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Kuwait - Kuwait City - Pier close to Kuwait Towers at Dusk - Twilight - Blue Hour - Night by Lucie Debelkova

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Something magical in Paris by Silvia Fiorelli

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Middle East - GCC - Kuwait - Kuwait City - Seaside Pier on Arabian Gulf Street at Dusk - Twilight - Blue Hour - Night

Camera Model: Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL; Lens: 18.0-200.0 mm; Focal length: 21.00 mm; Aperture: 14; Exposure time: 8.0 s; ISO: 100

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UK - England - Dorset - Isle of Portland - Pulpit Rock at Sunset by Lucie Debelkova

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Europe - UK - United Kingdom - England - Dorset - Jurassic Coast - Isle of Portland - Pulpit Rock - Coastal feature located at promontory Portland Bill - Sea stack of Pulpit Rock - Remainer of large natural arch, “White Hole” which was removed by quarrymen

Pulpit Rock is coastal feature near the southern tip of the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. The artificial stack of rock was left in the 1870s after a natural arch was cut away by quarrymen at the Bill Quarry on the famous headland, Portland Bill. The geological succession up from sea level is: Portland Cherty Series (up to the level of the neighbouring quarried platform), then Portland Freestone (the oolitic limestone quarried inland of Pulpit Rock), then a cap of thin-bedded limestones which are part of the basal Purbeck Formation.

The Jurassic Coast stretches over a distance of 153 kilometres (95 mi), from Orcombe Point near Exmouth, in the west, to Old Harry Rocks on the Isle of Purbeck, in the east.The coastal exposures along the coastline provide a continuous sequence of Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous rock formations spanning approximately 185 million years of the Earths history. The localities along the Jurassic Coast includes a large range of important fossil zones.

Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II; Lens: EF17-40mm f/4L USM; Focal length: 17.00 mm; Aperture: 22; Exposure time: 25.0 s; ISO: 50

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Magic forest II by atvjavi

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Foggy day by Jorge Verdasca

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sky show by George Augustine

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Tivoli - Stockholm - EXPLORED by Ioan Bacivarov

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Morocco - Er Rachidia - Merzouga - In the land of shadows by Lucie Debelkova

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Watching the sun rise or set over the sand dunes of Merzouga may be the most spectacular experience you have on your trip to Morocco. The Erg Chebbi, the name of these sand dunes, is said to have some of the highest dunes in Morocco. Indeed, the dunes and the desert wildlife are impressive.

The dunes of Erg Chebbi is a strikingly strange natural formation. On the top of the flattest area you could imagine, suddenly a long mountain of sand rises. This mountain is surrounded by flat and desolate nature on all sides, and you could end up wondering if it really is real. But so it is, even if its existence is so weird that it has given rise to lengeds and myths among the locals. One legend tells us that the dunes of Erg Chebbi were created by God as a punishment to the locals of nearby Merzouga after they refused to give shelter to a woman and her child during a local festival. A sandstorm came, and buried the village of Merzouga is it was then.

Morocco and especially Sahara desert with its very dark skies is perfect for seeing and also capturing the night sky with the glorious Milky Way. The sky in the desert is wonderfully dark with minimum light pollution, which gives a great sight, which you can also see in the :

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This timelapse video offers night view at some iconic or less known locations in various parts of Morocco, might it be Sahara desert, Ksar Aït Benhaddou (UNESCO), High Atlas Mountains & Toubkal National Park or Telouet Kasbah along former caravan route from Sahara over Atlas Mountains to Marrakech.

Camera Model: NIKON D70; Lens: 18.0-70.0 mm f/3.5-4.5; Focal length: 52.00 mm; Aperture: 8.0; Exposure time: 1/250 s; ISO: 250

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Light in Landmannalaugar by PAk DocK

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Landmannalaugar (Icelandic, meaning the people's pools) is a region near the volcano Hekla in southern section of Iceland's highlands. Historically, it has been the only "safe place" in Iceland for exiled outlaw people, like the famous outlaw Fjalla-Eyvindur.

The area displays a number of unusual geological elements, like the multicoloured rhyolite mountains and expansive lava fields, as well as hot springs, crater lakes and steam fumaroles. The many mountains in the surrounding area display a wide spectrum of colors including pink, brown, green, yellow, blue, purple, black, and white.

It was very cloudy, so you only can wait until some sunlight appears....

Landmannalaugar, Iceland, 2010.

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Landmannalaugar, que en islandés significa, las pozas de la gente, es una región cercana al volcán Hekla en la zona sur de las Tierras Altas de Islandia.

Históricamente, ha sido el único "lugar seguro" en Islandia para los foragidos que eran desterrados, como el famoso Fjalla-Eyvindur.

El área destaca por la presenciae de inusuales elementos geológicos, como las montañas de riolita de tonos multicolores, campos de lava expansiva, así como los lagos en cráteres, aguas termales, y fumarolasde vapor.

Todas las montañas de la zona muestran un amplio espectro de colores incluyendo rosa, marrón, verde, amarillo, azul, púrpura,

negro y blanco, debido a los minerales de origen volvánico que la componen.

Estaba totalmente nublado, no había nada que hacer hasta que apareció el sol...

Landmannalaugar, Islandia, 2010.

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Russia - Moscow - Москва - Moskva - UNESCO World Heritage Site - Colorful Sunset on Red Square by Lucie Debelkova

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Red Square (Russian: Кра́сная пло́щадь, Krásnaya plóshchad’) is the most famous city square in Moscow, and arguably one of the most famous in the world. The square separates the Kremlin, the former royal citadel and currently the official residence of the President of Russia, from a historic merchant quarter known as Kitay-gorod. As major streets of Moscow radiate from here in all directions, being promoted to major highways outside the city, the Red Square is often considered the central square of Moscow and of all Russia.

After taking few more shots of the grey red square I went to have a glass of (probably most expensive ever ) gluehwein / hot red wine (you really need that in the middle of December in Moscow, especially when coming from Middle East). I must have been silently praying to gods of weather to get more drama to my photos and luckily for me, they listened to my prayers and the grey sky had slowly started to turn into amazing sunset. This is a view 1.5 hour after the previous grey shot. I could not believe my eyes when I saw how things can take different shape and color in such a short time, so the learning is – never give up and there might be a light at the end of very grey day.

Pentax K20D, f/5.6, 0.067 sec (1/15), ISO 400, 17 mm

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WINDOW TO THE MOUNTAINS by Helena Bílková

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HIGH TATRAS MOUNTAINS • NATIONAL PARK • SLOVAKIA

The Tatra Mountains (especially the High Tatras) are known to have undergone four glaciations. The most extensive transformations were caused by a glacier 100–230 m thick; the most apparent features of this process are the numerous cirques and mountain lakes. The mountains were shaped by glacial erosion, which formed many alpine cliffs, some up to 1,000 m high.

The High Tatras, with their 24 (or 25) peaks over 2500 m above sea level, are, together with the Southern Carpathians, the only mountain ranges with an Alpine character in the whole 1200 km length of the Carpathian Mountain range.

This shot is from all-day climbing in September 2009.

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United Arab Emirates - UAE - Shapes & Shadows of Empty Quarter Desert - Rub Al Khali by Lucie Debelkova

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Abu Dhabi Emirate is covered for the most of its part by the well known Empty Quarter desert, which is also known by its local name which is the Rub Al Khali desert

The Empty Quarter desert offers some of the most beautiful scenery in the region. Amazing sand dunes can be found in this region of the United Arab Emirates. It is not uncommon to find beautiful sand dunes that reach up to 250 meters or more. The Rub Al Khali desert occupies around 25% of the Arabian Peninsula and has been named the largest of all sand deserts to be found anywhere in the world. Rub Al Khali can best be described a stark and arid desert. An oasis can be found inside this dry desert on occasion and local herdsmen do use these extensively.

To get to this place I drove the most amazing desert road ever and got to the most amazing desert resort Anantara Qasr Al Sarab in the middle of sea of sand dunes and nothing else but desert. I first enjoyed some arabic coffee there before heading to shoot desert under late afternoon light. I wanted to come here for long time and after seeing it I wonder why did it take me so long. But I guess better late than never.

Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II; Lens’s focal length: 24.00 - 105.00 mm; Focal length: 45.00 mm; Aperture: 9.0, Exposure time: 1/200 s, ISO: 100

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Old Head Of Kinsale by PAk DocK

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The Old Head of Kinsale, (in Irish, An Seancheann) is a headland near Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. An early lighthouse was established here in the 17th century by Robert Reading. It is notable for being the nearest land point to the site of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania in 1915.

Since the golf course opened, access to the Old Head of Kinsale has been restricted to golfers and guests only....very disappointing.

Old Head ok Kinsale, Ireland. 2011

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Oman - Evening Walk on the Al-Mughsayl - Al-Maghseel Beach at Dusk during Khareef Season by Lucie Debelkova

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Christmas Village, Riquewihr, France by Irene Steeves

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Christmas Village, Riquewihr, France

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Prompt: Christmas Village decorated for xmas like a story book 4k in Riquewihr, France

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The Green Belt and the moon - flackstad norway by Carsten Frenzl

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Middle East - Sultanate of Oman - Dhofar Province - Salalah Area - صلالة - Ṣalālah - Al-Mughsayl - Al-Maghseel Beach - Scenic coastal location along Indian Ocean with rugged mountains during Khareef - Rainy Season

Salalah and Dhofar region offers visitors an enormous variety of things to see and do. The natural beauty of the surrounding area is breathtaking. You can witness the stunning views of dramatic mountains reaching right to the edge of the sea. You can experience wadis and beaches as well as the springs. Salalah is a coastal city located on the shores of the Indian Ocean, in the southern part of Oman. Although close to the Arabian desert, Salalah enjoys a pleasant tropical climate and even in the summer the temperatures are not too hot as the coastal fringe of Dhofar and Salalah is touched by the winds of the southwest monsoon between June and September. The surface winds encourage an upwelling of colder waters in the Indian Ocean which cool the over-lying moisture-laden air. The fog cools temperatures considerably, such that Salalah is a popular destination for Gulf visitors in the summer as a respite from the relentless heat. The phenomenon of this rain-bearing fog is known locally as the Khareef.

This particular beach was extremely foggy every time I got there. It created incredibly mystical atmosphere, particularly during dusk. You might wonder about the f4.5, but as I was wondering around the beach, trying to find the best angle, I didn’t have time to always use tripod. Light changes very quickly in Middle East and doesn’t give you so many opportunities if you are not at the right place at the right time. I didn’t want to push ISO too high and the overall misty atmosphere didn’t need the overall sharpness f11 and above would give. I have tried slightly different way to capture this place with this shot. These two Omani ladies dressed in traditional abaya were enjoying their evening on the beach and I have used their presence to my advantage to get a human element into the shot.

Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Lens: EF17-40mm f/4L USM, Photo Focal length: 30.00 mm, Aperture: 4.5, Exposure time: 1/40 s, ISO: 160

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Kuwait - Shuwaikh Beach - Colorless Sunset during Dust Storm by Lucie Debelkova

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Weather in Kuwait seems to be unpredictable sometimes. I was planning blue hour shoot as the weather during the day was very nice, but as soon as I got outside about an hour before sunset, you could hardly see anything. One of those (by now) familiar dust storms had hit Kuwait. I didn’t want to give up and got to the beach to wait for the sun go down with the everywhere present sand disabling visibility. I have however liked the atmosphere it created and the fact that low tide had revealed few stones on the beach. I decided to try to take few shots. This photo is a result of colorless sunset where the filter is the dust. I like the unusual (rather haunting) effect it has created. The sun had disappeared behind the layer of dust probably at this level above the sea just few minutes after I took this shot. No digital manipulation to this photo, it was taken in full color mode.

A dust storm or sandstorm is a meteorological phenomenon common in arid and semi-arid regions and arises when a gust front passes or when the wind force exceeds the threshold value where loose sand and dust are removed from the dry surface. Particles are transported by saltation and suspension, causing soil erosion from one place and deposition in another. The Sahara and drylands around the Arabian peninsula are the main source of airborne dust, with some contributions from Iran, Pakistan and India into the Arabian Sea, and China's storms deposit dust in the Pacific.

Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II; Lens: EF17-40mm f/4L USM; Focal length: 24.00 mm; Aperture: 22; Exposure time: 1.6 s; ISO: 50

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Mongolia - Gobi Desert - Khongor Sand Dunes - Singing Dunes by Lucie Debelkova

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Khongor Sand Dunes are the largest and most spectacular sand dunes in Mongolia. Also known as the ‘singing dunes’, they are up to 800 m high, 20 km wide and about 100 km long. Top of the dunes can be climbed and the views of the desert from the top are indescribable.

I was wondering around and enjoying the majestic views of dunes when my eyes spotted this beautiful play of shadow and light with blowing sand over the dunes and with sun shining through the flying sand. It is slightly different desert photo than we are used to but I am very happy with the artistic results it creates, even I've originally went there for very typical sunrise desert photos.

Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL, f/13, 0.001 sec (1/800), ISO 200, 200 mm

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Sunset at St.Maergen by Carsten Frenzl

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Jordan - Petra - Rose red city - Ghosts of Present & Past in Petra Siq by Lucie Debelkova

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The City of Petra was hidden in the mountains of Jordan for thousands of years when a young Swiss explorer Johan Ludwig Burckhardt rediscovered it in 1812. Temples, tombs, and other buildings are all carved out of the sandstone cliffs, which also gives it the name the "rose red city"

You reach the ancient city of Petra it by going through a narrow corridor in a mountain of rock. This corridor is about a mile long and just wide enough to fit a small truck - although most people go through on horseback or on foot. When you emerge, you enter a little hidden valley, which is mountain-locked. Petra was a perfect location for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, in part because of its rich sense of history. It was famous around the time of Christ for being the only way through those mountains, and traders bringing back silk from China to Europe often traveled through there. Back then, the people of Petra charged a fee-and of course became quite rich. The valley is a mile long, and more than thirty temples line the canyon sides. The temple that was used was right opposite the narrow opening. Many of these temples or tombs go back to about 600 B.C., but the particular one they used was built around the time of Christ. Nobody knows for sure what it was used for. Behind the temple face are a few small, square rooms, which are completely empty. Whatever they held was stolen long ago. It's quite an incredible place - like a tenth wonder of the world." The Siq twists and turns, the high walls all but shutting out the early morning sunlight, until abruptly, through a cleft in the rock , the first glimpse of the city of Petra can be seen.

The Shiq is a great cleft in the earth, formed in the hazy depths of the geological past by the same earthquake activity that has plagued the area ever since. Its narrow, winding route through the lofty cliffs which protect the site on the east remains one of the great experiences for the visitor today, and is probably responsible for the belief that it was here that Moses struck the rock to secure water for his wandering people after the flight from Egypt - the first of the Moses-linked stories now associated with the whole Petra Basin.

Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II; Lens: EF17-40mm f/4L USM; Focal length: 17.00 mm; Aperture: 4.0; Exposure time: 1/20 s; ISO: 320

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Ballet Dancer V1 by Irene Steeves

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Created with Midjourney AI engine.

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Texture from Kerstin Frank/White Satin overlay.

Prompt: photorealistic masterpiece photograph of a Ballet Dancer's Graceful Movement under a Spotlight Unveiling her Inner Strength, fluid Fine details Sparkling lights delicate tutu, Dramatic lighting.

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Poppy's time ! by Tompix Studio

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Sunset Glow, Cape Split by Chris Sheppard

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The play of light and shadow at land’s end during the golden moment when the last rays of the setting sun work their magic. Traditionally the Mi’kmaq considered this site a sacred and significant place of power where the spirit and physical worlds connected. www.facebook.com/fundyrocks

Red Waters at Nyhavn 17 by Jacob Surland Fine Art Photographer

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Nyhavn 17 is probably the most famous house in Nyhavn, Copenhagen. It is very easy to spot, in particular at night because of the the neon lights.

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After the Storm by Sam Hess

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We had strong thunderstorms here in Maine today, and even a tornado touched down just West of us - not normal! But after the storm passed, we got a lovely sunset, which I was able to capture at about 150 feet *above* my house using a Phantom 3. Thanks for looking!

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Iceberg, near Jokulsarlon by PAk DocK

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Jokulsarlon is the best known and the largest of a number of glacial lakes in Iceland. Appearing first only in 1934-1935, the lake grew from 7.9 km² in 1975 to at least 18 km² today because of heavy melting of the Icelandic glaciers.

These Icebergs come from the lake directly to the open sea, and you can find them just on the shore of the beach, dragged by the waves.

The sun was coming out of the clouds, a long exposure did the rest to capture that wonderful ambient light.

Jokulsarlon, Iceland, 2010.

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El lago Jokulsarlon es, probablemente, el más famoso y grande de todos los lagos glaciares

de Islandia. Creado artificialmente en 1934-1935, el lago ha aumentado en un área de 7,9 km ² en 1975 a 18 km ² hoy día, debido al deshielo producido por el calentamiento global.

Estos icebergs proceden del lago y desembocan directamente a mar abierto, por lo que es muy fácil encontrarlos justo en la orilla, arrastrados por las olas.

El sol estaba saliendo entre las nubes, una larga exposición hizo el resto para capturar la luz ambiente, que era fantástica.

Jokulsarlon, Islandia, 2010.

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