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Mt. Kunyit is an active volcano in the Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia. The trek to the crater takes about six hours, and passes through beautiful cloud forests and beside fumrole volcanic vents. In the middle of the crater lies a bubbling hotspring, and what locals call "Taman Dewa" or "The Garden of the Gods." It has a spiritual, mythical place in local folklore, and is the site where local hero Depati Parbo meditated to supposedly gain invulnerability to Dutch bullets during the war for Kerinci.
See more detailed descriptions of the pictures at www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.592735630778650.1073741...
and read more about the Kerinci area at www.wildsumatra.com
Exterior view of the Church of St. Nicodemus of Mount Athos, in Naxos Town (Chora), on the west side of the island of Naxos, part of the Cyclades island group, in Greece.
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Tractors with agricultural attachment at Seiser Alm (Italian: Alpe di Siusi), the largest high-altitude Alpine meadow (German: Alm) in Europe, located in the western part of the Dolomites mountains, in South Tyrol, northern Italy.
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The festivities surrounding a Kenduri Sko festival in the village of Koto Renah, Kerinci, Sumatra, Indonesia. Close to midnight, villagers in the community of Koto Renah, Sungai Penuh, Kerinci gather to perform a dance in honor of their ancestors. During the dance, commonly performed throughout Kerinci during Kenduri Sko events, possession by ancestral spirits is common (sometimes taking the form of an ancestral tiger). On this night, cycles of dancing, singing, possession, and exorcism by the local "dukun" or shaman continued until 4 am.
You can see some of the event here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6U5w8xAXFw
Sunlight shines through Melissani Cave (Cave of the Nymphs), near the town of Sami, on the island of Kefalonia, Greece.
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One of the lesser known historic buildings in Scotland but nonetheless this magnificent Tower House sits on the summit of King's Seat Hill and was built by King David 11 in the 12th Century then sold it to a relative of his - Robert Bruce - who's family built extensively around it throughout the centuries until the last of the line died around 1715 , when most of it was demolished.
Local mining subsidence cause part of the tower itself to leaning over with some collapse in 1955 and it's owners Historic Scotland have done extensive rebuilding work with the aim of getting full public access again. Today , you can only see the tower from the outside because of potential danger
The Pendung Semurup waterfalls, approximately 15-20 meters in height, can be found on the eastern hills near the town of Semurup, and are reached after an easy, roughly one hour hike through relatively flat farmland and agroforest. Be prepared to get your feet wet wading through a few mountain streams on your way there! See more detailed descriptions here: www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.599289883456558.1073741...
Or check out www.wildsumatra.com
The Pendung Semurup waterfalls, approximately 15-20 meters in height, can be found on the eastern hills near the town of Semurup, and are reached after an easy, roughly one hour hike through relatively flat farmland and agroforest. Be prepared to get your feet wet wading through a few mountain streams on your way there! See more detailed descriptions here: www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.599289883456558.1073741...
Or check out www.wildsumatra.com
The Pendung Semurup waterfalls, approximately 15-20 meters in height, can be found on the eastern hills near the town of Semurup, and are reached after an easy, roughly one hour hike through relatively flat farmland and agroforest. Be prepared to get your feet wet wading through a few mountain streams on your way there! See more detailed descriptions here: www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.599289883456558.1073741...
Or check out www.wildsumatra.com
Mt. Kunyit is an active volcano in the Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia. The trek to the crater takes about six hours, and passes through beautiful cloud forests and beside fumrole volcanic vents. In the middle of the crater lies a bubbling hotspring, and what locals call "Taman Dewa" or "The Garden of the Gods." It has a spiritual, mythical place in local folklore, and is the site where local hero Depati Parbo meditated to supposedly gain invulnerability to Dutch bullets during the war for Kerinci.
See more detailed descriptions of the pictures at www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.592735630778650.1073741...
and read more about the Kerinci area at www.wildsumatra.com
Summer view of Orthodox church Panagia Korfiatissa and Catholic church Our Lady of the Rosary from 1823 (smaller and darker in front), in Plaka, the chief town of Milos, a volcanic island in the Aegean Sea, part of the Cyclades group, in Greece.
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The festivities surrounding a Kenduri Sko festival in the village of Koto Renah, Kerinci, Sumatra, Indonesia. Close to midnight, villagers in the community of Koto Renah, Sungai Penuh, Kerinci gather to perform a dance in honor of their ancestors. During the dance, commonly performed throughout Kerinci during Kenduri Sko events, possession by ancestral spirits is common (sometimes taking the form of an ancestral tiger). On this night, cycles of dancing, singing, possession, and exorcism by the local "dukun" or shaman continued until 4 am.
You can see some of the event here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6U5w8xAXFw
Mt. Kunyit is an active volcano in the Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia. The trek to the crater takes about six hours, and passes through beautiful cloud forests and beside fumrole volcanic vents. In the middle of the crater lies a bubbling hotspring, and what locals call "Taman Dewa" or "The Garden of the Gods." It has a spiritual, mythical place in local folklore, and is the site where local hero Depati Parbo meditated to supposedly gain invulnerability to Dutch bullets during the war for Kerinci.
See more detailed descriptions of the pictures at www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.592735630778650.1073741...
and read more about the Kerinci area at www.wildsumatra.com
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Mt. Kunyit is an active volcano in the Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia. The trek to the crater takes about six hours, and passes through beautiful cloud forests and beside fumrole volcanic vents. In the middle of the crater lies a bubbling hotspring, and what locals call "Taman Dewa" or "The Garden of the Gods." It has a spiritual, mythical place in local folklore, and is the site where local hero Depati Parbo meditated to supposedly gain invulnerability to Dutch bullets during the war for Kerinci.
See more detailed descriptions of the pictures at www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.592735630778650.1073741...
and read more about the Kerinci area at www.wildsumatra.com
Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park is off the beaten path but worth the side trip. This state park is located between Mount Carmel Jct. and Kanab, Utah.
The pink sand is courtest of Navavjo Sandstone from the middle Jurassic geologic period. The same iron oxides and minerals that created the red rock country also contribute to this coral sand color.
If you hit the Coral Pink Sand Dunes at the right time of year, you can see where snow has accumulated and melted to create ponds of water upon the sand.
A variety of pitcher plant (Nepenthes) stuffed with a traditional Kerinci rice dessert called lemang. A traditional food from the village of Lempur in southern Kerinci, Sumatra, Indonesia.
A small town in Yorkshire, United Kingdom called Hutton-le Hole. While exploring the beautiful yorkshire country side we came across this picturesque town. Only about a dozen building and little foot paths between them. The light was hitting this one house that was separated all on its own and the paths just all seemed to converge there. I knew i needed to snap this photo. The light and shadow give contrast and beauty this small landscape and town with an interesting history. If you research you will find that this town was once thought of as the most ugliest of landscapes during the victorian era because its weird layout and small streets. Now look it. An artists dream.
The Pendung Semurup waterfalls, approximately 15-20 meters in height, can be found on the eastern hills near the town of Semurup, and are reached after an easy, roughly one hour hike through relatively flat farmland and agroforest. Be prepared to get your feet wet wading through a few mountain streams on your way there! See more detailed descriptions here: www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.599289883456558.1073741...
Or check out www.wildsumatra.com
The Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in small town of Moni, in central Flores island, Indonesia.
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I am rather proud of this one! When I saw Upper Waterline Falls above this falls, I didn't even try to shoot it as the sun was blowing out the water even to the naked eye.
But I went on down to the lower falls here and tried my luck with the less intense sunshine on the falls. Now I'm thinking it is my best shot ever of this somewhat hard-to-get to falls in Letchworth SP.
I couldn't get as far away as I would have liked to for fear of being swept away in the swirling water I would have had to stand in.
The festivities surrounding a Kenduri Sko festival in the village of Koto Renah, Kerinci, Sumatra, Indonesia. Close to midnight, villagers in the community of Koto Renah, Sungai Penuh, Kerinci gather to perform a dance in honor of their ancestors. During the dance, commonly performed throughout Kerinci during Kenduri Sko events, possession by ancestral spirits is common (sometimes taking the form of an ancestral tiger). On this night, cycles of dancing, singing, possession, and exorcism by the local "dukun" or shaman continued until 4 am.
You can see some of the event here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6U5w8xAXFw