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When i saw this for the first time i thought it was creepy and I zoomed in and i saw the pole that it looks complete :)
I love to shoot long exposures but it was strange to use a tripod, lately i haven´t had time for my hobby. Hope you all are fine!!
Hola! This photo is one of a photography challenge i was in, they asked us to shoot something about times, as I love the ancient Egypt I decided to dress my daughter and Benito our cat so they can pose for me, the crown and other props are made of paperboard and some talented friends helped me with the make up and with Behind the scenes video, if you want to watch it, you can follow the link here www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5pT4w2MYXA
Thank you guys, be safe!
Six species of bat have white hair, and this cute, little (37–47 mm (1.5–1.9 in)) bat is one of them. It is the only species in the genus, Ectophylla, which is an ancient Greek reference to its leaf-shaped nose. Many other bats have those leafy noses, though.
They are also known as tent-making bats. This is because they cut into the leaf, along the mid-rib, which causes the leaf to fold a bit, creating a tent-like structure to rest under when they are not out hunting. Leaves of heliconia plants, like the one here, are perfectly suited for the purpose. Once the leaf gets too limp, they move on and repeat the process.
One other interesting feature are are wart or gland-like structures around their mouth and nose. I was curious about their function, but there is no definitive info on them. The best guess is they are sensory/echoloaction related.
Their vibrant yellow coloration on the face, ears, and nose-leaf is caused by deposits of carotenoid pigments, which they obtain from their diet of figs.
The species is in decline due to habitat loss. They rely on one species of fig for food, so are quite specialized, which makes them very susceptible to disruptions in their environment.
Most of the info above is from Wikipedia.
Honduran white bats live in small groups hidden under large heliconia leaves, which usually fold into a tent to protect themselves from rain and predators.
This group was found on a huge leaf about one meter from the ground.
Only found in Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
Photo taken on dense Braulio Carrillo rainforest.....It was not easy to photograph them:-)
Guápiles - Costa Rica
Os morcegos brancos hondurenhos vivem em pequenos grupos escondidos debaixo de grandes folhas de helicónia, as quais costumam dobrar em forma de tenda para se protegerem da chuva e dos predadores.
O pequeno grupo da imagem foi encontrado numa enorme folha a cerca de um metro do solo no interior da densa floresta húmida de Braulio Carrillo .
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Honduran white bats live in small groups hidden under large heliconia leaves, which usually fold into a tent to protect themselves from rain and predators.
This group was found on a huge leaf about one meter from the ground.
Photo taken on dense Braulio Carrillo rainforest.....It was not easy to photograph them:-)
Only found in Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
Braulio Carrillo rainforest - CR
From Wiki: The chestnut-colored woodpecker is found on the Caribbean side of Middle America from southern Veracruz in Mexico south through Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica to just into Panama's Bocas del Toro Province. It primarily inhabits the interior and edges of humid evergreen and semi-deciduous forests but is also found in mangroves and coastal scrub in some areas. It favors dense foliage even at the forest edge. In elevation it ranges from sea level to 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in Mexico and to 750 m (2,500 ft) in Costa Rica
Tela - Honduras
Ponton ferroviaire désaffecté de la UFCo à Tela. C'est d'ici que partais les bananes du Honduras pour les Etats-Unis avant la grave épidémie virale qui a dévasté les bananeraies de la Côte Caraïbe.
Tela became an important port in the early 1900s as headquarters of the Tela Railroad Company, later the United Fruit Company whose Honduran headquarters was there until 1970. The town's long dock burned in 1994. A hasty replacement, opened in January 1995, collapsed due to high winds, and the remnant is now used for fishing.
The town had an extensive railyard in which trains were used to run all the way out to the dock. Passenger trains still run twice a week from Tela to Puerto Cortés, the only routes in the country still served by trains.
Today just before a few hrs . Snap taken from a distance and from a height from a ship. Those pipes are called loading Arms.
Have a great Week End.
This is the moment that proves it doesn’t matter what camera you have, but that your eye and location are key. I decided not to take my main camera with me on this outing and ended up taking one of my favorite photos in Honduras with my iPhone. This beautiful area is near a dam in La Esperanza, Honduras.
Cayos Cochinos, Honduras
Nestled midway between the Honduran mainland port of La Ceiba and the famed Bay Islands of Roatán and Utila, the Cayos Cochinos are a pristine archipelago of two main forested islands and 13 smaller coral cays (15°58′18.99″N 86°28′31.34″O) (Cayo Menor and Cayo Grande). Their evocative English name, "Hog Islands," dates back to the era of pirates, who reportedly left swine on the shores to breed as a future food source. Today, these hogs' descendants roam the lush tropical forests of this protected marine reserve. With their breathtaking palette of turquoise waters, white-sand beaches, and untouched greenery, the islands' stunning beauty is no secret—it even served as a filming location for the global television phenomenon 'Survivor.'
Aninhados a meio caminho entre o porto continental de La Ceiba, em Honduras, e as famosas Ilhas da Baía de Roatán e Utila, os Cayos Cochinos formam um arquipélago imaculado composto por duas ilhas principais cobertas de floresta e 13 ilhotas de coral menores. Seu sugestivo nome em inglês, "Ilhas dos Porcos," remonta à era dos piratas, que supostamente deixaram porcos nas praias para se reproduzirem como fonte futura de alimento. Hoje, os descendentes desses animais percorrem as exuberantes florestas tropicais desta reserva marinha protegida. Com sua deslumbrante paleta de águas turquesa, praias de areia branca e vegetação intocada, a beleza impressionante das ilhas não é segredo—ela chegou a servir como locação para o fenômeno televisivo global 'Survivor.'
Situados a medio camino entre el puerto continental de La Ceiba, en Honduras, y las famosas Islas de la Bahía de Roatán y Utila, los Cayos Cochinos forman un archipiélago virgen compuesto por dos islas principales boscosas y 13 cayos de coral más pequeños. Su evocador nombre en inglés, "Hog Islands" (Islas de los Cochinos), se remonta a la era de los piratas, quienes según los relatos dejaron cerdos en sus costas para que se reprodujeran como fuente de alimento futura. Hoy, los descendientes de estos cerdos deambulan por los frondosos bosques tropicales de esta reserva marina protegida. Con su impresionante paleta de aguas turquesas, playas de arena blanca y vegetación virgen, la deslumbrante belleza de estas islas no es ningún secreto—incluso fueron locación para el fenómeno televisivo global 'Survivor.'
Incuneati a metà strada tra il porto continentale di La Ceiba, in Honduras, e le famose Isole della Baia di Roatán e Utila, i Cayos Cochinos sono un arcipelago incontaminato formato da due isole principali boscose e 13 isolotti corallini più piccoli. Il loro suggestivo nome inglese, "Hog Islands" (Isole dei Maiali), risale all'epoca dei pirati, i quali si dice lasciassero maiali sulle spiagge per riprodursi come futura fonte di cibo. Oggi, i discendenti di quegli animali vagano per le lussureggianti foreste tropicali di questa riserva marina protetta. Con la loro stupefacente tavolozza di acque turchesi, spiagge di sabbia bianca e vegetazione incontaminata, la splendida bellezza delle isole non è un segreto—tanto da essere stata scelta come location per il fenomeno televisivo globale 'Survivor.'
Nichés à mi-chemin entre le port continental de La Ceiba, au Honduras, et les célèbres Îles de la Baie de Roatán et Utila, les Cayos Cochinos sont un archipel préservé composé de deux îles boisées principales et de 13 petits îlots coralliens. Leur nom évocateur en anglais, "Hog Islands" (Îles aux Cochons), remonte à l'ère des pirates, qui auraient laissé des porcs sur leurs rivages pour se reproduire comme future source de nourriture. Aujourd'hui, les descendants de ces animaux parcourent les luxuriantes forêts tropicales de cette réserve marine protégée. Avec leur palette de couleurs à couper le souffle—eaux turquoise, plages de sable blanc et verdure intacte—la beauté stupéfiante de ces îles n'est plus un secret : elles ont même servi de lieu de tournage pour le phénomène télévisuel mondial 'Survivor.'
Gelegen halverwege tussen de Hondurese havenstad La Ceiba op het vasteland en de fameuze Bay Islands Roatán en Utila, vormen de Cayos Cochinos een ongerepte archipel van twee beboste hoofdeilanden en 13 kleinere koraaleilandjes. Hun pakkende Engelse naam, "Hog Islands" (Varkenseilanden), stamt uit het tijdperk van de piraten, die er naar verluidt varkens achterlieten om zich voort te planten als toekomstige voedselbron. Tegenwoordig zwerven de afstammelingen van deze dieren door de weelderige regenwouden van dit beschermde mariene reservaat. Met hun adembenemende palet van turkooizen water, witte zandstranden en ongerepte groen is de verbluffende schoonheid van de eilanden geen geheim—ze dienden zelfs als filmlocatie voor het wereldwijde televisiefenomeen 'Survivor.'
Mitten zwischen dem honduranischen Festlandshafen La Ceiba und den berühmten Bay Islands Roatán und Utila gelegen, sind die Cayos Cochinos eine unberührte Inselgruppe aus zwei bewaldeten Hauptinseln und 13 kleineren Koralleninseln. Ihr anschaulicher englischer Name, "Hog Islands" (Schweineinseln), stammt aus der Zeit der Piraten, die angeblich Schweine an den Küsten zurückließen, um sich als künftige Nahrungsquelle zu vermehren. Heute durchstreifen die Nachkommen dieser Tiere die üppigen Tropenwälder dieses geschützten Meeresschutzgebiets. Mit ihrer atemberaubenden Farbpalette aus türkisfarbenem Wasser, weißen Sandstränden und unberührtem Grün ist die hinreißende Schönheit der Inseln kein Geheimnis – sie dienten sogar als Drehort für das globale TV-Phänomen 'Survivor.'
تقع جزر كايو كوتشينوس في منتصف الطريق بين ميناء لا سييبا في البر الرئيسي لهندوراس وجزر خليج رواتان وأوتيلا الشهيرة. وهي أرخبيل طاهر يتكون من جزيرتين رئيسيتين مغطاتين بالغابات و13 جزيرة مرجانية صغيرة. ويعود اسمها الإنجليزي التصويري "جزر الخنازير" إلى عصر القراصنة، الذين يُقال أنهم تركوا خنازير على شواطئها لتتكاثر كمصدر غذاء مستقبلي. اليوم، تجوب أحفاد تلك الحيوانات غابات المحمية البحرية الاستوائية الخصبة. بتدرجها اللوني المذهل من المياه الفيروزية والشواطئ الرملية البيضاء والخضرة البكر، فإن الجمال الأخاذ للجزر ليس سراً – حتى أنها كانت موقع تصوير لبرنامج "سرفايفر" التلفزيوني العالمي.
ホンジュラスの本土の港町ラ・セイバと、カリブ海のリゾート地として有名なロアタン島、ウティラ島の中間に位置するカヨス・コチノスは、2つの森林に覆われた主島と13の小さなサンゴ礁の島々からなる手つかずの群島です。その印象的な英語名「ホッグ・アイランズ（豚の島）」は海賊の時代に由来し、将来の食料源として豚を島に放し繁殖させたと言われています。今日では、その子孫がこの保護海域の豊かな熱帯林を歩き回っています。ターコイズブルーの海、白砂のビーチ、手つかずの緑という息をのむような色彩を持つこれらの島々の圧倒的な美しさは秘密ではなく、世界的なTV番組「サバイバー」の撮影地にもなりました。
卡约斯科奇诺斯群岛坐落在洪都拉斯大陆港口拉塞瓦与著名的海湾群岛罗阿坦和乌提拉之间，由两个植被茂密的主要岛屿和13个较小的珊瑚礁岛组成，是一片原始的群岛。其生动的英文名称"霍格群岛（猪岛）"可追溯到海盗时代，据说海盗们将猪留在岛上繁殖，作为未来的食物来源。如今，这些动物的后代在这片海洋保护区的茂密热带森林中游荡。群岛拥有令人叹为观色的绿松石色海水、白色沙滩和未受破坏的绿意，其 stunning 美景已不是秘密——它甚至曾作为全球电视节目《幸存者》的拍摄地。
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A Macaw I saw flying around at the Mayan ruins of Copan, Honduras.
Honduras v Switzerland .
Honduras population 8.2 million bans citizens from owning guns .
Highest homicide rate in the entire world .
Switzerland population 8.2 million citizens can own guns .
Lowest homicide rate in the entire world .
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras (República de Honduras), is a republic in Central America. It was at times referred to as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize.
The country is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea.
Honduras was home to several important indigenous cultures, most notably the Maya. Much of the country was conquered by Spain which introduced its now predominant language and many of its customs in the sixteenth century. It became independent in 1821 and has been a republic since the end of Spanish rule.
The area of Honduras is about 112,492 km² and the population exceeds eight million. Its northern portions are part of the Western Caribbean Zone. Honduras is most notable for production of minerals, coffee, tropical fruit, sugar cane and recently for exporting clothing to the international market.
I started travelling internationally right after finishing college when I took a teaching position in Kuwait. Over the decades of my career, my partner and I have continued to work in or explore different parts of the world. More recently, since taking early retirement, we manage to spend around five months away during Canadian winters.
I kept track of all the places with a blogged list. In 2018, I decided it would be useful to find a single, personal image to represent each country I've visited. I have put these into a single Flickr Album. A photograph may occasionally be updated if we have a return visit.
These are organized alphabetically. You should be able to go forward or background from the image's main page where you can also see the names, and dates. In most cases the EXE date is correct. Some images may have been scanned and dates approximated.
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I am working on my previous trips and books so I will be uploading some that are not already in the sets.. From Honduras, Copan Ruins.
In the center of the museum is a true scale replica of the temple nicknamed "Rosalila". Modern artisans have made highly accurate reconstruction's of the elaborate colored stucco relief’s that adorned the Rosalila. The temple, discovered in nearly perfect condition, by archaeologist in 1991, it was dedicated by Copan's tenth ruler, "Moon Jaguar," in the years 571 AD. As a whole the temple represents a mountain, a place of creation, a source of life-giving water and the sacred maize plant.
The Sun God, a key player in the creation myth, rises majestically on the top with his wings outstretched across the building. The birds on the lower part of the building are representations of the first ruler and founder of the Copan dynasty, whose hieroglyphic name reads "K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo' " (Sun-faced blue-green Quetzal Macaw'). On the upper story, serpents stream forth like smoke from a enormous incensario with a skeletal face, they overlap the giant image of the mountain deity.
Rosalila was so sacred that it was left intact, even with its roof.
" if someone has a gun and is trying to kill you , it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun " .
Dalai Lama XIV .
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These small taxis were everywhere and were used by many of the local people as well as the tourists. Copan Ruinas, Honduras
The island was formerly known as Ruatan and Rattan. It is approximately 77 kilometres (48 mi) long, and less than 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) across at its widest point. The island consists of two municipalities: José Santos Guardiola in the east and Roatán, including the Cayos Cochinos, further south in the west.
The island rests on an exposed ancient coral reef, rising to about 270 metres (890 ft) above sea level. Offshore reefs offer opportunities for diving. Most habitation is in the western half of the island.
The most populous town of the island is Coxen Hole, capital of Roatán municipality, located in the southwest. West of Coxen Hole are the settlements of Gravel Bay, Flowers Bay and Pensacola on the south coast, and Sandy Bay, West End and West Bay on the north coast. To the east of Coxen Hole are the settlements of Mount Pleasant, French Harbour, Parrot Tree, Jonesville and Oakridge on the south coast, and Punta Gorda on the north coast.
The easternmost quarter of the island is separated by a channel through the mangroves that is 15 metres wide on average. This section is called Helene, or Santa Elena in Spanish. Satellite islands at the eastern end are Morat, Barbareta, and Pigeon Cay. Further west between French Harbour and Coxen Hole are several cays, including Stamp Cay and Barefoot Cay.
Located near the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, the largest barrier reef in the Caribbean Sea (second largest worldwide after Australia's Great Barrier Reef), Roatán has become an important cruise ship, scuba diving and eco-tourism destination in Honduras. Tourism is its most important economic sector, though fishing is also an important source of income for islanders. Roatán is located within 40 miles of La Ceiba. The island is served by the Juan Manuel Gálvez Roatán International Airport and the Galaxy Wave Ferry service twice a day.
The Indians of the Bay Islands are believed to have been related to either the Paya, the Maya, the Lenca or the Jicaque, which were the tribes present on the mainland. Christopher Columbus on his fourth voyage (1502–1504) came to the islands as he visited the neighbouring Bay Island of Guanaja. Soon after, the Spanish began trading in the islands for slave labour. More devastating for the local Indians was exposure to Eurasian infectious diseases to which they had no immunity, such as smallpox and measles. No indigenous people survived the consequent epidemics
Throughout European colonial times, the Bay of Honduras attracted an array of individual settlers, pirates, traders and military forces. Various economic activities were engaged in and political struggles played out between the European powers, chiefly Britain and Spain. Sea travellers frequently stopped over at Roatán and the other islands as resting points. On several occasions, the islands were subject to military occupation. In contesting with the Spanish for colonisation of the Caribbean, the English occupied the Bay Islands on and off between 1550 and 1700. During this time, buccaneers found the vacated, mostly unprotected islands a haven for safe harbour and transport. English, French and Dutch pirates established settlements on the islands. They frequently raided the Spanish treasure ships, cargo vessels carrying gold and silver from the New World to Spain.
During the War of the Austrian Succession (King George's War in the US), a detachment of the British Army under Lt. Col John Caulfeild garrisoned the island from 1742 to 1749. The garrison was originally found from two companies of Gooch's Virginia Regiment, but these were eventually amalgamated into Trelawney's 49th Foot (later the 1st Royal Berkshire Regiment).
In 1797, the British defeated the Black Carib, who had been supported by the French, in a battle for control of the Windward Caribbean island of St. Vincent. Weary of their resistance to British plans for sugar plantations, the British rounded up the St. Vincent Black Carib and deported them to Roatán. The majority of Black Carib migrated to Trujillo on mainland Honduras, but a portion remained to found the community of Punta Gorda on the northern coast of Roatán. The Black Carib, whose ancestry includes Arawak and African Maroons, remained in Punta Gorda, becoming the Bay Island's first permanent post-Columbian settlers. They also migrated from there to parts of the northern coast of Central America, becoming the foundation of the modern-day Garífuna culture in Honduras, Belize and Guatemala.
The majority permanent population of Roatán originated from the Cayman Islands near Jamaica. They arrived in the 1830s shortly after Britain's abolition of slavery in 1838. The changes in the labour system disrupted the economic structure of the Caymans. The islands had a largely seafaring culture; natives were familiar with the area from turtle fishing and other activities. Former slaveholders from the Cayman Islands were among the first to settle in the seaside locations throughout primarily western Roatán. During the late 1830s and 1840s, former slaves also migrated from the Cayman Islands, in larger number than planters. All together, the former Cayman peoples became the largest cultural group on the island.
For a brief period in the 1850s, Britain declared the Bay Islands its colony. Within a decade, the Crown ceded the territory formally back to Honduras. British colonists were sent to compete for control. They asked American William Walker, a freebooter (filibuster) with a private army, to help end the crisis in 1860 by invading Honduras; he was captured upon landing in Trujillo and executed there.
In the latter half of the 19th century, the island populations grew steadily and established new settlements all over Roatán and the other islands. Settlers came from all over the world and played a part in shaping the cultural face of the island. Islanders started a fruit trade industry which became profitable. By the 1870s it was purchased by American interests, most notably the New Orleans and Bay Islands Fruit Company. Later the Standard Fruit and United Fruit companies became the foundation for modern-day fruit companies, the industry which led to Honduras being called a "banana republic".
In the 20th century, there was continued population growth resulting in increased economic changes and environmental challenges. A population boom began with an influx of Spanish-speaking Mestizo migrants from the Honduran mainland. Since the late 20th century, they tripled the previous resident population. Mestizo migrants settled primarily in the urban areas of Coxen Hole and Barrio Los Fuertes (near French Harbour). Even the mainlander influx was dwarfed in number and economic effects by the overwhelming tourist presence in the 21st century. Numerous American, Canadian, British, New Zealander, Australian and South African settlers and entrepreneurs engaged chiefly in the fishing industry, and later, provided the foundation for attracting the tourist trade.
In 1998, Roatán suffered some damage from Hurricane Mitch, temporarily paralysing most commercial activity. The storm also broke up the popular dive-wrecks Aguila and Odyssey.
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There may be hundreds of Maya sites dotted around Central America but few can rival the beauty of Copan .
It's location in an idyllic river valley , home to scarlet macaw's and other outstanding bird life , surrounded by pine - forested hills , is simply sublime .
Honduran refugee caravan
A new migrant caravan: 2,000 Honduran migrants traveling toward Mexico
CGTN America Published on 16 Oct 2018
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRJ_7CeMgpo
Roughly 2000 Honduran migrants are making their way toward Mexico, fleeing violence and poverty in search of a better life. The U.S. has threatened to pull financial support for Honduras if the migrants continue their journey north.
I looked out of the car window and saw him looking out of the bus window. Not sure what he noticed out there, but our eyes never met :)
Captured, while driving in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Thanks for your visit and have a great day!
I know I am not good with portraits but I love this little girl's eyes, so I wanted to share this with you. I posted in color, but I didn't like it. Thank u so much for ur visits and tips are very well appreciated. Cheers from Honduras! :)
Ya se que no soy tan buena con los retratos, pero me encantaron los ojos de esta nina, asi que queria compartirla con ustedes. Primero la subi a color, pero no me gustaba, se miraba muy rojiza su piel. Gracias por sus visitas y consejos, realmente lo aprecio. Saludos desde Honduras! :)
Taken with Nikkor 55-300mm lense.