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"Don't hide your eyes from your God.
Or how else can he find us.
Celestial Jerusalem -
It flames through cold and ice.
And here it's standing around and waiting, and waiting."
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Apsaras at Angkor Wat.
Apsara, celestial dancing girls, are beautiful, supernatural female beings. They are youthful and elegant: some stories tells that they were often used by the gods as agents to persuade or seduce mythological demons, heroes and ascetics.
I love the elegance in the movements, so feminine and powerful at the same time.
Final shot of the day on our way down from the top of Larch Mountain, Oregon. I would have loved to stay until sunset, but time was a'ticking and we had to hit the road. Another day perhaps.
Customarily used to summon worshippers to Mass or witnesses to weddings, I can imagine this church bell also being sounded to let people know of the majesty, wonder and glory on display in the sky overhead at night. The bell tower is out of sight from the two roads that intersect as they pass the St Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church at Gerringong, Australia, but I'm sure the clanging of the lone bell can be heard in all directions.
Reaching upwards between the tower and the tree is a bright and dense stretch of stars marking out our Milky Way galaxy's central band. I caught the two "pointer" stars, Alpha and Beta Centauri, nudging the viewer's line of sight towards the Coal Sack Nebula and the Southern Cross. Higher in the sky to the right of the tower's top are the dwarf galaxies known as the Magellanic Clouds.
My photo for today is a single-frame image that I shot using my Canon EOS 6D Mk II camera, a Samyang 14mm f/2.4 lens @ f/3.2, exposed for 20 seconds @ ISO 3200.
This is how Umbellifers look on Neptune. If you doubt me, just look up some images of this beautiful looking planet.
Interesting fact- Neptune takes 164 years to travel around the sun, so each season lasts about 41 years. So for those who got fed up with me complaining about our ‘long winter’ this year- just think, you got off quite lightly really!!
Happy Umbellifer Wednesday :)
Fuji Xt1 + XF14mm f2.8
Iso1250
45 shots x 35"
Embalse de Guadalcacin, San Jose del Valle (Cádiz, Spain)
Sunset behind Rainbow Bridge in Tokyo.
Gonna be on holiday from tomorrow which does mean I should I have more time to catch up with you guys!! :P
Thanks for those that still pass by, greatly appreciated!!!
These intricate and whimsical tools are not just pretty, but interactive! The orrery (model solar system) moves in speeds relative to their real orbiting speeds. It also has many rotating gears inside, and is a music box!
The telescope lets you click it to glimpse the night sky.
Both pieces come in gold or silver options.
Out now at Collabor88:
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Kings Canyon National Park, Ca.
While backpacking in the Eastern Sierra this summer I tried my hand at some night photography which I usually do because of the dark skies. The Kearsarge Pinnacles made for a perfect foreground to watch the Milkyway rise. And wouldn't you know it, being the tale end of the Perseid meteor shower, I managed to capture a meteor too (perfectly placed I might add!)!
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I knew this astronomical event was going to happen earlier this week but then I saw the weather report and there was snow on the way. Snow means clouds. I didn't expect to get this shot but it cleared up long enough for me to get 4 frames and then the cloud cover came in.
Such a cool thing to see. The sliver of a crescent moon at 238,900 miles from earth, Venus at 26 million miles, yes MILLION!!, and the red planet of Mars at 140 million miles. 140??? Million? That' crazy trying to wrap my mind around the thought of being able to see anything that far away. Truly mind boggling!!
Have a great weekend everyone :-)
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An Apsara dancer performs at an ancient temple in the jungle. Apsaras - celestial maidens in Hindu and Buddhist mythology - were believed to entertain gods and bless kings at the peak of the Khmer Empire (9th-15th Century). Their graceful movements are immortalized in the intricate carvings of Angkor Wat, Bayon, and Banteay Srei. The dance almost went extinct during the Khmer Rouge regime when artists and performers were targeted and 90% of classical dancers perished during this horrific period. Thanks to the singular efforts of Queen Sisowath Kossamak, the Apsara dance was revived and is now a symbol of Cambodian identity and recognized as a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage in 2003.