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Anybody who has flown into or out of Denver has to have seen the 32' (10 m), 9000-lb (4100 kg) sculpture at DIA titled "Blue Mustang" by late artist, Luis Jiménez. It is outside on a grass knoll near the terminal. People have mixed emotions about the art. Many love it, while others detest it. The work has garnered nicknames such as Devil Horse, DIAblo, Satan's Stallion and the Denver Demon Mustang. The statue's blue fiberglass color, flaring nostrils and brightly lit, red LED eyes certainly add to the drama.
There is a disturbing true story attached to many of those names. The artist was killed in his studio when a piece of the statue fell on him as he was working to complete it. This has some people claiming the statue is possessed.
Jiménez was a controversial artist, and if part of the purpose of art is to create dialogue and comment, then "Blue Mustang" has certainly succeeded in that regard.
At any rate, I thought Halloween was an ideal time for this photo and the story that goes along with it. The image is a composite of a recent full moon photo I took and an evening image of the statue from a few nights ago.
After a bit of time struggling with motivation, I took a drive with my sister today to Finnich Glen, which is the home of the Devils Pulpit (the nodule of rock in this picture).
It's a bit of a scramble down, and if you aren't comfortable off road then you certainly won't be comfortable on the way down.
I was a bit off my game, but did enjoy splashing about in the river trying to find compositions. My boots will likely take days to dry though...
Devil May Cry 5
• Camera tools by OtisInf, HattiWatti and K-putt (free camera, timestop, resolution scaling)
• ReShade 4
I had never heard of it before, but scree is an accumulation of broken rocks at the bottom of a cliff or other steep rocky mass.
Should I wear this really short dress? Two little voices in my head were arguing about this, Guess which one won?
AKA Jimson Weed, Thorn Apple, Devil's Trumpet, and a lot more, a member of the nightshade family of plants. This is some sort of souped up hybrid but I bet it's still toxic. I also bet it's still invasive.
We started the morning on the north side of Lassen Volcanic National Park in Old Station. After a huge bowl of oatmeal at JJ's Cafe, we headed to Subway Cave nearby--a lava tube that is open to the public. Make sure you bring a flashlight and a jacket as its pitch dark and 46 degrees inside! Getting there early ensured that we had the place entirely to ourselves.
From there, we drove around the backside of the park, stopping in Westwood before we headed to the Drakesbad Guest Ranch, from where we were scheduled to go on a horseback ride. Though the original plan was to go to Terminal Geyser (a 3 hour ride), some of the guests arrived late necessitating a change in plans. Instead, we went out to Devil's Kitchen, the park's second largest display of geothermal features and only a 2 hour ride.
After the ride and the short hike down into Devil's Kitchen, we soaked in the hot springs at the Guest Ranch while hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail stocked up on their supplies.
The day ended with a fabulous pizza at Tantardino's Pizzeria in Lake Almanor Peninsula.
Tim Emmett soloing The Devil's Appendix (VI, 6), a rarely-formed but magnificent icefall in Clogwyn Y Geifr / Devil's Kitchen of Snowdonia.
Happy New Year everyone - I reckon 2013 is going to be great year!! I wish everyone good health and hope that wonderfully striking light follows your photographic pursuits!
My new website has now gone live at www.markwassellphotography.com which is very exciting for me. If you have time please check it out and let me know what you think :)
The above shot was taken in the Devil's Marbles Conservation Area during my trip to the Red Centre a few years ago. It is an amazing site with these boulders strewn across the otherwise flat landscape - perfect for capturing morning and evening light!
Dreams crack into stone
Monsters rise from devils playground
Shadows fall, darkness waits
There is a temple in Bangkok that has never given me a positive vibe.
Every time I walk by, it always feels empty and dark.
Just outside the temple grounds, I came across this on the wall.
Let me know what you think—perhaps it’s just my imagination.
Love to hear what you see.
I hit the road today for a daylong photo shoot with my friend Darrell Robinson. Darrell pointed us in the direction of Devil's Falls a short way from the American River outside of Colfax. Darrell is a brave soul. He navigated us down a narrow eroded dirt road called Yankee Jim's Road with a steep drop on the canyon side of the road, across a 100 year old suspension bridge with a safety rating of 3/100, up a steep eroded grade through a canyon recently ravaged by forest fire and a monsoonal storm to this lovely waterfall. Did I tell you that I was driving. Here's a link to a beautiful photo that Darrell took of the upper portion of the this lovely waterfall for perspective. You'll notice the same rocks on the bottom of his photo that show up in my photo above.
www.flickr.com/photos/sierrasylvan/8266117084/
Pictures of the bridge are forthcoming. Best on Black
Yankee Jim's Road, Placer County CA
Gabby agreed to be my model for the day and decided to go with a little she devil look as we start moving toward Halloween. Think she'd be tempting?
Gabby is wearing:
Mesh body: Maitreya Lara
Mesh head: Genus Baby Face
Hair: Wasabi - Nova (L$50 Fifty Linden Fridays)
Horns: RAWR! - Dipped Horns (L$50 Wanderlust Weekend)
Earrings: Maxi Gossamer - Monterey Boho Collection
Necklace: Sintiklia - Choker Claw (L$60 Happy Weekend)
Bodysuit: Dead Doll - She Devil - Bodysuit (L$50 FLF)
Wings: Blueberry - Icon - Angel Wings
Stockings: Luxuria - Serpent Thigh Highs (L$50 FLF)
Boots: Reign - Karlie Boots (L$75 The Saturday Sale)
Backdrop: The Bearded Guy - Delirium Flames
Devil's Kitchen is one of the many natural wonders in the german region called "Dahner Felsenland" which means "Country of Rocks". This region is located in the southernmost part of the vast forrests of the "Pfälzer Wald" in Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany.
In this region, there are several beautiful rock formations, made up of sandstone. Many of the local castles are build on these rocks.
After all, I don't know why this rock is called "Devil's Kitchen". It might be for touristical reasons.... ;-)
California, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Devils Postpile National Monument. John Muir Trail Mile 059.
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The name probably came from the Anglo settlers later since the highest mountain in the San Francisco Bay Area was originally named by the Spaniards as Mount Diablo. Why the devil? Well, turns out that the Spanish conquistadors were trying to capture the Volvon natives and the conquistadors were either bewildered or got lost in this mountain. So they called the mountain the devil and the name stuck until this day. Most indigenous people at the time was captured and relocated to the nearby Missions. There are still remnants of Native village sites that can be found in the nearby Morgan Territory.
My previous uploads featured the view from the top deck of a bus at Devil’s Dyke in Sussex, some 711 feet (216m) above sea level. It seems only right to show the rest of the bus, so here it is: Seaford & District’s immaculate former Dublin Volvo Olympian / Alexander, P772 SWC. Having walked across the Downs from the top of Ditchling Beacon (even higher at 813 feet above sea level), a trip back down to Brighton seafront on an open-top Olympian was most welcome :-)
It's not showy, but is a new species for my prairie wildflowers species set. I only saw one of these plants so I was lucky to get this.
Some species info: www.inaturalist.org/taxa/51712-Bidens-frondosa
Devil is in the details and devil looks better in black and white?
Have a great Sunday!
The monster 80mm F2.8 macro tries the best to tame the beast of details in the windy morning in my neighbourhood.
Fuji X-T1
Fuji XF 80mm F2.8 macro
In-camera B&W iwhr red filter
Day 088 - 365/2023 - A Never-Ending Journey
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Aralia spinosa, commonly known as devil's walking stick. Nasty and invasive. Every part of this plant has spikes. The stalk here has hard and ripping sharp spikes, as do each leaf and flower. Spreads with underground root system and almost impossible to control. Fascinating plant though. Do wish it wasn't in the yard.
The three shot montage is a continuation of the stalk top to bottom. Diameter approx. 1.75" (45cm)
Devil's Dyke is a well known beauty spot on the South Downs near Brighton. At nearly a mile long, the Dyke valley is the longest, deepest and widest 'dry valley' in the UK. There are two explanations of how it was formed. The first says it was created over 10,000 years ago by melt waters at the end of the last Ice Age. Nah, boring! The truth, of course (or, at least, the one I prefer), is that it was dug by the Devil, who wanted to drown all the people living in the area, by digging a trench through to the sea, because they were the last in the country to convert to Christianity and he was miffed at the thought of losing his only stronghold. He had boasted he could complete the work in one day, but was tricked into thinking it was already dawn (by someone with a candle and a cockerel ... really?), whereupon he abandoned the job and fled, humiliated, never to return. Oh, and he threw some of the earth down in disgust as he fled ... forming the Isle of Wight. So now you know. :)))
The people on the footpath give an idea of scale.