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Looking down at Glacier Park's Two Medicine Lake it is hard to believe the lake is 2 miles long. If you're ever here do consider hiking the Scenic Point Trail.
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Mt. Hunter and King Denali under stormy skies. Awesome and Magnificent doesn't capture the wow, awe and majesty they convey when standing in their presence.
A few more shots in comments.
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of a white and pink Waterlily / Seerose (Nymphaea)
in Botanical Garden, Frankfurt
for a HBW!
If you like to see more pictures from this 'city paradise', take a look at my Botanical Garden Album.
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The Aulne monastery (Abbaye d'Aulne) was once a Benedictine and then a Cistercian monastery - and now it is mostly in ruins. It was founded already in 637 and came under Cistercian rule in 1147. The monastery had many ups and downs, with its last golden era in the 18th century. But the monastery was sacked by French revolutionaries in 1794 and turned to ruins.
Mother Nature gives the sun a glorious exit. This image is based on a photo that I took at day's end as I headed home from a walk.
"The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil ...
And though the last lights off the black West went
Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward springs --
Because the Holy Ghost over the
bent
World broods, with warm breast,
And with ah! bright wings."
~ Gerard Manley Hopkins
Had fun creating this for Smile on Saturday theme of pawns. Hope you all have a happy and safe weekend 😀
on a warm afternoon in Venice, just last week! HCS
enjoy the rest of your weekend, snow, snow and more snow here!
Monastery - Nilova Hermitage. Tver region. Russia.
The monastery dates back to 1528, from the moment of the arrival of the Monk Nile on the island of Stolobny, on Lake Seliger.
A few years later, after the presentation of the Monk Nil of Stolobensky, in 1594, a Blessing was given for the opening of the monastery of the Nilov Pustyn.
In the 18-19 centuries, the Nilova Pustyn Monastery was one of the largest cultural centers in Russia, with a huge library, educational institutions, with its own large production of goods and products.
It was in the Nilova desert that Leonty Magnitsky, a mathematician and teacher, studied under whom, later, the Great Lomonosov studied. Nilova Hermitage was visited by many great people, including Emperor Alexander I and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
After the blasphemous looting and partial destruction of the monastery by the Bolsheviks, the buildings were used as a colony for minors, as a prisoner of war camp, as a military hospital, as a camp site. When all the buildings of the monastery fell into disrepair and could no longer be used, without major repairs, by the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR, in 1990, the monastery complex was transferred to the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church.
2016 marks the 25th anniversary of the revival of the Nilo-Stolobensky Monastery. Ahead, there are still colossal works to restore the former splendor of the holy monastery. But already now, the Nilo-Stolobenskaya hermitage is the pearl of the Tver diocese. Even in spite of all the destruction that befell from the godless power, this monastery with all this lies before us in all its beauty and grandeur of the genius of architecture, the pious ancestors of the Russian land.
Today, the monastery, thanks to the governor Archimandrite Arkady (Gubanov), is being successfully restored by the brethren and already has its own autonomous production of products, which is in great demand among pilgrims and local residents.
Just had to share this magnificent sunset that I witnessed on Pacific Beach in Washington state. We go there every year, but this year the sunset seemed particularly beautiful and made me think of one of my favorite poems.
"The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil ...
And though the last lights off the black West went
Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward springs --
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent World broods with warm breast and with,
ah! bright wings."
~ Gerard Manley Hopkins
A silhouette of the northern Grampians ranges taken many years ago from Big Hill lookout in Stawell, Victoria.
Happy Nice Wonderful Clouds Tuesday!
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Interior with a ceiling view, at the Grandmaster's Palace in Valletta (officially known as The Palace), which once housed the Grandmaster of the Order of St. John, and now is the home for the Maltese President (well, not literally, the official residence for the president is outside of Valletta). The red flags with the white cross (which you will see quite a lot of in Malta) are NOT the Danish flag, but the flag of the Order of St. John.
The construction of the palace begun in 1574, but the place saw substantial renovation work when Manuel Pinto da Fonseca became Gransmaster in 1741 - and the current look of the palace owes much to him.
The world is charged with the grandeur of God. (Hopkins)
Uses textures from Skeletalmess, Distressed Jewell and Moosebite.
This is one of those shots I was really hoping to get and I'm very happy with the result. Some patience for people to move out of the frame and some luck with a string of camels passing by just under the pyramids. You could almost imagine this same scene playing out hundreds of years ago.
The grandeur of the Pacific is hard to wrap one's mind around. The color pallet of the water, the mountains that seemingly fall into its depths, and the sunsets that repeat themselves enrobed in their glorious golden light. It is a place that is hard to describe in words. It is a place where there is so much beauty to take in that it is overwhelming. It is a place that is hand crafted. It is a place where the imagination and creativity of God ran wild, yet it is perfectly organized. Not one thing is out of place. It is a place that will leave you constantly wanting to come back and never wanting to leave. It is a place with such grandeur that my words will always fall short to describe it, but it will always be a testimony to His glory, power, and perfectly unlimited creativity!
A view of the Matanuska river with a section of the Chugach mountain range rising majestically above.
Taken from the Glenn Highway. One of the most spectacular drives I've had the pleasure to drive. Smiles by the miles.
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The Alcázar of Segovia is a medieval castle located in the city of Segovia, in Castile and León, Spain. It has existed since at least the 12th century, and is one of the most renowned medieval castles globally and one of the most visited landmarks in Spain.
Hérault France
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Cannot resist sharing another shot from my iPhone (I haven't had time to process any of my dSLR photos from the trip) ... This is a reflection of the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies - Mt. Robson (the peak furthest back touching the clouds) along Kinney Lake in Mt. Robson Provincial Park
Cormet de Roselend, Savoie, France.
Le Cormet de Roselend est un col situé en France à 1 968 mètres d'altitude entre le massif du Beaufortain et le massif du Mont-Blanc, à proximité de l'Italie.
Low angle perspective looking upwards along the wall and towards the ceiling, emphasizing the grandeur and height of the reliefs and incised hieroglyphs carved into the stone walls.
Above the walls, a vibrant blue ceiling with horizontal bands, represent a starry blue sky. The blue paint shows signs of age and wear. The vibrant 'Egyptian blue', the first synthetic pigment created by humans symbolized the sky and the primordial waters of creation, crucial elements in Egyptian cosmology. .
Shot from the magnificent temple of Ramses III at Medinet Habu, Luxor.