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DSC09563 - Ghat at the Devprayag Sangam - Confluence of the Alaknanda and Bhagirathi Rivers into the Ganges River (India) by Loupiote

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Devprayag is a Hindu holy city in India, where the Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers meet and become the Ganges river.

This is the Ghat (steps to the holy bath) at the Sangam, i.e. the exact point of the confluence. Hindu pilgrims take a holy dip right where the two sacred rivers meet.

In Hindu mythology and culture, the Bhagirathi (on the left, with the green water) is considered the source stream of the Ganges. However, in hydrology, the other headstream, Alaknanda (on the right, with the brown water), is considered the source stream on account of its great length and discharge.

For more info about this place, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devprayag.

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20221-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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5985 - vietnam - dog meat - Stuffing the intestine to make sausages. Or should we say, "hot dogs" - Thịt chó by Loupiote

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Before eating the dog: Stuffing the intestine to make sausages. Or should we say, "hot dogs". The stuffing is made by mixing the dog's blood and brain with some vegies and herbs.

This photo is part of a series called Thịt chó: eating a (hot) dog that can be seen on the website dog-meat.net. A lots of interesting comments and reactions have been posted on the various photo sites where this series has been published.

WARNING: These images are graphic, not suitable for kids and people with a weak stomach!

Western culture considers that eating a dog is cruel, barbaric and disgusting (not illegal, though), but ironically we have no problem eating all other sorts of animals as long as they are not called pets.

But for the vast majority of people on earth, cultural values are very different. Dog meat is considered a delicacy in some asian cultures, and indeed cooked dog meat is very tasty and protein rich. You should try it some day! (if you are not vegetarian)

"Food dogs" are not pets and they have no names. They are bred and raised in farms, just like pigs, cows, lambs, chickens and other farm animals. They are usually put down "humanely" just like any other farm animal, by slitting the throat and bleeding the animal until it passes out.- However some disturbing cases of food dogs being tortured before being slaughtered have been documented.

This series of photos shows the process involved in preparing a dog for dinner, from slautering to cutting-up, eviscerating, de-boning, cooking and of course eating! These photos were taken in Bac Ha, a small town in the Northern part of Vietnam, and in various markets of the region.

In case you are wondering, I did not order the dog for dinner, I just stumbled on the scene in the street and documented it, since I had my camera.

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DSC01658 - Drag Queen - Holy McGrail by Loupiote

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Faux drag queen at the Folsom Street Fair 2014 (San Francisco)

Faux queen, aka bio queen, means drag queen who is in fact a biological female.

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DSC04357 - High Voltage Aluminium Cables and Connectors by Loupiote

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Thick aluminium high-voltage power cables. Workers were installing connectors to those cables that will be attached to a 11,000 Volts street transformer.

Spotted in Delhi (India).

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DSC07768v2 - Prambanan Temple Towers (Java) by Loupiote

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Photo taken at Prambanan, a 9th century Hindu temple complex located near Yogyakarta on Java Island (Indonesia).

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IMG_20190827_030119 - The Man with Blue Neons - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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The Man on its base, glowing with blue neons.

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

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DSC07130 - Mine Trolley carrying the Silver Ore - Potosi (Bolivia) by Loupiote

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Trolley carrying the Ore - Candelaria Silver Mine - Potosi (Bolivia)

For more information about this mine, read the album description.

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DSC08645 - Burning Man 2009 - Couple sleeping on Couch by Loupiote

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Couple sleeping on Couch at the Center Camp Cafe

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

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DSC08593 - Burning Man 2009 - Man with Pink Goggles and Dust Mask by Loupiote

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Man with Pink Goggles and Dust Mask at the Center Camp Cafe - Woofy

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

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DSC01732 - Sister Jezabelle - The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence - SantaCon 2009 - Santa Claus Convention (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Sister Jezabelle, from the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.

Photo taken at SantaCon 2009 (Santa Claus Convention) in San Francisco.

For more photos and information about this event, go to my SantaCon photo series.

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DSC06865 - Kids Flying a Kite near the National Monument (Monas) in Jakarta by Loupiote

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Little girls flying their kite near the National Monument (Monas) in Merdeka Square in Jakarta (Indonesia).

This was the Eid Holiday (the end of Ramadan), and lots of families spent the sunny day in the park with their kids.

Flying kites is a popular activity in Indonesia.

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DSC08572 - Hindu Erotic Sculpture - Maithuna - 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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DSC07491 - Reflection in a Broken Mirror by Loupiote

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I could have done that effect with Photoshop, but it was really a snapped photo of a reflection in a broken mirror in Mumu's house. There was not much light and the photo is not good quality, but I like the composition.

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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DSC09318 - Map of Kumbh Mela 2013 by Loupiote

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Global Map of the Kumbh Mela 2013.

For 3 months every 12 years, Kumbh Mela occupies about 56 Square Kilometers (22 Square Miles) of sandy ground in the Ganges river floodplain. The "permanent" population of this temporary city is 5 to 10 Million pilgrims housed in thousands of temporary Ashrams and tent camps, with an estimated more than 50 Million coming for the ritual baths during the event.

The Sangam, the spiritual center of Kumbh Mela, is the confluence of the Yamuna and the Ganges river, and this is the holiest place to take the ritual baths during the Kumbh Mela.

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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DSC09463 - Stencil graffiti (Granada, Spain) by Loupiote

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Stencil graffiti (Granada, Spain)

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IMG_20190826_124448 - KLR 650 - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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My motorbike, loaded and ready to go to the playa!

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

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7635 - little girl in tube (thailand) by Loupiote

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Thai girl playing hide-n-seek in an inner tube (Ban Tha Ton, Thailand)

Were you looking for the infamous Tub Girl?

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DSC03917 - MIR Space Station - Burning Man 2013 by Loupiote

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"Cradle of Mir" by Alexandr Mironov, Denis Lykhin, Simeon Payain. This is a Burning Man Honorarium Project.

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

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DSC02707 - Woman with Skull Makeup - Marigold Flower Headdress - Holding Glass Candle - Dia de los Muertos by Loupiote

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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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DSC05377 - Old Shrines in Street - Bhaktapur (Nepal) by Loupiote

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Old street with Hindu shrines, in Bhaktapur (Nepal)

In the old city of Bhaktapur, people live the same traditional way they were living hundreds years ago. Except for a few motorcycles and electric wires, nothing has changed for centuries.

Bhaktapur is one of the Royal Cities of Nepal, located about 10 Km East of Kathmandu.

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

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DSC07259 - Burning Man 2009 - The Burning Man at sunset by Loupiote

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The Man, by Larry Harvey, Rod Garrett.

In 2009, the Burning Man rises above a 'tangled bank' consisting of irregular wooden triangles. No two elements of this organic composition will be quite the same; together they'll create what's best described as a chaotic truss.

The truss is clearly inspired by the "belgian waffle" installation from 2006.

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

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DSC09910 - Kumbh Mela festival (India) - Millions of Hindu Pilgrims Gathering at Sangam for the Holy Bath in the Ganges River by Loupiote

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Huge Crowd of Hindu pilgrims gathered at the Sangam, on the bank of the Ganges river, to take the holy bath at the Kumbh Mela 2013 Hindu festival near Allahabad (India)

Looks amazing when viewed in high-resolution.

Small boats are patrolling the safety fence, in case a pilgrim would accidentally get swept away by the river current, as most of the Hindu pilgrims can't swim!

This was January 27 (a full-moon night, called Paush Purnima), one of the most auspicious days for taking the holy bath.

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.

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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DSC00514 - Pontoon Bridge (Floating 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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DSC04818 - Shark Art Car at Night - Burning Man 2013 by Loupiote

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If you have 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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DSC02214 - Oiled Bird Costume - BP Oil Spill Disaster by Loupiote

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This guy is dressed up as a white bird covered by crude oil from the "Deep Water" BP Oil Spill disaster in the Golf of Mexico.

Photo taken at the Bay to Breaker footrace and street party (San Francisco)

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DSC02505 - Sheriff taking Souvenir Photo with Naked Man - Burning Man 2012 by Loupiote

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A Washoe County Sheriff asked a nicely tanned and completely naked "burner" to pose with him for a souvenir photo.

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

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DSC05610 - Mustard costume - Bruce Beaudette - Dore Alley Fair (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Mustard costume - Bruce - Dore Alley Fair (San Francisco)

Here is his Facebook page.

There is a square version of this photo here.

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IMG_20190827_031234 - Paraluna - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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Paraluna, by Christopher Schardt.

It was a giant spinning umbrella with many stripes of LED forming amazing patterns due to persistence of vision, synchronized with music.

Sadly, it broke down after a couple of days.

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

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DSC06366 - Tibetan Prayer Wheels - Kagbeni Gompa - Tibetan Buddhist Monastery (Nepal) by Loupiote

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Tibetan prayers mills along the Gompa (Tibetan Buddhist Monastery) in the Village of Kagbeni in the Mustang region (Nepal)

View my other photos of Kagbeni.

For more info about Kagbeni, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagbeni,_Mustang.

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DSC03990 - UFO's on the Playa - Burning Man 2013 by Loupiote

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Minnesota CORE Project: The Year the Playa Stood Still

For more info about this art installation, go to www.facebook.com/minny.core.

There were many UFO on the playa in 2013.

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

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DSC02533 - Hindu Sadhu Smoking Ritual Ganja with Chillum (India) by Loupiote

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Sadhu (Hindu Holy man) smoking a ritual Ganja with a Chillum (clay pipe) 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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DSC02249 - Baba with Long Dreadlocks Playing Ritual Drum on Horse at Kumbh Mela (India) by Loupiote

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Naked Hindu devotee on horse, playing ritual drums, at the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India).

Sadhus and Hindu devotees converge toward the Ganges river to take the Holy bath at the Sangam. 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 morning of 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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DSC04134 - Pontoon Bridges over Ganges River - Kumbh Mela 2013 (India) by Loupiote

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High resolution panorama of two of the 18 temporary pontoon bridges (i.e. floating bridges) installed during the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India).

Looks amazing when viewed in high-resolution.

These pontoon bridges are 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.

This stitched image was produced from multiple exposures with the Sony in-camera stitching software.

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

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DSC00804 - Callao Cave - Cave Church near Tuguegarao (Philippines) by Loupiote

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Callao cave-church near Tuguegarao (Philippines)

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DSC08510 - Photo of Woman with Brazil Carnival Costume and Feather Headdress - Micaela by Loupiote

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micaela

Photo taken at the San Francisco Carnaval 2005.

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DSC07638 - burning man 2007 - Convulsatorium by Loupiote

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Convulsatorium, by Cris Wagner

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

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DSC05131 - Spinning Staff with LED lights by Loupiote

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Spinning Staff with LED lights.

These cool light staffs are flowstaffs from flowtoys.com..

Photo taken at a renegade full-moon party in the Golden Gate Park (San Francisco)

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20094-burning-man-2006 - The Raelians flying saucer by Loupiote

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The Raelian's flying saucer

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

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DSC00676 - Rice Terraces in Steep Valley in the Cordillera - Chico River (Philippines) by Loupiote

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Photo taken on the road between Bontoc and Tuguegarao, in the Cordillera (mountainous region of Northern Luzon island).

For more information about Terrace Farming, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrace_(agriculture)

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DSC04403 - EVE of BELIEVE - Giant Letters Sculpture - Burning Man 2013 by Loupiote

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The EVE of BELIEVE, by Laura Kimpton and Jeff Schomberg ( laurakimpton.com/ ).

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

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DSC04482 - Fire Mushroom - Xylophage - Burning Man 2013 by Loupiote

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This giant flaming mushroom is part of Xylophage, by the Flaming Lotus Girls (flaminglotus.com/)..

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

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IMG_20190827_031339 - Paraluna - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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Paraluna, by Christopher Schardt.

It was a giant spinning umbrella with many stripes of LED forming amazing patterns due to persistence of vision, synchronized with music.

Sadly, it broke down after a couple of days.

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

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IMG_20190827_172006 - Eye of BYTE - Burning Man 2019 by Loupiote

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Selfportrait in the eye of BYTE.

BYTE - CampByteThis - Guttenberg

Underneath Chip and Terra will be cozy hangouts for lovable burners. Terra's belly will be lined with vibrant fur, illuminated by a heart shaped disco ball, for a comfy trip in deep playa.

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

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DSC05193 - Fallen Redwood Tree on Trail (Vantana Wilderness) by Loupiote

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The trail passes through many fallen redwood trees. Trunks have been cut-off by the forest service, otherwise it would be quite hard to cross over those huge trunks.

Redwood trees often fall naturally, when they grow so high and so heavy that their roots are not able of supporting them, or the ground is not stable enough.

Photo taken during a 3-day trek on the Pine Ridge trail to the Sykes Hot Springs in the Vantana Wilderness, near Big Sur (California)

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DSC09450 - Kids Riding Elephant (India) by Loupiote

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Mahout and his two kids riding their elephant in the street.

The mahout is the person that drives the elephant. For more information, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahout

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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DSC03867 - Old Hindu Man Spinning Balls With Ropes (India) by Loupiote

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Performance artist at the Kumbh Mela 2013 Hindu festival near Allahabad (India)

Hindu pilgrim in a traditional skill performance consisting in spinning metal weights attached with ropes and forming a circle or wheel shape around a central handle. The balls attached to the ropes are heavy and the performer can get hurt if he makes any mistake.

Here are more photos of this performance.

I am sure these would look awesome at night if the balls were on fire.

If you know the name of this Indian game of skill, please post a Comment or email me.

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.

If you like this photo, follow me on instagram (tristan_sf) and don't hesitate to leave a comment or email me.

DSC02367 - Pontoon 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.

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DSC03216 - Art Nouveau Tomb Door - Recoleta Cemetery (Buenos Aires) by Loupiote

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Art Nouveau Tomb Door - Recoleta Cemetery (Buenos Aires)

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Broken Heart Graffiti on Broken Window by Loupiote

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Broken Heart Graffiti (San Francisco)

Photoshoped from this photo that i took in the abandoned Public Health Service Hospital in the Presidio of San Francisco.

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