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Tonlé Sap Lake, Siem Reap, Cambodia.
The largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia, Tonle Sap contains an exceptional large variety of interconnected eco-regions with a high degree of biodiversity. The area of the lake is home to many ethnic Vietnamese and numerous Cham communities, living in floating villages around the lake. Approximately 1.2 million people living in the greater Tonle Sap make their living by fishing on the local waters.
Post-processed in DxO Nik Silver Efex Pro to achieve the antique look.
Some 35 years ago, my father brought us to this heritage of the Expo from 1958, a structure of 9 spheres interconnected with each other with tubes. Puberty brought up the rebellious side of me and I stayed in the car, while the rest of the family went up the already decaying building. Although I was already smittened by the photography bug back then, I hardly gave it a glance.
History is repeating itself, because today it's me bringing my kids to this magnificent place. Luckily, my kids haven't reached puberty yet.
It's taller than I remembered and the renovation has given it the splendor it deserves. The spheres are now plated with bling and the whole structure looks like a space craft ready to take off to Star Wars X, Battlestar Galactica XI or Star Trek XII.
Of course, this is a well known landmark in Belgium attracting thousands of tourists every year who take an equally amount of pictures. Hopefully, with this photo, I have succeeded in telling my own story about this building to my kids, so that one day they will tell theirs to their children.
Arrrrggghhhh.... why do I sound like a grandpa ??!!.... @#*&^%$
Various trees of life are recounted in folklore, culture and fiction, often relating to immortality or fertility. They had their origin in religious symbolism.
Ancient Iran
In pre-Islamic Persian mythology, the Gaokerena world tree is a large, sacred Haoma tree which bears all seeds. Ahriman (Ahreman, Angremainyu) created a frog to invade the tree and destroy it, aiming to prevent all trees from growing on the earth. As a reaction, God (Ahura Mazda) created two kar fish staring at the frog to guard the tree. The two fishes are always staring at the frog and stay ready to react to it. Because Ahriman is responsible for all evil including death, while Ahura Mazda is responsible for all good (including life) the concept of world tree in Persian Mythology is very closely related to the concept of Tree of Life.The sacred plant haoma and the drink made from it. The preparation of the drink from the plant by pounding and the drinking of it are central features of Zoroastrian ritual. Haoma is also personified as a divinity. It bestows essential vital qualities—health, fertility, husbands for maidens, even immortality. The source of the earthly haoma plant is a shining white tree that grows on a paradisiacal mountain. Sprigs of this white haoma were brought to earth by divine birds.Haoma is the Avestan form of the Sanskrit soma. The near identity of the two in ritual significance is considered by scholars to point to a salient feature of an Indo-Iranian religion antedating Zoroastrianism.
Another related issue in ancient mythology of Iran is the myth of Mashyа and Mashyane, two trees who were the ancestors of all living beings. This myth can be considered as a prototype for the creation myth where living beings are created by Gods (who have a human form).
Ancient Egypt
Worshipping Osiris, Isis, and Horus
To the Ancient Egyptians, the Tree of Life represented the hierarchical chain of events that brought every thing into existence. The spheres of the Tree of Life demonstrate the order, process, and method of creation.In Egyptian mythology, in the Ennead system of Heliopolis, the first couple, apart from Shu and Tefnut (moisture and dryness) are Geb and Nuit (earth and sky), are Isis and Osiris. They were said to have emerged from the acacia tree of Iusaaset, which the Egyptians considered the tree of life, referring to it as the "tree in which life and death are enclosed." Some acacia trees contain DMT, a psychedelic drug associated with spiritual experiences. The drug is not orally bio-available, however and there is no evidence the Egyptians had techniques for extracting or otherwise harnessing the drug. A much later myth relates how Set and 72 conspirators killed Osiris, putting him in a coffin, and throwing it into the Nile, the coffin becoming embedded in the base of a tamarisk tree.The Egyptians' Holy Sycamore also stood on the threshold of life and death, connecting the two worlds.
Assyria
Assyrian tree of life, from Nimrud panels.The Assyrian Tree of Life was represented by a series of nodes and criss-crossing lines. It was apparently an important religious symbol, often attended to in Assyrian palace reliefs by human or eagle-headed winged genies, or the King, and blessed or fertilized with bucket and cone. Assyriologists have not reached consensus as to the meaning of this symbol. The name "Tree of Life" has been attributed to it by modern scholarship; it is not used in the Assyrian sources. In fact, no textual evidence pertaining to the symbol is known to exist.
Baha'i Faith
The concept of the tree of life appears in the writings of the Baha'i Faith, where it can refer to the Manifestation of God, a great teacher who appears to humanity from age to age. An example of this can be found in the Hidden Words of Bahá'u'lláh:["Have ye forgotten that true and radiant morn, when in those hallowed and blessed surroundings ye were all gathered in My presence beneath the shade of the tree of life, which is planted in the all-glorious paradise? Awestruck ye listened as I gave utterance to these three most holy words: O friends! Prefer not your will to Mine, never desire that which I have not desired for you, and approach Me not with lifeless hearts, defiled with worldly desires and cravings. Would ye but sanctify your souls, ye would at this present hour recall that place and those surroundings, and the truth of My utterance should be made evident unto all of you."Also, in the Tablet of Ahmad [1], of Bahá'u'lláh:"Verily He is the Tree of Life, that bringeth forth the fruits of God, the Exalted, the Powerful, the Great".Bahá'u'lláh refers to his male descendents as branches (Aghsán) and calls women leaves.
A distinction has been made between the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The latter represents the physical world with its opposites, such as good and evil and light and dark. In a different context from the one above, the tree of life represents the spiritual realm, where this duality does not exist.
Buddhism
The Bo tree, also called Bodhi tree, according to Buddhist tradition, is the pipal (Ficus religiosa) under which the Buddha sat when he attained Enlightenment (Bodhi) at Bodh Gaya (near Gaya, west-central Bihar state, India). A living pipal at Anuradhapura, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), is said to have grown from a cutting from the Bo tree sent to that city by King Ashoka in the 3rd century BCE.According to Tibetan tradition when Buddha went to the holy Lake Manasorovar along with 500 monks, he took with him the energy of Prayaga Raj. Upon his arrival, he installed the energy of Prayaga Raj near Lake Manasorovar, at a place now known as Prayang. Then he planted the seed of this eternal banyan tree next to Mt. Kailash on a mountain known as the "Palace of Medicine Buddha".
China
In Chinese mythology, a carving of a Tree of Life depicts a phoenix and a dragon; the dragon often represents immortality. A Taoist story tells of a tree that produces a peach every three thousand years. The one who eats the fruit receives immortality.An archaeological discovery in the 1990s was of a sacrificial pit at Sanxingdui in Sichuan, China. Dating from about 1200 BCE, it contained three bronze trees, one of them 4 meters high. At the base was a dragon, and fruit hanging from the lower branches. At the top is a strange bird-like (phoenix) creature with claws. Also found in Sichuan, from the late Han dynasty (c 25 – 220 CE), is another tree of life. The ceramic base is guarded by a horned beast with wings. The leaves of the tree are coins and people. At the apex is a bird with coins and the Sun.
Christianity
In Catholic Christianity, the Tree of Life represents the immaculate state of humanity free from corruption and Original Sin before the Fall. Pope Benedict XVI has said that "the Cross is the true tree of life." Saint Bonaventure taught that the medicinal fruit of the Tree of Life is Christ himself. Saint Albert the Great taught that the Eucharist, the Body and Blood of Christ, is the Fruit of the Tree of Life.[18] Augustine of Hippo said that the tree of life is Christ: "All these things stood for something other than what they were, but all the same they were themselves bodily realities. And when the narrator mentioned them he was not employing figurative language, but giving an explicit account of things which had a forward reference that was figurative. So then the tree of life also was Christ... and indeed God did not wish the man to live in Paradise without the mysteries of spiritual things being presented to him in bodily form. So then in the other trees he was provided with nourishment, in this one with a sacrament... He is rightly called whatever came before him in order to signify him."[19]
The tree first appeared in Genesis 2:9 and 3:22-24 as the source of eternal life in the Garden of Eden, from which access is revoked when man is driven from the garden. It then reappears in the last book of the Bible, the Book of Revelation, and most predominantly in the last chapter of that book (Chapter 22) as a part of the new garden of paradise. Access is then no longer forbidden, for those who "wash their robes" (or as the textual variant in the King James Version has it, "they that do his commandments") "have right to the tree of life" (v.14). A similar statement appears in Rev 2:7, where the tree of life is promised as a reward to those who overcome. Revelation 22 begins with a reference to the "pure river of water of life" which proceeds "out of the throne of God". The river seems to feed two trees of life, one "on either side of the river" which "bear twelve manner of fruits" "and the leaves of the tree were for healing of the nations" (v.1-2).[20] Or this may indicate that the tree of life is a vine that grows on both sides of the river, as John 15:1 would hint at.
In Eastern Christianity the tree of life is the love of God.The tree of life appears in the Book of Mormon in a revelation to Lehi (see 1 Nephi 8:10). It is symbolic of the love of God (see 1 Nephi 11:21-23). Its fruit is described as "most precious and most desirable above all other fruits," which "is the greatest of all the gifts of God" (see 1 Nephi 15:36). In another scriptural book, salvation is called "the greatest of all the gifts of God" (see Doctrine and Covenants 6:13). In the same book eternal life is also called the "greatest of all the gifts of God" (see Doctrine and Covenants 14:7). Because of these references, the tree of life and its fruit is sometimes understood to be symbolic of salvation and post-mortal existence in the presence of God and his love.
Europe
11th century Tree of Life sculpture at an ancient Swedish church
In Dictionnaire Mytho-Hermetique (Paris, 1737), Antoine-Joseph Pernety, a famous alchemist, identified the Tree of Life with the Elixir of Life and the Philosopher's Stone.
In Eden in the East (1998), Stephen Oppenheimer suggests that a tree-worshipping culture arose in Indonesia and was diffused by the so-called "Younger Dryas" event of c. 8000 BCE, when the sea level rose. This culture reached China (Szechuan), then India and the Middle East. Finally the Finno-Ugaritic strand of this diffusion spread through Russia to Finland where the Norse myth of Yggdrasil took root.
Georgia
The Borjgali (Georgian: ბორჯღალი) is an ancient Georgian Tree of Life symbol.
Germanic paganism and Norse mythology[
In Germanic paganism, trees played (and, in the form of reconstructive Heathenry and Germanic Neopaganism, continue to play) a prominent role, appearing in various aspects of surviving texts and possibly in the name of gods.
The tree of life appears in Norse religion as Yggdrasil, the world tree, a massive tree (sometimes considered a yew or ash tree) with extensive lore surrounding it. Perhaps related to Yggdrasil, accounts have survived of Germanic Tribes' honouring sacred trees within their societies. Examples include Thor's Oak, sacred groves, the Sacred tree at Uppsala, and the wooden Irminsul pillar. In Norse Mythology, the apples from Iðunn's ash box provide immortality for the gods.
Hinduism
The Eternal Banyan Tree (Akshaya Vata) is located on the bank of the Yamuna inside the courtyard of Allahabad Fort near the confluence of the Yamuna and Ganga Rivers in Allahabad. The eternal and divine nature of this tree has been documented at length in the scriptures.[citation needed]
During the cyclic destruction of creation when the whole earth was enveloped by waters, akshaya vata remained unaffected. It is on the leaves of this tree that Lord Krishna rested in the form of a baby when land was no longer visible. And it is here that the immortal sage, Markandeya, received the cosmic vision of the Lord. It is under this tree that Buddha meditates eternally. Legend also has it that the Bodi tree at Gaya is a manifestation of this tree.
Islam
Carpet Tree of Life
Main article: Quranic tree of life
See also: Sidrat al-Muntaha
The "Tree of Immortality" (Arabic: شجرة الخلود) is the tree of life motif as it appears in the Quran. It is also alluded to in hadiths and tafsir. Unlike the biblical account, the Quran mentions only one tree in Eden, also called the tree of immortality, which Allah specifically forbade to Adam and Eve. Satan, disguised as a serpent, repeatedly told Adam to eat from the tree, and eventually both Adam and Eve did so, thus disobeying Allah.] The hadiths also speak about other trees in heaven.
According to the Ahmadiyya movement, Quranic reference to the tree is symbolic; eating of the forbidden tree signifies that Adam disobeyed God.[
Jewish sources
Main articles: Etz Chaim and Biblical tree of life
Etz Chaim, Hebrew for "tree of life," is a common term used in Judaism. The expression, found in the Book of Proverbs, is figuratively applied to the Torah itself. Etz Chaim is also a common name for yeshivas and synagogues as well as for works of Rabbinic literature. It is also used to describe each of the wooden poles to which the parchment of a Sefer Torah is attached.The tree of life is mentioned in the Book of Genesis; it is distinct from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. After Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, they were driven out of the Garden of Eden. Remaining in the garden, however, was the tree of life. To prevent their access to this tree in the future, Cherubim with a flaming sword were placed at the east of the garden. (Genesis 3:22-24)
In the Book of Proverbs, the tree of life is associated with wisdom: "[Wisdom] is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her, and happy [is every one] that retaineth her." (Proverbs 3:13-18) In 15:4 the tree of life is associated with calmness: "A soothing tongue is a tree of life; but perverseness therein is a wound to the spirit."
The Book of Enoch, generally considered non-canonical, states that in the time of the great judgment God will give all those whose names are in the Book of Life fruit to eat from the Tree of Life.
Kathara grid
The esoteric bio-spiritual healing system of kathara which is presented on Earth by the official Speaker of the Guardian Alliance – E’Asha Ashayana,explains in detail the function of the code of the kathara grid] as the natural tree of life. Kathara reveals the anatomy of Creation, core structure, the blueprints & interconnectedness of all matter forms and in the center is the replication of the kathara grid everywhere.The kathara grid consists of 12 kathara centers and the relationships between them represent the true meaning of the phrase "As above, so below" and the correspondence between microcosmos and macrocosmos.
Kabbalah. Judaic Kabbalah Tree of Life 10 Sephirot, through which the Ein Sof unknowable Divine manifests Creation. The configuration relates to manJewish mysticism depicts the Tree of Life in the form of ten interconnected nodes, as the central symbol of the Kabbalah. It comprises the ten Sephirot powers in the Divine realm. The panentheistic and anthropomorphic emphasis of this emanationist theology interpreted the Torah, Jewish observance, and the purpose of Creation as the symbolic esoteric drama of unification in the Sephirot, restoring harmony to Creation. From the time of the Renaissance onwards, Jewish Kabbalah became incorporated as an important tradition in non-Jewish Western culture, first through its adoption by Christian Cabala, and continuing in Western esotericism occult Hermetic Qabalah. These adapted the Judaic Kabbalah Tree of Life syncretically by associating it with other religious traditions, esoteric theologies, and magical practices.
Mesoamerican
The concept of world trees is a prevalent motif in pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cosmologies and iconography. World trees embodied the four cardinal directions, which represented also the fourfold nature of a central world tree, a symbolic axis mundi connecting the planes of the Underworld and the sky with that of the terrestrial world.Depictions of world trees, both in their directional and central aspects, are found in the art and mythological traditions of cultures such as the Maya, Aztec, Izapan, Mixtec, Olmec, and others, dating to at least the Mid/Late Formative periods of Mesoamerican chronology. Among the Maya, the central world tree was conceived as or represented by a ceiba tree, and is known variously as a wacah chan or yax imix che, depending on the Mayan language.[32] The trunk of the tree could also be represented by an upright caiman, whose skin evokes the tree's spiny trunk.Directional world trees are also associated with the four Yearbearers in Mesoamerican calendars, and the directional colors and deities. Mesoamerican codices which have this association outlined include the Dresden, Borgia and Fejérváry-Mayer codices.[31] It is supposed that Mesoamerican sites and ceremonial centers frequently had actual trees planted at each of the four cardinal directions, representing the quadripartite concept.World trees are frequently depicted with birds in their branches, and their roots extending into earth or water (sometimes atop a "water-monster," symbolic of the underworld). The central world tree has also been interpreted as a representation of the band of the Milky Way.
Middle East
The Epic of Gilgamesh is a similar quest for immortality. In Mesopotamian mythology, Etana searches for a 'plant of birth' to provide him with a son. This has a solid provenance of antiquity, being found in cylinder seals from Akkad (2390–2249 BCE).The Book of One Thousand and One Nights has a story, 'The Tale of Buluqiya', in which the hero searches for immortality and finds a paradise with jewel-encrusted trees. Nearby is a Fountain of Youth guarded by Al-Khidr. Unable to defeat the guard, Buluqiya has to return empty-handed.
North American
In a myth passed down among the Iroquois, The World on the Turtle's Back, explains the origin of the land in which a tree of life is described. According to the myth, it is found in the heavens, where the first humans lived, until a pregnant woman fell and landed in an endless sea. Saved by a giant turtle from drowning, she formed the world on its back by planting bark taken from the tree.The tree of life motif is present in the traditional Ojibway cosmology and traditions. It is sometimes described as Grandmother Cedar, or Nookomis Giizhig in Anishinaabemowin.In the book Black Elk Speaks, Black Elk, an Oglala Lakota (Sioux) wičháša wakȟáŋ (medicine man and holy man), describes his vision in which after dancing around a dying tree that has never bloomed he is transported to the other world (spirit world) where he meets wise elders, 12 men and 12 women. The elders tell Black Elk that they will bring him to meet "Our Father, the two-legged chief" and bring him to the center of a hoop where he sees the tree in full leaf and bloom and the "chief" standing against the tree. Coming out of his trance he hopes to see that the earthly tree has bloomed, but it is dead
Serer religion
In Serer religion, the tree of life as a religious concept forms the basis of Serer cosmogony. Trees were the first things created on Earth by the supreme being Roog (or Koox among the Cangin). In the competing versions of the Serer creation myth, the Somb (Prosopis africana) and the Saas tree (acacia albida) are both viewed as trees of life. However, the prevailing view is that, the Somb was the first tree on Earth and the progenitor of plant life. The Somb was also used in the Serer tumuli and burial chambers, many of which had survived for more than a thousand years.Thus, Somb is not only the Tree of Life in Serer society, but the symbol of immortality
Urartian Tree of Life
In ancient Urartu, the Tree of Life was a religious symbol and was drawn on walls of fortresses and carved on the armor of warriors. The branches of the tree were equally divided on the right and left sides of the stem, with each branch having one leaf, and one leaf on the apex of the tree. Servants stood on each side of the tree with one of their hands up as if they are taking care of the tree.
Turkic .The Tree of Life, as seen as in flag of Chuvashia, a Turkic state in the Russian FederationThe Tree of Life design on 0,05 Turkish lira (5 kuruş).
The World Tree or Tree of Life is a central symbol in Turkic mythology.[citation needed] It is a common motif in carpets.
It is also used as the main design of a common Turkish lira sub-unit 5 kuruş since 2009.
Taken at Tuggerah Lakes, a wetland system of three interconnected coastal lagoons, are located on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia
Winter view of Scarboro Pond located within Franklin Park, one of a series of interconnected urban parks designed and landscaped by Fredrick Law Olmsted in the later 19th century.
Fuji GW690III 6x9, 90mm lens
Ilford Delta 100 film, ISO 100
1/125 second, f/16
Ilford DD-X developer +4
Negative scanned on Canon 8800f
Photoshop Elements & NIK Silver Efex Pro software
For my video; youtu.be/OqpDnGKtKug,
The Park & Tilford Gardens is a 1.5-acre (6,100 m2) (originally 3-acre (12,000 m2)) botanic garden situated in the City of North Vancouver, British Columbia. The complex, established in 1969 as a community project of Canadian Park & Tilford Distilleries Ltd., consists of eight separate but interconnected areas. The original gardens were designed by Harry J. Webb of Justice & Webb Landscape Architects.
A classic moon gate leads to the Oriental Garden, a tranquil setting reminiscent of Japan. The authentic Japanese tea house is a gift shop operated by the North Shore Association for the Physically Handicapped.
Lynnmour, District of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
The Renaissance Center (aka GM Renaissance Center) is a group of seven interconnected skyscrapers in downtown Detroit, on the shore of the Detroit River. The complex is owned by General Motors, which uses it as its world headquarters. The central tower, the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center with its curved glass-clad facade, is the second tallest all-hotel skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere. It has been the tallest building in Michigan since it was erected in 1977. The principal architect was John Portman.
Ngwe Saung beach is situated near Yangon city and it can be reached within a 5-hour drive from Yangon. The beach itself is approximately 9 miles long and one of the longest beach in South East Asia and newly opened beach in Ayeyarwaddy delta region interconnected with the Andaman Sea. Moreover, Ngwe Saung is located a bit south of Ngapali which is also another popular beach resorts in Myanmar.
My first visit to this beautiful garden near Bromyard with interconnected lakes and mature trees designed by Capability Brown.
an abstract pattern under a red filter with a central glowing orb that emits a warm light. The intricate design surrounding the orb resembles organic shapes and cells in close-up detail, interconnected in a complex, mosaic-like structure. The various shades of red, from deep burgundy to bright crimson, create a sense of depth and texture. The central light source stands out distinctly, providing a stark contrast to the darker reds and casting a radiant illumination that accentuates the pattern's details.
February morning at Jamaica Pond in the Boston neighborhood of Jamaica Plain. Jamaica Pond is one of the 'jewels' in Boston's Emerald Necklace, a series of interconnected urban parks designed and landscaped by Fredrick Law Olmsted in the later 19th century.
Fuji GW690III 6x9, 90mm lens
Ilford Delta 400 film, ISO 400
1/250 second, f/22
Ilford DD-X developer +4
Negative scanned on Canon 8800f
Photoshop Elements & NIK Silver Efex Pro software
We are all connected, interconnected, and uploading/downloading constantly from the world. Whether it is between one another or from the ether do not discount the power of a single strand of connection for we, people, must not stay alone.
In 2014 the fine Amsterdam Zoo, Natura Artis Magistra, opened its Micropia. Micropia is the first 'zoo' in the world which shows microbes and other micro-organisms and also small insects. Among the latter is a large nest of Leafcutter Ants.
Atta colombica had earlier been part of the Artis Zoo, living in the Insectarium and later in the Butterfly house. But here in Micropia their nest really comes into its own. There's a combination of glass piping, islands in a small indoor basin, interconnected terrarium-like boxes, and in the centre of the water basin rises a little forest of fresh leaf, replenished regularly. Here our Leafcutters go about their business: cutting pieces of leaf and dragging them into the nest to grow on them a fungus for their nourishment. It's all highly fascinating...
Located only a few hundred meters off the coast of Koh Tao Island, the island is actually 3 small islands interconnected by white sand beaches. I love Koh Nang Yuan beach.
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Valle de los Ingenios, also named Valley de los Ingenios or Valley of the Sugar Mills, is a series of three interconnected valleys about 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) outside of Trinidad, Cuba. The three valleys, San Luis, Santa Rosa and Meyer, were a centre for sugar production from the late 18th century until the late 19th century. At the peak of the industry in Cuba there were over fifty cane sugar mills in operation in the three valleys with over 30,000 slaves working in the mills and the sugar cane plantations that surrounded them.
In 1988, Valle de los Ingenios and neighbouring Trinidad were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Although most of the sugar mills are in ruins, intact structures endure at some sites, including Guachinango, where the plantation house remains, and the plantation of Manaca Iznaga, where the owner's house, a tower and some barracones, the original slave quarters, still stand. Although the barracones are now used as housing and are in poor repair, the house (which has been converted into a restaurant) and the "Iznaga Tower" are well maintained. The 45 metre (147 ft) tower was constructed sometime in 1816 by the owner, Alejo Maria Iznaga y Borrell. According to experts, the bell that formerly hung on top of the tower announced the beginning and the end of the work day for the slaves, as well as the times for prayers to the Holy Virgin in the morning, midday and afternoon. It was also used to sound an alarm in case of fire or slave escape. The height and magnificence of the tower served to display Iznaga's power over his slaves and his stature in the sugar industry and local society; at one time it was the tallest structure in Cuba. A recognised landmark of the region, the Iznaga Tower testifies to the area's flourishing material culture in the Spanish colonial period. The large bell now rests at the foot of the tower.
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Taken at Tuggerah Lakes, a wetland system of three interconnected coastal lagoons, are located on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia
Taken at Tuggerah Lakes, a wetland system of three interconnected coastal lagoons, are located on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia
Natural ice in the Netherlands is a rare occurrence. In fact, some winters there's no natural ice at all. Maybe that explains why the Dutch love to skate outdoors. They hardly ever get the chance! But when a cold wave hits, and the interconnected maze of canals, rivers and lakes freeze over, it's a spontaneous celebration, a national holiday. Businesses close their doors and everyone goes skating.
The Alblasserwaard tour starts in the town of Kinderdijk, a tourist mecca famous for its windmills. (Molentocht means windmill tour.) The Krimpenerwaard is one of the oldest polders in Holland, dotted with ancient villages, and you can skate through nine of them in a day. (Negendorpentocht means Nine Villages Tour.) You can read about the area's history in this Krimpenerwaard site.
Aside from the scenery, the joys of Dutch skating are the companionship of other skaters, and the delicious food served up along the canals. With so many skaters on the ice, you're guaranteed to find someone who skates at your speed, and gets hungry or thirsty with the same regularity.
Corvin Stichert showed the steering/suspension system he use on his SEP APC model a few days ago, which is nearly identical to what I've been using on my models for a long time as well. I thought I might add some additional info about the basic system, showing ways you can scale it to fit vehicles with different widths, using various combinations of mounts and liftarm connectors.
While I've used this system in my models for years now, ultimately Jacob Sysak (aka Memory) deserves a huge thanks for the original idea.
This is the combo of the truck ready for transport. The ballast weights, which are mounted at the rear of the crane when it is in operation, are mounted behind the cab when it's in transit. The outriggers are hinged and fold alongside the chassis.
As with most of my other recent minifig scale trucks and cranes, the steering axles on the chassis work and are interconnected such that they move together, albeit at slightly different angles. It's difficult to find space for such a mechanism on a small model, but I think it's a feature that adds a lot to the look of the finished model.
ACC Liverpool is a multipurpose arena and convention centre on the former Kings Dock, Liverpool, England. Opened in May 2008, it is part of Liverpool event campus - an interconnected arena, convention and exhibition centre - positioned on the banks of Liverpool's world heritage waterfront.
Minster Court is a complex of three office buildings, interconnected with glass corridors, that were built 1987-93 and designed by architects Gollins, Melvin and Ward Partnership (GMW). The exterior cladding is faced with rough-cut Torcicoda granite and polished rose-coloured Brazilian marble, giving the buildings a distinctive pink appearance. The architectural style has been described as ‘postmodern-gothic’ or ‘neo-gothic’.
In the large forecourt, beside Mincing Lane, are three bronze sculptures of horses that are each over three metres high, sculpted by Althea Wynne. They represent the three separate buildings and have been nicknamed ‘Dollar’, ‘Yen’ and ‘Sterling’. The forecourt was used in Disney’s 1996 live-action movie called ‘101 Dalmatians’ as the exterior of Cruella De Vil’s haute couture fashion house – called ‘House of DeVil’. It also appeared as the location of the architectural practice of Peter Manson (played by Trevor Eve) in the 2010 remake of ‘Bouquet of Barbed Wire’
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Like the interconnected machinery of society, each cog on it's own is meaningless.
No matter where this individual came from it's now, inexplicably, on the floor of an antique store.
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Please take your time... and enjoy it large on black
The Netherlands is a small country of 16 million people, but it boasts a quarter of a million competitive speedskaters, and millions more who skate for fun. What's the story? Natural ice in the Netherlands is a rare occurrence. In fact, some winters there's no natural ice at all. Maybe that explains why the Dutch love to skate outdoors. They hardly ever get the chance! But when a cold wave hits, and the interconnected maze of canals, rivers and lakes freeze over, it's a spontaneous celebration, a national holiday. Little kiosks are set up on the ice to dispense heart-warming liqueurs. I really love this part of our culture. Almost everyone, young or old, likes to skate and is smiling and friendly. Today it's the first day of ice skating on natural ice at Durgerdam. A charming early eighteenth century fisherman's home on a small sailing harbor with rich history. Durgerdam is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Amsterdam, and lies about 7 km east of the city centre, along the dyke of the IJsselmeer. Dutch skaters enjoying the kilometers of natural ice on the lake IJbuiten. Hopefully it keeps below zero Celcius these coming days.
A fast snapshot of a Dutch ice-skater taken while I was puting on my skates. A photo of Durgerdam at frozen lake Buiten-IJ nearby Amsterdam. As temperatures plunge across Europe, many are cursing the cold. But not in the Netherlands. There, many are hoping for further frigid conditions. It was my first time on skates again on Christmas day 2010. It was a cloudy day but at the end of the day the sun came through which gave a lovely light and soft shadows. Waterland in the winter is a real skater’s paradise.
Eindelijk weer een weekend waarin Waterlanders de ijzers konden onderbinden. Nog geen ideale condities, maar geen wakken. Op de Ransdorper Die is het ijs nog niet dik genoeg, maar hier bij Durgerdam op het Buiten-IJ vlakbij Amsterdam kan er al aardig geschaatst worden. Durgerdam is een dijkdorp in Landelijk Noord. Durgerdam ligt in de zuidoost-hoek van de streek Waterland, aan het IJmeer, een deel van het IJsselmeer. De Durgerdammers in vroeger eeuwen hielden zich vooral bezig met scheepvaart en handel. Een opvallend gebouw in Durgerdam is de bij een scherpe bocht in de weg gelegen kapel. Dit houten gebouwtje met zijn opmerkelijke koepeltoren schijnt echter slechts korte tijd als kerk dienst gedaan te hebben. Het heeft verschillende functies gehad, onder meer die van school en van gemeentehuis. De in 1687 gebouwde kapel werd in 1950 door blikseminslag zwaar beschadigd, en vervolgens gerestaureerd. De weilanden zijn hier wit, de sloten bevroren en de adem komt in kleine grijze pufjes uit mijn mond. Handen op de rug. Rustig ademen. Ik geniet van het geluid van de ijzers over het ijs en het prachtige uitzicht over de besneeuwde weilanden. Het is min één graden het is bewolkt maar aan de horizon komt uiteindelijk de zon nog door die prachtig licht geeft en mooie schaduwen. Het is ijs is door de sneeuw helaas te dof om het licht te weerkaatsen. In de verte kan je de flats van Amsterdam IJburg zien en steekt de wonderlijk stompe toren van Ransdorp uit het landschap. Die stamt uit dezelfde vervlogen eeuw als waarin de Amsterdammer Hendrick Avercamp begon met het schilderen van zijn vermaarde winterse schaatstaferelen. Wie even wegdenkt kan zich vandaag in Avercamps wereld wanen.
Christmas Tree Pass Road. Looks deceptively easy; it isn't--lots of washboard covered, rutted roadway with fist-sized rocks and slippery gravel, interconnected with miles of deep sand. Nice scenery but I wouldn't do it again (frankly, I was lucky to get out alive ;- )
By the way, Christmas Tree Pass and Spirit Mountain are part of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
www.google.com/maps/place/Christmas+Tree+Pass/@35.2485564...
The more time we spend interconnected via a myriad of devices, the less time we have left to develop true friendships in the real world.
(Alex Morritt - Impromptu Scribe)
My Vintage Photo from 35mm Film
The American Museum of Natural History (abbreviated as AMNH), located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, is one of the largest museums in the world. Located in park-like grounds across the street from Central Park, the museum complex comprises 27 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library.
SOUTH INDIA – THE BACKWATERS
The Kerala backwaters are a network of brackish lagoons and canals lying parallel to the Arabian Sea of the Malabar coast of Kerala state in south-western India. It also includes interconnected lakes, rivers, and inlets, a labyrinthine system formed by more than 900 km of waterways. The network includes five large lakes linked by canals, both man made and natural, fed by 38 rivers, and extending virtually half the length of Kerala state. The backwaters were formed by the action of waves and shore currents creating low barrier islands across the mouths of the many rivers flowing down from the Western Ghats mountain range.
Linked by man-made canals, the lagoons form a network for transporting goods that is widely used by the local economy. The backwaters are also a major tourist attraction in Kerala.
The backwaters have a unique ecosystem: freshwater from the rivers meets the seawater from the Arabian Sea. A barrage has been built, so salt water from the sea is prevented from entering the deep inside, keeping the fresh water intact. Such fresh water is extensively used for irrigation purposes. Many unique species of aquatic life including crabs and frogs, water birds such as terns, kingfishers and cormorants, and animals such as otters and turtles live in and alongside the backwaters. Palm trees, various leafy plants, and bushes grow alongside the backwaters, providing a green hue to the surrounding landscape.
The Petén lowlands are formed by a densely forested low-lying limestone plain featuring karstic topography. The area is crossed by low east-west oriented ridges of Cenozoic limestone and is characterised by a variety of forest and soil types; water sources include generally small rivers and low-lying seasonal swamps known as bajos. A chain of fourteen lakes runs across the central drainage basin of the Petén; during the rainy season some of these lakes become interconnected. This drainage area measures approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) east-west by 30 kilometres (19 mi) north-south. The largest lake is Lake Petén Itza, near the centre of the drainage basin; it measures 32 by 5 kilometres (19.9 by 3.1 mi). A broad savannah extends south of the central lakes; it features a compact red clay soil that is too poor to support heavy cultivation. This resulted in a relatively low level of pre-Columbian occupation. The savannah has an average altitude of 150 metres (490 ft) above mean sea level with karstic ridges reaching an average altitude of 300 metres (980 ft). The savannah is surrounded by hills with unusually steep southern slopes and gentler northern approaches; the hills are covered with dense tropical forest. To the north of the lakes region bajos become more frequent, interspersed with forest. In the far north of the Petén the Mirador Basin forms another interior drainage region. To the south Petén reaches an altitude of approximately 500 metres (1,600 ft) as it rises towards the Guatemalan Highlands and meets Paleozoic metamorphic rocks. (Wikipedia)
El Petén (en itzá: Noh Petén, ‘Gran Isla’)?1 es un departamento de Guatemala situado en el extremo septentrional del país. Limita al norte con México; al sur con los departamentos de Izabal y Alta Verapaz; al este con Belice; y al oeste con México.
Posee una extensión territorial de 35.854 km², lo que lo convierte en el departamento más extenso de Guatemala así como en la entidad subnacional más grande de Centroamérica. Flores, la cabecera departamental, se encuentra aproximadamente a 488 km de la capital nacional. Aproximadamente un 60% de la población es mestiza o ladina, del 40% restante hay mayor peso entre los criollos e indígenas Itzá y Mopán, y en menor peso se encuentra la población negra o garifuna que habitan en los municipios cercanos al sur de Belice y norte de Izabal.
Muitas formações calcárias por todo este Departamento e é onde se concentra a maioria das grandes reservas arqueológicas do mundo maia, na Guatemala. As pedras formam figuras incríveis e muitas cavernas.
View from the Fondamenta Zattere al Ponte Longo
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We see : Actv Ferries
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Sestiere Dorsoduro - Venezia
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The Venice Molino Stucky Hilton is Venice's newest landmark. It is located in the splendidly restored 19th-century Molino Stucky, formerly a flourmill and granary. The Molino Stucky is situated on the Giudecca, the gondola shaped group of eight interconnected islands minutes away from Piazza San Marco and Venice's major attractions.
Just started keeping bees so I'm photographing more bees than ever before. This is a combination of about 9 macro photos taken when the bees were squeezing into a box of extracted frames. Hard to catch a sharp image of bees in flight I find.
I have read that without bees the great bulk of land plants and animals would quickly die out. Living things are so delicately interconnected and interdependent. It's so fine a balance that I cannot believe it came about without divine input.
The Venice Molino Stucky Hilton is Venice's newest landmark. It is located in the splendidly restored 19th-century Molino Stucky, formerly a flourmill and granary. The Molino Stucky is situated on the Giudecca, the gondola shaped group of eight interconnected islands minutes away from Piazza San Marco and Venice's major attractions.
Venice (Italian: Venezia [veˈnɛttsja] ( listen), Venetian: Venexia [veˈnɛsja]) is a city in northeast Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region. In 2009, there were 270,098 people residing in Venice's comune (the population estimate of 272,000 inhabitants includes the population of the whole Comune of Venezia; around 60,000 in the historic city of Venice (Centro storico); 176,000 in Terraferma (the Mainland), mostly in the large frazioni of Mestre and Marghera; 31,000 live on other islands in the lagoon). Together with Padua and Treviso, the city is included in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area (PATREVE) (population 1,600,000).
The name is derived from the ancient Veneti people who inhabited the region by the 10th century B.C. The city historically was the capital of the Venetian Republic. Venice has been known as the "La Dominante", "Serenissima", "Queen of the Adriatic", "City of Water", "City of Masks", "City of Bridges", "The Floating City", and "City of Canals". Luigi Barzini described it in The New York Times as "undoubtedly the most beautiful city built by man". Venice has also been described by the Times Online as being one of Europe's most romantic cities.
The city stretches across 117 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy. The saltwater lagoon stretches along the shoreline between the mouths of the Po (south) and the Piave (north) Rivers.
The Republic of Venice was a major maritime power during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and a staging area for the Crusades and the Battle of Lepanto, as well as a very important center of commerce (especially silk, grain, and spice) and art in the 13th century up to the end of the 17th century. This made Venice a wealthy city throughout most of its history. It is also known for its several important artistic movements, especially the Renaissance period. Venice has played an important role in the history of symphonic and operatic music, and it is the birthplace of Antonio Vivaldi.
Please visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice for further information...
The Renaissance Center is a group of seven interconnected skyscrapers in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. The Renaissance Center complex is on the Detroit International Riverfront and is owned by General Motors as its world headquarters.
Jeita Grotto is a compound two separate but interconnected limestone caves. The caves are situated in the Nahr al-Kalb valley. Jeita accommodates two crystallized grottoes with natural sculptural beauty with rock formations that seem to glow in the dark.
This rare and marvelous natural wonder features a lower cave where the visitor can take a short dreamy cruise on a rowboat for a distance of approximately 450 meters of the 6200 meters from the explored part of the site.
In 1958, Lebanese speleologists discovered the upper galleries 60 metres above the lower cave which have been accommodated with an access tunnel and a series of walkways to enable tourists’ safe access without disturbing the natural landscape. The upper galleries house the world’s largest stalactite. The upper cave contains a great concentration of a variety of crystallized formations such as stalactites, stalagmites, columns.
The Jeita caves have formed over millions of years due to the dissolution of limestone. The limestone is dissolved by carbonic acid charged rain water and groundwater. It is the longest cave complex in the Middle East.
Photography inside the caves is banned. The visitors have to leave their cameras and mobile phones outside before entering the caves. The Jeita Grotto is one of the finalist candidate for the New 7 Wonders of Nature competition.
Wes Skiles Peacock Spring State Park, southwest of Live Oak, FL, is most widely known for its vast collection of interconnected underwater caves which attract cave divers worldwide to this obscure Florida gem. Apart from being an underwater destination, its a location of supreme and tranquil beauty that maintains an almost prehistoric character in the colder months. While swimming is allowed, there are springs (nearby too) which provide a better swimming experience. This spring is all about stepping back in time and seeing something truly wild.
A view of the Daniel Buren exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris last year.
You can see more pics in my Paris set.
I've been trying to locate words of a song that would go with this, but have had no success, so it is what it is!!!
Rocket Escape - France, 1944
This series of four vignettes took first place in the "Interconnected Vigs" category in the Flickr 2010 Annual Lego Military Build Competition (http://www.flickr.com/groups/1411298@N23/)
It features four small 8x8 stud vignettes which each make sense individually, but tell a larger story when connected together.
This is a fictional, but plausible, Indiana Jones story where Indy and his friend Mac, disguised as couriers, make a daring escape from WWII Occupied France by stowing away in a V2 rocket about to launch. Indy gets himself fouled in a rope while dispatching one of the guards on the gantry. Chained to Indy's left arm is a suitcase containing a lost relic of Joan of Arc which he must save from the Nazis.
Mac waits patiently behind the liquid oxygen truck until the right moment and then releases a valve to freeze the advancing troops.
A mighty V2 rocket. Production rockets were painted in solids or camo patterns... but the black and white paintscheme of the test models photographs well and is probably more recognisable.
Sadly, Due to the size restrictions I was only able to build the back half of the V2 Mobile Launcher.
Harbour Passage in Saint John, New Brunswick is a series of interconnected paths and walkways connecting Reversing Falls to Uptown Saint John. Much of it follows the harbour and there are many sculptures, etc. to see along the way.
Princes Wharf, Auckland New Zealand. This is one of six rather substantial and interconnected combo- hotel / shops / restaurants / residences buildings set on a large pier in Auckland harbour, at the base of the CBD. This is also the building in which one Kim Dotcom lived for a while, not that long ago, while fighting his legal battles in the Kiwi courts.
Rumour has it that at least a portion of Princes Wharf pier is slowly sinking into the harbour mud.
Nikon F6, 28-300mm Nikkor, Ilford Delta 400
Loch Ness is a large, deep, freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately 23 miles (37 km) southwest of Inverness. Its surface is 52 ft (16 m) above sea level. Loch Ness is best known for alleged sightings of the cryptozoological Loch Ness Monster, also known affectionately as "Nessie". It is connected at the southern end by the River Oich and a section of the Caledonian Canal to Loch Oich. At the northern end there is the Bona Narrows which opens out into Loch Dochfour, which feeds the River Ness and a further section of canal to Inverness. It is one of a series of interconnected, murky bodies of water in Scotland; its water visibility is exceptionally low due to a high peat content in the surrounding soil.
Loch Ness is the second largest Scottish loch by surface area at 22 sq mi (56 km2) after Loch Lomond, but due to its great depth, it is the largest by volume in the British Isles. Its deepest point is 755 ft (230 m), making it the second deepest loch in Scotland after Loch Morar. A 2016 survey claimed to have discovered a crevice that pushed the depth to 889 ft (271 m) but further research determined it to be a sonar anomaly. It contains more fresh water than all the lakes in England and Wales combined, and is the largest body of water on the Great Glen Fault, which runs from Inverness in the north to Fort William in the south.
The Renaissance Center (aka GM Renaissance Center) is a group of seven interconnected skyscrapers in downtown Detroit, on the shore of the Detroit River. The complex is owned by General Motors, which uses it as its world headquarters. The central tower, the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center with its curved glass-clad facade, is the second tallest all-hotel skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere. It has been the tallest building in Michigan since it was erected in 1977. The principal architect was John Portman.
3144 interconnected bicycles cover area of 100-feet in length and 30-feet in width and height
dzinetrip.com/forever-bicycles-2013-by-ai-weiwei-toronto-...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Weiwei
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Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2013 all-night arts festival
torontolife.com/culture/nuit-blanche-2013-guide/
www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/festivals-events/nuitblanche...
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Nikon D300 + Nikon DX Nikkor AF-S 35mm 1:1.8G SWM Aspherical
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_D300
www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond300
kenrockwell.com/nikon/35mm-f18.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_AF-S_DX_Nikkor_35mm_f/1.8G
www.lenstip.com/833-Nikon_Nikkor_AF-S_DX_35_mm_f_1.8G-len...
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