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Rivello is located in a splendidly scenic position on the ridge of a hill that overlooks the whole Noce Valley and Mount Sirino. The urban structure of the town is equally picturesque with the chuch of San Nicola dei Greci dominating the western height of the town.
The town has an unusual history: born from a Basilian monk's laura and therefore a place of prayer and worship, it became a place disputed for centuries by Lombards and Byzantines because of its strategic position. Neither power was able to prevail over the other, so they reached an uncommon form of agreement. The Lombards settled the upper part of the town, while the Byzantines concentrated in the lower.
As a consequence, within this once very populous town, two centres with two very different cultures developed. Each center has its own major church. The Lombards in the upper areas built The church of Santa Maria Maggiore, of Latin rite, and the Byzantines built The church of San Nicola which practices the rites of the Greek church, a tradition that lasted well into the 17th century. Although all the local churches are now Roman Catholic, many reveal a Byzantine architectural influence.
The traveler will encounter numerous smaller churches in the town, and will find that the vast majority are open all day and throughout the year.
The dial and on switch to an antique television set with a UHF channel positioned to channel 5. Everyone basically watched the same programs, listened to the same news broadcasts, and politically were less divided.
Sweet ballerina feet from years ago. Ran across this image when I was cleaning up the art room again this morning. 💕💕💕Made my heart happy.
On the side of a huge square rock on Breakwater falls is this rock cap fern just clinging to life. It's only a couple inches wide. Check out that all the fronds are producing spores - I guess when under pressure, life goes all out!
Winter air is cool and crisp as contrasted against the plume of hot exhaust heat being emitted from the approaching eastbound NS loaded coal train rumbling through the small community of Blake, WV, with the former N&W Color Position Light signals standing only temporary on the evening of January 2, 2016.
This beautiful Eastern Tiger Swallowtail flew past me as I was walking the trail at Lake Artemesia. I watched it and waited for it to land somewhere so I could get a shot of it. I was fortunate that it finally landed in a reasonable position so I could capture its image.
Taken 11 July 2016.
Amazing sunset we saw in the middle of the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania on the way to our campsite, which was also in the middle of this amazing wildlife park.
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Fotografies de la zona de combats de la Batalla del Ebre (1938).
Al sector de Els Barrancs, entre Vilalba dels Arcs i La Pobla de Massaluca, s'ha rehabilitat un sector del front republicà. Tota aquesta part de la linea al nord de Vilalba no va patir cap ofensiva feixista en tota la batalla, i fou abandonada els darrers dies per retirar-se cap als ponts de Riba-roja i Flix.
La batalla de l'Ebre (25 juliol - 16 novembre de 1938) fou la més important i mortifera de la guerra civil espanyola. Hi ha que també la consideren també la més decisiva, però crec que per desgracia la guerra ja estava decidida de molt abans, com a minim des del trencament del front d'Aragó el 9 de març del mateix any.
Tot i que l'exèrcit republicà creuà l'Ebre el 25 de juliol del 1938 per molts punts entre Mequinensa i Amposta, la major part dels combats de la batalla es donaren a la Terra Alta, a la zona entre Vilalba dels Arcs, La Fatarella, Camposines i Gandesa, a més de la Serra de Pandols.
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This is part of the Ebro battlefield (1938), in Southern Catalonia.
North of Vilalba dels Arcs there's a sector of the Republican frontline that has been cleanded and restored; it's called Els Barrancs. All the Ebro front from Vilalba dels Arcs to La Pobla de Massaluca and up to the river was a quite inactive one, and stod fixed from the 26th of July to the early days of November, when the Republican forces withdrawed towards the Ebro bridges of Riba-roja and Flix.
The Battle of the Ebro (July 25 - November 16, 1938) was the most important and deadlier of the Spanish Civil War. There are those who also consider it the most decisive, but I think that unfortunately the war was already decided long before, at least since the breaking of the front of Aragon on March 9 of the same year.
The battle began with the greatest offensive made by the Republican forces, when they crossed the river Ebro between Mequinensa and Amposta (especially between Riba-roja and Miravet), and advanced to the line La Pobla de Massaluca -Vilalba dels Arcs -Gandesa - Serra de Pandols . But in just 48 hours, the dazzling advance was stopped short. Then Franco decided to crush the republican forces hill by hill (with massive artillery and bomber barrages), in a battle of attrition identical to the First World War for which the Republicans had no resources or alternative, especially with the river behind them. The main assaults, which lasted from August 10 to October 29, were concentrated in a very small and devastated area: the triangle Vertex Gaeta - Corbera - Camposines.
Finally, a final offensive on October 30 occupied the ridge of the Serra de Cavalls, making the entire Republican bridgehead unsustainable, which managed, however, to withdraw in an orderly manner until November 16. But the damage was already done, and there were no forces left for a proper defense of Catalonia, which fell three months later. Then, fascist darkness.
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Busseau sur Creuse, 23 France. Taken from the same position as the previous photo, but looking north towards the road bridge, which carries the D50 road across the river. I'm not sure how old this is, but I suspect it was built near the end of the 18thC. This was the first time I've used Foma 200 since it's recall, and sad to say, it still seems very vulnerable to scratches, but this might be due in part to the fairly primitive finish of the Hongmei! Taken for International Commie Camera Days 2013, with a 1970's Chinese made folding camera.
Hongmei HM1, f4.5/75mm triplet lens, x2 yellow filter. Fomapan Creative 200 in Thornton's Two Bath, 5+5mins @21C. Scanned @1200dpi on Epson V500
I'm inordinately pleased with getting this shot. Not with the shot itself, it's a bit vin ordinaire. But with the planning. Y'see I first came across this old plough last year, during the winter. The wall against which it's resting is north facing. So the plough hasn't been in direct sunlight in all the time since. I know this because, pitiably, I went to check it regularly. Using the Photographer's Ephemeris I charted the position of the sun forward to this week. (How sad is that?) I reckoned by the weekend there would be a brief window of about ten minutes at 6.40pm when the altitude and azimuth of the sun would throw light on to the plough. On the great day I set off and walked to it in time. And Lo! At 6.45 on Easter Saturday the sun did finally light upon up the plough. And it was good.
Part of a small weed.. taken with the raynox dcr-250 macro lens.. in Shaldon gardens..
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EXPLORE.. Highest position: #301 on Friday, March 27, 2009
Ischnura senegalensis, also known variously as common bluetail, marsh bluetail, ubiquitous bluetail, African bluetail, and Senegal golden dartlet, is a widespread damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae, native from Africa, through the Middle East, throughout southern and eastern Asia. The species is found in slow-stagnant or leisurely flowing water bodies and tolerates both disturbances and pollution but is absent from intact forest areas. (Wikipedia).
I identified it to the best i can as Ischnura senegalensis. The top one is the male. Its colors matches. The female comes in several colors.
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Seeing this surfer balancing brought back memories of checking the daughters positions while she practiced ballet.
Me...and himself! Now just let me explain... this was a very impromptu shot as this mirror is actually positioned inside the gents toilets at Chatsworth House! So we were passing by and the door was open, I spotted the mirror and hey presto...me and himself! :))
Then off again on the 4.5 mile walk through the grounds of Chatsworth in sunshine, rain, sleet and hail...thankfully far more sunshine than the other stuff! Got back to the car and removed our waterproofs and then the heavens opened and the roads were running a river by the time we left.
If you zoom in you can see it's starting to sleet through the mirror.
8. Rainwear - theme for 116 pictures in 2016
The fabulous, smokey MiG-29 Fulcrum of the Polish Air Force at RIAT 2015. On the aircraft are images in tribute to Polish Ace fighter pilot Marian Pisarek.
Nikon D810 and my amazing 300mm VR f/2.8 lens.
For my brother Tim.
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A few weeks ago these three bull grey seals were rivals & wouldn't have tolerated being anywhere near each other.
Barely eating they patrolled the beach keeping an ever watchful eye on their harem of females & fiercely fighting with any other bull seal who dared challenge their position.
Now the mating is over they are laid back & sociable with each other again but the still visible wounds tell of a fraught last few weeks.
Basketball is beautiful hobby, one that emphasizes aiming high. This rusty beach side court provided a nice background to the silhoute. The placement of the sun inbetween the players and the position of the ball were randomly captured.
Equipment: Canon 350D, 15-85mm
Post Processing: none
Location: Tartous, Syria
This shot was taken during my most recent session in the Adda river, along with Those unspoken words between us and Yes, yes... Look up!.
It was an unusual morning, full of surprises. The feast of colours occurred almost an hour before the official time for sunrise; I assume that it was due to the clouds being at a very high altitude. It was lucky that I was ready for that surprise time, albeit still walking towards the chattering banks of the river.
When I took this exposure bracketing, the early colourful moment was at its climaxing point; I had just captured an interesting dialogue between the sky and the humble gold of the buttercups in a nearby field, practically on the other side of the towpath (Those unspoken words between us). There was no time to move to another spot; all I could do was walk to the other side of the towpath, position my tripod, and shoot two or three exposure bracketings, one of which badly blurred (hurry, hurry up!). And alas, the heavenly fires were gone. After that fleeting, glorious explosion of rosy and purple light, the mood of the day progressed rather linearly towards a quiet morning bathed in a soft, veiled light that, combined with the mists from the river, lent the place a somehow ethereal mood. More photos about this evolution are to come in due time - which means in a long time, given my current state of physical and mental exhaustion.
It is always extremely satisfying to capture a sunrise, even when it is unsatisfying from a photographic standpoint. At the bare minimum, it means that I have had a little peaceful time in a nice location. You cannot really foresee what a new sunrise is going to offer. I remember slow, lazy, almost endless sunrises, and some gray, dull ones. I have also experienced some fleeting sunrises, lasting the time one needs to think, "oh, wow...". This one was of this kind, and ahead of schedule on top of that. I doubt anyone notified the sun about the proper time of sunrise that morning, lol. It might have easily been missed. I was lucky, and this is the best shot I have taken at that sunrise proper. I am not entirely satisfied with it, but I suppose I should be happy with what I got since I risked getting nothing at all...
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Explored on 2024/07/13 nr. 31.
I have obtained this picture by blending an exposure bracketing [-2.0/-1.0/0/+1.0/+2.0 EV] by luminosity masks in the Gimp (EXIF data, as usual, refer to the "normal exposure" shot). Along the journey - post-processing always is a journey of discovery to me - I tried the inverted RGB blue channel technique described by Boris Hajdukovic. It revealed many fine details in the clouds that previously had looked like a rather amorphous glow. I desaturated this layer a lot since colours didn't need any boost - indeed, I was struggling to keep that colourful sky at bay.
As usual, I gave the finishing touches with Nik Color Efex Pro 4 and played a bit with dodging and burning.
Raw files processed with Darktable.
Landon Everhart (WW): Mrs. Braithwaite, thank you for joining us today. To begin, what prompted your decision to run for a position on the Hogwarts Board of Governors?
Cecily Braithwaite (CB): It's a pleasure to speak with Witch Weekly. My decision to pursue a seat on the Board of Governors at Hogwarts stems from my lifelong commitment to magical scholarship and education. Hogwarts holds a special place in my heart—it's where my own magical journey began. I believe I have a wealth of experience and insights that could contribute significantly to shaping the future of this esteemed institution.
Landon Everhart: Your accomplishments in the field of magical scholarship are indeed extensive. How do you envision Hogwarts evolving under your guidance?
Cecily Braithwaite: Hogwarts is a beacon of magical learning, and I envision it continuing to uphold its tradition of excellence while embracing innovation. I believe in fostering an environment that encourages not just rote learning, but also critical thinking, exploration, and the study of ancient magical practices. My vision is to enrich the curriculum with a broader spectrum of magical studies, ensuring that Hogwarts prepares students for the complexities of the modern wizarding world.
Landon Everhart: Could you elaborate on the specific changes or additions you hope to implement within Hogwarts' curriculum?
Cecily Braithwaite: Certainly. I aim to advocate for the integration of more in-depth studies into ancient magical civilizations, arcane magical theory, and esoteric magical practices. These areas hold immense potential to broaden students' perspectives and deepen their understanding of magic's origins and complexities. Additionally, I believe in promoting interdisciplinary studies that bridge traditional magical subjects with real-world applications.
Landon Everhart: What sets you apart from the other candidates vying for a position on the Board of Governors?
Cecily Braithwaite: My lifelong dedication to magical scholarship, my extensive experience in advising magical institutions, and my commitment to nurturing the next generation of witches and wizards distinguish me. I bring not only a depth of knowledge but also a passion for fostering an inclusive and forward-thinking educational environment.
Landon Everhart: As an influential figure in the magical community, how do you plan to balance your scholarly pursuits with your role on the Board of Governors, if elected?
Cecily Braithwaite: My scholarly pursuits have always been intertwined with my dedication to education. If elected, I intend to continue my research endeavors while ensuring that my insights and experiences benefit Hogwarts. I believe my scholarly work will further enrich the educational landscape at Hogwarts, contributing to a more dynamic and comprehensive curriculum.
Landon Everhart: Thank you, Mrs. Braithwaite, for sharing your vision and insights. We wish you the best in the upcoming election for the Board of Governors.
Cecily Braithwaite: Thank you for the opportunity to discuss my aspirations for Hogwarts. I am truly honored, and I hope to serve Hogwarts and the magical community with dedication and wisdom.
May 7, 2016 - Hwy 365 North / North of Wray Colorado
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It has been an excellent start to the 2016 chase Season. Bonus was, that I had the day off and no commitments except for storm chasing. I was set for an Epic Day!
I ended up with well over 700 pic from this storm chasing event, but I've skimmed it down to about 100+. Truly this will become some of my best severe weather photography to date...
I was seriously late the game on this storm. But I was never out of the game. I had now positioned myself just to the North of Wray Colorado.
Strategically, you want to be to the south east, southwest for the best light... It's all about timing, and I thought it wouldn't produce till it was well west of my location. Giving me that perfect view of the backside rotation of the storm.
In my opinion, I found a perfect view, looking due south southeast. I ended up on the northwest side of the rotation. Dangerous yes...but this will eventually give me one excellent view of this tornado and all her glory.
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Explore Highest position: 69 on Thursday, July 24, 2008
گاوی فربه
بر چمنی بیکرانه چون ابدیت
زیر سپهری ، به دوردستی فردا
چشم چپش ، سرخ تر ز خون دل لعل
چشم دگر سبزتر ز خلوت بودا
بر سرش آن سان که بر دو گرده ی ضحاک
شاخه ای از کاج و شاخ دیگری از عاج
بر کمرش محملی مزین با تاج
بر شکمش ، جای جای ، دگمه ی پستان
پستان ها ، سر به هم فشرده ، پر از شیر
شیرش جاری به سوی پهنه ی دریا
یک پایش در حصار چنبره ی مار
پای دگر از هجوم مورچه ، بیمار
عکسش در موج رودخانه ی ناپاک
زخمی چرکین ، دمیده از جگر خاک
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Blue and Violet [300-400+ km]: Hydrogen and helium release blue and violet light at the top of the aurora. However, these colors are relatively faint and are not usually visible except under very dark skies or with strong solar storms. Also, because these gases are relatively rare, the light is diffuse. One particular aurora color is the result of excited nitrogen being further excited by sunlight. This "sunlit aurora" typically occurs at twilight and can be seen as a purplish-blue color at the top of the auroral rays.
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Explore Highest Position #129 on Friday, January 16, 2009
Parrots are one of the most colorful members of the entire bird kingdom. They can be cute and cuddly, and sometimes, simply awe you with their majesty and elegance. Parrots have many sub-species. Macaws, cockatoos, cockatiels and budgies are some examples. They are often referred to as winged rainbows...
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Highest position: 6 on Sunday, February 23, 2014
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The following text on history of Diamond Rock is taken from Wikipedia.
Diamond Rock occupies a strategic position at the north end of the St. Lucia Straits. Possession of the rock permits interdiction of navigation between Martinique and its southern neighbour, St Lucia.
In September 1803 Commodore Sir Samuel Hood sailed to the rock aboard Centaur (Captain Murray Maxwell). Hood had received the assignment to blockade the bays at Fort Royal and Saint Pierre, Martinique.
Centaur was lying at anchor in Fort Royal Bay, Martinique, on the morning of 1 December when lookouts sighted a schooner with a sloop in tow about six miles off making for Saint Pierre. Hood sent his advice boat, the Sarah, after the sloop, and had Maxwell sail Centaur in pursuit of the schooner. After a pursuit of some 24 leagues (120 km; 63 nmi), Centaur captured the schooner, which turned out to be the privateer Ma Sophie, out of Guadeloupe. She had a crew of 45 men, and was armed with eight guns, which she had jettisoned during the chase.
Hood took Ma Sophie into service as a tender, charging her captain, Lieutenant William Donnett, with watching the channel between Diamond Rock and Martinique for enemy vessels. Donnett made frequent visits to the rock to gather the thick, broad-leaved grass to be woven into sailors' hats, and a spinach-like plant called callaloo, that when boiled and served daily, kept the crews of Centaur and Ma Sophie from scurvy and was a nice addition to a menu too long dominated by salt beef.
Aided by calm weather, the British were able to run lines ashore and hoist two 18-pounder cannons to the summit of the rock. The British hastily built fortifications and supplied the position with food and water for a garrison of two lieutenants and 120 men under the command of Lieutenant James Wilkes Maurice, Hood's first lieutenant. Hood officially commissioned the island as the "sloop" HMS Diamond Rock (a "stone frigate"). A six-gun sloop, designated Fort Diamond, supported the fort. In honour of his admiral, Maurice designated as "Hood Battery" the one 24-pounder that he placed to fire from a cave halfway up the side of the rock. The British also placed two 24-pounder guns in batteries ("Centaur" and "Queen's") at the base of the rock, and a 24-pounder carronade to cover the only landing-place. One account puts two 24-pounders on the summit, but all other accounts put 18-pounders there. At some point while this was going on, Ma Sophie blew up for unknown reasons, killing all but one of her crew.
With work complete by 7 February, Hood decided to formalise the administration of the island, and wrote to the Admiralty, announcing that he had commissioned the rock as a sloop-of-war, under the name Diamond Rock. Lieutenant Maurice, who had impressed Hood with his efforts while establishing the position, was rewarded by being made commander.
Caves on the rock served as sleeping quarters for the men; the officers used tents. A court martial would reprimand Lieutenant Roger Woolcombe at Plymouth on 7 December 1805 for "conduct unbecoming a gentleman" for having messed (eaten) at the top of the rock with part of the ship's company.
The sailors used pulleys and ropes to raise supplies to the summit. To augment their uncertain food supply, the garrison had a small herd of goats and a flock of guinea hens and chickens that survived on the meager foliage. The British also established a hospital in a cave at the base of the rock that became a popular place to put sailors and marines recovering from fevers or injuries.
Just before Centaur left the rock, a party of slaves made a clandestine visit at night to trade fruits and bananas. They brought the news that a French lieutenant colonel of engineers had arrived at their plantation to survey the heights opposite for a mortar battery with which to shell the rock. One of the slaves had been sold by his English owner to the French when the owner left the islands. He did not like his new master and claimed the protection of the British flag. Hood granted him that protection, and promised that the man could serve in the Royal Navy as a free man in return for guiding a landing party to his now-former master's house. A 23-man landing party, including the guide, and under Lieutenant Reynolds, landed at midnight, walked the four kilometers to the plantation house, and took the engineer and 17 soldiers prisoner, before returning safely to Centaur. Apparently the lieutenant colonel was the only engineer on Martinique, and so no mortar battery materialized.
On June 23, 1804, whilst the Fort Diamond was on a provisioning expedition at Roseau Bay, St. Lucia, a French boarding party from a schooner came up to her in two rowboats, boarding her at night while most of the crew were asleep below decks. A subsequent court-martial aboard HMS Galatea at English Harbour, Antigua, convicted Acting Lieutenant Benjamin Westcott of allowing his vessel to be captured. The board dismissed him from the Royal Navy, never to be permitted to serve in the navy again] He became an American citizen three years later.
For 17 months, the fort was able to harass French shipping trying to enter Fort-de-France. The guns on the rock completely dominated the channel between it and the main island, and because of their elevation, were able to fire far out to sea and forced vessels to give it a wide berth, with the result that the currents and strong winds would make it impossible for them to fetch in Port Royal. During this time the French troops on Martinique made several unsuccessful attempts to retake the rock.
When Admiral Villeneuve embarked on his 1805 voyage to Martinique, he was under orders from Napoleon to recapture Diamond Rock. The French-Spanish combined naval force of 16 ships[19] under French Captain Cosmao-Kerjulien attacked Diamond Rock. Between 16 May and 29 May, the French fleet completely blockaded the rock. On the 25th, the French were able to cut out from under Maurice's guns a British sloop that arrived from St. Lucia with some supplies.
The actual assault came on 31 May, and the French were able to land some troops on the rock. Maurice had anticipated the landing and had moved his men from the indefensible lower works to positions further up, and on the summit. Once the French landed, the British fire trapped the landing party in two caves near sea level.
Unfortunately for the garrison, their stone cistern had cracked, due to an earth tremor, so they were short of water, and after exchanging fire with the French, they were also almost out of ammunition. After enduring a fierce bombardment, Maurice surrendered to the superior force on 3 June 1805, having resisted two French seventy-fours, a frigate, a corvette, a schooner, and eleven gunboats. The British lost two men killed and one wounded, and the French 20 dead and 40 wounded (English account), or 50 dead and wounded (French account), and three gunboats.
The French took the garrison of 107 men as prisoners, splitting them between their two 74-gun ships of the line, Pluton and the ex-British Berwick. The French repatriated the prisoners to Barbados by 6 June. The subsequent court-martial of Commander Maurice for the loss of his "ship" (i.e. the fort) exonerated him, his officers, and men and commended him for his defence. Maurice took dispatches to England, where he arrived on 3 August, and was given command of the brig-sloop Savage.
Grave goods, crowns and headdress Vicús
North coast of Peru Formative period
From the earliest times, the religious and political rulers of pre-Columbian societies began to decorate their bodies. In this way, they demonstrated their status, their privileged position and their sacred origin. But
These adornments did not serve as a "disguise", but allowed the person who wore them to take on a different body and personality. These elements transformed the dignitaries spiritually and physically.
Rusty has 4 dog beds (can you say spoiled?) and he spit up on one of them which required cleaning. So I switched out his bed under my desk and he seems to be enjoying it more than the original.
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Tomada en Campoamor - Alicante.
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
30"
F18
ISO 100
Canon 17-40mm @ 28mm
B+W ND8
GND 0.6 Reverse
LEE Holder
Manfrotto 055XPROB + 488RC2 + Remote control.
Nik Silver Efex Pro.