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Questa foto non ha subito ritocchi di nessun tipo così come è uscita dalla fotocamera, per mantenere più fedele possibile l'atmosfera di quel giorno. ,tranne un piccolo crop sulla sx.

 

La galaverna è un deposito di ghiaccio in forma di aghi e scaglie che può prodursi quando la temperatura è inferiore a 0 °C e c'è la presenza di una leggera nebbia.

 

La galaverna è costituita da un rivestimento cristallino, opaco e bianco intorno alle superfici solide; di solito non è molto duro e può essere facilmente scosso via. Essa si forma perché le goccioline d'acqua in sospensione nell'atmosfera possono rimanere liquide anche sotto zero (stato di sopraffusione). Questo stato è instabile e non appena le gocce toccano una superficie solida come il suolo o la vegetazione si trasformano in galaverna: si tratta quindi di solidificazione, ovvero passaggio dallo stato liquido a quello solido. In particolare, la galaverna richiede piccole dimensioni delle gocce di nebbia, temperatura bassa, ventilazione scarsa o nulla, accrescimento lento e dissipazione veloce del calore latente di fusione. Quando questi parametri cambiano si hanno altre formazioni, come per esempio la calabrosa, che si forma quando le gocce di nebbia sono più grosse e il vento è più forte.

 

La galaverna si distingue dalla brina perché questa non è coinvolta dal processo di sopraffusione delle gocce d'acqua e si forma per il brinamento del vapore sulle superfici raffreddate a causa della perdita di calore per irraggiamento durante la notte. Le formazioni di ghiaccio, simili alla galaverna, che si producono in assenza di nebbia con temperature inferiori a -8 °C e un'umidità relativa dell'aria superiore al 90% sono più propriamente dette brinone, dato il differente processo di formazione.

  

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Kate Ryan - Désenchantée Remix. . . Its an awesome version^^

 

Kate Ryan- Desénchantée or Mylène Farmer - Désenchantée

Nager dans les eaux troubles

Des lendemains

Attendre ici la fin

Flotter dans l'air trop lourd

Du presque rien

A qui tendre la main

Si je dois tomber de haut

Que ma chute soit lente

Je n'ai trouvé de repos

Que dans l'indifférence

Pourtant, je voudrais retrouver l'innocence

Mais rien n'a de sens, et rien ne va

 

Tout est chaos

A côté

Tous mes idéaux, des mots

Abimés

Je cherche une âme, qui

Pourra m'aider

Je suis d'une

Génération désenchantée,

Désenchantée...

 

English^^

To swim in troubled waters

for days,

To wait here for the end.

To float in air, too heavy

from almost nothing.

To whom to reach out a hand?

If I must fall from high,

May my fall be gentle.

I found rest only in indifference.

Still, I would like to find innocence again,

But nothing makes sense and nothing goes right.

 

All is Chaos,

On all sides,

All my ideals; the words overwhelmed,

I look for a soul who is able to help me.

I am of a disenchanted generation.

Disenchanted ...

 

Taken at "Dead man´s Chest" pure SL

 

"Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space."

 

( Mies van der Rohe )

 

PRINTS

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El Real Monasterio de Santa María de Poblet es el prototipo de abadía cisterciense española y panteón real de los reyes de la Corona de Aragón, desde Alfonso II.

Localizado en la comarca de la Conca de Barberà, en la localidad de Vimbodí, en Tarragona, el primer cenobio fue impulsado y patrocinado por el conde Ramón Berenguer IV, quien lo entregó a los monjes bernardos de la abadía de Fontfroide en el año 1149 (siglo XII).

Enriquecido con distintas donaciones, alcanzó su máximo esplendor en el siglo XIV, y su total decadencia y abandono en 1835 como consecuencia de la desamortización de Mendizábal. En 1930 se inició su restauración, de forma que en 1935 pudo dedicarse nuevamente la iglesia al culto, y en 1940 retornaban a su abadía algunos monjes. No todos los espacios pueden visitarse, por ser dependencias en clausura utilizadas por los cistercienses que de nuevo ocupan el monasterio.

En 1991 fue declarado por la UNESCO Patrimonio de la Humanidad. Poblet, junto con Guadalupe, El Escorial, San Millán de Yuso y San Millán de Suso son los monasterios en España que gozan de este título.

 

The Monastery of Santa Maria de Poblet is a Cistercian monastery, founded in 1151, located in the comarca of Conca de Barberà, in Catalonia (Spain). It was founded by Cistercian monks from France.

It was the royal pantheon of the kings of the Crown of Aragon since James I of Aragon.

This monastery was abandoned in 1835 and was restored during the 1940s.

This monastery was the first of three sister monasteries, known as the Cistercian triangle, that helped consolidate power in Catalonia in the 12th century. (The other two are Vallbona de les Monges and Santes Creus)

It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, since 1991.

 

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Wow. This is a pretty boring shot for my 100th in my 365. Oh well. I wasn't thinking about it all today when I took it. I drove into the little town near our lake house and when I pulled into a parking lot to turn around, I found myself staring right at this beautiful old building. I couldn't help but take a picture. I'm actually pretty happy with how this turned out, despite its lack in celebratory subject matter for my 100th day.

Explore #283, 2/18/09.

 

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Personally, I think they should consider painting their house a different color. It doesn't seem to blend too well with the other colors in this image.

Thank you all my dears Flickr friends for your sweet comments! I do appreciate them very, very much

 

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Gloomy Sunday Sarah Mclachlan

 

My Books:

 

My book "Discover GUIMERÀ" (preview)

 

My book "Discover SANTA PAU" (preview)

 

"Gloomy Sunday" (from Hungarian "Szomorú vasárnap", IPA: ['somoruː 'vɒʃarnɒp]) is a song written by László Jávor and set to music in 1933 by Hungarian pianist and composer Rezső Seress, in which the singer mourns the untimely death of a lover and contemplates suicide. Gloomy Sunday had been announced as to be the most famous song for people to commit suicide.

 

Though recorded and performed by many singers, "Gloomy Sunday" is closely associated with Billie Holiday, who scored a hit version of the song in 1941. Due to unsubstantiated urban legends about its inspiring hundreds of suicides, "Gloomy Sunday" was dubbed the "Hungarian suicide song" in the U.S.. Seress did commit suicide in 1968, but most other rumors of the song being banned from radio, or sparking suicides, are unsubstantiated, and were partly propagated as a deliberate marketing campaign.

 

Sunday is Gloomy,

My hours are slumberless,

Dearest, the shadows I live

with are numberless

Little white flowers will never awaken you

 

Not where the black coach of

sorrow has taken you

Angels have no thought of

ever returning you

Would they be angry if I

thought of joining you

Gloomy Sunday

 

Sunday is gloomy

with shadows I spend it all

My heart and I have decided to end it all

Soon there'll be flowers and

prayers that are sad,

I know, let them not weep,

Let them know that I'm glad to go

 

Death is no dream,

For in death I'm caressing you

With the last breath of my soul

I'll be blessing you

Gloomy Sunday

 

Dreaming

I was only dreaming

I wake and I find you

Asleep in the deep of

My heart

Dear

 

Darling I hope that my

dream never haunted you

My heart is telling you how

much I wanted you

Gloomy Sunday

 

Las casas están construídas con gran armonía entre la montaña y como es natural son calles estrechas y enpinadas. El término se extiende por el altiplano de Collsacabra, las sierras de Tavertet y los riscos de Aiats y Falgars. Si bien en la economía tradicional es la agricultura de secano (cereales, legumbres, forrajes, patatas y maíz) y la ganadería eran las principales actividades, en la actualidad, el turismo constituye la mayor fuente de ingresos. El desarrollo del fenómeno turístico ha conllevado la aparición de numerosos establecimientos comerciales y restaurantes que ofrecen al turista de verano o de fin de semana todos los servicios necesarios, como el Hostal Estrella que se encuentra en el centro de Rupit.

Una carretera local comunica el término con la C-153. En el núcleo urbano pueden admirarse edificios de los siglos XVI y XVII, de piedra, con ventanales de tipo gótico o gótico tardío y portales dovelados con antiguas inscripciones, la calle del Fossar es la más típica. El castillo de Rupit se alza sobre un espolón rocoso. La iglesia de Sant Miquel de Rupit, es de estilo barroconeoclásico. Palacio de la notaría de los Soler, con jardín colgante. Capilla de Santa Magdalena, del siglo XVII. La iglesia románica de Sant Joan de Fábregues, a 4 kilómetros de la población. Las masías son de notable interés (la Sala, el Colell, Mas Corriol). Pruit, cuenta con la iglesia románica de Sant Andreu (de los siglos XII - XIII). Iglesia románica de Sant Lloreno; Dosmunts, cerca del gran Mas de les Viles. Masías del Bac de Collsacabra, la Cassassa de Pruit y Comajoan

 

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It was a misty morning, the rays of the rising sun flooded more and more the new day with light.

This created such a beautiful and overwhelming mood, that i wanted to capture it .

 

I really struggled with my camera adjustments, but under the helpful guidance of a friend this is finally the result i got - as closest to the feeling as it was possible for me.

I'm looking forward to your opinion from an emotional as well as from a technical point of view :-))

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La backWaters sono costituite da 900 Km di lagune interne e canali che dalla costa penetrano verso l'interno, navigabili a bordo di imbarcazioni un tempo adibite al trasporto di riso e oggi trasformate in case galleggianti (house boats) per i turisti, dotate di ogni comfort.

Collegano via acqua diversi villaggi e città da cui partono le crociere verso le zone turistiche di Kollam e Kottapuram,

La Back waters hanno un ecosistema unico, poichè l'acqua dolce dei fiumi si mescola con l'acqua salata del Mare Arabico.

 

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.

(From Wikipedia)

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Explored June 12, 2010 - Thank you all so much!

 

An experiment in composition/framing .... originally shot for the macro mondays theme of '6' but I decided not to issue it then and plumped for the more conventional 6 marbles (b&w).

 

Part of my Marbles (Set)

 

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...

 

Tired of lying in the sunshine

Staying home to watch the rain

And you are young and life is long

And there is time to kill today

And then one day you find

Ten years have got behind you

No one told you when to run

You missed the starting gun

 

And you run, and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking

Racing around to come up behind you again

The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older

Shorter of breath and one day closer to death

 

" Pink Floyd -Time "

 

...

 

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FELIZ FIN DE SEMANA A TOD@S │ HAPPY WEEKEND TO @LL

 

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Listen Come Tomorrow - BARBRA STREISAND CON BARRY GIBB

 

BARBRA

Are you ready for the day

That we've prayed for

Already holding what is real

You know the soul finds its own evolution

And this is the only love I feel

Can I tell ya

I'm keeping up the strength

I've gotta try

'Cause you ain't getting past this heart of mine

I'm out here waiting for you

With all I've got to give

And I accept this life we live

 

BOTH

I'll be your lover

And I'll be your friend

I'm gonna follow you

Right to the end

 

BARBRA

I wasn't made to tell you lies

I only came to make you realize

 

BOTH

I'll be your hero

And I'll be your plan

You pick me up

And let me down

 

BARBRA

Don't make me stumble, don't make me wait

'Cause come tomorrow will be to late

 

BOTH

Come tomorrow

Come tomorrow

 

BARRY

I got to turn away my face

'Cause you blind me with your light

Can you catch up to me

You know I love you in the black of night

This sacred bridge you walk

This journey has begun

We try, we try to carry on

 

Are you listening

You get to find the things in life

That get you through

 

BARBRA

One more day...

 

BARRY

And deep inside the things you want love never knew

 

BARBRA

One less chance...

 

BARRY

Let me make it happen

This world we have foreseen

 

BARBRA

Hmmm...

 

BARRY

And I will tell you how I feel

 

BOTH

Love will be better for wearing your ring

I'm gonna give you everything

 

BARRY

I wasn't made to tell you lies

I only came to make you realize

 

BOTH

I'll be your hero

And I'll be your plan

You pick me up

You let me down

 

BARRY

Don't make me stumble, don't make me wait

 

BOTH

'Cause come tomorrow will be to late

 

Come tomorrow...

Come tomorrow...

Come tomorrow...

Oh! Come tomorrow...

Come tomorrow...

Come tomorrow...

Come tomorrow...

 

Las casas están construídas con gran armonía entre la montaña y como es natural son calles estrechas y enpinadas. El término se extiende por el altiplano de Collsacabra, las sierras de Tavertet y los riscos de Aiats y Falgars. Si bien en la economía tradicional es la agricultura de secano (cereales, legumbres, forrajes, patatas y maíz) y la ganadería eran las principales actividades, en la actualidad, el turismo constituye la mayor fuente de ingresos. El desarrollo del fenómeno turístico ha conllevado la aparición de numerosos establecimientos comerciales y restaurantes que ofrecen al turista de verano o de fin de semana todos los servicios necesarios, como el Hostal Estrella que se encuentra en el centro de Rupit.

Una carretera local comunica el término con la C-153. En el núcleo urbano pueden admirarse edificios de los siglos XVI y XVII, de piedra, con ventanales de tipo gótico o gótico tardío y portales dovelados con antiguas inscripciones, la calle del Fossar es la más típica. El castillo de Rupit se alza sobre un espolón rocoso. La iglesia de Sant Miquel de Rupit, es de estilo barroconeoclásico. Palacio de la notaría de los Soler, con jardín colgante. Capilla de Santa Magdalena, del siglo XVII. La iglesia románica de Sant Joan de Fábregues, a 4 kilómetros de la población. Las masías son de notable interés (la Sala, el Colell, Mas Corriol). Pruit, cuenta con la iglesia románica de Sant Andreu (de los siglos XII - XIII). Iglesia románica de Sant Lloreno; Dosmunts, cerca del gran Mas de les Viles. Masías del Bac de Collsacabra, la Cassassa de Pruit y Comajoan.

 

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Amapola - Juan Luis Guerra

 

The Monastery of Sant Benet de Bagés is a former Benedictine monastery, in the Catalan comarca of Bages. The Romanesque monastery was thoroughly restored at the beginning of the twentieth century by the Catalan architect Josep Puig i Cadafalch.

The monastery was founded about 950 by the noble Salla and his consort Ricarda, of the house of the viscounts of Osona . According to the founding legend, Salla traveled to Rome to have his institution authorized, and to have it depend directly on the Holy See, the usual method for preserving the community from interference from the bishop of Vic, in whose diocese it lay. The abbey church was consecrated 3 December 972, witnessed by a gathering of notables: Borrell II, Count of Barcelona, the bishops Frugifer of Vic, Guisad of Urgell and Pere of Barcelona, the viscount Guadald of Osona, and three of the four offspring of the recently deceased founder, his son Isarn and the sisters Quíxol and Ego, at the head of witnesses both laymen and priests, in a grand ceremonial recorded in the surviving act of consecration.

The community was dedicated to the Holy Trinity and to Benedict of Nursia (Sant Benét in Catalan) founder of the order, and Peter and Andrew, all guarantors of its future orthodoxy. The founder secured dispensations that the future abbots would be chosen from among their descendents, making the abbey a form of proprietary church, an agreement that would soon lead to disputes among the various branches of their lineage as to choice of abbots.

From 965, the abbey church held the supposed relics of Saint Valentine, enclosed in a wooden reliquary with plates of silver depicting miraclesa of Saint Valentine, rediscovered in 1863 in the church of Navarcles.At the beginning of the eleventh century the monastery passed under the direction of the Abbey of Saint Peter of Tomeras at Narbonne, from which the community freed itself in 1108. In 1125 Sant Benet de Bagés suffered from an attack by Moors that required a rebuilding, financed by local nobles who required in return the right to be buried in its consecrated ground.

The most splendid age of Sant Benet de Bagés was in the fourteenth century. The Black Death left the community with only two survivors, in a period that witnessed the beginning of its decline. On 9 November 1593, by order of Pope Clement VIII the community passed under the direction of the Abbey of Montserrat, and remained so until it was suppressed in 1820, serving as a place of retirement for Montserrat's community of monks. By the "law of desamortización" of 1835, all religious orders in Spain were required to render upo their possessions.The crumbling ancient structure attracted the interest of intellectuals who organised visits to it in the late nineteenth century. The architect Puig i Cadafalch and the painter Ramon Casas encouraged the mother of Casas to buy the property in 1907; in 1910 it passed into the hands of Casas, who commissioned Puig i Cadafalch to restore it. Since 2000, when it was purchased from Casas' heirs it has belonged to the Caixa de Manresa, a financial institution that has undertaken its maintenance.

 

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Goa is more acclaimed for its flamboyant music and dance and the spirit of happiness then for anything else.

 

You have all kinds of music permeating the state of Goa from its local Konkani to the international trends of trance and oft times,lamentably, the Britney Spears variety of popular music performed by some Goan bands. Jazz as is usual does not have a vast popular audience but there are some earnest believers in that genre of music.

 

Jazz in Goa is in a state of creative ferment with the efforts of the Amando Gonsalves and his merry band of jazz organisers

 

You can read more on them at the Heritage Jazz www.heritagejazz.com/

 

Artists from around the world arrive and play in and around the heritage area of Campal in Panjim right next door to the heritage Gonsalves Mansion.

 

Saskia Laroo was performing in Goa on the night of 7th December 2008, soon after the Bombay terrorist carnage on 26the November. She is magic on the trumpet and as I said earlier, a consummate artist.

 

The line up on that night was the following -

 

1. Ms. Saskia Laroo (Trumpet)

 

2. Warren Byrd on keyboard and vocals

 

3. Andy Valkenburg (bass)...(( I better do his shots fast..)

 

4. Ms. Dorota Piotrowska (Drum)

 

5. Mr. Alexander Beets (Saxophonist

 

Some of the shots of that night, in no strict order are here.

  

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this photograph was taken by my 6 year old daughter, with Canon 5D Mark II and Canon EF 50mm F1.2 IS USM L Lens. Hanheld. can you believe it?

 

my flickr buddy mahnaz ahmed tagged me. it made me reflect on what things are close to my heart. here are some of what i consider important. it was hard to restrict it to 10 things, as i definitely wanted to share a few more. but here is 10 to start with.

 

since someone told me i don't need to restrict to 10, i added a couple more.

 

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i am a human being essentially, whose heart feels like an artist, whose mind thinks like a scientist. often, they go together, hand in hand, which i love very much. it helps me in my work greatly.

 

my first romance was in university, which turned out to be "one way" only. a very beautiful woman, with gorgeous dimples. i loved her. she did not. bless her lovely heart. but it was through this failure that i met my wife with whom i live since 1997. together we have a six year old girl, who features often on my photostream.

 

i am a people person. i have come to a state where i don't judge people, and don't let people judge me. this makes me very approachable to almost anyone in this world, which helps me a lot when i shoot people as my photography subjects. but i do stay away from those with inhumane behavior.

 

i am an absolute nature lover. i don't like to just see nature. i love to be part of it. i hug trees. i lie on the beaches. i climb mountains. i walk the deserts. love animals of every kind, even if some of them scare me. gratefully, i am an travel-aholic who loves to be on planes, trains, automobiles, and anything else that will take me places. known and unknown. i believe that the joy is definitely in the journey.

 

i am very open and challenge convention in many ways, as i believe that we live by choice, and not by chance. i believe in individual empowerment, and taking of responsibility for our actions. this gets me in trouble often. but i don't care.

 

i love photography. it is my third space, my creative retreat. i have been fascinated by light since i can remember, and photography is realizing that dream. i love to collect cameras and lenses, and have a good collection of old and new gear. some of my best photos have been with old lenses on modern digital cameras. i am one of those strange photographers who moved backwards - from digital to film media.

 

i love writing. i write prose and poetry, though poetry is my favorite. i write in english and sanskrit. though sanskrit is more emotive to me, i write mostly in english now. most of my poetry work remains locked in a few lovely notebooks, only to be shared with some of my very intimate friends who i connect with deeply. in connection to writing, i love to collect notebooks from around the world, as well as fountain pens. yes i am a fountain pen connoisseur. montblanc and faber castell are my favorite, though one day i do dream of owning a namiki. i use only montblanc or caran d'ache inks for these pens. when this passion gets translated into my computer, the form changes to fonts. i collect fonts for my computer.

 

i love reading. on last count, i think i subscribe to about 50 plus magazines on all topics. general interest, photography, business, healing, medicine, nature, travel, high technology, science, wildlife, etc. very few subjects bores me. i have a huge collection of books that either i have acquired myself, or have been gifted by my family and friends. the god father is my all time favorite.

 

i love cooking, and am very good at it. only queer thing about this is, i don't like anyone else in the kitchen, when i am cooking. today, i have not much time to cook, as i am consumed by work and responsibilities.

 

i was part of my university theatre group. we used to put up a lot of comedy plays, especially through mime. i joined this to come out of my shyness. yes, believe it or not, i was bloody shy as a child.

 

i love colors. which shows through much of my life. be it photographs or my wardrobe, i just love the colors of life.

 

i am a firm believer of the statement "once you go mac, you never go back." yes, i am a macaholic too. have been using them since 1999, and have never switched. in fact, i have helped many switch to macs over the last decade. definitely over a 100 people have switched because of me.

 

on a more boring note, i am in the last stages of completing my PHD. duh!!! how boring

 

ps: and yes...i do want world peace. now, do i get the ms. universe title ;-)

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A mi me gusta como queda con esta canción: Rollin' - Limp Bizkit ♪♫♪♫

Que tengan una bonita noche!!

Hasta mañana!

Mua!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Señores de "Duro de Domar", si van a usar una foto mia en sus informes, tengan la honradez de pedir permiso!

 

 

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Listen Lullaby - Loreena McKennitt

 

O for a voice like thunder, and a tongue

To drown the throat of war! - When the senses

Are shaken, and the soul is driven to madness,

Who can stand? When the souls of the oppressed

Fight in the troubled air that rages, who can stand?

When the whirlwind of fury comes from the

Throne of God, when the frowns of his countenance

Drive the nations together, who can stand?

When Sin claps his broad wings over the battle,

And sails rejoicing in the flood of Death;

When souls are torn to everlasting fire,

And fiends of Hell rejoice upon the slain,

O who can stand? O who hath caused this?

O who can answer at the throne of God?

The Kings and Nobles of the Land have done it!

Hear it not, Heaven, thy Ministers have done it!

 

Poem by William Blake (1757-1827)

Music by Loreena McKennitt

 

Loreena Isabel Irene McKennitt, C.M. (born February 17, 1957) is a Canadian singer, composer, harpist and pianist most famous for writing, recording and performing world music with Celtic music and Middle Eastern themes.

 

A small town in the province of Lleida which sits at the foot of the Sierra del Tallat mountains, in the valley of Maldanell. Its origins date back to a Cistercian monastery which came to be the most important female monastery of the Catalonian-Aragonese Crown.

 

The monastery was founded in the 12th century and when the Trento Council decided that female monasteries must not be left abandoned, the inhabitants of the area built a village around it. At present, the monastery of Vallbona de les Monjes houses a significant female community. Its architectural wealth lies in the wide variety of styles on display on its walls and exterior, the best of examples of which are the church door, the cloister and the chapter house. Vallbona de les Monges forms part of the so-called Cistercian triangle, along with the monasteries of Poblet (Conca de Barberà) and Santes Creus (Alt Camp).

 

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Just as this pretty golden bug and this beautiful pink clover flower need each other, so too do all of us at Flicker need, enjoy and benefit from each other's visits. :-)

 

Well, I guess, better late than never. I was on the road all day today. Hope you had a fine Tuesday. Thanks for visiting!

Last Christmas

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Asian children ; wish you a Marry Cristmas

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Christmas in my heart

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Glaedelig Jul!

Fröhliche Weihnachten!

Merry Christmas!

Hyvää Joulua!

Joyeux Noel!

Vrolijk Kerstfeest!

Buon Natale!

Shinnen omedeto!

Maligayang Pasko!

Sretan Bozic!

Selamat Hari Natal!

God Jul!

Wesolych Swiat!

Boas Festas!

Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva!

Feliz Navidad!

Suksan Wan Christmas!

Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce!

Kellemes Karacsonyi ünnepeket!

Listen Amarantine Enya

 

You know when you give your love away

It opens your heart,

Everything is new.

And you know time will always find a way

To let your heart believe it's true.

 

You know love is everything you say;

A whisper, a word,

Promises you give.

You feel it in the heartbeat of the day.

You know this is the way love is.

 

[Chorus:]

Amarantine...

Amarantine...

Amarantine...

Love is.

Love is.

Love...

 

You know love may sometimes make you cry,

So let the tears go,

They will flow away,

For you know love will always let you fly

...How far a heart can fly away!

 

[Chorus]

 

You know when love's shining in your eyes

It may be the stars

Fallen from above.

And you know love is with you when you rise,

For night and day belong to love.

 

Amarantine is an album by Irish musician Enya. The album was released on November 22, 2005. It won the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album for 2007. The release date was announced by Roma Ryan on September 23, 2005 at the official Enya forum.[1] It was subsequently leaked to the Internet on November 11, 2005.

 

Two songs from the album were released as singles: the title track "Amarantine" and "It's in the Rain." "Someone Said Goodbye" was released as a promotional single in the United States as well.

 

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Panoramica de 3 fotografias procesadas con PTGui y Photoshop.

  

La iglesia parroquial de Santa María es una construcción del siglo XV (finalizada en el XVII), actualmente considerada como Bien de Interés Cultural. Fue declarada Monumento histórico-artístico perteneciente al Tesoro Artístico Nacional mediante decreto de 3 de junio de 1931.

 

Edificación gótica con una imponente portada policromada y claustro gótico, el primero de Guipúzcoa. Imponente interior con sus tres naves y bóvedas de crucería rodeado de capillas que se abren entre los contrafuertes de la nave.

 

La torre se alza sobre el pórtico al cual se abre en tres direcciones.

 

En el interior destaca el Retablo Mayor de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, de Bernabé Cordero de 1662 y armado por Pedro de Alloitiz en 1668.

 

A Madonna and child statue and a large glass jar for donation money is on display inside a free botanical garden in Vigan, Philippines.

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A small town in the province of Lleida which sits at the foot of the Sierra del Tallat mountains, in the valley of Maldanell. Its origins date back to a Cistercian monastery which came to be the most important female monastery of the Catalonian-Aragonese Crown.

 

The monastery was founded in the 12th century and when the Trento Council decided that female monasteries must not be left abandoned, the inhabitants of the area built a village around it. At present, the monastery of Vallbona de les Monjes houses a significant female community. Its architectural wealth lies in the wide variety of styles on display on its walls and exterior, the best of examples of which are the church door, the cloister and the chapter house. Vallbona de les Monges forms part of the so-called Cistercian triangle, along with the monasteries of Poblet (Conca de Barberà) and Santes Creus (Alt Camp).

 

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Small Tortoiseshell

  

Aglais urticae

 

Superfamily: Papilionoidea

 

Family: Nymphalidae

 

Subfamily: Nymphalinae

 

Genus: Aglais

 

Subgenus:

 

Species: urticae (Linnaeus, 1758)

  

Wingspan:-

 

Male: 45 - 55mm

Female: 52 - 62mm

  

Introduction

  

The Small Tortoiseshell is one of our most-familiar butterflies, appearing in gardens throughout the British Isles. Unfortunately, this butterfly has suffered a worrying decline, especially in the south, over the last few years. This butterfly has always fluctuated in numbers, but the cause of the most-recent decline is not yet known, although various theories have been proposed. One is the increasing presence of a particular parasitic fly, Sturmia bella, due to global warming - this species being common on the continent. The fly lays its eggs on leaves of the foodplant, close to where larvae are feeding. The tiny eggs are then eaten whole by the larvae and the grubs that emerge feed on the insides of their host, avoiding the vital organs. A fly grub eventually kills its host and emerges from either the fully-grown larva or pupa before itself pupating. Although the fly attacks related species, such as the Peacock and Red Admiral, it is believed that the lifecycle of the Small Tortoiseshell is better-synchronised with that of the fly and it is therefore more prone to parasitism. This is one of our most widespread butterflies, occurring throughout the British Isles, including Orkney and Shetland.

  

Aglais urticae

  

This species was first defined in Linnaeus (1758) as shown here (type locality: Sweden).

  

Phenology

  

The adult butterflies can be seen at any time of the year, even on the last days of December or first days of January if the temperature is high enough to wake them from hibernation. However, adults normally emerge from hibernation at the end of March and start of April. There are typically 2 broods each year, except in the north, where there is usually only a single brood. Whether single or double-brooded, the butterfly is a familiar sight in late summer as it takes nectar to build up essential fats in preparation for hibernation.

  

Habitat

  

This butterfly can turn up almost anywhere, from city centres to mountain tops. As such, it is one of our most successful butterflies. It is most-often seen, however, where nettles grow in abundance, such as field margins. This butterfly is often encountered while hibernating in an outbuilding, such as a garage, shed or barn, where they may be found in the company of other individuals. Other hibernation sites include hollow trees and wood piles.

  

Larval Foodplants

  

The primary larval foodplants are Common Nettle (Urtica dioica) and Small Nettle (Urtica urens).

  

Nectar Sources

  

Adults feed primarily on Betony (Stachys officinalis), Bramble (Rubus fruticosus), Carline Thistle (Carlina vulgaris), Dandelion (Taraxacum agg.), Devil's-bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis), Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis), Greater Stitchwort (Stellaria holostea), Hawkweeds (Hieracium/Hypochoeris), Heather (Calluna vulgaris / Erica spp.), Hemp Agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum), Ivy (Hedera helix), Knapweeds (Centaurea spp.), Marjoram (Origanum vulgare), Primrose (Primula vulgaris), Privet (Ligustrum vulgare), Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea), Thistles (Cirsium spp. and Carduus spp.), Thyme (Thymus polytrichus) and Water Mint (Mentha aquatica).

  

Imago

  

The two sexes are almost identical in appearance, with the distinctive yellow and orange uppersides providing a contrast with the drab undersides that provide the butterfly a good deal of camouflage when hibernating.

  

In the afternoon, males set up territories, usually close to a nettle patch, where they rest of the foodplant or ground with their wings open, waiting for a passing female. When a female enters the territory, a most curious courtship begins. The male approaches the female from behind and starts to "drum" his antennae on the hindwings of the female, making a feint sound that is audible to the human ear. The female may fly a little distance, with the male following, where the process repeats. This can go on for several hours with the couple spending a good amount of time basking together. Eventually, usually in early evening, the female will lead the male into vegetation, often a nettle patch, and crawl between stems with the male following, where they eventually mate. They remain coupled until the following morning.

  

Aberrations

  

This species displays considerable variation in both the upperside ground colour and the familiar upperside pattern and markings.

  

Much work has been carried out in this species to discover how temperature shock in the late larval/ early pupal stage can affect the development of pigments in the imago. These experiments have assisted our understanding of how and when the pigments are 'mapped' in the Vanessid butterflies. The Small Tortoiseshell appears to be particularly sensitive to temperature shock, and this species has been widely bred in the past in the hope of producing extreme environmentally controlled aberrations such as ab. semi-ichnusoides.

  

Extreme shocks of either heat or cold during the last 24 hours of the larval stage and the first 48 hours of the pupal stage can disrupt the natural process of metamorphosis and inhibit the normal processes in which organic chemicals create the colouration of the wing scales.

  

The expression of aberration through temperature shock is a graduated process; one level of exposure creates ab. semi-ichnusoides, a little more fuses all three black blotches along the costa of the forewing to create ab. conjuncta, and the most extreme exposure produces an almost entirely melanic form known as ab. osborni. The conditions required to produce the latter forms are thought to be so extreme that they lie right on the very cusp of extremes of temperature that would be fatal to the larva or pupa. Consequently these forms are rare in captivity and extremely unlikely to be met with in the wild.

  

It is difficult to ascertain how frequently any of these aberration occur in the wild, however it is a rare event that exposes the newly formed pupa or transitional larva to the necessary conditions for metamorphosis to be disrupted in this way, and this is supported by the paucity of historical sightings of the extreme aberrations in the wild. That is not to say that the lesser of the aberrations do not occur however, and an ab. semi-ichnusoides presents a particularly striking sight when nectaring on a garden buddleia amongst typical individuals.

  

It has been speculated that severe late frosts could possibly cause instances of these aberrant forms, as well as a larva/pupa being exposed to particularly strong sunlight after having the normally sheltered pupation site disturbed in some manner.

  

Environmental influences are not the sole cause of aberration in this species however, and there are many genetic aberrations which the observer could encounter at any time. Occasionally the orange ground colour is replaced entirely by a pale whitish buff (ab. lutea), as well as various transitional shades leading to this. Similarly, sometimes the orange colour is replaced by a brownish-purple hue and this is known as ab. brunneoviolacea.

  

There are in excess of 105 named aberrations known to occur in Britain. Click here to see a full list of aberrations for this species.

  

ab. nigrita (Fickert)

  

On the forewings the two upper black costal spots are united to form a single black blotch. The twin discal spots are absent. Hindwings entirely black with no marginal lunules.

  

Ovum

  

The female is quite choosy about where she lays, which is not surprising since she lays her green eggs in large batches and needs to ensure that the location is just right for the developing larvae. Typical sites are nettle patches containing relatively-new growth, and that receive full sun. Eggs are laid on the underside of a nettle leaf, usually one near the top of the stem and at the edge of the nettle patch. The eggs are not laid in neat rows, but piled on top of one another. Egg batches can contain up to 80 eggs which take some time to lay - typically between 20 and 90 minutes. The egg stage lasts between 1 and 3 weeks, depending on the weather.

  

Larva

  

On emerging from their eggs, the larvae build a communal web, usually at the top of the nettle, from which they emerge to bask and feed. As the larvae grow, they move to new plants, building new webs along the way. This leaves a trail of webs, decorated with shed larval skins and droppings, that show the passing of time, and allows the patient observer to trace the larvae all the way back to the plant where the eggs were laid. The first experience that some people have of a Small Tortoiseshell is seeing these webs as they extend over stretches of nettle, with the larvae resting communally and quite visibly on the surface of the web, or feeding from nearby leaves.

  

Larvae have several techniques to avoid predation. When disturbed, a group of larvae will often jerk their bodies from side to side in unison, which must be a formidable sight to any predator. The larvae will also regurgitate green fluid and will, if necessary, curl up in a ball and drop to the ground. Larvae feed by both day and night and there are 4 moults in total.

  

Pupa

  

The larvae disperse as they become fully grown, and eventually wander off to find a suitable pupation site. The pupa is formed head down, attached to a stem or leaf by the cremaster. The colour of the pupa is quite variable, often having a beautiful metallic sheen. This stage lasts between 2 and 4 weeks, depending on temperature.

  

Sites

  

Arthur's Seat, Bedfont Lakes Country Park LNR, Bryncelyn Hall, Darley, Devil's Ditch, Dundas Castle, Eakring Meadows Nature Reserve, Glenarm, Horsenden Hill, Hounslow Heath LNR, Howardian Local Nature Reserve, Hutton Roof Crags, Hyde, Kenfig Pool, Kinghorn Loch Path, Lavernock, Mansmead wood, Mayford Pond, Meanwood Park, Moss Field, Mynydd Marian, Old Down, Basingstoke, Rookery, Ryton Woods Meadows, Sutton Bingham Reservoir, Tophill Low, Viking Field/LesleySears, West Williamston Salt Marshes, Winkleigh, Winsdon Hill

  

Conservation Status

  

Despite being a widespread and common species in certain areas, the declining fortunes of this butterfly, especially in the south, mean that this butterfly is a species of conservation concern.

  

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This is one from the archives. My computer is running slow, yoh'. NOT GOOD! I have thousands of pictures on this thing. So I've spent most of my morning cleaning it out, burning pics to cd's, etc. *sigh* I really want to get an external drive that works with my iMac. Time Machine would be wonderful but it's SO expensive. Ah well... in the meantime, I'll just back up onto cd's. Right? Hope everyone's having a lovely Tuesday!

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Here is my first published work even though i did it as a freebie its great seeing your work on a web site !

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Here is the flickr set

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Photography

according to the encyclopedia:

-the production of permanent images on surfaces coated with light-sensitive chemicals.

 

so this is actually an encyclopedia from the early 1950's.

my mom got these from waaaay long ago so i have no idea where she got them from.

but here's to re-discovering more vintage things in my house that i never cared to look at.

kind of appreciating that i have these books too.

 

These cameras on the right side of the page according the encyclopedia, were 'a selection of cameras in everday use'. and to them those were modern. i just find that interesting haha.

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El sábado último nos juntamos unos amigos para pillar este amanecer en el Fitu, creo con sinceridad que sin ser uno de esos amaneceres espectaculares, ha sido un bonito amanecer y más al tener la compañía de estos amigos a los que se las quiero dedicar. Anusska-Raquel Marquez-Nachocamacho-El magüetu- Nikar- Jesus, Marino en tierra y a Murill@ que no pudo acompañarnos.

Gracias por vuestra compañía y amistad.

 

Para tod@s vosotros desearos un feliz martes

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I was feeling really down last night, as well as this morning right from when I woke up. Things have been really tough over the past year. I was turning the possibility of sharing this with you over in my mind, over, and over, and over... I was not sure whether I had the confidence, and whether it would make any difference.

 

I've concluded that it does. If I don't address pain, either artistically or verbally, then nothing will change. It is at least worth a try. I think Brad said it best: Flickr is cheap ass therapy.

 

My father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease right before his 60th birthday, which was this past December. He is already in stage three of seven -- very unusual for someone so young. In addition to the fact that it's a fatal disease, he will soon become someone entirely different, with not a clue who I am, or who he is, who he was, who he will be. I can see changes as the months go by, some months more than others. He was a political science professor at Columbia for most of his career, then was a dean, chief financial officer and provost there as well. His life has been built on his extraordinary intellect -- one that moved me to academia, helped incite my passion for philosophy and dreams of becoming a professor. Now he is on disability and finds himself lonely and listless most days, while everyone else is working and busy. He is rediscovering himself, and the talented parts of him that were latent all these years, but it doesn't take away from the struggle on a day-to-day basis. He has always been humble, frank, moderate, and inward, but he has shed some of his hurtful tendencies -- he is less analytic, more feeling and embracing of everything around him. All too many had accused him, say ten years ago, of being withholding and emotionally unavailable, to his wife (my stepmother) and me and my sister. He is so different now. It is, I supposed, something of a Catch-22: my father has metamorphosed into one of the most beautiful souls I've ever known, but this is all too fleeting.

 

But perhaps it is this transience that gives it such sweetness and value.

  

Sweet and low, sweet and low,

Wind of the western sea,

Low, low, breathe and blow,

Wind of the western sea!

Over the rolling waters go,

Come from the dying moon, and blow,

Blow him again to me;

While my little one, my pretty one, sleeps.

 

Sleep and rest, sleep and rest,

Father will come to thee soon;

Rest, rest, on mother's breast,

Father will come to thee soon;

Father will come to his babe in the nest,

Silver sails all out of the west

Under the silver moon:

Sleep, my little one, sleep, my pretty one, sleep.

 

-- Tennyson

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According to many European old maps, the river is named as Menam or Mae Nam, the Thai word for river (Me or Mae is "Mother", Nam is "Water"). The name Chao Phraya is a Thai feudal title, which can be translated as General or Lord. In the English-language media in Thailand the name is often translated as River of Kings.

 

The cities along the Chao Phraya are Nakhon Sawan, Uthai Thani, Chainat, Singburi, Ang Thong, Ayutthaya, Pathum Thani, Nonthaburi, Bangkok and Samut Prakan, listed from north to south. These cities are among the most historically significant and densely populated settlements of Thailand precisely because of their access to the waterway.

 

A big thank you to Mr. Wiki.. :-)

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La Chao Praya (thaï แม่น้ำเจ้าพระยา), ou Ménam Chao Phraya, est le plus important fleuve de Thaïlande après le Mékong et la Salween. C'est aussi le seul à couler entièrement dans le pays, dont il constitue encore aujourd'hui l'axe majeur de transport et de commerce. Il se forme au confluent des rivières Ping et Nan et s'écoule vers le sud pendant 372 km, avant de se jeter dans le golfe de Thaïlande. La vallée de la Chao Praya est une grande région productrice de riz.

 

Le mot Ménam signifie « rivière » en thaï : ce mot est formé de deux éléments : me signifiant « mère » et nam « eau ». Chao Phraya est un terme honorifique thaï, que l'on peut traduire approximativement par « seigneur des eaux ».

 

Non loin de son embouchure, la Chao Praya traverse Bangkok, où avaient lieu de fameux marchés flottants que l'on ne trouve plus guère qu'en dehors de la ville comme à Damnoen Saduak (80 km de Bangkok).

 

Merci Mr. Wikipedia.. :-)

  

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El interior

Las columnas de la nave central.

Detalle de la bóveda.

 

Gaudí evolucionó de un primer proyecto gótico hacia un estilo personal, orgánico, inspirado en las formas de la naturaleza: para librarse de los contrafuertes góticos, ideó el uso de columnas en forma de tronco de árbol, que permiten descargar el peso de las cubiertas directamente en el suelo, solución práctica a la vez que estética, ya que convierte el interior de las naves del templo en un espacio orgánico que semeja un bosque. En 1987 se inició la cimentación de las naves; para 1997 se completaron las bóvedas laterales y se empezó la central.

El templo tiene planta de cruz latina, con cinco naves de 90 metros de longitud, y crucero de tres naves de 60 metros; la nave central tiene un ancho de 15 metros, y 7,5 las laterales, haciendo un total de 45 metros; ancho del crucero, 30 metros. La altura es de 45 metros en las bóvedas de la nave central y 30 en las laterales, mientras que las del cimborio central llegarán a los 60 metros. Las naves laterales contendrán las cantorías para los coros. El ábside es lobulado, con deambulatorio entorno del presbiterio. El templo contará con un total de 36 columnas, que oscilarán entre 11,10 y 22,20 metros de altura, con bases de polígonos estrellados de varios lados según su ubicación: 6 (naves laterales), 8 (nave central), 10 (torres de los Evangelistas), 12 (torre de Jesús). Los materiales de construcción varían de la piedra de Montjuïc al granito, basalto o pórfido.

Las bóvedas son hiperbólicas, construidas con baldosas de mosaico veneciano. Gaudí utilizó la técnica de la bóveda catalana o bóveda tabicada, que consistía en la superposición de varias capas de ladrillos con argamasa. Las cubiertas son de forma piramidal, coronadas por una linterna y un farol. Los ventanales están pensados para distribuir una iluminación suave y armónica, creando un efecto de recogimiento, y tienen forma geométrica abstracta; las vidrieras de colores son obra de Joan Vila i Grau. Gaudí realizó profundos estudios acústicos y lumínicos para conseguir una perfecta sonoridad e iluminación en el interior del templo.

 

The church plan is that of a Latin cross with five aisles. The central nave vaults reach 45 meters while the side nave vaults reach 30 meters. The transept has 3 aisles. The columns are on a 7.5 meter grid however the columns of the apse, resting on del Villar's foundation, do not adhere to the grid, requiring a section of columns of the ambulatory to transition to the grid thus creating a horseshoe pattern to the layout of those columns. The crossing rests on the four central columns of porphyry supporting a great hyperboloid surrounded by two rings of 12 hyperboloids (currently under construction). The central vault reaches 60 meters. The apse will be capped by a hyperboloid vault reaching 75 meters. Gaudi intended that a visitor standing at the main entrance be able to see the vaults of the nave, crossing, and apse, thus the graduated increase in vault loftiness.

The columns of the interior are a unique Gaudi design. Besides branching to support their load, their ever-changing surfaces are the result of the intersection of various geometric forms. The simplest example is that of a square base evolving into an octagon as the column rises, then a 16-sided form, and eventually to a circle. This effect is the result of a three-dimensional intersection of helicoidal columns (for example a square cross-section column twisting clockwise and a similar one twisting counter-clockwise).

(Wikipedia)

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Now that it's Christmas, I will share a special photograph with you.

 

This is a photo of a bison tromping across the bacterial mat in front of the Grand Prismatic Spring--the largest hot spring in North America, and third largest in the world.

 

The story goes that I was minding my own business, composing images of the Grand Prismatic, when all the tourists started fussing and massing along the boardwalk above the bacterial mat in front of the hot spring. I didn't pay much attention to them at first, but eventually I had to pull away from the viewfinder to see what the commotion was all about. Wow! A bison was leisurely making his way towards the Grand Prismatic, splash-stomp, splash-stomp, splash-stomp through the pungent water. Me, being totally unprepared for this, swung my tripod around and started tracking him and tripping the shutter.

 

Shooting through a 2-stop graduated neutral density filter and a polarizer really slowed down my shutter, which explains the subject motion in the leg, tail, and back. Upon closer inspection, it's possible to see the water splashing from his front hoof--very cool!

 

My favorite areas are the reflection of the bison and the rich hues throughout. I love the layered framing--the cornered sky leading into the hills, which offset the steam rising from the spring; on the bottom the bright oranges are nicely divided by parallel reliefs in the bacterial mat, which have a nice diagonal symmetry with the sky and hill lines. I wish I had time to change to a different lens, or at least remove my filers, but in this unique circumstance, I will take what I can get.

 

For those wondering where I was, follow this Wikipedia link, and click on the overhead image. In the larger sizes a couple is visible walking along the boardwalk found on the bottom of the image. I was located on the left side of the wider area just above the walkers. The bison was walking from upper-right to lower-left--he never stopped or paid any attention to the legions of onlookers, while he made his way to graze in the Midland Geyser Basin.

 

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Manuscrito del cura Párroco de Yaiza, Don Andrés Lorenzo Curbelo, que relata los acontecimientos desde el comienzo de la erupción hasta que la población de la zona emigró entre 1731 y 1732, ante los continuados procesos volcánicos que se sucedieron.

  

El 1º de Septiembre (de 1730) entre las nueve y diez de la noche la tierra se abrió de pronto cerca de Timanfaya a dos leguas de Yaiza. En la primera noche una enorme montaña se elevó del seno de la tierra y del ápice se escapaban llamas que continuaron ardiendo durante diez y nueve días. Pocos días después un nuevo abismo se formó y un torrente de lava se precipitó sobre Timanfaya, sobre Rodeo y sobre una parte de Mancha Blanca. La lava se extendió sobre los lugares hacia el Norte, al principio con tanta rapidez como el agua, pero bien pronto su velocidad se aminoró y no corría más que como la miel. Pero el 7 de septiembre una roca considerable se levantó del seno de la tierra con un ruido parecido al del trueno, y por su presión forzó la lava, que desde el principio se dirigía hacia el Norte a cambiar de camino y dirigirse hacia el NW y WNW. La masa de lava llegó y destruyó en un instante los lugares de Maretas y de Santa Catalina, situados en el Valle. El 11 de Septiembre la erupción se renovó con más fuerza, y la lava comenzó a correr. De Santa Catalina se precipitó sobre Mazo, incendió y cubrió toda esta aldea y siguió su camino hasta el mar, corriendo seis días seguidos con un ruido espantoso y formando verdaderas cataratas. Una gran cantidad de peces muertos sobrenadaban en la superficie del mar, viniendo a morir a la orilla. Bien pronto todo se calmó, y la erupción pareció haber cesado completamente.

 

El 18 de Octubre tres nuevas aberturas se formaron inmediatamente encima de Santa Catalina, que arden todavía y de sus orificios se escapan masas de humo espeso que se extienden por toda la isla, acompañado de una gran cantidad de escorias, arenas, cenizas que se reparten todo alrededor, viéndose caer de todos los puntos gotas de agua en forma de lluvia. Los truenos y las explosiones que acompañaron a estos fenómenos, la obscuridad producida por la masa de cenizas y el humo que recubre la isla forzaron más de una vez a los habitantes de Yaiza a tomar la huida, volviendo bien pronto, porque estas detonaciones no aparecieron acompañadas de otro fenómeno de devastación" .

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I was never thinking that the seascape shooting can be so adventurous like this morning. I went with Michael to Shelly Beach-Manly to take some shots but I must have misunderstood his email. Seriously, when he told me that this was going to be an adventure, he was right!!

We decided that instead of walking for half an hour to our destination we would take the shortcut via a steep road down to the cliff in pitch black darkness (5.30 am). Well Michael had a flash light and I forgot mine at home, bottom line – we finally reached our destination with some additional scars, bruises and scratches on my legs and feet. I had slipped a couple of times and fell despite my Spiderman powers and my new wet shoes!!

 

We met Oat ( Hangingpixels) and few more photographers; good thing is to see how many people enjoy photography, sunrise and seascape shooting.

 

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i so cant wait to return i could process all day from this beach !!! Gutted our week here was a total wash out got here once .

 

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Explore November, 15 - 2013

 

The stone pine (Pinus pinea), also called Italian stone pine, umbrella pine and parasol pine, is a tree from the pine family (Pinaceae). The tree is native to the Mediterranean region, occurring in Southern Europe, North Africa, and the Levant.

 

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Das Inntal (links) zwischen Schärding (OÖ) und Wernstein. Auf der gegenüberliegenden niederbayerischen Seite die Türme der Vornbacher Klosterkirche und gegenüber von Wernstein das Schloss Neuburg. Ganz hinten sind die Alpen zu sehen.

 

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(thank you Shannon for this song. I absolutely love it)

 

I reached a million views a while ago:

And never got to thank every single one of you.

I mean it when I say I cannot put into words how many good people I have met through this site, how much I have learned, and how much I have taken out of this.

You all, every single one of you, do have such a place in my heart.

I can't imagine my life if I have never started putting my work on here.

That may sound odd, but I can't imagine it.

 

AND IF YOU ARE OUT THERE

I think I ran into someone who knows me from this site today.

I was crossing the cross walk here at school and I passed you, whoever you are, brown haired girl carrying a camera?

I think you must have recognized me or something because of the way you were watching me....so if you read this, hello, and I am really praying I smiled at you as I passed. I know I was on the phone.

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(I do apologize for this, I was without a tripod and remote so this was all I could manage)

 

Happy Easter everyone.

 

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