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DSC09562 - Hindu Pilgrims Eating Holy Prasad - Kumbh Mela 2013 (India) by Loupiote

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Hindu devotees eating Holy Prasad at sunset, on the bank of the Ganges river.

Ashrams offer free Prasad food to all pilgrims. Prasad is usually dal and rice, served on a plate made of dried leaves.

For more info about Prasad (blessed Hindu food), read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prasad.

Photo taken at the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India)

Kumbh Mela is the largest festival on Earth, taking place once every 12 years, with more than 50 million Hindu pilgrims gathering to pray and bathe in the holy Ganges river.

For more photos and info about the Kumbh Mela festival, read the album description.

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DSC06926 - Filling-up Steam Locomotive with Water - Darjeeling Train Station (India) by Loupiote

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Steam Locomotive -#788 "Tusker" getting filled-up with water at the Darjeeling train station (India)

View more photos of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.

The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, locally known as the "Toy Train", is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway that runs between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling (India). It is still operated by vintage British-built B Class steam locomotives. Operations between Siliguri and Kurseong have been temporarily suspended since 2010 following a Landslide at Tindharia (view photos of the landslide).

For more info about the DHR steam locomotives, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHR_778_(locomotive) and www.irfca.org/docs/locolists/dhr-locos-full.html.

For more information about the Darjeeling Steam-powered Train, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway.

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DSC00065 - Hindu Chain Merchant in his Chains Store (India) by Loupiote

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Photo taken in Almora (India)

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DSC09596 - Mountains Panorama in the Indian Himalayas by Loupiote

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Mountains panorama landscape view from the Auli ski resort near Joshimath (India)

Looks amazing in high resolution.

Most of those peaks are above 5000 m (16,400 ft).

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DSC01163 - Colorful Jeepney - Front (Philippines) by Loupiote

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Jeepneys are a very popular type of public transportation in the Philippines.

Photo taken in Baguio, a regional capital in Luzon Island.

For more Jeepney photos and info, go to my Jeepney series.

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DSC04514 - El Pulpo Mecanico - Burning Man 2016 by Loupiote

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El Pulpo Mecanico, the fire breathing mechanical octopus.

For more info, go to www.elpulpomecanico.com/

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2016 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC05574 - The Lost Tea Party - Burning Man 2016 by Loupiote

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The Lost Tea Party, by Alex Wright aka Wreckage International.

For more info about this mobile art installation, go to www.facebook.com/LostTeaParty/.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2016 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC09452 - El Caminito Del Rey - El Chorro gorge (Spain) by Loupiote

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Hikers on the Caminito del Rey - El Chorro gorge (Spain)

The Caminito del Rey is a vertiginous and very dangerous trail attached to a vertical cliff in a canyon near El Chorro, in southern Spain.

For more photos and information about this place, read the album description.

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DSC08579 - Maithuna - Hindu Erotic Sculpture - Konark Sun Temple (India) by Loupiote

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Erotic stone carving at the Konark Sun Temple (India)

The Konark Sun Temple is famous for the thousands of stone sculptures of Maithuna (sexual union in a ritual context).

For more info about Maithuna, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maithuna.

For more photos and information about this place, go to the Konark Sun Temple album.

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DSC07787v2 - Candi Sewu Temple by Loupiote

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Sewu, an 8th century Buddhist temple complex located near Yogyakarta on Java Island (Indonesia).

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DSC08640 - Kid - Pierced Nostril (India) by Loupiote

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This little girl was performer in an itinerant family circus, that was performing their acts in a train.

Photo taken in a train between Delhi and Lucknow.

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DSC05056 - Dragon Man - Burning Man 2016 by Loupiote

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Man with dragon leather puppet, at Center Camp Cafe.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2016 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC04434 - Woman Inside Giant Animated Steel Rings Sculpture - Burning Man 2016 by Loupiote

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Animated metal sculpture made of multiple massive interlocked steel rings moving and forming a sphere.

DISC-GO-SPHERE by Matthew Davis.

It was located not far behind the Man's base.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2016 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC07114 - Burning Man 2009 - Mumu by Loupiote

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Mumu at the Center Camp Cafe

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2009 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

Mumu "Mumito" Mariane Charline is a choreographer, circus performer and fire artist.

For more photos and information about Mumu, go to my Mumu Photo Series.

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DSC08905 - Mustachioed Hindu Pilgrim at the Lingaraja Temple - Bhubaneswar (India) by Loupiote

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Hindu pilgrim coming out of the Lingaraja Temple in Bhubaneswar (India)

The Mustachioed stone tigers in the back are guarding the Temple door.

Lingaraja is a very Holy temple visited by thousands of Hindu pilgrims every day. Unfortunately, non-Hindu people are not allowed in the temple. The temple is more than 1100 year old and dedicated to Harihara, a form of Shiva.

For more info about the Lingaraja Temple, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingaraja_Temple.

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6777 - vietnam - Melting Asphalt (Bitumen) with wood fire by Loupiote

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Road construction (Vietnam)

1) put some wood between the barrels of asphalt and start a fire so that the asphalt will melt and become liquid. If no wood is available, use anything that can burn, like old tires. Bonus points if you can burn something really toxic.

2) When the asphalt start melting, scoop some at the top and pour it on the wood. Asphalt burns well, so this will help melting the rest of the asphalt.

3) Repeat step 2 until the asphalt in entirely melted in the barrels. This will take several hours and produce a really nice plume of toxic smoke. If you are lucky, you will only need to burn 30% of your asphalt to melt the rest, so you have 70% asphalt left to spread on the road.

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DSC09668 - Huge Crowd of Hindu Pilgrims near Sangam - Kumbh Mela 2013 by Loupiote

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Immense crowd of Hindu pilgrims gathering before dawn on the bank of the Ganges river, near the Sangam, during the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India)

The Triveni Sangam is the confluence of the Yamuna and the Ganga (Ganges) rivers, and this is the holiest place to take the ritual baths during the Kumbh Mela.

The Ganges river is on the left side of the photo, and the string of lights far-away on the left are on the other bank of the river.

This photo was taken around 6am, about one hour before sunrise. This was the early morning of January 27 (a full-moon night, called Paush Purnima), one of the most auspicious mornings for taking the holy bath. After a 7 km night walk, I arrived at the Sangam area at about 3am, early enough to be well positioned to take a few good photos in this gigantic crowd. The yellowish color is caused by the dim sodium-vapor street lights.

Kumbh Mela is the largest festival on Earth, taking place once every 12 years, with more than 50 million Hindu pilgrims gathering to pray and bathe in the holy Ganges river.

For more photos and info about the Kumbh Mela festival, read the album description.

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DSC02129 - Inside the cathedral tower - Stephansdom - St Stephen Cathedral (Vienna) by Loupiote

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Inside the cathedral tower - Stephansdom - St Stephen (Vienna)

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DSC19742 - Natalie's eye by Loupiote

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Natalie's beautiful and mesmerizing eye at Burning Man.

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DSC04634 - The Lighthouse - Burning Man 2016 by Loupiote

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The Black Rock Lighthouse Service, by Jonny and Max Poynton and the Lighthouse crew.

For more info about this installation, go to www.facebook.com/brlighthouse/.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2016 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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00d6b400 - Living Root Bridge - East Khasi Hills (India) by Loupiote

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Living root bridge near Mawlynnong in the East Khasi Hills, in Meghalaya (India)

For more photos and information about those amazing living root bridges, go to:

- My Living Root Bridges album.

- Timothy Allen's blog

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DSC00848 - Little Kids Giving the Thumbs-Up in Himalayan Village (India) by Loupiote

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Little kids giving me the thumbs-up in Himalayan village (India)

View more photos of Janki Chatti village, near Yamunotri, in the Indian Himalayas.

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DSC00424 - Closed Shops in Gangotri (India) by Loupiote

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Street with closed shops in Gangotri (India)

Gangotri is an important Hindu pilgrimage destination on the Bhagirathi river, high in the Himalaya mountains. The Bhagirathi is one of the headstreams of the Ganges river.

Gangotri has no full-time inhabitants, and it is just guarded by a few soldiers during the winter time. Early in the season, before thousands of Hindu Yatri (pilgrims) arrive in Gangotri, all the shops are closed. The town comes to life only later, in late spring and summer, when the pilgrims arrive.

When I arrived there in early spring, by motorbike, Gangotri was really like a ghost town!

Only a few locals were there, mostly to repair the accommodations and get them ready for the pilgrims that would come in mass later in the season. Luckily I managed to find a room (very cold, with no heat and with no water) and a place to eat dinner.

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DSC02899 - Kali - Hindu Goddess (India) by Loupiote

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Statue of Hindu Goddess Kali at the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India).

This statue was located in the Pilot Baba Ashram.

This is a classic representation of Goddess Kali: She is most often depicted as blue in popular Indian art. Her eyes are red with intoxication, and in absolute rage, her hair is disheveled, and her tongue is lolling. She is often shown naked or just wears a garland of human heads.

For more info about Goddess Kali, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali.

Kumbh Mela is the largest festival on Earth, taking place once every 12 years, with more than 50 million Hindu pilgrims gathering to pray and bathe in the holy Ganges river.

For more photos and info about the Kumbh Mela festival, read the album description.

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DSC01233 - L.O.V.E Bicycles - Burning Man 2012 by Loupiote

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LOVE Bicycles by Gary Evans and friends.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2012 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

Gary Evans wrote:

Hi There, my name is Gary Evans and I co-created this project with my dear friend Richard Stein in Portland, Oregon. Our project was to spread love, so we set out to create bicycles with huge glowing letters and attached actual custom silk-screened love letters (made by our talented and dear friend Kerri McKeighen). We rode around Burning Man looking for people to surround with love, sometimes literally as you can imagine with the four bikes. We asked people if they would like to write a love letter and to please write it to yourself and if you said yes, we handed you a blank card and a pen from a box. When finished, we said you can have any already attached love letter from any bike and take it for your very own, but please leave the letter that you wrote in its' place. It c reated a self-generating system of love letters that were so heart-felt and creative. Many people were moved to tears. Needless to say, we loved doing this, and we continue to do this at Last Thursday Street Fair in Portland, World Naked Bike Ride, and sometimes just for fun! such a great picture! -Love, Gary

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DSC05005 - Playa at Night - Burning Man 2016 by Loupiote

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The Playa at night, view from the top of the Lighthouse.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2016 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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IMG_20190827_163446 - Corpus - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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Corpus, by Michael Christian, is a climbable steel sculpture.

See michaelchristian.com/portfolio/corpus/

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2019 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC08835 - Laser Show - shadow with hat - warehouse underground rave party by Loupiote

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Laser Show and shadows of people dancing in a warehouse underground rave party ("Full Melt" by Subscience Collective, San Francisco, California).

Check my other photos of rave lights and lasers.

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4378- Sheep Herd on Road (Bulgaria) by Loupiote

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Shepard on a road near Belogradchik (Bulgaria)

This photo is part of my България - Bulgaria series.

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DSC00927 - Burnt Valve - Cracked by Loupiote

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Cracked burnt valve in my motorcycle engine (It's a 1988 Kawasaki KLR 650).

That explains why it would not run too well lately, and i had a really hard time starting the engine. There was virtually no compression at all (which is no surprise when you see that hole).

What's amazing is that the engine could still run at all with that enormous hole in one of the exhaust valves, as long as i kept it above 3,000 RPM. I was able to drive the bike 700 miles at 70 Mph to bring it home in San Francisco, from Death Valley.

I think it started as a hairline crack (like the one that can be seen on the left side of the damaged valve), and then slowly got larger with the years and the hot gases flowing in the crack. Also, because of the crack, the valve was not seating well, so it got hotter (normally valve heat dissipate in the head when the valve is closed). This crack (combined with a tight valve adjustment) contributed to weaken the steel of this exhaust valve even more, causing what's called a "burnt valve'.

I checked the other valves and they are in decent shape. There is a minor leak in one of the intake valves (I might need to get this one reseated). The good part is that the damaged valve is not bent, and the valve seat is clean. So i'll just replace that valve and lap it.

The piston is clean, and luckily no shrapnel debris from that valve got in the combustion chamber.

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DSC07397 - Mountain Road in Sikkim (India) by Loupiote

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Dramatic lighting over mountain road in Sikkim (India)

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DSC01594 - Zoa Burning - Burning Man 2012 by Loupiote

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Zoa, by the Flux Fundation - fluxfoundation.org

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2012 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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IMG_20190827_133956 - Traveling Edgehog Art Car - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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Traveling Edgehog came from Estonia.

See their Facebook Page.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2019 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC02575 - Dykes on Bikes - Honda Valkyrie by Loupiote

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Two women riding a huge Honda Valkyrie motorbike (1500cc) at the traditional "Dykes on Bikes" parade.

For more info about this bike, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Valkyrie.

Photo taken at the 2013 Gay Pride Festival in San Francisco.

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DSC06262 - Natural Cave Shower in Deer Cave - Mulu (Borneo) by Loupiote

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Deer Cave in Gunung Mulu National Park (Borneo)

Deer Cave is a passage about 150 m (500 feet) in diameter and about 1 Km (0.6 Miles) long, opened on both end. It was, for many years, considered the largest single cave passage in the world.

For more photos and information about Deer Cave, go to my Deer Cave photo series.

Photo processed in True Tone HDR with Tone Mapping from a single RAW exposure.

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DSC03475 - The Great Cave at Gua Niah - Niah Caves National Park (Borneo) by Loupiote

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A beautiful natural cave in the Niah National Park (Borneo).

This is the entrance of the Great Cave, which is very large with huge chambers, up to 75m high, and a network of tunnels covering 10 hectares.

For more photos and information about this place, please read the album description.

This is a tone-mapped HDR (High Dynamic Range) image obtained from 4 bracketed exposures.

Black-and-white version. Which one do you prefer?

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DSC02150 - Oakley OverTheTop Sunglasses by Loupiote

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Photo taken at the San Francisco LoveFest 2007.

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DSC09024 - Street Cow and Indian Woman in Narrow Alley (India) by Loupiote

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Woman walking past a street cow resting in a narrow passage, in Varanasi (India)

There are many street cows roaming in the back-streets of Varanasi.

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DSC08544 - Stone Elephant - Konark Sun Temple (India) by Loupiote

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Elephant sculpture at the Konark Sun Temple (India)

Not sure if the human figure that the Decorated Elephant is holding is a Hindu deity.

It could be a war elephant and an enemy soldier.

The Konark Sun Temple is famous for the thousands of high-relief sculptures of Maithuna (sexual union in a ritual context).

For more photos and information about this place, go to the Konark Sun Temple album.

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DSC02380 - Philippe Glade by Loupiote

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Philippe Glade is a French photographer based in San Francisco.

For 20 years, 1996 to 2016, photographer Philippe Glade documented the unique architectural structures found at the Burning Man festival, and published a photo book entitled "Black Rock City NV, The Ephemeral Architecture of Burning Man".

For more info and to order the book, go to realpaperbooks.com/.

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