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Amsterdam - Kouterstraat
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This Townsend's warbler was posed in the bushes the other day; with the one leg up, it reminds me of a statue of some heroic figures!
*Working Towards a Better World
Here in the USA we have a serious fire problem and I wish to thank all the firefighters throughout the world for the amazing and heroic job they do. Presently there are many of you from other countries helping us, and I would like to thank you from the ❤️ personally.
Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! xo❤️
I wonder
does Artificial Intelligence have courage
will it stand in the gap to protect freedom and love
will it take that bullet with true heroics
or will just give us over to a faceless coward
the father of this life
created a thing not known to stand above
but to creep and crawl like a snake in the mud
they tell us it's purpose is for the greater good
but how can that be
without a tongue to taste
a heart to feel
or a hand to hold
all that is truly good noble and bold.
Heavy rain for several days has not made it easy for roses on the Gold Coast. However the prolific John Paul II hybrid tea rose keep on coming. This image was captured this morning after howling winds and 220mm of mostly horizontal rain over night. To be fair it should be noted that the drenched rose was in a walled garden at my hinterland home on the southern Gold Coast. However, its somewhat ruffled visage was a heroic performance!
Lat.: Panorpa communis
En.: Common scorpionfly
De.: Gemeine Skorpionsfliege
Obere Belpau, Belp, Schweiz / Switzerland
Piantine ad un balcone, a mezzogiorno in controsole.
Giocando ad accentuare colori e contrasto
Genova
Lang Land plays Chopin, Polonaise in A-Flat Major, Op 53 'Heroic'
Live in Vienna
Le favole dove stanno ?
Ce n'è una in ogni cosa :
nel legno del tavolino,
nel bicchiere, nella rosa
Gianni Rodari
La foto è stata scattata ad occhi chiusi perché il sole abbagliava
Les incendies dévastateurs qui frappent actuellement Los Angeles ont causé des ravages considérables depuis leur déclenchement le 7 janvier 2025. Ces feux, alimentés par des vents violents atteignant jusqu’à 160 km/h, ont déjà détruit plus de 2 000 bâtiments et forcé l’évacuation de 130 000 personnes dans plusieurs quartiers, dont Hollywood et Pacific Palisades. Au moins cinq personnes ont perdu la vie, principalement en tentant de protéger leurs maisons !
Au milieu de ce chaos, des photographes dont Swanson se trouvent en première ligne, capturant l’ampleur de la catastrophe. Ils documentent non seulement les destructions matérielles, mais aussi les émotions des évacués et l’effort héroïque des pompiers. Les images diffusées montrent des paysages ravagés par les flammes, ainsi que des scènes d’évacuation chaotiques.
Ces photographies jouent un rôle crucial pour sensibiliser le public à la gravité de la situation et aux impacts du changement climatique sur la région !
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The devastating wildfires currently raging in Los Angeles have caused considerable devastation since they broke out on January 7, 2025. The fires, fueled by winds of up to 100 mph, have already destroyed more than 2,000 buildings and forced the evacuation of 130,000 people in several neighborhoods, including Hollywood and Pacific Palisades. At least five people have lost their lives, mostly while trying to protect their homes!
Amidst this chaos, photographers including Swanson are on the front lines, capturing the scale of the disaster. They document not only the physical destruction, but also the emotions of the evacuees and the heroic efforts of the firefighters. The images released show landscapes ravaged by flames, as well as chaotic evacuation scenes.
These photographs play a crucial role in raising awareness of the gravity of the situation and the impacts of climate change on the region !
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Swanson est un photographe lauréat du prix Pulitzer qui documente les incendies de forêt en Californie pour un public mondial.
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Swanson is a Pulitzer Prize winning photographer who documents California wildfires for a global audience.
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Wundervoller Sänger: ein Zaunkönig (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Wonderful singer: a Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
* Norddeutschland | Niedersachsen | Northern Germany | Lower Saxony
The seed may have landed on the road, but that didn't stop this heroic poppy from sprouting, growing, and now trying to bloom.
For the #FlickrFriday theme #hero
Puente medieval con triste y heroica historia ( Reinoso de Cerrato ) Palencia.
Destruido por las tropas francesas,durante la Guerra de la Independencia; se vio afectada, la población, y el puente, en varias ocasiones, por los ataques que realizaban los guerrilleros contra los convoyes de suministro que transitaban por el Camino Real y la respuesta que daban las tropas francesas acantonadas en la zona (Fuente: Página Web Ayuntamiento de Reinoso).
Balconies ...
It is a good example of late colonial architecture, particularly recognized by the Baroque-style stone entryway, with the Spanish coat of arms at the top and the extensive balconies on the facade.
HBW 04.08.09
Gorgeous, sinewy bronze by Richard MacDonald. Displayed at Carmel Plaza in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA.
I wish I could reshoot this one. I would have liked the end of the trumpet to be in focus as the body, but I didn't position myself so that it would be in the same plane of focus. I also don't like that the fingers of the left hand are in the empty space; still, there's enough definition in the fingers to be distinguishable.
This image is dedicated to the President of the United States of America, Mr. Barak Hussein Obama. OK, he might never get to see this image and he might never get to know about this dedication either. What a pity, he doesn’t know what he is missing. LOL!
So you might be wondering why I am doing this. The sitting president has on his desk a proposal to create a new national monument called Bear Ears. This national monument would give protection to 1.9 million acres and contains more than 100,000 cultural and archeological sites. At the moment this area is the most significant unprotected archeological area in the United States.
There is a fierce political battle going on. On one side republican Utah representatives Rob Bishop and Jason Chaffetz who are telling constituents for three years that they have been drafting legislation to protect the area, but they failed to introduce legislation containing specific boundaries and provisions. It became increasingly clear that the so-called negotiations that they aimed to run out the clock on the Obama administration’s ability to use the Antiquities Act to create a national monument.
On the other side of the rope is an unprecedented Inter-Tribal Coalition of 26 tribes and other environmentally interested organizations trying to get the President of the Untied States of America to sign the bill before he leaves the office beginning of next year.
Obama has previously showed vision and courage in using this authority, and creating a Bears Ears National Monument would be very much in that tradition and fully justified by the facts.
You got interested? Support the initiative by adding your voice!
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The Centennial Land Run Monument commemorates the opening of the Unassigned Land in Oklahoma Territory with the Land Run of 1889. The frenzied energy and emotion from one instant during the run is captured in bronze by artist Paul Moore. It is one of the world’s largest bronze sculptures featuring 45 heroic figures of land run participants, frozen in motion as they race to claim new homesteads. Located at the south end of the Bricktown Canal.
Monty looking heroic at the top of Drygarn Fawr in Mid Wales. Drygarn Fawr has got to be one of the bleakest places I know in Wales, especially on a day when there is a biting wind, the temperature is around zero and the cloud threatens to engulf the hilltop. It is hard work under snow and ice. This hill has two of the biggest cairns I know of, both of which were built by the workers who built the dams in the Elan Valley far below.
Monument Valley : décor mythique et terre sacrée des Navajos
Les Navajos nomment l’endroit « Tsé Bii’ Ndzisgaii » ( la vallée des rocs ). La vue offerte sur Monument Valley est mythique : West Mitten Butte, East Mitten Butte et Merrick Butte sont sacrées pour les Navajos mais évoquent aussi les grands westerns du cinéma américain. Ces immenses silhouettes de grès ont servies de décor à La Chevauchée fantastique et La Charge héroïque de John Ford, ou encore Il était une fois dans l’Ouest de Sergio Leone. Devant un tel panorama, impossible de ne pas songer à John Wayne coiffé de son Stetson, ou de siffloter un air d’Ennio Morricone.
The Navajos name the place "Tse Bii 'Ndzisgaii" (valley of the rocks). The view of Monument Valley is mythical: West Mitten Butte, East Mitten Butte and Merrick Butte are sacred to the Navajos but also evoke the great westerns of American cinema. These immense sandstone silhouettes served as the setting for The Fantastic Ride and John Ford's Heroic Charge, or Once upon a time in the West of Sergio Leone. In front of such a panorama, it is impossible not to think of John Wayne wearing his Stetson, or to whistle an air of Ennio Morricone.
Almost Summer, Thunderheads at Sunset, Rocky Mountain Front Range, Colorado
On “HOPE” - (July 8, 2018)
Thai Wild Boar Soccer Team and Heroic Rescuers:
“Dr. Jerome Groopman, Harvard Medical School professor, has carefully investigated the science of hope. He found that your brain pumps chemicals responsible for the hopeful sensation, which in turn block out pain and accelerate healing. Belief and expectation—the one-two punches of hope—release neurochemicals called endorphins and enkephalins that mimic the effects of morphine.
As a result [Dr. Groopman states], ‘Hope helps us overcome hurdles that we otherwise could not scale, and it moves us forward to a place where healing can occur.’ ‘. . . hope doesn’t directly lead to recovery, . . but it contributes to survival. . . .’ ‘Hope, I have come to believe, is as vital to our lives as the very oxygen that we breathe.’”
- The Survivors Club: The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life by Ben Sherwood, p. 318 (Trade edition 2010)
Fervent and hopeful prayers for survival of the 12-year-old Thai boys (Wild Boars soccer team), their coach, and all experts with "heroic selflessness and survival in their DNA" involved in the rescue efforts.
Nebbiolo Vineyards, in Canavese, Piedmont, Italy.
These vineyards are called
" Heroic viticulture "
because of the very difficult steep slope mountain territory were they are grown.
Vini Cascina Figliei
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Been very upset and angry over the past couple of days. Didn't go out anywhere all day today. I was sat next to my picture window, working, when it rained cats and dogs for a few minutes and then the skies turned War-of-the-Worlds rusty-red. And then sun shone and this rainbow lined my street. I came out with my camera and took a few shots. This is a panorama from 5 vertical images, which failed to get me in a better mood.
Nonetheless, I am always amazed by the fact how a bright rainbow can overcome dark, gloomy skies. It's so fuckin' heroic!
“Si nuestro teatro tuviese el temblor de las fiestas de toros, sería magnífico. Si hubiese sabido transportar esa violencia estética, sería un teatro heroico como La Iliada... Una corrida de toros es algo muy hermoso”
Ramón María del Valle-Inclán
Gracias por vuestra visita. Carpe diem
In the Grote Markt of Antwerp, Belgium, there stands a striking statue known as the Brabo Fountain (Brabofontein). This statue features a Roman warrior, Silvius Brabo, who is depicted in a dynamic and heroic pose. The warrior is shown lifting high above his head the severed hand of a giant, symbolizing victory and bravery.
Silvius Brabo, the legendary hero, is depicted with a determined expression, emphasizing his triumph over the giant. His muscular form is expertly sculpted, highlighting his strength and valor.
The giant's hand, clutched firmly in Brabo's raised hand, is oversized and serves as a stark reminder of the formidable foe he has defeated. The fountain itself is an intricate and ornate piece of art, with water flowing around the central figure, adding to the sense of life and action in the sculpture.
The base of the fountain is equally impressive, adorned with various figures and elements that tell the story of Brabo's heroic deed. This statue not only serves as a remarkable piece of art but also as a symbol of Antwerp's rich history and the legendary tale of how the city got its name. According to legend, Brabo defeated the giant who terrorized the city and cut off his hand, throwing it into the river Scheldt. The name "Antwerp" is said to be derived from "hand werpen," meaning "hand throwing" in Dutch.
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