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Taken on the Clyde on the way to Inchcolm Island, We did have a close encounter with the boat when he drifted over in front our boat we had a few scary moment's.
Texture's & effect's by William Walton.
Þingvellir is located only 40 km from Reykjavik. It was the site of the Alþing, the annual parliament of Iceland from the year 930 until the last session held in 1798. Þingvellir is a site of historical, cultural, and geological significance, and is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Iceland.
FOCUS Sea Brook Photo Competition: Architecture/Decor
Link to all of my 2022 FOCUS Sea Brook 100k Photography Challenge entries
Taken at WQNC
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.
H. P. Lovecraft
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Amalfi es una comuna y archidiócesis italiana de la región de Campania, situada a la orilla del golfo de Salerno, a 75 km de Nápoles. Se encuentra en la boca de una profunda garganta al pie del Monte Cerreto, de 1315 m de altura, rodeada por acantilados. Forma parte de la lista de lugares Patrimonio de la Humanidad de la Unesco. Es el principal pueblo de la costa en la que se localiza, de ahí, que se conozca como la Costa Amalfitana.
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En la cripta de la catedral de Amalfi se encuentran las reliquias de San Andrés apóstol, hermano de Simón Pedro.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalfi
Amalfi is a town and comune in the province of Salerno, in the region of Campania, Italy, on the Gulf of Salerno. It lies at the mouth of a deep ravine, at the foot of Monte Cerreto (1,315 metres, 4,314 feet), surrounded by dramatic cliffs and coastal scenery. The town of Amalfi was the capital of the maritime republic known as the Duchy of Amalfi, an important trading power in the Mediterranean between 839 and around 1200.
Amalfi is the main town of the coast on which it is located, named Costiera Amalfitana (Amalfi Coast), and is today an important tourist destination together with other towns on the same coast, such as Positano, Ravello and others. Amalfi is included in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
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A patron saint of Amalfi is Saint Andrew, the Apostle, whose relics are kept here at Amalfi Cathedral (Cattedrale di Sant'Andrea/Duomo di Amalfi).
Thick fog, high air moisture, no phone and GPS signal.
We didn't know exactly where we were going... but that is the best way to explore.
The Búðakirkja church, on Iceland’s Snæfellsnes peninsula may not sound like a must-see destination, but the isolation mixed with the surreal landscape gives this little black church some real photography cred.
In the lead up to Iceland I’d penned it down as being one of my big ticket locations and was lucky enough to shoot it on two different days with two different conditions. Here’s the second shot taken later in the week.
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In Nederland zijn 363 soorten zweefvliegen waargenomen, 303 daarvan worden als inheems beschouwd.
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In the Netherlands, 363 species of hoverflies have been observed, 303 of which are considered to be indigenous.
"When are you planning to settle down?"
"I don't think we really settle down. Isn't it more like moving from one destination to the next? We're always going to fight a change, then embrace a change, then stick with a routine then repeat the cycle."
"You don't want to settle down? Have a forever home?"
"How could I even consider this when the world around me is ever changing? How can you pick a spot and hope that you always roll a 20 so it would never be disturbed? War, terminations, depression, economic crisis, citizenships and what about nature itself, earthquakes, floods..."
"But you can't possible keep moving as you grow older..."
"Why not? Maybe I'd like to retire near the beach for a year then move to the country side in the next year, then up in the mountains a year after that."
"Or why not just spend your days in your furnished apartment watching all the movies you missed, reading all the books you couldn't in your youth, watching your grandkids play with their grandpa computer games or just brush your cats..."
"I could do that too...but I could do plenty. Settling down just seems unlikely when you aren't really sure where you belong."
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Sometime between them falling asleep and Winston sneezing, the two souls were slowly entering another dimension. That place between reality and a dream where anything was possible.
All their dreams, aspirations and hopes appearing around them as their surroundings begin shifting. From plain, worn out and metallic to mossy, flowers and the smell of the wind.
Perhaps if Winston did not sneeze, they would have been sucked into one of their 'adventures'...
P.S. Had the luxury on my 1 day off to have been invited by a ginger for a photo session! We decided to do our own versions and I adore the variety!
The Thames Barrier is a retractable barrier system that is designed to prevent the floodplain of most of Greater London from being flooded by exceptionally high tides and storm surges moving up from the North Sea. It has been operational since 1982. Wikipedia
Milford Sound / Piopiotahi is a fiord in the south west of New Zealand's South Island within Fiordland National Park, Piopiotahi (Milford Sound) Marine Reserve, and the Te Wahipounamu World Heritage site. It has been judged the world's top travel destination in an international survey (the 2008 Travelers' Choice Destinations Awards by TripAdvisor) and is acclaimed as New Zealand's most famous tourist destination. Milford Sound runs 15 kilometres inland from the Tasman Sea at Dale Point (also named after a location close to Milford Haven in Wales)—the mouth of the fiord—and is surrounded by sheer rock faces that rise 1,200 metres or more on either side. Among the peaks are The Elephant at 1,517 metres, said to resemble an elephant's head, and The Lion, 1,302 metres, in the shape of a crouching lion. Milford Sound sports two permanent waterfalls, Lady Bowen Falls and Stirling Falls. After heavy rain temporary waterfalls can be seen running down the steep sided rock faces that line the fiord. They are fed by rain water drenched moss and will last a few days at most once the rain stops. 13839
How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.
-- Buckminster Fuller
Saint-Jorioz, Haute-Savoie, Auvernia-Ródano-Alpes, France.
Saint-Jorioz es una ciudad de Haute-Savoie, en la región de Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, a unos diez kilómetros al sur de Annecy.
El territorio del municipio de un área de 21 km² se encuentra parcialmente en las montañas medias y altas, limita al oeste con el macizo de Semnoz que se eleva a 1660 m de altitud y al este con la orilla oeste del Lago de Annecy (443 m sobre el nivel del mar).
Habitado desde el Neolítico, vestigios de aldeas a orillas del lago que fueron descubiertos en la década de 1980, el sitio está atravesado por una vía romana en la antigüedad, pero una primera aldea no se desarrolló realmente en el siglo IX con el establecimiento de un priorato
Compuesta por muchas aldeas, la localidad que vive hasta entonces de la agricultura y la pesca se industrializa con el establecimiento de tileries que no cesaron su actividad hasta 1953. Mientras tanto, Saint-Jorioz que pertenecía al Ducado de Saboya tiene Fue adscrito a Francia en 1860.
La proximidad de Annecy y el desarrollo del turismo relacionado con el lago y las estaciones de deportes de invierno que lo rodean durante la segunda mitad del siglo XX impulsan la demografía de la ciudad, que ahora cuenta con casi 6.000 habitantes.
Su playa, su puerto, su ocio relacionado con su entorno preservado hacen de Saint-Jorioz, que pertenece al Parque Natural Regional del Massif des Bauges, un paso o un popular destino turístico.
Saint-Jorioz is a town in Haute-Savoie, in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region, about ten kilometers south of Annecy.
The territory of the municipality of an area of 21 km² is located partly in the middle and high mountains, bounded to the west by the Semnoz massif which rises to 1660 m altitude and to the east by the west shore of Lake Annecy (443 m above sea level).
Inhabited since Neolithic times, traces of lakeside villages that were discovered in the 1980s, the site is crossed by a Roman road in antiquity, but a first village did not really develop in the 9th century with the establishment of a priory
Composed of many villages, the town that lived until then from agriculture and fishing became industrialized with the establishment of tileries that did not cease their activity until 1953. Meanwhile, Saint-Jorioz which belonged to the Duchy of Savoy has been attached to France in 1860.
The proximity of Annecy and the development of tourism related to the lake and the winter sports resorts that surround it during the second half of the 20th century boost the demography of the city, which now numbers almost 6,000 inhabitants.
Its beach, its port, its leisure linked to its preserved environment make Saint-Jorioz, which belongs to the Massif des Bauges Regional Natural Park, a step or a popular tourist destination.