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Masts of the sailing ships in front of the Helsinki City Hall with Helsinki Cathedral on the background during an annual Helsinki Baltic herring fair at market square.
Winter storm and light before Christmas in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Waiting impatiently for spring and summer :)
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City of London Skyscrapers at Night
A rare bird for Florida. Franklin's Gulls are very similar to Laughing Gulls. They are slightly smaller, with a smaller bill, larger white eye arcs and a darker, more extensive hood in winter.
Some friends and I spent several hours picking through a couple thousand Laughing Gulls at a few different locations in the Daytona Beach area one day this fall. We finally found what we were looking for right before sunset. This is a first cycle (first winter) bird as shown by the brown feathers in the wing.
Canon Rebel XSi and Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
Shanghai People's Square 360° Panorama. And here you can find a night panorama of this place.
Some buildings named, in no particular order:
Shanghai Museum.
Shanghai Government.
Shanghai Opera.
City Planning Exhibition Hall.
Tomorrow Square.
Shimao Plaza.
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Stitched pano from 26 photos taken in portrait format. Total angle of view over 360°. Resized for upload, here is an XXL view.
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Miss August posing for her cover shot ;)
This cute raccoon has been showing up in my yard in Central Florida quite frequently this summer. I usually see it in the back yard late in the day, getting a drink of water from the pool. Raccoons are normally nocturnal animals but this young raccoon was probably just trying to cool down from the hot summer we have had here in Florida. We're a long way from Christmas. It started to climb up this tree but then turned around to climb back down. I caught this pose right as is was turning around.
Altamonte Springs, Seminole County, Florida, USA
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Calma total un domingo por la mañana en la cresta sur de la Cordillera Las Raíces, mirando al este.
Región de la Araucanía, Chile central.
期待了近一年，終於完成了。
最感謝團長Max的策劃與高山美食家美枝，夜夜共眠的冠穎，還有其它一眾朋友們，大家都好棒，這趟行程真是太讚了！
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One Angel Square
One Angel Square[1] is an office building in Manchester, England. Construction work began in 2010 and was completed in February 2013. The landmark building is the head office of the Co-operative Group. Standing 72.5 metres (237.8 feet) tall, the building forms the centrepiece of the new £800 million NOMA development in the northern quarter of Manchester city centre. The building cost at least £105 million to construct and was sold on leaseback terms in 2013 for £142 million.
One Angel Square is one of the most sustainable large buildings in Europe and is built to a BREEAM 'Outstanding' rating. It is powered by a biodiesel cogeneration plant using rapeseed oil to provide electricity and heat. The structure makes use of natural resources, maximising passive solar gain for heat and using natural ventilation through its double-skin facade, adiabatic cooling, rainwater harvesting, greywater recycling and waste heat recycling.
The building's distinctive form has been compared to a sliced egg and a ship.[16] Its design was announced by architects 3DReid in May 2009 and construction began in July 2010 with a projected completion date in March 2013. In December 2012, the scheme surpassed its pan-European sustainability aims and achieved a world-record BREEAM score of 95.32%. It is also an energy-plus building, producing surplus energy and zero carbon emissions. The building has received numerous awards for its striking aesthetic and sustainability aims.
Atardecer en la costa del Mar Mediterráneo. Esta foto la he sacado desde una playa de Marbella, España
Back to archives due to bad weather !!!!!
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The Rainy Day
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
By Simran Khurana
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The day is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
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And the day is dark and dreary.
Be still, sad heart! and cease repining;
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark...
Moll's Gap, Black Valley, Ring of Kerry, County Kerry, Ireland
Whilst comming to the end of my Ring of Kerry trip I came through this amazing mountain terrian called "Molls Gap" overlooking "The Black Valley" it is amazing in every way and if you look deep into this valley below you will find a single isolated house just in the middle, No neighbours from hell down here lol
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Fondamenta de Rio Marin
Photo taken from Ponte Cappello o dei Garzoti
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Nadie puede volver atrás, pero todos podemos seguir adelante...
Y Mañana, cuando el Sol salga, será suficiente con repetirse:
Voy a ver este día como si fuese el primero de mi vida. (Paulo Coelho)
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Nobody can go back, but we all can continue forward...
and Tomorrow, when the sun comes out, will have to repeat oneself:
I will see this day as if it were the first of my life. (Paulo Coelho)
"... Tenho um cuiudo picaço,
peito e anca que é um colosso,
que já me deu muito gosto
mandando corda em rodeio,
- quando eu abria pra fora
num armadão encopado
e acomodava o chumbado
lustrando a capa do olho ..."
Fragmento de "Riqueza de posteiro", de Márcio Nunes Corrêa
Capão do Leão, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil
The Sea Arch Stack, Crohy Head, Dungloe, County Donegal, Ireland
I didn’t even realise that this wonderful natural formation even existed until recently. I was in the western coast of Ireland when I found out and located this barely known arch stack!
It is located on a small peninsula called Crohy Head. Very difficult to climb down too and you even have to use a rope that is attached to some rocks on the cliff face! Amazing location with this very unique sea arch
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The Sea Arch Stack, Crohy Head, County Donegal, Ireland
I didn't even realise that this wonderful natural formation even existed until recently. I was in the western coast of Ireland when I found out and located this barely known arch stack!
It is located on a small peninsula called Crohy Head. Very difficult to climb down too and you even have to use a rope that is attached to some rocks on the cliff face! Amazing location with this very unique sea arch
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The Tower of Hercules is the only Roman lighthouse which, since its origins up to the present, has been performing its original function: being an aid to navigation for ships crossing the Atlantic corridor. This peculiarity makes it an outstanding exponent which bears a unique testimony to the numerous lighthouses erected by civilisations of the past by the sea and which have unfortunately been lost to time, while the Tower of Hercules remains faithful to its mission of guiding the seamen who come face to face with the immensity of the ocean on a daily basis.
The lighthouse was most likely built in the second half of the 1st century or the early years of the 2nd century A.D. by the Romans at finis terrae (Latin for ‘end of the world’) of the world known, namely, north-western Hispania, at the mouth of the great Gulf of Artabro, which encompasses the rias of El Burgo, Ares and Ferrol (A Coruña, Spain) to guide the ships sailing along the most western coast of the Empire. The location chosen to build it was a rocky hillock, known as Punta Eiras, some 57 metres high, which is between Punta Herminia and Punta del Orzán, thus dominating the northern end of the peninsula on which the city of A Coruña itself rises.
This unique construction has a rectangular plan, each side of it measuring approximately 11.75 metres and a total height of 55 metres, of which 34.38 m correspond to the Roman building and 21 to the restoration made in 1789 to modernize the aid to navigation system. Nowadays, the Tower rises on a wide polygonal platform 32.40 metres wide, which is its base. This platform was built in early 19th century. On the outside, the monument has a prismatic structure topped by an octagonal towered section with triangular reinforcement at the corners, thus softening the square plan. This first towered section is followed by another, shorter one which is the base of the lantern where the powerful beacon that lights intrepid seamen is.
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La Torre de Hércules es el único faro romano que desde sus orígenes hasta la actualidad ha cumplido con su función primigenia: la de servir de señal marítima e instrumento de navegación para las embarcaciones que en su singladura atraviesan el corredor atlántico. Esta particularidad lo convierte en un ejemplo excepcional como testimonio único de los numerosos faros que las civilizaciones del pasado construyeron a orillas del mar y que, desgraciadamente, se han perdido en el devenir de la historia, mientras que la Torre de Hércules continua cumpliendo con la misión de orientar y dirigir a los hombres del mar que se enfrentan diariamente con la inmensidad del océano.
El faro fue construido con toda probabilidad en la segunda mitad del siglo I o en los primeros años del siglo II d. C. por el Imperio romano en el finis terrae del mundo conocido, es decir, en el noroeste de Hispania, en la entrada del gran Golfo Ártabro que comprende las rías del Burgo, Ares y Ferrol (A Coruña. España), para acompañar a los barcos que bordeaban el extremo más occidental del Imperio. El lugar elegido para su emplazamiento fue una loma rocosa, denominada Punta Eiras, de casi 57 metros de altura, que se encuentra entre Punta Herminia y Punta del Orzán, dominando el extremo septentrional de la península en la que se asienta la propia ciudad de A Coruña.
Esta singular construcción es de planta cuadrangular de aproximadamente 11,75 m de lado y presenta una altura total de 55 m, de los cuales 34,38 m corresponden a la fábrica romana y 21 m a la restauración realizada en 1789 para modernizar el sistema de señalización marítima. En la actualidad la Torre se levanta sobre una amplia plataforma poligonal de 32,40 m de ancho, que le sirve de base y que fue construida a principios del siglo XIX. Exteriormente, el monumento presenta una estructura prismática sobre la que se dispone un remate torreado octogonal con refuerzos de sección triangular en las esquinas, que suaviza el arranque de la base cuadrada. A este primer cuerpo torreado le sucede otro, decreciente en altura, que sirve de base a la linterna en la que se encuentra la potente lámpara que ilumina con su luz a los intrépidos navegantes.
♫ If I was a sculptor, but then again no,
Or a man who makes potions in a travelling show
I know it's not much, but it's the best I can do
My gift is my song and this one's for you ♫
* Todas as Fotos da Sequencia estão abertas, pois já foram publicadas anteriormente
Foto: Beijo de Karen e Milton no Amanhecer da Pedra Bonita - Rio de Janeiro
Video: ♪ Your Song ♪ - Ewan McGregor
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Roof architectural detail at the Lan Sun Chinese Garden
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One of the oldest homes in the Louisiana Purchase, Destrehan was constructed beginning in 1787 and completed in 1790. Robin de Logny contracted with a free man of color, Charles Pacquet, to build the house and outbuildings to support his indigo plantation. Pacquet was given the use of six slaves to build the house. He was paid the grand sum of "one brute negro," a cow and a calf, 100 bushels of both corn and rice, and $100 in cash upon completion. This building contract, still on file at the parish courthouse in Hahnville, LA, makes Destrehan Plantation the oldest documented house in the Lower Mississippi Valley.
Building NRHP- #73002132
"In the sky we had rediscovered the moving principle of any work of art: the light, and the motion of color."
-Sonia Delaunay
*my texture*
The day began before dawn on a cold day at the top of Mt Haleakalā. We easily descended miles into the crater on the Shifting Sands Trail with all our camera gear on our backs, happily shooting dozens of photos of this amazing moonscape. At some point we realized, oh we should turn around and head back up, mindful we had descended at least 4 miles. Halfway up we discussed leaving our precious tripods at the side of the trail, 3/4 of the way up we were ready to leave all our gear behind to save ourselves from heart attacks. Slowly and with many stops, we made it back to the car with all our equipment in tow. A day not to be forgotten, despite the pain I'd do it all over again to be part of that magnificent landscape. We are told NEVER shoot directly into the sun, I believe rules are made to be broken, how else would I have captured this colorful flare?
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♫ São as águas de março fechando o verão
É a promessa de vida no teu coração. ♫
Depois do verão mais quente dos ultimos 50 anos o Rio recebe o Outono e Inverno.;
Nosso Outono e Inverno possui temperaturas agradáveis que variam entre 20 a 30º,
bem diferente dos 43º com sensação termica de 50º que tivemos neste ultimo verão.
Aproveito para desejar a todas as pessoas de Boa Vontade, uma excelente semana, cheia de Saude, Paz, Alegrias e Prosperidade
* Todas as fotos foram tiradas no Dona Marta e estão abertas pois
ja foram publicadas anteriormente.
Foto: Chuva e o Arco íris no Rio de Janeiro - Brasil
Video: ♪ Aguas de Março ♪ - Tom Jobim & Elis Regina
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A view from The Rougey walk overlooking Bundoran Beach, County Donegal, Ireland
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning - the first day.
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I didn’t know why I was getting a creepy kind of feeling when I walked through this section of the woods. But now that I’ve seen this image on my computer, I understand why! ;-) (The reason is easier to see when the image is viewed large.)
Processed for Sliders Sunday
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Details of the old Townhall in Esslingen (southern Germany next to Stuttgart)
It was built between 1422-24 and is a masterpiece of swabian-alemannic half-timbered building.
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"I like to turn things upside down, to watch pictures and situations from another perspective."
- Ursus Wehrli
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Another from the archives. This is Glacier Peak taken from Tonga Ridge, near Steven's Pass, WA, USA. Summer 2012.
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Hay una serie en el primer comentario
There's a series in the first comment
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Esta ruta recorre parte de la Serra da Groba por el Monte Lousado en Torroña, en la parroquia de Burgueira, concello de Oia.
** Nos enseña el Foxo Pedriño formado pro 1.500 metros de muros de piedra preparados para acorralar y dar caza a los lobos, que acababa en un foso que tristemente ha sido destruido por la pista forestal que nos lleva hasta él.
** También veremos el Curro de Os Puxeiros, considerado como el más antiguo de toda la Serra da Groba. En estos recintos se agrupaba a los caballos semi-salvajes en régimen de libertad una vez al año, para marcarlos, desparasitarlos y cortarles las crines.
Sus antiquisimos muros son una belleza y nos dan idea de lo primitivos que son.
** Luego llegaremos a la piedra conocida como Laberinto de Monte Lousado con varios petroglifos bien conservados siendo el principal un gran laberinto, también cruciformes, coviñas y grabados geométricos.
Unas curiosas disquisiciones sobre el tema
La localización del petroglifo y la ruta fué siguiendo este enlace, aunque nosotros jamás utilizamos GPS, me niego a perder mi pequeña dosis de aventura ....
** Y finalmente si seguimos llegaremos hasta las ruinas del Castelo de Lousado, una antigua fortificación medieval ......pero solo vereis piedras amontonadas ..... ya habiamos subido varias veces y me acabo de enterar de que era un castillo :-)
Esta vez no subimos porque lo habiamos hecho un par de dias antes, igual publico la ruta un día.
It was a quite gloomy day, but in the evening almost all the clouds gone away. The sunset light was warm and promised close spring...
Volkswagen Transporter 22 1979.
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Irie Vibes Fishing. "Trolling, trolling, trolling, big fish kept avoiding our lures"
Very different kind of fishing that I am used to. Including preferred refreshments of the crew.
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Rhodes(Greek: Ρόδος, Ródos, IPA: [ˈro̞ðo̞s]; Italian: Rodi; Ottoman Turkish: ردوس Rodos; Ladino: Rodi or Rodes) is a Greek island approximately 18 kilometers (11 mi) southwest of Turkey in eastern Aegean Sea. It is the largest of the Dodecanese islands in terms of both land area and population, with a population of 117,007[2] of which 53,709 resided in the homonymous capital city of the island.
Historically, Rhodes was famous worldwide for the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The medieval Old Town of the City of Rhodes has been declared a World Heritage Site. Today Rhodes is a tourist destination.
The island of Rhodes is shaped like a spearhead, 79.7 km (49.5 mi) long and 38 km (24 mi) wide, with a total area of approximately 1,400 square kilometers (541 sq mi) and a coastline of approximately 220 km (137 mi). The city of Rhodes is located at the northern tip of the island, as well as the site of the ancient and modern commercial harbors.
In the 1st century AD, the Emperor Tiberius spent a brief term of exile on Rhodes, and Saint Paul brought Christianity to the island. Rhodes reached her zenith in the third century, and was then by common consent the most civilized and beautiful city in Hellas. In 395, the long Byzantine Empire period began for Rhodes, when the Roman Empire was split and the eastern half gradually became a Greek empire. Although part of Byzantium for the next thousand years, Rhodes was nevertheless repeatedly attacked by various forces. It was first occupied by Muslim forces of Muawiyah I in 672. Much later, Rhodes was retrieved for the Byzantine Emperor Alexius I Comnenus during the First Crusade.
In 1309 the Byzantine era came to an end when the island was occupied by forces of the Knights Hospitaller. Under the rule of the newly named "Knights of Rhodes", the city was rebuilt into a model of the European medieval ideal. Many of the city's famous monuments, including the Palace of the Grand Master, were built during this period.
The strong walls which the Knights had built withstood the attacks of the Sultan of Egypt in 1444, and of Mehmed II in 1480. Ultimately, however, Rhodes fell to the large army of Suleiman the Magnificent in December 1522, long after the rest of the Byzantine empire had been lost. The few surviving Knights were permitted to retire to the Kingdom of Sicily. The Knights would later move their base of operations to Malta. The island was thereafter a possession of the Ottoman Empire for nearly four centuries.