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The Renaissance Center is a group of seven interconnected skyscrapers in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. Located on the International Riverfront, the Renaissance Center complex is owned by General Motors as its world headquarters.
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Excerpt from whc.unesco.org/en/list/98/:
Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia's largest national park covering almost 30,000 hectares, is situated in the lower elevations of the Dinarides in the central part of the country. Within a beautiful karst landscape dominated by a mix of forests and meadows, the magnificent Plitvice lake system stands out, fascinating scientists and visitors alike. Interconnected by many waterfalls and watercourses above and below ground, the lakes are grouped into the upper and lower lakes. The former are formed on dolomites, with mild relief, not so steep shores and enclosed by thick forests, whereas the latter, smaller and shallower, are situated in limestone canyon with partially steep shores. The lake system is the result of millennia of ongoing geological and biochemical processes creating natural dams known as tufa barriers. These are formed by the deposition of calcium carbonate from the waters flowing through the property. In the case of the Plitvice lake system, this geochemical process of tufa formation interacts with living organisms, most importantly mosses, algae and aquatic bacteria. The scale of the overall lake system and the natural barriers are an exceptional expression of the aesthetically stunning phenomenon, acknowledged since the late 19th century. Plitvice Lakes National Park area is mainly covered with very well preserved forests essential for the continuity of geochemical processes in water system (above and below ground), which include an area of 84 ha of old-growth forest of beech and fir. Besides the striking landscape beauty and the processes that continue to shape the lakes, the park is also home to noteworthy biodiversity. The tufa barriers themselves provide habitat for diverse and highly specialized communities of non-vascular plants. Brown Bear, Grey Wolf and Lynx along with many rare species roam the forests, while the meadows are known for their rich flora.
Excerpt from www.world-of-waterfalls.com/waterfalls/europe-plitvice-wa...:
The Upper Lakes were more spread out than its Lower Lakes counterpart.
That meant, the lakes and waterfalls seemed to be wider though the falls themselves were shorter.
It also felt that there were more boardwalks to cover this wider area.
As a result, there were several options available to us to figure out how best we could get the most of our visit.
The Plitvice Waterfalls found in the Upper Lakes tended to possess a more subtle and graceful beauty as they tended to be smaller and more spread out than in the Lower Lakes.
The waterfalls towards the top of the Upper Lakes area were mostly of the smaller percolating variety.
However, towards the lower end of the Upper Lakes area, we noticed more significant travertine-like waterfalls that might be as tall as 20m or more.
There was even trails where you could bypass most of the upper waterfalls in the Upper Lakes and “cut to the chase” of the lower section, so to speak.
Muy cerca de la Cisterna se encuentra el Gran Bazar, así que es una buena idea acercarse. Se podría pensar, teniendo en mente nuestros modernos centros comerciales, que el Gran Bazar es un imponente edificio que se levanta en medio del barrio con unas entradas palaciegas. Nada más lejos de la verdad: es un laberinto de edificios interconectados, una pequeña ciudad bajo techo, que parece no acabar nunca.
Fundado en 1461 por orden del sultán Mehmed II tras la conquista de Constantinopla, el Gran Bazar ha crecido durante siglos hasta convertirse en uno de los mercados cubiertos más grandes y antiguos del mundo. Hoy en día alberga más de 4.000 tiendas distribuidas en más de 60 calles cubiertas, que se extienden como venas desde una serie de puertas discretas. A modo de ejemplo, la de la foto —la puerta “Kürkçüler Kapısı”, o Puerta de los Peleteros— es una de las entradas principales, aunque no lo parezca a simple vista.
El techo abovedado y sus pasadizos de piedra guardan el bullicio constante de miles de visitantes, el brillo del oro, la plata, las alfombras, los tejidos y las especias. Y cuando sales... en realidad no has salido del bazar. Simplemente ya no hay techo, pero las tiendas continúan por innumerables callejuelas, desbordando los límites del edificio original hasta casi tocar el Cuerno de Oro.
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Very close to the Basilica Cistern lies the Grand Bazaar, so it’s a good idea to stop by. One might imagine, thinking of our modern shopping malls, that the Grand Bazaar is a grand standalone building with majestic entrances rising in the middle of the neighborhood. Nothing could be further from the truth: it’s a maze of interconnected buildings, a small city under a roof, that seems to go on forever.
Founded in 1461 by Sultan Mehmed II after the conquest of Constantinople, the Grand Bazaar has expanded over the centuries to become one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world. Today, it houses more than 4,000 shops spread across over 60 covered streets, which branch out like veins from a series of modest-looking gates. For instance, the one in the photo —“Kürkçüler Kapısı,” or Gate of the Furriers— is actually one of the main entrances, even if it doesn’t look particularly grand.
Its vaulted ceilings and stone passageways echo with the constant buzz of thousands of visitors, and glimmer with the gold, silver, carpets, fabrics, and spices sold within. And when you exit... you’re not really outside yet. There’s just no roof overhead anymore, but the bazaar keeps stretching through countless alleys, spilling out almost all the way to the Golden Horn.
ENG: The Jungfernstieg railway station is a major public transport hub in Hamburg. It extends over three interconnected platform halls under the road of the same name and part of the Binnenalster/Kleine Alster. The first platform was opened with the "KellJung" line, today part of the U1, on 25 March 1931.
The entire underground station complex comprises four platforms on three levels, of which the first for the U1, two for the U2 and the U4 as well as a platform in between, which is served jointly by lines S1, S2 and S3 of the City-S-Bahn. Since 1958, there has also been an underground connection to the Rathaus underground station and the U3 line that runs there.
GER: Der Bahnhof Jungfernstieg ist ein bedeutender Knoten des öffentlichen Personennahverkehrs in Hamburg. Er erstreckt sich über drei miteinander verbundene Bahnsteighallen unter der gleichnamigen Straße und einem Teil der Binnenalster/Kleine Alster. Der erste Bahnsteig wurde mit der „KellJung“-Linie, heute Teil der U1, am 25. März 1931 eröffnet.
Der gesamte unterirdische Bahnhofskomplex umfasst auf drei Ebenen vier Bahnsteige, davon den ersten für die U1, zwei für die U2 und die U4 sowie dazwischen einen Bahnsteig, der gemeinsam von den Linien S1, S2 sowie S3 der City-S-Bahn bedient wird. Zudem existiert seit 1958 eine unterirdische Verbindung zur U-Bahn-Haltestelle Rathaus und der dort verkehrenden Linie U3.
Sandaoling, steam's last great holdout. Since its inception in 1804, the steam locomotive has been one of the world's most important inventions, shrinking geographical barriers and moving the world's goods as the global economy bloomed into an interconnected and highly-advanced technological marvel. Scenes like this, of a towering vaporized cloud drawing down to a determined JS 2-8-2 leading its bounty out of the mine pit, have become a staple of what makes steam locomotion, and Sandaoling, such a wonder. But the sunset overhead represents the all-too-near reality that faces Sandaoling, perhaps symbolic not only of the end of the day, but also the end of a lifetime, the end of an era. For by the close of 2020, it will all be over. Fireboxes will go cold and the steel rails threading atop the rocky soil will rust, hundreds will have to seek a new line of work, and the Gobi Desert will reclaim what is left of it all as China sheds its bituminous-fueled past for a greener, modern tomorrow. And steam locomotion, as a lifeblood, as a tradition, as a relevant means of transportation--barely clinging to life along the pit walls of Sandaoling--will come to a close 216 years after it all began. It was quite a run.
I have always granted myself the freedom to exercise artistic license and pursue whatever brings me joy. Currently, shots from my cellphone and digital AI artwork fulfill that purpose, at least for the time being.
Generative AI
We must never forget that we are all interconnected. Any act, to a greater or lesser extent, affects the whole world ...
My respect to the victims in Paris!
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Young Grizzly cultivating earth in an never-ending quest for grub. Photographed enroute to Lake Louise via the David Thompson Highway.
"Those who have packed far up into grizzly country know that the presence of even one grizzly on the land elevates the mountains, deepens the canyons, chills the winds, brightens the stars, darkens the forest, and quickens the pulse of all who enter it. They know that when a bear dies, something sacred in every living thing interconnected with that realm... also dies."
- John Murray
Another perspective. The interconnected basins at the end of the canal here are beautiful at all hours and weathers!
Next up in my ecosystems series is the coastal ecosystem. Coastal ecosystems are dynamic areas where land and ocean meet, characterized by diverse habitats and interconnected food webs.
Elephant seals spend significant time along the California coast three times during the year: January-February when most births and subsequent mating occurs; around the first of May at the peak of the juvenile/adult female molt; and in late October during the fall or juvenile haul-out. California's coastal ecosystem is critical to the Elephants Seals' life cycle.
This isn't exactly a glamor nature shot but it serves as a summary of what's occurring during the Elephant Seal mating/birthing season. You read that right, Elephant Seal mating occurs as soon as 24 hours after a female gives birth.
So in this scene we can see a bull and cow mating while a couple of recently born pups are nursing.
A late afternoon CN stacker highballs CPKC Pickerel on the directional running, crossing onto Fourteen Mile Island between the Pickerel River and French River, part of the vast system of interconnected inlets and rivers that traverse the remote swaths of Canadian Shield between Georgian Bay and Lake Nipissing - MP 81.3 CPKC Parry Sound Subdivision.
Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure. The pilot sits in a harness suspended below a fabric wing comprising a large number of interconnected baffled cells. Wing shape is maintained by the suspension lines, the pressure of air entering vents in the front of the wing, and the aerodynamic forces of the air flowing over the outside.
This paraglider started near the old castle of Kallmünz (background), a picturesque village located at the confluence of Naab and Vils in the Upper Palatinate.
© Rainer Merkl
Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia.
Plitvice Lakes National Park is Croatia’s best-known national park, listed on the UNESCO List of World Heritage sites. It is a popular visiting destination all year round, and must-see for every visitor to Croatia.
Well known for its system of cascading lakes - whereby sixteen lovely lakes are interconnected by cascades and waterfalls. The park is simply beautiful. The main focus of park's beauty are sixteen lakes, divided into two parts - Gornja jezera (Upper lakes) and Donja Jezera (Lower Lakes), as well as numerous waterfalls and cascades.
For video, please visit youtu.be/6p-MI7efeCw
Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia.
Plitvice Lakes National Park is Croatia’s best-known national park, listed on the UNESCO List of World Heritage sites. It is a popular visiting destination all year round, and must-see for every visitor to Croatia.
Well known for its system of cascading lakes - whereby sixteen lovely lakes are interconnected by cascades and waterfalls. The park is simply beautiful. The main focus of park's beauty are sixteen lakes, divided into two parts - Gornja jezera (Upper lakes) and Donja Jezera (Lower Lakes), as well as numerous waterfalls and cascades.
For video, please visit youtu.be/6p-MI7efeCw
WNYP 637 leads stone loads north from Driftwood at South Emporium, PA. This was a bit of an experimental shot, primarily just to get the hell away from the crowds of people and I probably could've made do with some more reach for this photo too. But after I got the picture onto the computer, I was quite happy with how this turned out.
On my adventure down to track level from the road here, I inadvertently managed to spook a couple bears that were hiding in the thick brush here. Completely unbeknownst to me until they took off running. If they were cubs, it's a good thing momma bear wasn't near by!
It was a neat experience getting to see the WNYP BIGs in service in their last summer. But the absolute swarms of people as things got closer and closer to the end really took away a lot of the fun. It's one thing to deal with all the people, and it's another when a third of these crowd's follow you like your interconnected at the hip because they were too ignorant and lazy to do any research prior to making their trip.
It's now 2020 and most of these big alco’s have been put into serviceable storage at Olean, NY. The mass crowds have died off again, and some of the 6 axles still see intermittent service on the BP transfer trains to Salamanca, NY from time to time.
The GE era has taken over at the WNYP, and while their no ALCO's, they did arrive on property in company paint which was a big help to ease the pain. Hopefully before the 2020 stone season comes to a close I can make it up to get the GE's in action over Keating Summit, through the heart of the endless mountains.
The top of 70 Mile Butte - same day as the rock-flower-lichen shot posted yesterday. It isn't magic hour. Just a bright day in spring, fresh with new green growth, and before the tourist influx that comes at the end of the school year. I was on this trail for about three hours and met a pair of hikers while returning. That was all. The rest of the time: sweet solitude.
In the middle distance is Eagle Butte and glimpses of the trail that circles it. To its left and farther back, Butte Road, giving access to this trail system. Directly above and far behind Eagle Butte, mostly in the shadow of clouds, is a long ridge that blocks the village of Val Marie from view. To the right and out of the frame, the buttes extend their long interconnected ridges deep into the Frenchman River Valley.
I have to say that I liked the buttes area better when there were only game trails. In those years, I would take different routes to the top, and back. I understand Parks Canada's mandate, but I am nevertheless dismayed to see the wildness slipping away, compromised by new infrastructure. What used to be a wild place is becoming more a showcase.
Tomorrow: one more shot from the top of 70 Mile... from the olden days of deer trails and no information panels or bridges over wet spots.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2024 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
For my video; youtu.be/ele5cbsQS5s,
Paeonia lactiflora (Chinese peony, Chinese herbaceous peony, or common garden peony) is a species of herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Paeoniaceae, native to central and eastern Asia from eastern Tibet across northern China to eastern Siberia.
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.
Park & Tilford Gardens, Lynnmour, District of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Calidris melanotos. Water in the two interconnected polishing ponds of the Delores Fenwick Nature Center in Pearland, Texas, is lower than usual due to the recent, record-breaking heat wave. That has encouraged the arrival of shore birds not usually seen at Fenwick, such as these Sandpipers.
Many thanks for your visits, faves and comments. Cheers.
Each of Tomás Saraceno’s Biosphere works demonstrate the artist’s signature technique of intertwining rope, in this case weaving it around transparent, inflated bubbles. Their architecture is similar to that of geodesic domes. In parallel with ideas of interconnected floating cities is the artist’s ongoing interest in the structure of spider webs and their flexibility in a changing environment. Biosphere resembles a spider’s web – each threaded and knotted piece of rope within it is equally important to the structural integrity of the whole form, acting as a metaphor for the interconnectedness of ecosystems.
Saraceno is influenced by ideas of networking and ecology, and by philosophers and social theorists who look to the systems in nature in order to provide new approaches to thinking about the world.
(Source: learning.qagoma.qld.gov.au/artworks/biosphere/)
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Spreads from Kintsugi, a series of interconnected zines I’m working on. It is meant to be read in any order. Like the art of mending pottery, its fractured narrative forms a whole through fragments—logs, memos, and entries from the Habitat and its inhabitants. Overseen by The Vault, they tend to the terrain and the Shells, blurring the line between human and machine, present and future, memory and repair.
I’m diving deeper and deeper into the surreal, sci fi world. Some of the images and text is done a long time ago. I’m now editing and putting it all together. It is all finally coming together!
28-december-2017: first incessant rain and then heavy snowfall (which last, indeed, partially block, by freezing them, the highest resurgences...) and the part of marls and sandstone (flysch) ground of the Postojna and Pivka basins (polje), that are (with Cerknisko and Planinsko polje-Loška Dolina and down to Logatec and Vrhnika Valley) the valley floor of the "Inner" Karst, began to flood in the areas subject to these events periodically, both because of the underground springs both due to the overflow of the Pivka creek which is what created the vast underworld of the famous Postojna Caves and many other cavities, not all known but surely all interconnected to each other.
These waters flow into the far Black Sea and not to the nearby Adriatic Sea, for this reason we talk about the INTERNAL part of the Karst Region, then beyond the watershed Adriatic/Black Sea.
The Coastal Karst Region, on the contrary, is defined as such where surface and underground waters flow into the Adriatic Sea.
In particular, these are the coastal Karst creek-streams called (slovenian/Italian names): Vipava/Vipacco, Reka/Timavo (30km underground, from "Park Škočijanske Jame" to "San Giovanni al Timavo"), Rižana/Risana and Dragonija/Dragogna.
Spreads from Kintsugi, a series of interconnected zines I’m working on. It is meant to be read in any order. Like the art of mending pottery, its fractured narrative forms a whole through fragments—logs, memos, and entries from the Habitat and its inhabitants. Overseen by The Vault, the inhabitants tend to the terrain and the Shells, blurring the line between human and machine, present and future, memory and repair.
I’m diving deeper and deeper into the surreal, sci fi world. Some of the images and text is done a long time ago. I’m now editing and putting it all together. It is all finally coming together!
Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure. The pilot sits in a harness suspended below a fabric wing comprising a large number of interconnected baffled cells. Wing shape is maintained by the suspension lines, the pressure of air entering vents in the front of the wing, and the aerodynamic forces of the air flowing over the outside.
Despite not using an engine, paragliders flight can last many hours and cover many hundreds of kilometers, though flights of one to two hours and covering some tens of kilometers are more the norm. By skillful exploitation of sources of lift, the pilot may gain height, often climbing to altitudes of a few thousand meters.
This paraglider started near the old castle of Kallmünz (background), a picturesque village located at the confluence of Naab and Vils in the Upper Palatinate.
Text adapted from Wikipedia.
Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia.
Plitvice Lakes National Park is Croatia’s best-known national park, listed on the UNESCO List of World Heritage sites. It is a popular visiting destination all year round, and must-see for every visitor to Croatia.
Well known for its system of cascading lakes - whereby sixteen lovely lakes are interconnected by cascades and waterfalls. The park is simply beautiful. The main focus of park's beauty are sixteen lakes, divided into two parts - Gornja jezera (Upper lakes) and Donja Jezera (Lower Lakes), as well as numerous waterfalls and cascades.
For video, please visit youtu.be/6p-MI7efeCw
Excerpt from whc.unesco.org/en/list/98/:
Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia's largest national park covering almost 30,000 hectares, is situated in the lower elevations of the Dinarides in the central part of the country. Within a beautiful karst landscape dominated by a mix of forests and meadows, the magnificent Plitvice lake system stands out, fascinating scientists and visitors alike. Interconnected by many waterfalls and watercourses above and below ground, the lakes are grouped into the upper and lower lakes. The former are formed on dolomites, with mild relief, not so steep shores and enclosed by thick forests, whereas the latter, smaller and shallower, are situated in limestone canyon with partially steep shores. The lake system is the result of millennia of ongoing geological and biochemical processes creating natural dams known as tufa barriers. These are formed by the deposition of calcium carbonate from the waters flowing through the property. In the case of the Plitvice lake system, this geochemical process of tufa formation interacts with living organisms, most importantly mosses, algae and aquatic bacteria. The scale of the overall lake system and the natural barriers are an exceptional expression of the aesthetically stunning phenomenon, acknowledged since the late 19th century. Plitvice Lakes National Park area is mainly covered with very well preserved forests essential for the continuity of geochemical processes in water system (above and below ground), which include an area of 84 ha of old-growth forest of beech and fir. Besides the striking landscape beauty and the processes that continue to shape the lakes, the park is also home to noteworthy biodiversity. The tufa barriers themselves provide habitat for diverse and highly specialized communities of non-vascular plants. Brown Bear, Grey Wolf and Lynx along with many rare species roam the forests, while the meadows are known for their rich flora.
Excerpt from www.europeanwaterfalls.com/waterfalls/plitvice-veliki-slap/:
Veliki Slap is the highest waterfall in the Plitvice National Park and is situated near Plitvica Selo at the end of the lakes, near entrance 1 of the national park, north of the big hotels. Veliki slap means the great waterfall and is the biggest waterfall in Plitvice National Park. The river Plitvice thunders, in a single drop, over 78 meters in the river Korana.
This vantage point gave me an opportunity to see multiple large shopping malls in their entirety, as well as the numerous commercial or office buildings that surround them.
A picture of a large shopping complex, consisting of multiple shopping malls that are interconnected with each other, as well as a few office buildings that surround it.
My wife and I often get up early to take advantage of sunny mornings in the countryside. On our way out of our small town about a mile north is a spot we always check out for wonderful sunrises over the shallow interconnected ponds of water. This particular morning last week the scene was enhanced with a heron making his morning stand and hoping some unsuspecting aquatic creature will make his day.
Now that winter has waned I may be one of the few around here to lament that. So here is a shot from a cold day several months back that I like as it captures a bit of everything: the classic local freight, the human element, the interesting interconnected track work, 'heritage' New England colors, and that wintery feel.
After NECR 611 got out of their way headed north the Mass Central Railroad local crew alighted from their single unit to line the switch at the south end of their property to enter the interchange track and swing east down to the small yard to drop off and pick up interchange to/from CSXT on this chilly afternoon. GP38-2 1751 (ex PC 7997 blt 7/72) looks sharp in her Boston and Maine inspired bluebird scheme that has has some historic relevance to a small portion of surving B&M trackage operated by the road though most of the line is comprised of the surviving south end of the former Boston and Albany Ware River branch that reached north from here to Winchendon.
To learn more about this independent shortline and its namesake road check out the long caption with this older shot: flic.kr/p/2keeCah
Palmer, Massachusetts
Friday January 7, 2022
"Kindness can bring a short moment of relaxation in an otherwise busy day, or a complete change from feeling stressed and chagrined to feeling elated, open, and interconnected with the world." - Wouter
Thanks for visiting, much appreciated. Happy Weekend!
"And if the snow buries my, my neighborhood.
And if my parents are crying
Then I'll dig a tunnel from my window to yours,
Yeah, a tunnel from my window to yours..."
RÉSO, commonly referred to as The Underground City (French: La ville souterraine), is the name applied to a series of interconnected office towers, hotels, shopping centres, residential and commercial complexes, convention halls, universities and performing arts venues that form the heart of Montreal's central business district, colloquially referred to as Downtown Montreal. The name refers to the underground connections between the buildings that compose the network, in addition to the network's complete integration with the city's entirely underground rapid transit system, the Montreal Metro. Moreover, the first iteration of the Underground City was developed out of the open pit at the southern entrance to the Mount Royal Tunnel, where Place Ville Marie and Central Station stand today.
Happy Travel Thursay, everyone!
Of course, the soundtrack had to be from Montréal, Arcade Fire: youtu.be/3Hh45-yBMXY
Pando (Latin for "I spread") the world's largest tree, is a quaking aspen tree located in Sevier County. A male clonal organism, Pando has an estimated 47,000 stems that appear as individual trees, but are connected by a root system that spans 106 acres. Pando is the largest tree by weight and landmass and the largest known aspen clone. Pando was identified as a single living organism as each of its stems possesses identical genetic markers. The massive interconnected root system coordinates energy production, defense and regeneration across its expanse. Pando spans 0.63 miles by 0.43 miles of the southwestern edge of the Fishlake Basin in the Fremont River Ranger District.
Sagaing Hills overlook the Ayeyarwadi. This is a view from the terrace of Swan Oo Ponnyashin Paya toward the east. Temples are interconnected with a network of covered stairways, part of which is seen in the photo.
My latest review looks at Hotel Aislin where elegant design meets adult themes in the gritty Urban Decay. sim
Think chateau vibes with underground catacombs and themed rooms
Definitely adults-only territory, but the creative architecture and interconnected spaces make it worth exploring
#SecondLife #VirtualExploration
Dicyrtomina ornata is a springtail species from the Dicyrtomidae family. The scientific name of the species was first validly published in 1842 by Nicolet
Dorsal patches not interconnected is typical in forma couloni.
Went on an overnight sleepout with a bunch of other like minded photographers to capture the Milky Way over Trona Pinnacles near Ridgecrest Ca. Way out in the desert, daytime temp was about 104 degrees which actually wasnt too bad with very low humidity.
Rising from the bottom of what was once an ancient lakebed, the Trona Pinnacles represent one of the most unique geologic landscapes in the California Desert. Over 500 of these tufa (or calcium carbonate spires) are spread out over a 14 square mile area across the Searles Lake basin. These features range in size from small-coral like boulders to several that top out at over 140 feet tall.
The Pinnacles were formed between 10,000 and 100,000 years ago when Searles Lake formed a link in a chain of interconnected lakes flowing from the Owens Valley to Death Valley. At one point during the Pleistocene, the area was under 640 feet of water.
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Planet of the Apes (2001 remake), and Disney's Dinosaur. The unique geological formations, resembling a lunar or alien terrain, make it a desirable backdrop for sci-fi and fantasy productions.
Single exposure Nikon 24-120mm ISO 3200 for 20 secs. A vehicle flashed its headlights just enough to light up the rocks.
Not Ai generated
Tutto è armonioso e interconnesso, tutto spera, rinasce, ritorna. Mi affido al vento, lo plasmo con le mie ali, così da sfuggire al pericolo e poter dimorare di nuovo presso vecchi amici sotto i tetti. Sono una piccola guerriera indomabile. Canto la speranza.
Everything is harmonious and interconnected, everything hopes, is reborn, returns. I rely on the wind, I shape it with my wings, so as to escape danger and be able to live again with old friends under the roofs. I am an indomitable little warrior. I sing hope.
Testo tratto da "Oracolo degli animali sacri. Ispirazioni e messaggi dalla natura sacra e selvaggia." Vivida ed.
Francesca Matteoni (Autore) Rocco Lombardi (Illustratore)
Text taken from "Oracle of the sacred animals. Inspirations and messages from sacred and wild nature" Vivida ed.
Francesca Matteoni (Author) Rocco Lombardi (Illustrator)
roccolombardi.bigcartel.com/product/oracolo-degli-animali...
Sometimes I experience summer weekends in much the same way as a passenger on a train gazing out the window at the passing landscape. Like the train passenger, the metaphorical weekend journey is marked by many waypoints. They are often very diverse, yet interconnected as part of the same passage. I often develop a strange nostalgia for my weekend waypoints even before they have passed me by. I'll sometimes pause and think about the moment in time I'm currently occupying. I consider every nuance about that instance. How it feels, what I'm doing, the light and shadow. It's like taking a mental photo of that moment in my life. The nostalgia creeps in when I think about how all of that is about to change. And how I'll feel hours later when the moment has long passed and only the memory remains. I'll desperately want to return to that moment, but it's forever lost. This does not (as you might suspect) cause me day-long sadness. However it does engender an abiding respect for living in and appreciating the moment. Found myself standing in front of this scene yesterday on the very day of the summer solstice. Instantly I recognized this as one of those moments. The grabber for me were the empty table and chairs. My first thought was whether they were decorative, or if people actually sat here. Perhaps they enjoyed a summer picnic, or simply chatted with cool beverages. Either way the furniture added immensely to the sense of place. The scene had the look of a film set, everything carefully crafted to create a mood. The side yard, trees, filtered sunlight, the shadows cast by the furniture. The entire scene felt energized as if by an internal glow. The effect heightened by the utter absence of people and only the sounds of songbirds to fill the warm air. The Victorian house made for an idyllic setting. I imagined garden parties and gatherings that occurred here over the years, and the 140-odd summer solstices that had passed over this place. But this one was all mine. I lingered in the moment, but before long was compelled to re-board the train that would carry me along my summer weekend journey. I watched from the window as the empty table and chairs quickly receded into the distance.
“The lake waters
come for us
at first
with slow unassuming
ripples,
then in earnest.”
~Tim Stouffer
You may or may not have heard about these gems of wilderness areas in northern Minnesota west of Lake Superior, which on our maps, go by ‘Voyageurs National Park’ and the nearby 'Boundary Waters Wilderness'. National Geographic keeps naming them as one of the top few wilderness places to experience for reasons such as viewing Northern Lights, paddling one or more of 1200 plus island-dotted lakes (many interconnected), abundant fishing, houseboating, or just finding peace a few layers of silence away from the cacophony of city life. Let me tell ya… it is a wild place! It is an utterly mesmerizing place!
In recent times, you may or may not have heard about the historic flood in this area. Due to late snow melt and excessive spring rain, the water level in Voyageurs lakes have swelled past all previous marks, wreaking havoc and devastation in nearby communities. Many properties (including cabins and boat-docks) are under water. The state deployed national guards in late May, who are still working around the clock with local volunteers to sandbag properties in a near futile attempt to keep the water out. This flood is one of those national tragedies that has been deemed unsuitable for national news.
Not to divagate, you may or may not have heard that Rishabh and I were recently at Voyageurs. The resort at Kabetogama lake, where we booked our cabin nine months ago, went under water in mid-May forcing us to find last minute lodging in a subpar nearby hotel. The Rainy Lake visitor center closed a couple of days after our visit; the raised corridors in the boat launch area behind the visitor center, that we walked on a few days ago, are now deluged and closed to visitors. While there for two days, we saw the water rising slowly but surely. It was surreal. At a glance, everything was calm on the surface; after a moment of reconciliation however, everything looked displaced. Under the raising water, streets were a sliver of themselves as debris marked their borders. Houses and properties were sandbagged as if they were war trenches. Wild animals, who had lost their grounds in the interiors to the incoming water, were often seen ambling (or, sometimes joyfully playing) in roadside water puddles. While shooting the above photo from the barely-dry middle of a flooded road just outside the national park boundary, a few deer came within a few feet and behaved as shy children in the wake of a stranger –– repeatedly coming close and running away in haste, splashing water all along. I wish they were included in the above scene, but I was technically ill-equipped to shoot fast moving subjects in dying light. Nonetheless, watching them play in the tapestry of the wild waters was a frisson of excitement and a reward in itself.
Speicherstadt is a historic warehouse district located in Hamburg, Germany, renowned for its unique architectural style and rich maritime heritage. Built between the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it boasts red-brick warehouses interconnected by a network of canals. The district served as a prominent hub for the storage and trade of goods, with a particular focus on coffee, tea, spices, and carpets. Today, Speicherstadt proudly holds the title of the world's largest warehouse district and enjoys UNESCO World Heritage Site status. Early this morning, with my hair still askew, I couldn't resist the urge to visit this iconic site and capture a photograph, despite its already extensive photographic history. Although my picture may not be particularly unique or creative, the allure of Speicherstadt compelled me to document its timeless charm once more - Speicherstadt, Hamburg, Germany
If you are interested in reading more about my recent trip to Croatia and the alps, there is a new article up on The Resonant Landscape today at
theresonantlandscape.com/autumn-in-the-alps-2017
One of the main motivations for me to drop everything and run off to Europe in the middle of a busy Fall semester at the college was the opportunity to shoot Plitvice Lakes National Park in October. The vast majority of photos that have been taken from this remarkable park in Croatia have been taken during the Spring and Summer months when water levels are high and the turquoise lakes are surrounded by green on all sides. But in Autumn, the leaves around these incredible lakes turn bright red, orange and yellow making an incredible background for the dozens of waterfalls throughout the park that seemingly flow right out of the trees on their way through this incredible valley.
Even though my itinerary had me shooting in Germany, Austria, Slovenia and Italy, I purposely kept my schedule open hoping to shoot Plitvice on a cloudy, misty morning with little or no wind. Well... it turns out that the week I made my trip was probably one of the driest stretches of October on record. Even though rain had been forecast for Friday earlier in the week, by the time Friday actually rolled around, it was clear, cloudless, hazy, and windy. The irony here was that I had waited all week for conditions to improve and they were actually worse by the time I finally headed down.
Plitvice, by the way, is one of the oldest national parks in Southeast Europe and the largest national park in Croatia. The park is world-famous for its lakes arranged in cascades. Currently, 16 lakes can be seen from the surface. These lakes are a result of the confluence of several small rivers and subterranean karst rivers. The lakes are all interconnected and follow the water flow. They are separated by natural dams of travertine, which is deposited by the action of moss, algae, and bacteria. (wiki)
Helpful hint if you are planning a trip in the future: Croatia hasn't quite made it all the way into the European Union yet, so their currency is still the Kuna rather than the Euro. This probably wouldn't have been an issue if their computers were up and running, but they were not and I lost 30-40 minutes scrambling around trying to exchange my Euros for Kunas as suddenly everything was "cash only." The park didn't exchange Euros so I had to hike back to one of the local hotels.
Even though I had less than ideal conditions at times during my 9 days in Europe, I had an incredible time shooting mostly in the alps through 5 countries while I was there. Plitvice is definitely a spot that you need to save more than one day for, and I'm hoping to make a return visit in the not too distant future. What an amazing park!
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One of several interconnected islands of the Long Sault Parkway. Here, being approached by water on SUP board.
Excerpt from www.mississauga.ca/arts-and-culture/arts/public-art/tempo...:
Interconnection by Moonlight Murals Collective is one of over 35 public artworks on display across the City of Mississauga.
Moonlight Murals Collective, 2022
Exterior acrylic on asphalt
Living Arts Drive, between Burnhamthorpe Road West and Square One Drive
Interconnection is a new temporary public artwork by Moonlight Murals Collective, integrated with the protected, on-road bike lanes on Living Arts Drive. These ground murals are located in the buffer zones that run alongside the cycling and parking/road lanes, helping to build a safe, connected, convenient and comfortable cycling network in Mississauga.
“Our aim in these ground paintings was not only to create a visually pleasing piece of art, but also to tell the story of people in a growing town such as Mississauga and how interconnected we are, not only to each other but also to nature and the land we reside on. Each thematic panel seamlessly connects to the next and at times, appear as opposing forces that make a complete whole reminiscent of the concept of Yin and Yang. Our designs focus on the relationship between humans and the natural environment and inspire the viewers to discover their imagination, emotion, interaction and relationship with their surroundings.” – Moonlight Murals Collective