyes on before. "What a quaint little cottage! I've never set eyes on this before!" I said to myself. It reminded me of the gingerbread and cake cottage from Hansel and Gretel, the Brothers Grimm fairytale. "I shall take this photo!", I exclaimed out loud! Passing people stared at me like I was a lunatic. I can only assume the riots had made them jumpy.
I decided to process this to give it a more fairytale feel in keeping with my vision. This really deserves to be viewed large and black; it adds a lot, especially to this photo.
It turns out that this little place is the headquarters of the London Parks & Gardens Trust and was built in 1841 as a bird keeper's cottage. It sits upon Duck Island in the St James's Park Lake. At the end of the lake, where you can see the last remnants of the sunset, you can just make out Buckingham Palace.
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Canon 5D Mark II / ISO 100 / f6.3 / 17-40mm @ 17mm
The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. -William M. Thackeray
You'll be in my heart by Phil Collins
CameraCanon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure3.2
Aperturef/13.0
Focal Length16 mm
ISO Speed50
Exposure Bias0 EV
Mode Manual
One single shot, Singh Ray Color Intensifier, Neutral Polarizer, and Singh Ray ND-2 Rev. Grad.
As always, thanks for stopping by and looking, I appreciate your comments and visits.
El Real Club Astur de Regatas fue fundado el 10 de septiembre de 1911 en el barrio de Cimadevilla, de Gijón. Es, por lo tanto, una de las instituciones más antiguas del municipio. El Rey Alfonso XIII aceptó, poco después de su fundación, la Presidencia de Honor, y participó en las regatas de 1912 y 1913,
GIJÓN - ASTURIAS - ESPAÑA
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La vida es un millón de momentos, los tienes de prisa se van.
Las horas nos escriben un cuento, tu boca que me pide más.
Hay mil historias detrás de un silencio, hay olas que se roba el mar.
Tu abrazo se consume en el tiempo, y en ti yo quiero descansar.
Hay noches de hielo, hay alas caídas. Llovizna en la acera, tu cara divina.
Si tuviera que elegir... te elegiría a ti besándome, cuidándome, sintiéndote.
Tan solo esos momentos, son los que guardo dentro.
La vida es un puñado de sueños, y besos en la oscuridad.
Velas que encienden un sentimiento y amores que renacerán.
Hay mil canciones detrás de un te quiero, ternura en un amanecer.
Luces que bajan cuando estás lejos y brillan porque has de volver.
Hay tardes de fuego, hay notas perdidas. Hay pétalos muertos, palabras vencidas.
Hay risas eternas, hay siestas contigo. Hay largos otoños, que hoy tienen abrigo. (NOEL SCHAJRIS )
MAR MENOR - MURCIA - ESPAÑA
Canon EF70-200mm f/2.8L USM
Exposure Time : 1/1000Sec
F/Number : F3.5
ISO : 100
Focal Length : 200.00 mm
الأسم العربي: وروار شرقي صغير
Little Green Bee-eater : الأسم الإنجليزي
Merops orientalis : الأسم العلمي
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MELANARGIA GALATHEA
Descrizione
Farfalla di media grandezza (la femmina può toccare i 30 mm di apertura alare), che si distingue facilmente dagli altri satiridi nostrani per la livrea nera e bianca. Superiormente, evidenzia un disegno a scacchiera che si ripete sulle parti inferiori con tonalità giallastre. I disegni appaiono meno appariscenti sulle ali posteriori, sulle quali si osserva, inoltre, una serie interrotta di ocelli submarginali.
Biologia
Specie univoltina, con svernamento allo stadio larvale e sfarfallamento in giugno-luglio. I bruchi, pelosi, sono di colore variabile dal verde-giallo al bruno, con due linee longitudinali scure dorsali e un paio di linee giallastre lateralmente. Testa e appendici caudali sono rosso-bruni. Conducono vita diurna nutrendosi di Graminacee (gen. Phleum, Festuca, Bromus, Dactylis ecc.) alla base delle quali si impupano. Se disturbati, si arrotolano su se stessi lasciandosi cadere al suolo.
Distribuzione ed ecologia
Con alcune sottospecie, si estende dall'Europa centr-meridionale e Nordafrica all'Iran. Presente in tutta Italia, eccetto Sardegna, dalla pianura ai 3000 m. Poco frequente nel territorio, ove la si è osservata in volo su radure fiorite.
Ijen Crater, - Bondowoso, East Java, Indonesia.
Less then 1km before reach the Ijen crater rim, there is a flattens trail where you can see a magnificent view of part of Java Island and Bali strait.
Please check out my previous post to read more about Ijen Hiking
Canon EOS 50D + EF 70-300mm F/4-5.6 IS USM
EXIF: 0.25 sec • f/14 • 70 mm • ISO 100
Exposure Mode + White Balance: Manual
Filters: Lee 0.9SE GND
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*Experiment with tone and textures.
This is another image from my recent visit to "qutub shahi tombs" in Hyderabad. A big portion of this place is in ruins and as you can see the roof is crumbling, the walls are broken and overall it is in a very sorry state.
When I entered this hall, I was astounded by the light coming through the roof and the very interesting design of this hall. I have tried here to experiment with some tones and textures to give it an antique, old world feel but am not really sure I like the final look of this image.
This is again a vetorama because it was not possible to fit everything in one frame so I took two different shots of the top and bottom and stitched them together.
Thanks for your visit and comments. Have a beautiful weekend!
My third upload of the sunrise view at Podere Belvedere, Tuscany, Italy. Sky changed minute by minute and so I tried different perspectives. The best thing was, that the grass was wet and I was wearing sneakers. Never had that dripping wet socks before. But it was worth it.
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Amanecer de hoy mismo en el monte Cayón-Infiesto-Piloña. Fue un amanecer muy extraño ya que la niebla no dejaba salir el sol, pero al final aunque ya muy alto y con bastante fuerza (por eso el salir quemado) apareció y nos dejo esta para mi maravilla vista, aunque por momentos la niebla lo hacía desaparecer de nuevo. Creo realmente que mereció la pena el madrugón que nos metimos
Espero que sean de vuestro agrado
Os recuerdo que todas se pueden ver en grande y comentarlas
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El Angliru (en asturiano: l'Angliru) es un puerto de montaña del Principado de Asturias, situada en el corazón de la Sierra del Aramo, en el concejo de Riosa. Situado a 1.570 m de altitud, constituye una espacio natural de gran belleza ubicado entre algunas de las cimas más importantes de esta sierra.
De ser conocido sólo por los ganaderos locales y excursionistas, pasó a cobrar fama internacional tras ser incluido como final de etapa en la Vuelta Ciclista a España en 1999, dada la gran dureza de la ascensión, que alcanza en algunos tramos pendientes máximas del 23,5 %, uno de los puertos de montaña más difíciles del ciclismo mundial. De hecho, l'Angliru está considerado como la cima de mayor dureza, junto con el Mortirolo y el Zoncolan en Italia
En esta ocasion nos acompañaron Gonzalo (Willian Wallas) su hijo Alejandro y Jesus (Astur56) ya que se encontraban aqui en Gijon-Asturias
Espero que sean de vuestro agrado
Os recuerdo que todas se pueden ver en grande y comentarlas
Location: Near my house at Tamagawa River, Tokyo, Sunday (17 July 2011)
Taken shortly after the sunset while I walked with my bike approaching the bridge of Tamagawa as my house is at the other side.. Tried a longer exposure but it pales off more the color of the horizon.
"...Ever so nicely
Notice
How it sparkles
Down there
I can decide
What I give
But it's not up to me
What I get given
Unthinkable surprises
About to happen
But what they are"
[►] SADNESS form ENIGMA
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Oslo, Norway: The suspect in Norway's twin attacks that killed at least 92 people says he acted alone, police said Sunday, after some witness accounts said a second gunman had taken part in a mass shooting.
But police are still trying to establish whether there was "one or several" shooters at Friday's attack on a Labour Party youth meeting on Utoeya island, northwest of Oslo, police commissioner Sveinung Sponheim told journalists.
Norway suspect 'deemed killings necessary'
A suspected right-wing fanatic accused of killing at least 92 people deemed his acts "atrocious" yet "necessary" as Norway mourned victims of the nation's worst attacks since World War Two.
Police were hunting on Sunday to see if a possible second gunman took part in the shooting massacre and bomb attack on Friday that traumatised a normally peaceful Nordic country.
Anders Behring Breivik comments
In his first comment via a lawyer since he was arrested, 32-year-old Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik expressed willingness to explain himself in court at a hearing likely to be held on Monday about extending protective custody.
"He has said that he believed the actions were atrocious, but that in his head they were necessary," lawyer Geir Lippestad told independent TV2 news.
Police said Breivik gave himself up after admitting to a massacre in which at least 85 people died, mostly young people attending a summer camp of the youth wing of Norway's ruling Labour Party on an idyllic island.
Breivik was also arrested for the bombing of Oslo's government district that killed seven people hours earlier. Norway's toughest sentence is 21 years in jail. Survivors, relatives of those killed and supporters planned a procession to mourn the dead at Sundvollen on Sunday, near the island where the massacre took place.
Police defend delays
The comments from Breivik came as reports said police arrived at the island massacre about an hour and a half after he first opened fire, slowed because they didn't have quick access to a helicopter and then couldn't find a boat to make their way to the scene just several hundred yards offshore.
Survivors of the shooting spree have described hiding and fleeing into the water to escape the gunman, but a police briefing Saturday detailed for the first time how long the terror lasted - and how long victims waited for help.
Manifesto and video against multiculturalism
King Harald would attend a service in Oslo cathedral, a few hundred metres (yards) from where a bomb devastated government buildings including the offices of Labour Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.
Breivik hated "cultural marxists", wanted a "crusade" against the spread of Islam and liked guns and weightlifting, web postings, acquaintances and officials said.
A video posted to the YouTube website showed several pictures of Breivik, including one of him in a Navy Seal type scuba diving outfit pointing an automatic weapon. "Before we can start our crusade we must do our duty by decimating cultural marxism," said a caption under the video called "Knights Templar 2083" on the YouTube website, which took down the video on Saturday.
A Norwegian website provided a link to a 1,500 page electronic manifesto which says Breivik was the author. It was not possible to verify who posted the video or wrote the book.
"Once you decide to strike, it is better to kill too many than not enough, or you risk reducing the desired ideological impact of the strike," the book said.
Norway has traditionally been open to immigration, which has been criticised by the Progress Party, of which Breivik was for a short time a member. The Labour Party, whose youth camp Breivik attacked, has long been in favour of immigration.
About 100 people stood solemnly early on Sunday at a makeshift vigil near Oslo's main church, laying flowers and lighting candles. Soldiers with guns and wearing bullet-proof vests blocked streets leading to the government district.
"We are all in sorrow, everybody is scared," said Imran Shah, a Norwegian taxi driver of Pakistani heritage, as a light summer drizzle fell on unusually empty Oslo streets.
Some terrified survivors of the shooting rampage said bullets came from at least two sides. "We are not at all certain" about whether he acted alone, police chief Sveinung Sponheim said. "That is one of the things that the investigation will concentrate on."
Witnesses
Witnesses said the gunman, wearing a police uniform, was able to shoot unchallenged for a prolonged period. He picked off his victims on Utoeya island northwest of Oslo forcing youngsters to scatter in panic or to jump into the lake to swim for the mainland.
"I heard screams. I heard people begging for their lives and I heard shots. He just blew them away," Labour Party youth member Erik Kursetgjerde, 18, told Reuters.
"I was certain I was going to die," he said. "People ran everywhere. They panicked and climbed into trees. People got trampled."
Home-grown militant
The suspect, tall and blond, owned an organic farming company called Breivik Geofarm, which a supply firm said he had used to buy fertiliser -- possibly to make the Oslo bomb.
Home-grown anti-government militants have struck elsewhere in the past, notably in the United States, where Timothy McVeigh killed 168 people with a truck bomb in Oklahoma City in 1995.
The district attacked is the heart of power in Norway. But security is not tight in a country unused to such violence and better known for awarding the Nobel Peace Prize and mediating in conflicts, including the Middle East and Sri Lanka.
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