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This cloud to ground (CG) discharge was the last of a 15 minute period of strikes that saw just one lightning strike per minute on average. This frame was only 0.25s at f/5.6, iso 500, with focal length of 35mm cropped sensor. Fujifilm X-T3, 16-55mm f/2.8 lens in movie mode (4fps). This image was also cropped from original.
Believe it or not, this little guy was no more than 20cm long! And despite his tiny stature, he was completely fearless, and even took a few bites right at my lens!
Another shot from Belur. The rains had just stopped and a passage of light ...lucky to
get a patch of blue n shades of white in the sky. THE LEFT section is at a higher level than the right, dry except for the floor and has a roof ...the light/color absorption is different. Same WB settings across.
DRI- Handheld. 3 different exposures. with spot focus on the pillar for one exposure and 2 others between the left flank wall and the right section - sky. I had to hold the cam steady with one hand and move the cursor to specific spots...aligned in PS. Individual exposures treated in ACR.
ANGKOR WAT
Angkor Wat ("City Temple") is a vast temple complex near Siem Reap, about 200 miles from the capital of Phnom Penh in Cambodia.
Built in the 12th century by the king of the prosperous Khmer empire, Angkor Wat was built as a royal temple dedicated to a Hindu deity.
After the city of Angkor fell to invaders, Angkor Wat receded into the jungle but continued as a Buddhist temple and a pilgrimage site over the centuries.
Angkor Wat is the best preserved example of Khmer architecture in Cambodia and is so grand in design that some rank it among the seven wonders of the world. It appears on the Cambodian national flag, a very rare instance of a flag incorporating an image of a building.
The "lost city" of Angkor first attracted the interest of Europeans in the 1800s after Cambodia was colonized by the French. Today, Angkor Wat continues to draw thousands of visitors anxious to see this remarkable ancient temple in the jungle.
In addition to many tourists, Buddhist monks are daily visitors to Angkor Wat, their bright orange robes making a vivid contrast with the grey stone of the temple.
HistoryThe city of Angkor was the capital of the Khmer Empire from the 9th to the 15th centuries. The Khmer empire was one of the most prosperous and sophisticated kingdoms in the history of Southeast Asia, and its prosperity was expressed through a wide range of architecture.
The city of Angkor was founded on political and religious ideas adapted from India, and the temples of Angkor were intended as a place of worship for the king and a way for him to ensure his immortality through identification with the Hindu gods.
Angkor Wat was built by King Suryavarman II in the 12th century as a vast funerary temple that would hold his remains, symbolically confirming his permanent identity with Vishnu.
Many of the bas-reliefs in the temple depict scenes from the Ramayana and Mahabharata, Hindu sacred texts that recount the adventures of two major incarnations of Vishnu.
During its six centuries as imperial capital, Angkor went through many changes in architectural styles and in religion. The city of Angkor transferred its from the Hindu god Shiva to the Hindu god Vishnu, and finally to the Mahayana Buddhist deity Avalokitesvara.
By the late 13th century, the once frenzied pace of Angkor's architectural pursuits had begun to die down, and a more restrained type of religion was on the rise under the growing influence of Theravada Buddhism.
At the same time, Angkor and the Khmer Empire were increasingly threatened and attacked by invading armies. By the 16th century, the golden age of Angkor was over and many of the great temples began to recede into the jungle.
From the 15th to 19th centuries, Theravada Buddhist monks cared for Angkor Wat, and it is thanks to them that the temple remains mostly intact. Angkor Wat became one of the most important pilgrimage sites in Southeast Asia.
European visitors to Cambodia towards the later end of this period were intrigued by the "lost city" of Angkor. After the French established a colonial regime in Cambodia in 1863, the entire site became a focus of scholarly interest.
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Explore: January 27, 2015
The buildings in this historic mill complex date from 1850 till about 1890. They were used to manufacture wool, cotton, paper bags, and then, finally, chocolate from the early 1900s till World War II. More recently the old mill buildings have been renovated and repurposed as retail, dining and office space. Ballston Spa, New York.
Battersea Power Station, completed in 1939, was the first in a series of very large (for the era) coal-fired electrical generating facilities set up in England as part of the National Grid power distribution system then being introduced.
The grade II listed building is being converted to a large commercial and entertainment complex as the centrepiece of a project to rejuvenate the area.
This year was really the first day when Novorossiysk felt the warmth of the Sun.
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В этом году прошёл действительно первый день, когда Новороссийск почувствовал тепло Солнца.
The seventeenth century complex of Crede, summer residence of the Bishop of Belluno (Italy), Giulio Berlendis (19-11-1651, † 21-10-1693)
Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex (MDSCC)
Robledo de Chavela, Madrid
Iso 10000, 8", f/2.8 + Filtro Degradado ND
Revelado con App Photoshop Express
Ex EWS shed 66108 departs from the IPort complex at Doncaster with 4N51 2045 to Tees Dock. Need a huge set of loppers to do some chopping of the tree on the right! 18th June 2020.
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These grown in a parking strip where I park 3 to 4 times a week, am fascinated by the leaves.
Early summer they get blotches, and with warmth and sun new growth. I don't know what the plant is.
I'm heading back to try some more angles =:-]
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Taken during our walking in Errant Rocks :)
Errant Rocks (Polish: Błędne Skały) it's a complex of rock blocks at an altitude of 853 m, creating a picturesque labyrinth (rock city), located in south-western Poland in the Central Sudetes in the Stołowe Mountains. The area of strict protection called Errant Rocks has 22 hectares. It contains a group of unusual rock forms about 6 - 11 meters high, created as a result of absondering sandstone weathering. Errant Rocks is a labyrinth of crevices and recesses, sometimes very narrow, separating several meters high rock blocks. Many rocks have their own names, for example: "Rock Saddle", "Hen's Foot", "Labyrinth", "Tunnel", "Big Chamber". These various rock formations create a several hundred meter tourist route with a unique charm, which we often literally squeeze through narrow cracks between the rocks. The height of the corridors varies between 6-8 m, the width is different - in some places it is only a few tens of centimeters. On the area of Errant Rocks there is a point of observation on a platform called "Rock Bowls". From there we can see both Szczeliniec Wielki and Maly, Broumovska Vrchovina, the town Machov, and when there is good visibility, we can also see the Karkonosze mountains.
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Jeden z wielu skalnych korytarzy w Błędnych Skałach :)
Błędne Skały – zespół bloków skalnych na wysokości 853 m n.p.m., tworzący malowniczy labirynt (skalne miasto), położony w południowo-zachodniej Polsce w Sudetach Środkowych w Górach Stołowych. Obszar Błędnych Skał ma powierzchnię ok. 22 ha. Obejmuje on swoim zasięgiem zespół osobliwych form skalnych o wysokości 6 - 11 m, wytworzonymi wskutek wietrzenia piaskowca ciosowego. Błędne Skały to labirynt szczelin i zaułków, niekiedy niezwykle wąskich, oddzielających bloki skalne kilkunastometrowej wysokości. Wiele skał ma własne nazwy np.: "Skalne Siodło", "Kurza Stopka", "Labirynt", "Tunel", "Wielka Sala". Powstałe bloki skalne tworzą kilkusetmetrową trasę turystyczną o niepowtarzalnym uroku, którą zwiedzając często dosłownie przeciskamy się pomiędzy skałami wąskimi szczelinami. Wysokość korytarzy waha się w granicach 6-8 m, szerokość jest różna - miejscami wynosi tylko kilkadziesiąt centymetrów. Na terenie Błędnych Skał znajduje się punkt widokowy, na platformie o nazwie "Skalne Czasze". Widoczny stąd jest m.in. Szczeliniec Wielki i Mały, Broumovska Vrchovina, miejscowość Machov, a przy dobrej widoczności zobaczyć możemy także Karkonosze.