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While returning from a photo shoot I saw this lone tree against a brilliant sky. Stopped and pulled out my camera for one last shot for the evening **EXPLORED**
Dawn@Tonglu
From Tonglu (3036 m) Trekkers’ Hut
Singalila National Park, Eastern Himalayas
Beautiful Bengal, India
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This acer tree is a delight, even to the point of enjoying raking up the leaves when they fall as they are such a gorgeous colour
Sunday was worth getting up for. It made a change to get some nice colour & a bit of light.
A7Riii - CV40/1.2E
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The maternity ward in Hospital 126.
Named for the nearby Pripyat River, Pripyat was founded on 4 February 1970, the ninth nuclear city in the Soviet Union, for the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It was officially proclaimed a city in 1979, and had grown to a population of 49,360 before being evacuated a few days after the 26 April 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
Though Pripyat is located within the administrative district of Ivankiv Raion, the abandoned city now has a special status within the larger Kiev Oblast (province), being administered directly from Kiev. Pripyat is also supervised by Ukraine's Ministry of Emergencies, which manages activities for the entire Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
Access to Pripyat, unlike cities of military importance, was not restricted before the disaster as nuclear power stations were seen by the Soviet Union as safer than other types of power plants. Nuclear power stations were presented as being an achievement of Soviet engineering, where nuclear power was harnessed for peaceful projects. The slogan "peaceful atom" (Russian: ?????? ????, mirnyj atom) was popular during those times. The original plan had been to build the plant only 25 km (16 mi) from Kiev, but the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, among other bodies, expressed concern about it being too close to the city. As a result, the power station and Pripyat were built at their current locations, about 100 km (62 mi) from Kiev. After the disaster the city of Pripyat was evacuated in two days.
A 35 man (plus guides) trip to the Ukraine exploring Chernobyl, the village, Duga 3, Pripyat and Kiev including Maidan (Independence Square) and observing the peaceful protests underway.
Some new faces, some old, made new friends and generally we were in our elements.
Rhetorical question but did we have a blast? You bet!
Amazing group, top guys. Till the next time!
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I really enjoy this view - in all ways 😄
This is Haukelifjell, mountain tops you see here are around 1500 meters above sealevel.
There is a cabin on the over side of the lake, it seems quite tiny from here.
It is stunning - I think 😍
Explored Mar. 30, 2025
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We checked “Aurora” app, there was a chance to see Northern Lights at Uttakleiv Beach. We went in the afternoon, just a reminder: you had to pay the parking, there was a camera at the gate to record car plate photos. Flew drone a little bit, took the sunset photos, then waited for the northern lights…
We could not express our feeling when we saw the northern lights dancing on the sky, not so many people waited at night, but we could hear the “WOOOW!!!” The northern lights changed shapes quickly… Here you are!
We stayed for 9-10 hours that night, from 3pm to 1am, wore two down jackets, one down pants, so worth it!
Later we talked to the local people about it, they said we were lucky to see Northern Light!!! Not all the people are so lucky, due to thick clouds blocking the sky, you could not see it even KP index are strong...
Canon R5, ISO2000, 24mm, f/2.8, 8s
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This is a re-post of an earlier shot posted when I had just two contacts:)
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Explored on August 6th, 2011 #257 - thanks:)
Explore October 2010
Photo done for "Macro Monday"
This weeks theme "Tropical"
I finally bought a Macro Lens!
Nikon AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED
I feel the need for another bokehlicious photo, so here's another one of my late mum's party dress...
I really appreciate all your favourites, comments and views.
Explored on 18th April 2024, position 249
Chosen as the cover photo for The Challenge Factory on 25th April 2024.
We had a beautiful winter storm come through recently. After the storm cleared El Cap was bathed in gold revealing the true treasure of the Sierra. (my camera has decided to time travel to the past even though this image was taken only a few days back).
Yosemite Winter Workshop 2025 is now launched.
Grasping for something to hold onto. A rock. Something stable. A lifeline. It’s hard living on the edge. Sometimes the wind picks up and I find myself battling to stay up. Battling to stay above the rising water. My head screaming for silence, for release. It would be so easy to give in. So easy to go under. To stop fighting. To submit. Some days I crave it in the pit of my stomach. A niggling ache. But that one ounce of strength I have left helps me to climb up onto the rocks and out of the water for a moment. I get time to recover before the next onslaught and the voice subsides. I cant complain because these explorer eyes get to see so much more. New horizons. New worlds. More than you could imagine. I’ve made friends with loneliness.
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