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Using Macro Lens at about two feet...This is precisely why it is called a Mexican Long Tongued Bat, it is in my back porch. No editing, no
crop, shot in RAW.
Date: mid 11th century, more precisely in 1060. Style: Bayon Built during the reign: Udayadityavarmana II This huge temple-mountain, located in the northwest of the Bayon was the state temple of King Yasodharapury- capital Udayadityavarmana II, and is still quite impressive being recently renovated, and at the end of the 13th century , earned the following description of a Chinese diplomat Zhou Daguana ". to the north of the Golden Tower (Bayona) at a distance of about two hundred yards, Bronze Tower rises even above the Golden Tower This is a truly amazing spectacle, with more than ten rooms at its base"
Fantastic Caverns- America's Ride-Through Cave - is a family owned business. It was discovered in 1862 by a farmer - or more precisely, by his dog, who crawled through an entrance. It wasn't until five years later that the first exploration took place: 12 women from Springfield, answering a newspaper ad seeking explorers, ventured into the cave. Their names remain on a cave wall today.
The cave was used as a meeting place for the Klu Klux Klan, and as a speakeasy during Prohibition.
Because the beauty of Fantastic Caverns is vulnerable, the Cave is toured in jeep-drawn trams. Since you ride all of the way through, you experience the magnitude, the stillness, and the splendor of Fantastic Caverns while preserving its natural features.
Una vista de la Vía Láctea desde el hemisferio sur, mas precisamente en la Patagonia Austral (Provincia de Santa Cruz, Argentina). Esta foto es una panorámica de 50 fotos sacadas durante una 1 hora de trabajo (fue el tiempo que me tomó) y luego unidas durante el procesamiento.
ENGLISH CAPTION: "Alone and facing the immensity..." View of the milky way in the southern hemisphere, most precisely in Southern Patagonia (Santa Cruz Province, Argentina). This is a 50-picture panorama captured during 1 hour of work and then merged during post processing.
30 sec @ ƒ 4 @ ISO 6400 (Panorama)
Canon EOS Rebel T3i
Canon EF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 II
Tripode Manfrotto 190 Xprob + Cabezal Manfrotto 327rc2
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Using the world wide web and because our solar system works like clockwork, or rather since our clocks are based on our movement in our solar system, it has become very easy to precisely predict when and where the moon will rise above the horizon and to witness the magic of our immediate universe. This helped me select an interesting venue for capturing the rise of last evening’s full moon over the frozen St-Lawrence’s Thousand Islands, which occurred 40 minutes before sunset, hence concurrently affording plenty of illumination to the landscape. However, the natural light dimmed that reflected by the moon with a soft atmospheric haze near the horizon further masking the immediately rising earth’s satellite. As a result, the moon was essentially invisible until it had reached a 2° elevation or four times its 0.5° angular size above the horizon. Thankfully, the surrounding ground topography could be used to sort of recreating the moon rise closer to the “horizon” as illustrated herein. Because the moon was lit straight on, it lacked the topographical details of its craters and appeared flat, which is why I often prefer to shoot the moon during its crescent or gibbous phases when the angle of sunlight creates shadows that enhance the appearance of moon surface features.
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
On the border between agriculture and nature. The late grazing light fell precisely on the jagged trunks.
Zwarte Venen - Ganzeplas (Staphorst NL)
Genevieve is the one with the flag held high. I was chosen because I am precisely 72 inches tall and have a very cute butt in Bellbottom dungarees.
My name is Ousman Banse, I live in San Liberale in Treviso, I have lived here since I was born and my parents were born in Africa, precisely in Burkina Faso, and moved here to Italy about 25 years ago. I study at Riccatti and am in my first year, which I am about to complete.
I have been playing football since I was five years old, and since I started I have never thought of quitting, I hope one day to be able to fulfil this desire of mine.
My name is Ismael, I live in Treviso in a small neighbourhood called San Liberale. I was born in Castagnole and moved with my brother here to san Liberale in 2019. My parents are originally from Burkina Faso and have lived in Italy for thirty-five years.
I'm attending the Riccatti school, I'm in my second year and I'm thinking of changing class because I don't fit in.
I dream of becoming a footballer, I've been playing football since I was eight years old and every three years I changed teams because I didn't fit in, I hope my dream can one day become reality.
My name is Aldo Ruggia, I live near the city centre and I've lived here since I was a child even though I was born in Calabria as my parents are.
I attend the Duca degli Abruzzi school of applied sciences. I'm doing well and I want to continue on this path to become a doctor. I hope my dreams will come true.
I am Soulemane Gouvem (...)
Villaggio coordinato san Liberale, May 2022
Blooming bilberry. Taken in the forest, not far from the housing estate where I live :)
Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) is a species of shrub with edible fruit of blue color, more precisely called common bilberry or blue whortleberry. It is found natively in Europe, northern Asia, Greenland, Iceland, Western Canada, and the Western United States. It occurs in the wild on heathlands and acidic soils. Its berry has been long consumed in the Old World. It is related to the widely cultivated North American blueberry. The bilberry fruit is smaller than that of the blueberry and similar in taste. Bilberries are darker in colour, and usually appear near black with a slight shade of blue. While the blueberry's fruit pulp is light green, the bilberry's is red or purple, heavily staining the fingers and lips of consumers eating the raw fruit. Vaccinium myrtillus fruits has been used for nearly 1,000 years in traditional European medicine for treatment of disorders of the gastrointestinal tract and diabetes. In cooking, the bilberry fruit is commonly used for the same purposes as the American blueberry such as pies, cakes, jams, muffins, cookies, sauces, syrups, juices, and candies.
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Kwitnące jagody. Pstryknięte w lesie niedaleko mojego osiedla :)
Borówka czarna (Vaccinium myrtillus) – gatunek rośliny wieloletniej z rodziny wrzosowatych. Ma wiele nazw zwyczajowych, m.in. jagoda, czarna jagoda, czernica. Roślina jest szeroko rozprzestrzeniona w Azji, Europie i Ameryce Północnej na obszarach o klimacie umiarkowanym i arktycznym. W Polsce jest pospolita zarówno na nizinach, jak i w górach. Jest wykorzystywana szeroko jako roślina jadalna i lecznicza. Znaczenie gospodarcze borówki czarnej pozostaje wysokie mimo silnej konkurencji znacznie bardziej plennych borówek północnoamerykańskich, których owoce mają uboższy skład chemiczny od czernicy. Owoce borówki czarnej były od dawna bardzo istotne dla Słowian i ludów północnej Europy. Używano jej owoców jako lekarstwa przy biegunkach i krwawej dyzenterii. Zastosowanie takie utrzymało się w lecznictwie ludowym, przy czym często zalecano je także w większych dawkach przeciw owsikom. Ponadto owoce borówki czarnej oferowane i spożywane są w postaci świeżej, suszonej, mrożonej oraz jako składnik przetworów takich jak dżemy, ciasta, soki oraz ciekłe lub sproszkowane koncentraty, będące suplementem diety. Przetwory z jagód wyróżniają się długą trwałością.
[Explore 31/08/2013]
..or more precisely grazing at The Devil's Kneading Trough, Wye on the North Downs. When I saw the group of white cows munching grass on the edge of the hill my immediate thought was that this would make a fun panoramic image. The multi-RAW files were stitched in CS6 and tweaked in Lightroom 5.
This is possibly my last post on Flickr with the D5000, as today I treated myself to a Nikon D7100 ;) I'm very excited to try it out!
Smile on Saturday: Open Day Theme
This is a picture of my dance school's annual show, and more precisely, a picture of my contemporary class. I wasn't able to dance this particular piece because it was extremely technical and it would have been impossible because of my ankle problems. (I did dance another piece with them, a very fun one, and it felt great.) Anyway, this piece started in the dark, stage lights off, and the dancers held lamps, their faces illuminated and then fading again in the darkness as they raised and lowered the lamps. They started in two circles, then formed lines and performed a very intricate and coordinated work, still in the dark. The effect was absolutely stunning.
CROR rule 110 states that ; "When performing a train or transfer inspection, the locomotive engineer will inspect the near side". And it's precisely what locomotive engineer C.R does as eastbound L57321-23 flies by at Greening.
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The Heel Stone at Stonehenge is a natural stone, which has not been worked by tools, and extends someway underground. It weighs around 35 tonnes. It marks precisely the direction of the midwinter sunset and midsummer sunrise in relation to the main group of stones. Unfortunately, I dn't quite get the sunset I hoped for at Winter Solstice 2023, but there was at least some colour in the clouds.
I live only a short drive from Stonehenge, dating to around 2,300 BC in its current form, is one of the world's most mysterious and iconic sites, but I don't often go there to take photos: it's expensive to get in and the crowds can make it difficult to get good shots.
One of my parishioners asked me to take her there so she could watch the winter solstice sunset. Around 6,000 people had been there to see the sunrise that morning, but at sunset there were maybe 100 or 150. The horizon was cloudy at sunset itself, but I did get some great shots of the stones about 20-30 minutes before sunset. It was a very windy afternoon.
For this image I made two shots.
One overexposed to the sea and an underexposed to the ciero.
To shoot the stones at the bottom of the sea I used a polarizer and a 3-stop filter to smooth the water.
This location is located near Sestri Levante and more precisely in Riva Trigoso.
It is a place full of rocks and rocks, a destination for fishermen and bathers.
"Lucem Diffundo (I Spread the Light)"
Palmer's Island LightNew Bedford Harbor, Massachusetts
February 11, 2022 at 9:02PM
The City's Motto is "Lucem Diffundo." This translates precisely as " I Diffuse Light." It can also be interpreted as "I Spread the Light." It has often been incorrectly translated as "I Light the World." The author of the motto remains undiscovered, however, there is a good chance that it was Abraham Howland, the city's first mayor, or one of his circle of friends. It has been widely printed that "Lucem Diffundo" is an allusion to New Bedford's leading role in the whale oil trade. This is certainly a reasonable assumption, however, the motto has at least two other meanings.
"Lucem Diffundo" is a 'personification' of the lighthouse depicted in the center of the seal. The lighthouse is saying to the viewer, "I diffuse Light." Palmer's Island Lighthouse still stands in New Bedford's inner harbor and was restored and re-lighted by the city in 1999 on the light's 150th anniversary. The original seal, first crudely drawn in 1847, depicted only the lighthouse with the motto, "Lucem Diffundens," which translates to "Diffusing Light," or the lighthouse as saying "I am diffusing light." Howland and the new city fathers were predominately Quakers. Followers of the religious teachings of Englishman, George Fox, the Quakers referred to themselves as the "Society of Friends" and "Children of the Light." Their spiritual mission in life was to spread (diffuse) the "Inner Light of Christ" to all they encountered. So here they were, the Children of the Light, employed in the lighting industry, supplying whale oil to the entire world for lighting! In addition, New Bedford held all the federal contracts which supplied whale oil for the young nation's system of lighthouses. Imagine the power and significance of "Lucem Diffundo" to them as they spread spiritual and physical light to all they met. Surely, the Scripture from St. Matthew held great meaning to them: "I am the Light of the World. A city that is set on a hill shall not be hid." Indeed, the biblical references in the seal's design remain to this day.
In the foreground is the Fairhaven shore, with the Acushnet River almost seeming like the River Jordan, with the city set on its hill in the distance, like the promised land. In the harbor is depicted a steamship, representing the future and a whale ship representing the past, with Palmer's Island and its Lighthouse in the center, a spiritual and physical beacon to all who arrived in this world port built by light. Certainly, the Quakers saw their wealth and success as a sign of divine approval.
The spirit of "Lucem Diffundo" lives on today, though less widely known. It is this spirit which keeps its adherents resilient and tenacious in the face of all obstacles for the betterment of this great city by the sea. Source: FOTW Homepage
Palmer Island Light Station is a historic lighthouse in New Bedford Harbor in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. The lighthouse was built in 1849 out of stone rubble. It was discontinued when the harbor's hurricane barrier was built in the early 1960s, as its location immediately north of the barrier was no longer an outlying danger and there are lights on either side of the barrier opening.
From 1888 until 1891 it served, with Fairhaven Bridge Light, as a range light to guide vessels past Butler Flats, a rocky shoal on the west side of the entrance channel.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Palmer Island Light Station on March 26, 1980.
This incredible spur of rock is located in the municipality of Elva and more precisely on Colle San Giovanni, a few dozen metres from the chapel of the same name, Suspended in the void, it affords a breathtaking view of the mountains: Bettone, Chersogno, Marchisa, Pelvo and Monviso. If you lower your gaze, you will have the entire Vallone di Elva at your feet.
Actually, it is not this single rock that is called Fremo Cuncunà, but the group of rocks that form a very unusual figure: that of a ‘crouching woman‘, which in Occitan is called Fremo Cuncunà. If you want to see this figure in full, the best view is from the Vallone di Elva road.
However, due to the risk of falling rocks, the road has been closed to traffic for several years, and since then the condition of the road surface has deteriorated significantly.
*Horizon:
The line that separates earth from sky. More precisely, it is the line that divides all of the directions you can possibly look into, into two categories: those which intersect the Earth, and those which do not. At many locations, the true horizon is obscured by trees, buildings, mountains, etc. The resulting intersection of earth and sky is instead known as the visible horizon.
Depth of Field! . St-Ursule, Québec, Canada.
PixQuote:
" I have two pairs of eyes – one to paint and one to take photographs."
-Jacques Henri Lartigue
Note:
Historically, the distance to the visible horizon has been extremely important as it represented the maximum range of communication and vision before the development of the radio and the telegraph.
Either my town has no sense of humor or Mari became a little Desperate!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisteria_Lane
Mari joined my B girl family precisely because she reminded me of me. We have the same hair, but she wears the red lipstick.
This scene is precisely what I seek in a good summer holiday - to find myself in the middle of nowhere with an open road and blue skies.
Middle of Nowhere, Nevada USA
(July 24, 2012)
Most citizens of Eisenach, a former communist town in central Germany, know precisely how their long-running Bach legacy began. They tell the tale of the Hungarian miller Vitus Bach who, fleeing persecution for his Lutheran beliefs in the 16th century, ended up in Eisenach, where his religion's founder, Martin Luther had spent his childhood and translated the New Testament.
Around a century later, in 1685, Johann Sebastian Bach was born. His father, Ambrosius Bach, was the town musician and Bach junior often accompanied him to the town hall tower where twice a day he played sonatas, dances and chorales on his trumpet.
Eisenach is now launching a campaign to publicise its association with the most famous of all baroque musicians after decades during which the composer was hijacked by various ideologies, including nazism and communism.
- The Guardian 7/4/07
Nature. The most beautiful thing in the world is, precisely, the conjunction of learning and inspiration. Oh, the passion for research and the joy of discovery!
My wife did a remarkable job of staying precisely still for the 13-second exposure that was needed for this shot. The Atlantic Ocean was anything but calm, but such is the beauty of long exposures. The post-rain clouds were deadly, and were balanced against the foreground using two stacked 1-stop GND filters and a 3-stop ND filter.
ISO 100, F11, 13-second exposure, Canon L-Series 17-40MM @25MM. Tripod.
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Back from a holiday from France and more precisely Brittany and parts of Normandy, the first week a lot of clouds and rain, unfortunately the sun broke through here at this world famous heritage site and then disappeared for the rest of the afternoon....
This 360° panorama was captured from the Atacama Desert in Chile, one of the most suitable places on Earth for astronomical observation, and more precisely from the European Observatory of "La Silla". Note that the dome in the foreground is the home of the TRAPPIST Telescope, which discovered the famous system of 7-earth-size exoplanets around a red-dwarf star called TRAPPIST-1!)
Anyway, this image not only shows the Milky Way spanning over the entire field of view but also an impressive amount of strange colorful wave-like structures in the whole sky!
This orange/red light emitted at 85 km altitude (and higher) does not originate from artificial light pollution or high altitude clouds.
This rare phenomenon called Airglow is entirely natural and originates from an interaction between the Ultra-violet light of our Sun and the particles of the upper layers of the atmosphere.
During the day, the highly energetic UV light of the sun hits the atoms of oxygen, sodium, nitrogen...etc of the Earth's atmosphere. This absorption of energy puts them in an excited state that only waits for an external process to be able to release this excess of energy.
Using Chemiluminescence, the atoms of the atmosphere are slowly releasing this absorbed UV-llight into visible light, before going back to their stable energy state.
The emission of light, whose color depends on the chemical element involved in the reaction (oxygen for red airglow, sodium for green airglow), continues even during night-time when the sun has set for few hours.
As a fluid, Airglow follows the air flow of the atmosphere and the variation of gravity field caused by the topography of the ground, which produces the so-called "gravity waves" (not gravitational waves!).
These gravity waves are what make the main spatial feature of airglow in the sky: wave-like and ripple-like structures, with strong inhomogeneities.
Red and orange airglow (even a little bit of green) were very strong during that night in Chile! Even though this natural phenomenon is very common in this region of the world, it is usually not as intense as it was during that night!
You can also spot the zodiacal light, a tilted cone of blue light starting from the lower horizon and extending to the galactic center.
This leads to a new definition of what a high-quality sky for stargazing really is: not a dark-sky but a sky under which the rarest and the dimmest natural phenomena can be seen, revealing the true colors of the sky!
The two photographers next to the TRAPPIST observatory are Norédine and Olivia, two astronomy social enthusiasts of our group of 8 which was chosen by ESO to participate to its #MeeESO event.
The other observatories visible in this image are (from right to left) : the Danish 0.5-meter telescope, the ESO-0.5-meter telescope, the ESO-1.52-meter telescope and finally the tiny illuminated dome in the top horizon is the huge ESO-3.6-meter telescope.
17 images were captured and stitched together to form this 360° panoramic view. Neither photo blending/digital art nor over-exaggerated colors/contrasts. The success of this panorama holds in the fact that I used an ultra wide angle lens : a Sigma 14 mm F/1.8 which enabled me to capture far less images and to spend far less time than if I had used a standard lens (35 mm focal length).
TECHNICAL DETAILS
📷 Canon 6D + Sigma Art 14 mm + Standard Tripod
→ Single 20 seconds exposure
→ ISO 6400
→ 14 mm
→ f/1.8
→ 17-image stitching to make this 360 panorama
→ No photo blending, each image of this panoram is a "one-shot".
Softwares: Dxo Optics pro 9 for noise reduction / Microsoft ICE for panorama / Photoshop/Lightroom for all the edits.
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Today, it was a clear and beautiful day, and around 8:10pm Manhattan flooded dramatically with sunlight just as the Sun set precisely on the centerline of every street for what is locally called "Manhattanhenge". Normally, the tall buildings that line the gridded streets of New York City's tallest borough hide the setting Sun.
This effect makes Manhattan a type of modern Stonehenge, although only aligned to 28.9 degrees east of north. Were Manhattan's road grid perfectly aligned to east and west, the effect would occur on the Vernal and Autumnal Equinox, March 20th and September 21st, the only two days that the Sun rises and sets due east and west.
Friday (May 30th) is the prime day to view this effect however I will not be in the city so I took this image on Thursday and the effect was still rather dramatic and awe inspiring. There was quite the crowd of photographers (about 6 deep) on the Tudor City Place bridge over 42nd Street. You can see some of the photographers dodging traffic in the lower half of the image lined up on the center-line of 42nd Street.
The current Via dell'Inferno was known in the 15th century as Via di Nostra Signora dell'Avesa, after the church of the same name, which was now number 3 and of which traces of a fresco (seriously degraded and defaced by remarkably stupid vandals) remain under the portico.
Between the 16th and 17th centuries, Inferno was a toponym that referred not only to the current Via dell'Inferno, but also to Via dei Giudei, and the reason for this name was explained precisely by the presence of the Jewish ghetto, which meant that the inhabitants of this area were destined for Hell.
However, the toponym, documented as early as the beginning of the 15th century, is much older than the creation of the ghetto in this area (mid-16th century).
The Inferno, documented at the beginning of the 15th century, is said to be near the butchers' shops of the Mercato di Mezzo, where the pig skinning shop was located, described in the Galleria Giovanni Acquaderni entry, and already operational at the end of the 14th century.
The Napoleonic reform of 1801 attributed the street name Inferno to this street, which was confirmed as Via Inferno with the reform of 1873/78.
From what we've seen, it's clear that Inferno did not originate from the presence of the Jews, given that the name is much older than the creation of the ghetto.
Instead, it seems that the skinning shop (or skinning shop) played an important role in the birth of the name Inferno: the first documents mentioning Inferno, as we've just seen, refer to the existing butchers' shops, or rather, the skinning shop that was already operational in the final years of the 14th century. The skinning mill exploited the waters of the Aposa stream, which were evidently used to eliminate the stinking waste from the slaughterhouse.
It is likely that it was precisely the infernal stench emanating from the waste from the skinning mill and carried by the waters of the Aposa, which ran uncovered alongside Via dell'Inferno until the 19th century, that gave rise to the toponym (place name) Inferno, later becoming an odonym (street name).
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La actual Via dell'Inferno se conocía en el siglo XV como Via di Nostra Signora dell'Avesa, por la iglesia del mismo nombre, que entonces era el número 3 y de la que aún se conservan restos de un fresco (gravemente deteriorado y desfigurado por vándalos increíblemente ineptos) bajo el pórtico.
Entre los siglos XVI y XVII, Inferno era un topónimo que se refería no solo a la actual Via dell'Inferno, sino también a Via dei Giudei, y el motivo de este nombre se explicaba precisamente por la presencia del gueto judío, lo que significaba que los habitantes de esta zona estaban destinados al infierno.
Sin embargo, el topónimo, documentado ya a principios del siglo XV, es mucho más antiguo que la creación del gueto en esta zona (mediados del siglo XVI).
Se dice que la calle Inferno, documentada a principios del siglo XV, se encontraba cerca de las carnicerías del Mercato di Mezzo, donde estaba ubicada la desolladora de cerdos, descrita en la entrada de la Galleria Giovanni Acquaderni, y que ya estaba en funcionamiento a finales del siglo XIV.
La reforma napoleónica de 1801 atribuyó el nombre de calle Inferno a esta calle, que se confirmó como Via Inferno con la reforma de 1873/78.
Por lo que hemos visto, es evidente que el nombre Inferno no se originó por la presencia judía, dado que es mucho más antiguo que la creación del gueto.
En cambio, parece que la desolladora desempeñó un papel importante en el origen del nombre Inferno: los primeros documentos que mencionan Inferno, como acabamos de ver, se refieren a las carnicerías existentes, o más bien, a la desolladora que ya estaba en funcionamiento a finales del siglo XIV. La fábrica de desollar aprovechaba las aguas del arroyo Aposa, que evidentemente se utilizaban para eliminar los fétidos desechos del matadero.
Es probable que fuera precisamente el hedor infernal que emanaba de los desechos de la fábrica de desollar y que era transportado por las aguas del Aposa, que corría al descubierto junto a la Via dell'Inferno hasta el siglo XIX, lo que dio origen al topónimo «Inferno», que más tarde se convirtió en nombre de calle.
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L'attuale via dell'Inferno era nota nel XV secolo come via di Nostra Signora dell'Avesa, dalla chiesa omonima che era all'odierno numero 3 e di cui si conserva traccia di affresco (assai degradato e deturpato da vandali di rilevante stupidità) sotto al portico.
Tra XVI e XVII secolo, Inferno era toponimo che indicava non solo l’attuale via dell’Inferno, ma anche via dei Giudei, e si spiegava la ragione di tale nome, appunto, con la presenza del ghetto ebraico, per cui gli abitanti di questa zona erano destinati all’Inferno.
Senonchè il toponimo, documentato già all’inizio del XV secolo, è molto più antico della creazione del ghetto in questa zona (metà del XVI secolo).
L’Inferno documentato all’inizio del XV secolo è detto essere vicino alle beccarie del Mercato di Mezzo, dove era lo scorticatoio dei maiali, descritto nella scheda di Galleria Giovanni Acquaderni, e già operativo alla fine del XIV secolo.
La riforma napoleonica del 1801 attribuì l’odonimo Inferno a questa via, confermato in via Inferno con la riforma nel 1873/78.
Da quanto visto, è evidente che Inferno non originò dalla presenza degli Ebrei, visto che l'odonimo è parecchio più antico della creazione del ghetto.
Sembra invece che lo scorticatoio (o pellatoio) abbia avuto parte importante per la nascita dell'odonimo Inferno: i primi documenti che citano Inferno, si è visto poc’anzi, fanno riferimento alle beccarie (macellerie) esistenti, ovvero al pellatoio che era già operativo negli ultimi anni del XIV secolo. Il pellatoio sfruttava le acque del torrente Aposa che evidentemente venivano usate per eliminare gli scarti ammorbanti del macello.
E’ probabile che sia stato proprio il fetore ... infernale emanato dagli scarti del pellatoio e trascinati dalle acque dell'Aposa, che correva scoperto a fianco di via dell'Inferno fino al XIX secolo ad originare il toponimo (nome di luogo) Inferno, per poi diventare odonimo (nome di via).
I liked this one because of how my new camera focuses so precisely. My old camera stopped focusing at all, by the end, and for a couple of years before that, it was a struggle to get anything to focus.
But my new camera is a joy when it comes to focusing. I was focusing on the little tombstone near the tree, shining in the light, and it is so clear you can read the name on it! I was a good 60 yards away, probably.
Anyway, another one from Spring Grove cemetery and arboretum, a couple of weeks ago when there were still leaves on the trees.
That's precisely the type of guy your mother warned you for! Even though he drives a bourgious Opel Kadett. Somewhere along the nice Italian Alpine lakes perhaps?
Edit: location is Portofino, Italy.
Precisely the least, the softest, lightest, a lizard's rustling, a breath, a flash, a moment
Das Wenigste gerade, das Leiseste, einer Eidechse Rascheln,
ein Hauch, ein Husch, ein Augenblick
(Friedrich Nietzsche)
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Trees on Sandstone Cliff. © Copyright 2021 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
A row of coniferous trees ascends a steep gully on a sandstone cliff face.
There is something compelling about individual or small groups of trees growing in unlikely places. It is hard to precisely describe why this is, but my friend Charles Cramer has referred to photographs of them as “brave little tree” images. (I don’t know if Charlie coined the term, but he’s the first person I heard use it.) Perhaps there is something metaphorical about these trees stand in such places, where they are tall and straight like these examples or twisted and stunted by their stark environment. Whatever the reason, I know I’m not the only person attracted to them.
This group of conifers grows high up on a sandstone cliff in Zion National Park, improbably forming a very tine forest in a very difficult place. Such trees, viewed up close, often seem to thrive on almost nothing at all, putting roots down in little more than cracks in the rock. This group rises from a cluster of smaller shrubs and trees to a few larger trees in the widest part of the ledge, and then the trees continue upwards, diminishing in size.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.
I spotted this Monarch on two straight days, in precisely the same place. It was significantly damaged, and fluttered about more than flew. Still, it moved from blossom to blossom. The power of nature's programming.
Leica x1
it's good being back on Flickr. Photography, and more precisely the art of composition and framing is so valuable not only for my photography side, but also "de facto" for my concept art side.
i could spend hours trying to define and improve a compo within photoshop. and photography does help a lot. framing a scene in a snap, doing the best choice in order to get a theme or a subject speak to the eye is an excitement in so many ways.
oh and it's fun having a photo in Explore. like in the good old days.
thanks Steven for pointing that out.
Night shot taken on June 13th 2012, at 11:23 p.m. portraying a sector of the Milky Way (precisely the Great Rift) heading south, right over the mountains Levanne north faces.
On the right is visible the constellation Scorpius, with the red supergiant Antares.
Location: Nivolet (2.641 m), Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy
The slight light pollution comes from two dams below and the area of Ceresole Reale.
In the foreground, a bit in the dark, you can see the last curve of the street that reaches the summit of this alpine pass.
Actually this area is called "belvedere", which means viewpoint.
Obviously the road is available only during spring/summer (with some quite correct traffic restrictions on weekends). During autumn/winter everything is submerged in snow and ice.
I will have to return soon to this dreamy place, to wander with snowshoes, alone, into the white silent immensity.
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©Roberto Bertero, All Rights Reserved. This image is not available for use on websites, blogs or other media without the explicit written permission of the photographer.
Nature. The most beautiful thing in the world is, precisely, the conjunction of learning and inspiration. Oh, the passion for research and the joy of discovery!
A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
This is precisely what we must prevent: being satisfied that it is over and attempt to patch up one's life, without demanding responsibility, because nothing we have lived will ever end if we are satisfied with having obtained a free time that can be revoked in any moment. We will have to find the jailers.
Another spider shot taken in the field by the burn by my house. I like how each of this spider's legs is precisely placed on the web. I'm no use at IDing spiders, and not sure if this is the same species as any of the others I've uploaded recently, or something different. There was also what looked like a thickened part in the middle of the web (unfortunately completely blew the highlights here!); was this anything interesting?
Not precisely a 45 degree view but close.
House On The Rock, Wisconson, USA
SLR Magic 25mm f1.4 Cine
Norwegen / Buskerud - Hallingskarvet-Nationalpark
On the way back from Prestholtskarvet.
Auf dem Weg zurück vom Prestholtskarvet.
Hallingskarvet National Park (Norwegian: Hallingskarvet nasjonalpark) is a national park in central Norway that was established by the government on 22 December 2006. The park is located in the municipalities of Hol (Buskerud county), Ulvik and Aurland (both in Vestland county). More precisely, the park comprises the Hallingskarv plateau and the high mountain areas to the west of it. It includes the Vargebreen glacier as well as the valleys of Såtedalen, Lengjedalen, Ynglesdalen, and parts of Raggsteindalen.
The national park covers 450 square kilometres (170 sq mi) of the Hallingskarvet mountain range and hosts large stocks of wild reindeer, an important factor in the establishment of the park. The highest point in the national park is Folarskardnuten which reaches an elevation of 1,933 metres (6,342 ft) above sea level.
The landscape of Hallingskarvet was shaped by multiple ice ages. The park shows the geological history and the connection between this history and the variation in the species living there. It includes areas of special value and which are home to threatened or vulnerable species such as Draba cacuminum (whitlow-grass) and Botrychium lanceolatum (lance-leaf grapefern).
The Bergen Line runs along the southern boundary of the park. There is no road access to the southern side of the park, so Finse Station, a stop on the railway line, is one of the few ways that people can access this part of the park. The Norwegian County Road 50 runs near the northern boundary of the park.
Protection and use
The main objective of this national park is to preserve a large, unique, and largely untouched area in order to protect the landscape and the biome with its ecosystem, species and populations of, amongst others, the wild reindeer. The protection is designed to safeguard a characteristic element needed to understand the geological history of the Norwegian landscape. It is also designed to protect valuable elements of the cultural heritage.
The park is open to the traditional forms of outdoor activities which require little or no technical means.
Name
The first element is halling (inhabitant of the Hallingdal valley) and the last is the finite form of skarv (mountain or mountainous area without vegetation).
(Wikipedia)
Der Hallingskarvet-Nationalpark (norwegisch Hallingskarvet nasjonalpark) ist ein südnorwegischer Nationalpark. Er umfasst das Hallingskarvet-Hochplateau und erstreckt sich über das Gebiet der Gemeinden Hol (Provinz Buskerud), Ulvik und Aurland (Provinz Vestland) gehört.
Gegründet wurde der Park am 22. Dezember 2006, um die dortige große, unverwechselbare und nahezu unberührte Bergregion, die Artenvielfalt von Flora und Fauna und die dort heimischen Bergrentiere zu schützen. Der Park grenzt an das Naturschutzgebiet Skaupsjøen/Hardangerjøkulen und das Biotop Finse.
Im Süden des Parkes führen sowohl die Bergenbahn als auch die Reichsstraße 7 vorbei.
Geologie, Landschaft und Geografie
Der Nationalpark umfasst größtenteils das Hallingskarvethochplateau, welches aufgrund der Kaledonischen Orogenese entstand. Das vorherrschende Gesteinsmaterial der Bergkette ist präkambrisches Pluton.
Der höchste Berg ist der Folarskardnuten mit 1.933 m. Im Hallingskarvet befindet sich auch Norwegens höchster See, der Flakavatnet, welcher auf 1.453 m Höhe liegt.
Flora
Die Pflanzenwelt gestaltet sich mit über 300 verschiedenen Arten sehr vielfältig. Die am weitesten verbreiteten Pflanzen sind der Weiße Silberwurz, Knöllchen-Knöterich und Herbst-Löwenzahn. In den höheren Lagen kommen vor allem Dreiblatt-Binsen, Polarsimsen, Moosheide und Gletscher-Hahnenfuß vor.
Fauna
Im Park gibt es an größeren Säugetieren Bergrentiere, Elche, Rehe, Polarfüchse und Schneehasen. Nördlich des Parks leben zudem Vielfraße.
Die größten Greifvögel sind Steinadler, Gerfalke, Turmfalke und Raufußbussard. Der Kolkrabe ist im Hallingskarvet ebenfalls heimisch.
Kulturerbe
Im Nationalpark wurden verschiedene Jagdutensilien gefunden, die auf eine prähistorische/historische Nutzung der Berge als Jagd- und/oder Siedlungsgebiet schließen lassen.
Im 17. bis 19. Jahrhundert lag der Park entlang einer wichtigen Handelsroute. Einfache Übernachtungshütten, sog. lægre, zeugen noch heute davon. Im Jahre 1880 ließ der englische Graf Lord Garvagh eine steinerne Jagdhütte, die Lordehytta, errichten, um in der näheren Umgebung auf Rentierjagd zu gehen.
Verwaltung und Tourismus
Der Norwegische Wanderverein unterhält im Park die Hütten Finsehytta im Süden und Geiterygghytta im Norden. Private Unterkünfte gibt es im Raggsteindalen und bei Haugastøl. Zwischen den Hütten gibt es markierte Wanderwege.
Zwischen Finse und Ustaoset verläuft ein Stück des Skarverennet durch den Park. Im Süden des Parks verläuft zudem der Rallarvegen.
(Wikipedia)
[...] No one can construct for you the bridge upon which precisely you must cross the stream of life, no one but you yourself alone [...]
-- Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
Nikon D200, Samyang 8mm, f/3.5 fisheye, 8mm - f/10 - 1/160s HDR 5xp +2/-2EV
Madrid, Spain (June, 2019)
The autumnal equinox arrives precisely at 4:21 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015 in the U.S.A. People celebrate this moment across the world because that is exactly the time when the sun passes directly over the equator.
What time will the equinox be where I live?
Eastern Daylight Time: 4:21 a.m.
Central Daylight Time: 3:21 a.m.
Mountain Daylight Time: 2:21 a.m.
Pacific Daylight Time: 1:21 a.m.
For everywhere else around the world, convert your time here.