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Stand in the same spot where Captain Benjamin Bonneville and his expedition party overlooked the valley he named Les Bois, site of the city that today bears the same name Boise. The view takes in the entire Treasure Valley. The site is also an access point for the Oregon Trail and a place to hike, picnic, and view wildlife. A mountain bike trail to Lucky Peak Reservoir also runs nearby.
Located on the northern tip of Cheticamp Island, Enragée Point Lighthouse is shown with a portion of the Cape Breton Highlands National Park in the background.
Taken with a Sony A7RIII + Tamron 15-30 DI VC 2.8 (Canon mount) via a Sigma MC-11 adapter.
Point Pelee National Park is located at the most southern point of mainland Canada. This is an image of the Marsh Boardwalk taken on Mother's day, May 8, 2011. For more information about check out wikipedia or Canada's National Parks. My polarizer provided some depth of colour!
Vanishing Point: The point at which something that has been growing smaller or increasingly faint disappears altogether
Restos del desembarco de Normandia durante la segunda guerra mundial. Los ranger escalaron hasta la cima utilizando cuerdas bajo el fuego de las fuerzas alemanas y conquistaron la cima. Poco después pudieron comprobar que los cañones no se encontraban allí, los alemanes los habían ocultado tierra adentro. El puñado de rangers supervivientes, localizaron e inutilizaron los cañones, aguantando dos días las posición frente a repetidos ataques alemanes. Gracias a ellos, los buques americanos, canadienses y demás pudieron desembarcar en las playas de Normandia.
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Sorry for non long English explanation (i have limited english!). This is from the D-Day in second world war. From the point du hoc, a strategically place that rangers attacked before the boats came to the beach. Thanks to come!
La pointe du Millier est un cap situé sur la commune de Beuzec Cap Sizun, entre le pays de Douarnenez et le Cap-Sizun, situé à l'extrême ouest de la Bretagne, dont les falaises atteignent jusqu'à 70 mètres de hauteur. Cette pointe forme l'entrée de la baie de Douarnenez avec le cap de la Chèvre.
The North Point Lighthouse (Wisconsin) has a long history of guiding mariners to Milwaukee Bay. Erected in 1887 and first lit in 1888, the 39-foot octagonal cast-iron tower replaced an 1855 cream city brick lightouse built too close to the eroding bluff. The Queen Anne style keeper's dwelling was built at the same time. In 1912, the tower was almost doubled to its present height of 74 feet by lifting the existing tower atop a new structure. This resulted in a light source 154 feet about the level of Lake Michigan visible up to 20 miles away. The United States Coast Guard took the light out of service in 1994. In 2003, the two-acre property was transferred to Milaukee County, the North Point Lighthouse Friends and Milwaukee County completed restoration of the light station in 2007.
The Point Bonita lighthouse sits on the tip of Marin County near the entrance to the Golden Gate Bridge.
I've done a complete story of this trip on Storehouse.co which is a great app for visual storytellers. Here's the link to mine:
Saturday night - Toga Party.
They are on their way after a warm 32C day ..
Thanks girls!!
Joining my 1000.smiles album.
We ran up to one of our favorite photo hotspots in Rhode Island to capture sunrise last weekend. The rocky shoreline provide a never ending gift of wonderful compositional elements as foreground subject matter. The Atlantic waters are nice and warm at this time of the year, so it was a no brainer to carefully make my way out into the larger rocks to snap an image.
Palos Verdes Point - Mid 1950's
This "found photo" is one of 1000's that I stumbled across at an estate sale. This is a great collection of travel photos from the 1950's and 1960's from across the globe.
Paradise Point, on the Arabian Sea, is a beach in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Paradise Point is a sandstone rock promontory with a natural arch.
The beach has attractions for families and tourists, including beachside horse and camel rides, amusement parks, restaurants, and swimming in the Arabian Sea.
Other beaches close to the city include Sandspit Beach, Hawke's Bay, and Clifton Beach.
Formed about 9 mya from sediment of Furnace Creek Lake, the Furnace Creek Formation was later covered by ash sediment from volcanic activity in the lack Mountains (in the distant left). Later uplift from the Black Mountains followed by the sinking of Death Valley from the creation of Lake Manly 22000 years ago tilted the formation. Erosion worked its way around the harder volcanic plugs to dissolve the Furnance Creek Formation, leaving the unworldly badlands of Death Valley. The Point is a popular tourist and photography spot and is named after Christian Zabriskie of the Pacific Coast Borax Company.
Zabriskie Point, Death Valley National Park, Furnace Creek, California
Road trip southwest USA 2014
Day 6 : I stayed quite late photographing Monument Valley by night. What was planned was sleeping in my SUV near Muley Point. But I found a cheap motel in Mexican Hat (38$ the night), so I slept in a warm bed and took a good shower the following day. That was worth it! I was in perfect shape to start a new day, especially I had 2 parks in the agenda : Arches and Canyonlands!
Shot with Canon EOS 5D Mk. I + Tamron SP AF Aspherical Di LD IF 17-35 f/2.8-4 @35mm (geolocated in Flick'R map)
No graphic content in comments please! Thanks
Back in the day, if you were traveling by train from the west to Manhattan, this is the point where you would now be traveling by water.
Climber caught by a 'classic' spindrift avalanche on Point Five Gully (V,5), Ben Nevis
(Olympus XA2, Kodachrome 64)
JimFlix gave me the idea to paddle the entire length of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Leg two of my mission started at the Empire Beach, and ended at the Point Betsie Light. The hot August sun, and the cold Lake Michigan water created hazy conditions that made the horizon nearly disappear.
Leica M6 TTL
Leica Summicron 35mm f/2 IV "King of Bokeh"
Ilford HP5+ pushed to 1600 ISO
Tetenal Emofin
8+8 min 20°C
Scan from negative film
The West Point Scoutmasters' Council hosts the 54th Annual West Point Camporee from April 29 to May 1. This year over 6,500 Scouts and parents participated in the event at Lake Frederick.
With its commanding view of Haro Strait and the Canadian Gulf Islands, Turn Point offers wonderful opportunities for photographers and visitors who appreciate nature and history. The nearby Canadian and Olympic Mountains provide wonderful scenic backdrops to this special area. The Turn Point Light Station, built in 1893, stands on the western most end of Stuart Island, providing light and reference to mariners of the Salish Sea. Turn Point is one of the best places on BLM-managed lands to see orca whales. Recreational activities include hiking, camping, boating, sea kayaking, watching wildlife, and viewing wildflowers.
Know Before You Go:
-The Turn Point site is open YEAR ROUND and a small interpretive museum operated by the Turn Point -Lighthouse Preservation Society is open daily from July to September.
-Turn Point is only accessible by water craft. Most visitors arrive via sea kayak or by private boats.
-No Fees
-On October 7, 2014, San Juan County became the first County in the U.S. designated as a voluntary “Leave No Trace” Area. Please help and practice LNT.
Directions:
Turn Point is on the western most end of Stuart Island and is only accessible by water. The Roche Harbor Resort boat ramp, located on San Juan Island is the nearest launch site. Local launch fees apply. Other private marinas are located throughout the San Juan Islands.
Point of Interest: An excellent spot for wildlife watching, Turn Point offers unobstructed views of Orca pods, sea lions and various birds.
Contact:
San Juan Islands National Monument
37 Washburn Place
Lopez Island, WA 98261
360-468-3754
Yellow blazed trail takes a sharp right turn amongst the boulders, but looks like it keeps going straight on up the hill. Easy turn to miss, but only evident that it is a decision point on the ground.
Sprague Conservation Land, Harvard, MA.
P1080757
On May 17, 1642, on a point of land at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and another, smaller river, Father Vimont held a mass celebrating the founding of Montréal, attended by Sieur de Maisonneuve, Jeanne Mance and their companions. On May 17, 1992, on the very same site, Pointe-à-Callière, the Montréal Museum of Archaeology and History, opened its doors.
Until the Museum opened, only historians knew about the "Pointe à Callière," so named because it was here that Chevalier Louis Hector de Callière, third governor of Montréal, had a home built in 1688. Today, the point has actually become part of the shoreline of the Island of Montréal, but its name lives on and is better known than ever, thanks to the Museum.
The Museum was founded as part of celebrations to mark Montréal’s 350th birthday, and owes its existence largely to the significant archaeological discoveries made on the site during the 1980s. In fact, the Museum and its site are inextricably linked. Rising above evidence of more than 1,000 years of human activity, it houses remarkable architectural remains, displayed in situ with absolute respect for their integrity. Pointe-à-Callière is the only sizeable archaeology museum in Canada. The hundreds of artifacts it houses are grouped into six main sections: the Éperon, a modern building that has won many architectural awards; the archaeological crypt on the lower level; the renovated Ancienne-Douane building (Montréal’s first Custom House), the Youville Pumping Station, the Archaeological Field School and the Mariners House. The museum of a site, a history and a city, Pointe-à-Callière delves into the past to foster a debate on urban issues both local and global, and to encourage visitors to reflect on the future.