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Out of bounds image using a photo of the Sphinx taken in Egypt 2008
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Sphinx is watching the Curling again on TV, upside down! Biscuits is playing with a box. Sphinx really loves curling, especially the ladies of Team GB!
Seated female sphinx
3rd century BC, from Massafra (Apulia).
MNC 17.
A Siren
3rd century BC, Apulian production?
Cp 4571
Louvre Museum
Sphinx (obviously) in the rain (obviously).
Had the chance to spend a few days in London last spring while J was there for work.
If there's anything better than wandering through London for a day with a camera and a few dollars/pounds in your pocket, I don't know what it is.
Tried to add some grain to this shot with Silver eFex. I love the combo of the ancient sphinxy-ness with the Victorian (I think) serpent light poles with the surreally large London merry-go-up-and-down with the way cool, way delicate bridge supports.
In other words, I love London and the way so much comes together there at the same time.
This Sphinx Moth was sucking the nectar out of one of my Fragrant Evening Primroses(Oenothera fragrans) in my flower garden. This is what all the beauty and fragrance of flowers is all about, seducing a pollenator to stop by, get a little nectar, and unknowingly pollinate them. Flower sex in action.
Chenille mature de Sphinx du pin (Sphinx pinastri, Sphingidae, Sphinginae, Sphingini) trouvée en phase mobile prépupation. L'animal semble passablement maigre pour cette phase, mais a refusé toute nourriture et s'est enterré dès qu'il avait eu de la terre à disposition.
Of the luxurious Siphnian treasury, another rich island of the Cyclades, Naxos, sends a grandiose offering to Apollo of Delphi: the statue of the mythical Sphinx. It was seated on the capital of a very tall Ionic column, regarded as the oldest element in the Ionic order at Delphi.
Delphi Museum, Greece.
The Sphinx in front of the Luxor hotel in Las Vegas.
The Sphinx is a 110-foot (34 m)-tall re-creation of the Great Sphinx of Giza.
December 29, 2011
Camera Canon EOS 50D
Exposure 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture f/6.7
Focal Length 31 mm
ISO Speed 100
Exposure Bias -1/2 EV
A clay sphinx, an incense-burner.
From the offering ditch at Kerameikos. 660-650 BC.
y/XI/VI
Museum of Kerameikos, Athens.
Sphinx helped me clear out the Hermit crab tank of the bristle worm invasion today, he was very helpful and sat in the sink after, like you do !
The Great Sphinx of Giza is a statue of a reclining lion with a human head that stands on the Giza Plateau in Giza on the west bank of the Nile, near modern-day Cairo, in Egypt. It is the largest monolith statue in the world.
Gizeh est un des lieux les plus célèbres du monde. Il fait partie du patrimoine mondial depuis 1979.
C'est sous la IVe dynastie que ce village de la rive ouest du Nil devint la nécropole royale de Menphis. Pour servir de tombeau aux rois, les Egyptiens érigèrent trois pyramides en moins d'un siècle : la Grande Pyramide de Kheops, la Pyramide de Khephren et la Pyramide de Mykérinos. Ces pyramides, uniques au monde, font partie des Sept Merveilles du monde. Sur ce même plateau se trouve le fameux Sphinx et de nombreux temples et autres petites pyramides.
3000 ans après leur construction, les pyramides impressionnent toujours. En plein désert, sous un ciel bleu sans nuage et un soleil éclatant, leur immensité et leur perfection laissent perplexe. Une énigme les entoure. Les spécialistes estiment qu'une centaine de milliers d'ouvriers travaillèrent pour bâtir ces sépultures. Comment les Egyptiens de l'époque ont-ils pu construire de tels monuments avec une précision au millimètre près et d'une telle complexité ? Cet exploit architectural reste un mystère. Certains (peut-être envoûtés par des créatures venues d'ailleurs !) sont persuadés que les pyramides sont d'origine surnaturelle. Cette perfection serait l'ouvre des anges, du diable ou des extra-terrestres.au choix ! Plus sérieusement, c'est probablement la croyance des anciens Egyptiens en la vie éternelle et leur désir de ne faire qu'un avec le cosmos qui les ont poussés à édifier de tels monuments funéraires. Ils permettaient aux Egyptiens d'apporter des offrandes quotidiennes pour nourrir les âmes des pharaons décédés.
Sphinx ligustri
/ Ligustersværmer /
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Sphinx bonnet (hood) emblem of an Armstrong Siddeley car with the reflection of the sky in the background. Seen at Goodwood, England 2008.
Nikon D200
18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
Egyptian Sphinx atop a Staffordshire Regimental monument in the south transept.
Lichfield is our best known three-spired cathedral, and one I have visited many times over the years (both for business and pleasure).
The cathedral suffered more than most during the Civil War when the Close was besieged (twice) and the central spire shot down (the aftermath of which is memorably conjured in one of Kempe's windows). As a result of this (and the soft red sandstone) the cathedral has been heavily restored and nearly all the furnishings are Victorian, but there are some notable tombs and monuments, and every time I come here I seem to notice more medieval survivals of some kind in various corners.
This was my first visit since the Lady Chapel's vast swathes of Flemish glass was spirited up to York for restoration, and it'll be a couple more years before it returns. Meanwhile this normally rather dark interior has brightened up with clear glazing, suggesting the kind of atmosphere the cathedral must have had in pre-Victorian days when there was virtually no stained glass.