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Firefighter in Fire-protection suit, with safety helmet and respirator.
Photo taken at the Burning Man 2010 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).
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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.
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The Public Health Service Hospital (PHSH) is located in the Presidio of San Francisco. It has been rehabilitated into luxury condos housing in 2010, and it is now called "Presidio Landmark Apartments".
For more information about this place you can visit my PHSH page.
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The Reactor Project, by Assaf Allouche and his team.
See: www.thereactorproject.com/ and www.facebook.com/pg/thereactorproject/about/
Photo taken at the Burning Man 2019 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).
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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.
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Sharira is posing on the long black art car.
Rocket Car, built by David Best, based on a 1973 Cadillac.
This classic american car converted by David Best into an outrageously long black rocket car has been at Burning Man for many years, and it has become a fixture. Watch the video of the making of the rocket car,
Photo taken at the Burning Man 2012 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).
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Crowded street on the main bathing day, 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.
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Sailing Stones apparently moving in opposite directions - Racetrack dry lake in Death Valley (California)
It is actually likely that each rick moved at different times.
Sailing stones are rocks that move in long tracks on the smooth and perfectly flat surface of a dry lake, without human or animal intervention. The rocks are most likely propelled by strong winds while entrapped in floating ice sheets (or icebergs), after winter rains flooded the dry lake and made the mud soft and slippery.
For more photos and information about the Racetrack sailing stones, go to my Sailing Stones photo series.
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Procession of Hindu devotees on the main bath day, at the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India).
Naga Sadhus (naked with their bodies covered with Vibhuti sacred ash) 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.
Also called Naga babas, those naked sadhus are wanderers with no possessions.
For more info about Vibhuti, the Hindu holy ash, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibhuti.
For more info on Sadhus, go to:
- or this less serious article www.gonomad.com/951-smokin-sadhus-indias-wandering-stoned...
For more info about Naga [naked] Sadhus, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashanami_Sampradaya.
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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Juniper Canyon Trail in the Pinnacles National Park (California)
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Photo taken at the Burning Man 2007 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).
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The Temple of Direction
Photo taken at the Burning Man 2019 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).
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Chrissy at the Center Camp Cafe
Photo taken at the Burning Man 2009 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).
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Someone managed to carve a couple of terraced fields on the tip on the bend.
Photo taken on the road between Bontoc and Tuguegarao, in the Cordillera (mountainous region of Northern Luzon island).
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The Temple, by David Best and the Temple Crew.
Photo taken at the Burning Man 2016 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).
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Photo taken at the Burning Man 2012 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).
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Unidentified Steampunk art car.
Photo taken at the Burning Man 2013 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).
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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.
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Photo taken at the Dia de los Muertos procession in the Mission (San Francisco) on Nov 2, 2015.
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Here goes our old-growth tropical rain forest.
Old growth rain forest is cut and logged to make room for oil-palm plantations (Borneo island)
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Photo processed in HDR with Tone Mapping from a single RAW exposure.
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Asian woman with sugar skull makeup. Her name is Joy.
Photo taken at the Dia de los Muertos procession in the Mission (San Francisco) on Nov 2, 2012.
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Cute 9-month old toddler on the shoulders of his dad, at the Dia de los Muertos procession in the Mission (San Francisco) on Nov 2, 2015.
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Skateboarder fail at the Sk8 Kamp Heart Bowl.
For more info about the Sk8 Kamp, go to www.facebook.com/sk8kamp.
Photo taken at the Burning Man 2013 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).
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Two young women riding in the back of a cycle rickshaw, in Varanasi (India).
Cycle rickshaws are the cheapest mode of transportation in Indian cities that do not have a public transportation system.
For more info about Varanasi, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varanasi.
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Stone breasts - Hindu Goddess Parvati statue - Dhumar Lena (cave 29), Ellora Caves (India)
This is a closeup of a carving with Lord Shiva holding his wife Parvati, so this is Shiva's hand on Parvati's breast.
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Old Hindu pilgrim 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.
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Colorful Lobster Mutiara ready to be cooked in a seafront restaurant in Kota Kinabalu (Borneo)
The species is Panulirus ornatus (also called Mutiara, Ornate Rock Lobster or Ornate Spiny Lobster). Unlike true lobsters, rock lobsters don't have claws.
For more information about this species, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiny_lobster
I would be ashamed to eat such a beautiful creature... even though they taste so good!
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Ida'an people collecting edible bird's nests in the Madai Cave (Borneo).
Swiftlet's nests are praised by Chinese people who use them to prepare bird's nest soup. The sale of those nests is the main source of revenue for the nearby village of Madai.
The bird's nests are harvested from the highest part of the cave (up to 50m high), using bamboo and rattan ladders and ropes. The bird's nest collectors use no harness and no safety equipment.
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The huge black stones of the Inuksuk altar in the Temple,
“Inukshukis an Inuit word meaning image of a person’s spirit, often used as navigation aids. These structures are composed of stacked rocks in a human form. Their traditional meaning is ‘you are on the right path. The altar is made out of black igneous basalt stone.
The Temple of Whollyness was designed by artist Gregg Fleishman and built by Gregg, Syn and Lightning along with the Otic Oasis crew.
For more info about the Temple, go to www.facebook.com/templeofwhollyness.
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Baba (Hindu devotee) smoking a chillum of ritual cannabis at the Kumbh Mela 2013 Hindu 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.
Thousands of Hindu devotees gather on the bank of the Ganges river at the Sangam where they will take the Holy Dip. 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.
For more info about religious use of cannabis, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_and_spiritual_use_of_cann....
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Fall Canyon, Death Valley (California)
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Olympic Torch Relay / Run (San Francisco)
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Photos taken on a hotel construction site in Miri (Borneo).
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Fireworks on the Night of the Burn.
Photo taken at the Burning Man 2009 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).
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Stardust (on the left) 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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A participant gets some sleep at the Center Camp Cafe, after the night of "the Burn".
Photo taken at the Burning Man 2016 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).
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Revelers dancing on the night of the Burn.
The Mayan Warrior art car had a good sound system and very powerful lasers.
Photo taken at the Burning Man 2016 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).
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Revelers dancing on the night of the Burn.
This music art car had a good sound system and very powerful white lasers.
Photo taken at the Burning Man 2016 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).
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The Temple is burning on Sunday night, the last day of the Burning Man week.
The Temple, by David Best and the Temple Crew.
Photo taken at the Burning Man 2016 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).
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Two girls riding the free zip-line installed by the British Columbia Tourism Bureau over Justin Herman Plaza near the Embarcadero center in San Francisco.
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Songkran festival (Thai new year) in Chiang Mai (Thailand)
I had the chance to be in Chiang Mai during Songkran, the Thai New Year (April 13th through the following week-end). During this holidays period, a Thai tradition consists in throwing copious amounts of water to others as a way to wish a happy new year. Chiang Mai's old defensive moat provide a endless source of water for the occasion.
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Woman with Blue Dreadfalls and Decorated Antique Tribal Respirator Mask
She transformed her dusk mask into an art piece: Copper repirator with handpainted decoration and bejewled with beaded fringe trim, Swarovski crystals and authentic antique jewelry pieces. Of course fully functional.
Photo taken at the Burning Man 2010 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).
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Hands, by David Gerler.
For more info about the Hands sculpture, go to www.indiegogo.com/projects/hands-a-2013-burning-man-arts-....
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Aerial drone attacking unarmed Burner.
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 2013 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).
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People on top of the still hot twisted wreckage of the giant metal gears, in the embers of the Burning Man fire.
Those 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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Casa de la Moneda - Potosí (Bolivia)
This is the old Spanish mint where the silver from the mines of Potosí was transformed into coins.
The original minting machines are preserved in a near-perfect state. The oldest machines were made of huge wooden gears and powered by slaves or animals (depending on availability). Later they used steam-powered machines, but luckily they kept the old machines untouched (just in case!). This huge building is now a national museum.
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張芷華 (Joanne) dances in the procession of the Mazu crew, an all-Chinese camp with amazing art and a Brazilian drum marching band.
The members of the Mazu camp were all Chinese, mostly from Taiwan, with some coming from Hong Kong and Mainland China (PRC, aka People's Republic of China).
For more photos and info about the Mazu crew, go to the Mazu photo album.
Photo taken at the Burning Man 2016 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).
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張芷華 (Joanne) dances in the.procession of the Mazu crew, an all-Chinese camp with amazing art and a Brazilian drum marching band.
The members of the Mazu camp were all Chinese, mostly from Taiwan, with some coming from Hong Kong and Mainland China (PRC, aka People's Republic of China).
For more photos and info about the Mazu crew, go to the Mazu photo album.
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"Thousand-Mile Eye" (千里眼, Qianli Yan), one of Goddess Mazu's two guardians generals.
Procession of the Mazu crew, an all-Chinese camp with amazing art and a Brazilian drum marching band.
The members of the Mazu camp were all Chinese, mostly from Taiwan, with some coming from Hong Kong and Mainland China (PRC, aka People's Republic of China).
For more photos and info about the Mazu crew, go to the Mazu photo album.
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Hindu pilgrims gathering to bathe in the Ganges river, at the Sangam, during the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India)
The wooden poles in the water are a safety fence, as most of the Hindu pilgrims can't swim! There are also small river boats patrolling the fence for safety, in case a pilgrim would accidentally get swept away by the river current.
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 January 27 (a full-moon night, called Paush Purnima), one of the most auspicious mornings for taking the holy bath.
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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