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...one day we even had +7 degrees C, I think it was one of the last of ski trip in this season... may be once more, if the weather will pleasure...
Torrential rain all morning and most of the afternoon suddenly blew away and revealed a blue sky with some lovely light for an hour. When I took a chance and went for a walk I found this 'river' where yesterday there had been a path through the trees. I'm always taken by the random paths the water makes through the leaves.
Three images focus stacked to get the full depth of field.
365/306 - Year 10 Photo 3593
Bakewell Recreation Ground. Football pitch and Tennis court to the left , Football and Cricket pitches to the right. Avenue of trees to separate them.
Bakewell , Derbyshire is the 'capital' of the Peak District National Park .
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This is a defunct railroad bridge that sits over the Stony Brook in Hopewell Township, NJ.
I was driving by the church at the end of my street just as the sun was setting. It was just glowing in the sun so I had to stop.This church was built in the mid 1800's and has an interesting design, All the windows and doors are peaked and it has a very steep slope on the roof.
Built with landscaping items from 21strom in Second Life and 21strom in Kitely.
Not photoshopped or post-processed.
Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park is a 1,200 ft (366 m) skyscraper in the Midtown district of Manhattan in New York City, in the United States. It is located on Sixth Avenue, between 42nd and 43rd Street, opposite Bryant Park. The US$1 billion project was designed by Cook+Fox Architects to be one of the most efficient and ecologically friendly buildings in the world. It is the second tallest building in New York City, after the Empire State Building, and the fourth tallest building in the United States. Construction was completed in 2009. In June 2010, the Bank of America Tower was the recipient of the 2010 Best Tall Building Americas award by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank of America Tower (New York City)
Bryant Park is one of the signature examples of New York City's revival in the 1990s. Essentially crime-free, the park is filled with office workers on sunny weekdays, city visitors on the weekends, and revelers during the holidays. Daily attendance counts often exceed 800 people per acre, making it the most densely occupied urban park in the world. In 1995, an article about midtown office workers who had found the newly reopened park a good place to go to after work bore the headline "Town Square of Midtown" and the moniker has stuck. In the early 2000s, BPC added a custom-built carousel and revived the tradition of an open-air library, The Reading Room, which also hosts literary events. The Bryant Park Grill and Bryant Park Cafe have become popular after-work spots, and 'wichcraft, the sandwich chain owned by Tom Colicchio, operates four kiosks on the park's west end.
The World War II Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial is a war cemetery which lies in the village of Margraten six miles (10 km) east of Maastricht, in the most southern part of the Netherlands. It is administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission.
The cemetery site has a rich historical background, lying near the famous Cologne-Boulogne highway, originally built by the Romans and used by Julius Caesar during his campaign in that area. The highway was also used by Charlemagne, Charles V, Napoleon, and Kaiser Wilhelm II. In May 1940, Hitler's legions advanced over the route of the old Roman highway, overwhelming the Low Countries. In September 1944, German troops once more used the highway for the withdrawal from the countries occupied for four years.
The tall memorial tower can be seen before reaching the cemetery which covers 65.5 acres (26.5 ha). From the cemetery entrance the visitor approaches through the Court of Honor with its pool reflecting the chapel tower. The visitors' building is on the right and the museum with its three engraved operations maps describing the achievements of the American Armed Forces in the area during World War II is on the left. At the base of the tower facing the reflecting pool is a statue representing the grieving mother of her lost son.
The walls on either side of the Court of Honor contain the Tablets of the Missing on which are recorded the names of 1,722 American missing who gave their lives in the service of their country and who rest in unknown graves. Beyond the chapel and tower is the burial area which is divided into sixteen plots. Here rest 8,301 American dead, most of whom lost their lives nearby. Their headstones are set in long curves. A wide tree-lined mall leads to the flag staff which crowns the crest.
Each year on Memorial Day (28 May) the dead are commemorated. In 2005, president Bush attended a large solemn meeting. It was for the first time that an American president visited the cemetery. The following quote is from a speech president Bush gave that day:
“On this peaceful May morning we commemorate a great victory for liberty, and the thousands of white marble crosses and Stars of David underscore the terrible price we pay for that victory. For the Americans who rest here, Dutch soil provides a fitting home. It was from a Dutch port that many of our pilgrim fathers first sailed for America. It was a Dutch port that gave the American flag its first gun salute. It was the Dutch who became one of the first foreign nations to recognize the independence of the new United States of America. And when American soldiers returned to this continent to fight for freedom, they were led by a President (Roosevelt) who owed his family name to this great land."
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This is the majestic North Fork of the Salmon River in North Fork, Idaho. The obvious water is actually overflow/flooding into a pasture -- it's not the frozen river referenced in the title.