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The legendary King Arthur has a direct association with the Castle Rocks of St John, courtesy of Sir Walter Scott’s epic poem of 1813, Bridal of Triermain. The poem tells the story of a young knight named Roland de Vaux who falls in love with a mysterious woman named Gyneth, who is revealed to be a fairy queen. The story takes place in the scenic Vale of St. John, near the town of Triermain. Gwyneth resides in the castle there (Castle Rock).
Synopsis of the poem:
The Bridal of Triermain interweaves three stories, all with a Lake District setting: the eighteenth-century courtship of Arthur and Lucy, the Arthurian Legend of 'Lyulph's Tale', and the twelfth-century romance of Sir Roland de Vaux.
In order to warn his aristocratic lover Lucy against excessive maidenly pride, the low-born poet Arthur recites 'Lyulph's Tale' in cantos I-II. He tells how how King Arthur is seduced by the enchantress Guendolen. When he abandons the pregnant Guendolen to resume his kingly duties, she swears revenge. Sixteen years later, the fruit of their union, Gyneth appears at Camelot to remind Arthur of his promise that should he and Guendolen produce a daughter, she would wed the bravest of the Knights of the Round Table. Arthur declares a tournament with Gyneth's hand as the prize but instructs her to halt the combat before lives are lost. As the instrument of her mother's wrath, however, she does nothing to end the ferocious fighting, until Merlin arises from a chasm in the ground to punish her. She is sentenced to slumber in Guendolen's enchanted castle until awakened by a knight as brave as any of the Round Table.
The poet Arthur's courtship of Lucy proves successful and, following their marriage, Lucy begs him to tell of Gyneth's fate. In the third and final canto, then, he recounts the quest of the twelfth-century knight Sir Roland de Vaux of Triermain. He has heard Gyneth's legend and sets out to find the enchanted castle. Having located it in the Valley of Saint John, he successfully passes through a series of allegorical dangers and temptations (Fear, Avarice, Sensuality, Ambition) to awaken Gyneth from her five hundred-year sleep and win her hand.
Courtesy of www.walterscott.lib.ed.ac.uk/works/poetry/triermain.html
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In the place there are three lagoons: Laguna Cejar, Laguna Stone and Laguna Baltinache. The bath is only allowed in one of them, the Laguna Piedra, which is the smallest. The other two lagoons, larger, can only be seen very closely by footpaths and belvederes.
To get to Laguna Piedra, where the bath takes place, it is necessary to walk along a path that is about 200 meters from the parking lot. The distance, though short, bothers you a little when you need to get out of the pond with your body full of salt to get to the fresh water showers, as the friction of the excessive salt in your body while you walk is kind of nasty.
It is not allowed to use sunscreen in the place to not pollute the waters of the lagoon. So the recommendation is for you to wear a protector at the hotel before starting the tour. The use of protectors is fundamental in this and in all the tours of the Atacama, because the sun in the region is very strong, especially in the afternoon. Another indispensable item is the water bottle, preferably large, because you will need to constantly moisturize on the sidewalks.
Excessively landscaped left bank against natural, almost wild right bank
Left river side build up area against right river side landscape
Lazy, almost static river against very dynamic sky.
Pale clouds against deep, almost black shadows.
Humble family houses against industrial facilities.
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Yesterday I enjoyed a beautiful stormy day in Madrid. Temperatures, which had been so excessively hot during the weekend, dropped very notably from Saturday to Tuesday, the highest from 39ºC to 25ºC, reaching a minimum of 15ºC. In addition, the generous rainfall left significant amounts of water in Madrid, of about 30 liters per square meter in the city and up to 60 liters in the mountains.
To say goodbye to such a beautiful autumnal day in the middle of August, an intense rainbow appeared just at sunset time, which I was able to photograph from home.
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Ayer disfruté de un hermoso día de tormenta en Madrid. Las temperaturas, que había sido tan excesivamente calurosas durante el fin de semana, bajaron muy notablemente desde el sábado al martes, desde los 39ºC a los 25ºC las máximas, llegando a bajar las mínimas hasta los 15ºC. Además, las generosas precipitaciones dejaron importantes cantidades de agua en Madrid, de unos 30 litros por metro cuadrado en la ciudad y hasta 60 litros en la sierra.
Para despedir tan bonito día otoñal en pleno mes de Agosto, apareció un intenso arcoíris justo a la hora de la puesta de sol, que pude retratar desde casa.
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While the excessive rain gives rise to wetter conditions, it also causes the streams to flow. At other times of the year, this spot might be a slight trickle. Alternately when excessive rain occurs, it all has to flow somewhere. And around here, that is down hill.
After a down pour, the forest greens are brilliant with colour. Adding just a touch of that vibrance, alters the image in a subtle way. It is now a little more alive thanks to action in the water, framing from a log, and a "splash" of colour to liven it up.
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4L28 07.18 Tinsley Yard to Felixstowe South liner.
Great to see serious tonnages of freight flowing from Tinsley yard again, although eight hours to get to Felixstowe seems a bit excessive.
Pool ripples. Standing waves resulting from the pool cleaner hose vibrations...
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There are indentations from excessive tripod usage at this exact location in Silver Falls State Park, and with good reason. An Oregon treasure for certain, especially in autumn. That said, it's so fascinating to see each photographer's interpretation of this scene. Without rambling any more, here's mine. Thanks again for each view and comment.
The excessive heat this weekend in the midwest has me thinking back to similar but slightly worse temperatures I experienced on a trip to the Southwest last September, and so I dug out some photos from those adventures that hadn't seen the light of day here yet.
It was actually a pretty nice morning in the higher elevations of eastern Arizona this particular day when we visited Freeport McMoRan's Morenci Mine operation. The FMI's railroad operation has completed a pick up and a brake test at their small yard on the south side of Morenci. With a rather filthy 5-pack and FMI 49 with it's neat nose headlight in the lead, and is now starting to ease down the very steep grades to Clifton to interchange their first cut of the day with the Arizona and Eastern railroad. It's not often one shoots locomotives without ditch lights these days it seems.
Often railfans (understandably as it's a nice vista) start a downhill chase with the classic shot just a little further around the corner near the substation. But the drone camera let me try out this view I rather liked for the way it shows off the yard, the local vegetation, and still has the massive tailings piles dominating the background, along with a glimpse of the houses and the trailer village of the company town that is home for many of the Morceni Mine's workforce. The steepness of the track grade of this rugged industrial operation is also pretty apparently if you realize that the yard tracks above the engines have to be relatively flat, and the mainline has already dropped many feet in less than a train length! If you look close towards the end of the first cut of black tank cars, you can see the runaway switch at the top of the grade.
The NWS designating a marginal risk for severe activity across Northern Illinois wielded a temperature of 50 degrees, 30mph winds, and excessive rain. Standing out in it had me reflecting on my life choices to that point until I saw the headlight pop up on the horizon.
LPG04 with 3 boxcars ducks under the coaling tower at Nelson with UP 1454
Last sunset as the excessive winds developed up to 60 km per hour ( glad it didn’t reach 100 km per hour ). Despite the 30 minutes loss of electricity, and a few trees down, no significant damage to our region. Today sunny and a high of 6C, but still windy 30 to 40 km per hour.
An image from our photography workshop in rural Nevada last week.
A local told us that two features nearby have been closed, fenced off by the ranchers, due to excessive litter. Consider the impact of location disclosure before you contribute to the trashing of the places you visit and photograph. Don't think you can just sneak in either. One of the places we visited had a game cam set up. Smile, you're on Candid Camera (Google it)!
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This was the only really usable shot I got on Halloween from the digital camera. There are some abstracts I may use for alchemy later, and there are some undeveloped in a 35mm SLR... I am afraid of excessive light leaks on those, though, because the door kept popping open on the camera...
An excessively bright day at Downpatrick Head, County Mayo. Long exposure into direct sunlight had to add the grad filter in post, as the sky had blown.
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I'm not sure what I was seeing here but this seemed to be an excessive number of chicks for one duck but perhaps not!! Near St.John's, NL.
Lagos de Covadonga, Asturias, España.
El conjunto de los lagos de Covadonga está formado por dos pequeños lagos, el Enol y el Ercina de origen glaciar situados en la parte asturiana del Parque Nacional de los Picos de Europa, en el macizo occidental de dicha cadena montañosa. Existe un tercer lago, el Bricial, que solo tiene agua durante el deshielo, pero también pertenece al conjunto. En Asturias son conocidos simplemente como los lagos.
Se sitúan en el concejo de Cangas de Onís y se accede a ellos a través de una carretera de 14,5 km que nace en el Real Sitio de Covadonga para llegar en primer lugar al lago Enol, incluyendo también una pequeña carretera que les llevaría hasta el Lago Ercina. Su frecuente uso desde 1983 como final de etapa en la Vuelta ciclista a España ha popularizado internacionalmente el paraje.
La afluencia masiva de turistas, sobre todo aficionados al ciclismo, ha obligado a limitar el desarrollo de pruebas ciclistas en el entorno de Los Lagos. No obstante, la zona cuenta con una infraestructura turística.
La excesiva afluencia de visitas, en especial en temporada alta, también ha supuesto que el acceso en coche a los Lagos esté restringido, pudiendo acceder únicamente utilizando el transporte público habilitado para ello. Los vehículos particulares solo pueden circular a primera hora de la mañana (antes de las 8:30 a.m) y a última de la tarde ( a partir de las 20:00p.m). En temporada baja, no hay rectricciones de acceso con vehículo particular.
En las proximidades del lago Ercina, en Buferrera, hasta 1979 se explotaron minas de hierro, manganeso y mercurio. Las personas que visitan dicho paraje tienen a su disposición un aparcamiento "aparcamiento de Buferrera", un centro de visitantes , un refugio y dos bares restaurante para su disfrute.
The set of Covadonga lakes is made up of two small lakes, the Enol and the Ercina, of glacial origin, located in the Asturian part of the Picos de Europa National Park, in the western massif of said mountain range. There is a third lake, the Bricial, which only has water during the thaw, but it also belongs to the whole.In Asturias they are known simply as the lakes.
They are located in the council of Cangas de Onís and are accessed through a 14.5 km road that starts at the Real Sitio de Covadonga to reach Lake Enol first, including also a small road that would take them to Lake Ercina. Its frequent use since 1983 as the end of the stage in the Cycling Tour of Spain has made the place internationally popular.
The massive influx of tourists, especially cycling fans, has forced to limit the development of cycling events in the surroundings of Los Lagos. However, the area has a tourist infrastructure.
The excessive influx of visitors, especially in high season, has also meant that access by car to the Lakes is restricted, and can only be accessed using public transport enabled for this. Private vehicles can only circulate first thing in the morning (before 8:30 a.m.) and late in the afternoon (after 20:00 p.m.). In low season, there are no access restrictions with a private vehicle.
In the vicinity of Lake Ercina, in Buferrera, iron, manganese and mercury mines were exploited until 1979. People who visit this place have at their disposal a "Buferrera parking" car park, a visitor center, a shelter and two restaurant bars for their enjoyment.
the phenomenon whereby certain places of interest are visited by excessive numbers of tourists, causing undesirable effects for the places visited.
A fire went through this area earlier this year. When the fencing was replaced, they left plenty of extra barbed wire.
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An excessive desire for notice, a fashionable touch!
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The excessive rainfall has produced a very spectacular waterfall. The rest of my photos are in here.
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...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT /9 PM MONDAY...
Prolonged period of excessive heat is now expected to persist into Monday with highs 111-115 for the Las Vegas Valley and other lower desert areas, 123-125 for Death Valley and 113-120 along the Colorado River Valley.
Overnight lows in the upper 80s to mid 90s will not provide much relief.
Rua Reidh Lighthouse stands close to the entrance to Loch Ewe in Wester Ross, Scotland.
The building of a navigation light on Rubh'Re Point was first proposed by David Stevenson in 1853 but, with familiar emphasis on economy, the Board of Trade refused to approve the proposed expenditure of £5,000.
In August 1906, David Alan Stevenson recommended that a navigation light be established on the prominent headland of the Ross-shire coast 17 miles north of the Rona light and 26 miles south of the Stoer Head light. He considered the lighting of this very remote site important, and so suggested a powerful light and a fully manned "Island Station".
Accordingly, the Commissioners made representation to Trinity House but they refused to accord their statutory approval to the proposed seamark but did, however, suggest a small, inexpensive unmanned light be established in the same position.
The Commissioners considered that the site was too important to leave unattended and felt bound to adhere to their original proposal.
After lengthy correspondence, Trinity House conceded to the Commissioners views, and gave statutory approval to the erection of a manned light. The Board of Trade however, decided to defer commencement of work meantime, as they considered the financial outlay excessive.
Finally, in May 1908, the Board of Trade sanctioned the expenditure of £14,900 on the establishment of a light and fog signal on Rubh'Re point and the light was first exhibited on the night of 15 January 1912. It is situated at the entrance to Loch Ewe near Gairloch.
In 1944, an American Liberty Ship the "William H Welch" missed the entrance to Loch Ewe and went ashore at Black Bay during a severe storm. Two Rubh'Re Lightkeepers were actively involved in the rescue of 15 survivors out of a complement of 74.
The fog signal service was installed in 1912 and withdrawn in September 1980. The foghorn and clockwork mechanism are now in the Gairloch Heritage Museum along with the lens and lighting equipment which was removed in 1985 prior to automation of the Station in 1986.
It should be noted that at some sites the Northern Lighthouse Board have sold some redundant buildings within the lighthouse complex and are not responsible for the maintenance of these building.
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The Southeastern US is suffering from excessive heat and drought. As a result, the Autumn leaves are not the beautiful colors as usual. I still like the colorful brownish-gold and green leaves, and the blue sky background.
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In the early 16th century a chantry of St. Mary, whose date of foundation is unknown, provided in theory for an additional priest, though the stipend was evidently not sufficient to keep the priest in the parish. In 1933 the £150 realized by the sale of the schoolroom was invested in trust for ecclesiastical purposes. The Church of ST. MARY, a building of stone with a Cotswold stone roof, comprising chancel, nave, north aisle, organ chamber, and vestry, and a western tower with spire, was almost completely rebuilt in 1867 by the lord of the manor, Charles Shapland Whitmore, in the Early English and Decorated styles. It contains, however, an early 13th-century arcade of four bays and a piscina of the same period. The arches of the arcade are of two chamfered orders supported on plain round columns with octagonal scalloped cushion capitals; the easternmost bay may be a 19th-century copy. The piscina has a semi-octagonal projecting basin, scalloped inside. The arcade suggests that the rebuilding was roughly to the plan of the earlier church, and c. 1700 the church had a north aisle and a western tower with a saddleback roof. By 1851 there was a gallery. The church contains monuments, from the late 17th century, to members of the Whitmore family buried in the north aisle. Of the six bells, one is thought to be by Robert Hendley of Gloucester , two are by Edward Neale of Burford, 1683, and three were made in 1866. The plate includes a chalice and paten cover of 1576. Baptisms, marriages, and burials at Lower Slaughter were entered in the registers of Bourton-on-the-Water until 1813.
Lower Slaughter is a village in the English county of Gloucestershire, located in the Cotswold district, 4 miles (6.4 km) south west of the town of Stow-on-the-Wold. The village is built on both banks of the River Eye, which also flows through Upper Slaughter. At the west end of the village there is a 19th-century water mill with an undershot waterwheel and a chimney for additional steam power. There is a ford where the river widens in the village and several small stone footbridges join the two sides of the community. While the mill is built of red brick most of the 16th and 17th century homes in the village use Cotswold sandstone and are adorned with mullioned windows and often with other embellishments such as projecting gables. Records exist showing that Lower Slaughter has been inhabited for over 1000 years. The Domesday Book entry has the village name as “Sclostre”. It further notes that in 1066 and 1086 that the manor was in the sheriff's hands. Lower Slaughter Manor, a Grade-II listed 17th-century house, was granted to Sir George Whitmore in 1611 and remained in his family until 1964. The 13th century Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin. Much of the current structure was built in 1866; however, the spire and peal of six bells was recently restored. In May 2013 it was reported in the national news that the Parish Council were fiercely opposed to the presence of an icebox tricycle selling ice creams for seven days a week, six months of the year, citing that the trading times were excessive, increased footfall would prevent the grass from growing and that children could climb on the trike and fall into the nearby river.
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The Slaughters Country Inn is privately owned and offers a relaxed ambience, a style that is sympathetically balanced between the original features of a 17th Century building and contemporary design. The blend of old and new creates the perfect retreat in a beautiful country location
The Case of Excessive Wasp Bling. OK, there is something about metallic insects that is so attractively unsubtle. Even though I have several other pictures of Chrysidid wasps like this one, I can't help but have another taken. So, there you go. Ponder while reveling in all this metallic armor, why be so conspicuous if your m.o. is to invade other wasp and bee nests? At least to humans. Perhaps it is just a thumbed nose, a statement of obvious inedibility. Photo by Anders Croft. ~~~~~~~~~~{{{{{{0}}}}}}~~~~~~~~~~
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This is another puzzle primarily intended for my good Flickrfriend BingleymanPhotos.
He is currently fending off the danger of becoming stir-crazy. Due to having smashed his costae verae to smithereens he has become a house-bound grump in need of mental stimulation.
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I should say that I've had to 'remove' some pylons.
In Scotland, unlike Lakeland, we consider pylons as a pleasing decoration to mountain landscapes. We just love those elegant metal towers marching off in all directions. They are, indeed, the must-have requirement for any 'National Park' that's worth it's salt.
Is there any medication available that combats excessive sarcasm?
My flowers are all but gone, victims of the excessive heat we've had but I have memories like this one of a much admired fuchsia.
Texture by KYB with my thanks!
Brambling / fringilla montifringilla. Minsmere, Suffolk. 16/10/15.
One of three Bramblings that had recently arrived at Minsmere.
This was the second day I spent trying to make images of them. Sadly the light was abysmal and there was almost constant drizzle.
The previous day the Bramblings had been excessively nervous and flighty but on this visit one of the females was braver.
A protected species now, in Brazil, because it has been excessively exploited for food.
Itamambuca Eco resort - Ubatuba - Brasil
An excessively hot day has me thinking of something cold. On this Sunday, the TC&W would make a day-late, mid-morning westbound return to Hopkins from St. Paul. Seeing them get a route out of CP's St. Paul Yard, I hopped from Midway over to CP Stadium for a broadside across the river. A quartet of matching GPs have the honors.
I was eager to test this lens's performance in night photography, without a tripod and without excessively increasing the ISO.
I waited until nightfall, poured myself a decaf coffee, and rested the cup on the terrace railing.
I was delighted by the sharpness of this lens at its widest aperture (f/1.05).
As well as a very careful blur (bokeh) and a remarkable depth of field, with a very slight chromatic aberration towards the green tone.
This photo was taken in Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid, Spain) with a Nikon Z8 camera and a Brightin Star 50mm f/1.05 lens for the Z mount, which lacks electronic connection pins to the camera, meaning focus and exposure control must be adjusted manually. It's good to go back to basics sometimes.
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Tenía ganas de probar el comportamiento de esta lente en fotos nocturnas, sin la ayuda de trípode y sin que aumentara el ISO excesivamente.
Me esperé a que se hiciera de noche, me serví un café descafeinado y apoyé la taza en la barandilla de la terraza.
Me ha encantado la capacidad de nitidez que tiene esta lente con el diafragma totalmente abierto (F1.05).
Así como un desenfoque, (bokeh) muy cuidado y una notable profundidad de campo, con una muy ligera aberración cromática hacia el tono verde.
Foto hecha en Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid, España) con una cámara Nikon Z8 y una lente Brightin Star 50mm F1.05 para montura Z, que no tiene pines de conexión electrónica con la cámara, con lo que el enfoque y control de exposición se tienen que graduar manualmente. De vez en cuando es bueno retornar a los básicos.
Badwater, in America's Death Valley has a name and location that seems to issue a warning. That's partly justified as people have died in the area due to excessive heat when they have ventured away from roads and other people.
On August 16 2020 a new record high temperature was measured in the valley - 130F (54.4C)
The day I was there it was "only" 122F / 50C. Fortunately it's a dry heat - very low humidity which reduces the apparent severity - but can catch out the unwary. My cameras got so hot they were difficult to hold and I was concerned that they would stop working.
Badwater is also the lowest place in the USA at minus 279 feet (−85 m) below sea level and (for me at least) had a certain fascination. I think it's worth a diversion away from the more obvious places in Death Valley.
Billed as a protest against excessive car use, cyclists, wheel chair users and even skateboarders with their dogs rode through the centre Greece's second city, Thessaloniki drawing amused glances and cheers from local residents. Although called the naked bike ride, most of those taking part choose a more demur approach, using body paint and swim wear to avoid antagonising the local authorities who last year used riot police units in an attempt to stop the parade.
The event, which was designed to raise awareness of the environmental and social effects of excessive car use in urban areas was a mix of serious activism and party aesthetics. The impact of cars is particularly acute in Greece' major cities leading to some of he highest levels of air pollution in Europe.
Since the first Naked Bike Ride in 2004 the event has grown to include 50 cities worldwide with tens of thousands of people taking part every year.
Last year's event proved more eventful when riot police units clashed with participants following the arrest by officers in plain clothes of a British cyclist who they claimed had been fully naked. The local public prosecutor had announced that nudity would not be tolerated and backed up his warning by setting up police blockades just outside Thessaloniki's city limits. Despite tense scenes the cyclists were eventually allowed to continue their ride.
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