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Um exemplar que faz parte dum dos maiores, senão o maior rebanho do país.
Covas do Monte - S. Pedro do Sul
Portugal 2008.
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These photos are of riders participating in the 2010 Tour Down Under and specifically stage 4, starting from Norwood. I was able to get there early enough to get a spot 15 meters from the start line and right alongside the sign on board on this day.
I have named those that I am sure of, but with so many riders converging at the one spot in a relatively short time, I was not able to get all their rider numbers. Any unknown are not named - you are welcome to let me know who they are if you can identify any of those.
She loved this Goatsbeard seedhead image that I had dedicated to her when she was recovering from surgery back in 2008. I re-edited it slightly.
R.I.P. my dear sweet sister.
At 160 metres tall, the Capital Gate building may not be the tallest building in the Emirates, or even Abu Dhabi. But in a city famed for ambitious projects, it is by far the biggest architectural accomplishment. Tilting 18° westward, the Capital Gate has over four times as much lean as the Leaning Tower of Pisa. The 35 storey structure includes a cantilevered tea lounge and open air pool deck, as well as Abu Dhabi’s first Hyatt hotel, ‘The Hyatt@Capital Centre’. The tower’s external lighting minimises light pollution whilst optimising energy consumption, with a net of compact LED clusters integrated into the façade’s design. The Capital Gate sits on an intensive distribution of 490 piles, drilled 30 metres underground to accommodate the gravitational, wind and seismic forces caused by the building’s distinctive lean. Inter-connected with the thriving Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, the tower is one of a group of 23 towers including branded hotels, commercial buildings, residential and serviced apartment complexes and developments for mixed use. The Capital gate was the first building in the world to use a pre-cambered core, with a built-in lean of 350 millimetres engineered to straighten with the addition of the upper floors. It is this same standard of innovation that has come to define the UAE; an oasis of intelligent design built in supposedly inhospitable conditions.
Abu Dhabi World Online | The capital's magazine
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Pussy willow is a name given to many of the smaller species of the genus Salix (willows and sallows) when their furry catkins are young in early spring. [...]
Before the male catkins of these species come into full flower they are covered in fine, greyish fur, leading to a fancied likeness to tiny cats [...]. The catkins appear long before the leaves, and are one of the earliest signs of spring. [...]. Wikipedia
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque (Arabic: جامع الشيخ زايد الكبير) is located in Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates.[1] The largest mosque in the country, it is the key place of worship for Friday gathering and Eid prayers. During Eid it may be visited by more than 41,000 people.[1]
The Grand Mosque was constructed between 1996 and 2007.[2] It was designed by Syrian architect Yousef Abdelky.[3] The building complex measures approximately 290 m (960 ft) by 420 m (1,380 ft), covering an area of more than 12 hectares (30 acres), excluding exterior landscaping and vehicle parking.
The project was launched by the late president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who wanted to establish a structure that would unite the cultural diversity of the Islamic world with the historical and modern values of architecture and art.[5] His final resting place is located on the grounds adjacent to the complex. [...].
The design of the Sheikh Zayed Mosque has been inspired by Persian, Mughal, and the Alexandrian Mosque of Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi Mosque in Egypt, also the Indo-Islamic mosque architecture, particularly the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan being direct influences. The dome layout and floorplan of the mosque was inspired by the Badshahi Mosque. Its archways are quintessentially Moorish and its minarets classically Arab.
Under lead contractor Impregilo (Italy), more than 3,000 workers and 38 sub-contracting companies took part in its construction. Natural materials were chosen for much of its design and construction due to their long-lasting qualities, including marble stone, gold, semi-precious stones, crystals and ceramics. Artisans and materials came from many countries including India, Italy, Germany, Egypt, Turkey, Morocco, Pakistan, Malaysia, Iran, China, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Republic of Macedonia and United Arab Emirates.
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