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Another picture of the Green Lake in Styria, Austria with it's emerald green and crystal clear water.
This lake was recently voted to the most beautiful place inside Austria.
destination: Fernando de Noronha, lots of travel tips at my blog.
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destinos: Fernando de Noronha, muchísima información viajera en mi blog sobre Brasil.
I went to Yellowstone during the last part of spring. The snow was still quite deep in the mountains, but in the Yellowstone valley is was relatively nonexistent except in the mountains. This is an image from the north end of Grand Prismatic Spring. The Grand Prismatic Spring gets its name from the many different colors that can be observed in the hot water which is caused by the bacteria living in microbial mats.
Grand Prismatic Spring is the largest hot spring in the United States and is about 160 °F.
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Burgh Island, Bigbury-on-Sea, South Hams, Devon. It is the end of the holiday season at Bigbury; and the last few days of summer in September 2021 bring some lovely sunshine to south Devon. Great view across to Burgh Island through some “Red Hot Poker” plants I found growing wild.
After a day at the beach in Brighton, Adelaide/South Australia, I took this picture. Sadly I didn't have my tripod with me for a LE, but I think this one deserves to be shared aswell.
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Two brand new fishing boats moored in the middle of Vouliagmeni's bay are looking for skipjack. That beautiful seascape flooded with light and bright colors , fills you with freshness and optimism. Is there any better than this?
Land of lemon, of olives
earth of embrace, of joy
land of pine, cypress
of young men and love
golden leaf
dropped in the open sea
Γη της λεμονιάς, της ελιάς
γη της αγκαλιάς, της χαράς
γη του πεύκου, του κυπαρισσιού
των παλικαριών και της αγάπης
Χρυσοπράσινο φύλλο
ριγμένο στο πέλαγο
Flying again above the Alps, a crystalclear sky to welcome your sightseeing.
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January 4, 2020
Cliff Pond in mid-winter.
Nickerson State Park
Brewster, Massachusetts
Cape Cod - USA
Photo by brucetopher
© Bruce Christopher 2020
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...always learning - critiques welcome.
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Probably our favorite thing to do while visiting Bonnie. Her place is near the famous spring, where kayaks can be rented for a many-hour float/paddle down this crystalline river. A van hauls the kayaks and paddlers back at the end of the paddle [a very big plus!].
If you thought that the colours are over saturated, its a mistake. This is one place you only experience being there.. Simply .......... no words...
A tranquil pond with crystal-clear water revealing fallen logs beneath the surface. Surrounded by late autumn woods, the scene blends earthy tones with the vibrant blue of the spring — a peaceful corner where time seems to stand still. Shot in November, Japan.
SOOC. The only thing missing that I wish was in this photo is one white puffy cloud ;D No plans to photoshop it. I like this as is regardless of what the critics would say ;)
Loaction : Fihalhohi Tourist Resort, South Male' Atoll, Maldives
Fihalhohi, where the sands of time stand still
Fihalhohi, island of dreams with snowwhite sandy beaches, surrounded by crystalclear waters.
Maya Ruins of TULUM
Tulum Archeological Zone, Yucatan Peninsula, Quintana Roo, Mexico
At the northern end of the Tulum complex stands the Temple of the Wind God (Templo del Dios del Viento), shown here. This building had a dual purpose. It served as a lookout post and it was also a storm warning system. The building was constructed with a hole in the roof which produces a whistle when high winds blow. When a hurricane approached the area, the Maya would know to take shelter when they heard the whistle.
This building is associated with the Yucatec Maya deity known as Kukulcán, the feathered serpent. According to Maya mythology: Kukulkan always travels ahead of the rain god Chaac, helping to predict the rains as his tail moves the winds and sweeps the earth clean.
The Walled City of Tulum
Tulum was one of the last cities inhabited and built by the Mayans, it was at its height between the 13th and 15th centuries and managed to survive about 70 years after the Spanish began occupying Mexico.
Tulum is a rarity among Mayan sites being built overlooking the Caribbean. The Mayans refrained from building large structures on the coast for fear that invaders would spot them from the sea. To protect against this, the builders of Tulum originally had plastered and painted the cliffs and walls of the buildings a sky blue.
Tulúm is the Yucatan Mayan word for wall referring to the16 ft tall, 26 ft wide walls that surrounded the city - another rarity for the Maya (only 1 other Maya city is known to have been built with walls). An alternate name for Tulum is ZAMA meaning "City of Dawn" referring to it's orientation toward the sunrise.
See my other shots from Tulum -
Port of Call: Cozumel, Mexico
Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL) "Spirit"
May 27, 2011
© Angela M. Lobefaro
Two Sisters on the first day of Autumn
taken in Salento, Puglia. Italy
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Taken near Otranto,
Puglia - Italy
Salento.
Salento (Salentu in local dialect) is the south-eastern extremity of the Apulia region of Italy. It is a sub-peninsula of the main Italian peninsula, sometimes described as the "heel" of the Italian "boot". It encompasses the entire administrative area of the province of Lecce, a large part of the administrative area of Brindisi and part of that of Taranto. The peninsula is also known as Terra d'Otranto, and in ancient times was called variously Messapia, Calabria, and Salentina.
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Messapia (from Greek Μεσσαπία) was the ancient name of a region of Italy largely corresponding to modern Salento. It was inhabited chiefly by the Messapii in classical times. Pokorny derives the toponym from PIE *medhyo-, "middle" and PIE *ap-, "water" (Mess-apia, "amid waters"; Note: the asterisk before a word indicates that it is a hypothetical construction, not an attested form). Pokorny compares the toponym Messapia to another ancient Italic toponym, Salapia, "salt water", a city in Apulia.
Salento peninsula is a rock of limestone dividing the Adriatic Sea from the Ionian Sea. Known also as "peninsula salentina", from a geo-morphologic point of view it encompasses the land borders between Ionian sea and the Adriatic sea to the “Messapic threshold”, a depression that runs along the Taranto-Ostuni line and separates it from the Murge. Its borders are:
Taranto, in the province of the same name;
Pilone, in the territory of Ostuni (province of Brindisi),
Santa Maria di Leuca, in the province of Lecce.
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The crystal-clear waters sheltered from the open Southern Ocean beyond by the steep cliffs on either side, with a pleasant sandy beach below the bluff in the foreground, would apparently make this an idyllic location. But this is the scene of one of Australia's great Victorian tragedies.
In the early hours of 1 June 1878, the Loch Ard, a Glasgow-built clipper, was approaching the end of a three-month voyage from Gravesend, England under Captain George Gibb when cliffs were seen ahead and despite the crew's best efforts, the ship ran aground on Muttonbird Island just beyond the entrance above.
Of the 36 crew and 18 passengers, only two, ship's apprentice Tom Pearce, and Eva Carmichael, one of a family of eight Irish emigrants, survived. After drifting for hours under an upturned lifeboat, Tom was swept ashore in this gorge after the tide turned at dawn. He heard cries and swam out to rescue Eva, taking an hour to bring her back to the beach. Tom then climbed out of the gorge seeking help. At Glenample Station, owner Hugh Gibson arranged to pluck Eva to safety.
Only four bodies were recovered from the Loch Ard and most of the cargo was lost, including some display pieces intended for Melbourne's 1880 International Exhibition.
Tom Pierce became a national hero and was awarded the Humane Society's gold medal for his efforts in front of 5,000 people. Romantic sentiment of the time wished Tom and Eva to marry but within three months she returned to Ireland and the two never met again.
Today, the Loch Ard Gorge is part of Port Campbell National Park, which also includes the Glenample Homestead and the world-famous Twelve Apostles.
If any of you saw the BBC's 'Coast Australia' series in the early 2010s, you'll have seen that the remnants of the wreck of the Loch Ard have been found and were dived on.
This unspoiled stream, in dense native rainforest, not far from the Kumara Reservoir, is typical of hundreds of such streams in the ranges of the West Coast.
This is from St. John...the beauty of a crystal clear day!
and is kind of sunny right now but the forecast today is for snow...
I'm paying to see that =/
Today is going to be a long day just because I have to go to the dentist...
Good morning for you that sometimes wake up already complaining about something too...
Let the day begin!