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Pedro Álvares Cabral is renowned for the "discovery" of the South American Continent, more specifically of Brazil. He commanded the second naval expedition to India, that took place soon after Vasco da Gama's voyage, when -- according to history records -- a storm set the fleet off course, which thus reached the eastern coast of the South American Continent where Brazil is now to be found.
Yet, some historians claim that John II, then king of Portugal, had had previous knowledge of the existence of this continent, keeping this knowledge secret in order to negotiate the Treaty of Tordesilhas with Spain to Portugal's advantage. Pedro Álvares Cabral real mission should have hence been making the previous discovery official. Among other things, the lack of surprise at the discovery in the logbook records is regarded as evidence for their claims.
Belmont has thus very strong ties to Brazil, and this statue was offered to the city by the Brazilian authorities.
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Leica M Monochrom (246), Distagon 1.4/35 ZM, Affinity Photo, EI 320 ISO, 1/750s, f/8
They are ever so slightly different in the continent, being a little 'brighter' I think.
Terres de Renard - La Brenne - France
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04/02/2020. To quote their website: "SKALAR reshapes the landscape of exhibitions by bringing a moving audiovisual installation and art show to the iconic Gashouder in Amsterdam. SKALAR is an artwork that explores the effects of light and sound on human perception, with the creators narrating the journey as light vectors, kinetic mirrors and multi-channel surround sounds interact and evolve in reaction to each other. It seeks to provide a meditation on the fundamental nature and essence of basic human emotions, where light is treated as a solid material for the artists to manipulate as a sculpture would clay or marble."
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“Traveling, you realize that differences are lost: each city takes to resembling all cities, places exchange their form, order, distances, a shapeless dust cloud invades the continents.”
By Italo Calvino
Parigi, 16-10-2019
Esplanade, museo d'Orsay - Parigi.
Le statue dei continenti realizzate tra il 1878 e il 1935 per il Trocadero e collocate davanti al Musée d'Orsay nel 1985
Olympus OM-2 n - 50 mm
Pellicola: KODAK Color Plus 200 ASA
Scanner EPSON V600 - 2400 dpiParigi, 16-10-2019
Leaving the continent
Taken aboard the ferryboat Moby Aki from Livorno (Tuscany, Italy) to Olbia (Sardinia, Italy)
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The eastern great egret (Ardea alba modesta), a white heron in the genus Ardea, is usually considered a subspecies of the great egret (A. alba). In New Zealand it is known as the white heron or by its Māori name kōtuku. Measuring 83–103 cm in length and weighing 0.7–1.2 kg, the eastern great egret is a large heron with all-white plumage. Its bill is black in the breeding season and yellow at other times, and its long legs are red or black. The colours of the bare parts of the face change to green during the breeding season. The breeding plumage is also marked by long neck plumes and a green facial area. The eastern great egret can be distinguished from other white egrets and herons in Asia and Australia by its very long neck, one and a half times as long as its own body. The eastern great egret has a wide distribution throughout Asia and Oceania, with breeding populations in Australia, Bangladesh, China, Nepal, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Russia (north-eastern), Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka and Thailand. The egret breeds across Australia but only rarely in the southwest of the continent or dry interior. The largest colonies within Australia are in the Top End and Channel Country, which can number several thousand pairs. Colonies in the southeast of Australia can number several hundred pairs. The bird is an uncommon autumn and winter visitor to Tasmania. The diet includes vertebrates such as fish, frogs, small reptiles, small birds and rodents, and invertebrates such as insects, crustaceans, and molluscs. The eastern great egret hunts by wading or standing still in shallow water and spearing prey with its bill. The eastern great egret often breeds in colonies with other herons, egrets, cormorants, spoonbills and ibises. One brood is raised a year, although the breeding season varies within Australia. In the north of the country it is in March to May, in southern and central Queensland December and January, and October to December in the south. Located atop trees at a height of 20 m or more, the nest is a flat wide platform of dry branches and sticks with a shallow basin for eggs and young. The clutch consists of anywhere from two to six pale blue-green eggs, with three or four being the usual number. They are oval in shape and measure 52 x 36 mm. The subspecies is protected in Australia. 41804
Harpa est une salle de concert et un centre des congrès situé à Reykjavik, capitale de l'Islande. Le concert inaugural a eu lieu le 4 mai 2011 .
The 15 July Martyrs Bridge also called the First Bridge, is one of the three suspension bridges spanning the Bosphorus strait (Turkish: Boğaziçi) in Istanbul, Turkey, thus connecting Europe and Asia.
It is a gravity-anchored suspension bridge with steel towers and inclined hangers.[1] The aerodynamic deck hangs on zigzag steel cables. It is 1,560 m (5,118 ft)[1] long with a deck width of 33.40 m (110 ft).[1] The distance between the towers (main span) is 1,074 m (3,524 ft) and the total height of the towers is 165 m (541 ft). The clearance of the bridge from sea level is 64 m (210 ft).
Australia is unique in that it is so big, it is a country and a continent (no, Antarctica doesn't count as a country). Just when I thought Eurovision couldn't get more surreal, I hear that Australia is now competing in the contest. For the Europeans who are confused (like me) here's an overview of the country seen from space, and the amazing colours on display, I am sure the show tonight will be just as colourful if not more! Maps don't do Australia justice, due to the typical way maps of the world are made (the mercator projection) Australia looks smaller than it is in reality (like Africa), whereas Greenland or Alaska look larger on a map than they are in reality (sorry Andreas). From space Australia is unique in its hues of red that progress from the blue of the coast and even include purple with vein-like marks, hardly much green in sight. An incredible surreal sight on each pass! Talking of which, Australia is unique this year in that it is the only place to witness 2021 total lunar eclipse. If you prefer your live events with more science and natural phenomena, ESA is broadcasting a show on the eclipse from Australia on 26 May www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Explora...
L’Australie est un véritable pays-continent, et les cartes ne lui rendent pas justice (comme à l’Afrique) : la projection habituelle d’un globe sur une carte plate augmente artificiellement les surfaces à mesure qu’on s’éloigne de l’équateur… le Groenland (désolé Andreas Mogensen ) ou l’Alaska ne sont pas si grands que ça, mais le Sahara, le Congo, l’Inde ou l’Australie, si !!! L’Australie vue du ciel est unique par ses couleurs qu’on ne rencontre nulle part ailleurs : les bleus de la côte se transforment, à l’intérieur des terres, en toutes les nuances du rouge, voire même du violet, parcourues par des veines noires et tachées d’immenses étendues quasi blanches. Quasiment pas de vert. Incroyable et presque surnaturel 🔵😯🔴. On commence par la vue générale où le rouge du bush finit par se fondre dans le bleu du ciel.
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet
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As many times as I’ve been to Universal Studios, I’m amazed at all the things I keep finding to photograph.
In the depths of continent A, within the deep desert, resides a sparkling oasis of scientific curiosity and progress. The DSN, in cooperation with Liet-Kynes - Farok's planetary ecologist, have built an advanced research facility to study weapons, biological phenomenon, and finally terraforming technology.
The facility features three levels:
The ground level with a weapons test range, which currently has a new type of lasgun which would not cause a nuclear explosion upon striking shields.
The second floor features the greenhouse for large scale terraforming research, and a lab setup to learn about other biological mysteries.
The third floor features the main immersive computing array and a more typical workstation for when immersion is just a bit too much.
The inhabitants of the facility are as follows: Guard/dune-buggy driver: former Advanced Recon Force squad 8 gunner, Data: the unlucky and woefully clumsy weapons test officer, Mapes: the fremen servant/janitorial technician, Military Liason: Commandant Chan (former commander of the Advanced Recon Force), and finally Chief Science officer Harriet Farnsworth - the greatest scientific mind in the DSN empire, happily toiling on the front lines for a better future.
The building also features a quick lift elevator platform to travel between levels.
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The fact that the Bosphorus Bridge links two continents - Asia and Europe, makes it unique
Explored January 20, 2012 #320
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Los pinguinos de la Antartida suben a las cimas de los icebergs azules cerca de Candlemas Island en South Sandwich Islands. Seguras de momento, lejos del alcande de los predadores como la foca leopardo, esta especie de pinguinos son los más abundantes de todo el continente.
San Fernando: denominada hasta el año 1813 como Villa de la Real Isla de León y llamada coloquialmente como La Isla, es un municipio y ciudad situado en la provincia de Cádiz, en Andalucía, España.
El acontecimiento más importante de la historia de San Fernando, acaecido a principios del siglo XIX, durante la Guerra de Independencia Española: fue la redacción de la primera constitución liberal española y la tercera del mundo, la Constitución Española de 1812
La ciudad de San Fernando se encuentra en el extremo meridional del continente europeo, al sur de la península ibérica, en la costa atlántica andaluza, llamada como Costa de la Luz.
El término municipal de San Fernando está rodeado de agua por todos sus lados: por el Caño de Sancti Petri, por el caño de Río Arillo, por el océano Atlántico y por la Bahía de Cádiz
San Fernando está en el corazón de la Bahía de Cádiz y queda comunicado con la capital gaditana por una lengua de tierra de ocho kilómetros.
En esta localidad nació, José Monje Cruz conocido universalmente por su apodo artístico, Camarón de la Isla, es una de las mayores figuras de la historia del flamenco.
Most of the rocks in northwest Queensland formed so long ago in the Precambrian era (specifically in the Proterozoic) that most of the Australian continent did not then exist, and the global configuration of continents and oceans was completely different. One view is that the Pacific Ocean had not yet opened, and Australia was situated adjacent to rocks of similar age in Canada. Nevertheless, because of their economic interest, the old rocks in the northwest have been closely studied, and an internal timetable of events sorted out. The old rocks are called the Mount Isa Inlier, and the inlier simply being a patch of old rocks surrounded by younger rocks.
The oldest rocks of the Mount Isa Inlier stem from about 1870 to 1840 million years ago, although they must have been deposited on or intruded into even older rocks that are not exposed. They make up the 'basement' to all of the subsequent sedimentary and volcanic rocks of the Inlier. Seismic (geophysical) profiles of the deeper crust confirm that they are underneath all the younger rocks.
Between about 1790 and 1590 million years ago the crust in the Mount Isa Inlier periodically stretched (or 'extended') and the resulting tension allowed 'rift' valleys or basins bounded by curved faults to subside. Thick piles of sedimentary and volcanic rocks accumulated in these. In some cases, the subsidence was rapid in relatively narrow, clearly defined rifts or deep troughs, whilst at other times subsidence was slow when the crust simply sagged over a broad area. Three major periods are recognised in the time interval, and the separate basins and rifts are grouped as the Leichhardt Superbasin, the Calvert Superbasin, and the Isa Superbasin.
These basin subsidence episodes were separated by periods when no sediments were deposited, or by periods of compression. However, to the east, a deep marine basin offshore probably received sediment continuously through the Calvert and Isa Superbasin times. This is the Soldiers Cap Basin.
Finally, after a major period of deformation (the Isa Orogeny) that affected all three superbasins, sediments were deposited in a large basin to the northwest, the South Nicholson Basin..
Source: Rocks and Landscapes of Northwest Queensland by Laurie Hutton & Ian Withnall.
The University of Bristol Botanic Gardens, in Stoke Bishop, Bristol, Avon.
The University of Bristol established a botanic garden in 1882 at Royal Fort House adjacent to Tyndall Avenue. It was laid out by Adolf Leipner. This site was later known as the Hiatt Baker Garden.
In 1959 the site of the Botanic Garden was used to build the university's Senate House. The botanic collection was moved to the spacious gardens of Bracken Hill beside North Road, Leigh Woods, near the Clifton Suspension Bridge. The Bracken Hill house and gardens had been established in 1886 by Melville Wills, a noted benefactor to Bristol University.
Bracken Hill house and some of the gardens continued to be used by the plant pathology and other services of the government's National Agricultural Advisory Service (NAAS), advising farmers and growers from Herefordshire and Dorset to Lands End during and after World War II when UK-grown crops were vital to minimise rationing. See, for instance, the cereal and vegetable diseases work of Lawrence Ogilvie at Bracken Hill. The NAAS staff, laboratories and offices had moved there from the Long Ashton Research Station also to the west of Bristol.
In 2005 the botanic collections were relocated to The Holmes, a site in Stoke Bishop opposite Churchill Hall. The Holmes had been built in 1879 and had a 1.77 hectares (4.4 acres) ornamental garden. It had been used by United States Army staff during the preparations for the Normandy landings during World War II.
The garden has 640 square metres (6,900 sq ft) of greenhouses divided into cool, warm-temperate, sub-tropic and tropical zones which house plants from the evolution collection. The tropical zone includes a raised pool with aquatic plants including the water lily Victoria cruziana.
The displays include 4500 plant species, these are divided into collections of evolution, Mediterranean, local-flora, rare-native, and finally useful plants. The useful plant displays include herb gardens with western, Chinese and herbal medicine, including species used in Ayurvedic and Southern African medicine. Displays of plants from the Mediterranean climate region include those from several continents.
The local-flora and rare-native collection includes the unusual species found in the Avon Gorge, Mendip Hills, Somerset Levels, and surrounding areas. These plants include the Bristol Onion, Cheddar Pink, and various species of Whitebeam.
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Al fondo el continente africano y Ceuta. At the bottom the African continent.
Continente: Europa. Altura: 19 metros
Altura sobre el nivel del mar: 49 metros
Alcance: 30 millas. Año de construcción: 1838
Situado en “Punta de Europa”, en el punto más meridional de Gibraltar, se llamaba así por ser el primero en dar luz a los navegantes que entraban o salían del mar Mediterráneo. Posee la particularidad de ser el único inglés fuera del Reino Unido. El estrecho no tuvo luz hasta la construcción del faro en 1838. . La obra finalizó en 1841.
Se sitúa en una zona no urbanizada, tan solo un campo de juego y algunas residencias, destacando la mezquita de Ibrahim-al-Ibrahim. Dicha mezquita fue construida recientemente, regalo del rey Fahd de Arabia Saudí,
Desde el faro, se puede divisar en un día despejado tanto el famoso Peñón de Gibraltar, así como la costa africana, los montes de Renegado, Sidi Musa o Marsa. También se atisban la ciudad de Tánger. El territorio de Gibraltar enmarca la bahía de Algeciras y tiene en su haber una privilegiada situación geográfica, separa el mar Mediterráneo y el Océano Atlántico teniendo un tráfico marítimo de 82.000 buques al año, siendo el lugar más transitado del mundo.
Ya los griegos identificaron al Peñón como una de la columnas de Hércules. Tras la Guerra de Sucesión Española, España cedió a perpetuidad y sin jurisdicción alguna a Gran Bretaña el Peñón mediante el Tratado de Utrecht en 1713.
El faro Punta de Europa es administrado por TRINITY HOUSE, entidad inglesa de gestión y servicio de faros. Fue automatizado completamente en febrero de 1994.
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The lighthouse was built between 1838 and 1841. It was fully automated in February 1994 and its loom can be seen over a distance of 27 km. It is the southernmost lighthouse for which Trinity House is responsible, and the only one outside the UK.
Every year the Gibraltar Amateur Radio operators transmit from the area of the lighthouse.
Europa Point is the southernmost point of Gibraltar. At the end of the Rock of Gibraltar, the area is flat and occupied by such features as a playing field and a few buildings. On a clear day there is a good view of the Strait of Gibraltar; Africa, including the Rif Mountains of Morocco; and the Bay of Gibraltar and the Spanish towns on its edge.
There are three notable buildings, the new Ibrahim-al-Ibrahim Mosque, the Roman Catholic shrine of Our Lady of Europe, and a lighthouse.
Gibraltar is a British possession at the northeastern entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, which joins the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It is dominated by the famous Rock of Gibraltar, a giant monolith 246 m (almost 1400 ft) tall. Its name comes from the Arabic Jebel Tarik, Tarik's Mountain, after the general who led the Moslem conquest of Spain in 711 AD. More important today is the conquest of Gibraltar by British and Dutch marines during the War of the Spanish Succession in 1704. As a result of that war, Spain ceded Gibraltar to Britain in the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, and it has remained in British hands ever since. The territory has a population of about 28,000.