People of the Great Rivers
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Kaptai Lake is the largest lake in Bangladesh. It is located in the Kaptai Upazila under Rangamati District of Chittagong Division. The lake was created as a result of building the Kaptai Dam on the Karnaphuli River, as part of the Karnaphuli Hydro-electric project.
Sgwd Ddwli Uchaf, known as the Upper Gushing Falls in English, on The Elidir Trail that runs by the River Neath in Wales. This is the northernmost named fall on the trail.
The trail is also said to contain the entrance to the fairy kingdom, easy to understand why. An amazing series of falls, in a narrow gorge, I only wish I could visit in spring or autumn when the falls really gush! This one was from summer. Truly a remarkable place of natural beauty.
Soon you guys will be bored of shots from the Elidir Trail...I took a few. I will try and space them out a bit!
The shutter speed of the image is from the shot I used for the trees, the wind was strong so blurring water also meant heavy blur on the trees too. I think the fall shot here was 25 seconds. I wish I had used my polariser too...oh well, live and learn :)
Salt workers are seasonal workers with marginal source of income. There is lack of social and health securities for salt workers. They are exposed to hazardous work-environmental factors and work in extreme climatic conditions.
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(**) submitted to ASR (invited by A.S.P.) on 03-16-2012
With having to stay very local recently I thought I would miss the emergence of this species, but last Friday I got in the car for the first time for many weeks and drove the 4 miles to my favourite Demoiselle site.
The morning was freezing with quite a frost, this made it hard work to find anything as all the insects were deep in the undergrowth, and as soon as the sun came up it warmed up so quickly everything was very active as soon as they showed.
Despite this I did manage to get a small number of shots, and also some great views of these beautiful insects.
The River Ribble, Stainforth, Yorkshire. The bridge over the wonderfully named 'Dog Hill Brow' lane in the background.
The next part of my adventure dealing with the English weather last summer is now up on my blog...
Read how I got on, more waterfalls, hills and countryside...oh, and lots and lots of RAIN! ...and also an alien rock (!)
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A woman washes household chores in river water, Her family now lives at Kornofully river bank because she lost her house due to river erosion.
Fishing boat with fishermen's equipment on the river bank in the morning at Karnafuli river (Kaptai). When fishermen fish in the fog-covered river in the winter morning, an unearthly environment is created. It's like a heavenly morning.
The name of the traditional river of ancient Chittagong is Karnafuli. This river is an immortal witness of thousands of years of history. Starting from the eastern hills, this river has merged with the Bay of Bengal on the wide western side.
The scenery of the two banks of Karnafuli is amazing. Everyone's eyes will be closed. The only hydropower plant in Bangladesh has been built on Karnafuli.
Chittagong, the holy land of Bar Auliya and the green land of natural beauty, has developed on the banks of Karnafuli. One of the main reasons for this beauty of Chittagong is Karnafuli. The port built on the banks of this river is economically important. Chittagong port is very old. The river is losing its romance. The river is only being attacked because of the profiteering people.
কর্ণফুলী নদীতে (কাপ্তাই) ভোরে নদীর তীরে জেলেদের সরঞ্জাম সহ মাছ ধরার নৌকা। শীতের ভোরে জেলেরা যখন কুয়াশা ঢাকা নদীতে মাছ ধরে তখন অপার্থিব পরিবেশ তৈরি হয়। এ যেন স্বর্গীয় এক সকাল।
প্রাচীন চট্টগ্রামের ঐতিহ্যবাহী নদীর নাম কর্ণফুলী। হাজার হাজার বছরের ইতিহাসের অমর সাক্ষী এই নদী। পূর্ব পাহাড় থেকে শুরু হয়ে বিস্তীর্ণ পশ্চিম পাশে গড়িয়ে গড়িয়ে বঙ্গোপসাগরের সাথে মিলে গেছে এই নদী।
কর্ণফুলীর দুই তীরের প্রাকৃতিক দৃশ্য এক কোথায় অসাধারণ। যে কারও চোখ জুড়াবেই। কর্ণফুলীর ওপরে গড়ে উঠেছে বাংলাদেশের একমাত্র জলবিদ্যুৎ কেন্দ্র।
কর্ণফুলীর তীরে গড়ে উঠেছে বার আউলিয়ার পুণ্যভূমি, প্রাকৃতিক সৌন্দর্যের লীলাভূমি চট্টগ্রাম। চট্টগ্রামের এই সৌন্দর্যের অন্যতম প্রধান কারণ হলো কর্ণফুলী। অর্থনৈতিকভাবে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ হলো এ নদীর তীরে গড়ে ওঠা বন্দর। চট্টগ্রাম বন্দর বহু পুরোনো।
নদী তার রোমান্টিকতা হারিয়ে ফেলছে। মুনাফালোভী মানুষের কারণে নদী কেবল আগ্রাসনের শিকার হচ্ছে।
মানবিক ও শৈল্পিক দৃষ্টিতে তার রূপ উপভোগ কিংবা নদীজীবনের স্বাদ গ্রহণের রুচি আজ হারিয়ে যাচ্ছে। কান পাতলে কর্ণফুলী নদী’র গুঞ্জন আজও শোনা যাবে, চোখ মেলে তাকালে পাহাড়-অরণ্য-উপত্যকা ভেদ করে ছুটে চলা স্রোতস্বিনীর সৌন্দর্যও দেখা যাবে।কিন্তু সে কান আর প্রাণ কোথায় আজ? প্রয়োজনের ক্ষুধিত চাহিদার থাবার নিচে সবই মিথ্যা হয়ে যাচ্ছে। হয়তো কর্ণফুলীর গুঞ্জন আদতে তার ক্রন্দন আজ। হয়তো দেশের অন্য নদীর ক্ষেত্রেও এ-ই সত্য।
My first opportunity to photograph Mayflies for a couple of years.
As usual the breeze played havoc and made it more difficult, but these insects are such a photogenic subject!!
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A portrait of an elderly Nubian man with a warm, genuine smile on a felucca, a traditional boat on the Nile River in Egypt.
He is wearing a white garment that resembles a traditional Egyptian robe called a galabeya or jellabiya and smiling directly at the camera.
His weathered face and hands suggest a life of hard work.
The background shows the wide expanse of the river with a shoreline featuring lush greenery and some buildings, which is characteristic of the landscape along the Nile. The bright sunlight indicates a clear day.
The foreground of the boat, including the rope and small wooden figures, adds texture and context to the scene. The overall feel is one of authenticity and local culture.
This fine late afternoon river-scene I found on the banks of the Meuse in Liège last year. Even though there's a lot going on, it breaths tranquillity.
Enjoy!
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section of the river in Duden Park, Antalya, leading to the main Duden Falls, out of shot...but plenty of views of the falls in my Falling Water album.
The Penkalas Bridge (completed 2century) is a Roman bridge over the Penkalas (today Kocaçay), a small tributary of the Rhyndakos (Adirnas Çayi), in Aezani (Aizanoi), Asia Minor (Çavdarhisar in present-day Turkey).The 2nd-century AD structure was once one of four ancient bridges in Aezani and is assumed to have been the most important crossing-point due to its central location in the vicinity of the Zeus temple and the direct access it provided to the Roman road to Cotyaeum (Kütahya). (Info from wikipedia)