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This spectacular rock outcrop is located roughly 40 kilometres southeast of Streaky Bay in South Australia. It is a fine example of a geological formation know as an inselberg, or steep-sided rock that rises abruptly from a surrounding plain. Other Australian inselbergs include Uluru and Kata Tjuta as well as Wave Rock near Hyden in Western Australia (see my image No.0480).
Murphy’s Haystacks are made up of pink granite originally laid down some 1.5 billion years ago deep beneath the earth’s surface. Over time erosion removed the softer surface layers, exposing the granite outcrop which was then weathered and sculpted into its present form somewhere between 50,000 and 100,000 years ago.
Local legend has it that the outcrop acquired its name in the 19th century when a traveller, viewing the formations from a distance, mistook them for haystacks and commented on the farmer’s extraordinary ability to produce such large stacks of hay. Since the land was owned at the time by a Mr. Murphy, the rocks became known as Murphy’s Haystacks.
For a contrasting view of the Haystacks shot from a different vantage point, see my image No.0188
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Florida has one benefit: Bees and hoverflies are still busy gathering pollen, which makes for cool insect photos. I was out walking around a couple of days ago, with temperatures in the high 70s/low 80s, when I came across tiny yellow flowers with swarms of bees and hoverflies surrounding them. I stopped to take several shots, though that wasn't my goal for the day. I couldn't believe my luck when this picture appeared on my screen!
Macro shot. Taken with Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT.
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KNOSSOSKnossos (alternative spellings Knossus, Cnossus, Greek Κνωσός, pronounced [knoˈsos]) is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete and considered as Europe's oldest city.
The name Knossos survives from ancient Greek references to the major city of Crete. The identification of Knossos with the Bronze Age site is supported by tradition and by the Roman coins that were scattered over the fields surrounding the pre-excavation site, then a large mound named Kephala Hill, elevation 85 m (279 ft) from current sea level. Many of them were inscribed with Knosion or Knos on the obverse and an image of a Minotaur or Labyrinth on the reverse, both symbols deriving from the myth of King Minos, supposed to have reigned from Knossos.[5] The coins came from the Roman settlement of Colonia Julia Nobilis Cnossus, a Roman colony placed just to the north of, and politically including, Kephala. The Romans believed they had colonized Knossos.[6] After excavation, the discovery of the Linear B tablets, and the decipherment of Linear B by Michael Ventris, the identification was confirmed by the reference to an administrative center, ko-no-so, Mycenaean Greek Knosos, undoubtedly the palace complex. The palace was built over a Neolithic town. During the Bronze Age, the town surrounded the hill on which the palace was built.
The palace was excavated and partially restored under the direction of Arthur Evans in the earliest years of the 20th century. Its size far exceeded his original expectations, as did the discovery of two ancient scripts, which he termed Linear A and Linear B, to distinguish their writing from the pictographs also present. From the layering of the palace Evans developed de novo an archaeological concept of the civilization that used it, which he called Minoan, following the pre-existing custom of labelling all objects from the location Minoan.
The site of Knossos was discovered in 1878 by Minos Kalokairinos. The excavations in Knossos began in 1900 by the English archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans (1851–1941) and his team, and continued for 35 years. Its size far exceeded his original expectations, as did the discovery of two ancient scripts, which he termed Linear A and Linear B, to distinguish their writing from the pictographs also present. From the layering of the palace Evans developed an archaeological concept of the civilization that used it, which he called Minoan, following the pre-existing custom of labelling all objects from the location Minoan.
Since their discovery, the ruins have undergone a history of their own, from excavation by renowned archaeologists, education and tourism, to occupation as a headquarters by governments warring over the control of the eastern Mediterranean in two world wars. This site history is to be distinguished from the ancient.
The surrounding topography gives the falls a more majestic context. Rare visit to the falls beyond the gate. Taken with 7artisans 10mm fisheye cropped..
The area surrounding Pleiades is rich in brown dust, which contrasts nicely with the bright blue colors of the Seven Sisters.
This is a crop from of an old image which I didn't finished back then because it had several issues like trailed stars and poor calibration. Currently I am working on a new version having different framing, and hopefully, better star shapes.
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179 x 60s frames taken under suburban skies on October 2017. Canon 550D at ISO 800, Samyang 135mm f/2. Tracked with a Star Adventurer Mini bundle. More details at AstroBin.
This is the new 54,000 square metres large concert, congress and hotel complex in Malmö. The building consists of a composition of cubic volumes that are mutually twisted and given different sizes to meet the directions and building heights of the surrounding city. The façades are designed with a homogeneous expression to make the composition appear as one architectonic sculpture.
The new cultural centre becomes an open, expressive and dynamic building that is manifold in both its activities and its architecture. The point of departure for the building design is the modern Scandinavian architectural tradition with the clear functional organisation and the accessible and open ground floor lay-out. The building becomes the focal point and a landmark for Malmö – a place where the spirit of the city, the diversity and the intimacy is given an architectonic expression.
This image of the Tufted flycatcher was captured high in the mountains of Savegre, in Costa Rica. The mountainous area surrounding Savegre is thick with a gorgeous canopy making a beautiful home for this beautiful little bird. I loved the lichen that made the trees look like they were dusted with snow and the setting was just breathtaking and definitely a photographers dream !!
Wishing you all a beautiful and blessed day !!!!!!!!
IC 1318 (IC 1318A et IC 1318B), également appelée la nébuleuse du Papillon (en anglais Butterfly Nebula) est une nébuleuse en émission dans la constellation du Cygne.
Énorme nébuleuse en émission assez brillante et distincte, en forme d'accent circonflexe, assez difficile à voir, mais qui apparaît facilement sur les photographies. Elle possède en son centre une nébuleuse obscure (LDN 889). Elle se déploie autour de la brillante étoile Sadr (γ Cygni). Elle est située dans la Voie lactée, donc sur un fond riche en étoiles.
The Butterfly Nebula (IC 1318) in the Sadr Region (Gamma Cygni Nebula) is the diffuse emission nebula surrounding Sadr (γ Cygni) at the center of Cygnus's cross. It contains many dark nebulae (LDN889) in addition to the emission diffuse nebulae.
Sadr itself has approximately a magnitude of 2.2. The nebulous regions around the region are also fairly bright.
(Source: wikipedia)
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Ocean Falls is noted for its abundance of rain – about 4,390mm/172.8in annually, and it is sometimes referred to as the “Land of the Rain People.” The Heiltsuk (helts-uk) First Nations people have inhabited the coastal region surrounding Ocean Falls for more than 9,000 years. The town is remote and only accessible by private boat, B.C. Ferries, or floatplane. It is situated around a waterfall from Link Lake (25km in length) straight into the head of Cousins Inlet, 88km/55mi northwest of Bella Coola.
The beautifully winding Icelandic Ring Road also provides great opportunities for photography especially with the often stark surrounding landscape.
This was a scene that continually changed as the clouds surrounding Mount Hood moved away. A ghost one moment, like this another, then gone again...
Along the trail from Emmons Vista toward Sunrise Camp, there are spots where the trees are thin or they are spaced apart enough that, with the help of even a little bit of a telephoto lens, you can capture great shots of "The Mountain", Emmons Glacier, and that turquoise-blue glacier-fed lake.
Landscape photographers often lament when the sky is blue because, to them, it's boring without clouds to add texture and some sort of drama. I, myself, am perfectly happy with a blue sky day, because then I can see Mount Rainier and surrounding scenery in saturated, crystal clarity. Circular polarizers also help with that saturation and clarity thing, btw.
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The spotted wood owl is an owl of the earless owl genus, Strix. Its range is strangely disjunct; it occurs in many regions surrounding Borneo, but not on that island itself.
Scientific name: Strix seloputo
Higher classification: Strix
Peul (Fulani, Fulbe, Fula) herdsmen with traditional wide-brimmed fibre-and-leather conical hats meet at the weekly market in front of Djenné's Great Mosque. A colourful multiethnic gathering of herders and traders converges at the mosque from the surrounding regions and fertile flood plains of the Niger River inland delta in central Mali. Digital film scan, Asahi Pentax Spotmatic, shot directly under the noonday sun, circa 1976.
The Great Mosque of Djenné towers over the market in a seemingly apocalyptic backdrop on this day. The mosque is considered the world’s largest adobe building and one of the greatest achievements of Sudano-Sahelian architecture, unique to the semi-arid Sahel zone that stretches across northern Africa just south of an encroaching Sahara.
These Peul herdsmen are likely from the class of “free nobles” (mostly nomadic herders, religious and political leaders, some tradesmen and sedentary cultivators) at the top of a highly stratified caste-based Peul society.
Ethnographers distinguish this class from lower-tiered occupational groups or “castes” (griot story tellers and song-praisers, artisans, blacksmiths, potters, woodworkers, dress makers) and descendants of slaves (labourers, brick makers, house builders).
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Postrscript - The enchanting Arabian Nights imagery emanating out of this ancient marketplace at the time if this photo shoot (1976) is reminiscent of a seemingly bygone Sahelian era devoid of smartphones, credit cards and packaged safari tours.
Nowadays, nascent tourism is on hold and easy access to markets, pastures and farmlands is hampered as ethnic strife and inter-communal violence continue to erupt under a fragile or failed Malian state with a troubled history of military coups.
The current military junta relies on mercenaries from the private Russian-backed Wagner Group for its security needs, coinciding with the recent French withdrawal of troops from the region. By providing protection to the Malian military regime, the Moscow-centered paramilitary group has increased its power and access to Mali's scarce natural resources.
In 2018, Human Rights Watch reported that the Mopti region of central Mali has become an epicentre of inter-rethnic conflict, fuelled by a steady escalation of violence by armed Islamist groups largely allied with Al Qaeda’s advance from the north since 2015.
Recruitment to the militant Islamist movement from Peul pastoral herding communities has inflamed tensions within sedentary agrarian communities (Bambara, Dogon, Tellem, Bozo and others) who rely on access to agricultural lands for their livelihood.
Predominantly Muslim but opposing ethnic self-defence militias on both sides have been formed for the protection of their own respective communities. This has contributed to a continuous cycle of violent attacks and reprisals touching villages and hamlets, pastures and farmlands, and some marketplaces.
While communal tensions are profoundly connected to a larger ethnopolitical conflict unfolding in northern Mali, chronic insecurities around the ancient town of Djenné and in the broader central regions of Mali are exacerbated by longstanding indigenous concerns over a struggle for scarce natural resources - agricultural land for settled farmers versus water and grazing land for semi-nomadic Peul herdsmen.
Efforts at mediation in the area around Djenné and the grand mosque include a Humanitarian Agreement specifically among Bambara and Bozo farmers, Dogan "hunters" protecting farmers' interests and Peul herders, all committed to guaranteeing the freedom of movement of people, goods and livestock in the "Circle of Djenné" situated in the Mopti region of central Mali.
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I wasn't very successful getting the ideal settings to photograph the moon ( i just couldn't get it right despite several attempts!!) but the clouds surrounding the moon were pretty cool in spite of the lack of sharpness. Something else to work on. ( ;
Brighton, East Sussex
The Royal Pavilion, and surrounding gardens, also known as the Brighton Pavilion, is a Grade I listed former royal residence located in Brighton, England. Beginning in 1787, it was built in three stages as a seaside retreat for George, Prince of Wales, who became the Prince Regent in 1811, and King George IV in 1820. It is built in the Indo-Saracenic style prevalent in India for most of the 19th century. The current appearance of the Pavilion, with its domes and minarets, is the work of architect John Nash, who extended the building starting in 1815. George IV's successors William IV, and Victoria, also used the Pavilion, but Queen Victoria decided that Osborne House should be the royal seaside retreat, and the Pavilion was sold to the city of Brighton in 1850.
On 1 October 2020, management and operation of the Royal Pavilion & Museums' buildings and collections were transferred from Brighton & Hove City Council to a new charity: The Royal Pavilion & Museums Trust (RPMT).
This is a three-frame vertical panorama and you’ve no idea how many people I’ve had to clone out of this image as well as all the bottles and cans out of the pond… a lot to be said for night time shooting – virtually no one around.
In Stockholm and the surrounding parts of Sweden, week 9 is winter holiday for the schools. This meant that when I was visiting the Haga Ocean butterfly house that week - there were significantly more visitors than a usual weekday.
Since I am quite fond of talking, this meant a lot more chatting about butterflies and this one became a go-to subject.
It's a male yellow mormon (Papilio lowii), also known as the Asian swallowtail, and he had landed on a leaf at about eye-level and didn't move for several hours.
Knowing he was right there, I could point him out to other visitors and I'm certain he was the most photographed butterfly there that day.
I've just learend that this species, like all the mormons, mimic the red-bodied swallowtail which isn't a single species, but rather a whole bunch of them. Those are venomous which obviously make them not so popular on the menu for birds.
They obviously look similar to these (not much mimicry otherwise), but as the name suggests, their body has a much larger portion of red (equally obviously).
One of the Paint Pots at Kootenay National Park.
The landscape surrounding the Paint Pots is uniquely created. The iron ore accumulates around the edge of the 3 pools increases the height. As a nearby stream flows into 2 of the larger pools, a greenish color is created. As these mineral pools bubble up, the iron ore stains the earth around the pools an orange-red color. The material itself can look and feel like clay and can be found in a variety of colors from red to orange to yellow; red ochre because of hematite mineral or be yellow ochre because of limonite mineral.
The Paint Pots were a major source of the ochre paint pigment for a number of First Nations groups prior to the 20th century. It is still considered as a sacred place.
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Surrounding the castle are magnificent beech woodlands. Planted sometime in the 18th century, this magical forest is home to both wild and manicured gardens, winding trails, and majestic trees.
You can follow one of the paths down to the sea and beach at Port Mora.
Near Portpatrick, Dumfries and Galloway.
644 mm/F7 telescope
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Here you can see the new major link road A6211 which links to Colliery Way.
Gedling Country Park, Nottinghamshire (Local Nature Reserve), is a 580 acres of open space, footpaths and cycle paths with stunning views over the surrounding area.
It's a Green Flag Award Winner.
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Amid the shadows from the old wheelbarrow and the sage surrounding the back patio, Sophie and little Powder Snow enjoy a bit of bright, early morning winter sun.
Camera: Argus Minca 28 (1947-1948, with two-element 47mm Lumar f/9.7 lens, www.flickr.com/photos/99085049@N05/21091867129/in/photoli...). A sleek little post-war bakelite camera for 828 film which was the simpler successor to the pre-war Argus Model M. The Model M (1939-1940) had a slightly faster lens (f/6.3 Anastigmat Triplet) and the ability to shoot half-frame as well as full-frame, but was handicapped by the lack of 828 film production during the war. Both cameras were similar to the Argus A series, but with a more streamlined shape.
Film: 828 Verichrome Pan (expired 1975), exposed at EI 25, developed in Arista Liquid Developer (1+9) for 5:15 minutes @ 70 degrees, and scanned with an Epson V600 scanner..
Thoresby Hall and Park.
Thoresby Hall, 19th-century country house and park in Budby, Nottinghamshire. Initially owned by the Pierrepont family and later by the Manvers family. The estate, which includes the hall, has been through various ownership changes and transformations, including being requisitioned during World War II and later converted into a hotel. It is built in four storeys with a square floor plan surrounding a central courtyard, nine window bays wide and eight bays deep.
It's a Grade I Listed Building. Construction started during 1864 and completed in 1871.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.
Current owner is Warner Leisure Hotels.
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Externsteine is a natural outcropping of five enormous rock pillars in northern Germany, has probably been regarded as sacred since prehistoric times. The tallest limestone pillar is 38m high. The pillars have been modified and decorated by humans over the centuries in a variety of fascinating and mysterious ways: holes were drilled for no apparent reason; stairs lead to dead ends; platforms serve no clear purpose; and a large space faces the midsummer sunrise. The holes may have symbolized entry-points into the earth to release its energies, as at other rock sanctuaries. At the top one of the pillars, accessible by a sturdy metal footbridge, is a roofless chapel with a tiny pillar altar carved out of the rock. Little is known about the early history of Externsteine, and its precise origin and significance has baffled generations of scholars. It is relatively clear, at least, that it was an important shrine for Germanic paganism. One large room is believed to have been used to initiate priests in the cult. Some maintain, however, that the site was used for sacred purposes beginning in the 12th century, and was intended as a re-creation fo the Holy Land inspired by Crusader's tales.
The Externsteine is a distinctive limestone rock formation located in the Teutoburg Forest, near the town of Horn-Bad Meinberg - Germany. The stones are amazing and look very imposing. The climb is very steep but it was well worth it. The surounding lake and forest add up to a nice trip. In the woods surrounding the rocks there are a number of nice walking routes. Good for a nice walk in the forest.
De Externsteine zijn een formatie van zandstenen in het Teutoburgerwoud in Duitsland. De formatie bestaat uit enkele lange stenen, die abrupt uit het heuvelachtige landschap oprijzen. De stenen zijn van zandsteen en zijn ontstaan in het Krijt. De Externsteine gelden als een bezienswaardigheid in Noordrijn-Westfalen en tevens als voedingsbodem voor een raadsel. Dit komt doordat er sporen van menselijk gebruik uit de middeleeuwen, mogelijk uit de prehistorie, op zijn teruggevonden. Een rij van 13 grijze rotsen van 20 tot 38 meter hoogte boven de bergrug uit. Voor geologen betekent deze groep rotsen niets anders dan de rest van een zandsteenlaag, ook osning-zandsteen genoemd, dat ongeveer 120 miljoen jaren geleden door een geweldige uitbarsting verticaal opgeworpen werd. Door het hoge neerslagsniveau en de vries in de rotssplijten verweren de rotsoppervlaktes ook vandaag nog, waardoor de kloven zich in verschillende richtingen ontwikkelen. De rotsformatie is voor een belangrijk deel ook door de mens bewerkt. Bewerkingssporen verraden dat het complex eeuwenlang is gebruikt voor ceremoniële doeleinden. De uitgehakte tempel boven op een van de zuilen is hiervan het beste bewijs. Een ronde opening in de tempelwand zou een rol spelen bij de vroegste zonnestralen bij de zonnewende.
Afternoon light over the woodlands surrounding Malana ,an ancient Indian village in the state of Himachal Pradesh. The only village in the Malana Nala, a side valley of the Parvati Valley northeast of the Kullu Valley, it is isolated from the rest of the world.
The area surrounding Èze was first populated around 200 BC as a commune situated near Mount Bastide. The earliest occurrence of the name "Èze" can be found in the maritime books of Antonin as a bay called the St. Laurent of Èze
Èze has been described as an "eagle's nest" because of its location overlooking a high cliff 427 metres (1,401 ft) above sea level on the French Mediterranean. It is so high that the light ochre church within (Notre Dame de l’Assomption built in 1764) can be seen from afar. An Egyptian cross inside the church suggests the village's ancient roots, when the Phoenicians erected a temple there to honour the goddess Isis.
The garden was created after World War II on a chateau's ruins by town mayor André Gianton and Jean Gastaud of the Jardin Exotique de Monaco. It is sited on steep terrain falling over 400 meters to the sea with panoramic views of the coast, and known for its impressive collection of cactus and succulents from the Mediterranean region, Africa, and the Americas.
England can be misty place 😂 a bit of colour adding and here you go - Daisy looks great and her yellow eyes are magnetic
History:
There are many legends surrounding the Ekenäs Castle and every castle worth its salt has obviously Ekenäs several resident ghosts.
One of those eerie legends relating Earl Mauritz Vellingk (1651-1727) who was a general, diplomat, adviser to the Swedish King and Governor General of Bremen-Verden. When Frederick I, King of Sweden ended Vellink in conflict with him as the Earl urged the Holstein throne while the king took a stand for the hannoverska.
King Frederick I chose to show the privy Parliamentary committee documents relating to secret loans Vellink taken in Prussia for the Swedish state's behalf. Vellink arrested and sentenced to lose lives, honor and property. The punishment was changed, however, before it could be implemented and mitigated to imprisonment of Linköping Castle, loss of Vellinks councilor position and his shield of Nobility.
Vellink were never to sit in prison in Linköping, on his way to, he died in Mjölby inn.
It is not, however, Earl himself haunting in Ekenäs, but a boy as he let incarcerate in a vaulted cellar. It is said that when problems began to pile up for the count, he was looking up a bunch of important documents, placed them in the heaviest coffin he could find and took the help of a poor shepherd boy to dump the casket in the lake Teden just outside the castle.
In order not to let the shepherd boy, whose name was Nils, reveal what happened sounded Vellink turn him into a cellar. From this point on the various stories a bit apart. Some argue that Vellink from the start sounded mura the door to the vault for the boy would die there. Others say instead that the door was not walled up, but the idea was that the boy would eventually be released, but that he had forgotten where (or Vellink arrested and therefore could not return for placing Nils). Eventually Nils died of hunger and cold, and when the corpse eventually found bricked it up to hide what happened. Regardless, Nils became a ghost who still said to haunt Ekenäs.
According to legend, one should certainly not try to enter "Nisse's den" because then something bad happen with both Ekenäs Castle and its owner. There are also stories of people who tried not gone far before they hit by acute illness or horrific accidents.
Collage of the beach
a variety of different photographs.
Morfa Bychan, known locally as Black Rock Sands, is a sandy beach, with rocky areas- although the rocks aren’t actually black. The beach stretches for about 2 miles and is backed by a dune system which has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest. There are plenty of rockpools to explore here as well as some interesting caverns.
A river mouth lies at the south-eastern end of the beach, and the village of Morfa Bychan is a few hundred meters away. The beach has lovely views of the mountains and countryside of Snowdonia National Park.
A slipway provides vehicular access to the sands and most visitors park on the beach, making it a popular picnic destination and providing easy access for those with mobility problems. There are designated bathing and boat launching areas. Dogs are banned from the central section of the beach, but are allowed on the eastern and western sections.
There are a number of holiday parks in the area surrounding the beach. In the village of Morfa Bychan there are shops, places to eat and a golf club. There are more facilities in the town of Porthmadog, about 2 miles from the beach.
Pompeii was an ancient Roman city near modern Naples in the Campania region of Italy, in the territory of the comune of Pompei. Pompeii, along with Herculaneum and many villas in the surrounding area, was buried under 4 to 6 m of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. (2/28/2019)
Surrounding flora frames the eco lake and sunset with glimpse of towers in the background. Singapore's vision to be a "City in a Garden" aims for the entire city to be nestled in a garden of rich biodiversity, pervasive greenery and individual ownership.
I headed northeast out of Reykjavik towards the Geyser geothermal area. Along the road there was a sign for a waterfall so I decided to stop and take a look. The trail to the waterfall passed though a canyon but now and then you could get a view of the open country like this. I found out later this was in Þingvellir (Icelandic "Þing": parliament, "vellir": plains) National Park, both a natural and historical park.
The Althing, the national parliament of Iceland, was established at Þingvellir in 930, and held its sessions there until 1798. Þingvellir National Park was founded in 1930, marking the one-thousandth anniversary of the Althing. It was later expanded to protect natural phenomena in the surrounding area, and became a World Heritage Site in 2004.
Source and more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Eingvellir