The fluctuating water levels create changing shorelines and beaches at the Arrow Lakes throughout the year. The Arrow Lakes are part of the Columbia River System.

Lake Forggen is Germanys greatest water reservoir. Every year during winter season it is drained. This is the view over the drained lake at Castle Neuschwanstein (between the two Mountains). You can walk on the traces of the little village Forggen which was flooded by the lake

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This is one of the longest migrating raptors in the planet. The annual migration covers around 22,000 Km - 30,000 km / 14-18,000 miles starting from Siberia / Northern Mongolia to India and onward to South Africa. From the coasts of India, they fly over the sea to Africa covering around 3-4000 kms nonstop without touching the ground for 5-6 days.

The birds are making a stopover briefly at a hill station near Mumbai for a couple of weeks and 100's of bird lovers like me make a visit to watch them and get some pictures.

These falcons seem to prefer these wild lavender fields where they hunt for insects and caterpillars. They spend sometime in them walking around and looking for insects. Such fields are spread over the lakebed and the birds keep flying between them.

Many thanks in advance for your views and feedback. Much appreciated.

Alvord Desert is a remote playa in Harney County located right at the foot of Steens Mountain. The largest in Oregon (9 miles long and 7 miles wide) dry lakebed or playa used to be an ancient lake's floor. During the glacial Pleistocene Era, the lake was nearly 300 feet deep and extended towards Nevada. We can still see old wave-cut shorelines along the basin's edges.

The vast playa has a smooth flat surface that is seasonally tough enough for driving and even landing light aircrafts. The desert is typically dry from May to October but during wet seasons it is muddy and even can become a shallow lake.

This is the far north edge of the desert and being that it is the very last of winter you can see there is a shallow pool of water in this area. The Alvord desert lies at an elevation of about 4000 feet. So, yes, it was still quite chilly here come nightfall.

This is one of the longest migrating raptors in the planet. The annual migration covers around 22,000 Km - 30,000 km / 14-18,000 miles starting from Siberia / Northern Mongolia to India and onward to South Africa. From the coasts of India, they fly over the sea to Africa covering around 3-4000 kms nonstop without touching the ground for 5-6 days.

The birds were - for the past few years - making a stopover briefly at a hill station near Mumbai for a couple of weeks and 100's of bird lovers like me make a visit to the place to watch them and get some pictures.

The falcons seem to prefer these wild lavender fields where they hunt for insects and caterpillars. They spend sometime in them walking around and looking for insects. Such fields are spread over the lakebed and the birds keep flying between them.

Many thanks in advance for your views and feedback. Much appreciated.

Mesquite Flat Dunes in Death Valley. This dune field includes three types of dunes: crescent, linear, and star shaped. Polygon-cracked clay of an ancient lakebed forms the floor. Mesquite trees have created large hummocks that provide stable habitats for wildlife. Sand boarding is permitted on these dunes. The highest dune rises only about 100 feet, the dunes actually cover a vast area.

The Racetrack Playa — a barren lakebed in Death Valley National Park — is home to one of the world’s natural wonders: “sailing stones” that mysteriously meander across the dried mud, leaving tracks in their wake. Since the 1940s, these rocks have fueled wonder and speculation because no one had seen them in action — until now.

Recently, a team of U.S. scientists recorded the first observation of these boulders in motion, using GPS monitors and time-lapse photography. By meticulously tracking weather data, scientists also explained how these rocks slog across the playa. What was one of the world’s natural wonders now appears to be the perfect combination of rain, wind, ice and sun.

After leaving Valley of Fire, Wayne and I headed to Death Valley for some night photography out on the Playa and when we arrived there it was 114 degrees. We still had a long 3 hr dirt road drive ahead of us and we also wanted to stop off at Ubehebe Crater for a couple of photos. Most of my time here was spent traveling to the Racetrack Playa so I didn't get any time to shoot photography during the day, but what a blast it was to shoot on a dry lake bed under the stars at night. We spent about an hour looking for the famous Sailing Stones when we came across a couple other photographers that were on their way out and pointed us in the right direction. I can't wait to get back here, preferably during sub triple digit temps. :)

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Arabian wind

The Needle's Eye is thin

The Ships of State sail on mirage

But drown in sand

In No-Man's Land

Where ALLAH does command

What good is spilling

Blood? It will not

Grow a thing

"TASTE ETERNITY"

The sword sings Blues for ALLAH

In'sh'ALLAH

They lie where they fall

There's nothing more to say

The desert stars are bright tonight,

Let's meet as friends

The flower of Islam

The fruit of Abraham

The thousand stories have

Come round to one again

Arabian Night

Our gods pursue their fight

What fatal flowers of

Darkness spring from

Seeds of light

Bird of Paradise - Fly

In white sky

Blues for ALLAH

In'sh'ALLAH

Let's see with our heart

These things our eyes have seen

And know the truth will still lie

Somewhere in between

Under eternity

Under eternity

Under eternity

Blue

Bird of Paradise

Fly

In white sky

Under eternity

Blues

For ALLAH

In'sh'ALLAH

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Soda Lake. Which is really a salt flat on a lakebed. Sky's are decent here aside from Bakersfield glowing on the horizon.

Burton Flats. Arrow Lakes at a low water level.

One of the tallest dune in North America rises above the lakebed in Death Valley.

The Eureka Dunes lie in the remote Eureka Valley, an enclosed basin at 3000 foot elevation located northwest of Death Valley. The dunes cover an area only 3 miles long and 1 mile wide, yet they are the tallest sand dunes in California, possibly the tallest in all of North America. They rise suddenly more than 680 feet above the dry lakebed at their western base.

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Have a safe and great weekend my friends!! :)

Smoke from western wildfires makes the sunrise colorful.

Colorful mountain range near Ubehebe Crater, Death Valley National Park, California

Nelumbo nucifera, also known as Indian lotus, sacred lotus, bean of India, Egyptian bean or simply lotus, is one of two extant species of aquatic plant in the family Nelumbonaceae. It is often colloquially called a water lily. Under favorable circumstances the seeds of this aquatic perennial may remain viable for many years, with the oldest recorded lotus germination being from that of seeds 1,300 years old recovered from a dry lakebed in northeastern China. It has a very wide native distribution, ranging from central and northern India (at altitudes up to 1,400 m in the southern Himalayas), through northern Indochina and East Asia, with isolated locations at the Caspian Sea. It has a very long history (c. 3,000 years) of being cultivated for its edible seeds, and it is commonly cultivated in water gardens. It is the national flower of India and Vietnam. The roots of lotus are planted in the soil of the pond or river bottom, while the leaves float on the water's surface or are held well above it. The flowers are usually found on thick stems rising several centimeters above the leaves. The leaf stalks (petioles) can be up to 200 cm long, allowing the plant to grow in water to that depth, and a horizontal spread of 1 m. The leaves may be as large as 80 cm in diameter, while the showy flowers can be up to 30 cm in diameter. 7662

MESQUITE FLAT DUNES - DEATH VALLEY CALIFORNIA

These fine-grained, mud cracked deposits underlie many of the low interdune areas of the Mesquite Dune System. They represent the sediments of an ancient lakebed which covered the area when the climate was wetter.

Nelumbo nucifera, also known as Indian lotus, sacred lotus, bean of India, Egyptian bean or simply lotus, is one of two extant species of aquatic plant in the family Nelumbonaceae. It is often colloquially called a water lily. Under favorable circumstances the seeds of this aquatic perennial may remain viable for many years, with the oldest recorded lotus germination being from that of seeds 1,300 years old recovered from a dry lakebed in northeastern China. It has a very wide native distribution, ranging from central and northern India (at altitudes up to 1,400 m in the southern Himalayas), through northern Indochina and East Asia, with isolated locations at the Caspian Sea. It has a very long history (c. 3,000 years) of being cultivated for its edible seeds, and it is commonly cultivated in water gardens. It is the national flower of India and Vietnam. The roots of lotus are planted in the soil of the pond or river bottom, while the leaves float on the water's surface or are held well above it. The flowers are usually found on thick stems rising several centimeters above the leaves. The leaf stalks (petioles) can be up to 200 cm long, allowing the plant to grow in water to that depth, and a horizontal spread of 1 m. The leaves may be as large as 80 cm in diameter, while the showy flowers can be up to 30 cm in diameter. 7659

A Common stork often seen in fields, grasslands and in dry lakebeds and easily identified by its black body and white neck. They are resident birds in the country and can be seen throughout the year.

The colors of the bird are quite interesting and the wings and head feathers are iridescent. They are pretty tall around 80-90 cms and taller compared to the other herons / storks we have here. The birds are seen in small groups, though they forage alone like this one.

We sighted this in a grassland and the rains made the landscape very beautiful. These large storks were hunting for insects in the semi wet ground and seemed quite successful in getting a good meal.

Thanks in advance for your views and feedback. Much appreciated.

Last April we left the Death Valley in California towards sunset. The road descends into a valley, leading towards Panamint Springs.

I processed a photographic, a balanced, and a paintery HDR photo from three RAW exposures, blended them selectively, and carefully adjusted the color balance and curves. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.

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-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography

The Etosha pan is a large, 120 km long salt pan in the north of Namibia. With the exception of the rain period, it is a dry lakebed. It is home to Etosha National Park, one of Namibia's largest wildlife parks.

This is one of the longest migrating raptors in the planet. The annual migration covers around 22,000 Km - 30,000 km / 14-18,000 miles starting from Siberia / Northern Mongolia to India and onward to South Africa. From the coasts of India, they fly over the sea to Africa covering around 3-4000 kms nonstop without touching the ground for 5-6 days.

The birds are making a stopover briefly at a hill station near Mumbai for a couple of weeks and 100's of bird lovers like me make a visit to watch them and get some pictures.

These falcons seem to prefer these wild lavender fields where they hunt for insects and caterpillars. They spend sometime in them walking around and looking for insects. Such fields are spread over the lakebed and the birds keep flying between them.

Many thanks in advance for your views and feedback. Much appreciated.

Almost at the top, the very farthest grey patch is the dried lakebed of Warspite Lake (pic in comments). The brighter larger patch is a huge boulder field - the remains of the rockslide you can see far left. We were tempted to turn back here because the path was so steep and slippery from the spray, and downhill is not my forte.

Cathedral Gorge State Park, Panaca, Nevada

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Cathedral Gorge State Park was one of the first 4 state parks created in Nevada, established in 1935. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built this rock water tower at the park in the 1930's. During the Pliocene Era, the area was covered by a freshwater lake. The amazing rock formations, slot canyons and caves were formed by erosion as the lakebed slowly dried up.

Winter sunset on the lakebed six miles from Antelope Island

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Taipei (/ˌtaɪˈpeɪ/), officially known as Taipei City (Chinese: 臺北市 or 台北市; pinyin: Táiběi Shì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak Chhī), is the capital of Taiwan (officially the Republic of China). Situated at the northern tip of Taiwan, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River; it is about 25 km (16 mi) southwest of Keelung, a port city on the Pacific Ocean. It lies in the Taipei Basin, an ancient lakebed bounded by the two relatively narrow valleys of the Keelung and Xindian rivers, which join to form the Tamsui River along the city's western border. The city proper is home to an estimated 2,693,672 people. Taipei, New Taipei, and Keelung together form the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area with a population of 6,900,273, the 40th most-populous urban area in the world. They are administered under three municipal governing bodies. "Taipei" sometimes refers to the whole metropolitan area, while "Taipei City" refers to the city proper. Taipei City proper is surrounded on all sides by another city called New Taipei.

Taipei is the political, economic, and cultural center of Taiwan. Considered to be a global city, Taipei is part of a major industrial area. Railways, high-speed rail, highways, airports, and bus lines connect Taipei with all parts of the island. The city is served by two airports – Taipei Songshan and Taiwan Taoyuan.

This tree stump has been lying submerged and hidden from view for who knows how long, and only now when the water levels dropped dramatically in the reservoir is it revealed.

Nelumbo nucifera, also known as Indian lotus, sacred lotus, bean of India, or simply lotus, is one of two species of aquatic plant in the family Nelumbonaceae. The Linnaean binomial Nelumbo nucifera (Gaertn.) is the currently recognized name for this species, which has been classified under the former names, Nelumbium speciosum (Willd.) and Nymphaea nelumbo, among others. (These names are obsolete synonyms and should be avoided in current works.) This plant is an aquatic perennial. Under favorable circumstances its seeds may remain viable for many years, with the oldest recorded lotus germination being from that of seeds 1,300 years old recovered from a dry lakebed in northeastern China.

Native to Tropical Asia and Queensland, Australia, it is commonly cultivated in water gardens. It is also the national flower of India and Vietnam.

The Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens. San Marino. California.

This is one of the longest migrating raptors in the planet. The annual migration covers around 22,000 km - 30,000 km / 14-18,000 miles starting from Siberia / Northern Mongolia to India and onward to South Africa. From the coasts of India, they fly over the sea to Africa covering around 3-4000 kms nonstop without touching the ground for 5-6 days.

For the past 2 years, the birds are making a stopover briefly at a hill station near Mumbai for a couple of weeks. And 100's of bird lovers like me make a visit to watch them and get some pictures from up close.

In this hillstation, they frequent a dried up lakebed and seem to prefer some wild lavender fields where they hunt for insects and caterpillars. They spend sometime in them walking around and looking for insects. Such fields are spread in a couple of places across the lakebed and the birds keep flying between them. This one was shot during one such flight.

Many thanks in advance for your views and feedback. Much appreciated.

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We spent 3+ days in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada to attend a rocket launch event. Sunrises and sunsets are always nice to observe on the playa (dry lakebed). It looks different every time, depending on the clouds.

I captured the sun rising from a distant mountain. We had beautiful clouds that morning.

I processed a balanced HDR photo from three RAW exposures, and a separate balanced HDR photo from the dark exposure. I merged them, taking the sky from balanced HDR photo of the dark exposure to get the intense color, and the desert from the one based on three exposures to get low noise.

-- © Peter Thoeny, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, HDR, 3 RAW exposures, NEX-6, _DSC7436_7_8_hdr3bal1f

The Sierra Nevada and Owens Lake on our way home from Death Valley in January 2020.

I hope everyone is well and not suffering from the effects of the coronavirus. We are healthy, but have cancelled our upcoming trip to Italy and France; a big disappointment and also a big relief.

Thanks for stopping by and for all of your kind comments, awards and faves -- I appreciate them all.

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In Explore 8 Mar 2020

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Nelumbo nucifera, also known as Indian lotus, sacred lotus, bean of India, Egyptian bean or simply lotus, is one of two extant species of aquatic plant in the family Nelumbonaceae. It is often colloquially called a water lily. Under favorable circumstances the seeds of this aquatic perennial may remain viable for many years, with the oldest recorded lotus germination being from that of seeds 1,300 years old recovered from a dry lakebed in northeastern China. It has a very wide native distribution, ranging from central and northern India (at altitudes up to 1,400 m in the southern Himalayas), through northern Indochina and East Asia, with isolated locations at the Caspian Sea. It has a very long history (c. 3,000 years) of being cultivated for its edible seeds, and it is commonly cultivated in water gardens. It is the national flower of India and Vietnam. The roots of lotus are planted in the soil of the pond or river bottom, while the leaves float on the water's surface or are held well above it. The flowers are usually found on thick stems rising several centimeters above the leaves. The leaf stalks (petioles) can be up to 200 cm long, allowing the plant to grow in water to that depth, and a horizontal spread of 1 m. The leaves may be as large as 80 cm in diameter, while the showy flowers can be up to 30 cm in diameter. 7656

Nelumbo nucifera, also known as Indian lotus, sacred lotus, bean of India, Egyptian bean or simply lotus, is one of two extant species of aquatic plant in the family Nelumbonaceae. It is often colloquially called a water lily. Under favorable circumstances the seeds of this aquatic perennial may remain viable for many years, with the oldest recorded lotus germination being from that of seeds 1,300 years old recovered from a dry lakebed in northeastern China. It has a very wide native distribution, ranging from central and northern India (at altitudes up to 1,400 m in the southern Himalayas), through northern Indochina and East Asia, with isolated locations at the Caspian Sea. It has a very long history (c. 3,000 years) of being cultivated for its edible seeds, and it is commonly cultivated in water gardens. It is the national flower of India and Vietnam. The roots of lotus are planted in the soil of the pond or river bottom, while the leaves float on the water's surface or are held well above it. The flowers are usually found on thick stems rising several centimeters above the leaves. The leaf stalks (petioles) can be up to 200 cm long, allowing the plant to grow in water to that depth, and a horizontal spread of 1 m. The leaves may be as large as 80 cm in diameter, while the showy flowers can be up to 30 cm in diameter. 7711

A full Easter moon rises at sunset over a lonely tree purched atop one of the salty hills the make up the Lake Mungo Lunette. Known as the Walls of China, the lunette is formed by wind blowing over the dry lakebed for thousands of years. It is found on the eastern edge of Lake Mungo which dried up some 14,000 years ago. Outback NSW, Australia

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The dried lakebed of the Big Mineral Arm of Lake Texoma at North Texas' Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge.

A trio of Union Pacific SD60Ms pull an American President Lines container train along the Great Salt Lake on the former Western Pacific at Ellerbeck, Utah the afternoon of March 4, 1995. Utah is experiencing an severe drought right now, and this right of way sits high and dry above the old lakebed.

On the rails threading straight across one of earth's greatest lunar landscapes--the sodium-rich dehydrated lakebed forming the Searles Valley--three ravished, tattered, 645ed EMDs, speed lettering chiseling through faded cinder block carbodies, head up a long string of empty 5 bays just getting underway on their evening trip back toward interchange with Union Pacific for another round of generating coal, beating the disappearance of the setting sun by mere moments though unfortunately still too late for the more preferable and fruitful photographic results that are possible here. The Trona Railway operates out of Trona, CA (visible in the distant background), hauling Trona-related products (i.e. soda ash and other assorted goodies) and other materials related to said production, an operation wholly owned by the mining company Searles Valley Minerals and a vital link to the only bit of worthful economic activity in this otherwise barren wasteland.

Mesquite Flats sand dunes surrounding the old dried lakebed (playa) as sunrise approaches.

A pastel colored sunset scene at Pyramid Lake NV. Anaho Island and the Lake Range loom on the horizon.

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We went to the Death Valley in California with the goal to experience the sailing stones on the Racetrack Playa at new moon. Before dark we scouted interesting stones on the playa and marked their GPS location. Walking back I discovered this phenomenon on the playa. Wind ripped out tiles of dried playa. Interestingly, it was just at this one place, with tiles ripped out in an elliptic line.

I processed a balanced and a paintery HDR photo from a RAW exposure, merged them selectively, and carefully adjusted the curves and color balance.

-- © Peter Thoeny, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, NEX-6, _DSC3932_hdr1bal1pai1h

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Mesquite Flat Dunes

These dunes are the best known and easiest to visit in the national park. Located in central Death Valley near Stovepipe Wells, access is from Hwy. 190 or from the unpaved Sand Dunes Road. Although the highest dune rises only about 100 feet, the dunes actually cover a vast area. This dune field includes three types of dunes: crescent, linear, and star shaped. Polygon-cracked clay of an ancient lakebed forms the floor. Mesquite trees have created large hummocks that provide stable habitats for wildlife.

The Lakebed of Lake Powell is revealed through the drought. A winding, dry landscape of ever-changing peaks and valleys.

...along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau at Bryce Canyon.

Infinite Everywhere - Eric Hilton

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In a Quiet Mood - Eric Hilton

Homeward Journey - Uyama Hiroto / Nujabes

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During the colonial era in Africa, occupied by European nations, there were two Somalias. One located in what is known as the "Horn of Africa" and belonging to Italy, the so-called Italian Somalia. To the north of it, France colonized a small territory known as French Somalia, which when it gained independence from France was renamed Yibuti in French or Djibouti in Arabic. It is a little-known country, despite the great beauty and diversity of its landscapes. Plenty of desert, volcanic landscapes, slightly mountainous areas, landscapes of ancient volcanic lava flows mixed with arid or desert areas, extinct volcanoes, lakes like Lake Assal, the saltiest lake in the world, located 155 meters below sea level. Or an enormous variety of marine landscapes, mixed with volcanic landscapes and white sand beaches. Being such a small country, the variety of landscapes is immense; it's like a tiny representation of the entire planet concentrated in a small place. In the south of the country lies the Grand Bara Desert, a mixture of desert and extremely arid areas. The Grand Bara Desert was formed from the remains of dry lakebeds that were once lakes, and is now completely arid plains in central and southern Djibouti. In the south of the Grand Bara Desert lies the Goba'ad region and the Grand Bara Depression. The Goba'ad is a plain with narrow "wadi," the Arabic term used to refer to dry channels or ephemeral rivers that only have water during the two or three months of intense rainfall, typical of desert areas. In the south of the Grand Bara Desert, this occurs from late June to September... after which... the rain stops. Rainfall is scarce in Djibouti, and the interior of the country is very hot and dry, so most of the territory is desert or semi-desert. The Goba'ad is located between the Hanle Plain and Lake Abbe, the saltiest lake in the world. The Goba'ad plain and the arid depression of the Grand Bara separate the volcanic zone in this region from the arid zone. The volcanic part of the landscape is formed by extinct lava flows that flowed through these areas from the now-extinct northern volcanoes in past millennia. This clearly defines and clearly distinguishes both the arid and volcanic zones. During the rainy season, water flows across the divide between the two separate zones, or else it follows the path formed by the extinct volcanic lava flows, eroding them and transforming them into an increasingly smooth surface. In contrast, in the arid zone, the clay that makes up this area is poorly drained and sometimes water accumulates during the rainy season, giving rise to the ephemeral growth of some scattered grass or bushes... and very little else... rather little... little...

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Nujabes was a Japanese musician and DJ, well-known in his country but somewhat less so abroad due to his short discography and his untimely death. His name was Jun Seba, a first and last name he combined, written in reverse order in Japanese, to create his own anagram: Nujabes. His music had a touch of melancholy and nostalgia. What I value most about him is his enormous ability and creativity to blend musical genres as distant as hip hop and jazz. I also liked the "character" Nujabes, especially his reflections on creativity and love. One of Nujabes's best-known songs is titled "Aruarian." This word has no translation into any language, nor is it officially recognized by the linguistic institutions that regulate the different languages of each country. However, it is included in so-called "urban dictionaries." The word was coined and invented by Nujabes in relation to his reflections on love. The word has a meaning that goes far beyond what is conventionally known as "love." The meaning of "Aruarian" is that of a very deep, almost instinctive connection with another person. A "cavernous love" that one feels for someone without any reason, logic, or motive. Once, reading an interview with Nujabes in a Japanese music magazine, I was surprised to read what he felt when he walked through Shibuya, a well-known area of Tokyo that is always crowded with people, bustling with activity, and fast metropolitan highways. He explained that when he walked through Shibuya, he felt like he was walking through a desert where there was nothing and no one. I suppose everyone who lives in large metropolises has experienced this feeling at some point: feeling surrounded by so many people and yet feeling so alone and misunderstood in life. From today on, these hundreds of square kilometers of the Grand Bara Desert will be called the Little Nujabes Desert. I don't think any Djiboutian would be bothered by a symbolic change of name for this small patch of desert, where there is nothing and no one. So Nujabes can continue wandering alone through these desert places in search of a "cavernous" and profound love, and sleep and rest forever. I'm not going to ask Google Maps to include this name on its satellite map... It's enough for me that it's called this way, in a unique and symbolic way for me... the "Little Nujabes Desert." In 2010, right in the Shibuya area of Tokyo, on one of its fast-moving metropolitan highways, Nujabes had a very serious traffic accident, dying at the age of 36... losing his life, his search for Aruarian, his walks through the Shibuya desert... and forever losing an entire life yet to be lived.

Aruarian Dance - Nujabes

Homeward Journey - Uyama Hiroto / Nujabes

Counting Stars - Nujabes

Letter From Yokosuka - Nujabes

Waltz for Life Will Born - Nujabes

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Grand Bara Desert or Bara Wein Desert. Goba'ad Region and Grand Bara Depression. Djibouti. September 2025

trona pinnacles national natural landmark; california

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Nelumbo nucifera, also known as Indian lotus, sacred lotus, bean of India, Egyptian bean or simply lotus, is one of two extant species of aquatic plant in the family Nelumbonaceae. It is often colloquially called a water lily. Under favorable circumstances the seeds of this aquatic perennial may remain viable for many years, with the oldest recorded lotus germination being from that of seeds 1,300 years old recovered from a dry lakebed in northeastern China. It has a very wide native distribution, ranging from central and northern India (at altitudes up to 1,400 m in the southern Himalayas), through northern Indochina and East Asia, with isolated locations at the Caspian Sea. It has a very long history (c. 3,000 years) of being cultivated for its edible seeds, and it is commonly cultivated in water gardens. It is the national flower of India and Vietnam. The roots of lotus are planted in the soil of the pond or river bottom, while the leaves float on the water's surface or are held well above it. The flowers are usually found on thick stems rising several centimeters above the leaves. The leaf stalks (petioles) can be up to 200 cm long, allowing the plant to grow in water to that depth, and a horizontal spread of 1 m. The leaves may be as large as 80 cm in diameter, while the showy flowers can be up to 30 cm in diameter. 7674