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Yangon also known as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government relocated the administrative functions to the purpose-built capital city of Naypyidaw [nèpjìdɔ̀] in north central Myanmar. With over 5 million people, Yangon is Myanmar's most populous city and its most important commercial centre.
Matera is a city and a province in the region of Basilicata, in Southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Matera and the capital of Basilicata from 1663 to 1806. The town lies in a small canyon carved out by the Gravina. Matera has gained international fame for its ancient town, the "Sassi di Matera". The Sassi originated in a prehistoric troglodyte settlement, and these dwellings are thought to be among the first ever human settlements in what is now Italy. The Sassi are habitations dug into the calcareous rock itself, which is characteristic of Basilicata and Apulia. Many of them are really little more than caverns, and in some parts of the Sassi a street lies on top of another group of dwellings. The ancient town grew up on one slope of the rocky ravine created by a river that is now a small stream, and this ravine is known locally as "la Gravina". In the 1950s, the government of Italy used force to relocate most of the population of the Sassi to areas of the developing modern city.
Until the late 1980s the Sassi was considered an area of poverty, since its dwellings were, and in most cases still are, uninhabitable. The present local administration, however, has become more tourism-oriented, and it has promoted the regeneration of the Sassi with the aid of the Italian government, UNESCO, and Hollywood. Today there are many thriving businesses, pubs, and hotels there.
This cormorant was working one part of the lake, then evidently was dissatisfied, so moved to the west end. Fortunately for me, I was well situated for the flight.
Hundred Avalokitesvaras (Hyakutai Kan'non 百体観音) are located in the Tsugaike settlement at an altitude of 700 m. These stone statues and stelae were donated by local well wishers for safety, health, prosperity etc. They were relocated to this place from their original roadside locations to widen old roads suitable for car traffic in the 19th century.
Avalokitesbara is a Bodhisattva of mercy, which is like a saint of Christianity. He became popular in China and translated to 観音 (Guan'yin). It was pronounced Kwanon and modified later to Kan'non in Japan.
There was a Japanese manufacturer who gave the name of Buddhist deity to its products. The company later considered to modify the brand name to sound more familiar to their international customers while keeping the existing Japanese customers. Kwanon was changed to Canon.
I found its old logo in flickr at flic.kr/p/j4A3NG
It's still "Mother's Day" in my time zone so I'm sneaking this one in under the wire. Long-tailed Weasel mom relocates her youngster, half dragging half carrying. She's probably saying something like "I TOLD you not to play in the street". I'm sure our hard-working moms of the world can relate.
Rustic Accommodations mule barn interior with very weathered wood, old structure relocated to the pioneer village park, shot in North Carolina.
My first attempt at night time photography proved to be a challenging and exciting one.
We planned to capture the super moon at Steetley Pier and had arrived several hours beforehand, to see which would be a good spot. All set and raring to go. it was slightly hilarious when we discovered the Ephamis wasn't quite right and I then had to quickly relocate.
What I'd read and planned all went out the window but I was pleased with this image I managed to capture. Lovely to meet fellow tog Gary Ward down there :)
It has been a good summer in Vancouver for Eastern Warblers, a Chestnut-sided, Ovenbird, Tennessee and now a Black-and-white! This bird was first found by Jacky Ip on July 5th and I was happy to relocate it early this morning.
Had to relocate some mantises that were protecting our cucumber patch so I could remove the old and plant some new. I was worried about doing so thinking it would freak out and move on. It didn't. Just after putting this one down it immediate caught a bug and proceeded to have lunch like business as usual.
Black Skimmers relocating along the shore line on a wind swept day.
From FWC:
Appearance:
The black skimmer is a seabird with defining physical characteristics that make it easily distinguishable from others. The key physical feature of the skimmer is its large red and black bill. The bill begins to widen at the top and gradually becomes smaller as it forms a sharp tip at the end of the bill. The lower part of the bill is longer than the top, which is important because they use their bill to skim along the top of the water to catch fish, for which they are aptly named. Skimmers can reach a height of 19.7 inches (50 centimeters) with a wingspan of 3 to 3.5 feet (.9-1.1 meters) (The Cornell Lab of Ornithology 2011, E. Sachs pers. comm. 2011). Skimmers have a black back, black wings with white edging, and a white belly and head.
The Highland is a Scottish breed of rustic cattle. It originated in the Scottish Highlands and the Outer Hebrides islands of Scotland and has long horns and a long shaggy coat. It is a hardy breed, bred to withstand the intemperate conditions in the region.
Highland cattle descend from the Hamitic Longhorn, which were brought to Britain by Neolithic farmers in the second millennium BC, as the cattle migrated northwards through Africa and Europe. Highland cattle were historically of great importance to the economy, with the cattle being raised for meat primarily and sold in England.
The 1885 herd book describes two distinct types of Highland cattle. One was the West Highland, or Kyloe, originating and living mostly in the Outer Hebrides, which had harsher conditions. These cattle tended to be smaller, to have black coats and, due to their more rugged environment, to have long hair. These cattle were named due to the practice of relocating them. The kyles are narrow straits of water, and the cattle were driven across them to get to market.
The other type was the mainland; these tended to be larger because their pastures provided richer nutrients. They came in a range of colours, most frequently dun or red.[6] These types have now been crossbred so that there is no distinct difference.
Since the early 20th century, breeding stock has been exported to many parts of the world, especially Australia and North America.
It is estimated that there are now around 15,000 Highland cattle in the United Kingdom.
The Heart Mountain War Relocation Center, named after nearby Heart Mountain and located midway between the northwest Wyoming towns of Cody and Powell, was one of ten concentration camps used for the internment of Japanese Americans evicted during World War II from their local communities (including their homes, businesses, and college residencies) in the West Coast Exclusion Zone by the executive order of President Franklin Roosevelt, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941.
There are only a few original buildings remain, two barracks and this, the smokestack building (see pic).
Pic: The hospital, behind, relied on the boiler house to provide steam heat during cold Wyoming weather.
There is a museum, Heart Mountain Interpretive Center, just east of this. They open daily, 10am to 5pm. I got there like 4:15pm on Friday, September 9th, not enough time to visit inside - just don't want them to see me acting hurry; just took the pictures of those abandoned buildings, and left.
On one of the roads towards the great freshwater lake named Tonle Sap, central Cambodia. Tonle Sap is the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia flooding a vast area in the rainy season and retreating significantly in the dry season. Small homes are often relocated closer to the waters edge in the dry season.
Cormorants moving from one end of the pond at Delores Fenwick Nature Center to the other. About 50 birds in this mini-migration. Could have used more DoF. Pearland, Texas.
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WBD Z-WSPALT6-18A keeps us from relocating any further. Once you get a spot, its tough to move when they run in fleets on the Fe! Ransom, IL.
RKO_5222. What else do you want while on photo safari?
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At Fernald, Lodge Pond is a sure-fire spot to observe many ducks. if one is patient, afternoon light hits the ducks flying in or simply relocating across the pond. The dry weeds on the banks provide great background.
The Rotunda Staircase - Het Trappenhuis van de Rotunda
English
A breathtaking look up into the heart of the Rotunda, the iconic annex of the National Library of Finland (Kansalliskirjasto) located in Helsinki. Completed in 1906, this masterpiece of Art Nouveau architecture was designed by architect Gustaf Nyström. It features a symmetrical, oval staircase capped by a beautiful glass skylight, seamlessly extending the library's capacity with early 20th-century structural elegance.
The institutional history of this landmark ties deeply into Finland's grand geopolitical shifts. Following the devastating Great Fire of Turku in 1827, Russian Emperor Tsar Alexander I, serving as the Grand Duke of Autonomous Finland, decreed that the university and its invaluable library collection be permanently relocated to the new capital city of Helsinki.
This imperial intervention laid the groundwork for the monumental neoclassical main library building, which opened its doors in the 1840s. Designed by the famous German-born architect Carl Ludvig Engel—the mastermind behind Helsinki's iconic Senate Square—the historic site remains a majestic fusion of 19th-century empire style and later Art Nouveau engineering.
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Een adembenemende blik omhoog in het hart van de Rotunda, de iconische uitbreiding van de Nationale Bibliotheek van Finland (Kansalliskirjasto) in Helsinki. Dit meesterwerk van de art-nouveau-architectuur werd ontworpen door architect Gustaf Nyström en voltooid in 1906. Het gebouw kenmerkt zich door een perfect symmetrisch, ovaal trappenhuis dat sierlijk omhoogloopt naar een prachtig glazen dakraam.
De rijke geschiedenis van deze plek is nauw verweven met de politieke geschiedenis van het land. Na de verwoestende stadsbrand van Turku in 1827, besloot de Russische tsaar Alexander I (in zijn rol als Grootvorst van het autonome Finland) dat de universiteit en haar kostbare bibliotheekcollectie definitief moesten verhuizen naar de nieuwe hoofdstad Helsinki.
Dit keizerlijke besluit leidde tot de bouw van het monumentale, neoclassicistische hoofdgebouw dat in de jaren 1840 in gebruik werd genomen. Dit oorspronkelijke complex werd ontworpen door de beroemde architect Carl Ludvig Engel, die tevens het brein was achter het iconische Senaatplein in Helsinki. De latere toevoeging van de Rotunda maakt de bibliotheek tot een unieke samensmelting van negentiende-eeuwse grandeur en vroege twintigste-eeuwse architectonische elegantie.
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BNSF 6643 heads down the BNSF Hannibal Sub. just north of Elsberry, MO. with 25 CitiRail Gevo's in tow. Running in a 1x2 formation to haul the units at this point of the journey under the symbol D-ALNSTL3 05T. This is 1 of 4 planned moves to relocate the units from Alliance, NE to St. Louis, MO. The units are headed for the Prairie Lines yard for storage in St. Louis, MO., I'm guessing that Citi got tired of paying BNSF for storage.
CitiRail units in this move: 1333, 1410, 1212, 1350, 1429, 1303, 1332, 1434, 1412, 1347, 1318, 1435, 1213, 1208, 1325, 1338, 1210, 1310, 1345, 1415, 1411, 1314, 1419, 1316, & 1201.
RKO_5274. A well fed lioness relocating her cubs. A very rare sighting as they really protect their cubs until they can safely join the group with male lions.
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This family of Red-necked Grebes (Podiceps grisegena) is on Lake Ontario just off Bronte Beach in Oakville, Ontario. The nest in Bronte Marsh had five eggs. Two had hatched on June 3 and the four were all hatched by June 6. The nest was vacated on June 7 and the family relocated to the better fishing on the lake.
July 8 update: They are all still in the area but normally too far offshore for photography. They are sometimes as far west as Bronte Cemetery.
The temple was originally constructed in the 17th century as the Baoning Temple. After an earthquake, the temple was relocated to another place and renamed Bao'an Temple. In 1955, the temple was rebuilt and renamed Madou Daitian Temple.The construction took around 10 years to be completed.
The temple was designed with sculptures and paintings over an area of 3 hectares.The roof is covered with tiles. It is constructed with Quanzhou architectural style.A At the backyard, there is a 76 meters long and 7 meters high Chinese dragon statue which was built in 1979. The dragon mouth forms a 5-meter diameter entrance to the tunnel stretched along the dragon body
Praying Mantis
A species of Mantid that I don't see very often. You can see some yellow colouring. This year we have cleared the garden alongside our driveway where these appeared from time to time. This one was on our Wisteria, looks like it has found a new home.
Muir Log House built in 1879 and relocated in 1971 to the Manitoba Agricultural Museum in Austin Manitoba Canada
The house was built in 1879, by the Muir family, who were early pioneers in the MacGregor district. The house was moved to the Museum in 1971, from the just-southeast of the present town of MacGregor. It is a one and half story structure that measures 14 feet by 16 feet with a wood shingled roof and wooden eaves trough. On the wall in the kitchen is a photograph of the first generation (in later years) of the Muir family with five children from 1910. This was quite a small number considering the third generation that lived in the house had ten children. The house is furnished with many artifacts that belonged to the Muir family dating from between 1860 and 1900.
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Relocation of a puffin (Fratercula arctica) conference
Umzug einer Konferenz von Papageitauchern (Fratercula arctica)
Today I relocated 44 chrysalis that were on top of two net cages and I added them to the chrysalis hotel which is now full... I had to add on a new addition....85 in total with many eggs and cats to follow!
To date... only the triplets eclosed... 2 girls/1 boy
If you have a garden, PLEASE PLANT MILKWEED... THEY NEED OUR HELP TO SURVIVE!!
Walking along the foreshore at Deception Bay yesterday afternoon, I was completely caught by the mood of the place — rain clouds gathering their weight on the horizon, the light softening, and swans drifting in to claim their favourite spots for the night.
Not everyone appreciated the company, though. A flock of Stilts took one look at me, decided I was far too close for comfort, and launched into a full reconnaissance lap of the bay. Very dramatic. Very unnecessary. Once they realised I wasn’t a threat, they circled back and settled right back into their preferred patch like nothing had happened.
Late afternoon at the bay always surprises me. Even in the quiet moments, everything is alive and shifting — wings, weather, water, all moving in their own rhythm. The bay comes to life.
There is so much beauty around us!
Last week……
I got into a wild hive about ten to twelve feet long
The huge red oak was badly damaged and I had to take it down…
Know one knew it had bees until I felled it…..
I told the homeowner that I would come back and relocate the bees to a safe place.
He said he already hired someone to do that for $350.00, I said I do it for free.
But he made promises to the man……
I got one hundred and fifty pounds of honey out of it….
The man showed up at nine at night and killed them, it was the largest
Wild hive I have ever seen………..One Halve Million bees…..
I came back the next day the people were sick and broken hearted…..
I’m looking for the fellow to have a little talk…….
On Saturday, roped up in a tree I cut a branch on a rope, it came back at me.
It bent my arm back and curled my wrist and not only could I not let go
Of the chainsaw, but I couldn’t release the throttle and just before I cut my own throat
I brought my arm up and past my neck and into my back cutting me until the
Saw gobbled enough of my shirt to clog the chain……….
All the guys on the ground froze up so I had to do a self rescue…..
I’m sure they never seen anything like that………Ever…..
I almost got killed………
I’m OK…..just a bit cutup I’ll mend just fine……….
This is the trail to my bees……….And on my way to work with my bees………
A beautiful little chickadee landed on my head……….
…………God Is Happy Msabu……….
So………..This is why I’ve been absent…………
I really miss you all………..
I need to send E-mails to some…….really special thank you to so many
I Love You All!!!
Sitting along the Northeast Corridor in Harrison, NJ under a fresh dusting of snow is a handful of AEM-7 AC rebuilds waiting to complete their trip to their new home in Connecticut for storage.
The night before there were nearly twice as many but due to a multiple lite engine restriction on Metro-North's New Haven Line the collection of retired motors had to be cut in half to complete the move.
Unassigned Power @ Hudson Yard, Harrison, NJ
AMTK AEM-7AC 905
AMTK AEM-7AC 941
AMTK AEM-7AC 917
AMTK AEM-7AC 919
AMTK AEM-7AC 920
AMTK AEM-7AC 908
AMTK AEM-7AC 935
With Canada Day and the concomitant fireworks coming, I decided to experiment with previous fireworks photos. I took a 2023 fireworks photo from one location and merged it with a daylight phone photo from 2026 from another location. Obviously, I darkened the daylight photo.
HSS
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The Royal Palace (Khmer: ព្រះបរមរាជាវាំងនៃព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា, Preah Barum Reachea Veang Nei Preah Reacheanachak Kampuchea), in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, is a complex of buildings which serves as the royal residence of the king of Cambodia. Its full name in the Khmer language is Preah Barum Reachea Veang Chaktomuk Serei Mongkol (Khmer: ព្រះបរមរាជវាំងចតុមុខសិរីមង្គល).
The Kings of Cambodia have occupied it since it was built in 1860s, with a period of absence when the country came into turmoil during and after the reign of the Khmer Rouge.
The palace was constructed after King Norodom relocated the royal capital from Oudong to Phnom Penh in the mid-19th century. It was built atop an old citadel called Banteay Kev. It faces towards the East and is situated at the Western bank of the cross division of the Tonle Sap River and the Mekong River called Chaktomuk (an allusion to Brahma).
This photo was taken at Nogeyama Zoo in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
You can find more details at the bottom of this post.
When I got closer with my camera ready, a penguin that had been enjoying the mist glanced briefly in my direction.
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Nogeyama Zoo, located in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, is a free-admission zoo that anyone can easily visit and enjoy.
Although the zoo covers a compact area of 3.3 hectares, it is nestled within the lush greenery of Nogeyama Park, making it a delightful place for a walk.
After making your way up the green slope, you are welcomed by this small, charming zoo.
The zoo is scheduled to close for an extended period starting in January 2027 for renovations, and some animals have already been relocated to other zoos.