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Like Sanahin, Hagphat dates to the tenth century and has many interesting buildings, including a belfry (above), churches, gavits, a refectory, a chapter house and library. The buildlings are in remarkable condition, and I'd say it was the most interesting of the several monasteries we visited in Armenia. Unfortunately, a full cloud cover had set in by the time we arrived, putting something of a damper on exterior photos. Hagphat Monastery, Armenia.
The family crest of the Proshyan family, sponsors of many of the famous 13th century rock-hewn structures at Geghard. A small spring releases water which runs under this relief carving through a channel in this room. While we were there we saw people touch the water to bless themselves. Before the monastery was founded in the early fourth century this same spring was the focus of pagan worship. This practice of establishing Christian sites atop pagan ones was ubiquitous in the early Christian / late pagan world. It both deprived pagan worshipers of their religious sites and helped ease the transition to a new religion by establishing some measure of continuity and familiarity across religious systems. No doubt it also contributed to the emergence of a certain amount of syncretic practice in Christian ritual, of which the use of holy water is just one example. Relief carving in the 13th century Lower Zhamatun, Geghard Monastery, Armenia.
Cette photographie montre le lac Binnenalster à Hambourg sous un ciel nuageux et dramatique. Au premier plan, des personnes sont assises sur des bancs disposés le long de la promenade du Jungfernstieg, face à l'étendue d'eau. En arrière-plan, la ligne d'horizon de la ville se dessine avec ses clochers emblématiques, tandis que le jet d'eau de l'Alster (Alsterfontäne) est visible sur la droite.
この写真は、ドラマチックな曇り空の下にあるハンブルクの内アルスター湖（ビンネンアルスター）を写しています。手前では、水面に向かってユングフェルンシュティークの遊歩道沿いに配置されたベンチに人々がくつろいでいます。背景には、象徴的な教会の尖塔を持つ街のスカイラインが広がり、右側にはアルスターの噴水が見えます。
This photograph shows the Binnenalster lake in Hamburg under a dramatic, cloudy sky. In the foreground, people are sitting on benches arranged along the Jungfernstieg promenade, facing the body of water. In the background, the city skyline emerges with its iconic church steeples, while the Alster fountain is visible on the right.
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After a very long layoff I got back on the lathe and finished this big cherry bowl. I actually got it between centers and roughed into a blank before the summer, but a number of things got in the way of me finishing it and unfortunately, over the summer it began to crack. I did what I could with CA glue, turned it and finished it in walnut oil, and now I'll have to hope the crack is stable. Big cherry bowl, Olympia.
Tens of millions of years ago cooling lava produced a canyon filled with these geometric basalt formations. I've seen similar formations on a smaller scale in Washington, but I can't say that I understand the process by which these perfect shapes are formed. Mrs. Orca provides some scale for the Symphony of Stones in the Garni Canyon, Armenia.
A beautiful mirrored steel art gallery/museum in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand. It has the largest collection of New Zealand prolific artist Len Lye.
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