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just a memory now,the sun the fun and oh the blues sky's but so good to be back have a happy day .....
Memory tree stands at the exit of extinct extension.
The ocean takes a drop from here.
Steeply, to a depth of Hundreds of Meters.
The tree stands, awkwardly, marking this transition point.
The tree marks the limit, this island can be extended (grown) with reclamation.
The outer edge of reef.
The lagoon, (earlier this used to be!) together with reef, provides safety, and protects the island from many external forces.
When people intervene with nature, things start to go wrong.
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When people started migrating, en-mass, into this island, many things started to happen. Some wrong. Some very, very wrong.
Overcrowding and congestion led to many environmentally and socially unfriendly activities.
Houses spurted quickly, on beaches. Lagoons became the next beach.
Houses spurted quickly, on beaches. Lagoons became the next beach.
Houses. More houses...
Until finally the protective lagoon gave up.
Houses filled up every imaginable inch and space.
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Vulnerable.
One fine morning, in 1987?, A storm of tidal waves rammed the coastal areas and flooded the Capital island.
It caused massive losses to land and property, opening wide concerns of the environmental sustainability of the island.
The stupid actions of people cannot be reversed.
The island cannot go back to its former glory days.
A huge publicity campaign followed.
The disturbing pictures of this beautiful tropical paradise island faced with immediate extinction brought in sympathies from all over.
Hence, this 'temporary' 180 Million Dollar solution.
A kind donation by the Japanese.
The seawall around the Capital.
(Story coming.)
For an aerial view of the memory tree, please visit here!
www.flickr.com/photos/ahmedzahid/48210146/
Fact: In a period of 15 years, the Capital island of Male' has grown
Three times its original size.
Enter a world filled with Christmas trees, snow that doesn't make you cold, ice skating nutcrackers, dancing snowmen, and sugarplums. What are the memories you'd like to make in a winter wonderland?
Have a great day/night everyone. Finally my Friday and I have 3 days off. It has been so busy at the airport. Everyone that came in for the holiday is leaving!!!! I guess it keeps me working! LOL
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Just a play on words, see the bag in the centre . The run up to Christmas is often tough on children they are inundated with weeks and weeks of talk of the big day. The child was probably having a five- min wobble.
What drew me to the shot was the lady in the middle with the Panama bag . She appears to be supporting her Mother and Son and can be forgiven if just for a moment she is dreaming of being elsewhere!
I liked the shot as it appears to tell a story it may not be the story I tell of course!
...feeling nostalgic concerning the traveling experiences i embraced in previous years. it feels like some of my air that got caught by this crisis and it's being hard to get it back.
... also feeling like a "photographer" (full of myself writing this, huh?:p) who lives in a very poor moment in photography creativity. it is like i only have one tiny brush to paint a whole wall...
Ein mittelalterliches,wunderschönes Städtchen!
aus dem Analogarchiv....
Ferien Begur,Costa Brava 1993
EXPLORED #399, December 19, 2010
Memories of warmth on these cold winter days...A deserted beach just by Senhora Da Rocha, Portugal, taken in early May 2010. The sandstone cliffs are steep and crumbling here... so it's quite dangerous to stand on the edge.
لمجالس الذكريات في نفوسنا طقوس خاصه
بها نتأوه فرحا و نقهقه حزنا و بكاء ..
نخرج بها عن واقع ابى ان نخرج له والزمنا ان ننصاع
لذا .. فكثيرا ما نجلس في مجالس الذكرى ..
ولا نخشى بها حملا ولا سباع
Thanks AwraD For the great words :)
Failaka Island ( Ikarus )
Technical Specs :
Camera: Canon EOS 1D Mark III
Lens: Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
Exposure: 30 sec
Aperture: f/5
ISO Speed: 100
Focal Length: 17 mm
Part of Landscape - Architecture
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I ran across this old house on a cloudy afternoon in the countryside of northern Door County, Wisconsin. I wonder what memories this place holds for those who lived there. View On Black