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I dare you to lift yourself up off the floor
I dare you to move
I dare you to move
Like today never happened
totally inspired by this person here_
Steller sealions and a bald eagle in the background at Race Rocks.
Race Rocks is an ecological reserve, many species of both Pinnipeds and birds live there together. It is also a very rich underwater ecosystem
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This is the statue on top of the Court House in Georgetown, Texas. I searched the Internet to find out more about her. Themis is untranslatable. A gift of the gods and a mark of civilized existence, sometimes it means right custom, proper procedure, social order, and sometimes merely the will of the gods. Interestingly, the blind fold and sword weren't added until around the 16th century. I couldn't find out what the blindfold represents. Here's some info from Wikipedia
Mythology[edit]
Greek deities
series
Titans
Olympians
Aquatic deities
Chthonic deities
Mycenaean deities
Personified concepts
Other deities
Titans
The Twelve Titans
Oceanus and Tethys,
Hyperion and Theia,
Coeus and Phoebe,
Cronus and Rhea,
Mnemosyne, Themis,
Crius, Iapetus
Children of Oceanus
Oceanids, Potamoi
Children of Hyperion
Helios, Selene, Eos
Children of Coeus
Lelantos, Leto, Asteria
Sons of Iapetus
Atlas, Prometheus,
Epimetheus, Menoetius
Sons of Crius
Astraeus, Pallas, Perses
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Statue of Themis, Chuo University, Japan.
The personification of abstract concepts is characteristic of the greeks.|date=October 2015}} The ability of the goddess Themis to foresee the future enabled her to become one of the Oracles of Delphi, which in turn led to her establishment as the goddess of divine justice.
Some classical representations of Themis did not show her blindfolded, nor was she holding a sword. The sword is also believed to represent the ability Themis had from cutting fact from fiction; to her there was no middle ground. Themis built the Oracle at Delphi and was herself oracular. According to another legend, Themis received the Oracle at Delphi from Gaia and later gave it to Phoebe.[4]
When Themis is disregarded, Nemesis brings just and wrathful retribution; thus Themis shared the Nemesion temple at Rhamnous. Themis is not wrathful: she, "of the lovely cheeks", was the first to offer Hera a cup when she returned to Olympus distraught over threats from Zeus.[5]
Themis presided over the proper relation between man and woman, the basis of the rightly ordered family (the family was seen as the pillar of the deme), and judges were often referred to as "themistopóloi" (the servants of Themis). Such was also the basis for order upon Olympus. Even Hera addressed her as "Lady Themis." The name of Themis might be substituted for Adrasteia in telling of the birth of Zeus on Crete.
Themis was present at Delos to witness the birth of Apollo. According to Ovid, it was Themis rather than Zeus who told Deucalion to throw the bones of "his Mother" over his shoulder to create a new race of humankind after the deluge.
Hesiod's description and contrast to Dike[edit]
In Greek mythology, Hesiod mentions[6] Themis among the six sons and six daughters of Gaia and Uranus (Earth and Sky). Among these Titans of primordial myth, few were venerated at specific sanctuaries in classical times.
Themis occurred in Hesiod's Theogony as the first recorded appearance of Justice as a divine personage. Drawing not only on the socio-religious consciousness of his time but also on many of the earlier cult-religions, Hesiod described the forces of the universe as cosmic divinities. Hesiod portrayed temporal justice, Dike, as the daughter of Zeus and Themis.
Dike executed the law of judgments and sentencing and, together with her mother Themis, carried out the final decisions of Moirai. For Hesiod, Justice is at the center of religious and moral life, who, independently of Zeus, is the embodiment of divine will. This personification of Dike will stand in contrast to justice viewed as custom or law, and as retribution or sentence.[7]
The city of Galesburg, Illinois has been dominated by the railroads for almost all of its existence. So much so in fact that the annual city-wide festival is known as Railroad Days. First, it was the Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy (Burlington Route, later, Burlington Northern), and then the Santa Fe (among other smaller, less successful railroads). Those two railroads merged to become today's BNSF Railway. With as much rail traffic that Galesburg saw over the years, and as many grade crossings as it had, train horns could be heard from all points in the city and at all times of the day. And traffic backups were the norm.
Somewhat surprisingly, it took until the 2010's for Galesburg to finally start construction a series of grade separations at the busiest crossings. The first was an overpass over the former Santa Fe main (today's BNSF Chillicothe Sub) on Main Street. Second was an overpass also over the Chilli Sub that connected Seminary Street to Kellogg Street. The third and so far last was an underpass on Main Street that went under the former Burlington Northern main (today's BNSF Mendota Sub). And with the completion of this underpass, the whole town could finally be declared a Quiet Zone.
When these grade separations were completed, it was only natural that they would draw railfans during the Railroad Days festivities for new photo opportunities. Ever since the Seminary Street bridge (formally known as the Bickerdyke Bridge) opened circa 2015, I have had a desire to photograph a train from it. That opportunity finally happened during the final day of Railroad Days 2023. Here we see an eastbound BNSF intermodal train on the Chilli Sub. In this view looking west-southwest, you can see 5 street crossings over Cedar Creek. Only two of these are open today, N. Prairie Street (foreground crossing) and N. Broad Street (background crossing).
Orderly living. Note to Flickr friends and followers: other examples of urban symmetry and near-symmetry to follow over the coming weeks! :-)
Atlanta to Rutherford hotshot stack train 24X passes beneath the 1960's installed GRS-D type signal bridge in Lowell, NC. These exact type of signals were once littered all across the Southern Railway, but now are very hard to find. To my knowledge, this is 1 of 5 of these still in existence on active NS trackage.
Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars... and if you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful. : Osho
I thank you God for this most amazing day...
Ask me what in love in this life. Answer is you … The best in the world.
Looking at my life time Love …. Love is still sweet and endless.
All because of you …… My existence is because of you !!
DM&IR 411 leads a northbound empty Minorca through Virginia, MN back in July 2004. CN had merged the Missabe out of existence a couple of month prior, but things still looked pretty much the same on the Iron Range. I remember more times than the daily train for the Minorca Mine during this late Missabe/early CN era would be in the late afternoon, but here a morning train.
The CTC searchlights here were installed on the DWP from Shelton Jct. to Minorca Jct. when the Missabe obtained trackage rights over the Peg to serve the newly opened Minorca Mine in 1977. This short stretch of CTC remained the only signals on the former DWP until CN put signals north of Virginia in the mid to late 2000s. Now the entire former DWP/DMIR all the way down from the border through the Iron Range to the Twin Ports is CTC with searchlights long gone.
Sakharibazar, Old Dhaka, 2011
Normal people with extraordinary lifestyles
Along with smile and the gloomy, here life has its own rhyme, has its own colour.
Time passed by, humanity changed along with its history...
But these people remained here tolerating the hardest truth of existences
..........its their story of extraordinary existences.
Sakharibazar, Old Dhaka. A very interesting place for all of us to visit. Culture and customs of old Dhaka are the tribute to the ancient history of Bangladesh. Peoples still living in 100 years old building from generations after generations. With the reflection of their religious beauty Old Dhaka attracts peoples from here and abroad.
Shakhari Bazaar is one of the oldest mohallas (a traditional neighbourhood) in Puran Dhaka (Old Dhaka), located near the intersection of Islampur Road and Nawabpur Road;the two main arteries of the old city and only a block away from the Buriganga River. Shakhari Bazaar stretches along a narrow lane, lined with thin slices of richly decorated brick buildings, built during the late Mughal or Colonial period. Despite rampant modifications, accretion, extension over time, even redevelopment, many still bear the testimony of a rich tradition.
Shakhari Bazaar is the manifestation of the irrational policies, lack of adequate development control rules and distorted legal framework, all of which have left their indelible mark on this precious little mohalla that shares a long history of more than 400 years with Dhaka city itself.The history of Shakhari Bazaar goes back to the pre-Mughal days if not earlier. The first mention of Puran Dhaka can be found in the writings of Mirza Nathan, the general turned historian, who traveled with Subahdar Islam Khan. He mentioned Puran Dhaka, as the area between Dholai Khal and Buriganga river covering Shakhari Bazaar, Tanti Bazaar, Bangla Bazaar, Lakhsmi Bazaar, Bangla Bazaar, Kamar Nagar, Sutar Nagar, Goala Nagar, etc. Each mohalla belonged to separate communities depending on their craft and trade. The influences of the Mughal vocabulary in the planning of the spaces are literally evident in the use of Persian names to identify different spaces..
The shadow of the Columbia Icefield Skywalk
sweeps across a sheer cliff.
"There is no Sun without Shadow ....
—Albert Camus
"Impermanence is a mark of existence.
The suffering it causes can be overcome with mindfulness."
—Buddhist teaching
Happy Shadow Saturday!
The picture is a story of fishing on the seashore. The fishermen keep getting the net and after a long time drag the net to the shore. It is a very difficult task which can be understood through the eyes of the fishermen. After working so hard, their joy knows no bounds when they get a lot of fish. Their struggle for existence continued for years. I tried to capture their hard work on my camera.
The glow on the horizon is actually light pollution from mountains area and valleys to the south. Despite the light pollution the Milky Way shines bright and vivid over the strange natural pillars
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Nikon D750 - 38 sec . ISO 4000
Last night while watching The Handmaid's Tale, I was struck (blown away, actually) by the cinematographic image of June walking up the spiral staircase at the Waterford home in blue tones--the only contrast being the lamp at the top of the stairs, and June's handmaid dress and white cap. So I tried to capture it on pause, but was unable to pause without the pause indicators obstructing the screen image. This was the next best thing I could manage (hence the movement blur of June walking up the stairs). It was so evocative, I just had to try to capture it!
The Chemin du Roy is a historic road along the north shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec. The road begins in Repentigny and extends almost 280 kilometres (170 mi) eastward towards Quebec City. In 1706, the Conseil supérieur of New France decreed that a road be built to connect the settlements along the north shore of the St. Lawrence River. Work began in 1731 and was completed in 1737. Upon completion, the Chemin du Roy was 7.4 metres (24 ft) wide, over 280 kilometres (170 mi) long, and crossed 37 seignories. The Chemin du Roy was the longest road in existence at the time north of Mexico.
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173 William Street (designated 1985):
Built 1851, this brick building is two storeys and has a hipped roof. The facade of the house oriented west, is divided into three bays. On the first floor there is a centred entrance under a trellis verandah and is flanked on each side by one sash window with 2/3 panes and segmental brick arches. On the second floor there are three windows with the same characteristics, except the middle window is set in a square stepped-in arcade-type. On the facade, marks of an old verandah are still visible. The house has a simple wood cor- nice supported by wood brackets. The existence of a simple wood frieze can still be seen. In the backyard there is a carriage house with a gable roof. The carriage house is constructed of brick, and is
one and a half storeys high. It has two large round-head entrances.
This lonely cottonwood tree seems sentenced to an isolated existence trapped in a massive Entrada sandstone prison cell. An incredible location that I was able to visit earlier this year located near Dancehall Rock in Utah's Escalante Staircase National Monument.
This panorama consists of 16 separate images stitched together covering nearly 180° of the horizon.
For more photos and tips about this location, check out my blog at: www.firefallphotography.com/utah-photography-expedition-d...
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Beyond the edge of the world there’s a space where emptiness and substance neatly overlap, where past and future form a continuous, endless loop.
And, hovering about, there are signs no one has ever read, chords no one has ever heard.
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnGA8MGx5NY
Take me out to sea
Away from you and me
Let me float
Lead me out to sea
Let me go
Let me rise towards the sky
Let me take in this light
Let the shore disappear from sight
I'm caught in your undertow....
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The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day.
~ Albert Einstein ~
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