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One day I realized two celestial goddesses were celebrating their reunion in my living room... Sybarites Dawnstar and Faun
Fantasy Faire 2024
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Dress: Maya in sky pack (with color changing hud) from Poet’s Heart by Nim Darkheart. Maya fits a wide range of bodies; I show it in Lara. Poet’s Heart will be located in the Avalon region, created by Worldbuilder and Fallen Gods creator Alia Baroque.
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The beautiful Lunafae Blessing Stone featured in the photos was created by Fairelands Worldbuilder Sharni Azalee for her gorgeous region in the 2018 Fairelands. I do love this creation and have had it out on my parcel since 2018.
The lovely animated wings are also a Poet Heart creation…from the PH “Insecta” fatpack from the 2020 Fairelands. I show the wings only from that fatpack (which includes a dress, hat, leggings) in “Dragonfly.”
Celestial Statue: Fantasy Statue Princess Sun-Moon from Micsha Store by Anima Fredda Lemon. Included in this weekend’s Secret Sale. maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mountains%20of%20Starlight...
Built for BrickPirate contest Duel of Pirates here
The contest features the use of mystery part : Reddish Brown Barb Large Flexible (Claw, Horn) in all creations.
South Celestial Pole - Star Trails Nelson, New Zealand. 60 x 30 second exposures.
See short video of the frames: youtu.be/0uMaZktJWq8
Moon-Venus-Jupiter-Conjunction | Sky on 1st December 2008
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Actualmente desconozco el estado de este sitio, hace tres años que visitamos este palacio que por el detalle de una de las parees del sotano su fecha de construccion fue el año 1933.
Tres sitios son los que mas me llamaron la atencion, el salon principal con una decoracion en el techo que ya en nuestra visita habia colpasado, las escaleras que cualquier amante del arte colonial disfrutaria sin duda alguna y que en anteriores post pude enseñarlo.
Esta es la entrada a esas escaleras un lugar que tuvimos el placer de visitarlo y fotografiarlo junto a Olga Vázquez Photography.
At the moment I do not know the state of this site, three years ago that we visited this palace that for the detail of one of the basement parees its date of construction was the year 1933.
Three places are the ones that called me the most attention, the main room with a ceiling decoration that already on our visit had gone, the stairs that any lover of colonial art would undoubtedly enjoy and that in previous post I was able to show it.
This is the entrance to those stairs a place that we had the pleasure of visiting and photographing it with Olga Vázquez Photography.
The sun-approaching Comet ISON floats against a seemingly infinite backdrop of
numerous galaxies and a handful of foreground stars. The icy visitor, with its
long gossamer tail, appears to be swimming like a tadpole through a deep pond
of celestial wonders.
In reality, the comet is much, much closer. The nearest star to the Sun is over
60,000 times farther away, and the nearest large galaxy to the Milky Way is over
thirty billion times more distant. These vast dimensions are lost in this deep
space Hubble exposure that visually combines our view of the universe from the
very nearby to the extraordinarily far away.
In this composite image, background stars and galaxies were separately photographed in red and yellow-green light. Because the comet moved between exposures relative to the background objects, its appearance was blurred. The blurred comet photo was replaced with a single, black-and-white exposure.
The images were taken with the Wide Field Camera 3 on April 30, 2013.
Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
The Moon Winx Lodge in Tuscaloosa Alabama. I actually stayed at this motel one time, but all that is left now is the sign.
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I still can't get over the enormity of our fig tree. The variety is "Celeste", and according to the descriptions I read, it is supposed to reach a mature height and width of seven to ten feet. Well I beg to differ. This thing has got to be at least fifteen feet tall and wide...maybe more. And its yield is every bit as impressive as its size. This photo doesn't even show the top. Yikes!😲
I bought this celestial globe for my husband,who had been interested in astronomy since he was a little boy.
.... Etnea avenue, the 2018 evening of February 5, the day of the feast of the Patron Saint of Catania, St.Agatha, it happens that ....
.... via Etnea, la sera del 5 febbraio 2018, il giorno della festa della Santa Patrona di Catania, Sant'Agata, accade che ....
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Fear of the unknown, the fear of losing own physical or mental health, or worse, having already lost it, possible problems with work (if a work has it), old age advancing, awareness of the existence of a Higher Being, are just some of the reasons that push people to search for a contact with the Divine, with the supernatural, leading them to plead for help, but this is not enough to completely explain the close link fact of absolute devotion and enormous affection that the people of Catania (province) have towards their young martyr Agatha; an entire city partecipate in these days to ceremony and procession, one can not help but ask this question, what binds in such a profound and peculiar citizens to their Patron Saint Agata? Maybe I was lucky enough to capture photographically what is a partial response (see my photos of the 2016 feast): a child at a very early age is brought to the window from her mother while passing the float of St. Agatha, so it's easy to understand... the devotion and attachment to the Martyr starts very young , transmitted by their parents as a treasure to be preserved and grow throughout their lives, which leads you in the days of the feast to a great collective.
This is a short-long report I did this year 2018, in the city of Catania (Sicily) in occasion of the feast of her patron saint Agatha, which took place on the 3, 4 and 5 February (this dates commemorates the martyrdom of the young Saint), and on 17 August too (this date celebrates the return to Catania of her remains, after these had been transferred to Constantinople by the Byzantine general Maniaces as war booty, and there remained for 86 years), when the Sicilian city is dressed up to feast, with a scent of orange blossom and mandarins, and its citizens show that they possess an extraordinary love and bond with the young martyr saint Agatha.
The religious sicilian feast of Saint Agatha is the most important feast of Catania, its inhabitants from five centuries, during the three days of the feast in honor of her "Santuzza" (young Saint), create a unique setting, with celebrations and rituals impressive, which means that this event is regarded as the third religious festival in the world (some say the second ...) after the "Semana Santa" in Seville and the "Corpus Christi" in Cuzco, Peru. Unlike other religious holidays, more sober, to Sant'Agata highlights a vocation exuberant typical of the south Italy, who loves to combine the sacred with the profane.
The cult of the young Santa dates back to the third century, when the teenager Agatha was martyred for refusing the roman proconsul Quintiziano. One year after the death of the young Agatha, on 5 February of the year 252, his virginal veil was carried in procession, and it is said it was able to save Catania from destruction due to a devastating eruption of Mount Etna.
The festivities begin with the procession of Candlemas (this year were in greater number, perhaps 14 instead of the 11 years of the other years); the "Candlemas" are giant Baroque wooden "candlesticks" paintings in gold, each representing an ancient guild (butchers, fishmongers, grocers, greengrocers, etc.), which are brought by eight devotees; the "cannalore" (candlemas) anticipate the arrival of the "float" of Saint Agatha during the procession. Devotees, men and women, wearing a traditional garment similar to a white bag, cinched at the waist by a black rope, gloves and a white handkerchief, and a black velvet cap, and it seems that such clothing evoke nightgown with the qule the Catanese, awakened with a start by the touch of the bells of the Cathedral, welcomed the naval port, in 1126, the relics of the Holy which fell from Constantinople. On float, consisting of a silver chariot sixteenth of thirty tons, which is driven by a double and long line of devotees with the robust and long ropes, takes place the bust of Saint Agatha, completely covered with precious stones and jewels. On February 4, the parade celebrates the so-called "external path" that touches some places of martyrdom in the city of Catania; the next day, the 5 instead the procession along the "aristocrat path", which runs along the main street, Via Etnea, the parlor of Catania. On this day the devotees carry on their shoulders the long candles of varying thickness, there are some not very big, others are fairly heavy, but some skim exceptional weights.
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La paura dell’ignoto, il timore di perdere la salute fisica o psichica, o peggio, averla già persa, possibili problemi col lavoro (per chi un lavora l’ha) o peggio non averlo dovendo così “inventarsi” la giornata, la vecchiaia che avanza, la consapevolezza dell’esistenza di un Essere Superiore, sono solo alcuni dei motivi che spingono gli uomini a cercare un contatto col Divino, col Sovrannaturale, portandoli ad invocare il Suo aiuto, ma tutto ciò non basta assolutamente a spiegare lo stretto legame fatto di assoluta devozione ed enorme attaccamento che gli abitanti di Catania (e provincia) hanno nei confronti della loro “Santuzza” la giovanissima martire Agata; nel vedere partecipare quella che sembra essere una città intera a questi giorni di rito e processione, non ci si può non porre questa domanda, cosa lega in maniera così profonda e peculiare i cittadini Catanesi alla loro Santa Patrona Agata? Forse ho avuto la fortuna di cogliere fotograficamente (vedi le mie foto della festa del 2016) quella che è una risposta parziale e certamente non unica alla domanda: un bimbo in tenerissima età viene portato alla finestra dalla sua mamma mentre passa la vara di S.Agata, ecco… la devozione e l’attaccamento alla giovanissima Martire inizia da piccolissimi, trasmessa dai propri genitori (e non solo…) come un tesoro da custodire e coltivare per tutta la vita, che porta che nei giorni della festa ad un fantastico rito collettivo al quale nessun Catanese sembra non possa o non voglia rinunciare.
Questa è un breve e lungo report, da me realizzato nel febbraio di quest’anno 2018, nella città di Catania (Sicilia) in occasione della festa della sua giovane santa patrona Agata, che ha avuto luogo come ogni anno il 3, il 4 ed il 5 di febbraio (questa data commemora il martirio della Santa giovinetta), festa che viene ripetuta anche il 17 agosto (questa data rievoca il ritorno a Catania delle sue spoglie, dopo che queste erano state trasferite a Costantinopoli da parte del generale bizantino Maniace come bottino di guerra, spoglie che ivi rimasero per 86 anni); per questa occasione la città siciliana è vestita a festa con profumi di fiori d'arancio e mandarini, coi suoi cittadini che mostrano di possedere uno straordinario amore e legame con la giovane martire Agata.
Gli abitanti di Catania, oramai da cinque secoli, nei tre giorni della festa in onore della "Santuzza", danno vita ad una scenografia unica, con celebrazioni e riti imponenti, che fanno si che questo evento sia considerato come la terza festa religiosa al mondo (qualcuno dice la seconda ...) dopo la "Semana Santa" di Siviglia ed il "Corpus Domini" a Cuzco, in Perù. A differenza di altre feste religiose, più sobrie, quella di Sant'Agata mette in luce una vocazione esuberante tipica del meridione, che ama unire il sacro col profano.
Il culto della giovane Santa risale al terzo secolo, quando l'adolescente Agata fu martirizzata per aver rifiutato il proconsole romano Quintiziano. Un anno dopo la morte della giovane Agata, avvenuta il 5 febbraio dell'anno 252, il suo velo virginale venne portato in processione, e si narra esso riuscì a salvare Catania dalla sua distruzione a causa di una devastante eruzione del vulcano Etna.
I festeggiamenti iniziano con il corteo delle "candelore", queste sono dei giganteschi e pesanti "candelabri" in legno, in stile barocco, dipinti in oro, ognuna rappresentante una antica corporazione (macellai, pescivendoli, pizzicagnoli, fruttivendoli, ecc.), che vengono portati da otto devoti, le quali "cannalore" durante la processione anticipano l'arrivo della "vara" di Sant'Agata. I devoti, sia donne che uomini, indossano un tipico indumento simile ad un sacco bianco, stretto in vita da una cordicella nera, guanti ed un fazzoletto bianchi, ed infine una papalina di velluto nero, sembra che tale abbigliamento rievochi la camicia da notte con la quale i Catanesi, svegliatisi di soprassalto dal tocco improvviso delle campane del Duomo, accolsero al porto navale, nel 1126, le reliquie della Santa che rientravano da Costantinopoli. Sulla vara, costituita da un carro argentato cinquecentesco di trenta quintali, trainata da una doppia e lunghissima fila di devoti tramite delle robuste e lunghe funi, prende posto il busto di Sant'Agata, completamente ricoperto di pietre preziose e gioielli. Il 4 febbraio, il corteo compie il cosiddetto "giro esterno" che tocca alcuni luoghi del martirio nella città catanese; il giorno dopo, il 5, il corteo percorre il "giro aristocratico", che percorre la strada principale, la via Etnea, salotto buono di Catania. In questo giorno i devoti portano in spalla dei lunghi ceri di vario spessore, ce ne sono alcuni non molto grossi, altri sono discretamente pesanti, ma alcuni sfiorano pesi eccezionali.
This was one of the shots taken this evening at a vantage point in the North Meadow of Chambers Creek Properties, looking south to Steilacoom's Independence Day fireworks celebration.
I haven't taken many fireworks images as I really am not too familiar with the settings of my camera. But I did a bit of online research before heading out to watch the show, in the hopes that I would improve my technique. I used my tripod off and on, but this shot was taken while my finger was holding the continuous shot button down....thus the squiggles. However, it reminds me of some deep space shot of a distant galaxy or nebula or something. I rather like the abstract nature of this one. :-)
That was a glorious sunset and sky show on New Year’s Eve.
A beautiful conjunction of the two brightest celestial bodies after the sun - the slender crescent Moon and the planet Venus - was visible in the southwest sky at dusk and early evening on December 31, 2008.
Also the planets Jupiter and Mercury were sitting close to the horizon in the direction of sunset. Jupiter was fairly easy to see, as it’s the 4th brightest celestial body after the sun, moon and Venus to adorn the heavens.
Watching this celestial rendezvous was a wonderful way to end the year!
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Siberian Outpost,Sequoia National Park, Ca.
This is another one from my backpacking trip in the Eastern Siearra in July. This is at camp in the Siberian Outpost. The moon was still too bright in the sky to shoot the milkyway so I decided to incorporate the moonset here. There was a lot of moisture in the air which accounts for the rather large glow around the moon.
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Lego Spaceship MOC: The Celestial Empress is a large nuclear pulse propelled spaceship designed specifically to take a contained colony to Alpha Centauri. The Nuclear warhead propulsion system is based on the Project Orion concept and will take this half million Earth ton vessel to .99.99 of the speed of light. It take a little over a year to reach maxim velocity, it will turn cruise for a further 4.5 years before flipping over and using the same propulsion to decelerate for another year before reaching its destination of Alpha Centauri.
There is a transit system from the bow module to the cargo
Celestial Empress
Built at Lunar Shipyard by British American Space Exploration Corp (BASECo) for NASA in 2091
Launched: 2107
Propulsion: Nuclear pulse
Weight: 544,000 Earth tonnes
Length: 1km
Width: 351m
Height 307m
Crew 33(3 shifts of 11)
Passengers 4,023 (in cryosleep) a
Cargo: 200,000 Earth tonnes
Aircraft: 9 Drop-ships, 6 Shuttles, plus Drones
A scenic landscape view into the night sky with the silhouette of forest trees looking into the stellar galaxy celestial starfields and universe. This was taken in Bryce Canyon, Utah.
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