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She's riding aboard the steetcar that's quite literally named "Desire"
Built in 1923, streetcar 952 came to San Francisco from New Orleans, by way of Chattanooga.
Same day and location as the last picture, but a much better composition in my opinion. He ended up taking his boat out fishing while I took cover from the lightning.
Contemplate the horizon and the movement of the waves . . . be still . . . allow a space to open . . .
Chillan, Chile / Here we have another picture taken in portrait to be able to see the great sky that we had this night. Also we can see the moonlight heating the mountains and some rocks shadows in the bottom of the picture. I hope you like it.
Gazing upon Idris Khan's 'Seven Times'
Khan's piece refers to the tawaf, one of the rituals of Hajj (pilgrimage) in which the pilgrims circumambulate around the Kaaba seven times, anticlockwise.
Taken during the Members' event
Evening, Monday 19 March, with events based around the exhibition 'Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam'.
Crystal Forest, Petrified Forest National Park
Strangely, this view of scattered broken logs continues to draw my attention. I guess the world’s superficial, unrealistic hype about perfection on the surface was a disappointing contrast to this authentic, rustic scene of beauty. How interesting just to contemplate how and why they were there, and the power of time that was beyond ordinary human measures!
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Pim Geerts
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Met vriendelijke groet,
Pim Geerts
This one is among the most favorite photos I have taken so far.
These are hands of a female Bonobo ape. They are an amazingly calm group of animals with a very high level of intelligence. Million years ago, we humans and they had a common ancestor. As a result we share 98% of our DNA with them.
Frans de Waal, one of the world's most popular primatologists, states that the Bonobo often is capable of altruism, compassion, empathy, kindness, patience, and sensitivity. How peaceful bonobos are has been disputed by some, but in general scientists agree with these assessments and fact remains that thus far there are no confirmed observations of lethal aggression among bonobos, neither in the wild nor in captivity.
Observations in the wild indicate that the males among the related Common Chimpanzee communities are extraordinarily hostile to males from outside of the community. Parties of males 'patrol' for the unfortunate neighbouring males who might be traveling alone, and attack those single males, often killing them. This does not appear to be the behavior of the Bonobo males or females in their own communities, where they seem to prefer sexual contact over violent confrontation with outsiders. In fact, the Japanese scientists who have spent most time working with wild Bonobos describe the species as extraordinarily peaceful, and de Waal has documented how Bonobos resolve conflicts with sexual contact (hence the "make love - not war" characterization for the species). - Wikipedia
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens. Cincinnati, OH
This marks the year of the 40th anniversary of what was arguably the world's first biotech company: Genentech. This sculpture, on the campus of the company, commemorates the conversation between a scientist and a venture capitalist that got it all started.
Monday 07 November 2011 - Day 17 - Trek Lungden (4,375m / 14,354ft) to Gokyo (4,790m/15,720ft) over the Renjo La (5,340m /17,521ft)
A pre dawn rise and shine, and the lodge owner excitedly encouraged us outside to see how the Kongde View Lodge got its name... such a great feeling to discover that the skies had cleared - with perfect timing for our first big pass: the 5,340m /17,521ft Renjo La (aka Lhenjo La).
A cold start, but wonderful to see the dawn sunlight hitting the snow capped peaks and jagged black ridges, 360°, and smashing to see a sunkissed Numbur again. A slog through the shadow to the hanging valley with a still partially frozen stream running through the small lakes that led us towards the foot of the final climb, from the Black Lake to the prayer flagged pass - with the help of giant snow covered stone steps. Gopal told us that the steps had been made to help the yak trains descend down from the pass, rather than for trekkers. Hard going at over 5,000m, but the prayer flags kept drawing us ever upwards.... and emerging at the top we had spectacular views of the stunning set of peaks from Gyachung Kang / ग्याचुङ्काङ to Kusum Kanguru via Pumori / पुमोरि, Everest / सगरमाथा, Nuptse, Lhotse / ल्होत्से, Makalu / मकालु - all towering over the turquoise of Gokyo's third lake and the collection of lodges that comprise Gokyo Lakes. Looking back westwards, more mountains behind us - amazing. Definitely one of the best moments of the whole trek - amazingly photogenic, and I'd be lost without Günter Seyfferth's annotated panoramas from Renjo La: Renjo La Panorama Ost and Renjo La Panorama West.
A tiring descent on dusty, slippy trails dropping steeply between cairns and then levelling out along the north shore of the lake, culminating in a long stretch of stepping stones to cross the stream feeding into the lake and to reach the lodges.
We arrived exhausted at the Namaste Lodge, and with a splitting headache in my case. Not sure if it was due to altitude, exertion or the bright sunshine, but a couple of ibuprofen and veg noodle soup lunch sorted me out. There followed a lazy afternoon at the lodge, which filled up with support teams and then runners participating in the Everest Sky Race 2011 - crazy but impressive...
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The next thing was a splash! I love the colour of the water and sunlight. I like the flash of red on her collar.
Explored: Highest position: 173 on Saturday, July 25, 2007
My favorite piece of artwork from the festival today. This guy would stand back, contemplate for a bit then go to work again. Every time he did it got more and more colorful. I loved it.
I'm going to try and get my little brother to sign up for something like this. It's right up his alley.
Marco Abud Imagens
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Greetings mate! I love voyaging forth to Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park to contemplate poetry, physics, the golden ratio, and the Tao te Ching! What's your favorite epic poetry reflecting epic landscapes? I recently finished a book titled Epic Poetry for Epic Landscape Photographers:
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Did you know that John Muir, Thoreau, and Emerson all loved epic poetry and poets including Shakespeare, Milton, Homer, and Robert Burns?
I recently finished my fourth book on Light Time Dimension Theory, much of which was inspired by an autumn trip to Zion!
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Via its simple principle of a ofurth expanding dimension, LTD Theory provides a unifying, foundational *physical* model underlying relativity, quantum mechanics, time and all its arrows and asymmetries, and the second law of thermodynamics. The detailed diagrams demonstrate that the great mysteries of quantum mechanical nonlocality, entanglement, and probability naturally arise from the very same principle that fosters relativity alongside light's constant velocity, the equivalence of mass and energy, and time dilation.
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Best wishes on your epic hero's odyssey!:)
Bryce Canyon National Park Autumn Colors & Winter Snow Fine Art Photography 45EPIC Dr. Elliot McGucken Fine Art Landscape and Nature Photography: Nikon D810
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