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Dead body of euphrates poplar trees sitting in the arid, lifeless desert, located in Ejina Banner, Alxa League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China.
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Night view of Khara-Khoto ruins, located in Ejina Banner, Alxa League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China.
Khara-Khoto (Chinese: Heicheng, "black city") has been identified as the city of Etzina, which appears in The Travels of Marco Polo. The present banner Ejin Banner is named after this city.
Khara-Khoto is the largest existent fortress along the ancient Silk Road. It was first built in 1032 and later became a trade center of Tangut Empire (1038 – 1227). The place is named after the Eji Nai City (Black Water City) in Tangut language.
The walled military town was first attacked and taken by Genghis Khan in 1226. The ancient town continued to develop and flourish under Mongol Empire. In Yuan Dynasty (1271 – 1368), the city was expanded.
In 1372, the last general of Yuan Dynasty named Khara Bator was surrounded to the armies of Ming Dynasty ( 1368 1644). After the defeat, the city was abandoned and left in ruins.
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Red chinese lanterns hanging in Jinli street, Chengdu for the chinese new year lantern festival, Sichuan province, China
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Vista a partir da Praça Antonio Prado, na confluência das ruas Libero Badaró e Avenida São João, em São Paulo.
Destacam-se os edifícios clássicos do centro de SP. Entre os mais altos, à esquerda, o edifício do Banco do Brasil. No canto direito, o Edifício Martinelli.
Ao centro, o Edifício Altino Arantes, construção de 1947 e, em sua época, o mais alto edifício da cidade, servindo como sede do Banco do Estado de São Paulo. Ficou conhecido como Banespão e, atualmente, "Farol Santander", numa ação de marca do novo proprietário-patrocinador. Tem sua arquitetura inspirada no Empire State Building, de New York, ainda que com apenas 35 andares.
Vê-se, por entre o jardim, o relógio analógico instalado no local. Foto feita por Carlos Alkmin - www.carlosalkmin.com.br - todos os direitos reservados
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About Lightning:
Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of electricity accompanied by thunder, which typically occurs during thunderstorms, and sometimes during volcanic eruptions or dust storms. In the atmospheric electrical discharge, a leader of a bolt of lightning can travel at speeds of 220,000 km/h (140,000 mph), and can reach temperatures approaching 30,000 °C (54,000 °F), hot enough to fuse silica sand into glass channels known as fulgurites which are normally hollow and can extend some distance into the ground. There are some 16 million lightning storms in the world every year.
Lightning can also occur within the ash clouds from volcanic eruptions, or can be caused by violent forest fires which generate sufficient dust to create a static charge.
How lightning initially forms is still a matter of debate: Scientists have studied root causes ranging from atmospheric perturbations (wind, humidity, friction, and atmospheric pressure) to the impact of solar wind and accumulation of charged solar particles. Ice inside a cloud is thought to be a key element in lightning development, and may cause a forcible separation of positive and negative charges within the cloud, thus assisting in the formation of lightning.
The irrational fear of lightning (and thunder) is astraphobia. The study or science of lightning is called fulminology, and someone who studies lightning is referred to as a fulminologist.
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Captivating low-angle view of the Jin Mao Tower, World Financial Center, and Shanghai Tower, with their lights reflecting off the glass facades at night. The composition emphasizes the height and grandeur of these buildings, while the deep blue hues of the evening sky provide a contrasting backdrop. The urban landscape is highlighted by the artificial lighting, creating an atmosphere of modernity and progress. Shanghai, China
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Long-exposure photograph showcases a mesmerizing display of light trails as they streak across the facades of Jin Mao Tower, World Financial Center, and Shanghai Tower in downtown Shanghai, China. It highlights their modern design with sleek lines and vibrant colors that dominate the night skyline.
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My last variation on the capture of the Cappella di Vitaleta at sunrise. Since I had to wake up at 3 am to take this shot, I made sure to have every angle and light condition covered before hitting the road back home for breakfast.
Illuminated modern curved skyscrapers against clear blue sky at dusk, Chengdu, Sichuan province, China
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Macro Mondays • "Rule"
04•52 • 52 Weeks: The 2016 Edition • "Outdoors"
"Rules for Collecting Mushrooms
1. Make a positive identification using more than one source wherever possible. Do not eat mushrooms with any features that contradict the description. Contact a mushroom expert or club if you are not sure. "When in doubt, throw it out!""
Exterior view of the old Town (Stari Grad) of Varaždin, a feudal fortress built between the 14th & 19th centuries, now housing a local-history museum, in Varaždin county, Croatia.
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Something completely different from my previous post.I thought I would try and process this in the fine art school of black and white photography, although fine art sounds a bit pompous.
It is rather long winded and involves selections layer masks and graduation blending. It does make for a very stylised picture which I like, I wouldn't want to specialise in this type of shot to the exclusion of all others though, For me halve the fun of photography is about experimenting.
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The Batman building on the southbank, or the real name The price Waterhouse building.
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Paris, France - April 2020: during the COVID-19 lockdown, a pigeon is resting on the stairs of the paved forecourt of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart (Basilique du Sacré-Cœur) in Montmartre.
This image was taken just after the previous one, but without the Gold-N-Blue filter. I can't decide which one is more attractive.
The Christ the King statue (Cristo Rei) is a Catholic monument and shrine dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ overlooking the city of Lisbon in the central part of Portugal. It was inspired by the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, after the Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon visited that monument. The project was inaugurated on 17 May 1959, at a time when Portugal was being ruled by the authoritarian President of the Council of Ministers António de Oliveira Salazar (permission to build the monument was ultimately given by Salazar). The giant statue in cement was erected to express gratitude because the Portuguese were spared the effects of World War II.
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I finally made Flickr Explore with my last post!
I have reached the zenith of my Flickr career and with that folks I am official retiring from Flickr and putting up my Canon 5D Mark II for sale on eBay.
Okay, I am not going that far.
I was pleasantly surprised to find out from Flickr members that I had made Explore from their comments in my last post. After doing some research I found out that this was my third time I made Explore. I have always wondered what it took to make the coveted Explore page, in the end I think it comes down dumb luck. In reality, I could careless about Explore since it is the community of Flickr members that make my day. I appreciate all your faves and wonderful comments and for that reason I have stuck with Flickr, even though some photographers whom I highly respect, have left since the new design launch.
For all the three people and my mother who have been following my Southeast Asia journey from last year, allow me to give you an update. I spent six months traveling through that part of the world landing in Singapore then continuing through Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and then back to Thailand.
I have now concluded posting photos from my Laos portion of the trip and I continue with my journey as we enter the country of Vietnam. I realized that that I only posted about seven photos from Laos. Over the course of a month that I was in the country I took thousands of photos, but the majority of the photos were from my Apple iPhone 4s. Laos is such a laid back country, that most of the time I was there I put away my Canon 5D Mark II for “serious photography” and just took fun snapshots with my iPhone. It was hard to motivate myself to take photos with my heavy DSLR as I spent the majority of the day laying down in a hammock drinking Beerlao. Yes, life can be so hard!
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When you mention the name Vietnam, images of jungles, pho noodles and the Vietnam War as portrayed in Francis Ford Coppola’s classic movie “Apocalypse Now,” and Stanley Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket” come to mind. So what does two Vietnamese women walking through sand dunes have to do with Vietnam?
This is the Red Sand Dunes in Mui Ne, Vietnam. Mui Ne is a beautiful beach resort that looks nothing like the rest of Vietnam. Inundated with backpackers, boutique resorts and tons of Russian tourists (where’s John Rambo when you need him), this is where you go if you don’t want a slice of the real Vietnam. I came here for some welcome relief from the madness otherwise known as Saigon otherwise known as Ho Chi Minh City. Besides the beach, Mui Ne is famous for windsurfing and their white and red sand dunes.
Walking through the dunes was a surreal experience. It reminded me of a mini Death Valley National Park and at other times I had my “Lawrence of Arabia” moments.
After walking through the dunes for an hour or so in the hot sun I wasn’t feeling the inspiration for a great shot. So I walked back to the cafe across the street where I parked my motorbike to get a cold beer. I met this young woman and an older woman in the cafe who were models for a photo shoot earlier in the day. I asked them to be my models and in return I would send them copies of my photographs. They agreed and we headed back out to the dunes.
The sun was setting quickly so I had only about ten minutes to photograph them. Under the time constraints and changing lens in between shots (not a good idea with so much blowing sand around you), I took a number of shots of which of which a handful were keepers.
Check back for more of my adventures in Vietnam!
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