Taken at Deadman's Island

HERE IT IS! The colors version of Rise Again will be available at SAD NOVEMBER that is going to be open soon! Make sure you visit the venue and get the exclusive items! The sim and the news are looking amazing! Event open on the 5th!

Low clouds lurking in the Selkirk Range/Pend Oreille River valley. Washington state, USA.

Photographic Art by Hal Halli.

www.halhalli.com

twitter: @hal_halli

All Rights Reserved. © Hal Halli (2014-15)

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Sun up, moon down. Alarms off, lights on. Quiet streets, waking minds. Early birds, coffee makers. Rise and shine.

Normally my time is dusk but the streets are quieter at dawn and the promises of a blank canvas easily beat that extra hour of sleep. Good morning, Stockholm.

Condo tower shot at sunset. Taken with Nikon D200, uploaded to iPad, processed with Snapseed, PaintFX, and PhotoForge2. Looks best on Retina display screen.

47593 seen at Rise Hill tunnel with the 1Z42 1035 Appleby - Skipton 8/8/20. (Taken using a pole)

Regensburg Cathedral in fog

Couldn't resist the sunrise on the way to work :-)

And yes, I pulled over, got out, and I'm standing in the middle of the road. It's 26 degrees, and there's a hill behind me. I had to move twice for traffic!

*Client Work*

You're broken down and tired

Of living life on a merry go round

And you can't find the fighter

But I see it in you so we gonna walk it out

And move mountains

We gonna walk it out

And move mountains

And I'll rise up

I'll rise like the day

I'll rise up

I'll rise unafraid

I'll rise up

And I'll do it a thousand times again

And I'll rise up

High like the waves

I'll rise up

In spite of the ache

I'll rise up

And I'll do it a thousands times again

For you

For you

For you

For you

When the silence isn't quiet

And it feels like it's getting hard to breathe

And I know you feel like dying

But I promise we'll take the world to its feet

And move mountains

We'll take it to its feet

And move mountains

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwgr_IMeEgA

An early start is worth doing some mornings. Sitting on a horse in rolling Devon landscape looking out at the sun rising over the sea is not a bad way to start a Friday.

www.facebook.com/DQuarinPhotography/

Another remix of a sunrise I shot in the spring.

"Looking my fears in the face

I'm done playing it safe

I'm not broken like you've told me before

Look at what you've made

I-I-I, I-I-I, I will rise above

I-I-I, I-I-I, I will rise above

I've been played, I've been tired

But I'm stronger than before

I-I-I, I-I-I, I will rise above

Holding on, I clench my fist

Running fast, I was built for this

Like titanium and wildfire, I won't break

I will stand up over and over again

I-I-I, I-I-I, I will rise above

I-I-I, I-I-I, I will rise above

I've been played, I've been tired

But I'm stronger than before

I-I-I, I-I-I, I will rise above

You can't tame me

I was born to live

You can't break me

I was made for this

You can't tame me

I was born to live

You can't break me

I was made for this"

- "Rise above" by Tommee Priftt ft. Trella

*ITEMS*

Head: Catwa Catya Bento Head

Skin: Tres Beau - Billie

Hair: Doux - Audrey

Eyes: Avi-Glam - Tender

Choker: Euphorie - Choker

Ears: L'etre - Horns Mesh Ears

Mediterranean Sea

Five slices of landscape to begin.

On a very foggy morning on the farm.

rose

rise

: )

Taken from inside the 4th presbyterian church courtyard across the street.

The whole skyline of London is changing at a very fast pace. There are cranes everywhere and new supersize skyscrapers rising up ever higher. Today was extremely hot but very overcast until nearly sunset when the rays spectacularly burst through.

Thanks for viewing, favs and comments, much appreciated 😎

The planet Venus rises above Mesa Arch to dominate an azure void... as the sun begins this Autumn morning below the distant La Sal Range. The few who will ever journey the miles, walk the steps and brave the chill of pre-dawn darkness can find themselves in a place known as "The Island in the Sky." Here, God will generously reward the wandering pilgrim. We saw this thing happen –– the literal birth of light out of pure darkness ~ On the Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah (BEST VIEWED LARGE!)

From our unpublished archives, October, 2012

Decided today to redo the rise sketch that got ruined by my ink mishap yesterday. This is it!

The sun appears by scaling the highest walls.

Atlantic Sunrise ~ The Florida Keys ~ Beach-House

Atlantic Ocean (east-side) ~ Key Largo, Florida U.S.A.

(four more photos from 'this morning sunrise' in the comments)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_keys

In my upload yesterday, my fine flickr friends, I was going to write a longer commentary but I got distracted as my phone rang. Essentially what I was going to say was that was my one year anniversary on flickr (ish) and to say how wonderful the year has been and how many wonderful people and new friends I had met and also how much I had learned from you all and your wonderful shots also and to say thank you :).

I was also going to say how in the whole year I had never been 'explored' and would Mr. Flickr not even deign me with a 'sympathy ' explore for my one year birthday. So I burst out laughing , right out loud, when I saw that that the shot from yesterday was actually explored. How funny is that ? ;)

The area that was to become West Palm Beach was settled in the late 1870s and 1880s by a few hundred settlers who called the vicinity "Lake Worth Country." These settlers were a diverse community from different parts of the United States and the world. They included founding families such at the Potters and the Lainharts, who would go on to become leading members of the business community in the fledgling city. The first white settlers in Palm Beach County lived around Lake Worth, then an enclosed freshwater lake, named for Colonel William Jenkins Worth, who had fought in the Second Seminole War in Florida in 1842. Most settlers engaged in the growing of tropical fruits and vegetables for shipment the north via Lake Worth and the Indian River. By 1890, the U.S. Census counted over 200 people settled along Lake Worth in the vicinity of what would become West Palm Beach. The area at this time also boasted a hotel, the "Cocoanut House", a church, and a post office. The city was platted by Henry Flagler as a community to house the servants working in the two grand hotels on the neighboring island of Palm Beach, across Lake Worth in 1893, coinciding with the arrival of the Florida East Coast railroad. Flagler paid two area settlers, Captain Porter and Louie Hillhouse, a combined sum of $45,000 for the original town site, stretching from Clear Lake to Lake Worth.

On November 5, 1894, 78 people met at the "Calaboose" (the first jail and police station located at Clematis St. and Poinsettia, now Dixie Hwy.) and passed the motion to incorporate the Town of West Palm Beach in what was then Dade County (now Miami-Dade County). This made West Palm Beach the first incorporated municipality in Dade County and in South Florida. The town council quickly addressed the building codes and the tents and shanties were replaced by brick, brick veneer, and stone buildings. The city grew steadily during the 1890s and the first two decades of the 20th century, most residents were engaged in the tourist industry and related services or winter vegetable market and tropical fruit trade. In 1909, Palm Beach County was formed by the Florida State Legislature and West Palm Beach became the county seat. In 1916, a new neo-classical courthouse was opened, which has been painstakingly restored back to its original condition, and is now used as the local history museum.

The city grew rapidly in the 1920s as part of the Florida land boom. The population of West Palm Beach quadrupled from 1920 to 1927, and all kinds of businesses and public services grew along with it. Many of the city's landmark structures and preserved neighborhoods were constructed during this period. Originally, Flagler intended for his Florida East Coast Railway to have its terminus in West Palm, but after the area experienced a deep freeze, he chose to extend the railroad to Miami instead.

The land boom was already faltering when city was devastated by the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. The Depression years of the 1930s were a quiet time for the area, which saw slight population growth and property values lower than during the 1920s. The city only recovered with the onset of World War II, which saw the construction of Palm Beach Air Force Base, which brought thousands of military personnel to the city. The base was vital to the allied war effort, as it provided an excellent training facility and had unparalleled access to North Africa for a North American city. Also during World War II, German U-Boats sank dozens of merchant ships and oil tankers just off the coast of West Palm Beach. Nearby Palm Beach was under black out conditions to minimize night visibility to German U-boats.

The 1950s saw another boom in population, partly due to the return of many soldiers and airmen who had served in the vicinity during the war. Also, the advent of air conditioning encouraged growth, as year-round living in a tropical climate became more acceptable to northerners. West Palm Beach became the one of the nation's fastest growing metropolitan areas during the 1950s; the city's borders spread west of Military Trail and south to Lake Clarke Shores. However, many of the city's residents still lived within a narrow six-block wide strip from the south to north end. The neighborhoods were strictly segregated between White and African-American populations, a legacy that the city still struggles with today. The primary shopping district remained downtown, centered around Clematis Street.

In the 1960s, Palm Beach County's first enclosed shopping mall, the Palm Beach Mall, and an indoor arena were completed. These projects led to a brief revival for the city, but in the 1970s and 1980s crime continued to be a serious issue and suburban sprawl continued to drain resources and business away from the old downtown area. By the early 1990s there were very high vacancy rates downtown, and serious levels of urban blight.

Since the 1990s, developments such as CityPlace and the preservation and renovation of 1920s architecture in the nightlife hub of Clematis Street have seen a downtown resurgence in the entertainment and shopping district. The city has also placed emphasis on neighborhood development and revitalization, in historic districts such as Northwood, Flamingo Park, and El Cid. Some neighborhoods still struggle with blight and crime, as well as lowered property values caused by the Great Recession, which hit the region particularly hard. Since the recovery, multiple new developments have been completed. The Palm Beach Mall, located at the Interstate 95/Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard interchange became abandoned as downtown revitalized - the very mall that initiated the original abandonment of the downtown. The mall was then redeveloped into the Palm Beach Fashion Outlets in February 2014. A station for All Aboard Florida, a high-speed passenger rail service serving Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, and Orlando, is under construction as of July 2015.

Credit for the data above is given to the following website:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Palm_Beach,_Florida

November 2024

Sometimes we can not change what exists around us. These things are simply there, and this city within grows beyond view. It rises as the golden sunshine and haze bathes the concrete and glass...

"Rise and shine, my baby.

Tomorrows here,

Wont you rise,

Rise and shine for me.

Wipe away those tears and rise,

Rise and shine,

Shine for me.

If the world is broken,

Its just because hearts get broken,

Sticks and stones have broken my bones,

But words hurt even more,

And I wonder what for."

[Poe]

Model: Lisa R.

Processed with VSCO with c7 preset

SUNRISE - Coastal State Road A1A - Stock Island

Smathers Beach - Key West, Florida U.S.A. - Keys

First Light - Spring 2022 - March 24th, 2022

------ Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail -------

*[left-double-click for a closer-look - looking north-east - Firelight]

*[got up pretty early to get this! Was it worth it? Absolutely!]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smathers_Beach

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West,_Florida

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_keys

"Margaritaville" - Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett

www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4XtBiWgXLE

"It's Five-Oclock Somewhere" - Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPCjC543llU

Taken for 'Saturday Self Challenge': "Negative space"

"I won't just survive

Oh you will see me thrive

Can write my story

I'm beyond the archetype

I won't just conform

No matter how you shake my core

'Cause my roots they run deep oh

Oh ye of so little faith

Don't doubt it, don't doubt it

Victory is in my veins

I know it, I know it

And I will not negotiate

I'll fight it, I'll fight it

I will transform."

【Nightcore】→ Rise (Cover)

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Ebody:

Body: Reborn

Taxi: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/eBody/191/64/2002

Lelutka:

Head: Lelutka Camilia

Taxi: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LeLutka/128/128/31

Hexz LM:

Right Applyer: Hexz - Simple (Crystals) - Crystal Blue

Left Applyer: Hexz - Simple (Crystals) - Crystal Red

Hexz Marketplace: marketplace.secondlife.com/stores/187389

Taxi: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Black%20Art/148/86/2503

Sunny's Photo Studio

Pose: Queen

Kiosk: Sexy Girl - Q - R (1 - 3)

Sunny's Studios

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If you are going to use my photo as a group cover, please send me a gyazo/screenshot on discord: GWRuski or a notecard on SL with the Gyazo/Screenshot SL: Nightmare Demonia

E. 12th Street & Broadway, NYC -- February 17, 2025

"Unconstitutional and Unconscionable"

After one freezing night at Poincenot, I woke up with beautiful frost all around, and lakes half frozen. And then the sun rose to light the Fitz Roy and later everything else.