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Hot Air Ballooning Cappadocia:
A must do in Cappadocia is take a balloon ride in order to see the sights from a vantage point like no other. On this 1-hour flight at sunrise you will experience the changing colors and the unique landscapes that scatter the region.
Enjoy a unique hot air balloon flight over the fairy chimneys and rock cut churches. This exhilarating experience in Cappadocia is one of the best places around the world to fly with hot air balloons.
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CAPPADOCIA WORLD HERITAGE LIST :
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In a spectacular landscape, entirely sculpted by erosion, the Göreme valley and its surroundings contain rock-hewn sanctuaries that provide unique evidence of Byzantine art in the post-Iconoclastic period. Dwellings, troglodyte villages and underground towns – the remains of a traditional human habitat dating back to the 4th century – can also be seen there.
Brief synthesis
Located on the central Anatolia plateau within a volcanic landscape sculpted by erosion to form a succession of mountain ridges, valleys and pinnacles known as “fairy chimneys” or hoodoos, Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia cover the region between the cities of Nevşehir, Ürgüp and Avanos, the sites of Karain, Karlık, Yeşilöz, Soğanlı and the subterranean cities of Kaymaklı and Derinkuyu. The area is bounded on the south and east by ranges of extinct volcanoes with Erciyes Dağ (3916 m) at one end and Hasan Dağ (3253 m) at the other. The density of its rock-hewn cells, churches, troglodyte villages and subterranean cities within the rock formations make it one of the world's most striking and largest cave-dwelling complexes. Though interesting from a geological and ethnological point of view, the incomparable beauty of the decor of the Christian sanctuaries makes Cappadocia one of the leading examples of the post-iconoclastic Byzantine art period.
It is believed that the first signs of monastic activity in Cappadocia date back to the 4th century at which time small anchorite communities, acting on the teachings of Basileios the Great, Bishop of Kayseri, began inhabiting cells hewn in the rock. In later periods, in order to resist Arab invasions, they began banding together into troglodyte villages or subterranean towns such as Kaymakli or Derinkuyu which served as places of refuge.
Cappadocian monasticism was already well established in the iconoclastic period (725-842) as illustrated by the decoration of many sanctuaries which kept a strict minimum of symbols (most often sculpted or tempera painted crosses). However, after 842 many rupestral churches were dug in Cappadocia and richly decorated with brightly coloured figurative painting. Those in the Göreme Valley include Tokalı Kilise and El Nazar Kilise (10th century), St. Barbara Kilise and Saklı Kilise (11th century) and Elmalı Kilise and Karanlık Kilise (end of the 12th – beginning of the 13th century).
Criterion (i): Owing to their quality and density, the rupestral sanctuaries of Cappadocia constitute a unique artistic achievement offering irreplaceable testimony to the post-iconoclastic Byzantine art period.
Criterion (iii): The rupestral dwellings, villages, convents and churches retain the fossilized image of a province of the Byzantine Empire between the 4th century and the arrival of the Seljuk Turks (1071). Thus, they are the essential vestiges of a civilization which has disappeared.
Criterion (v): Cappadocia is an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement which has become vulnerable under the combined effects of natural erosion and, more recently, tourism.
Criterion (vii): In a spectacular landscape dramatically demonstrating erosional forces, the Göreme Valley and its surroundings provide a globally renowned and accessible display of hoodoo landforms and other erosional features, which are of great beauty, and which interact with the cultural elements of the landscape.
Integrity
Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia, having been extensively used and modified by man for centuries, is a landscape of harmony combining human interaction and settlement with dramatic natural landforms. There has been some earthquake damage to some of the cones and the pillars, but this is seen as a naturally occurring phenomenon. Overuse by tourists and some vandalism have been reported and some incompatible structures have been introduced.
The erosional processes that formed the distinctive conical rock structures will continue to create new fairy chimneys and rock pillars, however due to the rate of this process, the natural values of the property may still be threatened by unsustainable use. The cultural features, including rock-hewn churches and related cultural structures, mainly at risk of being undermined by erosion and other negative natural processes coupled with mass tourism and development pressures, can never be replaced. threats Some of the churches mentioned by early scholars such as C. Texier, H.G. Rott and Guillaume de Jerphanion are no longer extant.
Authenticity
The property meets the conditions of authenticity as its values and their attributes, including its historical setting, form, design, material and workmanship adequately reflect the cultural and natural values recognized in the inscription criteria.
Given the technical difficulties of building in this region, where it is a matter of hewing out structures within the natural rock, creating architecture by the removal of material rather than by putting it together to form the elements of a building, the underlying morphological structure and the difficulties inherent in the handling of the material inhibited the creative impulses of the builders. This conditioning of human effort by natural conditions persisted almost unchanged through successive periods and civilizations, influencing the cultural attitudes and technical skills of each succeeding generation.
Protection and management requirements
The World Heritage property Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia is subject to legal protection in accordance with both the Protection of Cultural and Natural Resources Act No. 2863 and the National Parks Act No. 2873. The entire territory between the cities of Nevşehir, Ürgüp and Avanos is designated as a National Park under the Act No. 2873. In addition, natural, archaeological, urban, and mixed archaeological and natural conservation areas, two underground towns, five troglodyte villages, and more than 200 individual rock-hewn churches, some of which contain numerous frescoes, have been entered into the register of immovable monuments and sites according to the Act No. 2863.
Legal protection, management and monitoring of the Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia fall within the scope of national and regional governmental administrations. The Nevşehir and Kayseri Regional Conservation Councils are responsible for keeping the register of monuments and sites, including carrying out all tasks related to the legal protection of monuments and listed buildings and the approval to carry out any restoration-related works. They also evaluate regional and conservation area plans prepared by the responsible national and/or local (i.e. municipal) authorities.
Studies for revision and updating of the existing land use and conservation plan (Göreme National Park Long-term Development Plan) of 1981 were completed in 2003. The major planning decisions proposed were that natural conservation areas are to be protected as they were declared in 1976. Minor adjustments in the peripheral areas of settlements and spatial developments of towns located in the natural conservation sites including Göreme, Ortahisar, Çavuşin, Ürgüp and Mustafapaşa will be strictly controlled. In other words, the Plan proposes to confine the physical growth of these towns to recently established zones. Hotel developments will take into account the set limits for room capacities. Furthermore, the plan also suggested that local authorities should be advised to review land use decisions for areas that have been reserved for tourism developments in the town plans.
Preparation of conservation area plans for the urban and/or mixed urban-archaeological conservation sites within the historic sections of Göreme are in place and provide zoning criteria and the rules and guidelines to be used in the maintenance and restoration of listed buildings and other buildings which are not registered, but which are located within the historic zones. Similar planning studies for the towns of Ortahisar and Uçhisar are in place. Once finalised, a conservation area plan for the urban conservation area in Ürgüp will be in place. All relevant plans are kept up to date on a continuing basis.
Appropriate facilities aimed at improving the understanding of the World Heritage property have been completed for the subterranean towns of Kaymaklı and Derinkuyu, and are required for Göreme and Paşabağı.
Monuments in danger due to erosion, including the El Nazar, Elmalı, and Meryemana (Virgin Mary) churches, have been listed as monuments requiring priority action. Specific measures for their protection, restoration and maintenance are required at the site level.
While conservation plans and protection measures are in place for individual sites, it is recognised by the principal parties responsible for site management that an integrated Regional Plan for the Cappadocia Cultural and Tourism Conservation and Development Area is required to protect the World Heritage values of the property. Adequate financial, political and technical support is also required to secure the management of the propert
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Beautiful white freshwater pearls are securely linked with sterling silver to form this necklace. Between each pearl dangles a gorgeous turquoise drop. The length falls right along the collarbone. The turquoise has been stabilized for strength and to preserve the natural color.
A modern 'something blue' for your wedding? Or a beautiful accent for that little black dress? This necklace is sure to make an impact!
Measurements: 16.5 inches (42 cm) total length; pearls measure approximately 8mm
Materials: freshwater pearls; stabilized turquoise stone; sterling silver wire and clasp
Luisa Rios is the local coordinator of Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) key partner in the region, Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental (SPDA). “Brazil nuts are one of the most important forest products for export that we’ve got,” she says. “If we want these forests to produce not only today, but for the next 50 years, we need evaluate what is actually happening so that we can improve the best practice guidelines. This can only be done through field research on the ground.”
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Photo by Marco Simola/CIFOR
For more information on CIFOR's research on Brazil nuts in Peru, please contact Manuel Guariguata (mailto:m.guariguata@cgiar.org)
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When firefighters are working to secure containment on a wildfire, firing operations are often utilized during indirect attack. An indirect attack aims to establish containment lines safely away from the wildfire itself.
During an indirect attack on a wildfire, first forest roads and trails are improved by brushing, which means widening the route. Then surface fuels (pine needles, leaves, grass, and small branches) are burnt away by firefighters using handheld drip torches. Clearing and burning surface fuels helps to protect standing trees and removes the fine materials that a fire needs for movement. Fighting fire with fire is beneficial to the local environment and allows fire operations to show fire containment as the fire reaches the containment line and stops its progression.
Once a fire begins to show containment, fire operations are comfortable that the fire will not cross the specified containment line. Ideally, fire operations will try and obtain 100% containment on a fire, which either means the fire is completely out, or it is secure to the point where crews can leave the area and have confidence that the fire will not move past the containment lines.
Video: Firefighters using drip torches in an indirect attack on Kalama Wildfire to contain the fire, photo credit of Ben McLane. #KalamaFire
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June 5, 2023 -- Kick-off event for NC S.A.F.E.'s week of action held at the Executive Mansion in Raleigh. NC S.A.F.E. stands for secure all firearms effectively.
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Two brand new Range Rovers loaded by Wavecrest Ltd in a 40' container for export to the Far East.
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Inside Denny Hall.
I was allowed to go inside the main hospital building of Northern State Hospital for the Insane, as well as the dorm for the training nurses and the chapel. I took over 200 pictures and its going to take me awhile to go through and sort out the good ones. But here are some of the best. I will be uploading more in the near future.
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I wanted to not use any glue at all with the wooden shell, and fortunately i was able to secure it all together just using the brass screws. Especially because I'd like to be able to replace the ipod's battery in the future, and possibly add a higher capacity flash hard drive.
The wooden clickwheel is simply stuck down on the sensor with very thin double sided tape.
A firefighter works to secure a hose line being used to evacuate water that was flooding in Ralphs in Castaic, CA
Edited in Prisma app with Tokyo
Shot with my little iPhone SE (original version) while stopped at a light, but never posted. An interesting piece of equipment.
Another “Mining my Camera Roll®” adventure!
A French Véhicule de l'Avant Blindé and Afghan police truck block the road after French and Afghan policemen secured the area for an inspection of local electrical infrastructure March 14. (Photo by Maitre Christian Valverde, French Navy)
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After securing the deal with the editor over at Turtle Time Magazine to be able to bring you the exclusive online version of TTM, which features the adventures of everyones favourite travelling turtle, I'm pleased to be able to bring you the very first edition of the magazine.
From the Turtle Time Magazine blog at turtletimemagazine.blogspot.com/
Do you live day to day with no goals beyond tomorrow or can you make long term goals and turn them into reality?
I abandoned being able to make and live for long-term goals about 12 years ago and since then I live day by day just being thankful that I'm still alive when I wake up.
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Field Trip - Bramfield Woods - 09/07/19
We returned to Bramfield Park Woods last Tuesday... well the other's did.
My car broke down on the way, a mere mile away from the site, and so hoping my father-in-law would be able to fix it, he was called and on his way to rescue me.
Unfortunately he wasn't quite fully equipped for the job, and so a trip back to Wheathampstead and then back again with a drill and some bolts to secure the intake pipe and luckily the car survived to live another day.
I arrived at the site at 10:30pm and it was already dark under cloudy warm and humid conditions, the moths were everywhere and it took seconds for the moths to respond to each light as I fired them up, one after another.
The temperature was still 24 degrees and not set to get below 17 all night, crazy... and yes it was a bit.
With an estimated 1500 moths over 6 traps it was a busy night and we had to decide to start packing up at around 1am for fear of still being on site at 4am.
I left at 2:45am and felt frazzled after the drama of earlier and the frantic action around the moth traps.
Below is the list, it's rather lengthy and features a mammoth 270 species, one of my highest species count in one night.
One moth was new to me (Acleris logiana) and another was my first Hertfordshire record and only my second ever record (Carpatolechia alburnella).
Other ood species were, Gelechia nigra (4th County record, having caught the previous two from my garden), Capperia britanniodactyla, Kent Black Arches (3 examples( and Small Angle Shades (rare this end of Herts).
Here is the total list.
Macro Moths : 136 species
Micro Moths : 134 species
Total : 270 species
Catch Report - 09/07/19 - Bramfield Park Woods - Hertfordshire - 2x 125w MV Robinson Trap, 1x 250w MV Clear Robinson Trap & 1x 160w Mercury Blended Robinson Trap - 4 traps in total + 3 extra traps provided by Trevor
Macro Moths
Barred Straw
Barred Yellow
Beautiful Carpet
Beautiful Golden Y
Beautiful Hook-tip
Bird's Wing
Black Arches
Black neck
Blotched Emerald
Blood-vein
Bordered White
Brimstone Moth
Bright-line Brown eye
Brown line bright eye
Brindled White spot
Brown Rustic
Brown Silver lines
Buff Arches
Buff Ermine
Burnished Brass
Buff Footman
Buff-tip
Cinnabar
Clay
Clay Triple-lines
Clouded Border
Clouded Brindle
Clouded Silver
Common Carpet
Common Emerald
Common Footman
Common Swift
Common Wainscot
Common White Wave
Common Wave
Coronet
Coxcomb Prominent
Dark Arches
Dingy Footman
Double Square spot
Double-striped Pug
Dun-bar
Dusky Brocade
Double Square-spot
Dwarf Cream Wave
Elephant Hawk-moth
Engrailed
Fan foot
Flame Shoulder
Gold Swift
Grey Arches
Great Oak Beauty
Green Carpet
Green Pug
Green Silver-lines
Haworth's pug
Heart & Club
Heart & Dart
Ingrailed Clay
Iron Prominent
July Highflyer
Kent Black Arches
Large Emerald
Large Nutmeg
Least Carpet
Leopard Moth
Large Yellow Underwing
Lesser Yellow Underwing
Light Arches
Light Emerald
Lobster Moth
Maple Prominent
Marbled Brown
Marbled Minor sp
Marbled White spot
Middle-barred Minor
Miller
Minor Shoulder-knot
Mottled Beauty
Mottled Pug
Oak Hook-tip
Orange Footman
Pale Oak Beauty
Pale Prominent
Peach Blossom
Peppered moth
Peacock Moth
Poplar Hawk-moth
Poplar Lutestring
Privet Hawk-moth
Pine Hawk-moth
Pinion-streaked Snout
Purple Clay
Purple Thorn
Red-necked Footman
Riband Wave
Round-winged Muslin
Ruby Tiger
Rosy Footman
Rufous Minor
Rustic
Silver-Y
Single-dotted Wave
Scalloped Oak
Scarce Footman
Scarce Silver-lines
Setaceous Hebrew Character
Scorched wing
Shaded Broad-bar
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
Silver-ground Carpet
Slender Brindle
Slender Pug
Small Angle Shades
Small Dotted Buff
Small Fan-foot
Small Fan-footed Wave
Small White Wave
Small Yellow Wave
Smoky Wainscot
Snout
Straw Dot
Swallow-tailed Moth
Sycamore
Tawny-barred Angle
Tawny Marbled Minor
Treble Brown Spot
Vapourer
Vine's Rustic
V-pug
White Ermine
Willow Beauty
Yellow tail
White-point
Uncertain
Waved Black
Micro Moths
Acrobasis consociella
Acleris forskaleana
Acleris logiana
Acrobasis repandana
Agapeta hamana
Agonopterix arenella
Aleimma loefligiana
Alucita hexadactyla
Anacampsis blatteriella
Anacampsis populella
Anania hortulata
Anania lancealis
Anarsia innoxiella
Ancylis diminutana
Aphomia sociella
Apotomis betuletana
Apotomis capreana
Apotomis turbidana
Archips craetagana
Acleris schalleriana
Archips podana
Acrobasis repandana
Aphelia paleana
Archips xylosteana
Argyresthia conjugella
Argyresthia goedartella
Argyresthia brockeella
Argyresthia pruniella
Assara terebrella
Athrips mouffetella
Blastodacna hellerella
Bactra sp
Batia lunaris
Batrachedra praeangusta
Blastobasis lacticolella
Brachmia blandella
Brown China Mark
Caloptilia alchimiella/robustella
Calomotropha paludella
Capperia britanniodactyla
Carcina quercana
Carpatolechia alburnella
Carpatolechia fugitivella
Catoptria falsella
Celypha cespitana
Celypha lacunana
Chrysoteuchia culmella
Clepsis consimiliana
Crambus lathoniellus
Crassa unitella
Cochylis atricapitana
Cochylis nana
Coleophora paripennella
Coleophora sp
Cydia fagiglandana
Cydia pomonella
Cydia splendana
Ditula angustiorana
Ectoedemia sp
Elophila nymphaeata
Epagoge grotiana
Epermenia falciformis
Ephestia sp
Epinotia abbreviana
Epinotia bilunana
Epinotia brunnichana
Epinotia demarniana
Epinotia fraternana
Epinotia immundana
Epinotia signatana
Epinotia tedella
Emmetia marginea
Eucosma cana
Eucosma obumbratana
Eucosma hohenwartiana
Euspilapteryx auroguttella
Exoteleia dodecella
Euzophera pinguis
Eudonia lacustrata
Eudonia pallida
Gelechia nigra
Gypsonoma dealbana
Gypsonoma sociana
Hedya nubiferana
Hedya pruniana
Hedya salicella
Hypsopygia costalis
Homo sinnuella
Lathronympha strigana
Limnaecia phragmitrella
Lobesia abscisana
Marasma lunaedactyla
Metzneria lappella
Metzneria metzneriella
Mompha ochraceella
Morophaga choragella
Notocelia cynosbatella
Notocelia trimaculana
Notocelia uddmanniana
Parachronistis albiceps
Pandemis cerasana
Pandemis heparana
Parachronistis albiceps
Paraswammerdamia nebulella
Parornix sp
Phycita roborella
Phycitodes binaevella
Phyllonorycter coryli
Plutella xylostella
Prays fraxinella
Pseudosciaphila branderiana
Pseudargyrotoza conwagana
Ptherochroa inopiana
Recurvaria leucatella
Rhodophaea formosa
Scoparia ambigualis
Scoparia pyralella
Scoparia subfusca
Scythropia crataegella
Spilonota ocellana
Stephensia brunnichella
Swammerdamia caesiella
Syncopacma sp
Teleoides luculella
Teleoides vulgella
Tinea semifulvella
Tortrix viridana
Udea olivalis
Udea prunalis
Yponomeuta evonymella
Yponomeuta padella/malinellus
Ypsolpha ustella
Ypsolpha dentella
Zeiraphera isertana
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