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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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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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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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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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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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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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7544 - vietnam - veterinarian spays a female piglet - 8 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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DSC06613 - Steam Locomotives - Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Train Yard (India) by Loupiote

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Steam locomotives at the Darjeeling Train Yard (India)

View more photos of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.

The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, locally known as the "Toy Train", is a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge railway that runs between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling (India). It is still operated by vintage British-built B Class steam locomotives. Operations between Siliguri and Kurseong have been temporarily suspended since 2010 following a Landslide at Tindharia (view photos of the landslide).

For more info about the DHR steam locomotives, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHR_778_(locomotive) and www.irfca.org/docs/locolists/dhr-locos-full.html.

For more information about the Darjeeling Steam-powered Train, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darjeeling_Himalayan_Railway.

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DSC00828 - 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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5799 - vietnam - Flower h'mong woman by Loupiote

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Flower h'mong woman (Bắc Hà, Vietnam)

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DSC04654 - DJs at Underground Rave Party by Loupiote

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DJs at Underground Rave Party

Photo taken at the "Take It To The Streets" renegade free rave party in Golden Gate Park (San Francisco).

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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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DSC00739 - burning man 2007 - Lamplighter's procession - Lantern - Fire conclave by Loupiote

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Lamplighter's Lantern - Fire conclave

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

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

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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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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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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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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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2532-phsh - honeycomb wall - 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.

Some people claim to be repulsed at the sight of objects with small holes, like this photo. The condition is called Trypophobia. For more info, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trypophobia.

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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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DSC04054 - Goth Vampire - Up Your Alley Fair (San Francisco) by Loupiote

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Goth Vampire

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

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DSC00885 - Construction Workers Replacing Tracks of the San Francisco Municipal Railway by Loupiote

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Construction workers replacing tracks of the San Francisco Municipal Railway on Duboce Street.

This is a curved section equipped with track guard rails (i.e. the rails are doubled).

View more photos of railroad workers replacing a Muni lightrail tracks in San Francisco.

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DSC05246 - Sugar Skull Makeup with Pink Flower by Loupiote

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Woman with pink sugar skull makeup and a big pink flower on her ear.

Photo taken at the Dia de los Muertos procession in the Mission (San Francisco) on Nov 2, 2012.

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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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DSC00261 - 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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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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7548-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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DSC05652 - Baba Making Tilaka Mark on Forehead (Nepal) by Loupiote

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Baba (Hindu devotee) making his ritual Tilak mark with white and yellow dye powder, during the Maha Shivaratri Hindu Festival (Nepal)

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

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

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DSC06995 - Contact Fire Staff Spinning by Shanti by Loupiote

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Contact Fire Staff Spinning by Shanti. He is doing a forward bend.

Shanta Alex Lovejoy is an international performance artist, fire dancer, juggler, musician.

For more information about him, read his bio.

Photo taken at the Flux fundraiser at the Poplar Gallery at American Steel Studios in Oakland.

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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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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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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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DSC04153 - Man in Bamboo Mesh Structure (India) by Loupiote

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Man dismantling a collapsed bamboo mesh 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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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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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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DSC06957 - Operator at the Controls of Steam Locomotive - Darjeeling (India) by Loupiote

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Operator at the controls of steam locomotive -#782 "Mountaineer" in Darjeeling (India)

The handle he is holding is controlling the brakes.

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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DSC01876 - burning man 2007 - Tamara aka "Bliss" by Loupiote

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

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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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DSC09188 - Elephant Statues - Column Rows - Ambedkar Park - Lucknow (India) by Loupiote

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Pratibimb Sthal, the main entrance to the memorial, is guarded by life-size statues of 62 elephants on both sides of the way.

Photo taken at the Ambedkar Memorial Park in Lucknow (India)

For more information about this monument, read the album description.

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DSC00283 - 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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6577 - vietnam - Medicine man's most precious treasure by Loupiote

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Medicine man's most precious treasure (Mèo Vac, Vietnam)

It looked like very thin hair or fibers (probably hair, maybe of a rare animal?), in a container looking like a tiny shoe (doll shoe?). That was apparently something very precious for Medicine man, and he would keep it in a concealed pocket in his jacket.

See more photos of the Mèo Vac medicine man and his treasures.

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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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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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DSC00112 - Indian Kankrej Cow with Very Big Horns by Loupiote

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This is an ox from Rajasthan.

Those Indian cattle with distinctively large horns are the Kankrej breed. For more info, read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kankrej_cattle_and_Guzerat_cattle.

Those oxes with very large horns belonged to the ISKCON Ashram (aka the "Hare Krishna"). They were used to pull their cart around the Kumbh Mela grounds.

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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DSC06034 - Bosch Hammer Drill - Electrical jackhammer - Power tool - Construction Worker by Loupiote

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Bosch Hammer Drill - Electrical jackhammer - Utility Workerr (San Francisco)

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8391-fire-dancer - rainbow gathering - hippie by Loupiote

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Rainbow Gathering 2004 (California)

See the album description for more information about this event.

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09655-burning-man-2006 - EL-wire butterfly by Loupiote

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EL-wire butterfly by Vikram Talwar

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

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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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DSC09227 - Rock Climbers on the Passo Santner Via Ferrata in the Dolomites by Loupiote

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Group of mountain 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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DSC00253 - Decorated Holy Cow 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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DSC07726 - Fire - Wooden Sculpture Burning by Loupiote

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Some large art structure being burned on the last day of the festival.

This piece was called Zark! by Quentin Davis.

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

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