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DSC09466 - PHSH - vandalized bathroom - 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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DSC00077 - 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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DSC00956 - Pack Mules on the Yamunotri Trail (India) by Loupiote

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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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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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DSC09987 - Woman Putting Motorbike on Center Stand by Loupiote

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This is my friend Bun Bun (Chelsea), trying to put a Royal Enfield bullet motorbike on its Center Stand, 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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DSC05607 - Baba Holding a Chillum of Ritual Cannabis at the Shivaratri Hindu Festival (Nepal) by Loupiote

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Baba (Hindu devotee) smoking a chillum of ritual cannabis at the Shivaratri Hindu festival at the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu (Nepal).

The ritual marking on his forehead is called a Tilaka.

During the Shivaratri festival (the 'Great Night of Shiva'), thousands of Hindu devotees and pilgrims gather at the Pashupatinath Temple to pray and celebrate Lord Shiva. Smoking holy Ganja is part of the ritual.

For more info about religious use of cannabis, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_and_spiritual_use_of_cann....

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

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DSC07586 - Beef Lungs Hanging at Meat Market (India) by Loupiote

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Beef lungs hanging at a meat market in Meghalaya (India)

It may sound strange, but in some regions of India, people do eat cows.

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. Khasi people were animist but most converted to Christianity, and they do eat beef.

In this village, several meat shops were selling beef meat and they displayed the severed heads of the slaughtered cows on the ground in front of their shop. They have no fridges so the animals are slaughtered early in the morning, and all the fresh meat and organs must be sold by the end of the day.

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

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dsc02118 - Rotary Kiln - Mercury Smelter - New Idria by Loupiote

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Mercury Smelter - Furnace - New Idria

For more information about rotary kilns, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotary_kiln

New Idria is a ghost town located in a remote area of the Coast Range of California (USA), outside the town of Hollister. It was once a center for mercury (quick silver) and asbestos mining. New Idria was at its peak well before the Gold Rush in California of the 1840's and 1860's. There are still high levels of mercury and asbestos polution in the area.

If you don't mind ignoring all the "no trespassing" signs, you can visit an amazing mercury smelter with four large "Gould" rotary furnances. This smelter was abandoned in the 1970's. All those photos were taken in May 2004.

Go to my New Idria photos for more photos and information about this place.

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DSC04334 - Hermandad de los Servitas - 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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DSC08334 - Burning Man 2009 - Fire Conclave - Fire Performers by Loupiote

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Fire Conclave - Fire Performers

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

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6805 - vietnam - Bamboo raft to cross river - Мотоциклы Минск 125 - Soviet-made Minsk 125cc motorcycle by Loupiote

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Bamboo raft to cross river (Vietnam)

On the raft, my rented Soviet-made Minsk 125cc motorcycle.

This is the typical way to cross rivers when there is no bridges. Works with motorcicles, but not with cars!

That's my red Minsk Soviet-made motorcycle.

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burning-man - fire cannon - flame by Loupiote

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Fire cannon

The fuel is propelled by compressed natural gas and set on fire by a blow torch located at the tip of the vertical pipe.

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

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DSC08079 - Doosan Excavator DX225LC Scraping Off Old Asphalt (India) by Loupiote

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

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

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DSC01931 - KLR 650 Motorbike Crash on Dirt Trail by Loupiote

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My KLR 650 motorbike decided to take a nap!

It is hard to tell on the photo, but the trail was pretty steep and I crashed going downhill (slow).

The motorbike does not have a scratch, but I bruised a foot in the mishap.

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

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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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DSC00637 - Skull Makeup - Hat with flowers - Dia de los Muertos - Halloween (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Woman with Skull Face Paint - Candle Light - 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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2482-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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DSC05186 - Railroad Tunnel and Bridge by Loupiote

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Railroad access to the Caminito del Rey - El Chorro gorge (Spain)

The Caminito del Rey is a vertiginous and very dangerous trail attached to a vertical cliff in a canyon near El Chorro, in southern Spain.

For more photos and information about this place, read the album description.

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DSC04851 - Caterpillar 966C with Logging Fork Moving Tree Logs by Loupiote

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

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

View my other photos of Tree Logging and Deforestation.

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

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DSC00969 - Caravan of Pack Mules on the Steps of 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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DSC09442 - Construction of the Planned Urban Developments "Gaur City 1" & "Gaur City 2" in Greater Noida (India) by Loupiote

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Construction of the planned townships "Gaur City 1" (closer, on the right) and "Gaur City 2" (further, on the left), 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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DSC00941 - Divya Shila - Sacred Rock near Yamunotri Temple (India) by Loupiote

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Divya Shila, the sacred rock near Yamunotri Temple (India)

The powerful rock pillar located near the Surya Kund (sacred hot springs) at Yamunotri, Divya Shila presents a ethereal feeling to the devotees. It is customary that all the devotees should make pujas (prayers) here at Divya Shila before they enter Yamunotri.

The rock is part of the mountain and embedded in the wall of the temple. It is surrounded by a small decorated shrine.

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

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DSC01305 - 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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DSC01040 - 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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DSC00240 - Decorated Holy Cow - Hinduism by Loupiote

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What made this 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!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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DSC08994 - Marching Indian Drums - Canes (India) by Loupiote

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Hindu Festival in a small village in Jharkhand state (India).

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Based on the date (April 11, 2013), this may be Ugadi or Gudi Padwa, a celebration of the New Year's Day according to the lunisolar Hindu calendar.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugadi

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gudi_Padwa

If you can identify the exact name of the Festival or have more info about this ritual, please post a comment!

The Hindu priest of the village walks from a Temple to a nearby pond, over the shoulders of the young men of the village, while a group of older men beat drums with canes.

As soon as the priest has walked on the shoulders of a man, that man runs back to the front of the line and sits on the ground again.

The bare-foot Hindu priest will walk all the way to the pond without touching the ground, and the ceremony will continue near the water.

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6602 - Mushroom Rock - Ho Nang Usa - หอนางอุสา by Loupiote

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Sandstone rock formations created by erosion, Phu Phra Bat Historical Park (Thailand)

Most of the bizarre rock formations in the park are featured in an enchanting local legend about a king (Phaya Kong Phan), his stunningly beautiful daughter (Nang Usa), a hermit (the Rishi Chantra) and a love-struck prince from another kingdom (Tao Baros). For details, go to my Phu Phra Bat Historical Park photo album.

According to the legend, this striking rock formation, Ho Nang-Usa, is said to be the tower where the beautiful princess was forced to live by her overprotective father.

Phu Phra Bat Historical Park (Stones Garden) is on the foothills of the Phu Phan Mountains in Ban Phu district, 68 km north-west of Udon Thani (northern Thailand).

The park is full of bizarre rock formations and shrines built around the boulders. Several temples and Buddhist shrines are located in the park. Sema stone markers and high relief sandstone Dvaravati-era Buddha images can also be seen. Evidence of prehistoric cultures can be found in a number of caves where there are wall paintings of humans and animals.

To see more photos and information about this place, go to my Phu Phra Bat Historical Park photo album.

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My Art by Hotel Midnight

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Head slightly tipped and that slightly mad expression. AddThis was the advice I was given to say when someone"s overly kind gushing embarrasses me. I've never used it. It seemed a bit rude even though--on the inside--you laughed. No, I appreciate the kindness of distracting me with something this dorky.

It was funny. #alterego

Sketchbook toon camera, polermatic, brushstroke

DSC11423 - Woman selling home-made beef jerky (dried meat) - Laos by Loupiote

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Woman selling home-made beef jerky (dried meat) - Laos

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DSC00423 - Altar de Muertos - Memorial - Dia de Los Muertos - Halloween (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Photo taken at the Dia de los Muertos procession in the Mission (San Francisco) on Nov 2, 2006.

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

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DSC03675 - Construction Workers with Straw Hats and Safety Helmets by Loupiote

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Construction workers often wear their safety helmet over straw hats. Sun protection is a necessity when working all day outdoor in tropical countries.

Photos taken on a hotel construction site in Miri (Borneo).

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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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DSC08294 - TENFOLDER Graffiti - Abandoned Factory (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Ten Folder 06 Graffiti in abandoned factory (San Francisco)

The Washington Packing Corporation was a tuna canning factory and operated in the early 1960's, until botulism killed several people who ate tuna canned in this factory.

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DSC04452 - Cheerleaders at the Great San Francisco Pillow Fight 2009 by Loupiote

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Giant Pillow Fight (San Francisco)

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.

For more photos and information about the Great San Francisco Pillow Fight, please read the album description.

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DSC00827 - 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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2013-10-20_16-59-11_992 - Mobile Photo Sharing at Catholic Procession by Loupiote

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Crowd of Catholic Peruvians snapping photos of a Holy image of the Virgin Mary with Jesus Infant at the end of the procession, in front of Mission Dolores church.

Photo taken at the traditional Catholic procession of the "Señor de los Milagros" (Lord of Miracles) by the Peruvian community of San Francisco.

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

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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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DSC03859 - Jessica Gonzalez in my Grand Uniforme of Ecole Polytechnique by Loupiote

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My friend Jessica, who had never been to the Folsom St Fair before.

It was getting cold so I gave her the jacket of my Ecole Polytechnique "Grand-Uniforme" dress jacket (that we call "Grand-U"), and we did a small photoshoot in the street.

Female students at the Ecole Polytechnique actually wear a vest of different style. This is the men's uniform.

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

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DSC03120 - 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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DSC09316 - Car Decorated with Mosque Dome & Minaret on its Roof - Eid-Milad-un-Nabi Muslim Festival (India) by Loupiote

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Car decorated with a mosque dome and minaret on its roof, headed for 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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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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DSC00826 - Six Legged Cow (India) by Loupiote

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This calf has two extra legs 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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DSC04666 - Pacman Ghost Costume by Loupiote

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Photo taken at the 2012 How Weird Street Faire in San Francisco.

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8661-asha-with-guy - rainbow gathering - hippie by Loupiote

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Rainbow Gathering 2004 (California)

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DSC09019 - Burning Man 2009 - The Purple Palace Bus - Art Car by Loupiote

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The Purple Palace Bus

The crew is washing the dust off the bus with a pressured-water car washer.

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

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DSC08786 - Choukaj at the Carnaval Tropical de Paris by Loupiote

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Choukaj is a traditional creole percussion and dance group from Guadeloupe Island (French West Indies). Check their website at facebook.com/choukaj/

Photos taken at the 2012 Carnaval Tropical in Paris.

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DSC05463 - Woman laughing between two men dressed as brides - Brides of March (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Woman laughing between two men dressed as brides

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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DSC08904 - burning man 2007 - Koilos by Loupiote

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Koilos, by Michael Christian - see www.xianspace.com/bm2007

For more info about Michael Christian, go to michaelchristian.com.

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

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DSC09197 - Pink Shiva Lingam in Indian Village by Loupiote

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Small Hindu shrine with Shiva Lingam in village (India)

There is also a holy bull statue near the pink Linga.

This photo is part of a series that I took in a small rural Indian village.

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DSC08909 - Bara Imambara Gate - Lucknow (India) by Loupiote

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The Main Gate of the Bara Imambara complex in Lucknow (India).

For more info about this monument, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bara_Imambara.

An Imambara is a congregation hall for Shia commemoration ceremonies, especially those associated with the Remembrance of Muharram. Read more here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imambara.

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