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Lake Louise, Canadian Rockies, Canada.
Lake Louise has become symbolic of the quintessentially Canadian mountain scene. This alpine lake, known for its sparkling blue waters, is situated at the base of impressive glacier-clad peaks that have long been at the heart of Canadian mountaineering. At about 2.5 kilometres long and 90 metres deep, the lake offers a surreal paddling experience in the warm summer months and one of the most scenic skating rinks in the world in winter.
The hamlet of Lake Louise, located just minutes from the lake itself, has been developed over the last century to serve the needs of people visiting this astonishingly accessible and picturesque area of Banff National Park.
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The majestic Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque is probably the most imposing religious and national landmark in Abu Dhabi to date. It is also arguably one of the most important architectural treasures of contemporary UAE society - and one of the most beautiful in the world - initiated no less by the late president HH Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who is fondly thought of as the father of the UAE.
The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, popularly called the Grand Mosque by local residents, is seen as a construction to ‘unite the world’, using artisans and materials from countries such as Italy, Germany, Morocco, India, Turkey, Iran, China, Greece and the UAE. More than 3,000 workers and 38 renowned contracting companies took part in the construction of the Mosque.
The Mosque’s initial architectural design was Moroccan, but it evolved to include many global features, including exterior walls that are of traditional Turkish design. Natural materials were chosen for its design and construction due to their long-lasting qualities, including marble, stone, gold, semi-precious stones, crystals and ceramics.
The 22,412 square metre Mosque site is equivalent to around the size of five football fields, and can accommodate 40,960 worshippers – 7,126 in the main prayer hall; 1,960 in the open prayer hall; 980 female worshippers in the open prayer hall female section; 22, 729 in the open Sahan (courtyard); 682 in the main prayer hall entrance and 784 in the mosque’s main hall entrance.
The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque features 82 domes of Moroccan design and all decorated with white marble. The main dome’s outer shell measures 32.8 metres in diameter and stands at a height of 70 metres from the inside and 85 metres from the outside - the largest of its kind, according to the Turkey Research Centre for Islamic History and Culture.
The Mosque has approximately 1,000 columns in its outer areas which are clad with more than 20,000 marble panels inlaid with semi-precious stones, including lapis lazuli, red agate, amethyst, abalone shell and mother of pearl. The 96 columns in the main prayer hall are round in shape and inlaid with mother of pearl. Additionally, the Mosque has four beautiful minarets standing at almost 107 metres each at the four corners of the mosque.
Reflective pools, totaling 7,874 square metres and laden with dark tiles, surround the Mosque, whilst coloured floral marble and mosaics pave the 17,000 square metre courtyard which is decorated with white marble from Greece. The pools reflect the Mosque’s spectacular image, which becomes even more resplendent at night.
'Iron clad feather feet pounding the dust' one of my favourite songs by Jethro Tull, and this scene just evokes those words perfectly. Its an old photo with a new effect, been playing again.
A view of snow clad peaks overlooking Manali, a most picturesque hill town.
I learnt some mountaineering and snow-skiing here in my youth. The picture though is not from that time. The picture is from my archives of a visit in 2007.
This shot features a very similar composition as my previous upload but the treatment of the facade of this piece of contemporary architecture could hardly be more. If I'm not mistaken this is Corten, though I believe some experts refer to it as 'rusty metal'......
From Wikipedia : "Weathering steel, best-known under the trademark COR-TEN steel and sometimes written without the hyphen as "Corten steel", is a group of steel alloys which were developed to eliminate the need for painting, and form a stable rust-like appearance if exposed to the weather for several years........
"Weathering" means that due to their chemical compositions, these steels exhibit increased resistance to atmospheric corrosion compared to other steels. This is because the steel forms a protective layer on its surface under the influence of the weather.
The corrosion-retarding effect of the protective layer is produced by the particular distribution and concentration of alloying elements in it. The layer protecting the surface develops and regenerates continuously when subjected to the influence of the weather. In other words, the steel is allowed to rust in order to form the 'protective' coating."
A snow-clad mountainside , blanketed in pristine snow, stands as a testament to winter’s grip just before the last breath of autumn
Mock Tudor boarding as done by the Victorians...If you are going to do something... just over do it.
I pass this fence every day on my way to work and I've thought about stopping everyday for months. Today was the day.
Project Specs
Pattern: Chickadee Cowl by Kirsten Kapur
Pattern Source: Through the Loops! (also available as a free download on Ravelry)
Yarn: Handmaiden Sea Silk in Bronze, 58 grams (254 yards)
Needles: US 8 Denise circular needles
Finished Size: 11" long x 10.5" wide
Modifications: Cast on 147 sts on US 8 needles, knit for 11", used fingering weight yarn (pattern calls for bulky), at end knit one row plain and bound off on size 7 needles
Inspired by Hannah's Spring Chick Cowl
I really loved knitting this cowl. The pattern is simple and fun, plus it goes great with the yarn!
Garden of the Gods in winter. The iron in the sandstone rocks give the red color to these mammouth stone formations.
Temporary barriers set up around building work in progress in the city on King William Street, Adelaide.
Single Exposure, no HDR
Me went to a very remote beach in South West of the island for the much awaited Sunset shot since it have been raining everyday since i came back.
It was low tide, most part of the beach is accessible. The beginning part of the beach was pretty flat-out, only sand and waves, so i wandered further down to the southern part hoping to get some nice rocks, this is a very very remote patch where it is only accessible during low-tide, and few years ago, 2 photogs were found dead here, it was so gruesome that the local newspaper frontpage showed 2 dead bodies without their tongue, they were suspected to be killed by pirates.
However, the locals have their own set of story. Just before i went to the remote patch, i met a fisherman who warned me about the incident a few years ago, and wanted me to take extra precaution on the Green Monster (a.k.a Pontianak Hijau). It is believed that the Green Monster which takes it's shape as a moss covered rock during day time will transform into a beautiful lady ghost just as the Sun sets below the horizon. She use to clad in a skimpy green dress, and will try to lure fishermen into the mangrove forest behind the beach, she will then undress herself and kiss the fishermen and...tear-off their tongue!!
For my case, i knew i had to capture the image as the Green Monster appeared to be too beautiful for the composition. Just as i finished my shot, it was getting dark, i started to hear whispers of a young lady, and i saw the greenie slimy moss started creeping towards me. I stumbled, grabbed my camera, backpack and torch light and ran as fast as i could half mile back to my car leaving my tripod behind as returning back to take it will mean death. Just as i reach my car, i threw everything in and sped off home.
Man!! It was so close!! As i reached home, i turned my back to grab my gears, all i remembered was hearing a voice saying:"Hey boy, how could you left your tripod on the beach? Don't you know how much it costs?"
You'll never run away from the Green Monster...
My wife was curious why I was taking a picture of the mannequin. I told her it was for Flickr and then she understood.
Another photo of the beautiful old terracotta coloured building in Grønnegade, simply cos I like it so much!
If you like the colour, this might interest you too:
For centuries buildings throughout the Nordic region have been painted to protect them from the weather. By tradition these colours have been dark, often deep reds or ochre yellow, although by the 18th century more ostentatious or more fashionable buildings were usually painted softer grey or buff colours to imitate expensive stone. Colour was used more and more as a signal of wealth and social status.
Many of these dark colours come from minerals including Swedish red or Falu rödfarg that is made with an iron oxide from copper with zinc and silica from the mines at Falun in Dalarna. This pigment was held in a starch binder (often rye flour) mixed with linseed oil that gives a matt but durable finish.
The paint protected timber cladding and framing and its infill and in some places it was popular because with white painted or inscribed lines it imitated high-quality brick - a much more expensive building material.
http://danishdesignreview.com/blog/2014/1/21/traditional-colour-in-nordic-buildings