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One view of the principal site during the wettest spring and summer which truly made the prairie bloom!
Fort Ransom, North Dakota
Geologists believe the hill is a result of glacial action and erosion. Local residents feel it is a man made pyramid. The Viking statue was erected atop the hill in 1972 to honor the regions Norwegian heritage.
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120 Pictures in 2020 #89: Pyramid
Mom found these magnetic rods and balls in her old teaching things. I made good use of them the other day.
Facing west from the bank of Pyramid Island, located on the lake of the same name. At an elevation of 9,075 feet this mountain is one of the more distinctive ones in the Jasper area. Note the reddish forest at the mountain's foot, the calling card of decay and disease.
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We were told that the camel rides at the pyramids were illegal - camels have soft padded feet (perfect for walking on sand) and the sharp stoned and pathways by the pyramids are not suitable for these animals. If they hurt themselves they are likely to bite anyone nearby and throw anyone on thier backs.
"Don't tell a camel about need and want.
Look at the big lips
pursed
in perpetual kiss,
the dangerous lashes
of a born coquette.
The camel is an animal
grateful for less.
It keeps to itself
the hidden spring choked with grass,
the sharpest thorn
on the sweetest stalk.
When a voice was heard crying in the wilderness,
when God spoke
from the burning bush,
the camel was the only animal
to answer back.
Dune on stilts,
it leans into the long horizon,
bloodhounding
the secret caches of watermelon
brought forth like manna
from the sand.
It will bear no false gods
before it:
not the trader
who cinches its hump
with rope,
nor the tourist.
It has a clear sense of its place in the world:
after water and watermelon,
heat and light,
silence and science,
it is the last great hope."
~ Wislawa Szymborska, 1923- ~
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I went out with one of my photography meet-up groups to shoot in Sacramento, Ca.
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Nikon D7000 | Nikkor 17-35mm 2.8 | @ 30mm| f11 | 13 sec| ISO 100| Manual Mode| Tripod | PS CS5
The two girls at the bottom were in a scavenger hunt and needed a photo of a pyramid. Of course I was very willing to let Abby and Jack join in.
Walsh's Pyramid from the Mulgrave River not far out of Babinda...this delightful river is the home of those big big lizards ..they have been attacking tinnies but so far none turned over and occupants eaten but people still launch their boats by standing knee deep in this river
GhostWorks Texture Competition #89
Texture (background) with thanks to Skeletal Mess
Model by : FOTOLIA free downloads