The Rędzin Bridge (Most Rędziński) on the Oder River is the longest and highest bridge in Poland. Is one of the most attractive sites in Wroclaw. It catches your eye from far away. It is the largest river crossing in Poland: - it is 1742-metres long (30 metres longer than the Solidarity Bridge over the Vistula River in Plock) and the pylon on which it is suspended is 122-metres high (8 metres higher than the viewing terrace of the Palace of Culture and Science - Pałac Kultury i Nauki).

The pylon is H-shaped. The construction employs an original solution: the two multi-lane routes are attached separately to the arms of the pylon positioned on an isle in the Oder River.

The Rędzin Bridge is part of the Wroclaw Motorway Ring Road

The chief construction engineer of the Rędzin Bridge is Jan Biliszczuk, a professor at the Wroclaw University of Technology.

Curio:There are over 130 bridges and gangways in Wroclaw

Most pups tend to sleep off a rather large meal. This grey seal pup was very lively and a complete cutey... lots of engagement with the camera.

Donna Nook is a wonderful place to visit on the Lincolnshire coast. There tends to be a really biting cold wind coming in from the sea but you forget all that with the wonders of what is on that beach. My friend and I witnessed a birth and..... unfortunately lots of fighting between naturally protective mothers protecting their pups and males wanting their pick of who to mate with. Then of course there are the numerous pups who, when awake, will grace your camera with some lovely images.

Photographed at Donna Nook, UK

Wish you a most pleasant week.. Love.

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Hummingbirds are New World birds that constitute the family Trochilidae. They are among the smallest of birds, most species measuring in the 7.5–13 cm (3–5 in) range. Indeed, the smallest extant bird species is a hummingbird, the 5-cm bee hummingbird, weighing less than a U.S. penny (2.5 g).

They are known as hummingbirds because of the humming sound created by their beating wings which flap at high frequencies audible to humans. They hover in mid-air at rapid wing-flapping rates, typically around 50 times per second, allowing them also to fly at speeds exceeding 15 m/s (54 km/h; 34 mph),[1] backwards.[2]

The Most Popular Tunnel in Bangkok, the developer invested over 300 million baht (USD 8,731,083) in this tunnel. The length of the tunnel is 120-metre underground connecting the Samyan MRT Station to Samyan MitrTown Shopping Mall.

The tunnel is designed with glass lining to show the external finishing work and that is the reason why so many locals taking photos and videos here.

Bangkok, Thailand 2021.

GPS is not the exact spot of this photo, have a nice day everyone.

Toruń is one of most attractive and historic towns in Poland.

It is famous for being the birthplace ( in 1474 ) of the Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus whose epochal book, De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium is universally regarded as the starting point of modern astronomy.

In 1997 the old medieval quarter of Toruń comprising the Old Town ( 1233 ), the New Town ( 1264 ) and the Teutonic Knights Castle ( mid 13th c. ) was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site for having preserved almost intact its original medieval street layout. Toruń is full of Gothic monuments of architecture, all built of brick, such as the Town Hall, The Leaning Tower, numerous churches and many burgher houses around the central market square and the surrounding streets.

If you ever are in Gdańsk on the coast, I recommend driving down to Toruń - it's only 2hrs away on the motorway - the place has a great artistic atmosphere and a lively cafe scene.

Most Rialto nad Canale Grande w Wenecji.

Jay - Garrulus Glandarius

Although they are the most colourful members of the crow family, jays are actually quite difficult to see. They are shy woodland birds, rarely moving far from cover. The screaming call usually lets you know a jay is nearby and it is usually given when a bird is on the move, so watch for a bird flying between the trees with its distinctive flash of white on the rump. Jays are famous for their acorn feeding habits and in the autumn you may see them burying acorns for retrieving later in the winter.

The word jay has an archaic meaning in American slang meaning a person who chatters impertinently.

The term jaywalking was coined in 1915 to label persons crossing a busy street carelessly and becoming a traffic hazard. The term began to imply recklessness or impertinent behavior as the convention became established.

In January 2014, Canadian author Robert Joseph Greene embarked on a lobbying campaign among ornithologists in Europe and North America to get Merriam-Websters Dictionary to have a "Jabber of Jays" as an official term under bird groups.

Population:

UK breeding:

170,000 territories

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science."

Quote - Albert Einstein

Turned the photo, after processing it, to make it look like you are standing at the top or bottom of the stairs ;-))

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The Canadian Tiger Swallowtail is found in most provinces and territories in Canada, as its name implies. Its range extends north of the Arctic Circle in the Yukon, and to Churchill in Manitoba, Little Shagamu River in Ontario, and to Schefferville in Quebec. It does not occur in southern British Columbia, being replaced there by the western tiger swallowtail, Papilio rutulus, or in southwestern Ontario, approximately west of Toronto, where it is replaced by the eastern tiger swallowtail. It has not been reported from Labrador, but has been seen in western Newfoundland. It is seen in the northern third of the United States. Within this range, it is a very common and well-known butterfly, even more so around woodland edges. It is one of the most common puddling species and often hundreds will gather at a single puddle. (Wikipedia)

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Butterflies seem to be in short supply this year so I was pleased to find this swallowtail feeding on the nectar of the honeysuckle.

Carden Alvar, Ramara, Ontario, Canada. May 2023.

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Voringsfossen is one of the Norway's most famous waterfalls, and has a fall of 182 metres and a major drop of 163 meters. Voringfossen means “esteemed waterfall” in Norwegian.

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Vøringsfossen, view from the top of Måbødalen. Eidfjord, Hordaland, Mountain plateau Hardangervidda.

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Дань уважения

При подходе вверх по склону к этому водопаду долгое время видны только его клубящиеся пары, и лишь с высшей точки

под непрестанный шум потока можно увидеть его двурукую змею ... А переводится его название с норвежского как

уважаемый водопад.

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Водопад Ворингсфоссен, плато Хардангервидда, Эйнфьорд, Норвегия.

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Most Świętokrzyski – pierwszy most wantowy w Warszawie na Wiśle otwarty 6 października 2000 roku, łączący Powiśle z Pragą-Północ w okolicach Portu Praskiego.

Budowa mostu trwała 2 lata, a całkowity koszt zamknął się w kwocie ok. 160 mln. zł.

The Świętokrzyski Bridge is a bridge over the Vistula river in Warsaw, Poland linking Powiśle neighbourhood with Praga Północ district.

It is a cable-stayed bridge, 479 m long, with two lanes for vehicles, a pavement and a cycle path each way. The single tower, 90 m high, located on the right (eastern) river bank, has 48 cables attached supporting the deck. Near the left (western) bank the bridge is supported by two piers. The bridge was opened on 6 October 2000 after two years' construction. (wiki)

Amsterdam - Buitenveldertselaan - De Cuserstraat

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The most difficult part about this location is finding the right composition - there are so many lines and so many possibilities. The second challenge is getting the right light with that composition.

These clouds came from the south and then turned toward the east as the winds shifted. More clouds were in the west, but there was a break, and it was a waiting game for the light to illuminate the mountain.

Just the right amount of water over the salt to provide reflections yet not be impacted by the winds.

The Great Salt Lake - GPS is not the exact spot of the shot.

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MOUNTAIN SNAIL 😇. Nature always manages to amaze me, even in its humblest and most daily manifestations. Surroundings of Portacomaro, Piedmont, ITALY.

This is the most popular subject to photograph on the Isle of Skye and understandably so. The rock stacks making up the structure - the old man, the needle and the other features that escape me - are like something out of Lord of the Rings. You wouldn’t be all that surprised to see a dragon flying overhead with all that gothic looking geology going on around you.

The day I was there was wet, cold and very windy making it difficult conditions to catch any shots never mind taking the time to get some HDR exposures. I had timed the trip to be there for sundown but the clouds were so thick and low that there no chance of getting any nice colour. So here we have a colour image of the stormy weather conditions on the Storr mountain ridge. Maybe I’ll get better luck on the weather next time.

Kuznetsky Most is one of the most beautiful pedestrian streets in the historical center of Moscow.

The street got its modern - and at the same time historical - name thanks to the Kuznetsky Bridge across the Neglinnaya River. Today, Kuznetsky Most Street attracts citizens with its high-quality landscaping, an abundance of architectural monuments and an unusual relief: due to the significant difference in heights between Petrovka and Rozhdestvenka, the city landscape looks especially picturesque.

Kuznetskaya Sloboda on the high bank of the Neglinnaya River - Neglinnaya Upper - appeared in the 12th century, but its heyday came only at the end of the 15th, when the Cannon Yard was built in the vicinity, and the Moscow prince Ivan III ordered to settle in it blacksmiths and grooms who served new production. At the turn of the 15th-16th centuries, Novgorod and Pskov were annexed to the Moscow principality, and craftsmen of various professions from these cities were moved to the Neglinny Upper.

In 1737, the street burned out during the Trinity fire, but rather quickly new buildings were built on it, in which foreign shops began to be located. Gradually, the street turned into the abode of foreign trade: the French showed particular zeal, opening fashion and haberdashery shops here, thanks to which Kuznetsky Most became the main shopping street in Moscow. During World War II and the fire of 1812, it practically did not suffer from the fire, since the French guard took over the protection of the business of compatriots. After the war, trade flourished again, and many fashionable shops were opened on it (almost all of them were foreign, most of them were French). The abundance of foreign shops made Kuznetsky Most the most fashionable and aristocratic street in Moscow, which it remained until the 1917 Revolution.

During the Soviet era, the street lost part of the historical buildings, many buildings were rebuilt, and the street gradually took on a modern look.

After the reconstruction carried out in 2012, the Kuznetsky Most section from Bolshaya Dmitrovka to Rozhdestvenka became pedestrian.

Today Kuznetsky Most Street is a well-maintained pedestrian zone, where city holidays and festivals are often held.

Despite the losses of the Soviet years, a large number of architectural monuments have been preserved on it: tenement houses, partially preserved city estates and passages. Among them are famous Moscow sights: the building of the Moscow International Trade Bank, Khomyakov's trading house and others.

Ischgl is one of most famous ski resorts in Austria. In the past there was my "living room". It is the best for Apres ski.

On the left site you can see the Idalp Restaurant.

This morning I'm on the way to Soelden. It is also a famous ski resort in the Alps. I hope that I will take some good pictures.

And that the weather is fine for skiing

The most beautiful gate in Upperbavaria, Bavaria Gate in Landsberg am Lech

Most beautiful time of the year!

This is one of the most beautiful and breathtaking views I have had on my trip through the Allgäu. I'm standing on mt. Tegelberg, at a height of about 1800 meters and look over countless Alpine peaks. Unfortunately I don't know the name of any of them. Not even from this sleeping giant lying right in front of me.

I could have stayed here for hours or wandered around, but unfortunately it was already afternoon and we still had to catch the last ride on the mt. Tegelberg ropeway. And so I only had 20 minutes just enough time to shoot this panorama.

Next time I'll take the first train up early in the morning and spend a whole day exploring these many paths (some of which can also be seen in the picture).

I am sure there is so much more to discover and photograph up here.

Dies ist einer der schönsten und atemberaubendsten Ausblicke, die sich mir auf meiner Reise durchs Allgäu geboten haben. Ich stehe auf dem Tegelberg, in einer Höhe von ca. 1.800 Metern und blicke über unzählige Alpengipfel hinweg. Leider weiß ich von keinem einzigen den Namen. Nicht einmal von diesem schlafenden Riesen, der direkt vor mir liegt.

Ich hätte hier für Stunden ausharren oder herumwandern können, doch leider war es schon am Nachmittag, und wir mussten die letzte Fahrt der Tegelbergbahn noch erwischen. Und so hatte ich nur 20 Minuten Zeit, gerade genug für dieses eine Panorama.

Beim nächsten Mal werde ich früh Morgens mit der ersten Bahn hoch fahren und einen ganzen Tag damit verbringen diese vielen Wege (von denen einige auch im Bild zu sehen sind) zu erkunden.

Ich bin mir sicher, dass es hier oben noch so viel mehr zu entdecken und zu fotografieren gibt.

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The Reichstag building is home to Germany’s Parliament, the Bundestag. The classically pedimented and columned building was built in the 1890s, seriously damaged by fire in 1933, and restored to host the parliament of the newly reunified Germany in the 1990s. The Reichstag is now the second most visited attraction in Germany, not least because of the huge glass dome that was erected on the roof as a gesture to the original 1894 cupola, giving an impressive view over the city, especially at night. (see Wikipedia)

🎶: Most Wonderful Time of the Year

I'm probably the bastard and most vicious of you, but when I face him, I'm the sweetest lamb in the flock. She knows how to turn the hate in me into something really good. I'm proud of the man I am and even more of the life companion she taught me to be. My devotion to her is complete, my soul will forever be faithful to her.

Thank you for dancing with my demons every day to make it such a beautiful choreography, I won't let anyone hurt you I swear. I love you. ♥ @Nay Mancini

Most of the year this tributary of the River Thames is little more than a large ditch, yet is already building up to its annual winter flood of surrounding fields.

Like most of Galapagos, Sombrero Chino (Chinese Hat) is volcanic in origin. The exploration path starts with a gorgeous beach, bright red Sally Lightfoot crabs and marine iguanas. The path goes past a colony of endemic Galapagos sea lions before passing a lava field: look for the lava cactus growing in the cracks. On the beach, keep your eyes open for the American Oystercatcher, a wading bird with a distinctive orange beak. On the trail, you may see lava lizards.

Barn Owl - Tyto Alba

Like most owls, the barn owl is nocturnal, relying on its acute sense of hearing when hunting in complete darkness. It often becomes active shortly before dusk and can sometimes be seen during the day when relocating from one roosting site to another. In Britain, on various Pacific Islands and perhaps elsewhere, it sometimes hunts by day. This practice may depend on whether the owl is mobbed by other birds if it emerges in daylight. However, in Britain, some birds continue to hunt by day even when mobbed by such birds as magpies, rooks and black-headed gulls, such diurnal activity possibly occurring when the previous night has been wet making hunting difficult. By contrast, in southern Europe and the tropics, the birds seem to be almost exclusively nocturnal, with the few birds that hunt by day being severely mobbed.

Barn owls are not particularly territorial but have a home range inside which they forage. For males in Scotland this has a radius of about 1 km (0.6 mi) from the nest site and an average size of about 300 hectares. Female home ranges largely coincide with that of their mates. Outside the breeding season, males and females usually roost separately, each one having about three favoured sites in which to conceal themselves by day, and which are also visited for short periods during the night. Roosting sites include holes in trees, fissures in cliffs, disused buildings, chimneys and haysheds and are often small in comparison to nesting sites. As the breeding season approaches, the birds move back to the vicinity of the chosen nest to roost.

Once a pair-bond has been formed, the male will make short flights at dusk around the nesting and roosting sites and then longer circuits to establish a home range. When he is later joined by the female, there is much chasing, turning and twisting in flight, and frequent screeches, the male's being high-pitched and tremulous and the female's lower and harsher. At later stages of courtship, the male emerges at dusk, climbs high into the sky and then swoops back to the vicinity of the female at speed. He then sets off to forage. The female meanwhile sits in an eminent position and preens, returning to the nest a minute or two before the male arrives with food for her. Such feeding behaviour of the female by the male is common, helps build the pair-bond and increases the female's fitness before egg-laying commences.

Barn owls are cavity nesters. They choose holes in trees, fissures in cliff faces, the large nests of other birds such as the hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) and, particularly in Europe and North America, old buildings such as farm sheds and church towers. Buildings are preferred to trees in wetter climates in the British Isles and provide better protection for fledglings from inclement weather. Trees tend to be in open habitats rather than in the middle of woodland and nest holes tend to be higher in North America than in Europe because of possible predation.

This bird has suffered declines through the 20th century and is thought to have been adversely affected by organochlorine pesticides such as DDT in the 1950s and '60s.

Nocturnal birds like the barn owl are poorly monitored by the Breeding Bird Survey and, subject to this caveat, numbers may have increased between 1995-2008.

Barn owls are a Schedule 1 and 9 species.

Population:

UK breeding:

4,000 pairs

Europe:

110-220,000 pairs

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Most of the leaves are gone in the Pacific Northwest but a few trees retain their color late into November.

panoramski pogled na slap Deveterac i Kudin most, rijeka Krupa, Park prirode Velebit, Hrvatska / panoramic view on the Deveterac waterfall and Kuda's Bridge, river Krupa, Velebit Nature Park, Croatia

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This is the most beautiful lake in Slovenia. Its water is so clear that you can see fish swimming in it.

The lake is surrounded by the peaks of the Triglav National Park.

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Glacial lake Bohinj, Julian Alps, Slovenia

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Весна на озере Бохинь

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Это самое красивое озеро Словении. Его вода настолько прозрачна, что вы можете увидеть плавающих рыб.

Озеро окружают вершины национального парка Триглав.

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Ледниковое озеро Бохинь, Юлийские Альпы, Словения

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Most visitors come to Easter Island to see the moai, monolithic human figures carved by the Rapa Nui people. British mariner Capt. James Cook wrote in 1774, “We could hardly conceive how these islanders, wholly unacquainted with any mechanical power, could raise such stupendous figures.” Even today the mystery remains… Why did they carve such enormous statues? How did they move them and raise them up onto platforms?

The most common lizzard

the most precisely articulated national purpose in recorded history. Not only is it a famous statement of purpose: it is also an admirable statement of purpose. Prior to July 4, 1776, the national purpose of nations had been to dominate... The American national purpose was the opposite: to liberate from domination; to set men free. All men are created equal.

We not only have a national purpose; we have one of such aspiration, such potentiality, such power of hope that we refer to it — or used to — as the American Dream :-)

Archibald MacLeish, in LIFE, "Eloquent Guides to America's National Purpose," 1960

Truth Matters! Character Matters!!

waterlily, j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina

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Flower buds of the hybrid Grevillea "Poorinda Blondie". "Poorinda" is an Aboriginal word meaning light.

None of the flowers have opened fully. The plant about 3m tall was covered in inflorescences of different ages. The shape of the flowers is typical of Grevilleas. However, the colour combination of orange and red in the flowers is unusual and gives the impression that they are brown when seen at a distance. Taken in full sunlight.

Thank you for visiting. I very much appreciate the faves and very kind comments which have been left.

As a photographer, I frequently try to find the most pristine scenes with no signs of human intervention.

But even in relatively remote locations, you sometimes just have to accept that you weren't the first person to have walked the highest sand ridge today...

“The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it's all that matters.”

― Audrey Hepburn

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The Flame-faced Tanager is one of the most spectacular members of the diverse and exceptionally colorful genus Tangara. Living up to its common name, the forehead begins as a deep glimmering red, shading into a brilliant yellow on the nape and sides of the head. This "flame" contrasts sharply with the jet black back. The Flame-faced Tanager is a common member in mixed species foraging flocks in the canopy of humid montane forest from the Andes of extreme southwest Venezuela south to central Peru. It forages exclusively along mossy branches and occasionally peering at the underside in search of arthropods. There are three subspecies of the Flame-faced Tanager, described based mostly on minor differences in plumage. The species is typically found from 1000-2600 m and is most numerous above 1500 m. The IUCN Red list assesses the Flame-faced Tanager as a species of Least Concern; however, the population size is declining due to habitat destruction. Thus, the Flame-faced Tanager should become the focus of future studies.

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Chain Bridge (Lánchid) in Budapest - was built between 1839 -1849, designed by the English engineer William Tierney Clark.

Bridge was the first permanent connection to the opposite side of the Danube - Buda and Pest. It was also the first stone bridge on the Danube in the limits of contemporary Hungary. The total length of the bridge is 380 meters and length of central span of 230 meters.

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Most Łańcuchowy (Lánchid) w Budapeszcie - został zbudowany w latach 1839-1849, według projektu angielskiego inżyniera Williama Tierney'a Clarka.

Most stanowił pierwsze stałe połączenie leżących po przeciwnych stronach Dunaju - Budy i Pesztu. Był jednocześnie pierwszym mostem kamiennym na odcinku Dunaju w granicach ówczesnych Węgier. Całkowita długość mostu wynosi 380 metrów, zaś rozpiętość środkowego przęsła 230 metrów.