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Máquina: Fujifilm FinePix A700
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A Holland America cruise ship docked at Ogden Point reflects the last colors of sunset. 5x tonemapped HDRi. Please. If you have time, view the large size and you can see five exposures of the same seagull in the top middle.
Riverfire Begins is currently available for sale as a print or card at RedBubble.
This image now features on the Brisbane Festival website and in the Brisbane Festival Magazine. From Aug 23rd 2009, it'll be on Billboards around Brisbane.
F-111 Dump-n-Burn and the opening spray of fireworks off the Story Bridge, shot from Wilson's Outlook.
We staked out our shooting location from 10am (event started at 7pm) to make sure we got the prime position - was a looooooong day, but worth it in the end.
Apparently #1 in Explore (30th Aug 2008)
Los Angeles view form Griffith Park Observatory, Caliornia, USA
This picture is created by Autopano Pro with 4 pictures. I use little bit of Photoshop to adjusting the problem on parallax (my tripod is not for doing"panoramic").
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EL JARDIN FRANCÉS DEL BAMBÚ
Vista del Valle del Dragón, en el interior del parque tematico de "La Bambouseraie".
Aqui se representa Japón, en una replica de los jardines de bambues de Kyoto.
Un sitio que merece una visita si estás en el sur de Francia, esto sin lugar a dudas.
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Canon EOS 400D Digital + Canon EF-S 18 ÷ 55mm f/3.5 ÷ 5.6
# Obturación: 1/250 seg. ~ Diafragmado: f/3.5 ~ 100 ISO
# Filtro polarizador circular hama.
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Sky slightly desaturated to retain detail
This red sand beach is just outside of Hana and is rather difficult to get to at high tide, especially in the dark before sunrise. The old path was
washed away by a landslide and the waves at high tide make it difficult to run across the beaches between waves. But high tide is needed for the
waves to wash over the rocks you see here. I moved around until I positioned the sun in the corner to act as a spotlight on the rest of the scene.
The rocks really are that red and the red sand to the left is even redder. I will add that image later.
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A typical french castle - wonderful to visit but they say nothing about taking pictures until you are inside the castle, and you guess it: no photos, please!
HDR from 3 exposures - f/10 - 1/160 - ISO 100 - 10mm
Nikon D80 with Sigma 10-20
explore interestingness #3
After a journey to London, Geneva and Paris am back, arrived this mornin, it feels great when your back even though its sometimes tough here due to the pressure of working and studying at the same time, the truth is l miss all that. Am really glad am back home.
Model: Haneen
Location: Suwaihan
Sunflower is really the best name for this wunderful plant.
Sonnenblume ist ein wirklich passender Name für dieser wunderschönen Pflanze.
My most interesting photos on black on one site
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On Gijón/Xixón's Seafront the Águila (Eagle) squadron of Spanish Army realizes an exhibition before the attentive look of hundreds of thousands of spectators.
Nel Muru de Xixón, la patrulla Águila de l'Armada Española fai una exhibición ente la mirada de milenta espectadores.
En el Paseo del Muro de Gijón/Xixón la patrulla Águila de las Fuerzas Armadas españolas realiza una exhibición ante la atenta mirada de centenares de miles de espactadores.
I.D.s 83 & 12638 photographed by John Ward on 1995-03-07 using a 35mm film camera producing a colour negative or print that has been scanned and digitized.
Philippine Rabbit Nissan Diesel RB46S CVK-918 (fleet No 3063) at a roadside stall at Dau, Mabalacat, between Manila and Tarlac, Tarlac, Philippines.
Plitvitzer Nationalpark, Croatia
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An Iranian woman photographer wearing a hijab smiles as she looks to the camera in Tarikhaneh Mosque, in the city of Damghan in Semnan province, Iran on August 7, 2009. She is using a film camera. Behind her another Iranian woman is looking to the camera with a modern digital SLR.
Tarikhaneh Mosque is the oldest mosque in Iran. Before Muslims converted it into a mosque, Persians used it as a Zoroastrian Fire Temple during the Sassanid period.
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According to traditional Astrology, Jupiter and Neptune together rule the oceans and seas.
Maybe you’ll find interesting the following text.. :)
Planet of Luck Jupiter is the thinking person's Planet. As the guardian of the abstract mind, this Planet rules higher learning and bestows upon us a yen for exploring ideas, both intellectually and spiritually. Intellectually speaking, Jupiter assists us in formulating our ideology. In the more spiritual realm, Jupiter lords over religions and philosophy. A search for the answers is what Jupiter proposes, and if it means spanning the globe to find them, well, that's probably why Jupiter also rules long-distance travel. In keeping with this theme, Jupiter compels us to assess our ethical and moral values; it also addresses our sense of optimism.
Luck and good fortune are associated with Jupiter for good reason. This is a kind and benevolent Planet, one which wants us to grow and flourish in a positive way. Jupiter may be judge and jury, but it's mostly an honorable helpmate, seeing to it that we're on the right path. While our success, accomplishments and prosperity are all within Jupiter's realm, this largely can, at times, deteriorate into laziness and sloth (Jupiter, at its worst, is associated with weight gain!). More often than not, however, Jupiter will guide us down the primrose path.
It takes Jupiter about twelve years to circle the Zodiac (the Planet visits an average of one Sign a year). It is masculine energy and rules both Sagittarius and Pisces and the Ninth and Twelfth Houses.
Neptune's glyph is the trident of Poseidon, God of the Seas. Much about this Planet is fluid (Neptune rules the oceans of the Earth), changeable and illusory in nature. Dreams, illusion, abstract thought and the mysterious are all governed by Neptune. Our spirituality is important to this Planet, and how we harness that energy for our personal betterment. Neptune invites us to let its energy wash over us and to use a meditative state to gain insights and heightened awareness. Poetry, music and dance are among the trance-like activities which this Planet favors.
It takes Neptune 165 years to complete its whirl around the Zodiac, spending roughly 14 years at each Sign. It is feminine energy and rules Pisces and the Twelfth House . Neptune is known as the higher octave of Venus and is the second of the transcendental Planets.
“...En los últimos años, en la Provincia de Buenos Aires, ha dado en usarse por domadores, reseros y nativistas, un cinto ancho de cuero fuerte, totalmente cubierto de monedas o, aún, de una especie de malla de escamas, plateadas y aún doradas, al que se llama ‘escamoso’...”
Fragmento de “El gaucho”, de Fernando O. Assunção
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◘ Comentário: Visita ao Museu com meu amor , com casal de amigos Marcos e Isy e com casal de amigos [2] Deca e Aline.
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Cinderella Castle all lit up colorfully just before Spectromagic...
Cinderella Castle
Magic Kingdom
Walt Disney World Resort
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
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دریاچه ارومیه
دریاچه ارومیه در شمال غربی ایران قرار دارد و در میان دو استان آذربایجان شرقی و آذربایجان غربی بخش شده است. دریاچه ارومیه بزرگترین دریاچه درونْ سرزمینی ایران و دومین دریاچه آب شور دنیا است . آب این دریاچه بسیار شور بوده و عمدتآ از رودخانههای زرینهرود، سیمینهرود، گدار، باراندوز، شهرچای، نازلو و زولا تغذیه میشود.
حوضه آبریز دریاچه ارومیه ۵۱۸۷۶ کیلومتر مربع است که پیرامون ۳٪ مساحت کل کشور ایران را دربر میگیرد.این حوضه با داشتن دشتهایی مانند دشت پیرانشهر سلماس، ارومیه، تبریز، آذرشهر، مراغه، میاندوآب، مهاباد، نقده و اشنویه یکی از کانونهای ارزشمند فعالیت کشاورزی و دامداری در ایران بشمار میرود.
دریاچه ارومیه بزرگترین آبگیر دائمی آسیای غربی است که در غرب پشته (فلات) ایران قرار گرفته. پارک ملی دریاچه ارومیه پس از مرداب انزلی از جالبترین و نغزترین زیستگاههای طبیعی جانوران در ایران بشمار میرود. این دریاچه در حال حاضر ۲۷ گونه پستاندار ،۲۱۲ گونه پرنده ،۴۱ گونه خزنده ،۷ گونه دوزیست و ۲۶ گونه ماهی حیات وحش این دریچه را تشکیل داده است.
دریاچه ارومیه دارای ۱۰۲ جزیره است که همه آنها از سوی سازمان یونسکو به عنوان اندوخته طبیعی جهان به ثبت رسیده است. جزیره اِشک زیستگاه پرندگان زیبای کوچگر از جمله مرغ آتش و تنجه و نیز گوزن زرد ایرانی است. گِل کرانه دریاچه خاصیت درمان برای دردهای بندگاهی (مَفصلی) و بیماریهای زنان را دارد. برای گشت و گذار در دریاچه و جزیرههای آن میتوان از دو کشتی سهند و نوح یا قایقهای گوناگون در بندر گلمانخانه بهره گرفت.
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نام کهن این دریاچه چیچَست بوده است. این واژه واژه ایست از اوستایی و پارسی باستان و تلفظ آن چَئِچَستَ بوده است. دریاچه چیچست در اسطورههای ایرانی نقشی بنیادین دارد. عرصه بسیاری از رویدادهای مهم زندگی کیخسرو، کرانه این دریاچه بوده است. دژ بهمن که کیخسرو در نبردی غول آسا و سهمگین آن را میگشاید و از چنگ دیوان بدر میآورد در نزدیکی همین دریاچه بوده و بسیاری اسطورههای دیگر. نام ارومیه نامیست که آشوریان به آن داده اند. اور در زبان آشوری به معنای شهر است (همان واژهای که در نام اورشلیم (شهر آشتی) هم وجود دارد) و میه به معنای آب است (همریشه با مآء عربی). پس اورمیه یا ارومیه بمعنی شهر آب است.
در دوران پهلوی به مناسبت پادشاهی رضاشاه پهلوی، به این دریاچه نام رضائیه داده شد.
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Lake Urmia
Lake Urmia (Azerbaijani: ارومیه گولو , ارومیه گولی, Persian: دریاچه ارومیه ), Daryacheh-ye Orumieh, ancient name: Lake Matiene) is a salt lake in northwestern Iran near Turkey. The lake is between the provinces of East Azarbaijan and West Azarbaijan, west of the southern portion of the similarly shaped Caspian Sea. It is the largest lake inside Iran, and the second salt water lake on earth, with a surface area of approximately 5,200 km² (2,000 mile²). At its maximum extent, it is about 140 km (87 miles) long, and 55 km (34 miles) wide. Its deepest point is approximately 16 m (52 ft) deep.
History
The lake is named after the provincial capital city of Urmia, originally a Syriac name meaning city of water. It was called Lake Rezaiyeh (Persian: دریاچه رضائیه) in the early 1930s after Reza Shah Pahlavi, but the lake was renamed 'Urmia' in the late 1970s. Its ancient Persian name was Chichast (meaning, "glittering"--a reference to its glittering mineral particles suspended in the lake water and its shores). In the medieval times it came to be known as Lake Kabuda, or "azure," in Persian, (Gabod in Armenian).
Lake Matianus (Latin: Lacus Matianus) is an old name for Lake Urmia. It was known as the Lower Nairi Sea (Lake Van was the Upper Nairi Sea) during the Nairi-Urartu period and as the Lower Armenian Sea after the Armenians displaced the Nairi. It was the center of the Mannaean Kingdom, a potential Mannaean settlement represented by the ruin mound of Hasanlu was on the south side of Lake Matianus. Mannae was overrun by a people who were called Matiani or Matieni, an Iranic people variously identified as Scythian, Saka, Sarmatian, or Cimmerian. It is not clear whether the lake took its name from the people or the people from the lake, but the country came to be called Matiene or Matiane.
The lake is marked by more than a hundred small rocky islands, which are stopover points in the migrations of various kinds of wild bird life (including flamingos, pelicans, spoonbills, ibises, storks, shelducks, avocets, stilts, and gulls). The second largest island, Kaboudi, is the burial place of Hulagu Khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan and the sacker of Baghdad, where he had his treasury.
By virtue of its high levels of salinity, the lake does not sustain any fish species. Nonetheless, Lake Urmia is considered to be one of the largest natural habitats of Artemia, which serve as food source for the migratory birds such flamingos. Most of the area of the lake is considered a national park.
The lake is a major barrier between two of the most important cities in West Azerbaijan and East Azerbaijan provinces, Urmia and Tabriz. A project to build a bridge across the lake was initiated in the 1970s but was abandoned after the Iranian Revolution of 1979. The project was revived in the early 2000s, and is due to finish by the end of 2007.
Lake Urmia has been shrinking for a long time, with an annual evaporation rate of 0.6m to 1m (24 to 39 inches). The lake's salts are considered to have medical effects, especially as a cure for rheumatism. Lake Urmia is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
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گردهمایی گروه ایرانیان در تبریز
Iranian Group`s Gathering - Tabriz
This shot belong to a set called "Iran Beauty"
Kumba
Busch Gardens Africa
Tampa, Florida
July 2008
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"What the soul knows is often unknown
to a person who has a soul.
We are infinitely more than we think."
By Khalil Gibran 1915
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This is a cube full of books by Dutch writers!
I am reflected :-))
I found this picture of Owen begging for grain and had to play around with it a little bit ;)
He's got the perfect expression, don't you think? :-)
My spouse got herself a nice new little camera and she snapped this pic up at the “Burgess Shale - Walcott Quarry”. The very knowledgeable guides were asked a question regarding a new theory, and since I had already spent a day with the scientist in question, I found that I was adding my own two bits worth to their answer. Here, I'm caught in the act.
That is Mount Wapta on the right. We have basically hiked over a pass and along scree slopes under the peak to get here. Michael Peak and Emerald Glacier in the background.
HDR: 3 exposures
Taken on my birthday while on vacation in Cannon Beach, Oregon; the image is of Haystack Rock which stands 235 feet tall.
#1 in Explore for July 18th, 2008. Thank you to everyone who expressed interest in my interestingness, I never knew I had it in me.
in a half-timbered house in Strümpfelbach (Weinstadt), a town in the Rems-Murr district (Baden-Württemberg, Germany). Located about 15 km east of Stuttgart.
Das Heimatmuseum im Fachwerkhaus in Weinstadt Strümpfelbach (Baden-Württemberg) ca. 15 km östlich von Stuttgart.
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◘ Informação Adicional: A igreja, em estilo colonial, data do século XVIII e carrega no altar um oratório com a imagem do padroeiro da paróquia. Em 1971, a Madre de Deus foi danificada por um incêndio, mas ainda é possível encontrar em seu interior pinturas sacras, mobiliário em jacarandá e a imagem do Senhor do Bom Jesus dos Passos. Endereço: Rua Madre de Deus, s/n, Bairro do Recife.(fonte: www.omarjunior.com/links/goto.php?url=http://www.pernambu...
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"...E o malabruja, quando esconde o toso,
nós 'esporiemo' bem no sangrador...
Em rancho de china, se 'campiemo' amor,
'entremo' sem sono e 'garantimo' o poso..."
Trecho de "Os 'loco' lá da Fronteira", de Anomar Danúbio Vieira
Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
The Geneva lake lies on the course of the Rhone. The river has its source at the Rhone Glacier near the Grimsel Pass to the east of the lake and flows down through the Canton of Valais, entering the lake between Villeneuve and Le Bouveret, before flowing slowly towards its egress at Geneva. Other tributaries are La Dranse, L'Aubonne, La Morges, La Venoge, La Vuachère, and La Veveyse.
Lake Geneva is the largest body of water in Switzerland, and greatly exceeds in size all others that are connected with the main valleys of the Alps. It is in the shape of a crescent, with the horns pointing south, the northern shore being 95 km (59 mi), the southern shore 72 km (45 mi) in length. The crescent form was more regular in a recent geological period, when the lake extended to Bex, about 18 km (11 mi) south of Villeneuve.
The detritus of the Rhone has filled up this portion of the bed of the lake, and it appears that within the historical period the waters extended about 2 km (1.2 mi) beyond the present eastern margin of the lake. The greatest depth of the lake, in the broad portion between Évian-les-Bains and Lausanne, where it is just 13 km (8.1 mi) in width, has been measured as 310 m (1,020 ft), putting the bottom of the lake at 62 m (203 ft) above sea level. The lake's surface is the lowest point of the cantons of Valais and Vaud.
The beauty of the shores of the lake and of the sites of many of the places near its banks has long been celebrated. However it is only from the eastern end of the lake, between Vevey and Villeneuve, that the scenery assumes an Alpine character. On the south side the mountains of Savoy and Valais are for the most part rugged and sombre, while those of the northern shore fall in gentle vine-covered slopes, thickly set with villages and castles.
The snowy peaks of the Mont Blanc are shut out from the western end of the lake by the ridge of the Voirons[clarification needed], and from its eastern end by the bolder summits of the Grammont, Cornettes de Bise and Dent d'Oche, but are seen from Geneva, and between Nyon and Morges. From Vevey to Bex, where the lake originally extended, the shores are enclosed by comparatively high and bold mountains, and the vista terminates in the grand portal of the defile of St. Maurice, cleft to a depth of nearly 2,700 m (8,900 ft) between the opposite peaks of the Dents du Midi and the Dent de Morcles.
The shore between Nyon and Lausanne is called La Côte because it is "flatter". Between Lausanne and Vevey it is called Lavaux and is famous for its hilly vineyards.
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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.