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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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Aerial view of the ancient defensive towers and stone houses in Ushguli, a remote highland village situated near the foot of Shkhara, one of the highest summits of the Greater Caucasus mountains, in Svaneti Region of Georgia.
Ushguli is one of the highest continuously inhabited settlements in Europe, and part of the UNESCO heritage site of Upper Svaneti.
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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
An old highway in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, long since abandoned and replaced by nearby I-84.
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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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
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)
Summer scenery on the Seceda mountain (2519m), in the Odle (needles) group, part of the Dolomites, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, situated within the Puez-Odle Nature Park, South Tyrol, northern Italy.
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Exterial view of the renaissance-style facade for Chiesa Madre San Giorgio Martire (Mother Church of "St. George the Martyr"), built between 1769 and 1821, in the old town of Locorotondo ("round place" in Italian), in Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia region, southern Italy.
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Dusk light over the old town of Chania, located at the harbor, on the island of Crete, Greece.
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Old coke cooler on the front porch of the Natty Flat Smokehouse, north of Stephenville, Texas.
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Morning light over the Ottoman-era dome of Kucuk Hasan Mosque, located in the Old Town of Chania, on the island of Crete, Greece.
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Priest giving prayer for Georgian couple during their wedding ceremony inside Motsameta Monastery, constructed in 11th century by the king Bagrat IV of Georgia, located 6 km northeast of Kutaisi, in Imereti region, western Georgia.
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117 Pictures in 2017 #46: Off the Beaten Path
This guy is one of the old "Muffler Men" that could be found on Route 66. Prior to super highways, Route 66 was the only "big" roadway to connect Chicago to Los Angeles. If you've ever seen the movie Cars you'll understand what happened to the little towns along Route 66 once super highways came along.
Anyway, this guy has found a home in Atlanta, Illinois, a little out of the way place (it took over an hour of back road driving from my house.) in Central Illinois. While he originally held a muffler, he was purchased by a restaurant owner who switched the car part out for a hot dog. Eventually, the owner got rid of the property, but couldn't bear to part with "Tall Paul" so he loaned it to the town of Atlanta...which also happens to be on Route 66.
This was definitely a fun stop and it makes me want to start a project wherein I seek out these roadside statues or signs or randomly entertaining things. Hmmm...is there a project in my future?
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