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The Way is like an empty vessel
That yet may be drawn from
Without ever needing to be filled.
It is bottomless: the very progenitor of all things in the
world. . . .
It is like a deep pool that never dries
I do not know whose child it could be.
It looks as if it were prior to God.
When you look at it you cannot see it;
It is called formless.
When you listen to it you cannot hear it;
It is called soundless.
When you try to seize it you cannot hold it;
It is called subtle.
No one can measure these three to their ultimate ends,
Therefore they are fused to one.
It is up, but it is not brightened;
It is down, but it is not obscured.
It stretches endlessly,
And no name is to be given.
It returns to nothingness.
It is called formless form, shapeless shape.
It is called the intangible.
You face it but you cannot see its front.
You follow it but you cannot see its back.
Holding on to the Ancient Way (Tao)
You control beings of today.
Thus you know the beginning of things,
Which is the essence of the Way (Tao-chi).
Lao-tzu definition of Tao from his TaoTê Ching
Peregrine falcon is on the hunting glide high up in the bottomless deep blue sky... @ Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve
KYBO, Biffy, Karzy, Honeypot, Cludgie, Forakers, Donniker, Government, Outhouse, Necessary room, bottomless pit....
URBAN LEGENDS SURROUNDING LAKE ANNA.
There are a lot of misconceptions about Lake Anna. Two popular myths are that it is “bottomless” and that Anna Barber swam in the lake and drowned there.
These are baseless urban legends that get passed on from generation to generation. Lake Anna is 35 feet deep at the center, it's bottom, and Anna Barber died in bed in Chicago in 1946, at the age of 79.
To our knowledge Anna never even swam in Lake Anna. How the rumor ever got started about Anna drowning in Lake Anna we will never know.
The rumor about Lake Anna being bottomless began when they first tried to determine the depth of the Lake by dropping an anchor tied to a rope into the center of the lake.
As the anchor descended the rope was naturally pulled down by the anchor. However by the time the anchor touched down at the bottom of Lake Anna the rope was caught in the undertow of one of the underground streams that feed Lake Anna, its fresh water supply.
The rope caught in the current of the stream continued to feed into the water as if the anchor was still sinking eventually slipping from the boat into the water, making it appear that the lake was bottomless.
FACTS ABOUT LAKE ANNA. Lake Anna is a glacial kettle lake.
Its age is approximately 15,000 years.
The name of Lake Anna is taken from the first name of Anna Laura Barber, the only daughter of Ohio C. Barber, founder of Barberton.
Lake Anna is about 35’ deep at the center, its deepest point.
The radius of Lake Anna is 424 feet and the diameter is 828 feet.
The fresh water source for Lake Anna is a series of underground springs.
The upper sidewalk around Lake Anna is approximately 3700 feet or .70 of a mile.
The lower walk around Lake Anna, which would be close to the circumference of the lake is approximately 2600 feet or almost 1/2 of a mile.
The water surface of the lake is approximately 10 acres, with Lake Anna Park amounting to a little under 21 acres.
Said to be bottomless...countless people drive into the lake and die every year...mysterious and beautiful all at once
The largest known cave system in the world, the Mammoth-Flint Ridge Cave System, as of 2022, has 426 miles of documented passages, and sits beneath the ground in Mammoth Cave National Park, established in 1941, and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981, the only designation in the state of Kentucky. The park is also an International Biosphere Reserve, designated in 1990, and an International Dark Sky Park, designated in 2021. The Mammoth-Flint Ridge Cave System formed in Mississippian Limestone rock underneath a Big Clifty Sandstone cap, which has formed several stable arched passages of varying sizes from the intrusion of water into the rock layers, with the less porous sandstone cap preventing water intrusion at most locations, which have kept the caverns beneath intact and stable for eons. The water that passes through the cave system drains into the adjacent Green River, and has continuously eroded deeper into the rock along with the river. The cave is home to endemic species of organisms that have adapted to the dark conditions within the cave system. The cave system was known to indigenous people, whom mined gypsum from the walls of the caves and explored the caves, with human remains, signs of human activity, and artifacts from their presence in the cave. The cave became known to European settlers in the 1790s, and it started being mined by Valentine Simon for saltpeter to create gunpowder in 1798, with the mining activities intensifying around the time of the War of 1812, and becoming an industrial-scale operation under the ownership of Charles Wilkins and Hyman Gratz, whom used slave labor to exploit the cave’s resources. In 1838, with the decline in value of saltpeter, the cave was sold to Franklin Gorin, whom operated the cave as a tourist attraction, but was sold to Doctor John Croghan the following year. Under Gorin and Croghan, Black slaves served as tour guides for visitors, with Stephen Bishop being the most notable of these guides. Bishop made many maps of the caves during the 1840s and 1850s, and was the first known person to cross Bottomless Pit and discover the River Styx and Mammoth Dome on the other side. Croghan attempted to run a Tuberculosis Hospital within the cave in 1842-1843, believing the stable temperatures and air would assist patients, but this was short lived. In 1886, the Mammoth Cave Railroad was built between Park City and the historic Mammoth Cave Hotel, which operated until 1931. The caves were mapped more accurately by German visitor Max Kämper in 1908, whom mapped the surface topography and used instruments to document the cave, allowing for the opening of new entrances to the caverns from the surface and being the most accurate maps of the caves until the 1960s. Sadly, this was not appreciated by the Croghan family, whose historic cavern entrance was threatened in status by these maps, and Kämper returned to Germany, where he died as a soldier during World War I’s Battle of the Somme in 1916. Starting in the 1920s, the land around the caves was purchased by the private Mammoth Cave National Park Association, with the park being officially authorized in 1926. Between 1933 and 1942, the park’s landscape was reforested and infrastructure was constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), part of the New Deal. Between 1954 and 1972, the cave system was further explored, culminating in the connection between the longer Flint Ridge System and wider Mammoth Cave being found, making it the longest known cave system in the world. Today, the park sees about half a million visitors annually, and contains the majority of the Mammoth-Flint Ridge Cave system, with some portions of the system extending east of the park’s boundaries under privately-owned land.
The Way is like an empty vessel
That yet may be drawn from
Without ever needing to be filled.
It is like a deep pool that never dries.
It is bottomless: the very progenitor of all things in the world…
When you look at it you cannot see it;
It is called formless.
When you listen to it you cannot hear it;
It is called soundless.
When you try to seize it you cannot hold it;
it is called subtle.
No one can measure these three to their ultimate ends,
Therefore they are fused to one.
It is up, but it is not brightened;
It is down, but it is not obscured.
It stretches endlessly,
And no name is to be given.
It returns to nothingness.
It is called formless form, shapeless shape.
It is called the intangible.
You face it but you cannot see its front.
You follow it but you cannot see its back.
Holding on to the Ancient Way (Tao)
You control beings of today.
Thus you know the beginning of things,
Which is the essence of the Way.
(Laozi: Tao Te Ching)
Explore #453 ~ Jan 26, 2009.
I have always wanted to take picture of this ruin 'tower'. Most of the time whenever my husband drives me here, there are people up there and sometimes sitting on the stairs. Yesterday, we arrived first and my husband ran with a tripod to claimed the area. There were a few disappointed couples when they saw us during this time. :p
Shot 3 different exposures (-2,0,+2). As usual generated HDR using photomatix and modified with photoshop. Adjusted the levels only.
You guys, have fun!! :D
Just another "best day ever" at Alta Ski Area. I'm starting to lose track of all the deep powder days this season.
When I went for a walk down to Norman Beach at Wilsons Prom for the Sunset I just couldnt resist taking this picture. Believe it or not but the camera is about 2cm above the ground. Thats the beauty of ultrawide angle lenses.
This is Bottomless Lakes State Park, located about 15 miles southeast of Roswell, New Mexico. The name comes from nine small, deep lakes located along the eastern escarpment of the Pecos River valley. This area is an ancient limestone reef, similar to the limestone mountains around Carlsbad Caverns, which are only about 80 miles to the south. Caves formed within the limestone, and as the Pecos River eroded the escarpment, the caves eventually collapsed, leaving behind several deep, almost circular lakes known as cenotes. To me, the whole area looked like the rock faces could come tumbling down at any time. I found myself walking softly and whispering a lot.
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For Macro Mondays "creamy" theme - I hope it is macro enough... HMM!
This is crema emerging from a bottomless portafilter on my Gaggia Classic coffee maker. The freshly ground beans were Lazy Sunday (laid-back and lovely) from Taylors of Harrogate, which I love!
I changed the title from Crema to Dracula's demitasse to reflect the feedback that the coffee looks a bit red...
At Cuevas Caídas in Bco. de Tejeda (Gran Canaria, Spain) someone has made a sculpture of a huge braided bottomless basket.
It didn't take very long to sort out why.
The photos are taken at the extremes of my 17-70mm lens. Try to figure out if is the 19mm or the 70mm ;-)
The mountaintop in the background, and most likely the reason for the lacking bottom, is Roque Bentayga, one of the 3 most famous mountains on the island.
Canon 70D, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4 DC Macro OS.
I have 3 albums with photos from the island:
Gran Canaria coastal area set .
Gran Canaria - natural beauty (from the mountains).
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (from the capital).
C’e un istante,
dopo che il proiettile ti ha ferito a morte,
che continui a camminare
ed a vivere felice,
senza sapere
che sei stato ucciso.
[Pega]
[credits: Rabarama sculpture works @ Pisa Airport, 2013]
Il post di oggi su www.pegaphoto.com : un blog sul lato artistico e creativo della fotografia.
Refining technique, getting closer to that "money shot" with the bottomless / naked portafilter. I've pulled perhaps 100 shots of coffee at this point.
This was roughly 19 grams of Roastco coffee, temperature set at 200° and a shot running approximately 30 seconds. I couldn't find details of optimal settings, so I guessed. Worked out nicely.
Note a little section I missed near the right, perhaps due to slightly uneven distribution of grounds.
Some like to go topless... others prefer bottomless. A rare peek at the exposed rear end of Yugoslavia's home-grown G-2 jet trainer during repair work on a faulty starter system. The actual engine - a Mk.22-6 Rolls-Royce Viper turbojet - is just a small part of this whole ensemble, seen sticking out of the fuselage; the rest is just the exhaust duct, profiled at strategic points to give a bit of extra thrust.
(for those interested, a bit more info on the type can be found under two other photos, www.flickr.com/photos/boran_pivcic/30517071940/in/datepos... & www.flickr.com/photos/boran_pivcic/27878971393/in/datepos...)