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This photo may seem insignificant at first glance but it marks a major change with my life in this pandemic. This is the first time in 2 years that my wife and I felt comfortable enough to attend a estate sale. A outing we once loved to do together. It actually felt normal. Could this really be the beginning of the endemic? Now if I could have the courage to get rid of the mask.
Massive monsoon thunderheads stretch up to the stratosphere above the already lofty summit of Nuptse at 7861m (25,791 ft). The Himalya have a way of making one feel small and insignificant like nowhere else I have experienced. The mountains just seem impossibly high in the sky, the landscape impossibly big. The wall in front of me here climbs 2.8km (1.73mi) vertically from the valley floor. The shot is taken from Kala Pattar at 5545m (18192 ft). At 5500m you have exactly 50% of the oxygen available at sea level. Nuptse sits two km WSW of Mount Everest. Khumbu region of the Mahalangur Himal, Nepalese Himalayas, Nepal. Taken with Fuji Velvia slide film.
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Love Life, Love Photography
Es ist sinnvoll, sich bei der Motivsuche Zeit zu lassen. Eine Weile zu verharren und den Blick zur Ruhe kommen zu lassen.So erkennt man dann auch in scheinbar unbedeutenden Dingen etwas besonderes.
If you look at an apparently insignificant scene for a while, you sometimes recognize something special.
Explore #16 - September 13, 2023
I often pass in front of this old and imposing farmhouse and every time I always have the same feeling of how ephemeral and transient our existence is. I had to photograph it. It is no coincidence that I chose a day with the Moon, symbol of an eternal Universe for which we are only insignificant dots.
"Today I saw a red and yellow sunset and thought, how insignificant I am! Of course, I thought that yesterday too, and it rained." (Woody Allen)
Today has been a dull day with some rain earlier. To cheer up a bit, here is an image of sunset when, just before the sun rolls down below the skyline, it put low clouds on fire. This image followed the panoramic scene (taken 16 min earlier) posted at the beginning of August
www.flickr.com/photos/sergeysmirnov/53094278760/. Taken from the Cotswold Way on Lansdown Hill overlooking city of Bristol and Wales at the horizon. Bath, BANES, Somerset, England, UK
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Somewhere in our universe, on a strange, insignificant planet, a foreboding, semi-translucent black monolith flickers like a ghost stuck between two worlds. In the distance, a looming planet, partially illuminated by a nearby star, takes on the sinister appearance of a crazed grin, as if anticipating what you are about to discover. Step a little closer to the monolith for a better look, and you realize it is not a solid piece of material, but rather, an eerie doorway, or portal, to another dimension--a galactic wonderland where reality is bizarre beyond your wildest imaginations. Incidentally, a sentient being crossing over the opposite way, from the other dimension to ours, thinks the exact same thing about our apparently "normal" universe.
Perhaps Life is much stranger than we thought...
All images © 2017 Daniel Kessel.
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The climb starts heavy and hard. From the bottom of the hill at Clifton, AZ, Freeport McMoRan's mine-owned railroad points to the sky and begins its ascent towards one of the US's largest copper mines at Morenci a short distance away, a mere 6 rail miles if we are keeping track. But those 6 miles are hardly insignificant, challenging FMI's fleet of modified GP38s in consists of 4 or 5 to prove their worth, dragging cars delivered and interchanged from shortline Arizona Eastern up a literal mountain to keep the production of copper ore flowing at a maximum rate of 115,000 metric tons per day. The incline? Try over 5%. That's one of the steepest (the steepest?) active climbs on a traction railway in North America. So despite only having been burdened with 13 cars, this 4 pack of 38s has their work cut out for them, already grasping for every mph they can grab before the hill rips whatever progress was made away. They will balance out well under 10 mph as the climb thickens, but ultimately victory is in their hands as they will conquer the mountain as they most always do.
The Folaldafoss waterfall is in Eastern Iceland found along the Öxi mountain pass between Skriddalur and Berurfjordur. Noted as one of the falls to visit, it is largely insignificant when observed in the long lines of the spectacular mountain range running east to west. This range reveals several perpendicual cuts, likely caused by water erosion. A spectacular scene which dwarfs the 20 meter waterfall making it a small point of interest in this larger context.
I love rain. Beyond that, I love thunderstorms. It's nature flexing its muscles and showing how powerful it can be. It helps me understand how small and insignificant I am.
Our world is a fragile thing. A living thing. We need to take care of it so it can take care of us. Rain is one of the things the world does for us. It keeps earth cool enough for us to live on it. It makes our crop grow.
If we are so lazy that we can't bother to walk a few meters more to put that piece of trash in the recycling bin, do we deserve the care our beloved earth gives us?
Do your part in preventing our seas from becoming full of plastic garbage by throwing your trash in the recycling bin. It takes you a few seconds to do that, but for earth to get rid of that tiny plastic wrapping it takes thousands of years.
www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/planetorplastic/
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Desert Tranquility
Valley of Fire State Park
Nevada
April 2023
4:25 a.m.
Being under the desert Milky Way stars is an awe-inspiring and humbling experience. As you gaze up at the night sky, the darkness is pierced by thousands of tiny pinpricks of light, each one a distant sun or galaxy. The vastness and beauty of the stars above can leave you feeling insignificant, yet at the same time, connected to something larger than yourself. The quiet of the desert amplifies the experience, allowing you to fully immerse yourself in the wonder of the cosmos. Under the desert stars, you can't help but feel a sense of peace and tranquility.
En estos días donde el mundo que conocíamos se ha detenido por un virus desconocido, donde la incertidumbre, el dolor y el miedo azotan nuestras vidas, donde nos sentimos insignificantes ante la adversidad, es necesario agradecer el trabajo de aquellos que luchan por nosotros para que la rueda de la vida continúe girando.
In these days where the world we knew has been stopped by an unknown virus, where uncertainty, pain and fear devastate our lives, where we feel insignificant in the face of adversity, it`s necessary to say thank the work of those who fight for us so that the wheel of life keep turning.
Andean Range, Santiago (Chile).
Some wildflowers in Infanta Leonor Park, Valdebebas, Madrid, Spain
These tiny flowers, insignificant to many, didn't go unnoticed. So I decided to lie down on the ground to take a good photo of them.
They looked happy in the spring sunshine.
I wish you a happy Friday and lots of love and health!
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Algunas flores silvestres en el Parque Infanta Leonor, Valdebebas, Madrid, España
Estas diminutas flores, insignificantes para muchos, no pasaron desapercibidas. Así que decidí tumbarme en el suelo para sacarles una buena foto.
Se veían felices bajo el sol primaveral.
¡Os deseo un feliz viernes y mucho amor y salud!
Pulsa "Z" para ampliar la imagen si lo deseas.
I have an irrational fear of wasting a good outfit on a insignificant day.
- Missguided
full outfit & details at ahchoo-e!.
If you've never found yourself in old growth forest with trees that are hundreds - if not thousands - of years old, do yourself a favor and seek them out. To stand among giants that stood quietly through modern history makes one feel rather insignificant in the grand scheme of things. We stood on the trail for some time just to take it all in. Thankfully, I believe the province has recently taken steps to protect this grove from the loggers chainsaw.
If you'd like to know more about old growth forests or want more information, check out: ancientforestalliance.org/ Be sure to check out the incredible (if not heart breaking) photographs of TJ Watt: ancientforestalliance.org/photos-media/big-lonely-doug-an...
In this image, I could not capture the height of the tree with my widest lens but wanted to convey its size relative to Lynn. Happy Treemendous Tuesday!
Jamaican poinsettia
Flor de pascua jamaicana
Jamaikanischer Weihnachtsstern
Poinsétia jamaicana
Poinsettia jamaïcain
The small insignificant golden yellow flowers are surrounded by a very showy crown of flashy-red petal-like bracts, looking like larger flowers from a distance. Unlike the poinsettia this large shrub or small tree may flowers year round. The species is native to Bahamas, Cuba and Jamaica, where it grows in semi-arid areas on calcareous soils in full sun.
Miami Beach Botanical Garden
When Karl Pilkington said, "We're just a weed in the universe", did he mean that weeds are insignificant and useless things – invasive nuisances – and so is mankind? Or, did he mean that weeds are beautiful and resourceful little survivors, at one with the universe, and that mankind should remember his small place in the universe and aspire to be at peace with it?
For We’re Here!, where the challenge is to photographically re-imagine a Karl Pilkington quote, and post it to the group Quotes in Picture Form.
If you are wondering, “Who is Karl Pilkington?” here is a rather old but somewhat amusing and enlightening newspaper interview:
www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3655386/The-idiot-philosopher...
My image is submitted to Mini Challenge 18 - Shades Of Autumn (Art from 2017)
These insignificant leaves of an urban tree, whose name I don't know, reminded me of clothespins hanging on a clothesline.
In this case, these golden leaves, basking in their last rays of sunlight, contrasted with the dark urban background and created an interesting contrast.
I hope you like it. I take this opportunity to wish you a very happy Sunday, peace, love, and very good feelings.
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Esplendor otoñal, Madrid, España
Estas insignificantes hojas de un árbol urbano, cuyo nombre desconozco, me recordaron a cuando se tiende la ropa con pinzas en una cuerda.
En este caso, estas doradas hojas, disfrutando de sus últimos rayos de sol, contrastaban con el oscuro fondo urbano y creaban un interesante contraste.
Espero que os guste. Aprovecho para desearos un muy feliz domingo, paz, amor y muy buenos sentimientos.
Pulsa "Z o L" si deseas ampliar la foto.
Love is the littlest things that we do..
Triggered by gentle loving nudge to the heart
Tender gesture that is borne out of love
Insignificant to some who fail to see
For it was never meant to be shown or be seen
A priceless act of pure silent appreciation
Expression of love that is from and felt deep in the heart
A one in a lifetime kind of love...
To the lucky ones....who sees. feels and understands..
- Miu
"Nothing is too small. Nothing is too, quote-unquote, ordinary or insignificant. Those are the things that make up the measure of our days, and they're the things that sustain us. And they're the things that certainly can become worthy of poetry."
--Rita Dove
From Wikipedia: Here (on the Temple Mount) King Solomon built the First Temple almost 3,000 years ago. It was destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BCE, but, 70 years later, Jews returning from exile built the Second Temple on the same site. King Herod began remodeling the building in 19 BCE, but it was not completed until 63 CE, long after his death at the beginning of the century.
In reaction to the “Great Revolt” in 70 CE, the temple was destroyed by the Romans and deliberately left in ruins. When the Romans razed the Temple, they left one outer wall standing. They probably would have destroyed that wall as well, but it must have seemed too insignificant to them since it was not part of the Temple itself, just a retaining wall surrounding the Temple Mount.
After the suppression of the revolt, Jews were allowed to pray on the ruins and to bring sacrifices on the alter that remained after the temple was burned down. Emperor Hadrian later gave Jews permission to rebuild the temple but changed his mind. After the Bar-Kokhba rebellion, Hadrian barred Jews from the area and they prayed instead on the Mount of Olives that overlooked the Temple Mount.
There is some evidence the Byzantines may have built a church on the Temple Mount at one point but the prohibition on Jews praying there remained under Emperor Constantine, who allowed them access only on Tisha B’Av. When his nephew Julian became emperor in 361, Jews were again allowed to visit the Temple Mount and were even given permission to rebuild the temple. When Julian died two years later, however, his successor canceled the project and Christian opposition to a Jewish presence continued throughout the Byzantine period.
At various times Jews may have been allowed to pray on the Temple Mount but, wherever they lived, Jews would pray three times a day in the direction of the Temple Mount for the temple’s restoration.
Following the Muslim conquest of Jerusalem in May 638, which Jews supported, Caliph Omar ibn al-Khattab ordered the clearing of the site and the building of a house of prayer. The Temple Mount was again opened to Jewish worshippers.
In 680, the Muslims built the Dome of the Rock to enshrine the outcrop of bedrock believed to be the place of the sacrifice on Mount Moriah. Nadav Shragai quotes Professor Dan Bahat who found “‘it was the Jewish elders who showed the Muslims the boundaries of the Foundation Stone,’ which was covered with garbage and sewage – boundaries from which the Muslims derived the dimensions of the Dome of the Rock, which was built above the ancient Rock.”
En un lloc remot, allí enllà
al marge i fora mà,
allà on els llimbs, qui sap on,
on no pot atalaiar-se
res de la il·lustració,
cognició, coneixement,
progrés, intento viure
en la ignorància,
en la neciesa,
on potser per una franja
insignificant de lapse
puc deixar de banda
fer cas omís, passar per alt
la confusió, el desconcert,
la vergonya, la vilesa, l'ultratge
que ens condemna a malviure.
«Δρόμοι παλιοὶ ποὺ ἀγάπησα καὶ μίσησα ἀτέλειωτα
κάτω ἀπ᾿ τοὺς ἴσκιους τῶν σπιτιῶν νὰ περπατῶ
νύχτες τῶν γυρισμῶν ἀναπότρεπτες κι ἡ πόλη νεκρὴ
Τὴν ἀσήμαντη παρουσία μου βρίσκω σὲ κάθε γωνιὰ
κᾶμε νὰ σ᾿ ἀνταμώσω κάποτε φάσμα χαμένο τοῦ τόπου μου κι ἐγὼ
Ξεχασμένος κι ἀτίθασος νὰ περπατῶ
κρατώντας μία σπίθα τρεμόσβηστη στὶς ὑγρές μου παλάμες
Καὶ προχωροῦσα μέσα στὴ νύχτα χωρὶς νὰ γνωρίζω κανένα
κι οὔτε κανένας, οὔτε κανένας μὲ γνώριζε»
Μανώλης Αναγνωστάκης, 1925-2005
«Old streets I loved and hated endlessly
me walking under the shadows of the houses
unavoidable nights of homecoming, and the city is dead
I find my insignificant presence in every corner
make me meet you once, lost range of desire I am too
Forgotten and untamed I walk
holding a flickering a spark in my wet palms
And there I was walking through the night without knowing anyone
and not even one, not even one knew me»
Manolis Anagnostakis, 1925-2005
Now I'm no shorty at 6 feet tall but compared to these beautiful redwood trees I'm quite insignificant in the overall scale of things!
© Dominic Scott 2022
Aesthetic framing of fallen leaves on the ground of a sandy beach surrounded by stones, pebbles and seashells.
From a mere documentation of reality to a form of artistic expression, falling of a leaf can be an insignificant event when considered in the backdrop of huge changes taking place.. from the colossal explosion and merger of the heavenly objects in the skies to gigantic move of the tectonic plates beneath the earth. There are many more events above and beneath our Earth and the event of a leaf-fall for sure is minuscule. Dropping of a small or big leaf most of the time goes unnoticed.
Even towards those areas that are considered negligible, as is the case here.. Photography takes our consciousness from an inconsiderate situation to make it sensible. It echoes a deeper, more profound narrative.. these leaves whisper tales of transformation, impermanence, and the beauty of embracing change.
Located on the ground floor of the Palazzo Vecchio, the Salone dei Cinquecento was built in 1494 to the designs of Simone del Pollaiolo and commissioned by Girolamo Savonarola, the friar who encouraged the French to take the city and who later became the spiritual leader of the newly established Republic of Florence. Initially designed to house the 1,000 citizens who were the members of the Great Council of the Republic and who met in two groups of 500 (hence the name), the Salone is a vast and imposing space that was later expanded to the designs of Giorgio Vasari to house the court of Grand Duke Cosimo I de' Medici once the Medici family had regained and solidified its political power in the city. Primarily used by the Duke for public ceremonies and as a visual centerpiece for his celebration of glory, it was when Cosimo began to utilize the space that it transformed into the incredible gem you see today.
The Salone was supposed to host two famous works by two incredibly talented artists, but in the end, they were sadly lost forever: Michelangelo's "Battle of Cascina" and Leonardo da Vinci's "Battle of Anghiari." The "Battle of Anghiari" fresco, like his iconic "Last Supper," fell victim to one of da Vinci's experiments in fresco techniques. Because the paint dried too slowly, the artist attempted to speed up the drying process by using hot coals in charcoal pans. This, of course, proved to be a disastrous idea and led to the work melting before the eyes of desperate viewers. Michelangelo, on the other hand, was commissioned to paint the Sistine Chapel before he could finish his fresco for the Salone, and his sketches were lost forever when a horde of wild young artists came to study these drawings and simply made off with pieces of them.
Yet, despite these not insignificant losses of what might have been some of the greatest works of art ever created, the Salone is not short of artistic gems today. In fact, it is often seen as the jewel of the Palazzo Vecchio, and this is due to the pieces that adorn the room today. There is a wonderful series of works in the Salone that were executed between 1555 and 1572 by Vasari, his assistants, and students. As the culmination of Mannerism, the room houses a decorative scheme that reaches its height (literally and physically) in the coffered ceiling, raised to a height of seven meters by Cosimo and decorated with 42 panels containing painted images of the glory of Florence and, in particular, of the Medici. The central panel depicts Cosimo in apotheosis; around it are allegories of the districts of Florence and Tuscany in an act of submission to the Duke, and there are also portraits of some of Vasari's collaborators. On the lower walls are six different scenes from the Pisan War and the Sienese War. In addition to the paintings on the walls and ceiling, we can also admire other works of art in the room, including statues of members of the Medici family and the two Medici popes, Leo X and Clement VII.
Beyond time itself, beneath the vastness of the Milky Way, we walked in silence, guided only by the faint glow of a small light almost insignificant against the endless sky…
The mist seemed to erase the horizon, while the stars painted a limitless universe where time no longer seemed to matter.
In that suspended night, every glance toward the stars reminded us of how infinitely small we are, yet how deeply connected we are to the cosmos…
There are moments that are not simply seen… they are felt, lived, and forever etched into our memories…
This photograph is the memory of one of those moments a moment when we were no longer mere observers but The Keepers of Time…. 🌌✨
📷 Canon EOS Rebel T5i ( 700D )
Tokina AT-X 116 PRO DX II 11-16mm
ISO 3200
ExpTime 30s
F/2.8
11mm
Amsterdam - Station Zuid - Strawinskypad - Strawinskylaan
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Amsterdam - Marnixstraat - Leidsegracht
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Why should mankind believe in God?
The Answer from God's word:
God created all things, and so He makes all creation come under His dominion, and submit to His dominion; He will command all things, so that all things are in His hands. All creation of God, including animals, plants, mankind, the mountains and rivers, and the lakes—all must come under His dominion. All things in the skies and on the ground must come under His dominion. They cannot have any choice, and must all submit to His orchestrations. This was decreed by God, and is the authority of God. God commands everything, and orders and ranks all things, with each classed according to kind, and allotted their own position, according to God’s will. No matter how great it is, no thing can surpass God, and all things serve the mankind created by God, and no thing dares to disobey God or make any demands of God. And so man, as a creature of God, must also perform the duty of man. Regardless of whether he is the lord or ruler of all things, no matter how high man’s status among all things, still he is but a small human being under the dominion of God, and is no more than an insignificant human being, a creature of God, and he will never be above God. As a creature of God, man should seek to perform the duty of a creature of God, and seek to love God without making other choices, for God is worthy of man’s love.
from “Success or Failure Depends on the Path That Man Walks” in The Word Appears in the Flesh
God created this world and brought man, a living being unto which He bestowed life, into it. In turn, man came to have parents and kin and was no longer alone. Ever since man first laid eyes on this material world, he was destined to exist within the ordination of God. It is the breath of life from God that supports each living being throughout his growth into adulthood. During this process, none believe that man lives and grows up under the care of God. Rather, they hold that man grows up under the love and care of his parents, and that his growth is governed by the instinct of life. This is because man knows not who bestowed life or from whence it came, much less how the instinct of life creates miracles. Man knows only that food is the basis of the continuation of life, that perseverance is the source of existence of life, and that the belief in his mind is the wealth of his survival. Man does not feel the grace and provision from God. Man then squanders the life bestowed upon him by God…. Not one man whom God looks upon day and night takes the initiative to worship Him. God continues to work as He has planned on man for whom He holds no expectations. He does so in the hope that one day, man will awaken from his dream and suddenly comprehend the value and purpose of life, understand the cost at which God has given man everything, and know how fervently God longs for man to turn back to Him.
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Suffering is not always at the center of the frame —
sometimes it lives at the edge, in the dust,
in shadows we deem insignificant.
It calls from where no one looks,
a soul — unseen — crying out.
Not to be rescued,
but simply to exist.
"Then you'll go to a small, insignificant jail, " Kaufman answered :-)
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japanese anemone, sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
This shot is such a metaphor for so many ideas. Do we dominate the much larger landscape? Are we insignificant and somewhat irrelevant? Both ideas struck me at the same time when composing this shot. I waited until these people got into the right position and when they arrived figured it is up to the viewer.
It was also one of the few situations where the white cloud filled sky worked in the photo because the people become the main subject. Neither the sky nor the rocks dominate but rather are even in the attention they give up to the people.