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These sea otters seemingly relaxing on and around little icebergs in Prince William Sound seemed as interested in us as we were in them.
Thousands of otters died after the Exxon Valdez oil tanker disgorged more than 10 million gallons of crude oil onto the Alaskan coast on March 24, 1989 after having run aground on Bligh Reef. It has taken the sea otter population of Prince William Sound 25 years to recover.
Thousands of otters likely died immediately as they soaked in sludge. For the next two decades, a filthy oil residue poisoned otters as they fed, slowing the recovery process. Ongoing adult otter death may have occurred because, after the spill, the surviving otters suffered from near-constant exposure to toxic chemicals as the animals foraged for mussels and other shellfish in the crude-soaked sand and gravel beds of the Sound.
Although this population of northern sea otters is now considered recovered, the subspecies as a whole—which can be found throughout Alaska's southern coast and islands—remains endangered, protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. They are a different subspecies than the sea otters that swim off California's coast.
Seemingly incongruous in the centre of Dallas, a log cabin is attributed to the city's founder John Neely Bryan. The cabin has been in several locations before this.
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Saw this (seemingly) homeless guy playing his guitar in front of a monument statue in the A Famosa memorial. Actually, I heard him first and went to check it out. After I took some pictures and waited for him to finish playing his song, he gave me a Kueh Tupat (traditional Malay rice cake wrapped in leaf strips) souvenir he made with cloth. I asked him what is he doing playing music around here and he simply stated that he loves music and wants to give joy with music. :)
Fantastic day! A seemingly endless stream of bikes that went on for hours. The sound of the bikes was so strong you could feel it in your bones. One of the coolest sounds on earth. There are actually 2 separate Rolling Thunder organizations : Rolling Thunder® Motorcycle Rally, Washington DC, Inc. and Rolling Thunder®, Inc, National
As the sun set over a seemingly endless expanse of open sea, Lionel Messi took a seat at the edge of a boat, stretched out a leg and posed for the photograph that would announce the beginning of his public partnership with Saudi Arabia.The image, shared with Messi’s 400 million-plus followers on Instagram on May 9, 2022, was accompanied by a dual-language caption that read, “Discovering the Red Sea #VisitSaudi.” Hours earlier, he had been welcomed to the kingdom by Saudi Arabia’s tourism minister, who had boasted on Twitter that while it was Messi’s first visit to the country, “it will not be the last.”Messi, who is regarded perhaps as global soccer’s greatest player, was starting to cash in on the new partnership: His photo-op in the Red Sea likely earned him approximately $2 million, the first step in fulfilling his agreement with the kingdom that is worth millions more.The details of Messi’s role as a well-compensated pitchman for Saudi Arabia are contained in a previously undisclosed version of his contract with the tourism authority that was reviewed by The New York Times.The contract shows that Messi could receive as much as 22.5 million euros, about $25 million, over three years for little actual work: a few commercial appearances, a handful of social media posts and some all-expenses-paid vacations to the kingdom with his family and children. He is expected to share images of those trips — marked with a Saudi-approved hashtag — with his vast online following.But
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Seemingly driven from Hungary then abandoned near Frankfurt. Had the usual frilly rear wheel arches.
Grabbed seemingly the last rental car available at the Sydney airport and started dashing back to Brissy.
Are we there yet? This time the driver yelled...
Seemingly lifeless magnolia trees, completely devoid of leaves, burst into life in early spring. Flowers cover every part of the canopy. Amazing behavior!
Barton, ACT, Australia.
Photograph taken with an iPhone 4 using the native camera app and the HDR option. Cropping performed using Iris. A touch of tiltshift effect applied using TiltShift. Subtle, wide vignette applied using Vignettr. White matte and drop shadow border applied using the Picnik web app.
(Filed as 20110929_iPad_003_Iris_TiltShift_Vignettr_Picnik.jpg)
Seemingly co-joined, Kennet Aviation's Douglas Skyraider and
riding 'shot-gun' - the RNHF Hawker Sea Fury
Duxford Autumn Air show 16th October 2011
Seemingly unrelated, the sextant, earthquakes, and port gave rise to what we now know as Portugal. In short, the invention of the sextant jump started the “age of discovery” and Portugal’s conquest of Brasil, Spain, Madagascar, Macau and others. Barrels of wine enticed sailors to endure the stench of life abroad. To keep the wine from fermenting into vinegar, brandy and cherries were added and thereby unwittingly creating port. England’s thirst literally fortified Portugal’s economy in the 18th century.
From the 2000 flamingos that winter in the Rio Formosa to the Moorish, Romans and Celtic, Portugal has a history of migrations.
This history is what shapes Portugal’s architecture, language and cuisine abound. For example, centuries of Roman influence account for the number of words that begin with “Al”, the word Arabic sounds like “a rabbit”.
In the Algarve Moorish mosques became Catholic monasteries and are now train depots, police stations, and other public facilities. Castles of various dictators are tourists attractions.
A seemingly exotic destination on local buses in Milton Keynes, it's not that hot! One of the new electric buses is seen at the Wolverton charging point before heading into town in mid 2014
On a seemingly beautiful day in Northern West Virginia, a big tree fell across Route 857 in Monogalia County, near Cheat Lake.
When I pulled up, there was already a half mile of traffic or so, and we didn't know any easy alternate route so my friend and I left my mom to watch the car, and jumped out to see if there was anything interesting to see.
Apparently the big tree just sort of randomly fell down, and the white car came around the bend a bit fast and wasn't able to stop in time. No one was hurt, but the car had some fairly serious damage (not shown) and the road was blocked for about 30-45 minutes.
Finally, just as the road was being cleared, two state troopers came barreling up the hill. The one, noticing my friend and I taking pictures, asked "what are you boys doing, a school project or something?"
As promised, I've got a few more goodies from a show we worked on last month. Wow, kinda feast or famine with my show posts I guess huh? Like I mentioned yesterday, events with this client (see link and mention in yesterdays post) are fun for the photographer and image creator in me as there is oodles of time to enjoy not only the art of the scene that we helped create, but the craft of capturing these frames for eternity. Please enjoy some more images below and thanks for stopping by :)
PLEASE CHECK OUT THE LINK BELOW TO THE BLOG AS I HAVE POSTED A FEW IMAGES FROM THIS EVENT....AND AS ALWAYS, THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!
Seemingly unrelated, the sextant, earthquakes, and port gave rise to what we now know as Portugal. In short, the invention of the sextant jump started the “age of discovery” and Portugal’s conquest of Brasil, Spain, Madagascar, Macau and others. Barrels of wine enticed sailors to endure the stench of life abroad. To keep the wine from fermenting into vinegar, brandy and cherries were added and thereby unwittingly creating port. England’s thirst literally fortified Portugal’s economy in the 18th century.
From the 2000 flamingos that winter in the Rio Formosa to the Moorish, Romans and Celtic, Portugal has a history of migrations.
This history is what shapes Portugal’s architecture, language and cuisine abound. For example, centuries of Roman influence account for the number of words that begin with “Al”, the word Arabic sounds like “a rabbit”.
In the Algarve Moorish mosques became Catholic monasteries and are now train depots, police stations, and other public facilities. Castles of various dictators are tourists attractions.
A waxing crescent moon, seemingly lying between a power line and treetops.
DeKalb, Georgia.
29 July 2017.
PS. In 21st-century America, there's little excuse for not burying —or otherwise' hardening' — power and other utility lines. Here, as it is in much of the United States, it remains a 19th-century mode of transmission.
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Fantastic day! A seemingly endless stream of bikes that went on for hours. The sound of the bikes was so strong you could feel it in your bones. One of the coolest sounds on earth. There are actually 2 separate Rolling Thunder organizations : Rolling Thunder® Motorcycle Rally, Washington DC, Inc. and Rolling Thunder®, Inc, National
Fantastic day! A seemingly endless stream of bikes that went on for hours. The sound of the bikes was so strong you could feel it in your bones. One of the coolest sounds on earth. There are actually 2 separate Rolling Thunder organizations : Rolling Thunder® Motorcycle Rally, Washington DC, Inc. and Rolling Thunder®, Inc, National
Edie has seemingly been recovering fine from her partially torn knee ligament. She has no limp, doesn't favor the leg, shows no signs of problems. That is, until she randomly does. On a couple of occasions, she has been running or jumping and will yelp. When she does, she comes running back to me and aggressively snuggles. This morning was one such incident.
No clue what she is doing that causes the yelp. She can jump and yelp and then 5 minutes later jump without issue. And it never leads to her suddenly limping. It is a mystery. For the foreseeable future, we will just be trying to take it easy with her, so no all-day playathons at daycamp for her for a while.
On a seemingly beautiful day in Northern West Virginia, a big tree fell across Route 857 in Monogalia County, near Cheat Lake.
When I pulled up, there was already a half mile of traffic or so, and we didn't know any easy alternate route so my friend and I left my mom to watch the car, and jumped out to see if there was anything interesting to see.
Apparently the big tree just sort of randomly fell down, and the white car came around the bend a bit fast and wasn't able to stop in time. No one was hurt, but the car had some fairly serious damage (not shown) and the road was blocked for about 30-45 minutes.
Finally, just as the road was being cleared, two state troopers came barreling up the hill. The one, noticing my friend and I taking pictures, asked "what are you boys doing, a school project or something?"
On a seemingly beautiful day in Northern West Virginia, a big tree fell across Route 857 in Monogalia County, near Cheat Lake.
When I pulled up, there was already a half mile of traffic or so, and we didn't know any easy alternate route so my friend and I left my mom to watch the car, and jumped out to see if there was anything interesting to see.
Apparently the big tree just sort of randomly fell down, and the white car came around the bend a bit fast and wasn't able to stop in time. No one was hurt, but the car had some fairly serious damage (not shown) and the road was blocked for about 30-45 minutes.
Finally, just as the road was being cleared, two state troopers came barreling up the hill. The one, noticing my friend and I taking pictures, asked "what are you boys doing, a school project or something?"
Seemingly in the process of imitating a launch by the Space Shuttle, this Lufthansa B737, D-ABXY, is actually on finals to land on the new runway 25 Right at Frankfurt on 11 May 2013 as a rainbow arcs into the evening sky.
Seemingly casually planted but everything was beautifully designed. Oudolf planned every plant and grass here to create a perennial meadow. Planting began in 2014.
Tradition holds that a wooden church, part of a nuns’ skete existed in the area, as seemingly attested by a 1642 document.
A princely order of 1672-1673 provided that the leather smiths – tăbăcari or tabaci – of another district be moved there;
these workers gave rise to the name of their new neighbourhood, and originally had a single church, which was later demolished.
The earliest sure mention of an older church comes from missionary Blasius Kleiner, who mentions it in a pre-1761 list of Bucharest churches.
The present church, situated on a hillock, dates to 1763-1765.
As recorded in the pisanie, now lost, the ktetor was a captain at the court of Prince Constantine Mavrocordatos.
A 1798 inventory mentions the church as being the parish of the Apostol district, home to millers and bakers.
Butchers moved in once a slaughterhouse opened, so that it was sometimes called the “cutting church” (Biserica de la Tăiere) and, from the neighboring tribunal, the “judgment church” (Biserica de la Judecată).
Significant repairs took place in 1810 and again in 1820-1830.
The church underwent restoration in 1864, fixing damage from the earthquakes of 1802 and 1838.
The flagstone floor dates to that time, while the shingle roof was replaced by lead sheeting in 1894.
The columns and arches separating the nave from the narthex were eliminated, enlarging the interior.
The masonry dome above the nave was replaced by a lighter wooden one, coated in tin.
The more recent bell tower, added along after the small portico, was first made of wood, then in 1910 changed for a metal one.
That year also saw the addition of a wooden choir area, changed to reinforced concrete in 1956-1957.
Serious damage was caused by the earthquakes of 1940 and especially 1977; repairs were undertaken in 1979, with additional exterior work in 2002-2003.
The initial frescoes were redone in oil in 1894 by Gheorghe Tattarescu and another artist.
Businessman Dumitru Mociorniță helped finance a restoration of the art in 1924, with further repairs taking place in 1983.
The exterior painting, which consisted of saints’ faces in medallions above the windows, was eliminated on three sides during the 1864 enlargement.
The icon of Paraskeva of the Balkans is original to the building, while other icons date to 1864; the iconostasis is of wood.
In 1987-1989, near the end of the Nicolae Ceaușescu regime, the church was threatened first with demolition, then with being obscured by building apartment blocks all around it.
Implementation of the proposals was frequently delayed due to petitions addressed to the authorities and the Orthodox hierarchy, as well as through efforts by engineers and builders.
The threat of new buildings obscuring the church continued until 1991-1992, after the Romanian Revolution, and construction was only halted due to the strenuous efforts of the parish priest.
The foundations of the blocks of flats were covered in 1995-1996.
The cross-shaped church measures 25 meters long by 7.8-10 meters wide;
it is around 9 meters high at the cornice and 18 meters at the tip of the domes.
The small, enclosed portico is an addition to the west end, the Pantocrator dome sits above the nave and the bell tower above the narthex.
The latter is accessed by a staircase starting from a little tower against the north facade.
The apses have three sides on the exterior and are semicircular on the interior, with quarter-sphere ceilings.
The ceiling acquired its present appearance in 1864:
it is vaulted in the space between narthex and nave, then giving way to the main dome.
Both domes are octagonal, covered in tin, with bulbous roofs.
The larger dome ends in an octagonal roof lantern that supports a metal cross.
The exterior is of painted masonry.
The simple string course lies below the midpoint of the facade.
Further down are the windows, separated by rectangular panels, while the upper part is simple, the original medallions being swallowed up by masonry during repairs.
The western facade features a triangular pediment, once painted and now almost bare.
Three icons are painted below: Saint Nicholas on the left, Saint Philotheia on the right and the patrons in the center.
The church has a spacious yard; the parish house lies on the grounds, to the north.
The seemingly endless flat plain is the top of the South Downs on Kithurst Hill which is not flat and not a plain!
A repeat of the same image three times. The sky was not that blue, the grass was green and not yellow.
The point, other than the simple composition and the colour selected, that we take for granted that what we see as true! You know that old "Seeing is believing" chestnut! To some people that affirmation of their relationship with the world around them is sacrosanct and indisputable. They may be afraid to step outside of its comforting mantra for fear of the deep or that the foundation of their world may fall away to beyond the horizon that is their visible protection.
©2011 Art Hutchins - Art's Eye Photographic
To purchase prints up to 12" by 48" panorama contact me at artsyey@hotmail.com
Seemingly coming from nowhere, there were huge volumes of water coming over Eurobin Creek falls just after a rain event recently.
Such a contrast to the trickle a few years ago.
Asking for Roses 🌹
A house that lacks, seemingly, mistress and master,
With doors that none but the wind ever closes,
Its floor all littered with glass and with plaster;
It stands in a garden of old-fashioned roses.
I pass by that way in the gloaming with Mary;
'I wonder,' I say, 'who the owner of those is.'
'Oh, no one you know,' she answers me airy,
'But one we must ask if we want any roses.'
So we must join hands in the dew coming coldly
There in the hush of the wood that reposes,
And turn and go up to the open door boldly,
And knock to the echoes as beggars for roses.
'Pray, are you within there, Mistress Who-were-you?'
'Tis Mary that speaks and our errand discloses.
'Pray, are you within there? Bestir you, bestir you!
'Tis summer again; there's two come for roses.
'A word with you, that of the singer recalling--
Old Herrick: a saying that every maid knows is
A flower unplucked is but left to the falling,
And nothing is gained by not gathering roses.'
We do not loosen our hands' intertwining
(Not caring so very much what she supposes),
There when she comes on us mistily shining
And grants us by silence the boon of her roses.
Robert Frost
247MB...seemingly miraculously, one of the most spectacular sunsets that I've ever had the privelege of observing , slowly enveloped and impregnated the lone cloud with dazzling reds and pinks and as I snapped dozens of images..almost foaming at the mouth in my excited frenzy..it slowly tore the lone cloud to bits as I and the darkened waters of Kamloops Lake far below.. looked on and on in absolute awe.!! Amen!!
On a seemingly beautiful day in Northern West Virginia, a big tree fell across Route 857 in Monogalia County, near Cheat Lake.
When I pulled up, there was already a half mile of traffic or so, and we didn't know any easy alternate route so my friend and I left my mom to watch the car, and jumped out to see if there was anything interesting to see.
Apparently the big tree just sort of randomly fell down, and the white car came around the bend a bit fast and wasn't able to stop in time. No one was hurt, but the car had some fairly serious damage (not shown) and the road was blocked for about 30-45 minutes.
Finally, just as the road was being cleared, two state troopers came barreling up the hill. The one, noticing my friend and I taking pictures, asked "what are you boys doing, a school project or something?"
Two buddhist monks seemingly float through the mayhem of traffic passing in front of Angkor Wat after sunset.
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