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Today is a blue day at Color my World Daily and the theme at Looking Close on Friday is : pencil points ! Yes, there is an exclamation point since this theme deserve it ! I love pencils and I love pencils points !
While searching for the perfect pencil points, I stumbled upon this red flying pencil, trying to kiss his old grey lover… So I grabbed my camera and took a picture just before the whole scene disappeared and the red pencil flied away in a blink of an eye…The moral of this story is dont blink or you might miss something! And other moral; dont drink alcohol while taking pictures or you might see some stuff that doesn’t make sense…
I wish you all a beautiful day !! See you later my friends !!
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Amazing light and clouds for this morning shot taken from a BC Ferry on route from Swartz Bay to Tsawwassen.
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Fou de Bassan ◇ Gannet, Troup Head, Scotland (2019)
Les points blancs sont d'autres Fous de Bassan.
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The white circles are other Gannets.
Con un espectacular doble salto de agua, Gullfoss es la catarata más famosa de Islandia y el lugar más destacado e imponente del Círculo de Oro. La espectacular cascada de Gullfoss la conforman dos caídas de agua. La primera de ellas, la situada en la parte superior, cae desde los 11 metros. Aguas abajo se localiza la segunda caída de agua que alcanza un desnivel de 21 metros. Aun sin ser la más alta, grande o hermosa del país, la cascada Gullfoss es una de las más impresionantes de Islandia. Esta cascada está a menos de 1 hora de Reykjavík y por eso es la más visitada del país. Las sensaciones que tienes cuando ves esta bestialidad de saltos de agua son indescriptibles. Solamente con el ruido que produce el agua te vuelves loco de alegría y luego hay varios puntos para poder verla en su totalidad y la gran caida de 70 metros que tiene, que parece que vaya al centro de la tierra. Si estais muy atentos a lo mejor podeis escuchar el agua caer y os viene vapor de agua por la cara.
With a spectacular double waterfall, Gullfoss is the most famous waterfall in Iceland and the most prominent and imposing place in the Golden Circle. The spectacular Gullfoss waterfall is made up of two waterfalls. The first of them, the one located at the top, falls from 11 meters. Downstream, the second waterfall is located, reaching a drop of 21 meters. Although not the tallest, largest or most beautiful in the country, the Gullfoss waterfall is one of the most impressive in Iceland. This waterfall is less than 1 hour from Reykjavík and that is why it is the most visited in the country. The sensations you have when you see this bestiality of waterfalls are indescribable. Only with the noise produced by the water you go crazy with joy and then there are several points to see it in its entirety and the great fall of 70 meters that it has, which seems to go to the center of the earth. If you are very attentive, you may be able to hear the water fall and steam comes from your face.
Amb un espectacular doble salt d'aigua, Gullfoss és la cataracta més famosa d'Islàndia i el lloc més destacat i imponent de l'Cercle d'Or. L'espectacular cascada de Gullfoss la conformen dues caigudes d'aigua. La primera d'elles, la situada a la part superior, cau des dels 11 metres. Aigües avall es localitza la segona caiguda d'aigua que arriba a un desnivell de 21 metres. Fins i tot sense ser la més alta, gran o bella de país, la cascada Gullfoss és una de les més impressionants d'Islàndia. Aquesta cascada està a menys d'1 hora de Reykjavík i per això és la més visitada de país. Les sensacions que tens quan veus aquesta bestialitat de salts d'aigua són indescriptibles. Solament amb el soroll que produeix l'aigua et tornes boig d'alegria i després hi ha diversos punts per veure-la en la seva totalitat i la gran caiguda de 70 metres que té, que sembla que vagi a centre de la terra. Si esteu molt atents al que millor podeu escoltar l'aigua caure i us ve vapor d'aigua per la cara.
Dún Aonghasa (Unofficial anglicised version Dun Aengus) is the best-known of several prehistoric hill forts on the Aran Islands of County Galway, Republic of Ireland. It lies on Inis Mór, at the edge of a 100-metre-high (330 ft) cliff.
A popular tourist attraction, Dún Aonghasa is an important archaeological site.
History
It is not known exactly when Dún Aonghasa was built, though it is now thought that most of the structures date from the Bronze Age and Iron Age. T. F. O'Rahilly surmised in what is known as O'Rahilly's historical model that it was built in the 2nd century BC by the Builg following the Laginian conquest of Connacht.Excavations at the site indicate that the first construction goes back to 1100 BC, when rubble was piled against large upright stones to form the first enclosure. Around 500 BC, the triple wall defenses were probably constructed along the fort's western side.
The 19th-century artist George Petrie called "Dún Aonghasa" "the most magnificent barbaric monument in Europe". Its name, meaning "Fort of Aonghas", may refer to the pre-Christian god of the same name described in Irish mythology, or the mythical king, Aonghus mac Úmhór. It has thus traditionally been associated with the Fir Bolg.
Form and function
The fort consists of a series of four concentric walls of dry stone construction, built on a high cliff some one hundred metres above the sea. At the time of its construction sea levels were considerably lower and a recent Radio Telefis Eireann documentary estimates that originally it was 1000 metres from the sea. Surviving stonework is four metres wide at some points. The original shape was presumably oval or D-shaped but parts of the cliff and fort have since collapsed into the sea. Outside the third ring of walls lies a defensive system of stone slabs, known as a cheval de frise, planted in an upright position in the ground and still largely well-preserved. These ruins also feature a huge rectangular stone slab, the function of which is unknown. Impressively large among prehistoric ruins, the outermost wall of Dún Aonghasa encloses an area of approximately 6 hectares (14 acres).
Today
The walls of Dún Aonghasa have been rebuilt to a height of 6m and have wall walks, chambers, and flights of stairs. The restoration is easily distinguished from the original construction by the use of mortar.[citation needed]
There is a small museum illustrating the history of the fort and its possible functions. Also in the vicinity is a Neolithic tomb and a small heritage park featuring examples of a traditional thatched cottage and an illegal poteen distillery.
An older image from the harbour in Flensburg! I found it to be a wonderful place. Since they keep "the points" there (traffic violations and such) I was pleased that there was so much more to this city. I would love to return there one day.
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
La segona (i darrera) nit en busca d'aurores fou més positiva que la primera, tot i que varem anar força lluny de Tromso, també. Per a mi, en total, fou la cinquena nit d'aurores, entre 2019 i 2025.
Varem marxar de nou amb furgoneta des de Tromso cap al sud, vers el Balsfjorden i Hatteng, on de nou ens varem equipar amb extra roba d'hivern i botes de neu. Però després anarem força aprop, a la vall de Signaldalen, que forma un dels punts més estrets de Noruega amb la frontera sueca. Justament per això fou el lloc escollit per els alemanys per a construir una linea de defensa el 1944-45 davant els avenços sovietics al front de Murmansk-Kirkenes.
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Però nosaltres erem allà per a veure aurores en un entorn muntanyós privilegiat, i varem tenir exit. La aurora fou força més intensa que la anterior vegada, amb grans arcs que ens passaven just sobre el cap i també cap al nord, entorn els pics de Mannfjellet i Otertinden.
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The second (and last) night in search of the auroras was more positive than the first, although we went quite far from Tromso, too. For me, in total, it was the fifth night of auroras, between 2019 and 2025.
We set off again by van from Tromso south, towards the Balsfjorden and Hatteng, where we again equipped ourselves with extra winter clothes and snow boots. But then we will go quite close, to the Signaldalen valley, which forms one of the narrowest points in Norway with the Swedish border. Precisely for this reason it was the place chosen by the Germans to build a defense line in 1944-45 against the Soviet advances on the Murmansk-Kirkenes front.
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But we were there to see the aurora in a privileged mountainous setting, and we succeeded. The aurora was much more intense than last time, with large arcs passing right overhead and also to the north, around the peaks of Mannfjellet and Otertinden.
La seule façon d'identifier avec certitude ce moucherolle c'est par son chant. L'oiseau étant en tous points identique au Moucherolle des aulnes.
The only way to identify with certainty this flycatcher is by his singing. The bird is in all respects identical to the Alder Flycatcher.
Upper Dalveen Farm and Steading from the Dalveen Pass, Showing the high points of Cold Moss and Lowther Hill.
“L’enfance est un point de repère à partir duquel chacun va se déterminer.”
Manuel Poirier
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Bear Den Mountain, Adirondacks
I long for the days when I had a constitution of steel, driven to climb all of the peaks arrayed before me, and all the other compass points I could turn and look out at from this vantage point. This place has long been a favorite spot to break out my gear and look for compositions, whether as part of the longer hike south of me, or as a destination for a shorter outing. This morning the sun has gained on me, low in winter trajectory and casting its shadows as it clears the ridges behind me. Its burn highlights the iron oxide in an erratic deposited here in the pleistocene, as the massive ice sheets sculpted the Adirondack dome. North Country lore is sprinkled with iron. Furnaces and ore pits still stand in parts of the landscape, a history hinted at in my reddish-tinged granite boulder, posing on the verge of the Ausable Valley. I’ve been fortunate to have explored so much of America’s wildness; this country stands as hard as any landscape I’ve been in, and it hardens those willing to return after being scathed. Switchbacks were mostly unheard of up here, so topping these mountains is as much a matter of iron will as physical prowess. I have a long and chequered history of loves, romantic and spiritual, each accusing the other of time spent devoting my fidelities elsewhere. My regrets haunt me still. Rock will wear smooth, the forests will darken, iron will rust, and youth fades. The heart never concedes.
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Thema:“Pencil Points“ am 09.04.2021.
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Been away over the holiday when all the "fun" with this site began and I must say I am not impressed. Has there been any communication form flickr?