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Hardly I post a "selfie", this is just to point out that even the exploited theme of "feet to the sea", I like to do it my way.
"Off-peak hours"
Saint-Montan (Ardèche)
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This child has lost all his colour, becoming one with the objects which surround him in his karmic prison.
Pour l'exploitation vapeur, la société SLM Winterthur a réalisé huit locomotives, numérotées de 1 à 8. Ces machines présentent des caractéristiques communes, à ceci près que les cinq premières sont à vapeur saturée (206 tubes à fumée, puissance de 250 ch), et les trois dernières à surchauffe (90 tubes et 15 éléments surchauffeurs, puissance de 280 ch). La chaudière est inclinée de 10 %, de façon que l'eau soit à un niveau suffisant au-dessus du foyer même dans les fortes rampes.
This is a large shell that I borrowed from my sister to exploit. It's about 6 inches in length and 5-1/2 inches in width at the top. I know almost nothing about shell identification but, that being said, I think it might be a Cassis madagascariensis (emperor shell).
Lighting stuff: I placed the shell on a mirror to reveal the extra dimensions that the reflection reveals. I wanted to emphasize the folds and shapes so I used the side lighting that creates shadows and reveals shapes and textures. This was a one light shot with a YN560-III in a 24 inch softbox at camera left. Fill light came from a a small hand mirror at the right side that bounced light onto that side of the shell. The flash, in manual mode, was triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
I have photographed quite a few shells over the years, and if you like this sort of thing, they're in my creatively named Shells album. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157626043932290
Ville: Lyon
Réseau: TCL
Exploitant: Sytral Mobilités
Numéro de parc: 3720
Ligne: 52 Vaulx en Velin La Grappiniere - Parilly Université
Lenka's story at the Venice Biennale 2024.
Colonialism, exploitation of plant and animal resources, anthropocentrism and speciesism: a denunciation at the Venice Biennale.
La storia di Lenka alla Biennale di Venezia 2024.
Colonialismo, sfruttamento delle risorse vegetali e animali, antropocentrismo e specismo: una denuncia alla Biennale di Venezia.
www.ilgiornaledellarte.com/Articolo/Diario-da-Venezia-qua...
"The war in Ukraine reminds us how unjust and painful the construction of a people's identity, the affirmation of national independence and the reclamation of one's roots can be. Repairing serious and profound wounds inflicted throughout history is a slow, complex and difficult process. A metaphor and monument of a similar condition is Lenka, in the Czech Pavilion. The famous giraffe captured in Kenya in 1954, transported to the Prague zoo, survived in captivity for only two years, then taxidermied and preserved in the museum, after having thrown its organs into the city sewers. Eva Kotakova's work, «The heart of a giraffe in captivity is twelve kilos lighter», is a walkable environmental installation that reproduces the inside of the long dissected neck of the animal arranged in a circle. In the center of the room there is a blackboard and a space for meeting and reflection to learn about its history, its meaning and its cultural implications. On the floor, Lenka's skeleton is reproduced and as a sound that pervades the Pavilion the hymns of the countries that the giraffe crossed on its long journey to Prague, many of which no longer exist today."
"La guerra in Ucraina ci ricorda quanto ingiuste e dolorose possano rivelarsi la costruzione di un’identità di un popolo, l’affermazione dell’indipendenza nazionale e la rivendicazione delle proprie radici. Risarcire gravi e profonde ferite inflitte nel corso della storia è un processo lento, complesso e difficile. Metafora e monumento di simile condizione è Lenka, nel Padiglione della Cecoslovacchia. La celebre giraffa catturata in Kenya nel 1954, trasportata allo zoo di Praga, sopravvissuta in cattività solo due anni, poi tassidermizzata e conservata nel museo, dopo aver gettato gli organi nelle fogne cittadine. L’opera di Eva Kotakova, «Il cuore di una giraffa in cattività è dodici chili più leggero», è un’installazione ambientale percorribile che riproduce l’interno del lungo collo sezionato dell’animale disposto a cerchio. Al centro della sala una lavagna e uno spazio di incontro e riflessione per conoscerne la storia, il suo significato e le sue implicazioni culturali. Sul pavimento lo scheletro di Lenka riprodotto e come suono che pervade il Padiglione gli inni dei Paesi che la giraffa attraversò nel suo lungo viaggio verso Praga, molti oggi non più esistenti."
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Key information
Noisy and gregarious, these cheerful exploiters of man's rubbish and wastefulness have managed to colonise most of the world. The ultimate avian opportunist perhaps. Monitoring suggests a severe decline in the UK house sparrow population, recently estimated as dropping by 71 per cent between 1977 and 2008 with substantial declines in both rural and urban populations. While the decline in England continues, Breeding Bird Survey data indicate recent population increases in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
What they eat:
Seeds and scraps.
Measurements:
Length:14-15cm
Wingspan:21-25.5cm
Weight:24-38g
Population:
UK breeding:5,300,000 pairs
Where and when to see them
House sparrows can be found from the centre of cities to the farmland of the countryside, they feed and breed near to people. It is a species vanishing from the centre of many cities, but is not uncommon in most towns and villages. It is absent from parts of the Scottish Highlands and is thinly distributed in most upland areas.
Breeding
House sparrows usually nest in loose colonies and since they don't defend a proper territory, nests can be as little as 20-30 cm apart.
How house sparrows nest
Nests are often placed in holes and crevices within buildings and they will readily use nestboxes. Free-standing nests are also frequently built, in creepers against walls and in thick hedges or conifers.
Pairs often remain faithful to their nest site and to each other for life, although a lost mate of either sex is normally replaced within days. A hole is filled with dry grass or straw with a nesting chamber lined with feathers, hairs, string and paper. Feathers may be plucked from a live pigeon!
The main nesting season is from April to August, although nesting has been recorded in all months. Most birds lay two or three clutches, but in a good year fourth attempts are not uncommon.
About house sparrow chicks
The female lays two to five eggs at daily intervals and often starts to incubate part way through egg-laying. Both sexes incubate, and the chicks hatch after 11-14 days. The parents share nesting duties equally. Chicks are brooded for 6-8 days, but can control their own body temperature only when 10 or 11 days old.
The youngsters are fed on a variety of invertebrates, including aphids, caterpillars, beetles and grasshoppers. Seeds and vegetable matter are also given, particularly during periods when invertebrates are scarce (e.g. cold weather) and become more important after the chicks leave the nest.
The young fledge 14-16 days after hatching. They are unable to feed themselves for about a week after leaving the nest and are cared for by their parents for around a fortnight. Post-fledging care is frequently left to the male as the hen prepares for the next brood. She can begin laying her next clutch of eggs within days of the previous brood leaving the nest.
Newly independent young often gather in large flocks, anywhere there is an abundance of seed, invertebrates and other suitable foods. These may be areas of wasteland or around garden feeding sites. Later, rural flocks may move on to grainfields to feed on the ripening grain, often joined by adult birds, once they have finished nesting. Flocks tend to break up through the autumn and birds return to their nesting colony sites.
Population trends
The house sparrow is common through most of its world range, and can tolerate a wide variety of climates.
The recent decline of house sparrows
UK house sparrow populations have fluctuated greatly over the centuries, with a gradual decline during the last 100 years.
Causes for the rapid recent declines, particularly in urban and suburban environments, remain largely undetermined, although research is underway that aims to establish the cause(s), and develop conservation solutions.
Declines in rural house sparrow populations are thought to be linked to changes in agricultural practices, particularly the loss of winter stubbles and improved hygiene measures around grain stores.
House sparrow numbers were not monitored adequately before the mid-1970s. Since then, numbers in rural England have nearly halved while numbers in towns and cities have declined by 60 per cent. Because of these large population declines, the house sparrow is now red-listed as a species of high conservation concern.
Relations with humans and other animals
People have a love-hate relationship with the house sparrow. However, control attempts have failed to limit the sparrows numbers and range.
Their relationship with humans
People have a love-hate relationship with the house sparrow. For many they are the most familiar of wild animals, bringing life to city centres and other man-made places, bereft of wildlife.
The house sparrows partiality to grain crops and the damage and destruction this caused resulted in attempts to control their numbers. From the mid-18th century most parishes had sparrow clubs with the sole objective to destroy as many sparrows as possible. Bounties were paid for sparrows until the late 19th century, when it was accepted that the control measures did not work. Similar failures were recorded in a number of other European countries.
Ironically, as people in Europe were paid to kill sparrows as pests, others deliberately introduced them to places as far apart as Australia and New York. Initially they were welcomed, although later appreciation turned to serious concern for the impact on crops. By then sparrows had become well established and control attempts have failed to limit the sparrows numbers and range.
How sparrows behave with other animals
Sparrows are aggressive tend to dominate feeders in gardens and prevent other birds from getting to the food. They harass other birds and steal their food and take over their nests, particularly house martins. The eviction and interference often results in a reduction in breeding success and can cause desertion of even large martin colonies.
Sparrows frequently tear to pieces the nests of martins and swallows and eject any eggs or chicks therein. The owners are unable to stop them.
Sparrows are very resilient and for their size have remarkably few serious predators. Main predators are domestic cats, owls (especially tawny) and sparrowhawks, but none are capable of affecting the size of the sparrow population, with the possible exception of localised effects by cats.
Ochre massif in the Luberon
The Colorado Provençal near Rustrel was one of the last industrially exploited ochre quarries in the Provence (closed in 1992). Today, the quarries are part of beautiful hiking trails through the Luberon.
Rustrel, Vaucluse department
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France 24.10.2006
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Ockermassiv im Luberon
Der Colorado Provençal bei Rustrel gehörte zu den letzten industriell genutzten Ockersteinbrüchen in der Provence (Betriebsschließung 1992). Die Steinbrüche sind heute Teil wunderschöner Wanderrouten durch den Luberon.
Rustrel, Département Vaucluse
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Frankreich 24.10.2006
More and more people are realising these days that cows are not just commodities to be exploited for food. No human needs animal products to survive, no matter what you believe about protein and iron. It's all crap. Cows are individuals, they are social, maternal, intelligent, and have just as much a will to live as you do. Exploiting them unnecessarily is cruel and inhumane, no matter how quick the death or how happy their lives were. We all have the responsibility to make the decision to step away from animal exploitation by adopting a vegan lifestyle. It really is the least we can do.
A new picture of this wonderful and magical place is the beach of Barrika. (Basque Country).
For this time, I had very clear whether risk going since I was alone, and it is very dangerous to nights out with no one who can help you if you pass anything.
I made up my mind that all variables were favorable:
- Full moon.
- Night cloudless (Very rare in these northern lands, it always rains or is cloudy).
- Low tide.
The feeling of watching the moon rise over the cliff, illuminating all this beach was spectacular.
Silence reigned at the scene at 1:00 am, only heard in the distance the sea.
The tide began to rise and it was nearly 2:00 am the water started to get too close and the danger increased but wanted to have my own take on this night spot.
I must say that I was very sorry to see that the part of the left had very many light pollution from a nearby village, but is something that can not be controlled.
After taking the picture, the worst was climbing the 300 steps down the cliff to the beach.
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Noisy and gregarious, these cheerful exploiters of man's rubbish and wastefulness have managed to colonise most of the world. The ultimate avian opportunist perhaps. Monitoring suggests a severe decline in the UK house sparrow population, recently estimated as dropping by 71 per cent between 1977 and 2008 with substantial declines in both rural and urban populations. While the decline in England continues, Breeding Bird Survey data indicate recent population increases in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Read more at www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a...
The House Sparrow is a small but sturdily built bird with a stout bill designed for eating seeds. Adult males are distinctive; the crown and nape are grey and only the sides of the head are brown. The black bib is wide and extends down onto the chest. The back is warm brown, streaked with black but with a few white wing feathers. Adult females and juvenile birds of both sexes are typically sandy brown in colour with brown and grey streaks on the back and wings.
Although adults will feed themselves on wide range of seeds, they need to find plenty of aphids and small caterpillars for their growing youngsters, especially in the first few days after hatching.
House Sparrows like to nest colonially, so one box on its own is unlikely to attract a breeding pair. They may nest in hedges and in climbing plants – but this does not mean that they are Hedge Sparrows or Tree Sparrows!
House Sparrows are red-listed birds of conservation concern.
Small nest box with hole (32mm)
Nest height: over 2m above ground
The nest is an untidy domed structure made of grasses, lined with feathers, hair and wool
Egg laying starts between mid March and early August. Up to four broods
4 to 5 eggs. White or pale blue with darker spots
Incubation time: 13 -15 days
Nestlings fledge after 15-17 days
For more information, please visit www.bto.org/about-birds/nnbw/nesting-birds/house-sparrow
I'm still exploiting the little plant I bought about 6 weeks ago. I believe that these are my favorite flower to light and photograph because of the elegant shapes. Some of the black and white photos I've seen that were done a long time ago by famous photographers are amazing works of art.
Lighting stuff: I placed a YN560 in a Rogue grid behind the flower and slightly to the right at 1 o'clock for backlighting, and used a YN560-III in an 8.6 inch Lastolite softbox in front and slightly to the left of center for fill. Both flashes, in manual mode, were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
Other Calla Lily pictures are in my Calla Lilly album. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157626082181550/...
Other plants, flowers, fruit or thingys that I've photographed using strobes can be seen in my Strobe Lit Plant set. In the description for that set, I list resources that I've used to learn how to light with off camera flash. www.flickr.com/photos/9422
we love the circus, but without animal exploitation.
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1/10 sec handheld.
This photo is a part of a journey through a wood, made with relatively long exposure times and handheld camera. The movements of the camera are mainly vertical, and the photos are in portrait orientation to exploit and emphasize the shape of the trees.
Si tratta di uno dei monumenti più noti e rappresentati di Villa Adriana ed è divenuto uno dei simboli dell’unicità e della concezione innovativa dell’impianto architettonico dell’intero complesso residenziale. L’isola era accessibile attraverso due strutture girevoli in legno e la sensazione, ancora oggi, è quella di trovarsi in un luogo nel quale potersi ritirare per svolgere in tranquillità le proprie attività. L’Edificio prende il nome da un raffinato fregio figurato in marmo con soggetto marino che ne decorava la trabeazione.
Costituito da un corpo circolare preceduto da un pronao che immette in un portico di forma circolare sorretto da colonne ioniche e coperto da volta a botte. Il colonnato si riflette sull’acqua di un ampio canale che delimita un’isola artificiale, sulla quale si imposta un edificio che può essere identificato come una vera e propria domus, una sorta di residenza minore all’interno della residenza imperiale.
Lo spazio interno, seppure ridotto e condizionato dalla pianta circolare, è stato sfruttato in maniera ottimale per realizzare tutti gli ambienti idonei alle esigenze dell’ imperatore: e, in effetti, la costruzione ripete nei suoi elementi costitutivi, lo schema tipico della domus, con atrio, cortile, portico per passeggiare, tablino, cubicula, impianto termale e, perfino, latrine, ubicate negli spazi di risulta. La caratteristica più attuale di questa villa in miniatura è forse proprio la finalità funzionale che sta alla base della progettazione, unita alla capacità di costringere e adattare lo spazio in senso estetico.
Villa Adriana: The Maritime Theater
It is one of the most famous monuments of Villa Adriana and has become one of the symbols of the uniqueness and innovative design of the architectural system of the entire residential complex. The island was accessible through two revolving wooden structures and the feeling, still today, is to be in a place where you can retire to carry out your activities in peace. The building is named after a sophisticated marble frieze with a marine theme decorating the trabeation.
It is constituted by a circular body preceded by a pronaos that enters a circular arcade supported by Ionic columns and covered by barrel vault. The colonnade is reflected on the water of a large canal that delimits an artificial island, on which a building is set, which can be identified as a real domus, a sort of minor residence within the imperial residence.
The interior space, albeit reduced and conditioned by the circular plant, has been optimally exploited to create all the environments suitable for the emperor's needs: and, indeed, the construction is repeated in its constituent elements, the typical domus scheme, with lobby, courtyard, porch for stroll, tablecloth, cubicula, spa and, even, latrines, located in the spaces of the result. The most current feature of this miniature villa is perhaps the functional purpose behind the design, coupled with the ability to force and adapt space in aesthetic sense.
C'est l'un des monuments les plus connus et les plus représentés de la Villa Adriana et est devenu l'un des symboles de l'unicité et du concept innovant de la disposition architecturale de l'ensemble du complexe résidentiel. L'île était accessible à travers deux structures tournantes en bois et le sentiment, encore aujourd'hui, est celui d'être dans un endroit où l'on peut se retirer pour exercer ses activités en toute quiétude. Le bâtiment tire son nom d'une frise de marbre figurée raffinée avec un sujet marin qui décorait son entablement.
Composé d'un corps circulaire précédé d'un pronaos qui mène à un portique circulaire soutenu par des colonnes ioniques et couvert par une voûte en berceau. La colonnade se reflète dans l'eau d'un grand canal qui délimite une île artificielle, sur laquelle est érigé un bâtiment qui peut être identifié comme une véritable domus, une sorte de résidence mineure au sein de la résidence impériale.
L'espace intérieur, bien que réduit et conditionné par le plan circulaire, a été exploité de manière optimale pour créer toutes les pièces adaptées aux besoins de l'empereur: et, en fait, la construction reprend dans ses éléments constitutifs, le schéma typique de la domus, avec atrium, cour, porche pour se promener, tablinum, cubicula, spa et même des latrines, situés dans les espaces résultants. La caractéristique la plus actuelle de cette villa miniature est peut-être l'objectif fonctionnel derrière la conception, combiné à la capacité de restreindre et d'adapter l'espace dans un sens esthétique.
"Bungee game"
Hawker Sea Fury - Flying Legend - Dijon-Darois - Meeting de l'air de la BA 105 d'Evreux (EURE 2018)
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Rennes-les-Bains est une station thermale consacrée au traitement des rhumatismes. L'exploitation des eaux thermales est connue depuis l'antiquité. On peut toujours y admirer les vestiges des thermes romains.
La commune est traversée par la Sals, une rivière dont la source est salée (60g/l deux fois plus que l'eau de mer) mais arrivée à Rennes les bains, elle n'en contient plus que 2 g/l du fait des apports d'eau douce de ses différents affluents.
C'est un village-rue de 200 habitants dont la traversée est difficile du fait de la fréquentation touristique. J'ai profité de la plus faible affluence de la fin d'année pour m'arrêter et prendre quelques clichés de cette station thermale au charme désuet.
Rennes-les-Bains is a spa dedicated to the treatment of rheumatism. The exploitation of thermal waters has been known since antiquity. You can still admire the remains of the Roman baths.
The town is crossed by Sals, a river whose source is salty (60g / l twice as much as sea water) but arrived in Rennes les Bains, it contains only 2 g / l because of the freshwater inflows from its tributary rivers.
It is a street village of 200 inhabitants whose crossing is difficult due to tourist frequentation. I took advantage of the least crowds at the end of the year to stop and take a few pictures of this quaint spa resort.
Nikon FE, Nikkor ai 50mm F2.0
Film Kodacolor 200,
Développement en kit Tetenal C41
An iceberg or ice mountain is a large piece of freshwater ice that has broken off a glacier or an ice shelf and is floating freely in open water
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La BB 66189 descend de Bourg-Argental et va arriver à Peyraud le 4 mars 1987, dernière année d'exploitation de la ligne. (scan diapo)
Photo : Laurent MANOHA
Obviously many 'western' images of African people are directly connected to exploitation and slavery. But it is often forgotten that there's also an idealist ideology that sees non-Europeans as good and free and noble, indeed as exemplary. This photo is part of the latter tradition. The insets provide some background.
In 1610 one Barthelomeus Moor (1573-1636) bought a piece of land on what is now the Rokin in Amsterdam and built a house there; the pictured decorative statement was probably added later in the style of Louis XIV. He'd been born in Antwerp and was one of many merchants, often Calvinist, who fled the southern Low Countries in the wake of their fall to the Catholic Habsburgs and the onset of religious persecution. They found religious freedom and independence from monarchy in the Dutch Republic. Around 1600 Antwerp's population had diminshed from about 100,000 to a mere 42,000, and something like 30% of the population of Amsterdam was made up of Flemish Dutchmen. Many of these immigrants were merchant families soon to become wealthy in the prospering northern Low Countries.
No doubt, the choice of Moor or his family for this sculpture was motivated by the meaning of his family name. But added to that are the connotations of freedom, independence and desire for trade imputed to non-Europeans exemplified by that self-conscious, proud 'Moor'. He could well be a Carib or else maybe a Guinean. The inset top right is after a drawing by John Gabriël Stedman (1744-1797) of a Carib family. The one on the left is in the first book on African Guinea (more or less present-day Ghana) by Pieter de Maarees around 1602. It depicts Dutch (?) and African merchants and traders. Note the similarity in head dresses of the 'Guineans', the Carib and our 'Moor'.
Glory of St. Ignatius of Loyola (1685) - Andrea Pozzo (1642-1709) - Church of Saint Ignatius of Loyola - Rome
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17 metri di larghezza e 36 metri di lunghezza, si tratta del massimo capolavoro del pittore gesuita, che qui sfruttò tutta la sua sapienza prospettica, realizzando un tipico “sfondato” barocco, che idealmente prosegue le strutture architettoniche della chiesa innalzandola fino al cielo dove viene ambientata la raffigurazione. La volta è disseminata di figure, ma centralmente si vede Cristo che irradia luce dal petto e investe sant’Ignazio, che a sua volta illumina le allegorie dei quattro continenti allora noti, evidente riferimento all’impegno missionario dell’ordine da lui fondato.
17 meters wide and 36 meters in length, it's the greatest masterpiece of the Jesuit painter, which here exploited throughout its perspective wisdom, realizing a typical "illusionistic baroque", which ideally continues the architectural structures of raising it church up to the sky where it is set the depiction. The vault is scattered with figures, but centrally it is Christ who radiates light from his chest and invests St. Ignatius, which in turn illuminates the allegories of the then known four continents, evidently referring to the missionary commitment of the order he founded.
"Extinguished chimney"
Bonneval-sur-Arc (Savoie)
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"Ambiant mist"
Le Creux du Van est un cirque rocheux d'environ 1 400 mètres de large pour 200 mètres de hauteur. Il se situe dans le Val-de-Travers, dans le massif du Jura. (Wikipédia)
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Long exposure at blue hour, just a few moments after the sunset, on a cloudy and warm day.
These large rocks in the sea, known as "The Friars", create a totally magical place.
I must admit, that as a first impression, it's like meeting with some gods still asleep.
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Broto, Sobrarbe, Aragón, España.
Broto es un municipio de España en la provincia de Huesca, Comunidad Autónoma de Aragón. Tiene un área de 128,50 km² con una población de 531 habitantes (INE 2018) y una densidad de 4,28 hab/km².
La villa de Broto es la cabecera natural del Valle de Broto, y tradicionalmente ha sido el lugar de reunión del Conzello de Broto, una institución del valle que antiguamente hacía las veces de parlamento y diputación de todos los pueblos del mismo, donde se debían tomar todas las decisiones que implicasen a los vecinos de éste; concesiones de explotaciones forestales y agropecuarias, regulaciones económicas y arrendamientos, facerías (especialmente importantes en este lugar las que lo unían con el valle francés de Barèges), tribunal, etc. La institución todavía es funcional hoy en día, aunque en un grado mayor de como lo estaba antiguamente, hoy en día es gobernada sobre todo por los núcleos de Broto y la vecina Torla-Ordesa. Sus funciones están hoy muy menguadas respecto al grado de autonomía de que gozaba con los antiguos fueros, dado que contaba con auspicio de la casa real aragonesa, siendo por primera vez regulado su funcionamiento en el siglo XIII.
El Conzello efectuaba sus reuniones dentro del edificio de la Cárcel, que además incluye dependencias que se utilizaron hasta el siglo XVIII como prisión, y donde algunos de los reclusos realizaron grabados en las paredes, algunos de ellos con singular destreza, que se han convertido en uno más de los múltiples atractivos de la villa, siendo visitables en fechas concretas.
El núcleo de Broto se estructura en torno a la carretera nacional, llamada Avenida de Ordesa a su paso por la villa, con todos los comercios abiertos a ella. La iglesia se encuentra en la parte más elevada del pueblo, al mismo lado de la carretera que la cárcel, aunque esta segunda se encuentra más cerca del río. Por el lado sur de la carretera cabe buscar la Plaza de las Herrerías (también llamada "de la Santa Cruz" o "de los Porches") que constituye una de las visiones más hermosas de la población.
Los dos barrios que componen Broto están separados uno a cada orilla del Ara, con el barrio de la Santa Cruz en el norte, y en el sur el llamado Barrio de los Porches. Es una costumbre muy arraigada en los pueblos del Alto Aragón considerar y nombrar como barrios diferentes simples agrupaciones de casas que, como en este caso, están separadas únicamente por un curso de agua sobre el cual se levanta un puente. Antiguamente ambos barrios estaban unidos por un único puente medieval que fue desgraciadamente destruido en el transcurso de la Guerra Civil (cabe destacar la crudeza que alcanzó dicho conflicto en esta zona de Aragón, llegando a su punto cumbre con el fenómeno llamado la Bolsa de Bielsa). Hoy en día entre ambos barrios la carretera circula por un puente de hormigón.
Actualmente, puente románico sólo se conserva el que cruza por encima del río Sorrosal junto a la llamada Cascada del Sorrosal, un salto de agua que se precipita de una pared de roca hasta caer por debajo de la villa de Broto. El puente del Sorrosal está hoy en día cerrado al tránsito de personas que tienen que pasar por un puente paralelo habilitado a pocos metros y que, así mismo, conduce al vecino lugar de Oto.
Broto is a municipality of Spain in the province of Huesca, Autonomous Community of Aragon. It has an area of 128.50 km² with a population of 531 inhabitants (INE 2018) and a density of 4.28 inhabitants / km².
The town of Broto is the natural head of the Broto Valley, and traditionally it has been the meeting place of the Conzello de Broto, an institution of the valley that formerly served as parliament and deputation of all the towns of the same, where they had to take all decisions involving its neighbors; forest and agricultural exploitation concessions, economic regulations and leases, faceries (especially important in this place those that linked it with the French valley of Barèges), court, etc. The institution is still functional today, although to a greater degree than it was in the past, today it is governed mainly by the towns of Broto and neighboring Torla-Ordesa. Today its functions are greatly diminished with respect to the degree of autonomy it enjoyed with the old fueros, since it was sponsored by the Aragonese royal house, its operation being regulated for the first time in the 13th century.
The Conzello held its meetings inside the Prison building, which also includes rooms that were used as a prison until the 18th century, and where some of the inmates made engravings on the walls, some of them with singular skill, which have become one more of the multiple attractions of the town, being visited on specific dates.
The nucleus of Broto is structured around the national highway, called Avenida de Ordesa as it passes through the town, with all the shops open to it. The church is located in the highest part of town, on the same side of the road as the jail, although the latter is closer to the river. On the south side of the road, you can look for the Plaza de las Herrerías (also called "de la Santa Cruz" or "de los Porches") which constitutes one of the most beautiful views of the town.
The two neighborhoods that make up Broto are separated, one on each bank of the Ara, with the Santa Cruz neighborhood in the north and the so-called Barrio de los Porches in the south. It is a deeply rooted custom in the towns of Alto Aragón to consider and name as different neighborhoods simple groupings of houses that, as in this case, are separated only by a watercourse over which a bridge rises. Formerly both neighborhoods were linked by a single medieval bridge that was unfortunately destroyed in the course of the Civil War (it is worth noting the harshness that this conflict reached in this area of Aragon, reaching its peak with the phenomenon called the Bielsa Stock Exchange) . Today between the two neighborhoods the road runs over a concrete bridge.
Currently, the only surviving Romanesque bridge is the one that crosses over the river Sorrosal next to the so-called Cascada del Sorrosal, a waterfall that falls from a rock wall until it falls below the town of Broto. The Sorrosal bridge is nowadays closed to the transit of people who have to go through a parallel bridge enabled a few meters away and that, likewise, leads to the neighboring place of Oto.
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The Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) is a tern in the family Laridae. This bird has a circumpolar breeding distribution covering the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of Europe (as far south as Brittany), Asia, and North America (as far south as Massachusetts).
The species is strongly migratory, seeing two summers each year as it migrates along a convoluted route from its northern breeding grounds to the Antarctic coast for the southern summer and back again about six months later.
Recent studies have shown average annual round-trip lengths of about 70,900 km (44,100 mi) for birds nesting in Iceland and Greenland and about 48,700 km (30,300 mi) for birds nesting in the Netherlands. These are by far the longest migrations known in the animal kingdom. The Arctic tern nests once every one to three years (depending on its mating cycle).
Arctic terns are medium-sized birds. They have a length of 28–39 cm (11–15 in) and a wingspan of 65–75 cm (26–30 in).[3] They are mainly grey and white plumaged, with a red/orange beak and feet, white forehead, a black nape and crown (streaked white), and white cheeks.
The grey mantle is 305 mm (12.0 in), and the scapulae are fringed brown, some tipped white. The upper wing is grey with a white leading edge, and the collar is completely white, as is the rump. The deeply forked tail is whitish, with grey outer webs.
Arctic terns are long-lived birds, with many reaching fifteen to thirty years of age. They eat mainly fish and small marine invertebrates. The species is abundant, with an estimated two million individuals. While the trend in the number of individuals in the species as a whole is not known, exploitation in the past has reduced this bird's numbers in the southern reaches of its ranges.
The Arctic tern is a medium-sized bird around 33–36 cm (13–14 in) from the tip of its beak to the tip of its tail. The wingspan is 76–85 cm (30–33 in). The weight is 86–127 g (3.0–4.5 oz). The beak is dark red, as are the short legs and webbed feet. Like most terns, the Arctic tern has high aspect ratio wings and a tail with a deep fork
This image was taken on Inner Farne Island, one of the Farne Islands near Seahouses in Northumberland, England