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The Blue Grotto (Maltese: That il-Hnejja) is a number of sea caverns on the southern coast of Malta, west of the Wied iz-Żurrieq harbor near the village of Żurrieq. It is located right across the small uninhabited islet of Filfla.
Every day from sunrise until about 1 pm a unique sight can be observed here. The location of the cave combined with the sunlight lead to the water mirroring showing numerous shades of blue. Several caverns mirror the brilliant phosphorescent colours of the underwater flora; other caverns show a deep dark shade of blue.
The Blue Grotto is a popular destination for tourists on the island of Malta. It was also used for a scene of the 2004 film Troy, starring Brad Pitt.
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Malta, officially known as the Republic of Malta (Maltese: Repubblika ta' Malta), is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, 80 km (50 mi) south of Sicily, 284 km (176 mi) east of Tunisia and 333 km (207 mi) north of Libya, with Gibraltar 1,755 km (1,091 mi) to the west and Alexandria 1,508 km (937 mi) to the east. Malta covers just over 316 km2 (122 sq mi) in land area, making it one of the world's smallest states. It is also one of the most densely populated countries worldwide. The de facto capital city of Malta is Valletta; the largest town, Birkirkara. The main island comprises many towns, which together form one Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) with a population of 368,250. The country has two official languages, Maltese (considered the national language) and English.
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A cascade we passed on our hike up to Grotto Falls. On the hike back to the car, we had a black bear run across the trail about 30ft in front of us. Quit a rush. How to get to Grotto Fails from the NPS site: From the parkway in Gatlinburg, turn at traffic light #8 and follow Historic Nature Trail into Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Take Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail to stop #5 where there is a large parking area. Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail is a narrow, winding, one-way road that is closed in winter. Buses, RVs, and large trucks are prohibited on the road.
Grotto, 2018
Fonte d’aluminium
9 éléments, dimensions variables
FIAC Hors-les-murs 2019, Jardin des Tuileries
Jean-Marie Appriou est né en 1986 à Brest (France). Il vit et travaille à Paris. Cinq cyprès et quatre grottes en fonte d’aluminium créent un paysage mystérieux dans lequel les visiteurs pourront se perdre. Les oeuvres d’Appriou font souvent référence aux symbolistes, mais ici il cite L’Ile des morts d’Arnold Böcklin où les cyprès portent le poids de l’espace entre la vie et la mort, entre la terre et le ciel. Dans les grottes, le temps se mesure par la calcification, cette lente collection d’expérience qui crée des formes. Dans les grottes d’Appriou, des mains humaines émergent et accomplissent un indicible rituel.
The ornament that gives the Lion Grotto its name, at Dewstow Gardens and Grottoes near Caldicot, Wales.
The gardens were created in the late 19th century and lay buried for many years before being rediscovered in 2000, since when they've been largely restored.
Tamara and I and our mom, grandma and aunt went up to the Tigh-Na-Mara Spa in Parksville this weekend.
The website - look at what we had to live with...
"Explore the mythic cave-like Mineral Pool, the cascading two-story waterwall and palatial waterfall. Refresh yourself under the invigorating cool-splash cascade, release tension in the whirlpool or simply curl up grotto-side with a book."
It was lovely...
For more details about this amazing place, please see the description in the photo prior to this one.
The Grotto is a nice half-way oasis on the Seven Hollows Trail at Petit Jean State Park.
This trail is about 4.5 miles in length and forms a loop so you don't have to backtrack. Hiking during the wet season is the best time to experience nice streams along the way, as well as a nice waterfall at the grotto. I've hiked this trail several hundred times over the past 30+ years.
Photo # K04_9326bw.
(c) Kelly Shipp
A popular sea side spot to visit (especially during school holidays).
The "grotto" is at the bottom of many steps.
Yungang Grottoes - Datong
At the museum
The Yungang Grottoes, (Wuzhoushan Grottoes in ancient time) are ancient Chinese Buddhist temple grottoes near the city of Datong in the province of Shanxi. They are excellent examples of rock-cut architecture and one of the three most famous ancient Buddhist sculptural sites of China. The others are Longmen and Mogao.
The site is located about 16 km west of the city of Datong, in the valley of the Shi Li river at the base of the Wuzhou Shan mountains. They are an outstanding example of the Chinese stone carvings from the 5th and 6th centuries. All together, the site is composed of 252 grottoes with more than 51,000 Buddha statues and statuettes.
In 2001, the Yungang Grottoes were made a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Yungang Grottoes are considered by UNESCO to be a "masterpiece of early Chinese Buddhist cave art... [and] ...represent the successful fusion of Buddhist religious symbolic art from south and central Asia with Chinese cultural traditions, starting in the 5th century CE under Imperial auspices." It is classified as a AAAAA scenic area by the China National Tourism Administration.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yungang_Grottoes
Datong Yungang Grottoes
The three main sites in China that are famous for their stone sculpture are Gansu Province Dunhuang, Luoyang Longmen and Datong Yungang. Among these, the Yungang grottoes are considered the first among equals, for their tremendous size, their ancient history and their relatively complete state of presenvation. In 1961, the State Council of China declared this a National Key Cultural Relics Protected Unit and in 2001 the stie was listed as a World Cultual Heritage Site.
With their 252 caves and 51,000 status, the Yungang cave art represent the successful fusion of Buddhist religious symbolic art from south and central Asian with Chinese cultural traditions, starting in the 5th century CE under Imperial auspices. The power and endurance of Buddhist belief in China are vividly illustrated by the Yungang gottoes.
The caves can be divided into 3 phases: cave 20 is one of the five earliest caves of monk Tan Yao, house of the sitting statue of Sakyamuni, which is 13.7 meters high, with a full and round face, majestic smile, slim up and a high nose, ears that extend almost to the shoulders, radiant eyes, and broad shoulders. It is the representative of the Buddha sculptures of the Yungang Grottoes.
www.tour-beijing.com/datong_attractions/datong_yungang_gr...
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This rugged canyon in Mojave National Preserve, California is known by a few names. The most widely used currently is Hole-in-the-Wall. It is located in volcanic rocks near the Woods Mountains.
According to the National Park Service, Bob Holliman, a rancher who lived in the Mojave from the early 1900s until his death in 1953, named the site after the natural geological formation located in the Big Horn Mountains of northern Wyoming. The Wyoming site was famous as a retreat for outlaws in the 1800s, including Butch Cassidy’s gang. Holliman had spent some time at Hole in the Wall in Wyoming and that he thought the volcanic mesas in the Preserve are similar to the Wyoming site. (Though in Wyoming the rocks are red in color and sedimentary and here they are black and volcanic). The name stuck. Holliman was gunslinger turned homesteader but, according to the NPS, had no ties to Butch Cassidy or the Sundance kid despite stories that have been spun in "Mojave Lore".
Early settlers had other very descriptive names for the small canyon. The desert wind would blow hard up through the rocky gap and "howl like a banshee". That gave rise to the name Banshee canyon. Whoever has heard the wind wail though these desert canyon can readily identify with that name. The rocks in the canyon have holes, coves; and arches which gave rise to another name used by early visitors, Grotto Canyon. When you visit this beautiful place you will agree that all the names fit.
Underneath a Moorish complex in Spain, I found this strange pool between the foundation pillars, with a rock grotto at the other end.
Grotto Bridge is dated 1757 and is part of the Craigiehall Estate (used presently as Scottish Army HQ) and is upriver from the Cramond Brig, perhaps a 10-15 minute walk or you could park in Cammo Road and walk down. See the map location to make sense of this. You can walk further up the river over the bridge and it will take you to Turnhouse the old Edinburgh Airport with a nice view down the railway to the Forth Bridge and lots of planes to watch or photograph. Wiki about Craigiehall ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craigiehall )
I chose a Single RAW file ran through Photomatix to enhance the image - I know people will have mixed views on 'altering' photographs as I once did myself. But our eyes see a much wider range of light than a single shot can take... you could do a set of the same photographs with different settings and combine them (bracketing feature on most DSLR's). Or change using Lightroom, I've only used Photomatix to date and am happy with the results. Once I have more time I will try Lightroom too...
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Pam's Grotto first documented by nature Photographer from Arkansas Tim Ernst, this fall has been published in National Geographic Magazine.
66099 is pictured AT Barton-under-Needwood doing the honours of hauling the Pathfinder tours excursion 'The Grotto Grid' from Trowbridge-Chaddeseden sidings. 56113 is due to take over the train from Chadddesden-Scunthorpe Roxby Gullet and will be taken off at Toton later this evening.
a grotto carved beginning in 1067 at the southern foot of Zhongshan near Anding. Now reassembled in the Shaanxi Museum, Xi'an
Ocean swells enter The Grotto near the golf course on the northeast side of Christmas Island, Australia. The swimming here is good.