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The basilica of the "Annunciation" is located in Esslingen (southern Germany next to Stuttgart). It is the largest Greek Orthodox church in Europe outside Greece.
The three-aisled basilica was completed in 1995. The massive concrete structure was elaborately revetted and painted in a classic, orthodox manner.
For the Greek Orthodox faithful of Esslingen, the basilica is more than just a religious place. Here, the Greek life takes place, the church means their home.
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The Villa Doria Pamphili is a seventeenth-century villa with what is today the largest landscaped public park in Rome, Italy. It is located in the quarter of Monteverde, on the Gianicolo (or the Roman Janiculum), just outside the Porta San Pancrazio in the ancient walls of Rome where the ancient road of the Via Aurelia commences.
The winter doesn't want to finish... It is cold and bright outside. The sun makes beautiful effects on the icy trees sometimes.
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How can you stay outside? There’s a beautiful mess inside.
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This is my fifth Songspiration: Far Far- Yael Naim. It’s a beautiful song. You should listen to it as you look at this. (Dee, get into that habit ;D)
I know I’ve missed…a few… Songspirations. BUT I’M SORRY. And I really don’t like this a whole lot, but I didn’t want to miss another one.
Other Songpirations here.
So lots of credits to go around. This was taken on Saturday by Dee. We were trespassing (;D) through this forest behind an incredibly rich house and I had to jump off one side of this path and it was…complicated. So I had to use a tripod to step down and I didn’t have a remote and we had five minutes before the sun went down. And Dee’s dad was pressuring us as soon I got down and Dee was just rushing all the pictures. And the good ones were blurry. BUT IT’S OKAY. XD And then I couldn’t get back up.
BUT WHATEVER. That was a short synopsis of that.
And then we got back and both edited this. We both expanded and she did the curves for me because she loves me. AND IT WAS A GOOD DAY.
And today I was with Haley. So expect a picture tomorrow or so.
I’m off!
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Tlos was founded on the very top of the hill and it was fortified with walls. In 141 AD an earthquake struck the region causing immense damage in many Lycian towns. We know from inscriptions that Opramoas, a very wealthy man, made significant donations to these towns to help them in the reconstruction; at that time the strength of the Roman Empire was at its peak and Lycia was far from its borders, so the new town was built outside the walls, as no enemies threatened it.
Testing the new 75-300mm zoom (150-600mm 35mm equivalent) and saw a while flock of cormorants perching in the middle of the lake. no tripod with me so these are hand held so not as sharp as i would like but putting that down to camera shake rather than lens issues. the sun came out for a couple of minutes and turned just a small part of the lake Blue which really makes the colour pop.
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Double headed ex LMS Black 5 locos 44874 and 45407 "The Lancashire Fusilier" with the SRPS railtour heading South from Fort William seen North of the great horseshoe bend below Ben Dorain. In a few minutes, the train will emerge on the track in the foreground.. This is an annual trip to bring the locos South following the end of the daily "Jacobite" railtour season (Fort William to Mallaig).
The title is taken from the well known folk (or now children's song) originally sung by railroad work gangs in the Midwestern United States in the 1890s.
Manufacturer: Chevrolet Division of General Motors LLC, Detroit - U.S.A.
Type: Styleline DeLuxe Sedan (Serie 2100JK)
Engine: 3547cc straight-6
Power: 92 bhp / 3.400 rpm
Speed: 135 km/h
Production time: 1951
Production outlet: 380,270
Production outlet: 855,293 (all Stylelines DeLuxe)
Curb weight: 1465 kg
Special:
- The '51 model had a smooth new "Fashion-Front" grille and integrated "Reflector-Guard" taillights.
- Parking lights moved to the outer edges of the grille molding to yield a wider, more substantial appearance.
- The DeLuxe models had neat fender skirts, accentuating the clean body lines, stainless steel moldings on the front fenders and doors and a 39-hour wind-up clock inside.
- It had a new curved "Safety-Sight" aluminium instrument panel, gauges were grouped in two circular clusters with non-glare lighting and the control knobs sat below in a recessed panel.
- Available options: outside sun shade, bumper wing tips, grille guard and a radio.
- It has a three-speed manual gearbox (stick shift), a Rochester 7004477 carburattor, rear wheel drive and "Jumbo-Drum" brakes on all wheels.
- A two-speed automatic Powerglide gearbox was a frequently requested option, bought on 43% of all Stylelines ☺☺!
- 1951 had seven models: two six-seater saloons with two or four doors, a two-door sports coupé with six chairs, a two-door hatchback with five seats, Convertible Coupé and two five-door station wagons with eight seats.
- Steve McQueen owned a 1951 Chevrolet Styleline DeLuxe Convertible and was used in his final film, "The Hunter".
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White-faced Heron
Scientific Name: Egretta novaehollandiae
Description: The White-faced Heron is mostly light blue-grey in colour, with a characteristic white face. In flight, the dark flight feathers of the wing contrast with the paler grey plumage, making this bird easily identifiable when viewed from below. It has a long, slim neck and a pointed grey-black bill. The legs are long and dull yellow in colour. Sexes are similar. When breeding, the birds have long feathers (nuptial plumes) on the head, neck and back. The White-faced Heron has a slow bouncing flight. Young White-faced Herons are similar in appearance to the non-breeding adults (no nuptial plumes), but are duller, with little or no white on the face. They often have a reddish colour on the underparts.
Distribution: White-faced Herons are the most commonly seen herons in Australia. They are found throughout the mainland and Tasmania, and most coastal islands. They also occur in Indonesia, New Guinea, New Caledonia and New Zealand.
Habitat: White-faced Herons can be found anywhere where there is water, from tidal mudflats and coastal reefs to moist grasslands and gardens.
Feeding: The White-faced Heron feeds on a wide variety of prey, including fish, insects and amphibians. Food is obtained in a variety of ways, such as walking and disturbing prey, searching among damp crevices or simply standing in the water and watching for movement.
Breeding: White-faced Herons may breed outside the breeding season in response to rainfall. Both sexes share the building of the nest, incubation of the eggs and care of the young. The nest is an untidy structure of sticks, placed in a tree. Normally only one brood of young is raised in a year.
Minimum Size: 60cm
Maximum Size: 70cm
Average size: 65cm
Breeding season: October to December
Clutch Size: Three to four, occasionally up to seven.
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These are lovely little birds never still for more than a second and always on high alert for food or predators.
The Red-winged Blackbird,
an abundant permanent resident of Florida. Among our most familiar birds, Red-wings seem to sing their nasal songs in every marsh and wet field from coast to coast. They are notably bold, and several will often attack a larger bird, such as a hawk or crow, that flies over their nesting area. The red shoulder patches of the male, hidden under body feathers much of the time, are brilliantly displayed when he is singing. Outside the nesting season, Red-wings sometimes roost in huge concentrations.
To defend his territory and attract a mate, male perches on high stalk with feathers fluffed out and tail partly spread, lifts leading edge of wing so that red shoulder patches are prominent, and sings. Also sings in slow, fluttering flight. One male often has more than one mate. Adults are very aggressive in nesting territory, attacking larger birds that approach, and loudly protesting human intruders. Nest: Placed in marsh growth such as cattails or bulrushes, in bushes or saplings close to water, or in dense grass in fields. Nest (built by female) is bulky open cup, lashed to standing vegetation, made of grass, reeds, leaves, rootlets, lined with fine grass.
I found this one singing along Peavine Road in Osceola County, Florida.
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Scanning technology advanced since the last time I worked on this photo, so I had scanned and processed this photo once again, and replaced the old one!
Yamdrok Lake (Tibetan: Yamdrok Yumtso, ཡར་འབྲོག་གཡུ་མཚོ་; Wylie: Yar-'brog G.yu-mtsho; ZWPY: Yamzho Yumco; Chinese: 羊卓雍錯) is one of the three largest sacred lakes in Tibet. It is over 72 km (45 miles) long. The lake is surrounded by many snow-capped mountains and is fed by numerous small streams. The lake does have an outlet stream at its far western end.
Around 90 km to the west of the lake lies the Tibetan town of Gyantse and Lhasa is a hundred km to the northeast. According to local mythology, Yamdok Yumtso lake is the transformation of a goddess.
Yamdrok Lake, also known as Yamḍok Yumtso, has a power station that was completed and dedicated in 1996 near the small village of Pai-Ti at the lake’s western end. This power station is the largest in Tibet.
The lake (638 km² in area, of depth unknown) is fan-shaped, spreading to the south but narrowing up to the north. The mountainous lakeshore is highly crenellated, with numerous bays and inlets. Lake Yamdrok freezes in winter. Like mountains, lakes are considered sacred by Tibetan people, the principle being that they are the dwelling places of protective deities and therefore invested with special spiritual powers. Yamdrok Lake is one of four particularly holy lakes, thought to be divinatory; everyone from the Dalai Lama to local villagers make pilgrimages there. The others such lakes are Lhamo La-tso, Namtso and Manasarovar. The lake is revered as a talisman and is said to be part of the life-spirit of the Tibetan nation. The largest lake in southern Tibet, it is said that if its waters dry, Tibet will no longer be habitable. The lake is home to the famous Samding Monastery which is on a peninsula jutting into the lake. This monastery is the only Tibetan monastery to be headed by a female re-incarnation. Since it is not a nunnery, its female abbot heads a community of about thirty monks and nuns. Samding Monastery is where Dorje Pakmo, the only female Lama in Tibet, stayed and presided, and stands to the south of Lake Yamdrok Yumtso.
Today, both pilgrims and tourists can be seen walking along the lake's perimeter. One of the lake's islands contains an old fort or castle called Pede Dzong.
This photo was taken in April 2000. After building a dam for the hydroelectric power station, this landscape doesn't exist anymore. Yamdrok Tso ( Turquoise lake ) is about 4500m above sea level, and is one of the lakes on the highest altitude.
Yamdrok Tso ( Turquoise lake ) is about 4500m above sea level
The Himalaya Range is a mountain range in Asia, separating the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. By extension, it is also the name of the massive mountain system which includes the Karakoram, the Hindu Kush, and a host of minor ranges extending from the Pamir Knot. The name is from Sanskrit himālaya, a tatpurusa compound meaning "the abode of snow" (from hima "snow", and ālaya "abode"; see also Himavat).
Together, the Himalayan mountain system is the planet's highest and home to the world's highest peaks: the Eight-thousanders, including Mount Everest and K2. To comprehend the enormous scale of this mountain range consider that Aconcagua, in the Andes, at 6,962 m, is the highest peak outside Asia, while the Himalayan system includes over 100 mountains exceeding 7,200 meters.
The Himalayan system, which includes outlying subranges, stretches across six countries: Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Afghanistan. They are the source of three of the world's major river systems, the Indus, the Ganga-Brahmaputra, and the Yangtze. Approximately 1.3 billion people live in the drainage basin of the Himalayan rivers.
Tibet is a plateau region in Central Asia. With an average elevation of 4,900 metres (16,000 ft), it is the highest region on Earth and is commonly referred to as the "Roof of the World."
Geographically, UNESCO and Encyclopædia Britannica consider Tibet to be part of Central Asia, while some academic organizations consider it part of South Asia.
Tibet is located on the Tibetan Plateau, the world's highest region. The world's highest mountain, Mount Everest, is on Nepal's border with Tibet. The average altitude is about 3,000 m in the south and 4,500 m in the north.
Several major rivers have their source in the Tibetan. These includeYangtze, Yellow River, Indus River, Mekong, Brahmaputra River, Ganges, Salween and the Yarlung Tsangpo River. Tibet has numerous high-altitude lakes referred to in Tibetan as tso or co. These include Lake Manasarovar, Namtso, Pangong Tso, Yamdrok Lake, Siling Co, Lhamo La-tso, Lumajangdong Co, Lake Puma Yumco, Lake Paiku, Lake Rakshastal, Dagze Co and Dong Co.
Tidal pond at Hammonasset Beach State Park near sunset.
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Cattle egrets having a squabble. There were literally thousands nesting near a lagoon. Not sure whether this is a pair or not... This male got short shrift from a female on a nest. Great display.
Cattle Egret
Scientific Name: Ardea ibis
Description: A relatively small snowy-white egret, the Cattle Egret is distinguished during breeding season by its orange crown, neck and breast, with similarly tinted long loose neck plumes. The long sharp, slightly down-curved bill is yellow to pinkish yellow, but becomes bright red during breeding season. The legs are normally grey-green out of breeding season, turning bright red or orange-brown during breeding.
It is a gregarious species and is most commonly seen foraging with grazing stock and in wetland areas.
Similar species: Outside breeding season, The Cattle Egret may be confused with other white egrets such as the Intermediate Egret, A. intermedia, which has a longer neck and is less stocky or the Little Egret, A garzetta, which always has a very slender black bill and is much slimmer in profile. The Great Egret, A. alba, is much larger, with a longer neck and legs and a slimmer body. In breeding season, the orange plumage of the Cattle Egret makes it unmistakable.
Distribution: Originally found in Africa, Europe and Asia, the Cattle Egret is now found on nearly every continent, with birds in Australia originating from Asia. In Australia it is most widespread and common in north-eastern Western Australia across the Top End, Northern Territory, and in south-eastern Australia from Bundaberg, Queensland to Port Augusta, South Australia, including Tasmania.
Habitat: The Cattle Egret is found in grasslands, woodlands and wetlands, and is not common in arid areas. It also uses pastures and croplands, especially where drainage is poor. Will also forage at garbage dumps, and is often seen with cattle and other stock.
Minimum Size: 48cm
Maximum Size: 53cm
Average size: 50cm
Breeding season: October to March
Clutch Size: 2 to 7, usually 3
Incubation: 24 days
Nestling Period: 42 days
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According to home.howstuffworks.com/eccentric-home-passageway7.htm, "The 24-room Gillette Castle was built high on a cliff above the Connecticut River in 1913 by William Gillette, a successful stage actor renowned for his role as Sherlock Holmes."
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By Strays Don't Sleep
I miss you dearly my bestest friend in the whole wide world. Here's another picture from my trip. Don't we just all love fake skies? Yup I edited a fake sky in because the original was just plain and I thought the picture needed a little extra something.
For Blue Skies
By Strays Don't Sleep
I’m under that night
I’m under those same stars
We’re in a red car
You asleep at my side
Going in and out of the headlights
Could I have saved you?
Would that’ve betrayed you?
I wanna burn this film
You alone with those pills
What you couldn’t do I will
I forgive you
I’ll forgive you
I’ll forgive you
I forgive you
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
For blue, blue skies
I’ll forgive you
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Photo taken year ago, during a wonderful walk ouside. I hope this year I'll be taking Chmurka outside too :)
Thank you so much everyone for all the beautiful and warm
comments on this photo.
Al fondo el continente africano y Ceuta. At the bottom the African continent.
Continente: Europa. Altura: 19 metros
Altura sobre el nivel del mar: 49 metros
Alcance: 30 millas. Año de construcción: 1838
Situado en “Punta de Europa”, en el punto más meridional de Gibraltar, se llamaba así por ser el primero en dar luz a los navegantes que entraban o salían del mar Mediterráneo. Posee la particularidad de ser el único inglés fuera del Reino Unido. El estrecho no tuvo luz hasta la construcción del faro en 1838. . La obra finalizó en 1841.
Se sitúa en una zona no urbanizada, tan solo un campo de juego y algunas residencias, destacando la mezquita de Ibrahim-al-Ibrahim. Dicha mezquita fue construida recientemente, regalo del rey Fahd de Arabia Saudí,
Desde el faro, se puede divisar en un día despejado tanto el famoso Peñón de Gibraltar, así como la costa africana, los montes de Renegado, Sidi Musa o Marsa. También se atisban la ciudad de Tánger. El territorio de Gibraltar enmarca la bahía de Algeciras y tiene en su haber una privilegiada situación geográfica, separa el mar Mediterráneo y el Océano Atlántico teniendo un tráfico marítimo de 82.000 buques al año, siendo el lugar más transitado del mundo.
Ya los griegos identificaron al Peñón como una de la columnas de Hércules. Tras la Guerra de Sucesión Española, España cedió a perpetuidad y sin jurisdicción alguna a Gran Bretaña el Peñón mediante el Tratado de Utrecht en 1713.
El faro Punta de Europa es administrado por TRINITY HOUSE, entidad inglesa de gestión y servicio de faros. Fue automatizado completamente en febrero de 1994.
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The lighthouse was built between 1838 and 1841. It was fully automated in February 1994 and its loom can be seen over a distance of 27 km. It is the southernmost lighthouse for which Trinity House is responsible, and the only one outside the UK.
Every year the Gibraltar Amateur Radio operators transmit from the area of the lighthouse.
Europa Point is the southernmost point of Gibraltar. At the end of the Rock of Gibraltar, the area is flat and occupied by such features as a playing field and a few buildings. On a clear day there is a good view of the Strait of Gibraltar; Africa, including the Rif Mountains of Morocco; and the Bay of Gibraltar and the Spanish towns on its edge.
There are three notable buildings, the new Ibrahim-al-Ibrahim Mosque, the Roman Catholic shrine of Our Lady of Europe, and a lighthouse.
Gibraltar is a British possession at the northeastern entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, which joins the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It is dominated by the famous Rock of Gibraltar, a giant monolith 246 m (almost 1400 ft) tall. Its name comes from the Arabic Jebel Tarik, Tarik's Mountain, after the general who led the Moslem conquest of Spain in 711 AD. More important today is the conquest of Gibraltar by British and Dutch marines during the War of the Spanish Succession in 1704. As a result of that war, Spain ceded Gibraltar to Britain in the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, and it has remained in British hands ever since. The territory has a population of about 28,000.
Surely, this is what they deserve...but...habitat destruction, illegal wildlife trade...what are we doing?
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and how thrilling that moment will be :)
livy again.
i remember when i was a princess!
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Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4
South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
I spotted this great photo opportunity yesterday - a stunning new yellow LP560-4 parked right outside the brand new Lamborghini store on Chapel St.
*Explored* 23 Jan 2011. Highest position #144
Wikipedia (about the church seen left): Westerkerk ("Western church") is a Dutch Protestant church in central Amsterdam. It is next to Amsterdam's Jordaan district, on the bank of the Prinsengracht canal. Several older churches in Amsterdam, such as Oude Kerk and Nieuwe Kerk, were originally built by Roman Catholics and were converted to Protestantism during the Reformation in 1578. The Westerkerk was one of the first purposely built Protestant churches. The Noorderkerk and Zuiderkerk preceded the Westerkerk. Today the Westerkerk remains the largest church in the Netherlands that was built for Protestants. The Westerkerk was built in 1620-1631 after a design by the late Renaissance architect Hendrick de Keyser in the Dutch Renaissance style and in the form of a patriarchal cross. The spire, called the Westertoren ("Western tower"), is the highest church tower in Amsterdam, at 85 meters (279 feet). The crown topping the spire is the Imperial Crown of Austria of Maximilian I.[2] The church bells were made by François Hemony in 1648. Rembrandt van Rijn was buried in the Westerkerk on October 8, 1669. The exact location of the grave is unknown, but presumed to be somewhere along the northern wall. Rembrandt's lover Hendrickje Stoffels is also buried here, as is Rembrandt's son Titus van Rijn. Other painters buried in the Westerkerk are Nicolaes Berchem, Gillis d'Hondecoeter, Melchior d'Hondecoeter and Govert Flinck. The church organ is decorated with doors painted by Gerard de Lairesse. The Westerkerk is located close to the Achterhuis (now Anne Frank House) where diarist Anne Frank, her family and others hid from Nazi persecution for two years during World War II. The Westerkerk is mentioned frequently in her diary - its clock tower could be seen from the attic of the Achterhuis and Anne Frank described the chiming of the clock as a source of comfort. A memorial statue of Frank is located outside the church. On March 10, 1966, Princess Beatrix married Prince Claus in the Westerkerk.
This beautiful Warbler is a Winter resident in Southern Florida and the Keys!! They spend a lot of time on the ground feeding on small insects!! As always thanks for looking and all the wonderful comments !!
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Not a bad place to hang out for a week. Some of the best light that I was able to capture was right outside our resort. Like a dream coming true to be there and soak it all in.
Audubon's Crested Caracara
Related to the typical falcons, but very different in shape and habits. The Audubon's Crested Caracara is a strikingly patterned, broad-winged opportunist that often feeds on carrion. Aggressive, it may chase vultures away from road kills. Widespread in the American tropics, it enters our area only near the Mexican border and in Florida. "Caracara" comes from a South American Indian name, based on the bird's call.
An opportunist, hunting and scavenging in a variety of ways. Often hunts by flying low, taking small animals by surprise. Flies along highways early in morning, searching for road kills. May steal food from other birds. May scratch on the ground for insects, or dig up turtle eggs. They Feed on a wide variety of smaller creatures, either captured alive or found dead. Diet includes rabbits, ground squirrels, skunks, various birds (plus their eggs and young), frogs, snakes, lizards, turtles, young alligators, fish, large insects.
Audubon's Crested Caracara inhabits wet prairies with cabbage palms. It may also be found in wooded areas with saw palmetto, cypress, and scrub oaks. Caracaras will also inhabit pastures. Audubon's Crested Caracara is found throughout south central Florida, and also occurs in Texas, Arkansas, Mexico, Cuba, and Panama.
I found this one at Dinner Island Ranch. Right before an approaching Thunder Storm.
I posted a different crop of this photo a while back but I was never sure which one I liked better.
The flower is called Blue Butterfly Flower (Clerodendrum ugandense).
Taken at Lake Lotus Park in Central Florida.
Canon Digital Rebel and Canon 75-300.
Uchhali Lake, Soan Sakaser, Salt Range, Pakistan.
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