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19e Pyramide de chaussures organisée samedi dernier par Handicap International pour que cesse le scandale des mines et des bombes à sous-munitions.
Les mines antipersonnel font encore une victime toutes les deux heures dans le monde ! Handicap International accompagne les victimes, démine les terres et prévient les accidents. L’association se mobilise également contre les restes explosifs de guerre (dont les bombes à sous-munitions) et leur usage en zones peuplées.
Pyramidal Orchid / anacamptis pyramidalis. Lindrick Common, South Yorkshire. 20/06/20.
I've never seen Pyramidal Orchids growing at Lindrick Common on any of my previous visits, so to find at least 25 plants was a treat this year. They were well distributed around the rough meadow grassland, their vibrant colours making them quite conspicuous. The majority of spikes I looked at closely were in near prime condition, surprising as it seemed rather late in their flowering season. This group of three looked particularly attractive amid the green vegetation. Check out some of the long, tubular spurs that are visible if the image is viewed large.
BEST VIEWED LARGE.
"As a result of the connection of the Principality of Hildesheim to the new Kingdom of Hanover, the former Derneburg Monastery was given to Count Ernst zu Münster by the King of England and Hanover in 1814. Together with his master builder Georg Ludwig Friedrich Laves, the count designed an English landscape garden around the castle, the delightful remains of which attract many visitors to Derneburg today.
In 1839, the year Count Ernst zu Münster died, Laves was commissioned to design a worthy tomb for the Lords of Derneburg. Now the classicist architect should finally have the opportunity to realize an idea that recurs in his designs: the steep Egyptian pyramid. The massive, geometrically symmetrical design language of Egyptian architecture was gladly adopted by classicism. As a student, Laves had to copy drawings of Egyptian buildings and sculptures meticulously. He was certainly familiar with Piranesi's etchings from ancient Rome and thus also those of the 12th BC Cestius pyramid, which may have served as a model for him. The Derneburg pyramid is a little more than 11 meters high and its slope angle is 61 degrees. The door, bearing the Münster coat of arms, is surrounded by a double-wound Egyptian round bar, and an Egyptian groove with double-rowed leaf tips decorates the entrance. Despite all the worship of the Egyptian cult of the dead, the mausoleum remained recognizable as a Christian burial place by a large cross above the entrance. On the stone door there was originally a grave inscription attributed to the Freemasons: “The progression to perfection is eternal, although the trace disappears from the eye on the grave”.
Count Ernst zu Münster, his wife and their daughters are kept in sarcophagi in the pyramid. To the side of the pyramid lies his son, Prince Georg Herbert Münster zu Derneburg, his eldest daughter Marie, "the faithful daughter of her father" (funerary inscription) and a daughter of Count Ernst zu Münster. The following generations of the zu Munster family rest in the tombs in front of the pyramid: Alexander Fürst zu Munster, Georg Herbert's second son, his wife Muriel and their son Friedrich Graf zu Münster, who is still popularly known today as Graf Fredi. The Celtic high cross on the tomb of Princess Muriel indicates her origins in Scotland."
Laves-Kulturpfad in Derneburg, Informationen dazu hier: www.holle.de/Gemeinde/Sehensw%C3%BCrdigkeiten/Laves-Kultu...?
The modernism of the Pyramide and the Louvre - a history of over 800 years. My abstract way of interpreting this place of intersection of cultures.
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A pair of Pyramid Orchids growing amongst ox eye daisies. (Miller's Dale, Derbyshire Peak District).
Ball's Pyramid is a remnant of a shield volcano and caldera that formed about 7 million years ago. It's 20 Km (12 miles) southeast of Lord Howe Island in the Pacific Ocean. Standing 562 metres (1,844 ft) high, it the tallest volcanic stack in the world and makes an impressive sight from the plane windows on approach to Lord Howe Island. Even from 20 Km it's quite a sight.
This is Pyramid Lake in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada, being overlooked by Pyramid Mountain.
A large Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) on a roadside verge at Exminster, Devon, England.
See my other Pyramidal Orchid photos.
Old City Hall, 111 Sussex Drive, Ottawa.
“Considered one of Canada’s most significant International Style buildings, it won the Massey Medal for design in 1959. It underwent considerable and controversial additions in the early 1990s by architect Moshe Safdie, who also designed Habitat 67 in Montreal and the National Gallery of Canada.” [1]
“Ottawa City Hall is located on Green Island in the Rideau River, perpendicular to the ceremonial route linking Parliament Hill and the residence of the governor general. Safdie’s competition-winning design integrates the existing City Hall, a landmark of Canadian modernism, while tripling its area.
The complex contains two new wings at a 90-degree angle to the existing City Hall, extending east on Green Island and linking a series of indoor and outdoor spaces to create a new public realm. Transparent and metallic forms punctuate the roof line of the complex, creating dramatic light-filled interior rooms and marking important exterior spaces. Inscribed stainless-steel and glass roofs rise from a base of solid masonry walls. Precast columns and beams frame the public thoroughfares and, on the south-facing colonnade, support stainless-steel brise-soleils.
The public enters through a glazed pavilion directly on the city’s ceremonial route. Beyond the 1958 tower block, low pavilions create a new municipal precinct. A subtly curving colonnaded promenade to the south forms the spine of the new building. From the west to east, it opens onto the community hall and city departments, culminating in the Council Chamber and the Mayor’s Pavilion. Departments requiring moderate public access are located along a secondary colonnade to the north.
Between the two colonnades, a terraced garden lies at the heart of the new complex. Beginning in a formal paved courtyard to the west, the garden ends with a cascade of water into the Rideau River to the east. The new building’s northern walls rise dramatically out of the river—cylindrical shapes at the water’s edge offsetting a tall, rectangular observation tower.” [2]
Sources: [1] Bruce Deachman, Islands of Ottawa: Green Island a historical microcosm of the city. Available at ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/islands-of-ottawa-green...
[2] The Moshe Safdie Archive. McGill University Library. Available at cac.mcgill.ca/moshesafdie/fullrecord.php?ID=10843&d=1
The Louvre Pyramid (Pyramide du Louvre) is a large glass and metal pyramid, surrounded by three smaller pyramids, in the main courtyard (Cour Napoléon) of the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre) in Paris. The large pyramid serves as the main entrance to the Louvre Museum. Completed in 1989,it has become a landmark of the city of Paris.
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La pirámide de Micerino (nombre helenizado) o de Menkauraz (según su nombre egipcio) es la menor de las tres célebres pirámides de la necrópolis de la meseta de Guiza. A Menkaura, faraón de la dinastía IV, se le atribuye ordenar construir esta pirámide. Conocida en su época como "La Pirámide Divina" era parte del complejo funerario junto con tres pirámides subsidiarias, un templo funerario, el templo del valle y una calzada procesional que vinculaba ambos templos. mas info
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The Pyramid of Menkaure, located on the Giza Plateau in the southwestern outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, is the smallest of the three Pyramids of Giza. It was built to serve as the tomb of the fourth dynasty Egyptian Pharaoh Menkaure. more info
A spider on the pyramid of green leaves.
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Common name of the Spider: Lynx spider
Location: Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
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Any identification help on the exact species of the spider is welcome.
Thanks :)
Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) on the roadside verge of Exminster bypass, Devon, England.
A widespread, but local orchid on limestone and chalk, and near the coast, especially on dunes. It's not very common in Devon due to the relative scarcity of calcareous soils, though it may be increasing locally around Exeter/the Exe. I first came across them at this site on the verge of Sannerville Way (the A379) in 2012 when checking the verge after first noticing Southern Marsh-orchids whilst driving past the year before. I've also found Bee Orchids, which also seem to perhaps be increasing locally, here.
See my other Pyramidal Orchid photos.
Monte Albán, the preeminent Zapotec center which thrived in the Late Formative and Early Classic periods (roughly first to sixth centuries CE).
View from the Giza Pyramids.
I was lucky enough to have this wonderful view from the airplane - and also the right amount of time to take the picture :)
Vista das Pirâmides de Giza, no Egito.
Eu tive muita sorte de voar por cima delas e ter esta vista maravilhosa, além de ter tido tempo suficiente para conseguir tirar esta foto :)
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Family portrait from the west, looking back through to Cairo in the distance. A well visited location from which to view and experience these most extraordinary of all human imaginings and endeavours.
To attempt to describe one's feelings on first catching a glimpse of these is to discover that it is indeed possible to be beyond the bounds of the capability of language.
Egyptian pyramids in general: