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Initiatic Well - Sintra, Portugal by Andrew Gastwirth

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Nikon D800E - AF-S Nikkor 16-35mm f/4G ED VR - Press "L" for large view

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Old Library Building or Carnegie Building (NRHP #73001776) - Downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee by J.L. Ramsaur Photography

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The Old Library Building is located on a sloping lot on the southeast corner of 8th Street & Georgia Avenue in Downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee. As was true throughout the country at the turn of the century, Carnegie money initiated the building of a public library in Chattanooga. The first library in the city was established in 1867. There was no building designed specifically for library use until Carnegie offered $50,000 if the city provided a suitable lot and promised an annual appropriation of ten percent of the amount of the gift. The city met the requirements and in 1903 construction began. Atlanta architect W. T. Bowling was employed to design the library but was soon discharged and replaced by Chattanooga architects, Hunt and Bearden. On April 15, 1904, the cornerstone was laid, and the formal opening took place on July 17, 1905. The library cost a total of $65,000, including $15,000 for the lot purchased from the Catholic Church, $33,000 for the building itself, and $17,000 for furnishings. In 1940, the library was moved to a building adjoining the campus of the University of Chattanooga, now the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. As years passed the future of the old building was not good until the late 1960's when it was purchased and renovated by the present occupant. This private individual preservation effort has received acclaim both locally and nationally.

Architecturally, the Old Library Building is one of the finer early structures remaining in Downtown Chattanooga and is a building having strong nostalgic associations for many citizens and the present owner. It is a compact structure consisting of a raised basement of rough stone and two upper floors built of marble in the Neo-Classical style. The main entrance is surmounted by an arched window flanked by columns in the Ionic order. The frieze is plain and the cornice is carved with a modified egg and dart design. Also, when the present owner purchased the building in the late 1960's, he also acquired the property to the south on Georgia Avenue. The non-descript structure which butted against the library was replaced by a parking area designed to be in harmony with the library building. The line defining the base of the first floor of the library was extended to create the roof line of the parking lot. These details can be seen in the lower right corner of the photograph above. And finally, some simple vertical ironwork encloses the parking area.

The Old Library Building (or the Carnegie Building) was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on March 14, 1973 for its architecture and close ties to the community. All of the information above was found on the original documents submitted for listing consideration and can be viewed here:

npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail/c92e1e33-eb0e-4564-931...

Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.

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In White from Head to Toe! by Lorna Morris Hamblin

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Initiates into the Santeria religion dress only in white for the first year of their initiation and are called by the name Iyabo rather than by their given names, regardless of gender. They must eat only with a spoon, be accompanied by a chaperone on outings, and avoid the midday sun. Read more about it here: www.aboutsanteria.com/iyaboacute.html

initiate by Bob May

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21' cm collage

Townsville's Great Northern Hotel (North Queensland, Australia) by Buddy Patrick

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The Great Northern Hotel, a large, two-storeyed brick and timber hotel, was erected in 1900 - 1901 for Townsville timber firm Wilson Hart & Company, owners of the site. It was designed by prominent Townsville architects Tunbridge and Tunbridge.

The application to build the Great Northern Hotel appears to have been initiated following the State government's announcement in 1900 of plans to erect a new Townsville railway terminus on land off Blackwood Street beside Ross Creek, which would bring the terminus closer to the eastern end of Flinders Street and to the retail and business heart of Townsville. Almost immediately (June 1900), applications were lodged to erect hotels on two corners of the nearby intersection of Flinders and Blackwood Streets - one being the Great Northern, the other replacing an existing hotel (possibly the Newmarket). Both applicants intended to erect first-class hotels, both argued that Townsville suffered a lack of first-class accommodation - the hotels erected during the boom of the 1880s no longer offering the level of comfort and facilities required by turn-of-the-century travellers - and both applications were approved provided the buildings were erected within the time specified (9 months in each case). Only the Great Northern came to fruition, and when opened early in 1901, was marketed as the hotel closest to the new Townsville terminus of the Great Northern Railway - hence the name of the hotel.

The architects, Tunbridge & Tunbridge, designed a first class brick and timber hotel of 36 bedrooms, estimated to cost between £8,000 and £9,000. The Tunbridge brothers (Walter Howard and Oliver Allan) had entered into partnership in Townsville in 1887, and soon developed a substantial North Queensland architectural practice with offices in Charters Towers and later Rockhampton. Tunbridge and Tunbridge designed many Townsville hotels, including the Metropole (1887), Victoria Park (1896), Lowth's (1897 - demolished), Victoria Bridge (1900 - demolished), Empire (1901), Sovereign (1904) and Carriers Arms (1906 - demolished).

Although work on preparing the Blackwood Street site for the new railway terminus was underway in 1900, the station building was not erected until 1914. Despite this delay, the Great Northern Hotel proved popular with travellers from its opening. Designed and run as a first-class hotel, the Great Northern offered a high standard of service, good food, comfortable airy bedrooms, and spacious public rooms. It also played a major role in the social life of the growing town. As with most early hotels in Australia, the Great Northern was a place for the community to meet and socialise, and for nearly a century the hotel has remained a popular drinking venue and prominent and well-known element of the city townscape.

Source: Queensland Heritage Register.

India. Mémoires d'Aurore Exhibition. Jungle.. by lalie sorbet

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Tomato leaf and its dew drop..

Elles ne durent que l’espace d’un moment et pourtant je vous

invite à regarder ces quelques gouttes de rosée qui fertilisent

la terre et apportent dans leur sillage la mémoire de la vie.

Au creux des feuilles telles des mains ouvertes, dans les herbes,

patiemment la nature les recueille. Selon l’ancienne légende

rapportée par Homère, se sont les larmes d'Aurore, la déesse

aux doigts de rose qui ouvre les portes du jour..

They last only a brief moment and yet, I invite you to look

more closely at these droplets that fertilize the earth and

convey the memory of life in their wake. Nature collects them

patiently on bent grass stalk and leaf’s welcoming hollow.

According to the legend recorded by Homer they were Aurora’s

tears, the goddess whose roseate fingers initiated the day..

Exhibition March 9th - March 26th 2013 - India

www.laliesorbet.com/

Little Veil Nebula by Andre van der Hoeven

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Here is the continuation of my large summer-2018 project.

I had imaged this region for about 13 nights altogether between July and October 2018. You can call me crazy, using so many nights for just one object, in a region where clear nights are rare :) But I really wanted to see if I could catch this beautiful Supernova remnant, and I'm glad it succeeded :)

Recently Pixinsight was supplied with the new Starnet++ module, which you can use to completely separate the stars from the background. I used this software to enhance the very weak nebulosity and was astonished to see how much more could be drawn from the background compared to the processing I did last year. All other processing was performed using Astropixelprocessor and photoshop.

Supernova remnants (SNR) are formed when a large star ends its life in a supernova explosion. About 300 of these remnants are currently known in our galaxy. One of the most famous remnants, the Veil Nebula, is located in the constellation of Cygnus. Although this is the most famous one in this constellation, it’s not the only SNR. Cygnus contains several obscure SNR’s, among which SNR 65.3+5.7 (also known as SNR 65.2+5.7).

SNR G65.3+5.7 was discovered by Gull et al. (1977) during an OIII survey of the Milky Way. Some parts of this SNR were already catalogued by Stewart Sharpless in his SH2 catalog as SH2-91, SH2-94 and SH2-96, but they were not recognized as being part of a bigger structure at that time. The idea that they could be part of a larger SNR was postulated by Sidney van den Bergh in 1960, but it took until 1977 for this to be confirmed.

This is one of the larger SNR in the sky spanning a region of roughly 4.0x3.3 degrees. Mavromatakis et al. (2002) determined the age of the SNR to be 20.000-25.000 years and the distance about 2.600 – 3.200 lightyears. The shell has a diameter of roughly 230 lightyears! This SNR is a predominantly OIII shell with also some H-alpha signal.

This supernova shell is quite weak and there are hardly any high-resolution images of this region. In the internet maybe 5-10 deep images of this shell can be found and, in most cases, they don’t cover the entire shell or the resolution is quite low because it was done by using photo lenses at short focal lengths. That’s why I decided to see if I could try to image the entire shell using my equipment, a TMB92 refractor in combination with a QSI583ws ccd camera. Because of its large size I needed to make a 3x3 mosaic to cover the whole region.

As so many nights were already necessary to cover the region in OIII I didn’t succeed in grabbing the H-alpha data, but on the internet I found the MDWsurvey (mdwskysurvey.org) initiated by David Mittelman (†), Dennis di Cicco, and Sean Walker (MDW). This is a marvelous project with the goal to image the entire northern sky in H-alpha at a resolution of 3.17”/pixel. I contacted them and told them of my effort to grab imagery of this SNR and they were very kind to provide me with the H-alpha imagery of this region, so that the entire SNR could be brought into view in reasonable high resolution.

This bicolor image shows a combination of about 53h of OIII data (made by myself) and 20 hours of Ha-data (made by the MDW survey) in a single image. In this way the full span of the shell can be seen in all its glory.

Image info:

H-alpha (astrodon 3nm, mdwskysurvey.org):

Telescope: Astro-physics AP130mm starfire

Camera: Fli Proline 16803

5 frames of 12x1200s each

OIII (astrodon 3nm):

Telescope: TMB92SS

Camera: QSI583ws

9 frames, 158 x 1200s total

Bochum - Eisenbahnmuseum Dahlhausen Köf 47 37 by Daniel Mennerich

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Initiator of the development of the unity small railroad engines was the German national railway society. After the successful introduction of the machine announced fast also industrial - later also military - buyer her interest. Within the scope of from the middle of the 1930s the following armament numerous industrial buyers and military places received accordingly unity small railroad engines.

Also after the Second World War the unity small railroad engines of the achievement group II were built even further. The biggest buyer was with the German Federal Railroad also here a state road society. The German Railways procured between 1948 and 1965 another 736 units.

St Michael Church, Penampang by Floyd JD

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Initiated by Fr. August Wachter, the Foundation stone was laid on 29th September 1936; however, the construction was postponed during the 2nd World War only to resume in 1947 - Sabah Tourism

The church is located about 15km from Kota Kinabalu, approx. 15-20 minutes drive away

In the Well by Sharon Corbet

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Looking down the Initiatic Well at the Quinta da Regaleira in Sintra.

EBR-I by Pattys-photos

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The Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion (ANP) program and the preceding Nuclear Energy for the Propulsion of Aircraft (NEPA) project worked to develop a nuclear propulsion system for aircraft. The United States Army Air Forces initiated Project NEPA on May 28, 1946.After funding of $10 million in 1947, NEPA operated until May 1951, when the project was transferred to the joint Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)/USAF ANP.The USAF pursued two different systems for nuclear-powered jet engines, the Direct Air Cycle concept which was developed by General Electric, and Indirect Air Cycle which was assigned to Pratt & Whitney. The program was intended to develop and test the Convair X-6, but was cancelled in 1961 before that aircraft was built

Initiates Of Boletus by Tim Lukeman

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Returning to an early series of mine, "A Voyage To Lamproderma" ... -

The B1-B by AQUA 'boogie'

B1-B production initiated by Reagan in 1981. B1-A never went into production.

B1-B production initiated by Reagan in 1981. B1-A never went into production. Used for massive delivery of precision weapons around the globe

B1-B production initiated by Reagan in 1981. B1-A never went into production. Used for massive delivery of precision weapons around the globe.

Bulgasari Seoul 2003 April 5 by red :))) art

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Yukie Sato / Choi Sun Bae / A23H / Kang Minsuk / Joe Foster

www.bulgasari.com/

Alfred 23 Harth’s arrival in Seoul marked a significant moment that catalyzed the formation and nurturing of several enduring off-site experimental music circles, of which two foundational examples are Park Chang-Soo’s Houseconcert series starting in 2002 and Bulgasari, initiated in 2003 by Yukie Sato (later led by Lee Hanjoo). These circles, strongly supported by A23H in their early stages, have had lasting influence and continue to shape Seoul’s avant-garde music landscape today. The Houseconcert series is recognized for its intimate settings that break down traditional barriers between performer and audience, hosting myriad musicians and establishing a notable history of fostering experimental performances. Bulgasari, curated by Yukie Sato and later Lee Hanjoo, evolved as a key site for improvised music and sonic experimentation, regularly showcasing innovative music and performance art with a regional and international scope.

By 2005, the emergence of Relay, a more digitally specialized circle founded by Ryu Hankil, expanded the experimental music infrastructure. Alfred 23 Harth supported Relay in its formative years, and through his contacts—including a key liaison with the city cultural office—Relay gained vital resources, enabling them to invite foreign musicians and gain international recognition through press coverage such as in The Wire and invitations to European festivals. From Relay’s activities arose dotolim around 2009, a venue and concert series that has become a stable hub for improvised and experimental music performances to this day.

Between 2000 and 2005, Harth also actively engaged with multiple off-site circles in Seoul, growing in presence with projects like the electro-acoustic improvisation and video collaboration “Provisional Government” with Kim Hyung Tae at Sal Bar in 2002. His collaborative network expanded by inviting international musicians such as Joe Foster, whom he introduced to the Seoul avant-garde and Tokyo experimental scenes through CDs, festivals, concerts, and art performances from 2003 onwards, or Phil Minton, Wolfgang Stryi, Kevin Norton, Carl Stone, Fabrizio Spera, John Bell, Ned Rothenberg, Axel Dörner and Nicola L.Hein.

Harth’s collaborations extended into projects such as Ensemble Naeil and frequent performances at the Park Chang-Soo Houseconcert series and Bulgasari events, including archival recordings made at LaubhuetteStudio Seoul, like "Seoul U'You" (2002), Ensemble Naeil live (2003), and ballet music for the "Mercury Mix" (2004). These recordings and performances saw the pairing of Korean experimental musicians Choi Sun Bae, Kim Eun-Young, Kim Gyu Hyoung, and others with A23H’s boundary-crossing improvisational style.

Moreover, major performances like the Revolving Door at Seoul Museum of Art (2004) for the Yi Soonjoo exhibition and concert collaborations at institutions including KBS TV and Dankook University (with musicians such as Choi Sun Bae, Kae SoO-jung, David Choi Changu, Chris Varga) highlight A23H’s central role in bridging experimental music with broader arts and academic venues in Seoul. Throughout the years, A23H remained active in Relay and later Dotolim performances, including curated festivals and gallery exhibitions/concerts such as Happyi Mistake (2014-2019) and mosaic concert series curated by Sunjae Lee (2024/5).

Overall, Alfred 23 Harth’s arrival and sustained presence in Seoul from 2000 onwards were instrumental in supporting, shaping, and internationalizing Seoul’s off-site experimental music culture, providing mentorship, artistic collaborations, and organizational contacts that seeded multiple vital circles which remain active and influential in the contemporary scene today. This legacy is encapsulated in a rich archive of live recordings, collaborative projects, and documented performances that continue to resonate within Seoul’s vibrant avant-garde community.

INITIATE by DUX

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bushfires

Luanes World

The Initiator by Prasad Rasal

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Be First.

There is enough happiness to be tagged as a failure rather than idling doing nothing.

Explore NEW everytime.

The B1-B by AQUA 'boogie'

B1-B production initiated by Reagan in 1981. B1-A never went into production.

B1-B production initiated by Reagan in 1981. B1-A never went into production. Used for massive delivery of precision weapons around the globe

B1-B production initiated by Reagan in 1981. B1-A never went into production. Used for massive delivery of precision weapons around the globe.

Initiating lift... by mnlamberson

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Red-tailed Hawk, Lake Country, BC

inside front cover of "specimen"-altered book for Libray Project by gabriella travaline

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Library Project initiated by Alex Itin

www.flickr.com/groups/69401973@N00/pool/

Initiate's way by Wicked Dark Photography

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A tunnel under the grounds at Quinta da Regaleira - it leads from the main ritual well to the Unfinished which is less elaborate and of darker intent.

Miss Bitey by westernthunderer

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We have a number of the Galahs who come for some seed on a daily basis who have, entirely off their own bat become trustful enough of us to take seeds from our hands. They get Sunflower seeds because those are favourites but not too many because, well, too much of a good thing can be no good for them.

We consider ourselves blessed that they have basically initiated this behaviour and it is fascinating to watch young ones watch the older ones and learn to trust us and get their reward. Most of those who partake are actually boys, we rarely get girls for some reason. But Miss Bitey (for want of a better name right now)* is not only not a juvenile, of which we currently have many but is also a rare lady. But unlike all the others, she does nip fingers which is an extremely rare behaviour. But she is not being aggressive, just over enthusiastic for her treats and tends to snatch which sometimes gets you a bite. However, she is getting better and maybe we can even give her a new and proper name.

Many of the Galahs are very dexterous and do the whole dehulling process with their beaks alone. Some always lift the seed to their mouth and hold it with their foot (50% right footed and 50% left footed) and others swing both ways. Whatever, it's always fascinating to watch them. This shot shows my wife handing out the treats. We love this interaction.

Normal food is Wild Bird Seed which is a broad mix of different types of seeds, most of which they eat but there are a couple that they just don't like. We usually buy 5 or 6 20 kilogram bags at a time! The Sunflowers are lightly included in that mix but we also buy these rather expensive seeds in separate 15 kg bags!

A couple of weeks into January, we decided to rename her Missy.

TAG GAME: Dolls in Leather by MARVEL_DOLLS

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This tag game was initiated by Stellas Dolls, and I was also tagged by Michaela Unbehau, Paris In BKK, Ray Grimes, saratiz, greedo06, judefashiondoll, Deejay Barafroy, and LDolls. Thank you very much! I enjoyed seeing your leather outfits. :)

Rules:

Take a photo of your doll(s) wearing something leather. A dress, pants, jewelry, etc.

Consider yourself tagged if you see this picture! Everybody can participate!

model: OOAK Quicksilver Kyori

custom X tank top: www.etsy.com/shop/FrauE

brown leather jacket: www.flickr.com/photos/tess--creations/

Initiate Hyperspace Jump! by Tim Schwalfenberg

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Fourty-ninth build in my Ironbuilder against Jonas using the metallic silver pin thing

Initiatic Well by Aleksandra Piechorowska

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Quinta da Regaleira, Sintra, Portugal

Quinta da Regaleira is classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO within the "Cultural Landscape of Sintra". It consists of a romantic palace and chapel, and a luxurious park featuring lakes, grottoes, wells, benches, fountains, and a vast array of exquisite constructions. The palace is also known as "Palace of Monteiro the Millionaire", from the nickname of its first owner, António Augusto Carvalho Monteiro.

The "Initiation Well" or "Initiatic Well" (sometimes referred to as the "Inverted Tower") is a 27 meter staircase that leads straight down underground and connects with other tunnels via underground walkways.

Initiation well - Quinta da Regaileira's estate - Sintra, Lisbon, Portugal by Claudio Accheri

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The Initiation Wells (AKA initiatic wells or inverted towers) are two wells built in the Unesco World Heritage Site, Quinta da Regaleira, in Sintra, Portugal.

The property consists of a romantic palace and chapel, and a luxurious park that features lakes, grottoes, wells, benches, fountains, and a vast array of exquisite constructions.

Of the two wells, the larger one, in the picture, contains a 27-meter spiral staircase with several small landings.

These wells never served as water sources. Instead, they were used for ceremonial purposes that included Tarot initiation rites.

The spacing of these landings, combined with the number of steps in the stairs, are linked to Tarot mysticism.

Yangon by Kenny Teo

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Yangon - Shwedagon

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IBERIA EC-KZI AIRBUS A340-642 BCN/LEBL by Eugeni Reguill

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INITIATING THE F.C.BARCELONA HIS TOUR TO U.S FROM BARCELONA WITH DESTINATION JFK

Abu Dhabi - Sheikh Zayed Mosque-30 by Max Salogni

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Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque was initiated by the late president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who wanted to establish a structure which unites the cultural diversity of Islamic world, the historical and modern values of architecture and art.[2] His final resting place is located on the grounds beside the same mosque. The mosque was constructed from 1996 to 2007.[3] It is the largest mosque in the United Arab Emirates. The building complex measures approximately 290 m (960 ft) by 420 m (1,380 ft), covering an area of more than 12 hectares (30 acres), exclusive of exterior landscaping and vehicle parking.[4]

As the country's grand mosque, it is the key place of worship for Friday gathering and Eid prayers. During Eid it can be visited by more than 40,000 people.[1]

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Center (SZGMC) offices are located in the east minarets. SZGMC manages the day-to-day operations, as a place of worship and Friday gathering, and also a center of learning and discovery through its educational cultural activities and visitor programs.

The library, located in the north/east minaret, serves the community with classic books and publications addressing a range of Islamic subjects: sciences, civilization, calligraphy, the arts, coins and includes some rare publications dating back more than 200 years. In reflection of the diversity of the Islamic world and the United Arab Emirates, the collection comprises material in a broad range of languages, including Arabic, English, French, Italian, Spanish, German and Korean.

Initiatic Well From Above by Ludovica M. B.

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Gall Initiated by Pemphigus populitransversus, Poplar Petiole Gall Aphid by marlin harms

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At base of leaf of Fremont Cottonwood, Populus fremontii,

El Chorro Regional Park,

San Luis Obispo, California

The gall is initiated by an adult female aphid and the gall eventually encloses her. She lays eggs and the gall becomes crowded with young, some exiting through the slit you can see here. Later in fall as the gall hardens, the slit expands and larger aphids exit.--Ronald A. Russo, Plant Galls of the California Region

Initiatic Well by Aleksandra Piechorowska

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Quinta da Regaleira, Sintra, Portugal

Puschkinia sp. by Linda De Volder

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Belgium.

Spring hike to Sobieski park and Florist garden.

The Florists’ Gardens are certainly among the most beautiful green areas of the Brussels region. Hosting old greenhouses from the time of Leopold II who has initiated this park, the Florist’s Gardens also offer a magnificent view on the city and are a harbor of piece close to one of the most visited attractions of Brussels, the Atomium.

Sobieski park is the Park adjoining the Colonial Garden and the Florists' Garden.

The Florists’ Gardens can be reached via the Sobieski park (close to metro Stuyvenbergh).

www.laeken.brussels/nl/locations/sobieski-bloemist/

Inle Lake by Kenny Teo

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Inle Lake