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Lower Mustang which is at the northmost part of Nepal has semi arid desert like and rocky terrain and we trekked through huge sided valley of the Kaligandaki from the Marpha town to Jomsom.
🇫🇷 L'habitat
Dans les Cyclades, la roche volcanique est souvent présente. Le bois étant rare, il faut construire sans ou importer des poutres. Les maisons font classiquement 4 m par 3 m et chaque étage mesurent entre 2,5 et 3 m de haut.
En raison de la forte instabilité du sol, les constructions ne peuvent dépasser deux étages (trois exceptionnellement).
Les reliefs souvent abrupts conduisent à des constructions s’étageant sur plusieurs niveaux. En épousant la forme du terrain, les maisons et les ruelles s’adaptent à l’environnement.
Pour se protéger du soleil, plusieurs astuces ont été élaborées au fil du temps :
- des façades blanches pour refléter le soleil ; autrefois en pierre volcanique brute comme ici
• des fenêtres minuscules, mais des ouvertures traversantes pour limiter l’entrée de la chaleur et permettre des courants d’air.
- des murs épais de 60 à 80 cm.
• des ruelles étroites pour favoriser l’ombre.
Pour protéger les arbres, insectes et champignons, jusqu’à 1 m de hauteur, les troncs sont peints en blanc. Il en va de même pour les trottoirs, les murets et les autres petites constructions.
La chaux blanche se délavant, les habitants redonnent une couche après chaque hiver et redonnent un coup de neuf à leurs habitations pour les beaux jours.
🇬🇧 Volcanic rock is common in the Cyclades. Wood is scarce, so houses have to be built without it or with imported beams. Houses are typically 4m by 3m, with each storey between 2.5m and 3m high.
Because the ground is so unstable, buildings cannot exceed two storeys (three in exceptional cases).
The often steep slopes result in multi-storey buildings. By following the shape of the land, houses and streets adapt to the environment.
To protect themselves from the sun, a number of tricks have been invented over the years:
- White facades to reflect the sun; once made of rough volcanic stone, as seen here
- Tiny windows, but with openings to limit heat and allow draughts.
- Walls 60 to 80 cm thick.
- Narrow alleys to provide shade.
To protect trees from insects and fungus, trunks up to 1m high are painted white. The same applies to pavements, low walls and other small structures.
As the whitewash wears off, residents apply a fresh coat after each winter, giving their homes a new look for the warmer weather.
🇬🇷 Στις Κυκλάδες υπάρχουν συχνά ηφαιστειακά πετρώματα. Το ξύλο είναι ανεπαρκές, οπότε τα σπίτια πρέπει να χτιστούν χωρίς αυτό ή με εισαγόμενα δοκάρια. Τα σπίτια είναι συνήθως 4 m επί 3 m, με κάθε όροφο ύψους 2,5 έως 3 m.
Επειδή το έδαφος είναι τόσο ασταθές, τα κτίρια δεν μπορούν να υπερβούν τους δύο ορόφους (τρεις σε εξαιρετικές περιπτώσεις).
Οι συχνά απότομες κλίσεις οδηγούν σε πολυώροφα κτίρια. Ακολουθώντας το σχήμα του εδάφους, τα σπίτια και οι δρόμοι προσαρμόζονται στο περιβάλλον.
Για να προστατευτούν από τον ήλιο, με την πάροδο των χρόνων επινοήθηκαν διάφορα τεχνάσματα:
- Λευκές προσόψεις για να αντανακλούν τον ήλιο,
- Μικροσκοπικά παράθυρα, αλλά διαμπερή ανοίγματα για να περιορίζουν την είσοδο της θερμότητας και να επιτρέπουν τα ρεύματα.
- Τοίχοι πάχους 60 έως 80 εκατοστών.
- Στενά δρομάκια για να παρέχουν σκιά.
Για την προστασία των δέντρων από έντομα και μύκητες, οι κορμοί ύψους έως 1 μ. βάφονται λευκοί. Το ίδιο ισχύει και για τα πεζοδρόμια, τους χαμηλούς τοίχους και άλλες μικρές κατασκευές.
Καθώς το ασβέστιο φθείρεται, οι κάτοικοι εφαρμόζουν μια νέα στρώση μετά από κάθε χειμώνα, δίνοντας στα σπίτια τους μια νέα εμφάνιση για τον πιο ζεστό καιρό.
🇩🇪 Auf den Kykladen gibt es viel Vulkangestein. Da Holz knapp ist, muss ohne oder mit importierten Balken gebaut werden. Die Häuser sind in der Regel 4 m x 3 m groß und die einzelnen Stockwerke zwischen 2,5 und 3 m hoch.
Wegen der starken Instabilität des Bodens dürfen die Gebäude nicht höher als zwei (in Ausnahmefällen drei) Stockwerke sein.
Die oft steilen Hänge führen zu mehrgeschossigen Gebäuden. Die Häuser und Gassen passen sich dem Gelände und der Umgebung an.
Um sich vor der Sonne zu schützen, wurden im Laufe der Zeit verschiedene Tricks entwickelt:
- weiße Fassaden, die die Sonne reflektieren; einst aus rohem Vulkangestein wie hier
- winzige Fenster, aber durchgehende Öffnungen, um das Eindringen der Hitze zu begrenzen und Durchzug zu ermöglichen.
- Dicke Mauern von 60 bis 80 cm.
- schmale Gassen, um die Beschattung zu fördern.
Um die Bäume vor Insekten und Pilzen zu schützen, werden die Stämme bis zu einer Höhe von 1 m weiß gestrichen. Dasselbe gilt für Gehwege, Mauern und andere kleine Bauwerke.
Da der Weißkalk verblasst, tragen die Bewohner nach jedem Winter eine neue Schicht auf und geben ihren Häusern für die wärmeren Tage einen neuen Anstrich.
🇪🇸 En las Cícladas abunda el vulcanismo, por lo que es común encontrar piedra volcánica. Como el madera es escasa, hay que construir sin ella o con madera importada. Los edificios tienen una superficie de 4 m x 3 m y las estancias miden entre 2,5 y 3 m de altura.
Da der Boden sehr instabil ist, sind die Gebäude in der Regel nur zweistöckig (in Ausnahmefällen dreistöckig).
La topografía escarpada provoca edificios de varias plantas. Al adaptarse a la forma del terreno, los edificios y callejones se integran en el entorno.
Con el paso del tiempo se han ido desarrollando varios trucos para protegerse de la luz solar:
- blancas fachadas para reflejar la luz del sol.
— ventanas pequeñas, pero con apertura continua, para limitar la entrada de calor y permitir la circulación del aire.
- Dicke Mauern de 60 a 80 cm. Como se ve aquí, primero se hace de piedra volcánica en bruto.
- Gassen con poca anchura para favorecer la sombra.
Para proteger los árboles de insectos y hongos, se pintan los troncos hasta una altura de 1 m. Lo mismo ocurre con los Gehwege, las paredes y otros pequeños edificios.
Como der weisse Kalk verblasst, streichen die Bewohner nach jedem Winter eine neue Schicht auf und verleihen ihren Häusern für die warmen Tage einen neuen Anstrich.
🇮🇹 Nelle Cícladi, la roccia vulcanica è piuttosto diffusa. La madera è rara, quindi le case devono essere costruite senza o con legno importato. Las casas miden 4 m por 3 m y cada planta tiene una altura de entre 2,5 y 3 m.
Debido a la inestabilidad del terreno, los edificios no pueden tener más de dos plantas (tres en casos excepcionales).
Las pendientes, a menudo pronunciadas, obligan a edificar en altura. Siguiendo la forma del terreno, las casas y los caminos se integran armoniosamente en el ambiente.
A lo largo de los años, se han ideado varios trucos para protegerse del sol:
- fachadas blancas para reflejar el sol; Un tempo era in pietra vulcanica grezza, come si può vedere qui.
- Ventanas minúsculas, pero pasantes, para limitar la entrada de calor y favorecer la ventilación cruzada.
- Paredes de 60 a 80 cm de grosor.
- Calles estrechas para dar sombra.
Para protegerse de los insectos y hongos, los troncos de hasta 1 metro de altura se pintan de blanco. Lo stesso vale per le aiuole, i muretti bassi e le altre strutture di piccole dimensioni.
La cal se desgasta con el tiempo, por lo que los vecinos aplican una nueva capa tras cada invierno, dándoles a sus casas un aire renovado para la primavera.
Mom and the kid together again at the mountain top. The terrain is very unusual, a mixture of colourful rocks and caves and grassy meadows. The whole herd is situated close by. I expect this is where the wolf confrontation was spotted since it is quite flat. Obviously this was quite a distance from where I have access even with telephoto the goats were tiny. Also obvious is that this is definitely no-man's territory totally inaccessible and pretty hostile terrain.
My wife thinks that's a hobbit residence built into the cliff, I rather think it is a Stargate.
Dendritic Terrain.
Visiones gigantes jugosas delicias esplendorosos vientos fuertes tonos sonrojados miríadas alas sinuosas noches de verano,
spe gaudentes frigidissima est delicium flumina insula dulcis saporis species colorum addidit obumbratio,
אושר מוסיקלי קסם נשימה נונטיד תשוקות מרענן פרחים התעוררות נשמע ריח פלא,
красивые огни радужные складки бархатные ягоды радостные поэзии мечтающие восхитительная небесная природа,
εμπνέοντας ταξίδια λαμπερό ελευθερίες εκπληκτικό αποχρώσεις γαλάζιο μάτια ερωτικές απολαύσεις γοητεία εποχή φωτεινότητα βουνά,
التأثير العميق على سحر الرقص الحرام الغامض أغاني صامتة خرافية صلاة أسعد المشاعر العلوية المزاجية,
香りのよいアメジスト微笑みの時間空気の金色の大地曲げ谷明確な井戸きらめく快楽麗しの愛昼間の明るい.
Steve.D.Hammond.
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Another shot in my terrain series. I just cleaned the truck from yesterday's mess and now I've got a muddy truck again... Im going to have to clean it off for the snow picture later on.
Toadstool hoodoo is one of the badland features visible from the trail that leads from the The Gooseberry Badlands overlook near Gooseberry Creek, Wyoming. This overlook lies along WY 431 and provides a glimpse of the badlands formations common in Early Eocene Willwood formation of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. The Willwood, famous for its mammalian fossils, consists of a series of cyclic fluvial (stream/river) and floodplain deposits. In the badlands visible from the overlook, ribbon-like thin channel sands thought to be avulsion channels or splays can be seen alternating with red paleosol and drab floodplain deposits. There are some thicker fluvial sands that represent the trunk or main stream channels. Present day intermittent, ephemeral streams have eroded these sediments into fanciful hoodoos, pillars; castles; small arches and fluted walls often capped by one of the ribbon or thicker fluvial sands. A 1.5 mile nature trails winds into the badlands formations from the overlook giving hikers a glimpse into the rugged terrain that covers much of the central Bighorn Basin.
Except for giving Bob's idea of sculpting the border to match the large impact crater if I can sort the parts.
A closer look at the bottom side of the flexible terrain .
Essentially it's a lattice of large leaf elements, reinforced with some 1L bars with clips in the places where no anti-stud is present. The top is 1x2 plates.
There are several bizarre geological formations spreading over a mile or so (0.85 mile / 1.36 km) near the village Mikrovalto, Kozanē County, west Macedonia, Greece. It took the formations thousands of years to be created mainly by corrosion of the surrounding ground, according to geology experts. Every single formation resembles a chimney (colloquially aka “boucharí”), so the entire area or geological park has got the toponym “Bouchária” (plural form of the bouchari word).
The formations look like pillars or columns with a height of 7–20 ft (2-6 m) approximately. They consist of a mixture of sand and clay etc. adhered together by ferrous oxides and silicon dioxide. There are slates (or slabs of schist) capping the high pillars.
Within the same park there are also “nochtária,” looking like numerous confluent pyramids. The nochtaria lack schist caps, but otherwise their composition is the same as the Boucharia’s.
Warning: The phallus-shaped Bouchtaria have long been connected with the occult and several superstitions discouraging the local inhabitants from approaching them at night; tradition has it that the formations are fairies’ or even demons’ quarters or dwellings! Please mind your steps whilst walking the well-worn path!
Petra (Arabic: البتراء, Al-Batrāʾ; Ancient Greek: Πέτρα), originally known as Raqmu (Nabataean Arabic: الرقيم), is a historical and archaeological city in southern Jordan. Petra lies on the slope of Jabal Al-Madbah in a basin among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Arabah valley that run from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. Established possibly as early as the 4th century BC as the capital city of the Nabataean Kingdom. The Nabataeans were nomadic Arabs who invested in Petra's proximity to the trade routes by establishing it as a major regional trading hub.
The trading business gained the Nabataeans considerable revenue, and Petra became the focus of their wealth. The earliest recorded historical reference to the city was when an envious Greek dynasty attempted to ransack the city in 312 BC. The Nabataeans were, unlike their enemies, accustomed to living in the barren deserts, and were able to repel attacks by utilizing the area's mountainous terrain. They were particularly skillful in harvesting rainwater, agriculture and stone carving. The Kingdom's capital continued to flourish until the 1st century AD when its famous Al-Khazneh facade was constructed, and its population peaked at an estimated 20,000 inhabitants.
Encroaching troops of the Roman Empire in 106 AD forced the Nabataeans to surrender. The Romans annexed and renamed the Kingdom to Arabia Petraea. Petra's importance declined as sea trade routes emerged, and after a 363 earthquake destroyed many structures. The Byzantine Era witnessed the construction of several Christian churches. By 700, the city became an abandoned place where only a handful of nomads grazed goats. It remained an unknown place until it was rediscovered by Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt in 1812, sparking renewed interest in the city.
The city is famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit system. Another name for Petra is the Rose City due to the color of the stone out of which it is carved. It is a symbol of Jordan, as well as Jordan's most-visited tourist attraction.
It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985. UNESCO has described it as "one of the most precious cultural properties of man's cultural heritage".
There are several bizarre geological formations spreading over a mile or so (0.85 mile / 1.36 km) near the village Mikrovalto, Kozanē County, west Macedonia, Greece. It took the formations thousands of years to be created mainly by corrosion of the surrounding ground, according to geology experts. Every single formation resembles a chimney (colloquially aka “boucharí”), so the entire area or geological park has got the toponym “Bouchária” (plural form of the bouchari word).
The formations look like pillars or columns with a height of 7–20 ft (2-6 m) approximately. They consist of a mixture of sand and clay etc. adhered together by ferrous oxides and silicon dioxide. There are slates (or slabs of schist) capping the high pillars.
Within the same park there are also “nochtária,” looking like numerous confluent pyramids. The nochtaria lack schist caps, but otherwise their composition is the same as the Boucharia’s.
Warning: The phallus-shaped Bouchtaria have long been connected with the occult and several superstitions discouraging the local inhabitants from approaching them at night; tradition has it that the formations are fairies’ or even demons’ quarters or dwellings! Please mind your steps whilst walking the well-worn path!
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