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This large waterfall is on the same creek as my shot from yesterday.
I hope everyone enjoys this image. :D
The Tholos of Delphi is among the ancient structures of the Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia in Delphi. The circular temple, a "tholos", shares the immediate site with other ancient foundations of the Temple of Athena Pronaia, all located less than a mile east of the main ruins at Delphi, in the modern Greek regional unit of Phocis. The tholos is part of the Delphi UNESCO World Heritage Site. (source: wikipedia.org)
View into the gorge from the archaeological site, Delphi
July 1974
photo by Susan
4800 dpi scan Kodachrome Yashica TL Yashinon 50mm f/2.0 lens
2021.05.07 Cuxhaven
Name DELPHIS BOTHNIA
Type Container ship
Flag of Hong Kong SAR of China
IMO 9763710
MMSI 477537200
Callsign VRPU4
Year Built 2016
Length 177 m
Width 30 m
Draught Avg 8.7 m / ...
Speed Avg/Max 19.7 kn
Deadweight 24700 tons
Gross Tonnage 25715
AIS Class
Capacity 1924 Teus
Shot in Delphi, Greece. I was fortunate that the caretaker of this place (see description below) let me in several hours before it was supposed to open the public. This is a photo of the stone monument mentioned below.
Delphi, in legend previously called Pytho (Πυθώ), in ancient times was a sacred precinct that served as the seat of Pythia, the major oracle who was consulted about important decisions throughout the ancient classical world. The oracle was international in character and also fostered sentiments of Greek nationality, even though the nation of Greece was centuries away from realization. The ancient Greeks considered the centre of the world to be in Delphi, marked by the stone monument known as the omphalos (navel).
Delphi was the site of the Delphic oracle, the most important oracle in the classical Greek world, and became a major site for the worship of the god Apollo after he slew Python, a dragon who lived there and protected the navel of the Earth.
Built in the 5th century B.C., Its present form was acquired in the 2nd c. A.D. when Herodus Atticus financed the stone seating and the arched entrance. Its stone seats could sit around 6500 spectators!
Streetscape, Delphi July 1974 photo by Susan
Caution--check brakes before proceeding
4800 dpi scan Kodachrome Yashica TL Yashinon 50mm f/2.0 lens
Olive tree, at the sacntuary of Athena Pronoia, Delphi November 1972 4800 dpi scans of Kodak PlusX negatives
first trip to Delphi, first old olive tree
DELPHI IS A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE CENTER. IT IS SECOND ONLY TO ACROPOILIS OF ATHENS IN IMPORTANCE IN ANCIENT GREEK HISTORY.
Went to this beautiful falls that I hadn't visited in 25 years when it was was privately owned. Doris and I back then "charmed" the owners into letting us on to the property.
Now the falls in part of a county park and anyone can go there.
The remains of ancient Delphi. The ancient Greeks thought this was the center of the world. The complex is on the slops of Mount Parnassus. The valley is the Pleistos River Valley If you zoom in over that little stone pillar, you can see the Delphic Tholos. Not easily accessible from where you can park.
I felt I had to put this forward to bring attention to the shameful decision by the Greek Government (obedient to their European political masters) to sell off the land around the battleground of Thermopylae for a few euros.
I hope that there will be an outcry from the Greek people that our heritage is not for sale, at any price!