Cyprus Troodos Mountains
View allAll Photos Tagged Cyprus
Kalopanagiotis Reservoir Cyprus - RAW Cont. Tiff Png 3 All logo Nk Tc BiClr ad21 dn df psdR sk TIFF 163. MB.
Travel Cyprus - RAW Cont. Tiff 2 Stitch 7 All Nk Tc BiClr ad21 dn ad21 psdR sk Nk BiClr logo 175 MB.
Paphos Castle is located at the western end of the city port. It was originally a Byzantine fortress built to protect the port. Today, the visitor can see the Western Frankish Tower with the Venetian additions as restored by the Ottomans in 1592, according to a relevant inscription above the entrance of the castle. Wikipedia
Dipper - Cinclus Cinclus
aka Water Ouzel
Dippers are members of the genus Cinclus in the bird family Cinclidae, named for their bobbing or dipping movements. They are unique among passerines for their ability to dive and swim underwater.
They have a characteristic bobbing motion when perched beside the water, giving them their name. While under water, they are covered by a thin, silvery film of air, due to small bubbles being trapped on the surface of the plumage.
Dippers are found in suitable freshwater habitats in the highlands of the Americas, Europe and Asia. In Africa they are only found in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. They inhabit the banks of fast-moving upland rivers with cold, clear waters, though, outside the breeding season, they may visit lake shores and sea coasts.
The high haemoglobin concentration in their blood gives them a capacity to store oxygen greater than that of other birds, allowing them to remain underwater for thirty seconds or more, whilst their basal metabolic rate is approximately one-third slower than typical terrestrial passerines of similar mass. One small population wintering at a hot spring in Suntar-Khayata Mountains of Siberia feeds underwater when air temperatures drop below −55 °C (−67 °F).
Dippers are completely dependent on fast-flowing rivers with clear water, accessible food and secure nest-sites. They may be threatened by anything that affects these needs such as water pollution, acidification and turbidity caused by erosion. River regulation through the creation of dams and reservoirs, as well as channelization, can degrade and destroy dipper habitat.
Dippers are also sometimes hunted or otherwise persecuted by humans for various reasons. The Cyprus race of the white-throated dipper is extinct. In the Atlas Mountains dippers are claimed to have aphrodisiacal properties. In parts of Scotland and Germany, until the beginning of the 20th century, bounties were paid for killing dippers because of a misguided perception that they were detrimental to fish stocks through predation on the eggs and fry of salmonids.
Population:
UK breeding:
6,200-18,700 pairs
Αγίας Τριάδας , παραλίμνι, Κύπρος
Buy this photo on Getty Images : Getty Images
Submitted: 03/02/2021
Accepted: 05/02/2021
The Kyrenia Mountains, known as the Five Finger Mountains, run for 120km parallel to the North Cyprus coastline. I believe that their name comes legend of a Byzantine hero who escaped from the his captors by leaping from Asia Minor onto North Cyprus. Where he landed, his five fingers left their impression on the five jagged peaks of Mount Besparmak. Which when translated from Turkish means " Five fingers'.
DSC_1159 sigma
I'm tired of living in Central Europe. It's still cold! In my next life I want to live in Cyprus. Is there equal tiles, sea and warm! And pretty girls!
British Museum London
Cypriot worshipper
450-425 BC
Dali, Sanctuary of Apollo-Reshef
This man wears an elaborate wreath indicating he is a worshipper. The statue is typical of Cypriot art of this period, combining Greek and Persian dress and hair within the local tradition of carving limestone votive images. This statue was dedicated at an important sanctuary in the City of Idalion (modern Dali). The local god worshipped here was later identified with Greek Apollo and his Phoenician equivalent Reshef. Frequently depicted wearing a lion Skin and brandishing a Club, he protected humans against the forces of nature.
The colossal size and high quality of the Carving show this man had great wealth and social status. He was probably a member of the ruling dynasty, perhaps the king himself. As chief worshipper in his realm, he may also have served as the high priest. The sanctuary was one of the major cult places of the Greek-speaking kingdom of Idalion. After Idalion was conquered by its Phoenician neighbour Kition (modern Larnaka) around 450 BC, its new rulers respected the great shrine and made dedications there, including this statue.
DSC_1150 SIGMA
I met her in the mountains on the island of Cyprus. She was on her stomach knotted child. Maybe she was 20 years old. I do not know. It was a picture! I do not know which country she was.
The most iconic, most visited village in Cyprus. Very "instagrammable". Known for it's embroidery. In the last years it has developed a good gastronomy.
If interested, visit my Album "Lefkara"
I have endless stories to tell about Lefkara.
Liopetri, Cyprus, is one of the "Kokkinochoria" - red soil villages. The red clay, also known as terra rossa, is the result of the weathering of limestone. Rain makes the incredible colour visible. This type of soil is rather good and helps to produce, among other things, potatoes that are among the best Europe has to offer.