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The Latin name for the tiger is ‘Panthera tigris‘. They can live up to 26 years in captivity and in the wild. Tigers prefer to inhabit forests, grasslands and mangrove swamps. There are six distinctive tigers: Bengal, Indochinese, Malayan, Siberian, South China and Sumatran. White tigers are caused by recessive genes and inbreeding. There are as few as 30 Golden Tigers in captivity. There are three extinct breeds: Bali, Caspian and Javan. They can measure up to 11ft, including tail.
They can weigh up to 670lbs. The stripes that a tiger has are as unique as human fingerprints. Tigers are generally solitary creatures, but are seen as highly social able.
Latin Bridge (Latinska ćuprija) - Ottoman bridge over the river Miljacka in Sarajevo, and where the pink building stands is the site of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria by Gavrilo Princip in 1914, which was the starting point of World War I.
Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina.
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This bird is also known as the King Cormorant or the Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer in latin... LOL! I am glad I do not have to remember these latin names. It is the larger of the two cormorant resident species of the Falklands. Apparently Rockhopper Penguins like to establish their nests in mixed colonies with Imperial Shags, as the Shags are actively defending their nests from predators and give a hard time to skuas and other birds trying to steal their eggs, something I was able to witness on several occasions and sadly enough sometimes on an ongoing basis... :(
Gladiolus (from Latin, the diminutive of gladius, a sword) is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the iris family (Iridaceae).
It is sometimes called the 'Sword lily', but usually by its generic name (plural gladioli).
Came into the studio, eager to photograph and was greeted by these beauties.
Love this, as sweet as candy?
Thank you, M, (*_*)
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Gladioli, sword, white, pink, flowers, leaves, studio, black-background, colour, design, square, "Nikon D7000", "Magda indigo"
As my November trip is coming up (natural disasters permitting of course), I thought I could share a photo from my last year's November trip, which was the last one I did packing my old Nikon. I have been to Ireland before, many years ago, but it was just Dublin. This time I decided to stay a few more days there and do some day trips to explore the countryland. Well worth it I will say. Galway is a beautiful city, full of vibe especially during the holiday season. Parking was a bit of a nightmare, however once I started walking Quay street towards Eyre square I instantly felt that festive vibe. Maybe it was a little too crowded for me to enjoy photographing the Latin Quarter. That didnt matter much though. Food was excellent, lots of little stores to browse and buy souvenirs etc and bars to enjoy a few pints of Irish stout.
Mutefish - Wellies in the Air
I got this lens quite ago. I took it once or two for a walk. It has a lot of fine scratches, so it looses contrast and halos. I left it alone for a while.
I gave it another, more serious test. Fifty mil with f2 aperture giveth, usually, nice and a bit wild bokeh, so, I wanted to try it. It finished with some portraits and street photos during Montreal Jazz Fest.
Iglesia de San Bartolomé, Almagro, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, España.
Comenzó a ser edificada a partir de 1625 sobre una capilla primitiva y provisional. La Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús, hoy conocida como San Bartolomé, debió concluirse en el último tercio del siglo XVIII.
La construcción es de planta de cruz latina con capillas laterales y bóveda sobre el crucero. El alzado posee tribunas entre pilastras de orden corintio formadas por balcones, con una decoración rococó a base de elementos vegetales, rocalla y remarcadas por unas molduras mixtilíneas.
No hay referencia del autor, pero sí de Tomás Núñez de la Barrera, contratado para terminar la construcción.
Construction began in 1625 on the site of a primitive and provisional chapel. The Church of the Society of Jesus, today known as San Bartolomé, must have been completed in the last third of the 18th century.
The building has a Latin cross plan with side chapels and a vault over the transept. The elevation has galleries between Corinthian pillars formed by balconies, with a Rococo decoration based on plant elements, rocaille and highlighted by mixtilinear mouldings.
There is no reference to the author, but there is to Tomás Núñez de la Barrera, who was hired to finish the construction.
A cool fact from Cornell "The Latin genus name for grebe, "podylimbus," means “feet at the buttocks”—an apt descriptor for these birds, whose feet are indeed located near their rear ends. This body plan, a common feature of many diving birds, helps grebes propel themselves through water. Lobed (not webbed) toes further assist with swimming. Pied-billed Grebes pay for their aquatic prowess on land, where they walk awkwardly."
Les fritillaires (genre Fritillaria, prononcées [fritilère] et [fritiLaria] -et non pas [friti-yère]-, du latin fritillus, "cornet à dés"), couramment appelées goganes dans l'ouest de la France, sont des plantes herbacées vivaces appartenant à la famille des Liliaceae La plupart des espèces poussent dans les rocailles, les pentes rocheuses, les prairies sèches et les broussailles. Quelques espèces, notamment Fritillaria meleagris, Fritillaria japonica et Fritillaria camschatcensis, poussent en sol frais à franchement humide.
This picture was taken during the Magic Nature, Birding, Photo Circuit of Ecuador at San Jorge Ecolodges and Botanical Reserves network.
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The flowers have yellow rays and are arranged into small heads on branched pyramidal shaped inflorescences, flowering occurs from July to October. It has a rhizomatous growth habit, which can produce large colonies of clones. This goldenrod can be found growing on disturbed sites, along dry road sides to moist thickets.
Canada goldenrod is visited by a wide variety of insects for its pollen and nectar, including bees, wasps, flies, beetles, butterflies, and moths. It is especially strongly favored as a nectar source by bumblebees and paper wasps, such as Polistes parametricus and Polistes fuscatus. Aside from wasps, it is also visited frequently by honeybees and some butterflies, such as monarchs.
The scientific name of the genus Solidago is derived from the Latin. solidare - “heal”, “strengthen”, “heal” (or solidus - “strong”, “dense”), which is associated with the medicinal properties of goldenrod.
Золотушник канадський або золотушник канаді́йський — вид рослин з родини айстрових, поширений у Канаді й США; натуралізований у Європі. Входить до переліку інвазійних видів України.
Наукова назва роду Solidago утворена від латинського solidare - "загоювати", "зміцнювати", "лікувати" (або solidus - "міцний", "щільний"), що пов'язано з лікарськими властивостями золотарника.
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El interior
Las columnas de la nave central.
Detalle de la bóveda.
Gaudí evolucionó de un primer proyecto gótico hacia un estilo personal, orgánico, inspirado en las formas de la naturaleza: para librarse de los contrafuertes góticos, ideó el uso de columnas en forma de tronco de árbol, que permiten descargar el peso de las cubiertas directamente en el suelo, solución práctica a la vez que estética, ya que convierte el interior de las naves del templo en un espacio orgánico que semeja un bosque. En 1987 se inició la cimentación de las naves; para 1997 se completaron las bóvedas laterales y se empezó la central.
El templo tiene planta de cruz latina, con cinco naves de 90 metros de longitud, y crucero de tres naves de 60 metros; la nave central tiene un ancho de 15 metros, y 7,5 las laterales, haciendo un total de 45 metros; ancho del crucero, 30 metros. La altura es de 45 metros en las bóvedas de la nave central y 30 en las laterales, mientras que las del cimborio central llegarán a los 60 metros. Las naves laterales contendrán las cantorías para los coros. El ábside es lobulado, con deambulatorio entorno del presbiterio. El templo contará con un total de 36 columnas, que oscilarán entre 11,10 y 22,20 metros de altura, con bases de polígonos estrellados de varios lados según su ubicación: 6 (naves laterales), 8 (nave central), 10 (torres de los Evangelistas), 12 (torre de Jesús). Los materiales de construcción varían de la piedra de Montjuïc al granito, basalto o pórfido.
Las bóvedas son hiperbólicas, construidas con baldosas de mosaico veneciano. Gaudí utilizó la técnica de la bóveda catalana o bóveda tabicada, que consistía en la superposición de varias capas de ladrillos con argamasa. Las cubiertas son de forma piramidal, coronadas por una linterna y un farol. Los ventanales están pensados para distribuir una iluminación suave y armónica, creando un efecto de recogimiento, y tienen forma geométrica abstracta; las vidrieras de colores son obra de Joan Vila i Grau. Gaudí realizó profundos estudios acústicos y lumínicos para conseguir una perfecta sonoridad e iluminación en el interior del templo.
The church plan is that of a Latin cross with five aisles. The central nave vaults reach 45 meters while the side nave vaults reach 30 meters. The transept has 3 aisles. The columns are on a 7.5 meter grid however the columns of the apse, resting on del Villar's foundation, do not adhere to the grid, requiring a section of columns of the ambulatory to transition to the grid thus creating a horseshoe pattern to the layout of those columns. The crossing rests on the four central columns of porphyry supporting a great hyperboloid surrounded by two rings of 12 hyperboloids (currently under construction). The central vault reaches 60 meters. The apse will be capped by a hyperboloid vault reaching 75 meters. Gaudi intended that a visitor standing at the main entrance be able to see the vaults of the nave, crossing, and apse, thus the graduated increase in vault loftiness.
The columns of the interior are a unique Gaudi design. Besides branching to support their load, their ever-changing surfaces are the result of the intersection of various geometric forms. The simplest example is that of a square base evolving into an octagon as the column rises, then a 16-sided form, and eventually to a circle. This effect is the result of a three-dimensional intersection of helicoidal columns (for example a square cross-section column twisting clockwise and a similar one twisting counter-clockwise).
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View from the Palacio Barolo in Buenos Aires
It was the first time I met a car with Latin winged expressions. As you can see, the credo of the owner is "Per aspera ad astra" ("Through thorns to the stars"), and the car itself, apparently, is "Alter Ego"😎
Classic school building in Stockholm. From 1880. Designed by Helgo Zettervall. Today known as Stockholm International School. Photographed as a panorama with the Canon 77D, using the 60mm lens. It took 14 photos. Shot over a fence.
La Catedral del Buen Pastor es obra del arquitecto donostiarra Manuel de Echave y la torre de Ramon Cortázar ,inspirada en los modelos de las catedrales góticas germanas,posee una planta rectangular y simétrica ,de cruz latina ,con tres naves, transepto y prebisterio .La torre -campanario tiene forma de aguja con 75 m. de altura,siendo el edificio religioso mas importante de la capital guipuzcoana y visible desde cualquier punto de la ciudad.Tiene rango de Catedral desde 1953 ,siendo sede de la diócesis de San Sebastián
A feeding praying mantis, photographed on Barro Colorado Island, Panama. Species unknown, but suggested to be in the genus Vates, Phyllovates, or Pseudovates. Please let me know if you can identify it to species level :)
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racing your father's footsteps in your mother's shoes,
going up and over and across your latin roots.
Tournai (en neerlandés Doornik, en alemán Dornick, en latín Tornacum) es una ciudad francófona de Bélgica situada en la Región valona, cabecera de arrondissement en la provincia de Henao y sede del obispado de Tournai.
Tournai es una de las ciudades más antiguas de Bélgica junto con Arlon y Tongeren. Tuvo un papel histórico, económico y cultural importante en el Condado de Flandes durante la Edad Media.
Tanto el campanario cívico de Tournai (Beffroi en francés; Belfort en neerlandés), el más antiguo de Bélgica, como la Catedral de Notre-Dame de Tournai están incluidos en la lista del patrimonio mundial de la UNESCO. La catedral, imponente construcción de arte románico y de arquitectura gótica, es célebre por sus cinco campanarios así como por su tesoro. Junto a la ciudad francesa de Lille y la ciudad flamenca de Cortrique forman la Eurometrópolis Lille-Tournai-Kortrijk.
Cuenta entre sus monumentos más importantes el Belfort o Beffroi, torre desde la que se domina la ciudad y sus alrededores y la catedral de Nuestra Señora, de amplias naves, y en la que se están realizando trabajos arqueológicos (año 2007) y de restauración (año 2014).
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Tournai or Tournay is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Province of Hainaut, Belgium. It lies 89 km (55 mi) by road southwest of the centre of Brussels on the river Scheldt, and is part of Eurometropolis Lille–Kortrijk–Tournai, In 2022, the municipality of Tournai had an estimated population of 68,518 people.
Tournai is one of the oldest cities in Belgium and has played an important role in the country's cultural history. It was the first capital of the Frankish Empire, with Clovis I being born here.
Tournai lies 89 km (55 mi) by road southwest of the centre of Brussels on the river Scheldt. Administratively, the town and municipality is part of the Province of Hainaut, in the Wallonia region of southwest Belgium. The municipality has an area of 213.75 km2 (82.53 sq mi).
Tournai is considered to be one of the most important cultural sites in Belgium. The mixed Romanesque- and Gothic-style Cathedral of Our Lady and the city's Belfry, considered the oldest in Belgium, have been designated by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites. Inside the cathedral, the Châsse de Notre-Dame flamande, a beautifully ornate 12th-century reliquary, gives witness to Tournai's wealth in the Middle Ages.
Other places of interest are the 13th-century Scheldt bridge (Pont des Trous) and the main square (Grand-Place), as well as several old city gates, historic warehouses, and a variety of museums. As in many Belgian cities, there are a number of cafés and pubs on the Grand-Place. In the middle of the square, there are a series of water fountains, while a circular staircase to the top of the Belfry can be climbed.
On the Rue Barre-St-Brice are two of the oldest private houses in Europe, dating from between 1175 and 1200 and built in the Romanesque style, while the Rue des Jésuites includes a Gothic house from the 13th century. There are also several buildings in the Art Nouveau style across the city.
Some of the great Flemish Primitives are from Tournai: Robert Campin, Rogier van der Weyden, and Jacques Daret.
This Collage was made from the photos I took of murals while walking around the Mission District in San Francisco
TRA ETNIA ARTE E FOLKLORE.
Il Quartiere Latino è il centro tradizionale di Parigi dei grandi pensatori. Molti dei più importanti artisti, filosofi e scrittori hanno vissuto in questo quartiere nel corso della storia, frequentando l’Università della Sorbona o uno dei leggendari caffè della zona. Il Quartiere Latino conserva l’atmosfera nostalgica degli anni passati, e nel frattempo è ancora un importante centro educativo e fabbrica di idee dei nostri giorni. Oltre a questo è anche una lussureggiante e pittoresca area di Parigi, con molte tranquille piazze e giardini come i Giardini del Lussemburgo o i Jardin Des Plantes e vibranti mercati all’ aperto.
Lungo il Boulevard St-Michel, epicentro del Quartiere Latino, pullulano negozi folcloristici, fast food, negozi economici, teatri e cinema.
CANON EOS 600D con ob. SIGMA 10-20 f./4-5,6 EX DC HSM
Cuando vivía en Venezuela, había una señora que repetía siempre esta frase. El significado de la misma es que si la vida te brinda momentos no muy placenteros, pues simplemente sonríele y no te doblegues al mal momento.
Esta frase ha siempre permanecido en mis pensamientos y la he hecho propria en cada día de mi existencia, aunque no siempre sea fácil.
Porqué hasta que el creato me dará fuerza y uso de la razón, yo me levantaré cada día, caminaré por la vida y le sonreiré a la misma, cueste lo que cueste, duélale a quien le duela.
P.S. En America Latina la palabra "joder" tiene un amplio conjunto de significados, desde el más vulgar hasta el mas literal/figurado. En la frase que he utilizado como titulo, la palabra tiene un sentido figurado. O sea, traducido como la señora venezolana la asumía, la frase quiere decir lo siguiente: si la vida te fastidia con todos sus pesares, tu fastidia la vida con tu sonrisa, tu voluntad, tu determinación, con tus ganas de vivir, etc. En esta foto, hago proprio el sentido figurado de la palabra "joder".
Buenos días mundo! Buenos días a ti ser especial! Un beso para ti!