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Un TGV file à vive allure sur la ligne Lyon - Paris.

Les gens à l'intérieur du train n'ont pas le temps d'admirer les beaux paysages de Bourgogne qu'ils traversent.

Je leur dédie donc cette photo. Cela incitera peut-être quelques uns qui ne connaissent pas de prendre un jour le temps de s'arrêter et de visiter cette belle région.

 

Ici, au sommet d'une colline après une montée sur un sentier très raide, on a une vue magnifique sur le Val Lamartinien.

 

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At speed

 

A TGV ("Train à Grande Vitesse" - High-Speed Train) runs at speed on the Lyon - Paris line.

People inside the train have no time to admire the beautiful landscapes of Burgundy that they cross.

So, I dedicate this photo to them. This may encourage some who do not know to take a day time to stop and visit this beautiful region.

 

Here, at the top of a hill after a climb on a very steep path, we discover a great view upon the Val Lamartinien.

 

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Berzé-Le-châtel- Bourgogne du sud / South Burgundy - France

I am not so familiar with types of trees. Maybe someone can tell me if this is an oak?

 

Oh I think it could be an elm.

 

3 exposure HDR.

A juvenile Green Heron, I believe, photographed late last summer at Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge, near Saginaw, Michigan

 

HBW!

 

As of 7/1/25, I am correcting my earlier ID. I now think that this is a juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron.

- Who ate all my nuts??? I know I put them here somewhere!

 

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Die Scheich-Zayid-Moschee ist die drittgrößte Moschee der Welt. Auf 224 x 174 Metern bietet die Moschee Platz für 40.000 Gläubige. Ihre Baukosten von geschätzten 545 Millionen US-Dollar sind in hochwertige Materialien und aufwändige Ausstattung geflossen. So wurden zum Beispiel 15 verschiedene Sorten Marmor zum Bau benutzt, die üppig mit Blattgold verziert wurden.

 

The Sheikh-Zayid Mosque is the third-largest mosque in the world. On 224 x 174 meters, the mosque offers space for 40,000 believers. Construction costs of estimated USD 545 million have been spent on high-quality materials and elaborate equipment. For example, 15 different types of marble were used for construction, lavishly decorated with leaf gold.

Done for Our Daily Challenge: Glow; and for Cliche Saturday

 

HCS!

M42 - Nébuleuse D'Orion.

Megrez 72 + Canon EOS 350d défiltré. Ciel moyennement limpide avec nappe de brouillard.

Max-Joseph-Platz is a square in the centre of Munich, named after King Maximilian I. Joseph, the first king of Bavaria. The centre of the square features a statue of the king.

 

This is a 360° panorama showing the square in it's entirely. Most prominent in the centre are the Residenz (Residence), the statue of King Max and the Nationaltheater ("National Theatre"). View in XXL

 

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Mirador de San Nicolas, Granada, Andalusia, Spain

 

4 images stitched with Microsoft Image Composite Editor

HDR processed with Lightroom and Photomatix

Cette tour devant laquelle on rentre dans le parc de l'abbaye au début de la visite date du milieu du 14ème siècle

 

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Cluny - abbey's enclosure tower

 

This tower in front of which we enter the abbey's park at the beginning of the tour dates from the mid 14th century.

 

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Cluny - Bourgogne du sud / South Burgundy - France

At the Gouin park in Montreal before Halloween

EWS 37702 at Newport, 2 September 1999

Grindelwald ,The Bachalpsee A view to the Schreckhorn (4,078 m alt. ) & the Finsteraarhorn .No.9088.

2 exposure panorama.

 

It is hard to imagine how ginormous these rocks are unless you can put things into perspective. The photographer on the right is my brother who is a healthy six-footer. Compare him to some people you see walking in the distance by the pines who are dwarfed by 100+ ft tall trees. Now compare these trees to the ones in the distance on the rocks. Now you get the picture.

 

Half Dome on the right rises nearly 5,000 ft from the valley with a peak at 8,836 ft (2,693 m) above sea level. On the left front are the Royal Arches ending with Washington Column on the right and North Dome in the back. Between the two rock formations run Tenaya Creek and Mirror Lake.

Halloween and Fall Colors - This where many wedding photography takes place. Too bad it's mostly in the summer because they are missing all this :)

From the kid representing the spring, the lovers representing the summer, the mother representing the fall and finally the old man; the winter himself.. haha.. pick your style...

Flying into Brisbane from Melbourne at sunset recently. It was such a clear day, you can even see the Glasshouse Mtns.

Explored #169.

Alpine jewel

  

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Lac Lauvitel - Isère - France

 

Un immense panorama se déroule sous nos yeux. La vallée en contrebas est la vallée de la Romanche. On voit sur la gauche le bourg d'Allemont et son barrage.

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Huge panorama

 

A huge panorama unfolds before our eyes. The valley below is the valley of the Romanche river. We see on the left the village of Allemont and its dam.

 

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Allemont - Isère - France

 

Resting on the grass.

 

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Finished up the 12 panel mosaic.

LUM-15x120sec/each panel

(6hrs.)

QHY23M & 11"Celestron Hyperstar(F/2)

 

RGB-17x1200sec,, 3 panel mosaic

(5hr. 40min)

QHY10 OSC & AstroTech AT65EDQ

 

3 panel mosaic (RGB color) added to 12 panel Luminance mosaic

 

Images acquired with APT(AstroPhotography Tool) and Nebulosity4. Pre-Processed with PixInsight. Post Processing with PS CS6 and PI

 

Located in the constellation of Andromeda(hence the name :) )this large spiral galaxy is 2.5 million light years away. It can be seen with the naked eye on moonless nights from even moderately light polluted skies. It has been recently estimated to contain nearly 1 trillion stars

  

Echinacea / Punahatut.

Purple coneflowers. #Finland #Summer

  

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Location: Kubah Nat. Park, Borneo

Toxicity: Mildly venomous (but non-medically significant to human)

 

The more stressed this bronzeback gets, the bluer (more blue) it become. The species is most easily identified when its anterior body is inflated in defense : at such times the vivid blue of the interstitial skin (the skin between the scales) is revealed. Though the Elegant Bronzeback also has blue interstitial skin, this appears to be far more intense in the Blue Bronzeback.

Toxicity: Non-venomous

A wild flowerbed

  

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Col des Aravis - Haute Savoie - France

Sunset on the lake. Finland. Summer.

Ce soir là, par une belle soirée d'été, j'ai diné en famille sur une terrasse en bord de Saône, dans un charmant petit restaurant au nord de Mâcon qui fait de l'excellente cuisine créole.

L'endroit est très tranquille, et il faisait un temps de rêve. Nous nous sommes régalés, et avons bu une bonne bouteille de Viré Clessé (vin blanc du Mâconnais).

Nous sommes sortis de table alors que la nuit tombait et avons fait quelques pas au bord de la rivière.

 

Il n'y avait pas un nuage dans le ciel, la lune brillait et se reflétait dans la Saône, et les étoiles sont apparues progressivement.

Ce spectacle magique offert par notre chère nature nous a fait ressentir toute la paix du lieu, et nous a rempli de joie et de gratitude, cela terminait bien la soirée.

  

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A beautiful moonlight

 

On a beautiful summer evening, I dined with family on a terrace along the Saone river, in a small restaurant in the north of Macon that makes an excellent Creole cooking.

The place is very quiet, and we had a fantastic weather. We feasted and drank a nice bottle of Viré Clessé ( white wine from Macon region).

We left the table as the night fell and made a little walk along the river.

 

There were no clouds in the sky, the moon shone and was reflected in the Saone river, and the stars appeared gradually. This magical spectacle offered by our beloved nature made us feel all the peace of the place, and filled us with joy and gratitude, it ended well the evening.

 

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Saint-Martin-Belle-Roche - Bourgogne / Burgundy - France

Cow seen and photographed in the Sulztal, which is a dell of the Oetztal, Austria 2015.

Villandry - the music garden

 

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Villandry - Val de Loire - France

Don't come across this breed too often unless you're at a show. Beautiful Pharaoh Hound pup.

This was shot in the Sero Colorado area of Aruba near Baby Beach.

 

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