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I wanted to post just one more image take on the morning I waited for the sunrise on the beach in Mahabalipuram. After all on this road trip across Southern India, it was days before I saw the beaches on the other coast of Southern India.

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Beatiful memorable sunset

just a simple sooc sunset with the tree making a glorious silouhette

LOCATION : Lake Of Borovik, Croatia

quick meet up with julien C & simio sapiens from the gens du sud group

Early morning haze in the valley

I went out yesterday looking for a snowy hill to use as a backdrop for a photo of a mini Christmas tree and ornaments that I have. Those shots turned out ok......but the real bonus were these fabulous shadows and glorious clouds!

If you have to get out of bed early you couldn't want a prettier reason.

Frontflip at the beach.

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Silouhette Island

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Cap Tourmente National Wildlife Area (Réserve nationale de faune du cap Tourmente).

Fin de journée à Cap Tourmente, je décide de terminer au Marais des Graves puis à la Grande Ferme. Dans le court sentier qui mène au poste d'observation, j'aperçois au loin cette silouhette immobile. Je n'en crois pas mes yeux, je réussis à m'approcher calmement à une cinquantaine de pieds de cet individu très peu dérangé par ma présence. Je me suis approché aussi près qu'il me semblait possible. Il s'est envolé calmement de son plein gré après environ 15 minutes.

End of day at Cap Tourmente, I decide to finish at the Marais des Graves then at the Grande Ferme. In the short path that leads to the observation post, I see this motionless silhouette in the distance. I cannot believe my eyes, I managed to approach calmly about fifty feet from this individual which is not at all disturbed by my presence. I approached as much as I could and I'm happy to conclude that he left of his own will after about 15 minutes.

«It was a secular cathedral, dedicated to the rites of travel» – Robert Hughes

The iconic sculpture fountain of Harumi Passenger Ship Terminal a few years before the closure and dismissal of the whole facility - not very much known and not a touristic attraction, but one of the most intriguing architectural locations in Tokyo. Harumi, Tokyo, Japan. © Michele Marcolin, 2022. K1ii + DFA 15-30mm f2.8

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Harumi Passenger Ship Terminal was first opened on May 23, 1991 as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Port of Tokyo. In the years that followed, a wide range of domestic and overseas cruise ships have arrived at Tokyo port's gateway, making it the stage for many opulent welcoming and farewell ceremonies. Unfortunately the number of cruise passengers worldwide has continued to grow, with the size of cruise ships increasing alongside, some of them exceeding the safe clearance height of Rainbow Bridge (approximately 52 meters). Therefore a new Tokyo International Cruise Terminal was built in Aomi in 2020 (at a cost of 39 billion yen - approx. 320 million euros), in front of Rainbow Bridge and on the opposite side of the chanel.

Closed during the whole fake-pandemic period (we dropped here last year by bicycle) and surrounded by true cathedrals in the desert now - dozens of new building completed or half-a-way done for Tokyo Olympic 2020, but sealed, fenced and never used - we came here not long ago, hoping to be able to enter and climb the unusual panoramic tower it has inside. But we found it definitely dismissed. It was closed as it was, on February 20, 2022, passing off the baton it carried for 31 years to new facility.

A true shock, because I liked it so much.: so Tokyo-like, while being totally different from what Tokyo usually offers. A retrò futurism. At its full-bloom it looked fantastic, surrounded as it was, by huge cruise ships, and even now - from the sea-side - its obelisk-like grid structure is impressive. The forms and its huge open spaces are unique for Tokyo standards. A huge waste, IMO, since it will most likely be demolished.

Scanned slide, handheld image taken in early February 1998.

Back in 1998, the river had to crossed at this ford and all had to get wet...and nobody bothered at all.

Lago d'Iseo,

Aboard the M/V Kennicott off the coast of British Columbia.

«Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.» – Will Rogers.

Sunset on the railroad. In the neighborhood, Tokyo, Japan. © Michele Marcolin, 2022. K1ii + smc Pentax-M 70-150mm f4.

They are far fewer in number now...the migration has begun...still a few getting in that last bit of "fattening", then they will be gone, til next year!!

Thames Barge Race/Match on the Thames... Heading for the start line.

Taken in Inverleith Park, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2016.

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Welcome to the room I hide in

I'd invite you to stay but I'm tryna

Get out of here

The windows see my pain they feel it

The curtains know my name they scream it

Get out of here

I don't know why I can never leave

When all that I'm left with are memories

I guess I want your ghost as my company

This house is full of the things we did

But you're still ringing in my empty head

I can't let go of the way we left

I can't let go of you

And now I'm hanging on by a thread

But you're still ringing in my empty head

I can't let go of the way we left

I can't let go of you

To the left and down the hallway

Pictures hang from crooked nails

Get out, get out

I can't get out of here

The doord keep falling off I feel them

The rooms have twisted thougts and I hear them

Get out of here

I don't know why I can never leave

When all that I'm left with are memories

I guess I want your ghost as my company

This house is full of the things we did

But you're still ringing in my empty head

I can't let go of the way we left

I can't let go of you

And now I'm hanging on by a thread

But you're still ringing in my empty head

I can't let go of the way we left

I can't let go of you

And this house is full

Of the things we did

And my bed has known

Every inch of your skin

Well I can't let go

Of the way that we left

Now my bath it floods

With your silouhette

This house is full of the things we did

But you're still ringing in my empty head

I can't let go of the way we left

I can't let go of you

And now I'm hanging on by a thread

But you're still ringing in my empty head

I can't let go of the way we left

I can't let go of you

Taken on Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2019.

Early morning, misty, sunlit.....solitude