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DSC03641 - Caterpillar CAT 385C Excavator by Loupiote

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Caterpillar CAT 385C Ultra High Demolition Excavator - 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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DSC04147 - Carnaval - Carnival in Jujuy Capital (Argentina) by Loupiote

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First day of Carnival 2010 in Jujuy Capital (Argentina).

This was a great Carnival party in the old (disused) train station in San Salvador de Jujuy. Music, cheap red wine (often mixed with CocaCola) and a great crowd having a lot of fun.

During Carnival festivities in the Andes mountains, a local tradition consists in throwing white talk powder, spray foam and confettis to the face of others while drinking and dancing to the music of marching bands.

For more photos and information about the Carnival in Northern Argentina, read the album description.

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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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7638 - vietnam - Road Paving - Spraying hot asphalt over gravel by Loupiote

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Road construction (Vietnam)

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DSC09070 - Zoey riding the Zip-Line over San Francisco by Loupiote

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My friend Zoey riding the free zip-line installed by the British Columbia Tourism Bureau over Justin Herman Plaza near the Embarcadero center in San Francisco.

For more photos and information, please read the album description.

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DSC03058 - Tropical Fern Leaves - Gunung Gading National Park (Borneo) by Loupiote

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Pristine Tropical Fern with Beautiful Green Leaves.

If you can identify this plant, please post a comment or email me!

It was tentatively identified as some species of fern.

Photo taken at Gunung Gading National Park, about 60 Km W of Kuching (Borneo)

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DSC00076 - 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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DSC08290 - Farmers with Goats on Leash - Cattle Market (India) by Loupiote

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I took this photo at a cattle market I stumbled upon on the road in West Bengal (India).

All the local farmers were there to buy and sell livestock (often young animals).

There were many goats for sale on this market. I believe that most of the men present were Muslims, and goats are used for meat ("mutton") by Muslim people.

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DSC01017 - Hindu Pilgrims on River Boats - Varanasi (India) by Loupiote

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Hindu pilgrims boarding a large river boat at the Ghats of Varanasi (India).

Those boats are used for ferrying the Hindu pilgrims to a beach across the Ganges river, where they can take the Holy bath in cleaner water.

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

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DSC00811 - burning man 2007 - Pyronauts of Giza - Fire conclave by Loupiote

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Pyronauts of Giza - Fire conclave

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

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DSC01002 - Caravan of Pack Mules on Mountain Trail (India) by Loupiote

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Caravan of pack mules on the Yamunotri trail (India)

Yamunotri can only be reached by a 8 Km foot trail, so all the supply are hauled up using caravans of pack mules.

Here, the caravan returns (with no load) to the nearby village of Janki Chatti.

For more photos and info about Yamunotri, go to the Yamunotri photo album.

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DSC04113 - Tractor Pulling Small Truck Stuck in Mud (India) by Loupiote

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Tractor pulling a small truck stuck in mud, after the big storm, at the Kumbh Mela 2013 Hindu festival near Allahabad (India)

A big wind and rain storm caused extensive damage and flooding in the entire Kumbh Mela ground. The festival basically shut down two weeks early because of the destruction and flooding.

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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DSC04146 - Storm Damage & Flood - Bamboo Structure Toppled by the Wind - Kumbh Mela 2013 (India) by Loupiote

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Flooded street and collapsed bamboo structure at the Kumbh Mela 2013 Hindu festival near Allahabad (India)

This was the gate of an Ashram, toppled and destroyed by the storm.

A big wind and rain storm caused extensive damage and flooding in the entire Kumbh Mela ground. The festival basically shut down two weeks early because of the destruction and flooding.

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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DSC09712 - Steel Ladder on a Cliff by Loupiote

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Ascending the via ferrata Tridentina, Dolomites Mountains (Italian Alps).

On the hardest passages, steel ladder steps and stemples are bolted to the vertical rock wall.

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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DSC01045 - burning man 2007 - The Man burns by Loupiote

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The Man burns (again)

The first Man was burned 4 days earlier 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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DSC02528 - Holding a Coiled Python Pet Snake by Loupiote

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Photo taken at the 2013 Gay Pride Festival in San Francisco.

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DSC09167 - Passo di Lausa - Dolomites - Mountain Landscape by Loupiote

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Mountain landscape near Passo di Lausa mountain pass, in the Dolomites (Italian Alps).

A group of hikers can be seen at the bottom of the photo.

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

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DSC05610-v2 - Mustard Man - Up Your Alley Fair (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Mustard costume - Bruce - Dore Alley Fair (San Francisco)

Here is his Facebook page.

This is the square (and slightly edited) version of this photo.

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DSC00059 - Mobile Ashram "Art Car" at Kumbh Mela 2013 by Loupiote

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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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DSC08034 - Railroad tattoo - Rails Switch - Thigh 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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DSC08698 - Truss Bridge over Ganga River Floodplain by Loupiote

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Road bridge over the Ganga river floodplain.

The sandy floodplain is used for agriculture during the dry season. Small plantations (I don't know of what) are protected by fences made of some sort of dry grass or weed manually planted in the sand, that prevent flying sand from burying the small planted areas.

If you know the name of this type of agriculture or know what is being grown there, please post a comment!

During the rainy season (monsoon), the entire floodplain is flooded by the Ganges river.

Photo taken from the window of a train between Delhi and Lucknow.

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DSC03582 - Space Shuttle Endeavour over Alcatraz Island by Loupiote

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Space Shuttle Endeavour flies over San Francisco for one last time.

Endeavour, carried piggyback atop a modified Boeing 747 jumbo jet, does a last flight en route to its final frontier and retirement home: a science museum in Los Angeles.

For more information about Space Shuttle Endeavour, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Endeavour

For more information about the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuttle_Carrier_Aircraft

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DSC06253 - Open Defecation Free - Sign (Nepal) by Loupiote

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Open Defecation Free Myagdi District sign (Nepal)

This rather funny sign means that it is forbidden to poop in the open.

They put this sign because this is the Annapurnas trekking Route, frequented by many tourists, and presumably they think tourists do not like when local Nepali people relieve themselves in nature. They also built basic toilets every couple of Km along the road, but those are already in disrepair and have no water.

There is of course no Nepali Poop Police (in fact, barely any Police at all!), and this regulation is not enforced. I had diarrhea when i was there, and I had no problem pooping in the open :)

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0172c540 - Khasi Woman Preparing Betel Nut (India) by Loupiote

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Khasi woman preparing her Betel nuts (India)

The woman is removing the husk of an Areca nut.

The Areca nut is then wrapped with Betel leaf and chewed for its exhilarating lift. Betel chewing has been claimed to produce a sense of well-being, euphoria, heightened alertness, sweating, salivation, a hot sensation in the body and increased capacity to work.

Just like alcohol, tobacco, coffee and sakau, Areca nut and Betel leaf are culturally-approved psychoactive drugs.

The Areca nut, by association, is sometimes inaccurately called the "Betel nut" or "Betel Quids".

See the Areca nut Wikipedia article.

See the Betel leaves Wikipedia article.

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DSC06860 - Steam Locomotive Pulling Passenger Train - Darjeeling Station (India) by Loupiote

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Steam locomotive -#782 "Mountaineer" pulling a passenger train at the Darjeeling station (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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DSC06846 - Steam Locomotive Sharing Road with Cars - Darjeeling (India) by Loupiote

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Steam Locomotive -#788 "Tusker" sharing the street with cars in Darjeeling (India)

The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway narrow gauge tracks are sharing the road with car traffic on the entire length of the tracks, along the narrow mountain road (National Highway 55) between Siliguri and Darjeeling (78 kilometres / 48 mi).

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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DSC03781 - Hermandad de la Macarena - Paso de la Virgen - Semana Santa en Sevilla by Loupiote

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

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DSC09096 - Stacks of Leaflets in Print Shop Storage by Loupiote

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Stacks of printed leaflets in print shop storage. Those will be used to make Indian school books.

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DSC07536 - Firefighters on Fire Engine by Loupiote

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Firefighters on Fire Truck - Sparky

The Firefighters are going home after the "Man" sculpture burned.

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

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6440 - Bull Balls Close-up (Vietnam) by Loupiote

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Bull market (Mèo Vac, Vietnam)

Yes, it's a real bull!

This photo was taken in a real bull market (a place where you can buy live bulls) - nothing to do with Wall Street :)

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DSC01441 - Indian Family on Cycle Rickshaw (India) by Loupiote

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Indian family riding in the back of a cycle rickshaw, in Varanasi (India).

Cycle rickshaws are the cheapest mode of transportation in Indian cities that do not have a public transportation system.

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

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DSC08922 - Non-Muslim is Prohibited to Enter the Mosque - Sign - Lucknow (India) by Loupiote

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I don't recall ever seeing a sign that says "Non-Christian is prohibited to enter the church".

However, in India, Mosques and sacred Hindu shrines are often forbidden to people based on their faith or religion. This type of discrimination bothers me.

Spotted this sign near the Asfi Mosque in the Bara Imambara in Lucknow (India)

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9866-phsh-graffiti-orfn - Abandoned Hospital (Presidio, San Francisco) by Loupiote

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The Public Health Service Hospital (PHSH) is located in the Presidio of San Francisco. It has been rehabilitated into luxury condos housing in 2010, and it is now called "Presidio Landmark Apartments".

For more information about this place you can visit my PHSH page.

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2480-phsh - building exterior - Abandoned Hospital (Presidio, San Francisco) by Loupiote

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The Public Health Service Hospital (PHSH) is located in the Presidio of San Francisco. It has been rehabilitated into luxury condos housing in 2010, and it is now called "Presidio Landmark Apartments".

For more information about this place you can visit my PHSH page.

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DSC04611 - Plastic Trash Pollution - Ganges River - Ganga - Varanasi (India) by Loupiote

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Staggering amount of trash on the sandy beach on the bank of the Ganges river, across from the Ghats of Varanasi (India)

This is a popular spot for the Hindu pilgrims to take their Holy Dip.

Unfortunately there is no trash collection, and India people are still dumping lots of trash on this beach, including plastic trash.

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

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DSC01303 - Alyssa - Catacombes de Paris - Catacombs of Paris (off-limit area) by Loupiote

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Alyssa - Catacombes de Paris - Catacombs of Paris (off-limit area)

Alyssa is a San Francisco video artist and musician. Check her video blog at www.iamfivestar.com.

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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DSC00146 - Little Girl Rinsing Bucket 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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DSC01875 - Leg Bones - Human Skeletal Remains in Ganges Flood Plain (India) by Loupiote

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Human skeletal remains (leg bones) in the Ganges flood plain near Allahabad (India).

The flood plain of the Ganges river is like a sandy desert during the dry season, but it is completely flooded during the monsoon (rainy season).

It is common to stumble upon human skeletons on the Ganges flood plain, as the Ganges is a Holy river for Hindu people. Hindu are normally cremated, but some categories of people are "buried" directly in the river. This includes pregnant women, young children, Sadhus / Hindu holy men, and people victims of contagious diseases or bitten by a Cobra snake.

Their remains end up scattered over the sandy flood plain during the dry season, when it becomes a desert, and disturbed or dug-up by wild animals or stray dogs.

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DSC01038 - Native American Offerings on Memorial Stick - Captain Jack's Stronghold by Loupiote

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Wooden 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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DSC00234 - Hindu Decorated Cow - Sacred Cow by Loupiote

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What made this Indian bull especially Holy is the strange long wattle protrusion at the back of his hump. This is an excrescence of skin, similar to the wattle that goats have under their neck, but much bigger! Hindu pilgrims would touch the wattle for good luck, and donate money to the owner of the Holy Bull.

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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DSC00816 - Five Legged Holy Cow (India) by Loupiote

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This calf has an extra leg attached to the top of her neck. This is a birth defect called Polymelia, where conjoint twins starts developing but one twin degenerated completely except for one or more limbs, which end up attached to the other twin.

With cows, the one or two extra limbs are often attached to the top of the cow's neck. This extra legs are shrunken, deformed and non-functional, and they get strange long nails (since the nails on normal cow legs get worn by walking).

In India, when a calf is born with extra leg or two, this is like winning the jackpot: those 5 legged and 6 legged cows are seen are very holy, and the owner will parade them around and receive donations from Hindu devotees.

These two calves (one with 5 legs, and the other one with 6 legs) were transported around the city in a specially designed motor rickshaw, covered with images of the famous "Sai Baba" (not sure why).

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

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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DSC03624 - Cross Swords - NYE 2009 Party at Somarts (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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NYE 2009 Party at Somarts (San Francisco)

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8129 - Native American Shaman Drum by Loupiote

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Rainbow Gathering 2004 (California)

See the album description for more information about this event.

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DSC03923 - Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence - Sister Tuna Noodle by Loupiote

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Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

For more information, see description of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence set.

Photo taken at the Dore Alley - Up Your Alley Fair (San Francisco)

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DSC00317 - burning man 2007 - Inside Big Rig Jig by Loupiote

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Inside Big Rig Jig - see www.bigrigjig.com

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

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DSC08074 - Doosan Excavator DX225LC Ripping Up Old Asphalt (India) by Loupiote

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Doosan 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). With all the heavy truck traffic, huge potholes formed everywhere. Hopefully they will build a better road.

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DSC00979 - Caravan of Pack Mules on the Yamunotri Trail (India) by Loupiote

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Caravan of pack mules on the Yamunotri trail (India)

Yamunotri can only be reached by a 8 Km foot trail, so all the supply are hauled up using caravans of pack mules.

Here, the caravan returns (with no load) to the nearby village of Janki Chatti.

For more photos and info about Yamunotri, go to the Yamunotri photo album.

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DSC01093 - Jot Dean Ice Cave by Loupiote

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Large block of ice in the Jot Dean ice cave (California).

It looks like in the past, the entire cave was filled with ice, and now, due to climate change, most of the ice has melted, but there is still a pretty large chunk on the side.

For more info about ice caves, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_cave.

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DSC07319 - Abandoned 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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