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The theme this week for my photo of the day (POTD) Flickr group is Parallel. There are lots of ways to interpret that, but, for today at least, I'm going with straightforward parallel lines. :-)
Part of Bristol Light Festival 2025
Parallels is an immersive installation that uses the precision of lasers and mirrors to transform moving footage into floating abstractions of light. Inspired by movements and tones found in the natural world, Parallels uses footage of natural phenomena to offer a transcendent experience of light and sound. Set to a soundtrack by Max Cooper. Best viewed after dark.
Artist: Architecture Social Club
Temple Church, Bristol
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Bryce Point, Bryce Canyon National Park
Sunset at Bryce Canyon was the most beautiful when the sun had just descended below the horizon, dying the sky rosy pink. The array of hoodoos shone softly and delicately on the dark backdrop of remote mountains. It was one of the most mesmerizing sights I had ever seen.
Concours combinaison d'engins, barres fixes, barres parallèles et barres asymétriques (Actifs-Actives) de la Fête Cantonale Vaudoise de Gymnastique 2022 (18.06.2022). ©Sébastien Testuz
John De Andrea (American, b. 1941)
Untitled Bronze Number 1, 1984
Oil on bronze, 32 x 27 x 22 in.
NOTE: Look "wall-eyed" at the top pair or "cross-eyed" at the bottom pair to get a 3D image from the fused pictures. Another illustration.
Here's a helpful tip for viewing stereo pairs.
If you'd like to browse a bit, please enjoy a somewhat random sampling of my photos.
One image from the Parallel Reconstruction series, all of which are generated by the same program. This uses a grid system to attach the ends of series of parallel bezier curves.
Prints of selected works are available at www.tylerlhobbs.com.
Brushpen y rapidografo sobre papel bond
14 x 17 cm
2009
"Parallel" era un proyecto en el cual tomabamos audiovisuales como referencia para crear una nueva imagen nueva en otro contexto. El proyecto se cancelo pero espero pronto realizar nuevas piezas.
Para esta pieza elegimos el intro de Zombieland ADVERTENCIA: Contiene material inapropiado para niños www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uUHamXmUAI , buena película se las recominedo si no la han visto
My modern train (GWR class 387) runs alongside a 1960s BR diesel (Brush class 47 D1935) near Pangbourne. The class 47 was heading a special from Chesterfield to Bath.
The Kerala backwaters are a chain of brackish lagoons and lakes lying parallel to the Arabian Sea coast (known as the Malabar Coast) of Kerala state in southern India. The network includes five large lakes linked by canals, both manmade and natural, fed by 38 rivers, and extending virtually half the length of Kerala state. The backwaters were formed by the action of waves and shore currents creating low barrier islands across the mouths of the many rivers flowing down from the Western Ghats range.
The Kerala Backwaters are a network of interconnected canals, rivers, lakes and inlets, a labyrinthine system formed by more than 900 km of waterways, and sometimes compared to the American Bayou. In the midst of this landscape there are a number of towns and cities, which serve as the starting and end points of backwater cruises. National Waterway No. 3 from Kollam to Kottapuram, covers a distance of 205 km and runs almost parallel to the coast line of southern Kerala facilitating both cargo movement and backwater tourism.
The backwaters have a unique ecosystem - freshwater from the rivers meets the seawater from the Arabian Sea. In certain areas, such as the Vembanad Kayal, where a barrage has been built near Kumarakom, salt water from the sea is prevented from entering the deep inside, keeping the fresh water intact. Such fresh water is extensively used for irrigation purposes.
Many unique species of aquatic life including crabs, frogs and mudskippers, water birds such as terns, kingfishers, darters and cormorants, and animals such as otters and turtles live in and alongside the backwaters. Palm trees, pandanus shrubs, various leafy plants and bushes grow alongside the backwaters, providing a green hue to the surrounding landscape.
Vembanad Kayal is the largest of the lakes, covering an area of 200 km², and bordered by Alappuzha (Alleppey), Kottayam, and Ernakulam districts. The port of Kochi (Cochin) is located at the lake's outlet to the Arabian Sea. Alleppey, "Venice of the East", has a large network of canals that meander through the town. Vembanad is India’s longest lake.
HOUSE BOATS
The kettuvallams (Kerala houseboats) in the backwaters are one of the prominent tourist attractions in Kerala. More than 2000 kettuvallams ply the backwaters, 120 of them in Alappuzha. Kerala government has classified the tourist houseboats as Platinum, Gold and silver.
The kettuvallams were traditionally used as grain barges, to transport the rice harvested in the fertile fields alongside the backwaters. Thatched roof covers over wooden hulls, 30 m in length, provided protection from the elements. At some point in time the boats were used as living quarters by the royalty. Converted to accommodate tourists, the houseboats have become floating cottages having a sleeping area, with western-style toilets, a dining area and a sit out on the deck. Most tourists spend the night on a house boat. Food is cooked on board by the accompanying staff – mostly having a flavour of Kerala. The houseboats are of various patterns and can be hired as per the size of the family or visiting group. The living-dining room is usually open on at least three sides providing a grand view of the surroundings, including other boats, throughout the day when it is on the move. It is brought to a standstill at times of taking food and at night. After sunset, the boat crew provide burning coils to drive away mosquitoes. Ketuvallams are motorised but generally proceed at a slow speed for smooth travel. All ketuvallams have a generator and most bedrooms are air-conditioned. At times, as per demand of customers, electricity is switched off and lanterns are provided to create a rural setting.
While many ketuvalloms take tourists from a particular point and bring them back to around the same point next morning there are some specific cruises mostly in the Alappuzha area, such as the one night cruise from Alappuzha to Thotapally via Punnamada Lake two nights cruise from Alappuzha to Alumkavadi,[8] one night cruise from Alappuzha to Kidangara, and one night cruise from Alappuzha to Mankotta. There are numerous such cruises.
Beypore, located 10 km south of Kozhikode at the mouth of the Chaliyar River, is a famous fishing harbour, port and boat building centre. Beypore has a 1,500 year-tradition of boatbuilding. The skill of the local shipwrights and boat builders are widely sought after. There is a houseboat-building yard at Alumkadavu, in Ashtamudi Kayal near Kollam.
FERRY SERVICES
Regular ferry services connect most locations on both banks of the backwaters. The Kerala State Water Transport Department operates ferries for passengers as well as tourists. It is the cheapest mode of transport through the backwaters.
ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE
Connected by artificial canals, the backwaters form an economical means of transport, and a large local trade is carried on by inland navigation. Fishing, along with fish curing is an important industry.
Kerala backwaters have been used for centuries by the local people for transportation, fishing and agriculture. It has supported the efforts of the local people to earn a livelihood. In more recent times, agricultural efforts have been strengthened with reclamation of some backwater lands for rice growing, particularly in the Kuttanad area. Boat making has been a traditional craft, so has been the coir industry.
Kuttanad is crisscrossed with waterways that run alongside extensive paddy fields, as well as fields of cassava, banana and yam. A unique feature of Kuttanad is that many of these fields are below sea level and are surrounded by earthen embankments. The crops are grown on the low-lying ground and irrigated with fresh water from canal and waterways connected to Vembanad lake. The area is similar to the dikes of the Netherlands where land has been reclaimed from the sea and crops are grown.
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Explore #130: Check out the strange optical illusion created by staring in between the two shapes... they appear to move apart from each other... Weird hey?
By the way: It's a macro shot of bar codes on two cans of deodorant standing side by side....