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Vessel is a structure and landmark which was built as part of the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project in Manhattan, New York City. The elaborate honeycomb-like structure rises 16 stories and consists of 154 flights of stairs, 2,500 steps, and 80 landings for visitors to climb. Climbed in the morning, a little bit cloudy… the photo was taken on the top of the vessel, views of the sky and the skyline.
Closeup of a small green plant with an interesting structure, captured with selective focus and very fast shutter speed.
This large museum of natural history combines three museums into one, including a four-story taxonomy wing, a building of skeletons and fossils and a separate structure devoted entirely to geology.
Judasohr, ich glaube das ist eines, hat seinen Namen davon, dass sich Judas der Geschichte nach, nach seinem Verrat an einem Holunderbaum erhängt haben soll. Dieser Pilz kommt tatsächlich häufig an Holundersträuchen vor. Vielleicht ist es aber auch ein Drüsling. Wenn jemand es weiß, darf er es gerne schreiben.
Dún Aonghasa (Unofficial anglicised version Dun Aengus) is the best-known of several prehistoric hill forts on the Aran Islands of County Galway, Republic of Ireland. It lies on Inis Mór, at the edge of a 100-metre-high (330 ft) cliff.
A popular tourist attraction, Dún Aonghasa is an important archaeological site.
History
It is not known exactly when Dún Aonghasa was built, though it is now thought that most of the structures date from the Bronze Age and Iron Age. T. F. O'Rahilly surmised in what is known as O'Rahilly's historical model that it was built in the 2nd century BC by the Builg following the Laginian conquest of Connacht.Excavations at the site indicate that the first construction goes back to 1100 BC, when rubble was piled against large upright stones to form the first enclosure. Around 500 BC, the triple wall defenses were probably constructed along the fort's western side.
The 19th-century artist George Petrie called "Dún Aonghasa" "the most magnificent barbaric monument in Europe". Its name, meaning "Fort of Aonghas", may refer to the pre-Christian god of the same name described in Irish mythology, or the mythical king, Aonghus mac Úmhór. It has thus traditionally been associated with the Fir Bolg.
Form and function
The fort consists of a series of four concentric walls of dry stone construction, built on a high cliff some one hundred metres above the sea. At the time of its construction sea levels were considerably lower and a recent Radio Telefis Eireann documentary estimates that originally it was 1000 metres from the sea. Surviving stonework is four metres wide at some points. The original shape was presumably oval or D-shaped but parts of the cliff and fort have since collapsed into the sea. Outside the third ring of walls lies a defensive system of stone slabs, known as a cheval de frise, planted in an upright position in the ground and still largely well-preserved. These ruins also feature a huge rectangular stone slab, the function of which is unknown. Impressively large among prehistoric ruins, the outermost wall of Dún Aonghasa encloses an area of approximately 6 hectares (14 acres).
Today
The walls of Dún Aonghasa have been rebuilt to a height of 6m and have wall walks, chambers, and flights of stairs. The restoration is easily distinguished from the original construction by the use of mortar.[citation needed]
There is a small museum illustrating the history of the fort and its possible functions. Also in the vicinity is a Neolithic tomb and a small heritage park featuring examples of a traditional thatched cottage and an illegal poteen distillery.
A too sunny day when sand patterns pulled me into their little world. the previous day's big waves had made some wonderful structures, and these particularly curly lines grabbed my attention. Get in Line is asong by Ron Sexsmith, normally they're much straight than these.
Structure 2019
Grande roue Nïmes , Gard, France Janvier 2019
Photographie en noir et blanc
Photography in black and white
By Misa ATO
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The Sword-billed Hummingbird is a charismatic species from Andean South America. It is found from Venezuela and Colombia in the north to Bolivia in the south. The species belongs to a monotypic genus, Ensifera, and is quite different from all other hummingbirds; metallic green and bronzed overall, with a black bill that is slightly upcurved and longer than the body length. This is the only bird species with a bill length that exceeds the body length. When seen perched, the species usually holds its bill quite upright, presumably because of balance issues stemming from this long and relatively heavy structure.
doi.org/10.2173/bow.swbhum1.01
For me one of the most amazing hummingbirds of Ecuador! Taken at the amazing Zuro Loma Reserve.
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Sharing the dramatic natural beauty of Conwy, North Wales, UK.
This Zen Buddhist Temple located in Kyoto, Japan, has 0.5 μm pure gold leaf covering the top two stories of the three-story structure. The pavilion successfully incorporates three distinct styles of architecture, which are shinden, samurai and zen, specifically on each floor.
Information is from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinkaku-ji
Despite the parachute structure of the individual Dandelion seeds being largely made up of empty space, it is believed their design creates a ring-shaped air bubble ("separated vortex ring") which slows their descent to the ground and allows them to spread further afield (and into my garden as an unfortunate consequence). It is thought their design is up to four times more efficient that a conventional parachute.
The first is the original image with just a touch of processing. I isolated the stairs and repeated them for the second image. the third image is more repetition and starting to play with saturation. For the final image I have more repetition, "box" distortion that I like, added a little wavy and then shifted the colors to the blue and yellow that I like.