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Exploring Washington Backroads Exploring Washington backroads provides you with hidden gems you will never see from a freeway. Here, you will discover wildlife raising their families, migratory birds that linger in the valleys on their way home, and fish that delight the fisherman. There are so many roads that seem to go almost […]
Nov 1, 2008 #441 on Explore ...thank you all !!!!!!!
Mini-city located on the Konyaatli beach front just down from the Aqua Park and the Hill-Side Su hotel.
This miniature park is an open space that displays miniature buildings and models
It was great to see all of the many spectacular historical places in Turkey in miniature scale.
The arts that had been scaled down in 1/25 of their originals with the specialist model makers.
Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia (Turkish: Ayasofya, Greek: Αγία Σοφία; "Holy Wisdom", Latin: Sancta Sophia or Sancta Sapientia) is a former patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. Famous in particular for its massive dome, it is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture. It was the largest cathedral ever built in the world for nearly a thousand years, until the completion of the Seville Cathedral in 1520. The current building was originally constructed as a church between A.D. 532 and 537 on the orders of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian, and was in fact the third Church of the Holy Wisdom to occupy the site (the previous two had both been destroyed by riots). It was designed by two architects, Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles. The Church contained a large collection of holy relics and featured, among other things, a 50 foot (15 m) silver iconostasis. It was the patriarchal church of the Patriarch of Constantinople and the religious focal point of the Eastern Orthodox Church for nearly 1000 years.
In 1453, Constantinople was conquered by the Ottoman Turks and Sultan Mehmed II ordered the building to be converted into the Ayasofya Mosque. The bells, altar, iconostasis, and sacrificial vessels were removed, and many of the mosaics were eventually plastered over. The Islamic features — such as the mihrab, the minbar, and the four minarets outside — were added over the course of its history under the Ottomans. It remained as a mosque until 1935, when it was converted into a museum by the Republic of Turkey.
For almost 500 years the principal mosque of Istanbul, Hagia Sophia served as a model for many of the Ottoman mosques such as the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque of Istanbul), the Şehzade Mosque, the Süleymaniye Mosque, and the Rüstem Pasha Mosque.
Although it is sometimes referred to as Saint Sophia (Greek for wisdom), the Greek name in full is Ναός τῆς Ἁγίας τοῦ Θεοῦ Σοφίας, Church of the Holy Wisdom of God, and it was dedicated to the Holy Wisdom of God rather than a specific saint named Sophia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia
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Explore # 169 October 31, 2012
Life is a song - sing it. Life is a game - play it. Life is a challenge - meet it. Life is a dream - realize it. Life is a sacrifice - offer it. Life is love - enjoy it.
Sai Baba mentioned
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Take care my artist friend,
Sunny
*Я использовал старый голубой стеклянный фильтр 80-х годов сделанный в СССР. Г-1.4 Фовеон показал возможности при ярком солнце.
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*I used a old glass filter from the 80s made in the USSR. Blue-1.4 Foveon showed the possibilities in the bright sun.
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See my story about 6 years Flickr
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6 лет с 🔵Flickr🔴 как продвигаться фотографу гайд за 9 минут с #foveonyc
Explore # 54 Ocotober 30, 2012
E. M. Forster mentioned:)
I give my films to friend of my friend and i don't know how he scan this (with what) and he crop my black borders :(
THANK YOU SO MUCH for ALL NICE WORDS and EXPLORED
Exploring Galveston Historic Pleasure Pier
#galveston #galvestonbeach #galvestonhistoricpleasurepier #historicpleasurepier #texas #beach #gulfcoast
Still can't type very well with 2 hands; stitches out of left hand next Thursday. Still hurts. Did this one-handed! :~D
Explore #408 October 20, 2012
Love Quote of the Day
If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.
A. A. Milne mentioned and I sigh...:)
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Take care my artist friend,
Sunny
1. __LOS PUENTES DE PARIS__, 2. __LOS PUENTES DE PARIS__, 3. ___PATOS, EN EL PARQUE DE FUENTES BLANCAS - BURGOS__, 4. __MANUALIDADES (Bordados)__, 5. __EL HERRERO__, 6. __MURALLA DEL CASTILLO DE MORELLA__, 7. __ESCALERAS Y MOSAICO EN EL PAIS VASCO__, 8. __MIS ÁRBOLES Y LA NUBES__, 9. ___ " PLATERO " ___, 10. __RUINAS DE POMPEYA__, 11. __CALLES DE SOS DEL REY CATÓLICO __
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i just can't get enough of these wednesdays.
now someone send me TO BED!
nighty, night.
HBW again!!
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Mission Accomplished (I think...): taking an acceptable photo of a grasshopper. Everybody knows they're hardly visible and if you do see them, they hop to another blade of grass. That's probably why we call them "grasshoppers". :-))
This is the small meadow grasshopper: 1.5 – 2 cm. View large for more details, please.
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While walking around a local nature reserve, I found this pair of whitethroat, building a nest, so with a bit of Patients, I managed to get close enough for a couple of decent shot, I'm am very happy with these shots, I really hope that you like them to...
Punjab Summit in the Himalayas - Kalatop, Himachal Pradesh, India.
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Kalatop Khajjiar Sanctuary is a 30.69 km² animal sanctuary at Kalatop and Khajjiar in the Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh, India. The sanctuary area is well laid out for trekking trails both at Kalatop and Khajjiar. There is a dense deodar and fir forest covering 19.63 km² of the sanctuary, which is about 6 km from Dalhousie. Pheasants, serow and black bear are some of the common animals found here. The sanctuary lies in the path of the Ravi River, and is surrounded by coniferous and oak forests.
The vegetation consists of blue pine and deodhar forest, with oak. Undergrowth in the forest area is well developed.
Mammals- bear, Himalayan Black Marten, leopard, deer, Barking Goral, squirrel, serow, jackal, langur.
Birds- Blackbird.
Birds in this sanctuary many Birds are found some of them are listed below:- 1. Eurasian Jay 2. Whitewinged Black Bird 3. Black Headed Jay 4. Chesnut Billed Rock Thrush 5. Blackheaded Jay. 6. Grey Headed Cannery Flycatcher.
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