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It is a dry dam till end of June hundred tons of water in second flow down from this dam-Tateyama Dam
Durante il XVII secolo la Germania è piegata da una gravissima carestia. Hänsel e Gretel, due bambini figli di un povero taglialegna vedovo che non riesce più a sfamare la famiglia, sono stati condotti nel bosco dal padre e dalla matrigna, che il padre aveva sposato poco prima, con la scusa di aiutarlo a far legna: lì, i due bambini su consiglio della matrigna vengono abbandonati . Vagando per la foresta, i fratellini trovano finalmente una radura, dove vedono una piccola casa. Si avvicinano e, con stupore, scoprono che la casetta è tutta fatta di dolci, che loro, presi dalla fame, si mettono a mangiare.
Mentre stanno sgranocchiando le pareti di marzapane, dall'interno della casa spunta una vecchietta affabile che si offre di ospitare i due fratelli.
I bambini, non sapendo dove andare, accettano grati la sua ospitalità. La vecchietta offre loro un'ottima cena e due comodi letti.
Ben presto Gretel e il fratello si rendono conto di non essere più liberi, bensì prigionieri della vecchia, che si era finta gentile e benevola .... in realtà è una strega nota per aver ucciso e mangiato molti bambini: quando la donna si rivela per quello che è, il maschietto - troppo magro - viene chiuso in una gabbia e messo all'ingrasso, così da metter su un po' di carne perché è destinato a diventare il pasto della strega, ben decisa a mangiarselo quanto prima.
Gretel - che, dovendo fare le pulizie, è libera di girare per la casa - riesce con un trucco a spingere la strega dentro il forno, uccidendola.
Liberato Hänsel i due bambini, impadronitisi dell'oro della strega, tornano a casa dal padre ormai ricchi e senza problemi economici per il futuro, mentre la matrigna è morta.
La fiaba dei fratelli Grimm ha origine nel Medioevo, epoca in cui la scarsità di cibo e la diffusione della fame facevano dell'infanticidio una pratica comune. Hänsel e Gretel non condannano il proprio genitore per il tentato abbandono; al contrario, semplicemente si "riscattano" portando loro in pegno grandi ricchezze con cui sfamarli. Questa pratica lasciò numerose impronte nell'immaginario collettivo: basti pensare alla lirica Babes in the wood, che narra la tragica avventura di un bambino e una bambina abbandonati nel bosco dai genitori.
La trama di Hänsel e Gretel è in gran parte identica a quella di Pollicino di Perrault; l'episodio dei sassolini e delle briciole di pane, per esempio, è identico in entrambe le fiabe, sebbene in tal senso venga ricordata di più la fiaba di Perrault. Di Hänsel e Gretel è soprattutto nota l'immagine della "casa di marzapane", che costituisce l'opposto della casa povera e affamata dei bambini, e la materializzazione quasi "eccessiva" dei loro desideri, ma si rivela al contempo una trappola per trasformarli in cibo; vi si potrebbe leggere qualche analogia con il Paese dei Balocchi di Carlo Collodi.
Side Pike, Langdale- Lake District, Cumbria
All the effort trekking up the hills paid off with the amazing view.
The deep, blue fjords of Norway which cut through wild mountains and stunningly beautiful landscapes are quite unlike anywhere else in the world. Of course, fjords are not just a Norwegian phenomenon. Other mountain regions around the world that have experienced ice ages normally have fjords too. However, many of the ice-free and most spectacular fjords can be found in Norway. The most famous of these are located in Western Norway... Like this one ...
Die tiefen, blauen Fjorde Norwegens, die wilde Berge und atemberaubend schöne Landschaften durchschneiden, sind einzigartig auf der Welt. Natürlich sind Fjorde nicht nur ein norwegisches Phänomen. Andere Bergregionen auf der ganzen Welt, die Eiszeiten erlebt haben, haben normalerweise auch Fjorde. Viele der eisfreien und spektakulärsten Fjorde befinden sich jedoch in Norwegen. Die bekanntesten davon befinden sich in Westnorwegen... Wie dieser hier...
Los profundos y azules fiordos de Noruega que atraviesan montañas salvajes y paisajes asombrosamente hermosos son muy diferentes a cualquier otro lugar del mundo. Por supuesto, los fiordos no son solo un fenómeno noruego. Otras regiones montañosas de todo el mundo que han experimentado eras glaciales normalmente también tienen fiordos. Sin embargo, muchos de los fiordos más espectaculares y sin hielo se pueden encontrar en Noruega. Los más famosos se encuentran en el oeste de Noruega ... Como este ...
Les fjords bleus et profonds de la Norvège qui traversent des montagnes sauvages et des paysages d'une beauté époustouflante ne ressemblent à rien d'autre dans le monde. Bien sûr, les fjords ne sont pas qu'un phénomène norvégien. D'autres régions montagneuses du monde qui ont connu des périodes glaciaires ont aussi normalement des fjords. Cependant, de nombreux fjords libres de glace et les plus spectaculaires se trouvent en Norvège. Les plus célèbres d'entre eux sont situés dans l'ouest de la Norvège... Comme celui-ci...
view over Mortsund into the multi-layered mountainscape of the Lofoten Wall.
And with this I am signing off for a 5 days b-day holiday in Cordoba, Spain. Andalusia here we come! :)
Heavy rain created a scenic view with foggy mist around the mountains - a dreamy and beautiful scene
I don't often do these black and white photographs, but here I think it really helps to emphasise the clouds and the shadows they are casting on the distant mountains.
On one of my many mountain hikes this summer, I explored this incredibly beautiful area, which is rightly part of UNESCO's World Heritage list. I have rarely seen such a beautiful and untouched natural landscape.
A view along the trail of the Treatment Come di Lavaredo near Langalm in the Dolomites. Not sure, but this may be called the six peaks.
When I'm not on the trails, you can find me on Twitter
Had a drive around Clywedog reservoir this evening, spotted these three lambs playing on an old drystone wall, Powys, Wales, UK
Taken short after sunset at Lake Hintersee (Berchtesgadener Land). The lake was half frozen. I took this standing on the ice. Another photographer broken in, because he walked to far. But all went good.
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From time to time I go back to my Central Asia trip, because with ca. 9000 pictures that I took there is still quite a lot to share.
This image was taken along the Pandj river, that borders Afghanistan and Tajikistan for ca 400 km. I posted several images already of this incredibly scenic drive ( flickr.com/photos/115540984@N02/50083151293/in/dateposted/, flickr.com/photos/115540984@N02/49429860523/in/album-7215..., flickr.com/photos/115540984@N02/49912354842/in/album-7215..., flickr.com/photos/115540984@N02/51383760036/in/album-7215...). This might not even be the final one because I have one shot more that's very impressive.
20 September 2019 I came back from my journey over a part of the Silk Road to and through Central Asia. 4 months of traveling through 14 countries (Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran) before I flew home from Teheran. An impressive journey in countries that are extremely beautiful, with lovely and welcoming people and diverse cultures and history.
Intense traveling with more than 20000 kilometers in our mobile home on sometimes roads that hardly could be called that way. We saw many villages and cities (some wonderful, others very ugly), countries that are transforming from the old Soviet era into something more related to older cultures and the way people live, often funded by oil readily available around the Caspian sea. We saw the amazing mountains south of the Black Sea, the wonderful Caucasus, and the high mountains in the far east close to China with peaks over 7000 meter, and not to forget the (Bulgarian) Alps!
We crossed the great steppe of Kazakhstan. a drive of at least 5000 km, the remnants of lake Aral, once one of the biggest lakes of the world, saw a rocket launch from Baikonur (this little part is Russian owned), we crossed many high mountains passes, and drove the breathtaking canyon that comes from the Pamir, beginning at ca 4500 meter, and going down for ca. 400km to an altitude of 1300 meter, driving for 100's of kilometers along the Afghan border.
And then the numerous lakes with all sorts of different colors from deep cobalt blue to turquoise, and one rare spectacle in Turkmenistan where a gas crater is burning already for more than 40 years. And finally and certainly not the least to mention an enormous amount of wonderful, hospitable and welcoming people. The woman often dressed in wonderful dresses, and bringing a lot of color in the streets of almost of all countries we visited.
A view I won't forget in a hurry. The moment before rain comes in and everything vanishes. I tried to capture this by having the background slightly out of focus, and looking more at the intimate detail in the foreground, while a sense of the expansive drama still draws the eye to the mountains beyond.
The Golden Ears Mountains as seen from Fort Langley, B.C.
I like the way the shadows from the clouds can be seen on the mountains.
A paradise for birds lovers - Djupirogur, Iceland
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There is something about a path which really draws the eye. More than your average lines in a composition, I think there is something in us which is determined to follow; to discover what is there to be seen.
I an still looking at my Asia pictures, but there is still so much more to share.
This one is more a less the same image as www.flickr.com/photos/115540984@N02/33110365818/in/datepo..., taken with my drone, and as a a panorama shot stitched.
On the map it's called the Higashikawa Friendship Trail. I call it the most pleasant way from main Street to the bridge. Heading home after a day helping out at Science Odyssey.
When I get back inside, you can find me on Twitter
A short intermezzo from my Central Asia trip. I still have so many Lofoten (and Iceland pictures that I want to share.
I hesitated to post this one since Reinefjorden is so often seen on Flickr, although this shot was made with my drone.
Still Lofoten is amazing!
The scale of things in Ladakh is often aweinspiring. here the house is dwarfed by the mountainside behind it.. and thats just a flank of the whole mountain...
The light as always has to be waited for specially great during sunsets and sunrises.. this was taken during sunset.
Powerful, clean and dynamic. The earth and the sky are divided by a line, which creates a feeling of timelessness and cosmos.
High above Hjørundfjord at Sunnmore. The fjord runs like a giant canyon through mountainous alps. This is one of the world's most spectacular fjord, according to one of the visitors. In the end of the fjord you will find Øye. Øye has been a central location for the early tourist traffic to Norway since the end of the 1800s and first 1900s. This is a good starting point for mountain hikes. Here you will also find the famous hotel Union. The hotel stands in its former splendor and looks like it did when it opened in 1891. A few years ago the hotel got the award "one of the worlds 12 most exciting hotels .