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A old barn in a field of grass and wildflower under stormy summer skies. Captured in Saskatchewan, Canada.
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Fanta(bulou)Strawberry Dusk Across Tampa Bay Florida Sky At Blessed Home - IMRAN™
Almost all sunsets are magical, and many are incredible. Dusks on Tampa Bay, Florida at my blessed home in Apollo Beach are always spectacular. But sometimes they are more than can be described in words. This is one of them. It looks like Fanta & some Strawberry Festival colors in the sky.
Captured as a panorama stitched from just four iPhone 13 Pro Max photos, it memorializes one fabulous example of the unlimited moments of nature's magnificence which I can never give enough thanks for.
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Bangkok sky captured from my car.
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Thoughtfully;
There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.
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The castle is situated on the Laich of Moray, a fertile plain that was once the swampy foreshore of Spynie Loch. This was originally a more defensive position than it appears today, long after the loch was drained.
The motte is a huge man-made mound, with steep sides and a wide ditch separating it from the bailey. The whole site is enclosed by a water-filled ditch, which is more a mark of its boundary than it is a serious defensive measure.
Duffus Castle was built by a Flemish man named Freskin, who came to Scotland in the first half of the 1100s. After an uprising by the ‘men of Moray’ against David I in 1130, the king sent Freskin north as a representative of royal authority.
He was given the estate of Duffus, and here he built an earthwork-and-timber castle. Freskin’s son William adopted the title of ‘de Moravia’ – of Moray. By 1200, the family had become the most influential noble family in northern Scotland, giving rise to the earls of Sutherland and Clan Murray.
In about 1270, the castle passed to Sir Reginald Cheyne the Elder, Lord of Inverugie. He probably built the square stone keep on top of the motte, and the curtain wall encircling the bailey. In 1305, the invading King Edward I of England gave him a grant of 200 oaks from the royal forests of Darnaway and Longmorn, which were probably used for the castle’s floors and roofs.
By 1350, the castle had passed to a younger son of the Earl of Sutherland through marriage. It may have been then that the keep was abandoned, possibly because it was beginning to slip down the mound, and a new residence established at the north of the bailey.
Viscount Dundee, leader of the first Jacobite Rising, dined in the castle as a guest of James, Lord Duffus in 1689, prior to his victory against King William II’s government forces at Killiecrankie. Soon after, Lord Duffus moved to the nearby Duffus House. The castle quickly fell into decay.
A small group of people lighting sky lanterns and freeing them into the night sky. Captured Saturday night from the sands of Locarno Beach in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ~ June 4, 2016 🌃
Seen from Pito Park in Richmond CA.
Second image is the vibrant sky captured between trees up the road.
Monochrome castle, tele from the fields (fuji 50-140mm)
Duffus Castle, near Elgin, Moray, Scotland, was a motte-and-bailey castle and was in use from c.1140 to 1705. During its occupation it underwent many alterations. The most fundamental was the destruction of the original wooden structure and its replacement with one of stone. At the time of its establishment, it was one of the most secure fortifications in Scotland. At the death of the 2nd Lord Duffus in 1705, the castle had become totally unsuitable as a dwelling and so was abandoned.
Composite photo - Kestrel pictured at Romsley Worcestershire and sky captured later in the evening then blended. 09-08-24
Opua, Bay of Islands, New Zealand:
We have only a few streets, being a tiny hamlet village with a large marina area. In particular we have many visiting yachts arriving at all times of the year, especially ahead of summer, as they come to New Zealand to avoid the typhoon season in Fiji. Opua is the first compulsory port of call for small craft coming into New Zealand from overseas, so our quarantine wharf is always busy. So while Opua is known as a primarily boating community, sometimes Seagulls rule..............
Captivating Milky Way and Perseid Meteor Over Colorado Rockies: Poudre Canyon Night Sky Delight - Immerse yourself in the breathtaking beauty of the night sky captured from the pristine Colorado Rocky Mountains forest in Poudre Canyon.
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Dramatic sky over the bay as I drove by this morning. I only had my phone but I stopped the car and got out to take this picture.
We're here - Stop the car!
In "El Cajon del Maipo" we can find several national reserves, one of them is Estero Coyanco, a paid campsite where you can do different activities besides being able to look at the beautiful night sky.
Captured on November 3, 2018.
Sony A77
18mm, F 4/5 iso 1600
30 x 30s
First Plane: HDR
18mm F/8 Iso 100
1/60s
These large icicles were hanging over the entrance to the Ice Castle formations in Midway, Utah when we visited. The icicles are formed over many days by letting water drip from pipes and then freeze. The thicker icicles have a beautiful blue hue to them. This view was taken with the camera pointed directly up toward the gray winter sky capturing the many sharp points of ice ready to fall on someone’s head.
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Valley of Fire State Park -- Nevada
A dramatic sky captured just before the sun dipped behind a formation at the Valley of Fire. It looks like fire eating away at the cloud that partially obscures the sun.
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Duffus Castle, near Elgin, Moray, Scotland, was a motte-and-bailey castle and was in use from c.1140 to 1705. During its occupation it underwent many alterations. The most fundamental was the destruction of the original wooden structure and its replacement with one of stone. At the time of its establishment, it was one of the most secure fortifications in Scotland. At the death of the 2nd Lord Duffus in 1705, the castle had become totally unsuitable as a dwelling and so was abandoned.
The castle is situated on the Laich of Moray, a fertile plain that was once the swampy foreshore of Spynie Loch. This was originally a more defensive position than it appears today, long after the loch was drained.
The motte is a huge man-made mound, with steep sides and a wide ditch separating it from the bailey. The whole site is enclosed by a water-filled ditch, which is more a mark of its boundary than it is a serious defensive measure.
Duffus Castle was built by a Flemish man named Freskin, who came to Scotland in the first half of the 1100s. After an uprising by the ‘men of Moray’ against David I in 1130, the king sent Freskin north as a representative of royal authority.
He was given the estate of Duffus, and here he built an earthwork-and-timber castle. Freskin’s son William adopted the title of ‘de Moravia’ – of Moray. By 1200, the family had become the most influential noble family in northern Scotland, giving rise to the earls of Sutherland and Clan Murray.
In about 1270, the castle passed to Sir Reginald Cheyne the Elder, Lord of Inverugie. He probably built the square stone keep on top of the motte, and the curtain wall encircling the bailey. In 1305, the invading King Edward I of England gave him a grant of 200 oaks from the royal forests of Darnaway and Longmorn, which were probably used for the castle’s floors and roofs.
By 1350, the castle had passed to a younger son of the Earl of Sutherland through marriage. It may have been then that the keep was abandoned, possibly because it was beginning to slip down the mound, and a new residence established at the north of the bailey.
Viscount Dundee, leader of the first Jacobite Rising, dined in the castle as a guest of James, Lord Duffus in 1689, prior to his victory against King William II’s government forces at Killiecrankie. Soon after, Lord Duffus moved to the nearby Duffus House. The castle quickly fell into decay.
Ten minutes after the sun set on the canyon rim, the deep shadows in the Grand Canyon were blue with light from the blue hour sky.
Captured from Navajo Point on the rim at Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona in March of 2012. This is a two exposure (0.5 and 1.6 second) blend.
This was taken from the window of an airplane as we were flying to Atlanta. I used my little Fujifilm camera, but manually set the exposure to match what I was seeing. Using Automatic would have made it way too light. I did use the "sunset" setting, but lowered the exposure time.
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Kinloss Abbey is a Cistercian abbey at Kinloss in the county of Moray, Scotland.
The abbey was founded in 1150 by King David I and was first colonised by monks from Melrose Abbey. It received its Papal Bull from Pope Alexander III in 1174, and later came under the protection of the Bishop of Moray in 1187. The abbey went on to become one of the largest and wealthiest religious houses in Scotland, receiving the valuable salmon fishing rights on the River Findhorn from Robert the Bruce in 1312, subsequently renewed by James I and James IV.
During its history the abbey has received many royal visitors, including Edward I in 1303, Edward III in 1336 and Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1562. The most renowned of the 24 abbots the monastery had was Robert Reid. Reid introduced organised education, erecting a new library and other buildings at the abbey. He became Bishop of Orkney in 1541 and, following his death, became the founder and benefactor of the University of Edinburgh with funds from his estate. The abbey and it's lands were part of the Barony of Muirton and the Lordship of Kinloss at various times.
Few of the monastic buildings remain standing today. The remains of the abbey are now situated within a graveyard owned by the local authority, and are therefore accessible at all times. They are designated a scheduled ancient monument.