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view from atop a small hill overlooking the bridges crossing the moldau. shot during the early morning hours.
Downtown Calgary drenched in the bronze glow of the morning sun.
Calgary once a bustling metropolis and Capital of Canadian Oil Market is searching for a new identity!
Let's travel
But where to
I ask
Home
But where is that
I ask
Inside
the voice replies
by Doris Muhringer
From the poetry festival in Prague "Time for a Poem"
Visit to Prague and performing Figaro was Mozart's break through.
Prague loved him and he loved Prague too, so much that he lived for a time over there.
Mozart had Prague orchestra just playing his work and Prague Estates Theatre had always open doors for his plays even now-days Mozart is most often performed by this theatre.
Part of his work is inspired or written in Prague. This house I heard was the base for Mozart's Opera Don Giovanni.
So no wonder that Czech film director (now living in USA) Milos Forman has made the movie Amadeus where he could present this genius and use authentic places in Prague for the movie as a set.
Jaisalmer Fort is situated in the city of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India. It is one of the very few (perhaps the only) “living forts” in the world, as nearly one fourth of the old city's population still resides within the fort. Many rooftops near the edges of the fort are turned into cafes and restaurants to cater to the tourist trade. For the better part of its 800-year history, the fort was the city of Jaisalmer. The city was also at the crossroads of important trade routes, including the nearly mythical Silk Road.
This Kalbelia dancer is having a trance state in between her performance.
Dance forms are pinnacle of human expression. Whether one does it for money or as a profession, there is always that one fleeting moment when one dance for oneself. That moment needs to be cherished, observed, preserved and celebrated.
That one moment makes us human feel more alive.
©Saurabh's Reveries
Saint-Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad. It is situated on the River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city had a population of 5,601,911 residents as of 2021, with more than 6.4 million people living in the metropolitan area. Saint-Petersburg is the fourth-most populous city in Europe, the most populous city on the Baltic Sea, and the world's northernmost city of more than 1 million residents.
The Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments constitute a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Saint Petersburg is home to the Hermitage, one of the largest art museums in the world, the Lakhta Center, the tallest skyscraper in Europe, and was one of the host cities of the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the UEFA Euro 2020.
The name day of Peter I falls on 29 June, when the Orthodox Church observes the memory of apostles Peter and Paul. The consecration of the small wooden church in their names (its construction began at the same time as the citadel) made them the heavenly patrons of the Peter and Paul Fortress, while Saint Peter at the same time became the eponym of the whole city. When in June 1703 Peter the Great renamed the site after Saint Peter, he did not issue a naming act that established an official spelling; even in his own letters he used diverse spellings, such as Санктьпетерсьбурк (Sanktpetersburk), emulating German Sankt Petersburg, and Сантпитербурх (Santpiterburkh), emulating Dutch Sint-Pietersburgh, as Peter was multilingual and a Hollandophile. The name was later normalized and russified to Санкт-Петербург (Saint-Petersburg).
The historic architecture of Saint-Petersburg's city centre, mostly Baroque and Neoclassical buildings of the 18th and 19th centuries, has been largely preserved; although a number of buildings were demolished after the Bolsheviks' seizure of power, during the Siege of Leningrad and in recent years. The oldest of the remaining building is a wooden house built for Peter I in 1703 on the shore of the Neva near Trinity Square. Since 1991 the Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments in Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast have been listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
A Mirror Image (in a plane mirror) is a reflected duplication of an object that appears almost identical, but is reversed in the direction perpendicular to the mirror surface. As an optical effect it results from reflection off from substances such as a mirror or water. It is also a concept in geometry and can be used as a conceptualization process for 3-D structures. Two-dimensional mirror images can be seen in the reflections of mirrors or other reflecting surfaces, or on a printed surface seen inside-out.
If we first look at an object that is effectively two-dimensional (such as the writing on a card) and then turn the card to face a mirror, the object turns through an angle of 180° and we see a left-right reversal in the mirror. In this example, it is the change in orientation rather than the mirror itself that causes the observed reversal. Another example is when we stand with our backs to the mirror and face an object that's in front of the mirror.
Then we compare the object with its reflection by turning ourselves 180°, towards the mirror. Again we perceive a left-right reversal due to a change in our orientation. So, in these examples the mirror does not actually cause the observed reversals.
The Annunciation Bridge (Blagoveshchensky most; from 1855 to 1918 Nikolaevsky Bridge; from 1918 to 2007 called Lieutenant Schmidt Bridge) is the first permanent bridge built across the Neva River in Saint Petersburg. It connects Vasilievsky Island and the central part of the city (Admiralteysky raion). The bridge's length is 331 meters and the width was 24 meters. The original name of the bridge was Nevsky Bridge. It was later renamed Blagoveshchensky Bridge. After the death of Tsar Nicholas I, it was named Nikolaevsky Bridge in his honor, and in 1918 it was renamed for Lieutenant Schmidt. In 1727 a temporary bridge was built at the location of the modern bridge. The place was chosen by Menshikov whose palace is located at the opposite bank. This bridge, named Issakievsky, existed until the current bridge was built, at which time it was moved to the location of where Palace Bridge is located today.
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A Mirror Image (in a plane mirror) is a reflected duplication of an object that appears almost identical, but is reversed in the direction perpendicular to the mirror surface. As an optical effect it results from reflection off from substances such as a mirror or water. It is also a concept in geometry and can be used as a conceptualization process for 3-D structures. Two-dimensional mirror images can be seen in the reflections of mirrors or other reflecting surfaces, or on a printed surface seen inside-out.
If we first look at an object that is effectively two-dimensional (such as the writing on a card) and then turn the card to face a mirror, the object turns through an angle of 180° and we see a left-right reversal in the mirror. In this example, it is the change in orientation rather than the mirror itself that causes the observed reversal. Another example is when we stand with our backs to the mirror and face an object that's in front of the mirror.
Then we compare the object with its reflection by turning ourselves 180°, towards the mirror. Again we perceive a left-right reversal due to a change in our orientation. So, in these examples the mirror does not actually cause the observed reversals.
OK this is one of these photos which will pass hardly noticed but this is an inportant place in my life.
Once this was my paradise.
Playing in this very park in front our apartment. It was the whole world for me than. Now I'm just visitor here and yet big smile when I came along.
Not much is changed the house looks same and even trees are there as they where once, the skating pool, little hill where we would luge all day long, hiding places, playground and the paths my friends and me would run and the magical Prague centre just few tram station from here.
What a place!
When I finally came here after 47 years I had feeling all children living around this tiny park must feel so fortunate and happy, same as I did.
ONCE again Philippe thank you for the texture.
A vida é um psicodelismo, nos é que nao percebemos que levamos tudo muito a serio e de repente, a idade chega e nao aproveitamos o tempo em que a saude superava o dinheiro e a gente podia tomar sorvete, comer de tudo e ficar acordado ate tarde.
Ai ficamos serios e o realismo toma conta da gente e quando tentamos acordar de nossos sonhos ja é tarde, a morte nos esperando de braços abertos, com muito choros e depois lembranças, mas ate que com a chegada da internet, a gente pode pedir alguém para pagar anualmente uma tarifa e o povo que fica pode assim lembrar da gente, das besteiras e das coisas loucas que deixamos a mente transcendenter para o papel, coisas dos nossos sentimentos, caóticos, biopiticos (ou miopiticos) que eu queria dizer, ou quem sabe, capaz de despertar nos sábios uma coceira mental.
É isso ai, falei falei e nao falei nada.
Boa noite.
NYC, 12/21/2017
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Europe - Czech Republic - Bohemia - Prague - Praha - Historical Centre - Prague Old Town - Staré Město Pražské - UNESCO World Heritage Site - Historical city center with Prague Castle - Pražský hrad & Saint Vitus's Cathedral - Katedrála svatého Víta - Roman Catholic Cathedral during winter under fresh cover of snow at Dusk - Twilight - Blue Hour - Night
Prague, the capital city of Czechia, is a beautiful place to visit during any time of the year, but its magic really comes out during festive Christmas & New Year time. Prague's Christmas markets are often ranked in TOP 10 in Europe.
If you wish to see how Prague looks like during this festive period check out :
► NEW YEAR FIREWORKS IN PRAGUE, CZECHIA - Timelapse
or
► MAGICAL CHRISTMAS TIME IN PRAGUE, CZECHIA - Timelapse
Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II; Lens: EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM; Focal length: 65.00 mm; Aperture: 11; Exposure time: 10.0 s; ISO: 100
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Europe - Czech Republic - Bohemia - Prague - Praha - Historical Centre - Prague Old Town - Staré Město Pražské - UNESCO World Heritage Site - Hradčany - Castle District - Nový Svět - New World - Picturesque, charming and quiet quarter dating back to the 14th century during winter under fresh cover of snow at Dusk - Twilight - Blue Hour - Night
Prague, the capital city of Czechia, is a beautiful place to visit during any time of the year, but its magic really comes out during festive Christmas & New Year time. Prague's Christmas markets are often ranked in TOP 10 in Europe.
If you wish to see how Prague looks like during this festive period check out :
► NEW YEAR FIREWORKS IN PRAGUE, CZECHIA - Timelapse
or
► MAGICAL CHRISTMAS TIME IN PRAGUE, CZECHIA - Timelapse
Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II; Lens: EF17-40mm f/4L USM; Focal length: 30.00 mm; Aperture: 11; Exposure time: 30.0 s; ISO: 100
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Europe - Czech Republic - Czechia - Bohemia - Čechy - Prague - Praha - Historical Centre - Prague Old Town - Staré Město Pražské - UNESCO World Heritage Site - Riverside City Skyline along Vltava / Moldau River with Prague National Theatre - Národní divadlo - One of the symbols of Czech national identity & Lavka Towers - New Year's Firework display
Prague, the capital city of Czechia, is a beautiful place to visit during any time of the year, but its magic really comes out during festive Christmas & New Year time. Prague's Christmas markets are often ranked in TOP 10 in Europe.
If you wish to see how Prague looks like during this festive period check out :
► NEW YEAR FIREWORKS IN PRAGUE, CZECHIA - Timelapse
or
► MAGICAL CHRISTMAS TIME IN PRAGUE, CZECHIA - Timelapse
Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II; Lens: EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM; Focal length: 65.00 mm; Aperture: 4.0; Exposure time: 1.3 s; ISO: 500
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Europe - Czech Republic - Czechia - Bohemia - Čechy - Prague - Praha - Historical Centre - Prague Old Town - Staré Město Pražské - UNESCO World Heritage Site - Riverside City Skyline along Vltava / Moldau River with Lavka Towers - New Year's Firework display
Prague, the capital city of Czechia, is a beautiful place to visit during any time of the year, but its magic really comes out during festive Christmas & New Year time. Prague's Christmas markets are often ranked in TOP 10 in Europe.
If you wish to see how Prague looks like during this festive period check out :
► NEW YEAR FIREWORKS IN PRAGUE, CZECHIA - Timelapse
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► MAGICAL CHRISTMAS TIME IN PRAGUE, CZECHIA - Timelapse
Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II; Lens: EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM; Focal length: 40.00 mm; Aperture: 4.0; Exposure time: 1.0 s; ISO: 320
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Europe - Czech Republic - Czechia - Bohemia - Čechy - Prague - Praha - Historical Centre - Prague Old Town - Staré Město Pražské - UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prague Castle - Pražský hrad & Saint Vitus's Cathedral - Katedrála svatého Víta - Roman Catholic Cathedral & New Year's Firework display
Prague, the capital city of Czechia, is a beautiful place to visit during any time of the year, but its magic really comes out during festive Christmas & New Year time. Prague's Christmas markets are often ranked in TOP 10 in Europe.
If you wish to see how Prague looks like during this festive period check out :
► NEW YEAR FIREWORKS IN PRAGUE, CZECHIA - Timelapse
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► MAGICAL CHRISTMAS TIME IN PRAGUE, CZECHIA - Timelapse
Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II; Lens: EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM; Focal length: 80.00 mm; Aperture: 4.0; Exposure time: 1.6 s; ISO: 250
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Europe - Czech Republic - Czechia - Bohemia - Čechy - Prague - Praha - Historical Centre - Prague Old Town - Staré Město Pražské - UNESCO World Heritage Site - Riverside City Skyline along Vltava / Moldau River with Prague National Theatre - Národní divadlo - One of the symbols of Czech national identity & Lavka Towers - New Year's Firework display
Prague, the capital city of Czechia, is a beautiful place to visit during any time of the year, but its magic really comes out during festive Christmas & New Year time. Prague's Christmas markets are often ranked in TOP 10 in Europe.
If you wish to see how Prague looks like during this festive period check out :
► NEW YEAR FIREWORKS IN PRAGUE, CZECHIA - Timelapse
or
► MAGICAL CHRISTMAS TIME IN PRAGUE, CZECHIA - Timelapse
Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II; Lens: EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM; Focal length: 65.00 mm; Aperture: 4.0; Exposure time: 1.3 s; ISO: 500
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The Annunciation Bridge (Blagoveshchensky most; from 1855 to 1918 Nikolaevsky Bridge; from 1918 to 2007 called Lieutenant Schmidt Bridge) is the first permanent bridge built across the Neva River in Saint Petersburg. It connects Vasilievsky Island and the central part of the city (Admiralteysky raion). The bridge's length is 331 meters and the width was 24 meters. The original name of the bridge was Nevsky Bridge. It was later renamed Blagoveshchensky Bridge. After the death of Tsar Nicholas I, it was named Nikolaevsky Bridge in his honor, and in 1918 it was renamed for Lieutenant Schmidt. In 1727 a temporary bridge was built at the location of the modern bridge. The place was chosen by Menshikov whose palace is located at the opposite bank. This bridge, named Issakievsky, existed until the current bridge was built, at which time it was moved to the location of where Palace Bridge is located today.
The bridge was built in 1843-1850. It was designed by Stanisław Kierbedź, a Polish engineer working in Russia. The architect Alexander Brullov participated in the decoration. The design was a cast iron bridge with twin parallel swing sections at its northern end. At the time, it was the longest bridge in Europe. According to the legend, the Russian Tsar, Nicholas I promised to Kierbedź to give him a promotion for every completed span. After the bridge was completed with eight spans total in it, Kierbedź was promoted to the rank of General, but actually when he started the construction he already had a rank of Podpolkovnik (i.e. lieutenant colonel).
The bridge was formally opened on November 12, 1850. Since it was close to Blagoveshchenskaya (Annunciation) Square, it was called Blagoveshchensky Bridge. In 1855 it was renamed Nikolayevsky Bridge in memory of Emperor Nicholas I. In 1918, after the revolution, it was renamed again, this time in memory of Pyotr Schmidt, a leader of the Sevastopol Uprising during the Russian Revolution of 1905.
In 2006 a reconstruction of the bridge began. Since it would be completely closed to traffic for over a year, a temporary bridge was constructed between September 2005 and May 2006. During the reconstruction all traffic, both pedestrian and motorized, moved across the temporary bridge. In May 2006 the Lieutenant Schmidt Bridge was closed to traffic, and the dismantling of the spans, and then, of bridge supports began. The reconstruction was completed on August 15, 2007, slightly over two years after work began. During reconstruction the deck was widened from 24 m to 37 m.
After reconstruction, the bridge was renamed Blagoveshchensky Bridge.
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Prague, the capital city of Czechia, is a beautiful place to visit during any time of the year, but its magic really comes out during festive Christmas & New Year time. Prague's Christmas markets are often ranked in TOP 10 in Europe.
If you wish to see how Prague looks like during this festive period check out :
► NEW YEAR FIREWORKS IN PRAGUE, CZECHIA - Timelapse
or
► MAGICAL CHRISTMAS TIME IN PRAGUE, CZECHIA - Timelapse
Camera Model: Canon EOS 5DS; Lens: EF16-35mm f/4L IS USM; Focal length: 35.00 mm; Aperture: 8.0; Exposure time: 30.0 s; ISO: 100
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Europe - Czech Republic - Czechia - Bohemia - Prague - Praha - Historical Centre - Prague Old Town - Staré Město Pražské - UNESCO World Heritage Site - Prague Castle - Pražský hrad & Saint Vitus's Cathedral - Katedrála svatého Víta - Roman Catholic Cathedral from Vltava River at night during New Year's Firework display
Prague, the capital city of Czechia, is a beautiful place to visit during any time of the year, but its magic really comes out during festive Christmas & New Year time. Prague's Christmas markets are often ranked in TOP 10 in Europe.
If you wish to see how Prague looks like during this festive period check out :
► NEW YEAR FIREWORKS IN PRAGUE, CZECHIA - Timelapse
or
► MAGICAL CHRISTMAS TIME IN PRAGUE, CZECHIA - Timelapse
Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II; Lens: EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM; Focal length: 73.00 mm; Aperture: 4.0; Exposure time: 1.3 s; ISO: 500
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