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Great Spotted Woodpecker - Dendrocopus Major
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The great spotted woodpecker occurs in all types of woodlands and is catholic in its diet, being capable of extracting seeds from pine cones, insect larvae from inside trees or eggs and chicks of other birds from their nests. It breeds in holes excavated in living or dead trees, unlined apart from wood chips. The typical clutch is four to six glossy white eggs. Both parents incubate the eggs, feed the chicks and keep the nest clean. When the young fledge they are fed by the adults for about ten days, each parent taking responsibility for feeding part of the brood.
The great spotted woodpecker occurs in Eurasia from the British Isles to Japan, and in North Africa from Morocco to Tunisia, and it is absent only from those areas too cold or dry to have suitable woodland habitat. It is found in a wide variety of woodlands, broadleaf, coniferous or mixed, and in modified habitats like parks, gardens and olive groves. It occurs from sea-level to the tree line, up to 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in Europe, 2,200 m (7,200 ft) in Morocco and 2,500 m (8,200 ft) in Central Asia.
The great spotted woodpecker became extinct in the island of Ireland in the seventeenth century, due to deforestation, but the island was naturally recolonised by this species, with the first proven nesting in County Down in 2007. Its expansion in range is continuing, with breeding proven or suspected in at least 10 counties by 2013, with the main concentration in Down and County Wicklow. Genetic evidence shows the birds to be of British, rather than Scandinavian, ancestry, with the populations in Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic having separate origins. The great spotted woodpecker was also found to have been nesting in the Isle of Man from 2009.
Population:
UK breeding:
140,000 pairs
Excavated at Thebes, Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th dynasty, 14th century BC. Granodiorite. Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
Die Elbfähre "Tanja" verbindet in der niedersächsischen Elbtalaue die Orte Neu-Darchau und Darchau miteinander. Im Sommer 2018 hatte die Elbe einen so niedrigen Wasserstand, dass der Fährbetrieb eine Zeitlang eingestellt werden musste, jedoch nach Aushub der Fahrrinne wieder aufgenommen werden konnte und seither auch in den trockenen Sommern 2019 und 2020 störungsfrei lief.
Seit nahezu drei Jahrzehnten gibt es Bestrebungen, hier den Fährbetrieb durch eine Brücke zu ersetzen, obwohl sie in diesem dünn besiedelten Landstrich verkehrspolitisch nicht nötig wäre. 2008 wurde die damalige Bauplanung gerichtlich gestoppt, doch die Brückenbefürwortenden geben nicht auf. Allerdings sind auch die Befürwortenden der Fähre "Tanja" aktiv. Weitere Informationen zu diesem Thema hier:
The "Tanja" ferry connects the villages of Neu Darchau and Darchau in the Elbe Valley. In the summer of 2018, the water level on the Elbe was so low that ferry operations had to be suspended for a while, but could be resumed after the fairway was excavated and has since run smoothly in the dry summers of 2019 and 2020.
For almost three decades there have been efforts to replace the ferry service here with a bridge, although it would not be necessary for transport policy in this sparsely populated area. In 2008, the construction planning at that time was stopped by the court, but those in favor of the bridge do not give up. However, those in favor of the "Tanja" ferry are also active. More information on this topic here:
Gerry and The Pacemakers:
Ferry Cross the Mersey (Stereo) (2002 Remaster)
Petra : Royal Tombs-Silk Tomb
This is quite beautiful and relevant for the vortices of colors of the rock in which it is excavated .
UNESCO word Heritage Site from 1985 .
Questa è alquanto bella e rilevante per i vortici di colori della roccia nella quale è scavata .
Patrimonio dell'Umanità dell'UNESCO dal 1985 .
This partially excavated castro is located next to the Camino de Santiago and it is estimated that it was occupied from the 5th century BC until more or less the 1st century AD.
It sits on a gentle hill with a panoramic view of the right bank of the river Miño, but as it is not a steep terrain, it was necessary to build a series of defensive elements that made this settlement unique.
An intricate system of ditches, walls, embankments and palisades surrounds the entrance to the settlement, where the houses have straight, regular walls and are grouped into neighborhoods.
Originally excavated for the California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894, it underwent a significant redesign after the fair in order to be repurposed as a venue for public gatherings centered on music performances.[1]
The focal point of the plaza, Spreckels Temple of Music, also called the "Bandshell", was a gift to the city from sugar magnate Claus Spreckels.[2] The structure was built in 1899, in advance of the Music Concourse's completion in 1900. It was severely damaged in the 1906 and 1989 earthquakes, has repeatedly undergone extensive renovation, and has served as a stage for numerous performers over the years ranging from Luciano Pavarotti to the Grateful Dead. It has for decades been the venue for annual celebrations of the anniversary of the Polish Constitution of May 3, 1791.
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Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla) juvenile
Digging for grass seeds for lunch.
A random selection from the archives.
The Red-headed Woodpecker is a gorgeous woodpecker bird with a bright red head from which it got its name. This North American species, with its boldly-patterned plumage, is popular among the bird-watchers and is widely spread almost all across the country, and is known in different names like ‘flag bird’ and ‘patriotic bird’. Once a very common bird in the country’s eastern part, this species has been showing long-term declines in a moderately rapid rate, which is primarily because of their degradation and loss of habitat in recent decades.
The red-headed woodpecker was a favorite to celebrated ornithologists like Alexander Wilson and Audubon.
These birds are ‘monomorphic’, which means, the males and females look so similar that, they are practically indistinguishable even when taken in the hand. To know the gender, you actually need to run a DNA test or a dissection of the bird.
This species is the only woodpecker in the eastern part that has a completely red head.
In 1996, the RHW was featured on a United States Postal Service 2-cent stamp.
These are one of the only four woodpecker species that cover their reserved foods with bark or wood. They would even store live stocks like grasshoppers wedged so tightly in a crevice that it is impossible for the insect to escape.
This species of woodpeckers is relatively small compared to others in its family.
The presence of white patches on its wings makes them especially noticeable when they are flying.
In this species, the annual adult survivorship is estimated to be around 62%.
This bird can dig holes that can measure up to 20 to 60 centimeters in depth.
A red-headed woodpecker takes 2-3 weeks or more to excavate one single hole.
I found this one along Joe Overstreet Road in Osceola County, Florida.
Do you know that woodpeckers excavate multiple cavities, any one of which may be used for nesting (the rest are used for nocturnal roosting) 😱
The road cleared of snow leads to Renge Hotsprings that is a trailhead to climb Mt. Shirouma-dake (白馬岳 2,932m). Yellow vehicles parked by the road is for snow clearing.
The red overpass is for National Road No. 148 that is the arterial road connecting the Japan Sea coast with Hakuba and Azumino Valley. Many sections of the road are in tunnels due to the scarcity of flat terrains and to spare the efforts for clearing snow. The overpass in the photo connects two road tunnels. Long road tunnels are a horror for cyclists like me.
Hiraiwa (平岩) is a small community of Itoigawa city with a few hotsprings inns. Mountains behind the settlement belong to Otari village of Nagano prefecture. There is a gold mine in the mountains.
The earliest walls of this church are from the beginning of the 12th century. The present building then is not more than about 900 years old. About 1100 years before that the Romans came to what they were to name “Calleva Atrebatum”, later called “Silchester” by the Saxons Among the early Roman residents there would have been Christians who initially may have had to be secret about their faith. Some consider that the excavated remains of one building in the old Roman Town may be interpreted as a place for Christian worship dating from about 340AD, though this cannot be certain.
Pairs excavate long horizontal tunnels into riverbanks using their feet and bills. These tunnels typically average 2 meters but can reach record lengths of over 8 meters.
Clutch: Usually consists of 3 to 5 eggs, which are incubated by both parents for approximately 26 days.
Giant Kingfishers typically hunt from a stationary perch overhanging water, making precise dives to catch prey. For larger prey like crabs, it will repeatedly beat them against a branch to remove shells and pincers before swallowing.
Giant Kingfishers are solitary and highly territorial, though they are monogamous breeders.
Giant Kingfisher (megaceryle maxima) adult female Senegal_1860
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Eine Sumpfmeise (Poecile palustris) in der Dölauer Heide
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Sumpfmeise oder Nonnenmeise (Poecile palustris)
Die Sumpfmeise oder Nonnenmeise (Poecile palustris, zu lateinisch palus ‚Sumpf‘) ist eine Singvogelart aus der Familie der Meisen (Paridae). Die Art ist in Mitteleuropa ein verbreiteter und häufiger Brut- und Jahresvogel. Ihr Verbreitungsgebiet zerfällt in zwei Teile, die durch eine fast 2000 km große Lücke getrennt sind. Der westliche Teil umfasst die Eichen-Mischwälder Europas bis hin zum Ural, der östliche Teil die Gebirgstaiga und die sommergrünen Laubwälder Ostasiens; er reicht bis nach Japan und ins östliche China. Die Sumpfmeise besiedelt – anders als ihr Name vermuten lässt – vor allem Laub- und Mischwälder mit altem Baumbestand und Totholz, in denen sie ein ausreichendes Höhlenangebot vorfindet. Sie ernährt sich vor allem von Insekten und Spinnentieren, aber auch viel von Sämereien. Sind diese in ausreichender Menge vorhanden, legt die Sumpfmeise Vorräte an, in dem sie einzelne Samen in Rindenspalten und unter Moos versteckt.
Die Sumpfmeise sieht der nahe verwandten Weidenmeise zum Verwechseln ähnlich. Am besten unterscheidet man die beiden Arten an Rufen und Gesang.
Marsh tit
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The marsh tit (Poecile palustris) is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae and genus Poecile, closely related to the willow, Père David's and Songar tits. It is small (around 12 cm long and weighing 12 g) with a black crown and nape, pale cheeks, brown back and greyish-brown wings and tail. Between 8 and 11 subspecies are recognised. This bird's close resemblance to the willow tit can cause identification problems, especially in the United Kingdom where the local subspecies of the two are very similar (there, they were not recognised as separate species until 1897).
Globally, the marsh tit is classified as Least Concern, although there is evidence of a decline in numbers (in the UK, numbers have dropped by more than 50% since the 1970s, for example). It can be found throughout temperate Europe and northern Asia and, despite its name, it occurs in a range of habitats including dry woodland. The marsh tit is omnivorous; its food includes caterpillars, spiders and seeds. It nests in tree holes, choosing existing hollows to enlarge, rather than excavating its own. A clutch of 5–9 eggs is laid.
Having excavated the old mortar between the stones of this ruined building, these Sand Martins have a secure nesting location, albeit it's next to a busy cafe and car park. The birds aren't bothered at all and have been there for many years
The name designation in the map function of Flickr is often wrong, as in this contribution. Ooijen is on the west side of the Meuse River; De Hamert on the east.
The National Park 'De Hamert' is a great place to walk in any season, even in dreary, gray winter. This area was already settled in the bronze and early iron ages; it has only been partially excavated for archaeology in order to leave finds for later generations.
The heath is grazed by Kempen Heath Sheep whose forebears - as uncovered sheep bones attest - lived here as early as the bronze age.
Section of a bucket-wheel excavator at College Lake, Tring (Hertfordshire), operating here from the 1960s to the 1980s. In the background you can see what the machine had excavated, namely chalk/limestone used for making cement. It was open-pit mining, and the pit filled with water. Today, the area is a nice nature reserve.
Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary, Worcester, Massachusetts
In subsequent visits there were no signs of anyone occupying this nest hole.
The excavated Roman Baths at Stratonikeia, Mugla, Turkey. The site was rediscovered in the 1950's after a severe earthquake and is slowly being restored
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The Lake was created in 1856 in an area that was excavated to provide gravel for terracing the original Temperate House. Underground channels connect our Lake with the Thames, and it was filled for the first time in 1861.
The Lake Crossing opened in 2006, becoming the first ever bridge across the Lake. Designed by architect John Pawson, it won the 2008 Stephen Lawrence Prize.
The Lake covers five acres of water, studded with four islands that provide vibrant colours, enhanced by their reflection in the lake.
Viking Ship Museum, Oslo
The museum is most famous for the completely whole Oseberg ship, excavated from the largest known ship burial in the world.
The watermill Lippholthausen (Schloßmühle Lippholthausen) in the Lippholthausen district of Lünen is a grain mill built in 1760 near the river Lippe. The watermill of the former Buddenburg noble house is a late Baroque half-timbered building, not far from the former Buddenburg Castle.
From the 14th century until 1902, the Buddenburg house was owned by the Frydag family of Buddenburg. The Frydags belong to the very old Westphalian nobles. The family is mentioned for the first time in 1198.
Around 1535, the noble family built a watermill south of Brunnenstraße and opposite Schlossallee. At the former river Henebecke a large millpond was excavated.
Afterwards, the runs of the creek Henebecke, Sadbecke, Wilbecke and Seltenbecke were diverted so that they flowed directly into the new millpond and fed it with water.
After the mill had been completed and put into operation, the farmers in the area of the thirlage "Buddenburg Mahlzwang" had to come to the castle mill to have their grain ground.
Nothing remains of the mill built at the beginning of the 16th century. However, the current mill building already has a considerable number of years on the hump: It was built in 1760 by Wessel Giesbert von Frydag.
In 1903, Haus Buddenburg and the mill were inherited by the Rüxleben family. The latter finally sold the property to the city of Lünen in 1913. Until 1930 grain was ground in the castle mill.
The old mill pond above the castle mill is no longer present, it was filled in 1938 during the construction of the Lippewerk. A loss for trippers, they could sail around on the pond with paddle boats.
Until the end of the 1970s, the House of Buddenburg, which also included the castle mill, stood in the district of Lippholthausen, now part of Lünen.
The Mühlenfreunde Lippholthausen e. V. restored and maintains the mill, which currently serves as an excursion restaurant and can also be used for weddings. It was placed under monument protection in 1985.
In my garden. La Ceja, Colombia.
Xylocopa (Latreille, 1802)
The species of the genus Xylocopa are big bees, robust, hairy, with coloration from black to blue or metallic green in females and yellow in males of many species.
The name “carpenter bees” is mainly associated to Xylocopini, because they excavate their galleries within hard and usually dead wood, excepting the palearctic subgenus Proxylocopa.
They arepolilectic bees, that is, they visit a great variety of plants. Their provisions consist of a compact and dry mixture of pollen.
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The Himalayan marmot lives in colonies and excavates deep burrows that colony members share during hibernation.The species hibernates from the late autumn to the early spring, on average for 71⁄2 months. Burrows are between 2 and 10 m (6.6–32.8 ft) deep, given that the upper soil layer is sufficiently light and deep such as fluvioglacial, deluvial and alluvial deposits. Where soil conditions are ideal on alluvial terraces, marmot colonies comprise up to 30 families, with up to 10 families living in an area of 1 km (0.6 mi). The marmot eats plants growing on pastures, in particular the soft and juicy parts of grassy plant species like Carex, Agrostis, Deschampsia, Koeleria and flowering species like Euphrasia, Gentiana, Halenia, Polygonum, Primula, Ranunculus, Saussurea, Taraxacum Iris potaninii.
Although the Beewolf (Philanthus triangulum) is regarded as a pest on the Continent due to the damage it can do to Honeybee apiaries I still get excited when I see one! We are very lucky to have a well established colony in Christchurch Park in Ipswich, and yesterday evening it was great to watch them busy excavating new burrows!
The caves run deep into the hillside above West Wycombe village and directly beneath St Lawrence's Church and Mausoleum (which were also constructed by Sir Francis Dashwood around the same time the caves were excavated). West Wycombe Park, ancestral seat of the Dashwood family and also a National Trust property, lies directly across the valley. The caves' striking entrance, designed as the façade of a mock gothic church and built from flint and chalk mortar, which was erected in around 1752, can be viewed directly from West Wycombe House.
On the ground are the outlines of an Etruscan temple, from the 5th century BC - and this is the Etruscan town of Kainua (at modern-day Marzabotto). Today it's an extensive, excavated area and a museum with some of the more interesting finds.
(We visited on an extremely hot day - not to recommend.)
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St Cuthbert Island (also known as Hobthrush island) is located just off Holy Island. As the tide rises, it becomes completely separated from Holy Island (a tidal island off a tidal island, if you like).
The legend is that St Cuthbert used to escape here when he wanted to retreat away from the monks in the abbey. There are remains of a post-Norman Conquest medieval chapel on the island (so, not from Cuthbert’s time), which were partly excavated by Sir William Crossman in 1888.
Figure created by Francis Upritchard @ Barbican, London
Wetwang Slack is an Iron Age archaeological site containing remains of the Arras culture and chariot burial tradition of East Yorkshire. Archaeological investigation took place in 2001 and 2002.
The site is in a dry valley on the north side of the village of Wetwang. The archaeological remains consist of three chariot burial inhumations, each containing skeletal remains above the remains of a dismantled cart or chariot. All the skeletal remains from the three inhumations were aligned on a north-south axis, with the head pointing north. Many of the finds excavated from the site are now preserved in the British Museum.
Moray, located in the Sacred Valley of Peru. The current theory is that the large concentric rings created a series of different microclimates. Studies have shown that many of the terraces contain soil that must have been imported from other parts of the region. The temperature at the top of the pits varies from that at the bottom by as much as 15ºC, creating a series of micro-climates that apparently match many of the varied conditions across the Incan empire, leading to the conclusion that the rings were used as a test bed to see what crops could grow where.
Oficialmente conocido como Valle de Cuelgamuros desde octubre de 2022.
La nave de la basílica se excavó en la roca y está a un nivel más bajo para realzar el presbiterio y romper la monotonía de un espacio tan largo. Está dividida en cuatro tramos, marcados por series de grandes arcos fajones, cruzados en la bóveda para formar casetones.
Las dimensiones del templo actual son superiores a las de la primitiva perforación, que era de 11 por 11 metros, ahora tiene un ancho de 18 metros. Las dificultades técnicas de la ampliación del túnel fueron muy grandes por la estructura granítica del risco, con diaclasas que podían producir desprendimientos, hasta el punto de que se tomó la decisión de macizar el túnel existente con los escombros de la ampliación del suelo y costados, y una vez terminada y consolidada esta, proceder al vaciado total. En agosto de 1954 se realizó el revestimiento interior, con grandes arcos fajones hormigonados, así como los laterales y el suelo, lo que contribuye a la estabilidad del conjunto y a la sujeción de la masa de piedra que gravita sobre la bóveda.
Los muros de las capillas albergan los restos de miles de combatientes de ambos bandos de la Guerra Civil española (1936-1939).
The nave of the basilica was excavated in the rock and is at a lower level to enhance the presbytery and break the monotony of such a long space. It is divided into four sections, marked by series of large transverse arches, crossed in the vault to form coffered ceilings.
The dimensions of the current temple are greater than those of the original perforation, which was 11 by 11 meters. Now it has a width of 18 meters. The technical difficulties of expanding the tunnel were very great due to the granitic structure of the cliff, with joints that could cause landslides, to the point that the decision was made to solidify the existing tunnel with the debris from the expansion of the floor and sides. and once this is finished and consolidated, proceed to complete emptying. In August 1954, the interior lining was made, with large concreted transverse arches, as well as the sides and the floor, which contributes to the stability of the whole and to the support of the mass of stone that gravitates over the vault.
The walls of the chapels house the remains of thousands of combatants from both sides of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939).
Egypt. New Kingdom, Late 18th dynasty / early 19th dynasty, circa 1300-1200 B.C. Excavated from Saqqarah.
*The Matsuoka Museum of Art Collection
Oficialmente conocido como Valle de Cuelgamuros desde octubre de 2022.
La nave de la basílica se excavó en la roca y está a un nivel más bajo para realzar el presbiterio y romper la monotonía de un espacio tan largo. Está dividida en cuatro tramos, marcados por series de grandes arcos fajones, cruzados en la bóveda para formar casetones.
Las dimensiones del templo actual son superiores a las de la primitiva perforación, que era de 11 por 11 metros, ahora tiene un ancho de 18 metros. Las dificultades técnicas de la ampliación del túnel fueron muy grandes por la estructura granítica del risco, con diaclasas que podían producir desprendimientos, hasta el punto de que se tomó la decisión de macizar el túnel existente con los escombros de la ampliación del suelo y costados, y una vez terminada y consolidada esta, proceder al vaciado total. En agosto de 1954 se realizó el revestimiento interior, con grandes arcos fajones hormigonados, así como los laterales y el suelo, lo que contribuye a la estabilidad del conjunto y a la sujeción de la masa de piedra que gravita sobre la bóveda.
Los muros de las capillas albergan los restos de miles de combatientes de ambos bandos de la Guerra Civil española (1936-1939).
The nave of the basilica was excavated in the rock and is at a lower level to enhance the presbytery and break the monotony of such a long space. It is divided into four sections, marked by series of large transverse arches, crossed in the vault to form coffered ceilings.
The dimensions of the current temple are greater than those of the original perforation, which was 11 by 11 meters. Now it has a width of 18 meters. The technical difficulties of expanding the tunnel were very great due to the granitic structure of the cliff, with joints that could cause landslides, to the point that the decision was made to solidify the existing tunnel with the debris from the expansion of the floor and sides. and once this is finished and consolidated, proceed to complete emptying. In August 1954, the interior lining was made, with large concreted transverse arches, as well as the sides and the floor, which contributes to the stability of the whole and to the support of the mass of stone that gravitates over the vault.
The walls of the chapels house the remains of thousands of combatants from both sides of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939).
The sweeping lines across the cliff face are crossbeds in the Pennsylvanian Tensleep Sandstone. The face of the cliff has also been stained with iron oxides deposited by water running down the rock face. If one looks past the stainng and crossbeds one can see several petroglyphs in this view. These are some of the many pictographs and petroglyphs painted and carved on a 750’ sandstone wall in Medicine Lodge State Archaeological Site near Hyattville, Wyoming. The sandstone cliff is an outcrop of Pennsylvanian Tensleep Sandstone that lies at the mouth of the canyon where Medicine Lodge Creek meets the Dry Fork of Medicine Lodge Creek. The rock art dates ti as much as 2,000 years ago. Staring in 1964. Dr. George Frison, who was the Wyoming State Archeologist, excavated up to 26 feet of rocks and soil beneath the cliffs and around the site. His team found artifacts and hearths that indicated habitation of the site for more than 10,000 years. The archaeological site is listed on the National Register of Historical Places.
A Northern Flicker forcefully ejects a load of wood chips from a nest cavity it was excavating in Calgary, Alberta. This entertaining behaviour was witnessed in mid-April, which is early spring in that part of Canada. This species is increasingly evident year-round at this latitude, a sign of climate change. This bird is an intergrade male, with red on the malar stripes and the nape.
The pair was very busy excavating a nest site. The original hole was probably created by a Pileated Woodpecker which has the ability to peck through the bark and drill into the pulp wood in search of food.
Nuthatches and Chickadees find these holes and try to clean out enough soft wood fibres to a depth where they can create a nest within.
This one paused just long enough at the edge of the cavity before flying off.
Whitemud Park. Edmonton, Alberta.
Excavated in 1791, this was/is the beginning of the Monkland Canal, built to cary coal into Glasgow.
Gila Woodpeckers pretty much exclusively nest in saguaro cacti. They peck a hole and then excavate a cavity inside the cactus. After a bit, a “scab” forms inside the cactus and there is a hard-walled, boot-shaped cavity inside the cactus, in which the woodpecker builds its nest. This guy would go down into the hole and emerge with a beak full of cactus innards. He'd drop some out the hole and then shake his head violently back and forth sending even more junk flying. You can see some of it stuck to the needles of the cactus. It was interesting to observe.
Regno Unito, Wiltshire, Stonehenge, Autunno 2018
Nessun luogo ha generato speculazioni e teorie come le pietre di Stonehenge. Dopo aver guidato per chilometri attraverso le colline e le pianure della campagna inglese la vista di questa particolare struttura fa rimanere senza fiato. Una passeggiata intorno a queste rocce evoca emozioni contrastanti e si ha la sensazione che questo luogo sia molto importante, che ci colpisce con il suo mistero. Ha vegliato per oltre 5000 anni in silenzio su tutta la terra. E' stato scavato, sottoposto a raggi x, misurato e sorvegliato. Eppure, nonostante tutto quello che è stato appreso circa la sua età e la costruzione, il suo scopo rimane ancora uno dei grandi misteri del mondo.
No place has generated so much speculation and wild theories as the standing stones of Stonehenge. After driving for miles through the rolling hills and plains of the English countryside the sight of this unusual structure makes people gasp. A walk around it only provokes more strange feelings. There's a sense that this is something very important. It taunts us with it's mystery. For over 5000 years it has stood silent vigil over the earth. It has been excavated, x-rayed, measured, and surveyed. Yet despite all that has been learned about its age and construction, its purpose still remains one of the great mysteries of the world.