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Ce chevet aux formes arrondies appartient à l'église Hallgrimskirkja située à l’extrémité sud de Skólavörðuholti, juste en face de l’intersection avec les rues Eiríksgata et Frakkastígur, au centre de Reykjavík, capitale d’Islande. Une vue à partir de la rue Eiríksgata.
Cette église luthérienne, la plus grande d'Islande, est devenue l'édifice-symbole de Reykjavík. Sa façade blanche rappelle les glaciers. Ses courbes dynamiques imitent les orgues basaltiques d'origine volcanique présents en grand nombre en Islande.
Elle doit son nom au poète et pasteur Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614-74) qui écrivit le célèbre livre d'hymnes "Passion Hymns", un texte majeur dans l'histoire de la littérature islandaise. Dessinée par Gudjón Samúelsson (1887-1950), l'architecte islandais le plus renommé du 20e siècle, elle fut construite à partir de 1946 et a ouvert progressivement de 1974 à 1986. Du haut de la flèche-fusée (73 m), visible à 20 km à la ronde, la vue sur la capitale est superbe.
Female Ruby-throated Hummingbird showing perfect form on the approach to the firecracker plant. My backyard. Central Bucks, PA.
The forms of the landscape on this ridge were either beautiful or bizarre.
It was strange to peer at the sky through the small opening on the left. From certain angles I could see distant landmarks through the opening.
The mangled shrub remnant on the right couldn't have been any more fitting for the place. It had just that certain feeling of character and history to it.
LA FORMA DELL’ACQUA - Andrea Camilleri
"L’ingegner Luparello, esponente politico di spicco, viene trovato morto nella sua auto in una zona malfamata...la Mannara"...
La Mannara nella realtà è la Fornace Penna, un monumento di archeologia industriale che si trova in contrada Pisciotto a Sampieri, frazione del comune di Scicli in provincia di Ragusa.
Migrant Monday - Eared Quetzal (Immature male)
Someone asked me why is this species called the "Eared" Quetzal? According to BirdsoftheWorld (Cornell): "The feathers on the side of the occiput (its ear coverts) are elongated and very slender, forming a filamentous tuft that may be seen as wavy silver markings behind the eyes."
Big Thank YOU to Dan Weisz for the info!
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Taken back in May, and to be honest, I've no idea as to what it was, not a clue, but the points of light were extremely tiny. Definitely a macro, just wish I could remember 'a macro of what'!
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6 miles form home, on Lake Toho, in Florida. Definitely, my lucky day.
If you are interested in learning more about this gorgeous Osprey, a bird of prey,
MLC Centre architecture cannot be overlooked. With elegantly contoured, stark white concrete, white quartz and glass, the façade presents itself as a handsomely moulded sculpture.
Harry Seidler AC QBE is a luminary of Australian architecture. Widely considered as the first architect to fully express the Bauhaus aesthetic here. The MLC Centre remains one of his most definitive works on the Sydney Skyline.
244m to antenna and 227m to roof. The MLC Centre was Sydney’s tallest building in Sydney from 1977 to 1992. It is currently the fifth tallest building behind the Meriton World Tower (230m), Deutsche Bank Place (240m), Citigroup Centre (243m) and Chifley Tower (244m). The tallest structure in Sydney is still the Sydney Tower at 309m.
La fuente de la Samaritana, actualmente situada en la Plaza del Justicia, fue desplazada de la plaza de la Seo, donde fue instalada originariamente en 1866. Está compuesta por una figura femenina de unos dos metros de alto, con una representación más cercana a lo que podría ser una ninfa vestida a la manera clásica que a la figura bíblica de la Samaritana. Fue fundida en hierro en 1866, en los talleres Averly de Zaragoza. Fue la primera obra que se hizo en dichos talleres. Esta figura se apoya sobre un pedestal y está rodeada por un pilón pétreo de planta circular que contiene el agua que mana de las dos vasijas que porta la Samaritana y de una serie de pequeños surtidores, dispuestos también de forma circular, en torno a la figura femenina.
Buckfast Abbey forms part of an active Benedictine monastery at Buckfast, near Buckfastleigh, Devon. Buckfast has been home to an abbey since 1018. The first Benedictine abbey was followed by a Savignac (later Cistercian) abbey constructed on the site of the current abbey in 1134. The monastery was surrendered for dissolution in 1539, with the monastic buildings stripped and left as ruins, before being finally demolished. The former abbey site was used as a quarry, and later became home to a Gothic mansion house.
In 1882 the site was purchased by a group of French Benedictine monks, who refounded a monastery on the site, dedicated to Saint Mary. New monastic buildings and a temporary church were constructed incorporating the existing Gothic house. Work on a new abbey church, which was constructed mostly on the footprint of the former Cistercian abbey, started in 1907. The church was consecrated in 1932 but not completed until 1938.
Buckfast was formally reinstated as an Abbey in 1902, and the first abbot of the new institution, Boniface Natter, was blessed in 1903. The abbey continues to operate as a Benedictine foundation today.
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Angkor Wat ("Capital Temple") is a temple complex in Panorama view of the corner of Angkor Wat formed by the East and South Entrance fencing.
Cambodia and the largest religious monument in the world measuring 162.6 hectares. It was originally constructed in early 12th century by King Suryavarman II as a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Vishnu for the Khmer Empire and gradually transforming into a Buddhist temple towards the end of the 12th century. As the best-preserved temple at the site, it is the only one to have remained a significant religious center since its foundation. The temple is at the top of the high classical style of Khmer architecture. It has become a symbol of Cambodia (national flag) and it is the country's prime attraction for visitors.
Angkor Wat combines two basic plans of Khmer temple architecture: the temple-mountain and the later galleried temple. It is designed to represent Mount Meru. Within the moat is the outer wall 3.6 kilometers long and there are three rectangular galleries, each raised above the next. At the center of the temple stands a quincunx of towers. Unlike most Angkorian temples, Angkor Wat is oriented to the west; scholars are divided as to the significance of this. The temple is admired for the grandeur and harmony of the architecture, its extensive bas-reliefs, and for the numerous devatas (deity) adorning its walls.
- Nandini, de 8 años, estudiante de tercer curso de primaria, delante de la lección del día en la pizarra de su escuela.
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¡rosas del anhelo,
voces del consuelo,
amores del cielo!
.......................... vitrales (Fragmento)/ Ramón María del Valle Inclán.
*Esta exposición fotográfica reúne un torrente de imágenes representativas de las comunidades rurales de la India y cautiva por la calidad compositiva y la viveza de sus imágenes. De la mano de la fotógrafa CRISTINA GARCÍA RODERO descubrimos la mirada de sus gentes y nos adentramos en un paisaje que parece suspendido en el tiempo.
La muestra ahonda en lo más sensible y mágico del mundo femenino y en la fuerza y capacidad de superación de las mujeres de Ananpur (Andhra Pradesh). La fotógrafa se acerca a ellas con un respeto reverencial.
La autora transita por un entorno de veredas encharcadas y claroscuros, buscando siempre en las profundidades de sus personajes para adentrarse en historias de la vida que enaltecen la condición humana.
A través de su obra, nos propone una particular forma de ver la India, un mundo complejo y fragmentado. Cada fotografía construye un código visual coherente y, sobre todo, trascendente.
*Presentación local/ Diputación de Guadalajara
*Comentario:
El arte de CRISTINA, entrañable, traduce de las imágenes, lo que ella sabe ver en lo que mira, para hacerlo ver a su vez. En un terreno duro, donde la vida transita sin versos, la dignidad no pierde altura, aliviando el peso al que confronta, invitando a la proximidad, desconociendo el rechazo
This gorgeous Japanese Maple stands out visibly against taller trees in the background. The Old Arboretum. Westonbirt Arboretum near Tetbury, South Gloucestershire, England, UK.
Testudines
Reptil
Las tortugas o quelonios forman un orden de reptiles caracterizados por tener un tronco ancho y corto, y un caparazón que protege los órganos internos de su cuerpo. Son el grupo de reptiles más antiguo que existe ya que perdura desde el Triásico. Wikipedia
Nombre científico: Testudines
Velocidad: Dermochelys coriacea: 35 km/h
Categoría: Orden
Número de huevos: Dermochelys coriacea: 110, Pelochelys cantorii: 24 – 70
Masa Corporal: Dermochelys coriacea: 250 – 700 kg, Homopus signatus: 95 – 160 g
Longitud: Dermochelys coriacea: 1,8 – 2,2 m, Homopus signatus: 6 – 8 cm
La Cava de l'Habitació forma parte de la, en otra época, extensa red de cavas o neveros de la Serra Mariola.
Data de la primera mitad del siglo XVIII y está construida con la técnica de la pedra en sec. Es una cava de planta circular con un diámetro interior es de 7 metros y una profundidad de 10.
Su estado de conservación es bueno.
Forma parte de las líneas 1, 2 y 7 de Metrovalencia.
En esta instantánea observamos el acceso de los usuarios a la Estación. La relativa al andén ya la hemos aportado en otra imagen.
Glas Fabriek Schiedam 2021
Designers and artists sharing a passion .Their work goes back to the basic rules of calligraphy such as symmetry, regularity,and slant to create new forms.
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The sedimentary rocks formed in the Upper Cretaceous that occur in the region of Torotoro, Bolivia, belong to the El Molino Formation, which can be divided into three members due to their distinct lithologic characteristics. The lower member consists of carbonate rocks, the intermediate member by siliciclastic and mixed rocks, and the upper, by carbonate rocks. These association of rocks occur as the upper strata of the Torotoro Syncline, a 45 km long and 9.5 km wide feature well preserved in the dynamic of Andean tectonic.
Source: Menegat R; et al
Formen, die nach Musik aussehen,
aber nur Stille halten.
Luft bewegt sich trotzdem –
und unser Kopf macht den Rest.
This was in a historical home in Lowell, MI. Several of the homes were open for visitors during the Fallasburg Village Celebration.
A female stands in water grooming in the middle of a small flock. While the males get a lot more attention, I find the females have a lovely subtle plumage, and the fall reflections on the water framed the scene well.
A larger group spent several weeks on the Lake in the fall, spooked and flushed periodically by Hawks and the occasional Bald Eagle. The species is a frequent fall visitor, and there are occasional northbound migrants in the spring.
A feature of the species that always seems striking to my eye is the short, beautifully coloured bill. It is often described as ‘goose-like’ and it helps them have greater pulling force on the underwater greens that form the core of their diet.