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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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DSC06467 - Whitewashed Houses - Main Street - Buddha Shopping Complex (Nepal) by Loupiote

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Marpha village, between Tatopani and Jomsom, on the Annapurnas road (Nepal)

I love the name of the small store: "Buddha Shopping Complex"!

Unlike other villages in the Kali Gandaki valley, Marpha has been "beautified" for the tourists trekking on the Annapurnas route.

Stone houses are all nicely whitewashed. Many houses on the main street have been converted into shops selling souvenirs and supplies.

It is pretty, but much less authentic than Kagbeni, another old village further up in the valley.

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DSC05416 - Dorothy of the Cosmos, Page 0 of 11 - Burning Man 2013 by Loupiote

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Genevieve Liberté wrote this short story at the Burning Man Festival.

You can read her entire short story here: Dorothy of the Cosmos.

You can contact Genevieve through her Flickr page or her Facebook page..

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2013 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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DSC03670 - Construction Surveying - Theodolite and Tower Ruler by Loupiote

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Construction surveyors using theodolite and tower ruler.

Photos taken on a hotel construction site in Miri (Borneo).

View my other photos of this construction site.

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DSC01158 - Jeepneys Parked at Station (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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IMG_20190828_232318 - Fire Kethedral - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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Fire Kethedral, by Reared In Steel

The Fire Kethedral will resemble a cathedral organ as a colossal fire instrument – a shrine to fire.

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

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DSC02600 - Petronas Towers (Kuala Lumpur) by Loupiote

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The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).

According to the CTBUH's official definition and ranking, they were the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004 until surpassed by Taipei 101, but they remain the tallest twin buildings in the world.

They were designed by Argentine architect César Pelli.

For more information about the Petronas Twin Towers, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petronas_Towers.

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IMG_20190828_235123 - Mayan Warrior Art Car - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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Mayan Warrior art car, a mobile sound and laser lights system has been a fixture in recent year at Burning Man.

See mayanwarrior.com/ and www.facebook.com/MayanWarriorOfficial/

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

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DSC02541 - Guru and his Devotees on Top of Jeep - Kumbh Mela (India) by Loupiote

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Gurus parade at the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India).

This was Kumbh Maha Snan or main bathing day, also called Mauni Amavasya, which is the the most auspicious morning for taking the holy bath in the Ganges 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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DSC00469 - Flooded Latrines - Kumbh Mela 2013 (India) by Loupiote

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This row of latrines (pit toilets) is flooded. In some parts of the festival grounds, people would just poop and pee anywhere. Crews of sanitation workers would then scoop-up the excrement, and spray lime powder to disinfect.

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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DSC00744 - Scorpion Art Car - Burning Man 2012 by Loupiote

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The Scorpion art car, by Mantis Entertainment.

For more info, go to mantisentertainment.com/projects/scorpion/

The giant scorpion art car, one of the mightiest thing on the playa this year. All claws and legs were articulated by hydraulics. But it seemed to have disappeared and i never saw it during the official Burning Man week, so it may have broken down. Someone said that the tail piece broke. It's too bad.

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

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DSC08692 - Bromo Volcano - Tengger Caldera (Java) by Loupiote

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The Bromo Volcano, on the left, and the Batok Volcano, on the right - (Java, Indonesia)

Tho volcanos are located in Tengger Caldera, which is the 10 Km wide crater of a super volcano.

The Tengger Caldera is like a flat desert covered with soft volcanic ash, called Lautan Pasir (Sea of Sand). The caldera is surrounded by cliffs that are between 200m and 600m high, and can be accessed only by a couple of dirt-roads and foot trails.

For more information about Bromo Volcano, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Bromo.

For more information about the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromo_Tengger_Semeru_National_Park

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20242-burning-man-2006 - Playa flies by Loupiote

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Playa flies - see them in action!

Playaflies by Michael Brown and the Chinchilla camp.

Check my other photos of the Playa flies.

Playa flies are bicycle mounted color-morphing light sculptures. They are made of ping-pong balls attached to wires hanging from a flexible mast attached to a bicycle. The ping-pong balls contain color-morphing LED's similar to those used in the cubatron. There were a dozen bicycles equipped like that on the playa.

See details at www.playaflies.com.

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2006 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC04904 - Golden Carnical Mask by Loupiote

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My friend Savanna with her golden carnival mask and home-made feather earrings.

Photo taken at the 2012 How Weird Street Faire in San Francisco.

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DSC08855 - burning man 2008 - Shaye by Loupiote

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Shaye

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

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DSC08467 - burning man 2008 - Truck driver with 3M Respirator - Dust Mask by Loupiote

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Burners getting ready to drive truck in dust storm

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

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DSC09942 - Painter - Lee Harvey Roswell - Burning Man Decompression 2009 (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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This San Francisco Painter Lee Harvey Roswell.

For more information about him, go to: www.leeharveyroswell.com.

Photo taken at the Burning Man Decompression Party 2009 (San Francisco).

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DSC02080 - Glowing Spiky Inflatables - Art Car - Burning Man 2012 by Loupiote

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Art car with glowing inflatables.

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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DSC05104 - Railroad viaduct - rio toro - Salta (Argentina) by Loupiote

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Railroad viaduct over the rio toro near Salta (Argentina).

This train line between Salta and San Antonio de los Cobres is sometimes called "Tren a las nubes".

For more information, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tren_a_las_Nubes

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IMG_20190828_215628 - Elevation Tower at Night from the Top - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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View from the top of the Elevation Tower.

Elevation - by Michael Christian, Auriah Milanes, Scottie Chapman and David Andres, Berkeley, CA.

For more info about Michael Christian, go to michaelchristian.com.

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

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DSC09687 - Cliff Climbing - Via Ferrata Col Rodella - Dolomites by Loupiote

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Ascending the via ferrata Col Rodella, Dolomites Mountains (Italian Alps).

This is a small but pleasant climbing route with 150m of almost vertical cliff equipped with cables.

Via Ferratas are climbing routes permanently equipped with a safety cable. For more info about via ferrata, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_ferrata.

For more info about Col Rodella, go to it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Col_Rodella.

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

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DSC08587 - Ox in the Street by Loupiote

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Ox used for pulling a cart in Paharganj (Delhi)

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DSC08846 - Oxy-Acetylene Cutting Torch by Loupiote

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Welder cutting a track rail with a Oxy-Acetylene cutting torch.

View more photos of railroad workers replacing a Muni lightrail track section on Church street in San Francisco.

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DSC04091 - BLM Police Officer on Slide - Burning Man 2013 by Loupiote

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Female BLM Law Enforcement Officer having fun on the escape slide under the Man's flying saucer base.

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

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DSC01340 - burning man 2007 - Neverwas Haul's steam runabout by Loupiote

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Neverwas Haul's steam runabout - see www.neverwashaul.com

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2007 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC00529 - Kandi Kid - Erin by Loupiote

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Candy raver Erin -

Photo taken at the San Francisco LoveFest 2008.

A Kandi Kid is commonly called a "Candy Raver", "Candee Child" or "Kandi Raver".

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

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DSC05096 - Sitting at the edge - Railroad viaduct by Loupiote

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Railroad viaduct over the rio toro near Salta (Argentina)

This train line between Salta and San Antonio de los Cobres is sometimes called "Tren a las nubes".

For more information, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tren_a_las_Nubes

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DSC02749 - Woman with Wide Brim Purple Hat - Sugar Skull Makeup - LED-lights Flowers - Dia de los Muertos by Loupiote

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Woman with sugar skull makeup, wearing a wide brim purple hat decorated with LED-light flowers.

Photo taken at the Dia de los Muertos procession in the Mission (San Francisco) on Nov 2, 2015.

For more photos and more info on this event, please check out my Dia de los Muertos series.

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DSC09590 - Nanda Devi Mountain (India) by Loupiote

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Nanda Devi (7,816 m - 25,643 ft) is the second highest mountain in India and the highest entirely within the country. It is the 23rd highest mountain in the world.

This is a view from the Auli ski resort near Joshimath.

For more info about Nanda Devi, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanda_Devi.

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DSC02378 - Pontoon Bridge - Floating Bridge over Ganges River - Kumbh Mela (India) by Loupiote

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Pontoon floating bridge over Ganges river, at the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India).

Looks amazing when viewed in high-resolution.

Hindu devotees are taking the ritual bath in the Ganges river, while a large crowd takes part in a procession with the all the Ashram Gurus on decorated floats, on the pontoon bridge.

This was the Kumbh Maha Snan or main bathing day, also called Mauni Amavasya, which is the the most auspicious day for taking the holy bath in the Ganges river.

This bridge is one of the 18 temporary pontoon bridges (i.e. floating bridges) installed during the Kumbh Mela.

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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DSC09764 - Color Contact Lenses by Loupiote

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Blue Color Contact Lenses - Devil - Ben

Photo taken at the LovEvolution / Love Fest Festival (San Francisco).

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DSC01028 - Sausage Links Shops - Baguio (Philippines) by Loupiote

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Photo taken at the central market in Baguio (Philippines).

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DSC07589 - burning man 2008 - The Horse Cow Car shooting flaming teddy bears by Loupiote

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The Horse Cow Car shooting flaming teddy bears

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

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DSC00041 - burning man 2007 - Silent White Procession - Pema by Loupiote

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Pema at the Silent White Procession at dawn on Thursday morning

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2007 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC03799 - Giant Shark Art Car and Bicycles - Burning Man 2013 by Loupiote

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I heard this shark art car came from Arlington, WA.

If you have more information about the Shark Art Car, please post a Comment!

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

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DSC04642 - Lots of feathers flying at the Great San Francisco Pillow Fight 2009 by Loupiote

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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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DSC06450 - Flying Red-winged Black Bird Catching Food from My Hand - Agelaius phoeniceus gubernator by Loupiote

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Feeding bread crumbs to a hungry little bird in China Town (San Francisco)

This is a red-winged bicolored Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus gubernator).

For more info about this species, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-winged_Blackbird.

Remember, birds are in fact flying dinosaurs, the only survivors from this extinct prehistoric animal family that had ruled the world, so they deserve some respect!

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4696 - vietnam - Duck raw blood by Loupiote

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Duck blood (Vietnam)

This blood comes from ducks that were slaughtered and sold on a market. In the bowl on the left, it is still warm and not coagulated!

Blood soup (tiết canh) is made with raw blood of ducks or geese (sometimes pigs), with peanuts and herbs on top. This is the typical protein-rich breakfast of the country people in Northern Vietnam, but is very dangerous because of the H5N1 bird flu virus. The Vietnamese government is promoting public awareness about the risks, but try to explain bird flu to the country people...

This blog has more information on tiết canh.

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DSC09731 - Girl Smiling with Dental Braces by Loupiote

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Girl Smiling with Dental Braces - Daniela Reul

She has one of the cutest smile. I just bumped into her one year later at a concert in the Golden Gate Park. She is from Mexico City and studies photography at the San Francisco Academy of Art.

Photo taken at the LovEvolution / Love Fest Festival (San Francisco).

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DSC02845 - Female Bodybuilder - Burning Man Decompression (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Brazilian Female Bodybuilder - Luiza

Photo taken at the Burning Man Decompression Party 2010 (San Francisco).

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DSC08054 - High Cliffs near Cherrapunji - East Khasi Hills (India) by Loupiote

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High cliffs near Cherrapunji in the East Khasi Hills, in Meghalaya (India)

The road actually goes along the top of that cliff!.

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DSC07385 - Burning Man 2009 - Groovik's Cube - Giant Rubik's Cube and Seahorse art car by Loupiote

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Groovik's Cube - Giant Rubik's Cube and and Hippocampus aka Seahorse art car

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

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DSC01522 - Girl with White Airbrush Stencil Skull Makeup - Dia de Los Muertos - Halloween (San Francisco) - Makay by Loupiote

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Makay - Dia de Los Muertos (San Francisco)

Photo taken at the Dia de los Muertos procession in the Mission (San Francisco) on Nov 2, 2008.

For more info on this event, please check out my Dia de los Muertos series.

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DSC00608 - Man with suit, hat, watch chain and skull Makeup - Dia de los Muertos - Halloween (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Vatra with Skull Face Paint - Dia de Los Muertos (San Francisco)

Photo taken at the Dia de los Muertos procession in the Mission (San Francisco) on Nov 2, 2009.

For more info on this event, please check out my Dia de los Muertos series.

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10200 - Double-Helix Spiral Stairs by Loupiote

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This is the double-helix modern spiral stair in the restored historical tower of the Ljubljana castle (Slovenia).

Notice that this is in fact two independent embeded stairs!

Shot on film

I had to extend my arm (with my Pentax LX camera) between the red bars up to the center of the well, so i couldn't see anything in the view-finder. Well, i kind-a could see just a little bit because i took off the view-finder prism (wonderful LX!), but still... Would you call that a lucky shot? :)

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DSC09710 - Hindu Women Bathing in the Ganges River at Dawn by Loupiote

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Hindu women bathing in the Ganges river at dawn, 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.

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. 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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