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And let your love grow with the smallest of dreams
And let your love shine " - Bellamy Brothers
Location: Tagbibinta Falls , Maragusan
Compostela Valley , Davao Region
Philippines
Mallard Duck with full winter green colours tilting head back after a quick drink.
Few more days left in the year, I really hope 2010 is simply a better year.
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More from my night of reflections.
Hope everyone had a good Christmas etc, the weather here in Brisbane has been poor, might get a shoot in later today, but .... yeah I'll be looking for rainbows ;)
Enjoy.
- Canon 50D.
- ISO 100, f9, 1/30, 10mm.
- Sigma 10-20mm lens.
- Tripod.
Processing
- Saturation and Contrast in Photoshop 6.0 and Lightroom 2.2.
About Reflections
Reflection is the change in direction of a wavefront at an interface between two different media so that the wavefront returns into the medium from which it originated. Common examples include the reflection of light, sound and water waves. The law of reflection says that for specular reflection the angle at which the wave is incident on the surface equals the angle at which it is reflected.
Reflection of light is either specular (mirror-like) or diffuse (retaining the energy, but losing the image) depending on the nature of the interface. Furthermore, if the interface is between a dielectric and a conductor, the phase of the reflected wave is retained, otherwise if the interface is between two dielectrics, the phase may be retained or inverted, depending on the indices of refraction.
”... Já ramalhei muito laço
nas reculutas que fiz
e, hoje, o tempo me diz
do pouco que aprendi
campereando por aí,
sons de milongas nos dedos
nas estâncias e varzedos
da costa do Piray... “
Fragmento de “Entre as frestas do tempo”, de Eron Vaz Mattos
Pelotas, Rio, Grande do Sul, Brasil
(repositioned in photostream)
This is the most amazing gift I have ever received I think mainly because of the story behind it. It's a Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera.
Last Friday I posted an image on my tumblr of this camera that someone else had taken, not knowing that the Monday before, my Friend Lauren Collins purchased one for me.
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I skipped a few days in the Christmas series. This is My Christmas Eve image.
UPDATE: The film will begin production again January 2010.
Location: Small River Canggu
Canggu is a small village in west coast of Bali, the village of Canggu is a relatively peaceful destination where verdant rice terraces literally stretch out towards one of the island’s best surf beaches.
Because of its slightly out of town setting, it has the double attraction of being relatively close to everything one might need, while being far enough away to retain a peaceful rural feel.
Happy Birthday Steph, wish you all the best!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Everyone..cheers~!
Canon EOS 50D
EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
30sec • f/14 • 12mm • ISO100
Exposure Mode + White Balance: Manual
HOYA NDX400
HITECH Filter HE ND Grad 3-stops
RAW proccessed with Digital Photo Pro
TIFF proccessed with Adobe Photoshop CS3
The best time to take landscape photo is during sunset or sunrise, around that time you can get the best quality of light and colours. What about taking landscape photo in normal light? I found that daylight photo shot is quite challenging, it needs extra creativity due to a bright "flat" light. HOYA NDX400(9stops) and other dark filters such B+W110(10stops) or Singh-Ray Vari-ND(2-8stops) are a great tools in dealing with extreme daylight and/or to make long exposure during the day!
Thanks to those who send me emails about daytime photo shot, i hope this could answer your questions ^_^
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Honest comment/critique are welcome, thanks guys :)
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Please take your time... and enjoy it large on black
In winter, Amsterdammers watch the falling thermometer readings with the same focus as people in Aspen and Chamonix. When the temperature drops low enough for long enough, the lakes and the canals become sparkling highways for the skaters. Little kiosks are set up on the ice to dispense heart-warming liqueurs. I really love this part of our culture. Almost everyone, young or old, likes to skate and is smiling and friendly. Today it's the first day of ice skating on natural ice at Ransdorp nearby Amsterdam. Dutch skaters enjoying the kilometers of natural ice. During the month January and February thousands of geese can be found here in Waterland. The geese are migratory, moving south or west in winter. The greylag geese fly in V- formation to save themselves energy. The next days extreme low temperature of -6 degrees Celcius expected. Too bad it started snowing yesterday which makes it very hard to go skating.
A fast snapshot of a Dutch ice-skate girl taken while I was skating too. A photo of Waterland at the Bloemerdalergouw towards Holysloot - nearby Amsterdam. As temperatures plunge across Europe, many are cursing the cold. But not in the Netherlands. There, many are hoping for further frigid conditions. It was my first time on skates again in this early winter of 2009. It was a cloudy day but at the end of the day the sun came through which gave a beautiful glow. Look at the thousands of geese flying in the background. At this time of year they are easy to find in Waterland. Too bad it started snowing yesterday which makes it very hard to skate. Waterland in the winter is a real skater’s paradise.
Eindelijk weer een weekend waarin Waterlanders de ijzers konden onderbinden. Nog geen ideale condities, maar geen wakken. Op de Ransdorper Die is het ijs nog niet dik genoeg, maar hier op de bloemendalergouw tussen Ransdorp en Holysloot kan er al aardig geschaatst worden. De Grauwe gans, grijsbruine gans met forse oranje snavel en roze poten is hier heel veel te zien in Waterland. Duizenden ganzen vliegen altijd in V-formatie waardoor de krachtsinspanningen over de groep worden verdeeld. De bomen en weilanden zijn wit, de sloten bevroren en de adem komt in kleine grijze pufjes uit mijn mond. Handen op de rug. Rustig ademen. Ik geniet van het geluid van de ijzers over het ijs en het prachtige uitzicht over de besneeuwde weilanden. Het is min zes, het is bewolkt maar aan de horizon komt uiteindelijk de zon nog door die een prachtige gloed geeft aan de horizon. Het is ijs is door de sneeuw helaas te dof om het licht te weerkaatsen. In de verte kan je de flats van Amsterdam IJburg zien en steekt de wonderlijk stompe toren van Ransdorp uit het landschap. Die stamt uit dezelfde vervlogen eeuw als waarin de Amsterdammer Hendrick Avercamp begon met het schilderen van zijn vermaarde winterse schaatstaferelen. Wie even wegdenkt kan zich vandaag in Avercamps wereld wanen.
Desejo um lindo e Feiz Natal a todos meus amigos do Flickr !!
I wish a a beautiful and Happy Christmas to all my friends from Flickr !!
"I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year." (Charles Dickens)
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“There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again.” - Elizabeth Lawrence.
I recently finished reading this Amazing book by Khaled Hosseini. When I was scourging for what to upload , i saw this and was immediately reminded of "Laila" & "Tariq", the two childhood friends from it. There is another equally important third protagonist, and the story is about , how the never ending Wars in Afghanistan Affect their Lives . . .
here's a conversation between these two . . .
"You changed the subject."
"From what?"
"The empty-headed girls who think you're sexy."
"You know."
"Know what?"
"That I only have eyes for you."
— Khaled Hosseini (A Thousand Splendid Suns)
"Behind every trial and sorrow that He makes us shoulder, God has a reason."
— Khaled Hosseini (A Thousand Splendid Suns)
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Since I am on a bit of an S90 kick, thought I would follow up my last shot with this one. This is a 3 autobracketed expoosure HDR of the mall that has gotten a good portion of my money this holiday season!
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La navidad tambien tiene su parte patetica.... ayer salimos a comprar algunas cosas para Luciano y regresamos a casa con las manos vacias.... el mundo esta loco...
The christmas also has pathetic part .... yesterday we go out to buy some things for Luciano and return to house with the empty hands .... the world is crazy...
Found this sunny day "southwest road trip" image in my archives from 09. This was taken on my road trip right before I got hit by a car. Well, maybe "honked at" is more like it. Again, not a masterpiece or anything but just symbolizing my love of travel. Thanks for your visit, comments and jokes :) Will visit your streams today. Hope you guys have more Christmas shopping done than i do. Happy Friday to all!
Dati Tecnici
a) Leica M8 + Carl Zeiss x Leica M T* 25 mm ZM f.2,8;
b) Tempo 1/24s apertura a f.2,8+1/3 (a mano libera);
c) Lettura Esposimetrica esterna con Gossen Lunalite (parte di files);
c) Conversione con Adobe Photoshop CS3;
d) 1°/a Post-Produzione Corel Photo-Paint X5;
e) Post-Produzione di completamento con Nikon Capture NX 2.
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A wide-angle view of Loch Clair in Glen Torridon. Left to right: Sgùrr Dubh, Liathach, Beinn Eighe.
Best viewed Large on Black.
Closeup of the eyes of a female gelada baboon of the zoo of Zürich. The quality isn't that great but I like the composition....
Made it in Explore, #417, December 17th, 2009.
There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship, smoke on the horizon.
You are only coming through in waves.
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying.
Pink Floyd
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Sant Jaume de Frontanyà és el municipi més petit de Catalunya, actualment té tan sols 31 habitants. Situat a la comarca del Berguedà, en el límit amb el Ripollès, just a la serralada del pre-pirineu. En el nucli s’hi troba un magnífic exemplar d’església romànica dedicada a Sant Jaume, i que està considerada la catedral del romànic al Berguedà. El nucli urbà es desenvolupa al voltant de l’església, i més enllà d’aquest nucli pròpiament dit, s’hi troben unes cases de pagès, cadascuna amb la seva pròpia història. Podem recomanar el poble de Sant Jaume de Frontanyà pel seu entorn i la seva tranquil·litat. Gaudiu a Sant Jaume de les diferents èpoques de l’any, la gran varietat de bolets que hi creixen; la famosa “Edelweis”, més popular a les nostres terres com a “flor de neu”, a més, prop de Sant Jaume es pot visitar l’ermita pre-romànica de Tubau i el Santuari de Santa Maria del Oms.
Sant Jaume de Frontanya is the smallest town in Catalonia, currently has only 31 inhabitants. Located in the Berguedà region, on the border with Ripollès, just mountains of the Pyrenees. At the core there is a magnificent example of Romanesque church dedicated to St. James, which is considered to Berguedà Romanesque cathedral. The village developed around the church, and beyond this nucleus itself, there are several country houses, each with its own history. We recommend the village of Sant Jaume de Frontanya by its environment and its tranquility. Treat yourself to St James the different seasons, the variety of mushrooms that grow the famous "Edelweis" most popular in our lands as "flower of snow", also near Sant Jaume can visit the pre-Romanesque chapel of Tubau and the Sanctuary of Santa Maria Olmos.
Sant Jaume de Frontanyà es el municipio más pequeño de Cataluña, actualmente tiene sólo 31 habitantes. Situado en la comarca del Berguedà, en el límite con el Ripollès, justo en la cordillera del pre-pirineo. En el núcleo se encuentra un magnífico ejemplar de iglesia románica dedicada a Santiago, y que está considerada la catedral del románico en el Berguedà. El núcleo urbano se desarrolla alrededor de la iglesia, y más allá de este núcleo propiamente dicho, se encuentran unas casas rurales, cada una con su propia historia. Podemos recomendar el pueblo de Sant Jaume de Frontanyà por su entorno y su tranquilidad. Disfrute en Sant Jaume de las diferentes épocas del año, la gran variedad de setas que crecen, la famosa "Edelweis", más popular en nuestras tierras como "flor de nieve", además, cerca de Santiago se puede visitar la ermita prerrománica de Tubau y el Santuario de Santa María del Oms.
Walking around, I met this old door,
had the window between open, looked and tried;
imagine a better world for all,
in the mailbox let some applications,
I hope that everyone gets good news,
these are the wishes of a Dreamer.
Caminhando por aí, encontrei-me com esta porta antiga,
tinha a janela entre aberta, olhei e tentei;
imaginar um Mundo melhor para todos,
na caixa de correio deixei alguns pedidos,
espero que todos recebam boas novas,
são estes os desejos de um Sonhador.
peregrino27
Rodeo Beach - Marin Headlands, California
Sunday afternoon I was having a late lunch when I received a phone call from Jim Patterson. He mentioned that the storms that had been beating the bay area for the past couple of days looked like it was going to let up in just in time for sunset in the San Francisco area, so I thought it over, and decided that it was a opportunity that I just couldn't pass up. So I grabbed my things and headed out to the GGB to meet up with Jim.
We met up and quickly decided that Rodeo was the best for the evening, so on we went. Over the hills and painfully trailing behind a tourist that was taking his sweet time on the only road to Rodeo...
As soon as Jim and I made it to the ever so popular sea stacks, Jim ripped off his shoes and socks, going "Toes to the sand" as I just said " "@%*# it" and left my shoes on. Later, after taking a step backwards and tripping over a low rock, my shoes and pants got soaked! Normally, I brave the cold ocean air in shorts, because 99.9% of the time I end up no less than knee deep in the salty water, but I just didn't have the time to change before I headed out.
Well, after a whirlwind week of shooting all over the bay area, I ended the weekend with this, and a some amazing night images of the storms passing over San Francisco (to be uploaded soon). Also.... Check out what Patrick Smith captured around the same time, just three miles away. Crazy how the conditions can be so different right around the corner.
As always..... Thanks for the views and comments!
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Canon 5D Mark II
Exposure: 0.4
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal Length: 20 mm
ISO Speed: 50
Lens:17-40 f/4L
Lee .3 & .9 hard edge GND
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Taking a leave from Flickr till 2010.
Wishing you great Holidays, my friends.
See you in 2010.
Russian-American relationships are improving...
I will stay extremely busy till ~ April of 2010.
It's a business-driven decision.
I will miss you guys, my Flickr friends.
Svetlana will work hardly as my backup too.
First things - first...
Счастливых праздников!
Увидимся в Новом 2010 году!
Nikon D700 + Nikon 85mm f/1.4D AF
Nikon MC-36 Multi-function Remote Cord
Manfrotto 190CXPRO3 3-Section Pro Carbon Fiber Tripod
Manfrotto 322RC2 Horizontal Grip Action Ball Head
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Season's Greetings!
Happy New Year!
Marry Christmas!
See you next year, my dear friends!
Увидимся в следующем году, мои дорогие друзья!
Поздравляю всех с Новым 2010 годом!
Frohe Weihnachten und einen guten rustch ins neue Jahr!
Спасибо за поддержку, мои дорогие друзья!
Thanks for all your support, my dear friends!
Merci pour tout votre soutien, mes chers amis!
Gracias por todo su apoyo, mis queridos amigos!
Grazie per tutto il vostro sostegno, miei cari amici!
My favorite Nutcracker from our Steinbach collection of German handmade nutckrackers.
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Geiranger from another angle....Check out the Geotag to see the exact location
Have a great Sat dears!
Faisal!
For a better view of the faraway monastery and the surrounding landscapes, and to see how tremendously huge these mountains really are, view it large
Sitting on the 4000m high Fotula Pass, we look back at where we came from...far far away, so far its almost invisible, we see the Lamayuru Monastery.
Located in the most fantastic geological folds and schist's rock surroundings, popularly called 'moonscape' thanks to the feel it gives you of being on an alien planet., it is known as one of the oldest and largest monasteries in Ladakh, and was built in the 10th Century by two practitioners of Tantric Buddhism.
The site where the monastery stands was once said to be a huge lake. A buddhist saint "Naropa" meditated here for years to cause a crack in the mountain which drained out the lake and gave him the place to lay the founding stones.
When the lake dried out, he found a dead lion lying inside it. On the same spot, he constructed the first temple of the area, known as the Singhe Ghang (Lion Mound).
Lamayuru also marks the meeting place of the Great Himalayan Wall and the East Karakorum Himalaya Ranges.
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Went through a few of my South America shots and found this one of Iguazu Falls on the order of Argentina and Brazil. This was one of the most beautiful places I've ever been. The only complaint I have is not being there long enough to get any up close & personal sunrise or sunset shots :( Technically not the most brilliant shot however this gives a good feel as to what the views are like. There are 275 waterfalls that make up Iguazu Falls. Truly a natural wonder indeed. Wikipedia can give you more specs if interested: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguazu_Falls I will be browsing through your streams soon. Darn all those Christmas parties that have kept me away from my precious, precious Flickr friends. Thanks for stopping by!
A rare few clouds in the Dubai sky (but unfortunately not moving fast enough!), it was a good opportunity to use by ND400 filter! I wish I could use it more often.
Digital blending, normal exposure without filter for the rocks, 2 minutes exposures with ND400 filter for the sea & sky, and finalized with a vertorama.
It's been a while since I posted a seascape...Not so much choice in Dubai though.
I wish you all a great week end! The temperatures are getting really nice here (around 20 C), very motivating to go out shooting!
Dubai Set | Digital Blending Set | Earth - Water - Sky Set | Vertoramas Set
Lake Tamblingan is the smallest lake in Bali, it is situated in the plateau area with cool atmosphere, rain forest hills and fogs are daily covering the whole area. During rainy season a quality light in this area can drastically change within minutes (i took this shot 38minutes later after Down to Tamblingan).
The authenticity of nature in Lake Tamblingan is still strongly felt in the absence of the use of motorized boats in the lake and no modern tourism facility. Local communities use traditional wooden boats called JUKUNG for fishing. Don't expect to catch big fish, there is no big fish, just catch the happy feeling being in a wonderful place ^_^
Canon EOS 50D
EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
30 sec • f/14 • 17mm • ISO100
Exposure Mode + White Balance: Manual
HITECH Filter ND Grads 3-stops HE
HOYA NDX400
RAW proccessed with Digital Photo Pro
TIFF proccessed with Adobe Photoshop CS3
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Honest comment/critique are welcome, thanks guys :)
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Our company top executives on United Way charity closing event!
Those guys were great!
Nikon D700 + Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S
ISO 6400
NO FLASH
This week I decided to bring my camera to work with me in the hopes there would be a sunrise. I swung by a local lake on the way to work and found this great blue heron perched on a log. I have been wanting to get a shot like this for awhile. Consider this my first attempt for such a shot. I would like to do a bird silhouette series at some point. Hope you enjoy this quick fall snap I took :) Thanks for looking!
This is probably THE most popular location for people to take photos of the Seattle skyline. I used to live on Queen Anne Hill and would see this view daily... and never once get sick of it. I remember this day like it was yesterday, in that moment, knowing that the scene that was unfolding in front of me, was truly a once in a lifetime event. Though I've taken probably 1,000s of shots of this location over the years, I had never seen anything quite like it. Though the color in the sunset this day was absolutely breathtaking, the real draw for me were the multiple sets of lenticular clouds that formed over Mt. Rainier. It’s rare enough to catch the mountain on a clear day and be able to view one UFO shaped Lenticular cloud forming over the mountain, let alone mutliple sets stacked on top of one another. Throughout this day, up to 5 different sets of Lenticular stacks had formed and slowly moved off to the side of Mt. Rainier as the wind patterns shifted. Rumors state that lenticular clouds are a sign that the weather pattern is changing and rain is on its way within 24 hours. With how often it does rain here in Seattle, you’d think that these things would be more common! As colorful as this shot is, it really doesn’t do justice to the brilliant, near fluorescent orange sunset that was due West (this shot is facing South).
Though I have many personal favorites, this is really the photo that started it all for me. The one where all my previous years worth of HDR explorations finally "clicked" and everything came into balance. Some of you have seen this shot before and for those folks, I appologize :-) On the photo's one year anniversary, I decided to clean up my original image and run it through a slightly different post process. Also, when I joined Flickr almost 1 year ago, I didn't really know what I was doing and posted 30 images at once. This was buried deep within that set and sadly, never got any attention.
I must say, one year later, the creative "inspirado" that this one capture gave me is still going strong and I think I've taken more shots this year, than almost my previous 20 years of photography. Ah, the beauty of digitial :-)
Work took a bit of turn for me but has finally starting to calm down so I'm looking forward to getting back into my Flickr groove and checking out all he great work I've missed in the bit of time I've been away! Hope you all have a great week!
Entre otras cosas se puede ver:
Cerros: lopez, capilla, y millaqueo.
Lagos: Moreno (este y oeste), Nahuel Huapi.
Laguna el Trébol.
Hotel Llao Lao.
Buon Compleanno.
Il tuo primo compleanno da Nonna..
Adesso puoi dire di essere, Moglie, Mamma e Nonna.
Ti auguro di diventare Bisnonna.
Questo fiore viene dalla lontana Nigeria...terra a Voi molto cara.
Un fiore che nasce e cresce in acqua.
Un fiore che viene trasportato dalle maree da un posto ad un'altro.
Il tuo amore verso la tua famiglia e verso tante persone che soffrono è come questo fiore...sempre in movimento.
Tanti tanti auguri da noi tutti.
virgilio e maddalena.
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I will revisit your photostreams today.
This is photo from my Tunnels series.
Looks much better with B l a c k M a g i c
The Houston tunnel system is a system of tunnels 6 m (about 20 ft) below Houston's downtown street system. The system is 10 km long (6-7 mi depending on the source), and forms a network of subterranean, climate-controlled, pedestrian walkways that link 95 full city blocks.
Today's Tunnel is a series of underground passageways that, with above-ground skywalks, link office towers to hotels, banks, corporate and government offices, restaurants, retail stores, and the Theater District. Only one building, Wells Fargo Plaza, offers direct access from the street to the Tunnel; otherwise, other entry points are from street-level stairs, escalators, and elevators located inside buildings that are connected to the tunnel. Most of the tunnel system is located in the western half of downtown Houston.
ISO Speed: 720
Nikon D700 + Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8
Exposure: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Aperture: f/2.8
Focal Length: 14 mm
Processing:
LR2: RAW processing, sharpenning.
CS: Curves.
Stavropoleos Monastery, Bucharest, Romania
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Lenses : Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR
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The National day of Qatar ( 18 December)
Every December 18th, we celebrate Qatar National Day in commemoration of the historic day in 1878 when Sheikh Jassem, the founder of the State of Qatar, succeeded his father, Sheikh Muhammad Bin Thani, as the ruler and led the country towards unity.
December 18th is the day we remember how Qatari national unity was achieved and how Qatar became a distinct and respected nation out of a society torn apart by conflicting tribal loyalties, devoid of security and order, and overrun by invaders.
Qatar's National Day is about honoring the heroes, leaders and people who built this country.
It's also a chance to reflect on the principles on which Qatar was founded - truth, justice, friendship and brotherhood and to remember the values of generosity, loyalty responsibility and sacrifice which are key to Qatar's success today.
Qatar nation has proved in the past, present, and God willing, the future, to be capable of bringing prosperity and building good relationships, both internally and throughout the Arab and Islamic world.
Qatar has proved that it's more than just oil, gas and commerce, but also a guiding light for education, knowledge, innovation and freedom.
Sheik Jassem died on July 17the 1913 ending a fruitful and memorable life.
He was succeeded by his son Sheikh Abdulla bin Jassem Al Thani.
MEANING OF THE FLAG : The white portion of the Qatar flag symbolizes peace and the maroon, which was formerly red, represents the Kharijite Muslims of Qatar and the bloodshed in Qatar's many wars. The serrated edge represents Qatar as the 9th member of the 'reconciled Emirates' of the Arabian Gulf at the conclusion of the Qatari-British treaty in 1916.
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Verbier is a ski resort in the Swiss Alps, in the canton of Valais. It is part of the "Four Valleys" ski area, which includes the ski resorts of Verbier, Nendaz, Veysonnaz, La Tzoumaz, and Thyon. Verbier is recognized as one of the premiere "off-piste" resorts worldwide. Many top skiers have settled in the resort in order to take advantage of the steep slopes, varied conditions and vibrant nightlife. Verbier is also a popular holiday destination for celebrities, including Sarah Ferguson, Diana Ross, James Blunt and The Crown Prince Couple of Denmark: Frederik and Mary.
Verbier is located in the Val de Bagnes, in the Valais region of Switzerland. The resort lies on a south orientated terrace at around 1,500 metres facing the Grand Combin massif.
Verbier only has one access road, which starts in the town of Le Châble.
The Grand Combin is a mountain in the western Pennine Alps in Switzerland. With its 4,314 metres (14,154 ft) high summit it is one of the highest peaks in the Alps and the second most prominent of its range.
The Grand Combin is also a large glaciated massif consisting of several summits, among which three are above 4000 metres.
The Alps (French: Alpes; German: Alpen; Italian: Alpi; Romansh: Alps; Slovene: Alpe) is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east, through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west. The word "Alps" was taken via French from Latin Alpes (meaning "the Alps"), which may be influenced by the Latin words albus (white) or altus (high) or more likely a Latin rendering of a Celtic or Ligurian original.
The highest mountain in the Alps is Mont Blanc, at 4,808 metres (15,774 ft), on the Italian-French border. All the main peaks of the Alps can be found in the list of mountains of the Alps and list of Alpine peaks by prominence.
The Alps are generally divided into the Western Alps and the Eastern Alps. The division is along the line between Lake Constance and Lake Como, following the Rhine. The Western Alps are higher, but their central chain is shorter and curved; they are located in Italy, France and Switzerland. The Eastern Alps (main ridge system elongated and broad) belong to Austria, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovenia and Switzerland.
The Alps are a classic example of what happens when a temperate area at lower altitude gives way to higher elevation terrain. Elevations around the world which have cold climates similar to those found in polar areas have been called alpine. A rise from sea level into the upper regions of the atmosphere causes the temperature to decrease. The effect of mountain chains on prevailing winds is to carry warm air belonging to the lower region into an upper zone, where it expands in volume at the cost of a proportionate loss of heat, often accompanied by the precipitation of moisture in the form of snow or rain.
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The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) describes the Asian elephant as "being seriously threatened with extinction". There are 560 working animals left in Laos and a further 700 wild ones rapidly running out of habitat. The Elephant Festival has been organised to raise awareness of the need for action to protect the Asian elephant as part of the vital cultural and natural heritage of Laos and the countries of the region. Nowadays conservation of an important elephant population is undertaken by Wildlife Conservation Society in Protected Areas. They are trying to reduce human-elephant conflict. The working elephant is a main source of income of the people of this region especially for mahouts. Laos Elephant also attract tourist because of the facility of elephant riding and trekking. Tourism appears to be one answer with its good and bad consequences.
In the late afternoon we arrived at the Tadlo Resort. This elephant was standing next to our bungalow all alone. I promised my kids a ride for the next day. I took a photo closely of this giant elephant but I did NOT noticed he was unchained. Nobody there just me and the unchained Elephant! I guess she must be a very friendly and timit Elephant. We had a beautiful bungalow overlooking the Tad Lo waterfall; as is typical in Laos there is nothing in between. The best thing to do here is explore the falls, a relaxing meal, visit the people in village, go for a swim and an elephant ride. There are two elephants, which can carry two people each. There were only a couple of tourists here, and we were the only ones going for a ride that next day. The elephant carried us across rivers, past the Taat Lo waterfalls, and through a village. The women were out working in the fields and tending to children. Their dress code is much more relaxed at home than in town. One woman hurried into her hut to cover her bare breasts as we rode into the village. The children, like all Lao children, shouted Sawadee. The young children find white- skinned people fascinating and frightening. They warm to your smile, tentatively touch your skin, and then hide their faces or run away. An elephant doesn't get very far in two hours. He just lumbers along. We had a friendly chat with the elephant handler and enjoyed the ride.
Laos, ooit bekend als het ”Land van een Miljoen Olifanten”, riskeert zijn olifantenkuddes binnen de 50 jaar kwijt te raken indien er niets wordt ondernomen om de dieren beter te beschermen. Een van de redders van de Aziatische olifant in Laos kan het toerisme zijn. Stroperij en verlies van leefgebieden door houtkap, landbouwactiviteiten en hydro-elektrische projecten heeft voor een sterke terugval gezorgd, zowel van werk- als wilde olifanten. Bezorgdheid over het lot van de Aziatische olifant in het conflict tussen mensen en olifanten, heeft de afgelopen jaren geleid tot oprichting van beschermde gebieden. Toerisme is ook nodig, want tot heel kort geleden werd in Laos geen enkele poging gedaan om olifanten beter te beschermen. Maar nu de toeristen komen lijkt er meer initiatieven tot bescherming van de olifanten mogelijk, want toeristen brengen natuurlijk geld in het laatje. En dat geld kan het verarmde land best gebruiken.
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