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6620 - vietnam - Tribe woman with interesting hairdo by Loupiote

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Tribe woman with interesting hairdo (Mèo Vac, Vietnam)

This is the way the women of this tribe put their hair. When covered, it looks like that.

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DSC09473 - 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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DSC07085 - Contortionist in Barrel - Street Circus Act (Jakarta) by Loupiote

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Street performer in contortionist act.

Photo taken on Fatahillah Square in Kota, the old colonial city center of Jakarta.

There was a large crowd of locals and many kids enjoying the Eid ul-Fitr Holiday, at the end of Ramadan.

For more information about this location, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kota,_Jakarta

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00e8a500 - Living Root Bridge in the Jungle (India) by Loupiote

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

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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7079-thailand - เชียงใหม่ - Chiang Mai - สงกรานต์ - Songkran festival (Thai new year) by Loupiote

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Songkran festival (Thai new year) in Chiang Mai (Thailand)

I had the chance to be in Chiang Mai during Songkran, the Thai New Year (April 13th through the following week-end). During this holidays period, a Thai tradition consists in throwing copious amounts of water to others as a way to wish a happy new year. Chiang Mai's old defensive moat provide a endless source of water for the occasion.

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DSC02099 - Aman with Half Sugar Skull Makeup and Happy Smile - Dia de los Muertos (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Aman, with a half sugar skull makeup and a very happy smile.

She recently moved from New York and it was her first time at Dia de los Muertos in San Francisco.

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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DSC08383 - Youngsters Riding Customized Vespa Sidecar by Loupiote

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In Indonesia, some youngsters ride old customized Vespa scooters often equipped with makeshift sidecars. Those contraptions are semi-legal but tolerated by authorities. They have no license plates, so they pay no registration fees and have no insurance. Officially, those vehicles don't exist.

The youngsters riding those Vespas seem to be living in fringe of society, like punks or runaways. I don't know how they are called in Indonesian, but since there are a lot of them all over the country, they must have a way to call those guys.

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DSC08696 - Bridge Pillar in Ganges 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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DSC04432 - Jesus Loves the Great San Francisco Pillow Fight 2009 by Loupiote

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Jesus Loves the Giant Pillow Fight (San Francisco)

I'm sure Jesus and Mary-Magdalene would have settled their differences at the pillow fight if they were there.

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.

Check my other photos of the giant pillow fight and check the album description for more information about this event.

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DSC06525 - Elmo racing at the BYOBW - "Bring Your Own Big Wheel" race - toy tricycles (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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BYOBW - "Bring Your Own Big Wheel" race (San Francisco).

This is a free and unauthorized event. People race with Big Wheel toy tricycles and other non-motorized vehicles down the steep and curvy segment of Vermont Street in Potrero Hill. The racers reach dangerous speed and frequently crash. This race used to take place on the famous curvy segment of Lombard St, but because some of the Lombard St residents did not like the event and asked the police to shut it down, in 2009 they moved the BYOBW race to Vermont St where the neighbors have a more positive attitude.

For more information about this event, please read the album description.

I shot many of those photos with a very slow shutter speed to capture the motion effect. It is not easy to get good shots of this event.

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R1-2033 - Işhan Monastery - Georgian Church Ruin (Turkey) by Loupiote

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Ruins of Ishan Monastery (Turkey)

The church is a domed cruciform structure. The dome over the central square bay rests on four free-standing piers, each having a diameter of about two-meters.

During the conversion of the church into a mosque, a wall (visible on the left side of this photo) was constructed between the west arm and the central bay, the south and west entrances were closed, a mihrab niche facing in the direction of Mecca was constructed within the closed southern entrance, and the northern annex was converted into a prayer hall.

For more information about Işhan Monastery, read:

- www.choruh.com/en/tarih/kiliseler/the-monestery-of-ishan

For more information about those Georgian Church Ruins in Turkey, read the album description.

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7559 - vietnam - veterinarian spays a female piglet - 13 of 13 by Loupiote

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Country veterinarian spays a female piglet (Vietnam)

Piglet is dead-tired after oinking very loudely during the entire surgery! The little criter will hopefully life a happier life before some day becoming bacon and ham.

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

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

See the other photos of the piglet spaying operation.

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DSC06997 - Steam Locomotive Cylinder Case with Wing Decoration - Darjeeling (India) by Loupiote

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This is the left cylinder of steam locomotive -#802 "Victor". It is decorated with a wing, a bit like the -#791.

"Victor" is under maintenance at the Darjeeling yard, awaiting for new rods.

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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DSC08735 - 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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DSC14213 - Offset printing plate (India) by Loupiote

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Offset printing plate (India)

The images on this plate are hand mehndi designs (henna temporary tattoo).

I took this and those other photos in a small Print Shop / Book Editor in Delhi, called Jayyed Press.

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2861-phsh-operating-room - 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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2488-phsh-machine - pump - 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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2486-phsh-graffiti - 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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DSC04485 - Quebrada de las Conchas - Cafayate (Argentina) by Loupiote

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Quebrada de las Conchas, near Cafayate (Argentina)

The Quebrada De Las Conchas (gorge of shells) is so named because of the abundance of shell fossils in the amazing rock formations.

For more information about the Quebrada de las Conchas, try www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&q=...

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DSC00363 - Lumberjacks Using Lever to Roll Tree Log (India) by Loupiote

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Lumberjacks rolling the trunk of a big pine tree they just cut (India)

This was on the mountain road to Gangotri, in the Bhagirathi valley. The lumberjacks did not have any power tool or chainsaw, just two-man crosscut saws and wood axes. Yet they were able to cut and move large pine trees. Trucks had to wait some times until they cleared the road.

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DSC01989 - Man with Black Mosaic Mask and Hat - Dia de los Muertos (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Woman with red and black flower headdress and man with black mosaic mask and black hat.

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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6161-thailand - Beautiful Thai Women in Traditional Royal Thai Costumes - 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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DSC07446 - Arc Welding Repair on Motorcycle (India) by Loupiote

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Arc welding repair on my motorcycle rack (India)

Luggage racks on Royal Enfield Bullet motorbike have the tendency to crack and break frequently, due to weak brackets, poor design and vibrations.

This guy fixed my cracked brackets in a small village in Sikkim.

He is arc welding with no protection of any kind, not even welding glasses, which is quite common in poorer areas that only have the bear minimum supplies and equipment. Of course he did an excellent job, and charged me the normal price for the repair (a couple of dollars).

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DSC04261 - Bird's Nests Collectors - Madai Cave - Gua Madai (Borneo) by Loupiote

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Ida'an people collecting edible bird's nests in the Madai Cave (Borneo).

Swiftlet's nests are praised by Chinese people who use them to prepare bird's nest soup. The sale of those nests is the main source of revenue for the nearby village of Madai.

The bird's nests are harvested from the highest part of the cave (up to 50m high), using bamboo and rattan ladders and ropes. The bird's nest collectors use no harness and no safety equipment.

View my other photos of the Madai Cave.

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DSC02698 - Caterpillar CAT 385C Ultra High Demolition Excavator by Loupiote

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Caterpillar 385C Ultra High Demolition Excavator - Building Demolition - 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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DSC04148 - Bamboo Structure Toppled by the Wind Storm - Kumbh Mela 2013 (India) by Loupiote

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

This structure 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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8176 - vietnam - Old graffiti from french sailors in cave on desert island by Loupiote

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Old graffiti from french sailors in cave on desert island (Halong Bay, Vietnam)

Those graffiti were apparently made by sailors from the french war ship Georges Leygues in 1938. Most graffiti are dated January 28-29, (19)38 and have a reference to the Georges Leygues.

Some graffiti are also dated March 2, 1930. The Vietnamese guide told us that this cave had been used by French soldiers as a prison (not sure if this is correct, but it is plausible).

Check my other photos of this cave.

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7557 - vietnam - veterinarian spays a female piglet - 12 of 13 by Loupiote

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Country veterinarian spays a female piglet (Vietnam)

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

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

See the other photos of the piglet spaying operation.

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7554 - vietnam - veterinarian spays a female piglet - 11 of 13 by Loupiote

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Country veterinarian spays a female piglet (Vietnam)

Piglet is put back into its cage after the surgery!

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

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

See the other photos of the piglet spaying operation.

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DSC04919 - Oil Palm Mill Waste by Loupiote

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Palm Oil Mill Waste (Borneo)

This is the pile of oil palm fruits that have been pressed in the mill to extract the plam oil.

There are efforts to compost this oil palm waste, but it requires constant spraying of water otherwise the waste just dries up.

The management of this mill was very upset that I was taking photo of this waste, which by the way, was located outside the perimeter of the mill.

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DSC13926 - Armored Truck - Amarnath Yatra (pilgrimage) - Kashmir by Loupiote

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Indian Army Armoured 4x4 Truck - Amarnath Yatra (pilgrimage) - Kashmir

India fears terrorist attacks from Kashmiris or Pakistanis extremist militants as the Amarnath Cave is located in the Muslim region of Kashmir, very close to the cease-fire line with Pakistan-Controlled Kashmir. There is very heavy Indian military presence along the Trail up to the cave, with multiple armed check-points.

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

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DSC09111 - Crushed Truck - Wreck - Traffic Accident (India) by Loupiote

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In the background, the only water buffalo that walked away from a terrible truck accident that killed several other water buffaloes that were in the truck (India)

You can imagine the violence of the impact by looking at the crushed truck that was carrying the animals.

This is the aftermath of a 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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DSC00446 - Jadh Ganga River Gorge (India) by Loupiote

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Jadh Ganga river gorge, on the road to Gangotri (India)

The Jadh Ganga is a tributary of the Bhagirathi river, one of the headstreams of the Ganges.

Jadh Ganga originates in Tibet, China, north of Mana Pass. The upper valley of Jadh Ganga is claimed by China and controlled by India.

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

I took this photo from a bridge over this narrow canyon.

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DSC07315 - 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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DSC09688 - Rock Climber - Via Ferrata by Loupiote

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Sabine is ascending the via ferrata Col Rodella, Dolomites Mountains (Italian Alps).

This is a small but pleasant climbing route with 150m of steep rock equipped with cables.

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 Col Rodella, go to it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Col_Rodella.

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

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DSC09227 - Man on Bicycle near Old Monument in Indian Village by Loupiote

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Man riding bicycle near old monument in village (India)

I suppose this monument is an old Hindu shrine, but it could also be an old Muslim tomb or a cenotaph.

There was another similar monument in the village.

Like in most villages in India, there is no sanitation or sewage. Streams of dirty water full of trash run through the streets towards dump ponds. Plastic trash accumulates, since it does not turn into compost.

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

For more info about this village and to view the other photos of this village, go to the photo album.

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DSC06412 - Woman Blowing Soap Bubbles by Loupiote

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Woman making soap bubbles.

Photo taken at the False Profit Spring Training party in Joaquin Miller Park (Oakland)

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DSC02130 - Water Main Pipeline and Cutoff Valves - Sinkhole - Utility Workers Fixing Broken Water Main (San Francisco) by Loupiote

Utility Workers Fixing Broken Water Main (San Francisco)

To see more photos of this repair operation, go to this photo album.

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DSC05619 - Sailing Hydrofoil Catamaran Emirates Team New Zealand - 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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DSC04061 - Green Outfit with Green Feather Boa by Loupiote

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Marisette looks amazing in her scanty green outfit.

And yes, she does have an identical twin sister!

Photo taken at the Burning Man Decompression Party 2012 (San Francisco).

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DSC03874 - Fillmore street ski jump by Loupiote

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Ski jump competition on Fillmore Street in San Francisco, on a hot day of September 2005.

A ski jump run was created with 12,000 cubic feet of snow dump on the famous steep street overlooking the bay.

The event was mostly an advertising stunt organized by Icer, a ski and snowboard products company.

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DSC06068 - Old man walking with dog (Argentina) by Loupiote

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Old man walking with dog in Iruya (Argentina)

Iruya is a beautiful but very remote village in Northern Argentina. The dirt road that reaches the village is about 50Km long. It fords several rivers and goes over a 4000 meter pass. Iruya is reachable daily by local bus from Humahuaca (unless rain makes the road impassable).

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R1-DSC01037 - Hagia Sophia Interior (Istanbul) by Loupiote

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I took with photo of the ceiling of Aya Sofya with a 180-degre Fisheye extension lens, and processed it to reduce some of the distortion and chromatic aberration.

For more information about Aya Sofya, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia.

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DSC09443 - PHSH - stairway - 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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DSC01059 - Row Boats Sailing on Ganges River (India) by Loupiote

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Two river row boats sailing on Ganges river in Varanasi (India).

The river boats are used to ferry Hindu pilgrims to a beach across the 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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DSC01107 - Ghats and Boats on Ganges River - Varanasi (India) by Loupiote

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River boats moored in front of 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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DSC07458 - Arc Welding Repair on Motorbike Rack - Royal Enfield Bullet (India) by Loupiote

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Arc welding repair on my motorcycle rack (India)

Luggage racks on Royal Enfield Bullet motorbike have the tendency to crack and break frequently, due to weak brackets, poor design and vibrations.

This guy fixed my cracked brackets in a small village in Sikkim.

He is arc welding with no protection of any kind, not even welding glasses, which is quite common in poorer areas that only have the bear minimum supplies and equipment. Of course he did an excellent job, and charged me the normal price for the repair (a couple of dollars).

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DSC00287v2 - Sailing Stones on the Racetrack (Death Valley) by Loupiote

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Sailing Stones on the Racetrack dry lake in Death Valley (California)

Sailing stones are rocks that move in long tracks on the smooth and perfectly flat surface of a dry lake, without human or animal intervention. The rocks are most likely propelled by strong winds while entrapped in floating ice sheets (or icebergs), after winter rains flooded the dry lake and made the mud soft and slippery.

For more photos and information about the Racetrack sailing stones, go to the Sailing Stones photo series.

This photo was processed in True Tone HDR and Tone Mapping from a single RAW exposure.

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DSC00169 - Tehri Dam (India) by Loupiote

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Downstream side of the Tehri Dam in the Bhagirathi Valley, one of the headstreams of the Ganges river (India)

On the left side, you can see the overflow spillway.

The Tehri Dam was (and still is) a very controversial project, as it flooded a valley resulting in the destruction of numerous villages and a town (Tehri), and forced the relocation of about 100,000 people.

The Tehri Dam is the tallest dam in India and one of the tallest in the world. The dam is a 260.5 metres (855 ft) high rock and earth-fill embankment dam. The dam creates a reservoir with a surface area of 52 square kilometres (20 sq mi).

For more photos and info about the controversial Tehri Dam Hydro Power project, go to the Tehri Dam & Lake photo series.

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DSC07988 - Ancient Khasi Burial Site - Small Burial Chamber (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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