If classical antiquity had overcome slavery; if curiosity had not been fused with conquest and colonisation; if the Declaration of Human Rights of 1789 had contained a paragraph on the abolition of the slave trade; if the Enlightenment and its successor civilisations had kept wisdom; if barbarism had not been the hallmark of the 20th century; if superstition had not returned via the social media; if we all had let go our crazy search for certainty. If.

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The water tower in the middle of the chapel bridge is part of the historic city fortification of Lucerne and is considered a landmark of the city.

The 35-metre-high octagonal and slightly leaning tower complements the city fortification towards the lake. Its construction time cannot be determined with certainty, but certainly after 1262, so even before the chapel bridge built. It has long served as a defensive and watchtower, as well as a cornerstone of the city's fortification. Over the years, he was a city archive, treasury, dungeon and torture chamber.

It is mentioned for the first time in 1367. The existing roof chair dates back to 1339. Since 1939 the tower has been rented to the Lucerne Artillery Association. The tower is rarely open to the public, usually only in summer.

On the lower floor of the tower is a dungeon. Its walls are three meters thick, there are neither windows nor doors. Access is only possible via an opening in the floor of the room above. The dungeon was probably used as a prison until 1759 and then abandoned. On the first floor is the so-called treasury. It served as a prison and as an interrogation and torture chamber until 1759. From 1759 to 1798 the state treasure was kept here, from 1798 to 1803 the room served again as a prison and from 1804 to keep the securities of the community. The second upper floor was until 1759 the place of storage of the Lucerne State Treasury and the State Archives.

When it was discovered in 1758 that money had been stolen for years, it was converted into a prison (until 1802). From 1804 to 1919 he again housed the municipal archive. The striking stork nest on the top of the tower has not been used for over 100 years. The 15-metre-high attic served as an interrogation and torture chamber. Since 1892 alpine sailors have been breeding here in a colony, which is supervised by the Ornithological Society of the City of Lucerne (OGL), since 1959 on behalf of the City Council of Lucerne. The Alpine sailing colony in the water tower is the largest Alpine swift "Tachymarptis melba" colony in central Switzerland.

Nombre común : Carpintero Buchipecoso

Nombre científico: Colaptes punctigula

Nombre en inglés: SPOT- BREASTED WOODPECKER

Nombre en alemán: Tüpfelbrustspecht

Nombre en francés: Pic de Cayenne

Lugar de la foto: 1046 msnm, Finca Siboney- Santagueda, Palestina- Caldas- Colombia

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A mi amigo JOSÉ MIGUEL PANTALEÓN INOA, en su cumpleaños, quiero dedicarle este retrato del COLAPTES PUNCTIGULA, recordándole que cada día, cada mes, cada año es un nuevo comienzo, es tener la certeza que los milagros existen y que los sueños los podemos hacer realidad. Tus fotografías están llenas de sorpresas, de calidad y buen gusto. Disfrutamos de tus comentarios anexos, y, máxime cuando te auto-regalas esas bellezas de especímenes que por fortuna nos permites admirar cuando las compartes. Verdaderos milagros. FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS amiguito te deseamos desde Colombia tus amigos. Un abrazo.

To my friend José Miguel Pantaleón Inoa, on his birthday, I want to dedicate this portrait of COLAPTES PUNCTIGULA, reminding him that every day, every month, every year is a new beginning, it is to have the certainty that miracles exist and that dreams can be made reality. Your photographs are full of surprises, of quality and good taste. We enjoy your attached comments, and especially when you give yourself those beauties of specimens that fortunately you allow us to admire when you share them. True miracles. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, my friend, we wish you your friends from Colombia. A hug.

Follow the road without certainty ...

There is beauty and calm associated with the arrival of winter. The light is different and the earth seems to slow down and rest after a long season of life-sustaining production. I like to slow down in a similar fashion, and feel the light cascade slowly down into my soul as winter arrives. In these quiet moments I feel my soul connected to what I cannot fully understand, but know with certainty is waiting for me. The God who calls me by name and numbers the hairs on my head stands closer to us mortals than we realize.

Vallonia, IN

2010

© James Rice, All Rights Reserved

The water tower in the middle of the chapel bridge is part of the historic city fortification of Lucerne and is considered a landmark of the city.

The 35-metre-high octagonal and slightly leaning tower complements the city fortification towards the lake. Its construction time cannot be determined with certainty, but certainly after 1262, so even before the chapel bridge built. It has long served as a defensive and watchtower, as well as a cornerstone of the city's fortification. Over the years, he was a city archive, treasury, dungeon and torture chamber.

It is mentioned for the first time in 1367. The existing roof chair dates back to 1339. Since 1939 the tower has been rented to the Lucerne Artillery Association. The tower is rarely open to the public, usually only in summer.

On the lower floor of the tower is a dungeon. Its walls are three meters thick, there are neither windows nor doors. Access is only possible via an opening in the floor of the room above. The dungeon was probably used as a prison until 1759 and then abandoned. On the first floor is the so-called treasury. It served as a prison and as an interrogation and torture chamber until 1759. From 1759 to 1798 the state treasure was kept here, from 1798 to 1803 the room served again as a prison and from 1804 to keep the securities of the community. The second upper floor was until 1759 the place of storage of the Lucerne State Treasury and the State Archives.

When it was discovered in 1758 that money had been stolen for years, it was converted into a prison (until 1802). From 1804 to 1919 he again housed the municipal archive. The striking stork nest on the top of the tower has not been used for over 100 years. The 15-metre-high attic served as an interrogation and torture chamber. Since 1892 alpine sailors have been breeding here in a colony, which is supervised by the Ornithological Society of the City of Lucerne (OGL), since 1959 on behalf of the City Council of Lucerne. The Alpine sailing colony in the water tower is the largest Alpine swift "Tachymarptis melba" colony in central Switzerland.

I love this image because it shows the passion of the "cariocas" for the great party that is over, a bit of disappointment because songs, sounds, dances and parties will come back only in a year, but also the certainty that next year the party will be even more beautiful. And then, in the corners of the streets that have experienced the parades, the consequences are clearly visible, as also happens in some parts of Italy (and I ask you to tell me if it happens in other parts of the world) where, at the end of New Year's Eve, someone throws a bit of everything out of the window, even old dishwashers and junk of all kinds!

Finally, to ease the disappointment of the party being over, someone wrote: "Jesus loves you"

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Amo questa immagine perchè vi leggo la passione dei "cariocas" per la grande festa finita, un pò di delusione perchè canti, suoni, balli e feste ritorneranno solo fra un anno, ma anche la certezza che l'anno prossimo la festa sarà ancora più bella. E poi, negli angoli delle strade che hanno vissuto le sfilate, ci sono in gran vista le conseguenze, come succede anche in qualche parte d'Italia (e vi chiedo di dirmi se succede anche in altre parti del mondo) dove, a fine Capodanno, qualcuno butta dalla finestra un pò di tutto, persino lavastoviglie vecchie e cianfrusaglie di ogni tipo

Infine, per mitigare la delusione per la festa finita, qualcuno ha scritto: "Gesù ti ama"

Tune: Truly Madly Deeply

I'll be your dream, I'll be your wish, I'll be your fantasy

I'll be your hope, I'll be your love, be everything that you need

I love you more with every breath truly, madly, deeply do

I will be strong, I will be faithful 'cause I'm counting on

A new beginnin'

A reason for livin'

A deeper meaning, yeah

I wanna stand with you on a mountain

I wanna bathe with you in the sea

I wanna lay like this forever

Until the sky falls down on me

And when the stars are shining brightly in the velvet sky

I'll make a wish, send it to heaven and make you want to cry

The tears of joy for all the pleasure and the certainty

That we're surrounded by the comfort and protection

Of the highest powers

In lonely hours

The tears devour you

An' I wanna stand with you on a mountain

I wanna bathe with you in the sea

I wanna lay like this forever

Until the sky falls down on me

Oh, can you see it, baby?

You don't have to close your eyes

It's standin' right before you

All that you need will surely come...

Ok Go - The ONE moment

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"You're right

There is nothing more lovely

There's nothing more profound

Than the certainty

Than the certainty

That all of this will end

That all of this will end

So open your arms to me

Open your arms to me

And this will be

The one moment that matters

And this will be

The one thing we remember

And this will be

The reason to have been here

And this will be

The one moment that matters at all

So while the mud

Reclaims our footprints

And while our bones keep looking back

The overgrowth is swallowing the path

There for the grace of god go we

There for the grace of god go we

There for the grace of time and chance

and entropy's cruel hands

So open your arms to me

Open your arms to me

And this will be

The one moment that matters

And this will be

The one thing we remember

And this will be

The reason to have been here

And this will be

The one moment that matters at all

So won't you stay here with me

And we'll build until we've blistered our hands

This will be

The one thing we remember

So won't you stay here with me

And we'll build us some temples

Build us some castles

Build us some monuments

We'll build us some temples

Build us some castles

Build us some monuments

This will be

This will be

The one moment that matters

And this will be

The one moment that matters at all"

The old track lies quiet now, its iron memory softened by moss and mist, carrying only footsteps where engines once roared. Between the two villages the path runs straight as an oath, laid down in an age of steam and certainty. Fog gathers where the rails once gleamed, as though the past still breathes beneath the soil. Trees stand like witnesses, remembering the smoke that once curled skyward in another time. Walkers tread where travellers once sped, moving through the layered hush of history. And in that quiet stretch of land, the old line dreams on, neither gone nor forgotten.

For my part, I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream in the same simple way as I dream about the black dots representing towns and villages on a map.

--Vincent Van Gogh--

Of Roses and Thorns

What remains of the night

And of my melancholic

A thunderstorm that strikes

On all the infinite ways

Of this heart

You exist

In my thoughts

An eternal sun that will never set

The time of desires remains

And the certainty of only one truth

That another life will not be enough for me

To tell you everything that I feel within myself

And it will burn

This fire of mine that no one will put out

I always love you more

I love you even more

Than this endless love

Of roses, of thorns

I no longer want to have to go

I no longer want to be elsewhere

How infinite is this sea

That always brings me back to where

You exist

You exist, that you are the only truth

Another life will not be enough for me

To tell you everything that I feel within myself

And it will burn

This fire of mine that no one will put out

I always love you more

I love you even more

Than this endless love

Of roses, of thorns

Of roses, of thorns

Song by :Al Bano

Che cosa resta della notte

E delle mie malinconie

Un temporale che si abbatte

Su tutte le infinite vie

Di questo cuore

Esisti tu

Nei miei pensieri

Un sole eterno che mai più tramonterà

Rimane il tempo

Dei desideri

E la certezza di una sola verità

Che un'altra vita non mi basterà

Per dirti tutto ciò che sento dentro me

E brucerà

Questo mio fuoco che nessuno spegnerà

Io ti amo sempre più

Io ti amo ancor di più

Di questo amore senza fine

Di rose, di spine

Non voglio più dovere andare

Non voglio più essere altrove

Com'è infinito questo mare

Che mi riporta sempre dove

Esisti tu

Esisti tu che sei la sola verità

Un'altra vita non mi basterà

Per dirti tutto ciò che sento dentro me

E brucerà

Questo mio fuoco che nessuno spegnerà

Io ti amo sempre più

Io ti amo ancor di più

Di questo amore senza fine

Di rose, di spine

Di rose, di spine.

This magnificent frigatebird was less that thrilled to break from her soaring pattern to deal with this pest. I'm unable with any certainty to ID the marauder - perhaps a tropical kingbird, Couch's kingbird or a another flycatcher species.

Solidaridad, Quintana Roo, Mexcico

Dublin, Ireland

Bless the lovely Peanut Butter trees for allowing me to hold stars in my hands, if only for a short while. "For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream."

Vincent Van Gogh

The water tower in the middle of the chapel bridge is part of the historic city fortification of Lucerne and is considered a landmark of the city.

The 35-metre-high octagonal and slightly leaning tower complements the city fortification towards the lake. Its construction time cannot be determined with certainty, but certainly after 1262, so even before the chapel bridge built. It has long served as a defensive and watchtower, as well as a cornerstone of the city's fortification. Over the years, he was a city archive, treasury, dungeon and torture chamber.

It is mentioned for the first time in 1367. The existing roof chair dates back to 1339. Since 1939 the tower has been rented to the Lucerne Artillery Association. The tower is rarely open to the public, usually only in summer.

On the lower floor of the tower is a dungeon. Its walls are three meters thick, there are neither windows nor doors. Access is only possible via an opening in the floor of the room above. The dungeon was probably used as a prison until 1759 and then abandoned. On the first floor is the so-called treasury. It served as a prison and as an interrogation and torture chamber until 1759. From 1759 to 1798 the state treasure was kept here, from 1798 to 1803 the room served again as a prison and from 1804 to keep the securities of the community. The second upper floor was until 1759 the place of storage of the Lucerne State Treasury and the State Archives.

When it was discovered in 1758 that money had been stolen for years, it was converted into a prison (until 1802). From 1804 to 1919 he again housed the municipal archive. The striking stork nest on the top of the tower has not been used for over 100 years. The 15-metre-high attic served as an interrogation and torture chamber. Since 1892 alpine sailors have been breeding here in a colony, which is supervised by the Ornithological Society of the City of Lucerne (OGL), since 1959 on behalf of the City Council of Lucerne. The Alpine sailing colony in the water tower is the largest Alpine swift "Tachymarptis melba" colony in central Switzerland.

Make a wish and place it in your heart. Anything you want. Everything you want.

Do you have it? Good. Now believe it can come true. You never know where the next miracle is going to come from, the next smile. The next wish come true.

But if you believe that it is right around the corner. And you open your heart and mind to the possibility of it. To the certainty of it.

You just might get the thing you're wishing for.

The world is full of magic. You just have to believe in it. So make your wish. Do you have it?

Good. Now believe in it. With all your heart.

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Nardcotix - SABINA thigh high boot

Availble in: GenX/Alice/Belleza/Legacy/Maiyreya/Slink.

In world store

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MARTI - Dora Dress in peach

DOUX - Morning Hair

E.Marie - Isabel Glasses

Singapore has a sensibly regulated free market economy, combined with political stability and certainty based on the rule of law. A laser sharp focus on quality education has produced an industrious and well educated work force. Singapore is probably the only country in that has graduated from being a Third World Country to a First World one within a single generation.

These attributes have attracted many international investors that have turned Singapore into a powerhouse for global business and finance.

Several leading multinational corporations have established their regional headquarters in Singapore, and announce their presence in the form of competing skyscrapers that rival any skyline found in the leading countries of the world.

🇫🇷 Bien que nous n'ayons pas encore atteint Le Cap ,on aperçoit un de ces reliefs particuliers. Il y en a plusieurs dans cette partie du pays comme:

Signal Hill // Banhoek // Tête de Lion mountain,

Je pense me souvenir (sans certitude 15 ans plus tard) que l'on se situe dans la chaîne de montagnes de Cederberg

🇬🇧 Although we have not yet reached Cape Town, we can see one of these special landforms. There are several in this part of the country, including:

Signal Hill // Banhoek // Tête de Lion mountain,

I think I remember (with no certainty 15 years later) that we are in the Cederberg mountain range.

🇩🇪 Obwohl wir Kapstadt noch nicht erreicht haben, können wir eines dieser besonderen Reliefs sehen. In diesem Teil des Landes gibt es mehrere davon:

Signal Hill // Banhoek // Lion Head Mountain,

Ich glaube mich zu erinnern (15 Jahre später nicht mehr sicher), dass wir uns in den Cederberg Mountains befinden.

🇪🇸 Aunque aún no hemos llegado a Ciudad del Cabo, podemos ver uno de estos accidentes geográficos especiales. Hay varios en esta parte del país, entre ellos:

Signal Hill // Banhoek // la montaña Tête de Lion,

Creo recordar (sin certeza 15 años después) que estamos en la cordillera de Cederberg.

🇮🇹 Anche se non siamo ancora arrivati a Città del Capo, possiamo vedere una di queste forme speciali. In questa parte del Paese ce ne sono diverse, tra cui:

Signal Hill // Banhoek // Tête de Lion,

Credo di ricordare (senza alcuna certezza a distanza di 15 anni) che ci troviamo nella catena montuosa del Cederberg.

Lo que vemos en la imagen es a una hembra adulta de Orthetrum trinacria que ha capturado a una hembra de Diplacodes lefebvrii y se la está zampando.

¿El título? Es más una suposición que una certeza. Si nos fijamos, la hembra atacada está soltando huevos y puede ser debido a las contracciones que sufre su cuerpo o a una herramienta de supervivencia de sus huevos al expulsarlos antes de ser consumidos por el atacante.

Fue una escena muy curiosa que contemplé junto a Teo.

Fotograma completo.

En el Parque Natural del Clot de Galvany. Elx (Alicante) España

What we see in the image is an adult female Orthetrum trinacria that has captured a female Diplacodes lefebvrii and is eating it.

Title? It is more of an assumption than a certainty. If we look closely, the attacked female is releasing eggs and it may be due to the contractions that her body suffers or to a survival tool of her eggs by expelling them before being consumed by the attacker.

It was a very curious scene that I saw with Teo.

Full frame.

In the Clot de Galvany Natural Park. Elx (Alicante) Spain

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Het Vissersbastion (Halászbástya) is een bekend bouwwerk in Boedapest. Het bevindt zich aan de rivierzijde van de Burchtheuvel, District I, en verrees tussen 1895 en 1901

Het bouwwerk biedt uitzicht over de Donau, op de stadsdelen van Pest met het opvallende parlementsgebouw

Over de juiste oorsprong van de naam bestaat geen zekerheid. Waarschijnlijk komt de naam van de vissers die beneden in de Waterstad (Viziváros) woonden en hier hun vismarkt hielden. Het kan ook zijn dat de naam voortkomt uit het feit dat dit deel van de burchtmuur van oudsher werd verdedigd door de vissers van Buda. Het is geen vesting (bastion) maar een terras

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The Fishermen's Bastion (Halászbástya) is a famous building in Budapest. It is located on the river side of Burchtheuvel, District I, and rose between 1895 and 1901

The structure offers a view of the Danube, the districts of Pest with the striking parliament building

There is no certainty about the correct origin of the name. Probably comes the name of the fishermen who lived downstairs in the Water City (Viziváros) and held their fish market here. It may also be that the name stems from the fact that this part of the castle wall was traditionally defended by the fishermen of Buda. It is not a fortress (bastion) but a terrace

Northshore Mining 652, 651, and 650 bring the afternoon empties under Railfan Rock near Beaver Bay, MN on June 16, 2002.

By the time I moved up north in 2001 and shot the NSM more frequently, this trio was usually in charge of the road ore trains although I got the older EMDs a few times. Eventually, NSM would get leaser 40s along with bigger road units, making 650-652 more likely to be found on the tailings trains instead of these ore runs they were purchased for.

Northshore Mining faces an uncertain future as they wind down operations for an upcoming May 1st shutdown. Owner Cliffs decided to idle NSM until at least the fall but it's far from a certainty that NSM will come back then. It's been reported for years that there will eventually be not enough blast furnace demand for all current six pellet plants in Minnesota. It looks like in this round that Minorca was the winner as Cliffs decided to keep them going through the summer instead of NSM.

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St. Rupert's Church (German: Ruprechtskirche) is a Romanesque church in Vienna, Austria. Traditionally considered to be the oldest church in the city, St. Rupert's Church is dedicated to Saint Rupert of Salzburg, patron saint of the salt merchants of Vienna. The church is located in one of the oldest parts of the city, the section of the Roman Vindobona.

There is currently some debate whether the Ruprechtskirche is truly the oldest church in Vienna. Discoveries of old foundations under the St. Peter's Church and old graves under the St. Stephen's Cathedral have disputed the certainty of this label.

The ivy-covered church has been rebuilt and altered many times in its history. In 1276, it was damaged by fire and modified. The choir dates from the 13th century, while the southern nave dates from the 15th century. In 1622, it was redecorated in Baroque style. It was also somewhat damaged by shellfire during World War II and affected by the demolition of the nearby ruins of another building. In the middle of the apse, there are two Romanesque stained-glass windows. (Wikipedia)

I was lucky to actually go inside. A Viennese lady who I met at the bus stop told me where it was and said I should definitely check it out. A service was going to start in a few minutes, so i wasn't sure I could take pictures. I asked the security guard, who went and asked the priest, and he said I could do it as long as I did it before the service actually started. That was nice of him!

The stained glass windows really stood out for me. For such an old church they are magnificent.

Niet alleen de Vectron heeft een streepje voor bij mij, ook de stoere locs type Class 66 maken deze spoorwegfotograaf blij.

Zo was ik bijzonder verheugd met deze fraaie Linz-shuttle van Railtraxx, voor de gelegenheid volledig samengesteld uit ketelwagons, hier te zien net voor het passeren van de brug van de Gijmelsesteenweg. Spijtig genoeg één minuut te laat voor volledig zonlicht, maar dat mag de pret niet drukken ;-)

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One of the certainties during the morning on line 35 between Aarschot and Hasselt is the so called Linz shuttle of Railtraxx.

Always hauled by a Class 66, but always a surprise in its composition. On Thursday the 25th of February only tank wagons were in the train. A nice view I believe!

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Langdorp; 25/02/2021

Railtraxx 266009-0

42565 Antwerpen-Noord - Passau

.... La gioia non si vive allo stesso modo in tutte le tappe e circostanze della vita, a volte molto dure. Si adatta e si trasforma, e sempre rimane almeno uno spiraglio di luce che nasce dalla certezza personale di essere infinitamente amato, al di là di tutto...anche in mezzo alle peggiori angustie...

( Papa Francesco, Evangelii gaudium, 6 )

A glimmer of light

.....also in the midst of distress, that comes from the certainty of being infinitely loved...

Colours red, green and white. No 16 in Colour of Spring series.

My money is on Able ; still looking fresh & on the outside . They have already covered a great number of laps on this Carousel at the German Christmas market in Birmingham.

As I walk through the shadows, the doubts and feeling wash away, the certainty of what is to come rekindling the spark.

we know little, but that we must hold to what is difficult is a certainty that will not forsake us; it is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it.

to love is good, too: love being difficult. for one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of all our tasks, the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation.

rilke

A 'Stonewall' certainty? The wall, the tree and the sky all fighting for attention - Near Malham Cove, Yorkshire

i occupy my lonely post,

hover above the ebb and flow,

watchful eye, rarely sleeping,

casting light against the darkness,

face aglow;

wondrous, warm illumination

to penetrate the night,

cold, uncertain certainty,

tidal pull,

siren song,

lonely sound that lulls me

into everlasting endlessness,

the bells,

the hours,

the horns of boats,

the 'oe' echoes,

the ancient rhythms,

pluff mud empire,

gone to seed;

i wait here in this tiny space,

unprotected, face the cold,

touched by stellar movements, waning,

timeless intervention

held at bay for more than just a moment;

and now i feel the icy breath,

and now i understand the depths,

the chill of nothing left to tell,

the vastness of the sea's betrayal;

i loved the sea,

i love the sea,

i occupy my lonely post.

littletinperson

Protecting what? You can't even swim in this - you will sink. Fuji X-E3.

Early morning, still night darkness

The Cathedral of Linköping is the second biggest church in Sweden, and is 110 m long and 107m in height.

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Year 1153 was the stone church with certainty completed, which emerges from the documents of the Church Council in the same year, it was then a Romanesque basilica and about half as large as today.

Este macho de adulto Sympecma fusca lo he fotografiado esta mañana en lo que llamamos la Roja.

Con los calores que está haciendo, casi veraniegos, he subido con María José Tarruella con la casi seguridad que estaban, otra cosa es que los pudiéramos fotografiar.

Si se amplía la foto podemos observar el casquete azul en la parte superior del ojo que manifiesta su estado adulto.

La especie ha pasado el invierno como adultos y ahora buscarán pareja para reproducirse.

Fotograma recortado un 10% y adaptado a formato panorámico.

Cerca de Biar. (Alicante) España

I have photographed this adult male Sympecma fusca this morning in what we call La Roja.

With the heat that he is doing, almost summer, I have gone up with María José Tarruella with the almost certainty that they were, another thing is that we could photograph them.

If the photo is enlarged we can see the blue cap in the upper part of the eye that shows its adult state.

The species has overwintered as adults and will now seek a mate to reproduce.

Frame cropped by 10% and adapted to panoramic format.

Near Biar. (Alicante) Spain

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose

by any other name would smell as sweet.” Juliet from Act 2 Scene 2 of "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare. An image taken in February of the beautiful red roses that my west coast damsel and I shared for Valentines. A marvelous photography program that I was fortunate enough to be accepted to and participate until its finish sponsored by one of New York City's largest and most wonderful photography establishments frowned upon participants using flowers as subjects simply stating they are overdone which is in all certainty probably true. However it makes them no less lovely a subject to capture with one's glass and camera. I've always posted flowers on my online galleries and will continue to do so as I appreciate their delicate beauty and wish to continue to share the images I capture of that.

The water tower in the middle of the chapel bridge is part of the historic city fortification of Lucerne and is considered a landmark of the city.

The 35-metre-high octagonal and slightly leaning tower complements the city fortification towards the lake. Its construction time cannot be determined with certainty, but certainly after 1262, so even before the chapel bridge built. It has long served as a defensive and watchtower, as well as a cornerstone of the city's fortification. Over the years, he was a city archive, treasury, dungeon and torture chamber.

It is mentioned for the first time in 1367. The existing roof chair dates back to 1339. Since 1939 the tower has been rented to the Lucerne Artillery Association. The tower is rarely open to the public, usually only in summer.

On the lower floor of the tower is a dungeon. Its walls are three meters thick, there are neither windows nor doors. Access is only possible via an opening in the floor of the room above. The dungeon was probably used as a prison until 1759 and then abandoned. On the first floor is the so-called treasury. It served as a prison and as an interrogation and torture chamber until 1759. From 1759 to 1798 the state treasure was kept here, from 1798 to 1803 the room served again as a prison and from 1804 to keep the securities of the community. The second upper floor was until 1759 the place of storage of the Lucerne State Treasury and the State Archives.

When it was discovered in 1758 that money had been stolen for years, it was converted into a prison (until 1802). From 1804 to 1919 he again housed the municipal archive. The striking stork nest on the top of the tower has not been used for over 100 years. The 15-metre-high attic served as an interrogation and torture chamber. Since 1892 alpine sailors have been breeding here in a colony, which is supervised by the Ornithological Society of the City of Lucerne (OGL), since 1959 on behalf of the City Council of Lucerne. The Alpine sailing colony in the water tower is the largest Alpine swift "Tachymarptis melba" colony in central Switzerland.

At least some positives and certainties remain unchanged in this miserable year... My most valuable Christmas present was given to me a few day in advance when I could enjoy this spectacular morning view from Boubín 1362 m (Czech Republic) to the Austrian and German Alps with a clear visibility over 200 km and a beautiful inversion covering lowlands up to 900 m altitude. The most distinctive ´´multi-peak´´Dachstein 2995 m at the right is 170 km distant from the spot...

Between my fears and certainties;

hug me quietly, and let me know that you feel with me.

Help me to become strong;

what am I to you, I can not understand, now.

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Lake Montriond is located in the Haute-Savoie in the French Chablais region. The lake is frequented by fishermen and especially by walkers and hikers.

The lake of Montriond was created by the collapse of a part of the mountain of Nantaux in the North West. This geological event, which is not dated with certainty (from 4500 years to 3 or 4 centuries!), caused a dam on the torrent which ran at the bottom of the valley, hence the

formation of the lake.

Le lac de Montriond se trouve en Haute-Savoie dans le Chablais français. Le lac est fréquenté par les pêcheurs et surtout par les promeneurs et randonneurs.

Le lac de Montriond est né suite à l'éboulement d'une partie de la montagne de Nantaux au Nord Ouest. Cet événement géologique non daté avec certitude (de 4500 ans à 3 ou 4 siècles !) a provoqué un barrage sur le torrent qui courait au fond de la vallée, d'où la formation du lac.

With a single heave and a properly dramatic wing stroke, he removed himself from ground-level responsibilities

The moment when you first wake up in the morning is the most wonderful of the twenty-four hours. No matter how weary or dreary you may feel, you possess the certainty that, during the day that lies before you, absolutely anything may happen. And the fact that it practically always doesn't, matters not a jot. The possibility is always there.

~Monica Baldwin

Lake Montriond is located in the Haute-Savoie in the French Chablais region. The lake is frequented by fishermen and especially by walkers and hikers.

The lake of Montriond was created by the collapse of a part of the mountain of Nantaux in the North West. This geological event, which is not dated with certainty (from 4500 years to 3 or 4 centuries!), caused a dam on the torrent which ran at the bottom of the valley, hence the

formation of the lake.

Le lac de Montriond se trouve en Haute-Savoie dans le Chablais français. Le lac est fréquenté par les pêcheurs et surtout par les promeneurs et randonneurs.

Le lac de Montriond est né suite à l'éboulement d'une partie de la montagne de Nantaux au Nord Ouest. Cet événement géologique non daté avec certitude (de 4500 ans à 3 ou 4 siècles !) a provoqué un barrage sur le torrent qui courait au fond de la vallée, d'où la formation du lac.

Historic first nesting of Zitting Cisticola in Britain

Zitting Cisticola has bred in Britain for the first time, with a pair raising young in Suffolk this summer.

The long-anticipated milestone was documented this month at Walberswick NNR in Suffolk, where birders noted clear evidence of successful nesting. The breakthrough was first signalled on 3 August, when a singing male was discovered at the reserve, sparking speculation that a second bird – thought to be a female – might also be present.

That speculation turned to certainty on 22 August, when both adults were seen carrying food to at least three freshly fledged juveniles. A fourth chick was confirmed the following morning, leaving no doubt that the species has bred in Britain for the first time.

(Bird Guides UK. 08 2025)

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One of the surest axioms of science is that energy can never die, ever. Energy is known with scientific certainty to be deathless; it can neither be created nor destroyed. It merely changes form. Because absolutely everything has an energy-identity, nothing is exempt from this immortality.

Early in 1914, moreover, we realized that it would be impossible to free the Saint Anna from the ice; at best, we would drift until the autumn of 1915, more than three years after we had departed Alexandrovsk.* If we stayed on board, starvation would become a real threat by January 1915, if not sooner. In the darkness of the long polar night, a struggle against hunger carries no hope of salvation. During this season, hunting is out of the question, as all animals are in hibernation. The only certainty for those trapped in its realm is that "white death" lies in wait for them.

excerpt from In the Land of White Death by John Krakauer

The funerary chapel contains prefigurations of the Virgin and Themes of Resurrection and Judgment. Like the narthexes, the program of the parekklesion is divided between the Virgin and Christ. Here, however, the overriding theme is Salvation, befitting a funeral chapel. The western domed bay is devoted to the Virgin; the upper walls represent Old Testament prefigurations of the Virgin, emphasizing her role in Salvation. The eastern bay is devoted to the Last Judgment. The complex program of the chapel culminates in the conch of the apse, where the Anastasis (Harrowing of Hell) is represented, flanked by scenes of resurrection. Unlike the narthexes and the naos, the parekkelsion is decorated with frescoes

CHORA MONASTERY

In the northwest part of the historical center of Constantinople and in a small distance from the Byzantine gate of Edirne, Chora Monastery is located. Its name comes from the use of the word “chora” (the lands/dwelling place) in the mosaic of Christ as “Chora of the Living” and in the mosaic of Panagia as “Chora of the Uncontainable” in the interior of the church.

From the old monastic complex, only the katholikon remains till today. Furthermore, we are not sure about its dedication to Christ or Panagia, or even to both of them.

Equally doubtful remains the foundation time of the monastery, since not only the years of Justinian I (527-565) have been suggested, but also the years of Heraclius (610-641). However, there is certainty that during the 12th century a grand church is being built, while in the beginning of the 14th century it is widely renovated. This was the extended renovation program, funded by the logothetes tou genikou, Theodore Metochites, who associated his name to the monument, thus sealing the greatest period in all of its history. The construction of the double narthex and the south chapel, which were decorated with mosaics and frescoes respectively, is attributed to Metochites. These works comprise the greatest expression of the Palaiologan art during the artistically rich reign of Andronicus II (1282-1328) and they are still admired by all.

On the day of the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, the monastery was one of the first religious monuments to undergo the plunder. Later, at the end of the 15th century and the beginning of the 16th century, Chora was transformed into a mosque named Kariye.

The restoration of the monument, the reveal but also the cleaning of the mosaics was made in two periods, the first one in the beginning and the second in the mid-20th century.

The Chora Monastery operated as a museum (Kariye Müzesi) from 1945 to 2020, when it was converted back into a mosque by decision of the Turkish authorities.

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Στη βορειοδυτική πλευρά του ιστορικού κέντρου της Κωνσταντινούπολης και σε μικρή απόσταση από τη βυζαντινή πύλη της Αδριανούπολης, βρίσκεται η περίφημη Μονή της Χώρας. Το όνομά της οφείλει στον προσδιορισμό των ψηφιδωτών του Χριστού ως «Χώρας των Ζώντων» και της Παναγίας ως «Χώρας του Αχωρήτου» στο εσωτερικό της.

Από το παλαιό μοναστηριακό συγκρότημα σήμερα σώζεται μόνο το καθολικό του. Ως προς την αφιέρωσή του, δεν γνωρίζουμε με βεβαιότητα αν ανήκε στο Χριστό, στην Παναγία ή και στους δύο.

Εξίσου αμφίβολος είναι και ο χρόνος ίδρυσης της μονής, που τοποθετείται είτε επί βασιλείας Ιουστινιανού (527-565), είτε στα χρόνια του Ηρακλείου (610-641). Το βέβαιο είναι πως στον 12ο αι. κτίζεται μεγαλόπρεπος ναός, ενώ στις αρχές του 14ου αι. δέχεται ριζική ανακαίνιση. Πρόκειται για το εκτεταμένο πρόγραμμα εργασιών που εκτελέστηκε με χρηματοδότηση του λογοθέτη του γενικού Θεόδωρου Μετοχίτη, ο οποίος συνέδεσε το όνομά του με αυτό το μνημείο, σφραγίζοντας την πιο λαμπρή περίοδο στην ιστορία της μονής. Σε εκείνον οφείλεται η κατασκευή του διπλού νάρθηκα και του νότιου παρεκκλησίου, τα οποία διακοσμήθηκαν με ψηφιδωτά και τοιχογραφίες αντίστοιχα. Τα έργα αυτά αποτελούν την κορυφαία έκφραση της παλαιολόγειας τέχνης της πλουσιότατης καλλιτεχνικά βασιλείας του Ανδρονίκου Β΄ (1282-1328), και αντικείμενο θαυμασμού ειδικών και μη.

Την ημέρα της άλωσης του 1453, η μονή υπήρξε μεταξύ των πρώτων εκκλησιαστικών μνημείων που δέχθηκαν τη λεηλασία. Αργότερα, στα τέλη του 15ου με αρχές του 16ου αι., η Χώρα μετατράπηκε σε τζαμί με το όνομα Kariye.

Η αναστήλωση του μνημείου, η αποκάλυψη αλλά και ο καθαρισμός των ψηφιδωτών του πραγματοποιήθηκαν σε δύο περιόδους εργασιών, την πρώτη στις αρχές και τη δεύτερη στα μέσα περίπου του 20ού αι.

Η Μονή της Χώρας λειτούργησε ως μουσείο (Kariye Müzesi) από το 1945 έως το 2020, οπότε και μετατράπηκε εκ νέου σε τζαμί με απόφαση των τουρκικών αρχών

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