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Perhaps the great mystery of the universe is not the invisible, but the visible.
A very difficult photography that required a long processing work. At high iso and without PS, random noise became the main technical issue to solve.
"It seems to me that this war is currently the most important conflict taking place in the world.
Perhaps this is the end of the Cold War. Because it calls into question all these basic, fundamental values and norms of world order, world order. It's like a school situation where there's some bully terrorizing the whole school, and everyone else stands by and watches to see if that bully can win against the normal, good students. And the same is happening all over the world.
If Putin is allowed to win, we will see more "Putins" in South America, in Asia, and so on. If, on the other hand, this bully is stopped and punished, then it will become clear that you cannot be a bully, you cannot be this bully, you will rely on the rules. And this is the idea of democracy, peace, international law and world order."
/Yuval Harari is an Israeli historian, a specialist in the field of military and universal history, the author of numerous books on the history of mankind./
“Мені здається, що війна в Україні наразі є найважливішим конфліктом, що відбувається у світі.
Можливо, це закінчення Холодної війни. Тому що вона ставить під сумнів всі ці базові, засадничі цінності і норми світопорядку, світового ладу. Це ситуація, як у школі, коли є якийсь хуліган, який тероризує всю школу, а всі решта стоять і дивляться, чи цей хуліган зможе перемогти у протистоянні з нормальними, хорошими учнями. І так само відбувається по всьому світі.
Якщо дозволять Путіну перемогти, то ми побачимо більше «путіних» у Південній Америці, в Азії і так далі. Якщо ж з іншого боку, цього хулігана зупинять і покарають, то тоді стане зрозуміло, що ви не можете бути гопником, ви не можете бути цим буллером, ви будете покладатися на правила. І в цьому і полягає ідея демократії, миру, міжнародного права і світового порядку.”
/Юваль Харарі - ізраїльський історик, фахівець в області військової та універсальної історії, автор численних книг з історії людства./
Photographed on the coast at Al Wakrah, I believe that this is a Gull Billed Tern. I have struggled online to make a positive identification so if anyone can help that would be much appreciated.
Taken right on the shore using the car as a hide.
Perhaps it's not a real minimalistic photograph, but it comes close, I guess.
View is of the perfectly calm water of the river Mures in Romania on an early autumn morning.
Perhaps this is happiness : to be in peace, with love, together.
And to walk together towards the future
Dalla mi di Steven McCurry a Genova
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Perhaps the rarest insect I am ever likely to find!
The critically endangered Tansy Beetle was re-discovered at Woodwalton Fen NNR in 2014 after a gap of 40 years. Until its re-discovery in Cambridgeshire it was only found along the banks of a 30km stretch of the River Ouse around York.
We were standing on the stern of the Brig Pilgrim & this beautiful Night Heron landed a few feet away on the ship. Thank you Mr or Mrs Heron!
Perhaps not an origianl view but certainly a favourite from this wonderfully architectural city. I love the diminishing colannades alongside the Doge’s Palace and with the canal crossing in front, it can only be Venice.
Perhaps the darkest of the male varied thrushes to have stayed in backyard over the winter, a challenge to photograph, but when the opportunity arises they make a neat picture, have had 6 of these birds day by day
Perhaps the strangest train of the trip, an intermodal heads westbound along the Clark Fork River on a gloomy morning. Trailing 2nd is the N&W heritage unit, also to note the Boeing fuselages on the train, something I've never seen before.
A month since my laat visit Vermont Railway has been continuing to use ancient Green Mountain Railroad Alco RS1 405 in daily freight service on the Bellows Falls switcher assignment (train DASW). For decades this unit has almost exclusively been used only for service on the VRS' passenger seasonal excursion trains and perhaps would see use on revenue freights once or twice a year at most. What is even more special is that this unit is very much on home rails having been built for the Rutland in November 1951. So that means she is approaching her 71st birthday in a few months and has never left the Green Mountain state!
So any time she's used for revenue service is special, and I'm hard pressed to think of anywhere else in the country an RS1 is used to haul freight anymore. For these reasons, I figured I should make the nearly 3 hr trip north to see her again!
One pleasant surprise since my last trip up exactly a month ago was to find that VRS had completely cut ALL the brush from the diamond up to Riverside. Where before the trucks would have been obscured now the railhead was visible from virtually everywhere! Given this nice change I decided a morning view from across the Connecticut River from the park at the end of Pine Street in Walpole would be in order. Here is the switch crew making some moves near MP B1 on the Falls Running Track at the east end of the Bellows Falls Subdivision, the former Green Mountain Railroad, nee Rutland, mainline.
Rockingham, Vermont
Friday September 16, 2022
Stitched image.
Apollonia was perhaps the most important of the several classical towns of the same name. It was founded around 600 BC by Greek colonists from Corinth and possibly Corcyra, who established a trading settlement on a largely abandoned coastal site by invitation of the local Illyrians. Corinthian colonial policy seems to have been relatively liberal, focused on resource extraction for the support of their homeland, rather than exploitation or expulsion of the local Illyrian population. Apollonia gradually gained political independence from Corinth and was organized as a polis under an oligarchic system. Aristotle describes Apollonia's oligarchy as a small Greek elite class, largely descended from the original colonists, ruling over a largely local Illyrian population.
From the second century BC Apollonia allied itself with the Roman Republic, which maintained a military base there for a time. The city flourished in the Roman period, housing a renowned school of Greek philosophy, rhetoric, and military training which attracted students from across the empire. Augustus, the first Roman emperor, studied at Apollonia in his youth. The city began to decline in the 3rd century AD when its harbor started silting up as a result of an earthquake. It was abandoned in the 4th century AD.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonia_(Illyria)
Perhaps my favorite small bird from my Columbia trip. Multicolored Tanager is a vulnerable species endemic to the Colombian Mountains.
I just figured out how to combine my Spore Creature Creator designs with the Photofox app components. This is just for fun as it doesn’t involve any actual photos that I have taken in the true sense. I guess that the result is my art work.
This is probably a one- time experimental post. Have a great day!
This male hooded Merganser tries to impress a lady. First a little croaking, then some wingflaps, then when rejected, a sorrowful over the should look as he moves one.
Perhaps the best known coastal view of Bretagne (Brittany); the Pink Granite Coast with Phare Men Ruz. It was also my #1 wish when I visited the area. This section of coast with its pink/orange rocks and boulders, glows beautifully in the sunset golden hour. This was taken at high tide with the waves crashing in quite dramatically. I doubted whether to post the long exposure or the short exposure. Both look good. For comparison I will post these versions on my Instagram account @aisfoto23.
[#14 on explore 13/11/21]
Perhaps if my mind was more focussed I would have got the shot sharp. But Covid was stinging my eyes. It was a glimpse of happiness for me I saw, a remote farmhouse. shed's and barns, chicken coops, stables with ponies, lamas, a couple of goats, sheep, a chugging tractor, crows (not misspelt cows). It all spelt out memories, childhood, laughter and youthful fun, happiness for me.... growing up on a farm. And then I went back to thinking about 'beauty' again. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, BUT NOT LIKE THOSE GIRLS IN THE MAGAZINES. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL FOR THE WAY SHE THOUGHT. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL FOR THE SPARKLE IN HER EYES WHEN SHE TALKED ABOUT SOMETHING SHE LOVED. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, FOR HER ABILITY TO MAKE OTHER PEOPLE SMILE, EVEN IF SHE WAS SAD. NO, SHE WASN’T BEAUTIFUL FOR SOMETHING AS TEMPORARY AS HER LOOKS. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, DEEP DOWN TO HER SOUL. SHE IS BEAUTIFUL. Like our countryside, all around, with dips and hollows, sunlight and colour, mountains and lakes..........pah, I've worked way too long and hard today! Time for bed