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A view of the city of Leh from the top of Leh Palace...with just a peak of the Himalayas in the background.
A shot down into the chaos of Kathmandu's Thamel Market - the beautiful, dirty, chaotic, sacred and fantastic city of Kathmandu Nepal!
While I visited Thicksey Monastery it was a week long prayer festival - this included a lot of chanting interspersed with music. Seen here some young monks add to the music with the blowing of a conch shell and beating of a drum. Note the monk on the right is sleeping - during my time there the young monks went from sleeping to wrestling to throwing grains of rice back and forth - was great to see that even thought they are monks kids will be kids!
One of the coldest shots I have ever taken. Looking across frozen prayer flags to the 'Dried Lake' (5297m/17319 ft) and beyond towards Changtse (7553m/24780 ft) in Tibet. You can see the Khumbu Icefall making its way down to the right of the photo with Everest just off frame to the right. The photo taken from the pre- dawn summit of Kala Pattar (5545m/18192ft) after climbing up with headtorch. Shot taken on Fuji Velvia slide film.
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Stupa of Swayambhunath (aka "Monkey Temple"), a temple complex in western Kathmandu, Nepal. The site is essentially Buddhist, but the place is revered by both Buddhists and Hindus. The Eyes of Buddha, painted on all sides of the stupa, symbolize the Buddha's wisdom seeing all things. The prayers and mantras on the prayer flags are supposed to be spread by the wind, carrying good will and compassion.
Camera: Ricoh KR-10 Super.
Lens: ?
Fujichrome slide film.
Scanner: Nikon LS-5000 (by jetzt-digital).
Edited with GIMP.
It has been an excellent opportunity for me to grab the permit to visit the newly opened place....
Now civilians are allowed to access Siachen Basecamp, the highest battlefield in the world on the bank of Siachen glacier, the second longest glacier in the world, on the LOC....
The beauty of Karakoram range can be seen from here.
Colourful prayer flags in Siachen basecamp army post in Ladakh Himalayas, India
streaming good luck prayers to you
for good news and good health
and for a good long time more together
deers sammy and maureen ~~
with you there by heart
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Rinpung Dzong, Paro, Bhutan, 2018.
Focus and exposure stacked composite.
“I wonder,” he said, “whether the stars are set alight in heaven so that one day each one of us may find his own again...”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
(Ojibwe proverb)
Traditionally, Tibetian prayer flags are used to promote peace, compassion, strength, and wisdom. The Tibetans believe the prayers and mantras on the prayer flags will be blown by the wind to spread the good will and compassion into all pervading space and bring benefit to all touched by the wind ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_flag
... this flag is (hopefully still) located in the center of my hometown, blowing in the wind ... (haven't been there for ages; taken in March 2020)
Love & Peace !
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I won't have much time for Flickr in the coming days (probably at least for two weeks); so I might be off and on for some time.
Take care, dear Flickr friends !
Bandierine di preghiera mosse dal vento sull'Hmalaya
Prayer flags waved by the wind on the Himalaya
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prayer flags seen all over crested butte, colorado to save red lady mountain from mining. the only link i could find that worked if you want to read more about it.
and the umbrella? just there because it's cute.
Prayer flags at the top of mountain housing the Astronomical Observatory in Hanle valley, Ladakh Himalayas, India
This photo is by April Joy Cody showing some of the prayer flags she creates. I liked her message and wanted to share it on Flickr (with her kind permission).
You can order her prayer flags @ www.etsy.com/shop/awingandaprayerflag .
"Follow your heart....in wisdom.... and in Love."
For Macro Mondays - 5letters (Flags) - each flag measures 2.5 x 2.5 inches. HMM, everyone ! !
These bright and colorful flags feature a Tibetan Windhorse design with various prayers surrounding. Windhorse prayer flags are the most common prayer flags among Buddhists. The image of the Windhorse is drawn on the center of the prayer flag while the outside corners are guarded by the four great animals (Four Dignities): garuda (wisdom), dragon (gentle power), tiger (confidence) and snow lion (fearless joy). Tibetans believe that the prayers and mantras will be blown upwards as an offering and will bring fortune, happiness and good health to all who hang them. Hang these flags to send your prayers into the winds.
and a corn plant .. in our kitchen.
may peace be nurtured heart-by-heart
so All may grow and thrive ~~
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memorial day 2008
A breezy winter morning on Little Hump Mountain.
Our hike up to Little Hump Mountain began in the dark with a wet snowy kind of sleet pouring down and ended on top of the mountain at dawn with strong wind and snow mixed with sleet. At home it was 40 degrees and raining but the forecast called for temperatures around freezing and a dusting of snow in the highest elevations. Todays forecast for the highlands was actually right.
There were about three inches of snow on the ground by the time we decided to cal it a day.
My hike with Dale King. Check out his awesome photography at the following link
Annapurna Circuit: Poon Hill (elevation 3210 metres) near the village of Ghorepani in Myagdi District, Nepal, is a viewpoint from which many peaks of the Annapurna and Dhaulagiri ranges can be seen. Well, unless it is cloudy all over... But the prayer flags blowing in the wind are also nice.
Camera: Ricoh KR-10 Super.
Lens: ?
Fujichrome slide film.
Scanner: Nikon LS-5000 (by jetzt-digital).
Edited with GIMP.