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DSC04984 - Plastic Trash on Beach in Borneo by Loupiote

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Plastic trash on beach (Borneo Island)

The trash, mostly plastic containers, washes off on all the beaches in this region.

Kelambu is truly a beautiful secluded beach, hard to reach and far away for the nearest village. I decided to camp on that desert beach.

They put the fishes that they catch in a small net attached to a piece of Styrofoam, that floats and that they drag with them when they swim.

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DSC07311 - Industrial Tunnel - Lanco Hydro Power Project - Teesta River - Sikkim (India) by Loupiote

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Adit tunnel, part of an unfinished Hydropower project in Sikkim (India)

I was able to explore the tunnel up to a point where it was flooded (the water pumps were not functionning, but there was some electric lights). The tunnel is obviously unfinished. Not sure what this tunnel is for. I think it maybe to drive heavy equipment to the site, like turbines for the power house, since the small mountain roads cannot be used by heavy trucks.

This is part of a semi-abandoned unfinished Hydro-Power Project on the Teesta river in Sikkim (India). The project is developed by Lanco Infratech Limited.

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Issaouane Erg desert - Dunes (Algeria) by Loupiote

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Issaouane Erg, Algeria - Photo is copyright Google (Google Earth).

The shapes and colors of the dunes in this desert are amazing. Notice that the three dunes have almost identical shapes. And there are tens of throusands just like those all around.

This area is a major oil field, dotted with oil pumping facilities and pipelines. You'll see them if you explore the surrounding with Google Earth.

This photo is © Google Earth, used by permission (this overwrites any other copyright mention that may appear on this page)

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DSC02915 - Hindu Devotees in Street Demonstration Against Dams and Hydro Projects on Ganges River (India) by Loupiote

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Street demonstration against the Hydro projects on the Ganges river, at the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India).

Several Hydro-electric projects exist on the Ganges river, involving dams and tunnels. The largest of those is the Tehri Dam, one of the largest Hydro developments in the world, upstream from Rishikesh. Some Hindu devotees are against those projects, as the Ganges is a Holy 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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DSC09792 - Ponte Tridentina - Footbridge by Loupiote

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This is the famous footbridge at the top of the via ferrata Tridentina, Dolomites Mountains (Italian Alps).

The small suspension bridge, visible from the road below, passes over a vertiginous vertical chasm.

The climbing route involves ascending more than 2,500 feet (750m) of almost vertical cliff, equipped with cables and occasional metal ladders or steps.

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 the Brigata Tridentina via ferrata, go to it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrata_Tridentina.

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

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DSC01079 - Arc Welding on Lathe in Metal Workshop (Philippines) by Loupiote

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Welder doing arc welding in his workshop.

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DSC00753 - Wooden Frame of the Cod Fish - Burning Man 2012 by Loupiote

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Boston's CORE project "The Cod Piece".

This is the wooden frame, during the construction.

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

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DSC01797 - Muddy Water Buffalo Cow (India) by Loupiote

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Portrait of a muddy water buffalo on the Ghats of Varanasi (India).

It looks like it has a lip piercing and a chain.

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

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DSC07422 - Dragon Head with Fire by Loupiote

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Duane Flatmo's Crustacean Wagon, another of his Kinetic Racers. Of course, he is now renowned for his El Pulpo Mecanico flaming octopus.art car.

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

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DSC00550 - burning man 2007 - Department of Spontaneous Combustion by Loupiote

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Human-powered fire tricycle, by the Department of Spontaneous Combustion - see www.spontaneousfire.com

This one is by Scott Cocking

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

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DSC12676 - Pangong Lake - Ladakh (India) by Loupiote

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Pangong Lake - Ladakh (India)

The Pangong Lake (Pangong Tso) is located in Eastern Ladakh, near Tibet, in the Himalayas.

Parts of the Pangong Lake area are in a disputed territory between India and China. This photo was taken in the area controlled by India.

For more information about this place, please check the album description.

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DSC00641 - Hammer Throwing - Burning Man 2012 by Loupiote

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A favorite pass-time of the DPW crew: throwing heavy hammers to passing cars.

DPW (Department of Public Works) are the volonteers that "build" Black Rock City's infrastructure before the festival, and take it apart after.

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

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DSC05326 - Skull Makeup and Victorian Attire - White Wig - Red Flower Headdress by Loupiote

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Woman with sugar skull makeup and Victorian style attire with white dress, white wig and a big red flower headpiece. Candle light.

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

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

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DSC13881 - Crippled Hindu Man Resting - Crutches - Amarnath Yatra (pilgrimage) - Kashmir by Loupiote

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Crippled man with crutches, resting - Amarnath Yatra (pilgrimage) - Kashmir

This old man is crippled, using crutches, yet he did the Amarnath Yatra (pilgrimage). Many crippled pilgrims walk the entire day on the steep mountain trail up to the Cave at 4,200 m (14,000 ft).

For more photos and information about the Amarnath Cave, read the album description.

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DSC09439 - Construction of the Planned Urban Development "Gaur City 1" in Greater Noida (India) by Loupiote

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Construction of the planned township "Gaur City 1" East of Delhi (India)

An entire neighborhood is being built to provide housing and commercial spaces for the growing middle-class in the Delhi area.

Villages and agricultural lands have been bulldozed to make room for this huge planned development, part of the "Greater Noida" project.

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

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DSC09137 - Kid with Climbing Gear by Loupiote

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Teen girl with climbing gear and Via Ferrata kit on the Via Scalette in the Dolomites (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 the Dolomites, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolomites.

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DSC02632 - Inside an Ashram - Kumbh Mela (India) by Loupiote

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Inside an Ashram at the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India).

This Ashram had many educational installations (sculptures, panels) teaching about various aspect of Hinduism. The style was very kitsch.

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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DSC09286 - Muslim Men with Flags - Eid-Milad-un-Nabi Muslim Festival (India) by Loupiote

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Crowd of Muslim men waving green and red flags depicting Islamic symbols at 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).

For more photos and info about this event, read the album description.

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DSC09974 - Couple Riding Royal Enfield Bullet Thunderbird Motorcycle by Loupiote

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

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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DSC09819 - Going Down from Via Ferrata Tridentina (Dolomites) by Loupiote

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That's one of the ways down after climbing the via ferrata Tridentina, Dolomites Mountains (Italian Alps).

This trail is not the shortest but it offers great views of the via ferrata that we just climbed.

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 the Brigata Tridentina via ferrata, go to it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrata_Tridentina.

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

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5693 - vietnam - Red dao tribe girl by Loupiote

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Red dao tribe girl (Sa Pa, Vietnam)

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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DSC03834 - Boy Spinning Colored Balls With Ropes (India) by Loupiote

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

Boy performing a traditional Indian show 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 game, please post a Comment.

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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7536 - vietnam - veterinarian spays a female piglet - 3 of 13 by Loupiote

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Country veterinarian spays a female piglet (Vietnam)

Piglet is oinking very loudely and does not like being hanged up-side down!

Spaying is a common and simple surgical operation to remove or disable a female animal’s ovaries.

Here the operation takes place in the village's pig market. The screaming piglet is attached up-side down on a piece of wood. The veterinarian performs a small incision that does not cause any bleeding (he must have done that operation very often and knows exactly where to cut). Then he inserts his bare fingers (no gloves, no scrubbing) in the piglet's belly through the incision to find the ovaries. Hopefully the animal has a good immune system! The ovaries are extracted, ligatured and put back inside, then the incision is stitched. Of course no anesthetic is used, so the piglet was very vocal during the entire operation that lasted no more than 5 minutes. After the operation the piglet seemed totally exhausted and suddenly very quite, after oinking very loudly during the whole ordeal.

See the other photos of the piglet spaying operation.

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DSC04509 - Aerial View of Kumbh Mela 2013 Festival Winding Down (India) by Loupiote

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This aerial photo, taken at dawn, shows the Kumbh Mela ground toward the end of the event.

Most of the Hindu pilgrims have left. Camps and Ashrams are being taken down and infrastructure is being dismantled. It looks like a ghost town, and a few weeks later, nothing will remain. A couple of months later, the Ganges river will rise with the monsoon rains and this floodplain will be under about 10 feet of water.

All the street lights that can be seen in the far back are part of the Kumbh Mela "temporary city" built in the flood plain of the Ganges river, near Allahabad.

Kumbh Mela occupies about 56 Square Kilometers (22 Square Miles) of sandy ground in the Ganges floodplain. The "permanent" population is 5 to 10 Million Hindu devotees housed in thousands of temporary Ashrams and tent camps,

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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DSC04503 - Aerial View of Kumbh Mela 2013 Festival Winding Down (India) by Loupiote

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This aerial photo, taken at dawn, shows the Kumbh Mela ground toward the end of the event.

The brown rectangular patches on the ground is hay that was spread inside tents, and on which the people would sleep (i.e. equivalent to a ground tarp or foam mattress). The tents have then been dismantled, but the hay remains, and since it is natural, it will be left on the ground.

Most of the Hindu pilgrims have left. Camps and Ashrams are being taken down and infrastructure is being dismantled. It looks like a ghost town, and a few weeks later, nothing will remain. A couple of months later, the Ganges river will rise with the monsoon rains and this floodplain will be under about 10 feet of water.

All the street lights that can be seen in the far back are part of the Kumbh Mela "temporary city" built in the flood plain of the Ganges river, near Allahabad.

Kumbh Mela occupies about 56 Square Kilometers (22 Square Miles) of sandy ground in the Ganges floodplain. The "permanent" population is 5 to 10 Million Hindu devotees housed in thousands of temporary Ashrams and tent camps,

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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DSC05486 - vietnam - River ferry crossing by Loupiote

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River ferry crossing (Vietnam)

Usually that's the only way to cross rivers, and i took one of those with my rented motorcycle.

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DSC08766 - Laser Show - Moving lights and shadows in warehouse underground rave party by Loupiote

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Laser Show and shadows of people dancing in a warehouse underground rave party ("Full Melt" by Subscience Collective, San Francisco, California).

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DSC06914 - Fly Fringes Carnival Mask by Loupiote

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Sarah with a Carnival mask made of fly fringes.

Or maybe this is based on some hijab lingerie?

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

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DSC04609 - Clown Act - Mumu Circus Performer by Loupiote

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My friend Mumu getting ready to go to Bali for her "One Woman Circus Tour".

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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DSC00671 - Skull Makeup - Dia de los Muertos - Halloween (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Woman 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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DSC07560 - Memory with fire fans - Fire Performer - Temple of poi 2009 fire dancing expo - Union Square (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Fire fans performance by Lena aka "Memory", from the group Pyrotation (www.pyrotation.net/).

Photo taken at the temple of poi 2009 fire dancing expo on Union Square (San Francisco)

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DSC09942 - Rice Fields Terraces in Himalaya Valley (India) by Loupiote

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Rice fields terraces on a slope of the Pindar valley, in the Indian Himalayas.

The Pindar river flows into the Alaknanda river which is one of the headstreams of the Ganges river.

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

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DSC06733 - Milk Box and Bowl by Loupiote

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Milk Box and Bowl art car - 6,702 Gallons - 25,400 Liters

It is called Milktropolis aka Surreal & Milk.

For more information, go to surrealandmilk.blogspot.com

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

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DSC07618 - Khasi Women Eating Ice Pops (India) by Loupiote

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Two Khasi women licking their popsicles (India)

I took this series of photos in a village in the East Khasi Hills, a region of the Meghalaya State in North-East India, inhabited by the Khasi people.

For more info about the Khasi people, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khasi_people.

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DSC06437 - Deer Cave - Mulu (Borneo) by Loupiote

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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.

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

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DSC06500 - Agelaius phoeniceus gubernator - Flying Bird Eating In My Hand 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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DSC08029 - Railroad tattoo - Leg by Loupiote

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Daryl's amazing railroad tattoo (San Francisco)

Train tracks, switches and tunnels cover his entire body, front and back, from head to toes (litterally), in a perfectly symetrical and seamless pattern. He designed the tattoo and said it took 200 hours of work to realise the work.

Daryl spent many years of his life "freight train hopping", which involves countless days of walking long miles along desert tracks.

Check my other photos of Daryl's railroad tattoo.

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DSC07735 - Stone Trail on Living Root Bridge - Mawlynnong (India) by Loupiote

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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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DSC07977 - SFPD Motorcycle Riot Police Crack-Down at the 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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DSC08576 - Burning Man 2009 - Palm-Tree Art Car by Loupiote

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Palm-Tree Art Car - This Palmtree was pedal-powered.

Banana Tree "Squidd" by Captain Chuck.

Captain Chuck wrote: The machine is now a Banana Tree but originally it was meant to look like a Squidd so I fondly keep that name for it, as confusing as it sometime is. It is a pedal powered machine and while I have built an art car, a tower, fire cannons and tons of other projects, that machine is the one that is closest to my heart.

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

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DSC09965 - Hippie Rainbow Camp at Kumbh Mela 2013 by Loupiote

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This is 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.

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

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DSC01935 - Clay Shiva Lingam's Hindu Offerings - 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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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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DSC04515 - Aerial View of Kumbh Mela 2013 Festival Wrapping Down (India) by Loupiote

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This aerial photo, taken at dawn, shows the Kumbh Mela ground toward the end of the event.

On the right, the gates of some now empty Ashrams are still standing. Some of those structures were already damaged by a huge storm a couple of weeks before, that wrecked havoc and destroyed or damaged of lot of the camps and Ashrams.

Most of the Hindu pilgrims have left. Camps and Ashrams are being taken down and infrastructure is being dismantled. It looks like a ghost town, and a few weeks later, nothing will remain. A couple of months later, the Ganges river will rise with the monsoon rains and this floodplain will be under about 10 feet of water.

All the street lights that can be seen in the far back are part of the Kumbh Mela "temporary city" built in the flood plain of the Ganges river, near Allahabad.

Kumbh Mela occupies about 56 Square Kilometers (22 Square Miles) of sandy ground in the Ganges floodplain. The "permanent" population is 5 to 10 Million Hindu devotees housed in thousands of temporary Ashrams and tent camps,

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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DSC01008 - Lava Ripples in Old Lava Flow by Loupiote

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Lava ripples are clearly visible on this ancient block of lava, in the Lava Beds National Monument (California).

For more info about this place, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lava_Beds_National_Monument.

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DSC05507 - Skull Makeup - Dia de Los Muertos - Halloween (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Dia de Los Muertos (San Francisco)

Photo taken at the Dia de los Muertos procession in the Mission (San Francisco) on Nov 2, 2011.

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

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DSC07515 - Stripship Art Car by Loupiote

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If you know the name of this art car or have contact information for the artist, please email me, thanks!

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

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DSC01996 - KLR 650 Motorbike Crash by Loupiote

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Low speed motorcycle crash on a sand patch (Death Valley)

We had a small mishap on a sandy trail in Saline Valley (now part of Death Valley National Park), on the way to the hot springs.

No-one got hurt and no damage to the motorbike, but we had to take off all the luggage to put back the heavy bike on its wheels.

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DSC09813 - Trail near Pisciadù Refugio (Dolomites) by Loupiote

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This is one of the ways down after climbing the via ferrata Tridentina, Dolomites Mountains (Italian Alps).

For more info about the Brigata Tridentina via ferrata, go to it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrata_Tridentina.

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

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DSC02900 - Statue of Elephant Laying Down (India) by Loupiote

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Statue of an Elephant laying down in front of the Pilot Baba Ashram, 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.

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

DSC00488 - Camp on the Street - Kumbh Mela 2013 (India) by Loupiote

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Some Hindu pilgrims (or maybe street merchants) with a small camp on the side of the street, 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.

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

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