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This is for all those who have the same astrology sign like mine :))
Aries (♈) (meaning "ram") is the first astrological sign in the Zodiac, named for the constellation of Aries, called "The Ram" in the Greek tradition, after the golden ram that rescued Phrixos, taking him to the land of Colchis.
In tropical astrology, this sign is no longer aligned with the constellation as a result of the precession of the equinoxes. Under the tropical zodiac, the Sun is in Aries roughly from March 21 to April 19, by definition beginning at vernal equinox. Under the sidereal zodiac, it is currently there roughly from April 15 to May 15.
Individuals born when the Sun was in this sign are considered "Aries individuals" or "Arians".[2] In Western astrology, Aries is considered a "masculine", positive (extrovert) sign. It is also considered a fire sign, and is one of four cardinal signs.[3] Aries is ruled by the planet Mars. Being the first sign in the zodiac, Aries is associated with the astrological first house. Furthermore, Aries is known as the pioneer of the Zodiac, and therefore, Ariens like to be first.[4] The Sanskrit name of Aries in Hindu astrology is Meṣa.
En route from Carnforth to York NRM on 14th February 2020, Gresley A4 Pacific No. 60009 Union of South Africa paused at Hellifield to pick up water.
A bit of current at Roma that day. The downside being that framing a shot was a constant fight against it and the tank lasted 45 minutes but hey... look at all that nicely aligned fish 😉.
That doesn't happen without current. Sometimes, you just have to work for it.
The yellow Angelfish adds a nice touch of colour to this arrangement.
Ba Na Hills est situé près de Da Nang dans le centre du Vietnam. Sur ce site en pleine construction on y établira une sorte de Disney world...dommage de ruiner une telle montagne et un tel panorama
A construction staff on his measuring job. His floor seems to be between 30th and 40th. Captured in district 1, Saigon.
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CHAMPS DE COLZA EN CHARENTE
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This vineyard of finely aligned vines has no crop circles . . .
This photo was taken by a Kowa Super 66 medium format film camera with a KOWA 1:3.5/55 lens and Kowa L39•3C(UV) ø67 filter using Kodak Portra 160 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.
Have wanted to get some images of these wonderful birds for a long time. The stars aligned and delighted with the results and the encounter.
A shot from earlier in the month, trying to shoot the planetary alignment! It is here somewhere, Mara is off to the top right, but I’ve messed with the colours so can’t see its telltale red hue!
Tent pegging!
The specific game of tent pegging has a mounted horseman riding at a gallop and using a sword or a lance to pierce, pick up, and carry away a small ground target (a symbolic tent peg) or a series of small ground targets.
We're forever working on our compositions but just occasionally they work themselves out, and this was one of those occasions. I was drawn to the way the white rock aligns perfectly with the snowfall on Tryfan. And before you ask, no I didn't move it, I'm not exactly a candidate for Worlds Strongest Man!
So:
Composition checked
Borders checked
Aperture checked
focus checked
Filters checked
ISO checked
Clothing adjusted
Shutter rele......Hang on who is this fecking eejit who has just wandered into shot.....
So after a little chat and exchanging of 'pleasantries', bit of an odd bloke, he wandered off muttering something about inapropriate footwear and medication!
So here's another great track and video; the guys must have had so much fun filming this one.
Does this resonate with anyone by the way?
"The Dirty Urchkins," Central Park Mall, Central Park, Manhattan, New York.
Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM
©2013 Patrick J Bayens
The passage way at the South Western Cairn at Balnuaran of Clava is focused on the sky. Many chambered cairns are aligned either with the position of the Sun, Moon, or the planet Venus. The Sun and Moon alignments bring about a living calendar to any aligned chambered cairn. Such alignments are more easily recorded without the cairns. The Sun and Moon alignment seems set into the stone structures for the use of the cairns beyond clocks and calendars to generate the identity of the structure in the design. These impressive monumental communal structures were open and visited by their constructors for several hundreds of years. Later they were filled in possibly when a new way of worship and reverence was found and so the old sacred sites were closed. The cairns in their large size seem set to hold great importance for many people and yet their small passages and chambers are only available for either small groups, or individuals. The light from the Solstice Sun gives a direct beam along the passage and into the chamber at the day chosen with the Summer longest day and Winter shortest day having positions on the horizon at dawn and at sunset available for the builders to set their structure around. Those that took part in interior ceremony could be experiencing a rite of passage and from their inner seclusion they could be greeted by the Sun entering in at a significant moment and then by all that were gathered around the large monuments as the adorants came back to the community after their isolation.
I remember from a few decades ago the stones at the rear of the chamber being brought to life by the Sun when it shone straight along the passage. This light dancing on a stone with either quartz, or granite in could be the first light for the adorant to see after days of fasting, maybe of eating ceremonial food and of intense meditation so that the light in the stone shone to show life in the bone of the land the stone that would be the collection place for the cleaned bones of the dead as markers of belonging and signs of knowing all returning to the glowering Sun, to the finding of the murmuring of the Moon and to the awakening to the stellar shimmering the stars.
The highlighted section of the chamber could be the projection screen of the tomb. After a period of darkness in the chamber the light returning through projection focused along the passage would dance on the projection screen stones and with a tone from the human voice the dust in the passage could be seen to move in and out of waves and lozenge shapes forming transient structures in the moving dust and light. The light held such delicate structures possible only for a short while along the alignment at either dawn, or sunset and the shapes would slow and cease as the light source moved away from the direct alignment in matter of minutes. These waves and lozenge shapes are were carved into the stones of some chambered cairns leaving a record in the stone on the bone of the land a presentation hammered into the stone that was home to the ancestors and the shaping of the returning regenerating medium that as it wore down gave vital nutrients to the next new growth that through roots and shoots, seeds and flowers would break down the stones into sparkling sands and grits echoing the steady progressions and predictable processions of the lights of the camp fires shining out with hope and potential in the sky above.
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Clava Cairns Near Inverness, IV2 5EU
www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/clava-c...
A Visitors’ Guide to Balnuaran of Clava a prehistoric cemetery
www.archhighland.org.uk/userfiles/file/Sites/Historic%20S...
Balnuaran Of Clava, South-west
canmore.org.uk/site/14279/balnuaran-of-clava-south-west
Highland Historic Environment Record
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