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DSC09260 - Sound System at Parade - Eid-Milad-un-Nabi Muslim Festival (India) by Loupiote

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Rack of bullhorns loudspeakers on a truck during the Milad un-Nabi street 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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DSC03167 - Bamboo Walkway - Annah Rais Longhouse (Borneo) by Loupiote

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Elevated bamboo walkway in Annah Rais traditional Longhouse village (Borneo)

Traditional longhouse villages are formed of group of houses built on stilts. The houses of a group are connected with a bamboo walkway that allows people to go from one house to another one without having to walk in the mud.

The Annah Rais village is obviously maintained in pristine conditions because it is a known tourist attraction, but many indigenous people still live in this village. Most inhabitants speak english because nowadays their main source of revenue is by selling souvenirs and traditional items to visiting tourists.

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DSC09036 - Burning Man 2009 - Light Painting by Loupiote

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Light Painting with a green Glow-Stick

I drew this one. It was a challenge to get the moon at the head location! I was looking at the shadow of my head and when it was over the camera, it meant my head was where the moon would be. Fun!

This other one that I shot the same evening is way better.

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

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DSC05257-v2 - Soeur Mystrah - Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence - Brides of March (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Soeur Mystrah is a French member of the order of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (Paris chapter Couvent de Paname ).

For more information about the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgenge, see the album description.

This photo was taken at the "Brides of March 2009" gathering in San Francisco.

For more photos and information about this event, please go to my "brides of march" photo album.

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DSC00473 - Jasmin Aigner at Kumbh Mela 2013 by Loupiote

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My friend Jasmin at the Kumbh Mela 2013 festival near Allahabad (India).

If you have an email that works for her, please email me, I don't have a working contact to reach her.

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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DSC00900 - Cremation of a Dead Person - Varanasi (India) by Loupiote

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Hindu cremation ritual at one of the Burning Ghats in Varanasi (India).

The corpse of a deceased person is burned on a funeral pyre, until only ashes remain. Then, the ashes are thrown in the Ganges river. The process takes about 3 hours.

On the right side of the fire, you can see a smoking foot sticking out.

Further on the right of the photo, a goat is eating the orange marigold flower offerings.

In Varanasi, open-air cremations are done day and night at several "Burning Ghats" along the Ganges river.

Photo taken in Varanasi - also known as Benares (India).

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

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6841v2 - Heap of Real Dynamite Sticks (Vietnam) by Loupiote

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Real dynamite sticks used by a road construction team for rock blasting (Vietnam)

Check my other photos of dynamite sticks and blasting caps.

For more information about Dynamite, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamite

I stopped to see what the road construction people were doing and I realized that there was 20 pounds of dynamite sitting on the road just next to me! There were sticks of dynamite all over the place, as well as blasting caps. The motorized traffic on this country road is so infrequent that they did not really care about any sort of traffic control. Just don't be there when they blast! Next blast in 15 minutes.

I had never seen real dynamite in my life. It feels strange to be so close from something that can blow you to small pieces. I hope the dynamite they use is good quality and stable. I still have the stick they gave me as a souvenir (just kidding). Actually I don't think they would have cared if one was missing, though. There were so many sticks everywhere!

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DSC00715 - burning man 2007 - The rebuilt Green Man by Loupiote

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The rebuilt Green ManThe first Man was prematurely destroyed by arson.

Found this interesting news clip:

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Black Rock City (AP) - After the early torching of the Burning Man festival signature figure by an arsonist, the Burning Man Organization decided that all future copies of the "Man" would be made in China and shipped to Nevada.

"We already purchase all our fireworks from China", said Larry Harvey, one of the co-founders of the Burning Man festival. "So it made sense to outsource the Man too."

"Chinese-built copies of the 40-foot tall Man will cost us about 10 times less than domestic copies, and this will save us a lot of green stuff", Harvey explained, referring to this year’s "Green Man" theme.

"The Chinese Man will be 100% identical to the domestic version, very combustible and based on the same original blueprints from my good friend John Law. We don't expect any lead poisoning problems", Harvey added.

There has been rumors that the significant cost saving will permit the festival organization to burn a copy of the Man every night of the week, which some see as environmentally questionable as well as a disguised way to prevent any future early torching of the figure.

The first batch of Chinese-made Man is expected to ship early august 2008, and there are currently no plans to make Chinese copies available to the general public, although this is being discussed in the organization.

On the Net: www.burningman.com

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

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DSC06903 - Rave party in the desert by Loupiote

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Rave party in the desert

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DSC08963 - 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 Don Cain

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

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DSC05103 - Dead Bride - Sugar Skull Makeup and Rainbow Color Flowers by Loupiote

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Woman in white dress and white veil with sugar skull makeup and multicolor flowers.

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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DSC07237 - Karina at Hare Krishna "Chariot Festival of India" (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Karina, age 13, performing traditional dance

Check-out a video of this show.

Hare Krishna "Festival of India", also called "Chariot Festival" (San Francisco)

For more info on this event, check-out www.festivalofindia.org.

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DSC02039 - Altar de Muerto with Glass Candles - Dia de los Muertos (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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An Altar de Muerto with many glass candles (it is a memorial shrine for someone who passed away recently).

Photo taken at the Dia de los Muertos procession in the Mission (San Francisco) on Nov 2, 2014.

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

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DSC04631 - Hindu Woman Drying Saris in the Wind after Holy Bath in the Ganges river - Varanasi (India) by Loupiote

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Indian woman drying three saris in the wind after having her Holy Bath in the Ganges river, in the Hindu Holy city of Varanasi (India)

This was on the sandy beach on the bank of the Ganges river, across from the Ghats. It is a popular spot for the Hindu pilgrims to take their Holy Dip.

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

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DSC09298 - Makeshift Sound System on Pickup Truck - Eid-Milad-un-Nabi Muslim Festival (India) by Loupiote

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Oversize makeshift sound system on a pickup truck at Milad un-Nabi street 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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DSC00526 - Floating Bridge (Pontoon 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.

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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DSC09844 - Happy Young Couple Embracing - Gabrielle and Henry by Loupiote

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Photo taken at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass music festival in Golden Gate Park (San Francisco)

Gabrielle and Henry

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DSC09106 - Print Shop Worker Collating Printed Pages into Books by Loupiote

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Print shop worker collating printed leaflets into booklets. The booklets produced in this print shop are Indian school books.

This simple mechanical task would normally be done by a machine, but in India, it is more economical to do it manually, as labor cost is very low.

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DSC07656 - Sake bar by Loupiote

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Camp Sakenoma?

Sol's brother at his sake bar. They had some of the best unfiltered sake.

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

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DSC04541 - Hindu Pilgrims on Boat on the Ganges River, Waving Hands (Varanasi) by Loupiote

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Group of Hindu pilgrims in saffron-colored clothes, on a small row boat on the Ganges river (Varanasi).

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

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DSC05121 - Little Girls with Halloween Skull Makeup by Loupiote

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Two little girls with Mexican-style sugar skull makeup.

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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DSC01790 - Ghats of Varanasi Along the Ganges River (India) by Loupiote

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This is a view of the Ghats of Varanasi and the Ganges river (India).

River boats ferry the Hindu pilgrims up and down the river, and across to a beach where they take the Holy bath.

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

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20895-burning-man-2006 - Uchronia burning by Loupiote

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Uchronia burning

Uchronia (aka the Belgian Waffle) by The Uchronians.

Check my other photos of Uchronia!

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

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DSC00180 - Selfie with a Baba by Loupiote

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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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DSC00729 - Village House and Livestock (India) by Loupiote

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Village house and horses - or maybe mules (India)

Villagers use horses and mules to carry goods and travel around in the mountainous region.

People live with their animals, in houses like this one that usually have a single room for the entire family (that includes the grand-parents and many kids).

View more photos of Janki Chatti village, near Yamunotri.

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00b960c0 - Growing a Living Root Bridge near Mawlynnong (India) by Loupiote

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

Bamboo sticks have been placed to "train" young Banyan tree roots into improving the strength of the bridge, making it wider and making some side railing. The new roots are wrapping around the bamboos and will eventually connect, merge and grow stronger.

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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DSC05645 - Baba (Hindu Devotee) with Musical Instrument (Nepal) by Loupiote

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Baba (Hindu devotee) with dreadlocks and red Tilaka holding musical instrument, at the Maha Shivaratri Hindu Festival (Nepal)

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Hundreds of thousands of Sadhus, Babas, Hindu devotees and pilgrims converge to the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu during the Shivaratri festival ('Great Night of Shiva'), to pray Lord Shiva.

For more information and to see other photos of the Shivaratri festival and the Pashupatinath Temple, read the album description.

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6804-anke-rega-with-golden-lions by Loupiote

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Anke and the lions

We found this amazing semi-abandoned (or not yet completely constructed) park in the middle of nowhere, near Phu Ruea, west of Loei, in rural nothern Thailand.

We jump over a fence to get in the park and take some photos.

This park's theme was Hinduism, but the style was very disneyish. I have no idea what this place is. If you know more about it, please email me or post a comment.

Check out my other photos of this park.

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DSC01045 - Dream Catcher - Native American Offerings on Memorial Stick - Captain Jack's Stronghold by Loupiote

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Detail of memorial stick with Native American offerings on the site of Captain Jack's Stronghold, in the Lava Beds National Monument (California).

This unofficial indigenous memorial commemorates an episode of the Modoc war, where a small Native American band led by Modoc chief "Captain Jack" resisted a large organized army force, before being eventually taken and killed. The natives used the natural features of the lava beds to defend their stronghold.

For more info about this event, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Jack%27s_Stronghold.

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

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DSC01848 - Hot Creek (California) by Loupiote

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Hot Creek near Mammoth Lakes (California).

View more photos of Hot Creek.

A number of hot springs and steamy geysers mix with the cold water of this small mountain stream, bringing its temperature to that of a warm bath at certain locations. The place is dangerous due to unstable ground and sudden eruptions of scalding hot water. People bathe there at their own risks, and some people have been killed or seriously injured there. But it's a beautiful place, and definitely worth a bath if you know and accept the risks (including getting cited for trespassing the warning signs!).

For more info about this location, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Creek_(Mono_County,_California).

Hot Creek is located in the "Long Valley Caldera", the mouth of an old super volcano, a region with many hot springs. For more info about this region, go to:

- volcano.oregonstate.edu/oldroot/volcanoes/volc_images/nor...

- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Valley_Caldera

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DSC08895 - Welder Cutting a Track Rail With a Oxy-Acetylene Torch by Loupiote

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Welder cutting a track rail with a Oxy-Acetylene cutting torch.

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

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DSC00034 - burning man 2007 - Pema at the Silent White Procession by Loupiote

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Pema 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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DSC03805 - Shooting a Movie with a Bolex 16mm Film Camera by Loupiote

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Hannah is shooting a short movie using a vintage Bolex 16mm film camera.

For more information about the Bolex motion picture camera, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolex.

Spotted in Dolores Park (San Francisco)

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DSC01393 - Janelle - Skull Makeup - Dia de Los Muertos - Halloween (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Dia de Los Muertos (San Francisco) - Janelle

Photo taken at the Dia de los Muertos procession in the Mission (San Francisco) on Nov 2, 2008.

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

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DSC00763 - burning man 2007 - Lamplighter's Lantern - Fire conclave by Loupiote

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Lamplighter's Lantern - Fire conclave

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

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

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DSC07247 - Man with Skull Makeup and Red Costume - Michael Paim by Loupiote

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Michael Paim in a classy Day of the Dead red costume and makeup..

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

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DSC00258 - burning man 2007 - Art Car by Loupiote

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Art Car

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

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DSC06787 - Balinese Monkey Chant by Loupiote

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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 2010 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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DSC08764 - Nawabi Masjid Ruins in Lucknow Residency (India) by Loupiote

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Strings of red flags near a ruined monument in the British Residency park in Lucknow (India)

This ruined building is called Nawabi Mahal [Tomb] or Nawabi Masjid [Mosque] or the Imambara. Not sure what the correct name is.

I suppose that this is the tomb of one of the Nababs of Lucknow. If you have more information about the Nawabi Mahal, please post a comment!

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

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DSC06327 - Deer Cave Mouth at Garden of Eden - Mulu (Borneo) by Loupiote

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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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DSC09033 - Torre Di Toblino Summit - Cross by Loupiote

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Cross at the summit of Torre di Toblino in the Dolomites Mountains (Italian Alps). My first climb of a Via Ferrata, and it was a bit above my beginner's level at the time. But I managed to reach the summit by myself.

For more info about this mountain, go to it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torre_di_Toblin.

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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DSC09047 - Torre Di Toblino Summit - Dolomites by Loupiote

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Summit of Torre di Toblino in the Dolomites Mountains (Italian Alps). The ledge behind me is about 5' wide with vertical cliffs of several hundred feet on each side. My first climb of a Via Ferrata, and it was a bit above my beginner's level at the time. But I managed to reach the summit by myself, and happy to be there!

For more info about this mountain, go to it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torre_di_Toblin.

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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09538-burning-man-2006 - Windsurfing in the dust storm by Loupiote

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Windsurfing in the dust storm

I had to stop for a while, visibility was really too low!

Scott London took these other photos of me windsurfing on the playa:

www.scottlondon.com/photo/burningman2006/067.html

www.scottlondon.com/photo/burningman2005/025.html

Check the photos i took of other people using my windsurf gear on the playa!

Sadly all my land sailing gear got stolen (yes, stolen!) last year at Burning Man 2007 (board, 2 sails, 2 carbon masts, 2 booms, streamers), more than $1500 worth of equipment. The equipment was stolen just before the dust storm on Friday afternoon, near 8:00 and Esplanade in front of the minigolf camp. I filed a police report. Any information about this equipment is welcome, e.g. maybe you have seen your neighbors coming to their camp with all this gear?

I don't know if I'll have the heart to do that again...

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

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DSC06796 - Steam Locomotives - Night - Darjeeling Train Yard (India) by Loupiote

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Steam locomotives in the Darjeeling Train Yard (India)

View more photos of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.

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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DSC07091 - Halloween Carved Pumpkin Lit Up with Candle by Loupiote

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My friend Jenn carved this pumpkin to celebrate Halloween.

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DSC03234 - Pitcher Plant - Nepenthes rafflesiana by Loupiote

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Nice wild Nepenthes rafflesiana pitcher plant in Bako National Park near Kuching (Borneo)

Pitcher plants are carnivorous plants.

For more information about pitcher plants, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitcher_plant

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DSC07378 - Burning Man 2009 - The Burninator Grid by Bill Codding by Loupiote

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The Burninator Grid by Bill Codding

For more information about this art installation, go to: www.4bc.org/burninator/

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

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DSC01009 - Hindu Holy Bath in the Ganges River - Ghats of Varanasi (India) by Loupiote

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Hindu people having a Holy bath in the Ganges river at the Ghats of Varanasi (India).

The big pink columns in the back are water towers. Behind them, the Manikarnika Cremation Ghat.

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

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DSC01724 - Obama gets elected in San Francisco - American Flag - Castro Street party - Celebrating - Blogging by Loupiote

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Obama gets elected in San Francisco - A spontaneous street party erupted on Castro street on election night. There is hope!

This photo made it to the front page of cnn.com on the morning after the election, via ireport.com: www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-138838.

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5328-phsh-stencil-pneu - horse - Abandoned Hospital (Presidio, San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Stencil graffiti

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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