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Petaca in Sepia by David & Shiela Glatz

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Wild female Puma (Puma concolor), named "Petaca" by local guides, moves silently through the tall grass. Loosely translated, her name means "little one" or "little thing" - she was the smallest cat in her litter and the only female.

Tabarja Long Exposure by Paul Saad

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Bukit Daun Taba Penanjung at sunset by Adriansyah Putera

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Bukit Daun is a nature conservation surrounded by mountains on all sides. It is home to endangered species such as, honey bear, the world’s largest flower Rafflesia arnoldii, and the world’s tallest flower Amorphophallus titanium (locally known as bunga Kibut). Bukit Daun also offers some great do-it-yourself trekking opportunities and stunning sunsets.

Location: Taba Penanjung, Bengkulu province - Indonesia

Find out more about Bukit Daun nature conservation at my blog virtualadrian.blogspot.com/2013/06/natural-beauty-of-buki...

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A Quiet Night on the Great Barrier Island. by Wayne Pinkston

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A quiet night along the shore of the Great Barrier Island, New Zealand. If you want a wonderful local guide on the Great Barrier Island contact @darkskysanctuary .

Stacked image, 10 light frames, 14-24 mm lens, 21 mm, 20 sec., ISO 10,000.

Model Andrea by Paul Saad

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Dani Sordo with Hyundai i20 N Rally1 - 3th at WRC Rally de Portugal 2022 by Vitor Junqueira

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The Tochō - Shinjuku #1 by niggyl :)

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The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building or Tochō (都庁) for short. The main building (right) at 48 stories (242.9 meters) is the headquarters for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government with jurisdiction over one of the globe’s biggest cities.

Designed by Kenzo Tange and completed in 1990 at cost of around 1 bil US the complex takes up a whole city block. The exterior, with strong Gothic elements was designed to resemble an integrated circuit board. There are free access public viewing galleries at the top of each tower of the main building - check local guides for opening times. Staff in the building are just awesome :-)

This frame is taken from the courtyard between the Assembly Building and Main Building No.1, Building No.2 is in the centre of the frame. Was looking for the Fritz Lang vibe...

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Breakthrough Photography 10 Stop ND filter.

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Thierry Neuville - Hyundai i20 Coupé WRC - WRC Rally de Portugal 2019 - N1999 by Vitor Junqueira

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Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley, North island (New Zealand) by Andrea Guagni 8,3 Million

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The Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley is the hydrothermal system created on 10 June 1886 by the volcanic eruption of Mount Tarawera, on the North Island of New Zealand. It encompasses Lake Rotomahana, the site of the Pink and White Terraces, as well as the location of the Waimangu Geyser, which was active from 1900 to 1904. The area has been increasingly accessible as a tourist attraction and contains Frying Pan Lake, which is the largest hot spring in the world, and the steaming and usually pale blue Inferno Crater Lake, the largest geyser-like feature in the world although the geyser itself cannot be seen since it plays at the bottom of the lake.

Waimangu is a Māori-language word meaning "black water". This name comes from the water that was thrown up by the Waimangu Geyser, which was black with mud and rocks.

From the 1890s onwards, the valley has gradually been re-populated naturally by plants ranging from hot water-loving algae and bacteria to mosses and many species of native ferns, shrubs and trees. These in turn support native birdlife including kererū, tūī, shining cuckoo, fantail, bellbird, and pūkeko, as well as introduced bird species such as mynah, magpie, finch and sparrow. A population of black swan thrives in the lower parts of the valley and on Lake Rotomahana. According to local guides, these have been introduced to the region from Western Australia by George Edward Grey in the 19th century along with wallaby.

As a rare eco-system completely naturally re-established following a volcanic eruption, Waimangu is protected as a Scenic Reserve, administered by the Department of Conservation NZ. The developing local native forest is the only current New Zealand instance of vegetation re-establishing from complete devastation without any human influence such as planting. Many of Waimangu's geothermal features are ranked as Category A – extremely important, of international significance.

Stealthy Approach by David & Shiela Glatz

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Young, wild Puma (Puma concolor) checks us out from behind the bushes. Local guides call him “Simba” and we saw him as a cub in 2018. After napping up on the hill, Simba noticed a Guanaco who had wandered almost directly below him. When Simba tried to sneak closer to the Guanaco he was quickly discovered. Here he’s either slinking away from the Guanaco or showing us how stealthy he could be.

Durban Beach, Long Exposure by Paul Saad

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Piney Point Lighthouse by F Delventhal

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Baalbek, Lebanon by Paul Saad

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Another Sunrise by Paul Saad

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Basilica de Covadonga & Picos da Europa - Asturias, Spain - N0616 by Vitor Junqueira

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Dying Cedar Tree, The Cedars Lebanon by Paul Saad

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Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley, Rotorua (New Zealand) by Andrea Guagni 8,3 Million

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The Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley is the hydrothermal system created on 10 June 1886 by the volcanic eruption of Mount Tarawera, on the North Island of New Zealand. It encompasses Lake Rotomahana, the site of the Pink and White Terraces, as well as the location of the Waimangu Geyser, which was active from 1900 to 1904. The area has been increasingly accessible as a tourist attraction and contains Frying Pan Lake, which is the largest hot spring in the world, and the steaming and usually pale blue Inferno Crater Lake, the largest geyser-like feature in the world although the geyser itself cannot be seen since it plays at the bottom of the lake.

Waimangu is a Māori-language word meaning "black water". This name comes from the water that was thrown up by the Waimangu Geyser, which was black with mud and rocks.

From the 1890s onwards, the valley has gradually been re-populated naturally by plants ranging from hot water-loving algae and bacteria to mosses and many species of native ferns, shrubs and trees. These in turn support native birdlife including kererū, tūī, shining cuckoo, fantail, bellbird, and pūkeko, as well as introduced bird species such as mynah, magpie, finch and sparrow. A population of black swan thrives in the lower parts of the valley and on Lake Rotomahana. According to local guides, these have been introduced to the region from Western Australia by George Edward Grey in the 19th century along with wallaby.

As a rare eco-system completely naturally re-established following a volcanic eruption, Waimangu is protected as a Scenic Reserve, administered by the Department of Conservation NZ. The developing local native forest is the only current New Zealand instance of vegetation re-establishing from complete devastation without any human influence such as planting. Many of Waimangu's geothermal features are ranked as Category A – extremely important, of international significance.

Atop Klakkur by Zeb Andrews

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I have written about the experience of driving around the Faroe Islands in a previous post, but I really need to write about the experience of hiking in the Faroe Islands. However, I feel I have way more to say than is short enough for a single post here. So I am going to break it up a bit over a few images.

If pressed I am not sure which is the better method to see the Faroe Islands: driving or hiking. There are very compelling points for both. Certainly hiking around the Faroes seems like the obvious answer and honestly it is an amazing way to see the land. If driving the Faroe Islands comes with a surprising sense of solitude, hiking then can often leave you completely isolated and to your own thoughts while traversing one incredible landscape after another.

Hiking here is an adventure. There are a few things to be aware of. The first is that no two trails in the Faroes are the same. The conditions you find at one will likely be quite different from the next. By this I am thinking specifically of the logistics of finding and following the trail itself. During my stay in the Faroe Islands I hiked trails that were composed in parts of gravel spread down clearly and easily. Then there were trails of wide packed dirt. These were also easy to follow. I hiked single track dirt trails too that meandered here and there. There were also several trails that were barely discernible boot tracks. And finally there were hikes with no trails at all. This latter category generally had markers of some type or another. One trail had posts with green tips. Another had stones. A third had cairns. In these cases you always had to be on the lookout for the next marker and mentally map out how you were going to get to it. These trails were often climbing or descending hills. Sometimes there were small marshes of soggy ground to squelch through. Almost all the time slippery muddiness was involved. I came back caked in mud up to my knees almost every day and slipped on more than one occasion. One hike I got lost in a field in thick fog on this very mountain (but not this particular hiking of it). I wandered around for ten minutes up a slope before retracing my steps and eventually picking the trail markers back up. The logistics of navigating the trails in the Faroes can range wildly from very simple and straightforward to complicate and requiring careful attention. In addition to that many of the trails involve lots of elevation and I soon discovered that the Faroese system of rating trail difficulty took for granted a certain amount of effort that I did not. There "moderate" trails were often what I would have called difficult and their "difficult" were extremely strenuous. There was a class above that even but I did not attempt any of those. Those trails are highly recommended to be left alone unless accompanied by a local guide.

In general I averaged about 10 miles a day with thousands of feet of elevation change spread out over those miles while I was in the Faroes. Of the hikes I did, all stood out but some of my favorites included Drangarnir (more on that in a later post), Hvíthamar (the best hike for the least effort), Trælanípa and then Klakkur, from which this image is made.

I did the Klakkur hike twice, two days in a row. The mountain sits above the city of Klaksvík, so it was very accessible while I was staying on the eastern side of the archipelago. The locals often walk up it all the way from the beginning, but it is possible to drive to an upper trailhead to shave off a couple miles (and a couple thousand feet of climbing). The hike is known for taking you out to a mountainous point that grants a stunning panoramic view of the surrounding inlets and islands but in truth the whole trek is characterized by stunning views, like this one looking back down toward the trailhead that I made on my return during the second day of hiking up here. This is a trail that also had it all in terms of conditions. Some parts were packed dirt, some gravel, some were no trail at all and cairn stones to mark the way. There was grassy meadows to cross and muddy hillsides and even snow. It is almost constant climbing the whole way until you reach the top of the ridge that runs to the viewpoint. It was exposed to the constant Faroese wind as well. But the views... I still think I preferred the view from Hvíthamar but Klakkur was a very close second.

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Myself at Laklouk by Paul Saad

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Docas da Gafanha da Nazaré 2017 - N6040 by Vitor Junqueira

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In The Pool {in Explore 05-12-2021} by Paul Saad

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[In Explore 05 December 2021]

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Silhoutte by Paul Saad

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Over The Top, Beirut Lebanon by Paul Saad

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Sandton City by Paul Saad

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Model Close up by Paul Saad

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Broumana Street, Lebanon by Paul Saad

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Fishing on Slavin's Dock by F Delventhal

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Fall Evening on the Cache River Bayou by Bill Lathrop

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We stumbled on the Cache River wetlands in March 2023 and swung back to revisit on the fall trip to the Smokies.

We worked with a local guide (Cache Bayou Outfitters) for a sunset kayak tour of the bayou, and had a beautiful evening.

This area is the most northern Cypress swamp in the US and includes a fair number of huge, old-growth trees. And, no alligators.

Truck Artist by channel packet

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While in Pakistan, I wanted to visit a truck repair yard to see them painting the colourful intricate designs on the vehicles. I researched one on the outskirts of Peshawar, and the local guide knew its location. And tour leader, Bernd Seiler is always happy to detour from the itinerary if he thinks it might result in good pictures.

We arrived, everyone was extremely welcoming, the mechanics, the truck artists and the racing pigeon fanciers too in their shacks above the buildings - reached by rickety ladders.

If the opportunity arises, I’d like to go back and give them copies of the photos.

Peshawar, Pakistan December 2021.

Jesus The Crucifix, Jbeil Lebanon by Paul Saad

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Sasol Building, Sandton by Paul Saad

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Tarryn Rego Dancing 2 by Paul Saad

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In Love by Paul Saad

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Southern Crater, Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley (New Zealand) by Andrea Guagni 8,3 Million

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The Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley is the hydrothermal system created on 10 June 1886 by the volcanic eruption of Mount Tarawera, on the North Island of New Zealand. It encompasses Lake Rotomahana, the site of the Pink and White Terraces, as well as the location of the Waimangu Geyser, which was active from 1900 to 1904. The area has been increasingly accessible as a tourist attraction and contains Frying Pan Lake, which is the largest hot spring in the world, and the steaming and usually pale blue Inferno Crater Lake, the largest geyser-like feature in the world although the geyser itself cannot be seen since it plays at the bottom of the lake.

Waimangu is a Māori-language word meaning "black water". This name comes from the water that was thrown up by the Waimangu Geyser, which was black with mud and rocks.

From the 1890s onwards, the valley has gradually been re-populated naturally by plants ranging from hot water-loving algae and bacteria to mosses and many species of native ferns, shrubs and trees. These in turn support native birdlife including kererū, tūī, shining cuckoo, fantail, bellbird, and pūkeko, as well as introduced bird species such as mynah, magpie, finch and sparrow. A population of black swan thrives in the lower parts of the valley and on Lake Rotomahana. According to local guides, these have been introduced to the region from Western Australia by George Edward Grey in the 19th century along with wallaby.

As a rare eco-system completely naturally re-established following a volcanic eruption, Waimangu is protected as a Scenic Reserve, administered by the Department of Conservation NZ. The developing local native forest is the only current New Zealand instance of vegetation re-establishing from complete devastation without any human influence such as planting. Many of Waimangu's geothermal features are ranked as Category A – extremely important, of international significance.

Relaxing Time by Paul Saad

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Gautrian Sandton City by Paul Saad

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Diamond Building |From Randlords Club, Johannesburg by Paul Saad

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Beirut Buildings, Lebanon by Paul Saad

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Sunrise by Paul Saad

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None, West Timor, Indonesia by Romina Fara

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Beirut Downtown by Paul Saad

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The Cedars, Lebanon by Paul Saad

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At The Lagoon, Lord Howe Is by Janette Asche

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I walked down to The Lagoon on our first morning hoping for a sunrise but it was still cloudy after the previous day's rain. But it did get better!

I spent 8 days on Lord Howe Island as part of a fundraising challenge for the Climate Council of Australia along with 10 others. We were joined by Prof Lesley Hughes of the CCA and local guide and expert, Ian Hutton OAM. It is a fantastic place, UNESCO World Heritage listed, and I would recommend to anyone to visit.

Johannesburg Central At Sunrise by Paul Saad

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Distant Canyons by Tan Yilmaz

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Zoomed in close up of canyons west of Tin Merzouga before sunset. My 4x4 circuit didn't enter these canyons, it may be possible to explore them by hiking, by those who know what they're doing and always with a local guide.

Jesus The Crussifix, Jbeil Lebanon by Paul Saad

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