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“This true inner self must be drawn up like a jewel from the bottom of the sea, rescued from confusion, from indistinction, from immersion in the common, the nondescript, the trivial, the sordid, the evanescent. We must be saved above all from that abyss of confusion and absurdity which is our own worldly self. The person must be rescued from the individual” (NSC, 38).

-What I Am Living For: Lessons from the Life and Writings of Thomas Merton,

James Martin, Robert Ellsberg, Daniel P. Horan, Kaya Oakes, and Jon M. Sweeney

Evening Otterslide Lake by Dale Roddick

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evening grosbeak by Pattys-photos

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evening scene by Gerrit de Boorder

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avond scene

Evening sun by Fredrik Forsberg

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setting

Evening light by Lesley A Butler

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Evening light on a pasture covered in sorrel & rabbits.

Evening Panorama by Dave Fryer

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Taken at Lowtide at Gatakers bay, Pt vernon, Hervey bay, Queensland, Australia.

Panorama stitched together using photoshop elements 11.

Hervey/ˈhɑrvi ˈbeɪ/ is a city in Queensland, Australia. The city is situated approximately 290 kilometres (180 mi) or 3½ hours highway drive north of the state capital, Brisbane. It is a natural bay between the Queensland mainland and nearby Fraser Island. The local economy relies on tourism which is based primarily around whale watching in Platypus Bay to the North, access to Fraser Island, accessible recreational fishing and boating and the natural north facing, calm beaches with wide undeveloped foreshore zones.

At the 2011 Australian Census the city recorded a population of 76,403.[1] Hervey Bay is an area of high population growth...

Climate

Hervey Bay has a mild climate with an average 30 °C (86 °F) in summer and 22 °C (72 °F) in winter. The coast is predominantly affected by the south east trade winds throughout the summer with occasional strong northerly winds and storm swells. These winds keep the temperatures down in summer and up in winter, preventing temperature extremes. As a result, Hervey Bay rarely experiences temperatures over 35 °C (95 °F) in summer or under 5 °C (41 °F) in winter.

Cyclones are a threat at times with Cyclone Hamish threatening in 2009 as a Category 5. The land mass of Fraser Island significantly affects the pattern of weather in Hervey Bay and protects the immediate marine environment from open ocean storm effects. Cyclone Oswald in 2013 caused significant damage in the area, mainly as a result of tornadoes spawned by the system. The average rainfall for the year is around 1,100 millimetres (43 in). December to March is the main rainy period, with a secondary peak in May and June. The months of April and from July to November are generally dry and sunny.

Whale watching

Hervey Bay is the whale watching capital of Australia, with humpback whales migrating along the coast between April and October every year. Researchers at the Oceania Project conducted a 14 year study which found the bay was an important social hub for humpback whales.[15] Whale number have increased from about 2,000 in 1992, to around 7,000 in 2005.[15] Hervey Bay is the resting place for Humpback whales, Mum's and Calves, they come to the Bay to rest and build up energy for their long travels back to Antarctica. The Adults come to play, socialise and there have been heat runs observed in the Bay. The Humpback Whales are known to be very relaxed in the company of the whale watching vessels.

Evening bench by Stephen Dowling

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Cosina CX-2

Kodak Elite Chrome Extra Colour 100 cross processed.

Borneo, November 2018.

Evening by Alessandro Galeone