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DSC01101 - Indian Groom with Fringes Hat at his Wedding (India) by Loupiote

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Indian groom at his wedding in Rishikesh (India)

The groom is wearing the traditional Indian wedding costume with bank notes attached. He was riding a decorated horse in the street.

If you know the name of this type of hat with fringes, please post a Comment!

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DSC04869 - Wheel Loader with Logging Fork Moving Tree Logs by Loupiote

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Machinery moving tree logs at a logging camp. Old growth rain forest is cut and logged to make room for oil-palm plantations (Borneo island)

This is a Caterpillar 966C Wheel Loader with logging forks.

View my other photos of Tree Logging and Deforestation.

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

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RNT06813 - Graffiti dans l'Abri Laval (Feuillantines) - Catacombes de Paris - Catacombs of Paris (off-limit area) by Loupiote

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Graffiti phosphorescent dans l'Abri Laval (Abri des Feuillantines)

Catacombs of Paris (off-limit area), about 20 meters (60 feet) underground, under Paris city center.

This is a part of the 200 Km network of ancient tunnels not opened to the public, but regularly visited by trespassing urban cavers called "cataphiles". See more information in the album description.

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DSC07310 - Burning Man 2009 - Stagecoach art car by Loupiote

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Stagecoach art car

The Stagecoach was constructed by Tom (DRIVER) Bates of Tacoma, WA.

Platform is from a GEM Electric Car rebuilt into our Stagecoach. Horses are

the old "Wonder Horses" we all had as kids. These were collected all over

the northwest by Tom and his wife, Gretchen.

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

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DSC09657 - Tristan Savatier - Selfie Hiking in Himalaya Mountains near Joshimath (India) by Loupiote

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I hiked up to a ridge above the Auli ski resort near Joshimath (India)

I was pretty happy when I finally reached that ridge at an elevation of 3,500 m (11,500 ft), with an amazing panoramic view of the high mountains all around, and patches of snow on the pastures.

I did the first part of the hike with a group of nice Russian bikers that I met in Joshimath, but they gave up before the top, so I did the rest of the hike solo.

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DSC03024 - Caterpillar MP30 Concrete Pulverizer Jaws by Loupiote

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Caterpillar MP30 Concrete Pulverizer Jaws - Caterpillar 385C Ultra High Demolition Excavator - Building Demolition - PHSH - Abandoned Hospital (Presidio, San Francisco)

This development project is called Presidio PHSH Adaptive Reuse Housing.

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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DSC06829 - Burning Man 2009 - Soma - Giant neuron by the Flaming Lotus Girls by Loupiote

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Soma, created by the Flaming Lotus Girls, captures the essence of a neuron. Spinning balls of fire act as nuclei within the dodecahedron cell bodies. Dendrites extend up into the sky and reach down to the earth, emitting constant flame and color changing light. Along her axon, extend eighteen individually controlled fire effects across the stainless steel arch with sequenced LEDs on the underside.

For more information about this art installation, go to www.flaminglotus.com/

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

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DSC09997 - Woman Riding Royal Enfield Bullet Thunderbird Motorcycle by Loupiote

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This is my friend Bun Bun (Chelsea), trying a Royal Enfield bullet motorbike at the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival, near Allahabad (India).

In the back one of the pontoon floating bridges over the Ganges river.

The motorbike was a bit too heavy for her. I ended up using this motorbike for the rest of my trip in India and Nepal.

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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DSC03745 - Man with Red Lipstick - Folsom St Fair 2012 by Loupiote

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Man with red lipstick and red lips headpiece. His name is Fadi Okalillan.

Photo taken at the Folsom Street Fair 2012 (San Francisco).

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8750-guitar-players - rainbow gathering - hippie by Loupiote

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Rainbow Gathering 2004 (California)

See the album description for more information about this event.

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2498-burning-man-2005 - nicole in ball pit by Loupiote

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Nicole in the Ball Pit

Pall Pit by Colby Boles & Erin Usher (Black Rock City Animal Control)

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2005 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC08448 - Splashing in Luxembourg Garden Fountain by Loupiote

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When the Gay Pride parade reached the "Fontaine de l'Observatoire" in the Petit Luxembourg Garden, lots of young people jumped in the pool to cool down and play. It was sunny and hot, and a lot of good wet fun.

Photo taken at the 2012 Gay Pride Festival in Paris.

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DSC03835 - Man Holding Pet Corn Snake - Folsom Street Fair by Loupiote

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Pet corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus guttatus), also called red rat snake.

For more info about Corn Snakes, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_snake

Photo taken at the Folsom Street Fair 2012 (San Francisco).

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DSC09588 - burning man 2007 - Cartoon Art Car by Loupiote

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

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DSC01241 - burning man 2007 - Crude Awakening by Loupiote

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Crude Awakening, by Dan Das Mann, Karen Cusolito, Black Rock FX, MarkPerez, Pyrokinetics, Nate Smith and MonkeyBoy - see www.headlesspoint.com/crude_awakening/

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

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DSC19521 - burning man 2007 - Smoking a hookah in center camp by Loupiote

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If you have contact information for the people in this photo, please email me, i might need to get their model release, thanks!Smoking a hookah in center camp

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

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6596 - vietnam - Mien Yao/Dao tribe woman by Loupiote

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Mien Yao/Dao tribe woman (Mèo Vac, Vietnam)

The teeth covered with gold-like metal indicate that this woman is married. It's convenient: as soon as the woman or teenage girl smiles, you know if she is single or not! Girls from ethnic minorities (i.e. tribes) marry at about 14 or 15 years of age.

See more smiles with golden teeth!.

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DSC09272 - Muslim Men Waving Flags on Truck Roof - Eid-Milad-un-Nabi Muslim Festival (India) by Loupiote

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Young Muslim men waving flags on truck roof at the Milad-un-Nabi parade. The smoke is from firecrackers.

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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DSC07953 - SFPD Police arresting peaceful reveler - Bay to Breakers (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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SFPD Police cracking-down and arresting many peaceful revelers during the Bay to Breakers footrace festival. It did not appear that the people they arrested were drunk or causing any trouble. They got arrested just because they were partying in the street. Police apparently had orders to crack-down on all festivities on city streets at the 2011 Bay to Breakers race.

SFPD Police did not arrest people that were partying on Park land (Pan handle and Golden Gate Park). I suppose that the rules for arresting people on Park property are a bit different.

Photo taken at the 2011 Bay to Breakers footrace and street festival (San Francisco).

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7735 - cooked dog by the pound by Loupiote

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Dog meat sold on the market (Lang Sơn, Vietnam)

This photo is part of a series called Thịt chó: eating a (hot) dog. 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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DSC06611 - Man Wearing Fur - Up Your Alley Fair (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Fur - Dore Alley - Up Your Alley Fair (San Francisco)

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DSC00448 - Bontoc - Motorized Tricycle (Philippines) by Loupiote

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Motorized tricycles are the main form of local public transportation in rural Philippines. They act like shared taxis.

Photo taken during rush hour in Bontoc, a provincial capital in the Cordillera region.

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DSC08678 - Hydraulic Jackhammers - Muni Railway Construction Site (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Caterpillar excavators with hydraulic jackhammers are breaking the street paving.

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

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DSC01113 - Jeepney doing U-Turn (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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DSC08078 - Excavator Scraping Off Old Asphalt - Doosan DX225LC (India) by Loupiote

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Excavator ripping up old asphalt on a road in West Bengal (India)

This paved road was poorly constructed with a very thin layer of poor quality asphalt (a lot of gravel with little bitumen), and with all the heavy truck traffic, huge potholes formed everywhere. Hopefully they will build a better road.

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RNT06773 - Skull Sculpture - Catacombes de Paris - Catacombs of Paris (off-limit area) by Loupiote

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Skull Sculpture

Catacombs of Paris (off-limit area), about 20 meters (60 feet) underground, under Paris city center.

This is a part of the 200 Km network of ancient tunnels not opened to the public, but regularly visited by trespassing urban cavers called "cataphiles". See more information in the album description.

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DSC00727 - Trench Digger - Burning Man 2012 by Loupiote

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A Trench Digger is used for installing electrical wires between multiple art installations.

In the back, one of the Zomes of Zonotopia, by Rob Bell and crew -

For more info, go to zonotopia.com/

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

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DSC01081 - Human Skull - Catacombes de Paris by Loupiote

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Real human skull - Catacombes de Paris - Catacombs of Paris (off-limit area)

Catacombs of Paris, about 20 meters (60 feet) underground, under Paris city center.

This is a part of the 200 Km network of ancient tunnels not opened to the public, but regularly visited by trespassing urban cavers called "cataphiles". See more information in the album description.

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RNT06830 - Salle Z - Catacombes de Paris - Catacombs of Paris (off-limit area) by Loupiote

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Voutes de la Salle Z (Secteur du Val-de-Grâce).

Catacombs of Paris (off-limit area), about 20 meters (60 feet) underground, under Paris city center.

This is a part of the 200 Km network of ancient tunnels not opened to the public, but regularly visited by trespassing urban cavers called "cataphiles". See more information in the album description.

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DSC09871 - Slacklining - Slack Rope Walking - Young Street Circus Performer (India) by Loupiote

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Young girl walking on a slack rope in an small street circus performance.

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

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

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

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RNT06655 - Etched Stone Plates - Catacombes de Paris - Catacombs of Paris (off-limit area) by Loupiote

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Rue jacques côté du couchant - 262 - Municipalité du XIIeme arrondissement

Etched Stone Plate indicating the location.

Catacombs of Paris (off-limit area), about 20 meters (60 feet) underground, under Paris city center.

This is a part of the 200 Km network of ancient tunnels not opened to the public, but regularly visited by trespassing urban cavers called "cataphiles". See more information in the album description.

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DSC09209 - Hindu Woman Sitting Near Mud Stove by Loupiote

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Woman sitting near her wood stove in her outdoor kitchen (India)

The stove is made of dry mud or clay, and she is burning dry weed.

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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DSC02448 - Hindu Guru on the Roof of his Decorated Jeep - Kumbh Mela (India) by Loupiote

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

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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DSC06499 - Bat Colony Flying Out of Deer Cave by Loupiote

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Millions of bats fly out of Deer Cave every evening - Mulu (Borneo)

In the evening, bat colonies fly out of the cave, forming long, undulating snake-like swarms in the sky. The mesmerizing event lasts for about half an hour, just before sunset.

Deer Cave is home to about 4 million Wrinkle Lipped Bats that live in colonies high up in the cave ceiling. Every evening all the bats fly out in huge swarms and clouds to feed.

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

View my video of this swarm of bats.

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5676 - vietnam - Red dao tribe women sitting by Loupiote

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Indigenous women from the Red Dao hill tribe sitting on a rock near Sa Pa (Vietnam)

This hill tribe is also called Red Dzao or Red Yao.

The Dao (pronounced Zao) are the 9th largest ethnic group in Vietnam with a population of just under 500,000. They belong to the Hmong Dao language group and are believed to have started migrating from China in the 13th century. The women wear some of the most colorful and diverse costumes of all ethnic groups but can be identified by their black trousers richly embroidered with flower or small star patterns. Their jackets can be red or black usually with embroidered borders. The ensemble is topped by a black or red turban together with chunky silver jewelry. In addition most Dao women shave off their eyebrows and foreheads as this is traditionally regarded as a sign of beauty.

For more info about the Red Dao people, go to globalwanderings.co.uk/ethnic_minorities/dao.shtml.

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DSC01915 - Clay Shiva Linga's Hindu Offerings in Trays - Procession - 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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If you know the name of this Hindu ceremony, please post a Comment!

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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DSC00521 - Floating Bridge over the Ganges River at 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.

In the back, the large pyramid is an Ashram, made of bamboo and straw.

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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DSC06422 - Rooftop Solar Panels - Sun by Loupiote

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Rooftop Solar Panels on my house (San Francisco)

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DSC07628 - burning man 2007 - The Man, shortly before it was set ablaze by an arsonist by Loupiote

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The Man, shortly before it was set ablaze by an arsonist

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

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DSC06563 - Burning Man 2009 - Assembling a Geodesic Dome by Loupiote

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Camp Crew Assembling a Geodesic Dome

I believe that this is the Sukkat Shalom camp.

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

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DSC07097 - Jeep-Taxis Stand - Central Bazar Market - Darjeeling (India) by Loupiote

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A jeep-taxis stand near the central bazar market in Darjeeling (India)

Public transport to the villages in the Darjeeling area is generally by shared jeep-taxis. Buses would be too large for the narrow and steep mountain roads of the region.

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DSC09389 - Beautiful Eye - Iris Freckles by Loupiote

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Zoey's eye (better viewed in large size)

Her other eye is here.

Zoey has some of the most beautiful eyes that i've ever seen.

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DSC02969 - Malay Wedding - Kuching (Borneo) by Loupiote

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Traditional Malay Wedding in Kuching (Borneo).

The couple was in fact posing for their photographer, to make their wedding photos. They do that before the actual wedding, so that they have the photos of the happy couple ready at the wedding date. Hopefully nothing bad will happen between them until the actual wedding!

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RNT06665 - Bacchus - Cataphile - Catacombes de Paris - Catacombs of Paris (off-limit area) by Loupiote

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Cataphile légendaire "Bacchus" - Famous Paris Catacombs Urban Caver.

Catacombs of Paris (off-limit area), about 20 meters (60 feet) underground, under Paris city center.

This is a part of the 200 Km network of ancient tunnels not opened to the public, but regularly visited by trespassing urban cavers called "cataphiles". See more information in the album description.

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DSC08573 - Ancient Hindu Erotic Sculpture - Konark Sun Temple (India) by Loupiote

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Erotic stone carving at the Konark Sun Temple (India)

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

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

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

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DSC09855 - Cobra Snake Handler (India) by Loupiote

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Snake handler holding Cobra at the Kumbh Mela 2013 Hindu festival near Allahabad (India)

Behind the snakes eye you can see the scar where the fangs and venom glands were surgically removed.

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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DSC00154 - Girls Washing Hands at Water Hose by Loupiote

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This water hose is the only source of clean water in the area, and it is used by all the people living in shanty houses around the Daraganj road bridge.

The big concrete yellow thing is a pillar of the road bridge.

Photo taken in Daraganj during 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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DSC01937 - Abandoned Train Station - Petite Ceinture - Abandoned railway (Paris, France) by Loupiote

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Abandoned Train Station

The "Petite Ceinture" or "PC" (Small Belt) is an abandoned railway line in the city of Paris (France).

The PC circles around Paris, hence the name "Small Belt". It was used for metro-type passenger trains until 1934. Since then, it is completely abandoned, made obsolete by the new underground metro lines, but most of the rails, tunnels and stations still exist. The PC mostly runs in trench or overpasses, with a few tunnel segments.

A classic destination for Parisian graffiti artists and urban explorers! Of course, this is a NO TRESPASSING area, and the Police Ferroviaire (Railway Police) occasionally writes hefty tickets to trespassers.

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For more photos and information about this abandoned railway line, please go to my Petite Ceinture photo album.

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DSC02364 - Suliman Nawid - Burning Man 2012 by Loupiote

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Fashion designer and model Suliman Nawid in the air at Center Camp.

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

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DSC01933 - KLR 650 Motorbike Crash on Dirt Road by Loupiote

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My KLR 650 motorbike decided to take a nap!

The motorbike does not have a scratch, but I cracked two ribs in the mishap. My friend was ok with minor scratches.

The hard part is always to put the heavy bike back on its wheels.

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