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DSC09205 - Gadia Lohars Nomadic Tribe girls with Mehndi (India) by Loupiote

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Gaduliya Lohars girls with Mehndi (India)

The Gaduliya Lohars is a nomadic tribe of blacksmith that originates from Rajastan.

For more photos and information about this Gypsy tribe, read the album description

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DSC09433 - PHSH - hallway - 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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DSC07263 - No Need for Over Speed - BRO Road Sign (India) by Loupiote

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This is a road sign from BRO (the Border Roads Organisation), that built the mountains roads and bridges between West Bengal and Sikkim, as part of "Project Swastik".

For more info about the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Roads_Organisation.

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2270-burning-man-2005 - cubatron by mark lottor by Loupiote

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Yes, the Cubatron is drawing an image of "The Man" for a fraction of a second! I was really lucky to catch this one.

The Cubatron by Mark Lottor

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

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DSC08140 - Freshwater Prawns (India) by Loupiote

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Freshwater prawns sold at street market in Gairkata (India)

I believe those are freshwater prawns (i.e. river shrimps). There are also a few insects that crawled in the mix, but insects are edible too, so no problem!

If you can identify the exact species, please post a Comment!

I just took a break from my long motorcycle journey and strolled around this lively and colorful street market in a small town called Gairkata, in West Bengal.

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6218-thailand - ปราสาทหินพนมรุ้ง - Phanom Rung festival by Loupiote

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The traditional Phanom Rung festival takes place every year at full moon in the 5th lunar month, April. There are virtually no tourists there, but it's a very popular event for Thai people.

It's an amazing event, visually stunning and highly recommended if you travel in Thailand at this period.

To see more photos and information about this event, go to my Phanom Rung festival photo album.

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DSC06631 - Cave Racer Snake - Beauty Rat Snake (Borneo) by Loupiote

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Cave racer snake - Elaphe taeniura grabowskyi (Borneo)

Also called Cave Dwelling Rat snake and Beauty Rat snake.

If you know which is the preferred denomination for this snake, please post a comment.

This type of snake lives deep in caves and mostly feeds on bats. It is non-venomous.

For more info, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_rat_snake.

Spotted in Lang Cave, in Gunung Mulu National Park (Borneo)

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20729-burning-man-2006 - Climbing inside a Ring ladder by Loupiote

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Erica climbing the ring ladder of the giant three-legged alien

Giant Three-Legged Alien : I. T. by Michael Christian

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

Check my other photos of the Giant Three-Legged Alien!

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

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DSC01307 - 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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DSC07965 - SFPD Motorcycle Riot Police 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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DSC07068 - Miner buying Dynamite and Ammonium Nitrate (ANFO) at the corner store - Potosi (Bolivia) by Loupiote

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Miner buying Dynamite sticks, fuses, blasting caps and Ammonium Nitrate mix at the grocery store - Potosi (Bolivia)

A stick of dynamite like this one costs about $2, and the fuse and blasting cap are less than $2. Dynamite is used everyday in local mines, and you can buy it about everywhere in Bolivia.

The store also sells pink bags of premixed ANFO (Ammonium Nitrate with Fuel Oil), an explosive that is cheaper and more powerful than dynamite, but hard to detonate. Dynamite is used to trigger the blast of the Ammonium Nitrate mix.

Ammonium Nitrate (a common fertiliser) was used to blow up the Oklahoma City federal building.

For more information about Ammonium Nitrate explosive, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANFO

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

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DSC04509 - Hermandad del Dulce Nombre (Bofetá) - 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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DSC19933 - burning man 2007 - Guardian of Eden - Metal Flower by Loupiote

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Guardian of Eden, by Kate Raudenbush - see www.kateraudenbush.com

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

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DSC05285 - Sugar Skull Makeup - Red Feather Boa by Loupiote

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Helen with sugar skull makeup and a red feather boa. Small green hat with feathers.

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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2013-10-20_16-57-59_334 - Taking Photos with Mobile Phones - Señor de los Milagros Procession (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Crowd of Catholic Peruvians snapping photos of the holy image of Señor de los Milagros 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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DSC08885 - burning man 2007 - Playa Ruins by Loupiote

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Playa Ruins, by Quentin Davis - see www.quentini.com

Playa ruins is vernacular architecture for tiny ancient people. Made from the materials at hand, playa and water, these tiny people built a grand edifice which has withstood this harsh desert for eons. Standing five feet tall, it was a Herculean task for these tiny people who stood no more than 3" tall.

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

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DSC07012 - Bemos - Daihatsu Midget Three-Wheeler (Jakarta) by Loupiote

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Bemos (Jakarta)

Bemo is short for "Becak Motor" which means "Auto Rickshaw" in Indonesian. Bemo's are public transportation vehicles (i.e. shared taxis).

Those old Three-wheeler Bemos have been banned from Jakarta because they cause a lot of pollution and are old and noisy, and dangerous, but they are still used in parts of Jakarta.

Those are the last surviving Daihatsu Midget I model bemos. The Last year of production was 1972.

For more information about the Daihatsu Midget Bemo, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daihatsu_Midget

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dsc09589 - windsurfing on the Playa - burning man 2004 - Landsailing by Loupiote

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My windsurfing gear.

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 2004 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

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7595 - vietnam - Melting Barrels of Asphalt (Bitumen) with wood fire by Loupiote

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Road construction (Vietnam)

1) put some wood between the barrels of asphalt and start a fire so that the asphalt will melt and become liquid. If no wood is available, use anything that can burn, like old tires. Bonus points if you can burn something really toxic.

2) When the asphalt start melting, scoop some at the top and poor it on the wood. Asphalt burns well, so this will help melting the rest of the asphalt.

3) Repeat step 2 until the asphalt in entirely melted in the barrels. This will take several hours and produce a really nice plume of toxic smoke. If you are lucky, you will only need to burn 30% of your asphalt to melt the rest, so you have 70% asphalt left to pour on the road.

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DSC00943 - Fire Proximity Suit by Loupiote

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Ooops!

Flame-resistant suit - Fire - Protective Clothing

Playing Dance Dance Immolation. Dance Dance Immolation is a modification of the popular dance game Dance Dance Revolution by Interpretative Arson. Essentially, you play DDR and when you do well flame-throwers shoot large propane blasts into the air. However when you do poorly, the flame-throwers will fire propane blasts into face. All players are required to wear a full-aluminized proximity suit, a forced-air respirator, and fireproof hood and gloves.

Fire Arts Festival @ The Crucible (Oakland, California).

This photo is part of my Fire Arts Set.

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DSC03475-bw - Niah Caves in the fog - Gua Niah (Borneo) by Loupiote

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A beautiful natural cave in the Niah National Park (Borneo).

This is the entrance of the Great Cave, which is very large with huge chambers, up to 75m high, and a network of tunnels covering 10 hectares.

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

This is a tone-mapped HDR (High Dynamic Range) image obtained from 4 bracketed exposures.

Color version. Which one do you prefer?

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DSC05464 - Kid with 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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DSC07388 - Girl with Sugar Skull Makeup by Loupiote

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Little girl with sugar skull makeup and orange feather eyelashes.

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

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

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2483-phsh-footbridge - 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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DSC19792 - 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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DSC04841 - Moving Tree Logs - Caterpillar 966C with Logging Fork 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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DSC01306 - Cataphile in Candle-lit Cave - 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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DSC01838 - Hindu Man with White Beard, Smiling (India) by Loupiote

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Portrait of a Hindu man with white beard, smiling, on the Ghats of Varanasi (India).

He has the Ramanandi Tilaka ritual forehead mark.

For more info about the Ramanandi Hindu sect, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramanandi_Sampradaya.

For more info about the Tilaka Hindu Ritual Mark, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilaka.

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

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DSC09747 - Rock Climbing in the Dolomites - Via Ferrata by Loupiote

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

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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DSC06405-bw - Mexican Costumes - Two Men with Sombreros and Sugar Skull Makeup - Dia de los Muertos by Loupiote

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Photo taken at the Dia de los Muertos procession in the Mission (San Francisco) on Nov 2, 2016.

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

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DSC05520 - Airbrush Skull Makeup - Dia de Los Muertos - Halloween (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Ricardo Felix with airbrush work by Jessica Atreides / Sleight of Hand Airbrush aka SOHA Collective.

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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DSC09047 - Carcass of Water Buffalo Killed in Truck Accident (India) by Loupiote

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Dead water buffalo after truck accident (India)

This is the aftermath of a terrible traffic accident involving a cattle truck carrying live water buffaloes. Several buffaloes were killed, and only a couple survived.

For more info and other photos of this accident, go to the photo album.

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DSC05078 - White Feather Boa - Sugar Skull Makeup by Loupiote

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Woman with sugar skull makeup, large black hat, long white feather boa and red dress.

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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DSC05098 - Woman with Sugar Skull Makeup and Victorian Costume by Loupiote

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My friend Cameragirl with her sugar skull face paint and her intricate Victorian style outfit.

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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DSC09205 - Montaineers Ascending the Santner Pass Via ferrata in the Dolomites by Loupiote

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Group of climbers ascending the Santner Pass Via ferrata, in the Dolomites (Italian Alps).

This is one of the steep area to scramble up, with some technical difficulty, and some old snow.

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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DSC05257 - Stone Elephants at Fasidega Temple - Nepali Gurkha Army Soldiers (Nepal) by Loupiote

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Nepali Army soldiers between the stone elephants at the Fasidega Temple, on Bhaktapur Durbar Square (Nepal)

If you can identify the exact Division or Brigade of these Nepali soldiers, please post a Comment!

Bhaktapur is one of the Royal Cities of Nepal, located about 10 Km East of Kathmandu.

For more info about Bhaktapur, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhaktapur.

The Nepalese Army is also called Gorkha Army. For more info, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurkha_Army.

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DSC09764 - Rock Climbing - Via Ferrata (Dolomites) by Loupiote

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This is my friend Sabine ascending the via ferrata Tridentina, Dolomites Mountains (Italian Alps).

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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DSC07992 - Ancient Khasi Burial Site - Small Burial Chambers (India) by Loupiote

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Ancient Khasi memorial stones, in the East Khasi Hills, in Meghalaya (India)

I noticed a large number of those small square stone structures (about 20-30 cm side for the center hole).

From reading various old books about the Khasi people ancient funeral traditions, I believe that those square structures are small burial chamber, i.e. small boxes where the ashes of the dead were kept, temporarily before a big ceremony (that did not take place too often) where they were moved into a larger Cinerarium (or large burial chamber), i.e. basically a communal tomb holding the remains of all the Tribe's elders.

For more photos and information about these, go to the Khasi Memorial Stones album (read the album description).

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DSC07693 - Full Moon Behind Trees by Loupiote

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Full moon rising over the Presidio (San Francisco)

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DSC04956 - Electricity Pylon and High Voltage Transmission Power Line by Loupiote

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Electric Power Line - High Tension Transmission Line Tower and stormy sky (Argentina)

This is a HDR (High Dynamic Range) image from 1 RAW exposure, processed with tone mapping.

There is another HDR of the same photo made from 3 RAW exposures.

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DSC05754 - Sailing Hydrofoil Catamaran Oracle Team USA - America's Cup 2013 Race (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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America's Cup 2013 Race in San Francisco Bay.

For more photos and info about the America's Cup race and the AC72-class hydrofoil catamarans, go to the album description.

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23000 - Sistine Chapel Fresco by Loupiote

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Michelangelo's fresco in Sistine chapel (Vatican)

It was very dark and flash was not allowed (light damages the fresco). tripods were not allowed either, so i placed my Pentax MX film camera on the floor and took a long exposure shot (probably 30 sec or 1 min). it turned out amazingly good, especially since i estimated the exposure time as i had no light meter.

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DSC09468 - PHSH - Glass Vaccum Tubing - Abandoned hospital (Presidio, San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Glass vacuum tubing and valve in the research lab.

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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DSC02888 - Christmas lights hanging from a helium balloon by Loupiote

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Dynamic light sculpture made of a long line of blinking christmas lights hanging from a very high helium balloon

That's One Tall Fucking Thing aka the Beanstalk by Mike Light, David Rattray, and Wil Van Hazel.

Check my other photos of the Beanstalk.

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DSC01889 - Glacial Striations on Basalt Columns - Devils Postpile (California) by Loupiote

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The top of the columns of Devils Postpile - Columnar Basalt in the Eastern Sierra (California)

A basalt volcanic flow formed hexagonal-shaped columns when it cooled down.

You can clearly see the parallel grooves showing the erosion caused by debris pushed by the slow-moving ice of the glacier that used to cover this valley. Those marks are called glacial striations.

For more info about this rock formation, go to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devils_Postpile_National_Monument.

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DSC06459 - Deer Cave Mouth - Mulu (Borneo) by Loupiote

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The mouth of 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.

The small silhouette at the bottom right of the image gives an idea if the size of this cave.

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

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DSC04150 - Collapsed Bamboo Mesh Structure (India) by Loupiote

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Collapsed bamboo structure at the Kumbh Mela 2013 Hindu festival near Allahabad (India)

This bamboo structure was the gate of an Ashram, which got toppled and destroyed by the big storm that caused extensive damage and flooding in the entire Kumbh Mela this year.

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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DSC01433 - Alyssa, Gaëlle and Coraline - Catacombes de Paris - Catacombs of Paris (off-limit area) by Loupiote

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Alyssa, Gaëlle and Coraline - 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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DSC04117 - People Walking on Muddy Road (India) by Loupiote

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Muddy street after the big rain 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.

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DSC07976 - SFPD Riot Police on Motorcycle 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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