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Model : B.Van
Location : Dist 12, Saigon
On Teams : VTCH, Jethuynh, Deven, Tonten, Kennny Nguyen, Kenny Huynh, Mr. Lam
Saigon, Vietnam 2011
In 1959, Kilauea Iki, a volcano in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park violently erupted spewing ash and lava over a wide area. After it was all over, the area immedately around the crater that had previously been rain forest was reduced to a wasteland. Still today nearly 60 years after the event, some of the land is still a virtual moonscape.
Body Paint by Kiki Goodwin
This picture was done to showcase the devastation from the fires in Western North Carolina and surrounding areas. These fires were man made and had a huge impact upon so many people. Its so unfortunate that a little stupidity could lead to something so tragic.
On the night of October 3 to 4, 2015 it rained very much on the Riviera Côte d'Azur. A lot of damage happened in Cannes, Mandelieu-la-Napoule, la Bocca. In Biot several camping sites have been devastated by a huge wave made of water and mud which has swept from the surrounding heights. When I went there a few days later I could not imagine the extent of the damages. In Biot 3 people lost their lives, drowned. In the region about twenty people died.
E1216-2835-1 ...Bush fires in November 2016 ran from Coolongolook to Karuah in NSW. These images were taken a month later after some rain - showing the amazing regenerative powers of the Australian bush.
This is the beautiful flower meadow I put on Flickr a few weeks ago.(July 3rd) I went back today to enjoy it again and see what butterfly life was there and this met my eyes.
P: Cartaz sobre ecologia para o blog: semanaemcartaz.blogspot.com
E: Ecological Poster for the blog: semanaemcartaz.blogspot.com
A storm blew through leaving a trail of devastation across the state of Iowa. We were fortunate with only rain and high winds. My Irises took a beating, lost some, trampled down a few that I cut and brought inside, closed up a few but opened a few more! I find beauty in all the stages that a flower takes from bud, to flower, back to bud, to dying. Behold life and death in a cycle thru Mother Nature. Photo images credited to Vickielynne Photography and Designs(VLP&Designs)
Natures frontline, parts of trees lay dead and dying subject to human destruction. Save our forests or cease breathing, it's up to you.
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The Praça do Comércio (in English: "Square of Trade") in the Baixa Pombalina (in English: "Lower City"), with the Arco Triunfal (in English: "Triumphal Arch") da Rua Augusta and the Statue of King José I, Lisbon, Portugal
Some background information:
The Praça do Comércio is a large, harbour-facing square in Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal. With an area of 175 by 175 metres (574 by 574 feet), resp 30,600 square metres (329,000 square feet), it is one of the largest squares in Portugal. Facing the Tejo river to the south, the plaza is still commonly known as Terreiro do Paço (in English: "Palace Yard"), as it hosted the Paço da Ribeira (in English: "Royal Palace of Ribeira") until the latter was destroyed by the great 1755 Lisbon earthquake.
After the earthquake, the square was completely remodeled as part of the rebuilding of the Baixa area, a district in Lisbon’s lower city. The rebuilding was commissioned by Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, who was chief minister of Portugal from 1750 to 1777, during the reign of the Portuguese King Joseph I.
The great earthquake of 1755 followed by a tsunami and a devastating fire destroyed most of Lisbon, including the Ribeira Palace and other buildings by the river. The Portuguese architect Eugénio dos Santos, who was responsible for the rebuilding, designed a large, rectangular square in the shape of a "U", open towards the Tejo river. The arms of the "U" end in two tower-like buildings, reminiscent of the monumental tower of the destroyed Ribeira Palace.
This triumphal arch, which devides the central building into two sections, was designed by the Portuguese architect Santos de Carvalho and completed in 1873. The statue of King Joesph I in the centre of the Praça do Comércio was created by the Portuguese sculptor Joaquim Machado de Castro and inaugurated in 1775. The square was named Praça do Comércio to indicate its new function for the economy of Lisbon. However, from the 19th century onwards, it became the seat of some of the most important Portuguese state departments, including the Ministries of Finances, Internal Administration, Agriculture and Maritime Affairs. By passing the triumphal arch the Praça do Comércio opens towards Rua Augusta, which links the square with the other traditional Lisbon square, the Rossio.
In 1908, the square was the scene of the assassination of Carlos I, the penultimate King of Portugal. On their way back from the palace of Vila Viçosa to the royal palace in Lisbon, the carriage containing Carlos I and his family passed through the Praça do Comércio. While crossing the square, shots were fired from the crowd by at least two men. The king died immediately, while his heir Luís Filipe was mortally wounded.
With an estimated population of almost 568,000 within its administrative limits and 2,961,177 within its metropolitan area, Lisbon is the capital and largest city of Portugal. It is mainland Europe's westernmost capital city and the only one along the Atlantic coast. Situated on the northern shore of the Tejo river near its estuary, Lisbon’s port can be called at by ships of any size.
Lisbon is one of the oldest cities in the world and the second-oldest European capital city (after Athens). Although the first fortifications on Lisbon's castle hill are known to be no older than the 2nd century BC, recent archaeological finds have shown that Iron Age people already occupied the site from the 8th to 6th centuries BC. The Phoenicians and later the Carthaginians, are said to have called the place Alis Ubbo and used it as the only major natural harbor on the Iberian Atlantic coast. There are also evidences that Lisbon once was a Greek city, but its Greek name is unknown.
Under Roman rule, starting around 205 BC, the city was initially called Olisipo. In 48 BC, the town was granted Roman municipal rights and subsequently became known as Colonia Felicitas Iulia, growing into a larger town in the province of Lusitania. From 409 AD, barbarian tribes advanced onto the Iberian Peninsula from Gaul. During the late antique migration period, Alans, Suebi, Vandals, and Visigoths tried to occupy Lisbon.
In 719, Lisbon was conquered by Muslim Moors and later became part of the Emirate of Córdoba. The city, now known as al-Ushbuna, experienced its first major boom. During the Caliphate of Córdoba, the city was one of the most important ports, while Christian Galicians and Leonese repeatedly attempted to seize it. In 844, Vikings ravaged Lisbon and its surroundings.
In the 11th century, Lisbon was part of the Moorish Emirate of the Aftasids from Badajoz. Starting in 1093, Count Raymond of Armous, a younger son of Duke William I of Burgundy, was given rule over Galicia by King Alfonso VI of León. From there, he launched campaigns against the Moors in the south, temporarily managing to occupy Lisbon.
At the beginning of the 11th century, the south of the Iberian Peninsula was still under Moorish control. But in 1147, in the course of the so-called Reconquista, the Siege of Lisbon led to the city's final capture by the Portuguese under Alfonso I. In 1255, Lisbon became the capital city of the new Portuguese territory and in 1290, the first Portuguese university was founded in the town. During the last centuries of the Middle Ages, Lisbon expanded substantially and became an important trading post with both Northern European and Mediterranean cities.
When the Spaniards had expelled the Jews from Spanish territory, many of them fled to Lisbon. But even in Portugal they either had to convert to Christianity or leave. In 1506, an anti-semitic movement among the Old Christians of Lisbon culminated in a massacre lasting four days in which some 1,000 to 4,000 New Christian residents, converted descendants of Sephardic Jews, are estimated to have been killed.
Most of the Portuguese expeditions of the Age of Discovery set out from Lisbon during the period from the end of the 15th century to the beginning of the 17th century, including Vasco da Gama's expedition to India in 1498. In the 16th century, Lisbon’s golden era began: The city was the European hub of commerce between Africa, India, the Far East and later, Brazil, and acquired great riches by exploiting the trade of spices, slaves, sugar, textiles and other goods. This period also saw the rise of the exuberant Manueline style in architecture, which left its mark in many 16th-century monuments, including the Belém Tower and the Jerónimos Monastery.
The succession crisis of 1580 initiated a sixty-year period of dual monarchy in Portugal and Spain under the Spanish Habsburgs. In 1589, Lisbon was the target of an incursion by the English Armada led by Francis Drake. The Portuguese Restoration War, which began with a coup d'état organised by the nobility and bourgeoisie in Lisbon in 1640 amd ended with the Treaty of Lisbon in 1668, restored Portuguese independence.
In the early 18th century, gold from Brazil allowed King John V to sponsor the building of several Baroque churches and theatres in the city. Prior to the 18th century, Lisbon had experienced several significant earthquakes: eight in the 14th century, five in the 16th century, and three in the 17th century. But the earthquake of 1755 was the most davastating one. It destroyed 85 percent of the city's structures, including the Ribeira Palace and the hospital Real de Todos os Santos. An an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 Lisbon residents of a total population estimated of 200,000 to 275,000 wer killed. And in the coastal areas north of Lisbon even more people were killed by the following tsunami.
This catastrophic event shocked the whole of Europe and left a deep impression on its collective psyche. However, the city was rebuilt quickly and largely according to the plans of prime minister Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, the 1st Marquis of Pombal. He decided to demolish what remained after the earthquake and rebuild the city centre in accordance with principles of modern urban design. It was reconstructed in an open rectangular plan with two great squares: the Praça do Rossio and the Praça do Comércio.
In the first years of the 19th century, Portugal was invaded by the troops of Napoléon Bonaparte, forcing Queen Maria I and Prince-Regent John to flee temporarily to Brazil. By the time the new King John VI returned to Lisbon, many of the buildings and properties were pillaged, sacked or destroyed by the invaders. The development of industry and commerce determined the growth of the city and Lisbon grew farther from the Tejo river.
In 1911, Lisbon refounded its university after centuries of inactivity. In the 20th century, the city was also the site of three revolutions. The first ond of 1910 brought an end to the Portuguese monarchy and established the highly unstable and corrupt Portuguese First Republic. The second one of 1926 ended the first republic and firmly established the Portuguese Second Republic. And the third revolution of 1974, the so-called Carnation Revolution, put an end to the right-wing regime and reformed the country to what it is still today, the Portuguese Third Republic.
Modern Lisbon is the political centre of the country and hosts the government, the National Assembly, the Supreme Court of Justice and the Armed Forces. It is also the residence of the head of state and the centre of Portuguese diplomacy, with ambassadors from 86 countries residing in the city, as well as representations from Taiwan and Palestine. About 2.96 million people, who live in the Lisbon metropolitan area (representing almost 28 % of the Portugal's population), make Lisbon the third largest metropolitan area in the Iberian Peninsula after Madrid and Barcelona.
On the night of October 3 to 4, 2015 it rained very much on the Riviera Côte d'Azur. A lot of damage happened in Cannes, Mandelieu-la-Napoule, la Bocca. In Biot several camping sites have been devastated by a huge wave made of water and mud which has swept from the surrounding heights. When I went there a few days later I could not imagine the extent of the damages. In Biot 3 people lost their lives, drowned. In the region about twenty people died.
I would be filled with dread if this was my driveway and I had to drive down it after returning from the evacuation centre IG
HDR - After the devastating bushfires and subsequent flooding on the NSW, Australian south coast, some of the trees are beginning their long journey back to greenery. Epicormic shoots begin to emerge from underneath the bark where they have been protected from the worst of the fire's heat, leading to this distinctive pattern of regrowth.
I am God — and not man!
(James Smith, "Rills from the Rock of Ages", 1860)
"I will not carry out My fierce anger, nor will I turn and devastate Israel. For I am God — and not man; the Holy One among you. I will not come in wrath!" Hosea 11:9
Thus spoke the Lord, when assigning a reason for not executing the fierceness of His wrath upon guilty and rebellious Israel. A God can do — what a man cannot; and a God can bear — what a man cannot. God always acts in accordance with the grandeur, glory, and greatness of His nature.
Every thought of His heart,
every word of His mouth, and
every work of His hand —
is worthy of Himself!
If we bear this in mind, it will . . .
fortify our minds,
strengthen our faith,
and comfort our souls.
Why does God not cut down the wicked immediately? Because He is God — and not man.
Why does He chasten His people so greatly, and allow them to suffer so much? Because He is God — and not man.
Let us meditate on this declaration of our God for a few moments.
"I am God — and not man," and therefore I am infinitely patient, and not soon moved to take vengeance upon My sinful and rebellious creatures!
"I am God — and not man," and therefore I am ready to forgive, and receive back the returning prodigal to My heart and home!
"I am God — and not man," and therefore I receive great sinners, taking to My heart, and putting among My children — such despicable ones as no one else would notice or regard!
"I am God — and not man," and therefore I pardon again and again, not only first offences — but repeated transgressions, forgiving and forgetting them forever!
"I am God — and not man," and therefore bear with such numerous affronts, such gross ingratitude, such inexcusable conduct — in My own people!
"I am God, and not man," and therefore I invite, entreat, and beseech such base backsliders to return unto Me, and prove the power and freeness of My forgiving love!
"I am God — and not man," and therefore I save freely, fully, and forever — such degraded, depraved, and desperate sinners, to the praise of the glory of My grace!
"I am God — and not man," and therefore I remain faithful to My promises and covenant engagements, amidst all the changes and faithlessness of My fickle people!
"I am God — and not man," and therefore I give such rich, costly, priceless gifts — to the poor, destitute, and unworthy sinners!
"I am God — and not man," and therefore I hear, accept, and answer, such poor, imperfect, and worthless prayers — which, no one else could tolerate, much less approve!
"I am God — and not man," and therefore I work such wonders — wonders in providence, and wonders in grace; wonders in the world, and wonders in the heart!
"I am God — and not man," and therefore, I have prepared such mansions, and will confer such a glorious kingdom — on sinners who have no claim upon Me, nor the least reason to expect any good thing from Me!
Yes, because He is Jehovah, and changes not — therefore we poor, sinning, changeable creatures are not consumed!
Believer, to you the Lord says, "I am God — and not man!" Therefore expect from Him as God — and act toward Him as God! He can do exceedingly and abundantly, above all that you can ask or think! Do not measure His heart by yours — but remember that as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are His thoughts higher than your thoughts, and His ways than your ways!
The original settlement of Matera lies in two canyons carved by the Gravina River. This area, the Sassi di Matera, is a complex of cave dwellings carved into the ancient river canyon. The settlement is divided into the districts of Sasso Barisano and Sasso Caveoso.
The cave settlements in the area are an exceptional example in the Mediterranean area. Inhabited since the Neolithic Age, Matera can be considered one of the oldest cities in the world.
According to Greek, Roman, Langobard and Byzantine history, which Matera shares with all of southern Italy, Saracens devastated the place in 938. It came under Norman rule in 1043, became a royal seat and thus achieved considerable wealth. This bloom continued under the subsequent regiments of the Staufer and Anjou, in 1270 the cathedral of Matera was completed.
Already by the late 1800s, Matera's cave dwellings became noted for intractable poverty, poor sanitation, meager working conditions, and rampant disease. In 1948, when the city was hit by malaria, 15,000 people lived in 3,300 rooms. From the 1950s on the residents were relocated to newly built apartment blocks. Since the Sassi are now a museum town, tourism is also becoming increasingly important.
Known as la città sotterranea ("the underground city"), the Sassi and the park of the Rupestrian Churches were named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993. In 2019, Matera was declared a European Capital of Culture.
On May 18th, 1980, U.S. Geological Survey vulcanologist David Johnston was taking measurements. At 8:32 a.m. (PST), Johnston radioed "Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it!", only moments before he was struck by the advancing wall of rock, ice and trees that swept laterally from the mountain at more than 500 miles per hour. His body has never been found. In May of 1997 an observation and education center was built on Johnston Ridge in his honor.
Visiting Mt. St. Helens in person is a sobering experience. I had only been there once before, to climb the mountain a few years ago. I'm not why it took me this long to visit again. And I had never seen this side of it, from the perspective of the Johnston Observatory. Having just driven from Mt. Rainier, it was incredible to think that this mountain was once as forested as Rainier is, as lush and full of life. It's awe-inspiring, how much that eruption changed such a landscape. To see trees broken and blasted sideways, still lying on the hillsides, to walk down hiking trails of volcanic ash, to peer into a deep valley that still possess rivers of silt... it's very beautiful, in its own way, but it does make you feel very small and fragile.
This was taken last night, on the way back from a hike to Harry's Ridge (highly recommended). I met a fellow Flickr photographer at the top of that ridge, an explorer who had driven up from Portland to practice some time-lapse photography. The world is small indeed.
Very appropriately named short hike at the top of Kilauea volcano. During the last year eruption, sizable section of the famous "Crater Rim Road" dropped several hundred metars into the crater. Smoking caldera is to the right of the road.
Studio Series Devastator! This is a great Devastator figure and definitely has shelf presence. It only took 40 years to get this Devastator 😅
More from the Roleystone fires.
Wanted to change the look of this one to look stark, isolated, lonely and completely devastated.
A must in LIGHTBOX
Texture thanks to Dyrk.Wyst and ifdezzels
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Taken in the morning of August 22, 2020 in Lagoon Valley near Vacaville, CA. Image of some of the 800,000 acres/324,000 hectares of California that have burned so far. Shot with Olympus Pen f and 7Artisans 35mm f1.2 lens.
This is my entry for the 2017 LSB Contest in the "Overkill Oval" category:
The Devastator is a Heavy speeder. It's weight is mainly caused by it's huge chunks of very thick composite armor which protects the most crucial parts of the speeder. The Devastator mostly comes nearly undamaged out of it's battles. The Devastator is armed with a 30 mm Gatling cannon, which was assembled from the Grjasew-Schipunow GSch-30-2K machine cannons of the Mil Mi-24 "Hind". While this isn't the heaviest weapon in the Overkill Oval category it is one of the more reliable guns. The Devastator is powered by two medium sized jet engines. The speeder doesn't use heavy engines on this speeder because of the size limit in the back of the speeder at the end the medium engines just came out to have the much more power to size ratio. This speeder has huge hover pads under it's driver because of it's extreme weight, however, like with all Triton speeders, it has a very fragile landing gear which breaks down very fast. A big problem with the Devastator is it's bad maneuverability and it's rather poor top speed.
(I will make an .io file for this creation.)