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Traditional processions during the Semana Santa (Holy Week) in Sevilla, Spain

 

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Bosch Hammer Drill - Electrical jackhammer - Utility Worker (San Francisco)

 

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Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence - Sister Adora Penthouse-View - Dore Alley Fair (San Francisco)

 

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The burning of the Temple of Flux - temple2010.org

 

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2010 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

 

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Ram Jhula is one of the pedestrian suspension bridges over Ganges river in Rishikesh (India)

 

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Praying Mantis Art Car, by Mantis Entertainment.

 

For more info, go to mantisentertainment.com/projects/the-mantis/.

 

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2010 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

 

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Black teenager girl texting during the Pillow Fight.

 

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.

 

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Man with pet white parrot. It's an Umbrella Cockatoo (aka White Cockatoo), Cacatua alba.

 

For more info on White Cockatoo, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Cockatoo

 

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

 

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My Friend Amal, at the Kumbh Mela.

 

I met her at the Rainbow Camp where I was staying.

 

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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Balinese Monkey Chant workshop in Center Camp, by Paul Jorgensen and Gamelan X.

 

For more information about the Balinese Monkey Chant, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kecak

 

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

 

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A nice layered cafe latte served in a colonial coffeeshop in Kuching (Borneo)

 

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Overturned big rig truck (India)

 

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Women on Honda CDR Motorcycle

 

Gay Pride (San Francisco)

 

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Photo taken at the 2011 How Weird Festival (San Francisco).

 

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My friend Cat with a red flag, in a marching band performance.

 

Photo taken at the Burning Man Decompression Party 2013 (San Francisco).

 

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This fire installation is called Nucleus, by kasia danuta-bilhartz (formerly wojnarski). The woman is Grace Liew.

 

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2010 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

 

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The Sümela Monastery near Trabzon (Turkey).

 

This monastery was originally founded in the year 386.

 

For more information, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%BCmela_Monastery.

 

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Little girl holding a baby (probably her sibling or cousin) in Himalayan village (India)

 

That was no doubt one of the prettiest girl in the village.

 

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

 

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"Hell is a Place in the Mind of the Believer", informally known as the Hellfire Weenie Roast by Benjamin Pinkowitz and Todd Kurtzman

 

See how it looks in action!

 

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

 

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Street barber giving me a shave with a straight razor, on the Ghats of Varanasi (India)

 

Probably the best place in the world to get a street shave. But taking s selfie when there is a straight razor blade on your neck is a bit risky!

 

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

 

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Self-portrait

 

Crude Awakening, by Dan Das Mann, Karen Cusolito, Black Rock FX, Mark

Perez, Pyrokinetics, Nate Smith and MonkeyBoy - see www.headlesspoint.com/crude_awakening/

 

This is the reflection in this steel ball.

 

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

 

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Hundreds of thousands Hindu pilgrims gather at dawn on the bank of the Ganges river, 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 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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Operator at the controls of steam locomotive -#788 "Tusker" in Darjeeling (India)

 

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The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, locally known as the "Toy Train", is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway that runs between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling (India). It is still operated by vintage British-built B Class steam locomotives. Operations between Siliguri and Kurseong have been temporarily suspended since 2010 following a Landslide at Tindharia (view photos of the landslide).

 

For more info about the DHR steam locomotives, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHR_778_(locomotive) and www.irfca.org/docs/locolists/dhr-locos-full.html.

 

For more information about the Darjeeling Steam-powered Train, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway.

 

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Exploring Lumiang cave - Sagada (Philippines)

 

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Her name is Joy

 

Photo taken at the Burning Man Decompression Party 2007 (San Francisco).

 

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Giant Bee Hive climbable sculpture

 

The Honey Trap by ANIMUS Arts Collective - www.animusart.com for more info

 

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2010 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

 

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Michael Paim in a classy Day of the Dead costume.

 

Photo taken at the Dia de los Muertos procession in the Mission (San Francisco) on Nov 2, 2013.

 

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

 

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Woman with sugar skull makeup and white feather headdress. Mother and daughter.

 

Photo taken at the Dia de los Muertos procession in the Mission (San Francisco) on Nov 2, 2012.

 

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Miracle Grow aka Hope Flower by Patrick Shearn, Abundant Sugar and the DoLab (see the Blossoming Consciousness Tribe)

 

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

 

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Soccer ball radome (radar dome) in Cherrapunji (India)

 

This is new facility of the Indian Meteorological Department, so it is probably a Doppler radar.

 

The Soccer ball shape is called a Truncated icosahedron.

 

For more info about this shape, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truncated_icosahedron.

 

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

 

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Car decorated with a mosque dome and minaret on its roof, headed for the Milad un-Nabi parade.

 

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

 

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

 

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Jeep decorated with Mecca's al Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, on its roof, headed for the Milad un-Nabi street parade.

 

Strangely, there is a minaret sticking out from the Kaaba!

 

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).

 

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Young climbers waiting in line for their turn to go through an exposed vertical passage equipped with a via ferrata, near the summit of Monte Paterno.

 

The summit of Monte Paterno can be crowded on sunny days. It can be reached by relatively easy via ferrata that is very popular among local youth.

 

Monte Paterno via ferrata, Dolomites Mountains (Italian Alps).

 

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 Monte Paterno, go to it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Paterno.

 

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

 

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Photo taken at the Folsom Street Fair 2010 (San Francisco).

 

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Dilve and Sangzi - Vang Vieng (Laos)

 

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Flower pot

 

Perhaps, by Rob Buchholz

 

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

 

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Juan with his signature black bindis on his shaved head. This time he added some nails.

 

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

 

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Rainbow Gathering 2004 (California)

 

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Rainbow Gathering 2004 (California)

 

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Wat Phu Champasak (Laos)

 

This is part of the large ruin at the bottom of the mountain.

 

Wat Phu Champasak is an amazing Khmer Hindu temple complex ruin in southern Laos, near Pakse.

 

For more information about this place, check the Wat Phu Champasak set page.

 

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Giant Bee Hive climbable sculpture

 

the Honey Trap by ANIMUS Arts Collective - www.animusart.com for more info

 

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2010 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

 

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Photographer with Diana camera - Sarah

 

For more information on Diana cameras, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_camera

 

Photo taken at the Burning Man 2010 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

 

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Jingmaham living root bridge near Mawlynnong in the East Khasi Hills, in Meghalaya (India)

 

For more photos and information about those amazing living root bridges, go to:

 

- My Living Root Bridges album.

 

- Timothy Allen's blog

 

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Stone wheels with erotic carvings 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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Glowing Art Car under the Full Moon

 

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

 

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Jingmaham living root bridge near Mawlynnong in the East Khasi Hills, in Meghalaya (India)

 

When I took these photos, it was the dry season and there was very little water in the river, so it could also be crossed by walking over the rocks.

 

For more photos and information about those amazing living root bridges, go to:

 

- My Living Root Bridges album.

 

- Timothy Allen's blog

 

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The mouth of Deer Cave in Gunung Mulu National Park (Borneo)

 

This is the cave mouth on the side of the "Garden of Eden", i.e. the far side.

 

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.

 

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

 

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

 

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This was at the "Rainbow Camp", a Hippie camp set-up at the northern edge of the Kumbh Mela festival ground. The camp was organized by a Rasta Yogi man called "Panama Baba", and all non-Hindu travelers were welcome there.

 

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.

 

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My friend Sabine looks at the ruins of a cable bridge over a deep chasm. This is a remnant of WWI military installations on Monte Paterno.

 

Monte Paterno via ferrata, Dolomites Mountains (Italian Alps).

 

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 Monte Paterno, go to it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Paterno.

 

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

 

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Tactical Air Command (Army Museum, Hanoi, Vietnam)

 

This insigna was on one of US planes shot down during the war (Army Museum, Hanoi, Vietnam)

 

More information was provided by David de Botton, from www.F-111.net and co-author of "The Mighty Vark"

 

It is the F-111A vertical stab wreckage,of 67-0068 that was assigned to 429th TFS. Destroyed 22 December 1972 in South East Asia. Sixth CONSTANT GUARD V aircraft lost. Target in vicinity of Hanoi. Shot down after an assumed lucky shot to an engine gearbox. After a valiant escape and evasion lasting a few days, including a near rescue by a HH-53C (tail # 69-5788, call sign Jolly Green 73, from the 40th ARRS, NKP, Thailand, under heavy ground fire, the crew CAPT Bill Wilson and Bob Sponeybarger become P.O.

 

Ws. (POW REF# 1966-0-01 / -02). They were repatriated on 29 March 1973 (Library of Congress POW/MIA).

 

Callsign: JACKEL 33 (Jeff & Doc Servo). Module of this aircraft is reported to be in a research institute in Moscow.

 

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