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Sunset on the lake Vesijärvi. Good night, sun! #Finland #Summer
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Perugia, capital of the region of Umbria, is worth visiting. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area. The history of Perugia goes back to the Etruscan period; Perugia was one of the main Etruscan cities. The city is also known as the universities town, with the University of Perugia founded in 1308. Perugia is also a well-known cultural and artistic centre of Italy. The city hosts multiple annual festivals and events.
Perugia historic centre is as compelling as any in Italy, filled with fine Etruscan, Roman and medieval monuments – just be prepared for lots of walking when visiting Perugia. Piazza IV Novembre is located in the heart of Perugia, surrounded by some of the most impressive monuments in the city. The Griffin and the Lion are the two symbols of the city of Perugia above the entrance of Hall of Notaries. You will find Piazza IV Novembre in the center of Perugia, a few steps from some of the famous buildings in the city. This square is the ideal place to relax. In the neighborhood you can visit impressive art galleries, admire old buildings or see enormous cathedrals. On the square are numerous cafes and restaurants where you can recover from all the sightseeing.
Perugia is de hoofdstad van de regio Umbrië en ligt prachtig gelegen op een heuvel op 500 meter hoogte. De stad is rijk aan monumenten en kunstwerken die getuigen van een opeenvolging van culturen door de eeuwen heen, van de Etrusken tot de Romeinen, van de Middeleeuwen tot de Renaissance, tot het heden. Dit maakt Perugia tot een van de mooiste kunststeden van Toscane en Umbrië. Daarnaast is Perugia een echte universiteitsstad. De Universiteit van Perugia is een van de oudste van Europa. Perugia heeft een kosmopolitisch karakter, waar het heel goed toeven is. Perugia kent ook een prachtig centrum waar het heerlijk flaneren is over de Corso Vanucci, de centrale straat, alwaar u op een van de vele terrasjes kunt genieten van een espresso of een aperitief of van een heerlijke Umbrische maaltijd. De stad kent een terrasvormige opbouw met als middelpunt Piazza della Signoria met het Palazzo dei Consoli, een van de mooiste raadhuizen in Umbrië. Dit grote plein kijkt uit over de lagere gelegen delen van de stad en het glooiende landschap om Gubbio heen. Rocca Paolina een unieke bezienswaardigheid. Paus Paulus III gaf in 1540 een architect de opdracht om vestingmuren om de stad te bouwen. De architect koos er gelukkig voor om de poorten in de muur op te nemen. Op verschillende niveaus onder de grond dus, loop je door elkaar kruisende straatjes met tongewelven. Door bogen met elkaar verbonden middeleeuwse huizen, torens, waterputten. Over de Via Baglioni, de belangrijkste ondergrondse straat, kom je via een systeem van roltrappen boven bij Piazza Italia. Het Piazza IV Novembre ligt in het hart van Perugia en wordt omringd door enkele van de meest indrukwekkende monumenten uit de stad. Je vindt het Piazza IV Novembre in het centrum van Perugia, op een steenworp afstand van enkele van de bekende gebouwen in de stad. Dit plein is de ideale plek om even te ontspannen. In de buurt kun je indrukwekkende kunstgaleries bezoeken, oude gebouwen bewonderen of enorme kathedralen aanschouwen. Aan het plein liggen talloze cafés en restaurants waar je even kunt bijkomen van alle sightseeing.
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Perugia, capital of the region of Umbria, is worth visiting. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area. The history of Perugia goes back to the Etruscan period; Perugia was one of the main Etruscan cities. The city is also known as the universities town, with the University of Perugia founded in 1308. Perugia is also a well-known cultural and artistic centre of Italy. The city hosts multiple annual festivals and events.
Perugia historic centre is as compelling as any in Italy, filled with fine Etruscan, Roman and medieval monuments – just be prepared for lots of walking when visiting Perugia. Piazza IV Novembre is located in the heart of Perugia, surrounded by some of the most impressive monuments in the city. You will find Piazza IV Novembre in the center of Perugia, a few steps from some of the famous buildings in the city. This square is the ideal place to relax. In the neighborhood you can visit impressive art galleries, admire old buildings or see enormous cathedrals. On the square are numerous cafes and restaurants where you can recover from all the sightseeing.
Perugia is de hoofdstad van de regio Umbrië en ligt prachtig gelegen op een heuvel op 500 meter hoogte. De stad is rijk aan monumenten en kunstwerken die getuigen van een opeenvolging van culturen door de eeuwen heen, van de Etrusken tot de Romeinen, van de Middeleeuwen tot de Renaissance, tot het heden. Dit maakt Perugia tot een van de mooiste kunststeden van Toscane en Umbrië. Daarnaast is Perugia een echte universiteitsstad. De Universiteit van Perugia is een van de oudste van Europa. Perugia heeft een kosmopolitisch karakter, waar het heel goed toeven is. Perugia kent ook een prachtig centrum waar het heerlijk flaneren is over de Corso Vanucci, de centrale straat, alwaar u op een van de vele terrasjes kunt genieten van een espresso of een aperitief of van een heerlijke Umbrische maaltijd. De stad kent een terrasvormige opbouw met als middelpunt Piazza della Signoria met het Palazzo dei Consoli, een van de mooiste raadhuizen in Umbrië. Dit grote plein kijkt uit over de lagere gelegen delen van de stad en het glooiende landschap om Gubbio heen. Rocca Paolina een unieke bezienswaardigheid. Paus Paulus III gaf in 1540 een architect de opdracht om vestingmuren om de stad te bouwen. De architect koos er gelukkig voor om de poorten in de muur op te nemen. Op verschillende niveaus onder de grond dus, loop je door elkaar kruisende straatjes met tongewelven. Door bogen met elkaar verbonden middeleeuwse huizen, torens, waterputten. Over de Via Baglioni, de belangrijkste ondergrondse straat, kom je via een systeem van roltrappen boven bij Piazza Italia. Het Piazza IV Novembre ligt in het hart van Perugia en wordt omringd door enkele van de meest indrukwekkende monumenten uit de stad. Je vindt het Piazza IV Novembre in het centrum van Perugia, op een steenworp afstand van enkele van de bekende gebouwen in de stad. Dit plein is de ideale plek om even te ontspannen. In de buurt kun je indrukwekkende kunstgaleries bezoeken, oude gebouwen bewonderen of enorme kathedralen aanschouwen. Aan het plein liggen talloze cafés en restaurants waar je even kunt bijkomen van alle sightseeing.
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Urbanite's Oasis - South Bank, London, UK
Place: Liping, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province
Chinese name: 海马骑士 (hǎimǎ qíshì)
Year of launch: 2009
海马 means seahorse, but is actually an abbreviation of 海南马自达: Hainan Mazda. Hainan is a large island and province of China and has the size of Taiwan or Belgium. Haima is based in Hainan's capital, Haikou. History of Haima goes back to 1992, when Mazda and the Hainan local government started a joint venture for the production of Mazda cars. Mazda produced versions of the Mazda 323, 929 (Luce) and MPV. The joint venture lasted until 2006, when Haima's stake was bought by FAW. FAW currently owns 49% of Haima. Haima relied on Mazda technology for quite some time, but they developed a whole line-up through the years, which currently includes the M3, Family (formerly known as M5), M6 and M8 sedans, Family 7 (formerly known as V70) MPV and S5 Young, S5 and S7 SUVs. It seems the small Fushida vans have been discontinued.
In December 2013 Haima launched the M5. After a few years it was facelifted and renamed Family, which means it is the third generation Family after the old Mazda 323 (Familia)-based Haima Family and the rebadged and revamped Haima3, which was also named Haima Family.
Haima has always been a midpack player, sales have never really taken off considering its contemporary line-up. The Haima S7 debuted as Haima S3 late 2009 and went in production in the year after as 7 Knight (Qishi). A heavily refreshed version was launched in 2013 as Haima S7. It received another extensive facelift in 2016. This is a 2013-2016 Haima S7.
Previous night :
When I was talking to my sweetheart about finding the moss trolls in Hvalfjörður as a part of our next day programs, from the apartment living room that we rented, I watched the midnight sky, trying to read what weather might be when the sun showed its face in the morning. Above there was no star but some clouds were slowly rolling by.
I checked again the forecast, it showed that the weather should be fine until midday.
In the morning when we were ready to go, Little Dino rechecked the weather. She told me that THE FOG were over the pinned destination and it would be following by…..rain.
Little Dino seemed really disappointed but the next plans we had wouldn’t make her disappointment stayed longer.
Finally we drove around Reykjanes Peninsula.
The picture:
We were at Gunnuhver, a highly active geothermal area of mud pools and steam. The beach has the rock trolls and the wave is very powerful and dangerous. Oh yes, as always: windy too!
Down there, Little dino was walking to reach the rocky beach while I was busy synchronizing my whole organs body to collect the air, or…...to breathe. :)
Gunnuhver, Iceland, April 2017.
A song to listen:
Have a beautiful evening …xxX Love
Stockholm archipelago. View from cruise ferry Silja Serenade.
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Familie Kugelspringer beim sonntäglichen Ausflug ;-)
Micro-Nikkor 55mm 1:2.8 + Raynox DCR-250, Blende 11 / Blitz und Softbox
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Library of Congress Blanche Satchel
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Yesterday was lovely ! Tony (Guy@Fawkes) and I had a few hours around the site of the battle of Edgehill. I hope the following info is interesting for you.
The battle of Edgehill, on Sunday 23rd October 1642, saw the army of the Earl of Essex, the parliamentarian Lord General, and King Charles' (Charles 1) army clash in the first major action of the Civil War in England. It was fought in the open fields between the villages of Radway and Kineton in Warwickshire. It was intended to be the one great battle to decide the war.
It turned out to be a bloody draw, but the king gained an important advantage. The Earl of Essex failed to break through and had to retreat northward, to the security of the parliamentarian garrisons at Warwick and Coventry. This left the royalists in command of the road to London, and control of the capital of England was the key to the war.
The battlefield is largely agricultural land and appears at first sight to be well preserved. In reality it has been extensively disturbed and several key public Rights of Way closed by the construction, in the late 1940s, of a military depot. We came across a sign saying 'You are being watched - Ministry of Defence - Private'. But we were lucky it wasn't 375 years ago in the midst of a horrible bloodbath !
My geotag is 'approximate' - sorry ! Edited using Topaz Studio - one of the 'landscape' settings which I toned down a bit ! I have two laptops, and each shows the colours differently, so I've no idea how you'll see it !
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City Bus - South Bank, London, UK
Great tit / Talitiainen
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Dear friends, I wish I had more time for the wonderful world of your photos and sharing my own visual discoveries of the amazing world around us. This was one of the gorgeous sunsets when I was overloaded with work again, and could look at the magic of the evening sky only through my window. But it was so wonderful that I had to grab my camera and try to capture at least a tiny framed area of the magnificent sky seen from my balcony.
I have to sincerely thank all of you who warmly encouraged me to not disappear completely from Flickr and left small friendly reminders here and there. I hope that my current tight multi-project schedule won't last forever, and that I will be able to switch to things and creative projects of my own that allows more time for things that I truly enjoy and love.
The light, beauty, and inspiration from this wonderful scenery I wanted to share with you all.
-#101 in Explore 13/09/2017 (verificato 14/09/2017 ore 08:00)
Le nebulose Laguna (M8) e Trifida (M20) sono forse tra le nebulose più osservate e fotografate. E poterle ammirare nello stesso FOV è veramente bello e spettacolare.
Le condizioni meteo di quella sera non sono state eccezionali: cielo non molto trasparente e seeing mediocre, e per questi motivi ho scelto oggetti DS luminosi.
Volevo realizzare un mosaico con 2 pannelli acquisiti con le stesse condizioni di cielo quindi ho potuto utilizzare solo le circa 5 ore di buio disponibili.
Un'integrazione di 1h e 40min e la temperatura del sensore 26°C non possono certo permettere elaborazioni estetiche esagerate, quindi ho fatto quello che ho potuto e penso di aver raggiunto un discreto risultato.
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-#101 on Explore 09/13/2017 (checked on 09.14.2017 8.00 am)
Laguna (M8) and Trifida (M20) nebulae are perhaps among the most observed and photographed nebulae. And seeing them in the same FOV is really beautiful and spectacular.
The weather conditions that night were not exceptional: sky not very transparent and seeing middling, and for these reasons I chose bright DS objects.
I wanted to make a mosaic with 2 panels scanned with the same sky conditions so I could only use the approximately 5 hours of astronomical night available.
Integration of 1h and 40min and 26 ° C sensor temperature can not allow exaggerated aesthetic elaborations, so I did what I could and I think I have achieved a decent result.
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Optic: Rifrattore APO Scopos TL805 80mm/f7 + WO 0.8X
Camera: Canon EOS 550D (Rebel T2i) mod. Baader BCF
Mount: Sky Watcher HEQ5 Synscan
Seeing: 2 (scala Antoniadi inversa)
(M20) 20x300s 1600iso / 21 dark /21 flat / 21 bias
(M8) 20x300s 1600iso / 21 dark /21 flat / 21 bias
Date: 24/06/2017
Integration: 1h 40min +1h 40m
Temperature: 18°C (media)
Temperature sensor: 26°C (media)
Location: monti Nebrodi (Sicily-Italy) 1550m slm
Elaborazione DSS + PSCS3.
Spirit of the north...
It was 2 days trip, last weekend. This is the very beautiful island famous as the site of the Konevsky Monastery. It is located off the southwestern shore of Lake Ladoga.
In the Middle Ages, the island was considered holy by the Finnish tribes who particularly revered a huge boulder in the shape of a horse's skull, weighing more than 750 tons.
This boulder is known as "Steed-Stone" and gives its name to the island.
Absolutely wonderful place with fantastic atmosphere. I fell in love with this place 😍 Also the weather was so warm +28C and it was awesome.
Notice: Ladoga is the largest lake entirely in Europe and the 14th largest freshwater lake by area in the world.
Konevitsa on ortodoksisesta Konevitsan luostarista kuulu saari Laatokan länsirannan tuntumassa Sortanlahden edustalla.
Luostarin perustamisesta kertovien lähteiden mukaan siellä oli karjalaisten pakanallinen uhripaikka Hevoskivi. Saaren nykyinen suomenkielinen nimi johtuvat Hevoskivestä tai ehkä saaren oletetusta alkuperäisestä karjalaisesta nimestä Hevossaari.
Munkkeja asuu saarella noin 20 henkeä.
Saarelle pääsee uudella katamaraanilla Sortanlahdesta (n. 15 minuutin matka).
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On a rainy day in our Amsterdam flat,
I found reflections on the teapot.
Selfies with a friend, much fun was had,
I love the crazy refractions ,
and the hidden twins ;-P
happy sliderssunday!
Hare in the evening sun, near my home. He comes here almost every day and eats the grass.
Rusakko. 🐇 Wildlife in Finland. Summer.
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This hare is a regular visitor to my garden. In summer and in autumn too.
European hare / Rusakko / Animal #Finland #Summer
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I am exhibiting my work "Metropolis at Twilight" @ Gianluca's Coffee Cult Art Gallery , 17 Jerdan Place, Fulham Broadway, SW6 1BE, London, UK from 22nd June until 2nd Aug 2017.
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Seglora Church (Seglora kyrka) comes from a parish in Västergötland. The old wooden church dating from 1730 was abandoned when a new church, built of stone, was erected in 1903.
The church was built of local materials; the plinth is of gneiss and the walls made of wood. Both the roof and the walls are lined with oak shingles on the outside and these are painted with a mixture of tar and traditional red paint. The tower was built in the 1780s. Prior to that the bells hung in a separate belfry. The organ is from 1770.
Hanging in the porch is a long rod that the verger used for waking parishioners who fell asleep during the sermon. Each farm had its own pews in the church. Women and men sat on opposite sides of the aisle; women to the left and men to the right. This custom lived on in the countryside into the 20th century.
The wooden church was moved to Skansen in 1916 and found a new lease of life as one of Sweden’s most popular churches for weddings.
Stockholm. Sweden. Djurgården. Skansen.
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"Binding Energy" Chelsea Bridge, London, UK
Near Cape Saunders, South Island, New Zealand.
An angel playing violin under the great arch of milky way.
Nikon D810 + PC-E Nikkor 24/3.5D lens with 25 shots stitched. Back of my usual light-painting method with 3200K temperature for a crystal-blue night sky.
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Baby Squirrel
Finland, summer.
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Amanece sobre Islas Hormigas - Sunrise over Ants Islands
Desde el Cabo de Palos, se puede contemplar un pequeño archipiélago a su frente, las Islas Hormigas.
Aparentemente pacíficas, son en realidad la extensión del Cabo , el fatídico escollo que en el verano de 1906, hizo naufragrar al Sirio, un barco italiano de emigrantes a América.
Además de un punto peliagudo para la navegación, Islas Hormigas están consideradas como una de las mejores reservas submarinas del Mediterráneo.
From Cabo de Palos, you can see a small archipelago at its front, the Hormigas Islands.
Apparently peaceful, they are actually the extension of the Cape, the fateful stumbling block that in the summer of 1906 made the Sirius, an Italian ship of emigrants to America sink.
In addition to a tricky spot for navigation, Hormigas Islands are considered as one of the best underwater reserves in the Mediterranean.
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The sound of these birds is absolutely unique: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCxOH1zHmNc
The common eider (Somateria mollissima) is a large (50–71 cm (20–28 in) in body length) sea-duck that is distributed over the northern coasts of Europe, arctic North America, north-eatern Siberia, Iceland and Greenland. It breeds in Arctic and some northern temperate regions.
It can fly at speeds up to 113 km/h (70 mph).
This bird is really amazing and I'm so happy with the photo I got from it.
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