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The stone pier has been shot multiple times by many. Those who have visited that area of the Trossachs in Scotland may recognise it. Fine art style.
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I found my old Powershot G5 in the loft and took it out for a spin. An old 64mb CF card means I can only grab 12 RAW images before the card is full. It kinda helps to focus what you are shooting. Anyway, this is a long exposure of me walking up a set of steps. Tweaked in silver effex 2
Early morning light illuminates Mt Hood and a thready altocumulus lenticularis (lenticular) cloud on a cold and snowy winter morning. I really enjoyed watching the sunrise light and lenticular clouds from this quiet meadow near the mountain. I hope when you view this photo you feel some of the peaceful calm I experienced out there that morning. It definitely wasn't calm at the summit though, since you can see the strong winds blowing the snow off the summit! If you have ever climbed Mt Hood on the South Route, this photo gives a great look at the route including: Palmer Glacier, Illumination Rock, Illumination Saddle, Devil's Kitchen, Hogsback, Pearly Gates and Old Chute.
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This morning I found myself filled with joy. I considered what a mess I am...how yesterday I felt like a completely different person...how usually this bothers me greatly, but today I just found myself laughing. This mess is my life. And it's an ever evolving process. You can try to tame the bucking bronco or grab a saddle and enjoy the ride. We are all moving upwards, sometimes scarily, away from what no longer serves us. Uncontrollably, whether we like it or not, we will ascend.
Half way up to the summit of Tolsti vrh the path crosses a bit steep grassy slopes. There's a panoramic bench where we usually take a short rest. But it's a sad place too. Who knows why a little girl had to die on such a beautiful place?
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I shot this as we were flying by the Vancouver airport (YVR) LOL.
You are like me, but my abyss is clear.
And you have roads whose secrets never end.
They descend and ascend, descend and ascend.
From To a Young Poet by Mahmoud Darwish
This poem originally appeared in the March 2010 issue of Poetry.
Today's Raven Muse - 528 Hz Emerald Heart Ascendance
The view you have when ascending the Cat Bells. Im a believer that you do not need the golden hour to get great light all you need is great clouds and a polorising filter. Somebody mentioned that a map of Britain can be seen in the clouds. I think it looks more like one of those teddy bear sweats you use to be able to get, or still can.
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Part of Bristol Light Festival 2024
A world premiere for Bristol Light Festival, Ascendance is a life-sized projection of an astronaut drifting through a cosmos of vibrant flowers, butterflies and wistful hallucinations. This interstellar installation is a serene space to sit and contemplate the fragility and fleeting nature of human existence, with a soundtrack composed by Spesh Maloney.
Davy & Kristin McGuire are multi-award-winning mixed reality artists, internationally renowned for their idiosyncratic experiments in digital projection, immersive art and storytelling. The pair wowed at Bristol Light Festival 2023 with their beautifully pensive works, Ophelia and Sirens, and have worked with luxury brands including Dior, Barneys and most recently, SAKS on 5th Avenue, New York City, for its renowned Christmas window installation for 2023.
Artist: Studio McGuire
St. Stephen's Church, Bristol
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Norwegen / Telemark - Gaustatoppen
Gaustatoppen is a mountain in the county of Telemark, Norway. The 1,883-metre (6,178 ft) tall mountain is located on the south side of the town of Rjukan and is the highest mountain in Telemark. The summit lies in Tinn Municipality, but there is a lower plateau that crosses the municipal border into Hjartdal Municipality.
The view from the summit is impressive, as one can see an area of approximately 60,000 square kilometres (23,000 sq mi), nearly one-sixth of Norway's mainland. The mountain is popular for downhill skiing in the winter, and competitions have been held on its slopes. These competitions include the "Norseman triathlon", billed as "the world's most brutal iron-distance triathlon". It starts in Eidfjord and finishes at the top of Gaustatoppen. The summit is accessible on foot in the summer, on a rocky pathway of medium difficulty, although the southwestern side of the mountain is very dangerous and inaccessible. The wreckage of an airplane crash still lies on that side of the mountain since it is too difficult to remove it.
Name
The first element is Gausta, the name of the whole mountain, the last element is the finite form of topp which means "top" or "summit". The name Gausta is probably a shortened form for Gaustafjell which means "Gausta mountain", because Gausta originally was the name of a farm beneath the mountain. (For the same development see Dovrefjell.) The Old Norse form of the name was maybe Gautstǫð, the name is then a compound of gaut which means "flooded place", and stǫð which means "stead" or "landing place for boat". (The farm lies along the Rjukan river.)
Railway
There is a funicular railway that was built inside the mountain for military purposes. This ascends from the base of the mountain almost to the summit. A short railway takes the passengers from the mountain base horizontally to the lower station deep inside the mountain. It was built to access the military radio relay station built on (and inside) the mountain top. The installation is now a tourist attraction. It was financed mainly by American military grants, and cost one million US dollars to build from 1954 to 1959.
Gausta skicenter
The Gausta skicenter is a skiing centre on the mountain. It was created when two smaller alpine ski areas (Gaustatoppen Skisenter and Gaustablikk Skisenter) were merged and then a further expansion of slopes. As of 2019, it had 45 kilometres (28 mi) of slopes and 550 metres (1,800 ft) height difference. The skiing centre is located about 180 kilometres (110 mi) by road from Oslo and it aims to be one of the major ski areas in Norway.
(Wikipedia)
Gaustatoppen, in der Landessprache oft auch nur Gausta genannt, ist ein Berg in der norwegischen Provinz Telemark südlich der Stadt Rjukan. Mit einer Höhe von 1883 moh. ist er der höchste Berg der Provinz.
Durch seine Kegelform ragt er aus der Landschaft heraus. Bei guter Fernsicht ist es möglich, ein Sechstel Norwegens zu überblicken, was ca. 60.000 km² entspricht. Der Blick reicht im Osten bis zur schwedischen Grenze, im Süden bis zum Meer.
Der Südhang des Berges ist sehr steil und unzugänglich; das Wrack eines Flugzeuges liegt dort und wurde aufgrund der Lage nie geborgen.
Aufstieg
Mehrere Wege führen auf den Gipfel. Der leichteste Aufstieg beginnt am Parkplatz Stavsro (1173 m) an der Straße zwischen Rjukan und Tuddal. Die Gehzeit bis zum Gipfel beträgt zwischen 2 und 3 Stunden. Der teilweise sehr steinige Weg überwindet auf 3,5 km Länge einen Höhenunterschied von ca. 700 m und ist mit roten T gekennzeichnet. Von Tuddal aus gibt es ebenfalls eine Route zum Gipfel, jedoch ist die Gehzeit länger.
Des Weiteren existiert ein Pfad von Selstali westlich des Gaustatoppen. Dieser Weg ist sehr steil. Er ist ebenfalls mit roten T gekennzeichnet.
Den Gipfel an sich erreicht man über einen schmalen Felsgrat.
Berghütte
Unterhalb des Funkturms, auf 1860 m, liegt eine Berghütte, die von Mittsommer bis Mitte September täglich von 10 bis 18 Uhr geöffnet ist. Die Hütte wurde im Jahre 1893 gebaut und wurde 1998 erweitert. Übernachtungen in der Hütte sind nur nach vorheriger Reservierung möglich.
Militärische Nutzung und Bergbahn
Aufgrund der Höhe und Lage des Berges wurde er während des Kalten Krieges als Radar- und Funkstation genutzt. Erst 1995 endete die militärische Nutzung. Eine 55 m hohe Antenne wurde 1970 auf dem Berg errichtet und für Radio und Mobilfunk genutzt. Um den Gipfel ganzjährig erreichen zu können, wurde zwischen 1954 und 1959 von Rjukan aus eine Bergbahn („Gaustabanen“) in den Fels getrieben. Sie besteht aus einer 850 Meter langen horizontal verlaufenden „Flachbahn“ und einer steilen Standseilbahn mit 1045 Meter schräger Länge. Die Baukosten beliefen sich damals auf rund 1 Mio. US-Dollar. Um die Kosten zu refinanzieren, sollte die Bahn von Anfang an auch von Touristen genutzt werden, aufgrund der Geheimhaltung während des Kalten Krieges kam es aber erst viel später dazu. Selbst lokalen Einwohnern war die Existenz der Bahn nicht bekannt. Die Bergbahn beginnt an der Straße zwischen Rjukan und Tuddal auf 1170 m mit einer horizontalen Bahn. Nach einer Fahrtstrecke von 860 m befindet sich im Berginneren eine Transitstation, wo Passagiere umsteigen müssen. Von dort beginnt die Standseilbahn, die auf einer Länge von 1.050 m 650 Höhenmeter überwindet. Die Bergstation befindet sich auf 1800 m und damit etwa 75 m unterhalb der Berghütte, am Ende eines Tunnels im Berg. Die Standseilbahn hat eine Steigung von 39°. Die Bergbahn wird seit 2004 kommerziell genutzt.
Sport
Am Gipfel des Gaustatoppen endet der Norseman Xtreme Triathlon, der in Eidfjord beginnt. Im Winter ist der Gaustatoppen ein beliebtes Ziel für Alpinskifahrer wie auch Langläufer.
(Wikipedia)
Went to see "The Perfect Gallery" by Christian Jankowski at CUBE on Friday.
If i'm honest I was, and still am, slightly bemused by the arty side of the project but it did give me the opportunity to take a few abstracty, minimal architectural frames...which was nice.
I liked the recurring and parallel shadows from the stairs in this one.
Manchester, UK.
27 August, 2010.
(I'm a couple of days behind on everyone's recent uploads but hope to catch up in the next day or so.
It's been a busy weekend that hasn't quite stopped just yet...family birthdays and all that. My head hurts!)
My Abstract set.
30/08/2010: EXPLORED! Explorado; Esplorato; Erforscht; Undersøkt...merci beaucoups everybody.
My Explore set.
50 016 Barham sounding magnificent echoing off the valley sides as it climbs to Luxulyan with 1V39, the 07:23 Manchester - Newqauy complete with many window hangers enjoying the experience
stairs at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts….
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I didn't know what I'd captured until I asked a few photo gurus - I thought something might be wrong with my camera! But no, apparently I'm just lucky. They're called 'ice pillars' or 'light columns', and happen when ice crystals reflect light.
Yuki climbs a ladder. Where does it lead?
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Created for the Smile on Saturday theme, GOING UP.