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Westbourne Cemetry, I am sure the chapel does not line up east to west, not seen this before, must check it out in daylight.
España - Valladolid - Medina del Campo - Palacio Real Testamentario
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This old palace witnessed many important events in the history of Castile, Medina del Campo was an important center of commerce that acquired its maximum splendor at the end of the 15th century. Queen Isabel the Catholic testified and died there in 1504.
Currently the remains of the palace house the interpretation center about Queen Isabel the Catholic. Throughout its rooms, visitors discover this important character in the history of Spain and her time, paying special attention to the will and codicil of the queen and the third voyage of Christopher Columbus.
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El palacio fue testigo de muchos e importantes acontecimientos en la historia de Castilla, Medina del Campo fue un importante centro de comercio que adquirió su máximo esplendor a finales del siglo xv. En él testó y murió la reina Isabel la Católica en 1504.
Actualmente los restos del palacio albergan el centro de interpretación sobre la reina Isabel la Católica. A lo largo de sus salas los visitantes descubren este importante personaje de la historia de España y su época, prestando especial atención al testamento y codicilo de la reina y al tercer viaje de Cristóbal Colón.
Witnessed an incredible battle between two Red-winged Blackbirds today. They fought each other at a half dozen times. Finally one gave up and flew off but I'm surprised they made it through the fighting. It was very vicious!
I have been fortunate enough to witness sunrise on Mount Haleakalā several times. On the last trip we stayed to witness sunset from the top of the mountain. Amazing! On this night a bank of clouds was moving in to add even more texture and detail.
WITNESSES
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This scene right here made me realize how much I missed shooting landscapes. Feeling the warm light touch your face, wading knee-deep in the water while witnessing God's amazing work clears all the pressure and negativity.
I juxtaposed this slightly edited image with the original in order to demonstrate 1) the nuance of editing; 2) the subtlety upon which the "chosen" image teeters and; 3) the certainty that there's more to each photograph than meets the art connoisseur's eye. :)
This old Live Oak sits in front of the ruins of Windsor near Port Gibson MS. Units of Grants army marched eastward after their crossing of the Mississippi on the dirt road beyond the tree. Ahead of them the Battle of Port Gibson and the first shots of the Vicksburg Campaign. This tree would have been a silent witness to their passing.
Pillars and arches in play of light and shade in the hall of Thirumalai Nayakar Palace in Madurai.They are witness to so much history.The monochrome image blends nicely with white attired tourists moving through the spaces between pillars inspiring this composition. Pl view large.
This wonderful old abandoned stone farmstead was a surprise find for me on a recent trip to the Smoky Hills of Kansas. Image made with a Pentax K 5.
Pashupatinath Temple in Nepal is a powerhouse of Hindu spiritual energy located on the banks of the holy Bagmati River, where cremation ghats are the city's most important location for open-air cremations. Despite the river's pollution, it is considered extremely sacred and is the Nepali equivalent of Varanasi on the River Ganges. Bodies are wrapped in shrouds and cremated on wooden pyres in a practical and efficient manner. Visitors are encouraged to approach the site with respect and sensitivity. While the cremations are typically carried out in a businesslike manner, I did hear some people crying very loudly during the ceremonies, making for a powerful and emotional experience. While the cremations are a routine part of the religious customs and traditions of the local community, they are also deeply personal and emotional events for the families and loved ones of the deceased – Kathmandu, Nepal
This is based on actual fossil evidence, especially the Rancor ;)
Seriously though: I went to a talk recently about some recent findings to do with this. Feathers came before flight for sure, but there seems to be some significant changes in cell size and genome length that would have selected for smallness.
There are some ideas that feathers and the flapping motion may have been associated with catching prey, leading to pectoral development etc.
Another hypothesis is that flapping would have assisted prey avoid capture, leading to greater fitness of species exhibiting the ability to flap their primitive wings.
Le volcan de Capelinhos aux Açores
Le volcan de Capelinhos - ou volcan des petites chapelles en français - forme un cap à l’extrémité occidentale de l'île de Faial aux Açores. Son cône volcanique érodé compose un paysage quasi lunaire dont les falaises plongent dans l'océan Atlantique. Ce volcan est né d'une éruption qui dura plus d’un an. C’est d’ailleurs la seule et unique éruption de ce volcan. Elle commence par un épisode sismique en mai 1957 alors que l’éruption proprement dite, d’abord sous-marine près des îlots de Capelinhos, s’est déroulée de septembre 1957 à octobre 1958. De violentes explosions ont formé une petite île puis l’accumulation de cendres et les coulées de lave ont donné naissance à une presqu’île reliant le volcan à la terre. L’archipel des Açores s’est ainsi agrandi de 2,4 km².
Cette zone protégée abrite aujourd’hui une végétation côtière originale et des colonies de sternes pierregarin. En se rendant près du volcan, on croise l’ancien phare miraculeusement épargné mais désormais loin du cap et quelques maisons détruites par l’éruption qui accentuent le caractère dramatique de ce paysage véritablement unique aux Açores.
Histoire d’une éruption
Le 27 septembre 1957 à l’aube, un baleinier qui pêchait au large de l’île de Faial observe d’étranges remous à la surface de l'océan à quelques 800 m du rivage. Ces bulles constituées de gaz annoncent la première explosion qui se produit à 8h du matin en libérant un gigantesque panache volcanique. La zone de remous s'agrandit et à la fin de la journée, la colonne volcanique monte déjà à 4 km d'altitude. Les explosions se multiplient dans les jours suivants et le matériel volcanique éjecté s'accumule jusqu’à créer le 29 octobre une petite île en forme de fer à cheval, baptisée l’île Neuve. En novembre, d'autres explosions donnent naissance à une seconde île qui fusionne avec la première et se rattache enfin à l'île principale de Faial. Le 16 décembre, des coulées de lave basaltique apparaissent sous les yeux de nombreux scientifiques - dont Haroun Tazieff - venus du monde entier pour assister à ce rare spectacle. Les cendres volcaniques qui retombent sur l’île de Faial détruisent la végétation et recouvrent maisons, routes et cultures. Une véritable désolation à laquelle s’ajoutent l’odeur de soufre et les tremblements du sol. Début 1958, l'activité sous-marine se poursuit et l'éruption se . Merci au site
www.rivagesdumonde.fr/blog-rivages/un-volcan-aux-acores
The Capelinhos volcano in the Azores
The Capelinhos volcano - or volcano of the small chapels in French - forms a cape at the western end of the island of Faial in the Azores. Its eroded volcanic cone composes an almost lunar landscape whose cliffs plunge into the Atlantic Ocean. This volcano was born from an eruption that lasted more than a year. This is also the one and only eruption of this volcano. It begins with a seismic episode in May 1957 while the actual eruption, first underwater near the islets of Capelinhos, took place from September 1957 to October 1958. Violent explosions formed a small island then the he accumulation of ashes and lava flows gave rise to a peninsula connecting the volcano to the earth. The Azores archipelago has thus grown by 2.4 km².
This protected area is now home to original coastal vegetation and colonies of common terns. Going near the volcano, we cross the old lighthouse miraculously spared but now far from the cape and some houses destroyed by the eruption which accentuate the dramatic character of this truly unique landscape in the Azores.
History of an eruption
On September 27, 1957 at dawn, a whaler who was fishing off the island of Faial observed strange eddies on the surface of the ocean some 800 m from the shore. These bubbles made up of gas announce the first explosion which occurs at 8 am by releasing a gigantic volcanic plume. The backwater area expands and at the end of the day, the volcanic column already rises to 4 km in altitude. The explosions multiplied in the following days and the ejected volcanic material accumulated until the creation on October 29 of a small horseshoe-shaped island, called Île Neuve. In November, other explosions gave birth to a second island which merged with the first and finally joined the main island of Faial. On December 16, basaltic lava flows appeared before the eyes of many scientists - including Haroun Tazieff - who had come from all over the world to witness this rare spectacle. The volcanic ash that falls on the island of Faial destroys the vegetation and covers houses, roads and crops. A real desolation to which are added the smell of sulfur and the tremors of the ground. In early 1958, underwater activity continued and the eruption
I witnessed VIA 53 detouring down the Bala at Rosedale siding near the Brickworks...part of a weekend detour due to work on the Kingston Subdivision. Here it is at last light, passing under the former CP Don Branch viaduct that carried the Belleville Sub from Leaside south to Union Station downtown.
I've been working on this one for awhile, and this is the first result I feel ready to share. You are looking at an 11-image stitched panorama taken on a bridge over the Athabasca River in Jasper National Park, Alberta at about 2:30am in early August. Each exposure was 30 seconds long, to let in the light from the distant stars and highlight the rest of the Milky Way galaxy. All the colors present in this panorama were there in the original images.
Apparently Jasper's "Dark Sky Festival" ended just a few days ago, on Sunday. I should be on the lookout for others who may have chosen this location to shoot from! And maybe some year I can return for this festival :). #darkskyfestival
The weather was bad and still raining. The black clouds and the trees make the ambient light very low. Although I have already push the ISO to 1,000 and f/stop to 6.3 for acceptable sharpness; yet the shutter speed still needed 1/80 sec. The slow shutter speed would make the leaves a little bit blurry. There were fairy big trees that had changing colour leaves gave the image foliage mode. Unlike other autumn images that usually give brilliant and bright fall colour, this one just was an opposite feel in such low contrast lighting condition.
ln great urban centers such as Ayutthaya. Nakhon Si Thammarat and Bangkok, Hindu beliefs were omnipresent in the traditions rituals at common people and court, Indeed, special sites were designated staging at important Brahmin rites One such sacred place was known to the townspeople of the Ayutthaya period the Giant Swing which stands before the Brahmin Temple One such site, consisting mainly of the swing itself, and the Wihan of Shiva and of Vishnu, can still be seen today in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province.
The ceremonial swing was set in motion by the Brahmin as a dramatic offering to the gods demonstrating lovalty and gratitude in return for the yearly divine epiphany from heaven. The shrine also has two wihan, one is dedicated to Shiva, the god of destruction and his son, Ganesha, representing the spirit of wisdom. The other is dedicated to Vishnu, the preserver of the world. Receiving these 2 deities and witnessing their ascent took place in separate moments First came the descent of Shiva, and after the great oscillations of the giant swing, the destroyer would again ascend to heaven. This royal rite is recorded in the Book of the 12 Month Royal Ceremonies Such rituals were staged on behalf of the town hopes that they would prosper. Court and town folk, alike were these special festivals.
The 'skeleton' of a pine tree 'bares' witness to autumn's return on the mountain.
DeKalb County (Stone Mountain Park), Georgia, USA.
6 October 2024.
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