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The gnarled limbs of this ancient oak covered in Spanish moss, mesmerizing beautiful and a joy forever.
Old year you must not die;
You came to us so readily,
You lived with us so steadily,
Old year you shall not die.
Goodbye old year.
Basilica de San Vitale, Ravenna. Emilia-Romagna, Italia.
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Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna are classified as World Heritage Sites. whc.unesco.org/en/list/788
Sometimes sitting and reflecting on things is one of the most comforting feelings in the world....
Model: Strawberry Singh
Thanks for posing!!
A pastel colored sunset scene at Pyramid Lake NV. Anaho Island and the Lake Range loom on the horizon.
The Ancient Limber Pine stand is in the lee of the Continental Divide, just 5 miles south and west of Fairplay, Colorado. Many of the trees on this site are in excess of 1,000 years old. Dead snags are interspersed with trees that hang on, year after year, under fierce, battering winds and extreme cold at 11,200 feet on Sheep Mountain.
Live trees may have limbs or a portion of the trunk that have lost their bark, exposing wood to the elements. Many trees (including this one) show burn marks from lightning strikes. The colors and textures of raw wood delight artistic esthetics.
The 2nd century stonework (on the right of the stupa) as stated to be done by Kushana king, Kanishka, in Sani monastery, Zanskar valley, Ladakh Himalayas, India
Part of the display of Singapore's Tang dynasty sunken ship finds with a view of the river and city outside.
During the prehistoric period the area was inhabited by Mycenaean Greeks. The city itself was founded by the Dorians. The temple foundations were begun at least as early as the eighth century BC. The earthquake of 226 BC destroyed the city and the temple. The earthquake of 142 AD destroyed the city for the second time.
Turbine blades from a former power generation engine,
Krumbach, Bavaria
Alte Turbinenschaufeln einer ehemaligen Stromerzeugungsanlage, gesehen in Krumbach, Bayern
This is quite the old olive tree. I would guess a minimum age of 1500 years old. It is in a place you can only get to by walking a few hours or by boat. The stone you see the olive tree hugging belongs to an ancient town here. There was a town that traded and has an asclepio, which is a temple for healing physical and spiritual. This place is one of my most favorite places in Crete, and it is off the beaten track.
Ancient monuments in Bhaktapur's historical quarter, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. For the travel stories associated with my Flickr travel photos, please see my True Tales of a Traveller series, on Amazon, and Lulu.com (the first nine stories are free on Lulu).
Destination: Turkey (another shot from my only trip there). This is the Roman style gymnasium with its three-story Marble Court at the ancient and Biblical city of Sardis.
Approaching the wonderfully atmospheric ancient city of Gaeta in southern Italy from the sea.........
(Explored 24/7/2023 #385)
Wikipedia states: "Magnolia is an ancient genus. Appearing before bees did, the flowers are theorized to have evolved to encourage pollination by beetles. To avoid damage from pollinating beetles, the carpels of Magnolia flowers are extremely tough. Fossilized specimens of M. acuminata have been found dating to 20 million years ago, and of plants identifiably belonging to the Magnoliaceae date to 95 million years ago."
This Milky Way photo was taken close to a popular beach with hundreds of visitors and cars by day and yet having an excellent night sky after the onset of astronomical twilight. The foreground was illuminated by the rotating lighthouse beam a few hundred meters away, thus providing a means of light painting of the scene.
Some of the most beautiful stories of ancient times refer to the silvery band of the Milky Way - a celestial river comprised by the light of billions of stars, that has traveled for thousands of years to reach our eyes. This majestic arc of light is more clearly visible on summer nights, when our gaze is towards the center of the Milky Way, which lies at about 25 thousand light years away - the brightest part of the band just above the tree and to left of the “Dark Horse” silhouette.
This band is bisected by obscuring clouds of interstellar dust, thus forming the “Great Galactic Rift”. The interstellar gas and dust gave birth to everything else in the Universe, including us - we are all made of stardust after all.
My deepest thanks and warmest wishes to everyone for 2025 - stay healthy and keep looking up!
Growing at the base of Sandstone Mountain, this twisted Utah Juniper specimen manages to survive, looking like an ancient guardian of the mountain.
The bridge at Froggatt crossing the River Derwent in Derbyshire has just two arches. The smaller arch is rounded, whilst the larger arch is pointed. Apparently the round arch is part of a bridge erected in 1653. The river widened after the Calver Cotton Mill Dam was built in the 18th century, and the pointed arch was constructed to accomodate it. There is a date stone under the arch of 1780.
Probably no other Dom in Germany has seen more action when it comes to Kings than the Imperial Cathedral or Kaiserdom of Aachen fitting since it is the oldest church in Northern Europe.
The Kaiserdom houses the remains of the first great European unifier come saint Charlemagne and has coronated 30 Kings and Holy Roman Emperors since the 12th century.
Besides its importance to the German nobility it is also a pilgrimage church of the people and chock full of relics that are out for display every seven years when the new cycle of pilgrimage begins, the list of relics include: Christ’s loin cloth from the crucifixion; a cloak of Mary’s; the cloth that shrouded John the Baptists head when he was decapitated and finally the swaddling clothes of Jesus.
I took this with my D750 and Tamron SP 24-70mm 2.8 G2 Lens at 70mm 1/25, f/11 ISO 100 processed in LR, Topaz Denoise, PS (Lumenzia curves masks and DXO Nik Color Efex)
Disclaimer: Not trying to be realistic in my editing there is enough realism in the world, my style is a mix of painterly and romanticism as well as a work in progress.