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The Devil’s bridge is an old ottoman bridge in Bulgaria which connected Thrace with Aegean Sea. It was built by a Bulgarian builder named Dimitar between 1515 and 1518 in order of sultan Selim I. The Bulgarian name of this bridge is “Дяволски мост” (Diavolski most – Devil’s bridge) and the Turkish name is Şeytan Köprüsü. Now this bridge isn’t close to any main roads and it is only a memory for old great times.
The Devil’s Bridge is located near the town of Ardino and the village of Dyadovtsi in the Rhodope mountains, southeastern Bulgaria. See the precise location.
The legend of the Devil’s bridge
Now let’s go back to the XVI century and our builder Dimitar. Until then all bridges built on that place had been destroyed by the rough Arda River and most of the people believed that this place had been cursed. But despite the curse Dimitar decided to try to make another bridge.
Thereupon the Devil appeared to our hero and offered him to reveal the secret for building the bridge. But the Devil had some requirements (the things with small letters in the contract): to inwall the shadow of his wife (that means that the wife will die soon after building the bridge, it is common story in Bulgarian legends), to build it in 40 days, and some other easy tasks like these. Anyway the most interesting requirement for us was that the Devil wanted his own image to be integrated in the bridge. But it was very complicated. He wanted to be both visible and invisible, both touchable and non-existing. If the builder could not do it, the Devil would take his soul as well. About the wife – she was a victim in any case, her soul was already taken.
But Dimitar was able to surprise even the Devil. He was ready in 40 days, the Satan had its requirements fulfilled and left with only one soul – the wife’s one. But his face was staying forever above Arda River thanks to Dimitar the builder. Thx to www.andrey-andreev.com/en/the-devils-bridge/
A merge of two exposures. The first was exposed for the sky, th second exposure was for the foreground.
This Devil is part of our team logo. My "team" is comprised of Wanda, Cody, Christi and myself. We have really slacked off over Winter (and Christi is hardly ever around when we go) but I try really hard to make sure everyone is included in stuff like this!
The confluence of Porcupine Creek and Devil Canyon with the Bighorn River and Bighorn Canyon at the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, a National Park Service unit that straddles the Montana-Wyoming State line between the Pryor and Bighorn Mountain ranges. The Devil Canyon Overlook, which is only accessible from the south entrance near Lovell, WY (there is no through-road from the north to south end of the National Recreation Area) offers a number of views of the Bighorn River 1000 to 1500 feet below as it flows north through the third largest canyon in the United States. (10-7-2015)
Devils Fork Creek flows thru hollowed out sandstone. I wish I had taken more time photographing this area, but even though we were there very early its still an effort to get a shot before others arrive
A bright spell of weather allowed me to take this high contrast image of the locally known Devil's bite, otherwise called Slieve Bearnagh, in the Mourne Mountais of Co. Down, Ireland.
Panorama over the rock formations of Devils Garden, Utah. The diffuse look of the stars is due to high-level clouds in the area.
EXIF: Sony a7riii, 50 mm. Five sky images tracked for 3 minutes, five foreground images at 2 minutes untracked.
Devils have been successfully bred in South Australia and are being returned to the wild on off-shore islands in Tasmania, in an attempt to ensure that the terrible facial tumour is kept at bay.
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.
Standing inside the bowl at Devil's Punchbowl State Park along the Central Oregon Coast. Waves roll in and out during just the right tide level to see the action and avoid being taken to sea.
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The route of the A3 London to Portsmouth trunk road can be seen below, now returned to grass. The road now is taken by tunnel under the hills.
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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...
Tim Emmett soloing The Devil's Appendix (VI, 6), a rarely-formed but magnificent icefall in Clogwyn Y Geifr / Devil's Kitchen of Snowdonia.
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.
Descend down the 100ft gorge via the Devils Steps to the Devil's Pulpit. A circular red sandstone rock which was carved by the waters of the Carnock Burn.
In Outlander Finnich Glen was the location for St Ninians Spring, also know as Liar's Spring.
As soon as the weather starts to improve, the family head up for a stroll to the Devil's Dyke, an area of the South Downs steeped in legend and history. Today, the weather was weird. We started out with a clear, crisp sunset. Then the sea fog started to roll in. When we could no longer see ten feet in front of our faces, we deemed it time to pack up and come home.
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.
Devils Tower Boulders, Devil's Tower National Monument, Wyoming
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Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and Civil War veteran. His book The Devil's Dictionary was named as one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature" by the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. Wikipedia
13th century bridge, River Lune, Kirkby Lonsdale.
This was takem after a night of very heavy rain. The previous day, people were playing and swimming in the river!
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
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.
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