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Hong Kong has over 4000 skyscrapers over 100m tall, with or people living above the 15th floor than anywhere else.

La cathédrale Sainte-Marie d'Auch est une cathédrale catholique romaine située à Auch dans le Gers. Vaste édifice à trois nefs, de 102 mètres de long sur 35 m de large, elle est le siège de l'archidiocèse d'Auch. Elle est une basilique mineure depuis 1928.

Commencée en juillet 1489, à l'instigation de François de Savoie, sur les ruines de la cathédrale romane de Saint-Austinde, elle est consacrée le 12 février 15481, mais deux siècles ont été nécessaires pour terminer sa construction.

Elle est de style gothique flamboyant, fortement influencé par la Renaissance. Elle est complétée fin du xviie siècle, par une façade et un porche d'ordre corinthien. Elle comprend un ensemble de 21 chapelles.

Le coeur et ses 113 stalles est hélas fermé au public, Covid oblige !

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After a day of storms

Glowing forest is a two-week-event in the garden show area of Bad Lippspringe, a town and spa in the district of Paderborn, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Town Hall staircase from 1880s

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In San Diego, CA

Pass in the sky

Upper acces to Santa Justa elevator seen from below

There are moments when time and space are more profound,

and the awareness of existence is immensely heightened.

~Charles Baudelaire

From my photo-shoot back in May with Toshihana of Miyagawacho.

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Starry sky.

Notre Dame de Paris. Our first visit inside since the reopening after the 2019' disaster.

The Torresian Crow is a large glossy black crow with short throat hackles (feathers). The feathers of the head and neck have white bases. The eye is white with a fine blue eye-ring. Immature birds are duller black with a brown eye. When landing, this species characteristically shuffles its wings. It will be seen outside breeding season in large flocks. It has also been called the Australian Crow.

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Above's colors.

Galerie Dior, Paris

Glider pilot's prayer ;-)

Cumulus above the magnificent cathedral of Sens (Saint Etienne de Sens), considered as one of the oldest gothic style church in France (construction started on year 1130)

This is from a series of photographs. They are an unusual and lighthearted idea strongly influenced by Gardens & Gardening.

Gardeners Don’t Do It In Wellies.

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Watch short video here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrRnnL0D-Hg

A series of photographs by me Simon Hadleigh-Sparks gardener, with the cooperation of his fellow colleagues who all work at Syon House, Park & Gardens, London as gardeners or estate workers. The concept was Simon‘s and the initial idea was to learn more about his love of photography especially about ‘people‘ photography and this then evolved into a lot of fun with friends but also a team building activity as more co-workers became involved and wanted to take part.

The basic concept concerns garden workers at a stately home, there roles and interests and taking their joy of work to the extreme…… Sounds tacky but all workers here love their job and are happy to wake up each morning. The majority of staff also live at Syon.

Syon is a 200 acre private stately home estate not far from the centre of London.

This will hopefully happen again as many more colleagues have shown an interest.

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TWO outtakes in comments!

Here's me having NO ideas! Enjoy! :)

Song of the Day - Björk - Human Behaviour

"If you ever get close to a human

And human behaviour

Be ready, be ready to get confused

There's definitely, definitely, definitely no logic

To human behaviour

But yet so, yet so irresistible

And there's no map

and a compass

wouldn't help at all

They're terribly moody

And human behaviour

Then all of a sudden turn happy

But, oh, to get involved in the exchange

Of human emotions

Is ever so, ever so satisfying..."

Our Daily Challenge ... things are looking up

Looking up into my maple tree.

My sister and her husband have just built a new home. It's beautiful. This is the lamp that hangs over their dining table, as shot from below.

Downtown, Atlanta, 2015/08/07.