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And thus my journey ended...
Don't worry. Everything was under control. I rebooted the matrix and things bewent back to normal again.
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“And thus the... valley became a garden again, and the inheritance, which had been lost by cruelty, was regained by love.”
― John Ruskin, The King of the Golden River
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This stained-glass window was made in the 19th century in the style of the 14th century. Thus, it's a fake and they deceived me. I was looking for this window for hours, wondering why it's not listed with the 14th century windows. Well, now I know.
Fondée en 1146 dans la vallée de la Thyle par Bernard de Clairvaux, cette abbaye était l'une des premières filles de l'abbaye de Clairvaux. Elle fut très tôt protégée par les ducs de Brabant et ainsi rapidement féconde. Le XIIIe siècle marque son apogée. Entre les XIVe et XVIIe siècles, l'abbaye a connu une succession de périodes calmes et troublées, durant lesquelles les moines ont quitté les lieux à neuf reprises pour raisons d'insécurité. Au XVIIIe siècle, l'abbaye a connu son second âge d'or, marqué par une grande ébullition architecturale. Après la Révolution française, la communauté monastique a dû se disperser, puis l'abbaye fut vendue comme bien national.
Dès lors, aux XIXe et XXe siècles, le site a connu dégradations et restaurations. L'ancienne abbaye de Villers est devenue un lieu de visite romantique et pittoresque, mais bien que devenu touristique, le site se dégradait. L'État belge a donc procédé à l'expropriation des lieux en 1892 pour y entamer un important chantier de restauration.
Les ruines appartiennent désormais à la Région wallonne, relevant du patrimoine majeur de Wallonie. La gestion du site est confiée à une association sans but lucratif, laquelle organise depuis 1987 des représentations théâtrales, des expositions et autres manifestations.
Founded in 1146 in the valley of the Thyle by Bernard de Clairvaux, this abbey was one of the first daughters of the abbey of Clairvaux. It was very early protected by the Dukes of Brabant and thus quickly fertile. The 13th century marks its peak. Between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries, the abbey experienced a succession of calm and troubled periods, during which the monks left the premises nine times for reasons of insecurity. In the 18th century, the abbey experienced its second golden age, marked by great architectural turmoil. After the French Revolution, the monastic community had to disperse, then the abbey was sold as national property.
From then on, in the 19th and 20th centuries, the site suffered damage and restoration. The old abbey of Villers has become a romantic and picturesque place to visit, but although it has become touristy, the site is deteriorating. The Belgian State therefore expropriated the premises in 1892 to begin a major restoration project.
The ruins now belong to the Walloon Region, belonging to the major heritage of Wallonia. The management of the site is entrusted to a non-profit association, which has been organizing theatrical performances, exhibitions and other events since 1987.
In all the time I've spent watching birds among Wild Plums in springtime, there are a handful of Warbler species I see the most often and thus I assume have the biggest "sweet tooth" for nectar. Those are; Palm Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Nashville Warbler, and Orange-crowned Warbler –pictured here. Hennepin County, MN 05/14/22
Thus little cove on Paddy Creek is a favorite foto stop. The sliders came to the rescue with cropping, lightening and brightening an otherwise dark and indistinguishable image.
The weather saved the best for last as our final sunset of the trip set the sky ablaze for over 45 minutes. This was my first time to this area of badlands thus a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrbarbosa2000/">David and Paul gave me a tour of the area and showed me some of the best hoodoo formations. With their recommendation, I stuck around the ‘Magic Mushrooms’ for most of sunset and ultimately came away with several compositions from the area. I truly felt I was on an alien planet with unique and spectacular hoodoos at every corner.
and thus a new day rises
on our loves take me away
Let’s not wait until dawn
and this beautiful twilight.
KCS 4671 takes the lead of CP 577 as it rides over the Crow River in Rockford, MN. This train had to make a big pickup of hoppers at Humboldt which killed enough time for the sun to come out of the clouds.
Passed my road test at Willmar last Friday. I can finally drive myself to railfan. When I heard about this train coming I got motivated to drive out further than what I have been able to bike to and thus was the result.
Ironically this was the day KCS said yes to accepting CP. We shall see what happens in the future...
Bridge over Salisbury Waters in Gostwyck. I took quite a few shots out this way, but this is probably the closest to what would be considered a "traditional landscape" - wide angle, lots of sky, leading lines and natural surroundings. Thus, I'm including it as my Dogwood 52 challenge shot for week 2.
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I have gone through much turmoil, pain, and struggle (brought on by my own actions) thus far in 2016. Clearly not my best year in life... perhaps my worst. But I see glimmers of hope. As I seem to process my sentiments through the lens, this image (along with the one I will be posting this Friday) are representative of the hope I am beginning to see. A long road ahead but Hope is a great companion when you invite it to join in on the journey.
Namtso is one of the three holy lakes in Tibet and significant for Tibetan Buddhists. Kora is a Tibetan word that means "circumambulation" or "revolution". Kora is both a type of pilgrimage and a type of meditative practice in the Tibetan Buddhism. Thus, Namtso Kora means pilgrimage walk around the Lake Namtso.
Namtso literally means heavenly lake in Tibetan language. Located around 240km northwest of Lhasa, capital of Tibet, it takes four hours’ driving from Lhasa. Extending 70 km from east to west and 30 km from south to north, the lake covers an area of 1,920 sq km and has an altitude of 4748 m above sea level. It is biggest lake in Tibet and the second biggest salt lake in China as well as one of the highest lakes in the world. The water in the lake is crystally clear and blue. The blue sky joins the surface of the lake in the distance, creating an integrated, scenic vista.
In every Tibetan year of sheep, thousands of Tibetan Buddhism believers will come here to worship this sacred lake. As a rule, they will walk clockwise along the Namtso Lake in order to receive the blessing of the gods.
There are several fine Tibet treks around the lake. The shortest one is roughly 4 kilometers and takes less than one hour. It starts from the accommodation area to a hermit’s cave hidden behind a large spinter of rock. The kora continues to a rocky promontory of cairns and prayer flags. At the promontory, pilgrims undertake a ritural washing in the lake. And then the trail continues past several caves and a prostration point where there are two rock towers looking like two hands. Pilgrims squeeze into the deep slices of the nearby cliff face as a means of sin detection or drink water dripping from cave roofs, even swallow holy dirt.
I've changed looks about a zillion times so I just picked the ones I stuck with the longest.
I was such an ugly noob, lol.
Namtso is one of the three holy lakes in Tibet and significant for Tibetan Buddhists. Kora is a Tibetan word that means "circumambulation" or "revolution". Kora is both a type of pilgrimage and a type of meditative practice in the Tibetan Buddhism. Thus, Namtso Kora means pilgrimage walk around the Lake Namtso.
Namtso literally means heavenly lake in Tibetan language. Located around 240km northwest of Lhasa, capital of Tibet, it takes four hours’ driving from Lhasa. Extending 70 km from east to west and 30 km from south to north, the lake covers an area of 1,920 sq km and has an altitude of 4748 m above sea level. It is biggest lake in Tibet and the second biggest salt lake in China as well as one of the highest lakes in the world. The water in the lake is crystally clear and blue. The blue sky joins the surface of the lake in the distance, creating an integrated, scenic vista.
In every Tibetan year of sheep, thousands of Tibetan Buddhism believers will come here to worship this sacred lake. As a rule, they will walk clockwise along the Namtso Lake in order to receive the blessing of the gods.
There are several fine Tibet treks around the lake. The shortest one is roughly 4 kilometers and takes less than one hour. It starts from the accommodation area to a hermit’s cave hidden behind a large spinter of rock. The kora continues to a rocky promontory of cairns and prayer flags. At the promontory, pilgrims undertake a ritural washing in the lake. And then the trail continues past several caves and a prostration point where there are two rock towers looking like two hands. Pilgrims squeeze into the deep slices of the nearby cliff face as a means of sin detection or drink water dripping from cave roofs, even swallow holy dirt.
This side light portrait was taken with the Nikon B700, the mirror sunglasses catching the reflection of the entry to the Castle of Muskogee, I was well out of reach of the reflection, The B700 has the equivalent of 2400 MM in 35mm thus the bit of shake on the shutter release, but usable.
Around Lukavac, there are some coal mines that still operate steam locomotives. However, the mine networks are on private land and thus not accessible without permission from the mining company. So I went to the ŽFBH station instead, knowing that you'd have to be extremely lucky for the steam locos to venture over there to swap out wagons. I wasn't that lucky, but at least the idea was that there should also be one or two freight trains passing in the three hours or so that I spent here. That, too, didn't happen: all I got was a little shunter, number 732-127, from the local coking factory (the chimneys are visible on the left) picking up a rake of wagons at the station. The shunter is not actually owned by ŽFBH but by the coking factory. Lukavac, 23-07-2025.
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Toji-in was founded in 1341 by Lord Ashikaga as a family temple, under supervision of priest Soseki Muso who was then one of the most famous landscape gardener (and who later founded Tenryu-ji). The garden of Toji-in is one of the few surviving gardens designed by Soseki.
The main garden is divided in two parts. The western one is closest to the main hall and organized around the winding pond. slightly above the garden is a well known tea house 'Seiren-tei'. The second, eastern part of the garden has taller trees and is thus much darker. It is a place of moss and maple trees. South of the main hall is another smaller garden, of the "dry landscape" type (karesansui).
Toji-in is located right south of the Ritsumeikan University which is one of the major campus in Kyoto.
13V comes out of Enola with a nice lashup, thus the small, short, and fairly uneventful chase was on.
Symbol ZZGFM was an "Iowa Division" business train, and only had a handful of cars behind F units 401 and 402. Iowa Division Superintendent Geroge Maybee was in charge of the train, thus the "GFM" in the symbol.
Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jogyesa:
Jogyesa (Jogye Temple) is the chief temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. The building dates back to the late 14th century and became the order's chief temple in 1936. It thus plays a leading role in the current state of Seon Buddhism in South Korea. The temple was first established in 1395, at the dawn of the Joseon Dynasty; the modern temple was founded in 1910 and initially called "Gakhwangsa". The name was changed to "Taegosa" during the period of Japanese rule, and then to the present name in 1954.
Jogyesa is located in Gyeonji-dong, Jongno-gu, in downtown Seoul. Natural monument No. 9, an ancient white pine tree, is located within the temple grounds. Jogyesa Temple is located in one of the most popular cultural streets in Seoul, Insa-dong, near the Gyeongbokgung Palace.
The Jogyesa Temple used to be known as Gakhwangsa Temple which was founded in 1395. During the Japanese colonial period (1910–1945), the temple become one of the strongest fortresses of Korean Buddhism. Gakhawangsa Temple emerged as the temple of the resistance to Japanese efforts to suppress Korean Buddhism. In 1937, a movement for the establishment of a Central Headquarters began which was successful with the building of the Main Buddha Hall of Jogyesa Temple in Seoul in 1938.
The temple became known as Taegosa Temple in 1938 and by its current name of Jogyesa Temple in 1954. The name Jogyesa Temple was chosen to denote the structure's status as the main temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism (Buddhist sect which combines and integrates the Korean Zen and Textual Schools of Buddhism). The Jogye Order has 1700 years of history and is the most representative of Korean Buddhism Orders. The Jogye Order is based on the Seokgamoni doctrine and teachings of the Buddha, and it focuses on the mind and nature of this.
The Daeungjeon (Main Buddha Hall) was constructed in 1938 of pine wood from Baekdu Mountain, and it's always filled with the sounds of chanting. In the main temple courtyard there are two trees which are 500 years old, a White Pine and a Chinese Scholar tree.
The White Pine tree is about 10 meters high and gave the nearby area “Susong-dong” its name (Song means 'pine tree'). This tree was brought by Chinese missionaries during the Joseon Dynasty. This pine tree sits besides the Main Hall, and its branch towards the Main Hall is only partially alive. One side of this tree is adjacent to the passage, while the other side sits next to the building. Therefore, because the area is inadequate for the tree to grow, the Lacebark pine is not preserved well and since the Lacebark pine is a rare tree species and is valuable in biology, it is designated and protected as a Natural Monument.
The Chinese Scholar tree, which is 26 meters tall and four meters in circumference, silently stands watch over the temple grounds.
Jogyesa Temple's features is a mix of traditional temple and palace architecture. The lattice designs found on the doors and windows of the Daeungjeon are unique in their own right. The temple also features the Geuknakjeon (Hall of Supreme Bliss) in which the Amitabha Buddha is enshrined, the Beomjongnu, a structure where a bell which enlightens the public with its sound is housed, and an information center for foreign nationals.
The Temple also has colorful matsya (Sanskrit for "fish") which is sacred to Hindu-Buddhists as it is one of the avatar (incarnation) of Hindu deity Vishnu which has been described in detail in Matsya Purana and 6th BCE Buddhist text Anguttara Nikaya.
To enter the temple, visitors must pass through the Iljumun or "one pillar gate". The Iljumun is an entry that represents is the division that separates the mortal world from the world of Buddha.
River bend in Serbia near Ovcar Kablar mountains, gosh I don't remember the name of the river, this viewpoint was not easy to find, you need to drive on a single lane paved road in bad condition that dead ends at a seemingly abandoned village and walk up first a 4x4 road and then a trail marked by paint signs, the viewpoint itself can be quite dangerous if you want to avoid the tree branches, having suffered a fall only 3 years ago, I didn't take the risk and thus I have those distracting branches in the frame. It takes about 20-30 minutes hike from the end of normal car capabilities to this spot.
"I found it !" He seemed to be saying. We were just happy that he was not deterred by us taking pictures, and thus we took many as we desired. He was searching for food along the shore. A common migrant yet always a joy and pleasant surprise to lay eyes on one.
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Kasteel Duivenvoorde (Castle Duivenvoorde) is located in the town of Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland in the Netherlands. It was first mentioned in 1226, making it one of the older castles in Zuid-Holland
The castle is remarkable in that it was never sold; it was inherited by several different noble houses, sometimes through the matrilineal line, something that can be said of very few Dutch castles. For the first five centuries of its history, the castle was owned by one and the same family, namely the Van Duivenvoordes, who gave their name - at that time, van Duvenvoirde - to the castle. Though the castle was named thus, the van Duvenvoirdes properly formed part of the House of Wassenaer, an ancient noble family that has played an important role in Dutch history. Toward the end of the 17th century an owner of Kasteel Duivenvoorde, Johan, retook the name of van Wassenaar Therefor, though the same family remained to live in the House, this was ow under a different name. [Wikipedia]
“Thus ev'ry kind their pleasure find,
The savage and the tender;
Some social join, and leagues combine,
Some solitary wander”
Robert Burns
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On August 20 we drove 10+ hours north-east to Weiser, Idaho to see the totality of the solar eclipse the next day. What an experience!
We scouted around for a good place and decided to camp at the river bed of the Snake River a few miles downstream from Weiser. We could see the moon slip in front of the sun at 10:10am. The surrounding terrain became an eerie place ten minutes before the totality. The temperature dropped. Then at 11:25am it got dark within seconds, quite dark. The totality had begun. Now it was safe to look into the sun without a protective film, and to take off the sun filter from the camera lens. I was super exited, and at the same time very much focused on taking many shots with the new 600 mm long lens. I used the lens on my crop sensor camera, thus got 900 mm out of the lens.
The sun is 400 times further away than the moon, and by pure luck the moon is 400 times smaller than the sun. Which, at totality means that the two object appear to have the same size. Actually, the moon is 2.7% larger, which allowed us to enjoy the totality for 2 minutes. It also means that the corona around the sun was clearly visible.
These are three exposures merged into one photo. The bottom left one was the beginning, followed by the totality in the middle, then the moon moving away on the top right.
The totality is a mystical experience, hard to describe. All I can say is that I recommend to put this on your bucket list if you have not experienced one in person. Totally worth a trip.
I processed balanced HDR photos separately from three RAW exposures, positioned and merged them to fit the path of the sun, and slightly adjusted the curves.
-- © Peter Thoeny, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, NEX-6, _DSC8135_172_203hdr1bal1a.jpg
Update 2017-09-02: There was some burn in the totality part. I re-uploaded an improved version.
The monastic community was founded by Saint David, Abbot of Menevia, who died in 589. In 1081, William the Conqueror visited St Davids to pray, and thus recognised it as a holy and respected place.
And so Tuor beheld a vision of Gondolin, once so beautiful and fair, now broken and covered in red hot flames and thick black smoke.
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They told me not to build all of Gondolin, so I had to scale down and just do the King's Square, with the images of the two trees upon King Turgon's Tower, which fell and caused his own death.
Ecthelion also, of the Fountain, faces Gothmog, Lord of Balrogs, with the spike upon his helmet. From the battle, Tuor the messenger of Ulmo, with his young child Eärendil, the hope of Elves and Men, just barely escapes. But that is for another time.
I’ve wanted to do a minifigure battle for so long. I felt like finally I had enough figs! I figured out I was wrong, but still, I did put a lot of figures into this… and that consumed more time than you would expect! And finally, this is the second full castle that I've ever made. Yes, it's the first full minifigure scale castle or keep that I've ever made! It was an immense endeavour, especially for just a couple weeks.
This is my entry to the Finale of MELO, which I am honoured to be able to compete in! I attempted to recreate each scene from a different book throughout the competition, thus this one is meant to be derived from the recent book, The Fall of Gondolin. I tried my best to make this version of the Palace of Gondolin resemble fair Tirion Upon Tuna, from the Undying Lands, as well as to capture the horrible moment of it's fearful betrayal and fall, while the last of the Greatest Noldor fought bravely and desperately to the last. I hope you like it! To God be all the Glory!
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The success of the Cistercian adventure is what actually accounts for Poblet. Cister was founded in 1098, and Poblet in 1151, less than a hundred years later. Both the 12th and 13th centuries are essential to the history of our monastery. Most rooms and buildings were, in fact, finished during those centuries : a space, both beautiful and functional, whereby to seek God. Such a space has come down to us virtually intact. The 14th century was a century of great achievements, but also that of the decline, slow but sure. We must point out that the known records of the time, and which refer to the private life of the community of Poblet, don’t show any noticeable deviations from the original ideals of the founders of Cister and, likewise, the founders of Poblet, who originated from Fontfroide. In fact, this, which is the true history of Poblet, has never been written and probably never will. The history of the monks who, day after day, made the growth and continuity of the house possible, the domus Populeti. Thus we could explain the succession of the days and years over the 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th centuries: Poblet, the institution, the community, its monks, all hasten to find a new visage, new features, forms different from what they intimately live in their hearts. Not always, though, will they succeed in doing so with the transparency and vigour of the first ideal. The 19th century will sow, in a society going through radical changes, the seed of a future recovery, in spite of the abandonment and subsequent plunder of the monastery. A recovery that, along with the monks in 1940, brought back that old way of life, purer, truer, more deeply Benedictine and, therefore, more evangelical. Today the monks, the ancestral ones’ heirs, are perpetually grateful for this legacy, because authenticity is possibly one of the most important values that we can and must offer the men and women of our time.
We haven’t spoken of illustrious abbots of Poblet, nor of counts, kings, nor constructions… We like to think it is humility that writes history, the true history, which is something the tomb slab of a former abbot of Poblet makes overwhelmingly ostensible. The tomb slab of that abbot, fray Vicenç Ferrer, who died in 1411, was put right in front of the Chapter House so that everybody steps on it upon entering or leaving the room, and where we can read a sole revealing inscription: Miserere mei Deus secundum magnam misericordiam tuam [God, have mercy on me in Thy great mercy], borrowed from Psalm 50, the psalm with which St. Benedict tells us to start our daily morning praise, at daybreak, and at which he wants a most scrupulous attendance (cf The Rule of St. Benedict 13,2). A prayer that we, like abbot Ferrer, should make ours, with confidence and gratitude, because after all, the monk’s life is summed up in this unrestrained abandonment to God: «and never to despair of God’s mercy» (The Rule of St. Benedict 4, 73).
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As the afternoon light shown through a window and upon my fiddle-leaf fig, I placed a Christmas ornament in between the light and the leaf thus creating a stunning silhouette.
"We passed through enormous groves of this primevally powerful plant. The strong wind blew through its mighty foliage, striking it together with mighty clattering and clapping." Thus the first European description of this palm tree by Johann Maria Hildebrandt (1847-1881) during his adventuresome exploration voyages of Madagascar (1872-1881), off the east coast of Africa.
Hildebrandt had been a fine machine or engine maker but he'd lost an eye making it hard to continue in that work. Instead, he turned his energies to botany. Soon he was traveling in Africa on a very meagre income. During his many adventures he put together a large collection of specimens and kept a fascinating diary as well. Hildebrandt died on Madagascar of a bleeding stomach ulcer, but his work arrived in Germany regardless. It came into the hands of the great palm expert, Hermann A. Wendland (1825-1903). The latter named this enormous and wonderfully silver palm tree for Otto von Bismarck, the great nineteenth-century unifier of Germany.
Today, Bismarckia nobilis in both its 'green' and 'silver' forms can be found pantropically. The 'silver' stand in this photo is in the spacious Taman Tasik Perdana, the Lake Gardens of Kuala Lumpur. In the foreground is a pretty lily pond. It reminds of the origins of these Gardens in the late nineteenth century. At that time this was all a marsh through which trickled the Sungai Bras-bras. Around the end of the 1890s, that streamlet was dammed, and the Gardens were developed with prettily landscaped lakes and ponds. It's a very well-kept place, and every time I walk here these palms catch my eye and admiration. Indeed, when the wind is only a bit strong the clatter of its foliage is remarkably loud and quite unique.
Thus I pass it to all of you my sweet friends! I hope you all had a great Saturday, and I hope your night is just as GREAT!!! ( View Large for awesome details,) Sending much love and hugs!
Kim
Mundana (Sanskrit: मुण्डन, lit. 'tonsure'), is the eighth of the sixteen Hindu saṃskāras (sacraments), in which a child receives their first haircut.The child's hair is shorn, frequently leaving only the śikhā or cūḍā, a tuft at the crown of the head. Traditionally , the hair from birth is associated with undesirable traits from past lives. Thus at the time of the mundana, the child is freshly shaven to signify freedom from the past and moving into the future. The rite is performed as a special ceremony in most homes, for young girls and boys. The shaven hair is offered to the Holy Ganges amidst prayers and Vedic mantras by trained priests. The family then performs special Yajna and Ganga arti.
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NYC. The Going Dark show is subtitled, "The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility"
"The term "going dark" is a colloquialism for the removal of a person or entity from public access.. recognition in society, or the lack thereof....Going Dark: The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility presents works of art that feature partially obscured or hidden figures, thus positioning them at the “edge of visibility.” In this art context, the common phrase going dark is understood as a tactic whereby artists visually conceal the body to explore a key tension in contemporary society: the desire to be seen and the desire to be hidden from sight."
New York City-- November 14, 2023
"Observe, that the nose has been formed to bear spectacles - thus we have spectacles"
(Voltaire - Candide)
119 pictures in 2019 - spectacles
Yes it's my lethal lady Ghost again in a more sophisticated look and environment.
I've been playing around with lighting effect and such, thus there will be alot more of Ghost in different lighting. Why? Because Ghost is officially my favorite sim and because I need to practice with photoshop.
BTW Ghost will be having her own series...soon I hope. Whenever my BF decides to send back and his video card so it can be replaced. But he rather wait till his WoW expires before he does anything....grrrrr, stupid WoW AND stupid BF.
FYI: Yes that is a sci-fi city in the window frame. I like it because it reminds me of "Blade Runner" which is sorta the same world that Ghost resides. That kinda dark and grimy futuristic world. If you haven't seen Blade Runner you so should...it has Harrison Ford in it!
Link for future city:
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November 20, 2018: A pair of AC44C6M "AC to DC" engines pull Norfolk Southern loaded ethanol train NS 64G (Decatur, IL-Doraville, GA) by the MP 109.0 signal on the summit of Braswell Mountain in Braswell, GA on a gloomy Fall morning. Norfolk Southern was in the process of trimming tress along the line during this time, thus opening up more filming angles for us railroad picture takers!
Thurible/ Incense Burner. Designed by William A. Scott of Dublin. Sterling silver, gilt, enamel, copper, by Edmond Johnson Ltd., Dublin, 1916." - University College Cork. ▪️ Ba é William A. Scott, fear as Baile Átha Cliath, a dhear an dóire túise seo atá i gColáiste na hOllscoile, Corcaigh, agus ba é Edmond Johnson Teo. i mBaile Átha Cliath a dhein é i 1916. ▪️Thuser a wnaed yn 1916 ac a gedwir yng Ngholeg y Brifysgol, Corc.
©Lela Bouse-McCracken ::: This shot pretty much speaks for itself. This Great White Egret was balanced in the very top of a very tall tree....and taking quite an interest in another Great White just below who was doing the hokey-pokey mating dance. The sun was about to set, thus the soft golden light.
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at about -15° the Nikon Z6 didn´t have any problems. It was avery dry day thus the hoarfrost wasn´t as strong as I had hoped but the mood was there.
Radoslaw had stayed at the monastery for a few hours, waiting for the Elders to deliberate his request. He hoped that at least some would remember the oaths sworn to his father, but was painfully aware of how easily allegiances change.
His thoughts were interrupted by a soft knock on his chamber door, followed by a hushed voice. “Sire, the Elders have passed their judgement. The Elders remain neutral in this matter, and thus the blessings of the Celestial Smith shall not be granted.”
Radoslaw was hardly surprised but disappointed nevertheless, the list of allies grew thinner and thinner.
As the large monastery doors opened, sunlight cut through the perpetual semi-darkness of the halls and chambers that comprised the tall gray building.
Radoslaw was escorted outside by an elderly monk, clad in simple black robes, indicating his function as loremaster.
Just as Radoslaw walked out of the gate, the old monk cleared his throat. He proceded to pull something from under his robes. To Radoslaw’s surprise, the monk presented him with a sword.
Before he could could gather his thoughts or formulate a question, the monk uttered a silent instruction. “The less you know, the better.” He then turned around and walked back inside, closing the doors behind him.