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La Grand Place (in Olandese: Grote Markt) è la piazza centrale della città di Bruxelles. La circondano le case delle corporazioni, l'Hotel de Ville (municipio) e la Maison du Roi. È generalmente considerata come una delle più belle piazze del mondo. La Grande Place di Bruxelles è stata iscritta nel 1998 nella lista del patrimonio dell'umanità dell'UNESCO.
The Grote Markt (Dutch) or Grand Place (French) is the central market square of Brussels. It is surrounded by guild houses, the city's Town Hall and the Bread House (Dutch: Broodhuis, French: Maison du Roi). The square is the most important tourist destination and most memorable landmark in Brussels next to the Atomium and Manneken Pis.
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you gotta get it here i swear
quote by Carl Sandburg.. found while hunting a title for this piece, and it just kinda fitted.
today i ask you to remember that sometimes the smallest action can have the greatest gain.
consider the butterfly effect. it may only take a harsh word from your quick tongue to someone on the tube who barges past you to set into a motion a whole new day filled with negitivity for either yourself or the stranger.
take time to be kind, offer empathy not anger, even if they do piss you off... maybe they're just having a bad day...
if we were all more patient, and considered in our actions i think we'd all live more peacefully.
diptych #4 and i'm still loving it though if anyones got any ideas for me to try please share :)
Cathedral of Cologne
Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Germany
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Cologne Cathedral (German: Kölner Dom, officially Hohe Domkirche St. Peter und Maria) is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne, Cardinal Joachim Meisner, and is under the administration of the archdiocese of Cologne. It is renowned as a monument of Christianity, of German Catholicism in particular, of Gothic architecture, and of the faith and perseverance of the people of the city in which it stands. It is dedicated to Saint Peter and the Blessed Virgin Mary.
The cathedral is a World Heritage Site, one of the best-known architectural monuments in Germany, and Cologne's most famous landmark, described by UNESCO as an "exceptional work of human creative genius". Cologne Cathedral is one of the world's largest churches and the largest Gothic church in Northern Europe. For four years, 1880-84, it was the tallest structure in the world, until the completion of the Washington Monument. It has the second-tallest church spires, only surpassed by the single spire of Ulm Cathedral, completed 10 years later in 1890. Because of its enormous twin spires, it also presents the largest façade of any church in the world.
The choir of Cologne Cathedral, measured between the piers, also holds the distinction of having the largest height to width ratio of any Medieval church, 3.6:1, exceeding even Beauvais Cathedral which has a slightly higher vault.
Construction of the Gothic church began in 1248 and took, with interruptions, until 1880 to complete – a period of over 600 years. It is 144.5 metres long, 86.5 m wide and its two towers are 157 m tall.
Cologne Cathedral, despite having been left incomplete during the medieval period, eventually became unified as "a masterpiece of exceptional intrinsic value" and "a powerful testimony to the strength and persistence of Christian belief in medieval and modern Europe", as was befitting a worship-place of the Holy Roman Emperor and the traditional shrine of the Three Kings.
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View Large USS HOGA (Sioux Indian word for 'fish'), YT-146
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This amazing Tugboat is a veteran of the Pearl Harbor attack, 7 December 1941. She served valiantly during the attack, operating without stopping, from that Sunday morning until Wednesday, fighting fires, rescuing sailors, saving the USS Oglala by pushing her away from the doomed Arizona, and helping the battleship Nevada to ground herself to avoid sinking in the Pearl Harbor entrance channel. She fought the fires on the burning Battleships USS Arizona www.navsource.org/archives/01/013940b.jpg and USS Nevada upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/USS_Nevada_2n....
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HOGA and her crew received a special citation from Admiral Chester Nimitz for her heroic work in those dark days. In the following link she is shown with the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5) at Pearl Harbor after the Battle of Coral Sea, 27 May 1942. After repairs, Yorktown departed on 30 May to take part in the Battle of Midway. The tug Hoga (YT-146) is in the center foreground. The mainmast of the sunken USS Arizona (BB-39) is visible in the distance, just right of Yorktown's stern www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g20000/g21931.jpg .
She later went on to serve the City of Oakland as a fireboat from 1948 to 1994! She is currently awaiting movement to Little Rock Arkansas to serve her days out as a museum ship, befitting her 60 years of continuous service. The ship was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989.
NDRF -- The National Defense Reserve Fleet In Suisun Bay, California. More commonly known as The Mothball Fleet, of which there are many others throughout the country (and the world). Managed by the Dept. of Transportation.
Many old ships -- even WWII-era "Liberty Ship" cargo ships -- simply lull Now gone, scrapped in the brackish water awaiting scrapping..... or maybe someone will intervene and restore a after no one intervened to turn another 'has-been' into a revered floating museum, such as the nearby.....
[SAVED from the ship breakers]
~ Aircraft Carrier "Hornet" (Alameda/Oakland),
~ Victory Ship "Red Oak Victory" (Richmond),
~ Liberty Ship "Jeremiah O'Brien" (San Francisco).
~ WWII Submarine Pampanito (San Francisco) (.... and many more!)
For an interactive MAP of The Fleet and MORE INFO From The Mothball Fleet Pool, click on this link: NOTE: Last viewed 11/29/2019, so it could have changed or 'disappeared' since then. It is a fact that the majority of ships are gone; maybe 3 (?) remain.
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As of April 2014, The Hoga was moved out of the mothball fleet to the former Mare Island Naval Shipyard (Vallejo, California) for hull repairs and painting. The Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum shows her on their website, but I couldn't see her on a Google map. As far as I know she's still at Mare Island. It all comes down to money.
Happy UPDATE Post Decommissioning! On July 28, 2005, the United States Navy officially transferred USS Hoga to the City of North Little Rock. On November 23, 2015, Hoga arrived at the Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum in North Little Rock, Arkansas. aimmuseum.org/uss-hoga/
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Si recorres sosegadamente las calles y plazas de La Alberca, te irás encontrando, viajero, con atractivos rincones y perspectivas, en los que resalta una arquitectura popular levantada a base de piedras y geométricos entramados de madera.
Destacan los dinteles cincelados con fechas de fundación de las casas, con inscripciones, signos y anagramas religiosos, que quieren ser profesión visible de fe.
Cada una de las plantas superiores va sobresaliendo sobre la inferior, hasta llegar casi a tocarse los aleros de los tejados de las casas que se hallan frente a frente, lo que hace que en las calles se produzca un curioso juego de luces y sombras.
Se ha dicho que la estructura urbana de La Alberca es la de una judería, por lo intrincado, laberíntico y secreto de sus calles. Pero tampoco han faltado quienes, al recorrer el pueblo, lo han asociado con los arrabales de Damasco.
La Alberca es así la unión, a lo largo de los siglos, de las culturas cristiana, islámica y judaica.
Y no debes, visitante, dejar de ver la Plaza, y de detenerte en ella. Con sus fachadas recorridas por dos series de balcones, con la luz de la cal, con sus soportales e hileras de columnas graníticas y con el crucero presidiéndola. Es, sin duda, el eje central de La Alberca.
(Fuente: pagina web del Ayuntamiento de La Alberca)
Yey - I got to Skomer on a very sunny BH Monday, the puffins were just fab :0). Made sure I was at St Martin's Haven by 8.00am, there is a new booking system and the boats get full VERY quickly. Not as many puffins on the Wick as last year but apparently we'd missed them - there were loads at 7.00am! Still, I managed to get some shots so I was well happy. Now I have to catch up on everyone's streams - it may take me some time!!
Spotted this 1990 Peugeot 205 1.9 GTi hiding in a back street, in need of love and attention. These iconic French cars ooze character, and are one of the all-time best drivers' cars. * To my dear friends outside the UK, the steering wheel happens to be on the RIGHT side ;)
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Lumbier, Navarra (Spain).
ENGLISH
The Foz de Lumbier is carved out of the limestone rock by the river Irati at the western end of the Leyre range of mountains, at the foot of the Navarrese Pyrenees. It is one of the most spectacular gorges in Navarre, a landscape created over millions of years by the waters of the river Irati, which have left their mark on this sanctuary of nature day by day. The gorge was declared a Nature Reserve in 1987.
Lumbier is a narrow and small gorge, just 1,300 metres long, but of spectacular beauty. Its vertical walls reach a maximum height of 150 metres and large birds of prey live in the cracks and ledges, with species such as griffon vultures whose flights will accompany you in your visit to the gorge. It is also a refuge for foxes, boar, badgers and owls, and is strewn with gall and kermes oaks and bushes such as thyme, lavender and gorse that hang from the cracks, vegetation that is transformed into woods of poplars, willows and ash trees at the entry and exit of the gorge.
In contrast to many other canyons, you can walk through Lumbier along an easy track that runs along the bottom of the cliffs for 2.6 kilometres. The route was created for the old Irati train (the first electric train in Spain) that linked Pamplona with Sangüesa between 1911 and 1955.
The signposted path runs along the river and crosses the rock through two tunnels (206 and 160 metres long) that do not have artificial light. Towards the end of the path the route goes around the rock and reaches the remains of the Puente del Diablo (Devil's Bridge), which was built in the 16th century with a raised arch 15 metres above the river. It was destroyed by the French in 1812 during the War of Independence, and owes its name to a legend that says that its builder asked the devil for help to finish it.
More info: www.visitnavarra.es/eng/organice-viaje/recurso/relacionad...
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La foz de Lumbier es un desfiladero excavado por el río Irati sobre la roca caliza en el extremo occidental de la sierra de Leire, al pie del Pirineo navarro. Es una de las gargantas más espectaculares de Navarra, un paisaje labrado a lo largo de millones de años por la acción del río Irati que, día a día, sigue marcando su huella en este santuario de la naturaleza, reserva natural desde 1987.
La de Lumbier es una hoz estrecha y pequeña, de 1.300 metros de longitud, y de una belleza espectacular. Sus paredes verticales alcanzan en su cota máxima 150 metros de altura, y en sus grietas, roturas y repisas viven grandes rapaces, entre los que abundan los buitres leonados, cuyo vuelo le acompañará en su visita al desfiladero. La foz, que también sirve de refugio para zorros, jabalíes, tejones y alimoches, está poblada de quejigos y coscojas, además de arbustos como tomillo, espliego y ollaga que se cuelan por las grietas, vegetación que se transforma en bosques de álamos, sauces y fresnos a la entrada y salida de la foz.
A diferencia de otras gargantas, la de Lumbier puede ser recorrida a través de un sencillo camino que discurre al pie de los acantilados, a lo largo de 2,6 kilómetros. El trazado fue realizado para el tren Irati, el primer tren eléctrico de España, que comunicó Pamplona con Sangüesa entre 1911 y 1955.
El camino está señalizado, discurre junto al río y atraviesa la roca a través de dos túneles, de 206 y 160 metros de longitud, que no poseen luz artificial. En la parte final del sendero, el camino bordea la roca y llega hasta los restos del Puente del Diablo, construido en el siglo XVI, con un arco elevado 15 metros sobre el río. Destruido por los franceses en 1812, durante la Guerra de la Independencia, debe su nombre a una leyenda según la cual su constructor pidió ayuda al diablo para levantar el puente.
Más info: www.visitnavarra.es/esp/organice-viaje/recurso.aspx?o=303...
Ducketts Grove was designed in a Castellated Gothic revival style by Thomas A. Cobden for John Davidson Duckett circa 1825. The 18th, 19th and early 20th century home of the Duckett family, was formerly at the centre of a 12,000 acre estate that has dominated the Carlow landscape for over 300 years.The building incorporates numerous towers and turrets of varying shapes – round, square and octagonal. One tall octagonal turret rises from the structure. It is elaborately ornamented with oriels and niches containing statues.
The house itself is situated in the townland of Rainstown, between Carlow and Tullow but the estate itself comprised several large townlands and parts of others.
In September 2005 during Heritage Week, Carlow Country Council acquired Duckett’s Grove and commenced the restoration of two inter-connecting walled gardens.
Even in ruin, the surviving towers and turrets of Duckett’s Grove form a romantic profile making it one of the most photogenic historic buildings in the country.
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: NANA FINDS OUT! (1 of 4): Noirel's secret /
NANA SE ENTERA! (1 de 4): El Secreto de Noirel
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 03 of 50) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50.
FOTOHISTORY: In English / En Español
Hachi: Hey Nana!! Wooow!!! Did you assembly the table you alone?? It's so cool!! I love the design!
Nana: Yeah, I just finished it, I'm putting it at it's right place now. ;)
Hachi: Amazing!! You have stunning skills! I'd be unable to make furniture myself. I'm the kind of person who goes to the shop to get the table... By the way, talking about shops, I need to get my purse. I saw a pair of breathtaking high heeled shoes and I want to purchase them before someone else take them!! *_*
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Hachi: Hola Nana!! Alaaaaa!!! Estas montando la mesa tu sola?? Que chula!! Me encanta el diseño!
Nana: Si, justo acabo de terminarla, enseguida la coloco en su sitio. ;)
Hachi: Es asombroso!! Tienes una habilidad fuera de lo común! Yo sería incapaz de hacer un mueble sola. Soy la típica que va a comprar la mesa a la tienda... Por cierto, hablando de tiendas, voy a buscar mi bolso que he visto unos zapatos preciosos y quiero ir a comprarlos antes de que me los quiten!! *_*
LINKS:
- Hilo de las Fotohistorias de Shin y Yashiro en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Hilo de la Relación entre Shin y Yashiro en la sección de Penpals de Pullip .es
- Ayrin and Sheryl PHOTOSTORIES
I have been photographing this tree for about 5 years now and I have shots of it through all the seasons.It has been through 10 years of drought and is now looking rather old and tired looking.
Today there are less leaves on the branches than ever before. The developers are building new houses very rapidly and before too long it may be cut down to make way for progress. Website: jgknight.smugmug.com
Shot with a Canon A-1 with a 50/1.4 using Kodak Tri-X 400.
Took this photo during my short 1 week break back in Hong Kong for my birthday. Big thanks to Euky who volunteered his own time in taking me to this location for the shoot. I was always fascinated by housing estates and the lifestyles which surrounded them even though I have never really lived in one myself. With the government tearing these places down in favour of newer public housing these places are really getting rare too. Hopefully this one lasts till the next time I am home for me to shoot it again. View On White
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Maresme. Catalonia.
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Maresme's territory occupies a long and narrow area between the Mediterranean Sea and the hills of Serralada Litoral (Catalonia's coastal mountains), and specifically Montnegre's and Corredor's hills in the northern half and Sant Mateu's hills in the southern half. This particular shape has conditioned both the geography and the history of this comarca. Probably the main distinct elements of its geography are the characteristic rieres (torrents). These short, intermittent water streams, which cross the comarca transversally almost every hundred meters, produce powerful and dangerous floods when it rains.
Canet des de els Tarongers
Maresme has been historically very well connected with the rest of the comarca as well as with Barcelona thanks to old Camí Ral (Royal Way) (actual N-II main road) and railroad (The Barcelona–Mataró railroad route, finished in 1848, was the first ever in all the Iberian Peninsula). Communications were enhanced in recent years with the construction of the C-32's Barcelona–Mataró section (1969), which was the first autopista (highway) ever in Spain, and its subsequent enlargement, the Mataró-Palafolls's section (1995).
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Agra. India.
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The Taj Mahal ( /ˈtɑːdʒ/ or /ˈtɑːʒ məˈhɑːl/;[1] Hindi: ताज महल, from Persian/Urdu: تاج محل "crown of palaces", pronounced [ˈt̪aːdʒ mɛˈɦɛl]; also "the Taj"[2]) is a white Marble mausoleum located in Agra, India. It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal. The Taj Mahal is widely recognized as "the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage."[3]
Taj Mahal is the finest example of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements from Persian, Turkish and Indian architectural styles.[4][5]
In 1983, the Taj Mahal became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. While the white domed marble mausoleum is the most familiar component of the Taj Mahal, it is actually an integrated complex of structures. The construction began around 1632 and was completed around 1653, employing thousands of artisans and craftsmen.[6] The construction of the Taj Mahal was entrusted to a board of architects under imperial supervision, including Abd ul-Karim Ma'mur Khan, Makramat Khan, and Ustad Ahmad Lahauri.[7][8] Lahauri[9] is generally considered to be the principal designer.
...reminded me of Dylan Thomas:
The force that through the green fuse drives the flower
Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees
Is my destroyer.
And I am dumb to tell the crooked rose
My youth is bent by the same wintry fever.
The force that drives the water through the rocks
Drives my red blood; that dries the mouthing streams
Turns mine to wax.
And I am dumb to mouth unto my veins
How at the mountain spring the same mouth sucks.
The hand that whirls the water in the pool
Stirs the quicksand; that ropes the blowing wind
Hauls my shroud sail.
And I am dumb to tell the hanging man
How of my clay is made the hangman's lime.
The lips of time leech to the fountain head;
Love drips and gathers, but the fallen blood
Shall calm her sores.
And I am dumb to tell a weather's wind
How time has ticked a heaven round the stars.
And I am dumb to tell the lover's tomb
How at my sheet goes the same crooked worm.
From 18 Poems, published 1934
Sometimes all you can do is bury your face in a friend's furry ear and hope that tomorrow will be a better day.
I woke up too early today, got sprayed in the face by my faulty faucet, forgot to eat, had no inspiration for a photo, went out on the balcony just as the sun sunk behind the mountain, stepped on pieces of a broken lightbulb. (Seriously, who leaves shards of glass on a porch?) Picked the pieces out of my foot, realized that my remote has now completely stopped working, (it still winks it's little blue light at me, tauntingly. How cruel.) Set the timer, failed when the dog came out, got my sister to push the shutter button for me, got locked outside by said sister who thought it was hilarious, froze, and realized that all this frustration had been observed all the while by an elderly diplomat in a suit who had been chatting animatedly with his friend on the balcony below. Done complaining, promise. I think I really just need some sleep.
It's funny how one certain person can turn an unusually miserable day around with just one word. I don't think hello has ever sounded so beautiful.
fr: Le chemin vers l'église, village de Eus, Conflent, Pyrénées Orientales, France
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History: Eus smells of the aromas of orchards, ancient olive groves and guarrigue. Built in a terrace shape, sheltered from the wind, its name comes from the green oaks (yeuses) that border the village.
Conceived for defence, Eus successfully repelled the French in 1598 and the Spaniards in 1793. St Vincent’s church (18th century) stands where a Roman camp used to be. The roman-style chapel is dedicated to the saint patron of wine-makers. It opens onto a 13th marble porch. (source: www.cometofrance.com)
Histoire: Entre la vallée du Conflent et le mont Canigou coiffé de neiges éternelles, cette magnifique petite cité fut construite dans un but défensif sur un mamelon jadis dominé par le château des comtes de Cerdagne.
Conçu pour la défense, Eus a repoussé en 1598 les français et en 1793 l'armée espagnole qui dominait alors le Conflent. L'église St Vincent du XVIIIe siècle se dresse à l'emplacement du camp romain qui surveillait la voie allant de Terrenera à la Cerdagne, et de Notre Dame de la Volta, ancienne chapelle du château bâtie au XIIIe siècle. A l'entrée d'Eus, la chapelle romane est dédiée au patron des vignerons et à St Gaudérique. Elle s'ouvre sur un porche du XIIIe siècle en marbre rose de Villefranche de Conflent. (source: Villages de France)
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…After nearly endless days of overcast skies, due to either rainy or snowy weather, I think this little junco was enjoying the sun as much as I was…?…You never know. ;-) Anyways, the welcomed sunshine and bright blue sky, had me humming the tune below, nearly all day... :-)
I Can See Clearly Now:
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Thanks for looking, and if this picture or any further ones I add to my photo stream move you to leave me a comment, or fave it for that matter, I thank you for that. I just want you to know you needn’t hurry though, as once it’s uploaded it’s not going anywhere that I know of, and only if you wish, you can peek at my pictures anytime. ;-)
Also, because of the way my life away from flickr is right now, I’m most certain I won’t be able to keep up as I have in the past..which really hasn’t been all that good lately anyways, but I‘m sure going to try. Have a wonderful sunshiny day, and again thanks for looking. :-)
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Na jaře roku 2021 vyjela po provedené hlavní opravě z dílen ŽOS Zvolen dlouho očekávaná lokomotiva 754.067. Během této opravy dostala lokomotiva atraktivní celočervený nátěr s tenkými žlutými proužky na čelech, díky čemuž přišla o svůj předchozí, ne moc oblíbený, korporátní nátěr. Z počátku ovšem lokomotivu provázelo větší množství závad, které bránily nasazení do provozu. K tomu došlo až začátkem září 2021 a od té doby se lokomotiva opět ustálila v turnuse na vlárské dráze. I nadále byla řádně udržována, což bylo znát na jejím vzhledu. Během let 2022 až 2023 ji pak na vlárských výkonech doplnily další atraktivně zbarvené kolegyně jako třeba 754.043, 047, 075 a 077. Pro lokomotivu 754.067 se pak stal typický výkon v čele spěšných vlaků 1762 a 1773 mezi Bojkovicemi a Brnem, kde vydržela až do prosince 2024. Se změnou jízdního řádu došlo k převedení tohoto výkonu do motorových vozů a zároveň došlo k náhradě řady 754 v čele "Slováckých expresů" za modernější řadu 750.7. To znamenalo výrazný pokles turnusového nasazení brněnských "čtyřek", a tak došlo k rozhodnutí přesunout legendární 754.067 do trutnovského depa, což se uskutečnilo dne 14. prosince 2024. Po více než 28 letech tak tato lokomotiva opustila tratě jihovýchodní Moravy, kde najezdila statisíce kilometrů a pravděpodobně odsloužila i svou nejdelší provozní etapu. Na toto dlouhé nasazení tak zbylo množství snímků, které stylově doplňovala krajina Ždánického lesa, Chřibů, Slovácka a Bílých Karpat. Jeden ze snímků vznikl i dne 10. září 2024, kdy se tato lokomotiva mimořádně ukázala v čele "Slováckých expresů". Konkrétně na snímku je zachycena v čele rychlíku 883 při průjezdu stanicí Hradčovice.
Morocco.
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The Koutoubia Mosque (Arabic: جامع الكتبية) is the largest mosque in Marrakech, Morocco. The minaret was completed under the reign of the Almohad Caliph Yaqub al-Mansur (1184-1199) and was used as the model for the Giralda of Seville and for the Hassan Tower of Rabat.
The name is derived from the Arabic al-Koutoubiyyin for librarian, since it used to be surrounded by sellers of manuscripts. It is considered the ultimate structure of its kind. The tower is 69 m (221 ft) in height and has a lateral length of 12.8 m (41 ft). Six rooms (one above the other) constitute the interior; leading around them is a ramp by way of which the muezzin could ride up to the balcony. It is built in a traditional Almohad style and the tower is adorned with four copper globes.
According to legend, the globes were originally made of pure gold, and there were once supposed to have been only three globes. The fourth globe was donated by the wife of Yacoub el-Mansour as compensation for her failure to keep the fast for one day during the month of Ramadan. She had her golden jewelry melted down to flab the fourth globe.
EXPLORE December 21, 2008 #157
Aquesta foto - tan poc habitual a la meva galeria - està dedicada a en Jordi Brió, que em va convidar a participar en l'Agrupació Fotogràfica d'Esparreguera.
Si teniu temps, visiteu la galeria d'en Jordi Brió, segur que us agradarà.
Aquesta fotografia la vaig fer durant la darrera sessió de foto-estudi de l'AFE. És la primera vegada que faig fotos d'estudi.
També és el meu primer intent provant tècniques de suavitzat de pell. Podeu veure l'original més avall. Qualsevol suggeriment per a millorar, serà benvingut.
Model: Nerea
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This picture - quite unusual in my photostream - is dedicated to Jordi Brió, who invited me to particpate in the Agrupació Fotogràfica d'Esparreguera (Esparreguera Photo Club, AFE).
If you can spare some time, please visit Jordi Brió's photostream, you will like it very much.
I took this picture in the last photo-studio at AFE. It has been the first time I've done studio photos.
This is also my first attempt trying skin softening tecniques. You can find the original picture below. Any suggestions to improve, will be welcome.
Model: Nerea
Let the games begin...
In fact, I "hate" those classical landmarks (too crowded)...but I couldn't miss this special one. A couple of weeks ago, my son david learned about the Romans in school and he knew a lot more about the Colosseum than me or my wife did. So it was quite a big deal for him.
The Colosseum, or the Coliseum, originally the Flavian Amphitheatre (Latin: Amphitheatrum Flavium, Italian Anfiteatro Flavio or Colosseo), is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire. It is considered one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and Roman engineering.
Occupying a site just east of the Roman Forum, its construction started in 72 AD under the emperor Vespasian and was completed in 80 AD under Titus, with further modifications being made during Domitian's reign (81–96). The name "Amphitheatrum Flavium" derives from both Vespasian's and Titus's family name (Flavius, from the gens Flavia).
Capable of seating 50,000 spectators, the Colosseum was used for gladiatorial contests and public spectacles such as mock sea battles, animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based on Classical mythology. The building ceased to be used for entertainment in the early medieval era. It was later reused for such purposes as housing, workshops, quarters for a religious order, a fortress, a quarry, and a Christian shrine.
Although in the 21st century it stays partially ruined because of damage caused by devastating earthquakes and stone-robbers, the Colosseum is an iconic symbol of Imperial Rome. It is one of Rome's most popular tourist attractions and still has close connections with the Roman Catholic Church, as each Good Friday the Pope leads a torchlit "Way of the Cross" procession that starts in the area around the Colosseum.
The Colosseum is also depicted on the Italian version of the five-cent euro coin.
The Colosseum's original Latin name was Amphitheatrum Flavium, often anglicized as Flavian Amphitheater. The building was constructed by emperors of the Flavian dynasty, hence its original name, after the reign of Emperor Nero. This name is still used in modern English, but generally the structure is better known as the Colosseum. In antiquity, Romans may have referred to the Colosseum by the unofficial name Amphitheatrum Caesareum; this name could have been strictly poetic as it was not exclusive to the Colosseum; Vespasian and Titus, builders of the Colosseum, also constructed an amphitheater of the same name in Puteoli (modern Pozzuoli).
The name Colosseum has long been believed to be derived from a colossal statue of Nero nearby (the statue of Nero was named after the Colossus of Rhodes). This statue was later remodeled by Nero's successors into the likeness of Helios (Sol) or Apollo, the sun god, by adding the appropriate solar crown. Nero's head was also replaced several times with the heads of succeeding emperors. Despite its pagan links, the statue remained standing well into the medieval era and was credited with magical powers. It came to be seen as an iconic symbol of the permanence of Rome.
In the 8th century, a famous epigram attributed to the Venerable Bede celebrated the symbolic significance of the statue in a prophecy that is variously quoted: Quamdiu stat Colisæus, stat et Roma; quando cadet colisæus, cadet et Roma; quando cadet Roma, cadet et mundus ("as long as the Colossus stands, so shall Rome; when the Colossus falls, Rome shall fall; when Rome falls, so falls the world"). This is often mistranslated to refer to the Colosseum rather than the Colossus (as in, for instance, Byron's poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage). However, at the time that the Pseudo-Bede wrote, the masculine noun coliseus was applied to the statue rather than to what was still known as the Flavian amphitheatre.
The Colossus did eventually fall, possibly being pulled down to reuse its bronze. By the year 1000 the name "Colosseum" had been coined to refer to the amphitheatre. The statue itself was largely forgotten and only its base survives, situated between the Colosseum and the nearby Temple of Venus and Roma.
The name further evolved to Coliseum during the Middle Ages. In Italy, the amphitheatre is still known as il Colosseo, and other Romance languages have come to use similar forms such as le Colisée (French), el Coliseo (Spanish) and o Coliseu (Portuguese).
Canon EOS 60D
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Processed with PS CS5 and Nik Software's Silver Efex Pro 2
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**TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: COWABUNGA CHRISTMAS!" (( 2015 ))
It's Christmas time in the city. A number of guests have been invited to the lair for a big holiday feast. But, where's Michelangelo? Mikey is playing Santa Claus - butt-kicking, hard-driving Santa who's trying to save a truckload of toys destined for an orphanage from some heartless thieves.
Specifications
Studio Name:Paramount Home Entertainment
DVD Release Date:10/13/2015
Rating:TV-Y7
Format:DVD
Run Time (in minutes):95 minutes
Language:English
Audio Tracks:Digital Sound
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-->> Slight rehash,re-release, re-gifting of the 2004 4kids/ Funimation release of <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/terrible2z/3123818843" target="blank"" TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES :: "Michelangelo's Christmas Rescue" - the mix of bare-bones episodes from the 2003 series is OK, but is short by one compared to the '04 release. A good stocking-stuffer for the kids tho' if the '04 version was nothing but a ghost of Christmas past.
The cover art is style-guide work i'd previously been unfamiliar with. 4kids alumni Khary Randolph confirmed he DID NOT supply these images to Nickelodeon. Another 4kids style-guide contributor, Mirage Studio's Michael Dooney may have been the artist behind these illustrations ( they have that vibe ), no confirmation on that tho'. They may have been newer style-guide pieces commissioned by Viacom themselves. ~ t
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'Tis the season to shell out some justice with 3 throwback Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episodes! Get in the holiday spirit with Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo as they pass out some seasons's beatings to a gang of thieves, Foot Tech Ninjas, and the Purple Dragons!
INCLUDES the Episodes :
• The Christmas Aliens
• The Way of Invisibility
• Fallen Angel
Photo taken for the MMU photography competition under the category entitled "Enlarge The Tiny". Contest ends 21st February 2010 (weshootstuff.com/memoirs).
Model: Lindsay Sommerauer
Device: Canon Powershot G9
Focal Length: 7.4mm
Exposure: f/2.8 at 1/50th of a second
Location: D Floor Taylors University College
I'm taking more photos and I'm trying not to be so over critical and instead post more. Took this during my walk on the ice on saturday. I'm afraid I was stalking that poor old couple just to get something human into these shots (there'll probably be more to come). I hope I didn't scare them.
I've been tagged a couple of times so here we go
1. I have 2 days left of high school. it feels so good.
2. I want to go study photography in sweden next year. I'm nervous.
3. I love how much music can affect my mood.
4. I collect quotes, lyrics and beautiful words.
5. I wish I had more time to read.
6. I'm going interrailling through Italy this spring!
7. I have a loud laugh.
8. I've lived in the same house my entire life.
9. I saw 500 days of summer yesterday and Tom is now my imaginary boyfriend. I think more boys should dress like him.
11. Polaroid cameras have always fascinated me, I want one.
12. I love shooting live music.
13. I can't help dancing when I listen to Mumm ra's she's got you high
14. I tend to sing out loud when I walk to school with my headphones on
15. I wouldn't buy another brand than Nokia when it comes to phones.
16. I have a penpal i USA, her name is Alex and she's awesome.
17. I'm gonna learn how to play gnossienne nr.1 on piano before I die.
18. I'm also gonna learn to speak french.
19. I enjoy spending time on my own.
20. I have a test tomorrow and that is why I gladly made 10 extras.
Garrotxa. Catalonia.
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The Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park (Catalan: Parc Natural de la Zona Volcànica de la Garrotxa) is a natural park area covering a Holocene volcanic field (also known as the Olot volcanic field) in Catalonia, northeastern Spain. The volcanos, of which there are about forty within the park, are no longer active, with the last eruption (Croscat) occurring about 11,000 years ago.[1] However, the region is still seismically active, and a large earthquake in 1428 caused damage to buildings and twenty deaths in Barcelona, 90 kilometres (56 mi) to the south.
The park covers 12,093.02 hectares, and includes territory from eleven municipalities in the comarca of Garrotxa.[2] The built-up areas of Olot, Santa Pau, Sant Joan les Fonts and Castellfollit de la Roca are completely surrounded by the park. Including these urban areas, the population of the park is more than 40,000 people, and the economic development of the zone is one of the objectives of the park management, while trying to avoid the damage caused by quarrying, urban sprawl and illegal waste disposal. Some 980.86 ha of the park, including the best preserved volcanic cones, are fully protected as nature reserves.
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: MUSE CONCERT AT BARCELONA: PALAU SANT JORDI (2 of 9): Testing... /
CONCIERTO DE MUSE EN BARCELONA: PALAU SANT JORDI (2 de 9): Ensayando...
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 01 of 115) PAG: Entrada, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115.
PHOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
Chris: Can't he see we have no public...
Dom: Leave him, he is just living it. XD
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Chris: Pero si no tenemos publico...
Dom: Es igual, déjalo, lo vive. XD
LINKS:
- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
Cunit, Tarragona (Spain).
ENGLISH
Cirrus clouds are characterized by thin, wisplike strands, often accompanied by tufts, leading to their common (non-standard) name of 'mare's tail'. Sometimes these brownish clouds are so extensive that they are virtually indistinguishable from one another, forming a veil or sheet called "cirrostratus". Sometimes convection at high altitudes produces another form of cirrus called "cirrocumulus", a pattern of small cloud tufts which include droplets of supercooled water.
Many cirrus clouds produce hair like filaments made of the heavier [ice] crystals that precipitate from them. These "fall streaks", a form of virga, often indicate the difference in the motion of air (wind shear) between the upper part of the cirrus cloud and the air below it. Sometimes the top of the cirrus cloud is moving rapidly above a slower layer of air, or the streak is falling into a faster moving lower layer. The directions of these winds can also vary.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirrus_cloud
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CASTELLANO
Un cirrus o cirro es un tipo de nube compuesto de cristales de hielo y caracterizado por bandas delgadas, finas, acompañadas por "copetes". A veces estas nubes "en voluta" son tan extensas que virtualmente resultan indistinguibles una de otras, formando una hoja o velo llamado "cirrostratus". Ciertas veces la convección a altas altitudes producen otra forma de cirros, llamadas "cirrocúmulos": patrón de pequeñas nubes en copetes.
El nombre "cirrus" deriva del latín "hebra de cabello."
Muchos cirros producen filamentos como hebras de cabello hechas de cristales de hielo más pesados que precipitan. Estas "rayas de verano", una forma de virga, indican la diferencia en el movimiento del aire (viento cortante) entre la parte superior del cirrus y el aire debajo. A veces los topes de estos cirros se mueven rápidamente por encima de una capa de aire, o estas "rayas" se rompen dentro de una capa más baja y más rápida. Las direcciones de esos vientos pueden también variar.
Más info: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirrus_(nube)
6:47 pm CET -> El mismo río, el mismo punto de vista, un encuadre diferente
Focal length: 15 mm
Aperture: f/10
Exposure: 1 sec
ISO Speed: 100
Manfrotto 190CXPRO4 + 460MG
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View Large On Black Photo taken in the park at the corner of Broadway and 10th St in Red Lodge, MT... where we have a vacation home... Red Lodge was included in the National Geographic Adventure 2008 list of Best Places to live at the number 10 position:
10. Red Lodge, Montana
Set beside Yellowstone National Park in the wooded Beartooth Mountain foothills, Red Lodge is the toned-down Jackson alternative—complete with a smaller (and less intimidating) ski resort on its 9,416-foot signature peak. The town’s epic 71-mile Peaks to Prairie triathlon every April shows outsiders what they’re missing.
Population: 2,455
Median home price: $290,760
Note that I've been told to go back and mark my photos (the images included in my gallery show starting Feb 12, 2010) as mine to guard against the unscrupulous folks out there in the world around us... none of my Flickr friends/contacts fall into that category!
La Mussara, Tarragona (Spain).
ENGLISH
La Mussara is a town in Tarragona that has been left about 50 years ago. It is on the edge of a cornice of the Muntanyes de Prades, at 990m. height, and thence there are spectacular views of all Tarragona.
It appears mentioned in documents in 1173 where it states that the town already was inhabited. The church of La Mussara appears mentioned in a bull of Celestine III in 1194. The temple maintained the category of parish until in 1534 it passed to depend on the one on Vilaplana. Nowadays about the church of San Salvador, built on the previous one of gothic style, it only left the four walls and the bell tower of 1859. As peculiar things of this town, it was named ranas to its inhabitants because when it rained a little, it formed a great pool in the only street of the town. Also from here it comes the Catalan saying “baixar de La Mussara” (to lower of La Mussara), equivalent to the Castilian “bajar de la higuera” or “bajar de la parra”.
The Mussara gave up exist officially in January 1960, and nobody knows so that of its depopulation. It is attributed mainly to the phylloxera plague, but that is not a zone in which the culture of the grapevine is important, reason why almost surely that the abandonment could have to the water shortage... or simply that the population was scattered and there they lacked the more basic things like a doctor, a rector, electricity or telephone. All this halo of mystery in the disappearance of the town and the place in which it has given cause to a series of histories and legend that borders the fantasy and the superstition, cataloguing La Mussara like a “damn town”.
Inside the church and in the cemetery black masses are celebrated. Proof of it is the esoteric symbols that sometimes appear painted in the walls. In many corners of the town also they are deposited branches of flowers. There is one who has heard helmets of horses in the neighborhood of the church, or even chimes of the same church (that does not have bell). There is people who say to feel a species of call that it impels to him to go to La Mussara. A friend mine, who is neighboring of the zone, commented me that some years ago a man raised in his car, stopped minutes next to the pool, and soon he went at full speed to the precipice of the viewpoint.
Some hikers who have themselves bold to spend the night there have seen luminous shades, or figures moving between the houses and losing themselves behind the trees. Even there are witnesses of UFO sightings. But in which they agree more most of phenomena it is in the cold fog that appears suddenly and that it disorients people immersed in her, in such a way that what for them can seem minutes, soon they discover in its clocks that have spent hours. The electrical apparatuses also are altered.
From remote times to well entered 20th century, that zone has been land of witches. It counts the legend that during the carlists wars soldiers went to the cemetery of La Mussara to unearth a carlist general called Cercós (really Isidre Pàmies i Borràs, named general for a reason or purpose posthumous by Carlos VII) to shoot it (or to hang it, according to other sources), although already was dead. The fog confused to them and unearthed and shot the body of a old witch (l'àvia Boronada). This caused that the fog thickened still more to his around and that the soldiers fled terrified when occurring account of the error. One tells that this unleashed a curse on them.
Another legend talks about a rock near, which who steps on it or it jumps it passes to a parallel dimension, “Vila del Sis” (Town of the Six). It is know the case of a pair of “boletaires” (pickers of mushrooms) that went by the zone looking for mushrooms in October 1991. They were speaking one with another one calmly, watching the ground, when one of them, Enrique Martinez Ortiz, it let respond, and until now it has not been known nothing else about him. He was neighboring of the place and he perfectly knew the land, reason why doubt that was had lost. Searches by the zone were organized during days, with the participation of soldiers of a close barracks, with unfruitful result.
It is all truth or lie, which is clear is that La Mussara is a place surrounded by natural beauty by its landscape, and of mystery by its undocumented history.
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CASTELLANO
La Mussara es un pueblo de Tarragona que lleva unos 50 años abandonado. Está al borde de una cornisa de las Muntanyes de Prades, a unos 990m. de altura, y desde allí hay unas vistas espectaculares de toda Tarragona.
Aparece citado en documentos de 1173 donde consta que el pueblo estaba ya habitado. La iglesia de La Mussara aparece citada en un bula de Celestino III de 1194. El templo mantuvo la categoría de parroquia hasta que en 1534 pasó a depender de la de Vilaplana. Hoy en día de la iglesia de San Salvador, construída sobre la anterior de estilo gótico, sólo quedan las cuatro paredes y el campanario de 1859. Como cosas curiosa de este pueblo, a sus habitantes se les llamaba ranas porque cuando llovía un poco se formaba una gran charca en la única calle del pueblo. También de aquí proviene el dicho catalán "baixar de la Mussara" (bajar de la Mussara), equivalente al castellano "bajar de la higuera" o "bajar de la parra".
La Mussara dejó de existir oficialmente en enero de 1960, y nadie sabe el por qué de su despoblación. Se atribuye principalmente a la plaga de filoxera, pero aquella no es una zona en que el cultivo de la vid sea importante, por lo que casi seguro que el abandono se pudo deber a la escasez de agua... o simplemente que la población ya estaba muy diseminada y allí faltaban las cosas más básicas, como médico, rector, electricidad o teléfono. Todo este halo de misterio en la desaparición del pueblo y el lugar en que se encuentra han dado pie una serie de historias y leyendas que rozan la fantasía y la superstición, catalogando La Mussara como "pueblo maldito".
En el interior de la iglesia y en el cementerio se celebran misas negras. Prueba de ello son los símbolos esotéricos que a veces aparecen pintados por las paredes. En muchos rincones del pueblo también se encuentran depositados ramos de flores. Hay quien ha oído cascos de caballos en los alrededores de la iglesia, o incluso campanadas de la misma iglesia (que no tiene campana). Hay gente que dice sentir una especie de llamada que le impulsa a ir a La Mussara. Un amigo mío, que es vecino de la zona, me comentó que no hace muchos años un hombre subió en su coche, se detuvo unos minutos al lado de la charca, y luego se dirigió a toda velocidad al barranco del mirador.
Algunos excursionistas que se han atrevido a pasar la noche allí han visto sombras, o figuras luminosas moviéndose entre las casas y perdiéndose tras los árboles. Incluso hay testigos de avistamientos OVNI. Pero en lo que más coinciden la mayoría de fenómenos es en la fría niebla que aparece de repente y que desorienta a los que se ven inmersos en ella, de tal modo que lo que para ellos pueden parecer minutos, luego descubren en sus relojes que han pasado horas. Los aparatos eléctricos también se ven alterados.
Desde tiempos remotos hasta bien entrado el siglo XX, aquella zona ha sido tierra de brujas. Cuenta la leyenda que durante las guerras carlistas unos soldados fueron al cementerio de La Mussara a desenterrar a un general carlista llamado Cercós (realmente Isidre Pàmies i Borràs nombrado general a título póstumo por Carlos VII) para fusilarlo (o colgarlo, según otras fuentes), aunque ya estuviera muerto. La niebla les confundió y desenterraron y fusilaron el cuerpo de una anciana bruja (l'àvia Boronada). Esto provocó que la niebla se espesara aún más a su alrededor y que los soldados huyeran despavoridos al darse cuenta del error. Se cuenta que esto desató una maldición sobre ellos.
Otra leyenda habla de una roca cercana, que quien la pisa o la salta pasa a una dimensión paralela, a la "Vila del Sis" (Villa del Seis). Se conoce el caso de una pareja de "boletaires" (recolectores de setas) que iban por la zona buscando setas en octubre de 1991. Iban hablando uno con otro tranquilamente, mirando al suelo, cuando uno de ellos, Enrique Martínez Ortiz, dejó de responder, y hasta ahora no se ha sabido nada más de él. Era vecino del lugar y se conocía perfectamente el terreno, por lo que se duda que se hubiera perdido. Se organizaron batidas por la zona durante días, con la participación de soldados de un cuartel próximo, con resultado infructuoso.
Sea todo ello verdad o mentira, lo que está claro es que La Mussara es un lugar rodeado de belleza natural por su paisaje, y de misterio por su historia indocumentada.
Más info: ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mussara, www.franrecio.com/investigaciones/la_mussara_pueblo_maldi...
** This is an 8.5 minute video so has to be downloaded to see the full version as only 3 minutes are shown in the Flickr interface.
** For non-Pro Flickr users, the download limit appears to be 3 minutes on download as well, and so there is a link here-
www.rail.tightfitz.com/Video/Barrow_Hill_&_Stavely_Ca...
* Barrow Hill
So, on Saturday May 28th, just before moving on to the Canal Basin at Staveley and the weekend celebrations there, a small diversion was made to call in at the Barrow Hill Shed, to see what was to be seen.. In the first 22 pictures in the video, taken during the normal Shed opening times on the Saturday morning, a series of traction can be seen, and in order this is-
* BR class 40, D212/40012 'Aureol', Works No. 2669/D429, built by The English Electric Company Ltd & The Vulcan Foundry Ltd
* EWS class 37, 37521 & class 08, 08685 plus others behind these two which were not noted
* a line of 5 or more DRS class 20s, numbers unreadable from the angle taken, tut tut, no notebook!
* D5054/24054 'Phil Southern', built in 1959 by British Railways at Crewe Works with Power Unit, Sulzer 6LDA28, see-
www.elrdiesel.info/fleet-24054.php
* D4092, 'Christine', a class 10 0-6-0, diesel shunting locomotive built at Darlington in 1962.
* class 45, 45060, 'Sherwood Forester, more details here-
pioneer-diesels.co.uk/blog/?tag=45060
* Some Harry Needle class 20s with a grey diesel shunter in the foreground
* IEMD 01 shunter
* class 20 GBRf, 20905
* Ruston Diesel Shunter, D2996, 07012, was at Scunthorpe Works, as stated on Wikipedia, but not any more/
* D5814 class 31, 31414, see-
www.brdw.co.uk/class31/class31-414.html
* E3035, class 83, 83012, English Electric/Vulcan Foundry Works numbers 2941/E277, built in July 1961, withdrawn in March 1989
* EWS class 08 shunter, 08685
* Virgin Trains, class 82, 82101
* GCR 506, 'Butler Henderson'
* BR Scot Rail class 37, 37403, 'Isle of Mull', earlier numbers were D6607 & 37307
and with two of the younger enthusiasts, Casper & Oscar, attempting to drive off with one of the diesel locomotives, Casper clearly watching the gauges as he eases the throttle open whilst Oscar engages 'primary drive'... Another BR shunter can be seen in front of 'Butler Henderson', on the form of class 03, 03066. With a few of the innards of Scott Rail 37403, 'Isle of Mull' on the platform at 'Roundhouse Halt' at the region's iconic and the UK's only surviving Roundhouse Locomotive Shed, coded 18D by the LMS and 41E by BR, time to move off to the festivities at the Staveley Canal Basin, in the 2nd part of the video.
* Staveley Canal Basin
Along with the pictures taken here during the afternoon festivities, which were very good, more information can be found relating to the Canal Trust and its partners from, The Chesterfield Canal Trust-
www.chesterfield-canal-trust.org.uk
along with the IWA, the Inland Waterways Association with the Water Recovery Group being part of the IWA-
The trust held its 2016 Canal Festival at the newly refurbished and just recently completed, Staveley Basin, over the weekend of the 28th-29th of May, now, last year. Fortunately the weather was with them and it turned out to be a very successful weekend, see-
chesterfield-canal-trust.org.uk/general-news/
These 2nd set of pictures in this 8.5 minute video, taking up over 6 minutes of the total time, shows the various activities going on at the Canal Basin, some of the attractions of which, I have to say, 'The Urban Gypsies' to my mind were the best. Shots of the various activities, the canal cruisers and folks generally having a good time on and off the water and finally a short excursion along the as yet unfinished section along to where the canal will go under the track-bed of the now denuded 'Seymour Branch line', the canal then following the route alongside the GCR's old London Extension line towards the Rother Valley Country Park. From there the canal will rise up the hill to the western portal of Norwood Tunnel where it will eventually join up with the end of the other section of the canal at Kiveton. For details of this end of the work and a view inside Norwood Tunnel, 164Mby, 10m 28sec, see-
www.rail.tightfitz.com/Video/Norwood_Tunnel_2016-conv.mp4
At present the Canal water flows out of the basin through the town lock and ends up running through a pipe, over-flowing into a rough catchment area where it is finally diverted back from whence it came; the River Rother. This is as far as the navigation goes at the present time and the 1st shot shows 'Seth Ellis', built by Soar Valley Steel Boasts Ltd, having come about and moored up just this side of the temporary dam wall, waiting for its return journey through the lock. Much of the space still looks like a building site but the Canal Trust had made a great effort to make the event safe and look good with plenty of folk about to ask for information.
There were boats a-plenty of one sort or another, cruisers, canoes and more traditional craft. An evening event was the 'Parade of the Illuminated Boats', an after-dark saunter down towards where the Staveley Iron & Chemical works used to be located, opposite Mill Green. More antics from the Urban Gypsies as they 'frolic' about the place and the odd partial view of the Morris Dancing brigade.
There are several interesting characters to see here and there around the lock side and just before the excavator operator, Mr. Oscar A. Aujla, takes the final shot, a look at the yet to be completed route along from the basin overflow to around the corner under Hall Lane and then on to where the canal used to pass under the railway line.
This line, took freight moves from the Midland Line, off to the left, across the canal here and on to Seymour Junction at Poolsbrook, where it branched, the north-east line, with another branch, Oxcroft Junction, to the Oxcroft coal depot at Mill Lane, passing through Clowne, Creswell, Langwith & Shirebrook, the latter with its own branch to the colliery at Thoresby, and then through to Mansfield and points south. The other branch line went south-east to the large pits at Markham & Bolsover, on the east side of the M1 motorway at right next; this once derelict space is now being developed for contemporary industrial use and there was talk of some of this being rail connected again ... but that looks to have come to nothing.
All the tracks from Poolsbrook along to Clowne, Oxcroft Colliery and Markham Colliery have now been lifted, some of it, unofficially, in addition, the signal box at Seymour Junction, still visible on the 1999 and 2007 Google Earth views, was burned down after 2007 and the site has now been cleared. The Canal Trust, I was told, was in negotiations with Network Rail regarding the canal passage under/across the Poolsbrook branch line trackbed, which can be seen towards the end of the video, and as I understand it, NR wanted to maintain the availability of the track bed for future use but this now appears not to be the case. If so it will mean the canal trust does not have to dig another, rather deep, lock to pass under the railway line, though in a way it would be good to keep the layout as it is with a new lock under the track-bed, just in case! but that's a lot of effort if trains are never to run along here again.
The views at the end show the aspect facing towards the canal basin and looking along the now denuded track-bed towards Seymour Junction with, at that time in May, a profusion of wild flowers growing at either side of the track with the canal bridge visible at lower right where the palisade fence, zigzags into the picture; hardly worth having it there anymore! There is a shot of the rusting footbridge over the track-bed the bridge now not really needed and who knows what its fate might be once the canal passes though here with its towpath.
Closer to the basin, on the walk back from the railway formation, a shot of the point at which the canal waters flow back down to the River Rother, the exit from the muddy canal bed being below the large rectangular structures which can be seen on the left in the picture.
Coming to the end of the walk back from the point at which the canal will take its course up along the GC's old London Extension trackbed from Staveley to Killamarsh, an end on view looking into the canal outlet on this side of the town lock, with two of the cruising barges moored up and the 'Ice Cream Man' doing a brisk trade. Finally, Mr. O.A Aujla takes charge of the mechanical digger for the final shots at the canal basin, the Waterway Recovery Group instructing him on how to manipulate a road cone into the air and deposit it somewhere else.
Finally, a look back at the scene along the Poolsbrook Branch from a similar location seen in the earlier shots today. The last two shots show the scene as it looked in February, 2014, just over two years before today's festivities. The 1st looks west, towards the canal basin, with not much in the way of the canal excavation having taken place at this time; though rainwater is accumulating in the course of the canal bed. The track-bed, though weeds are everywhere, is still in its original double-track form and it wouldn't have taken much effort at this stage to re-open this line. The 2nd, and last picture in the video, is the view looking in the opposite direction and south of east towards Poolsbrook and Seymour Junction and again, the lines are in reasonably good condition and could be brought back to life for container use along to the land once occupied by the Markham and Bolsover Collieries; now sadly, it seems, not to be.
Here endeth this 'End-of-Year' piece, though there is another part to follow next in relation to developments with the route of the HS2, and I hope it provides some enjoyment and viewers feel its worth down-loading and taking a look. A very Happy and Prosperous, and hopefully less turbulent, New Year to one and all. Many thanks for your continued interest, remarks, additional information and other comments over last year, I appreciate it all...
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: ODETTE ARRIVES /
LA LLEGADA DE ODETTE
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 08 of 17) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17.
FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
L: Sheryl... just wondering... didn't you think of making Watari to share the responsibility of taking care of all the children? ¬¬
Sheryl: XD I'm not clear about Watari yet, but I advance that Mello will be here very soon.
L: … Great... u_u
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L: Sheryl... por un casual... no se te ha pasado por la cabeza hacer a Watari para no cargar yo con toda la responsabilidad? ¬¬
Sheryl: XD Watari no lo sé aun, pero el que si que vendrá en breve será Mello.
L: … Genial... u_u
LINKS:
- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
Cementerio de San José de Granada:
l actual cementerio surgió a partir del Cementerio de las Barreras, levantado en 1805 junto al Palacio de los Alixares, debido a una epidemia de fiebre amarilla que asoló la ciudad. Siguiendo las directrices racionalistas de la Real Cédula de 1787 del rey Carlos III de España, se ubicó a extramuros de la ciudad, en el entorno monumental y paisajístico de la Alhambra. Esta ubicación fue escogida por una comisión de médicos tras años de tardanza que llevaron, junto a la negligencia de las autoridades, a una situación límite en la que la población enterraba los cadáveres en terrenos que no estaban ni acotados ni bendecidos para ello.
Panteones y lápidas del patio primero del cementerio.
Panteón de la familia Navarrete-Medina, en el patio segundo.
El 18 de abril de 1805, la comisión elige una serie de ubicaciones idóneas que acuerda con las autoridades. La más apropiada es la denominada Haza de las Escaramuzas, al este de la ciudad, a una gran altura, nivelada y con una tierra de buena calidad. Se establece provisionalmente ahí el Cementerio de las Barreras en 1805. La prohibición de enterramientos en suelo urbano y el gusto por el emplazamiento del cementerio, con excelentes vistas tanto de la ciudad de Granada y su Vega como de Sierra Nevada llevan al cementerio de las Barreras a convertirse en el principal cementerio de Granada. Así, en 1842 se propone establecer de manera definitiva y oficial allí el cementerio de la ciudad, construyendo los patios primero y segundo. El nuevo cementerio proyectado suma 5000 sepulturas a las 7000 del antiguo cementerio de las Barreras.
Desde entonces, el cementerio de Granada se ha seguido desarrollando de una forma un tanto caótica, según las necesidades y modas constructivas de cada época, mediante proyectos inconexos sin un plan de desarrollo integral y armónico. Así, se encuentran fosas de tierra, prohibidas a finales de los años setenta y ya desaparecidas, edificios de nicho de párvulos, columbarios y bóvedas de distintas formas y alturas, panteones y tumbas sin orden en su distribución, patios civiles ya desaparecidos, recintos religiosos y pequeñas zonas ajardinadas.
Está incluido en la lista de Bienes de Interés Cultural de la ciudad de Granada por la Junta de Andalucía, debido a que posee importantes muestras de la arquitectura y la escultura funerarias, románticas y de épocas posteriores, catalogadas y realizadas por los artistas e imagineros locales, y algunos foráneos, más significativos. Además, posee los restos del Palacio de los Alixares (que data del siglo XIII-XIV) junto al que fue construido, principalmente el fortín y las canalizaciones de agua instaladas en el siglo XIX por los franceses.
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Florecen como una esperanza frágil de belleza, florecitas de cristal de Gomphonema. Como un milagro tras el fuego que semana tras semana quemó la vida sumergida en el lago de Sanabria. Tímida florece y se alarga la vida, florece tras un incendio avivado a conciencia semana tras semana que cuajó en humo de espumas espesas. Incendio al que primero llamaron "polen" y después "espumas naturales de origen endógeno" siendo veneno -alguicida- que arrasó en incendio líquido toda la vida, haciendo del Lago una piscina de verano y creó la ilusión de una falsa transparencia en su alma de cementerio infinito.
Qué fácil ha resultado mentir al amparo de las siglas: USAL, CHD, AELS...con la limosna de 1,8 millones de euros y qué fácil ser impostor así... profesores falsos, doctores de la infamia, que sujetando el fajo de billetes son capaces de jurar que la noche es día y que el mal es bien, arrogándose la oficialidad de unos datos, que precisamente por "oficiales" apestan a corrupción.
Y entre toda esta inmundicia oscura que tiene prisionero y turbio al Lago más hermoso, discretamente, la vida florece entre las brasas renaciendo ahora frágil de las cenizas, imponiendo su belleza frágil mínima e inmensa, del mismo modo que el bien se impondrá al mal, la verdad a la farsa y la honestidad a la corrupción y quizá, de esta frágil llama de esperanza el Lago vuelva a ser lo que durante miles de años fue hasta que unos desalmados compraron su alma de cristal.
En la quietud de las aguas sumergidas y silenciosas del invierno Gomphonema truncatum se despliega y florece, sembrando alegremente la superficie de algunas algas y de otras plantas acuáticas con ramilletes de flores de cristal. Como un abanico plegado Gomphonema truncatum se encarama por parejas en lo alto de minúsculos tallos transparentes y gelatinosos y allí, levemente mecida por las corrientes frías de enero, siempre cerca de la superficie, aprovecha para absorber en la paz invernal del lago la luz que le da la vida.
El cuerpo de estas florecitas, algas diatomeas, como Gomphonemaes un tesoro de vida guardado dentro de un estuche de cuarzo, primorosamente labrado, hermoso e incomprensiblemente complejo, de apenas treinta milésimas de milímetro de longitud.
El caso es que llegado un tiempo, quizá el de su madurez, las florecitas triangulares de Gomphonema truncatum se desprenden de sus tallos y en vez de caer al fondo, como las hojas de los árboles de otoño, inician un viaje por las aguas infinitas en las que viven y como en una transformación mágica y de sueño, parecen comenzar una nueva vida de barco de cristal.
En su fase de vida libre Gomphonema truncatum suelta sus amarras y lentamente, impulsado a reacción por el agua que se almacena en su interior y que libera por algunos poros y grietas de su estuche de cristal, prosigue su aventura recorriendo la inmensidad del agua.
Gomphonema truncatum es una diatomea que puede vivir en aguas limpias, pero soporta bien las aguas cargadas de materia orgánica y no parece ser muy sensible a la contaminación por lo que es relativamente común y se encuentra bastante extendida en algunos cursos fluviales, lagos y lagunas de la Península Ibérica.
Hoy Gomphonema truncatum renace tras el salvaje asedio al que el Lago está siendo sometido, por quienes a cambio de cualquier cosa pretenden ocultar la trama de corrupción que ha llevado a su completa degradación...un suma y sigue en esta España nuestra, en el que la política se convirtió en el arte de servirse vilmente de los demás.
La fotografía, tomada a 400 aumentos con la técnica de contraste de interferencia, procede de una muestra de agua tomada a dos metros de profundidad en el Lago de Sanabria junto a la Isla de Moras, y recogida por María José Orozco y Tomás Pérez el 18 de febrero de 2018 desde el catamarán Helios Sanabria el primer catamarán del mundo propulsado por energía eólica y solar.
LIBRO: Lago de Sanabria 2015, presente y futuro de un ecosistema en desequilibrio
Presentación ponencia congreso internacional de Limnología de la AIL
Informes de contaminación en el Lago de Sanabria
informe de evolución de la contaminación en el Lago de Sanabria