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About 54 miles northwest of Niagara on the edge of Lake Ontario, you'll find the Canadian port city of Hamilton—otherwise known as the "Waterfall Capital of the World." And it’s not just a marketing scheme.
Albion Falls is one of the most picturesque waterfalls in the region and one of the city’s most popular. The Red Hill Creek in the east end’s King’s Forest tumbles over rock that’s been formed over time into steps and shelves, fanning outwards into a beautiful cascade of rushing water.
Death star.
When an average G-type star like our Sun grows old, it uses up all its hydrogen, begins burning helium and swells up into a red giant. As it uses up its helium it ejects its outer layers, which expand outwards forming what we call a planetary nebula.
The life span of the nebula is relatively short - about 10,000 years.
Left behind is the star’s core, which becomes a white dwarf star, no longer undergoing nuclear fusion. It just radiates its heat away over billions more years until it cools into a black dwarf.
It is believed that the Universe is not yet old enough for black dwarfs to exist.
Exposure: 30 x 30 sec = 15 min.
SkyWatcher ED120 telescope + ZWO ASI071 camera.
Date: 2019-08-24
Doagh, Downings, Rosguill Peninsula, County Donegal, Ireland
This little cove & fishing hamlet of Dooey is part of the stunning ‘Atlantic Drive’ in north Donegal. It has some of the finest views in Ireland to enjoy a sunset. In the distance is the towering Horn Head peninsula.
During the spring months, the sun sets beautifully behind Horn Head like it did on this photo yesterday evening I sat here just gazing outwards long after the sun had set on the horizon......
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I believe this is White Angel Trumpet (Brugmansia suaveolens). Any correction will be appreciated.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brugmansia_suaveolens
"Brugmansia suaveolens, Brazil's white angel trumpet, also known as angel's tears and snowy angel's trumpet,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family Solanaceae, native to south eastern Brazil, but thought to be extinct in the wild. Like several other species of Brugmansia, it exists as an introduced species in areas outside its native range. It is a tender shrub or small tree with large semi-evergreen leaves and fragrant yellow or white trumpet-shaped flowers.
"Brugmansia suaveolens is a semi-woody shrub or small tree, growing up to 3–5 m (10–16 ft) tall, often with a many-branched trunk. The leaves are oval, to 25 cm (10 in) long by 15 cm (6 in) wide, and even larger when grown in the shade.
"The flowers, which tend to be white in colour, are sweetly scented at night and early morning, about 24–32 cm (9–13 in) long and shaped like trumpets. The corolla body is slightly recurved to 5 main points, but the very peaks in the true species are always curved outwards, never rolled back, and these peaks are short, only 1–2.5 cm (0.4–1.0 in) long. The flowers are usually white but may be yellow or pink and hang downward from fully pendulous up to nearly horizontal.[2]
"Many South American cultures have been noted to use Brugmansia suaveolens ritually. The Ingano and Siona in the Putumayo region both use it as an entheogen. It is also used by some Amazonian tribes as an admixture to increase the potency of Ayahuasca.[14] In some South American countries, it is known to be occasionally added to ayahuasca brews by malevolent sorcerers or bad shamans who wish to take advantage of unsuspecting tourists. Genuine shamans believe one of the purposes for this is to "steal one's energy and/or power", of which they believe every person has a limited stockpile.[15]
I took advantage of the reciprocity between Desert Botanical Garden and San Diego Botanic Garden for member admission. It is a relatively young and somewhat small botanic garden. It does have a lot of interesting specimina, especially for me coming from the desert.
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The most experienced cows are known as pathfinders. They are responsible for taking the herd to the most beneficial area for grazing and water.
If you see a lone buffalo bull, it is probably a “dagga boy”. Dagga boys are older bulls who have past their prime and have separated from their heard. They generally spend their days wallowing in mud either alone or with other dagga boys.
Buffalo cows have their first calves at age 4 or 5 and they become completely reliant on their mothers, right up until a year old.
If a buffalo herd comes under threat from a predator they form a circle around their young. All of the adults face outwards in an effort to hide the vulnerable. The adults actually lower their heads and form a protective barrier with their horns.
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This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the stars which are 4mm. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the stars until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, however because it is a complex pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
The Roman arch was the foundation of Rome's architectural mastery and massive expanse of building projects across the ancient world. It allowed the Romans to make bigger buildings, longer roads, and better aqueducts. The Roman arch is the ancestor of modern architecture.
The central feature of an arch is the keystone, or the wedge-shaped stone at the very top of the arch. It is the last stone placed during construction, and it locks all the other stones of the arch into position. The keystone bears almost no weight, but is the center of redirecting the weight of the structure down and outwards.
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This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year. In this case they are for a friend, who likes yellow and gold as a colour scheme.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the snowflakes which are 12mm in diameter. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the snowflakes until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, however because it is a complex pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
c 2600BC, Near Brandon, Norflok, England. Neolithic miners go underground to get more flint.
The miners go deep under ground to find flint, building platforms as they go downwards. Once at the floorstone flint, the miners dug tunnels outwards from the bottom, following the flint seam. The medium-depth shafts yielded as much as 60 tons of flint nodules. These were brought to the surface and roughly worked into shape on site. The blank tools were then possibly traded elsewhere for final polishing.
This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year. In this case they are for a friend, who like me, elects red as her favourite colour, but also likes gold, white, black and silver accents for her tree.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the large flowers which are 8mm and the small red border sequins which are 3mm and very fiddly. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the flowers until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, however because it is a complex pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the large flowers which are 8mm and the small flowers which are 3mm and very fiddly. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the flowers and stars until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, however because it is a complex pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
these rock formation is a clear sign of something pushing slates of rock upwards and outwards from the ocean.
This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the flowers, which are 4mm. The flowers are raised cups and are imported from France. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the flower cups until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, and because it is a simple pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 1 1/2 to 2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year.
I have a Flick friend for whom I made this bauble in appreciation for her generosity in spirit. She has been like a ray of light. This bauble, made deliberately in Mardi Gras colours because I know how much she likes the celebration, is a thank you gift.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the butterflies which are 10mm, the small stars which are 3mm and very fiddly. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the flowers until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, and because it is a simple pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 1 1/2 to 2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
Lichfield Cathedral, in Staffordshire, England, is a gothic cathedral built between 1195 and 1340. It's the only medieval English cathedral with three spires.
The cathedral is dedicated to St Chad and Saint Mary. Its internal length is 113 m (371 ft), and the breadth of the nave is 21 m (69 ft). The central spire is 77 m (253 ft) high and the western spires are about 58 m (190 ft).
The stone is sandstone and came from a quarry on the south side of Lichfield. The walls of the nave lean outwards slightly, due to the weight of stone used in the ceiling vaulting; some 200–300 tons of which was removed during renovation work to prevent the walls leaning further.
Lichfield suffered severe damage during the English Civil War of 1642–1651, in which all of the stained glass was destroyed. In spite of this, the windows of the Lady Chapel (shown in this photo) contain some of the finest medieval Flemish painted glass in existence. Dating from the 1530s, it came from the Abbey of Herkenrode in Belgium, in 1801, having been purchased by Brooke Boothby when that abbey was dissolved during the Napoleonic Wars.
In February 2003, an eighth-century sculpted panel of the Archangel Gabriel was discovered under the nave of the cathedral. The 600mm tall panel is carved from limestone, and originally was part of a stone chest, which is thought to have contained the relics of St Chad. The panel was broken into three parts but was still otherwise intact and had traces of red pigment from the period. The pigments on the Lichfield Angel correspond closely to those of the Lichfield Gospels which have been dated to around 730AD. The Angel was first unveiled to the public in 2006, when visitor numbers to the cathedral trebled. After being taken to Birmingham for eighteen months for examination, it is now exhibited in the cathedral.
This photo was created by taking 9 shots with a fisheye lens and stitching them together to form a spherical panorama that covers the entire 360˚ view, from floor to ceiling. The tripod is removed by taking two 'straight down' shots from slightly different positions, using a dedicated spherical panoramic head that can offset the camera position away from the central axis of the tripod. Each frame was taken with 5 exposures to capture the full dynamic range from the bright windows to the dark corners (so 45 shots in total). The spherical panorama was transformed to the 2D square you see here using stereographic projection. This version is cropped to show details so it doesn't include the full 360˚.
Canon EOS 90D
Canon EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye USM @ 10mm
2.5s | 0.8s | 1/4s | 1/13s | 1/40s (+3.33/+1.7/0/-1.7/-3.33EV)
f/9
ISO 200
Stitching & reprojection: PTGui Pro
Exposure blending and tonemapping: Aurora HDR
A day out photographing Kingfishers. Weather was nice but light variable.
A similar, but not quite the same image as posted a couple of days ago.
It was proving to be a very successful day for catching Fish.
If the Kingfisher positioned the Fish in its Bill head outwards it would fly away rather than eat it at the perch .
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The shutter being open for 30 seconds allows for Star Trails to be seen as we on Earth rotate looking out to the starlit vast expansion of our universe. Once burning day and night our quiet countryside has been subject to many improving measures to make it into the network of fields and farms that it is today. The countryside holds some amazing relics like this one, spectacularly marking past changes. We needed kilns and we built and used them and then they became obsolete. This kiln has been filled in to stop it falling inwards, but it is falling outwards instead.
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Upperside Limekiln, South Canmore
This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the flowers which are 6mm in diameter. They are vintage 1920s sequins I bought still complete on their silk shank. They, like others I use are imported from France.
Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the flowers until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, and because it is a simple pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 1 1/2 to 2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
SAMSUNG DIGITAL CAMERA ; Contemplation...the Ironmen embody loneliness...even though they are 100 in number: They look ever outwards...looking towards "Another Place"...
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The most distinctive thing about a Corncrake is its rasping call as it usually stays hidden so is rarely seen. Even its scientific name, Crex crex is a direct imitation of its call. The name Corncrake seems a little odd as it is a bird of grasslands rather than crops (in English, corn is the prevalent arable crop in an area, usually wheat in England, oats in Scotland, but is different from American corn on the cob). It was first noted in the literature in the 15th century but the earliest bird books called it Land Rail. Thomas Bewick introduced the name Corncrake into ornithological literature in 1797 and it competed with Land Rail (and Crake Gallinule) for about a hundred years and then became the standard English name. It was once a common British bird and was still breeding in every county in Great Britain and Ireland at the end of the nineteenth century. But by the late 1980s it was largely restricted to the Orkneys, Outer Isles and remote parts of the Inner Hebrides. It was a casualty of modern farming, particularly earlier cutting, and mechanised cutting. It mainly survived where active measures were taken to conserve it, such as planting early cover, and mowing meadows from the inside outwards as they are reluctant to break cover so will not escape the mower.
I took this photo on the Isle of Iona soon after they had arrived and were using the iris beds as early cover (seen in the background). Most sources suggest there are about 40 calling birds on Iona but the numbers are lower than this today. Surveys report 12 to 15 calling males but I only heard nine different birds. This one was near the Abbey on Iona, taken soon after sunrise when the birds were still active. I hardly heard one call between about 8am and 6pm, but at night they were calling constantly.
(From my own archived photos, 2022)
The Martina watchtower is located east of the downtown of Ayllón (Segovia, Spain), on a hill that dominates for several kilometres around.
This tower is the only remains left of the medieval wall of this city, which has a pentagonal plan and is of the "albarrana tower" type, which is a type of tower that protruded outwards from the wall, connected to it by a bridge with one or more arches.
Later, a bell gable was added, like those found in some churches and hermitages, and two bells.
Ayllón was probably founded by Celtiberians.
It was destroyed by the Romans under the command of Marco Fulvio Nobilior in 190 BC.
It is very close to Tiermes.
There is a Visigothic necropolis in the Estebanvela area.
Repopulated during the Arab occupation in the 10th century, it was first named Aellon in 1076. (Source: Wikipedia).
TORRE VIGIA DE LA MARTINA, 2022
(De mis propias fotos archivadas, 2022)
La torre vigía de la Martina está al este del casco urbano de la localidad de Ayllón (Segovia, España), sobre un cerro que domina varios kilómetros a la redonda.
Esta torre es lo único que queda de la muralla medieval de esta ciudad, que tiene una planta pentagonal y es del tipo "torre albarrana", que es un tipo de torre que sobresalía hacia fuera de la muralla, conectada a ella por un puente de uno o varios arcos.
Posteriormente se le añadió una espadaña, como las que hay en algunas iglesias y ermitas, y dos campanas.
Ayllón es probablemente de fundación celtíbera.
Fue destruido por los romanos bajo el mando de Marco Fulvio Nobilior en 190 a. C.
Está muy cerca de Tiermes.
Existe una necrópolis visigoda en la zona de Estebanvela. Repoblado durante la ocupación árabe en el siglo X se nombra por primera vez con el nombre de Aellon en el año 1076. (Fuente: Wikipedia).
This was one of those moments when I wondered if the camera could capture what I was seeing. The main light caught my eye with a subtle iridescence radiating outwards and pulsating with an energy like a Van Gogh painting.
There might have been a lot of factors at play here, cold damp air, my long sightedness, and although this is a decent enough shot, even with editing it doesn't come close
Sleeping Pandora ~ Interplanetary Mediation
The box bulges. Facets joined by sharp creases protrude outwards. Angular chocolates cast shadows. A wonderful piece of trompe-l'œil - an illusion of 3D where there is only flatness.
You guessed - We have already broken into the Christmas chocolates and this now empty box caught my eye.
This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year. In this case they are for a friend, who likes yellow and gold as a colour scheme.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the snowflakes which are 12mm in diameter. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the flowers and stars until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, however because it is a complex pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
This tree was growing over, around and on top of 3 huge stones and yet, it seemed to be thriving. It made its way around the obstacles and grew outwards and upwards and although it looks sparse in this photo it sprouting fresh leaves at the top of its branches. To quote Ian Malcolm: "Life finds a way".
Polygaloides chamaebuxus (Polygalaceae) 090 24
Polygaloides chamaebuxus is a small shrub that grows mainly above ground, in rocky terrain and in forests. Its flowers are very distinctive: they have a kind of yellow or reddish protuberance protruding outwards, adorned at the top with white or bright pink petals.
Jokhang (Lhaden Tsuglakhang)(Jowokhang) ཇོ་ཁང་
Jokhang by Cameron Warner (July 22, 2010) Introduction The Jokhang (jo khang) is the largest temple in Lhasa and arguably the most important pilgrimage site in Tibet. Its most famous inhabitant, the Jowo Śākyamuni (jo bo shākya mu ne) is the most revered Buddhist statue in Tibet. It is customary for Tibetans visiting Lhasa to visit the temple for an audience with the Jowo Śākyamuni immediately upon arrival in the city and again on the way out of town. Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Jokhang anchors the oldest neighborhood in Lhasa and functions as the center of religious life for many Tibetans as well as a popular tourist destination. Geographic Location The Jokhang anchors the Tibetan quarter of present-day Lhasa at a geomantically auspicious site chosen by Wencheng Gongzhu (Tib. rgya bza' kong jo). Songtsen Gampo and his two foreign consorts, Bhṛkutī and Wencheng Gongzhu built the temple on top of a small pond called the Milk Lake ('O thang mtsho), north of the right arm of the Kyichu River (Skyid chu) and southeast of the first Potala Palace on Mount Marpori. Early History Songtsen Gampo, the first emperor of Tibet, founded the Jokhang around 640 to house the Jowo Mikyö Dorjé statue (though this is disputed in present scholarship). According to most Tibetan historians, Bhṛkutī, a Nepalese princess of the Licchavi dynasty, brought the Jowo Mikyö Dorjé to Tibet as part of her dowry to become an imperial consort of Songtsen Gampo. The Nepalese connection is still evident in the South Asian layout of the central temple structure and the wood-carved lintels around the doorways of each chapel, most of which are original. After some initial difficulties in construction of the temple, Songtsen Gampo's Chinese consort, Wencheng Gongzhu, performed a divination to select the most auspicious site. Animals helped to fill-in a small lake north of the Kyichu (Skyid chu) river. One of the many names of the temple, Rasa Trülnang (Ra sa 'phrul snang), reflects some of its mythological origins. The name has been interpreted to mean the temple that was "magically-manifested" ('phrul snang) and constructed with earth (sa) transported by goats (ra). However, the etymology of "rasa" most likely refers to Lhasa's origin as a medieval walled-town (rawe sa) (Pommaret-Imaeda ed., 2003: 21). "Trülnang" recalls how Songtsen Gampo magically manifested 108 avatars of himself to assist in the construction of the temple. Much of the early history of the temple is shrouded in myth including how the Jowo Śākyamuni (jo bo shākya mu ne) came to be in the Jokhang. According to Tibetan ecclesiastical history, originally the Jowo Śākyamuni resided in another Lhasa temple, the Ramoché and was later moved to hide it from an invading Chinese army. The name "Jokhang" originally referred to the Jowo Śākyamuni's chapel in particular, the Tsangkhang Uma (Gtsang khang dbus ma), or Central Chapel. The small village of Rasa's name changed to Lhasa (the place of the gods) as it developed around the temple itself. Some of the other names of the temple reflect similar ideas such as Lhadan (Lha ldan) Tsuklagkhang. Middle History The majority of our knowledge of the history of the Jokhang comes from two different genres of Tibetan literature: ecclesiastical histories and catalogues of the temple (dkar chag), usually written to commemorate particular renovations. In the genre of ecclesiastical history, the most important text is the Vase-shaped Pillar Testament (Bka' chems ka khol ma), reputedly an autobiography written by Songtsen Gampo himself and hidden within the temple for the benefit of future generations. It includes accounts of both the construction of the temple and the early history of the Jowo Śākyamuni. However, the various extant recensions of the text date to no earlier than the late eleventh century and therefore it should be read as a document reflecting the concerns of Tibetans from that time period. Around that time, Zangkar Lotsawa (Zangs dkar Lo tsa ba 'Phags pa shes rab) from Ngari (mnga' ris skor gsum) moved the original image in the Central Chapel, the Akṣobhya Buddha (mi 'khrugs pa) to make room for renovations. He expanded the size of the chapel by moving the east-facing wall outwards and moved the Jowo Śākyamuni from his hiding place into the Central Chapel (KPGT II 448; Vitali, 1990: 78). The most authoritative account of Zangkar Lotsawa's work comes from the historian Pawo Tsuklag Trengwa (Dpa' bo Gtsug lag phreng ba) (1504-1566), in his Feast for Scholars: An Ecclesiastical History (Chos 'byung mkhas pa'i dga' ston). The history of the Jokhang cannot be separated from the political history of the Lhasa valley, Read more: places.thlib.org/features/15474/descriptions/236#ixzz1tQg...
Porta San Frediano
Porta San Frediano fa parte delle mura di Firenze e si trova nel quartiere di Oltrarno, nella zona più a ovest che prende il nome dal borgo omonimo, a sua volta detto di San Frediano per la presenza dell'antica chiesa di San Frediano, non più esistente.
La porta (facente parte della sesta cerchia di mura, compiuta fra il 1284 ed il 1333) fu edificata tra il 1332 e il 1334 sulla importantissima via per Pisa, con un progetto attribuito a Andrea Pisano.
Basandosi sulle sue dimensioni attuali, doveva essere la porta più maestosa della cinta muraria, ma rimase incompiuta in altezza.
Sul lato rivolto verso la città è presente alla sommità dell'arco lo stemma di Firenze scolpito in pietra serena.
La grandiosa porta in legno con i bulloni è originale, così come gli anelli in ferro battuto per legare i cavalli, ancora applicati ai lati rivolti all'esterno, e supporti per fiaccole in ferro battuto.
Le chiavi della Porta San Frediano sono ancora oggi visibili poiché sono custodite nel Museo Tracce di Firenze in Palazzo Vecchio
Porta San Frediano is part of the walls of Florence and is located in the Oltrarno district. It takes its name from the village of the same name, in turn called San Frediano due to the presence of an ancient church that no longer exists. The Porta, part of the sixth circle of walls, was built between 1332 and 1334, on the important road to Pisa, with a project attributed to Andrea Pisano. Based on its size, it must have been the most majestic of the city walls, but remained unfinished in height. On the façade facing the city there is on the top of the arch the emblem of the city in pietra serena. The large wooden door with bolts is original, as are the wrought-iron rings to tie the horses that still exist on the sides facing outwards, and the supports for torches always in wrought iron. The keys of the Porta San Frediano are still visible today because they are kept in the Traces Museum of Florence in the Palazzo Vecchio.
For Jules Photo Challenge Group, January 2017 challenge, 1/22-1/28...show 5 things you love about yourself and two things you hate.
I love nature and find beauty in the outdoors. The simplest things can make me very happy. A sunset, a bird in a feeder, time with my dogs, watching the waves hit a beach, fog in a mountain valley.....it helps keep me balanced. I project this outwards too, it's a good thing spreading the love of God's creation. Our mother earth.
The large ears ensure excellent hearing. They can move independently of each other and can thus absorb sound from any direction. A hare can turn its ears outwards by 190 °. In addition to the sharp hearing, the hare also has a highly developed sense of smell to be able to perceive enemies and pick up the scent of rutting females. By constantly sniffing the hare catches odors all the time. The sideways placed eyes provide a 360 ° field of view. There is overlap in front of and behind him, and the hare does not have to move its head to see its surroundings. Only in front of and just behind him is a blind spot. However, the hare cannot estimate depth.
So maybe he saw me, smelled me, heared the shutter but had no idea how far I was :).
EACH TIME YOU ALLOW YOUR INNER GODDESS TO RADIATE OUTWARDS, YOU'RE THE GLOW IN THE DARK, FOR SOMEONE ELSE.
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After finding one of these views in Prague: See here
I was very happy when i noticed a similar one in Siena, Italy. I think this one's better than the one from Prague, because of the magnificent color and the tower (Torre Del Mangia)
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The Palazzo Pubblico (town hall) is a palace in the city of Siena, located in the Tuscany region of Italy. Construction began in 1297 and its original purpose was to house the republican government, consisting of the Podestà and Council of Nine.
Palazzo Pubblico and Torre del Mangia.
The outside of the structure is an example of Italian medieval architecture with Gothic influences. The lower story is stone; the upper crenelatted stories are made of brick. The facade of the palace is curved slightly inwards (concave) to reflect the outwards curve (convex) of the Piazza del Campo, Siena's central square of which the Palace is the focal point. The campanile or bell tower, Torre del Mangia, was built between 1325 and 1344 with its crown designed by the painter, Lippo Memmi. The tower was designed to be taller than the tower in neighboring rival Florence; at the time it was the tallest structure in Italy. It was fitted with a mechanical clock during the mid 14th century. Its design has been used as the basis for several other campaniles including the Dock Tower in Grimsby, England constructed in 1852 and the Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower in the edgabston campus of the University of Birmingham (completed in 1908).
Copenhagen City Hall and Odense City Hall (Denmark) was greatly inspired from Palazzo Pubblico.
Technique/Processing
Just patience... Waiting for the right sky and then getting the framing right (I should've taken my tripod!). I even went to Siena for a second time to get this shot, because the first day we were there, the weather just wasn't right (overcast sky).
Have a nice weekend!
This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year. In this case they are for a friend, who like me, elects red as her favourite colour, but also likes gold, white, black and silver accents for her tree.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the large star sequins which are 6mm, the sunburst sequins which are 12 mm and the small stars which are 3mm and very fiddly. The sunburst sequins are French and are known as "éclate de soleil" - "sunbursts". Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the stars until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, however because it is a complex pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year. In this case they are for a friend, who like me, elects blue as her favourite colour.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the large Stars of David which are 6mm and the small stars which are 3mm and very fiddly. The Stars of David sequins are vintage celluloid sequins from the 1920s Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the flowers and stars until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, however because it is a complex pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
The Rosette Nebula is a cloud of dust containing enough gas and dust to make about 10,000 stars like our Sun. In the centre of the nebula is a cluster of hot, bright young stars. These are warming up the surrounding gas and dust, making it appear bluer. The small, bright white regions are cocoons of dust in which huge stars are currently being born. These “protostars”, each one of which will probably become a star up to ten times more massive than the Sun, are heating up the surrounding gas and dust and making it clow brighter. The smaller, redder dots on the left side and near the centre of the image also contain protostars, but these are smaller, and will go on to form stars much like our Sun. Just as the centre of the nebula contains bright young stars, in a few tens or hundreds of millions of years these stars will have died, but the protostars will have evolved into fully-fledged stars in their own right. In this way, the star formation will move outwards through the nebula.
This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year. In this case they are for a friend, who like me, elects red as her favourite colour, but also likes gold, white, black and silver accents for her tree.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the stars which are 10mm. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the stars until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in. Star sequins are notorious for getting caught on clothes, which then bend the points.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, and because it is a simple pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 1 1/2 to 2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
The small gateway to the outside graveyard of St Tanwg's Church In the sand, looking outwards
At Llandanwg.
This frame contains many galaxies. If you look to the right side of the frame, you can see several barely visible galaxies. Many of the things that look like smudges are galaxies. Seeing so many groups of galaxies in one photo is so cool. But the showcase would be the Grand Design Galaxy, NGC 5364 located in the top left-hand side of the image. Grand-design galaxies are characterised by their prominent, well-defined arms, which circle outwards from a clear core. NGC 5364 is 54.5[2] million light years away.
The galaxy directly below (thin in an up-down orientation) is NGC 5360. It is a 13.7 mag Hubble -type SB0/a lenticular galaxy estimated to be 51 million light years away.
The large glowing galaxy near the top and centre (just below that bright blue star TYC 315-332-1) is NGC 5363. This lenticular galaxy is estimated to be 65 million light years away.
Moving from the centre of the frame towards 4:30 postion is NGC 5356. It is a barred spiral galaxy with a 13.0 magnitude brightness and an apparent size 2.9' × 0.8' arc min. It is oriented at a 45-degree angle in this presentation.
Instruments:
Telescope: 10" Ritchey-Chrétien RCOS
Camera: SBIG STL-11000 Mono
Mount: Astro-Physics AP-900
Focal Length: 2310.00 mm
Pixel size: 9.00 um
Resolution: 0.82 arcsec/pix
Exposure Details:
Red 26X450 Bin2
Green 16X450 Bin2
Blue 16X450 Bin2
Lum 81X900
Total Exposure: 27.5 Hours
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This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year. In this case they are for a friend, who like me, elects red as her favourite colour, but also likes gold, white, black and silver accents for her tree.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the stars which are 10mm. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the stars until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in. Star sequins are notorious for getting caught on clothes, which then bend the points.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, and because it is a simple pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 1 1/2 to 2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
C’est un chef-d’œuvre de la Renaissance, construit entre 1566 et 1573, dont on ne connait pas l’architecte. Il s'agit en fait d'un relais de chasse dont la construction a été commandée par Louise de Clermont et son époux Antoine de Crussol en forêt de Maulnes non loin de ses prestigieux voisins d’Ancy-le-Franc et Tanlay.
Un château unique de forme pentagonale organisé autour d’un escalier central qui constitue un véritable puits de lumière. Il est édifié sur une source phréatique permettant à une fontaine de s’écouler vers l’extérieur pour alimenter un Nymphée.
C’est une prouesse d’architecture dont les plans et dessins figurent en bonne place dans le premier volume des « Plus Excellents Bastiments de France » de Jacques Androuet du Cerceau publié en 1576.
Laissé à l’abandon au fil du temps, le Conseil Général de l'Yonne engage une procédure d’expropriation en 1997 de ses derniers propriétaires pour sauver la ruine et effectuer des travaux de restauration toujours en cours.
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Maulnes
It is a masterpiece of the Renaissance, built between 1566 and 1573, whose architect is unknown. It is a hunting lodge whose construction was commissioned by Louise de Clermont and her husband Antoine de Crussol in the forest of Maulnes not far from his prestigious neighbors of Ancy-le-Franc and Tanlay.
A unique castle of pentagonal shape organized around a central staircase that constitutes a true skylight. It is built on a water source allowing a fountain to flow outwards to feed a Nymphaea.
It is an architectural feat whose plans and drawings figure prominently in the first volume of the «Plus Excellents Bastiments de France» by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau published in 1576.
Left to be abandoned over time, the General Council of Yonne began a procedure of expropriation in 1997 of its last owners to save the ruin and carry out restoration work still in progress.
Going to the beach in Cartagena, Colombia.
Blessed with an average temperature of 27.7ºC and 2,500 hours of brilliant Caribbean sunshine a year, pretty much every day is a good day to go to the beach in Cartagena.
Let’s be honest, the beach isn’t the best but that doesn’t stop it being the busiest during high season and at weekends.
Facing outwards from the bay of Cartagena towards the Caribbean, Bocagrande is a convenient spot to grab some rays if you don’t feel like venturing beyond the touristic heartland.
Ballymagorry, Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
During summer I often spend my days traversing the coasts of Ireland, mainly due to how stunning our beaches and waters look during these warmer seasons. What attracts myself and many others to the sea, lakes or rivers especially for sunsets is the vast open vistas and mainly for the colourful evening reflections which dance off the water’s surface. We get a sort of “two for one deal” from nature on these lucky evenings when both the sky and the surface glows with vibrant tones. However, when in this “beach vibe” mode it can be easy to overlook the simpler beauty inland which is often hidden in plain sight.
Every so often I stop whilst on route and stroll onto these everyday crop fields in hope of a warm lit sunset. On this evening, I stood alone amongst the sounds of many birds and insects flying around and a few muffled cow moo's in the distance. The sun touched the horizon then released its vibrant rays which flowed outwards and reflected off these ears of barley. Shimmered from yellow to gold then amber to red depending on which way the gentle breeze swayed the crop. It was almost like staring onto the waves of the ocean on how the sunlight danced, shifted and changed due to surface reflection movements
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This self-sustaining population in Torrevieja has been here for at least 20 years. Strangely they haven’t managed to expand outwards from this suburban location.
Spain; Torrevieja, Alicante 14/2/24
This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year.
I have a Flick friend who is very generous of spirit and time who has been a great support to me this year, and who also sends me a beautiful desk calendar every year, of which the 2023 edition sits next to me as I type this. She has a Zen room that is decorated in calming pale colours, and in it she has a Zen Christmas tree on which she hangs white and silver decorations made by very special friends. I am honoured that this silver bauble is amongst them this year, along with a pair if white baubles made a couple of years ago for her when we first "met" through Flickr.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the butterflies which are 12mm in diameter at their widest point. I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the snowflakes until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, and because it is a simple pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 1 1/2 to 2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year.
I have a Flick friend for whom I made this bauble in appreciation for her generosity in spirit. She has been like a ray of light. This bauble, made deliberately in Mardi Gras colours because I know how much she likes the celebration, is a thank you gift.
Each bauble is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the butterflies which are 10mm, the small stars which are 3mm and very fiddly. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the flowers until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, and because it is a simple pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 1 1/2 to 2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
Nature - Flowers - The Intricate Design and Beauty of the Iris Flower.
Iris is a genus of 260–300 species of flowering plants with showy flowers. It takes its name from the Greek word for a rainbow, referring to the wide variety of flower colors found among the many species. As well as being the scientific name, iris is also very widely used as a common name for all Iris species, as well as some belonging to other closely related genera. A common name for some species is 'flags', while the plants of the subgenus Scorpiris are widely known as 'junos', particularly in horticulture. It is a popular garden flower.
The inflorescences are in the shape of a fan and contain one or more symmetrical six-lobed flowers. These grow on a pedicel or peduncle. The three sepals, which are spreading or droop downwards, are referred to as "falls". They expand from their narrow base, which in some of the rhizomatous irises has a "beard" (a tuft of short upright extensions growing in its midline), into a broader expanded portion ("limb"), often adorned with veining, lines or dots. The three, sometimes reduced, petals stand upright, partly behind the sepal bases. They are called "standards". Some smaller iris species have all six lobes pointing straight outwards, but generally limb and standards differ markedly in appearance. They are united at their base into a floral tube that lies above the ovary (known as an epigynous or inferior ovary). The styles divide towards the apex into petaloid branches; this is significant in pollination.
The iris flower is of interest as an example of the relation between flowering plants and pollinating insects. The shape of the flower and the position of the pollen-receiving and stigmatic surfaces on the outer petals form a landing-stage for a flying insect, which in probing for nectar, will first come into contact with the perianth, then with the stigmatic stamens in one whorled surface which is borne on an ovary formed of three carpels. The shelf-like transverse projection on the inner whorled underside of the stamens is beneath the overarching style arm below the stigma, so that the insect comes in contact with its pollen-covered surface only after passing the stigma; in backing out of the flower it will come in contact only with the non-receptive lower face of the stigma. Thus, an insect bearing pollen from one flower will, in entering a second, deposit the pollen on the stigma; in backing out of a flower, the pollen which it bears will not be rubbed off on the stigma of the same flower.
The Rosette Nebula is a cloud of dust containing enough gas and dust to make about 10,000 stars like our Sun. In the centre of the nebula is a cluster of hot, bright young stars. These are warming up the surrounding gas and dust, making it appear bluer. The small, bright white regions are cocoons of dust in which huge stars are currently being born. These “protostars”, each one of which will probably become a star up to ten times more massive than the Sun, are heating up the surrounding gas and dust and making it clow brighter. The smaller, redder dots on the left side and near the centre of the image also contain protostars, but these are smaller, and will go on to form stars much like our Sun. Just as the centre of the nebula contains bright young stars, in a few tens or hundreds of millions of years these stars will have died, but the protostars will have evolved into fully-fledged stars in their own right. In this way, the star formation will move outwards through the nebula. Hubble Palette of SHO data from Telescope Live.