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DSC09322 - Tristan Savatier - Selfie with Baby Goat and Kids (India) by Loupiote

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Selfie with a baby goat and village kids (India)

This photo is part of a series that I took in a small rural Indian village.

For more info about this village and to view the other photos of this village, go to the photo album.

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DSC04872 - Giant Squid Climbable Sculpture - OID - Burning Man 2016 by Loupiote

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This 20' tall squid climbable sculpture is called OID, by Michael Christian with Kevin Byall, Marc Bloaquiere, and Rigo Dillon - michaelchristian.com/portfolio/oid/

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

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IMG_20190828_190119 - Bee Dance - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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Bee Dance by Andrea Greenlees.

Bee Dance is a 20 ft high and 25 ft wide tubular steel structure. It is designed to be strong and climbable, while appearing to sit lightly on the playa, akin to a bee on a flower. Work was fabricated at The Generator in Reno.

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

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IMG_20190830_225717 - Inside Cone Down - Cable Ladder - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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Cable ladder inside the ice cream cone.l

This was a very scary and dangerous adder to climb, giving access to a platform at the top.

The installation is called Cone Down, by Josh Zubkoff. See www.kickstarter.com/projects/jazlink/cone-down-burning-ma...

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

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DSC01941 - Clay Shiva Lingam's Offerings - Procession - Hindu Ceremony - Kumbh Mela (India) by Loupiote

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Shiva Lingams Hindu Ceremony, at the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India).

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This is a Hindu offering ceremony to Lord Shiva, performed by members of a large Ashram at the Kumbh Mela festival.

Thousands of Hindu devotees each made hundreds of small lingams with soft clay, each lingam having three small white eyes. Then they all walked in a procession from the Ashram toward the nearby Ganges river, carrying trays on their heads, with all the small clay lingams on the trays. All the lingams were then thrown in the Ganges river, as an offering to Lord Shiva.

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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DSC02509 - Cloud Silverlining and Crepuscular Rays by Loupiote

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Cloud silverlining at sunset.

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DSC06551 - Burning Man 2009 - Building a Geodesic Dome by Loupiote

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Camp Crew Building a Geodesic Dome - Sukkat Shalom camp

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

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DSC05157 - Stereoscopic 3D Immersive 360 degree Video - Burning Man 2016 by Loupiote

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Stumbled upon this video camera setup that shoots Stereoscopic (3D) Immersive (spherical) video.

12 cameras are needed for this, while only 6 are needed for non-stereo spherical immersive video.

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

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010 - Semi-abandoned train yard in Puerto Limon (Costa Rica) by Loupiote

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Semi-abandoned train yard in Puerto Limon (Costa Rica)

I jumped a fence to take those amazing photos. The train depot is (almost) abandoned. Several rusted, half disassembled diesel-electric train engines are sitting in the yard.

Tankcars are ex Grand Falls Central Railway from Grand Falls Newfoundland Canada (credit to reddogsix for this info).

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DSC07812 - burning man 2008 - The Lamplighters by Loupiote

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The Lamplighters procession on the playa.

For more photos and info about the Lamplighters, read the album description.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2008 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC08208 - Sheep Balls (India) by Loupiote

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I took this photo at a cattle market I stumbled upon on the road in West Bengal (India).

All the local farmers were there to buy and sell livestock (often young animals).

When you buy a male, it is important to check that the animal testicles are well formed. The farmer was showing me that his male sheep had really good balls!

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DSC04519 - A Woman with a heart - Diana Furka - The Great San Francisco Pillow Fight 2009 by Loupiote

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Diana Furka and her heart at the Giant Pillow Fight (San Francisco)

This giant pillow fight is a flashmob-type event that takes place on Justin Herman Plaza (San Francisco) on Valentine's day (Feb 14) between 6 and 8pm.

For more photos and information about the Great San Francisco Pillow Fight, please read the album description.

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DSC04828 - Jar of Ocean Trash - Burning Man 2016 by Loupiote

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Jar of Sand by: Trish Dolman and friends

Jar of Sand is a large-scale (8′ tall x 4′ diameter) canning-style “glass” jar filled with plastic collected from beaches of the Pacific Northwest.

For more info, go to www.facebook.com/jarofsandart/.

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

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IMG_20190828_151956 - PlayAlchemist Pyramid - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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View from inside the PlayAlchemist Pyramid - playalchemist.com/ - johnkoltai.com/Burning-Man-Projection-Graphics

PlayAlchemist Pyramid was one of the largest structure on the playa, with beautiful video Projection Mapping on the pyramid surface by Light Harvest Studio.

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

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DSC00281 - Adit to Tail Race Tunnel - Loharinag-Pala Hydro Power Project (India) by Loupiote

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This is an adit to the tailrace tunnel, part of the abandoned and unfinished Loharinag-Pala Hydro Power Project on the Bhagtrathi river (one of the headstreams of the Ganges river).

View photo inside this tunnel.

View photo of the end of this tunnel, which is flooded.

For more info about the Loharinag-Pala Hydro Power Project, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loharinag_Pala_Hydro_Power_Project.

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DSC05904-v3 - Total Solar Eclipse - Sun's Corona - March 9 2016 - Indonesia by Loupiote

This is a photo of the total solar eclipse of March 9 2016, that I took in Sulawesi, Indonesia. The whitish hair-like structure around the sun is called the "corona", and it is formed by the hot gas particles (plasma) ejected by the sun into space (eventually forming the "solar wind").

I used a regular DSLR camera (Sony A65) with a 300mm telephoto. No filter needed since this was taken during the moment of "totality", when it is safe to look at the sun with the naked eyes.

During the totality, I took several photos with different exposure settings.

Initially I just processed this photo and this other one (both are single exposure).

Later, I processed all the good exposures I had to make an amazing image of this total solar eclipse.

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DSC08544 - Burning Man 2009 - Giant Motorized Mechanical Spider - The Walking Beast by Loupiote

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Giant Motorized Mechanical Spider - The Walking Beast

This Giant motorized spider is "Walking Beast" by MoltenSteelMan - see www.moltensteelman.mechanicalspider.com/

The Walking Beast is a mechanical creature that walks on 8 legs!

Its creator wrote: I call it the Beast because of it's size. It will weigh approximately 6 tons (12,000 lbs)! It stands 11 feet tall, 8' 4" wide and 23 feet long! It will be capable of transporting 8 people including the driver. This machine is estimated to be capable of running at speeds up to 50 mph!! (Typical speeds will be under 35mph due to vibration and rotating mass) and walking over obstacles up to 41" high.

The actual speed is more like 2 miles per hour.

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

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DSC00524 - Pontoon Bridge over the Ganges River - Kumbh Mela 2013 (India) by Loupiote

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This is one of the 18 temporary pontoon bridges (i.e. floating bridges) installed during the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India).

This pontoon bridge is over the Ganges (Ganga) river. Those floating bridges are built on top of large empty metal tanks, and are anchored to the river bottom with ropes on the upstream side of the bridge. Those bridges can support trucks up to 10 Tons, but to be safe, the maximum weight was set to 5 Tons. Those bridges are mostly used for pedestrian traffic. During high affluence periods when large crowds are crossing the floating bridges, bridges are one-way, with alternating direction for each other bridge. This rule was taken after a stampede in a previous year caused the bridge railing to fail and many people to fall in the river and drawn (most of the Hindu pilgrims cannot swim!).

The water was very low in the Ganges river at the time, so in fact this bridge was not floating, but just sitting on the sandy bottom of the shallow river.

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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DSC00174 - Coffins in Lumiang Cave - Sagada (Philippines) by Loupiote

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Stacked coffins in Lumiang burial cave - Sagada (Philippines)

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IMG_20190829_205543 - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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

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IMG_20190829_221459 - Optic Fiber Costumes - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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Group with optic fiber glowing costumes.

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

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DSC03373 - Unidentified Light Morphing Art Car - Burning Man 2012 by Loupiote

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If you know the name of this art car, please post a comment!

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

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DSC01698 - Opulent Temple - Burning Man 2012 by Loupiote

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Opulent Temple is always a very popular music / dancing theme camp at Burning Man.

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

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DSC02937 - Kandi Bracelets - Kandi Ravers by Loupiote

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Two young revelers in Kandi Raver fashion, holding hands. The colorful beads are called Kandi.

For more information about Kandi Kids, read the album description.

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

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IMG_20190829_212110 - The Folly at Night - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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The Folly at night.

See journal.burningman.org/2019/08/black-rock-city/building-b...

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

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DSC04067 - Polynesian Dance Performance by Kazbus Kamp Crew - Burning Man 2013 by Loupiote

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Polynesian dance performance by the crew of the Kazbus art car, from Kazbus Kamp, with its Moroccan city scape decoration.

Lisa and her crew is doing a traditional Tahitian dance, wearing traditional Tahitian headdress, shells, and lava lava.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2013 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC04636 - 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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IMG_20190829_210147 - Folly Peephole Empty Pool Secret Chamber - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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A secret chamber visible through a peephole in the Folly.

See journal.burningman.org/2019/08/black-rock-city/building-b...

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

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DSC00860 - Grow Bigger Buds - Aerial Advertising Banner dragged by a Helicopter over Black Rock City - Advanced Nutrients by Loupiote

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Grow Big Sugary Buds - Pot - Advertising Banner dragged by a Helicopter over Black Rock City - Advanced Nutrients

Commercial ads are not authorized in the perimeter of the Burning Man event, but apparently there is very little they can do to prevent aerial advertising.

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

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DSC04937 - Stairs in the Lighthouse - Burning Man 2016 by Loupiote

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Multiple wooden stairs inside the lighthouse.

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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DSC04424 - Gears in the Man's Base - Burning Man 2016 by Loupiote

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The base of the Vitruvian Man.

Behind "The Man", massive metal gears were supposed to allow participants to rotate the "Vitruvian Man", but the under-engineered system broke and could not be repaired before the end of the Burning Man week.

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

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DSC08546 - Elephant Sculpture - Konark Sun Temple (India) by Loupiote

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Stone elephant at the Konark Sun Temple (India)

Not sure if the human figure under the decorated elephant is a Hindu deity.

It could be a war elephant and an enemy soldier.

The Konark Sun Temple is famous for the thousands of stone carvings 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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DSC09291 - Muslim Flags with Islamic Symbols - Eid-Milad-un-Nabi Muslim Festival (India) by Loupiote

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Group of Muslim men waving green flags depicting Islamic symbols at the Milad un-Nabi street parade.

This is the celebration of Eid-Milad-un-Nabi, Prophet Muhammad's Birthday. Milad un-Nabi, also known as Nabi Day and Mawlid, is a gazetted holiday in India.

It is the occasion of large street parades and other festivities by the Muslim male population (Muslim women are not allowed to participate in those public festivities).

For more photos and info about this event, read the album description.

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DSC05971 - Girl with party outfit (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Girl with party outfit (San Francisco)

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IMG_20190829_203754 - Disorient Art Car - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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

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IMG_20190829_140000 - Mario Gomez - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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Mario Gomez in costume at the Center Camp Cafe.

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

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DSC00786 - Kids Fooling Around in Village in Indian Himalayas by Loupiote

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Kids fooling around and giving me the thumbs-up in Himalayan village (India)

They are most likely siblings or cousins.

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

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6744 - Marijuana - Cannabis Tree by Loupiote

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Cannabis grows everywhere, wild, just like weed! (Vietnam)

In this valley near Mèo Vac, Cannabis is endemic, i.e. it grows naturally everywhere, just like weed. It is not cultivated, it just grows as far as the eye can see, from the side of the road to the top of the hills.

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DSC04425 - Animated Steel Rings Sculpture with LED Lights - 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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DSC05074 - Kathmandu Durbar Square (Nepal) by Loupiote

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Durbar Square in the center of old Kathmandu (Nepal)

On the left, the Maju Deval Temple (dedicated to Shiva) and its red brick pyramid are a favorite hanging place for locals and tourists.

For more information about Durbar Square, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basantapur_Durbar_Square.

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IMG_20190829_210112 - Folly Peephole Attic Secret Chamber - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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A secret chamber visible through a peephole in the Folly.

See journal.burningman.org/2019/08/black-rock-city/building-b...

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

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DSC09320 - Shrines in an Ashram at Kumbh Mela 2013 (India) by Loupiote

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Hindu Shrines in a Ashram 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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DSC03097 - Man Sitting Near His Prosthetic Leg (India) by Loupiote

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Man sitting near his prosthetic leg, 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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DSC03098 - Old Man Adjusting His Prosthetic Leg (India) by Loupiote

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Old man adjusting his prosthetic leg 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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DSC01743 - Abseiling Wall Street - Burning Man 2012 by Loupiote

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I installed a 9mm static rope at the upper window of one of the buildings, and went rappelling down the facade. I then let a few other rock climbers do it with my climbing harness.

The controversial Wall Street mock-up was designed by Otto Von Danger and built by a DPW crew.

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

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DSC03151 - RC Heli shooting Aerial Video - Copter Kids - Burning Man 2012 by Loupiote

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A remote controlled helicopter with a remote controlled video camera was shooting aerial footage of Burning Man for a documentary.

The high-tech electrical RC Heli belongs to Copter Kids, a small company that specializes in shooting aerial footage from Remote Controlled helicopters, which is much cheaper than using a real helicopter and allows close shots and fast motions that cannot be done with full-size helicopters. Their equipment is fully customized and electrically powered, with for very low-noise operation. Their Heli can fly for about 8 min on a Lithium battery. One person pilots the Heli, and another person controls the camera, which broadcasts real-time video to a monitor on the ground.

For more info, check out their website at copterkidsllc.com.

For the Burning Man rules about using drones at the event, go to: burningman.org/event/black-rock-city-guide/drones/.

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

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DSC00866 - Installing the Giant Inflatable Moon - Burning Man 2012 by Loupiote

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This is Lune (meaning "moon" in French), from an installation called "Lune and Tide".

The giant inflatable moon was hanging between two high metal masts on the playa for a day or so, then it disappeared. If you know what happened to it, please tell!

Word is that the original intent was for it to be inflated with helium and replicate the real full moon high in the sky. Apparently, there was a shortage of large supplies of helium this summer and they had to improvise to get this piece displayed. Looks like it didn't do too well in the wind in it's mooring.

Also I don't think that the contrast of the moon features was high enough. making it hard to see that this giant balloon was in fact the moon (I had not realized right away that that it was representing the moon, personally).

Laurence Symonds wrote:

This is Lune, from our piece Lune and Tide. It was indeed supposed to be filled with helium and anchored from below. Due to the global shortage of helium last summer, we had to improvise at the very last minute and decided to fill it with air and suspend it from above.

Unfortunately our improvised attachments at the top of the balloon weren't quite strong enough and the balloon ripped free on Tuesday afternoon in a particularly windy patch. About 10 people helped wrestle it to the ground before it could blow across the playa, taking out anything in between. Inside the outer printed balloon is another smaller balloon that has 400m of coloured LEDs. We had a control panel on the ground that was designed to have people be able to change the phase of the moon. Unfortunately we didn't have to opportunity to see it fully in action, but we are hoping to repair it and exhibit it at a burning man in the future

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

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DSC03039 - Dancetronauts Art Car at Night - Burning Man 2012 by Loupiote

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The Dancetronauts space shuttle art car.

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

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DSC13652 - Barefoot Hindu Pilgrim Resting on Trail - Amarnath Yatra (pilgrimage) - Kashmir by Loupiote

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Barefoot Hindu pilgrim resting on Trail - Amarnath Yatra (pilgrimage) - Kashmir

For more photos and information about the Amarnath Cave, read the album description.

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