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Death Valley, California
The car that just passed us is descending towards the salt flats at the bottom of Death Valley. The park headquarters further down the road at Furnace Creek is at an elevation of 190 feet (58 meters) below sea level; the lowest point in the park is near Badwater at an elevation of -282 feet (-86 meters).
Celui qui monte en ballon ne voit pas qu’il s’élève, mais voit au contraire la terre s’abaisser toujours plus profondément. Qu’est - ce que cela ? Un mystère que comprennent seuls ceux qui y consentent.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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Another of my earlier photos taken in Ireland. Decided to PP them and re-post. Taken at Howth, Ireland.
Exposure
EV [0], ISO 100, f/10
Toys
Canon 400D, EF-S 18-55mm f/3.6-5.6, handheld
Processing
Shot taken in JPEG (yes, believe that!)
Saved as 32-bit Radiance (*.HDR) in PS CS3
Tone mapped in Photomatix and saved as 16-bit TIFF
Re-toned in PS CS3 using Camera RAW 2.6
Applied adjustment and blending layers in PS CS3
Applied smart filters in PS CS3
Saved in 8-bit JPEG
Santa Elena Augusta
Flavia Julia Helena Augusta
Diocesan Shrine of Our Lady on Thorns (Aranzazu)
Municipality of San Mateo
Province of Rizal
Philippines
SantaCruzang Bayan 2008
May 25, 2008
About SAINT HELENA
Venerated in:
Roman Catholicism
Eastern Orthodoxy
Oriental Orthodoxy
Lutheran
Anglicanism
Canonized:
Her canonization precedes the practice of formal Canonization by the Pope or the relevant Orthodox and Lutheran churches.
Feast:
Roman Catholic: August 18
Lutheran: May 21
Orthodox: May 19
Coptic Orthodox: 9 Pashons
**Finding of the True Cross: May 03
Symbol: Cross
Derivatives: St. Helena of Constantinople, St. Helen, St. Eleanor
Patronage: archeologists, converts, difficult marriages, divorced people, empresses
Flavia Julia Helena Augusta, also known as Saint Helena, Saint Helen, Helena Augusta or Helena of Constantinople (ca. 250 – ca. 330) was consort of Constantius Chlorus, and the mother of Emperor Constantine I. She is traditionally credited with finding the relics of the True Cross.
Family Life: Helena's birthplace is not known with certainty. The sixth-century historian Procopius is the earliest authority for the statement that Helena was a native of Drepanum, in the province of Bithynia in Asia Minor. Her son Constantine renamed the city "Helenopolis" after her death in 328, giving rise to the belief that the city was her birthplace. Although he might have done so in honor of her birthplace, Constantine probably had other reasons for doing so. The Byzantinist Cyril Mango has argued that Helenopolis was refounded to strengthen the communication network around his new capital in Constantinople, and was renamed to honor Helena, not to mark her birthplace. There is another Helenopolis, in Palestine, but its exact location is unknown. This city, and the province of Helenopontus in the Diocese of Pontus, were probably both named after Constantine's mother.
The bishop and historian Eusebius of Caesarea states that she was about 80 on her return from Palestine. Since that journey has been dated to 326–28, Helena was probably born in 248 or 250. Little is known of her early life. Fourth-century sources, following Eutropius' Breviarium, record that she came from a low background. Ambrose was the first to call her a stabularia, a term translated as "stable-maid" or "inn-keeper". He makes this fact a virtue, calling Helena a bona stabularia, a "good stable-maid". Other sources, especially those written after Constantine's proclamation as emperor, gloss over or ignore her background.
It is unknown where she first met her future partner Constantius. The historian Timothy Barnes has suggested that Constantius, while serving under Emperor Aurelian, could have met her while stationed in Asia Minor for the campaign against Zenobia. Barnes calls attention to an epitaph at Nicomedia of one of Aurelian's protectors, which could indicate the emperor's presence in the Bithynian region soon after 270. The precise legal nature of the relationship between Helena and Constantius is unknown: the sources are equivocal on the point, sometimes calling Helena Constantius' "wife", and sometimes calling her his "concubine". Jerome, perhaps confused by the vague terminology of his own sources, manages to do both. Some scholars, such as the historian Jan Drijvers, assert that Constantius and Helena were joined in a common-law marriage, a cohabitation recognized in fact but not in law. Others, like Timothy Barnes, assert that Constantius and Helena were joined in an official marriage, on the grounds that the sources claiming an official marriage are more reliable.
Helena gave birth to Constantine I in 272. In 293, Constantius was ordered by emperor Diocletian to divorce her in order to qualify as Caesar of the Western Roman Empire, and he was married to the step-daughter of Maximian, Theodora. Helena never remarried and lived in obscurity, though close to her only son, who had a deep regard and affection for her.
Constantine was proclaimed Augustus of the Roman Empire in 306 by Constantius' troops after the
latter had died, and following his elevation his mother was brought back to the public life and the imperial court, and received the title of Augusta in 325. Helena died in 330 with her son at her side. Her sarcophagus is on display in the Pio-Clementino Vatican Museum. During her life, she gave many presents to the poor, released prisoners and mingled with the ordinary worshippers in modest attire, exhibiting a true Christian spirit.
Sainthood: She is considered by the Orthodox and Catholic churches as a saint, famed for her piety. Her feast day as a saint of the Orthodox Christian Church is celebrated with her son on May 21, the Feast of the Holy Great Sovereigns Constantine and Helen, Equal to the Apostles. Her feast day in the Roman Catholic Church falls on August 18. Her feast day in the Coptic Orthodox Church is on 9 Pashons. Eusebius records the details of her pilgrimage to Palestine and other eastern provinces (though not her discovery of the True Cross). She is the patron saint of archaeologists. The names "Saint Eleanor" and "Saint Eleanora" are usually synonymous for Saint Helen.
Relic Discoveries: In 325, Helena was in charge of a journey to Jerusalem to gather Christian relics, by her son Emperor Constantine I, who had recently declared Rome as a Christian city. Jerusalem was still rebuilding from the destruction of Hadrian, a previous emperor, who had built a temple to Venus over the site of Jesus's tomb, near Calvary.
According to legend, Helena entered the temple with Bishop Macarius, ordered the temple torn down and chose a site to begin excavating, which led to the recovery of three different crosses. Refused to be swayed by anything but solid proof, a woman from Jerusalem, who was already at the point of death from a certain disease, was brought; when the woman touched a cross suddenly recovered and Helena declared the cross with which the woman had been touched to be the True Cross. On the site of discovery, she built the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, while she continued building churches on every Holy site.
She also found the nails of the crucifixion. To use their miraculous power to aid her son, Helena allegedly had one placed in Constantine's helmet, and another in the bridle of his horse. Helena left Jerusalem and the eastern provinces in 327 to return to Rome, bringing with her large parts of the True Cross and other relics, which were then stored in her palace's private chapel, where they can be still seen today. Her palace was later converted into the Santa Croce in Gerusalemme.
The reliquary of Jerusalem was committed to the care of Saint Macarius and kept with singular care and respect in the magnificent church which Saint Helen and her son built there. Saint Paulinus relates that, though chips were almost daily cut off from it and given to devout persons, yet the sacred wood suffered thereby no diminution. It is affirmed by Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, twenty-five years after the discovery, that pieces of the cross were spread all over the earth; he compares this wonder to the miraculous feeding of five thousand men, as recorded in the Gospel. The discovery of the cross would have happened in the spring, after navigation began on the Mediterranean Sea, for Saint Helen went the same year to Constantinople and from there to Rome, where she died in the arms of her son on the 18th of August of the same year, 326.
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This is the weather to expect when you visit the Tombstone area in the northern Yukon. These Blackstone Uplands show a subarctic tundra environment due to the higher elevations. Lower elevations further north along the Dempster Highway return you to the northern taiga forest for 100s more kilometers until beyond Inuvik. I like the sunlit slopes and distant road curling to the right ahead, yet there's no visible break in the sky showing the source of sunlight.
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While our celebrations may be a little smaller and low keyed this year we still have lots to be thankful for and lots to look forward to in 2022. No matter how you celebrate the start of the New Year, do it safely and with gusto!
My wife and I will be staying home this year and cooking up some Korean style fried flounder, eating some sashimi, and enjoying a slice of coconut cream pie!
My hopes for all of us are that we will be happy and show kindness and have understanding for each other.
I don't really have a New Year's resolution. I would like to continue my current exercise regime. If you see a sweaty guy with a red backpack with a couple bags of cat litter inside wave and if I have the strength I might wave back. I am training for someone really, really big this Summer. I need to be able to hike 20 miles with a mile of elevation loss and a mile of elevation gain while carrying a heavy pack to realize my 2022 dream. It is something that I have wanted to do for a long time and I will take that first step down the trail in another 131 days.
We went over to my Mother-in-Law's for Thanksgiving dinner. We visited with her and her neighbor. I got two drone flights in before we ate our Thanksgiving dinner. (capturing lots of photos and several video clips)
Over my Mother-in-Law's
Roane County, Tennessee
Thursday, November 28th, 2024
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48203, 48215 and 48218 power across the final hill before dropping down into The Rock as 3926 loaded grain train from Boree Creek to Junee Sub Terminal.
8166 was attached at The Rock and the 3 48s were swapped for a 2nd 81 at Junee for the run to Inner Harbour.
Wednesday 7th March 2018
Some times all you need is a little elevation to add to the scene. Here standing on top of My Durand at Empire Junction the 7am Tilden pulls up hill with 60 loads in tow That little elevation got me above some of the brush and more in line with the code line poles. This area is quickly being taken over by brush that is getting mighty tall.
Location: North of Helper, UT (5,800 ft elevation) along US Highway 6. The Balance Rock Motel, grocery store and gas station are all permanently closed. Somehow, I failed to look up, and missed seeing nearby Balanced Rock (7,300 ft elevation). See photo of Balanced Rock in blog.
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The leaves look a lot like grass, but I believe these to be succulents. Photo taken at a park in Colorado Springs, Colorado (elevation around 6200 feet, 1890 meters.)
Photo: Sony NEX-5N + Auto Sears 55mm, f1.4
When we were discussing options for this year's autumn hiking adventure, it almost seemed like there was nothing left in northern Scandinavia that we all still wanted to explore. However, after some discussions, we realized that Finnish Lapland might be an interesting and convenient location for our regular autumn outdoor pursuits.
After conducting some research and planning, we narrowed our focus to Finland's northwest, bordering Sweden and Norway. More specifically, we honed in on the Käsivarsi Wilderness Area, which happens to be the second-largest wilderness area in Finland.
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Käsivarsi is somewhat atypical for Finland due to its higher elevation (Finland's highest peak, Halti (1,324m), is located in its northern tip), rugged terrain, and limited wooded areas. This combination sounded particularly attractive to us because it meant we would hike across various types of landscapes, both on and off marked trails.
Our itinerary was as follows: Kilpisjärvi/Saana mountain -> Tshahkaljärvi lake -> Siktagurajohka river -> Meekonjärvi lake including trip to Pitsusköngäs waterfall -> Porojärvi lake including ascent of Saivaara cliff -> Guhturgurajávri/Termisjärvi lakes -> Ailakkajärvi lake -> Kilpisjärvi.
At lower elevations on the drive down the mountain, aspens became more common; and they were just at their peak of color.
Here are some photos of some Mountain Short-horned lizards seen in southern Utah at about 8300 feet in elevation earlier this month. Short-horned lizards can be found in a wide variety of habitats and in a very big elevational range. A large portion of their diets in any habitat is ants and they need habitats with open areas in order to see their prey. There are several areas in the west which used to have prime habitat but which are now infested with non-native cheat grass that fills in the open areas between native shrubs and causes bad fire cycles. Luckily in some of their highest elevation habitats cheat grass can't get a grip.
This is the interior of the library of the London School of Economics. It has been an Open House London venue before. I contacted the library and requested permission to visit and they were very accommodating so no long queues and other photographers to contend with.
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