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This is taken from Higgor Tor in the north of the Peak District, UK. It's a relatively easy climb to the top from the road. The views are fabulous in every direction.
I had a good Friday on Good Friday! This is Batts Wall leading the way down Eagle Mountain in the Mournes, County Down, Northern Ireland. The last time I was up there was just after the first lockdown ended. Great to be back. At the summit I shot a couple of timelapses with the clouds rolling across the hilltops.
Can you spot the lone walker?
Tulips epitomize the loveliness of spring. Well, that is what I think! This image provides me with a burst of brightness which I really need because it is dreary and rainy in my neck of the woods today. I hope that your weekend will be sunny, happy and bright! :)
Taken near Kyogle in light rain - New South Wales - Australia.
Texture thanks to Knipser.
From a distance the world looks blue and green
And the snow capped mountains white
Just near the Queensland border and the fires didn't get this far.
I have to say our biggest problem was being stopped( by a certain group) from back burning in winter and being stopped from collecting firewood from the forests as people had done all their lives, hence the build up!!
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Early morning, very cold - shot between tall pines. Not sure why but this moon prompted me to drag out an ELP album. I've been humming "From the Beginning" for days:)
Maine has four distinct seasons and the winter moon is one reason why I love this time of year.
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I'm still in spooky (macro) mode:)
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Photo 2 from the Des Moines Series
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Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden
"Welcome to the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden where exploring, explaining and celebrating the world of plants is our mission. Tropical and temperate gardens make us an oasis in the heart of downtown Des Moines. Whether you visit on your own or explore with a group, you will find the Botanical Garden a place where you can learn about fascinating plants, hone your gardening skills or immerse yourself in beautiful gardens."
One from the archives. Was looking out at this island today in less favourable conditions hence the revisit to this old image. Looking from the mainland over to the island of Orust (mostly covered in fog).
"I do swear that I'll always be there.
I'd give anything and everything and I will always care.
Through weakness and strength, happiness and sorrow,
for better for worse, I will love you with
every beat of my heart."
From This moment (Shania Twain/Bryan Adams)
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La Ceja, Colombia.
Heliconius clysonymus clysonymus Latreille, [1817]
Heliconius clysonymus is distributed from Honduras to Peru. In Colombia it is found in the 3 Andean mountain ranges between 1.200 and 2.300 meters. They are seen in deforested areas and small patches of forest, where they feed on nectar and pollen. The Heliconius are among the longest-living butterflies.
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Sint Nicholaskerk is the most seen and at the same time overlooked church in Amsterdam as well as being one its most recent constructions, no one can miss this iconic structure upon arrival to the city walking from Centraal Station your eye is immediately drawn to it at 58 m in height it towers over the city skyline.
This Roman Catholic Church was designed by Architect Adrianus Bleijs and is a nod to the past combining elements of neo-Baroque and neo-Renaissance styles, completed in 1887 it was made a minor Basilica in 2012.
The church is dedicated to the 4th century charitable patron saint of children that became our Santa Claus as well as the patron saint of sailors and prostitutes, another winning combination.
In the Netherlands Santa Claus is known as Sinterklaas and a feast has been celebrated for over 700 years in his name and adopted in the early part of 20th century the tradition of leaving small gifts in childrenās shoes was practiced on Dec 6th which has evolved now to become a Dec 5th evening tradition of gathering of family and friends to exchange gifts and laughter.
While Dutch Sinterklaas celebrations are mainly for the children its adult component is an annual grievance poem written to the recipient that must rhyme and be read out loud by the subject at the evening party all in good fun but beware you may get as good as you give.
I took this on Sept 10th, 2017 with my D750 and Nikon 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens at 58mm 15 sec f/16 ISO100 processed in LR, PS +Lumenzia, Topaz , Luminar and DXO
Disclaimer: My style is a study of romantic realism as well as a work in progress
The coast to me is like a beating heart, always there when I need it , pulsing with the tides and the changing weather. Always different , yet always lifts the spirits and fills me with energy. I appreciate it even more in these crazy days. Gone away from me is by Ray LeMontagne.
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RĆ©alisĆ© le 13 septembre 2024 Ć partir du quai Boulanger, Montmagny, QuĆ©bec.
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Taken on September, 13th / 2024 from the Boulanger's wharf, Montmagny, Quebec.
The village of Puycelsi, France is a lovely tiny medieval town atop a hill some 30 miles NE of Toulouse. This was a cold day, snow in the shaded places from our storms a week earlier.
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Foro Romano - Roma - Italia / Roman Forum - Rome - Italy
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Foro Romano
El Foro Romano (en latĆn, Forum Romanum, aunque los romanos se referĆan a Ć©l comĆŗnmente como Forum Magnum o simplemente Forum) era el foro de la ciudad de Roma, es decir, la zona central āsemejante a las plazas centrales en las ciudades actualesā donde se encuentran las instituciones de gobierno, de mercado y religiosas. Al igual que hoy en dĆa, era donde tenĆan lugar el comercio, los negocios, la prostituciĆ³n, la religiĆ³n y la administraciĆ³n de justicia. En Ć©l se situaba el hogar comunal.
Series de restos de pavimento muestran que sedimentos erosionados desde las colinas circundantes ya estaban elevando el nivel del foro en la primera Ć©poca de la RepĆŗblica. Originalmente habĆa sido un terreno pantanoso, que fue drenado por los Tarquinios mediante la Cloaca MĆ”xima. Su pavimento de travertino definitivo, que aĆŗn puede verse, data del reinado de CĆ©sar Augusto.
Actualmente es famoso por sus restos, que muestran elocuentemente el uso de los espacios urbanos durante el Imperio romano. El Foro Romano incluye los siguientes monumentos, edificios y demƔs ruinas antiguas importantes:
Templo de CĆ”stor y PĆ³lux
Templo de RĆ³mulo
Templo de Saturno
Templo de Vesta
Casa de las Vestales
Templo de Venus y Roma
Templo de CĆ©sar
BasĆlica Emilia
BasĆlica Julia
Arco de Septimio Severo
Arco de Tito
Rostra (plural de rostrum), la tribuna desde donde los polĆticos daban sus discursos a los ciudadanos romanos.
Curia Julia, sede del Senado.
BasĆlica de Majencio y Constantino
Tabulario
Templo de Antonino y Faustina
Regia
Templo de Vespasiano y Tito
Templo de la Concordia
Templo de Jano
Un camino procesional, la VĆa Sacra, cruza el Foro Romano conectĆ”ndolo con el Coliseo. Al final del Imperio perdiĆ³ su uso cotidiano quedando como lugar sagrado.
El Ćŗltimo monumento construido en el Foro fue la Columna de Focas. Durante la Edad Media, aunque la memoria del Foro Romano persistiĆ³, los edificios fueron en su mayor parte enterrados bajo escombros y su localizaciĆ³n, la zona entre el monte Capitolino y el Coliseo, fue designada Campo Vaccinio o ācampo bovinoā. El regreso del papa Urbano V desde AviĆ±Ć³n en 1367 despertĆ³ un creciente interĆ©s por los monumentos antiguos, en parte por su lecciĆ³n moral y en parte como cantera para construir nuevos edificios. Se extrajo gran cantidad de mĆ”rmol para construcciones papales (en el Vaticano principalmente) y para cocer en hornos creados en el mismo foro para hacer cal. Miguel Ćngel expresĆ³ en muchas ocasiones su oposiciĆ³n a la destrucciĆ³n de los restos. Artistas de finales del siglo XV dibujaron las ruinas del Foro, los anticuarios copiaron inscripciones desde el siglo XVI y se comenzĆ³ una excavaciĆ³n profesional a finales del siglo XVIII. Un cardenal tomĆ³ medidas para drenarlo de nuevo y construyĆ³ el barrio Alessadrine sobre Ć©l. No obstante, la excavaciĆ³n de Carlo Fea, quien empezĆ³ a retirar los escombros del Arco de Septimio Severo en 1803, y los arqueĆ³logos del rĆ©gimen napoleĆ³nico marcaron el comienzo de la limpieza del Foro, que no fue totalmente excavado hasta principios del siglo XX.
En su estado actual, se muestran juntos restos de varios siglos, debido a la prƔctica romana de construir sobre ruinas mƔs antiguas.
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The Roman Forum
The Roman Forum, also known by its Latin name Forum Romanum (Italian: Foro Romano), is a rectangular forum (plaza) surrounded by the ruins of several important ancient government buildings at the center of the city of Rome. Citizens of the ancient city referred to this space, originally a marketplace, as the Forum Magnum, or simply the Forum.
For centuries the Forum was the center of day-to-day life in Rome: the site of triumphal processions and elections; the venue for public speeches, criminal trials, and gladiatorial matches; and the nucleus of commercial affairs. Here statues and monuments commemorated the city's great men. The teeming heart of ancient Rome, it has been called the most celebrated meeting place in the world, and in all history.Located in the small valley between the Palatine and Capitoline Hills, the Forum today is a sprawling ruin of architectural fragments and intermittent archaeological excavations attracting 4.5 million or more sightseers yearly.
Many of the oldest and most important structures of the ancient city were located on or near the Forum. The Roman Kingdom's earliest shrines and temples were located on the southeastern edge. These included the ancient former royal residence, the Regia (8th century BC), and the Temple of Vesta (7th century BC), as well as the surrounding complex of the Vestal Virgins, all of which were rebuilt after the rise of imperial Rome.
Other archaic shrines to the northwest, such as the Umbilicus Urbis and the Vulcanal (Shrine of Vulcan), developed into the Republic's formal Comitium (assembly area). This is where the Senateāas well as Republican government itselfābegan. The Senate House, government offices, tribunals, temples, memorials and statues gradually cluttered the area.
Over time the archaic Comitium was replaced by the larger adjacent Forum and the focus of judicial activity moved to the new Basilica Aemilia (179 BC). Some 130 years later, Julius Caesar built the Basilica Julia, along with the new Curia Julia, refocusing both the judicial offices and the Senate itself. This new Forum, in what proved to be its final form, then served as a revitalized city square where the people of Rome could gather for commercial, political, judicial and religious pursuits in ever greater numbers.
Eventually much economic and judicial business would transfer away from the Forum Romanum to the larger and more extravagant structures (Trajan's Forum and the Basilica Ulpia) to the north. The reign of Constantine the Great saw the construction of the last major expansion of the Forum complexāthe Basilica of Maxentius (312 AD). This returned the political center to the Forum until the fall of the Western Roman Empire almost two centuries later.