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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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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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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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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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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
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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