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I like this photo because it's got all the essential components of a Mount Major morning view (granite, forest, lake, islands, mist, mountains, clouds). I went with black and white to emphasize the texture of the rocks and contrast it with the wispy clouds.
Hasselblad 500EL/M, 40mm CF, Velvia 50
5 min exposure with Hitech Firecrest 6 stop ND and Lee 2 stop ND grad
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Great Tit (Parus major)
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This bonny bird was getting annoyed and had several visits determined to get this nut free from this wee piece of driftwood.
They are the largest UK tit, green and yellow with a striking glossy black head with white cheeks and a distinctive two-syllable song.
A passerine bird in the tit family Paridae.
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo
Wyperfeld National Park
09/10/17
This couple were defiantly the most mellow of all the Major Mitchell's we came across, allowing us great views of them feeding for over an hour.
Felicidades Isabel , gracias por compartir tan buenos momentos a diario con nosotros, ojala que sigamos así por muuucho tiempo, ya formamos una familia en la que tu eres una parte fundamental
Te deseo todo lo mejor , que tengas un feliz día guapísima que estas que te sales, , besos a millones.....
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Quiscalus major. This a male Boat-tailed Grackle. The range of this species is limited to the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the US from Long Island south to Florida and then west to Texas. It is only found in narrow strip adjacent to the coast except in Florida where it also occurs inland. The very pale iris of this birds is a feature of the Atlantic populations south to northern Florida. Those in the rest of Florida and the Gulf coast have a darker iris. In Cape May we only saw them right on the coast adjacent to saltmarshes. I photographed this one from the upper viewing area at Ocean City rookery. They are omnivorous and will take the eggs of herons and egrets, so this bird may be on the lookout for an unguarded nest.
Questa è la cassetta nido che ho piazzato ancora nel mese di dicembre in un alberello del mio giardino,.come vedete la famiglia si è allargata...
This is the nest box that I placed again in December in a tree in my garden. See how the family has grown ...
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Sahlen Field in Buffalo, NY - The 2020 home of the Toronto Blue Jays. The regular home of the AAA Buffalo Bisons.
As if Major General James Wolfe didn't have enough problems at Quebec, his statue at Greenwich later received the attention of the Luftwaffe.
A diminutive female Major leads a contingent of officers & men of both the Royal Army Medical Corps and the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps during Liverpool's 2017 Remembrance Sunday service and parade.
Don't be deceived by her small stature ; she's a lady who knows exactly what she's doing and is an expert (and indispensable) professional.
Her rank of Major means that she is a surgeon.
Where would the British Army be, without this lady's like - and the likes of her dedicated comrades of course?
Slowenien - Piran
View from belltower of St. George's Parish Church
Aussicht vom Glockentrum der Domkirche des heiligen Georg
Piran (Slovene pronunciation: [piˈɾáːn]; Italian: Pirano [piˈraːno]) is a town in southwestern Slovenia on the Gulf of Piran on the Adriatic Sea. It is one of the three major towns of Slovenian Istria. A bilingual city, with population speaking both Slovene and Italian, Piran is known for its medieval architecture, with narrow streets and compact houses. Piran is the administrative seat of the Municipality of Piran and one of Slovenia's major tourist attractions.
History
In the pre-Roman era, the hills in the Piran area were inhabited by Illyrian Histri tribes who were farmers, hunters and fishermen. They were also pirates who disrupted Roman trade in the northern Adriatic.
The Piran peninsula was incorporated into the Roman Empire in 178 and 177 BC and settled in the following years with rural homes (villae rusticae).
The decline of the Roman Empire, from the 5th century AD onward, and incursions by the Avars and Slavs at the end of the 6th century, prompted the Roman population to withdraw into easily defensible locations such as islands or peninsulas. This started local urbanisation and by the 7th century, under Byzantine rule, Piran had become heavily fortified. Despite the defences, the Franks conquered Istria in 788 and Slavs settled in the region. By 952, Piran had become a part of the Holy Roman Empire.
The earliest reliable records of the area are in the 7th century work Cosmographia by an anonymous cleric of Ravenna. The name of the town most probably originates from the Greek pyrrhos, which means 'red', because of the reddish flysch stones commonly found in the town's area. Some historians also refer it to pyros, meaning 'fire', due to ancient lighthouses which were supposed to be on the edge of the marina.
From 1283 to 1797, the town became part of the Republic of Venice, where it was governed in a semi-autonomous way, with a council of local noblemen assisting the Venetian delegate. Several enemy (e.g. from the Republic of Genoa) and pirate assaults were repelled during the late Middle Ages; a great pestilence hit the town in 1558, killing about two thirds of the population. The last decades of Venetian rule were marked by decadence, due to the competition with the nearby Austrian port town of Trieste.
The town was annexed to the Austrian Empire in 1797; but during the years from 1806 to 1814, it was ceded to the Napoleonic Empire. On 22 February 1812, the Battle of Pirano was fought between a British and a French ship of the line in the vicinity of Piran. This was a minor battle of the Adriatic campaign of the Napoleonic Wars.
At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, Piran was an Austro-Hungarian town with over 15,000 inhabitants, roughly the same size as nearby Koper. Around 80% of the population was ethnically and culturally Italian, with a Slovene minority of around 15%. It was a flourishing market and spa town with good transport connections. The first trolleybus line in the Balkans was introduced to public service on 24 October 1909 in Piran. In 1912, it was replaced by a tramway that operated on the same route till 1953.
After the First World War, together with Trieste and all Istria, the town was ceded to Italy. There were no particular events in those years, until Italy entered the Second World War in 1940. With the defeat of the Axis powers and the rise of Tito's rule, Piran was assigned to the Free Territory of Trieste, Zone B, under Yugoslavian administration, changing the official name in "Piran". The town was annexed to Yugoslavia in 1954, according to the London Memorandum signed together with Italy. A significant part of Piran's population chose to emigrate to Italy or abroad in the final phase of the Istrian–Dalmatian exodus, rather than stay in socialist Yugoslavia. The annexation to Yugoslavia was finally ratified with the Osimo Treaty in 1975, with the municipality becoming part of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia. Until the mid-20th century, Italian was the dominant language, but it was replaced by Slovene following the Istrian exodus. Since 1991, Piran has been part of independent Slovenia.
On 24 October 2010, Slovenia became the first country of former communist Europe to elect a black mayor. The physician Peter Bossman, who came from Ghana in the late 1970s, was elected the Mayor of Piran. He officially took office at the first constitutional meeting of the Municipal Council on 12 November 2010, succeeding Tomaž Gantar. He represents the Social Democrats.
The territorial claims of Croatia and Slovenia in the Gulf of Piran remain an important matter of debate in the Croatia–Slovenia border disputes that began after the dissolution of Yugoslavia.
Culture and education
Piran is the birthplace of the Italian[ composer and violinist Giuseppe Tartini, who played an important role in shaping its cultural heritage. The town's main square, Tartini Square (Slovene: Tartinijev trg, Italian: Piazza Tartini), is named after him. In 1892, the 200th anniversary of his birth, a monument to Tartini was erected in Piran. Venetian artist Antonio Dal Zotto was commissioned to create a larger-than-life bronze statue, which was mounted on its pedestal in 1896. The statue dominates the square, overlooked by the Cathedral of Saint George. The painter Cesare Dell'Acqua was also born in Piran.
Piran is the seat of the Euro-Mediterranean University of Slovenia (EMUNI), founded in 2008 as one of the cultural projects of the Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean. The Piran Coastal Galleries, a public institution encompassing a group of six public contemporary art galleries, is based in Piran.
Cultural events
Musical evenings have taken place for decades in the Greyfriars Franciscan monastery's atrium, one of the most beautiful cloister atriums in the Slovenian Littoral, which has good acoustics.
The municipality's festival is 15 October, which celebrates the foundation of the first Slovenian partisan naval detachment, named Koper, in 1944.
Geography and climate
Piran is located at the tip of the Piran peninsula, part of the Gulf of Trieste.
To the east of the town, along the northern coastline (in the direction to Strunjan) there is a small tourist settlement named Fiesa. Piran and Fiesa are connected by a promenade along the beach. Piran has a humid subtropical climate with warm summers and cool rainy winters. Snow is rare (usually 3 days per year, almost always in traces). There are 22 days a year with maximum temperatures of 30 °C (86 °F) or higher; on one day a year the temperature does not exceed 0 °C (32 °F). Fog appears about 4 days per year, mainly in winter.
Demographics
According to the Austrian language census of 1910, there were 7,379 inhabitants in the town proper, 95.97% Italians and 0.09% Slovenes. In 1945, the town proper had 5,035 inhabitants, 91.32% Italian and 8.54% Slovene speakers. After World War II, when Piran became a part of Yugoslavia, there was an exodus of the Italian-speakers from the region. They were replaced by Slovene settlers, both from other areas of Slovenian Istria and from interior areas of the country. In 1956 there were 3.574 inhabitants, 67.6% Slovene and 15.5% Italian.
Monuments
Piran was heavily influenced by the Venetian Republic and Austria-Hungary, therefore the monuments differ greatly from those in inner parts of Slovenia. The Piran town walls were constructed to protect the town from Ottoman incursions; many parts of the town walls from different eras remain, and are of interest to tourists. In the middle of the town is the Tartini Square, with a monument in memory of Giuseppe Tartini. Nearby are located various important buildings, such as Tartini’s house, first mentioned in 1384 and one of the oldest in town, the Municipal Palace, Loggia and Benečanka, among others. On the hill above the town is the biggest and most important church, the Saint George's Church, with a Franciscan monastery nearby.
Communications and transport
There is an international airport and a marina in the vicinity of the town. The medium-wave transmitter of Radio Koper is in Piran. It transmits on 1170 kHz and has a 123.6-metre-tall guyed mast with cage antenna. The town is connected with Koper, Izola, Portorož (the location of the airport), Sečovlje and Lucija by a cheap bus line. The lines of other coastal settlements operate mostly during the tourist season.
The first trolleybus line in Slovenia entered public service on 24 October 1909 in Piran, then part of Austria-Hungary. It ran from Tartini Square along the coast and the shipyard to Portorož and Lucija. The town authorities bought five trolleybuses manufactured by Austrian company Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft. In 1912, it was replaced by a tram system that operated until 1953, when it was superseded by buses.
Sports
Pod Obzidjem Stadium (Slovene: Stadion pod obzidjem) is a multi-purpose stadium in Piran. It is used for football matches and is the home ground of football team NK Portorož Piran. The stadium currently holds 750 spectators, 500 of them can be seated.
(Wikipedia)
Die Stadt Piran, italienisch: Pirano ist der Hauptort der aus elf Ortschaften bestehenden Gemeinde Piran in Slowenien. Piran liegt im äußersten Südwesten des Landes auf einer Halbinsel am Adriatischen Meer. Mit ihrer Lage, ihrer Altstadt und venezianischen Architektur ist die Stadt an der Slowenischen Riviera eines der bekanntesten Touristenzentren des Landes.
Name der Stadt
Der Stadtname stammt wohl vom griechischen Wort pyros für Feuer. Der Legende nach soll auf der Landzunge Punta, wo der Ort errichtet wurde, anstelle eines Leuchtturmes ein Feuer den Schiffen den Weg zur griechischen Kolonie Aegida (Koper) gewiesen haben. Piranum wird im 7. Jahrhundert erstmals schriftlich erwähnt.
Geschichte
In den Jahren 177/178 v. Chr. wurde die istrische Halbinsel von den Römern erobert. In dieser Zeit begann die allmähliche Kolonisierung und Romanisierung des Gebietes. Dadurch kam es in der Gegend des heutigen Piran zu vereinzelten Streusiedlungen. Unter byzantinischer Herrschaft begann im 7. Jahrhundert mit einer befestigten Siedlung die urbane Entwicklung von Piran. 788 wurde Istrien durch die Franken besetzt und politisch in die Mark von Friaul eingegliedert. Nach der Aufteilung des fränkischen Kaiserreiches wurde die Grafschaft Istrien 843 ins Italienische Königreich eingegliedert und im Jahre 952 dem Heiligen Römischen Reich bzw. in diesem dem Herzogtum Bayern einverleibt.
In der zweiten Hälfte des 13. Jahrhunderts begann Venedig mit der Eroberung istrischer Städte und besetzte im Jahr 1283 auch Piran. 1692 wurde in Piran der Geiger und Komponist Giuseppe Tartini geboren. Ihm zu Ehren wurde 1894 der Tartiniplatz benannt.
1809 bis 1813 gehörte Piran kurz zu den Illyrischen Provinzen Napoleons. Danach kam es wieder zur Habsburgermonarchie. Das kaiserliche Österreich hatte hier die Republik Venedig beerbt und brachte im 19. Jahrhundert Piran eine neue Zeit des Wohlstands. Dazu haben vor allem die Salinen beigetragen, da Österreich mit der Wiederbelebung der Salzproduktion die Salinen von Sečovlje auf eine Produktion von 40.000 Tonnen jährlich aufstockte.
Nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg fiel Istrien mit dem Vertrag von Rapallo 1920 an den Kriegssieger Italien, der Istrien seit November 1918 besetzt hatte. Es folgte eine strenge Italianisierungspolitik, und die slowenische Sprache wurde in der Öffentlichkeit verboten.
Das faschistische Italien war im Zweiten Weltkrieg zunächst mit dem Deutschen Reich verbündet. Im September 1943 hatte eine neue italienische Regierung jedoch den Waffenstillstand von Cassibile mit den Alliierten geschlossen. Daraufhin besetzten Wehrmachts- und SS-Einheiten das ganze Land, so auch Istrien. Nach dem Krieg war die Region um Triest wieder zwischen Italien und Jugoslawien umstritten. Das Gebiet wurde daher unter UN-Verwaltung in zwei Zonen aufgeteilt. Piran gehörte dabei der südlichen Zone B an, die den westlichen Teil von Istrien bis zur Mirna umfasste. Erst im Londoner Abkommen von 1954 wurde das Freie Territorium Triest aufgelöst und die Zone B offiziell Jugoslawien angegliedert. Die meisten Italiener verließen daraufhin die Stadt.
Sehenswürdigkeiten
An der westlichen Spitze der Landzunge befindet sich die burgartig wirkende Kirche Sv. Klementa (St. Clementa), die als Wahrzeichen der Stadt gilt.
Etwa 100 Meter östlich des Tartiniplatzes steht ein Franziskanerkloster, das im Sommer für Konzerte genutzt wird und in dessen Untergeschoss eine Gemäldesammlung venezianischer Maler zu sehen ist.
Auf der nördlichen Klippe der Halbinsel überragt die Kathedrale Sv. Jurij (St. Georg) die Stadt, die 1637 errichtet wurde. Der Kirchturm der Kathedrale ist dem venezianischen Markusturm nachempfunden. Die Kirchturmspitze schmückt eine schwerttragende Statue des Stadtpatrons Sankt Georg. Die Figur dreht sich entsprechend der Windrichtung und dient den Bürgern der Stadt somit als Wetterfahne.
Altstadt
Die Altstadt mit ihren engen Gassen erstreckt sich auf einer etwa einen Kilometer langen, spitz zulaufenden Landzunge in ost-westlicher Richtung. Zur Landseite hin wird sie durch eine teilweise erhaltene historische Verteidigungsanlage mit Wehrgängen und -türmen abgegrenzt.
Im Stadtkern im italienisch-venezianischen Stil gibt es einige Baudenkmäler und Aussichtspunkte. Die südliche Strandpromenade, vom kleinen Hafen bis zur Spitze der Landzunge, ist gesäumt von zahlreichen Restaurants für das touristische Publikum.
Tartiniplatz
Zentrum des städtischen Lebens ist der restaurierte Tartinijev trg (it. Piazza Tartini, dt. Tartiniplatz). Er entstand im Jahr 1894, als der damals an dieser Stelle liegende, zu klein gewordene und als Müllkippe verwendete Hafen endgültig zugeschüttet wurde. Zentral auf dem Platz steht eine vom venezianischen Künstler Antonio Dal Zotto geschaffene überlebensgroße Bronzestatue des namensgebenden Komponisten Giuseppe Tartini, die anlässlich dessen 200. Geburtstages am 2. August 1896 enthüllt wurde.
Zum 300. Geburtstag des Komponisten wurde eine Neugestaltung des Platzes in Auftrag gegeben. Die vom Architekten Boris Podrecca gelegte Ellipse aus weißem Stein soll an den Wendeplatz der elektrischen Straßenbahn (1912–1953) sowie an den Fischerhafen erinnern, der das städtische Leben früher an diesem Ort prägte.
Zum Ensemble des Platzes gehören das klassizistische Rathaus an der Nordseite und rechts davon ein gotisches Patrizierhaus. Das Benečanka (Venezianerhaus) wurde von einem reichen venezianischen Kaufmann für seine in Piran lebende Geliebte gebaut. Die Hausecke gibt das Antlitz der Geliebten wieder. Die zum Tartiniplatz gerichtete Fassade enthält ein Relief mit der italienischen Aufschrift lassa pur dir („Lass sie reden“).
Museen
Am Hafen der Altstadt sind drei Museen rund um das Thema Meer zu besichtigen. Das Aquarium (Akvarij Piran[8]) unter der Adresse Kidriĉevo nabrežje 4 zeigt die Meeresfauna der Adria. Das Pomorski muzej (Meeresmuseum) im Gabrielli-Palast in der Cankarjevo nabrežje 3 präsentiert die wirtschaftliche Nutzung des Meeres (Fischerei, slowenische Seefahrt, Meersalzgewinnung). Das Muzej podvodnih dejavnosti (Museum für Unterwasseraktivitäten) in der Župančičeva 24 beschäftigt sich thematisch mit dem Tauchen und zeigt beispielsweise Schiffswracks.
Landschaft
Küstenwanderweg („Uferpromenade“) mit interessanten Gesteinsschichtungen an den Steilwänden von Piran zum See und Strand von Fiesa im Norden der Halbinsel.
Salinen von Strunjan und von Sečovlje
Schutzpatron
Der Schutzheilige der Stadt Piran ist Sankt Georg. Dies findet sich wieder im blau umrahmten roten Georgskreuz des Stadtwappens. Weiterhin zeigt sich eine Darstellung des Drachentöters mit einem Schwert auf der Spitze des Kirchturms der Stadtkirche St. Georg.
(Wikipedia)
Bit of a busy background, but first time observing this particular bee mimicking fly! Apparently, it's typical for them to sun themselves in the springtime on piles of leftover fallen leaves, which is exactly what this one was doing. Interesting to see the pattern of the white hairs. Photo taken during a walk at Parc-nature du Bois-de-Liesse in Montréal, QC, Canada.
Pentax D-FA 100mm F/2.8 Macro plus off-camera diffused Yongnuo YN-560 III flash. This is a pretty large insect - not quite at MFD here, but close.
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I don't actually remember the circumstances of this shot - this is a pity because we were obviously communicating. Another pic taken at Gumholes Ck waterhole on Bowra Station, late one hot afternoon.
MM Cockatoos are also called Pink Cockatoos.
It's ground control…. We will miss you….
Ground Control to Major Tom
Ground Control to Major Tom
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
Ground Control to Major Tom (Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six)
Commencing countdown, engines on (Five, Four, Three)
Check ignition and may God's love be with you (Two, One, Liftoff)
This is Ground Control to Major Tom
You've really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare
"This is Major Tom to Ground Control
I'm stepping through the door
And I'm floating in the most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today
For here am I sitting in my tin can
Far above the world
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do
Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles
I'm feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Tell my wife I love her very much, she knows
Ground Control to Major Tom
Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear And I'm floating around my tin can
Far above the Moon
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do."
Songwriters: DAVID BOWIE
Space Oddity lyrics © T.R.O. INC.
Major Sylvain-Eugene Raynal commanded Fort Vaux at Verdun from May 1916 until its capture by the Germans. The fort had its artillery removed before the Verdun Offensive so Raynal only had a small garrison to defend the fort. The French stubbornly resisted in the barricaded subterranean corridors of the fort. There was heroic fighting on both sides in cramped conditions with poor air and no ventilation. The French surrendered only after they had exhausted their water, food and ammunition. The Germans honored Raynal and the survivors with many Germans wanting a photograph with the French commander who they admired.
Mal etwas Farbiges an einem trüben Wintertag.
Heute fotografiert im Park des Tagungszentrums ("Erholungsheim") in Herrenberg-Gültstein.
As some might have guessed I'm loving the glow in the dark heads from the Iron Man sets.
As I just caught the tail end of a David Bowie Doc. the other day, and there was the Youtube vid by Chris Hadfield, I couldn't get Ground Control out of my head.
So this is my little homage.
I changed the Hue on the face to make it look more minifigure yellow, but the lighting on the head was due to me holding a cheap little blacklight torch directly above the figure so the bottom half doesn't glow as bright as the top.