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MYANMAR,burma - Mandalay , rund um die Kuthodaw-Pagode
Rund um die Pagoden-Anlage
Die Kuthodaw-Pagode (Pagode der Königlichen Verdienste) ist eine 1868 fertiggestellte Anlage in der myanmarischen Stadt Mandalay. Sie besteht aus 729 Stupas in Form pavillonartiger Tempel, in denen je eine weiße Marmorplatte mit birmanischer Schrift steht.
Auf den Marmorplatten ist der Pali-Kanon niedergelegt, das Leben und die Lehren Buddhas. Die ursprünglich vergoldeten Lettern sind heute nur noch schwarz eingefärbt. Die Pagode wird wegen dieser umfangreichen Darstellung auch als „Das größte Buch der Welt“ bezeichnet. Vor der Erschaffung dieser Anlage waren die Texte vorwiegend auf Palmblättern oder Holz niedergeschrieben. Die Inschriften wurden von der UNESCO in die Liste des Weltdokumentenerbes aufgenommen.
In der Mitte der Anlage befindet sich außerdem die vergoldete Maha Lawka Marazein-Pagode, die bereits 1857 nach den Plänen der Shwezigon-Pagode erbaut wurde.
MYANMAR,burma - Mandalay , around the Kuthodaw Pagoda.
The Kuthodaw Pagoda (Pagoda of Royal Merit) is a complex completed in 1868 in the Myanmar city of Mandalay. It consists of 729 stupas in the form of pavilion-like temples, each containing a white marble slab with Burmese script.
The Pali Canon, the life and teachings of Buddha, is inscribed on the marble slabs. The original gilded letters are now only colored black. The pagoda is also called "The largest book in the world" because of this extensive representation. Before the creation of this complex, the texts were mainly written down on palm leaves or wood. The inscriptions have been included by UNESCO in the list of World Documentary Heritage.
In the center of the complex there is also the gilded Maha Lawka Marazein Pagoda, which was built as early as 1857 according to the plans of the Shwezigon Pagoda.
Architectural detail of the concrete exterior of the University of Texas’ Harry Ransom Center, Austin, Texas.
Another image from a dramatic sunset @ Dunraven bay with Antony , Peter & Andy .A difficult night poor light but some amazing sky patterns and colours :-) ok maybe a tweak in PS
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Southbound KNWA coal loads cross the trestle at Slab Fork, WV on their way towards Elmore for interchange with NS.
In an effort to revive my flagging spirits I paid another visit to the coast again this morning, this being the last shoot before I went back home for the dog walk. I’m feeling useless at the moment, I’ve been promising myself a trip to woods for a few weeks now but haven’t made it. At the moment I don’t want to drive too far alone, partly down to not feeling comfortably in the recent change of cars and partly down to dangerously feeling my age. I’m driving to Hertfordshire on Friday to see my daughter I sure that will cheer me up and a long drive will help get used to the car.
These are late Cretaceous greywacke sandstones of the Cambria slab. They are interpreted as submarine landslides into a large marine canyon, something like the present-day Monterey Canyon. Ordinarily they look like massive, grey, featureless sandstone. But in flat light & when they are wet, sometimes you get enigmatic hints like this. . .
Field of view is about 2 ft (60 cm) across, by memory.
I seem to be doing less and less seascape shooting recently but maybe this is due to the summer light so this is an old one from the archives down at Seacliff beach but much further East than I normally shoot.
There was no colour in the skies but decided to keep some colour in the shot for the rocks.
The Bass Rock and St Baldreds Boat can be seen on the horizon
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A Kanawha River Railroad crew takes Norfolk Southern coal empties across the impressive trestle at Slab Fork, WV on the ex Virginian Railway between Elmore and Deepwater.
The Blue Unit Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus train crosses the trestle at Slab Fork with 40-50 people in various positions around the bridge getting their shots . This run from Charleston, WV to Uniondale, NY is the final run from show to show of the Ringling Brothers Circus Train.
Another image of tombs and commemorative slabs in the Tower (belfry) from that fascinating place, Jerpoint Abbey. It is believed that St. Nicholas (the original Santa Claus) was brought by two Crusader knights from Myra, Turkey to Jerpoint. The table tomb and slabs are of the Butler family and other powerful families of the area, who used the ruins as a burial site. The Butler family were leased the monastery after the great Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII in 1542.
How about a log slab with your name etched on it, covered with shiny polyurethane, to hang above your fireplace? That’s sure going to look nice there alongside your mounted Jackaloupe. Your friends will be green with envy.
With a long assortment of both KNWA and NS power, empties headed north on the P-D as KN37 roll over the Slab Fork Trestle on a cool March evening.
This was an all-around fun day to be around the Elmore area, with IB/OB KNWA moves being made in the yard, the passing of a CSX empty man for Itmann, and the arrival of NS mtys from Lambert's Pt. coming in from the Guyandotte, all around the same time.
Ironically I built the pictured KN37 down in Lambert's Point a couple of nights before!
Cwm Idwal
Well i didnt expect this place when we headed out for a walk on Saturday morning. We started off around 8am and after walking for around 40min we arrived at Llyn Idwal which is partially surrounded by Cwm Idwal.
The second thing i thought of when i seen this imposing landscape was "this is what i'd imagine Iceland to look like" Its so hard to show the scale of this scenery in a photo. If you zoom in on the bottom of "the slabs" you might spot a few people. The first thing I thought was wow!
La E-2 de Arcelor-Mittal tira de un pesado tren de slabs camino a la factoria de Veriña en una fresca mañana de invierno. El Valle 20/12/2017
Arcelor-Mittal's E-2 locomotive pulls a heavy slab train on its way to the Veriña factory on a cool winter morning. El Valle 20/12/2017
The Union Railroad 76 jobs takes hot slab loads from the ET works to Irvin on a dreary morning in southwestern PA.
COVID-19, part 2. DIY lighting, difused.
Quite a tricky photo if you want to make sure there are no reflections (I used a polarizer, but it doesn't do much, I had to get creative)
Hopefully not a cliche :)
Something a bit more moody in comparison with my previous uploads. Hard to believe they were all taken on the same day :-)
I am down inside a large natural dried up pool. This is one of the larger watering holes in this arroyo. You can see in the BG (top of the image) how the watering hole is lined with huge rocks to form a pool. The FG rocks or slabs have naturally toppled over and split. Each of these slabs are 12" to 18" thick.