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Venedig - San Polo
San Polo (Venetian: San Poło) is the smallest and most central of the six sestieri of Venice, northern Italy, covering 86 acres (35 hectares) along the Grand Canal. It is one of the oldest parts of the city, having been settled before the ninth century, when it and San Marco formed part of the Realtine Islands. The sestiere is named for the Church of San Polo.
The district has been the site of Venice's main market since 1097, and connected to the eastern bank of the Grande Canal by the Rialto bridge since the thirteenth century. The western part of the quarter is now known for its churches, while the eastern part, sometimes just called the Rialto, is known for its palaces and smaller houses.
Attractions in San Polo include the Rialto Bridge, the Church of San Giacomo di Rialto (according to legend the oldest in the city), the Campo San Polo with the Church of San Polo, the House of Goldoni, the Church of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, the Church of San Rocco and the Scuola Grande di San Rocco.
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San Polo ist einer der sechs Stadtteile von Venedig. Er liegt südwestlich des Canal Grande in der durch diesen gebildeten großen Schleife. Seinen Namen leitet das Sestiere (Sechstel) von der antiken Kirche San Paolo Apostolo ab. Dieser Kirche war ehemals eine eigene Pfarrei zugeordnet; heute gehört sie zur Gemeinde von Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari. Das Sestiere hatte im Jahr 1171 acht Contrade (Kirchengemeinden); bis 1586 stieg die Zahl auf neun.
2009 hatte San Polo eine Bevölkerungszahl von 5022, die sich auf die Pfarreien San Silvestro (mit San Giacometto), San Cassiano (mit Santa Maria Mater Domini) und Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari (mit San Polo und San Rocco) verteilten.
Das Sestiere ist mit rund 34 Hektar das kleinste der Stadt, birgt in seinen Grenzen jedoch den ältesten Teil Venedigs und den zweitgrößten Platz, den Campo San Polo.
Herzstück ist der Rialto mit dem Mercato di Rialto, dem Handelszentrum der Stadt. Der Name ist von rivo alto (dt. hohes Ufer) abgeleitet und umfasste zu Beginn der Stadtentwicklung eine Gruppe von Inselchen, die Isole Rialtine, die ihr Zentrum um den Rio Businiaco bildeten. In diesem Teil der Stadt befand sich im 9. Jahrhundert auch der erste Regierungssitz, der von Malamocco hierher verlegt worden war. Von den ursprünglichen Bauten ist nach der Brandnacht vom 10. Januar 1514, ausgenommen die Kirche San Giacometto, kaum etwas übrig geblieben.
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Just about managed to get a couple of frames after I don't know how many attempts of these quick moving little birds, nice to see one of Britains smallest birds in numbers and at a local nature reserve too.
The uncrested wren, the smallest species, called in this place the Chif-chaf, is very loud on the Lythe. This is the earliest summer bird of passage, & the harbinger of spring. It has only two piercing notes.
Gilbert White: The Naturalist's Journal, entry of 18th March, 1780
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Buffalo danger is the smallest enemies - insects. They parasitize gadflies, horseflies, parasitic flies that lay their eggs in the skin, nostrils, ears animals. The larvae cause buffalo physical suffering can be a source of secondary infection, when heavily infested weaken the animal, so like buffalo wallow in the mud and clean so your skin. Buffalo come to the aid of a bird-medics - buffs herons and voloklyui. The picture was taken on the island of Palawan, near the town of El Nido on the go while driving a motorcycle.
This is by far the smallest quilt I've made... It measures about 11/2 inches and has 4 pieced stars! I thought 1 inch blocks were hard! LOL! I have a couple more of these to make for a project that I'm working on... This one only took all day. Of course I was babysitting... LOL!
Belatedly the little sunflower in my front garden is in full flower. The description on the packet ("Giant Sunflower") didn't apply to this one!
Looking up today and trying to find things small enough for a macro that still convey looking up. Have this small ceiling fan that I always thought was a spotlight but never paid attention. Turns out it's a small extractor as part of the HVAC system. You live and learn. HMM!
The Cockspur Island Light is the smallest lighthouse in Georgia. It was initially built as a daymarker without lights to indicate the entrance to the South Channel of the Savannah River. Construction lasted from March 1837 to November 1839. It is built on an oyster & mussel bed and is unique in that the base is shaped like the prow of a ship to reduce the impact of the waves on the structure. By 1848 it was retrofitted with lights & reflectors. It housed a fixed white light from five lamps with 14 inch reflectors that shone 9 miles at a height of 25 feet above sea level. It was damaged by a hurricane in 1854. The larger replacement that was built in 1855 on the same foundation was designed by New York City architect John S. Norris.
The light was extinguished for a time during the American Civil War during the battle that brought the defeat of Fort Pulaski. The lighthouse suffered little or no damage, even though it was in direct line of fire. It was relit in 1866. On June 1, 1909, the light was "finally" extinguished, because the south channel was infrequently used, compared to the deeper and wider North Channel of the Savannah River. The United States Coast Guard relinquished control of this lighthouse to the National Park Service on August 14, 1958. Along with the entire Fort Pulaski National Monument, the lighthouse and the island were listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on October 15, 1966. Starting in 1995 and lasting until 2000, the upper portions of the lighthouse was restored, although the foundations still require protection from wave action and tidal erosion. On March 18, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. the lighthouse was relit again during a ceremony hosted by the National Park Service and the U.S. Coast Guard. In early 2013, additional rocks were added around the lighthouse to protect it from strong currents at high tide.
The lighthouse is not currently open to the public. However, visitors to the area frequently access the water near the beacon by kayak, often taking a commercial tour. The National Park Service cut a trail from Fort Pulaski National Monument to the lighthouse through the brush in 2005 to allow visitors a closer vantage point. The trail begins on the northeast side of the fort and is about 0.8 mile long. At low tide, hikers can get within approximately 200 yards of the lighthouse just as with the photograph above.
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6 and the final conversion to B&W was completed with Nik Silver Efex within PS.
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The calliope is the smallest of our hummingbirds. The bird next to this butterfly bush bloom shows just how little it is.
A female lesser spotted woodpecker (Dryobates minor), in a forest in town three springs ago. (The male is red on its head.)
I spotted it when I was photographing a great spotted woodpecker (flaggspett in Norwegian), that made lots of noise from a pole between the lesser spotted woodpecker and I.
Since I didn't get a better photo than this, I haven't used it yet. But it's still the only I have of the species, so I want to add it to my woodpecker collection.
The lesser spotted woodpecker is the smallest European woodpecker.
(Dvergspett hunn, in Norwegian)
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The Least Sandpiper is a very small Sandpiper and I am likely to miss it when it is hanging with it's larger cousins.
June 20, 2021
A fishing trip on the Brewster Flats. Lots of little fish out there!
(Morone Saxatilis)
Brewster, Massachusetts
Cape Cod - USA
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The UK's smallest bird along with the Firecrest weighs less than a 2p coin. This one is showing its crest for the camera.
Macro Mondays. Tiny
As I was looking at what is left of my 5 tomato plants, I noticed a bunch of baby tomatoes. And I was thinking about the fact that these tiny tomatoes probably wouldn't have time to grow to be nice red cherry tomatoes and never make it to my salads. All of tomatoes are less than 1cm. There is a picture of the minis with a ruler on my photostream.
These smallest of our local mergansers has a love for crustaceans, lots of fun watching them crabbing. Purple shore crabs and crayfish are among their favorite meals.
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Castle Crag is a hill in the North Western Fells of the English Lake District. It is the smallest hill included in Alfred Wainwright's influential Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells, the only Wainwright below 1,000 feet (300 m).
Wainwright accorded Castle Crag the status of a separate fell because it "is so magnificently independent, so ruggedly individual, so aggressively unashamed of its lack of inches, that less than justice would be done by relegating it to a paragraph in the High Spy chapter." Subsequent guidebooks have not always agreed: Castle Crag is one of only two Wainwrights not included in Bill Birkett's Complete Lakeland Fells.
The fell has an impressive appearance, a rugged height apparently blocking the valley of Borrowdale, which is squeezed between Castle Crag and Grange Fell, its neighbour on the other side. This narrow gorge known as the 'Jaws of Borrowdale', and is prominent in views from Keswick and Derwentwater.
High Spy, the parent fell, forms part of the north-south ridge between Borrowdale and the Newlands Valley. The rough spur of Low Scawdel (1,709 ft) runs out due east from the summit, breaking steeply over Goat Crag and then falling to Broadslack Gill. This small tributary of the River Derwent separates High Spy from Castle Crag.
The wooded height of Castle Crag rises between Broadslack Gill and the Derwent, the two streams meeting to the north beneath the outlying knoll of Low Hows. It has steep faces on all sides except the south, where a low ridge runs out and then swings west around the head of Broadslack Gill. A narrow col here provides the topographic link to High Spy.
The Derwentwater fault runs along the valley of Broadslack Gill, the higher ground to the north west being mainly composed of the Birker Fell Formation. These are plagioclase-phyric andesite lavas and subordinate sills. By contrast Castle Crag shows outcropping of the Eagle Crag Member, a mixture of siltstone, sandstone, conglomerate and tuff with frequent andesite sills.
The slopes of Castle Crag are extensively quarried with pits and levels on the northern and south eastern flanks. The summit has also been extensively worked. The High Hows Quarry later achieved fame as the home of Millican Dalton, the eccentric and self-styled "Professor of Adventure". The caves here formed his summer home from the 1920s until shortly before his death in 1947.
The summit area is believed to have been an ancient hill fort, although the western section has been sliced away by quarrying. It can only be gained by means of a sloping crack to the south. The very highest point is a rock outcrop about eight feet high and twelve feet across. Atop this is a well constructed circular cairn of slate. A memorial to Borrowdale men killed in World War I is affixed to the outcrop.
There is a fine view down the valley, Skiddaw seen to good effect across the lake. Southwards Great Gable and the Scafells ring the head of the Derwent catchment, while near at hand- enhanced by the steepness of the slope- is a view of the woods and crags of mid Borrowdale.
Castle Crag may be ascended easily from the villages of Grange in Borrowdale or Rosthwaite, and can be combined with the lovely riverside walk along the River Derwent.[1] The Allerdale Ramble long distance walking route runs along the valley of Broadslack Gill, whilst the Cumbria Way crosses the eastern slopes of Castle Crag.
She waved, tears streaming down her cheeks, the adoring audience cheering in anticipation: they believed the circus had one more act.... the performers knew better, mouths covered in horror, others shouting at her to stop. but she would not stop. She would not pause. It was only a small step.... tiny even, but it was enough to ensure the ringmaster fell.
Woah! I got a right ol' soakin'
Porthgwidden (Cornish: Porth Gwydn, meaning white cove)
The smallest beach of soft golden sand in St Ives, near to the Island, and very popular with families as it is very sheltered and quite an east-facing sun trap. It is located in the civil parish of Feock on the shore of the Carrick Roads.
What I enjoy about this flower is it looks like it has smaller flowers in the center. (I'm now a flower photographer. Don't talk to me I'm taking pictures of flowers)
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Not far from Yarmouth is the fishing village of Sandford. Here is one of the smallest drawbridges. It was built to allow people to cross from one side to the other but yet allow fishing boats to pass through.
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Lilac flowers
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Europe's smallest dabbling duck - here you can tell just how small it is, with a mallard hen behind him, still not appearing larger than this.
Vulnerable (VU) – meets one of the 5 red list criteria and thus considered to be at high risk of unnatural (human-caused) extinction without further human intervention.
Eurasian teal, Anas crecca, Kricka
Possibly the smallest church I have seen. Its about a mile from my house and I have only recently discovered it.
Smallest bunting of west Palearctic, with delicate but compact form and terrestrial behaviour recalling Linnet and Dunnock. Distinctly less bulky than Reed Bunting, with sharply pointed bill, flat sloping forehead, little or no neck, shorter, straight-edged tail, and shorter legs. Plumage basically buff to grey-brown above and clean buffish-white below, with bright, warm coloured, and quite strongly marked head, more rufous, pale-barred wings, white-edged tail, and finely streaked breast and flanks. A brilliant garden visitor
I remember sitting in the car with several people. The sun was setting because it was winter so we were lucky to feel it on our skin. The car was making a gentle hum. I had my camera. I don't remember what we were talking about but I was mostly quiet taking pictures in the back seat.
The Smallest House in Great Britain is just 72 inches wide by 122 inches high. It was occupied right up until May 1900, and ever since it has been visited and marvelled at by thousands of people from around the world. The last person to live in the house was a local fisherman called Robert Jones (who also happened to be 6 foot 3) - before Mr Jones an elderly couple lived there. The house may be small but it's extremely practical - there's just enough room for a single bed, a fireplace and a coal bunker.
California Least Tern
Sterna antillarum browni
Endangered
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