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1st day of a nightmarish trekking in Cordillera Real, not far from La Paz (Bolivia, May 2002)
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Petit commentaire en Français pour mes amis francophones : cette photo a été prise dans un état de colère prononcé. Je venais de découvrir que le guide avait oublié de prendre les piquets de ma tente, et je devais donc me préparer mentalement à passer 6 nuits à des altitudes dépassant les 4.000 mètres dans une tente grande ouverte. Chaque soir, j'ai dû partir à la chasse aux cailloux pour limiter au mieux les vélléités aériennes de mon logis. Donc, après cette découverte, j'étais parti faire un petit tour au-dessus du lieu où nous allions passer notre première nuit, histoire de me calmer. La fin de journée approchait, et je suis tombé sur ce charmant paysage. Les couleurs sont telles qu'elles étaient. J'ai simplement ajouté un peu de contraste.
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Riordinando l'archivio ho trovato questa foto, scattata un pò di tempo fa a Milano, del Palazzo Reale visto dal Museo del 900. Mi è sempre piaciuta, così eccola qua...
The picture was taken near karst well of Žagubičko vrelo (Žagubica well) in the early morning. There is always high humidity there.
Real de Catorce, San Luis Potosí.
Otra de las fotos análogas que tomé hace como 2 o 3 años.
Quiero ir de nuevo, espero pronto.
i love to be @ home after going back to my home island kudahuvadhoo. she is my niece Maisoon (she call herself maikko).
Still under construction is the latest towering building to block the sun in my neighbourhood at Drake and Hornby Streets. I counted 45 floors that I can see in the photo. It’s dwarfing The Anchor Point apartment complex in this shot.
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Vista de la Plaza de Mayor de Ciudad Real al atardecer una fría tarde de octubre con la fuente de Alfonso X en primer plano.
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.
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Der Naturpark Las Bardenas Reales teilt sich in zwei gegensätzliche Teile auf: Bardena Blanca und Bardena Negra. Die Mondlandschaft Bardena Blanca ist geprägt von Gips und Ton sowie tiefen Schluchten und Bergen, die von den »Cabezos« genannten Steinen gekrönt werden, wie der Castildetierra, El Fraile oder Las Cortinillas. Im grüneren Teil Bardena Negra zeugen Aleppo-Kiefern von der Artenvielfalt der Region.
Serien wie Game of Thrones und Filme wie The Counselor oder Die Welt ist nicht genug spielen teilweise in dieser Landschaft.
Seeing is believing. Because this looks like magic but is one of nature's most amazing events.
Come see the magic show in Iceland. You wont be disappointed :)
Side (but probably main) entrance to a hotel called Hotel Polski (Polish Hotel). It is located as near to the railway station as possible.
FGLK 2308 has 18 cars in tow (1x17) leaving Brunswick yard which is the longest train I've seen in recent memory on this line. While Midcoast made two trips this week, I believe this was CSX's first trip which is probably why they had this many cars bunched up. In any case, a happy sight for sure.
Ejemplar joven hembra de aguila real de primer año. Debido a la escasez de conejos de los 3 últimos años, estas dos últimas temporadas "mi" pareja de reales no ha conseguido sacar adelante ningún pollo. Es curioso que hay zonas en que los conejos son plaga y en otras en las que ha desaparecido.
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This is a newly constructed villa that I shot for the real estate company marketing it. The view straight out through the window only showed sliding doors and the sea view, so I thought this perspective offered more information. It's a shift lens panorama made up of two frames. Four flash pops altogether. I lit the interior of the walk-in closet, provided some fill on the right, and threw some light into the bathroom from the terrace. The final pop was for the window pull. Composite using one Profoto B1.
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