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CY Summer 2015
Ancient Curium or Courion. A fine place to visit if you are in Cyprus.
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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!
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.
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."
Ashenbank is classified as ancient woodland, meaning it is at least 400 years old – and probably much older than that. The open areas here are relics of the wood pasture system, and in spring the woods are home to a wonderful display of bluebells and wood anemones
The Ayutthaya historical park is the ruins of the former capital of the Kingdom of Siam. It is the site of sacked and destruction of the Ayutthaya city, its art and buildings by the Burmese in 1767, which is recognized internationally as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city was refounded a few kilometers to the east. The city is sometimes called "Venice of the East".; credit wikipedia
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This oak tree has been in our neighborhood for as long as anyone can remember. We call it the "party tree" because families, kids, and visitors often come to hang out under its canopy.
Ancient redwood trees are the keeper of knowledge. They survived when most were cut down. They have stories from long ago and our magical.
Ancient granaries along the canyon wall at Nankoweep are lit by a setting full moon over the Colorado River. The native people used to cultivate grains high above on the mesa and carry them down to these small caves to store them for the winter.
This image was created with two photos stitched together to capture the width of the scene. I used a headlamp to paint the wall on the right while the moon lit up the canyon and the river. I used a Sony a7r, Samyang 14mm 2.8 lens and a tripod.
These ancient rocks are of volcanic origin. Rocky Cape is located between two large extinct volcanoes on Tasmania's north west coast. The Nut at Stanley (which we saw in the distance yesterday) and Table Cape to the east. The light the morning I took this picture certainly made me feel like I'd been transported back in time.
Nikon D800, Nikkor 24mm f2.8.
Cottonwoods are probably the fastest growing tree in ND, and seem to thrive pretty much anywhere the seeds land that is out of the way of a combine. This cluster of 2 or 3 trunks is absolutely massive - easily over 100 years old. The clouds that day prompted me to look up and get a couple of shots that I composited for this pano.
The ancient Bas-relief work inside the cave like Sani Gompa, said to be built in the 2nd century, being the oldest religious site in entire Ladakh
Taken in Sani village, Zanskar valley, Ladakh Himalayas, India
Stairs and delicate girder work high up on the 1080ft Eiffel Tower. Made from 18,000 pieces riveted together, Overlooking Paris since 1889. Interpretation for Sliders Sunday!
Towering 2,000 feet above the Colorado River, the overlook provides a breathtaking panorama of Canyonlands’ sculpted pinnacles and buttes. Millions of years of geologic activity created the spectacular views from Dead Horse Point State Park. Deposition of sediments by ancient oceans, freshwater lakes, streams and wind blown sand dunes created the rock layers of canyon country.
This circular dome is found in the vestibule at the Palace of the Roman Emperor Diocletian in the Croatian city of Split. Peeking through the open roof is the bell tower of the Cathedral of Saint Dominus. These ancient structures, the palace and the cathedral, are said to date from the 4th Century. The bell tower is dated from the tenth Century. The longevity of Roman architecture is a testament of their building skills; their use of the arch, cement, and domes which still stand two thousand years later. This old photograph is a stitched panorama taken in 2004 with my Canon PowerShot G3.
A part of Tintern Abbey.....(The previous photo)
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This 2,000 year old aqueduct speaks volumes about the engineering abilities of the ancient Romans when they were building their empire.
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A barn at the museum of rural life - Westfälisches Freilichtmuseum - with two carts in open "garages".
The subject was backlit by the cloudy sky. Even though I tried to shade the lens using my hat I ended up with some flare. I hink I will have to do this one again next year at a different time of day.
Shen Hao PTB 45, Schneider-Kreuznach Super Angulon 5.6/90, yellow filter, Fomapan 100 4x5" sheet film developed in Rodinal 1+50 using the SP445 developing tank, scanned on my Epson V800 and adjusted in Lightroom.
The Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest is home to the oldest trees in the world. Some of these living trees exceed 4000 years of age and exhibit spectacular growth forms of twisted and beautifully colored wood. These trees grow above 11,000Ft or 3,352 meters in the White mountains of the Eastern Sierra mountain range and hiking along this trail is breathtaking and like being in an enchanted forest.
The "Temple of Janus" is a cultic structure of Romano-Celtic design located in Autun, Saône-et-Loire, France, to the North-West of the ancient city of Augustodunum.
The temple lies in the centre of a vast sanctuary, whose extent and complexity was revealed by excavations conducted from 2013 to 2016, on a site whose history goes back to Neolithic times, and which experienced an important phase of monumental constructions in the 1st Century AD. The temple was abandoned at the onset of the Early Middle Ages, and its structures were later reused in the fashioning of a Medieval defensive work. The temple has retained two sides of its square cella, at a height of over 20 metres, as well as vestiges of its ambulatory and side structure foundations. The temple's supposed dedication to the Roman god Janus is not based on any archaeological or historic fact, and the deity that was venerated in the temple is unknown.
The Temple of Janus was included on the first list of protected historical French monuments, established in 1840. (Wikipedia)