Battlefields: Then and Now
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So no one knew, not even him, the problems he would find
On the day he journeyed deep into his mind
I close my eyes, I go far away
Away from the battlefield
In my dreams, well
Here I will enjoy it
Where innocence plays with all the laughing children
The kind who are crying right now
A taste of freedom from the pain
Of everything here I see
Life is sweet but I took it all for granted
And now I don't know if I could ever tell you
Just what we permit, we allow
Allow me to forget the life, I've made my own
I've held this nation in my hand and yet it's not my home
Oh, allow me just one answer and one reason why
Why this refugee of the family of man must die?
Tell me why....
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panorama of the Sesto Dolomites mountain range near Rifugio Locatelli (altitude of 2,438 m); the area was the front line between Italy and Austria during World War I and to this day, the trenches, tunnels, and iron ladders remind us of the fierce fighting witnessed by these peaks during the war
Given the many holes in the ground, we could almost believe to be on an ancient battlefield with shell holes, as for example at the Pointe du Hoc in Normandy.
Here, this is only the result of intense volcanic activity.
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Champ de bataille volcanique
Vu les nombreux trous dans le sol, on pourrait presque se croire sur un ancien champ de bataille avec les trous d'obus, comme par exemple à la Pointe du Hoc en Normandie.
Ce n'est ici que le résultat d'une intense activité volcanique.
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Geyser Sol de Mañana- Désert Sud Lipez - Bolivie / Geyser Sol de Mañana - Southern Lipez desert - Bolivia
"Head from a statue of a young man", marble, Rome, Italy about 120-140CE after a Greek original, about 430 BCE. Exhibited in the exhibition "Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors and Heroes at the National Museum of Australia, Canberra. It is unlikely a soldier would have worn his helmet like this during battle as it would have left him vulnerable to attack. The sculptor probably revealed his subject's face to convey a sense of action, tension or even fear. Alternatively, this young man may have been competing in the "hoplitodromos", a race run in full armour that was a popular eventuate sporting competitions.
Gettysburg Battlefield, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. This is one of the most iconic US Civil War battlefields. Being an amateur history buff, I have been to this battlefield 4 times. Each visit is as poignant and somber as the last. Much to be learned here as a nation, If only we would wake up and pay attention!
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To look backward for a while is to refresh the eye, to restore it, and to render it the more fit for its prime function of looking forward. Margaret F. Barber
……Named after the Battle of Shrewsbury that took place here way back in 1403 between the Lancastrian King Henry IV and the rebel army headed up by Henry "Harry Hotspur" Percy from Northumberland - Henry won!! see link for a bit more on this medieval battle..…….. Hope you are all getting to grips with the new lockdown restrictions and a VERY BIG THANK YOU to ALL the key workers who are carrying on to benefit the rest of us - we applaud you all. Alan;-)👏👏👏👏👏
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Taken this morning at Culloden Battlefield.
Still trying to grasp the art of catching Aurora Borealis♂️
Daisies blooming during sunset at Manassas National Battlefield in Manassas, VA.
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The 100-foot-high Battlefield Monument stands as a symbol of peace and commemorates those soldiers who died on June 6, 1813.
it is a battlefield-like impression when the poppy gives up its male seed threads and leaves them chopped off on the poppy leaves.
wie auf einem Schlachtfeld liegen die Samenfäden niedergestreckt auf den Mohnblättern
A section of the Somme battlefield in Picardy, France. Tragic scenes played here in the First World War, in July 1916, when the British army tried to break through the German defences.
The front in Northern France had bogged down in the autumn of 1914. Mobile warfare morphed into a large-scale siege war of trenches and fortified lines. In 1916, both sides attempted to end the stalemate with massive offensives dominated by artillery - the Germans at Verdun, the French and British at the Somme.
The whole Somme campaign, July-November 1916 (141 days), cost Britain 420,000 casualties (killed, disappeared and wounded); the Germans lost half a million, the French 202,000 men. The breakthrough was never achieved.
Beaumont-Hamel, Somme, France
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Manassas National Battlefield Park, Virginia
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The Past: the Stone House (1848)
The Present: the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, 20 December 2020
The Future: the Park Ranger who unbeknownst to me is about to chase me out of the park…
The Great Conjunction hasn’t happened in almost 400 years, since 1623; Jupiter and Saturn aligned in the night sky to form a single bright point on December 21, 2020. A similar event over 2000 years ago is thought by some historians to be the Star of Bethlehem that led the wise men to the Infant Jesus.
What you see here was supposed to be a practice shot the night before but wound up being my best photo of this little adventure.
I have been planning this photo since I found out about the celestial event taking place…it will not happen again until 2080. I have wanted to try my hand at landscape astrophotography for a while, and this event was perfect for a first time. The Stone House is such a wonderful and iconic historic building and its relatively remote location was ideal for the angle needed to see the conjunction (between 220˚ and 240˚).
The Stone House served as an impromptu field hospital for not just one, but two massive battles of the American Civil War: the first major battle of the war First Manassas (Bull Run according to the North, July 21, 1861), and it’s even more tragic follow up Second Manassas (Second Bull Run, August 28 - 30, 1862). The grounds around it were fought over in both battles and several artillery shells are still lodged in its walls. While it sits just under a mile away from the main battlefield, it is part of Manassas National Battlefield Park.
Well preserved and photogenic, the Stone House is very easy to visit with its own parking lot outside the main National Park area and a convenient location…too convenient as it turned out. The car light trails from the nearby intersection proved to give off too much light pollution.
I had just taken this shot, only my second of the night, and was in the process of adjusting to another shot due to the light pollution present when a Park Ranger showed up, lights blaring on her patrol car. She chased out two other photographers from the parking lot, but I foolishly hoped she would ignore me. No such luck.
“The park closed an hour ago sir,” she said through her patrol car window. She followed me out of the parking lot, flashing lights still on.
And the Great Conjunction dropped behind a cloud by the time I found another location. And the following nights were full cloud cover. Lucky I got this shot! PhotoPills and StarWalk 2 for planning, and Capture One for post processing.
Selected for FLICKR Explore December 22, 2020, # 81.
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The Battlefield Weeps as the Goddess Walks the Barren Wasteland, Her fallen foes, Nothing but a memory, caught in the storm in her mind. And her heart sinks with the dread, and loneliness of it all.
We headed out to Manassas Battlefield with the camera and the dogs - fall views and a great place to walk Teddy and Echo without too many distractions. Midweek we pretty much had the whole place to ourselves.
Cannon resting on the Battlefield in Gettysburg, PA
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