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Cuando me preguntaron sobre algún arma capaz de contrarrestar el poder de la bomba atómica, yo sugerí la mejor de todas: La PAZ. (Albert Einstein)
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When they asked me on some weapon capable of offsetting the power of the atomic bomb, I suggested the best of all: The PEACE. (Albert Einstein)
♫ Quando entrar setembro e a boa nova andar nos campos
Quero ver brotar o perdão, onde a gente plantou juntos outra vez...
Já sonhamos juntos, semeando as canções no vento
Quero ver crescer nossa voz no que falta sonhar... ♫
Mais uma foto tirada na manhã do ultimo sabado quando subi a trilha do Morro Dois Irmãos, esta foto foi tirada um pouco mais abaixo do topo e de onde foi tirada a foto anterior, como falei para alguma pessoas, esta trilha na minha opinão é um pouco mais pesada que a trilha da Pedra Bonita, ambos os caminhos para mim foram tranquilos, mas isto depende muito da disposição física de cada um, quem só anda de carro e não esta acostumado a fazer trilhas pode sentir dificuldades, mas eu acredito que mesmo essas pessoas podem subir com tranquilidade se forem no seu ritmo.
* Na primeira foto da sequencia, mostra o ponto onde foia minha primeira parada de 15 minutos de descanso, para ter uma ideia o senhor que aparece na foto devia ter cerca de 70 anos e me ultrapassou no meio da trilha, chegando la em cima na minha frente.
* A Segunda foto é a foto que publiquei antes da atual e já mostra o Cume do Morro Dois Irmãos.
* A terceira e quarta foto da sequencia estão abertas, pois já foram publicadas anteriormente e nelas vemos o Morro Dois Irmãos visto de dois angulos; O primeiro do alto da Pedra Bonita e da Praia do Pepino.
Foto: Trilha do Morro Dois Irmãos - Vidigal - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil
Video: ♪ Sol de Primavera ♪ - Kika Tristão
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Panorama view out of 5 single shots.
Directly north of Boppard, the Rhine takes its greatest bend. This bow is called the Bopparder Hamm. The best known lookout point over this bow in the Rhine is the Vierseenblick, or “Four-Lake View”. This vista gets its name from the way in which the Rhine can be seen from here, or rather the way in which it cannot be seen: hills block out most of the view of the river itself so that visitors can only see four apparently separate patches of water, rather like four lakes. These are all actually parts of the Rhine; there are no lakes to be seen. The Vierseenblick can be reached by chairlift.
Panorama view of 5 single shots.
Boppard lies on the upper Middle Rhine, often known as the Rhine Gorge. This characteristic narrow form of valley arose from downward erosion of the Rhine’s riverbed. Since 2002, the Gorge has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A 17 km stretch of the Rhine forms the town’s eastern limit. (Wikipedia)
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Here's some Lego target practice at our house! :) The watermelon never knew what hit him.
This was built for our Iron Builder against the Erickson Brothers using the flexible green spike as an exit wound.
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Here's another Lego fruit shooting we found by Tim Simon, so check his out!
In the end, I think that I will like that we were sitting on the bed, talking & wondering where the time had gone.
StoryPeople
texture: Cris Buscaglia Lenz
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Saturday was a calm clear evening, and the quality of the light was beautiful.
this is my hood ;-P
textures by [http://www.flickr.com/photos/13796443@N05/] gracias
Created for Sliders Sunday and Kreative People ♣ Blue Theme ♣ contest #18
happy sliders sunday and have a great upcoming week everyone!
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The Three Sisters is Liechtenstein's most famous legend.
On the Feast of the Assumption (15 August), three sisters went up to Gafadura above the village of Planken to pick berries. As they walked along the path they heard the sounds of the church bells announcing the holy feast and calling worshippers to church. One of the sisters suggested they should also go to church, but the other two replied that the baskets had to be full of berries before they returned to the village.
Towards the end of the afternoon the baskets were full and the three sisters headed back home. On their way they met a beautiful woman who asked them for some berries. The sisters were reluctant to give her any and replied that people who want berries should pick them themselves. All of a sudden, a halo appeared around the head of the woman and she spoke to them, "You have dishonoured my holy day and refused my request. Your hearts are of stone. Therefore, as punishment, you shall be turned to stone and remain here forever." Upon saying that, the sisters were transformed into huge rocks, which from that day on became known as the Three Sisters.
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People from all around the world come to this quaint Dutch village located an hour’s drive north of Amsterdam. Enkhuizen is a beautiful city in the Netherlands in the province of North Holland. Enkhuizen was one of the harbour-towns of the East India Company - VOC, just like Hoorn and Amsterdam, from where overseas trade with the East Indies was conducted. It received city rights in 1355. In the mid-17th century, Enkhuizen was at the peak of its power and was one of the most important harbour cities in the Netherlands. However, due to a variety of reasons, notably the silting up of the harbours, Enkhuizen lost its position to Amsterdam. Nowadays, Enkhuizen continues the maritime tradition and has one of the largest marinas of the Netherlands. It is also the location of the Zuiderzeemuseum, an open-air museum reflecting life in the villages around the Zuiderzee throughout history. Enkhuizen is a great place to walk or cycle from one monument to another. The town is also a water lover's paradise. Boats abound; at times, every second street seems to be a canal.
In the 17th century, Enkhuizen was one of the wealthiest cities of Holland. It gained power and influence as a member of the VOC. Enkhuizen’s rich history is still noticeable today as you walk through the old inner city with its numerous state mansions, canals, churches, city walls and harbors. A walk across the Drommedaris-bridge brings you to a street called Dijk, which is lined with excellent examples of home styles from the 18th century - photo above.
Enkhuizen is een stad en gemeente in de regio West-Friesland, in de Nederlandse provincie Noord-Holland. De gemeente ligt aan zowel het Markermeer als het IJsselmeer. Enkhuizen staat bekend als de Haringstad vanwege haar verleden als centrum voor de haringvisserij. De geschiedenis van de Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie, kortweg VOC, is in Enkhuizen nog duidelijk zichtbaar. De VOC was in de 17e en 18e eeuw de grootste handelsonderneming ter wereld die met zijn prachtige schepen naar Aziatische landen reisde om handel te drijven. Door de gunstige ligging aan het IJsselmeer was het aantrekkelijke om hier een Kamer’ van de VOC te vestigen. De Drommedaris hier aan de linkerkant te zien, de verdedigingstoren aan de haven, en het centrum met de historische panden herinneren nog aan deze welvarende tijd. Vanzelfsprekend kan de watersporter hier zijn hart ophalen. De Westfriese Waterweken, de Klipperrace en het Jazzfestival zijn een greep uit de vele evenementen die ieder jaar in en om de haven worden georganiseerd. Ook aan cultuur is geen gebrek. In het Zuiderzeemuseum tonen ambachtslieden hun werk en krijg je een indruk van het leven aan zee. In Enkhuizen wordt nog Enkhuizens gesproken, een West-Fries dialect.
♫ Oh Lord, my God, when I in awesome wonder, Consider all, all of the worlds Thy hands have made
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder, Thy power throughout the universe displayed
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Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art
Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art
And when I think that God, His son not sparing, Sent Him to die I scarce can take it in
That on the cross my burden gladly bearing, He bled and died to take away my sin
When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation, and take me home what joy shall feel my heart
Then I shall bow in humble adoration and there proclaim, My God, how great Thou art
Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art
Then sings my soul, my Savior God to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art ♫
Hoje dia 19 de Agosto é o Dia internacional da Fotografia e nada mais justo que para lembrar a data, colocar um talentoso fotografo como o Amigo Alvaro em ação e com a mão na botija.
* Todas as Fotos da Sequencia estão abertas, pois já foram publicadas anteriormente.
Foto: O Fotografo e o Por do Sol - Praia de Piratininga - Niteroi - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil
Video: ♪ How Great Thou Art ♪ - Sandi Patty
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Dordrecht - Waterbus
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DORDRECHT, CITY OF HISTORY, WATER AND CULTURE
Make historical footprints in the oldest city of that part of the Netherlands known as ‘Holland'. The historic inner city of Dordrecht lies concealed between mighty rivers. The 1000 monuments determine the face of a city which originated almost a thousand years ago.
ONTDEK HOLLANDS OUDSTE STAD
De historische binnenstad van Dordrecht ligt verscholen tussen machtige rivieren. Het mooiste begin van een ontdekkingstocht is het Groothoofd, waar de Oude Maas, Noord en Merwede samenvloeien. In de ruim 1000 monumenten die Dordrecht telt, is het rijke verleden goed terug te vinden, vooral in het historisch havengebied. De grootste groene trekpleister is het Nationaal Park De Biesbosch waarvan een groot deel ligt op Dordts grondgebied: de Hollandse Biesbosch.
My dear contacts!
I'm not able to comment on your art at the moment, and I'm not expecting you to do otherwise :))
Hope we'll continue to see each other in the autumn!!! :)))
Wish you all a wonderful summer time!
The Pannonian Plain is a large plain in Central Europe that remained when the Pliocene Pannonian Sea dried out. It is a geomorphological subsystem of the Alps-Himalaya system.
The river Danube divides the plain roughly in half.
The plain is divided among Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.
The plain is roughly bounded by the Carpathian mountains, the Alps, the Dinaric Alps and the Balkan mountains.
Although rain is not plentiful, it usually falls when necessary and the plain is a major agricultural area; it is sometimes said that these fields of rich loamy loess soil could feed the whole of Europe. For its early settlers, the plain offered few sources of metals or stone. Thus when archaeologists come upon objects of obsidian or chert, copper or gold, they have almost unparalleled opportunities to interpret ancient pathways of trade.
The precursor to the present plain was a shallow sea that reached its greatest extent during the Pliocene, when three to four kilometres of sediments were deposited.
The plain was named after the Pannonians, a northern Illyrian tribe. Various different peoples inhabited the plain during its history. In the first century BC, the eastern parts of the plain belonged to the Dacian state, and in the first century AD its western parts were subsumed into the Roman Empire. The Roman province named Pannonia was established in the area, and the city of Sirmium, today Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia, became one of the four capital cities of the Roman Empire in the 3rd century.
Created for Kreative People August Challenge - SUNSHINE DAYS
Created for Sliders Sunday
“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air…”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
and the world is his oyster...
i spent sometime at the coast with my godson and our cameras,
sunny, magical and fun days , thank you Kaz! ♥
my texture and [http://www.flickr.com/photos/lenabem-anna/]'s, gracias
happy sliders sunday everyone, have a terrific week ahead!
Serie de la ruta al final
Series of the route at the end
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" El embalse de Lindoso era una realidad sin retorno suscrita en 1968 por Franco y Salazar en un convenio internacional para el aprovechamiento de los ríos fronterizos .....anegó varios pueblos gallegos con una dolorosa expropiacion forzosa y a pesar de aportar España el 80% del suelo cubierto por el pantano, no recibieron ni perciben en la actualidad ingreso alguno. "
Embalsa las aguas de río Lima para los portugueses, en pleno Parque Nacional da Peneda-Gerês y río Limia para los gallegos, en el Parque Natural Baixa Limia-Serra do Xurés.
Ambos parques se unen para formar el primer parque transfronterizo europeo, con el nombre de Reserva de la Biosfera Transfronteriza Gerês-Xurés.
La obra comenzó en 1983 y se inaguró en 1992, convirtiendose la vieja Presa de Lindoso de 1921 en la Presa de Lindoso o Barragem do Alto-Lindoso, en mayor centro productor de energia hidroeléctrica de Portugal.
Se excavaron 1.200.000 m³ .......
El embalse es de titularidad portuguesa, pertenece a EDP (Energias de Portugal) uno de los principales operadores europeos en el sector de la energía y no está respetando los convenios de niveles, en aras de un aprovechamiento brutal del rendimiento......eso hace que las instalaciones de la parte española, se encuentren en estos momentos bajo mínimos a pesar del año increible de lluvias que hemos tenido.
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Estas fotos son de la segunda vez que fuimos a Lindoso buscando otra ruta que tampoco encontré......y acabamos haciendo una ruta alternativa que ya subiré más adelante y visitando esta presa.
O bien Lindoso es complicado en sí o yo no estoy muy inspirada ultimamente :-) pero es una zona tan bonita, que volveremos cuando aflojen un poco los calores ......
Somali kittens - reposting an old shot of Ivanhoe and siblings 8 weeks old.
First posted 2013 - reposted for the "Happy Caturday" theme "Memories", 13.10.2018.
Dushara Burning Red Ivanhoe (left) with littermates (Somali cats), 17.06.2007
Olympus E-400 Digital Camera
A bit of a slider view from Fête Paradiso, a celebration of vintage French carnival rides, carousels and games - Governors Island, New York.
Happy Slider Sunday - HSS
Texture by Skeletalmess and Lenabem-Anna.
Additional information on the exhibit can be found at: www.feteparadiso.com/about
Explored on July 25, 2013
The Supermoon illuminates the empty pebble beach of El Peñón as the night falls on Salobreña (Spain). The lights of the small fishing town of La Caleta shine in the background. Playa del Peñón.
Salobreña, Granada, Andalucía, Spain.
Technical data
Nikon D800 | Nikkor AF-S 14-24 mm f/2.8G ED at 16mm | Induro AT213 tripod + BHL2 ballhead
151s (2min 31s) | f/11 | ISO 100
This was shot over 3 or 4 nights during June-July. I only decided to make a mosaic after shooting the Lagoon and Trifid nebs and thinking it would be pretty awesome to show the whole area off as there is so much going on! Unfortunately, with the spur of the moment decision to take this on, i was left with no time to complete it before the Milky Way sank out of reach. I intended to make this a 15 panel mosaic but only managed 4! But i will be better prepared next year :)
This was a hard one to process. Its my first long exposure astro mosaic so i struggled with trying to make everything blend together seamlessly. Each panel being shot on a different night at different temperatures didn't help either. Especially one panel which i only managed 45 minutes on due to cloud ruining a lot of the frames. I had to stretch it first and then bring the rest of them up to the same point. If i had managed the same amount of exposure time on each one, i could of probably stretched a bit further!
Exposure Details:
3 panels contains 1 hour 20 minutes worth of 120 second exposures, the other 44 minutes worth, f3.2, ISO 800, calibration frames, 200mm
Stitched with Microsoft ICE, Processed in CS5
Taken with a Canon 1100D and a EF200L lens on an Astrotrac TT320X-AG
♫ Manhã, tão bonita manhã, na vida, uma nova canção
Cantando só teus olhos, teu riso, tuas mãos
Pois há de haver um dia, em que virás!!!
Das cordas do meu violão, que só teu amor procurou
Vem uma voz, falar dos beijos perdidos,nos lábios teus
Canta o meu coração, Alegria voltou
Tão feliz a manhã
Deste amor ♫
Deixo com vocês André Rieu com essa antiga e bela canção com o desejo para as Pessoas de Boa Vontade, uma semana ricamente abençoada, livre do mal, repleta de saúde, alegrias, paz e prosperidade.
Foto: Cristo Redentor - Corcovado - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil
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Smoo Cave is a large combined sea cave and freshwater cave in Durness in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland.
After I was taking the photos with the ND filter, the sun came out for a really short time. I liked the contrast between the warm light on the rocks in front, to the cold, metallic look of the background.
Here is the first one:
Día despejado en la Piedra del Águila del Parque Nacional Nahuelbuta, con vista de 400 kms. de los Andes de la zona central de Chile, desde el Nevado de Longaví hasta el Choshuenco.
Región de la Araucanía, Chile central.
Una noche contemplando las estrellas con los amigos Javi Benedito, Emilio Pérez y con mi chica Carmen Pla
On the way to the Isle of Skye we chose the route via Glen Coe. The Buachaille Etive Mòr (gaelic for "the great herdsman/shepherd of Etive") is a distinctive mountain at the entrace to Glen Coe.
He de reconocer que soy un enamorado de Lastres y mas si uno puede disfrutar de un amanecer como este que espero sea de vuestro agrado.
5ª QDD Fotografica Internacional Piloña 2013
5ª International Photo Hangout Piloña 2013
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Mejor ver en grande sobre fondo negro
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I have uploaded an almost similar one before, but looking at it again, I wasn't too happy with the result. So here's another go.
... salud, buenas luces y muchas gracias!!! ...... xo♥ox ...
... health, good lights and thanks so much!!! ... xo♥ox ...
... Music: "My Baby Just Cares For Me" (Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn) very funny clip with the fabulous voice of Nina Simone!!! ... enjoy it!!!
... www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYSbUOoq4Vg ... 03.40 ...
Vineyards on the Kappelberg in Fellbach, Germany.
Much better in Large On Black
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5XP HDR shot of Kowloon Station from Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong.
Timed this to capture the "<3 HK" lights from the ICC Building.
Feel free to leave a comment!
I've been to London for a training course, and just after the course I went outside to take this picture (I attended the course into one of those buildings). I was really amazed on how long the "blue hour" lasts in London, it may really lasts one hour actually... :-) In Italy even in June the "magic light" only lasts for less than one hour... and that's a pity, since I have really few time for my long exposures. :-(
This picture is the result of a lot of work: 6 long exposure stacked (3 with ND8 filter and 3 without) for a total of 300 seconds. I have then enhanced reflections and sharpness in Photoshop.
Many thanks to Francesco and Paolo for supporting me in taking this picture. A big thank you also to Daniel Borg which I had the opportunity to know in London, he is very friendly and shared some hints on how to reach this location: make sure you don't miss his photostream, since he is a great photographer.
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Sono stato a Londra per un corso di formazione e subito dopo il corso sono andato scattare questa foto (ho frequentato il corso in uno di quegli edifici).
Sono rimasto davvero stupito da quanto duri "l'ora blu" a Londra, circa un'ora per la precisione... :-) In Italia dura molto, ma molto meno... una mezzoretta scarsa anche in giugno quando si è vicini all'equinozio... è davvero un peccato per le mie esposizioni lunghe. :-)
Questa foto è il risultato di 6 diverse esposizioni (3 con filtro ND8 e 3 senza) per un totale di circa 300 secondi (il mio amico Luca starà pensando che ho montato il cavalleto prima che costruissero i palazzi...). In Photoshop, dopo aver sovrapposto e allineato gli scatti, ho lavorato con le maschere per migliorare il contrasto dei riflessi.
Un ringraziamento speciale a Paolo e Francesco per avermi supportato nello scatto. Un grosso ringraziamento anche per Daniel Borg che ho avuto l'opportunità di conoscere personalmente a Londra, è stato davvero gentile a condividere alcuni dei suoi "trucchetti" e soprattutto grazie per avermi dato delle indicazioni su come raggiungere questo punto di ripresa. Mi raccomando, fate un giro nel suo photostream, ha molto talento.
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Technical details:
Focal Length: 17mm
Aperture: between f/16 and f/22
Exposure: between 30s and 70s for a total of 300s approximately
ISO: 100
Filter: 3 shots with ND8 and 3 shots without
Post Processing: pictures stacking with Phothoshop, plus some enhancements in reflections, contrasts and colors.
Laguna de Corga y al fondo la montaña de Penameda desde la ruta conocida como Trilho do Nascente do Río Vez.
Serra da Peneda / Parque Nacional da Peneda-Gerês / Portugal
In Explore: #223
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In Birmingham Cathedral (Anglican) they display the white ensign worn by HMS Birmingham at the Battle of Jutland.
The is my interpretation; I have tried to convey the silent sense of sadness …
5ª QDD Fotografica Internacional Piloña 2013
5ª International Photo Hangout Piloña 2013
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Palacio Real es la obra cumbre del rey Carlos III "el Noble" (1387-1425) y el emblema más representativo del viejo Reino de Navarra.
El Palacio es un complejo conjunto irregular de torres, estancias, galerías, jardines y patios que le confieren un aspecto anárquico y una singular silueta que sobresale sobre el caserío de la ciudad. A pesar de esa aparente anarquía el aspecto exterior es majestuoso.
Mejor ver en grande sobre fondo negro
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Seen and photographed on an Osaka sanpo with Fukuda-san, hyossie-san, Kome, Maeda-san, Makio-san, Minoru-san, Mitsuru-san, nansya-san and Hitomi-san, Roger, Taizo-san, Teruhide-san, Toshi-san, Yoshi-san, and Yuki-san. Chuo-ku, Osaka, Japan. February 16, 2013.
A picture taken the same evening as this one: www.flickr.com/photos/gautfro/8660328008/in/photostream/l... And as in the pano picture you can here see the auroras play over the Landegode island, Jupiter is bright on the left side, in the top right corner you can see comet Pan-STARRS and the M31 Andromeda galaxy. The flare in the top left corner might be a meteor or a iridum flare from a satellite. The picture is best seen in large on black background. All coments are appreciated.
Le Mont Blanc a été mesuré à 4810,02 m le 14/09/13 dernier (CF www.lexpress.fr/actualite/sciences/le-mont-blanc-perd-42-... ) . Il a perdu 42 cm par rapport à la mesure précédente faite en 2011
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Whiter than white
The Mont Blanc was measured 4810,02 m high last 14th september 2013.
It lost 42 cm since last measure in 2011.
Esas mosquitas son muy divertidas........siempre hay varias por esta época en cada flor de Arenaria montana y cuando notan que se acerca la cámara se esconden rapidamente bajo sus pétalos, asi que normalmente siempre que las fotografío aparecen como mucho dos.......pero esta vez se ve que las cogí despistadas.
A esta flor en castellano se la llama Ala de mosca muerta y me pregunto que relación habrá.......igual con tanto overbooking se dejan las alas por el camino.
Y las mosquitas casi seguro que son del género Hybos .....es una intuición.......
Titulo alternativo : Polinización de Arenaria montana por moscas del género Hybos.
After roaming around the south hill one night in search of a good vantage point high enough to get an unobstructed view of the city, I finally stumbled upon this spot, which is probably about as good as it gets for full viewpoints of downtown. The wide angle made it seem small and diminutive, so I opted for a 9-shot panorama instead and this was the result.
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
Location: Cliff Drive viewpoint in Spokane, Washington, USA
Wikipedia: Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands, has been called the "Venice of the North" for its more than one hundred kilometres of canals, about 90 islands and 1,500 bridges. The three main canals, Herengracht, Prinsengracht, and Keizersgracht, dug in the 17th century during the Dutch Golden Age, form concentric belts around the city, known as the Grachtengordel. Alongside the main canals are 1550 monumental buildings. The 17th-century canal ring area, including the Prinsengracht, Keizersgracht, Herengracht and Jordaan, were placed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2010.