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Les rochers de Roppeviller ou le Colorado du Pays de Bitche (Moselle)
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Autant vous le dire directement, si je ne forçais pas sous photoshop à jouer avec les différentes couches et la luminosité, vous n'auriez pu observer, en brut de boîtier de sortie, que la Lune, Vénus (G) et les étoiles A, B, F et E.
Pour cet "exploit", j'ai utilisé mon X-T2 +55-200mm @200 ouvrant à 4.8, à 200 ISO et 1,3" - le tout monté sur trépied.
Photo prise en environnement urbain pollué.
Remarque en passant : j'avais pris mes jumelles pour observer l'amas de la crèche... Je n'ai eu aucune difficulté. Il s'agit de jumelles Bushnell, ciel nocturne d'un développement de 20x60.
Pour attiser et alimenter votre curiosité, j'ai repris dans la photo les différents "éléments" observés dans cette constellation du Cancer.
Pour info : plus la magnitude est petite, plus une étoile est visible - AL : signifie année-lumière. 1 AL est donc la distance séparant en km l'objet de la Terre. 1 AL est la distance en km que parcours la lumière en 1 an, soit précisément 9,461^12 km.
En A : Aselius Borealis - Etoile de magnitude 4.65 - Distance : 181,20 AL
En-dessous : la Lune, distante de 384.000 km
En B : HIP 43061 - Etoile de magnitude 7.10 - Distance : 356,46 AL
En C : HIP 42628 A - Etoile double de magnitude 7.00 - Distance : 523,53 AL
En D : HIP 42993 - Etoile de magnitude 8.00 - Distance : 597,37 AL
En E : HIP 42970 - Etoile de magnitude 6,75 - Distance 202,33 AL
En F : Asellus Australis - Etoile de magnitude 3.90 - Distance : 130,57 AL
En G : Vénus - Planète de magnitude -4,19 (autrement dit, très lumineuse) - Distance : 142.523 MKm
En H : l'"Amas de la Crèche" ou "Amas de la Ruche" : amas d'étoiles les plus proches de nous, à seulement 580 AL.
Ma conclusion : il est vain de vouloir photographier le ciel sans disposer d'une monture équatoriale compensatrice de la rotation terrestre.
Autre remarque : en astrophoto sans instrument, il faut impérativement utiliser des objectifs qui ouvrent suffisamment. La longueur focale importe peu mais l'ouverture est capitale.
Wadi Dhiqah Dam in the wilayat of Quriyat in the governorate of Muscat is one of the largest projects when it comes to dams and water exploitation sector in Oman.
It is a famous architectural and tourist destination in the wilayat where thousands of tourists from Oman and outside come calling all through the year.
The number of visitors to the valley, located in the village of Al Mazari, has been on the rise, reaching 423,000 last May.
Tourism really took off when the dam was filled with water to its maximum capacity of 100 million cubic metres. As the valley was filled with water, it attracted significantly higher number of visitors, boosting tourism in the wilayat in general and Al Mazari village in particular.
The Dam Lake currently stores 83 million cubic metres of water and the discharge gate is occasionally opened to feed the aquifers of the villages below the dam, including the villages of Al Ghaf and Daghmar. The dam contains two lakes: the main lake and the secondary lake. The first is located along the canyon and the second in the north of the main lake.
Many facilities are there for visitors, such as resting stations, a park, restaurants and toilets. The spilled water contributed to the water level rising in the wells near the dam, such as Falaj (water stream) Hail Al Ghaf, which is one of the famous Aflaj in the wilayat of Quriyat. This contributed towards revitalization agriculture this season.
To develop services in the dam area, the Municipal Affairs Committee in the wilayat of Quriyat met recently and discussed the tourist infrastructure in the wilayat in general and Wadi Dhiqah Dam in particular. The meeting discussed ways to make the dam a tourist hub in the wilayat since it attracts thousands of visitors and tourists annually.
The committee visited the dam and interacted with the staff, discussing key requirements for developing services available at the site to accommodate larger numbers of visitors. The committee prepared a comprehensive report on services to help strengthen the tourism aspect of the region.
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The LJ-937, also named Wormhole explorer, was the first exploration ship built to exploit a gravity well generator to travel trough space. It was able to fold the universe and dig a hole from one place to another, hence decreasing greatly the travel time needed.
It's mission was to travel to unexplored planets and scan them to detect life form or exploitable resources.
There was a theory that linked the Octan corporation to the development of the LJ-937 and took advantage of the mission's finding to get their hands on usefull resources. Since the research on the gravity well generator and the funding of the missions were done using public funds, some people started to ask for the space police to investigate. Hark Mamil, the famous opposant to the Octan Corporation, officially complained to the authorities and a trial was planned. He disappeared two days before the chosen date...
Ville: Antibes
Réseau: Envibus
Exploitant: Keolis Sophia Antipolis
Numéro de parc: 431
Ligne: 30 Pôle d’échange Antibes par Juan les Pins - Pôle d’échange Antibes
"Free Entrance"
Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Baume-les-Messieurs (Jura)
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"The Gardener"
Hanoi (Vietnam)
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Photo. Trams aux Fils.
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Prise en septembre 1976
Motrice ?
Gare de Kreit
La ligne du Fulpmes ou Stubaitalbahn été inaugurée le 31 juillet 1904 à voie métrique sa longueur est de 18,2 Kilomètres.
Exploitation par des tramways depuis juin 1983
Meeting aérien "Air Legend" 2019 (Melun-Villaroche)
Patrouille de France 2019 - Dassault Alpha Jet
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Domaine viticole d’Ardhuy à Corgoloin
Exploitation familiale transmise de père en filles, le Domaine d’Ardhuy est situé à la frontière entre la Côte de Beaune et la Côte de Nuits, autour de son vignoble emblématique « Le Clos des Langres ».
Le Domaine d’Ardhuy est guidé par une ligne directrice forte : produire de beaux raisins et de beaux vins, représentatifs de leur terroir. Cette finalité n’est atteinte que grâce à l’addition de plusieurs savoir-faire : le travail méticuleux et exigeant de la vigne, rythmé par les saisons, le respect de nos terroirs, l’attention portée lors de la vendange, la précision et la diversité des vinifications, la délicatesse des élevages en fûts, la maîtrise de la mise en bouteille. Le tout afin de garantir des vins de qualité et la promesse d’un authentique voyage gustatif.
Le Domaine d’Ardhuy a obtenu la certification en Agriculture Biologique et Biodynamique à partir du millésime 2012 pour l’ensemble de son vignoble. En février 2018, suite à des millésimes difficiles, il a été décidé de faire une pause de la certification afin d’engager un travail de fond sur nos pratiques culturales, toujours dans le respect du terroir et de l’environnement. L’objectif du domaine est celui d’un retour progressif à la certification AB dans un premier temps, à partir de 2024. Ils se sont engagés dans la certification environnementale à partir du millésime 2019, pour lequel ils sont certifiés Haute Valeur Environnementale Niveau 3.
Souvenir d’Airexpo 2014.
Mise en route du Morane-Saulnier Type G, rendu célèbre par Roland Garros lors de sa première traversée aérienne de la Méditerranée, entre Fréjus et Bizerte.
Le 22 septembre 2013, à l’occasion du centenaire de cet exploit historique réalisé le 23 septembre 1913, le pilote français Baptiste Salis en a réédité la prouesse. Aux commandes d’une réplique fidèle du Morane-Saulnier Type G, construite par l’association toulousaine Réplic’Air, il a lui aussi relié Fréjus à Bizerte.
À une différence près : le moteur. Plus fiable et plus puissant, un Rotec R2800 de 110 chevaux a remplacé le moteur d’origine. Le vol, long de 7 heures et 44 minutes, s’est achevé en Tunisie, où l’équipage a reçu un accueil chaleureux.
Fourth picture of my series My Dreamed Sunset. (This time an extraction of a pair of the nets, just at an atypical blue hour, as more than the blues in the sky still prevailed as powerful red sunset.)
I leave you today with this photograph of the last Saturday, the most intense sunset in the Albufera of Valencia Natural Park than i have contemplated in all my life. A dream come true.
They were about ten minutes in which the red flooded everything, creating an incredible atmosphere, with red, orange, yellow, pink and blue colors. Just incredible. What do you think about it???
On the technical side, say that I only used a neutral gradient three steps filter.
I hope you like it. Have a nice Thursday. :)
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Texturas logradas con distintos filtros de PS.
Exploitant : Transdev TVO
Réseau : R'Bus (Argenteuil)
Ligne : 7
Lieu : Île-de-France (Argenteuil, F-95)
Lien TC Infos : tc-infos.fr/vehicule/35158
"Red Fortress"
Les gorges de Daluis (Alpes-Maritimes)
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Cincinnati (/ˌsɪnsɪˈnæti/ SIN-sih-NAT-ee) is a major city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the government seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers. The city drives the Cincinnati–Middletown–Wilmington combined statistical area, which had a population of 2,172,191 in the 2010 census making it Ohio's largest metropolitan area. With a population of 301,301, Cincinnati is the third-largest city in Ohio and 65th in the United States. Its metropolitan area is the fastest growing economic power in the Midwestern United States based on increase of economic output and it is the 28th-biggest metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. Cincinnati is also within a half day's drive of sixty percent of the United States populace.
In the nineteenth century, Cincinnati was an American boomtown in the heart of the country. Throughout much of the 19th century, it was listed among the top 10 U.S. cities by population, surpassed only by New Orleans and the older, established settlements of the United States eastern seaboard, as well as being the sixth-biggest city for a period spanning 1840 until 1860. As Cincinnati was the first city founded after the American Revolution, as well as the first major inland city in the country, it is regarded as the first purely "American" city.
Cincinnati developed with fewer immigrants and less influence from Europe than east coast cities in the same period. However, it received a significant number of German immigrants, who founded many of the city's cultural institutions. By the end of the 19th century, with the shift from steamboats to railroads drawing off freight shipping, trade patterns had altered and Cincinnati's growth slowed considerably. The city was surpassed in population by other inland cities, particularly Chicago, which developed based on strong commodity exploitation, economics, and the railroads, and St. Louis, which for decades after the Civil War served as the gateway to westward migration.
Cincinnati is home to three major sports teams: the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball; the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League; and FC Cincinnati, currently playing in the second division United Soccer League but moving to Major League Soccer (Division 1) in 2019. The city's largest institution of higher education, the University of Cincinnati, was founded in 1819 as a municipal college and is now ranked as one of the 50 largest in the United States. Cincinnati is home to historic architecture with many structures in the urban core having remained intact for 200 years. In the late 1800s, Cincinnati was commonly referred to as the "Paris of America", due mainly to such ambitious architectural projects as the Music Hall, Cincinnatian Hotel, and Shillito Department Store. Cincinnati is the birthplace of William Howard Taft, the 27th President of the United States.
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Kavala (Greek: Καβάλα) is a city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala regional unit. It is situated on the Bay of Kavala, across from the island of Thasos. Kavala is located on the Egnatia motorway and is a one and a half-hour drive to Thessaloniki (160 kilometres (99 miles) west) and a forty-minute drive to Drama (37 km (23 miles) north) and Xanthi (56 km (35 miles) east). Its nickname is The cyan city (Η γαλάζια πόλη).
History
Antiquity
The city was founded at about the end of the 7th century BC by settlers from Thassos, who called it Neapolis (Νεάπολις; "new city" in Greek). It was one of the colonies that the Thassians founded along the coastline in order to take advantage of the rich gold and silver mines of the territory, especially those located in the nearby Pangaion mountain (which were eventually exploited by Phillip the Second of Macedonia).
The worship of "Parthenos", a female deity of Greek–Ionian origin, is archaeologically attested in the archaic period. At the end of the 6th century BC Neapolis claimed its independence from Thassos and cut its own silver coins with the head of Gorgo (γοργὀνειο) on the one side. At the beginning of the 5th century BC a large Ionic temple made from thassian marble replaced the archaic one. Parts of it can now be seen in the archaeological museum of Kavala.
In 411 BC, during the Peloponnesian War, Neapolis was besieged by the allied armies of the Spartans and the Thassians but remained faithful to Athens. Two Athenian honorary decrees in 410 and 407 BC rewarded Neapolis for its loyalty.
Neapolis was a town of Macedonia, located 14 km (9 mi) from the harbor of Philippi. Neapolis was a member of the Athenian League; a pillar found in Athens mentions the contribution of Neapolis to the alliance.
Roman Era
The military Roman road Via Egnatia passed through the city helped commerce to flourish. It became a Roman civitas in 168 BC, and was a base for Brutus and Cassius in 42 BC, before their defeat in the Battle of Philippi. (Appian, B.C. iv. 106; Dion Cass. xlvii. 35.). The Apostle Paul landed at Kavala on his first voyage to Europe (Acts, xvi. 11).
Byzantine Era
In the 6th century, Byzantine emperor Justinian I fortified the city in an effort to protect it from barbaric raids. In later Byzantine times the city was called Christoupolis (Χριστούπολις, "city of Christ") and belonged to the theme of Macedonia. The first mention of the new name is recorded in a taktikon of the early 9th century. The city is also mentioned in the "Life of St. Gregory of Dekapolis". In the 8th and 9th century, Bulgarian attacks forced the Byzantines to reorganize the defense of the area, giving great care to Christoupolis with fortifications and a notable garrison. In 926 the Byzantine general (strategos) Basil Klaudon reconstructed the fallen walls of the city, ("τα πριν φθαρέντα και πεπτωκότα τείχη") according to an inscription that is now in the archaeological museum of Kavala. Due to the location of Christoupolis, the city experienced an economic resurgence, securing the contact between Constantinople and Thessaloniki. During the Norman raid of Macedonia in 1185, the city was captured and burned. In 1302, the Catalans failed to capture the city. In order to prevent them from coming back, the Byzantine emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos built a new long defensive wall ("το παρά την Χριστούπολιν τείχισμα"). In the 13th century the Byzantine Greek historian George Akropolites writes that the city and the area around the city is highly populated with Bulgarians and this makes it more difficult to keep the city as a part of Bizantium.[2] In 1357 it is mentioned that the Byzantine officers and brothers Alexios and John controlled the city and its territory. Recent excavations have revealed the ruins of an early Byzantine basilica under an old Ottoman mosque in the old part of the city (Panagia peninsula). This Christian temple was used until the late Byzantine era, as the also recently revealed small cemetery around it shows. The Ottoman Turks first captured the city in 1387 and completely destroyed it in 1391, as a Mount Athos chronicle testifies.
Ottoman Era
Kavala was part of the Ottoman Empire from 1387 to 1912. In the middle of the 16th century, Ibrahim Pasha, Grand Vizier of Suleiman the Magnificent, contributed to the prosperity and growth of Kavala by the construction of an aqueduct.[3] The Ottomans also extended the Byzantine fortress on the hill of Panagia. Both landmarks are among the most recognizable symbols of the city today.
Mehmet Ali, the founder of a dynasty that ruled Egypt, was born in Kavala in 1769. His house has been preserved as a museum.
Modern Kavala
Kavala was briefly occupied by the Bulgarians during the first Balkan War in 1912, but was finally captured by Greece in 1913 during a successful landing operation by the Greek Navy that was commanded by the famous admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis. During World War I Kavala suffered from the Bulgarian military occupation with many victims among its Greek population.[citation needed] After the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922, the city entered a new era of prosperity because of the labour offered by the thousands of refugees that moved to the area from Asia Minor. The development was both industrial and agricultural. Kavala became greatly involved in the processing and trading of tobacco. Many buildings related to the storage and processing of tobacco from that era are preserved in the city.
During World War II and after the fall of Athens, the Nazis awarded Kavala to their Bulgarian allies in 1941, causing the city to suffer once again, but finally was liberated in 1944.
In the late 1950s Kavala expanded towards the sea by reclaiming land from the area west of the port.
In 1967, King Constantine II left Athens for Kavala in an unsuccessful attempt to launch a counter-coup against the military junta.
Etymology
In antiquity the name of the city was Neapolis. During the Middle Ages it was Christoupolis. The etymology of the modern name of the city is disputed. There are some explanations, either from the Italian cavallo (=horse), or from the Hebrew Kabbalah due to the large Jewish population of the city.
Climate
Kavala has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification "Cfa") that borders on an semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification "BSk" or "BSh" depending on the system used) with annual average precipitation of 460 mm (18.1 in). Snowfalls are sporadic, but happen more or less every year. The humidity is always very high
The absolute maximum temperature ever recorded was 38.0 °C (100 °F), while the absolute minimum ever recorded was −5.8 °C (22 °F).
Education/Research
The Technological Educational Institute (panoramic view).TEI of Kavala: The Technological Educational Institute of Kavala (Greek: ΤΕΙ Καβάλας) is a public institute providing education at university level in the region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace. The main campus of the institute located in St. Lukas, Kavala and is approximately 132,000 m2 with buildings covering an area of 36,000 m2.The campus is home for 2 faculties (Faculty of Engineering Sciences and Faculty of Business and Economics) with totally 9 departments.
Fisheries Research Institute:[5] Fisheries Research Institute (F.R.I) is one of the five specialized research institutes of N.AG.RE.F, being responsible to conduct research and to promote technological development in the fishery sector. The Institute is located 17 km (11 mi) away from Kavala, in Nea Peramos, at the centre of a marine area with rich fishery grounds and high biodiversity in the surrounding lagoons, lakes and rivers.
Institute of Mohamed Ali for the Research of the Eastern Tradition (I.M.A.R.E.T.):[6] I.M.A.R.E.T. is a registered NGO with the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which was established several months ago by concerned citizens in Kavala, Greece. Its aims include the study of the Egyptian influence in Greece and vice versa. The intra-cultural exchange and dialogue, as well as the promotion of art as a means of intra-cultural understanding. The first major co-operation partner is Cultnat of Bibliotheca Alaxandrina with the aim of documenting and digitizing the architectural heritage of the Mohamed Ali era in Egypt and Greece. Most important event that take place every year at the institute is the International Roman Law Moot Court Competition.
Historical & Literary Archives of Kavala:[7] It is purely a non-profiteering, public utility foundation. The foundation of the Historical & Literary Archives of Kavala is not subsidized by the Greek State, neither by any other enterprise of the private sector. Its operational cost is covered only by its founders and by infrequent aids of the local self-government.
Egnatia Aviation:[8] It is a private training college for pilots that started training in Greece in July 2006. The facilities of Egnatia Aviation mostly located in the former passenger’s terminal of the Kavala International Airport "Alexander the Great".
Culture
Festivals and events
Kavala hosts a wide array of cultural events, which mostly take place during the summer months. The top festival is the Festival of Philippi,[9] which lasts from July to September and includes theatrical performances and music concerts. Since 1957, it has been the city's most important cultural event and one of the most important of Greece.
Cosmopolis is an International Festival held in the Old Town of Kavala that offers an acquaintance with cultures around the world through dancing and musical groups, traditional national cuisines, cinema, and exhibits at the kiosks of the participant countries.
Giannis Papaioannou’s Festival includes concerts and music seminars.[10]
Ilios ke Petra (Sun and Stone)(July): a Festival held in “Akontisma” of Nea Karvali. The event is of folkloric character, with the participation of traditional dancing groups from all over the world.
Wood Water Wild Festival:[11] Wood Water Wild is an outdoor activities festival, inspired by nature. It includes live bands & DJ sets, body&mind activities, a book fair, outdoor theatre, ecology, camping, and debates.
Kavala AirSea Show:[12] An annual air show, which takes place during the last days of June
Besides, various cultural events are held in all municipalities of Kavala during the summer months.
Cuisine
Fish and sea food, as well as the products of the local livestock breeding and agricultural sectors are the prevailing elements of Kavala courses. In Kavala, the traditional local recipes have been influenced by the cuisine of the refugees from Pontos, Asia Minor and Kappadokia. Fresh fish and sea food, salted food, mackerel "gouna" (sun dried mackerel on the grill), sardine pantremeni, mussels with rice, herring saganaki, anchovies wrapped in grape leaves, Stuffed eggplant: these are some very renowned recipes in Kavala and the coastal settlements of the region. The grapes, wine and tsipouro produced in the area, as well as the kourabiedes (sugar-coated almond biscuits) from Nea Karvali are particularly famous.
Municipality
The municipality of Kavala was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 2 former municipalities, that became municipal units:[13]
Municipal units (former municipalities):
Kavala
Filippoi
Municipal unit
Kavala 58,790
Filippoi 11,711
The population of the new municipality is 70,501 and the area is 350,61 km2. The seat of the municipality is in Kavala. Some of the most important communities inside new municipality are:
Population
Kavala 56,371
Krinides 3,365
Amigdaleonas 2,724
Nea Karvali 2,225
Zygos 2,057
Subdivisions
Kavala is built amphitheatrically, with most residents enjoying superb views of the coast and sea. Some of the regions inside Kavala are:
Agia Varvara Agios Athanasios Agios Ioannis Agios Loukas Chilia
Dexameni Kalamitsa Kentro Neapolis Panagia
Perigiali Potamoudia Profitis Ilias Timios Stavros Vyronas
Province
The province of Kavala (Greek: Επαρχία Καβάλας) was one of the provinces of the Kavala Prefecture. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipality Kavala, and part of the municipal unit Eleftheroupoli.[14] It was abolished in 2006.
Transport
Highway Network
European route E90 runs through the city and connects Kavala with the other cities. The Egnatia Motorway (A2) lies north of the city. One can enter the city from one of two Junctions; 'Kavala West' and 'Kavala East'.Kavala has regular connection with Interregional Bus Lines (KTEL) from and to Thessaloniki and Athens.
Airport
The Kavala International Airport "Alexander the Great" (27 km (17 mi) from Kavala) is connected with Athens by regularly scheduled flights and with many European cities by scheduled and charter flights.
Port
Kavala is connected with all the islands of the Northern Aegean Sea with frequent itineraries of various ferry lines.
Bus
The city is connected with all of the large Greek cities such as Thessaloniki and Athens. All of the local villages are also connected via bus lines. The cost of tickets is very cheap. There is also a shuttle bus in Kavala with these lines : 1. Vironas - Kallithea 2. Dexameni 3. Cemetery 4. Kipoupoli - Technological Institute 5. Agios Loukas 6. Profitis Ilias 7. Stadium 8. Kalamitsa - Batis ( only in summer ) 9. Agios Konstantinos 10. Neapoli 11. Hospital - Perigiali
Sports
Kavala F.C.: AO Kavala (Greek: Athlitikos Omilos Kavala, Αθλητικός Όμιλος Καβάλα), the Athletic Club Kavala, is a professional association football club based in the city of Kavala, Greece.The club plays in the Municipal Kavala Stadium "Anthi Karagianni".[15]
Kavala B.C.: Enosi Kalathosfairisis Kavalas (Greek: Ένωση Καλαθοσφαίρισης Καβάλας - Basketball Union of Kavala) is a Greek professional basketball club that is located in Kavala, Greece. The club is also known as E.K. Kavalas. The club's full Greek name is Ένωση Καλαθοσφαίρισης Καβάλας. Which means, Kavala Basketball Union or Kavala Basketball Association in English. The club competes in the Greek League.
Kavala '86: A women football club, founded in 1986, with panhellenic titles in Greek women football.
Kavala Chess Club:[16] Chess is very popular in Kavala and the local chess club ranks top in Greece, enjoying plenty of success both domestically and internationally. The highlight has to be the club's annual International Open, that takes place every August in Kavala and attracts the biggest names in chess from all over the globe
Nautical Club of Kavala (1945, Ναυτικός Ομιλος Καβάλας, ΝΟΚ). Sports of sea (swimming, yachting,water-polo,diving e.t.c.)
Kavala Titans (2009, Τιτάνες Καβάλας). Rugby Union
International relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
Kavala is twinned with:
Bulgaria Gabrovo, Bulgaria (1975)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Gradiška, Bosnia and Herzegovina (1994)
Germany Nuremberg, Germany (1998)
Partnerships
Morocco Agadir, Morocco (2001)
Armenia Martuni, Armenia (2001)
Turkey Tekirdağ, Turkey (2003)
Bulgaria Gotse Delchev, Bulgaria (2003)
Serbia Vranje, Serbia (2009)
Postage stamps
Austria opened a post office in Kavala before 1864.[18] Between 1893 and 1903, the French post office in the city issued its own postage stamps; at first stamps of France overprinted with "Cavalle" and a value in piasters, then in 1902 the French designs inscribed "CAVALLE".
Historical population
1961 44,517 44,978 -
1971 46,234 46,887 -
1981 56,375 56,705 -
1991 56,571 58,025 -
2001 58,663 63,293 -
2011 54,027 58,790 70,501
Notable figures
Muhammad Ali Pasha of Kavala, the Albanian Wali (governor) of Egypt between 1805–1848 and founder of the modern state of Egypt
Theodore Kavalliotis, Greek Orthodox priest, teacher and a figure of the Greek Enlightenment
Vassilis Vassilikos, Greek writer and diplomat
George Georgiadis, Greek footballer
Giorgos Heimonas (1938–2000), writer and translator
Nikos Karageorgiou, (born December 9, 1962) Manager of Greek football team Ergotelis, based in Heraklion, Crete
Anthi Karagianni, silver medalist in the Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games; the city's Municipal stadium is named after her
Vasilis Karas, Greek singer
Nikos Kourkoulis, Greek singer
Mitsos Partsalidis, first elected "red" (communist) mere in modern Greek history, back in 1.4.1934
Antigone Valakou, actress
Despina Vandi, a Top Greek singer
Thanasis Euthimiadis, a Greek actor
Anna Verouli, 1982 Gold Medalist, European Championship, javelin thrower
Zisis Vryzas (born November 9, 1973), former footballer, currently vicepresident of PAOK FC
Theodoros Zagorakis (born October 27, 1971), former footballer, captain of national team of Greece-European champion 2004, currently president of PAOK FC
Anna Gerasimou, a Greek tennis player
Kleon Krantonellis, Αrchitect
I was looking for subjects to exploit when I came across this old bucket that has holes in the bottom, that my wife was looking to get rid of. I thought that it would make an interesting still life, and I took pictures of it empty, but I thought it needed something else, so I grabbed this little piece of driftwood that she had collected from some beach in Baja, and put them together.
Lighting sutff. I wanted side lighting to create the shadows that reveal shapes and textures so I put a YN560-III in a 24 inch soft box at camera left, and then used a hand mirror at camera right for fill. The strobe and my tripod mounted camera were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N.
Other still life images that I've attempted are in my Still Life album. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157635247182331/
"Good friends"
Ville de Sapa
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Utilisation de CirclePack (Stephenson) en vue d'exploiter le résultat pour obtenir une spirale de Doyle. La génération des cercles laisse demeurer un trou.
"By bike"
Façade de la gare d'Amsterdam (Pays-Bas)
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An old abandoned house with its' side fallen out. This is on an island that was resettled in the 1960's. It reminded me of a little girls doll house.
"Agricultural exploitation"
Dachstein Village (Bas-Rhin)
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Asian elephants and their mahouts (elephant trainer/caregiver) on the Mekong River in Laos. It has been estimated that the country had well over a hundred thousand elephants over a century ago. In fact, the old name for Laos was "Lan Xang," meaning "land of a million elephants." The country's previous flag had a three headed white elephant on it (a traditional symbol of strength and unity in Lao culture). Today, due to poaching and habitat loss, the elephant population numbers less than a thousand. Conservation work is being undertaken by the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) as well as independent elephant sanctuaries such as this one. Ironically enough, there is a fundamental disagreement between the WWF and these elephant sanctuaries in their approach to conservation. WWF accuses these sanctuaries of exploiting elephants for tourism purposes, while the sanctuaries feel that putting elephants in a protected area is impractical and ultimately a losing battle as poaching and habitat loss continues to take their toll on the population.
Cincinnati (/ˌsɪnsɪˈnæti/ SIN-sih-NAT-ee) is a major city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the government seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers. The city drives the Cincinnati–Middletown–Wilmington combined statistical area, which had a population of 2,172,191 in the 2010 census making it Ohio's largest metropolitan area. With a population of 301,301, Cincinnati is the third-largest city in Ohio and 65th in the United States. Its metropolitan area is the fastest growing economic power in the Midwestern United States based on increase of economic output and it is the 28th-biggest metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. Cincinnati is also within a half day's drive of sixty percent of the United States populace.
In the nineteenth century, Cincinnati was an American boomtown in the heart of the country. Throughout much of the 19th century, it was listed among the top 10 U.S. cities by population, surpassed only by New Orleans and the older, established settlements of the United States eastern seaboard, as well as being the sixth-biggest city for a period spanning 1840 until 1860. As Cincinnati was the first city founded after the American Revolution, as well as the first major inland city in the country, it is regarded as the first purely "American" city.
Cincinnati developed with fewer immigrants and less influence from Europe than east coast cities in the same period. However, it received a significant number of German immigrants, who founded many of the city's cultural institutions. By the end of the 19th century, with the shift from steamboats to railroads drawing off freight shipping, trade patterns had altered and Cincinnati's growth slowed considerably. The city was surpassed in population by other inland cities, particularly Chicago, which developed based on strong commodity exploitation, economics, and the railroads, and St. Louis, which for decades after the Civil War served as the gateway to westward migration.
Cincinnati is home to three major sports teams: the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball; the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League; and FC Cincinnati, currently playing in the second division United Soccer League but moving to Major League Soccer (Division 1) in 2019. The city's largest institution of higher education, the University of Cincinnati, was founded in 1819 as a municipal college and is now ranked as one of the 50 largest in the United States. Cincinnati is home to historic architecture with many structures in the urban core having remained intact for 200 years. In the late 1800s, Cincinnati was commonly referred to as the "Paris of America", due mainly to such ambitious architectural projects as the Music Hall, Cincinnatian Hotel, and Shillito Department Store. Cincinnati is the birthplace of William Howard Taft, the 27th President of the United States.
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The Carreau Wendel Museum is the museum of the Wendel-Vuillemin coal pit, in Petite-Rosselle on the Saarland, Lorraine border. Though often in Germany, since 1945 it has been in Moselle department France.
The museum is an Anchor point on the European Route of Industrial Heritage.
The Wendel 1 pit was closed in 1989, Wendel 2 in 1992 and Wendel 3 in 2001. The first piece of coal was mined in Petite-Rosselle in June 1856, at the Saint-Charles pit. These pits are in France but surrounded on three sides by the national border with Germany. Several pits were dug between 1862 and 1889: Wendel 1, Wendel 2, Vuillemin 1 and Vuillemin 2. Emile Vuillemin was the consulting engineer for Charles de Wendel and Georges Hainguerlot's company- Compagnie Anonyme des Mines de Stiring. The coal produced was primarily used to fire the Wendel steelworks. The company became - Les Petits-fils de François de Wendel et Cie in 1889.
After the Second World War, the government required the industry to triple the Lorraine coal production within ten years. In the 1946 nationalising, the Wendel assets were assigned to public company Houillères du bassin de Lorraine. The Wendel 3 pit was dug in 1952, and in 1958 was equipped with the new wash house 3. The Wendel 1 and 2 pits were modernised and equipped with new headframes. After 1960, the coal recession hit: the company modernised wash house 1-2 in 1962 by creating a new module on top of the former wash house, adapted to the existing equipment. Operations and investment continued up until 1986 when central activities ceased. Some infrastructure continued to be used up until 1989 serving other pits in the Wendel franchise.
The museum is presented in several section. The simple tour shows the life of the miner and the hazardous working conditions. There is then an opportunity to take a guide tour down the workings seeing the machinery current when the last deep mine in France closed in 2004. There is an AM 100 heading machine, G210 electro-hydraulic loader, Electra 2000 shearer and ANF winning machine, roof supports etc.
The Exploited performing live at The Rock
Copenhagen, Denmark; April 24, 2011
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With the UFA Invasion underway, dozens of Eurasian bunkers had been raided and decimated. One base in particular, though, had an increased amount of activity. Curious of this, the UFA sent pathfinders to find out what significance this commotion was. Upon entering the facility unnoticed, a couple of rebel leaders were being tortured, and soon after one of them was executed for noncompliance. The pathfinders were shocked at this discovery, since the rebels and Eurasians shared similar goals. What was really going on? The pathfinders became unaware of their movements, and alerted the guards of their position. Communication to UFA headquarters were soon disrupted, and the secret of this seeming betrayal died after the bombing of this facility soon after.
Very fun to get back into the swing of things, and to continue this storyline for the World In Darkness group from Everette. Made this quick scene in one night since I've been busy with music and schoolwork. I had two sets of lighting, and couldn't only post one of them, so you'll get both :))
History is her story too. The biggest disease today is not leprosy or cancer or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling or being unwanted, uncared for, deserted and exploited by everybody around. The greatest evil is the terrible indifference towards one's neighbor who lives at the roadside, the victim of exploitation and fear...
Part of the Botallack mine, exploiting the Boscawen Diagonal Shaft. The lower engine houses was built in 1835 and pumped water out of the mine. The higher one was built in 1862 and provide winding power. Men traveled in a wheeled box called a gig and were pulled up by the engine. In 1863 the gig chain broke and 8 men and a boy was killed. The mine was 500m deep and went 1/2 mile out to sea.
The mine entrance is in a cliff face just a few metres above the high water mark.
Botallack produced roughly 14,500 tonnes of tin, 20,000 tonnes of copper and 1,500 tonnes of refined arsenic. It closed in 1895 due to rapidly falling copper and tin prices.
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.
Rusted ships tell stories about prosperous days in Pedra de Lume, when the saltpans of the island were exploited. The trade started at the beginning of the 19th century and ended by 1985. Pedra de Lume, Ilha do Sal, Cabo Verde 2012.
Bon, une fois n'est pas coutume je vais vous balancer une petite histoire. Malheureusement j'ai pas pu la mettre en entière ça aurait été trop long du coup elle sera postée partie par partie de temps en temps.
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Chaque territoire possède ses histoires, ses drames, ses exploits et ses légendes. Les Terres d'Auroch ne dérogent pas à cette règle et laissez-moi vous conter celle de la reine des marais et de sa rencontre avec un aventurier itinérant. C'est une histoire d'amour et de haine, de non-dit et du temps qui passe.
Pour contextualiser le tout, laissez-moi vous parler des marécages perdus dans les tréfonds d'Auroch. Ce sont des terres hostiles pour la plupart des formes de vie qui existent et ceux qui ont su perdurer là-bas sont des survivants de survivants, de survivants... Pendant de nombreux siècles, les hommes des marais se sont fait la guerre avec les 'Squ'uirls', les hommes-lézards autochtones originels. Les premiers se sont réfugiés dans ces terres au cours des époques pour fuir les massacres, pillages et pour ceux dont le dernier espoir était celui de s'abandonner dans les brumes. Les Squ'uirls n'ayant pas bien vu ces nouvelles créatures venues prendre leur maigre ressource, pour de nombreux humains ce fut l'ultime étape avant de disparaitre à tout jamais jusqu'au jour où le grand-père de Silicia, actuelle reine de la forteresse , mit un terme à ces mortelles querelles. Meilleur diplomate que guerrier, il partit voir le chef du plus grand clan des Squ'uirls pour lui proposer de partager les marais. Les humains prendraient possession des bordures des immenses terres des marais et laisseraient tout le coeur de ces derniers aux Squ'uils. Ainsi, ils empêcheraient d'autres humains et créatures de parvenir jusqu'au coeur du territoire, quand bien même certains seraient assez fous pour en avoir l'envie, et ils s'occuperaient de faire le relais entre les territoires extérieurs et le leur, notamment au niveau du commerce. Les Squ'uilrs bénéficieraient d'un accès à plus de ressources grâce aux marchands humains , eux, peuplades solitaires ayant coupé contact avec toutes les autres races d'Auroch et profiteraient d'une première ligne de défense humaine en cas de conflit. Au fil des années, le chef des Squ'uilrs et Aubas, le grand-père de Silicia forgèrent une réelle amitié et finirent par décider d'unir leurs forces et de créer la Forteresse, place forte unissant Squ'uilrs et humains afin de faire prospérer leurs intérêts devenus communs. Les humains, bien plus expérimentés et meilleurs diplomates que leurs reptiles cousins furent naturellement désignés pour s'occuper des tâches de direction, nommant à fortiori Silicia dès sa naissance comme la première Reine de la Forteresse. Ne revons pas, tous les Squ'uilrs n evivaient pas ces rapprochements d'un bon oeil, surtout les anciens chefs et autres reptiles dont l'autorité fut remis en cause par cette alliance, mais le plus grand nombre, humain comme Squ'uilrs, purent profiter des nombreux avantages de ce rapprochement qui bien que fragile purent offrir un refuge durable et un avenir prometteur pour les survivants de ces terres.
Les marécages perdus d'Auroch sont de vastes étendues de bourbiers en tout genre. Il faudrait être fou ou désespéré pour vouloir s'y établir tant les difficultés rencontrées ici sont nombreuses et fatales. L'air y est putride, pratiquement irrespirable, la décomposition des nombreux corps et végétaux faisant planer comme un voile brumeux tantôt opaque tantôt éparse, mais toujours toxique. Les moustiques y sont légion et aiment se régaler à l'heure du coucher du soleil des pauvres âmes qui s'y sont perdues. Le soleil essayant tant bien que mal de se faufiler un chemin à travers ses rayons, mais finissant toujours par se perdre das ce marasme ambiant. Bien sûr l'on peut y croiser des humains, affublés de grandes échasses afin de traverser les nombreux obstacles et pièges et dont l'eau tiède et stagnante rend difficile toute progression, mais il y a aussi comme mentionné avant les Squ'uilrs puis les rares et solitaires hommes-crapauds, quelques gobelins des marais aussi sales que puants, mais le plus grand de tous les dangers était sans conteste "S'worl Vrr" le ver géant des marais. Considéré comme une sorte de dieu par les Squ'uilrs, il était autant craint que respecté. D'une longueur de plusieurs dizaines de mètres et d'une circonférence gigantesque, il avançait sans encombre et dans un mortel silence au gré des étendues d'eau qui parsemaient les marais, bocages et autres mangroves. Si vous l'apercevez alors il était déjà trop tard pour vous pour la plupart du temps, son immense et épaisse bouche vous avalant d'un trait, que vous soyez un homme seul, une compagnie ou une famille en fuite. Il n'était pas rapide, mais tout de même bien plus que tous les habitants de ces terres qui, empêtrés jusqu'aux genoux, n'avaient que le temps de faire leur dernière prière ou de pousser un ultime hurlement. "S'worl Vrr" veut dire "l'estomac vivant" chez les Squ'uilrs et dans leurs croyances ils pensent que d'autres parties du corps de ce Dieu sont aussi vivantes qu'animés et parcours les terres jusqu'à la réunification finale et la fin des temps pour eux. Avant la paix avec les hommes, ils avaient coutume d'offrir les prisonniers qu'ils ne mangeaient pas à S'worl Vrr" afin de calmer son appétit et d'avoir moins à le craindre lors de leurs diverses expéditions. Il n'y avait pas que du mal à sa présence, loin de là même, car les déjections du monstre étaient d'une grande valeur avant pour les Squ'uilrs tout comme pour la forteresse dorénavant. La sorte de limon digéré et mélangé avec tout ce dévorait cet estomac rampant finissait en excrément ayant des propriétés bien particulières. Les pierres de la Forteresse étaient d'ailleurs en majeure partie bâties sur ses déjections reformées en briques, car sous l'effet de la chaleur elles devenaient d'une dureté plus que satisfaisante et surtout étaient imperméables grâce aux sucs de la bête qui s'y étaient mélangée. Facile à former à l'état d'étron, dur comme de la pierre et à l'épreuve de l'eau une fois cuite, la forteresse s'était construite grâce à l'ingéniosité des humains et des Squ'uilrs combinée.
La jeune reine Silicia, dont le nom remontait aux terres d'origine de ses ancêtres, était d'une grande beauté et dont la prestance dénotait farouchement avec la plupart de ses semblables. "On ne vit pas dans une forteresse, on n'y fait que survivre" disait l'adage courant. Pourtant, elle s'évertuait à sa manière à donner ses lettres de noblesse à un lieu où la moindre notion de confort n'était qu'un concept. Elle était la première génération à avoir autant de pouvoir, ses prédécesseurs le partageant encore avec un conseil formé à la fois d'humains et des rares Squ'uilrs érudits ou chefs tribaux. Il avait été décidé que le prochain enfant à venir au sein même de ce conseil serait formé pour être le futur souverain de la Forteresse. La logique aurait voulu que ce soit un Squ'uilr dont la gestation était bien plus courte que celle des humains, mais voilà que Véra, la mère de Silicia était enceinte sans même le savoir depuis plusieurs mois. Les difficultés de la vie dans les marais et le stress ambiant ainsi que le peu de nourriture avait suffi pour que l'enfant décide de se développer dans la plus grande discrétion. Des voix s'étaient fait entendre quant à une probable machination, mais comme l'idée de départ avait été proposée par les Squ'uilrs et notamment le redouté "Crète noire", l'enfant avait été considéré comme un signe de bon présage par les chamanes Squ'uilrs. La mère de Silicia mourut d'épuisement au cours de l'accouchement et son père quelque temps plus tard de la peste des marais qui faisait des ravages durant cette période. Elle fut élevée par le reste du conseil et prise en tutelle par Crète Noire qui lui apprit à être fière et cruelle tout comme l'était les chasseurs 'Mog Hwere', de redoutables Squ'uilrs formés à la traque notamment des pauvres réfugiés qui échappaient encore parfois à la vigilance de la jeune Forteresse.
Mais voilà qu'un beau jour, un jeune aventurier vint se perdre dans cette poisseuse contrée. Les rumeurs d'une forteresse formée par une alliance improbable avaient attisé sa curiosité jusqu'alors insatiable. Les étrangers étaient plus que mal vus dans les frontières de la Forteresse et seuls quelques rares marchands avaient leurs habitudes. La plupart des curieux n'avaient de toute manière par l'occasion d'arriver jusqu'à ce lieu, finissant pour l'immense majorité par rebrousser chemin devant l'inhospitalité de l'environnement quand ce n'était pas plus simplement dans le ventre de S'worl Vrr ou massacré par diverses tribus de Squ'uirls ou de gobelins qui n'avaient pas voulu se rallier à la Forteresse.