Battlefields: Then and Now
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A panoramic view of the San Jacinto Battleground—the site of the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution on April 21, 1836, that ensured Texas’ independence from Mexico. The site is marked by the 567-foot-tall San Jacinto Monument, completed in 1939 and topped by a 220-ton, 34-foot “Lone Star”.
With a world class hangover from a big day and night my Sunday began at the beach taking in an impeccable Sydney’s summer day and easing the headache with some salt water.
As with many summer days in Sydney a storm began to roll through just after lunch and with some time on my hands and the aftereffects of the night before fading away I decided to head to La Perouse in Sydney’s south.
I chose my location, set my camera down, attached my cable release and got comfy on the grass waiting for this impressive storm front to roll through.
Without a drop of rain I literally shot this image with a cable release while lying down. Photography at it’s best.
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A great lake to walk around and fish in. The lake was named for a battle that was anticipated in 1855 between U.S. soldiers and some Pacific Northwest Indians from the Klickitat tribe. The confrontation never took place.
Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial Park (Somme, France).
This Park, honouring the memory of the volunteer Newfoundland Regiment, which fought and suffered heavily here on 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme, preserves some the battlefield appearance from 1916, with trenches and shell holes. The real thing was still quite different - think of a lunar landscape.
The Battle of the Somme was an Anglo-French offensive in Picardy in World War I, attempting to break through the German lines and thus end the stalemate situation which pinned down the opponents since 1914. The battle dragged on until November 1916 yet achieved very little of its goals, and least of all the breakthrough. The losses (on both sides) were tremendous. The first day of the Battle of the Somme was the worst in the history of the British army. That 1st of July 1916 the British forces suffered 57,470 casualties, including 19,240 killed.
The 1st Battalion of the Newfoundland Regiment (part of the British 29th Division) went into action here on 1 July 1916, 801 strong. Most of hem were gunned down, right here in front of us, in no-man's land after the initial attack had already failed. The following day it turned out 233 had been killed, 386 wounded, and 91 gone missing. They had seen action for 30 minutes. No unit suffered heavier losses on this fateful day which wasn't particularly sparse on casualties.
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Kuakata, Bangladesh, 2011.
What else is life, other than a struggle?
..Yet, it never fails to lure us.
Deceivingly charming, unimaginably realistic...
Life is nothing but a beautiful battleground.
Captured from Kuakata, Bangladesh.
In the area near Vilshofen, cucumber, red cabbage, and salad is cultivated. This is a field, after lettuce has been harvested. I am amazed, how many smaller heads of lettuce have been discarded.
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Photo filtered w/warming. Taken at the San Jacinto Battlegrounds in the general area that Santa Anna's troups were camped.
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