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Golden Gate Bridge from the Marin Headlands - Marin County, California
This morning I had planned on uploading something completely different, but when I saw the foggy conditions over the bay, I decided to head out to the same old spots along the Marin Headlands. As I have said before, I will never get sick of this view. It will never get old to me, and it will never be the same view twice. Sure... Some elements stay the same. The bridge will always be where it is. The places to stand and watch the fog roll in or out will stay the same, but the light, and fog will always change.
This morning the fog was a bit unusual. When I arrived up at the first turnout along the headlands, the fog was flowing east to west just underneath the center section of the bridge. The fog started to surround the north tower, which normally starts to clear as the air warms with the rising sun. Within minutes, the south tower started to become engulfed in the misty haze. The odd thing for me to see was the fog building inside the bay rather than rolling in from the Pacific. I know this has happened before, I have just never seen it in person.
So this is not exactly what I had planned for the day, but its a special view to me, and always will be.
Thanks for the views, comments, nice notes, bad notes, criticism, or whatever else you all can come up with....
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Canon 5D MarkII
Lens: EF 70-200 f/4 L
No filters
Exposure: 200
Aperture: f/13.0
Focal Length: 149 mm
ISO Speed: 50
a break from my seascapes/landscapes --- here's a photo of my son Jed taken last year.
Hello everyone! Thanks for your views, comments, notes, faves and invites!
Mölndal Falls is the origin of Mölndal Kvarnby. Already in the Middle Ages used water power to drive mills and in the late 1800s Kvarnbyn developed into one of Sweden's major industrial areas. Paper industry, textile industry dominated. The old factory building now houses the companies, museums, craft and artistic activities. The area's real character is still there. This bustling with new life and annual events with the culture and business in cooperation.
caught me off guard.
14 Feb 10.
I was strolling down the beach and chanced upon this odd looking tree. At that moment, I knew I found love. It is truly special that I spotted this on Valentine's Day although I don't celebrate it.
Explored | February 14, 2010 #14
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I am used to seeing the most beautiful skies from the kitchen window, and this evening was no exception.
In the meadow the effect was just the same, deep pink clouds, layers of blue sky and little 'puffs' of pink cloud.
The oak tree in the meadow is in the central line of vision, so I had no alternative but to include it.
Taken this evening at roughly 5.30pm in the Lune Valley.
This is a repost, dedicated to (Neil Armstrong) , first man on the moon
The first song I could think of was: Rocket Man
Have you ever imagined how our satellite would show up from the window of a spaceship? This picture shows how the naked eye would see from just a few dozen thousand kms instead of the usual 380,000. A Newtonian telescope with 2500 mm focal length has been used
Gruppo Astrofili Conegliano
La luna al naturale (Dedicata a Neil Armstrong)
Questa foto è un repost, dedicato a (Neil Armstrong) , primo uomo sulla luna.
Mi viene in mente questa canzone...: Rocket Man
Avete mai immaginato come apparirebbe affascinante il nostro satellite dal finestrino di un'astronave? Questa immagine mostra quello che l'occhio nudo vedrebbe ad alcune decine di migliaia di km invece dei normali 380.000. Per questa foto, è stata utilizzata una focale di 2500 mm di un telescopio Newton.
Gruppo Astrofili Conegliano
"...Fui conhecendo as estâncias,
o dono, a marca e o sinal,
churrasco que já tem sal,
guaiaca que tem dinheiro,
cavalo que é caborteiro
e o jujo que me faz mal..."
Fragmento de "Gaudério", de Joao da Cunha Vargas
Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
MiSS Me MY FRieNDS
thank you all for your kind comments, invites and emails, my friends.
Time is coming I will be back, my internet connection is not the best, so you will not see me the following weeks to often on your stream.
also dawn is here and my life changes a lot at the moment.
all is fine, thank you..........
miss me like I miss you.
from time to time you will see some shots from my journey towards the dawn, like this one.
the fountain is in basel, switzerland.
very typical with the basilisk.
hope you like it
big big thank you to all of you
dance and.......
Marin Headlands - Marin County, California
Searching, and cleaning the hard drive, I found this one... I made this on the last day of 2009, but forgot it even existed. The color wasn't that great out on this sunrise, so I decided to go minimal.
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Canon 5D Mark II
Lens: EF 17-40 f/4L
B+W ND110 (10 stop solid ND)
Lee .9 hard edge GND
Exposure: 541
Aperture: f/13.0
Focal Length: 40 mm
ISO Speed:100
London can be a fantastic place for a walk, and for me some of the best walks are by the river - and when we are talking about the Thames this covers a huge area of quite varied scenery. You can go for the greener banks in the west around Richmond, the more urban parts of Westminster and the South Bank, or in this photograph the walk east of the Tower Bridge towards Greenwich.
Explored 11/2/10, Thanks for the visit, comments and faves! One more day and it's the weekend again:-) Have a great Friday!
This is much better LARGE On Black
Straight from the camera. Done in collaboration with missmoody. Big thanks to my friend Tom, who made it possible for us to shoot at the movie theatre!
آنآ مسـآفـر فديتـك ، بس قلي مسمـوح
مآني مطـوّل ، كلهـآ آسآبيــع وبـرجـع
رآيح لـ ديــرهـ تذعـذع خيآلـي وتفـوح
وآنآ مقـدر آخآلـف آلنفــس زود وآمنــع
بـشيـل غـــلآك في صـدري وبــآروح
فـلآ ينشغـل بـآلـك علـيّـآ ، ولآ تجــزع
آحـبـك يآ نظـر عينـي ودفــآ هـ آلروح
وقلبـي على غيـرك ، مستحيــل يقـنــع
آهديتنـي آلسعــآدهـ بعد هآك آلجــروح
وحميتنـي من صدمـآت عليلـه وتلسـع
آنآ روحي معـك ، لآ تبكي ولآ تنـوح
وبكون حآضر لك بـ آلجهـآت آلآربــع
بس دخيلك , أمـي زينه حريـمـ آلدوح
تركتهـآ وعينهـآ بعـدي سكيبــه تدمـع
مقـدر آنآظـر عينهـآ ودمعـي مدمـوح
آوصيـك عليهـآ وآنت طآلعهـآ وإسمـع
رآح تكون دخلآتي قليلـهـ بـ حكـمـ آلسفــر لكن إن شآء آللـه آحآول آتوآجـد قدر آلإمكآن ، نشوفكـمـ على خيــر (F)..
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another fake reflection :)
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Dear friends, yesterday in the late afternoon my friend Angelo and I went to Vallette, a small suburb of Sant' Ambrogio di Zoagli, Italy, where you may find a great panoramic view of Tigullio Gulf. I hope this shot may enjoy your blue Monday!
Digitally developed with Raw Therapee and enhanced with GIMP.
Absolutely to View Large On Black for better details, I appreciate the additional time you'll spend for this!
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Just got around to editing a shot from last weekend. Drove to the ocean to shoot with the usual posse, little m, rachel (formerly known as cherry pixel), vinny (dj vinny's pics) & aaron reed. Lance McCoy (McCoy352) and his son Cole also met us there. Very non-eventful as far as color goes so focused on capturing some wave action. I long for some colorful skies again. This is the famous Ruby Beach on the Wa coast. Going to bed now after a long and busy weekend. Thanks for stopping by and I will catch up with you all tomorrow :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaQOxy-3B1U&feature=related
Dieser Link ist in Deutschland nicht mehr gültig - daher ein spanischer :-)
www.goear.com/listen/f0948fc/island-bonnie-tyler
Manchmal begeben wir uns auf eine einsame Insel - in unser Innerstes. Schön, diesen Ort zu kennen und immer wieder zu finden.
XLIII
Wie ich dich liebe? Laß mich zählen wie.
Ich liebe dich so tief, so hoch, so weit,
als meine Seele blindlings reicht, wenn sie
ihr Dasein abfühlt und die Ewigkeit.
Ich liebe dich bis zu dem stillsten Stand,
den jeder Tag erreicht im Lampenschein
oder in Sonne. Frei, im Recht, und rein
wie jene, die vom Ruhm sich abgewandt.
Mit aller Leidenschaft der Leidenszeit
und mit der Kindheit Kraft, die fort war, seit
ich meine Heiligen nicht mehr geliebt.
Mit allem Lächeln, aller Tränennot
und allem Atem. Und wenn Gott es gibt,
will ich dich besser lieben nach dem Tod.
Rainer Maria Rilke, 1908 (Übersetzung)
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Sonnets from The Portuguese - XLIII
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I love thee to the level of everyday's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.
I love thee with a passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints, --- I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life! --- and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.
Elizabeth Barret-Browning, 1850
TGiF!
Oh yes, after a very warm day yesterday, winter got back in this region of planet earth.
Fog and rain and even the cold came back, maybe snow later?
Wish you all a wonderful Friday.
And Jason, this tune is for you………..
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Please take your time... and enjoy it large on black
Heck cattle were developed in the early 20th century by the Heck brothers in Germany in an attempt to breed back modern cattle to their ancestral form, the aurochs. Lutz Heck, director of the Berlin Zoological Gardens, began extensive breeding programs supported by the Nazis during World War II to bring back the aurochs. The reconstructed aurochs fitted into the Nazi propaganda drive to create an idyllic history of the Aryan Nation. The breeding back is a controversial procedure in the scientific community: once a genetic lineage is gone, it cannot be bred back. Only 39 of the crossed cattle survived World War II. A Heck bull should be at least 1.6 m high and a cow 1.4 m with weight up to 900 kg. Heck cattle are twenty to thirty centimeters shorter than the aurochs they were bred to resemble. However, cross-breeding efforts continue to increase the size and weight of the breed. The Heck cattle development which is seen by some as competition to the conservation of the surviving native Wisent European Bison. Nevertheless, in view of today's farm breeding programs, the Heck cattle represent an important source of vital genes since ther Heck cattle are rarely affected by diseases than any other old farm breeds. Heck cattle are considered by some the most suitable cattle breed for low intensity grazing systems in certain types of nature reserves, due to their ruggedness and lack of need for human care. There are about 3000 Heck cattle in Europe and few elsewhere. In Oostvaardersplassen in Flevoland near Lelystad Netherlands, there are about 570 Heck cattle freely roaming without human interference.
I only noticed the tall shadows viewing it from a hill. When you're standing in the shadows you don't notice it anymore. I captured it a bit under exposed which brings the shadow much more alive! Photo of Heck cattle in the harsh winter taken at the Dutch nature reserve Oostvaardersplassen between Almere and Lelystad. I did enter the park at the Kottertocht entrance. It is hard to survive the winter. All animals are kept without supplemental winter feeding. In the last 2009 winter 2% of Heck cattle, 7% of Konik horses and 11% of Red deer died due to the cold winter. Many deer already crossed the frozen water in search for food. Some horses were stucked due to their weight did crush the too thin ice. These konik horses where consuming the fibres of tree trunks, because food is very hard to find, although it is not there daily nutrition. Especially when there is deep snow, lack of food causes starvation among the weak and the strongest will survive . So the survival of the fittest keeps the herds strong and healthy. Also Foxes, which are quite common in this reserve, profit from carcasses of deer, cows and birds in winter. Maybe in future a pack of Wolves could do a great job as natural predators in this part of Holland.
De gebroeders Heck stelden zich in de jaren '20 van de 20e eeuw vanuit een romantische insteek ten doel om een runderras te creëren dat gelijkstond aan de oeros, het oorspronkelijke rund waar al onze runderrassen van afstammen, maar dat in de zeventiende eeuw zelf is uitgestorven. Hoewel deze methode van terugfokken omstreden was en is binnen de wetenschappelijke wereld en dan ook niet alle kenmerken van het oeros terug werden verkregen, komen in het Heckrund wel veel kenmerken terug die in de gedomesticeerde koe weggeselecteerd zijn. Ze werden gefokt uit de oorspronkelijkste runderrassen die in Europa nog te vinden waren, zoals het Corsicaans bergrund, de Spaanse vechtstier, de Schotse hooglander en het Hongaars stepperund. Van het fokprogramma overleefden 39 dieren de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Daarna waren ze lange tijd vergeten tot in de jaren '80 de Heckrunderen werden herontdekt als landschapsbeheerders, die grote grazers een grote rol toekent in het openhouden van het landschap. Sindsdien is de belangstelling voor de beesten sterk gestegen en is hun aantal van 88 in 1980 gegroeid tot zo'n 2000 tot 3000 stuks nu. Het Heckrund wordt veel gebruikt voor begrazing van natuurgebieden. Zij kunnen het hele jaar buiten lopen en hebben weinig zorg nodig. In weiden die toegankelijk zijn voor het publiek is het Heckrund niet zo geslaagd; in tegenstelling tot bijvoorbeeld de Schotse hooglander duldt hij geen mensen te dicht bij zich in de buurt. Omdat de spijsvertering van het Heckrund efficiënt is produceert hij minder methaangas en is de consistentie van de mest veel vaster. De kalveren zijn relatief klein waardoor ze makkelijk ter wereld komen. Het duurt relatief lang voordat een Heckrund geslachtsrijp is. In Nederland loopt hij rond hier in de Oostvaardersplassen en op de slikken van Flakkee.
Machine and objective: Canon EOS 450D, Sigma 18-200mm DC OS.
Locale: España, Sevilla.
Photographer: todoUNtipo
Velocidad: 1/320s
ISO: 200
Apertura: f5,6
Focal: 134mm.
Please View On Black Por favor
…Dicen que soy héroe, yo débil, tímido, casi insignificante, si siendo como soy hice lo que hice, imagínense lo que pueden hacer todos ustedes juntos.
(Mahatma Gandhi).
…They say I am hero, I weak, timid, almost insignificant, as I am if I did what I did, imagine what they can do all of you together.
(Mahatma Gandhi).
A pie o a caballo pero juntos… porque juntos somos más y mejores, porque junto a ustedes yo me siento mejor, nada ni nadie puede detener la ilusión ni la felicidad cuando estamos juntos, juntos llegaremos a grandes días llenos de luz y vida, juntos conseguiremos lo imposible.
(F. Martínez Ledesma).
Hacia tiempo que no dedicaba una foto, hoy se la quiero dedicar a dos grandes personas que llegaron a mi vida hace ya tres años y medio, Mayca y Natalia, mis dos queridas cuñadas que tanto, tanto me apoyan y a quienes tanto quiero, aprecio y respeto. Gracias a vosotras también porque con vuestro ánimo esta afición es una pasión.
…Nunca me han interesado ni el poder ni la fortuna lo que admiro son las flores que crecen en la basura…
Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved.
St Mawes is a lovely little town in Cornwall, opposite Falmouth. It lies on the east bank of the Carrick Roads, a large waterway created after the Ice Age from an ancient valley which flooded as the melt waters caused the sea level to rise dramatically, creating an immense natural harbour, often claimed to be the third largest in the world.
St. Mawes has a lovely festival in August every year where they light up the town and have music, local events etc. I was on the pier that evening and shot this, which came out remarkably well considering I'd only just had this camera for a few days and hadn't shot anything in literally 20 years!
I'd thoroughly recommend this town for an afternoon's stroll if you're down in Cornwall for the Summer holidays - the icecream shop is to die for and my kids love crabbing off the pier in the early evening.
From a technical perspective this photo came out nicely - I shot at night just as dusk was falling so I managed to retain some of that blue graduation in the sky and on the reflection, which is rather nice. The boats in the foreground make the picture really - a perfectly tranquil scene in a gorgeous Cornish town.
122 sec. @ f5.6.... full-moon, -12C, barely a breeze, so the temperatures were not too bothersome.... more with the fisheye and a trace of a moon halo....
Val and I had the honour of meeting up with Renée and Tracy in Erieau at the PIER.... a couple of enterprizing young ladies with a studio in Chatham.... its always fun shooting with other people, looking forward to going 'out' with them again.....
Check this out on B l a c k M a g i c
I first would like to say thanks to Aaron M. for getting my Timberland boot out of the mud that was like quick sand. Aaron, just make sure you don't tell anyone that I had to drive home in my ballerina tights.
Also to all the photographers that were at Badwater this morning, the guy that was all the way out in the middle of the salt flats, in the water, that was me. So if I was in any of your frames, I do apologize, but the early bird catches the worm!
The title of the image speaks for itself. The salt flats were under water. The further I went out the deeper the water got. It was strange, but it was pretty cool seeing water out there. And a rare sight also.
Oh, and before I forget, to my co-worker Jim R., you missed out on an amazing sunrise, so I hope that Sizzler dinner you had last night was good!
no HDR
Birthday cake for colleague JL.
Sponge Cake Base:
2eggs, 50g sugar, 50g flour, 2tbsp melted butter, 1/4tsp vanilla extract (optional)
1, Whisk eggs n sugar together until fluffy
2, Gently fold in sifted flour
3, Mix in melted butter & vanilla
4, Pour the batter over a greased baking sheet, bake at )180C/350F) oven for 12-15 mins
5, Slice the cake horizontally into 1cm thick.
Filling:
1 1/2 tbsp gelatine power, 1/2 cup hot water, 1 cup whipping cream, 250g cream cheese, 50g sugar, 2 large mangoes, 1 lemon juice.
1, Beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth.
2, Puree the mangoes in blender
3, Dissolve gelatine in lemon juice in hot water bath, beat into the cream cheese mixture followed by the mangoes puree. Whip fresh cream and fold into the cream cheese mixture ( i added some diced mangoes into the filling)
4, Place the sponge cake over the base of the tin, pour the filling into the tin,chill 3-4 hrs to set, decorated with fruit.
Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence (generally in the form of blood) of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person. In folkloric tales, vampires often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods they inhabited when they were alive. They wore shrouds and were often described as bloated and of ruddy or dark countenance. This is markedly different from modern fictional portrayals of gaunt, pale vampires beginning in the early 19th century. Although vampiric entities have been recorded in many cultures and according to speculation by literary historian Brian Frost that the "belief in vampires and bloodsucking demons is as old as man himself", and may go back to "prehistoric times", the term vampire was not popularized until the early 18th century, after an influx of vampire superstition into Western Europe from areas where vampire legends were frequent, such as the Balkans and Eastern Europe, although local variants were also known by different names, such as vampir (вампир) in Serbia and Bulgaria, vrykolakas in Greece and strigoi in Romania. This increased level of vampire superstition in Europe led to mass hysteria and in some cases resulted in corpses actually being staked and people being accused of vampirism.
(by Wikipedia)
You can see this photo on black in all sizes clicking to "Take me to the future" at the top of the page and then press on the magnifying glass icon!
P.S. This photo is very old and there was a colored version here in the stream.
Title comes from my favorite video game!
Life is a journey, it’s been said.
It is a story of failure, but also of victory.
It is an experience of sadness, but also of joy.
It is a sketch of despair, but also of hope.
It is a painting of war, but also of brotherhood and friendship.
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Hope you find your own, beautiful path :)
photo by:Me
location:Kuwait,Near Kuwait Towers
photo idea:Me
camera:NIKON D300
Lens:TAMRON 11-18mm
ISO:200
F#:F/22
filter kit:Cokin ND8 + Cokin Z-pro GND4
edit in:NO EDIT
other: Cable Release + Tripod
Copyright for this gallery photo belongs solely to Talal A. Images may not be copied, downloaded, or used in any way without the expressed, written permission of the photographer
Pas très loin de ma rivière sauvage …!!!
Un safari photo impressioniste au quotidien concentré essentiellement (ou presque) sur un petit morceau de planète de 55 000 pieds carrés ...!!!
Une démarche "waldennienne" à la Thoreau …!!!
Near my wild river …!!!
An impressionnist photo safari concentrated mainly on a daily basis (or almost) on my small piece of planet of 55 000 square feet …!!!
A Thoreau "waldennienne" approach …!!!
Panorama Shot of the Manhattan Bridge shot from the Brooklyn Bridge
Looks way better this way
Info
The Manhattan Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Lower Manhattan (at Canal Street) with Brooklyn (at Flatbush Avenue Extension) on Long Island. It was the last of the three suspension bridges built across the lower East River, following the Brooklyn and the Williamsburg bridges. The bridge was opened to traffic on December 31, 1909 and was designed by Leon Moisseiff, who later designed the infamous original Tacoma Narrows Bridge that opened and collapsed in 1940. It has four vehicle lanes on the upper level (split between two roadways). The lower level has three lanes, four subway tracks, a walkway and a bikeway. The upper level, originally used for streetcars, has two lanes in each direction, and the lower level is one-way and has three lanes in peak direction. It once carried New York State Route 27 and later was planned to carry Interstate 478. No tolls are charged for motor vehicles to use the Manhattan Bridge.
The original pedestrian walkway on the south side of the bridge was reopened after sixty years in June 2001. It was also used by bicycles until late summer 2004, when a dedicated bicycle path was opened on the north side of the bridge, and again in 2007 while the bike lane was used for truck access during repairs to the lower motor roadway.
* Main span: 1,470 ft (448 m)
* Length of suspension cables: 3224 ft (983 m)
* Total length: 6,855 ft (2,089 m)
The neighborhood near the bridge on the Brooklyn side, once known as Fulton Landing has been gentrified and is called DUMBO, an acronym for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass.
Technique/Processing
8 vertical shots taken at 180mm (using the Nikon 180mm f/2.8) and combined in PTGui. B/W, sepia processing done in Photoshop for the antique look.
I watched these little birds foraging amongst the rock pools on the beach & running back & forth to escape getting wet from the tide :) I've no idea on the ID but sure one of my many bird expert contacts will identify it for me..........Ray, Lorraine????
Thanks to JohnM54 for the ID of a Turnstone :)
Donde quema el azul,enarbolado.
Cúmulo de la mar,mar en el aire,
escalinata de seguir subiendo
a los altos abismos de la luz,...
Enrique Badosa
Todos los derechos reservados - All rights reserved
another reuploaded and slightly enhanced shot from my first upload session one year and three days ago... i switch back to the new stuff soon ;-)
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A view of the Minnesota State Capitol from Cass Gilbert Memorial park on a cold evening - shows off the backside of the Capitol building with the Cathedral of Saint Paul off in the distance
Camera: Nikon D3X
Lens: Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8G
Focal Length: 17mm
Aperture: f/18
Shutter Speed :120 sec
ISO: 50
Exposure: Manual
My first on Getty - Repost on Flickr
This panorama of San Diego Skyline has to be Viewed Large On Black
Good morning "San Diego Sunrise" is taken entering San Diego Bay
This image is dedicated to all my Flickr Friends in the US
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the city in California. For the metropolitan area, see San Diego metropolitan area. For other meanings of "San Diego", see San Diego (disambiguation).
San Diego
— City —
City of San Diego
From top San Diego Skyline, middle left - Coronado Bridge, middle right — museum in Balboa Park, bottom - Hotel del Coronado
Location of San Diego
within San Diego County
San Diego is located in the USA
San Diego
Location in the United States
Country United States
State California California
County San Diego
Demonym San Diegans
Founded July 16, 1769
Incorporated March 27, 1850
Area
- City 372.1 sq mi (963.6 km2)
- Land 324.3 sq mi (840.0 km2)
- Water 47.7 sq mi (123.5 km2)
Elevation 72-400 ft (22 m)
Population (January 1, 2010)[1]
- City 1,306,300 (8th In US)
- Density 4,174.8/sq mi (1,611.9/km2)
- Urban 2,880,000
- Metro 3,053,793
Demonym San Diegan
Time zone PST (UTC-8)
- Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
Website www.sandiego.gov/
San Diego (pronounced /ˌsæn diːˈeɪɡoʊ/), named after Saint Didacus (Spanish: Diego de Alcalá), is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California, after Los Angeles, with a population of 1,306,300 (Jan 2010) within its administrative limits on a land area of 372.1 square miles (963.7 km2). The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California. The urban area of San Diego extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 2,880,000. San Diego is also the county seat of San Diego County[2], the 5th largest county, by population, in the United States.
The city is the economic center of the San Diego–Carlsbad–San Marcos Metropolitan Area considered congruent with the county. The city was rated the fifth-best place to live in the United States in 2006 by Money magazine.[3] According to Forbes magazine, San Diego is the fifth-wealthiest city in the United States and the 9th safest city in the top 10 list of safest cities in the U.S.[4] San Diego's top four industries are manufacturing, defense, tourism, and agriculture.[5] San Diego's economy is largely composed of agriculture, biotechnology/biosciences, computer sciences, electronics manufacturing, defense-related manufacturing, financial and business services, ship repair, ship construction, software development, telecommunications, wireless research, and tourism. The presence of the University of California, San Diego, (UCSD) with the affiliated UCSD Medical Center promotes research in biotechnology.[6] San Diego is also designated as an iHub Innovation Center by Gov. Schwarzenegger’s Office of Economic Development.[7][8]
En esta preciosa villa pasé todos los veranos de mi niñez y juventud.
Luanco se asienta sobre una pequeña ensenada, a orillas del Cantábrico, de ahí su ancestral e íntima relación con el mar y las actividades que éste propicia. Heredera de la Puebla de Gozón, cuya fundación tuvo lugar en la segunda mitad del s. XIII, su nacimiento está ligado a la captura de ballenas, que fue su principal ocupación entre los siglos XIV y XVII.
La villa, de variopinta morfología arquitectónica y cromatismo singularizado,cuenta con un centro urbano que fue declarado Conjunto Histórico el 30 de mayo de 1991. Destacan: la calle de la Riba, con sus pintorescas casas de los siglos XVIII y XIX, el pequeño puerto, situado en la parte más protegida de la bahía, la iglesia parroquial de Santa María, obra barroca levantada entre 1728 y 1735 y declarada Monumento en 1992,la torre del Reloj, construida a comienzos del siglo XVIII.la torre del Reloj, construida a comienzos del siglo XVIII, la casa-palacio de los Menéndez de la Pola, erigida en los siglos XVII y XVIII y declarada Monumento en 1991
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Garretstown Beach, Cork, Ireland.
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Explore Highest No. 50
Explore #4: January 17, 2010
A high mountain hairpin turn makes for a neat setting to shoot the starry night sky in winter. Glow from Denver's lights appears on the left (from 50 some miles away!) while the darker sky on the right reveals the Milky Way (woohoo!). This long exposure image (102 seconds) was taken near the top of Berthoud Pass in Colorado.