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While I'm waiting on the colors to appear, I'm sharing more flashbacks of falls past. These are all from last year (2012), which was a really super color season. I hope that 2013 proves to be just as fabulous!
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...
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This abandoned building in Namibia tells the story of the country’s once-thriving diamond trade. A relic of the colonial era, it stands as a reminder of the wealth and hardship that shaped the region’s history.
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 beautifully painted interior of Santuario di Sant'Antonio a Fulgenzio (Sanctuary of Saint Anthony in Fulgenzio), a Franciscan church built in the early 1900s and dedicated to Saint Anthony of Padua, in the city of Lecce, Lecce province, Apulia region, southern Italy. The interior of the church is Apulian neo-Gothic style, very different from the Broque style of the main attractions in Lecce.
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Stunning sea arch as seen at Banah cliff viewpoint in Nusa Penida, Klungkung Regency, Bali, Indonesia.
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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.
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Aerial view of the Symi Castle, on the slopes of the hill overooking the port of Yialos and the harbor town of Symi, in the upper town Ano Symi, on the island of Symi, part of the Rhodes regional unit, in South Aegean, Greece.
It used to be an ancient acropolis in the location, and later the site of the Knights Castle, built by the Knights of Saint John in the 14th century.
The castle contains an emblem of the Knights of Saint John over the main entrance and is located at the highest point of the Upper Town. It overlooks the harbor on one side and a small valley on the other, offering a breathtaking view of the entire town as well as of the Aegean Sea beyond it. There is also a small chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary (Kyra Panagia). This chapel occupies the highest point on the castle and offers spectacular views of the towns of Horio and Yialos.
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Interior painting of Christian Saints inside Panagia Ekatontapiliani Church (the church with 100 gates), a historic Byzantine church complex in Parikia, the capital and the main port of Paros island, part of the Cyclades group, in Greece.
The original church was constructed in the 4th century AD, founded by the mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great, Saint Helen, during her pilgrimage to the Holy Land when she stopped to worship at a chapel on the island.
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Aerial view of Zhabeshi, a pretty highland village nested in Caucasus mountains, as seen during the trek from Mestia to Ushguli, in Svaneti region, northwestern Georgia.
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Social Distancing along the back roads of Baker County Oregon
A beautiful Spring day exploring the back roads of Baker County Oregon . Some great wildlife and lots of wide open scenery and wildflowers along the way .
Located at the intersection of three Oregon Scenic Byways Baker County is surrounded by spectacular scenery and wide open spaces. For more information about Baker County's back roads and scenic byways visit the Baker County Tourism website at www.travlebakercounty.com
Tourists walking on the Sarakiniko Beach, on Milos, a volcanic island in the Aegean Sea, part of the Cyclades group, in Greece.
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Dusk light over the lighthouse of Chania, located at the entrance of the port of Chania, on the island of Crete, Greece.
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The view of Playa Rincon from the dirt road. Playa Rincon, Samana - Dominican Republic
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Olivet Cemetary in Hugo, OK where Freckles Brown, Lane Frost and a lot of circus performers are buried.
Family, Friends and Friends of Family enjoying a sunny day
Taken at the Blue Lagoon near Huntsville Texas
Aerial view of the hiking trail crossing the Chkhunderi Pass (2655m), situated in the central part of the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range, in Svaneti Region of Georgia.
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A traditional Greek-style church in Apeiranthos (or Aperathos), a mountainous village built on the foothill of mountain Fanari, on the island of Naxos, part of the Cyclades island group, in Greece.
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Social Distancing along the Elkhorn Scenic Byway in Baker County Oregon
A beautiful Spring day exploring the back roads of Baker County Oregon along the Elkhorn Scenic byway between Sumpter and Baker City. Some great wildlife and lots of wide-open scenery and wildflowers along the way. Took a little time to explore along the way with stops at the Ah Hee Diggings historic site and a nearby abandoned mine, before checking out Baldy Creek and the historic Peavy Cabin, and ending our adventure at Anthony Lakes for a little time at the lake and lunch at the Starbottle Saloon
Located at the intersection of three Oregon Scenic Byways Baker County is surrounded by spectacular scenery and wide-open spaces. For more information about Baker County's back roads and scenic byways visit the Baker County Tourism website at www.travlebakercounty.com
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
Trullo house in the town of Alberobello, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia region, southern Italy. A trullo (plural, trulli) is a traditional Apulian dry stone hut with a conical roof.
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On a winter day in the early 1960s, the gravel operation's own miners Fred Willing and Alex ? came upon the remains of a mammoth embedded 30 m high in a freshly dragged bank. Unaware of the significance of these "unusual coloured masses" they sent them to the crusher. It wasn't until the end of their shift when they found a 30x30cm mammoth's tooth that they realized what had happened. You can now find the tooth on displayat the Victoria's Royal BC Museum.
Mammoth sculpture by Drifted Creations
ETA 2025: An arsonist burned this a year ago. A new sculpture has been created but it's now higher up by Metchosin Rd.
Fred and Pam Levin, of rural Nunica, have turned the front yard into the site of a Styrofoam-and Stucco sculpture replicating England's famed Stonehenge. The Levins went online to find the original site's actual measurements, then brought them into proportion with their yard. The foam megaliths in the Levin yard stand thirteen feet tall, and the diameter is only about half that of the original. The Nunica Stonehenge sculpture is on PRIVATE PROPERTY- no trespassing allowed - but it can be seen from the street just south of town on Leonard Road. (Weird Michigan)