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The Carnation Revolution Celebration (25h April)
The Carnation Revolution (Portuguese: Revolução dos Cravos), also referred to as the 25 April (Portuguese: 25 de Abril), was initially a military coup in Lisbon, Portugal, on 25 April 1974 which overthrew the regime of the Estado Novo.
source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnation_Revolution
At Avenida dos Aliados · Porto
E71 brought me back to Ilford, and is seen complete with AL code! This was actually from its second employment as it was new to SW for the 24. This third chapter of its career sees it nominally allocated for school work at River Road, though appearances on routes such as this, 101 and 147 are common. 27.10.19.
345008 Liverpool St-Goodmayes
SE25 Goodmayes-Ilford 364
E69 Ilford-King George’s Hospital 396
E71 King George’s Hospital-Ilford 396
DW421 Ilford-Charlie Browns Roundabout 123
DW542 CB Roundabout-Gants Hill 123
DW470 Gants Hill-Waltham Forest Collage 123
38101 Waltham Forest C-Walthamstow 212
DW474 Walthamstow-Blackhorse Rd Stn 230
Just got back from London .... and enjoyed our trip.
However, last Saturday it was really too crowded. Some 2 million people were shopping in Oxford Street and Regent Street, spending some 200 million Pounds !!!!!
You can imagine how good it was to leave the crowd and enjoy a more quiet and greener part of the city.
Saturday at High Park on a beautiful, warm and sunny day. The Wood Ducks along the north end of Grenadier Pond. This male squawks as another wood duck swims near its roost.
Back window of Adelaide Arcade in Adelaide, South Australia.
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In memory of my beloved father.
I miss him every day. Not to mention his little stories. One day, out of the blue, he recounted a short scene in a movie he saw more than 50 years ago: a guy was telling another the story of two young people madly in love with each other. The girl was still living with her parents; however, as a condition to move together with her lover, she asked him to leave town for a period of two years; additionally, during this period he was supposed to abstain from laughing (or even smiling).
The young man duly complied with these two (quite exotic) requirements and came back home after exactly two years. Close to arriving at the girl's house he noticed a lot of people in its garden. He entered the house and shortly thereafter started laughing.
At this moment, my father asked me: "Why did he laugh? You have five minutes to think about it!"
...The (not so surprising) answer? The man saw a coffin in the house; the girl had died several days before.
Harlequin Duck - male
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I made my annual pilgrimage to Barnegat Light this morning to see the wonders that often hang out there like this beautiful Harlequin Duck - my favorite duck species.
The water was really high today so the ducks had less space on the rocks, making it easier to get a nice shot.
A squinch arch, dating back to the late Gandhara period, in Kafiriat Tepe Buddhist monastery in Mes Aynak.
Afghanistan, May 2012.
In May 2012 I have travelled to Afghanistan on an assignment for the Czech edition of National Geographic Magazine. I have photographed excavation and rescue efforts at the world’s largest archaeological excavations site, located in Mes Aynak (“copper well”) area, Logar Province, Afghanistan.
Link and Polish text below.
Being an equally inspiring and unique place, experts on site believe that uncovering Mes Aynak ancient city would not only re-write the history of the Silk Route, but also the history of Buddhism.
That is however unlikely to happen. At the end of December 2012 the first part of the ancient site will be destroyed. Due to economic interests of China and Afghanistan a massive open copper mine complex just where the ancient city lays will be established. Mes Aynak is also a home to a second-largest unworked cooper deposit in the world.
To give you a hint. This earth-covered ancient city, yet to be excavated, sprawls across a territory of approximately 1,5 by 1,5 kilometers. Recent findings suggest that underneath the 2600 years-old town, Mes Aynak was inhabited in an organized manner as early as 5,000 years ago, well into Bronze Age. It is considered literally as a missing link between the civilizations of East and West, a trading hub, a money factory, a place where these two civilizations met and interacted.
According to international archaeologists on site, Mes Aynak becomes one of the five most important findings in the history of archaeology ever. That is, in the same category as Petra or Machu Piccu.
Unfortunately we will not learn about it. Underneath Mes Aynak city lays the second-largest known unworked copper deposit in the world. China Metallurgical Group Corporation (MCC), a government-owned giant bought rights to it for a round $3 billion and will excavate copper for the next 30 years, aiming to extract approximately $100 billion in it. A massive open copper mine, visible from outer space, will completely destroy this ancient site.
So far, perhaps 15% of the newest archaeological layer was uncovered. The second, or the earliest settlements will never be accessed. The entire city’ history, including its administrative center, Buddhist stupas, monasteries, as well as Bronze Age-era past will be forever lost.
Archaeologists state they require between 20 to 30 years to fully uncover and document this site but cannot oppose decision taken by the government of Afghanistan and MCC. A team consisting of international and Afghan archaeologists conducts the so called “rescue archaeology” - basically to dig out as much as possible in the remaining few months.
The reportage (text by Jiri Unger and Nicolas Engel) has been published as exclusive in the September edition of the Czech version of National Geographic magazine and is available here: www.national-geographic.cz/detail/exkluzivne-pro-ng-meden... (in Czech).
I will be posting more photographs over coming days and weeks, so stay tuned.
W maju 2012r., na zlecenie czeskiego National Geographic, pojechałem dokumentować największe na świecie wykopaliska archeologiczne mające miejsce w Mes Aynak („miedziana studnia”) w prowincji Logar w Afganistanie.
Pracujący na wykopaliskach archeolodzy uważają, że odkrycie starożytnego miasta Mes Aynak pozwoli nie tylko na nowo napisać historię Jedwabnego Szlaku, ale również na nowo napisać historię Buddyzmu.
Niestety raczej do tego nie dojdzie. Ze względu na interes ekonomiczny Afganistanu i Chin to zagubione miasto, już w grudniu 2012 r. zostanie usunięte z powierzchni ziemi. Wtedy zacznie tu powstawać ogromna, odkrywkowa kopalnia miedzi. A to ze względu na to, że starożytne miasto leży na drugim, największym na świecie jego składzie.
W telegraficznym skrócie: To pogrzebane pod ziemią miasto rozpołożone jest na terytorium wielkości półtorej na półtorej kilometra. Niedawne odkrycia sugerują, że pod gruzami 2,600-letniego miasta znajdują się pozostałości osadnictwa na przestrzeni ostatnich pięciu tysięcy lat, a więc jeszcze w epoce Brązu. Mówi się, że Mes Aynak jest tym brakującym łącznikiem tłumaczącym skalę kontaktów cywilizacji Zachodu i Wschodu. Miasto przypuszczalnie było centrum handlowym, fabryką pieniędzy i miejscem, gdzie dwie cywilizacje stykały się ze sobą.
Już teraz międzynarodowi archeolodzy mówią, że Mes Aynak wchodzi do grupy pięciu najważniejszych odkryć archeologicznych wszechczasów. Zajmuje tym samym miejscu obok Petry czy Machu Piccu.
Niestety nie będzie nam dane poznać tej historii. Chińska Metalurgiczna Grupa Kapitałowa, należący do państwa gigant za, bagatela, 3 miliardy dolarów, wykupił od afgańskiego rządu prawa do złoża. Będzie ją wydobywać w przeciągu następnych trzydziestu lat. Szacuje się, że w tym czasie wydobędzie równowartość ok. 100 miliardów dolarów tego surowca. Kopalnia odkrywkowa, tak wielka, że widziana z kosmosu, doszczętnie zrujnuje zaginione miasto.
Do chwili obecnej archeologom udało się odkopać ok. 15% najnowszego miasta. Drugi, czy trzeci, najwcześniejszy pokład archeologiczny nigdy nie zostaną odkryte. Całość historii tego miejsca, buddyjskie klasztory, pozostałości osadnictwa z epoki Brązu będą bezpowrotnie stracone.
Wg. archeologów na miejscu (wśród których, nota bene, jest dwoje Polaków), potrzeba dwudziestu, a może trzydziestu lat, by w pełni odkryć i udokumentować to miejsce. Zespół składający się z ekspertów z Europy, Stanów Zjednoczonych i Afganistanu prowadzi więc tzw. archeologię ratowniczą. Oznacza to mniej więcej próbę wydobycia w pozostałych kilku miesiącach jak największej ilości artefaktów i odkopania jak największego terenu.
Reportaż (tekst autorstwa archeologów Jiri Ungera I Nicolasa Engela) został opublikowany we wrześniowym numerze National Geographic. Można go zobaczyć tutaj: www.national-geographic.cz/detail/exkluzivne-pro-ng-meden... (po czesku).