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Esta es una imagen de la Garganta del Diablo. El salto más importante de las Cataratas del Iguazú.
Es el actor principal del espectáculo.
La parte izquierda corresponde al Brasil. Y la derecha a Argentina.
Tiene un ancho de 150 metros y una caída de 80 metros.
Para completar esta imagen, he tenido que emplear varias fotos consecutivas obtenidas desde el mirador del lado Argentino.
En la ocasión, dos días después de la foto que realicé del lado Brasilero y que presenté la semana anterior, el clima era adecuado en mi opinión, para las fotos.
Es que lloviznaba persistentemente, y sin la presencia del Sol, el color del agua pura se veía “verde pastel”.
Demás está contarles que, frente a La Garganta del Diablo los corazones apuran su paso.
Es un espectáculo indescriptible. Un ruido infernal. Un movimiento interminable producido por la caída de varios millones de litros de agua por segundo.
Y por la bruma en suspensión que genera el salto, te pegas una mojadura de aquellas, que como decimos por aquí, no se empardan.
Desde la Estación del Trencito del Parque Nacional Iguazú, hay que recorrer unos 1.000 metros caminando en unas pasarelas o puente peatonal (muy seguras, amplias y cómodas por cierto) sobre la extensión del Río Iguazú en su cauce superior. El panorama es inigualable y la compañía de las mariposas en el camino es una caricia al alma.
Luego del recorrido se alcanza el balcón de observación ubicado a unos 100 metros frente al salto mismo.
Que es la vista que estamos observando donde el río parece venirse encima.
Y que espero les guste a Ustedes. A mi me hipnotiza.
También existen otros dos tipos de visitas a las Cataratas desde el lado Argentino. El Circuito Superior y el Circuito Inferior. Pero de eso, si no se aburren, lo veremos más adelante.
Muchas gracias por sus comentarios. Muchas gracias por sus visitas.
Muchas gracias por todo.
Argentina Mayo de 2015
the cape daisies on the terrace are busy and persistent bloomers 😃 This photo is a month old but they are still active 😉 Wish you a happy Friday ☀️ TGIF!!!
Olympus E-M1 Mark II + Olympus 60mm F2.8 Macro
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Persistent crab apples (Malus species, Roseaceae) in winter covered in frozen fog
Menominee Park, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
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HAUSER - Adagio (Albinoni)
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But when from a long-distant past nothing subsists, after the people are dead, after the things are broken and scattered, taste and smell alone, more fragile but more enduring, more immaterial, more persistent, more faithful, remain poised a long time, like souls, remembering, waiting, hoping, amid the ruins of all the rest; and bear unflinchingly, in the tiny and almost impalpable drop of their essence, the vast structure of recollection.
(Marcel Proust, In Search of Lost Time, vol. 1)
WITCHWOOD: Home to Petite Mort & Oubliette
Persistent roots of a cedar (I believe) tree growing beside the Gooseberry River in Gooseberry Falls State Park.
The park is located in Castle Danger, north of Two Harbors, Minnesota.
Keel strand seen from Minaun Hill, Achill Island - Co Mayo, Ireland.
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St. Kitts & Nevis
left the Atlantic Ocean, right on the Caribbean Sea, in the middle St. Kitts and in the background the island of Nevis.
Il suo nome corretto è Saint Cristopher e Nevis e deriva dallo scopritore di questo piccolo paradiso terrestre caraibico: Cristoforo Colombo.
Stato insulare dell’America Centrale, Saint Kitts e Nevis corrisponde a un micro arcipelago formato soltanto da due isole appartenenti al gruppo delle Piccole Antille. Di origine vulcanica, le isole hanno i larghi picchi centrali ricoperti dalla giungla e pendii ripidi che conducono a spiagge disabitate.
La vasta maggioranza della popolazione vive vicino al mare, dove il terreno è piano. Qui, musei, antiche locande,piantagioni da zucchero e chiese seicentesche si susseguono ... non esistono costruzioni più alte di due piani. Numerosi fiumi scendono dalle montagne in entrambe le isole, fornendo l’acqua necessaria alla popolazione locale. Saint Kitts e Nevis devono la loro fama soprattutto alle tartarughe marine che hanno eletto questo piccolo Stato a loro personale nursery e vi tornano per nidificare proprio sulla spiaggia nella quale sono nate. Molte le attività educative e le forme di eco turismo incentrate proprio sulle tartarughe, che possono anche essere adottate a distanza. Queste due splendide isole tropicali formano il Paese più piccolo dell’Emisfero Occidentale e ciò consente ai turisti di visitare le loro principali attrattive in due o tre giorni, riservando il resto della vacanza per rilassarsi. Grazie al clima da favola, infatti, è possibile abbronzarsi e fare lunghi bagni praticamente tutto l’anno. Per gli amanti dello snorkeling, infine, Saint Kitts e Nevis rappresenta un vero e proprio parco giochi, dove perdersi tra pesci pagliaccio, tartarughe marine e coralli.
La Capitale Basseterre si trova nell’isola di Saint Kitts ed è stata fondata dai francesi nel 1627. La città si affaccia su una baia delimitata da colline di un verde smeraldo e accoglie la maggior parte della popolazione delle due isole. Il nome della capitale è una delle poche tracce rimaste della colonizzazione francese, dal momento che attualmente l’influenza dominante è quella inglese. Anche dal punto di vista urbanistico, Basseterre ha un’impronta chiaramente anglofila. Sebbene l’incendio del 1867 abbia distrutto quasi tutti gli edifici storici, alcune case vittoriane in pietra con il piano superiore in legno sono ancora visibili e offrono alla vista lo spettacolo delle loro fantasiose decorazioni sempre molto appariscenti.
“People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.” – Albert Einstein.
Fruto típico del otoño: las castañas, aunque este año haya pocas debido a la pertinaz sequía. Siempre ha sido una tradición asar castañas, aunque ahora se haga en el microondas, pero nada hay más otoñal que que cuando hace frío comer castañas asadas, sacadas de cualquier lata con agujeros y hechas en las brasas. Y si se pasea por la ciudad el olor de cualquier puesto que ase castañas te atrae como un imán.
Typical autumn fruit: chestnuts, although this year there are few due to the persistent drought. It has always been a tradition to roast chestnuts, although now it is done in the microwave, but there is nothing more autumnal than eating roasted chestnuts when it is cold, taken out of any can with holes and cooked on the coals. And if you walk through the city, the smell of any stall that roasts chestnuts attracts you like a magnet.
Fruit typique d'automne : les châtaignes, bien que cette année il y en ait peu en raison de la sécheresse persistante. Il a toujours été une tradition de griller des châtaignes, même si maintenant cela se fait au micro-ondes, mais il n'y a rien de plus automnal que de manger des châtaignes grillées quand il fait froid, sorties de n'importe quelle boîte trouée et cuites sur la braise. Et si vous vous promenez dans la ville, l'odeur de n'importe quel étal qui fait griller des châtaignes vous attire comme un aimant.
Typisches Herbstobst: Kastanien, obwohl es in diesem Jahr aufgrund der anhaltenden Trockenheit nur wenige gibt. Kastanien zu rösten war schon immer Tradition, obwohl es jetzt in der Mikrowelle gemacht wird, aber es gibt nichts Herbstlicheres, als geröstete Kastanien zu essen, wenn sie kalt sind, aus jeder Dose mit Löchern genommen und auf der Kohle gekocht werden. Und wenn Sie durch die Stadt gehen, zieht Sie der Geruch jeder Kastanienrösterei wie ein Magnet an.
Consistency, persistency, and hope will help you navigate those dark clouds of doubt and tribulation. They will help keep you in flight through your storms.
This image is on the cover of the second installment of the "Blue Daunia" series now available on Kindle on Amazon. The paperback version will follow in a few days. Enjoy!
Our persistent marine layer has deposited dew drops on this lovely decorative dahlia, making it even more beautiful. It is growing in a pot just outside the dining room window.
Happy Wednesday! Take care and stay safe.
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Lucas Lameth - Seventh Heaven @ the Seasons Story
1. Spare Comforts
2. Porcelain reed diffuser
4. Seaglass Lamp
7. Sable Faux Fur Rug
8. Halcyon Accent Table, Mint
9.Halcyon Accent Table, White
10. Promise of Angels
12. Calming Candle
The Seasons Story location:
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Lucas Lameth - Vision of Hope Gacha
1- 3 "Extinct" framed art
5. Frequent Flyer
6. Persistent bloomers
7. Healing soaps
9. Crystal t-lite holder
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DRD - Cute Cat Slippers @ the Crossroads
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This hungry squirrel in my garden, didn't get the memo that the cone was there to prevent it from getting to the bird seed, not to use it as a comfy seat while having a feast, making a mess lol!
Best viewed large.
Happy new week my friends =)
#52 Weeks: the 2022 edition
#Week 15: Black and white landscape
An oblique aerial view of the entrance/exit to Baragoot Lake, an estuarine lagoon on the NSW Far South Coast. The character of the connection with the sea is an expression of three variables: fresh water discharge from the land; wave power; and tidal forces. The entrance is usually closed at this site due to the dominance of the waves that readily construct a sandy barrier beach. However, after persistent and heavy rainfall, that barrier can be broached by freshwater outflow, with tidal currents then able to maintain an open channel until wave power becomes dominant again.
Golden Plover persistent and somewhat special whistling tones are very characteristic, and can be heard over long distances. Everyone who has walked in the mountains during the summer in Norway has probably become acquainted with the Golden Plover. At least they have heard the monotonous sound, if they have not seen the bird itself.
In Norway, Golden Plover is found almost all over the country in higher-lying areas. It is quite shy and it usually do not get closer than 20-30 meters.
Even though the Golden Plover is a wading bird, it is not often you see it out in the water in search of food. It is more associated with dry mountains moors, where it also nests. When it gets to cold in Norway, the Golden Plover migrate to Southern and Western Europe.
Photographed with: Canon 600D
Persistent male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker returns to check his work.
Uncommon migrant. Note the faint yellow coloration on his breast.
Some trees seem attractive year after year to these critters. This particular tree located in my rear yard has hosted spring revisits for many years. Also, evidence exists to suggest the running sap also provides a food source to early spring butterflies (Mourning Cloak, Eastern Comma, etc) that do not sip nectar and early arrival hummingbirds.
Golden Plover persistent and somewhat special whistling tones are very characteristic, and can be heard over long distances. Everyone who has walked in the mountains during the summer in Norway has probably become acquainted with the Golden Plover. At least they have heard the monotonous sound, if they have not seen the bird itself.
In Norway, Golden Plover is found almost all over the country in higher-lying areas. It is quite shy and it usually do not get closer than 20-30 meters.
Even though the Golden Plover is a wading bird, it is not often you see it out in the water in search of food. It is more associated with dry mountains moors, where it also nests. When it gets to cold in Norway, the Golden Plover migrate to Southern and Western Europe.
Photographed with: Canon 600D
Persistent cirrus clouds have given southern Arizona beautiful fire skies at sunset and sunrise lately.
persistent internet issues keep plaguing my home. The Tech said it may continue until they can check out the whole neighborhood.
I might be on and off Flickr during this time.
I spotted this rainbow as I headed home from Baton Rouge last month. I kept watching it for the whole half hour driving time and couldn't find a good spot to pull over until I was a couple of miles from my house. Even after stopping and snapping a few, I could still see it through the trees at my house.
But that's not the important thing. The important thing is that this shot has a fence in it for Happy Fence Friday... :)
Monterey Cypress, Fog. © Copyright 2022 G Dan Mitchell.
A gnarled Monterey Cypress tree tops a rocky promontory on a foggy morning at Point Lobos.
Finally, this should be the last in the four-photograph series of images that focus on this gnarled and weathered tree standing on top of a rocky prominence along the exposed north shore of Point Lobos. The tree is always impressive, but I was fortunate to catch it on a morning when persistent coastal fog was thinning and creating glowing light that was just slightly directional.
Of the four interpretations of this scene, this one fits with the earlier portrait-mode version as one of the two most conventional views. In both cases the tree is clearly the primary subject, more tightly framed in the portrait mode interpretation and including a bit more background in this landscape mode version. (The other two used wider formats and included additional elements of the larger scene — a clearer view of the white rocks and cormorants in one case, and some nearby trees in the other.)
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.
From Wikipedia
Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule, suspension, and, until 1960, cantilever bridge[1] in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel. It crosses the River Thames close to the Tower of London and is one of five London bridges owned and maintained by the City Bridge Foundation, a charitable trust founded in 1282.
The bridge was constructed to connect the 39 per cent of London's population that lived east of London Bridge, equivalent to the populations of "Manchester on the one side, and Liverpool on the other", while allowing shipping to access the Pool of London between the Tower of London and London Bridge. The bridge was opened by Edward, Prince of Wales, and Alexandra, Princess of Wales, on 30 June 1894.
The bridge is 940 feet (290 m) in length including the abutments and consists of two 213-foot (65 m) bridge towers connected at the upper level by two horizontal walkways, and a central pair of bascules that can open to allow shipping. Originally hydraulically powered, the operating mechanism was converted to an electro-hydraulic system in 1972. The bridge is part of the London Inner Ring Road and thus the boundary of the London congestion charge zone, and remains an important traffic route with 40,000 crossings every day. The bridge deck is freely accessible to both vehicles and pedestrians, whereas the bridge's twin towers, high-level walkways, and Victorian engine rooms form part of the Tower Bridge Exhibition.
Tower Bridge has become a recognisable London landmark. It is sometimes confused with London Bridge, about 0.5 miles (800 m) upstream, which has led to a persistent urban legend about an American purchasing the wrong bridge.
Persistent poor weather/light and uncooperative wildlife are combining to make an unhappy photographer. So another dip into images from Yellowstone proved good for the morale !!
This praying mantis has lost half of it’s right arm and his left wing, and is keeping in it’s effort to survive.
Ephesians 6:10-12
New International Version
The Armor of God
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
This late day storm traveled over 100 miles from northwest of me over a 3 hour period and still had some punch left. Luckily, it passed south of me.