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Stairway to Heaven -- Cascade Mountain, Utah County, Utah.

. . . when I look to the west and my spirit is crying for leaving

Climbed the Haiku stairs to the first concrete viewing platform late in the evening, waited for the rain and clouds to burn off and captured this image of Kaneohe Bay. Oahu, Hawaii 2012

©Mark Payton Photography

Canon 5D MK III

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L

100iso

f/22

75sec

Probably not quite heaven but this stairway does lead to the top of Brean Down which is a promontory off the coast of Somerset standing 320 feet (98 m) high and extending 1.5 miles (2 km) into the Bristol Channel at the eastern end of Bridgwater Bay between Weston-super-Mare and Burnham-on-Sea..

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Made of carboniferous limestone, it is a continuation of the Mendip Hills, and two further continuations are the small islands of Steep Holm and Flat Holm..

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It is now owned by the National Trust, and is rich in wildlife, history and archaeology. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest. There are steep cliffs and, at its seaward point, a Brean Down Fort built in 1865 and then re-armed in the Second World War..

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There is evidence of a pagan shrine at Brean Down dating from pre-Roman times which was re-established as a Romano-Celtic style temple in the mid-4th century and probably succeeded by a small late-4th century Christian oratory. Several Roman finds including gold coins of Augustus, Nero, and Drusus, two silver denarii of Vespasian and a Roman cornelian ring were found at the site during quarrying..

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There is also evidence of an Iron age hill fort and prehistoric barrows and field systems.] One tradition holds that the bodies of the knights responsible for the assassination of Thomas Becket were returned to the island and buried there..

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Brean Down Fort was built on the headland between 1864 and 1871 on the recommendations of the 1859 Royal Commission. It was the most southerly of a chain of defences across the Bristol Channel, protecting the access to Bristol and Cardiff. On the outbreak of World War II the fort was rearmed with two 6" ex-naval guns and machine gun posts were built on the Down. During WWII the site was also used as a test launch site for rockets and experimental weapons, and a large concrete arrow was constructed on the down to direct bombers to the practice range..

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In the 1860s plans were laid for a deep water harbour on the northern shore of Brean Down. The foundation stones of the pier were laid, but the project was later abandoned after a large storm destroyed the foundations..

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In 1897, following wireless transmissions from Lavernock Point in Wales and Flat Holm, Guglielmo Marconi moved his equipment to Brean Down and set a new distance record for wireless transmission over open sea..

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In 1952 the former Axbridge Rural District Council gave the down to the National Trust to celebrate the "Festival of Britain". After restoring the fort, Sedgemoor District Council gave this to the trust as well in 2002..

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Various proposals have been put forward to construct a Severn Barrage for tidal electricity production from Brean Down to Lavernock Point in south Wales..

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"Stairway to Heaven" is the title of a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released in late 1971. It was composed by guitarist Jimmy Page and vocalist Robert Plant for the band's untitled fourth studio album (often referred to as Led Zeppelin IV). It is often referred to as one of the greatest rock songs of all time..

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brean_Down

iron specs

"how long shall they kill our prophets while we stand aside and look …"

(Bob Marley)

inspiration: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O7siE11ve8&feature=related

LeonArts.at

The abandon radio tower at the top of the Haiku Stairs.

HDR image processed with photomatix

Estreando por aqui fotos da primeira aula de fotografia conceitual e Photoshop.

Ministradas por essa professora sensacional Isabella Mariana

Agradecimento aos modelos Israel Fuentes

e Gabriella Ribeiro

Nessa escola incrível aqui:

@hollywoodfilmacademy

Old lady, climbing with her last breath to the eternal light - Stairway to Heaven.

Taken at the 'Tower of Babel' at Mt Huangshan (Yellow Mountain) China. Semi Finalist in the Macquarie Photography Competition

Stairway To Heaven.

Image & Design Ian Halsey MMXIV

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scans from the archives. nikon n90s + fuji velvia RVP 50. the ruins of the abandoned sundowner motel on the west shore of the salton sea. the motel burned in 1998 and was bulldozed several years later.

Bath Cathedral in the evening December light for my friend JRT with today's music from the mighty Led Zeppelin this track seemed to fit the music let me know what you think www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q7Vr3yQYWQ

© Javier Malmierca 2015

Have a lovely day...dear friends!! :-)

There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold

And she's buying a stairway to heaven

And when she gets there she knows if the stores are closed

With a word she can get what she came for

Woe oh oh oh oh oh

And she's buying a stairway to heaven

There's a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure

And you know sometimes words have two meanings

In the tree by the brook there's a songbird who sings

Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven

Woe oh oh oh oh oh

And she's buying a stairway to heaven

There's a feeling I get when I look to the west

And my spirit is crying for leaving

In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees

And the voices of those who stand looking

Woe oh oh oh oh oh

And she's buying a stairway to heaven

And it's whispered that soon, if we all call the tune

Then the piper will lead us to reason

And a new day will dawn for those who stand long

And the forest will echo with laughter

And it makes me wonder

If there's a bustle in your hedgerow

Don't be alarmed now

It's just a spring clean for the May Queen

Yes there are two paths you can go by

but in the long run

There's still time to change the road you're on

Your head is humming and it won't go because you don't know

The piper's calling you to join him

Dear lady can't you hear the wind blow and did you know

Your stairway lies on the whispering wind

And as we wind on down the road

Our shadows taller than our souls

There walks a lady we all know

Who shines white light and wants to show

How everything still turns to gold

And if you listen very hard

The tune will come to you at last

When all are one and one is all

To be a rock and not to roll

Woe oh oh oh oh oh

And she's buying a stairway to heaven

There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold

And she's buying a stairway to heaven

And when she gets there she knows if the stores are closed

With a word she can get what she came for

And she's buying a stairway to heaven, uh uh uh.

In memory of Mr Malcolm Lees: a fantastic spirit & inspiration.May he now be at peace.God bless.

View On Black

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Entrance to the Shops at Georgetown.

HDR

Aperture: f/8

Shutter: 0.4" to 6"

ISO 160

Relative exposure: -2 EV to +2 EV in 1-stop intervals

Absolute exposure: 3 to 8

Thanks to Chris Alvanas and his Advanced HDR class.

"Stairway to Heaven" was an arduous climb from the foot of the Wawayanda Mountain in Vernon, NJ. The Pinwheel vista point is about 3/4 of the way to the top. But trust me, this is a good place to stop and turn around.

Awesome 2 days in Saint Lucia, West Indies! What a beautiful island, people are so kind and nice, and landscapes around Soufrière are amazing!

Shot with Canon EOS 5D Mk. I + Tamron SP AF Aspherical Di LD IF 17-35 f/2.8-4 @17mm, 15sec exposure using ND1000

No graphic content in comments please! Thanks

Yes, there are two paths you can go by;

But in the long run;

There's still time to change;

The road you're on.

Photograph taken at 10:37am on a bitterly cold and sleeting morning, Sunday 10th March 2013 at an altitude in excess of Four hundred metres, off the A4086 at Pen-y-Pass and part way along the PYG track to Mount Snowdon, looking down the valley towards Llyn Peris, a lake in Snowdonia national Park, North Wales, approximately 1.8 km long and situated close to the villages of Llanberis and Nant Peris.

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Nikon D800 14mm 1/640s f/2.8 iso200 RAW (14-bit) Handheld

Samyang AE 14mm f/2.8 ED IF UMC. Nikon MB-D12 battery grip. Two Nikon EN-EL 15 batteries. Nikon DK-17M magnifying eyepiece. Nikon DK-19 soft rubber eyecup. My memory 32GB class 10 20MB/s SDHC. Lowepro Transporter camera strap. Lowepro Vertex 200 AW camera bag. .

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RAW (FINE) FILE: 103.0MB

PROCESSED FILE: 31.59MB

Stairway in the Melk abby in Austria.

All together now:

"There's a lady who's sure

all that glitters is gold

and she's buying a stairway to heaven."

© 2006 by Michael A. Pancier

This image is copyrighted material as indicated, and is watermarked!

Unauthorized use or reproduction for any reason is prohibited

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Spiral stairway in the Ponce Inlet Lighthouse. Shot at a high ISO having left my flash (doh), so did the B&W thing to give me that old Tmax feel. Used the superwide to make you hopefully feel dizzy :-D Not bad for handheld at 1/10 with no IS huh?

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"And as we wind on down the road

Our shadows taller than our soul

There walks a lady we all know

Who shines white light and wants to show

How everything still turns to gold

And if you listen very hard

The tune will come to you at last

When all are one and one is all

To be a rock and not to roll

And she's buying a stairway to heaven"

-- Robert Plant

hike up to the backside route to the "stair way to heaven"

Stairway to the castle in Thun/Switzerland

View On Black or better yet in Extra Large

I deliberately left the branches in the upper right corner. Just happen to like it...

f/4.0

ISO 100

1/500s

PS CS3

Silver Efex Pro - orange filter

No Crop

Explore #313 January 27 2009

Day 49 for the "2019: one photo each day" group.