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Looking across from Selsley Common - Kings Stanley and Leonard Stanley can be seen,with the view across the countryside towards the Welsh Hills.
2018/06/20 - A view of the skyline from lower Montreal. This part of the city is on the lower plateau surrounding Mont Royal, the small hill in the center of the downtown core and the one from which the city is named.. there are a series of plateau's leading up to the mountain top. The main core of the city is in the area above this region in the picture but business is expanding downwards to here. There will be 3 large towers, two the size of Place Victoria (Black bulding with white columns) going up over the next 3-5 years. One to become the tallest in the city.
A far corner of the driveway - with a view. Spring is beginning here in this part of Maryland.
For Our Daily Challenge topic - 'Where the sidewalk ends" - From Shel Silverstein's poem. Here's first verse:
"There is a place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
To cool in the peppermint wind."
Essaouira is a city in the western Moroccan economic region of Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz, on the Atlantic coast. Since the 16th century, the city has also been known by its Portuguese name of Mogador or Mogadore. The Berber name means the wall, a reference to the fortress walls that originally enclosed the city.
Essaouira has long been considered as one of the best anchorages of the Moroccan coast. The Carthaginian navigator Hanno visited in the 5th century BC and established the trading post of Arambys.
The Medina of Essaouira (formerly "Mogador") is a UNESCO World Heritage listed city, an example of a late 18th-century fortified town, as transferred to North Africa by European colonists. Major problems currently are deterioration of the extensive ramparts around the Medina; and widespread violation of laws against motorized vehicles (primarily mopeds) within the Medina.
The medina is home to many small arts and crafts businesses, notably cabinet making and 'thuya' wood-carving (using roots of the Tetraclinis tree), both of which have been practised in Essaouira for centuries.
The fishing harbour, suffering from the competition of Agadir and Safi remains rather small, although the catches (sardines, conger eels) are surprisingly abundant due to the coastal upwelling generated by the powerful trade winds and the Canaries Current. Essaouira remains one of the major fishing harbours of Morocco.
Essaouira is also renowned for its kitesurfing and windsurfing, with the powerful trade wind blowing almost constantly onto the protected, almost waveless, bay. Several world-class clubs rent top-notch material on a weekly basis. Parasols tend to be used on the beach as a protection against the wind and the blowing sand. Camel excursions are available on the beach and into the desert band in the interior.
(Wikipedia)
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I returned to Morocco on a short trip after seven years for a few days planned to be spent mainly in Marrakech and Essaouira - Morocco has remained as vibrant as I remembered and in some aspects is even more friendly to its foreign visitors.
Essaouira remains a gem on the western coast, with its marvelous old "Medina" quarter, picturesque harbor, busy small markets and narrow streets.
Seriously viewing on black adds so much to the image!!
SOOC in comments.
Weather was still really gross today, so I was playing around with color curves on photoshop. Inspired by the most recent Phlearn episode :)
2800 views on my photostream!
just hit 17m views not exactly sure how they regulate this if I was in normal mode id be lucky to get 20 views, if you'd like to see me in another style or situation please let me know, big XX
Kokka’s View Master fabric designed by Melody Miller - theattachedmama.blogspot.com/2012/07/why-yes-that-is-view...
10-18-2013
We sold our home to the very first couple who looked at it. We had to do some scrambling to find a new home.We bought a rambler backing up to a nature area. It will be so nice not to have an alley and little traffic. The lot sold us on the home.
I was hoping to try this a few weeks ago when Flying Scotsman was due to turn on Farington Jn, but today was the first chance I had to see a train crossing over the WCML at the junction. Colas Rail Freight's 60095 hauls the 6M32/0242 Lindsey OR to Colas Ribble Rail the last few miles to its destination on 07/06/18.
Desert View Watchtower, Grand Canyon South Rim Arizona, Colorado River can be seen in the canyon
Canon EOS7D with Canon EF-S 10-22 mm
Exposure 0.005 sec (1/200)
Aperture f/8.0
Focal Length 10 mm
ISO Speed 100
HDR of three autobracket handheld shots, tonemapped with Photomatix Pro, slight adjustments with NIK software, Lightroom and Photoshop Elements
The Desert View Watchtower, constructed in 1932 as a replica of a prehistoric Indian tower, commands a magnificent view of the Grand Canyon, the Painted Desert to the east and the San Fransico Peaks to the south. This 70 foot (21 meter) tower is the highest point on the South Rim. The interior walls of the tower feature murals by Hopi artist Fred Kabotie.