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Merlin and Morgan say that celebrating is fun in moderation but over doing it can lead to some not so glamourous moments. 😂
On New Year's Eve, illegal amateur fireworks cracked all over Brussels, in addition to the official one on ''Place des Palais'' (the biggest, top-right green one).
This is a composition of photos shot around midnight from the top of the Brusilia Residence in Schaerbeek (Brussels).
I wish you a happy and healthy year 2023.
May it shine with a thousand lights!
#378 in Explore on Jan.8, 2023.
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Nature had decided to accompany the joy in our hearts, so we were blessed with an exceptional and breathtaking sunrise for New Year.
Thanks, how sublime it was !!
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La gloire du Nouvel An
La nature avait décidé d'accompagner la joie dans nos coeurs, nous avons été gratifiés d'un lever de soleil exceptionnel, à couper le souffle, pour le Nouvel An.
Merci, que c'était sublime !!
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Hohrodberg - Alsace - France
The place was magical, and the New Year blessed us with a breathtaking sunrise.
It is therefore filled with joy that I share with you this jewel given by nature.
A beautiful and happy New Year 2020, for all of you, my dear FLICKR friends, and let us wish plenty of love on this Earth which need it so much !
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Le beau lever de soleil du Nouvel an
L'endroit était magique, et le Nouvel An nous a gratifié d'un lever de soleil époustouflant.
C'est donc rempli de joie que je vous partage ce joyau donné par la nature.
Une belle et heureuse nouvelle année 2020, pour vous tous, mes chers amis FLICKR, et souhaitons beaucoup d'amour sur cette Terre qui en a bien besoin !
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Hohrodberg - Alsace - France
This year again, Brussels' official fireworks were cancelled because of COVID, but illegal amateur fireworks cracked all over town…
Photos of the Josaphat park in Brussels and beyond, shot from the 34th floor of the Brusilia Residence around midnight on Dec. 31, 2021.
# 215 in Explore on Jan.3, 2022.
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For the first time since COVID19, the Brussels New Year's fireworks were launched in 2025 from the Atomium.
As always, amateur fireworks were illegal, but that didn't stop them from exploding all over the city!
The Atomium was designed by engineer André Waterkeyn for the 1958 Brussels World's Fair. It is composed of nine steel spheres linked together to form a unit cell of an iron crystal enlarged 165 billion times.
Photo taken in 2025 from the top of the Brusilia Residence.
Azimuth 321.2°, 4.28 km away (2.66 mi), height 102 m (335 ft).
Address: Place de l'Atomium 1, 1020 Laeken (Brussels)
FR : Bonne année à l'Atomium
Pour la première fois depuis COVID19, le feu d'artifice du Nouvel An bruxellois a été lancé en 2025 depuis l'Atomium.
Comme toujours, les feux d'artifice amateurs étaient illégaux, mais cela ne les a pas empêchés d'exploser dans toute la ville !
L'Atomium fut conçu par l'ingénieur André Waterkeyn pour l'exposition universelle de Bruxelles en 1958. Il est composé de neuf sphères en acier reliées entre elles pour former une cellule unitaire d'un cristal de fer agrandi 165 milliards de fois.
Photo prise en 2025 du haut de la Résidence Brusilia.
Azimut 321.2°, distance 4.28 km, hauteur 102 m.
Adresse : Place de l'Atomium 1, 1020 Laeken (Brussels)
NL: Gelukkig Nieuwjaar vanuit het Atomium
Voor het eerst sinds COVID19 werd het Brusselse nieuwjaarsvuurwerk in 2025 gelanceerd vanuit het Atomium.
Zoals altijd was amateurvuurwerk illegaal, maar dat weerhield ze er niet van om overal in de stad te ontploffen!
Het Atomium werd ontworpen door ingenieur André Waterkeyn voor de Wereldtentoonstelling van Brussel in 1958. Het bestaat uit negen stalen bollen die met elkaar verbonden zijn tot een eenheidscel van een ijzerkristal dat 165 miljard keer vergroot is.
Foto genomen in 2025 vanaf de top van de Brusilia Residentie.
Azimut 321.2°, 4.28 km ver, 102 m hoog.
Adres: Place de l'Atomium 1, 1020 Laeken (Brussels)
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Reproduction prohibited without my written consent.
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Reproductie verboden zonder mijn schriftelijke toestemming.
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#WPD25Open
Brussels' New Year parties ended up under gorgeous skies, but rain started falling in the afternoon and kept on pouring for a few days…
Photos of the Josaphat park in Brussels and beyond, shot from the 34th floor of the Brusilia Residence at dawn on Jan. 1st, 2022.
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The new year starts in Brussels with gigantic fireworks behind the Atomium.
As previous years, I wanted to shoot it from the 34th floor of the Brusilia Residence, 4.3 km away (nearly 3 miles).
But unfortunately, it was so foggy it couldn't be seen, so here's another photo of the Atomium fireworks I shot on January 1st 2018 at 00:02.
Happy 2020 regardless!
The Atomium was designed by André Waterkeyn and built for the 1958 Brussels World's Fair.
It stands 102 meters (335 ft) tall.
It has nine steel spheres connected so that the whole forms the shape of a unit cell of an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times.
For reproduction rights, please check www.deselliers.info/en/copyright.htm
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My first sunset of the year captured on Jan 1st 2022 the sun setting over Barrowmouth on the coast of Cumbria.
I was at Shore Acres State Park, Oregon. I took this photo after most photographers left. It was getting dark and hard to use faster shutter speed, but I liked the darkness and mood in the photo. It was rainy sometimes. And I got so many splashes of waves... But it was fun! ;-)
“Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth.”
― Herman Hesse
Frank Sinatra: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w019MzRosmk
And now the end is near
And so I face the final curtain
My friend, I'll say it clear
I'll state my case, of which I'm certain
I've lived, a life that's full
I travelled each and every highway
And more, much more than this
I did it my way
Regrets, I've had a few
But then again, too few to mention
I did what I had to do
I saw it through, without exemption
I planned each chartered course
Each careful step along the by-way
And more, much more than this
I did it, my way
Yes, there were times
I'm sure you knew
When I bit off, more than I could chew
But through it all, when there was doubt
I ate it up and spit it out
I faced it all, and I stood tall
And did it my way
I've loved, I've laughed and cried
I've had my fill, my share of losing
And now, as tears subside
I find it all so amusing
To think I did all that
And may I say, not in a shy way
Oh no, oh no not me
I did it my way
For what is a man, what has he got?
If not himself, then he has naught
To say the things he truly feels
And not the words of one who kneels
The record shows, I took the blows
And did it my way
Yes, it was my way
Songwriters: Paul Anka / Claude Francois / Jacques Revaux / Gilles Thibault
Brussels New Year fireworks behind the Atomium (more info at rove.me/to/brussels/new-years-eve).
Shot on January 1st 2018 at 00:01 from the 34th floor of the Brusilia Residence, 4.3 km away (nearly 3 miles).
With my best wishes for a Happy 2018!
The Atomium was designed by André Waterkeyn and built for the 1958 Brussels World's Fair.
It stands 102 meters (335 ft) tall.
It has nine steel spheres connected so that the whole forms the shape of a unit cell of an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times.
For reproduction rights, please check www.deselliers.info/en/copyright.htm
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2016 New Year Fireworks
Pike's Peak, Colorado Springs, CO.
Note: This image was published as part of an article about this amazing annual event in the Nov/Dec 2017 issue of Colorado Life Magazine.
On New Year's Eve, illegal amateur fireworks exploded all over Brussels, in addition to the official ones on the Place des Palais (the biggest ones, top center).
This is a composition of several photos taken on the 1st of January 2024, around midnight, from the top of the Brusilia Residence in Schaerbeek, Brussels.
I wish you a happy, wealthy and healthy year 2024.
May it shine with a thousand lights!
#326 in Explore on Jan 6, 2024.
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For a couple of minutes we had this gorgeous sky on the first day of 2025 - it was a promising start of the new year!
Hope everyone is enjoying a wonderful first day of 2024! May all your dreams & wishes for this new year come true =)
Not quite the sunrise I was hoping for this morning, the conditions where getting worse by the minute, shooting when it's windy and raining doesn't give you much time to set up your shot before the lens is covered in rain drops, however sometimes you just have to make the best of the conditions that are presented.
I missed posting flowers images this past week. While I like other types of photography, flowers and plants in general are my favorites to capture. First camellia blooms opened in my garden just a few days ago. One already fallen as it commonly happens with such heavy blooms. So, I thought I do something creative with it. It was a little bit of a challenge to get the bloom in focus with one hand while using manual focus lens.
Here is to a great 2024! 🎉🎉🎉 Best wishes in your photography journey!
NikonD7500
Pentacon Auto 50mm f/1.8 MC
f/2.8
1/500
ISO100
Traditional New Year's Day drive to Tortilla Flat in Arizona, USA. The Corvettes have been there a couple of times on the first day of the year. (I drove a truck😊)
Michael and I took our traditional New Year's Day stroll through the Joseph A Witt Winter Garden, in Seattle's Washington Park Arboretum. It was a beautiful day, and there were delightful surprises at every turn.
What better than to start off the new year with a walk in the woods. And to do something new, I made a selfie.
Even if the weather isn't sunny, there are always an opportunity to find a composition.
The first dawn of the 2020's painted Gräsgård harbour in beautiful shades of pink. This is the second year running that I've woken up, after only a couple of hours of sleep, to go out and experience the new year sunrise. I plan on making it a tradition!
A new decade's first rays over the Baltic Sea. When I picked this location to photograph I had no idea what beautiful colours were waiting for me. An experience 100% worth only getting 3 hours of sleep for.
... e che sia un anno buono per tutti, si.
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il capodanno è il momento per fare i vostri buoni propositi.
la settimana successiva potrete cominciare a piastrellarci la strada per l’inferno, come al solito.
Mark Twain
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(il numero uno, di sempre e da sempre, introduzione compresa, con il vecchio caro logo di videomusic: guardatelo e poi ascoltatelo, se vi va)
♬ ♪♩ felicita' - lucio dalla ♭♫♪
se tutte le stelle del mondo
a un certo momento
venissero giu'
tutta una serie di astri
di polvere bianca scaricata dal cielo
ma il cielo senza i suoi occhi
non brillerebbe piu'
se tutta la gente del mondo
senza nessuna ragione
alzasse la testa
e volasse su
senza il loro casino
quel doloroso rumore
la terra povero cuore
non batterebbe piu'
I wanted to wish everyone a very Happy New Year! This is a very important New Year.. because we all have to really hope and pray that 2021 is at least a little better than 2020 has been!
My birthday or New Year's wish this year.. is for a better year. Less suffering for the world, but also for my own country.
The United States of America has really taken a beating this past year.. (2020). With Covid-19 and all of the other craziness that's happened.
I have heard about and seen first hand, so many people lose their businesses... many people are on their way to losing their homes (if they haven't already).. I truly cannot imagine the extent of HOW behind some people are on their bills... And this whole time people are forced out of work and made to stay home... The government has told them to trust in them, that they will help them with money..
So yesterday when I was at work I heard people start saying that $600 has been deposited into their accounts.
After all of that.. almost a full year in lock down.. and they got $600. That might buy groceries until they get back to work.. but I know none of these people are paying a bill with that.. (that'd be crazy).
And I'm so grateful * I really truly am* that I have remained working this entire time.. (Although it was very scary because of the risk of catching Covid-19.. & I had 2 scares already). But I'm grateful that for me personally, not much changed with lock down.
But for most people, this is not the case. And I get down on my knees and PRAY so hard for these people. My heart aches for them. And I hope they all know that it'll be okay. (I don't know how.. but I just know it'll be okay.)
This whole situation is nobody's fault. And I don't want to hear it, or discuss politics on my Flickr.. AT ALL. Because I am very firm in my personal beliefs.. and I've already lost a few close friends and family members over conflicting beliefs (not my decision). But, I know that some of you have different beliefs than me.. I see it in your photos. But that doesn't mean you're wrong.. or that we should even discuss it.. As we are all here FOR PHOTOGRAPHY & Photographer Friendships!.
But, for my birthday (which is JANUARY1st - I'll be 34 years old...
I WISH FOR A BETTER YEAR. I wish for a better 2021 for the sake of all of you out there suffering in any way. I pray for you all.. and I'm not sure what's going to happen tomorrow, but I do know.. that it will all work out.. some how.
Sometimes, a few doors have to close before you can open up a really great door. So remember that!
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!
& Happy 34th birthday to myself!
Hoping and praying for you all.. and everyone out there...!! I love you all. And I truly appreciate each and every one of you. Thank you all for your kind words and your great friendships.. and always making me smile! You're amazing.
Never think bad about yourself, because you're amazing! If you do nothing else one day... when you leave me a nice thoughtful comment.. you make my face and my heart smile! & That's so much appreciated!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
For the first time since COVID19, the Brussels New Year's fireworks were launched from the Atomium.
As always, amateur fireworks were illegal, but that didn't stop them from exploding all over the city!
This is a composition of several photos taken on the 1st of January 2025, around midnight, from the top of the Brusilia Residence in Schaerbeek, Brussels.
I wish you a happy, wealthy and healthy year 2025!
© 2025 Jacques de Selliers. All rights reserved.
For reproduction rights, see www.deselliers.info/en/copyright.htm.
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Dawn one. Here is the first photo I took on New years day. For some reason I decided that these rocks weren't the foreground interest I was looking. I don't know why, they look great.
Taken back on Jan. 1st while meeting up with several other photographers from Colorado to capture the beginning of a New Year. The mountain is Pikes Peak, 14,110 ft. elevation. The view is looking through Garden of the Gods, of which I've posted earlier shots. This is something of the "classic" view of Pikes Peak and I'm afraid rather cliche for Colorado photographers.....so, I've tried to personalize it to my own tastes so it not appear too uninteresting.
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