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Isles Bridge is a triple arched stone bridge spanning the River Swale, named after the nearby elevated, terraced hamlet of Isles, close to Hatter's Roof and Low Row. The lower route of the Keld to Reeth section of the Coast to Coast path passes just north of Isles Bridge as it descends into Low Row.
Introducing the Punakha Suspension Bridge, a renowned landmark near the Punakha Dzong in Bhutan. Spanning the Mo Chhu River, this impressive bridge connects Punakha town with the revered dzong. With a length of over 160 meters, it stands as one of the longest suspension bridges in Bhutan. As I captured this photo, I marveled at the bridge's sturdy design, picturesque setting, and the serene river flowing beneath it - Punakha Suspension Bridge, Punakha, Bhutan
A7 Highway near Omolante, Ethiopia 3 May 2013
Our vehicle was a 4x4 with a diesel engine and waterproof doors. Our driver prepped the engine by putting a plastic bag over the air intake for the actual river crossing.
Наш последняя ночевка была на берегу этой речки.
День начинался с переправы по брёвнам.
Этот снимок сделан вечером накануне.
Thanks to fate, within one year I have visited three different places far from each other, where I had to cross forest creeks and rivers. Today I show one crossing from each place :))
Kepler track, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand
Everyone gets along in the Luangwa River when it comes to these three species getting together - most of the time. Both the hippo and the crocodile know better to go after the younger elephants as they risk getting stomped and trampled. Elephants are incredibly protective of their young, we saw so many variations of this with all species, but never as extreme as it was with the elephants.
Every evening we would watch the elephants go down to the river and drink, bathe or cross. It was almost a given that the elephants and so many other animals would make their way to the rivers as the day cooled down (if you can call 35’C cooling down!), so our guides would always stop for our `sundowner’ drink and appies alongside the river.
“To truly understand Africa, you must go beyond the tourist trails and venture into the heart of the wilderness.
It’s in the quiet moments, observing the animals in their natural habitat, that the continent reveals its secrets.”
~ Unknown ~
A7 Highway near Omolante, Ethiopia 3 May 2013
Crawling through the clogged traffic on the north side of the river.
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Passengers start gathering on a cold, foggy January morning for the ferry service to cross the River Hooghly, a tributary of the River Ganges.
Rani Ghat, Chandannagar, Hooghly, West Bengal, India.
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Chandannagar was established as a French colony in 1673 and became a permanent French settlement in 1688.
For more,
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Track and bridge across the Thomson River for the Walhalla Goldfields Railway. This tourist attraction has restored a short section of narrow gauge track, once used to haul mine timbers and furnace firewood from Thomson to Walhalla's Long Tunnel Gold Mine. 30,000 visitors retrace this journey every year.
Weito River, south of Key Afer, Ethiopia, 28 Apr 2013
Highway improvements were in progress and major bridges were under construction. This was a temporary bypass, but it was the rainy season.
A westbound manifest, which solely based on cargo I believe was a M-NSSH, crosses the Ouachita River in Monroe, Louisiana.
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Please take your time... and enjoy it large on black
The Pyrenees also spelled Pyrenées Spanish: Pirineos; French: Pyrénées; Catalan: Pirineus; Occitan: Pirenèus; Aragonese: Perinés; Basque: Pirinioak are a range of mountains in southwest Europe that form a natural border between France and Spain. They separate the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of continental Europe, and extend for about 430 km. For the most part, the main crest forms a massive divider between France and Spain, with the tiny country of Andorra sandwiched in between. Gabas is a hamlet nearby in the valley of the Gave d'Ossau in the French Pyrenees. It is located where that river is formed by the confluence of two mountain streams, the Gave de Bious above and the Gave du Brousset, which flow respectively from the western and eastern sides of the Pic du Midi d'Ossau
-2,884 meter.
We were high up in the Pyrenees at the mountain stream Gave de Bious at elevation of 1241 meter. We met a friendly Poitou Donkey at the river stream Gave de Bious. He followed us from the Chalet to the river. A location 3 km from the mountain pass Portalet d'Aneu and border crossing in the Pyrenees, between France and Spain.
De Pyreneeën Frans: Pyrénées, Spaans: Pirineos, Catalaans: Pirineus, Baskisch: Pirinioak zijn een gebergte, gelegen op de grens van Spanje en Frankrijk. Het gebergte strekt zich uit over ongeveer 430 kilometer, tussen de Atlantische Oceaan en de Middellandse Zee. De hoogste berg is de Aneto 3404 meter, gelegen in het uiterste noordoosten van het Spaanse Aragón. Het gebergte is ontstaan door de botsing van het Iberisch schiereiland met het Europese continent, gedurende de Alpiene orogenese, vanaf circa 50 miljoen jaar geleden tot heden. Dit huisje gelegen aan het riviertje Gave du Brousset vlakbij de bergtop Pic du Midi d'Ossau - 2,884 m. Deze rivier Gave de Bious ligt 3km gelegen van de bergpas ortalet d'Aneu bij de Spaanse grens.
A ponte pedonal Pedro e Inês, inaugurada em 2006, é uma infraestrutura projetada por António Adão da Fonseca e Cecil Balmond, inserida no programa de requalificação urbana Polis. Com um passadiço de madeira e guardas em vidro laminado com formas geométricas em quatro cores — amarelo, azul, verde e rosa —, a ponte filtra a luz solar, oferecendo uma perspetiva fragmentada da cidade de Coimbra e do curso do rio Mondego. Esta travessia facilita a mobilidade entre as margens do Parque Verde do Mondego, ligando com segurança os percursos pedonais e cicláveis. O design inovador cria uma ilusão de desencontro entre as margens, convergindo numa praça suspensa sobre a água. É através dos painéis coloridos que se observa a margem arborizada e a colina da Alta, onde se localiza a Universidade de Coimbra, patrimônio mundial da UNESCO. Assim, a ponte simboliza a conexão entre o passado histórico da cidade e a sua modernidade, sendo um espaço de encontro apreciado por residentes e turistas, que disfrutam de vistas panorâmicas e do ambiente envolvente.
The Pedro and Inês pedestrian bridge, inaugurated in 2006, is an infrastructure designed by António Adão da Fonseca and Cecil Balmond, part of the urban redevelopment program Polis. Featuring a wooden walkway and guardrails made of laminated glass in geometric shapes and four colors — yellow, blue, green, and pink — the bridge filters sunlight, providing a fragmented view of the city of Coimbra and the course of the Mondego River. This crossing facilitates mobility between the banks of the Mondego Green Park, safely connecting pedestrian and cycling paths. The innovative design creates an illusion of separation between the banks, converging at a square suspended over the water. Through the colorful panels, one can observe the wooded bank and the hill of Alta, home to the University of Coimbra, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Thus, the bridge symbolizes the connection between the city’s historical past and its modernity, serving as a meeting point appreciated by residents and tourists who enjoy panoramic views and the surrounding environment.
Taken on the south bank of the River Humber, this is the magnificent Humber Bridge - once the longest single span bridge in the world. Currently number 7 in the list of longest single span bridges, (as of August 2014)
Opened in 1981 and still looking splendid on a nice calm evening.
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Bridges seem to be a bit thin on the ground in the Rough Bounds. You take your chances with the rivers and streams and hope there hasn't been too much rain I guess! This crossing was slightly problematic for me but only because of my daft choice of footwear (shoes rather than boots). Having got across though it was a gloriously Scottish scene looking back.
Op een enkele plaats moet een beek worden overgestoken. Hier wordt de Šielmmánjira overgestoken. Het water is nu niet diep, maar hier en daar ligt ijs op en tussen de stenen.
De dame die hier oversteekt, liep het hele Kungsleden (440 km) in vier weken en toevallig woont zij ook in Amsterdam.
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At a few points, there is a stream to cross. Here you will cross the Šielmmánjira. The water is not deep now, but here and there is ice on and between the stones.
The lady crossing here walked the entire Kungsleden (440 km) in four weeks. Coincidentally, she also lives in Amsterdam.
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På några ställen finns det en bäck att korsa. Här korsar du Šielmmánjira. Vattnet är inte djupt nu, men det finns is på och mellan många stenar.
Kvinnan som korsar här gick hela Kungsleden (440 km) på fyra veckor. Av en slump bor hon också i Amsterdam.
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The striking Red Peace Bridge was designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and opened on March 24th, 2012. This pedestrian bridge, accommodates both pedestrians and cyclists crossing the Bow River in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
My wife and I have both lived in Ontario all of our lives and can happily say we finally visited Calgary Alberta. Its a very friendly city with many activities available for all.
Boulia, a rural town, is in western Queensland, 190km east of the Northern Territory border and 240km south of Mount Isa. It is the administration centre of Boulia Shire.
Burke and Wills passed through the area in 1861. Reports by several exploration parties sent in search of Burke and Wills led to pastoralists moving into outback Queensland, and mineral explorations soon followed. Ernest Henry opened up the Cloncurry copper fields and, in the course of their discovery, established a canvas store at a waterhole near where the town of Boulia was established in 1879. It is thought that the town's name was derived from an Aboriginal expression describing the waterhole.
Boulia became the supply centre for the surrounding pastoral country as well as its administrative centre, with a police barracks, court house, post and telegraph office, and offices for the Boulia local government division (1887). Town water was obtained from the Burke River (a tributary of a south flowing system which expends itself east of the Simpson Desert) and from wells sunk about 15 metres deep.
A Cobb and Co coach service ran from Winton to Boulia (1895 - 1915), supplemented by camel trains. The western railways terminated at Winton (1899) and Duchess (1912), a mining town south of Mount Isa. The great hope of a linking loop between the two lines, via Boulia Shire, was approved by the Queensland Parliament in 1910 but not built.
Boulia sits at the junction of two developmental roads, the route from Winton to Mount Isa having a sealed surface for tourist travel. The shire promotes several tourist facilities and attractions, including a museum, an information centre, camel races, and the Min Min Encounter Complex that explores the history and myths surrounding the Min Min Lights. The town has a hospital, two motels, a hotel, a school (1889), a public hall, sports facilities, and a racecourse. Shade trees line the streets and there is a corroboree tree near the school. A stone house (1880s) used for museum purposes is listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.
Boulia Shire is sheep and cattle country. In 1994 it had 285, 000 sheep and lambs, and 171, 000 beef cattle.
Damaged by both drought and flooding, the upkeep and funding of the Shire’s roads is a constant priority, including the development of the Outback Way tourist route from Winton to Laverton in Western Australia that passes through the Shire. Often drought-affected, the Shire was briefly transformed by floodwaters in 2009 and again in 2010.
Augmented facilties include an aquatic and sports centre (2005), and a new road into a cattle yard facility which doubles as a drag strip for motorsports enthusiasts (2012). Tourists are drawn to the area through the annual Desert Sands Camel Race and the Back-to-Boulia celebrations as well as significant fossil finds in the shire. Fossils believed to be the earliest ancestors of modern sea turtles and reportedly 110 million years old, were found near Boulia by palaeontologists from the South Australian Museum in 2005.
The Federal Court of Australia recognised native title rights over more than 30, 000 square kilometres of land in western Queensland in 2012. The Court recognised the rights and interests of the Pitta Pitta people over 66 parcels of land near Boulia. The claim was first lodged in 1999. An Indigenous land use agreement was negotiated between the State and the Pitta Pitta people.
Source: Queensland Place (www.queenslandplaces.com.au/boulia-and-boulia-shire).
The Historic B&O Harmar Bridge connects greater Marietta to the West Side of the city. It dates back to 1856 when it was originally constructed as a covered wagon bridge to cross the Muskingum River at the mouth of the Ohio River.
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Blue hour magic over East London — where history meets the modern skyline. The city lights never fail to amaze.
Thanks to fate, within one year I have visited three different places far from each other, where I had to cross forest creeks and rivers. Today I show one crossing from each place - similar creeks with turbulent cold water, but different :))
река Комиссаровка.
Поход на водопад Айхор (Веста), однодневное путешествие вблизи Весточки, Сахалин
Weito River, south of Key Afer, Ethiopia, 28 Apr 2013
Highway improvements were in progress and major bridges were under construction. This was a temporary bypass, but it was the rainy season.
recent typhoons destroyed the bamboo bridge so this community had to resort to a boat crossing temporarily
A pride of lions cross the Sand River. This Lioness leads the group of 13 lions as they cross with much trepidation. After the first three lions made the crossing, the others refused to cross while growling viciously at the water on the far river bank. With the sun going down and much looking, we finally spotted a crocodile in the water waiting for a hapless victim. The darkness arrived with the standoff at a draw and I'm not sure of the final outcome.
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Across the vast savannas of Kenya's Mara Plain, the great annual migration unfolds each year, as it has since the dawn of civilization. Traversing the arid land, come millions of animals..on their long trek from Tanzania north to Kenya, traveling side by side, ... .crossing rivers and the African plains in their perennial, age-old quest for food and water. And close at their heels follow the predators, leopards, cheetahs and Lions
Another day in the outback. This is the Blinman to Parachilna road west of Blinman in the Flinders ranges, mid north of South Australia. I was just in a little 2wd Suzuki and this one stopped me! With a lot of help, the truck got going again. Lovely drive to that point!
half marathon 9 mile mark river crossing MRA Multisport Hodges Hoedown Oxford Massachusetts 08.16.2014
Thanks to fate, within one year I have visited three different places far from each other, where I had to cross forest creeks and rivers. Today I show one crossing from each place :))
приток реки Аккем.
Наш последняя ночевка была на берегy этой речки.
День начинался с переправы по брёвнам.
As I stated below in one of my replies, there is a rather interesting story related to this image: I arrived at this location and there were four people standing on the banks of this river just off to the left. I was able to compose a couple of "people free" images before I noticed this guy taking off his boots. I quickly made a few more images before he entered the water and proceeded to meander out into the middle of "my composition". I think he knew what he was doing and he seemed to be in no hurry to get out of the way. Why should he let some photographer rush "HIS communion with nature". But, the longer I watched and waited for him to get out of the way the more I realized he added just what I needed to make this image a little more interesting - CLICK.
I hope his experience in the river was just as rewarding for him as this image is for me.
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A couple of days ago we made a visit to Tarr Steps, an ancient clapper bridge over the River Barle in the Exmoor National Park, Somerset. It was quite nice to find it so quiet as during the summer months it is a popular tourist destination.
Was thinking about photographing the bridge and contemplating what a difference leaves on the trees would have made, when these three riders with two horses each suddenly appeared. Couldn’t resist the opportunity to make the photograph a bit more interesting!
Tarr Steps is one of the best known ancient monuments on Exmoor and believed to date from the Bronze Age (3300 to 1200BC). It consists of 17 spans of large unmortared stone slabs each weighing between 1 and 2 tons. Some of the slabs have been washed away during extreme flooding but only around 50 yards downstream. In recent years they have been numbered to ensure ease of rebuilding once any flooding subsides.
Lara and her little dog friend led us on a post pack trip ride (and swim) along the Trocoman River that flows beside the ranch.
She told the story of how the dog had to learn to cross the river further upstream in order to land on the other side in a good spot with proper footing. Previously, she said that the little dog had taken a few trips down the river before learning this trick.