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"The traditional Chinese calendar is a lunisolar calendar, based on astronomical observations of the Sun’s position in the sky and the Moon’s phases. This ancient calendar dates back to 14th century BCE (whereas the Gregorian calendar was introduced in 1582).
Because the Chinese calendar defines the lunar month containing the winter solstice as the 11th month, Lunar New Year usually falls on the second new moon after the winter solstice.
Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is the most celebrated and longest of all Asian festivals, and is observed by millions of people around the world.
There are dragon dances, performances, and festival parades with music and acrobatics. The festivities continue for two weeks, finishing with a special lantern festival, which signals the end of the New Year celebration period.
In 2023, we ring in the Year of the Rabbit, one of 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac. The animal designations of the zodiac follow a 12-year cycle and are always used in the same sequence."
Source: www.almanac.com/content/chinese-new-year-chinese-zodiac
...I'd put U and I together :)
Haha, don't know if this has been done before (it probably has) but I was bored and I thought it was a cute idea.
So I hope it made you smile :)
Song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j44-GTlOU6k
I've gotten so many views on this one, thank you all very much! :)
(And explore position #55 too! :) )
It was delightful running into Susan again in the neighborhood. I didn't recognize her at first due to the different outfit and glasses. Her stylish hat the flower on her glasses attracted my attention. She was with a friend and she recognized me immediately and agreed to a follow-up portrait in a nearby doorway. She said she would have to cook me one of her specialties one day and told me she's an excellent cook. Part of the challenge of this portrait was the dull, flat, overcast day. The other part was figuring out how to position Susan to cover some distracting hardware on the door behind her and yet still maintain balance in the photo. Susan is a very interesting woman, as you will learn if you read the story accompanying the "comment photo" below.
Explore - Highest Position #39
Wow, long time no see guys! Haven't had much of a chance to do any photography lately but I figured I'd post this shot before I hop on a plane to Oahu with my girlfriend. That's right, I'm going to Hawaii baby! Ashley and I have had this trip planned for a few months now and we're ready to ditch the stress and say hello to the beaches, sun, alcohol and fun! I can't wait to get on that plane!
And of course while I'm there I plan to do a little photography. If you know any good locales on Oahu let me know in the comments.
This shot comes from our last trip to Monterey. I snuck out to catch a rather lackluster sunset at Garrapata Beach. I probably should have dragged Ashley with me though, as I came close to serious injury a couple times. Those rocks are DAMN slippery and I probably looked ridiculous slipping and sliding around on them. Even managed to fall on my ass at one point! The walk down to the beach wasn't exactly easy either. Ah well, this is what we live for, right?
See you all when we get back!
It's sometimes surprising what's hiding behind a dreary winter sky. This was taken at the Black Butte Dam overlook. Visibility was limited due to the weather but I was intriqued by the position of the rock facings and the trees and decided it was worth a shot. Backlighting and layering helped bring out the colors in the sky and then I used a texture called pink spotlight from pareeerica www.flickr.com/photos/8078381@N03/ .
EXPLORED! Highest position: 24 on Sunday, July 6, 2008
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Highest position: 24 on Sunday, July 6, 2008
Hoje fez um dia muito estranho, sol, de repente uma chuva muito forte, e no final foi isso que apareceu.
Sarge was the only one who had seen something like this before. During the battle of Paschendale, he says that his regiment was annihilated not by the German war machine, but by creatures they never identified. Things that made men lose their mind. The rest of us were fresh as dough, trained, armed, and walking into something we'd never forget. A sleepy coastal town in Massachusetts, the treasury department of all departments found something that made them squirm, people that aren't people. Babies with gills like a fish, and lungs like a person. A woman talking about how their saviors come from the sea every fortnight when the moon was at it's brightest or it's darkest. We went in with orders, bring in everyone and everything, burn down the town, leave no trace, set up positions and kill anything that walked out of the tides. They told us a turkey shoot, one night mission, and it was almost. Except intelligence didn't know how long they could stay out of the water. Long enough to flank us. Long enough to start hunting us, long enough for men to lose it, and for terror to set in. My friends died, my sanity slipped, the things I saw haunted me for years until there was a knock at my door. Sarge was back, but hadn't he been dragged into the waves that night? Scars from something razor sharp ran across his face, the same kind of rugged sharpness I saw claw my friend's arm off did this. He asked if I could hold on to my sanity, and join him in fighting the things from beneath the waves, the deep ones. We'd put together a task force of the best fighters in the military. Sappers, raiders, anyone who knew how to fight and fight well. We'd be the arm of destruction while the Navy and other organizations investigated reports that would lead us to the heart of fear itself.
NGC 1333 is a reflection nebula located in the northern constellation Perseus, positioned next to the southern constellation border with Taurus and Aries. It was first discovered by German astronomer Eduard Schönfeld in 1855. The nebula is visible as a hazy patch in a small telescope, while a larger aperture will show a pair of dark nebulae designated Barnard 1 and Barnard 2.It is associated with a dark cloud L1450 (Barnard 205). Estimates of the distance to this nebula range from 980–1,140 ly (300–350 pc)
Matériel:
Newton 250mm f/4 Axis Instrument (BFT250)
ASI 6200mm
Filters Baader 50mm
Mount GM1000HPS.
No Guiding.
Acquisition with N.I.N.A:
L: 342 x 60"
R: 40 x 60"
G: 40 x 60"
B: 40 x 60"
Flat: 30 per filter
Darks : None
IN ENGLISH BELOW THE LINE
Fotografies de la zona de combats de la Batalla del Ebre (1938).
El turó del cementiri de Vilalba dels Arcs, vist des del poble mateix. És a dir, les posicions avançades republicanes del juliol del 1938, vistes des de les posicions feixistes del poble.
El dia 26 de juliol la 33 Brigada republicana captura el cementiri de Vilalba dels Arcs, situant-se per tant just al est de la vila. Però la vall de Lo Camí de Xivell, que els separa del nucli urbà, es molt facil de defensar des de una fortalesa natural com és Vilalba, sobretot des del est.
Des del 27 fins el 31 de juliol. els republicans intentaran conquerir Vilalba, arribant pel que sembla a les primeres cases del poble, però sent refusats. De fet, el 31 mateix abandonen el cementiri, ja que està massa exposat al foc enemic. Així acaben els combats en aquest sector de la batalla.
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.
www.sbhac.net/Republica/Fuerzas/EPR/EprL/GCE_EXT_AntonioQ...
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batalla_de_l%27Ebre
ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilalba_dels_Arcs
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This is part of the Ebro battlefield (1938), in Southern Catalonia.
The Republican frontline positions in the cemetery hill seen from the fascist positions in the village of Vilalba dels Arcs. This small valley was quite almost impossible to pass without being slaughtered by the rifle and MG fire from the medieval village.
On July 26, the 33rd Republican Brigade captured the cemetery of Vilalba dels Arcs, thus being located just east of the town. But the valley which separates them from the village is very easy to defend from a natural fortress such as Vilalba, especially from the east.
From the 27th to the 31st of July. the republicans will try to conquer Vilalba, arriving apparently at the first houses of the village, but being rejected. In fact, on the 31st they leave the cemetery itself, as it is too exposed to enemy fire. Thus ends the fighting in this sector of the battle.
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.
www.sbhac.net/Republica/Fuerzas/EPR/EprL/GCE_EXT_AntonioQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxQZ_gKCHtk
Positioned underneath the A56 in Frodsham makes for a decent vantage point to capture trains crossing the elegant bridge over the River Weaver a few hundred yards downstream. In this shot a class 175 unit works the 06.50 Manchester Piccadilly - Llandudno Junction (1D31) Arriva Trains Wales service on 24th March 2014.
Although I don't believe "pole position" has anything to do with horse racing, they were the first words that came to my mind while thinking of a title, obviously due to the intrusive poles in the frame.
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.
Southern 4501 passes the position lights at CP Wysor in Dublin as it makes great time with the excursion from Bristol, TN to Radford, VA. Its hard to believe how fast six years of main line steam on the NS has come and gone. Makes you kinda wonder, whats next??? Jun 28, 2015
We’ve always wanted to and intended to view Epcot’s Illuminations from the Japan Pavilion, but never made it happen. I’ve seen so many amazing images from this vantage. We decided that for our final viewing, we would finally stake our position and make it happen. As always, we’re sad to see these changes, but always remain hopeful for the new show.
37254 Cardiff Canton and 37610 power 1Q51 11.15 Derby RTC - Eastleigh East Yard Network Rail Infrastructure Monitoring train, pictured approaching Seaton Viaduct between Manton Jn. and Corby. [Pole, 3/6 sections (~4m)]
This had left the RTC just over an hour late, but with a generous time for the reversal in Derby station had set off from there only forty minutes behind schedule. It made up time and, despite being looped at Oakham to be overtaken by a Stansted-bound passenger train, was now only about twenty-five minutes late - and, again as a result of a booked pathing stop, was on time at Bedford!
But it was a good job it was late, as I was getting out of the car at the time it was booked to pass Manton Jn., and wouldn't have made it into position in time. I knew it had set off very late, and I'd also checked that the train had not been sent via Market Harborough, pulling over to check RTT and OTT Maps a minute or so after it passed Syston East Jn. - so I could see it had reported there and was still showing on the maps, thus confirming it had indeed taken the Melton Mowbray line!
The damp conditions overnight coupled with the warm air temperature (for February) meant it was quite hazy, so I wasn't sure how well a distant view of the train would work... but I needn't have worried! I've increased the clarity only slightly, the bright yellow train standing out very well in the landscape. Of course, I also shot the train while it was on the viaduct as well as coming off it, but liked this more distant view. A pole wasn't really needed, but it allowed me to lose the immediate foreground as well as giving a better view of the texture of the field in front of me.
I seem to be going through a phase of taking landscape pictures with trains in them, rather than trains in their surroundings! A shot of the train in the more conventional position can be found here.
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Explored November 11th, 2001. #34!!! Highest position yet:O
Thanks!!!
Heres my post to Flickr 11|11|11 group.
I had to be apart of this. I'm honored that i get to live through this. Not gonna be another one of these anytime soon;D haha.
Anyways. I'm just laying here enjoying music as i edit some senior photos. Its been a really busy day. I went up to Hershey Medical Center today to see my doctor.
I have a auto-immune disease. And no one really understands. I don't know anyone else with a condition similar to me. I live in a small town where everyones basically healthy, and no one really knows what to think of me. I'm.. well... a sickly person.
But today my doctor told me about a Christmas party for people with Rheumatoid Arthritis from the Rheumatoid Arthrisis Foundation (I'm guessing).
Anyways, its for people with all ages who not only have RA but who have auto-immune diseases get together. It'd be so nice to have people who experience similar problems to talk to. I need that so badly. Thankfully I do not have RA, but my doctor said it would be great for me to go. So hopefully I can get my ass up to state college for that party. I'm in need of a little fun. ahahaha. xD
Anyways, like i said HAPPY 11/11/11 guys!!
I believe this was the view from Widforss Point. The trail is generally moderate with a few steep spots but nothing that requires climbing. Altogether it was about a 9.5 mile round trip. There's a nice picnic table in the shade just short of this spot for lunch or a snack. This is actually a seven shot panoramic done handheld with the camera in a vertical position.
The Mk IX was the second most numerous of any Spitfire version manufactured after the Mk V.
It was rushed into production over the slightly better Mk VIII as a short-term counter to the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, which was superior in most ways to then current Spitfire Mk V.
Externally, the Mk IX can be differentiated from earlier Spitfire versions by having a four-bladed propeller, and unlike the Mk VIII, does not have a retractable tail wheel. This particular Spitfire dates from 1944 and has a supercharger optimized for lower level performance, making it an 'LF' model. It is fitted with the 'e' wing which eliminated the four outer machine gun positions. This machine only has two of the remaining four inner positions fitted with either cannons or heavy machine guns. Despite being painted in large red letters, the squadron codes of QJ are surprisingly hard to make out!
This shot taken several years ago predicted the early demise of this tree limb. It is still there today undisturbed.
The Crossbill group would arrive at the fountain/pond facility in a moderate sized group each morning. The females were generally more bold and would gradually drop down in this willow tree toward the pools. Eventually they would be drinking in a mixed group very close to my parked position. This shot really emphasizes the feature for which this species is named.
IMG_7143; Red Crossbill
Best position in Explore (December 14, 2010) is # 220.
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Another Danbo fun shot for all of you my good friends! ;-)
Highest Position - Explore #44 | 19.08.2008 (Thank You! :))
This was a casual shot which I walked past, shot it & quickly moved on to the food mall to feed my hungry stomach! Just thought the colours are pretty attractive!
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About
The Southgate along Yarra River in Melbourne
The Shot
Standard 3 exposure shots (+2..0..-2 EV) taken handheld using Sigma DC HSM 10-20mm lens
Photomatix
- Tonemapped generated HDR using detail enhancer option
Photoshop
- Added 1 layer effect of 'curves' to increase the overall contrast
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (reds) to decrease the overall harshness
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (blues & cyans) to slightly increase the ceiling glass
- Used 'unsharp mask' (as always) on the background layer
You
All comments, criticism and tips for improvements are (as always) welcome.
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Nanga Parbat, Milky Way, and moonlight from Fairy Meadows. Its certainly possible to capture the Nanga Parbat, Milky Way, and moonlight in a photograph. In fact, the Fairy Meadows campsite 3,300 meters (10,800 feet) at the base of Nanga Parbat is renowned for its incredible views, particularly for astrophotography. i utilized the moonlight for illuminating the landscape, as i was shooting during a waxing crescent .The final shot for the milky way was done after almost 3 hours when moon was gone with the camera in the same position. For tripod i used a chair and the view was outside my room. Fairy Meadows is accessible from spring to autumn, with the road typically closing during winter due to snow.
Edit the RAW images in Lightroom, stack with Starry Landscape Stacker, and use Photoshop for an alternative method and hot pixel removal. A big thank you to everyone who took time to comment and take a look at my photo. Much appreciated!
Explore Highest position # 94 on Sunday, May 10, 2009
The above photo is the scene of the Tamarama beach. There were some small yellow flowers at the spot I took the shot, wave texture, blue sea water color and cloud formation are very nice. This shot used high exposure speed to freeze the wave texture.:)
Tamarama is a beachside, eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Tamarama is located 7 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district. Tamarama has a small but perfectly formed ocean beach located about 1 kilometre south of the world famous Bondi Beach and a couple of hundred metres north of Bronte Beach.
หาด Tamarama เป็นชายหาดชานเมืองซิดนีย์ ในรัฐนิวเซาท์เวลส์ ออสเตรเลีย หาด Tamarama อยู่ 7 กิโลเมตรทางตะวันออกของย่านธุรกิจใจกลางนครซิดนีย์
Exposure: 1/1500 sec, Aperture: f/6.7, Focal Length:14 mm, ISO: 320
Nikon D700, Nikkor AF-S 14-24mm f/2.8G ED
Single shot. Light and color work in PS.
(No multi invitations please.:))
During this night at the VLT, most of the images taken were focused on the galactic bulge and the creation of celestial arches (photos already published). But this exceptional site also allows for exploring other compositions…
Thanks to the extremely low light pollution, objects close to the horizon remain perfectly visible, making it possible to create alignments between terrestrial elements and celestial objects 😃
In this image, one of the auxiliary telescopes of Cerro Paranal (number 3) appears to be pointing directly toward the Carina Nebula, which looks immense behind it. The photograph is a focus stacking of two images, allowing both the telescope and the nebula to be perfectly sharp. There is no stacking, no tracking, and no change of focal length, unlike what is often seen in deepscape photography (this type of image combining landscape and deep-sky objects).
Unlike the four large telescopes of the VLT, these more modest auxiliary instruments, equipped with a 1.8-meter mirror, can move on rails to change their position around the giant telescopes. Their role is crucial: they work together with the larger instruments to form the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI). By combining the light collected by several telescopes, they create a “virtual telescope” the size of the entire plateau, capable of revealing much finer details than each instrument on its own
The Carina Nebula, visible above the telescope and located about 7,500 light-years from Earth, is one of the largest star-forming regions in the Milky Way. Many structures there are sculpted by the intense radiation and stellar winds of very massive stars. Visible only from the Southern Hemisphere, the nebula displays different hues in the image corresponding to ionized gases, mainly hydrogen. These colors are invisible to the naked eye but revealed through astrophotography!
See you soon 😊
Canon Ra — 85 mm — 5 s — ISO 4000 — f/1.4
EXPLORED!!! Highest position: 67 on Saturday, November 7, 2009
My dear friends, today I processed two really good color images but I still want to upload some black and white images for some time.
I am really eager to know what you think about it, composition was the only was possible to include the stairway, I like its positioning on the side.
I find light is good, too, but I want your opinions!!!
Wishing you all a splendid week!
Details
- CANON 400d, EF-S 10-22 @ 10mm, f/11, 25 s, ISO 100.
- B+W ND 110 (10 stops ND filter)
- Tripod
The shot
Like many of my previous uploads, shot in Sestri Levante on October, 10th.
The Processing
Capture one
- Some shadow/highlight recovery
Photoshop:
- Converted to black and white using a Silver EFEX Pro
- Created NINE Overlay layers to adjust light (this one really needed it)
- Multiplied the sky
- Added a Level layer to improve contrast
- Used Distort tool to level the horizon
- Improved microcontrast with Unsharp Mask
- Resized
- Sharpened (SS + More Accurate, rocks only)
- Framing and signature.
Take a look at it, LARGE on Black :
@ You all
Comments, faves and critiques are always welcomed!
I would really like to thank you all for the visits, comments and fave on my last one!
Explore Highest position # 134 on Sunday, September 7, 2008
Butterfly in Bangkok, Thailand. Don't know the name, I'm still practicing for a nice butterfly macro one.:)
ผีเสื้อที่สวนรถไฟ กทม.
Exposure: 1/180, Aperture: f/27, Focal Length: 105 mm, ISO: 400
Nikon D80, Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR Micro
Originally constructed in 1940, the fire lookout sits at an altitude of 11,402 feet with 360-degree views of the surrounding mountains. It was later retired from fire service and after several years of neglect, a team of people worked to restore the structure. It is now used for short term rental.
Highest Explore Position #455 ~ On Saturday June 19th 2010.
Western Lowland Gorilla - London Zoo, London, England - Monday June 7th 2010.
Mahagoni-Hochzeitstag nächstes Jahr
Highest position: 213 on Wednesday, June 27, 2018 on Explore
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Der Aussichtsturm in Dürrenmettstetten ist ein inzwischen auch überregional sehr bekannter Aussichtsturm am Rande des Schwarzwalds, ähnlich dem Vogteiturm in Loßburg.
Er wurde 1998 von den Natur- und Wanderfreunden Dürrenmettstetten mit viel Eigenleistung und Spenden errichtet. Der Standpunkt des Turms ist genau 676 Meter über NN und mit einer Turmhöhe von 24 Metern befindet sich die Aussichtsplattform genau auf 700 Meter über NN.
Schon aus der Weite ist der imposante Turm auf dem Höhenplateau zwischen Oberiflingen und Dürrenmettstetten zu sehen.
Um so weiter ist jedoch die Sicht auf dem Turm, welcher ein lückenloses 360° Panorama ermöglicht!
Dabei reicht die Sicht vom Heckengäu über den Schönbuch bis nach Tübingen. Hier folgt das Panorama der Achalm (707 Meter über NN) bei Reutlingen in Richtung des Albtrauf der schwäbischen Alb. Über den Blick auf die Burg Hohenzollern geht es weiter in Richtung des Plettenbergs bei Balingen. Von hier aus ist bei sehr guter Sicht auch das Panorama der Alpen in der Zentralschweiz sichtbar. Über den Verlauf des Neckartals geht es dann weiter Richtung Südschwarzwald, wo unter anderem bei guter Sicht der Feldbergturm gut erkennbar ist. Dazwischen ist bei sehr guten Sichtverhältnissen der Blick auf das Berner Oberland mit den bekannten Gipfeln Mönch und Jungfrau gegeben. Das letzte Stück des Panoramas folgt vom Südschwarzwals in Richtung Nordschwarzwald. Hier ist unter anderem Freudenstadt erkennbar und ein Stück weiter der Gipfelrücken der Hornisgrinde mit Aussichtsturm.
Das gesamte Panorama (inklusive markanter Orientierungspunkten) wird über vier Aussichtstafeln beschrieben.
Wer mehr zum Turmbau und dessen Entstehung auch in Bildern erfahren möchte, kann dies auf der Homepage der Natur- und Wanderfreunde Dürrenmettstetten tun.