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My heart is filled so full of doubt.
- The Ataris
I decided to finally explore textures. Holymygosh. They are SO much more fun than texture brushes! And you can manipulate them alot more. This feels very Jessi-esque to me.
Layer #1 is from James' Textures for Layers set, I used this one. Layer #2 is here.
I woke up at 5 this evening. Passed out last night at 930. My sleep schedule is driving me crazy.
My necklace from the jewelry party came in! This isn't the super awesome one I was talking about, but mom won't let me have it until my birthday. Which I think is pretty lame because I already know what it is and my birthday isn't until November. :( I asked if I could just use it for my 365 and she said yes. In November. Poop. :(
My whole body aches. My thighs are killing me from jumping in and out of this pose a million times yesterday. My neck is tense, I've got a massive headache and my sinuses have that itchy/allergy/pressured 'you might be getting sick, muahahaha' feeling. :(
A very quick snapshot taken in Strasburg, Lancaster County PA last summer. This was from quite a distance and when I opened the file in the computer I was delighted to suddenly see that all three of the little boys were barefooted. The slight over-expusure and the somwhat muted color tones suggested a painting so I gave it that effect.
Why do Wolves Howl
Lisa Matthews / Wolf Song of Alaska Volunteer
Howling is the type of vocal communication the wolf is most famous for (also in their vocal repertoire are whimpers, yips, growls, and barks). It’s no surprise that we are captivated by the sound of a howl, for as the mysterious song fills the vast expanses we are somehow reminded of, and are reconnected to, the wondrous aspects of nature that we may have forgotten about.
Once a wolf begins howling, other pack members often show a strong tendency to approach that animal and join in. Lois Crisler has said, “Like a community sing, a howl is a happy occasion. Wolves love to howl. When it is started, they instantly seek contact with one another, troop together, fur to fur. Some wolves will run from any distance, panting and bright-eyed, to join in, uttering, as they near, fervent little wows, jaws wide, hardly able to wait to sing.”
There is a lot more info on this site
Tide was going to be perfect for Sunrise , plan was climb down over the cliff , follow the tide out as the sun came up burning drama lighting up the place , i got a full wellie full SOAKED , Pure epic drama Madness !!! The sands move this time of year reveal amazing foreground usually covered in sand.
It was an extraordinary morning of good light and cool weather. I have exploited this theme various times but these reflections are too tempting to ignore. Please bear with me :-)
The Ferrari 360 is a mid-engine midsize two-seater sports car produced from late 1999 until 2005. The 360 replaced the Ferrari F355 and was itself replaced by the fairly similar Ferrari F430. For the 360, Ferrari partnered with Alcoa to produce an entirely new all-aluminum space-frame chassis that was 40% stiffer than the F355, yet 28% lighter despite a 10% increase in overall dimensions. Along with the new frame was a new Pininfarina body styling that broke ranks with the last decade's sharp angles and flip-up headlights, replacing them with a rounded appearance that harkened to the 1960s. The new V8 engine, common to all versions, was only slightly larger and more powerful than the F355's at 3.6 litres and 400 bhp (300 kW) of power, but the lighter frame and added stiffness improved performance; the 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) acceleration performance improved from 4.6 to 4.4 seconds, . An engine replacement resulted in the V8 road model that followed, the F430 (internally referred to as the evoluzione or evo) which came out in 2004.
I was on my way to the store where I bought my Nikon D90 to change the Nikon Camerabag, which was falling apart after only half a year, with a friend of mine when I saw this Ferrari appearing in my rearview mirrors.
I quicky grabbed my Nikon from the backseats and set the settings so I would be able to get some decent shots.
When I was to busy watching the traffic and trying to keep up with the yellow beast, I passed my camera to my friend which managed to get some shots too.
- She was very much half-dressed
And big indiscreet trees
Threw out their leaves against the pane
Cunningly, and close, quite close.
Sitting half naked in my big chair,
She clasped her hands.
Her small and so delicate feet
Trembled with pleasure on the floor.
- The colour of wax, I watched
A little wild ray of light
Flutter on her smiling lips
And on her breast, - an insect on the rose-bush.
- I kissed her delicate ankles.
She laughed softly and suddenly
A string of clear trills,
A lovely laugh of crystal.
The small feet fled beneath
Her petticoat: "Stop it, do!"
- The first act of daring permitted,
Her laugh pretended to punish me!
- Softly I kissed her eyes,
Trembling beneath my lips, poor things:
- She threw back her fragile head
"Oh! come now that's going too far!...
Listen, Sir, I have something to say to you..."
- I transferred the rest to her breast
In a kiss which made her laugh
With a kind laugh that was willing...
- She was very much half-dressed
And big indiscreet trees threw
Out their leaves against the pane
Cunningly, and close, quite close.
- As translated by Oliver Bernard: Arthur Rimbaud, Collected Poems (1962)
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Madero Tango Show - Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires
Whoever goes to Buenos Aires just have to see a live tango show. The hardest part, on my opinion, is to choose the right one. There is a plethora of places in Buenos Aires that offer such shows so the choice is vast. We checked on Trip Advisor and we asked for some advice to the people where we were staying and we got pretty much opposite feedback. Weird.
We finally went to Madero Tango, despite some terrible critics on the web. I must confess that we were so happy with that choice. We did not take the dinner that is part of the dinner-show pack because we all know that this kind of place might be great to see a good show but certainly not for food. So I cannot say about the dinner but I can tell you that for the Tango, it’s more than worth the price.
The dancers were amazing, the music was loud and beautiful, the light was perfect and we were really impressed by the overall quality of the show. It just has nothing to do with the street tango dancers that one can see in the famous La Boca neighborhood. This is professional Tango.
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Aunque no es un collar, Palmodictyon lo parece, no son perlas de esmeralda quienes lo tejen, aunque tienen su color y hacen de ella una joya de agua. El alga Palmodictyon es alga individual, pero nunca solitaria, se desarrolla sola pero siempre vive acompañada.
Palmodictyon forma filamentos casi invisibles, las células verdes y esféricas en estas algas se agrupan dentro de tenues tubos de mucílago que evitan su dispersión. Unas veces los tubos son rectos, otras veces se curvan o ramifican ensanchándose o haciéndose más estrechos y dando cabida así a más o menos células verdes.
Palmodictyon vive en zonas de agua de leve corriente, a veces en turberas, en otras ocasiones en lagunas o estanques, siempre en zonas poco profundas y cerca de la orilla.
Palmodictyon está emparentada con la bella Tetraspora que vive más extendida formando colonias que son redes de lunares.
Dos son las especies más comunes que representan a este género, Palmodictyon varium que es la que se muestra aquí y Palmodictyon viride, muy parecida a ella, pero diferente porque cada célula, además de la vaina que recubre a todas, está protegida por otra individual que rodea su cuerpo en una cápsula.
Hemos fotografiado a Palmodictyon varium con la técnica de campo oscuro, brillan así con más intensidad las esmeraldas que no son esmeraldas de este collar que no lo es aunque sí una joya.
Palmodictyon varium procede de un arroyo de aguas limpias y frescas situado en las inmediaciones de Mahíde en las estribaciones de la zamorana Sierra de la Culebra y ha sido fotografiada a 400 aumentos.
Con nuestra gratitud para Pilar Gil por la publicación en Qúo, a Antonio Martínez Ron ...y también Paul/
Puedes tener otra infomación en la exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA
Y en este catálogo
También en la galería de Fotolog
Y nuestro granito de arena por la Paz
José Honorato Lozano (1821 - 1885)
Letras y’ Figuras (Views of Manila)
signed (lower right)
Ca. 1850
gouache and watercolor on paper
22” x 33” (56 cm x 84 cm)
Opening bid: PHP 5,000,000
Literature:
Roces, Alfredo. Felix Resurrección Hidalgo & The Generation of 1872.
Eugenio Lopez Foundation, Inc., 1998, p. 66.
Provenance: The Benito J. Legarda, Jr. Collection
This enchanting work in watercolor by Jose Honorato Lozano from the 1840s shows a vanished, magnificent Manila inevitably altered by the 1863 and 1880 earthquakes, Spanish decline, Revolution, American modernization, the World War II holocaust, postwar demolitions, and careless city administrations. The painting is composed of three horizontal panels: the top and bottom panels have three sections each while the middle panel is a panoramic view of the Manila Bay.
The first section of the top panel shows Calle Anloague in Binondo (“Street of the Carpenters,” now Juan Luna street leading to the Divisoria entrepot) where several foreign trading firms are headquartered. We see an all–stone building or house on the left with the flag of the United States of America (in the 1840s), it is likely the head office of an American trading firm. (It can be disputed that this is a view of Calzada de San Sebastian [now R Hidalgo street] with its rows of elegant houses. The said street rose in importance during the 1830s when the rich of the long–established arrabales (districts) of Intramuros, Binondo, and Santa Cruz, in an effort to escape their crowded and smelly communities, started constructing big urban villas with the (then unheard–of) luxury of fruit and vegetable gardens and passable, clean estuaries/waterways at the back which were impossible to build in the older arrabales. However, the view really seems to be that of Calle Anloague, which is a much more important street at the time than Calzada de San Sebastian.)
The initial letter V is composed of well–dressed, hat–wearing laborers carrying logs. The letter I is formed by a well dressed native woman with a parasol and her companions. The second/middle section of the top panel shows a view of the commercial buildings, warehouses, and big houses lining the Pasig river from Santa Cruz to Binondo to Tondo (right to left). (This brings to mind personalities like the very rich Don Narciso Padilla, who during this exact time owns a fleet of ships, boats, and cascos [big bamboo rafts] which carries goods from the Pasig river all the way up north to the Ilocos and all the way down south to the Visayas, as well as rows of warehouses that stretch from Binondo to Tondo. This shipping and logistics empire is inherited by his daughter Dona Maria Barbara Padilla y Flores [“Dona Baritay”] who subsequently becomes known as La Reina de Rio Pasig because of her immense shipping and warehousing businesses; she becomes the mother of the master painter Don Felix Resurrección Hidalgo y Padilla.)
The letter E is formed by laborers carrying logs and an ambulant Chinese vendor selling lugaw rice porridge and its condiments as well as gupit noodles to his hungry customers. The letters W and S are composed of veiled women and well–dressed men. The third section of the top panel shows a bahay kubo/nipa hut in a rustic setting which is probably the Gagalangin area in Tondo, even then the most populous district of the city. There is a simple couple huddling in a bamboo shed. Tondo in the 1800s, specially the Gagalangin area with its charming front gardens, is a pleasant residential district inhabited by people of modest means but also by some of the richest families in Manila with fortunes from international and domestic trading, warehousing, manufacturing, financing, and even micro-financing. Tondo in the 1800s up to the prewar was a vastly different community compared to what it is today.
The second section is a panoramic view of the Manila Bay with many ships and boats. It is a beautiful, swimmable beach with fine sand, just like all the lovely beaches of Las Islas Filipinas. Tragically, the Americans would fill it with boulders, stones, and sand to make Dewey boulevard (now Roxas boulevard) during the early 1900s. There is a succession of interesting vignettes on the beachfront. From the left going right, we see a young, well–dressed principalia couple of the ruling class on their horses; two men with sparring roosters (cockfighting); a man on a carabao; the letter O formed by a man inside a casco (raft) or a boat; a mother and child just finished bathing in the sea; the letter F formed by a couple pounding rice on a wooden mortar; a female vendor with a small tapayan / earthenware water container on her head, a male vendor balancing a pole hung with 2 baskets, a mature, well–dressed principalia couple, and a female vendor selling rice cakes she is preparing on a papag or bamboo daybed.
The first section of the bottom panel shows a view outside Intramuros looking north to the Pasig river. From the left, we see the Puente de Espana (Bridge of Spain) which has been there since 1630, the Pasig river, the Magellan monument, and the Maestranza wall. The Maestranza is a long portion of the Intramuros walls facing north to the Pasig river with many chambers built in the early 1600s to accommodate soldiers as well as all sorts of goods being traded downstream and upstream. There is a big woven rice thresher in the middle of it all, likely for the processing of rice being grown in the areas around Intramuros.
The letter M is formed by musicians with a harp and guitar with chickens on top. The letter A is composed of a man amidst bamboo.
The second/middle section of the bottom panel shows the Plaza Mayor of Intramuros with the three major buildings flanking it: We see the Manila Cathedral in the middle (south), the Palacio del Gobernador on the right (west), and the Ayuntamiento/Casas Consistoriales on the left (east). It is still about 20 years before the great earthquake of 1863 which will level them all. (It is after that devastation that the Governor–General will transfer the seat of power to the far more modest riverside villa in the nearby San Miguel district that is the Palacio de Malacanan. The transfer of the Governor–General to San Miguel impels the rich --- specially the Spanish peninsular and the Spanish mestizo rich --- to construct grand villas with sprawling lush gardens in the area, setting off the most European incarnations of the Filipino bahay–na–bato. The idea of luxurious urban villas conceived in Calzada de San Sebastian achieves perfection in nearby San Miguel. Calle General Solano and Calle Aviles become the most fashionable addresses of the Filipino rich towards the end of the Spanish regime in 1898.)
The letter N is formed by women with a horse. The letter I is composed of a group of men with top hats and women. The letter L is made up of a bahay kubo, a big woven rice thresher, a man with sacks, and other men.
The third section of the bottom panel shows the Binondo church with a frontage of greenery (unbelievable to contemporary eyes). It looks like an orchard with rows of fruit trees.
The final letter A is formed by an old woman cooking with palayok earthenware pots, and there is a Chinese vendor balancing a pole from which hang a pair of tapayan vessels, probably filled with clean water.
Jose Honorato Lozano was one of several painters in Manila during the first half of the 1800s, along with the pioneering Damian Domingo, Juan Arzeo, and the younger Antonio Malantic and Justiniano Asuncion (“Capitan Ting”). In the tradition of miniaturismo (highly detailed art) popular in those days, Lozano specialized in the quaint art of letras y figuras, in which a full name was exquisitely spelled out with letters formed by vignettes with all kinds of subjects --- people, animals, plants, musical instruments, conveyances, landscape views, etc. These incredibly detailed works charmed the affluent locals who hung them in their reception rooms as well as the expatriate Spaniards and other Europeans who commissioned and brought them home as souvenirs of an exotic Asian sojourn.
This utterly charming Views of Manila from the erudite Benito J. Legarda , Jr. collection was likely commissioned by a British or American client. The work in watercolor was signed por Jose Honorato Lozano in elegant script on the lower right side. It is not known how it made its way to Legarda’s collection; it could have been acquired from a prominent Filipino family but it was most likely purchased from leading rare maps and books dealers in the USA or the UK (many of whom were his longtime friends), as were many of Legarda’s Filipiniana collections. This Jose Honorato Lozano Views of Manila stands on its own as a great Filipino work of art and an important, unassailable pictorial document of Spanish Manila as it was in the 1840s, almost two hundred years ago.
Lot 70 of the Leon Gallery auction in February 2021. Please see leon-gallery.com for more details.
I've promised to some friends to show the roses of my rose garden ... here are some shots without post-production, a rough overview, just to bring you a ride!
Unfortunately I cannot upload their scent
Ho promesso ad alcuni amici che avrei fatto vedere loro alcune rose del mio roseto ....ecco qui alcuni scatti, un veloce e grezzo giretto tra la fioritura di maggio!
Sfortunatamente non son son riuscito a caricare pure il loro profumo ...
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[Gabriel Fauré - 'Impromptu' for Harp in D flat major (Catrin Finch)]
ROSA MOZART
Famiglia: synstylae
Ibrido: moschata
Ibridatore: Lambert (Germania)
Anno: 1937
Portamento: cespuglio
Altezza: 120 cm
Utilizzo: siepe media
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Message In A Bottle - The Police
"Just cast away and I am lost at sea
Another lonely day and no one here but me
More loneliness than any man could bear
Rescue me before I fall into despair
(chorus)
I send an S.O.S. to the world
I send an S.O.S. to the world
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
I hope that someone gets my
Message in a bottle
Message in a bottle
A year has passed since I wrote my note
I should have known it right from the start
Only hope can keep us together
Love can mend your life, but love can break your heart
I send an S.O.S. to the world... (repeat chorus)
Walked out this morning I dont believe what I saw
A hundred billion bottles washed up on the shore
Seems I'm not alone at being alone
A hundred billion castaways all looking for a home
I send an S.O.S. to the world... (repeat chorus)
Sending out an S.O.S.
(repeats until end)
This is another shot, from a series I took a while back, of a Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) running across the road with a grasshopper in it's beak.
The similar shot (below) is the most viewed, and most interesting, shot in my photostream.
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We were here first
(i-gv-ya o-gi-lu-tsv a-ha-ni)
Maybe the Cherokee cry
But we wanted their land
So they had to die
How could their rights
Have been explained?
The bow and arrow -
Against the gun ordained?
We took their homes -
(Do-ge-nv-sv do-ge-gi-gi-e-lv)
They were mostly dead - when the deeds were done
What was theirs is ours - Yes! we have won
They had to die - we had no choice
Their punishment for owning - our land first
The Indians had been the custodians of the land.
(a-ni-yv-wi-ya o-s-da i-yu-nv-na-de-ga ga-do-hi)
But the cowboy turned the pastures into sand
And buffalo herds - very soon were damned
Sustainability was more the Indians way
a-ni-yv-wi-ya u-nv-sv a-na-li-s-de-li-s-gv.
But luxury to excess was more our "cup of tea"
We brought the Indians smallpox, pollution and T.B.
After two Hundred years we now see our wrongs
And we begin to listen to the Indian Songs
na-quu-no a-nv-da-di-s-do-di-quu i-ga
di-ga-ka-no-gi-s-do-di a-le i-ga-da
da-ni-na-s-da-tli tsu-na-ni-gi-da.
But sadly most of their tribes are gone
Now in the souvenir shops throughout the U.S.A
Indian proverbs are on display
Pictures of Geronimo, Sitting Bull and Chief Joseph
Are sort by tourist looking for proverbs and Indian motifs
Sayings of American Presidents are not bought
But Chief Red Cloud of the Sioux is eagerly sought
Why do we see the wisdom - yet our ancestors couldn't?
Or is it that they could - but wouldn't
The American Indians say
"There is one God looking down on us all"
(sa-quu u-ne-la-nv-hi)
Has the Native American salvation come at last
And will the "Great One" now be just.
Albert Gazeley © 2003
Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me?
Why is my reflection
Someone I don't know?
Must I pretend that I'm
Someone else for all time?
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?
- Christina Aguilera, Reflection
A couple days ago, my friend Kevin decided it would be fun to get a couple of us together and do a music challenge. The idea was simple. We would each assign the others with songs that they would have to create shots from. We made a group so that we would have a spot to post our shots. This is my first shot for that group. Right now there are five of us playing. If this sounds like something you'd like to do too, let me know and you can join us for next week. :)
This song was assigned to me by Mind Meld. When I first saw that I got a Christina Aguilera song, I laughed. I do love me some Christina. But then I saw it was a song from a Disney cartoon and got a little nervous. I was pleasantly surprised when I listened to it. It's pretty. Kind of cheesey, but you know, that's to be expected from a Disney tune.
Michigan is in the middle of thrashing a high school football team. Oh wait, no, that's just Delaware State. Why we're playing them in the middle of the Big Ten season, I don't know. But hopefully it'll be a spirit-booster for the team after two tough road losses to Michigan State and Iowa. I skipped going to the game today. I'm watching it on my parents' huge flat screen in high def. Not a bad alternative. But I'm about to head out to hang with Andy for the afternoon, so I hope my boys can manage with me only checking in during commercials. Go Blue!
Oh, and again, I feel like I look totally weird in this because I took it without any makeup on. Hair pulled back with a headband, no makeup...definitely not my usual look. But I thought it worked for the song. I wanted to do a simple, stripped down, "real me" kind of shot. I'm not sure how well I like it, though.
**edited to add: apparently Tara is the genius behind the new group. My mistake. ;)
365 Days (self portraits): Day 200
Musically Challenged: Reflection - Christina Aguilera
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The only species of hummingbird that breeds in eastern North America, the Ruby-throated Hummingbird is found throughout the eastern deciduous and mixed forests. It flies nonstop across the Gulf of Mexico to winter in Central America.
Cool Facts
The Ruby-throated Hummingbird beats its wings 53 times a second.
The extremely short legs of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird prevent it from walking or hopping. The best it can do is shuffle along a perch. Nevertheless, it scratches its head and neck by raising its foot up and over its wing.
The Ruby-throated Hummingbird does not show a strong preference for any particular color of feeder. Instead, it prefers specific feeder locations
Description
Size: 7-9 cm (3-4 in)
Wingspan: 8-11 cm (3-4 in)
Weight: 2-6 g (0.07-0.21 ounces)
Tiny bird.
Back iridescent green.
Hovers at flowers.
Male with brilliant iridescent red throat.
Sex Differences
Male with red throat, female with white. Female with white tips to tail feathers. Female larger.
Male
Gorget (throat) brilliant metallic red. Back and head metallic bronze-green. Tail feathers pointed and dark purplish or black. Wing feathers dark slate. Chin, malar region, around eyes, and auriculars black. Small white spot behind eyes. Chest dull brownish white, changing to darker brownish gray on breast and abdomen; sides and flanks darker and overlaid with bronze-green. Tufts on side of rump white. Undertail coverts brownish gray, edged with dull white.
Female
Back, top of head, and two central tail feathers metallic bronze-green. Three outer tail feathers on each side with broad white tips, black central portions, and bronzy green bases. Wing feathers dark. Small white spot behind eye. Auriculars dusky. Throat and underparts dull grayish white or brownish gray. Flanks and undertail coverts tinged with buffy. Tufts on side of rump white.
Immature
Similar to adult female. Male with dusky streaks on throat and a few metallic red feathers.
Similar Species
Male Black-chinned Hummingbird has purple gorget.
Female hummingbirds are difficult to distinguish.
Sound
Rapid squeaky chipping. Humming sound from wings.
Summer Range
Breeds from central Alberta eastward to Nova Scotia, southward from eastern North Dakota to eastern Texas and Florida.
Winter Range
Winters in southern Mexico and Central America south to Costa Rica.
Habitat
Breeds in mixed woodlands and eastern deciduous forest, gardens, and orchards.
Winters in tropical deciduous forest, tropical dry forests, scrubland, citrus groves, and second growth.
Food
Flower nectar, small insects, and tree sap. Comes to hummingbird feeders.
Foraging
Hovers at flowers and sap wells, catches insects in flight and plucks them from leaves, plucks spiders from their webs.
Nest Type
Nest an open cup placed on top of small tree branch. Made of thistle and dandelion down, held together with spider web and covered on outside with lichens. Placed at 6-50 feet height, average of 10-20 feet.
Egg Description
Color: White.
Size: 12.2–14.0 mm x 8.38-9.14 mm.
(0.48-0.55 in X 0.33-0.36 in)
Incubation period: 12-14 days.
Clutch Size
Usually 2 eggs. Range: 1-3.
Condition at Hatching
Helpless, naked, and black.
Chicks fledge in 18-20 days.
Conservation Status
Populations appear stable
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Située à 14 km à l'est de Clermont-Ferrand sur la rivière Allier et desservie par les routes départementales 2089 (ancienne route nationale 89), 1093 et 1093b et l'autoroute A711, la ville est située à quelques kilomètres de l'aéroport de Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne. Pont-du-Château est à la fois proche du parc naturel régional des volcans d'Auvergne et de Clermont-Ferrand, entre nature et métropole.
Elle jouit ainsi d’un site privilégié protégé et d'une croissance significative de sa population.
Pont-du-Château est une ville au riche passé historique : elle était une ville majeure du commerce fluvial le long de l'Allier au cours des siècles passés. Ce fut le port principal de Clermont-Ferrand : bois, charbon, vin, pierre de Volvic transitaient par ses quais. Les communs du château de la famille de Montboissier-Beaufort-Canilhac, famille noble du Gévaudan, abritent aujourd'hui le Musée Pierre-Mondanel de l'ancienne batellerie de l'Allier et de la Dore qui fait revivre l'intéressante histoire de cette navigation.
A voir :
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. Château du XVIIe siècle de la famille Montboissier Beaufort Canillac, devenu mairie et 4 autres sites classés à l'inventaire des monuments historiques,
. Maisons à colombage du XVIe siècle
. Église Sainte-Martine : narthex et nef du XIIe siècle, envoutement de la nef : XIIIe siècle, transept et chœur : XIVe au XVIe siècle. Georges Couthon fit détruire en 1793 le clocher qui fut reconstruit à l'identique en pierre de Volvic en 1811. Le bâtiment à l'exception du clocher est en arkose.
. Chapelle de Paulliat
. Musée Pierre-Mondanel de la batellerie .
Thanks to wikipedia ! Pont du Chateau, english version
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Salvador
Bahia
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" A palmeira-imperial (Roystonea oleracea (Palmae) ou Oreodoxa oleracea), também chamada palmeira-real[2], é uma palmeira originária das Antilhas[3]. Pertence ao género botânico Roystonea da família Arecaceae. Foi aclimatada pelos franceses no jardim botânico La Gabrielle, instalado na Guiana Francesa e depois transferida para o Jardin de Pamplemousse, nas Ilhas Maurício[3].
No Brasil, o primeiro exemplar de Roystonea oleracea, a Palma Mater, foi plantada no Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro pelo príncipe regente dom João VI, em 1809 [4] [5]. Fora presenteada a dom João VI por um dos sobreviventes de uma fragata, o oficial da Armada Real Luís Vieira e Silva. Por um erro histórico, dizia-se que tinha sido trazida do Jardim Gabrielle, de onde vieram muitas plantas, principalmente durante as Guerras Napoleônicas. Porém o Jardim Gabrielle era nas Guianas e as primeiras plantas que chegaram ao Brasil, na verdade, vieram das Ilhas Maurício, do Jardim La Pamplemousse, obtidas clandestinamente por Luiz de Abreu Vieira e Silva, que as ofereceu a dom João VI. Quando foi plantada por dom João VI, a primeira Roystonea oleracea (Palmae) brasileira passou a ser conhecida como palmeira-imperial [6]. A Palma Mater floresceu pela primeira vez em 1829. Deste exemplar plantado em 1809, descendem todas as palmeiras-imperiais do Brasil, daí sua denominação de Palma Mater. A Palma Mater foi destruída por um raio em 1972.
Tinha, naquela época, 38,70 metros de altura. O tronco foi preservado e encontra-se em exposição no Museu Botânico. Em seu lugar, foi plantado outro exemplar, simbolicamente chamado de Palma Filia, oriunda de uma semente da palmeira original. Segundo Roseli Maria Martins d’ Elboux, mestre em história e fundamentos da arquitetura e do urbanismo, o plantio das palmeiras-imperiais se tornou comum no Rio de Janeiro em meados do século XIX, diante da "necessidade do fortalecimento simbólico do Segundo Império". Pode ser procedente a história segundo a qual as sementes da palmeira-imperial foram distribuídas aos súditos como sinal de proximidade ou lealdade ao poder central e tenham, assim, se tornado o "símbolo do Império". "Desse modo, depois de alguns anos, a espécie vincula-se definitivamente à imagem do poder monárquico, à ideia de nobreza, distinção e classe."
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I think this beautiful bird knows that he is, because he seems to love to pose, which is fine with me. Shooting through the wire wasn't a problem, but it was a big distraction in the background, so I extracted the bird, which was a bear to do, and added a black background. HMB!
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Although it may be hard to tell from this headshot, this is a pair of Komodo Dragons (an endangered species) chilling in the Lied Jungle, the world's largest indoor rainforest and a "total immersion experience" at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo. As wikipedia notes, Omaha's Zoo is "nationally renowned for its leadership in animal conservation and research" And from the zoo's website:
The major purpose of the Lied Jungle is not only recreation, but education and conservation awareness. Rainforests play a vital role in the quality of life on earth. They are disappearing at the alarming rate of 50-100 acres a minute. That's an area the size of Massachusetts each year.
The Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii) from the Sulidae family, a long-winged seabird. The natural breeding habitat is tropical and subtropical islands off the Pacific Ocean, most famously, the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.
Average size 32 in long and weighs 3.3 lb, the females slightly larger. Long pointed wings and a wedge shaped tail. They have strong, thick necks. The booby's eyes are placed on either side of their bill and oriented towards the front. They have excellent binocular vision and the eyes are yellow. The male has more yellow on its iris than the female. The Blue-footed Booby has permanently closed nostrils specialized for diving. They breathe through the corners of their mouths. Their feet range from a pale turquoise to a deep aquamarine. Males and younger birds have lighter feet than females do.
Blue-footed boobies are aptly named, and males take great pride in their fabulous feet. During mating rituals, male birds show off their feet to prospective mates with a high-stepping strut. The bluer the feet, the more attractive the mate.
Average lifespan in the wild: 17 years
Info re Nat Geo and Wiki
Situata nella parte sud-occidentale della Basilicata, la Valle prende il nome dal fiume Agri ed è una delle valli più belle e caratteristiche dell'Italia Meridionale.
La forma della valle è quella di un'ampia varice, circondata dai rilievi montuosi, e presenta ambienti e zone molto diversificate.
I centri abitati sono posti sulle colline situate lungo la parte iniziale del tragitto del fiume (lungo 136 Km) che nasce alle pendici del monte Volturino e sfocia in mare nei pressi di Policoro.
La zona è dominata da due monti: il Volturino (1856 m.) ed il Monte di Viggiano (1725 m.) sul quale ha sede il Santuario della Madonna di Viggiano, uno dei più noti di tutta l'Italia Meridionale.
Le bellezze naturali in Val d'Agri sono innumerevoli; degne di nota sono la faggeta del Volturino, ricchissima di fiori di bosco come i ciclamini rosso scuro, l'agrifoglio, i gigli rossi ed i narcisi; la faggeta di Moliterno dagli alberi imponenti e i castagneti di Tramutola.
A crop of an earlier upload for use in my upcoming magazine, World View Two.
See all 36 images in the magazine's set as a slideshow:
www.flickr.com/photos/p0ps/sets/72157626154871427/show/
Found on the east side of Norfolk just south of Rivington. I really like Judith Supine's work, admire his demo video.
This shot was an experiment in using my camcorder-calico method for making hi-res photos by pano-stitching together hundreds of lo-res video stills. Why don't I just buy a 10+ megapixel SLR? It would be too easy.
I shot this in motion video holding the camcorder about 18" from the wall, starting at the upper left corner, slowly panning to the right across the top, lowering it about half a row, panning left across, then a little lower, back across, etc. until I was crouched down at the bottom and people on the sidewalk were wondering what kind of perversion I was up to.
Then, back home, I imported the footage into iMovie, converting to an 8 frame per second image sequence of tiffs. By selecting every other image file by hand, I divided the resulting 1200+ stills into 2 folders of about 600 each, then divided each of those into 2 folders of about 300 each.
I loaded the first folder into Calico, the pano-stitcher made for Mac. After about an hour of aligning, Calico formed an incomprehensible pano that looked like a blurred horizontal strip.
I ran Photoshop actions on the 300 stills in the second folder to mildly increase the saturation, the contrast and sharpness. This took about an hour. Then I loaded them into Calico and after an hour of aligning it formed a pano which had a little more height than the first one, but was still not comprehensible, didn't contain all the imagery, so I moved on.
The third folder, I ran Photoshop actions on those 300 stills with harsh increase of saturation, contrast, sharpness and the watercolor filter. Calico understood that one and after another hour of aligning, the preview display showed a decent, complete pano, so I pushed the "make" button and two hours later had a 167 MB tiff showing the complete door that the art is painted on.
The shape distortion is slight and desirable.
I opened it in Photoshop, made a few duplicate layers and worked each one with image adjustments and filters, adjusting the opacity of each layer until I thought I had the clearest, best representative image, then combined the layers, making the 2048 pixel wide jpeg which I uploaded here.
The original is about twice this size and perhaps somebody may print from it someday.
As you can see from this method, I was able to spend about 6 hours making this image, 6 hours of being in my apartment with Ruth, listening to music, talking. If I just snapped a hi-res image with a big SLR and turned it into a jpeg for Flickr, I'd have been done in 10 minutes, missing all that fun.
Also, I don't need to do straight document of street art, Elisha Cook Jr., Jake Dobkins, otherthings and a few others are covering that beat very well.
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This one is an out-take. I tied each glass together with a fishing line near the base. The idea was to pull over all three glasses at the same time (to the right), but when I pulled the line broke, and only the blue glass actually fell over. I kinda like it though. A happy accident.
Lighting Info: 580 EX II on full power camera right shot into an umbrella. SB 26 on full power camera left shot through an umbrella. I used a 3'x3' sheet of black acrylic for the table and some black velvet as the background. The "glasses" are actually plastic. Good thing too, because they ended up crashing to the ground multiple times.
Next time I'm planning to put up two sheets (or white shower curtains) on the sides to act as defusers (instead of using umbrellas). I don't like the reflections of the umbrellas in the sides of the glass.
Post Processing: I cleaned up a lot of small dust specks using the spot healing and clone stamp tools in Photoshop. I also selected the background and painted it black to remove any stray specks and the fishing line.
Longest Covered Bridge in the World
Hartland (2001 population: 902) is a town in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Hartland is situated on the Saint John River in the central-western portion of the province in the agricultural heartland of Carleton County. It is the hometown of two of New Brunswick's premiers during the 20th century: Hugh John Flemming and Richard Hatfield. U.S. Congressmen Isaac & Samuel Stephenson and Prince Edward Island's Lieutenant-Governor Barbara Oliver Hagerman are also from Hartland. Renowned Canadian poet Alden Nowlan also lived in the town for several formative years while working for the Hartland Observer newspaper.
Longest covered bridge, showing pedestrian addition, with ice in the river
The town is best known for being the site of the Hartland Bridge, the longest covered bridge in the world. Originally opened on July 4, 1901, the 1,282 foot (390.75 m) bridge is a national historic site. The bridge was covered as part of major repairs in 1921, and the pedestrian walkway added in 1945.
Hartland is the headquarters of the North American trucking company Day & Ross, as well as home to the New Brunswick Bible Institute.
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Panoramic HDR shot from the St. Andreas church in my hometown Westeremden, The Netherlands.
From a circa 1200 built, dedicated to Saint Andrew, not overarched church only the western part retained after a fire in 1238. After the completed reconstruction and expansion in 1259, the church was a Cross-type church with shallow transverse arms. The major thirteenth-century tower was demolished in 1808: the west wall of the church was then rebuild. The wind indicator added was a horse. The east facade of the church contains saving fields with varying decorative masonry. In the 15th century white chalked vaults and holy figures were provided. The north wall of the church is a damaged presentation of the Last Judgment. The church still has a nice interior with pulpit, screen and banks from the middle of the seventeenth century. (--> partly google translate, yes I'm lazy, if you don't get the translation please let me know).
Van een omstreeks 1200 gebouwde, aan Sint-Andreas gewijde, niet overwelfde kerk bleef na een brand in 1238 het westelijk deel bewaard. Na de in 1259 voltooide herbouw en uitbreiding was een kruiskerk met ondiepe dwarsarmen tot stand gekomen. De forse dertiende-eeuwse, met de kerk verbonden toren is in 1808 afgebroken: de westmuur van de kerk is toen opnieuw opgemetseld en de nok is van een dakruiter voorzien. De windwijzer daarop is een paard. De oostgevel van de kerk bevat spaarvelden met uiteenlopend siermetselwerk. In de vijftiende eeuw zijn de gewelven gewit en van heiligenfiguren voorzien. De noordmuur van het schip draagt een beschadigde voorstelling van het Laatste Oordeel. De kerk bezit een gave inrichting met preekstoel, koorhek en banken uit het midden van de zeventiende eeuw.
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So. Here we go again. I am SO determined to complete this project. I think this is my fourth try at it?
I had this really awesome shot lined up. I went out. I shot some selfies. I came home and edited for 3 hours. And it looked horrible. Mostly because I haven't had my glasses since January and my eyesight has gotten worse since them. I cannot see ANYTHING. Everything is blurry. So I can't aim my autofocus right and I can't manually focus properly. Hell, this shot is probably either blurry or over sharpened because since I can't see, I tend to overcompensate with the sharpening. Anyway. I scratched my first idea and pulled out my lamp to do head shots. And I kept getting these really out of focus shots! And now I can't tell if there's something wrong with my autofocus or if it's just my eyesight. I got really frustrated and almost gave up and then out of nowhere I started taking goofy silly faced pictures. And they came out! And you know what? It put me in a better mood. So when you feel upset or angry or frustrated, look in a mirror and make silly faces. I promise it will make you feel better!
Also - are there any other November starters?
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Not related to this photo, but I wanted to tell you about an interesting search that we were called out on, last night. It was for a 13-year old girl that had overdosed on her medications for bi-polar disease. We were unable to locate her, but we think that we covered the area around her house well and are fairly confident that she is not there.
The interesting part that I wanted to share is how we used technology to aid us in a thorough search. Coincidentally, I just happened to be playing with www.local.live.com to try to figure out where this photo, that my friend Denise had posted, was shot, when we got the call from the San Diego Police Department, and that is the tool we used on the search.
We had recently decided to keep Jan's laptop at the ready, so we scooped it up on the way out the door, and set it up when we arrived on scene. I plugged in our "air card", a device that lets us access the Internet, using regular cell phone connections, but we didn't need it, because there were about half a dozen wireless access points (which are much faster) available and the first one I tried was open, so I used that. As a side note, if you use a wireless router in your home, I urge you to be sure that you protect it, so that no one else can access it, without the key, because they can get into your computer if you don't. The laptop turned out to be an invaluable tool, because with the clarity that was available, we could easily see the open space around the house that the girl went missing from and plan where to send the teams, as well as debrief them when they returned, since they could just point to the areas that they covered.
Besides the laptop, we used the GPS units in our cars to give us spoken turn by turn directions to the house, handheld GPS to track where the teams had been (which could have been uploaded into the laptop to provide a better visual picture, had we needed that), commercial radios that were provided by a grant from a local philanthropic group, and cell phones to communicate with each other. Technology certainly made our jobs easier and enabled us to search safer and more efficiently.
[Update] The girl was found about an hour after we left. Fortunately, she was not in our search area.
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Fr..fr...fr...frustration! Frustration Frustration
I have life, ordinary wife. I have car, a favourite bar
I have job, a moderate wage. I get the pains that come with age.
I am so ordinary
I have child, she goes wild. I have home, a mortgage of my own
I have hobby, but it's nothing very special. I do the garden, I watch girls.
I am so ordinary
I have life, I have cage. I'm going bald, I want to tell the world.
I've done nothing, I've achieved nothing. I work for a firm, but I want to burn it down, down.
I am so ordinary I am so ordinary
I was born, one day I'll die. There was something in between.
I, I don't know what or why.
I'm a man, I want to break a rule. I am a no, no, no, no, no, no, nobody, everybody's fool.
I am so ordinary
Frustration (x4)
I'm so tired of endless art, love stories. I'm beginning to not give a damn.
I wish I could reach right out for the untouchable. Film starring Bruce, John Wayne, Elvis Presley. Experiment with cocaine, LSD and set a bad bad example.
Live a little, run a harem, be a tiger. Meet Bo Derek and be her Tarzan.
Reach, reach out out. Live, live, live! Die, die, die! I, I, I, I wanna die!!!!...
Frustration, oh Frustration (x3)
I wanna die, I wanna die, die, die, die, die, die, d..d..d..die, die, die
Frustration I wanna die
Frustration by Soft Cell
Model Mayhem newbie model Devon agreed to help with my nighttime shooting. What a champ and definitely a fun model to collaborate with. Yeah I know, this is a total rip-off of Joe McNally's Alley shoot. "Imitation is the sincerest form of Flattery"
The shadow belongs to my eldest, C.J. Thanks son for helping me out
Read about the shoot on my blog: antipordaphotography.com
Strobist Info:
Whte Balance set to Tungsten
Nikon D700 -0.7 E/V Commander Mode
SB-900 TTL +1 E/V Camera Left using HONL 1/4" Grid and Full CTO Gel
SB-600 TTL 0.0 E/V Camera right about 50 feet away on the ground with Blue Gel
Aircraft of Catalina Flying Boats transport service at Long Beach, California's Daugherty Field (KLGB). N2298C Douglas C-47B Skytrain (DC-3A) and N43GL Grumman Albatross HU-16C Flying Boat "Miss Nancy" (US Navy version).
The DC-3's wing is lying nearby, and likely a major overhall in progress. . . . . . update 3/8/2010 no change on status of the DC-3. . . . .G
Grumman Albatross HU-16C Flying Boat N43GL ~ One of 2 that have completed circumnavigation of the world. Its present mission: Freight flights between mainland California and Catalina Island.... "26 miles across the sea...." . . . . . . View Large
" It seems so distant, twenty-six miles away
Restin' in the water serene
I'd work for anyone, even the Navy
Who would float me to my island dream
{ba-dump-dump}
Forty kilometers in a leaky old boat
Any old thing that'll stay afloat....."
.... 26 Miles (Santa Catalina) - Written in 1958, sung by the Four Preps
Grumman developed the Albatross amphibian from experience with the Goose of World War II. The G-64 aircraft that emerged when design work started in 1944 was larger and with greater range. The prototype first flew in 1947, with racks under the outer wings for weapons or long range fuel tanks. The aircraft had a crew of four and could carry ten passengers.
The US Navy used the designation UF1 and UF2 for a modified version introduced in 1955. This had greater span, a cambered wing leading edge and better-icing boots.
In 1962 the UF1 and 2 became the HU-16C and D. The USAF used the aircraft for rescue missions, the majority of its 305 serving with the MATS Air Rescue Service under the designation SA16A.
It was also employed as an operational support aircraft worldwide and for "skunk runs" from the former NAS Agana, Guam during the Vietnam War. Goodwill flights were also common to the surrounding Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in the early 1970s. Open water landings and water takeoff training using JATO was conducted frequently by U.S. Navy HU-16s from locations such as NAS Agana, Guam; Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; NAS Barbers Point, Hawaii; and NAS Pensacola, Florida, among other locations.
The HU-16 was also operated by the U.S. Coast Guard as both a coastal and long-range open ocean SAR aircraft for many years until it was supplanted by the HU-25 Guardian and HC-130 Hercules.
The type entered widespread service with military air arms around the world. Canada called its aircraft CSR110s. It soldiered on with several operators into the 1980s and also saw limited airline service. Chalks operated several in Florida but the type's fuel hungry Wright radial piston engines precluded wider use. Conroy developed a Rolls-Royce Dart powered version but it failed to win any orders.
Today, several fly on with private owners, both as executive aircraft and as warbirds on the airshow circuit.
Crummock Water lays still, sentries guard her shore from ravages of approaching foe.
Stoic and resolute, soul mates unable, unwilling to run.
Grasmoor and Whiteless Pike stern gatekeepers fight with each foot of altitude, scree
scars their flanks from previous encounters.
Dark topped, piling the front high upon their ridge, soon their fight will be one for
sightless eyes, loud and brash, yet unseen. Hidden in the fog of war.
All seems written, another lost in this eternal struggle, too vast for humankind to
comprehend. Yet hope remains as one by one rays of sunlight break the bonds, save
the day, this day.
We live, we die, and we turn to dust. A mere heartbeat in this story of struggle and loss.
Sitges, Barcelona (Spain).
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Pere Jou i Francisco (Gracia, Barcelona, November 3 of 1891 - Sitges, April 19 of 1964) was an sculptor very tie to Sitges.
At 25 years old he knew Utrillo painter, who looked for a sculptor for the Palau Maricel that the American millionaire Charles Deering was constructing in Sitges. From 1916 to 1920, Jou carved fiftieth of capitals and other smaller works, for doors and windows, with images extracted of famous fables (of La Fontaine, Iriarte and Samaniego), or contemporary celebrities and events, or with allegorical character; many of the faces of these figures are of his workmates in the construction of the Maricel or of citizens of the city.
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Pere Jou i Francisco (Gracia, Barcelona, 3 de noviembre de 1891 – Sitges, 19 de abril de 1964) fue un escultor muy vinculado a Sitges.
A los 25 años conoció al pintor Utrillo, que buscaba un escultor para el Palau Maricel que el millonario americano Charles Deering estaba construyendo en Sitges. Desde 1916 hasta 1920, Jou esculpió una cincuentena de capiteles y otras obras menores, para puertas y ventanas, con imágenes extraídas de fábulas famosas (de La Fontaine, Iriarte y Samaniego), o personajes y acontecimientos contemporáneos, o de carácter alegórico; muchos de los rostros de estas figuras son de compañeros de trabajo en la construcción del Maricel o de ciudadanos de la ciudad.
Fuente: ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pere_Jou
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Una estrella para iluminar la magia de esta noche de tantas ilusiones para los más pequeños. Joya verde y viva que flota en las lagunas de aguas más limpias, quizá reflejo de las estrellas que hoy guiarán el camino de los Reyes Magos hacia el corazón de los niños que los esperan impacientes haciendo con su inocencia promesas de mejora.
Una estrella para iluminar con magia y por qué no, con inocencia también, los sueños y los deseos de los mayores, deseos de salud, de paz y de felicidad.
Micrasterias rotata es un alga que crece en las aguas más limpias de las lagunas, cerca de la cumbre de las montañas, cerca de las estrellas del cielo, es el equilibrio y es la belleza y representa todas esas hermosas ilusiones puestas en esta noche mágica.
…Que se cumplan para todos…
Con especial cariño para todos mis sobrinos y para mis hijos que todavía viven estas ilusiones…y para todos los pequeños.
La fotografía procede de unas muestras recogidas en las inmediaciones de la Laguna de Peñalara y ha sido tomada con 400 aumentos empleando la técnica de campo oscuro.
I hesitated to upload this photo to my portfolio at first, but then our introduction to Bonda women would have been incomplete without this. As John Berger points out in Ways of Seeing, 'Nudity is a form of dress', and it remains a form of 'dress' for the Bonda women.
The only short strip of loin cloth Bonda women wear is called ‘Nadi’ or ‘Ringa’. This is a striped and coarse colored cloth tied to the waist thread ‘Thumiya’. It barely covers their lower parts. Using their simplest and indigenous primitive weaving loom, Bonda women weave this cloth themselves.
Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to have a glimpse of Bonda men as they were probably hunting in the woods. So our short introduction to the Bondas ends here without any photos of Bonda men.
Shot in Onukudelli, Orissa, India.
Worklog (French) : www.overclocking-pc.fr/forums/showthread.php?58465-Waterc...
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Configuration :
OS: Windows 10 Pro x64
PSU: Corsair AX1200i
MB: ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition
CPU: Hexacore Intel Core i7 4930K
RAM: 4x4 Go de Ram Corsair Dominator Platinum 2666 CAS 10
GPU: 3way-SLI GeForce GTX TITAN
Sound Card : Asus Essence STX II with 7.1 daugther card
SSD : Crucial MX 100 (512 Go)
HDD:
- WD Vélociraptor (1To)
- WD Green (2To)
- WD (1To)
Case : Phanteks Enthoo Primo
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Watercooling Material :
Waterblock :
-CPU / Motherboard - EK Water Blocks - Kit for Southbridge, Mosfets/VRM & CPU - EK-FB KIT ASUS R5E Monoblock - Nickel / Acetal
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- XSPC - WaterBlock VGA Razor TITAN / 780 / 780 Ti
- XSPC Backplate.
Thermal Compound :
- Gelid GC Extreme Thermal Compound
- Phobya thermal Pad XT 7W/mk 1mm
- Phobya thermal Pad XT 7W/mk 0.5mm
Pump :
- 2x Laing DDC 3.25 TP 12 Volts
- XSPC - Top Plexi DOUBLE for 2 Pumps Laing DDC V2
- 2x EK Water Blocks - EK-DDC Heatsink Housing - black
Fitting :
- Nanoxia Coolforce Acrylic Fittings 10/12
- Nanoxia Coolforce flex Fittings 10/13
- Some Barrow Fittings
- Koolance QD3 Quick Disconnect No-Spill Coupling 10/13
Tubing :
- Acrylic Tubing 10/12 [OK]
- Transparent Masterkleer flex Tubing 10/13
Reservoir :
- Alphacool - Reservoir HF 38 Cape Cyclone 250 V.2
Liquide :
- KooLance -High Performances 700mL - LIQ-702CL-B
Radiator :
- Alphacool - Radiateur NexXxoS Monsta 360 [Push/Pull]
- Alphacool - Radiateur NexXxoS UT60 Full Cuivre 360 [Push/Pull]
- Watercool MO-RA3 360 PRO black (3x360mm Rad) [Push]
Rhéobus :
- Lamptron CW611
- Hub Phanteks 11 Fan
- 2x PCB Y Phobya 8 Fan
Fan :
- Aerocool Dead Silence black (120mm & 140mm)
- Aerocool Dead Silence white (120mm)
- Phanteks PH-F140SP white LEDs (140mm)
Controleur :
- AquaComputer - temperature sensor 1/4"
- Barrow flowmeter 1/4"
IL MIO SITO: www.mauronizzi.it
IL MIO VIDEO SULLA "VAL D' ORCIA": www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEAQfiR50AI
We did the shoot with the leaf as well but it was giving me trouble so I switched out for the lighter more versital D90. but I did want to put up some of the pictures that I took with the leaf. This is just an outline I will be posting pictures as the tattoo progresses.
Strobist: Norman D24 with four strobes. Two large softboxes back and to the sides one beautiy light (small softbox) up and center and A gridspot hairlight.
Maymia RZ Pro II w/ 90mm F2.8
Leaf Aptus 65
Ahora en Biodiversidad virtual y hace poco en El País -en pdf- gracias a Elisabet Sans. También en la web de la Fundación Biodiversidad
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Si ayer Netrium interruptum era el alga cebra , hoy el alga estrella Micrasterias , se asoma por la ventana de esta galería. Es posible, eso sí, que Micrasterias truncata sea una de las menos estrelladas junto con M. oscitans dentro de este grupo de pequeñas joyas que son los désmidos, pero eso apenas importa, pues todas ellas conservan su hermosura, desde que comienzan a formarse hasta que su alma verde se desvanece.
La mayoría de las especies hermanas del género Micrasterias viven en lagunas de aguas ácidas o en turberas y son extremadamente sensibles a la contaminación. La lluvia ácida y la presencia de diferentes compuestos químicos en el agua ha hecho que muchas de ellas hayan desaparecido en el norte y centro de Europa. Por fortuna, las lagunas de montaña, alejadas de fuentes de contaminación, atesoran todavía una gran variedad de estos organismos que se recortan como pequeños soles verdes entre las gotas de agua de las lagunas de montaña.
Micrasterias truncata es una de las especies de menor tamaño dentro del grupo y sus extremos casi planos y sin apenas dientes son características particulares a las que se debe el nombre específico de esta alga.
Hoy Micrasterias está a punto de completar su desarrollo después de haberse dividido. Son dos estrellas gemelas que flotan unidas hombro con hombro, no se independizarán hasta haber finalizado completamente su crecimiento. De momento seguirán así, juntas, ayudándose mutuamente para poder flotar, equilibradamente, este equilibrio de la simetría es una constante en su vida, sin él, posiblemente no habría estrellas.
Micrasterias truncata parece que no quiere despegarse de su alma gemela, necesitará todavía un tiempo madurar, cuando sus dos mitades pequeñas igualen a las grandes se harán independientes y brillarán en el firmamento de agua de las lagunas.
Micrasterias truncataha venido junto con otras estrellas desde la Laguna de Cebollera, en la vertiente soriana de dicha sierra, cerca de Molinos de Razón, para mostrarse aquí fotografiada a 400 aumentos con la técnica de campo oscuro.
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Aston Martin was founded in 1913 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford. The two had joined forces as Bamford & Martin the previous year to sell cars made by Singer from premises in Callow Street, London where they also serviced GWK and Calthorpe vehicles. Martin raced specials at Aston Hill near Aston Clinton, and the pair decided to make their own vehicles. The first car to be named Aston Martin was created by Martin by fitting a four-cylinder Coventry-Simplex engine to the chassis of a 1908 Isotta-Fraschini.[5] They acquired premises at Henniker Place in Kensington and produced their first car in March 1915. Production could not start because of the outbreak of World War I, and Martin joined the Admiralty and Bamford the Royal Army Service Corps. All machinery was sold to the Sopwith Aviation Company.
Aston Martin Mk II 1935
Aston Martin 2-Litre 2/4-Seater Sports 1937
[edit] Inter war years
After the war the company was refunded at Abingdon Road, Kensington and a new car designed to carry the Aston-Martin name. Bamford left in 1920 and the company was revitalised with funding from Count Louis Zborowski. In 1922, Bamford & Martin produced cars to compete in the French Grand Prix, and the cars set world speed and endurance records at Brooklands. Three works Team Cars with 16 valve twin cam engines were built for racing and record breaking: chassis number 1914, later developed as the Green Pea; chassis number 1915, the Razor Blade record car; and chassis number 1916, later developed as the Halford Special. Approximately 55 cars were built for sale in two configurations, long chassis and short chassis. The company went bankrupt in 1924 and was bought by Lady Charnwood, who put her son John Benson on the board. The company failed again in 1925 and the factory closed in 1926, with Lionel Martin leaving.
Later that year, Bill Renwick, Augustus (Bert) Bertelli and a number of rich investors, including Lady Charnwood, took control of the company and renamed it Aston Martin Motors, and moved it to the former Whitehead Aircraft Limited works in Feltham. Renwick and Bertelli had been in partnership some years and had developed an overhead cam 4 cylinder engine, using Renwick's patented combustion chamber design, and had tested it in an Enfield Allday chassis. It was the only 'Renwick and Bertelli' motor car made. It was known as 'Buzzbox' and survives to this day.
They had planned to sell this engine to motor manufacturers, but having heard that the Aston Martin car was no longer in production they realised that they could capitalise on the reputation of the Aston Martin name (what we would now call the brand) to give themselves a head start in the production of a completely new car.
Between the years 1926 and 1937 Bertelli was the technical director of Aston Martin, and the designer of all subsequent Aston Martin cars during this period, these being known as the 'Bertelli cars'. They included the 1 1/2 litre 'T-type', the 'International, the 'Le Mans, the 'MKII' its racing derivative the 'Ulster, and the 2 litre 15/98 and its racing derivative the 'Speed Model'.
Mostly open two seater sports cars and mostly bodied by Bert Bertelli's brother Enrico (Harry)a small number of long chassis four seater tourers, dropheads and saloons were also produced.
Bertelli was very keen to race his cars and he was a very competent driver. One of the very few motor manufacturers to actually sit in and race the cars he designed and built, the competition no doubt 'improved the breed' and the 'LM' team cars were very successful in national and international motor racing including at Le Mans and the Mille Miglia.
Financial problems reappeared in 1932 and the company was rescued by L. Prideaux Brune who funded it for the following year before passing the company on to Sir Arthur Sutherland. In 1936, the company decided to concentrate on road cars. Car production had always been on a small scale and until the advent of World War II halted work only about 700 had been made. During the war years aircraft components were made.
[edit] The David Brown era
1958 Aston Martin DB Mark III
In 1947, David Brown Limited bought the company under the leadership of managing director Sir David Brown—its "post-war saviour". David Brown also acquired Lagonda that year, and both companies shared resources and workshops. In 1955, David Brown bought the Tickford coachbuilding company and its site at Tickford Street in Newport Pagnell, and that was the beginning of the classic series of cars bearing the initials "DB". In 1950, the company announced the DB2, followed by the racing DB3 in 1957 and the Italian-styled 3.7 L DB4 in 1958. All the cars established a good racing pedigree for the firm, but the DB4 was the key to establishing the company's reputation, which was cemented by the famous DB5 in 1963. The company continued developing the "grand touring" style with the DB6 (1965–70), the DBS, and the DBS V8 (1967–72).
[edit] 1970s - Changing ownership
Despite the cars' appreciation in value, the company was often financially troubled. In 1972, it was sold to a company called Company Developments Ltd., backed by a Birmingham-based consortium, and chaired by chartered accountant and company director William Willson, (MBE).[6] The company was resold in 1975 to North American businessmen Peter Sprague and George Minden. The new owners pushed the company into modernising its line, producing the V8 Vantage in 1977, the convertible Volante in 1978, and the one-off William Towns-styled Bulldog in 1980. Towns also styled the futuristic new Lagonda saloon, based on the V8 model.
In 1980 Aston-Martin had plans, which did not materialize, to buy MG, which they would have utilized as a sister marque, probably building smaller sports cars. Ideas were plotted to design a new model and they revealed to the press their approach to an 'updated' '1981' model MGB.
As worldwide sales of Aston Martin shrank to three per week, chairman Alan Curtis together with fellow shareholders American Peter Sprague and Canadian George Minden, had almost chosen to shut down the production side of the business and concentrate on service and restoration. Curtis attended the 1980 Pace sponsored Stirling Moss benefit day at Brands Hatch, and met fellow Farnham resident Victor Gauntlett.
[edit] 1980s - Victor Gauntlett
Gauntlett bought a 10% stake in Aston Martin for £500,000 via Pace Petroleum in 1980, with Tim Hearley of CH Industrials taking a similar share. Pace and CHI took over as joint 50/50 owners at the beginning of 1981, with Gauntlett as executive chairman. Gauntlett also led the sales team, and after some development and a lot of publicity when it became the world’s fastest 4-seater production car, was able to sell with success the Aston Martin Lagonda into Persian Gulf states, particularly Oman, Kuwait and Qatar.[7]
Understanding it would take some time to develop new Aston Martin products, they bought Tickford to develop automotive products for other companies. Products included a Tickford Austin Metro, a Tickford Ford Capri and even Tickford train interiors, particularly on the Jaguar XJS.[7] Pace continued sponsoring racing events, and now sponsored all Aston Martin Owners Club events, taking a Tickford engined Nimrod Group C car owned by AMOC President Viscount Downe, which came third in the Manufacturers Championship in both 1982 and 1983. It also finished seventh in the 1982 24 Hours of Le Mans race. However, sales of production cars were now at an all time low of 30 cars produced in 1982.[7]
As trading became tighter in the petroleum market, and Aston Martin was requiring more time and money, Gauntlett agreed to sell Hays/Pace to the Kuwait Investment Office in September 1983. As Aston Martin required greater investment, he also agreed to sell his share holding to American importer and Greek shipping tycoon Peter Livanos, who invested via his joint venture company with Nick and John Papanicalou, ALL Inc. Gauntlett remained chairman of the AML company 55% owned by ALL, with Tickford a 50/50 venture between ALL and CHI. The uneasy relationship was ended when ALL exercised options to buy a larger share in AML; CHI's residual shares were exchanged for CHI's complete ownership of Tickford, which retained development of existing Aston Martin projects. In 1984, Titan the main shipping company of the Papanicolaou’s was in trouble, so Livanos's father George bought out the Papanicolaou's shares in ALL, while Gauntlett again became a shareholder with a 25% holding in AML. The deal valued Aston Martin/AML at £2 million, the year it built its 10,000th car.[7]
Although as a result Aston Martin had to make 60 members of the workforce redundant, Gauntlett bought a stake in Italian styling house Zagato, and resurrected its collaboration with Aston Martin.
Aston Martin V8 Vantage from The Living Daylights
In 1986, Gauntlett negotiated the return of fictional British secret agent James Bond to Aston Martin. Cubby Broccoli had chosen to recast the character using actor Timothy Dalton, in an attempt to re-root the Bond-brand back to a more Sean Connery-like feel. Gauntlett supplied his personal pre-production Vantage for use in the filming of "The Living Daylights," and sold a Volante to Broccoli for use at his home in America. Gauntlett turned down the role of a KGB colonel in the film, however: "I would have loved to have done it but really could not afford the time."[8]
Although the company was doing well, Gauntlett knew it needed extra funds to survive in the long term. In May 1987, Gauntlett and Prince Michael of Kent were staying at the home of Contessa Maggi, the wife of the founder of the original Mille Miglia, while watching the revival event. Another house guest was Walter Hayes, vice-President of Ford of Europe. Despite problems over the previous acquisition of AC Cars, Hayes saw the potential of the brand and the discussion resulted in Ford taking a share holding in September 1987.[9] In 1988, having produced some 5,000 cars in 20 years, a revived economy and successful sales of limited edition Vantage, and 52 Volante Zagato coupes at £86,000 each; the company finally retired the ancient V8 and introduced the Virage range - the first new Aston launched in 20 years.
Although Gauntlett was contractually to stay as chairman for two years, his racing interests took Aston back into sports car racing in 1989 with limited European success. However, with engine rule changes for the 1990 season and the launch of the new Aston Martin Volante model, Ford provided the limited supply of Cosworth engines to the Jaguar cars racing team. As the "small Aston" DB7 would require a large engineering input, Ford agreed to take full control of Aston Martin, and Gauntlett handed over the company chairmanship to Hayes in 1991.[10] In 1992, the Vantage version was announced, and the following year the company renewed the DB range by announcing the DB7.
[edit] The Ford era
Ford placed Aston in the Premier Automotive Group, substantially invested in new manufacturing and quickly ramped up production. In 1994, Ford opened a new factory at Banbury Road in Bloxham. In 1995, the company produced a record 700 vehicles. Until the Ford era cars had been produced by hand coachbuilding craft methods, such as the English wheel. In 1998 the 2,000th DB7 was built, and in 2002 the 6,000th, exceeding production of all previous DB models. The DB7 range was boosted by the addition of V12 Vantage models in 1999, and in 2001 the company introduced the V12-engine Vanquish.
At the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan in 2003, Aston Martin introduced the AMV8 Vantage concept car. Expected to have few changes before its introduction in 2005, the Vantage brought back the classic V8 engine to allow the company to compete in a larger market. 2003 also saw the opening of the Gaydon factory, the first purpose-built factory in Aston Martin's history. Also introduced in 2003 was the DB9 coupé, which replaced the ten-year-old DB7. A convertible version of the DB9, the DB9 Volante, was introduced at the 2004 Detroit Auto Show. In 2006, the V8 Vantage sports car entered production at the Gaydon factory, joining the DB9 and DB9 Volante.
In December 2003 Aston Martin announced it would return to motor racing in 2005. A new division was created, called Aston Martin Racing, which became responsible, together with Prodrive, for the design, development, and management of the DBR9 program. The DBR9 competes in the GT class in sports car races, including the world-famous 24 Hours of Le Mans.
[edit] Sale by Ford
In 2006, under mounting financial pressure, an internal review of costs and realisable value on investment led Ford to consider divesting itself of parts of its Premier Automotive Group. After suggestions of selling Jaguar Cars, Land Rover or Volvo Cars, Ford appointed UBS AG to sell Aston Martin by auction. At the end of August 2006, Ford announced that it would be willing to sell all or part of Aston Martin. Bill Ford said: "As part of our on going strategic review, we have determined that Aston Martin may be an attractive opportunity to raise capital and generate value".[11]
The first round of the auction closed on 30 November 2006.[12] One of the four survivors was Syrian-born billionaire Simon Halabi,[13] while the Australian bid included James Packer, Australia's second richest man.[14] The German auto newspaper Autobild reported on 2 February 2007 that the luxury goods conglomerate LVMH had bought the company for an undisclosed sum. The paper cited "anonymous, but well-placed sources" with the information. It was later reported by Autocar magazine that LVMH had denied the news as "rubbish".
[edit] 2007 - A new era begins
On 12 March 2007 a consortium led by Prodrive chairman David Richards purchased Aston Martin for £475m/$848m.[15] Prodrive has no financial involvement in the deal.[16] Ford will keep a stake in the company (valued at £ 40 million / $ 70 million). The consortium also consisted of John Sinders, an Aston Martin collector; and two Kuwaiti investment companies, Investment Dar and Adeem Investment Co.
On 19 July 2007 the last car, a Vanquish S, was produced at the Newport Pagnell plant. Nearly 13,000 cars had been made there since 1955. All production was concentrated at Gaydon, with the old premises in Tickford Street remaining in Aston Martin ownership as the restoration and service department.[17]
Aston Martin has also boosted its worldwide appeal by opening more dealers in Europe, as well as branches in China for the first time in its 93 year history in Beijing and Shanghai. This has brought their dealership programme to 120 dealers in 28 countries.[18]
On 1 September 2008, Aston Martin announced the revival of the Lagonda marque. A concept will be shown in 2009, coinciding with the brand's 100th anniversary. The first production cars should come in 2012.[19]
In December 2008, Aston Martin announced that it would cut its 1850 workforce by 600.[20]
[edit] 2009 - Return to Le Mans
In January 2009 it was announced that the company was entering the 2009 Le Mans 24 Hours race as a factory team in the prestigious LMP1 division. After competing throughout the 2008 season with a Lola B08/60 LMP1 Coupe under the Charouz Racing banner, Aston Martin will use a slightly modified Lola LMP1 design for their programme. Three Lola-Aston Martins have been entered in the 2009 Le Mans 24 Hours by Aston Martin but only two have been confirmed with sponsorship. Aston Martin will also compete in the complete Le Mans series with the Lola-Aston Martin LMP cars, starting at Barcelona in early April. The programme got off to an unfortunate start at the pre season Paul Ricard test on March 8 when Tomas Enge destroyed the 007 car in an accident. Aston Martin Racing have subsequently taken delivery of a new Lola to replace the written off chassis.
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The people of Gambella, therefore, first, experienced the integration to Ethiopia and the arrival of the modern state as a loss of political autonomy, economic marginalization and assumption of stigmatized identity. Anuak and Nuer in Ethiopia or in Sudan are still called 'slaves'.
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Detail from a south nave window by Charles Blakeman 1953-6 on themes from the Old Testament.
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St Etheldreda's in Ely Place is one of London's best kept secrets and England's oldest Catholic church (or rather the oldest still used for Catholic worship). Originally the chapel of the palace of the Bishop of Ely (and the only surviving part thereof), the present building dates from 1290 and has had a chequered history since the Reformation, being used again for Catholic worship by the Spanish ambassador in the early 17th century and then, after years of Anglican use and later neglect, finally reverting to Catholic use after being sold in 1873.
The building is rather elusive from without, with only the main east facade visible from the street between the later facades of Ely Place. Within however the late 13th century design and detail is clear, making this a unusually complete example of a Decorated Gothic chapel. The wooden roof is the original design though much restored. It is accessed from a cloister passageway along the south wall which leads to both the 'upper church' and crypt below.
The interior is rather dark and takes some time to adjust to, but is adorned with a sumptuous set of stained glass windows dating from the postwar restoration in the 1950s (a previous set by a noted artist was sadly lost). The east window is a stunning work by Edward Nuttgens, whilst the remainder of the windows are the work of Charles Blakeman, including the west window on the theme of the English Martyrs, who are also commemorated by sculptures around the chapel.
St Etheldreda's is normally open for visitors and private prayer most days from 8am-5pm. For a more detailed history see the church's website below:-
Tai O
Lantau Island
Hong Kong
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Tai O,
Tai O (traditional Chinese: 大澳) is a fishing town, partly located on an island of the same name, on the western side of Lantau Island in Hong Kong.
History
Nearby archaeological sites date back to the Stone Age, but permanent, and verifiable, human settlement here is only three centuries old. Stories that would be impossible to substantiate have Tai O as the base of many smuggling and piracy operations, the inlets of the river providing excellent protection from the weather and a hiding place. In early 16th century, Tai O was once occupied shortly by Portuguese during Battle of Tãmão. At nearby Fan Lau, a fort was built in 1729 to protect shipping on the Pearl River. Smuggling of guns, tobacco, drugs and people remains a documented illegal activity both into and out of mainland China.
When the British came to Hong Kong, Tai O was known as a Tanka village. During and after the Chinese Civil War, Tai O became a primary entrypoint for illegal immigration for those escaping from the People's Republic of China. Some of these immigrants, mostly Han Chinese, stayed in Tai O, and Tai O attracted people from other Hong Kong ethnic groups, including Hoklo (Hokkien) and Hakka.
Reclamation at Tai OCurrently the fishing lifestyle is dying out. While many residents continue to fish, it barely provides a subsistence income. There is a public school on the island and most young people move away when they come of age. In 2000 a large fire broke out destroying many residences. The village is now mostly squatters huts and dilapidated stilt houses.
Tourism
Also known as the "Venice of Hong Kong", Tai O is also a hot tourist spot for both foreigners and residents of other parts of Hong Kong, despite damage by a fire in July 2000. The pang uk, a kind of stilt house, built right over the waterway are still quite scenic. A rope bridge tended by local women used to be quite popular with visitors, but it has been replaced with a steel pedestrian bridge.
The traditional salted fish and shrimp paste and storefronts at Tai O. For a small fee, some residents will take tourists out on their boats along the river and for short jaunts into the sea. Many tourists come to Tai O specifically to take these trips to see Chinese white dolphins. It is also a good place to see the sunset.
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Tai O (chinois traditionnel : le 大澳) est une ville de pêche, en partie située sur une île du même nom, du côté occidental de l'île de Lantau à Hong Kong.
Les emplacements archéologiques voisins remontent à l'âge de pierre, mais la vérifiable vie humaine ici est de seulement trois siècles. Les histoires impossibles à verifier ont eu Tai O pour base dans beaucoup d'opérations de contrebande et de piraterie, l'entree du fleuve assurant l'excellente protection contre le temps et une cachette. Au XVIème siècle, Tai O a été par le passé occupé par le Portugais pendant la bataille de Tãmão. Dans le voisinage Fan Lau, un fort a été construit en 1729 pour protéger l'expédition sur le fleuve de perle. La contrebande des pistolets, du tabac, des drogues et des personnes demeure une activité, source documentaire illegale, dans et hors de la Chine continentale.
Quand les Anglais sont venus à Hong Kong, Tai O a été connu comme village de Tanka. Pendant et après la guerre civile chinoise, Tai O est devenu un point d'entrée primaire pour l'immigration illégale pour ceux s'échappant de République populaire de Chine. Certains de ces immigrés, la plupart du temps Chinois de Han, restés dans Tai O, et Tai O ont attiré des personnes d'autres groupes ethniques de Hong Kong, y compris Hoklo (Hokkien) et Hakka.
Récupération à Tai OActuellement le style de vie de pêche s'éteint. Tandis que beaucoup de résidants continuent à pêcher, il fournit à peine un revenu de subsistance. Il y a une école d'Etat sur l'île et la plupart des jeunes s'écartent quand ils en ont l'âge. En 2000 un grand feu a éclaté détruire beaucoup de résidences. Le village est maintenant la plupart du temps des huttes de squatters et des maisons délabrées sur pillotis.
Également connu comme « Venise de Hong Kong », Tai O est également une place touristique importante pour les étrangers et les résidants d'autres parties de Hong Kong, en dépit des dommages par un feu en juillet 2000. La douleur R-U, un genre de maison sur pillotis, établi bien au-dessus de la voie d'eau sont toujours tout à fait scénique. Un pont de corde tendu par les femmes locales était tout à fait populaire avec les visiteurs, mais il a été remplacé par un pont piétonnier en acier.
Les poissons et la pâte et les devanture de magasin salés traditionnels de crevette à Tai O. Pour de petits honoraires, quelques résidants prendront des touristes sur leurs bateaux le long du fleuve et pour des promenades courtes dans la mer. Beaucoup de touristes viennent à Tai O spécifiquement pour prendre ces voyages pour voir des dauphins blanc chinois. C'est également un bon endroit pour voir le coucher du soleil.
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