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Fancy some music? Try this - Ludovico Einaudi playing Onde Corte.
The Berliner Bloke has an exhibition at Ministract - go take a look - it's superb!
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Pushkar (पुष्कर) in Rajasthan is one of the oldest cities of India. The date of its actual origin is not known, but legend associates Lord Brahma with its creation. It is mentioned that Brahma performed penance here for 60,000 years to have glimpse of Radha Krishna. Pushkar boasts of temples, though not many can be considered very old since many were destroyed by Aurangzeb, a Mogul ruler and subsequently rebuilt. The most famous among all is the Brahma Temple, said to be the only temple in the world dedicated to this deity.
Pushkar is famous for its annual Pushkar Cattle Fair, which has over the years become one of the biggest tourist attractions in India. This is usually the quintessential colourful Indian festival which you see in all the Incredible !ndia ads. However, this year was not as joyous for the traders. The global recession combined with the drought hit hard and there were hardly any buyers. The individual stories are sad - with most traders having to leave their cows, camels and horses behind because they can't afford to feed their families, let alone the animals. Yet, the resilience of the people was touching to see - with hope for the future and welcoming to those from the outside.
Check out the whole set - Magical Rajasthan.
Pushkar, India
2009
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Vista del amanecer en Moraira desde las Platgetes mirando hacia el Este. El Cap d'Or retarda la salida del sol en la localidad, pero compensa esa dilación ofreciendo un precioso espectáculo de luz y color en cada amanecer cuando asoma por detrás del cabo, recortando su silueta en la que se yergue, aún altiva, la figura de la torre vigía. Con sus 11 metros de altura y 26 de perímetro, ésta se construyó en tiempos de Felipe II y formaba parte de todo un sistema ideado con el fin de vigilar la costa y proteger a la población de las incursiones de los piratas berberiscos. Así, desde ella podían divisarse las torres vigía de Ifach (Calpe) y Granadella, con lo que, en caso de peligro, era posible comunicar la alerta de inmediato mediante señales.
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Please take your time... and enjoy it large on black
The Pyrenees also spelled Pyrenées Spanish: Pirineos; French: Pyrénées; Catalan: Pirineus; Occitan: Pirenèus; Aragonese: Perinés; Basque: Pirinioak are a range of mountains in southwest Europe that form a natural border between France and Spain. They separate the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of continental Europe, and extend for about 430 km. For the most part, the main crest forms a massive divider between France and Spain, with the tiny country of Andorra sandwiched in between. The Col d'Aubisque above is a mountain pass in the Pyrenees 30km south of Tarbes and Pau in the department of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques in the Aquitaine region of France. The Aubisque is one of those hors catégorie cols that make the legend of the Tour de France.
We were high up in the Pyrenees at the top of the Col d'aubisque even higher at 1,750 m. The weather had been cold, cold enough for snow on the top of the mountains. The white mountain tops are reaching here higher than 2600 meters. The highest peak in the Pyrenees is 3,404 meters high.
De Pyreneeën Frans: Pyrénées, Spaans: Pirineos, Catalaans: Pirineus, Baskisch: Pirinioak zijn een gebergte, gelegen op de grens van Spanje en Frankrijk. Het gebergte strekt zich uit over ongeveer 430 kilometer, tussen de Atlantische Oceaan en de Middellandse Zee. De hoogste berg is de Aneto 3404 meter, gelegen in het uiterste noordoosten van het Spaanse Aragón. Het gebergte is ontstaan door de botsing van het Iberisch schiereiland met het Europese continent, gedurende de Alpiene orogenese, vanaf circa 50 miljoen jaar geleden tot heden. De Col d'Aubisque hierboven is een bergpas in de Franse Pyreneeën. De bergpas is vooral bekend van wielrenetappes in bijvoorbeeld de Ronde van Frankrijk.
Was a fantastic sunset a few days back. So good that I jumped away from the desk with my handy point-n-shoot (that I keep in my bag to/from work) and went into one of the unused conference rooms on the West side of the building so that I could get this shot looking over Tokyo station and the Marunouchi business district at dusk.
Tokyo, Japan
I just learned something today. I got a very low score in one of my major exams. I have never experienced this in a very long time. I know it’s shallow, but I just feel so down and troubled… I guess I’m in the bottom of the wheel this time around. I wasn’t suppose to post anything until the first week of November because I have to study again, but I felt to sad that I needed an outlet. So please bear with this sad photograph…. And bear the site of me in it too.
Hope you guys are having a great day ☺
لآ أوصيك .. على حبي لآ أوصيك \ وآحرص على نفسك وروحك
آببكيك لآ شك آني بـ ابكيك ..
{~ يآعزي لـ عين مآتشوفك
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بخليك لـ اللي مآيخليك
عسى خآلق الدنيآ يصووونك
آنآ أغليك أنآ كلي .. هوى فيك .. تدري بي مآآصبر بدونك
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مآ أخفيك آلله لآ يوريك {عذآبي إذا غآبت عيونك }
بنآآديك شوووق ومآني لا قيك
من الحين وآنا \ اتحرى \ رجووعك
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آبرجيك بعدك [ لآ يقسيك .. حسآفه على الشووق وشعورك
لآ آوصيك ً ثلآثتنآ بـ آيآديك
هوآنآ
وروحي
وروحك
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رجـآءً عدم استخدآم الصوره دون آذن
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La calma después de la tormenta de viento de la noche anterior. Terminando de rodear el cráter.
Acá un video
Volcán Chillán, Región del Biobío, Chile central.
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Instantly hailed as the most important structure of its time, Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum Bilbao recently celebrated a decade of extraordinary success on October 19, 2007. With close to ninety exhibitions and over ten million visitors to its credit, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao forever changed the way the world thinks about museums, and it continues to challenge our assumptions about the connections between art, architecture, and collecting.
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Collection has a unique, yet complementary, identity from the collections at the other Guggenheim institutions, featuring works by some of the most significant artists of the second half of the 20th century: Eduardo Chillida, Yves Klein, Willem de Kooning, Robert Motherwell, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Clyfford Still, Antoni Tàpies, and Andy Warhol, among others.
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a museum of modern and contemporary art designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, built by Ferrovialand located in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. It is built alongside the Nervion River, which runs through the city of Bilbao to the Atlantic Coast. The Guggenheim is one of several museums belonging to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. The museum features permanent and visiting exhibits of works by Spanish and international artists.
One of the most admired works of contemporary architecture, the building has been hailed as a "single moment in the architectural culture" because it represents "one of those rare moments when critics, academics, and the general public were all completely united about something."The museum was the building most frequently named as one of the most important works completed since 1980 in the 2010 World Architecture Survey among architecture experts.
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Guggenheim Museum Bilbao - Smoke on the Water
Las personas que viven cerca de la playa seguro que cogieron el paraguas para salir a la calle sin saber que a cinco metros del mar lucía un sol espléndido.Un curioso fenómeno que pude contemplar ayer por la mañana en el muro de Gijón.
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White Flower / White Rose / water drops / rose closeup / closeup rose / closeup / Macro / High Key / High Key / Rose white /- رز سفید - IMG_0079
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Facts About Roses (Rose Flowers)
The birthplace of the cultivated Rose was probably Northern Persia (Current IRAN), on the Caspian, or Faristan on the Gulf of Persia.
Historically, the oldest Rose fossils have been found in Colorado, dating back to more than 35 million years ago.
Roses were considered the most sacred flowers in ancient Egypt and were used as offerings for the Goddess Isis. Roses have also been found in Egyptian tombs, where they were formed into funerary wreaths.
Confucius, 551 BC to 479 BC, reported that the Imperial Chinese library had many books on Roses.
Ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia (in the Tigris-Euphrates River Valley) mentioned Roses in a cuneiform tablet (a system of writing) written in approximately 2860 BC.
The English were already cultivating and hybridizing Roses in the 15th Century when the English War of Roses took place. The winner of the war, Tudor Henry VII, created the Rose of England (Tudor Rose) by crossbreeding other Roses.
While no Black Rose yet exists, there are some of such a deep Red color as to suggest Black.
Roses are omnipresent and grown over all parts of the globe.
The Netherlands is the world's leading exporter of Roses.
The Netherlands, with about 8000 hectares of land under Rose cultivation, is the global leader in Rose cultivation. 54 per cent (about 5000 hectares) of the cultivated land in Ecuador is under Rose cultivation!! Zambia, a small nation, had 80 per cent of its cultivated land under Roses.
Classification of Roses
Broadly, Roses are divided into three classes-
From the flower Expert
www.theflowerexpert.com/content/mostpopularflowers/rose
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The Meaning of Rose Colors
Red Rose--------------Love, Beauty, Courage and Respect, Romantic Love, Congratulations, "I Love You", "Job Well Done", Sincere Love, Respect, Courage & Passion
Red Rose (Dark)-------Unconscious beauty
Red Rose (Single)-----"I Love You"
Deep Burgundy Rose----Unconscious Beauty
White Rose------------Purity, Innocence, Silence, Secrecy, Reverence, Humility, Youthfulness, "I am worthy of you", Heavenly
White Rose(Bridal)----Happy love
Pink Rose-------------Appreciation, "Thank you", Grace, Perfect Happiness, Admiration, Gentleness, "Please Believe Me"
Dark Pink Rose--------Appreciation, Gratitude, "Thank You"
Light Pink Rose-------Admiration, Sympathy, Gentleness, Grace, Gladness, Joy, Sweetness
Yellow Rose-----------Joy, Gladness, Friendship, Delight, Promise of a new beginning, Welcome Back, Remember Me, Jealousy, "I care"
Yellow Rose, Red Tip--Friendship, Falling in Love
Orange Rose-----------Desire, Enthusiasm
Red and White Rose----Given together, these signify unity
Red and Yellow Rose---Jovial and Happy Feelings
Peach Rose------------Appreciation, Closing the deal, Let's get together, Sincerity, Gratitude
Pale Peach Rose-------Modesty
Coral Rose------------Desire
Lavender Rose---------Love at first sight, Enchantment
Orange Rose-----------Enthusiasm, Desire, Fascination
Black Rose------------Death, Farewell
Blue Rose-------------The unattainable, the impossible
Single, any color-----Simplicity, Gratitude
Red Rosebud-----------Symbolic of purity and loveliness
White Rosebud---------Symbolic of girlhood
Thornless Rose--------"Love at first sight"
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Regensburg cathedral [dome] by night
Music suggestion: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziThYl6B2vw&feature=related
1 - The dome (1273): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regensburger_Dom
2 - The old stone bridge (1135 - 1146): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steinerne_Br%c3%bccke
3 - Salthouse (1616 bis 1620): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salzstadel_(Regensburg)
4 - The "Sausagekitchen", first fast food restaurant of the world *g (1135 bis 1146): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historische_Wurstkuchl
5 - Iron bridge (Architects: Auer & Weber - 1992): www.auer-weber.de/index-intro.htm
6 - Königliche Villa (1854 bis 1856): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%c3%b6nigliche_Villa
Albany Park in Enfield
Not the biggest or the nicest park in the UK, but this particular morning it showed off beautifully. There was this lovely ground mist hugging the floor, swirling around school boys legs as they walked to school and the sun was rising and beaming through the trees ahead of me. I was so LUCKY to catch this shot.
(ON EXPLORE)
Ruínas da Fortaleza da Arrifana
Apesar de nos meses de Verão se armar, frente à Praia da Arrifana, uma armação de pesca, só no reinado de Filipe III (1635) aí se mandou levantar um Forte para defesa dos pescadores, da praia e enseada, sendo Governador e Capitão-Mor do Reino do Algarve, D. Gonçalo Coutinho.
Com o passar dos anos, o forte foi-se progressivamente destruindo, sobretudo devido à acção do tempo e das águas do mar nas marés vivas. Reedificado em 1670, foi em 1755 atingido pelo grande terramoto, tendo ficado profundamente danificado.
Autêntico miradouro natural, daqui poderá desfrutar de uma das mais belas panorâmicas da Costa Vicentina.
It's not a re-post, but this guy has been hanging out at the end of my photostream (one person found it) where i put a load of Getty submissions that i didn't want to clutter my daily uploads with. And seeing as today is the first day of the new cricket season for my team, i thought he now deserved a day in the sun. It will be our first game as Freshwater Cricket Club after 30 years of playing as West Island, and i'll be captain today so not a lot of flickr time, but will catch up soon enough.
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I like to photograph the kids,, this shot has been taken in the same day I shot the thunder, check out my previous post, hope you like it ;-)
Explored on Oct 18, 2009 #292
to get into the train - doesn't matter which one
do not care about the luggage,
do not care about the ticket
and go away
.......
Maryla Rodowicz Wsiąść do pociągu
Explored #213 on 15-10-2009
Thank You
It is a great idea to tell the story behind the image
so this is my story
I was driving back home, passing by a small town (Wolsztyn, Poland)where once a year in first weekend of May, the steam train parade takes place. I noticed, that they have some steam locomotives standing as an open air museum and stopped to make some pictures. Then I noticed a steam locomotive warming and slowly going away. After app. 1 km it stopped at a little station. I followed the locomotive and found out, that this steam trains are still serving a small distance line. I liked the mood of a solitude, small train station and old steam train... tried to put it in this photo.....
“...Las tropillas entabladas,
los fletes bien ensillados
es legado que ha heredado
esta Patria que es sagrada.
¡Qué lujo verla rodeada,
uno por uno agarrar,
la madrina cabrestear,
pegadita a la asidera!
¡Qué orgullo pa'mi bandera
que estamos viendo flamear!”
Fragmento de “Tropilla entablada”, de Julio Secundino Cabezas
Fuente: gauchoguacho.blogspot.com
San Antonio de Areco, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Amigos, visitem: www.visiteareco.com
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Camera: Canon EOS 50D
Exposure: 30 sec
Aperture: ƒ/8.0
Exposure Program: Manual
Focal Length: 46 mm
ISO Speed: 160
Flash: Off
Lens: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
Tripod: -------------
Taken on: October 15, 2009 | 1:10 am
Remote: Canon Remote Switch RS-80N3
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The camera was left on the road.
Don't worry, the camera safely!
تم ترك الكاميرا على الطريق
!. لا تقلقوا , الكاميرا بأمــان
=)
... شكراً لأنكم هنـا يا أصدقاء
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.رجــاءً, لا تعــلّــق بالجــوائز أو الدعــوات
Please, do not comment with awards or invites.
Just a perfect day,
Drink Sangria in the park,
And then later, when it gets dark,
We go home.
Just a perfect day,
Feed animals in the zoo
Then later, a movie, too,
And then home.
Oh it's such a perfect day,
I'm glad I spent it with you.
Oh such a perfect day,
You just keep me hanging on,
You just keep me hanging on.
Just a perfect day,
Problems all left alone,
Weekenders on our own.
It's such fun.
Just a perfect day,
You made me forget myself.
I thought I was someone else,
Someone good.
Oh it's such a perfect day,
I'm glad I spent it with you.
Oh such a perfect day,
You just keep me hanging on,
Longa expoisição, Fotografia noturna. Cores fortes, vibrantes. Verde, laranja e o lindo céu roxo. É possível ver o congresso nacional lá atrás, e obras de Oscar Niemeyer.
I was looking forward to October the 2nd (the Birth of a great leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi) to dedicate this picture but unfortunately work and personal life did take most of my time . So I woke up earlier than normal time and finished it just this morning. I figured, there's no time limit to dedicate something to a great man like him, right?
I'll see you all very soon in a image near you ;-)
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Lacrimosa (Requiem k 627, Wolfgnag Amadeus Mozart) cantata da Marina Laslo:
BRIDGE NAME: Hoffman Covered Bridge
COUNTY: Linn
STREAM: Crabtree Creek
NEAREST TOWN: Scio
STATUS: Open to traffic
BRIDGE LENGTH: 90 Feet
YEAR BUILT: 1936
ADDED TO NRHP: February 17, 1987
Other Notes: The bridge was named for its builder, Lee Hoffman.
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Excursión a Soria, noche en el Parador. Abrir la ventana por la mañana y encontar una preciosa niebla sobre el río Duero. ¿Quién puede resistirse a hacer fotos? Os dejo una serie con la hora en que tomé la foto. Increiblemente rápido, la niebla creció para disiparse con la misma rapidez.
Explored on October 6 #487
I don't like coffee.
I DO like cookie splash!
So i did mine with strawberry drink =]
Het Steen is a historic medieval castle in the old city center of Antwerp, Belgium, one of Europe's biggest ports. Built in 1200 - 1225, Het Steen is Antwerp's oldest building.
Previously known as Antwerp Castle, Het Steen gained its current name in around 1520, after significant rebuilding under Charles V. The rebuilding led to it being known first as "'s Heeren Steen" (the King's Stone), and later simply as "Het Steen" (The Stone). The Dutch word "Steen" means "stone", and is used for "castle" or "fortress", as in the "Gravensteen" in Ghent, Belgium.
The castle made it possible to control the access to the Schelde, the river that flows through Antwerp. It was also used as a prison between 1303 and 1827. This was not the noblest time of existence of the Steen Castle. Captivity itself was not punishment - the prison was where you awaited your sentence. Very popular punishment available was; chopping of hands, heads and/or burning and quartering. The prison’s regime was not a very honest one. The rich were logged in the right wing and the poor in the left wing of the castle.
Part of the castle was later demolished to make the roads to connect the south and the north part of the port. The remaining building contains a shipping museum, with outside on displayed on the quay, some real old canal barges.
In 1890 ‘Het Steen’ became the museum of archeology and in 1952 an annex was added to house the museum of the Antwerp maritime history. Here you’ll also find a war memorial to the Canadian soldiers in WWII.
At the entrance to Het Steen is a bas-relief of Semini, above the archway, circa 2nd century. Semini is the Scandinavian God for youth and fertility (with symbolic phallus). A historical plaque near Het Steen explains that women of the town appealed to Semini when they desired children; the god was reviled by later religious clergy. Inhabitants of Antwerp previously referred to themselves as "children of Semini". An organization affiliated with historic preservation of Het Steen and Semini, Antwerp Komitee Semini in Ere (AKSIE), formed in 1986, holds annual celebrations at Het Steen as cultural events. (Source: Het Steen)
It was a rather calm day there ... I saw no other people visiting the castle. Maybe it is not so famous in Antwerp.
Worth to view Large On Black
Die Burg Steen am rechten Scheldeufer ist aus dem Mittelalter und die Stadtburg von Antwerpen, Belgien.
Die erste Erwähnung der Burg Het Steen („Der Stein“) datiert auf das 12. Jahrhundert. Damit gilt sie als ältestes erhaltenes Gebäude der Stadt Antwerpen. Die Burg war Teil der Stadtbefestigung und sollte den Zugang zur Stadt aus der Richtung der Westerschelde schützen. Im Jahr 1520 bestimmte Kaiser Karl V., dass die Burg renoviert und umgebaut werden sollte, um Artillerie aufnehmen zu können.
Später wurde die Burg als Gefängnis genutzt. Davon zeugt heute noch das Kruzifix über dem Eingang. Es symbolisiert die Stelle, an der zum Tode verurteilte Verbrecher ihr letztes Gebet vor der Hinrichtung zu sprechen hatten.
Im 19. Jahrhundert wurde die Burg schwer beschädigt, aber im alten Gewand wieder errichtet. Seit 1952 beherbergt sie ein Museum.
Wie bereits erwähnt ist Het Steen, wie die Antwerpener sie nennen, seit 1952 das Nationale Maritime Museum Belgiens. Hier können Schiffsmodelle berühmter, historischer Schiffe, ebenso Malereien, nautische Instrumente, Fotos und Dokumente besichtigt werden. Ebenso betrachtet werden kann das Original des Leichters West Hinder III.
Über den Urzustand der Burg ist wenig bekannt. Die neuere Anlage aus dem 16. Jahrhundert wurde aber nach den Maßgaben des Adels nach mehr Wohnlichkeit erbaut. Der eigentliche Bergfried existiert nicht mehr. Dagegen wurden massive, palastartige Gebäude gebaut. Über dem Haupteingang ist ein Wehrgang angebracht, der mit Pechnasen bestückt ist. Ein massiver Rundturm mit Zinnen sichert den Eingang an der rechten Seite, ein weiterer Rundturm mit Kegeldach und Pechnasen befindet sich links. Seeseitig wurden Bastionen zur Unterbringung der Artillerie eingebaut. Auffällig ist der Baustil der Anlage. Deutlich hanseatisch geprägt sind die stufenförmigen Dachgiebel. (Quelle: Burg Steen)
Es war ein ruhiger Tag ... ich keine anderen Menschen, welche die Burg besichtigten. Vielleicht ist sehr nicht sehr berühmt für Antwerpen.
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This photo was taken while waiting for our plane that'll bring me to Iloilo. The flight was supposed to be at 4:30am but was delayed due to some technical problems with our original plane. We were asked to transfer to another plane after the pilot and technicians confirmed that it will take time to fix the first plane's faulty mechanism.
If my memory serves me right, this shot was taken before 6 in the morning while it was raining outside and some dark clouds are coming into view forecasting the catastrophe that will fall on this city about 2 weeks later.
Shot through a glass wall of a cafe. Clone stamped away the reflections and did some DRI.
I got up at 3am to drive from Seattle to Prosser in eastern WA. Still debating whether or not it was worth it. It was pretty cool to see the 31 balloons launch at sunrise over the Yakima river. I will be offline for a few weeks on a road trip to Banff and Jasper. Thanks for checking out the photo and saying hi.
Another long exposure from the Waddenzee. This time, a lonely bird on a pole.
Oh and thanks everybody for the feedback on remotes for my D300, my friend Wim told me he had a spare remote which I could get if I want it, well of course :)
Thanks Wim!
In mezzo alla rotonda di corso Regio Parco (Torino) hanno piazzato questo vecchio tram.
Verniciato d'argento ha un certo fascino.
An old tram (painted silver) seen in Turin, in the middle of a roundabout.
e vorrei dedicare questa foto a buttha, perché più la guardo più sento (ma non so bene il perché) che è nel suo stile
dedicated to buttha, i think it's a butthed shot