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This was for the Gizmodo weekly challenge. The challenge was to be directly over your subject. I was pretty sure I would never pull this off, but ta-da!!! That is why I took all the photos from the front just in case I spoked her. However, this little gal was extremely photogenic. I was able to position myself directly over her after several other shots. She actually followed me around a bit seemingly wanting me to take her photo (as seen below). I used the Opteka 31mm tube as well as a Raynox 250 adapter. Why do I asume its female...... I guess because ive never seen a dude beg for a photo shoot.
Looking directly up to a crane. I stood in the middle of a road to get this shot I'll have you know!! And survived.... 😀
In Settle, North Yorkshire.
View looking directly down on high boots stuck in the mud!
Friendly warning: #1: Do not get stuck in the mud in the rain forrest of Costa Rica! Warning #2: Don't get lost there either!
Ngorongoro Crater, crater floor at 1,700 m.
With sidewalls 400 / 600 m so that the crater rim is at 2,300 m.
Diameter 21 Km
Here you can see Ousado has lost a toe on his hind foot!
In Porto Jofre, the jaguars are closely monitored and studied by the Jaguar Identification Project, which is dedicated to the long-term study and conservation of jaguars in Brazil's Pantanal. Each year they create a guide reporting on the most commonly seen animals in the Porto Jofre region. Each jaguar can be identified by their spot pattern. Their entire coat is like a fingerprint and is completely unique to that individual. Since 2013, over 412 individuals have been identified, including this aging warrior, Ousado.
Ousado (meaning 'bold' or 'daring'), was first observed in 2020. He was a rescued victim from the massive fires that swept through the Pantanal in 2020. At least 17 million vertebrate animals were directly killed by fire, and 27% of the vegetation cover of the Brazilian Pantanal was destroyed. The estimate was made by a group of 30 scientists from different institutions, in an unprecedented study that took place over many months.
The Story of Ousado and His Collar (in some photos, I have edited it out)
The Ordeal: In September 2020, during some of the worst fires to ever hit the Pantanal wetlands in Brazil, Ousado was found severely injured. He had suffered third-degree burns on all four of his paws, which prevented him from walking or hunting and left him emaciated.
Rescue and Rehabilitation: A team of veterinarians and conservation organizations, including Ampara Animal and Panthera, rescued Ousado. He was airlifted for medical treatment, which included innovative stem cell therapy for his burns. He made a quick and full recovery within 36 days.
The Collar and Release: Upon his release back into the wild in October 2020, Ousado was fitted with a GPS satellite collar. The purpose of the collar was for scientists to monitor his progress, track his movements, and ensure his successful readaptation to his natural habitat.
A Symbol of Resilience: The collar serves as a visual reminder of his incredible survival story. Despite initial concerns about his ability to survive or hunt again, Ousado thrived. He is now a dominant male in his territory, known for his formidable hunting skills, including a unique technique of diving underwater to ambush caimans.
The Collar's Status: The collar was intended to detach automatically after about a year, but this did not happen. Recapturing him to remove it is considered too risky for both the animal and the team. Ousado still wears the collar and is frequently sighted by tourists and researchers, known as the "jaguar ambassador" of the Northern Pantanal.
Paris
La Felicità, Paris13
La Felicità, c'est un giga food court italien de 4500m2, niché en plein cœur du 13ème arrondissement de Paris. Au programme : différents spots où déguster le meilleur de la street food italienne. Pizzeria, trattoria, beergarten ou encore cocktails bar, une seule règle à la carte : des recettes authentiquement italiennes 100% maison, cuisinées avec des produits ultra-frais directement sourcés auprès de nos producteurs. Le tout dans une ambiance électrique, au rythme d'une programmation enflammée : Concerts live, DJ-sets, karaokés, activités kids friendly…Profitez du karma de ce lieu magique en famille, en duo, en solo ou entre potes.
La Felicità is a 4,500m2 Italian food court, nestled in the heart of the 13th arrondissement of Paris. On the program: different spots where you can taste the best of Italian street food. Pizzeria, trattoria, beergarten or cocktail bar, a single rule to the menu: 100% authentic Italian recipes, cooked with ultra-fresh products directly sourced from our producers. All in an electric atmosphere, to the rhythm of a fiery programming: live concerts, DJ-sets, karaoke, kids friendly activities... Enjoy the karma of this magical place with your family, as a duo, solo or with friends.
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Directly across the street where Jacks Chicken Basket Jazz Club was, is Fernando's Bar with cold beer. Fernando's is one of many of the colorful Latin themed painted building in this changed section of South L.A.! Where late night establishments herald in Jazz from the late 20's until the mid 50's. ! Years after the 1992 Rodney King riots in this neighborhood, many Mexican and other Latin decent families moved into the area due to the affordable housing cost, then the change began. The previous shots and this scene of Fernando's Bar represents a big part of South Los Angeles today!
Bird is flying directly over my head. Having a smaller lens that I could hand hold made this type of shot possible. With a large lens on a tripod, it is virtually impossible to tilt it vertically to obtain an overhead shot like this.
Once again, this image depicts the Kite eating a bug! The birds are now fattening up for their migration back to Central and South America where they will spend the next 6-7 months before their return next March to begin the breeding season all over again.... the circle of life!!!!
Bird is 77.7 feet above me!
Drawn directly onto watercolour paper to form a birthday for a former colleague who has the same birthday as me. I used a sketch I did on site while doing fieldwork in Ely in April 2014.
Steeplegate, number 16 High Street, was built in the mid to late 16th century, forming an access from the town into the cathedral precinct after Dissolution of the monastery which served the cathedral. 18 High Street, to the left, was probably built at the same time but was heavily altered in the 18th century. Beneath them both is a 14th century, brick built, vaulted undercroft. We recorded this in October 2013.
No need for a collage of images to demonstrate larval and adult stages of this Paper Wasp (Polistes stigma, Vespidae)...
(image taken looking directly upwards into the cells of the paper nest)
Pu'er, Yunnan, China
see comments for additional image (a different multigenerational family)...
This is directly to the left of Sahalie Falls down in Central Oregon, which has to be one of the most impressive and beautiful waterfalls I've seen. There's a mossy little paradise at the base, and I hit it on a day where the snow had melted around it enough to not show (thankfully--snow is tough to shoot in long exposures, especially in full sun). There was really no safe way over there, but even seeing it reminded me of a fairy tale or two. The fairies probably tucked some treasures over there, knowing the blundering humans couldn't get to them without planting themselves face-first into the river.
Compositionally, I've never been quite sure about this shot, which is part of the reason I've taken so long in posting it. While the scene is beautiful, the lines are odd. The rainbow is diffused by light blockage from trees and such. I'm also not fond of stretching my 17-85 all the way to 85mm, since things get very soft and dreamy (Canon got it right on its new 18-55 lens). It did work out for this shot, and the more I look at it, the more I like it. Sometimes a supposed weakness in a piece of equipment can simply make a scene more interesting.
2-second exposure at 85mm - Canon 17-85mm IS lens - Hoya Moose filter
Sketched directly in ink on location at Marshal Creek in Long Island City. The creek is a superfund site, one of the worst in the country, where sewage and industrial pollutants have been dumped for a few hundred years. The little slice of highway in the front is the LIC(Long Island Expressway) which is at the entrance to the Midtown Tunnel on the left.
Delft is a city that is full of culture, traditions and a network of fantastic canals. Located in the South Holland province, Delft is directly in-between The Hague and Rotterdam, and Zoetermeer is just 15 minutes to the north east. With origins in the 11th century, delft has always had an association with canals and it was developed into a city around the 13th century.
The renowned Dutch leader William of Orange had a residence in Delft and during the 1500’s it was one of the prominent cities in the Netherlands for many years. In modern times, Delft has become well known for its ceramic pottery industry and also has a plethora of historical monuments and stunning architecture such as the city hall and Oostpoort.
An oriental pied hornbill (anthracoceros albirostris) flying directly overhead. Photographed on Hat Yao Noi, Phang Nga, Thailand.
Looking directly into the setting sun is better than posing don't you know. Mana on a retaining wall post in the garden. It's a great cat posse up there surveying all he is king of. I must get around to making him a mane, he'll be a pretty cute tiny lion for the 3-5 seconds he'll wear it!
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New Year's morning 2016 at the Black Rock Desert, Gerlach, Nevada.
My plan was to shoot from the east side of the playa to get the alpenglow on the Granite Range. When I got near the playa it was practically white out conditions from blowing snow and I missed seeing the turn off to go up the east side. I drove at a crawl to get through Gerlach and decided to go up the west side where the wind wasn't too bad against the mountains. Driving out onto the playa, the blowing snow was worse the further I went. It wasn't yet 6 am and still dark so I back tracked my way to the road because I knew I wasn't going to be able to do any photography, nor did I have any idea when or if conditions would clear. Besides, allowing my car to become a very large snowball for no good reason did seem rather stupid. The wind did begin to let up as I made my way back to the east side road, and with the dawning light I could see a low fog over the playa. The dogs and I waited in my toasty warm truck until the fog began to lift and I could see the mountain peaks before venturing out onto this frozen landscape. I'm a total wimp when it comes to seriously cold below freezing weather and I spent more time thawing out in my truck between the very few shots I ended up getting, but at least I can say I got something for my efforts…and I think I'd do it again in spite of myself.
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Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukuyama_Castle:
Fukuyama Castle (福山城, Fukuyama-jō), sometimes called Hisamatsu Castle (久松城, Hisamatsu-jō) or Iyō Castle (葦陽城, Iyō-jō) was the castle of the Bingo-Fukuyama Han during the Edo period of Japanese history. The grounds of the castle have been designated a National Historic Site since 1964. The castle is located in Fukuyama Park in Fukuyama, Hiroshima near Fukuyama Station.
Fukuyama Castle is located at a hill in the center of Fukuyama city. Prior to the Edo Period, this area was a large tidal flat. The Sanyōdō highway, which connects the Kinai region with Kyushu, ran to the north of the modern city center, and Tomonoura, a port on the Seto Inland Sea from the Heian period, was to the south. The main power center for Bingo Province was at Kannabe Castle to the northeast. After the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, Fukushima Masanori was awarded control of both Aki Province and Bingo Province; however, in 1619, the Tokugawa shogunate used the pretext that he had made repairs to Hiroshima Castle without permission to seize a portion of his domain, awarding a 100,000 koku portion of Bingo Province to Tokugawa Ieyasu's cousin, Mizuno Katsunari. Katsunari had an outstanding military record and it was expected that he would act as a bulwark on the Sanyōdō highway against possible rebellion by the powerful tozama daimyō of western Japan, such as the Mōri clan. Mizuno found that Kannabe Castle was located in a narrow mountain valley and was inconvenient both to manage his domain and to defend against attack, some received a special exception from the shogunate's "one domain - one castle" rule to build a new castle and castle town on reclaimed land. Construction started in 1619 and was completed in 1622.
The new Fukuyama Castle occupied a hill with a length of 400 meters and width of 200 meters. The inner bailey occupies the southern half of the hill, and contains a five-story tenshu at its northern edge. The southern edge was protected by two yagura turrets.The Fushimi yagura was a white three-story structure transferred from abolished Fushimi Castle in Kyoto. The Tsukumi yagura has a red handrail balcony. Between these two yagura is the main gate of the castle, also transferred from Fushimi Castle.
The secondary bailey occupied the north half of the hill, and outer bailey surrounded south half of the hill. Fukuyama Castle had seven three-story yagura and 15 smaller yagura, and tall stone walls, and was surrounded by water moats, connected by canal to the Seto Inland Sea.
The Mizuno clan was replaced by the Abe clan was rulers of Fukuyama Domain in 1698 and governed to the Meiji restoration. Although the various Abe daimyō played important political roles in the administration of the shogunate, they seldom visited the domain in person. During the Boshin War, Fukuyama Castle was attacked by the Chōshū army in January 1868, but the domain defected to the Imperial side and the castle was spared destruction.
After the Meiji Restoration, most of the buildings except for the tenshu and a number of yagura were demolished. The castle grounds became a public park. In 1931, the tenshu was designed a "National Treasure" under the former Cultural Properties Protection Law. However, the tenshu burned down during World War II. Much of outer areas of the castle grounds disappeared due to the construction of railways and urban development. Fukuyama Station was built directly adjacent to the inner bailey of the castle and the tenshu can be seen clearly from its platforms.
Trier, Kurfürstliches Palais (Electoral Palace).
The Electoral Palace directly next to the Basilica is considered one of the most beautiful rococo palaces in the world.
The Electoral Palace (Kurfürstliches Palais), was the residence of the Archbishops and Electors of Trier from the 16th century until the late 18th century. It now houses various offices of the federal government and often hosts classical music concerts.
During the Second World War the palace was severely damaged. After the war only the Hochschloss was restored. The Niederschloss was demolished except for the Red Tower and the Petersburg Gate.
Detail: View of the Baroque south wing of the palace.
For more information see:-
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_Palace,_Trier
www.trier-info.de/en/places-of-interest/electoral-palace
www.viator.com/Trier-attractions/Kurfurstliches-Palais-El...
Shot taken directly from Second Life with no retouching in photoshop.
New for the August FaMESHed - the PRIMA Spicy Metallic Monokini. Sexy sexy and optimized for PBR :)
Style card:
*PRIMA* Femme Elite body (busty)
LeLutka Ceylon with my own custom shape
*PRIMA* Spicy metallic monokini
SIGMA Ethnic rings
*PRIMA* Kokiri spiral earrings
Tantrum Mi Amor Toe nails
Tantrum Love Me Lots flip flops ♥
Doux Sunmi hair
I noticed I've been shooting directly into the sun a lot lately. I'm gonna go blind real quick someday. But I just loooove the effect~
Fuxing Township, Taoyuan County - Taiwan
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This is the Willis Tower in Chicago, looking up from directly under it.
A picturesque, little village called Flo, directly opposite our lovely lunch spot, on the way to Hjelle. ♥
Eva, staring straight into the morning sun. I guess she momentarily tired of watching the birds which were organizing themselves for migration on the river below.
The title is a quote directly out of my son's mouth as he was playing with a little people play set where there si a flippable sun and moon in the window of the house. Obviously not a good idea to do in real life, but makes for a great title to a photo.
This one has been sitting on my computer for 6 months now. I remembered about this one because the new studio 26 assignment is lens flare. Part of the goal with this photo was the flare, which is why were on the bridge for sunrise. Thought I might cheat and start my set with a photo from the past, but new to flickr. A couple other photos from that morning are linked in the comments.
About 17 km north of Cha-Am you find the small town of Puek Tian, directly at the Gulf of Thailand. In honor of the most famous royal poet of Thailand, Phu Sunthon this water statue park was built.
According to the epic poem Phra Aphai Mani, Phisuea Samut is a sea ogress who lived in a cave beneath the sea. One day, Phra Aphai Mani, a prince from the Rattana Kingdom, was sent to study abroad by his father, with the intention of having him ascend to the throne after his passing. Aphai is a master of playing a magical flute called Pi , which had the power to put people to sleep or even kill them. Nang Phisuea Samudra was captivated by the beautiful music of the flute and decided to rise from the sea to find its source. When she finally met Aphai, she instantly fell in love with him and began plotting to marry him. While Aphai's companions were lulled to sleep by the sound of his flute, Phisuea Samudra disguised herself as a beautiful woman to be with him. Aphai knew all along that she was an ogress in disguise, but he was unable to escape. Aphai and Phisuea lived together and had a son named Sin Samudra. For eight years, Sin was kept isolated from the world until one day, Aphai revealed the truth about his mother to him and they devised a plan to escape. Aphai tricked Phisuea Samudra into going to meditate on a distant island and fasting for three days.
When Phisuea realized she had been deceived, she became agitated and lost her beauty, transforming back into an ogress. She wandered along the beach searching for her beloved. The story ends with Aphai managing to escape and arriving on a shore, where he played his magic flute, breaking Phisuea Samudra's heart and killing her.
We saw this version at Puek Tian Beach on our drive down from Bangkok to Phuket earlier in the summer. We've seen another on Koh Samet (see comments)
Directly descended from ancestors that flourished the Permain period, some 250 million years ago.Its a living fossil.
It's a magnificent, harmless critter. No sting and no bite and its scorpion looking tail is the males reproductive parts. Its scorpian like appendage is for grabbing the female for mating.
They tend to steal dead insects from spiders webs and also the spider that intervenes while its pilfering its catches. It has no fear in getting caught in the web as they can dissolve the spiders silk. What a fabulous creature.
Korsika - Klippen von Bonifacio
Bonifacio (/bəˈniːfɑːtʃoʊ/; Italian pronunciation: [boniˈfaːtʃo]; French: [bɔnifasjo]; Corsican: Bunifaziu, [buniˈfatsju]; Bonifacino: Bunifazziu; Gallurese: Bunifaciu) is a commune at the southern tip of the island of Corsica, in the Corse-du-Sud department of France.
Bonifacio is the setting of Guy de Maupassant's short story "Vendetta".
The French leg of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series takes place in Bonifacio.
Bonifacio is located directly on the Mediterranean Sea, separated from Sardinia by the Strait of Bonifacio. It is a city placed on the best and only major harbour of the southern coast and also is a commune covering a somewhat larger region including the offshore Isles Lavezzi, giving it the distinction of being the southernmost commune in Metropolitan France. The commune is bordered on the northwest by the canton of Figari and has a short border on the northeast with the canton of Porto-Vecchio. The combined border runs approximately from the Golfe de Ventilegne on the west to the mouth of the Golfu di Sant'Amanza on the east. The coastline circumscribed by the two points is about 75 kilometres (47 mi). Highway N198 runs north along the east coast and N196 along the west.
The islands are part of the French portion, 794.6-square-kilometre (196,300-acre), of the international Bouches de Bonifacio ("Strait of Bonifacio") marine park, a nature reserve, signed into legal existence by France and Italy in 1993 for the protection of the strait against passage of ships bearing dangerous chemicals, and implemented in France by a ministerial decree of 1999 detailing the land to be included in the réserve naturelle de Bouches de Bonifacio for the preservation of wild birds, other fauna and flora, fish and nature in general.
The southern coast in the vicinity of Bonifacio is an outcrop of chalk-white limestone, precipitous and sculpted into unusual shapes by the ocean. Slightly further inland the limestone adjoins the granite of which the two islands, Sardinia and Corsica, are formed. The port of Bonifacio is placed on the Bay of Bonifacio, a drowned ravine of a fjord-like appearance separated from the ocean by a finger-like promontory 1,500 meters (4,900 ft) long and 200 meters (660 ft) wide. In prehistoric post-glacial times when sea levels were low and the islands were connected, the ravine was part of a valley leading to upland Corsica. The maximum draught supported by the harbour is 3.5 meters (11 ft), more than ample for ancient ships and modern small vessels.
The city of Bonifacio is split into two sections. The vieille ville (old town), or la Haute Ville (the Upper city), on the site of a citadel, is located on the promontory overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. The citadel was built in the 9th century with the foundation of the city. The Citadel has been reconstructed and renovated many times since its construction and most recently was an administrative center for the French Foreign Legion. Today it is more of a museum. Historically most of the inhabitants have resided in the Haute ville under the immediate protection of the citadel. The harbour facilities and residential areas below, la marine, line the narrow shelf of the inlet and extend for some distance up the valley, giving the settlement a linear appearance and creating a third residential section limited by St. Julien on the east.
The city and its fortifications also extend for some distance along the cliff-tops, which are at about 70 meters (230 ft) elevation. The cliffs have been undercut by the ocean so that the buildings, which have been placed on the very lip of the precipice, appear to overhang it. The appearance from the sea is of a white city gleaming in the sun and suspended over the rough waters below.
Bonifacio has two prehistoric sites of some importance: the ancient cave shelter of Araguina-Sennola near the village of Capello on Route N96 just north of the city and a chambered tomb of Vasculacciu further north near Figari. The first is the site of the notable Lady of Bonifacio, a female burial carbon-dated to about 6570 BC, which is either late Mesolithic or Early Neolithic, and the second belongs to the Megalithic Culture and is dated to the Middle Neolithic. The alignment of the two and the extensive use of chert from Monte Arci in Sardinia shows that the Bay of Bonifacio was a route to inland Corsica from the earliest times.
The only record of southernmost Corsica in Roman times comes from the geographer Ptolemy. He reports the coordinates of Marianum Promontory and town, which, plotted on a map, turn out to be the farthest south of Corsica. After listing the peoples of the east coast he states that the Subasani (ancient Greek Soubasanoi) were "more to the south."
The people do not appear subsequently and the town and promontory have not been identified, nor do any Roman roads point to it. The only official road, the Via Corsica, ran between the Roman castra of Mariana and Aleria on the east coast and further south to Pallas, according to the Antonine Itinerary. Ptolemy places Pallas unequivocally on the east coast north of Marianum. Although unrecorded tracks and paths to the far south are possible, it is unlikely they would have carried any significant Roman traffic.
Maritime traffic through the strait however was significant and it could hardly have neglected the fine harbour at Bonifacio. The most popular choice for Marianum Promontory therefore is Cape Pertusato, southernmost point of Corsica island, about 9 kilometers (6 mi) east of the harbor, with Bonifacio itself as Marianum town. A second possibility would be the first century AD Roman ruins adjoining Piantarella Beach near the village of Ciappili and next to the grounds of Sperone golf course, a recreational suburb to the west of Bonifacio, but those ruins appear to represent a Roman villa and the beach though eminently suitable for recreation is of little value as a port. More likely the villa belonged to a citizen of Bonifacio as Marianum.
Corsica was taken from the Roman Empire in 469 AD by Genseric, king of the Vandals, and recovered by the Eastern Empire in 534. The Lombards having taken it again in 725, Charlemagne cleared them out by 774 and handed the island over to the Papacy, which had been the most powerful complainant of the island's devastation by Germanics. Starting in 806 the Moors of Spain began to contend for the island and held it for a short time but in 828 the Papacy assigned its defense to the margrave of Tuscany, a powerful state of the Holy Roman Empire nominally under the Kingdom of Italy.
The city in evidence today was founded as a fortress by and subsequently named after Boniface II of Tuscany in 828. He had led a naval expedition to suppress the Saracens of North Africa and returned to build an unassailable fortress and naval base from which the domains of Tuscany could be defended at the outermost frontier. Most of the citadel postdates the 9th century or is of uncertain date but Il Torrione, a round tower, was certainly part of the original citadel.
(Wikipedia)
Bonifacio (prononcé en français : [bɔnifasjo], en italien : [boniˈfaːtʃo]; en corse : Bunifaziu ou Bunifazziu selon le dialecte bonifacien) est une commune française située dans la circonscription départementale de la Corse-du-Sud et le territoire de la collectivité de Corse. Elle appartient à l'ancienne piève de Bonifacio dont elle était le chef-lieu.
Bonifacio, située à l'extrême sud de la Corse, est la commune française la plus méridionale de la France métropolitaine.
Au sud, les Bouches de Bonifacio séparent la Corse de la Sardaigne italienne.
Elle constitue après Porto-Vecchio la deuxième agglomération de l'Extrême Sud de la Corse, qui s'étend depuis Bonifacio jusqu'à Sari-di-Porto-Vecchio au nord et Monacia-d'Aullène à l'ouest en passant par Figari et son aéroport.
Dès 1833, les terrains néogènes de Bonifacio sont signalés par J. Reynaud dans une note publiée dans les Mémoires de la Société géologique de France (n° 20). « L'âge des couches de Bonifacio correspondant très probablement au calcaire moellon du Midi et à la mollasse des Martigues, de Cucuron et de Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux ». En 1886, l'îlot de Néogène de Bonifacio est soigneusement étudié par Pérou (n° 114) qui en donne la description suivante :
« Tantôt les premières assises disparaissaient, affleuraient ou étaient supérieures au niveau actuel de la mer ; qu'en de nombreux endroits l'érosion les avait totalement enlevées en ne laissant que le substratum de granite, et cela aussi bien sur les bords de la mer, par exemple, entre les ruisseaux de Canalli et de Balava, qu'à l'intérieur des terres, entre les collines de Sappa et de Finocchio. »
— D. Hollande in Géologie de la Corse, Bulletin de la Société des Sciences historiques et naturelles de la Corse - Éditeur Veuve Ollagnier Bastia, janvier 1917 p. 237-238.
Les sédiments du Néogène de Bonifacio forment à l'extrémité sud de la Corse un plateau élevé entre 60 et 80 mètres, d’une superficie de 60 km2, reposant en plein sol granitique. La mer a fortement rongé, miné à la base cet immense bloc ; les constructions élevées sur le bord des falaises « donnent l'impression d'une chute prochaine, bien qu'un tel état des choses dure depuis des siècles et ne trouble en rien la quiétude des habitants. ». La surface de ce plateau est découpée par des fentes, de petites vallées, qui la transforment en une table mamelonnée à monticules s'élevant jusqu'à 80 mètres au-dessus du niveau de la mer. La falaise que domine le phare de Capo Pertusato comprend essentiellement des mollasses graveleuses et des calcaires blancs.
Les sédiments néogènes de Bonifacio comprennent sept couches avec fossiles identifiés1, qui sont de haut en bas :
De l’Helvétien : 7 - Des calcaires assez tendres, grisâtres ; 6 - Des calcaires blancs subcrayeux ; 5 - Des calcaires durs, jaunâtres ou d'un gris blanc ;
Du Burdigalien : 4 - Des marnes ou des marno-calcaires ; 3 - Des calcaires verdâtres et des marnes sableuses, grises, ocreuses, quelquefois à grains de granite, où les fossiles sont nombreux ; 2 - Des calcaires ou des marno-calcaires ; 1 - Des lits de galets, de gravier et de sable.
L'origine de la ville actuelle de Bonifacio n'est pas vraiment connue avec précision, mais des dates approximatives indiquent sa refondation entre 828 et 833 par Boniface II de Toscane qui lui donna son nom actuel. L'histoire attestée de Bonifacio remonte en 1195 mais la ville fut colonisée par les Génois qui imposèrent à la ville des modifications militaires structurelles importantes (et qui créèrent la citadelle actuelle).
Comme tous les ports de commerce, son histoire a été relativement mouvementée notamment par un conflit guerrier entre Pise et Gênes, ces deux républiques se disputant avec acharnement sa citadelle qui était un maillon stratégique militaire et un complexe portuaire sans égal en Corse. Dans un premier temps, Pise fut maîtresse des lieux jusqu'à la fin du XIIe siècle.
Le roi Alphonse V d'Aragon, maintint en 1420 un siège pendant cinq mois avant de baisser les armes face à l'intouchable cité qu'était Bonifacio.
Bonifacio a subi au cours des siècles, de multiples attaques ; mais la plus terrible fut celle de la peste qui en 1528 fit plus de 4 300 morts dans la cité qui à cette époque comptait 5 000 habitants. Les murailles imprenables se révélèrent inutiles face à ce fléau. La chapelle Saint-Roch, à l'entrée de la ville, reste un témoignage de la fin de cette sombre période. On y fait toujours une procession qui rappelle que c'est en ce lieu, où est mort le dernier Bonifacien atteint de la maladie, avant la fin de la peste.
En 1553, encore très affaiblie par le passage de la peste, Bonifacio subissait une nouvelle attaque et dut se rendre à Dragut, un ancien corsaire turc dont on dit qu'il avait été commandité par le Maréchal des Thermes. La ville assiégée capitula pour la première fois et fut mise au pillage.
Le roi François Ier de France prend possession d'une ville détruite et dépeuplée que les Français commencent à reconstruire, mais qui, en vertu du traité de paix passé en 1559, est cédée à la République de Gênes.
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Bonifacio (korsisch: Bunifaziu) ist eine Hafenstadt an der südlichen Spitze der französischen Mittelmeerinsel Korsika (Département Corse-du-Sud) mit 3118 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2017). Sie gab der Straße von Bonifacio genannten Meerenge zwischen Korsika und der zwölf Kilometer entfernten Insel Sardinien ihren Namen.
Bonifacio ist die südlichste Gemeinde des Départements Corse-du-Sud und der Insel Korsika. Der Ort teilt sich in zwei Gebiete: die Ville haute (Oberstadt) genannte mittelalterliche Altstadt und die Marina im Hafenbereich. Die Ville haute liegt auf einer 900 Meter langen, schmalen, parallel zur Küste verlaufenden Landzunge aus Kalk- und Sandstein, der Île de Fazio, die an ihrer Seeseite aus einer durchschnittlichen Höhe von 70 Metern faktisch senkrecht zum Meer hin abfällt. An der Landseite der Landzunge ist eine fjordartige Bucht (französisch Calanque) in den Kalkstein eingeschnitten, die einen gut geschützten Naturhafen bildet. Dort fällt das Kalksteinplateau weniger steil zum Wasser hin ab. Der Naturhafen dient gleichzeitig als Fischerei- und Yachthafen. Des Weiteren ist Bonifacio ein Zentrum der Handelsschifffahrt und des Fährverkehrs mit der benachbarten Insel Sardinien sowie des Fremdenverkehrs, insbesondere in den Sommermonaten.
Die offizielle Gründung Bonifacios geht auf das Jahr 828 und den toskanischen Grafen Bonifacio II. zurück. Archäologische Funde belegen allerdings, dass die Gegend bereits in frühgeschichtlichen Zeiten besiedelt war. 1187 gelang es den Genuesern mit einer List die Stadt einzunehmen. Abgesehen von einer Unterbrechung in den Jahren von 1553 bis 1559 (Sampiero Corso) blieb Bonifacio bis 1768 in der Hand Genuas. Seit 1768 ist Bonifacio unter französischer Herrschaft. 1793 bereitete Napoleon hier die gescheiterte Invasion Sardiniens vor. Im Zweiten Weltkrieg wurde Bonifacio 1942 wie ganz Korsika von deutschen und italienischen Truppen besetzt.
Die auf einem halbinselartigen Felsplateau gelegene Altstadt von Bonifacio ist wohl eine der eindrucksvollsten im Mittelmeerraum. Das Plateau ist an seinem Fuß auf der Seeseite stark ausgewaschen, sodass die Häuser darauf fast wie auf einem Balkon stehen.
Die Altstadt, deren enge, kopfsteingepflasterte Straßen von vier- bis fünfstöckigen Häusern gesäumt werden, ist über eine Zugbrücke und einen im Zickzack angelegten Tunnel zur Zitadelle zu erreichen. Das Panorama, das sich von den zahlreichen Aussichtspunkten bietet, verdeutlicht, warum Bonifacio stets als Schutzhafen vor den unberechenbaren Witterungs- und Strömungsbedingungen in der Straße von Bonifacio angesteuert wurde. Es gibt ebenfalls den Blick auf die mit Häusern bebauten weißen Kalk- und Sandstein-felsen frei, an denen das Meer seit Jahrtausenden ununterbrochen nagt, so dass sich Grotten bildeten, die ein beliebtes Ausflugsziel sind. Im Westen der Altstadt liegt der alte Meeresfriedhof (Cimetière marin de Saint-François), der beinahe den Charakter einer eigenen kleinen Stadt aus unzähligen Mausoleen und Familiengruften aufweist.
Die einzigartige Lage machte die Stadt immer wieder zum Zentrum kriegerischer Auseinandersetzungen, weshalb sie im Laufe der Zeit zu einer Festung ausgebaut wurde.
Die Grotten sind Ziel der vom Hafen aus organisierten Bootsfahrten, während der auch die Klippen vom Meer aus bewundert werden können. Von dort gut zu sehen ist auch die sogenannte Treppe des Königs von Aragon, deren Stufen in den Stein gehauen von der Oberstadt bis zum Meer führen.
Entlang der Klippen bietet sich eine Wanderung von Bonifacio aus in Richtung Südosten bis zum südlichsten Punkt Korsikas an, dem Capo Pertusato. Von dort eröffnet sich eine schöne Aussicht auf die Stadt.
Die Gastronomiebetriebe im Hafen sind auf die Zubereitung fangfrischen Fisches spezialisiert.
Das bei jedem Wetter gut geschützte Hafenbecken liegt am Ende der schmalen „Calanque“ und bietet daher Segelyachten keine Gelegenheit zum Kreuzen. Die Einfahrt selbst ist schwer auszumachen, die Häuser der Altstadt auf dem Plateau im Osten sind gut zu erkennen.
Gut erkennbar ist der weiße, viereckige Turm mit dem Wohngebäude des Leuchtturms auf Cap Pertusato, der von Süden und Westen zu sehen ist. Aus Norden kommend, ist der weiße Leuchtturm mit schwarzer Galerie auf Cap de Feno die beste Landmarke. An den Klippen unterhalb der Altstadt sind der restaurierte Wachturm und in den Fels gehauenen Treppen (Treppe des Königs von Aragon) zu sehen.
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In theater, the act of speaking directly to the viewer is known as "breaking the fourth wall". I think every great image does exactly that.
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En teatro, se conoce como "romper la cuarta pared", al acto de hablar directamente con el espectador. Creo que cualquier buena imagen consigue exactamente el mismo efecto.
The glacier-capped volcanic peak of Mount Hood (11,249 feet – 3,429 m) rises more than 8,000 feet directly above Lost Lake (3,146 ft – 959 m), our closest favorite summertime retreat in the mountains where I grew up.
Directions- head directly west from Calgary. when you reach the mountains, stop at the first mountain on your right. start climbing it. when you get about half way up take a picture. just because. enjoy the remainder of your climb!
Ifaty-Mangily is a village about 30 km north of Toliara (Tuléar) in southwest Madagascar. Ifaty was originally a pure fishing village, but due to its favourable location directly in front of a coral reef and its proximity to Toliara, the first tourist infrastructure developed in the 1970s: the beginning of Mangily. Today, both terms are often used synonymously, although they are actually still two independent but very close villages.
On the sandy beaches of the bay of Ranobe (translated “big water”) on the canal of Mozambique, travellers have a good opportunity to relax and unwind. The water is warm and the sun shines here more than 300 days a year. Ifaty has a number of well-equipped hotels and lodges for excursions with the zebu carts (Charettes), crayfish dinners, pirogue excursions or visits to the nearby Reniala reserve and the turtle village. Due to the unfortunately unfavourable security situation in the south of Madagascar, the spiny forests of the surrounding area should not be explored alone, and it is also advisable to always be on the road with local guides.
Diving schools in Ifaty offer guided dives along various parts of the coral reef, equipment can be hired on site. For beginners to experienced divers there are many possibilities to explore the sea and its colourful inhabitants. In some places, travellers even have the unique opportunity to get in touch with sharks under water. If you are not quite so brave or simply not a diver, you will find just as good opportunities for snorkeling. In August, with a bit of luck, you might even see whales passing the coast. The road to Ifaty was paved in 2016, it now takes just 20 minutes via the Route Nationale (RN9) from Toliara to Ifaty-Mangily.
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Ifaty-Mangily es un pueblo a unos 30 km al norte de Toliara (Tuléar), en el suroeste de Madagascar. Originariamente, Ifaty era un pueblo puramente pesquero, pero debido a su favorable ubicación directamente frente a un arrecife de coral y su proximidad a Toliara, en los años 70 se desarrolló la primera infraestructura turística: el comienzo de Mangily. Hoy en día ambos términos suelen utilizarse como sinónimos, aunque en realidad siguen siendo dos pueblos independientes pero muy cercanos.
En las playas de arena de la bahía de Ranobe (traducida como "agua grande") en el canal de Mozambique, los viajeros tienen una buena oportunidad para relajarse y descansar. El agua es cálida y el sol brilla aquí más de 300 días al año. Ifaty cuenta con varios hoteles y albergues bien equipados para excursiones con carros de cebú (Charettes), cenas con cangrejos de río, excursiones en piragua o visitas a la cercana reserva de Reniala y al pueblo de las tortugas. Debido a la desgraciadamente desfavorable situación de seguridad en el sur de Madagascar, los bosques espinosos de los alrededores no se deben explorar solo, y también es recomendable estar siempre de viaje con guías locales.
Las escuelas de buceo en Ifaty ofrecen inmersiones guiadas a lo largo de varias partes del arrecife de coral y se puede alquilar el equipo en el lugar. Desde principiantes hasta buceadores experimentados hay muchas posibilidades de explorar el mar y sus coloridos habitantes. En algunos lugares, los viajeros incluso tienen la oportunidad única de entrar en contacto con tiburones bajo el agua. Si no eres tan valiente o simplemente no eres buceador, encontrarás oportunidades igualmente buenas para hacer snorkel. En agosto, con un poco de suerte, es posible que incluso veas ballenas pasando por la costa. La carretera a Ifaty se pavimentó en 2016 y ahora se tarda solo 20 minutos por la Ruta Nacional (RN9) desde Toliara hasta Ifaty-Mangily.
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Directly opposite the Kew Gardens Palm House, on the other side of the pond, stands The Botanical restaurant, Museum No.1. The museum features exhibits related to: world cultures and natural sciences.
This building has existed as part of the gardens in various guises since 1856 and its history provides an insight into a very different side of Kew.
Built in 1856, the museum was the first purpose-made building on site at Kew. In his book The History of The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Ray Desmond notes however that the building was not very well received: It was designed by [Decimus] Burton in what Nikolaus Pevsner disparagingly described as “utilitarian minimum-classical” style.
Many visitors were members of the public who were perhaps more used to the gardens as simply a pleasant diversion and now were able to see all the ways in which plants were used for science, trade, and commerce. Researchers and scientists also frequented the museums to find information in support of their area of study. The museum displayed a range of unusual, and even delicious items from Kew’s Economic Botany Collection.
Kew Gardens is a botanic garden in southwest London that houses the "largest and most diverse botanical and mycological collections in the world". Founded in 1840, from the exotic garden at Kew Park, its living collections include some of the 27,000 taxa curated by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, while the herbarium, one of the largest in the world, has over 8.5 million preserved plant and fungal specimens. The library contains more than 750,000 volumes, and the illustrations collection contains more than 175,000 prints and drawings of plants. It is one of London's top tourist attractions and is a World Heritage Site.
Kew Gardens, together with the botanic gardens at Wakehurst in Sussex, are managed by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, an internationally important botanical research and education institution that employs over 1,100 staff and is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
The Kew site, which has been dated as formally starting in 1759, although it can be traced back to the exotic garden at Kew Park, formed by Henry, Lord Capell of Tewkesbury, consists of 132 hectares of gardens and botanical glasshouses, four Grade I listed buildings, and 36 Grade II listed structures, all set in an internationally significant landscape. It is listed Grade I on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.
Kew Gardens has its own police force, Kew Constabulary, which has been in operation since 1845.
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See what you can do with Prima Elite! I am using an identical SL body shape, and switched between petite and busty on the Prima HUD, and changed from the petite version of the top to the busty version. Voila!
The new Cozy cotton turtleneck is out now at the Prima main store :) It comes in 16 gorgeous colors, plus you can mix and match the trim portions with the main (not shown in this shot).
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*PRIMA* Cozy cotton turtleneck
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Directly at Helsinki South Harbour (Port of Helsinki). All passengers arriving by ship have seen this.
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Directly across from the Nicholas County Court House. This small city has a population of 2010. Located midway between Maysville and Lexington, Kentucky.
The Albert Memorial, directly north of the Royal Albert Hall in Kensington Gardens, London, was commissioned by Queen Victoria in memory of her beloved husband Prince Albert, who died in 1861. Designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the Gothic Revival style, it takes the form of an ornate canopy or pavilion 176 feet (54 m) tall, in the style of a Gothic ciborium over the high altar of a church, sheltering a statue of the prince facing south. It took over ten years to complete, the £120,000 cost (the equivalent of about £10,000,000 in 2010) met by public subscription.
The memorial was opened in July 1872 by Queen Victoria, with the statue of Albert ceremonially "seated" in 1876. It has been Grade I listed since 1970.
Royal Australian Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft from Number 3 Squadron based at RAAF Base Williamtown during Diversion Training at Canberra Airport (RAAF Fairbairn).
A35-023 and A35-028 proving hard work directly in to the sun.
Canberra Airport, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
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Lujiazui (en chino simplificado, 陆家嘴; pinyin, Lùjiāzuǐ), antiguamente conocido como Lokatse por su pronunciación en shanghainés, es una zona de Shanghái, constituida por una península formada por un meandro del Río Huangpu. Desde comienzos de la década de 1990, Lujiazui se ha desarrollado específicamente como el nuevo distrito financiero de Shanghái. La decisión de asignar este uso a Lujiazui refleja su localización: se sitúa en el lado este del río Huangpu en Pudong, justo enfrente del antiguo distrito financiero del Bund, cruzando el río.
Lujiazui es una zona de desarrollo de nivel nacional designada por el gobierno. En 2005 el Consejo de Estado reafirmó los 31,78 km² de Lujiazui como la única zona financiera y comercial entre las 185 zonas de desarrollo de nivel estatal de China continental.
Lujiazui, que significa literalmente "Desembocadura de Lu", está situado en el Nuevo Distrito de Pudong, en el lado este del río Huangpu. Forma una península en un meandro del río, que gira de dirección norte a este. La importancia de Lujiazui deriva de que está justo cruzando el río del Bund, el antiguo distrito financiero de Shanghái, y justo al sur de la confluencia del Río Suzhou con el río Huangpu. Hasta la década de 1980, Lujiazui era una zona relativamente poco urbanizada, que contenía viviendas, almacenes y fábricas.
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Lujiazui (Chinese: 陆家嘴; pinyin: Lùjiāzuǐ) is a locality in Shanghai, a peninsula formed by a bend in the Huangpu River. Since the early 1990s, Lujiazui has been developed specifically as a new financial district of Shanghai. The decision to earmark Lujiazui for this purpose reflects its location: it is located on the east side of the Huangpu River in Pudong, and sits directly across the river from the old financial and business district of the Bund.
Lujiazui is a national-level development zone designated by the government. In 2005, the State Council reaffirmed the positioning of the 31.78 km2 (12.27 sq mi) Lujiazui area as the only finance and trade zone among the 185 state-level development zones in mainland China.
Lujiazui is located in the Pudong New District on the eastern bank of Huangpu River. It forms a peninsula on a bend of the Huangpu River, which turns from flowing north to flowing east. The importance of Lujiazui stems from the fact that it lies directly across the river from the Bund, the old financial and business district of Shanghai, and just south of the confluence of the Suzhou Creek with the Huangpu River. Until the 1980s, Lujiazui was a relatively low-built area, featuring residential houses, warehouses, and factories. Following the allocation of Lujiazui as a special investment zone in 1992, the development of Lujiazui's skyline begun. This was largely driven by Chinese state owned enterprises investing and developing the property within the area, with the inaugural landmark, the Oriental Pearl Tower, being completed in 1994.