sacred geometric

illustrations

drawn across

my dreamscape

floated

in space creating

beautiful shadows

below

while the sounds

of rain

tapped my window

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Mardi

A homeless teenager sleeps on a solar blanket next to a garbage pail on the sidewalk along Pedro Gil Street in Malate, Manila, Philippines.

An elusive

moth flies

in and out of

my dreams

I try

to follow her

from the corner

of my eye

she is nothing

now

but a flower

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Mardi

Day 6 of the project!

a swirl of

fire

cleans

the vault of

my dreamscapes

I trust the

intense heat to

melt and

sterilize

all former

less than perfect

dreams

I call upon the wind

to scatter the smoke

the ashes

to the ends of

the universe

butterflies

keep

invisible in the

city of masks

finding flowers

blooming

in unexpected

places

signage

selling me

telling me

where to

find things

like a taxi

here and there

signage that

lights up

my dreams

refracted cityscapes

open skies

expanding and fading

vapor trails

upon a setting star

crowd my dreams

in an unbelievably

beautiful expanse

of light

I wake astonished

and excited to see

the sky

Nature study of a fern leave shot at the San Diego Botanical Gardens in Encintas, California.

Tower Bridge (built 1886-1894) is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, England, over the River Thames. It is close to the Tower of London, from which it takes its name.

It has become an iconic symbol of London.The bridge consists of two towers tied together at the upper level by means of two horizontal walkways, designed to withstand the horizontal forces exerted by the suspended sections of the bridge on the landward sides of the towers. The vertical component of the forces in the suspended sections and the vertical reactions of the two walkways are carried by the two robust towers. The bascule pivots and operating machinery are housed in the base of each tower. The bridge's present colour scheme dates from 1977, when it was painted red, white and blue for the Queen Elizabeth II's silver jubilee. Originally it was painted a mid greenish-blue colour.

Tower Bridge is sometimes mistakenly referred to as London Bridge, which is the next bridge upstream.

the flickering light

from candles

wake me

from a dream

within a dream

I feel their

heat and

drift

back to the

interior dream

patterns

random things

lined up

irrational

order within

my dreams

creates tension

that makes

perfect sense

because of course

it is a perfect

dream

a meteor shower

is taking place

within the garden

of a dream

I make a wish

with each shooting

star

thankful

for the magic

it displays

as its

life energy

flares out

SANTA RITA, Guam (Feb. 10, 2017) The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) pulls into Naval Base Guam. Vinson is on a regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment with the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group as part of a U.S. Pacific Fleet-led initiative to extend the command and control functions of the U.S. 3rd Fleet in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Navy aircraft carrier strike groups have patrolled the Indo-Asia-Pacific regularly and routinely for more than 70 years. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Allen Michael McNair/Released)

A feather cast

from a bird flying

above the canyon

that feather floated

on the of sunset

a zebra on

the canyon floor

settles for the night

as the feather lands

at her feet

she closes her

eyes and dreams

of flight

hundreds of images

shuffling

like a deck of cards

forced me

awake

as even

the most

beautiful of

dreams

can be

exhausting

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Mardi

walking forever

in our garden

of dreams

blooms unfold

to reveal

the thoughts

that always

bring

me to you

I wonder of

formulas and

calculations

the speed of

light within

my dreams

I wonder does light

enter my dreams

at the same rate

that it travels

from the sun

to reach my

innermost

dreams?

I am

again

floating

below the surface

comfortable

in shades of blue

schools of

neon jellyfish glow

pulsing beautifully

at a safe distance

their amazing

see-through

bodies make

perfect sense

to my dreaming

self

inverted

colors

birds

at night

or are they

negative images

in the darkroom

of my

dreams?

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Mardi

2016 Dark Tourism World Tour

I have the dates I will be travelling next year, so you can keep up to date with the creation of my newest book commission. I'd love to meet up with photographers on my travels to dark tourist locations, so let me know if your up for an adventure, or even if you fancy travelling to some of these countries with me.

‘Dark Tourism - The Beauty of Death’

1st January – 1st February - UK (One Month)

9th - 10th January Sicily (2 Days)

1st February – 14th February Morocco (Two Weeks)

15th February – 1st February - UK (Two Weeks)

1st March – 1st July Asia (4 Months 2 Weeks)

India 1 Month 1st March - 1st April

Tibet 2 Weeks 1st April - 15th April

Thailand 2 Weeks 15th April - 1st May

Cambodia 3 Weeks 1st May - 22nd May

Vietnam 1 Week 22nd May - 1st June

Philippines 2 Weeks 1st June - 15th June

Indonesia 2 Weeks 15th June - 1st July

Japan 2 Weeks 1st July - 15th July

1st July – 1st August - UK (One Month)

1st August – 2nd September Europe (One Month)

France 2 Days 1st August - 3rd August

Switzerland 4 Days 3rd August - 8th August

Italy 5 Days 8th August - 13th August

Austria 3 Days 13th August - 16th August

Hungary 1 Day 16th August - 17th August

Romania 3 Days 17th August - 20th August

Poland 3 Days 20th August - 24th August

Czech Republic 3 Days 24th August - 27th August

Germany 5 Days - 27th August - 31st August

2nd September – 9th September Greece (One Week)

10th – 15th Sept - UK (One Week)

17th September – 26th October Northern USA (One Month, One Week)

New York, New Jersey,West Virginia, Ohio, Iowa 17th - 25th Sept

Tennessee 26th Sept - 3rd Sept

Detroit 3rd October - 11th October

New York, New Jersey,West Virginia Pennsylvania 11th- 26th Oct

27th October – 2nd November – Mexico (One Week)

3rd November – 10th November – Cuba (Two Weeks)

11th – 25th November– LA & Las Vegas (Two Weeks)

26th November – 2nd December - UK (One Week)

3rd December – 17th December- Maldives (Two Weeks)

I dream of words

words I should

know

my dream center

has me convinced

I am lucid

until I become

frustrated trying

to make out

what the words

are trying to say

I have to leave

these dreams

sometimes to

hear what they

mean

ciao

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Mardi

The Four Trees - a take on Claude Monet’s painting of four poplar trees in 1891, more by accident rather than design 😜. #Tree #Tranquility #TranquilScene #Nature #Green #Autumn #ScenicsNature #Outdoors #monet #photo #photographer #photography #image #imageoftheday #photooftheday #foggy #rawfoggy #rawtrees #canonuk #tamronuk #3lt #leefilters #mist #silverbirch #autumn

looking down

on the courtyard

I watched

futuristic surgeries

being performed

on what appeared

to be

my own

body

I was awakened

by my alarm

“Afterlight” – NGC 3521 with Asteroid (47050) 1998 HN20 and Supernova SN2024aecx.

This image presents a view of NGC 3521, a flocculent spiral galaxy in the constellation Leo, but with two unique elements that add potential educational value:

1. Supernova SN 2024aecx, a recent event, is visibly embedded within the galaxy’s core region.

2. Asteroid (47050) 1998 HN20, a main-belt asteroid, was captured in 9 stacked frames as it moved across the field, juxtaposing a solar system body against the backdrop of an extragalactic scene.

The asteroid’s subtle shift and the supernova’s crisp, star-like signature offer an unusual opportunity to illustrate the layered nature of astrophotography, where phenomena from vastly different scales and distances appear in the same field of view.

This contrast could serve as a powerful visual hook to discuss several concepts:

- The difference between galactic and solar system scales

- Stellar death and supernova classification

- Asteroid tracking and movement detection

- Galaxy morphology in flocculent spirals

The title Afterlight was chosen as a poetic reference to the lingering light of a star after its death, captured here as Supernova SN 2024aecx. It symbolises the final brilliance a star emits before fading, and serves as a visual metaphor for the fleeting, yet impactful, echoes of cosmic events.

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Copyright: Rod Prazeres Astrophotography

15h 45′ in LRGB

Planewave CDK24 + QHY600 Pro M

Data acquired from Telescope Live while waiting for my dear camera to come back from repair :)

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Rod Prazeres Astrophotography

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I completely understood

the complexities

the theta wave

connection

the two hemispheres

of my brain

dreaming as one

outlined in

the yin-yang

details of

light chasing

the dark

side of a half-moon

leaves and petals

scatter

across the

silver screen of

my dreams

leaving the trees

bare

to face

the winter winds

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Mardi

sand piled

against the walls

three feet deep

wind off the ocean

brought sand

from the beach

that came

from elsewhere

the house remained

warm, beautiful

and full of life

when I walk

along the pathways

of my dreams

nothing is unexpected

not even a wrought iron

doorway

I am close enough

to see the forest

and the doorway

for the trees

with an official

entrance with a

doorman and potted

topiary

a song

played in

the background

of my dreams

weaving its way

to the front

of my thoughts

as I woke

with the words

on my lips

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Mardi

from the

opening scene

I knew it was

not real

the wrong people

the wrong place

an unreal game

there was

no point

in hiding

I saw

everything clearly

in the mirror

shades of red

drift like smoke

between

my waking thoughts

and my dreamscape

leaving me to

walk

among the ashes

of the memory

of seeing that beautiful

and elusive

perfect

shade of red

clouds and birds

flew past

at dusk

I stood

on a plain

of elsewhere

far and away

and wild

I felt a bit

of rain

touch

my cheek

as I wondered

where they sleep

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Mardi

I smelled

oil based

paints

I mixed colors

in swirls

painting

still life

flowers

and fruit

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Mardi

birds

on a wire

lined up

one wing-length

apart

like children

lined-up

in a schoolyard

I sighed

they

scattered

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Mardi

It is impossible

to know the

weight of your

words

lovely words

spoken softly

in my ear

then again

and again

light as clouds

that fill the

sky

beyond infinity

in my dreams

I woke

the room was dark

I did not know

where we

were

until we

walked

along the

grand canal

in the light

the glass

and waves

were blue

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Mardi

everyone has

a book

inside of them

a story

to tell

the color

of which

changes from

day to day

my dreams

remind me

of the story

that needs

its own place

to live

outside of

my memory

I felt

my horse’s hooves

striking the ground

beneath us

making the amazing

sound that pounding

hooves make

his breath

coming in short puffs

as we rode furiously

through a park

I have never been

we spoke the

language of fire

Image of the Day 06-08-2020 - The most famous arch in Arches NP and in the world. 52 ft. tall and is featured on Utah License Plates