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Dear friends, what are we doing in times when we are not allowed to travel? We can take photos around our home - sure. I guess we all do this - till we cannot see anything new any more, right? And then we remember the great times where we have been at the most wonderful places that are right now and possibly forever totally out of reach - full of desire. Such a place is Machu Picchu for me - a magic place and a place that I had the chance to visit exactly one year before.
We were fifteen people in our group last year - great folks and we are still in contact. And one of us had the idea to start with a kind of diary from our tour to South America in our WhatsApp group. So we start each day with a short summary of what we experienced that day and everybody contribute with photos, comments and memories - and so we are virtually travelling back to the past and redo our tour again...and are happy about all the little things that we thought we have forgotten and can now enjouy again...
That's also the reason why I am posting these photos now here on flickr and hope to take you with me a bit along that journey...
Take care and stay healthy, Werner
Liebe Freunde, was machen wir in Zeiten, in denen wir nicht reisen dürfen? Wir können Fotos rund um unser Zuhause machen - sicher. Ich denke, wir alle machen das - bis wir nichts Neues mehr finden können, oder? Und dann erinnern wir uns an die großartigen Zeiten, in denen wir an den schönsten Orten waren, die jetzt und möglicherweise für immer völlig unerreichbar sind - voller Sehnsucht. Ein solcher Ort ist für mich Machu Picchu - ein magischer Ort und ein Ort, den ich genau vor einem Jahr besuchen durfte.
Wir waren fünfzehn Leute in unserer Gruppe - großartige Menschen und wir sind immer noch in Kontakt. Und einer von uns hatte die Idee, mit einer Art Tagebuch von unserer Tour nach Südamerika in unserer WhatsApp-Gruppe zu beginnen. So beginnen wir jeden Tag mit einer kurzen Zusammenfassung dessen, was wir an diesem Tag erlebt haben, und alle tragen mit Fotos, Kommentaren und Erinnerungen dazu bei - und so reisen wir praktisch zurück in die Vergangenheit und wiederholen unsere Tour erneut ... und freuen uns über all die kleinen Dinge, von denen wir dachten, dass wir sie schon vergessen hätten und können sie jetzt wieder genießen...
Das ist auch der Grund, warum ich diese Fotos jetzt hier auf Flickr poste und hoffe, Euch auf dieser Reise ein wenig mitnehmen zu können ...
Passt auf euch auf und bleibt gesund, Werner
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Yik Cheong Building and Montane Mansion are most famous spots in Quarry Bay, Hong Kong. It also known as "Monster Building".
Happy Easter Monday to all our followers, commenters, admirers, and survivors! We will continue to post images on Bank Holidays while the Covid-19 crisis continues. For today, we have a remarkable image of Main Street in Kingscourt, Co. Cavan with the hill rising away from us, and a crowd of men(?) gathered about half way down! What was the occasion?
+++ UPDATE +++
Much happy speculation as to the occasion, but nothing definite that we could hang our Sunday Best hats on. However, we did narrow the date. Our Lawrence photo collection dates between 1865 and 1914. As you’ve all managed from dating various buildings to narrow the date to 1909-1922, for our purposes, that means this photograph was taken between 1909 and 1914. Thank you, one and all!
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1909-1914, but likely 1901 -1902
NLI Ref: L_CAB_08143
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Sunset - Greenwich, London, UK
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Procida is the smallest island of the Gulf of Naples; it is rich in attractions and archaeology. From the ground floor of Napoli Centro train station, you can take the metro to station Pozzuoli then get off and take the ferry at the port of Pozzuoli. The architecture of Procida has a Greek origin. In fact, the history of Procida is concentrated first of all on the medieval village “Terra Murata” and on “Corricella”, the fishing settlement. The island has served as the set for numerous films, such as The “Postman”, and some scenes in “The Talented Mr. Ripley” were shot on Corricella. The landmarks of Procida reflect typical Mediterranean pastel colours. Procida offers simply cooking and at least 10 excellent restaurants with plain cooking based on fresh fish. This simple style never fails, thanks to the 20 local fishing boats. The specialties of the cooking are: stewed rabbit (which goes back to the Borbonen who came on Procida to hunt the wild rabbit) and spaghetti with sea-urchin. Procida has 6 beaches with crystal-clear waters. Spent some relaxing days on this wonderful island. Experience the real Italy, lovely people, great views, great sand and great food.
Procida is not just a triumph of light and sea! It has its history like every other place, which here is made of wind, sea and faith. In 1811, the French poet and writer Alphonse De Lamartine arrived in Italy when he was only 21 years old. According to the story, the writer fell in love with a young local orphan named Graziella. Years later Lamartine decided to write a beautiful novel about this. This romantic love story was born on this island. They reconstructed this site two hundred years after this event. This Casa di Graziella is clearly much richer than a fisherman's house. The entire wardrobe is dated between 1800 and 1900. The purpose of the museum is to save and continue to promote the history and culture of Procida through the eyes of Graziella who lived and died for love. It gives an idea of how (not so poor people) lived in Procida 100 years ago. There is also an outside balcony from which you can see the Coast, Mount Vesuvius and surrounding Islands, including Capri.
Procida is het kleinste eiland van de Golf van Napels; het is rijk aan attracties en archeologie. Vanaf de begane grond van treinstation Napoli Centro kunt u de metro naar station Pozzuoli nemen, uitstappen en de veerboot nemen in de haven van Pozzuoli. De architectuur van Procida heeft een Griekse oorsprong. In feite is de geschiedenis van Procida allereerst geconcentreerd op het middeleeuwse dorp "Terra Murata" en op "Corricella", de vissersnederzetting. Het eiland heeft gediend als decor voor tal van films, zoals The "Postman", en sommige scènes in "The Talented Mr. Ripley" zijn opgenomen op Corricella. De herkenningspunten van Procida weerspiegelen typische mediterrane pastelkleuren. In 1811 arriveerde de Franse dichter en schrijver Alphonse De Lamartine in Italië toen hij nog maar 21 jaar oud was. Volgens het verhaal werd de schrijver verliefd op een jonge lokale wees genaamd Graziella. Jaren later besloot Lamartine een prachtige roman hier over te schrijven. Dit romantische liefdesverhaal werd geboren op dit eiland. Tweehonderd jaar na dit evenement hebben ze deze site gereconstrueerd. Dit huis is duidelijk veel rijker dan een vissershuis. De gehele kleerkast is gedateerd tussen 1800 en 1900. Het doel van het museum is om de geschiedenis en cultuur van Procida te redden en te blijven promoten door de ogen van Graziella die leefde en stierf voor liefde. Het geeft een idee hoe (niet zo arme mensen) 100 jaar geleden in Procida leefden. Er is ook een balkon van waaruit je de kust en de omliggende eilanden, waaronder Capri, kunt zien.
...and I paint my dream
Vincent van Gogh
Glamis Castle in Scotland in soft moonlight
Ich träume meine Gemälde...
...und male meinen Traum
Vincent van Gogh
Glamis Castle in Schottland in sanften Mondlicht
An over 360° panoramic view from the Lujiazui elevated walkway.
Featuring the Shanghai IFC, Pearl Tower, Bank of China and the three supertalls.
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Heron Quays DLR station - London, UK
(Explore 2020 Feb 10, # 031)
Der zum Dachsteingebirge gehörende, alleinstehende und 2351 m hohe Grimming wurde wegen seiner schroffen und wuchtigen Erscheinung Jahrhunderte lang für den höchsten Berg der Steiermark gehalten, den "Mons Styriae altissimus". Wer ihn besteigen will hat rund 1700 Höhenmeter Aufstieg vor sich, somit also eine absolut herausfordernde Aufgabe. Auf diesem Foto von SO sind rechts neben dem Grimming auch noch Schloss Trautenfels sowie die kleine Ortschaft Pürgg (von Peter Rosegger auch "Kripperl der Steiermark" genannt) erkennbar.
The to the Dachstein mountain group belonging, solitaire, and 2351 metres high mountain Grimming was because of his abrupt and massive appearance supposed for centuries to be the highest mountain of Styria, the "Mons Styriae altissimus". Who want to climb him has around 1700 metres in height ahead, therefore a absolutely challenging task. At this photo from SE are right beside the Grimming recognizable Trautenfels Castle and the little village Puergg (by the poet Peter Rosegger also called the "little manger of Styria").
Another nocturnal faff to appease my creative inner child. Many thanks to my old pal Nihal for his invaluable patience and assistance.
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Thames Barrier (IV), London, UK
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Taken on Jinzhou Street (金洲街) in Pudong's Lujiazui Financial District.
Some prominent bank buildings in the picture:
Hengsheng Bank (aka Hangseng) 恒生银行
Minsheng Bank 民生银行
Huaxia Bank 华夏银行
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Tall buildings in the Lujiazui Financial District. Left is the Bank of China Tower, right are the twin towers of the Shanghai IFC. In he center the three supertalls.
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Happy New Year 2020!!
Canal Reflection - London, UK
M42 from Paris (big city so a lot of light pollution)
6km from La Defense
One RAW photo (600mm ; 6400 ISO ; 6s ; F6.3) vs full processing (result of Stacking 270 photos and post processing).
As you can see there is a "small" difference between both images.
Sony A7S
Tamron 150-600 (600 F6.3)
EQ2 mount
Shutter speed : 6s and 10s
6400 ISO
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Happy New Year 2020!!
Upon Reflection - Chiswick Park Underground Station, London, UK
These lakes near Drei Zinnen Hutte looked so enticing, that I went down there to take photos rather than relax like the rest of our group.
Day five was from Durrenstein Hutte/Rifugio Vallandro to Rifugio A. Locatelli/Dreizinnenhütte, another big day of almost 20km with descents totalling 865m and ascents totalling 1237m.
After leaving the hut, we had a gentle climb to alpine meadows, then down a gully and an aided trail around Strudelkopf and steeply down to a main road which we crossed over before heading along route 102 and the long ascent up to Tre Cime di Lavaredo - the famous three peaks.
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A view from the beach in Jachenau towards the Fahrenbergkopf and Herzogstand mountain peaks.
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Cotopaxi is on the right (5,897 m / 19,347 ft);
Chimborazo is in the middle (6,263 m / 20,547 ft);
El Altar is on the left (5,319 m / 17,451 ft).
In fact, the valley owns eight volcanoes inside, one the reasons Alexander von Humboldt named the region "Avenue of Volcanoes".
When many think of Ecuador, we often think of Galapagos and the equator, but it’s not always the case that Ecuador is thought of in tandem with the majestic Avenue of the Volcanoes that it sits along. That’s right, Ecuador is full-on Volcano Country! But fear not, for this does not by any means detract from how impressively safe the country is to visit! If anything, it adds tremendously to the overall geographic and scenic beauty that’s found throughout. Ecuador is home to 47 volcanoes in total (both active and extinct), with 15 in volcanoes Galapagos and 32 on the mainland.
The small country is the third in number of volcanoes, it only loses to the continent countries, USA and Russia, but it does not lose in altitude, the highest in the world.
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With its elevation of 5,023 metres (16,480 ft), Tungurahua just over tops the snow line (about 4,900 metres (16,100 ft)).
Tungurahua's top is snow-covered and did feature a small summit glacier which melted away after the increase of volcanic activity in 1999.
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The Garganta de Fogo Volcano, its crater ...
It has a 183 meters/600 feet wide crater.
Most of the volcano is covered by snow.
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My first view of the Avenue of the Volcanoes at 6:52 am (a 4h58m climb) from the Refugio (Hut).
There are several volcanoes, but the most striking are the Chimborazo on your right (I will climb it tomorrow), the highest in the world and Cotopaxi, the second highest volcano in Ecuador (I climbed it in the first 24 hours).
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Climbing an active volcano is complicated.
The crater is just below me. It took years for the Ecuadorian government to release climbing permits.
Me knowing the risks and signing the papers. It is a great pleasure for Pachamama to accept me, agradiseyki.
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Tungurahua 5,023 metres (16,480 ft) is located in the Cordillera Oriental of the Andes of central Ecuador, 140 kilometres (87 mi) south of the capital Quito.
Nearby notable mountains are Chimborazo (6,310 metres (20,700 ft)) and El Altar (5,319 metres (17,451 ft)). It rises above the small thermal springs town of Baños de Agua Santa (1,800 metres (5,900 ft)) which is located at its foot 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) to the north.
Other nearby towns are Ambato (30 kilometres (19 mi) to the northwest), Baños and Riobamba (30 kilometres (19 mi) to the southwest).
Tungurahua is part of the Sangay National Park.
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Lancôme Christmas Tree St Pancras International - London, UK
9-shot, 180° stitched panorama of the Shanghai Shipyard Bridge. A dual steel bridge at the former "Shanghai No. 1 Shipyard" location in Pudong Lujiazui.
The bridge has been constructed over the exits of the former dry docks and is illuminated red at night. This is a part of the northern extension of the Lujiazui Riverside Promenade along the Huangpu River. A stretch of riverside that has been occupied by warehouses, quays and shipyards is converted into a park-like recreation area.
With the development of the Lujiazui Central Financial District Phase II in full swing, the riverside will be the recreational area of this mega-project.
On the right, in the distant background, is the Shanghai International Cruise Center, the downtown berthing point for large cruise ships.
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Liberty's - London, UK
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