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The Praça do Comércio (English: Commerce Square) is located in the city of Lisbon, Portugal. Situated near the Tagus river, the square is still commonly known as Terreiro do Paço (English: Palace Yard), because it was the location of the Paços da Ribeira (Royal Ribeira Palace) until it was destroyed by the great 1755 Lisbon earthquake. After the earthquake, the square was completely remodeled as part of the rebuilding of the Pombaline Downtown, ordered by Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, who was the Minister of the Kingdom of Portugal from 1750 to 1777, during the reign of Dom José I, King of Portugal.
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I first saw this tree many years ago when I used to drive through Glencoe quite often. I remember thinking at the time, why would a tree choose to grow out of a rock with all this space around it. Obviously the tree knew best as it is still the only tree near it.
One of the first things noticed when approaching the church Senhor do Bonfim ( Salvador, Brazil) - thousands of colored ribbons tied to the fencing surrounding the Bonfim. Each one of these ribbons represents a wish or an intense plea for dreams, love, success, health, peace, energy…. A 200-year-old tradition that again, blends the African faith with Catholicism as superstition and miracle granting powers entwine. The fita or “the measure” acquired its name because at 47cm its size corresponds to the length of the right arm on the statue of Senhor do Bonfim which resides on the altar of the church.
The ribbons are a myriad of colors and have the words “Lembrança do Senhor do Bonfim da Bahia”, or in remembrance of the savior of Bahia written on them. The original fitas were made of silk and written on by hand in silver. These fitas were draped around the neck and adorned with medallions and holy depictions. Nowadays the ribbons are worn as a good luck charm petitioning for miracles big or small.
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A Bororo man scares me playing his flute,
during the Indigenous National Festival.
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A campaign to prevent the Chamber of Deputies vote a project to reduce the legal reserve of the Amazon is being conducted by Greenpeace with support from other civil society organisations. The PL 6424/2005, called "Forest 0", reducing the reserves of the Amazon legal private property from 80% to 50% and allows an offset deforestation in different areas of the originals. The text, authored by Senator Flexa Ribeiro (PSDB-PA), also opens space for the planting of so-called energy plants (such as palm, castor bean, babassu and sugar cane). To support the campaign, sign here (I found it only in portuguese):
Uma campanha para impedir que a Câmara dos Deputados vote um projeto para reduzir a reserva legal da Amazônia está sendo conduzida pelo Greenpeace com apoio de outras organizações da sociedade civil. O PL 6424/2005, batizado de "Floresta 0", reduz as reservas legais da Amazônia em propriedades privadas de 80% para 50% e permite compensar um desmatamento em áreas diferentes das originais. O texto, de autoria do senador Flexa Ribeiro (PSDB-PA), também abre espaço para o plantio das chamadas plantas energéticas (como palmeiras, mamona, babaçu e cana-de-açúcar). Para apoiar a campanha, assine aqui:
Lagoa do Fogo (English: Lagoon of Fire) is a crater lake within the Agua de Pau stratovolcano in the center of the island of São Miguel Island in the Azores. The governmental authorities do not allow any modern construction around this lake. This lake is the highest above sea level on São Miguel Island. (wikipedia)
Shisen-dō (詩仙堂) is a Buddhist temple of the Sōtō Zen sect in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It is registered as a historic site of Japan. It stands on the grounds of its founder, the Edo period intellectual Ishikawa Jōzan (1583–1672), who established the temple in 1641.
A room in the main temple displays portraits of thirty-six Chinese poets. The selection of the poets was based on the opinion of Hayashi Razan. The portraits were executed by Kanō Tan'yū. This and some other parts of the building date to the time of Ishikawa Jōzan.
The temple's gardens are considered masterworks of Japanese gardens.[1] One of them includes a device called a sōzu, a type of shishi-odoshi designed to scare away wild animals such as deer by making a loud noise. Water trickles into a bamboo tube, and when it reaches a certain level, it upsets the balance of the tube. The tube tips over on a pivot, discharging the water, and turns upright, striking a rock and emitting a loud clapping noise.
FAFE (Portugal): Casa do Penedo.
Casa construída nos anos 70 (terminada em 1974) a partir do aproveitamento de quatro rochas. As paredes externas foram revestidas com pedregulhos, semelhantes às rochas originais.
A casa tem dois pisos. No primeiro há uma sala e uma pequena cozinha. No andar de cima, uma casa de banho e três quartos. Tudo bem pequeno, inclusive as camas, para caber no espaço deixado pelas pedras.
Day 250. I spent a lot of time trying to get this right today. Did you know water drops have a mind of their own? They do not go where you want them to. In the end I just sprayed down the whole flower until I got a few decent drops to gather where I wanted them on the stem. I'm very pleased with the end result as this was my first time trying water drop refraction on a stem.
I used both of my trusty speedlights again today for this shot.
It's impossible to explain creativity. It's like asking a bird, 'How do you fly?' You just do.
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Music Video filmed with the Insta360 One X at Breseden Park, Edina, MN: youtu.be/hWEzle-4eQ8
Green Heron?
A UC-12W from VMR Belle Chasse, the Marine Corps' reserve operational support airlift squadron, sits on the unit's ramp at NAS JRB New Orleans.
Shot for my feature on VMR Belle Chasse in the November 2018 issue of AirForces Monthly: airforcesmonthly.keypublishing.com/the-magazine/view-issu...
Dahlia ‘Moonfire’ with Phlox bokeh
in our garden - Frankfurt-Nordend
HBW !
More dahlias in my new Dahlia Collection.
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