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Kissimmee is the largest city and county seat of Osceola County, Florida, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 59,682. It is a Principal City of the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had a 2010 population of 2,134,411.
This area was originally named Allendale, after Confederate Major J. H. Allen who operated the first cargo steamboat along the Kissimmee River – the Mary Belle. It was renamed Kissimmee when incorporated as a city in 1883. The etymology of the name Kissimmee is debated, apart from general agreement that it is Native American in origin. Its growth can be credited to Hamilton Disston of Philadelphia, who based his four-million acre (8,000 km2) drainage operation out of the small town. Disston had contracted with the financially wobbly state of Florida to drain its southern lands, for which he would own half of all he successfully drained. This deal made Disston the largest single landowner in the United States.
Disston's dredging and land speculation required a small steamboat industry to transport people and goods along the new waterway. The Kissimmee shipyard was responsible for building most of these large steamships, which were just one jump ahead of civilization—with Kissimmee as the jumping off point. Concurrently, the South Florida Railroad was growing and extended the end of its line from Sanford down to Kissimmee, making the town on Lake Tohopekaliga a transportation hub for Central Florida. On February 12, 1885, the Florida Legislature incorporated the Kissimmee City Street Railway.
But the heyday of Kissimmee was short-lived. Expanding railroads began to challenge the steamships for carrying freight and passengers. By 1884, the South Florida Railroad, now part of the Plant System, had extended its tracks to Tampa. The Panic of 1893 was the worst depression the U.S. had experienced up to that time, crushing land speculation and unsound debt. Hamilton Disston closed his Kissimmee land operation. Consecutive freezes in 1894 and 1895 wiped out the citrus industry. The freezes, combined with South Florida's growth and the relocation of steamship operations to Lake Okeechobee, left Kissimmee dependent on open range cattle ranching.
The downtown area lies near the intersection of U.S. Highway 17/92 and U.S. Highway 192. The downtown of Kissimmee does not possess any big skyscrapers; most of the buildings are two or three stories high. The biggest and the tallest building in the downtown is the Osceola County courthouse. The main thoroughfare follows along Highway 17/Highway 92 through the city's center and is a combination of three streets: Main Street, Broadway Street, and Emmett Street. The downtown area consists largely of restaurants, small shops, and historic residences. The University of Central Florida has a business incubator located in the area that is an important part of the economic engine downtown.
Kissimmee had a population of 4,310 in 1950. At that point there was some citrus packing as well as the ranching.
Ranching remained an important part of the local economy until the opening of nearby Walt Disney World in 1971. After that, tourism and development supplanted cattle ranching to a large measure. However, even though the Disney facility took over much of the open range cattle lands, cattle ranches still operate nearby, particularly in the southern part of Osceola County.
On August 13, 2004, Hurricane Charley passed through Kissimmee with winds in excess of 100 miles per hour, damaging homes and buildings, toppling trees and cutting electrical power to the entire city. Kissimmee Utility Authority restored power to 54 percent of the residents in the first 72 hours; 85 percent were restored within one week. Service was restored to all customers on August 28. Three weeks after Hurricane Charley, the area was struck by Hurricane Frances, followed by Hurricane Jeanne three weeks after Frances.
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With speculation that Amtrak 606 will soon lose its fizz I took another crack at it today at Baltimore County Fire Department Station 54 in Chase, MD.
I would have preferred this weather: www.flickr.com/photos/jimkleeman/16769120776/in/photolist...
A night out and about with Moore Camera Club trying new things and learning new skills and causing speculation in the Mulberry Tree pub as to why all those people with cameras are outside!!
There has been much speculation surrounding the mysterious objects discovered in the skies above Alaska, Northwestern Canada, and Lake Huron in recent days following an earlier downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina.
A number of theories have circulated regarding the origins of these UFOs, from more spy balloons to the release of an oversized helium balloon that had escaped from the film set of the sequel to the film UP.
However, what is not yet widely known is the fact that one of the objects was carrying this alien life form!
It has been christened ‘Orchis’, from the Ancient Greek ὄρχις, meaning "testicle", by General Francis Drebbin commander of the North American Aerospace Defence Command as he referred to the press leak as a ‘complete balls up!’
Speculation time: If TLG had jumped onto the Aliens bandwagon. Vehicles and play-sets inspired by (but not direct reproductions of) those seen in and around Hadley's Hope. I've been watching some of the New York Toy Fair coverage this week, so I decided to have my own little toy fair in my room.
And speaking of Toy Fair, (this is the optional rant section, you can opt out here if you like) is there a noticeable lack of things like vehicles and play-sets currently? No shortage of action figures for sure, but vehicles and play-sets? Are they old-fashioned somewhat now? I mean, apart from Lego sets, I don't remember seeing, you know, a big Nidavellir pay-set with Thor and Eitri or Tony Stark's mansion, for example. Lego seems to do most of the heavy lifting in regards to things like temples, outposts, bases, vehicles and secret lairs. Granted, there's some things that work in TLG's favour, like interchangeable bricks, which are more cost-effective to make rather than separate, one-off vehicles and buildings that each demand a different mould and paint application, etc.
Pacific Rim would've seemed like a great opportunity to make 15 inch mecha with pilots inside to battle kaiju. Instead, NECA made smaller, action-figure sized Jaegers. Maybe kids don't want giant robots to fight with giant monsters anymore?
The up-coming Snake Eyes movie will be a litmus test, I think, to see if GI Joe, once a bastion of great toy vehicle design, will continue it's legacy or will they focus on the characters only?
Maybe, growing up in the 80s means we were spoilt with the toys that we got. We got a flooded with so many toy lines, tonnes of original narratives and concepts. We grew up thinking that that was pretty normal for toys but maybe it was just a blip. Maybe we're just boomers after all!
I don't know anything for sure, maybe I'm just a toy-obsessed manchild who dreamed a little too hard, but it really makes me appreciate Lego all the more these days.
Here is a less-stormy view of the rock at Point Lobos, California made about 20 minutes after #3. No HDR.
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Joby Gorillapod (flexible tripod so I could lay down and not fall off the cliff!)
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After shooting for about 30 minutes, the sun began to set so I got back here as the clouds began to evaporate. Fortunately they hung around long enough to add a warm glow to the sky. So I bumped up the ISO to 200 to keep the 1/4-sec exposure and angled the dark part of the filters over the brightest part of the sky. I took about 25 photos in total on this evening including 5 around this time. The trick to getting this water color is to wait until the water calms down, which makes it a deep grenish-blue because the bubbles have risen to the top and evaporated. Then shoot just when the first nice wave curls around the rock. If you do not wait, the water will be churned up and too bright to photograph!
(Here is the rest of the description from #3.)
Point Lobos, at the north end of Big Sur just south of Carmel, California (100 miles - 160km south of San Francisco) could keep a photographer busy for months or even years. It is a peninsula that has been sculptured by large Pacific waves over millions of years and the results are stunning. This is one of the western-most points of rock and is probably 50 feet tall at high tide. Sometimes waves wash over the entire rock and they did during a big set just after this photo was made. This is a wider view with more light striking the cliff face and sea than my previous attempt which is in the 2010 Nature Conservancy calendar for November.
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The biggest hazard is getting low enough to have the tops of the rock rise above the horizon. Then you must literally hang off the cliff to get an open view around the right foreground rock. So the Gorillapod allowed me to lay on the rock and not fall in! Also, I had to wait for a seagull to land on the top of each rock, though I made some with no seagull just in case. In a big print, the seagull really helps.
The map shows exactly where this is. It is an easy <1 mile hike from a small parking lot.
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Google Earth
Simply the best way to scout out locations that there is. You can see sun angles and pre-visualize light under lots of different conditions. Sometimes you can actually pre-compose your shots! This has saved me many thousands of vertical feet of climbing by avoiding spots with blocked views etc.
Satellite imagery (choose 'National' for a local US region or use your fave website)
www.wrh.noaa.gov/satellite/?wfo=mtr
Tide charting and preditions: (chose your area in US, other countries have similar websites)
tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/tide_predictions.shtml?gid=235
Wave Heights (I choose 'North Pacific from Global')
polar.ncep.noaa.gov/waves/main_int.html
Or Here:
www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/shtml/RP1bw.gif
Photos of every inch of the California coastline from a small plane. Excellent for close in detailed views.
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There is speculation if this is the real 'La Grande Hermine' or a replica of Jacques Cartier's ship from1536-37. I'm also told that it was once a floating restaurant. In 2002, it was witness to arson and now sits as a pile of rusted metal on the floor of a harbour near St. Catherines in Lake Ontario.
The stone rows of Ménec, one of the three major groups of stone rows at the megalithic sites of Carnac, Brittany, France
Some background information:
The Carnac stones are an exceptionally dense collection of megalithic sites near the south coast of Brittany in in the French department of Morbihan. They consist of stone alignments, dolmens (stone tombs), tumuli (burial mounds) and single menhirs (standing stones). More than 3,000 prehistoric standing stones were hewn from local granite and erected by the pre-Celtic people of Brittany and form the largest such collection in the world. Most of the stones are within the Breton municipality of Carnac, but some to the east are within neighboring La Trinité-sur-Mer. The stones were erected at some stage during the Neolithic period, probably around 3300 BC, but some may date to as early as 4500 BC.
There are three major groups of stone rows – Ménec, Kermario and Kerlescan, which altogether are known as the alignments of Carnac. Another much smaller group of stones, the Petit-Ménec alignments, can be found in the neigbouring village of La Trinité-sur-Mer. These four groups may have once formed a single group but have been split up as stones were removed for other purposes. The standing stones are made of weathered granite from local outcroppings that once extensively covered the area.
The Ménec alignments near the village of Le Ménec consist of eleven converging rows of menhirs stretching for 1,165 by 100 metres (3,822 by 328 feet). At either end the remains of stone circles can still be seen. The largest stones, around 4 metres (13 feet) high, are at the wider, western end. The stones then become as small as 0.6 metres (2 feet 0 inches) high along the length of the alignment before growing in height again toward the extreme eastern end.
The Kermario alignments consists of 1029 stones in ten columns, about 1,300 m (4,300 feet) in length. At their eastern end, where the stones are shorter, a stone circle was revealed by aerial photography. The Kerlescan alignments are a smaller group of 555 stones, further to the east of the other two sites. They are composed of 13 lines with a total length of about 800 metres (2,600 feet), ranging in height from 80 cm (2 feet 7 inch) to 4 m (13 feet). At the extreme west, where the stones are tallest, there is another stone circle which has 39 stones.
There are several dolmens scattered around the area. These dolmens are generally considered to have been tombs. However, the acidic soil of Brittany has eroded away the bones. They were constructed with several large stones supporting a capstone, then buried under a mound of earth. In many cases, the mound is no longer present, sometimes due to archeological excavation, and only the large stones remain, in various states of ruin.
At the end of the 18th century, the alignments of Carnac were attributed to druidic gatherings. But just a few years later, it was claimed that they represent stars in the sky. A later theory from 1887 argued for a connection between the rows of stones and the directions of sunsets at the solstices. More recent studies assume an astronomical purpose or support the concept of a geometric megalithic yard. However, the most modern theory suggests that the stone rows belonged to some kind of defensive structure against preternatural menaces originating from the nearby sea. Anyway, a generally valid theory regarding the purpose of the alignments has not been agreed on yet.
Since 1996, the alignments of Carnac – or to be more precise – the Ménec alignments are part of the UNESCO tenative list, a list of worldwide architectural and cultural heritage sites, which are considered to become UNESCO world heritage sites sometime. If you plan a visit there, please be aware that Carnac can be overcrowded by tourists at certain hours of the day. There are also several touristic offers of clever tradespeople that cost money. However, you can still eplore the alignments on your own, although it’s no longer possible to stroll around between the stone rows as they are protected from regardless visitors by having been fenced in for quite some time.
This was the last remaining of the litter. It's speculation that coyotes seen in the vicinity the evening before may have taken the others in the litter. Often the mother will move the kits to another den so I'm hoping this was the case.
In folklore, often used to predict the coming Winter weather. The longer the orange colored band, the milder the Winter! Whether there is any merit to this is a matter for speculation. However, we who have been brought up on this bit of folklore, subscribe to its veracity! If this critter is correct, we will have a slightly milder Winter.
I got this capture a rainy night last summer, at the window of my balcony. It is actually exciting to play with the multiple levels of focus and perspectives that are created inside bright spots of bokeh. Recommended to experiment with. Just remember to aim diagonally with a steep angle towards the glass.
My warmest wishes to all of you for everything good in this new year!
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Just outside Carlingford on the lough is this marina. The road rises up on its way to Omeath and the vista of the lough with Rostrevor and Warrenpoint visible on the northern side and the famed mountains of Mourne setting a fine backdrop.
This stretch of water has a long and checquered history having seen much naval activity from before the arrival of the Vikings in the 9th century to the recent past!
See:- The Vikings invaded Ireland in the 9th Century and historical records tell us that they occupied Carlingford Lough. The very name Carlingford is Scandinavian translating into 'Fjord of Carlinn'. They may have used the sheltered natural harbour of Carlingford as a temporary base though this is speculation as no factual evidence, apart from the name, has been recovered so far.The Normans arrived in Ireland in 1169 as allies of an Irish King Dermot MacMurrough. By 1184 they had made their way to Carlingford. A Norman Knight, John de Courcy claimed this part of Louth for himself.
The very first historical reference to Carlingford that we know of dates to 1184 when he gave the rights of the ferry at Carlingford to the Abbot of Downpatrick which indicates that the harbour or somewhere near it was in use as a ferry point. However, the town of Carlingford only developed after the castle known as King John's Castle was built, reputedly by Hugh de Lacy son-in-law of Bertram de Verdun who had been assigned the territories taken from John de Courcy by Henry II.
Spoke with the director of CT Audubon and there is speculation that this bird is actually a Hybrid x Tricolored Heron Hybrid!
a blizzard is an event. the day before, there’s great speculation and preparation; but the day of, there’s a lovely slow down—a sense of community, kindness, and play. yesterday we received a winter storm. in this image, i try to capture the event in context. there are many ways to view a snowstorm. this is the night view from the street outside my house.
[5:52, an event in context]
Thought I'd change it up a bit and bring a mammal into the picture. These guys are but one of the speculations for the Golden Eagle being on the decline in SoCal. We used to have a fare amount in San Diego's surrounding Mountain range, high desserts and grasslands. But the drought in this area and cunning ability of the coyote has been devastating to the Golden's as they make a living off the same prey as these resourceful animals. Look at the intense concentration he has as he stalks a rabbit.
Thanks again for all the interest you have had and continue to have in my work. I really appreciate it.
This series is the second published part from the set "Landscapes from a farm park south Milan" and they are enclosed in my first personal expo i had in 9th of september 2010 to 19 with my friend Mirko Bozzato, graphic designer and photographer. The farm park of south Milan is a reality which Mirko and I appreciate it's the biggest green area of Milan: a beautiful reality that needs to be protected by building speculation.
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There's a rainbow on your red bicycle
And I see it in your eyes
You wipe your wet nose with your icicle sleeves
And you fold it twice
Your eyes : In the middle of the road
Your eyes : It's the same story
You see they're drowning now
You see they've gone cold
You see they're drowning now
You see they hold enough dew
You fall from a stone and I kiss ripe lips
And I follow you home
You wipe tears away with your icicle sleeves
And you said goodbye
Your eyes : They're closing in the night
Your eyes : It's the same story
You see they're drowning now
You see they've gone cold
You see they're drowning now
You see they hold enough dew
I wonder if you are the same without me
I wonder if you are the same
You said they're all drowning now
You said I'll shout it out
You said I'll change their view
You said I'll shout it out
You said I'll change their view
You said I'll change their view
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[Landscapes from farm park south Milan Series] 05/06
The Art of Banksy Exhibition in London.
Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based street artist, political activist and film director whose real name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject of speculation.
Active since the 1990s, his satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti executed in a distinctive stencilling technique. His works of political and social commentary have appeared on streets, walls and bridges throughout the world.
Banksy's work grew out of the Bristol underground scene, which involved collaborations between artists and musicians. Banksy says that he was inspired by 3D, a graffiti artist and founding member of the musical group Massive Attack.
Banksy displays his art on publicly visible surfaces such as walls and self-built physical prop pieces. Banksy no longer sells photographs or reproductions of his street graffiti, but his public "installations" are regularly resold, often even by removing the wall they were painted on.
A small number of Banksy's works are officially, non-publicly, sold through an agency created by Banksy named Pest Control.
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There is some speculation as to why these former Go North East Mercedes are arriving at Go North West Manchester before refurb at Thorntons but for whatever reason a third arrived today in the shape of NK08MZV and I believe others are due shortly, repainted or not is the question for those. One thought is that they may arrive as they are to speed up the replacement of the remaining B7’s and will enter service minus the Crusader branding and with the appropriate Go North West vinyl’s, time will tell on that theory.
Excédent is my new project that focuses on the spanish real estate crisis. Back in the 2000, a major speculation was trheatening the real estate market in Spain. We knew it would fall sometime. But 2008 crisis arrived and the whole market plumbed. Many constructions were secondary residences, mainly aimed at jubileed people, tourist, foreign and domestics. Meaning that many constructions are far from school, hospitals, or any economicly dynamic area that would provide for jobs. Therefore, many constructions are still abandonned, and won't be used for at least the next ten years.
In this project, I shot these remains, from the raw construction that barely started, to completed housing projects, fully equiped with kitchen, bathroom, where only the people lacks. It's a mix of aesthetics, beauty, sadness and waste.
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After many weeks of speculation and waiting, the former Oxford Tube Vanhools have began arriving on Western soil, 50210 one of five tucked up in Kilmarnock depot this afternoon. Once fully prepared for service they will replace the remaining Neoplans.
The male eland use their horns during rutting season to wrestle and butt heads with rivals, while females use their horns to protect their young from predators. This one at some point lost one of its horns during a battle of force at Kwandwe.
Eland herds are accompanied by a loud clicking sound that has been subject to considerable speculation. It is believed that the weight of the animal causes the two halves of its hooves to splay apart, and the clicking is the result of the hoof snapping together when the animal raises its leg. The sound carries some distance from a herd, and may be a form of communication
excellent but equally good was Department of Speculation by Jenny Offill (which had a bit of humor- this one was pretty dang angsty)
Spotting for Mr Jokertrekker this evening (and vice versa) alerted me to DXB 5022 and straight-chuter DXC 5425 on 926 away relatively early from Dunedin.
After crossing 925 at Bushey, they're seen heading along the coast at the ridiculously early time of 8:35pm. In Oamaru by 9:15? Unheard of.
And yes, while half an hour earlier the skies were clear for 925, those annoying hill-hugging clouds are already accumulating and softening the specular glints.
28 Dec 2017, Shag Point-Katiki, SIMT, NZ
Sarasota is a city in Sarasota County on the southwestern coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The area is renowned for its cultural and environmental amenities, beaches, resorts, and the Sarasota School of Architecture. The city is at the southern end of the Tampa Bay Area, north of Fort Myers and Punta Gorda. Its official limits include Sarasota Bay and several barrier islands between the bay and the Gulf of Mexico. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2019 Sarasota had a population of 58,285. In 1986 it became designated as a certified local government. Sarasota is the principal city of the Sarasota metropolitan area and is the seat of Sarasota County. Long the winter headquarters of the Ringling Brothers Circus, many landmarks in Sarasota are named for the Ringlings.
The Sarasota city limits contain several keys, including Lido Key, St. Armands Key, Otter Key, Casey Key, Coon Key, Bird Key, and portions of Siesta Key. Longboat Key is the largest key separating the bay from the gulf, but it was evenly divided by the new county line of 1921. The portion of the key that parallels the Sarasota city boundary that extends to that new county line along the bayfront of the mainland was removed from the city boundaries at the request of John Ringling in the mid-1920s, who sought to avoid city taxation of his planned developments at the southern tip of the key. Although they never were completed in the quickly faltering economy, those development concessions granted by the city never were reversed and the county has retained regulation of those lands.
The city limits had expanded significantly with the real estate rush of the early twentieth century, reaching almost 70 square miles (180 km2). The wild speculation boom began to crash in 1926 and following that, the city limits began to contract, shrinking to less than a quarter of that area.
The area is known today as Sarasota first appeared on a sheepskin Spanish map from 1763 with the word Zarazote over present-day Sarasota and Bradenton. From 1883 to 1885, The Florida Mortgage And Investment Company Of Edinburgh bought 60,000 acres for development in what is now the City of Sarasota. Many Scottish people began to arrive in Sarasota in December 1885. The municipal government of Sarasota was established when it was incorporated as a town in 1902. John Gillespie was the first Mayor.
Italian architecture and culture are quite strong in the area because of the Ringling Museum. An unusually large number of homes and buildings are designed in the Italian style, especially Venetian as influenced by Ringling's Cà d'Zan. Italian-inspired statues are also common and Michelangelo's David is used as the symbol of Sarasota.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota,_Florida
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One Thousand Speculations
The world’s largest mirror ball
For the second time Luminato Festival will install Canadian artist Michel de Broin’s One Thousand Speculations, a 7.9 metre in diameter ball made up of 1,000 mirrors — the world’s largest mirror ball. Originally commissioned by Luminato for the 2013 Festival, this time it will not be suspended from a crane over David Pecaut Square but will hang inside the Hearn Generating Station. It is a meeting of superlatives. Turned on, it will transform the space into a futuristic spectacle, letting us dream about what could be. For Michel, the piece renders and recreates the starry sky. We will bring the starry sky inside the Hearn, reminding us that our sense of wonder is endless through inspiration. It will make us see the space of the Hearn in an ever-changing way and highlight detail after detail as the 1,000 rays slowly scan the space in circular motion.
The best works of art put you into a childish state of delight – anyone who sees One Thousand Speculations will feel like a child again. In 2013 this piece was dedicated to the memory of David Pecaut, one of our festival co-founders, and so we present it again in our 10th anniversary year in a completely different environment that will make you see the piece anew as you see everything that it touches anew. Source: luminatofestival.com/2016-Program/Events/One-Thousand-Spe...
A shot from this morning of the Resident Sandills, they seem to be growing so fast now and its only early June, I do feel blessed to follow these birds as they progress, its been three years in the same spot, don't know how many generations this includes, as some seem to appear the same year after year, thats just speculation I'm sure, but there is something special that keeps bringing them back.
West Bend, WI.
If there is one thing that would fetch me back again to this land of fire and ice, it would be its waterfalls! Its like love at first sight! The moment you see these gigantic waterfalls, you will just be in the awe of its beauty, the strong current and flow and huge size is what characterizes these waterfalls. Hope you like this!
Gullfoss is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Iceland. The wide Hvítá rushes southward, and about a kilometre above the falls it turns sharply to the right and flows down into a wide curved three-step "staircase" and then abruptly plunges in two stages into a crevice 32 metres (105 ft) deep.
As one first approaches the falls, the edge is obscured from view, so that it appears that the river simply vanishes into the earth. During the first half of the 20th century and some years into the late 20th century, there was much speculation about using Gullfoss to generate electricity. During this period, the waterfall was rented indirectly by its owners, Tómas Tómasson and Halldór Halldórsson, to foreign investors. However, the investors' attempts were unsuccessful, partly due to lack of money. The waterfall was later sold to the state of Iceland, and is now protected.
Sigríður Tómasdóttir, the daughter of Tómas Tómasson, was determined to preserve the waterfall's condition and even threatened to throw herself down. Although it is widely believed, the very popular story that Sigríður saved the waterfall from exploitation is untrue. A stone memorial to Sigriður, located above the falls, depicts her profile.
Together with Þingvellir and the geysers of Haukadalur, Gullfoss forms part of the Golden Circle, a popular day excursion for tourists in Iceland.
With the internet awash with rumours that there was to be no flying through the Vouraikos Gorge this week, it was great to have five Greek F-16s through on Monday to dispel the speculation. Here 128 from 330 Mira "Thunder" based at New Anchialos unusually passes through from North to South.
Aircraft: Elliniko Polemiki Aeroporia (Hellenic Air Force) General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon 128.
Location: Vouraikos Gorge, Achaea, Greece.
Defiance.
La politique radicale la folie du siècle les extravagances le génie les fabrications ridicules les spéculations de la polémique les drogues du monde,
Dehongli symbiosis gan gymeradwyo egwyddorion prosesau canfyddiadol sy'n newid rhyddfannau ymladd cystrawenau sloganau,
controllo cretino distorsione poetico aforisma esagerazioni legacy circostanze misteriose trucchi sublime tempi di giocoleria,
influyentes habladores torturas depresiones consultados dolores sufriendo años leyes surrealistas amonestaciones almas contactos inaceptables revelaciones infinitas,
assumpta epistolas dramatist eradicable suggestiones Hinc semina conscious fortunae vitium mala satirarum pecto debacharetur insolentia,
infortúnios raciocina câmaras inteligentes depreciando a escuridão inmost parágrafos lunáticos brincalhões que governam a filosofia,
無名の否定的な非公式の涙レイヴ・ストーリーの文学的な経験無知の無駄な死死者の終わりの文章長い拒否の命令首都の窓が壊れた.
Steve.D.Hammond.
The Art of Banksy Exhibition in London.
Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based street artist, political activist and film director whose real name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject of speculation.
Active since the 1990s, his satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti executed in a distinctive stencilling technique. His works of political and social commentary have appeared on streets, walls and bridges throughout the world.
Banksy's work grew out of the Bristol underground scene, which involved collaborations between artists and musicians. Banksy says that he was inspired by 3D, a graffiti artist and founding member of the musical group Massive Attack.
Banksy displays his art on publicly visible surfaces such as walls and self-built physical prop pieces. Banksy no longer sells photographs or reproductions of his street graffiti, but his public "installations" are regularly resold, often even by removing the wall they were painted on.
A small number of Banksy's works are officially, non-publicly, sold through an agency created by Banksy named Pest Control.
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More realistic view of Trillium Pond with it perimeter of Black Locust trees. Their fragrant blossoms blooming and falling on the water's surface at the time of this paddle.
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28/100 paddles, 2016.
Gullfoss ("Golden Falls"; About this sound Icelandic pronunciation (help·info) is a waterfall located in the canyon of the Hvítá river in southwest Iceland.
Gullfoss is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Iceland. The wide Hvítá rushes southward, and about a kilometre above the falls it turns sharply to the right and flows down into a wide curved three-step "staircase" and then abruptly plunges in two stages (11 metres or 36 feet, and 21 metres or 69 feet) into a crevice 32 metres (105 ft) deep. The crevice, about 20 metres (66 ft) wide and 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) in length, extends perpendicular to the flow of the river. The average amount of water running down the waterfall is 140 cubic metres (4,900 cu ft) per second in the summer and 80 cubic metres (2,800 cu ft) per second in the winter. The highest flood measured was 2,000 cubic metres (71,000 cu ft) per second.
As one first approaches the falls, the edge is obscured from view, so that it appears that the river simply vanishes into the earth.
During the first half of the 20th century and some years into the late 20th century, there was much speculation about using Gullfoss to generate electricity. During this period, the waterfall was rented indirectly by its owners, Tómas Tómasson and Halldór Halldórsson, to foreign investors. However, the investors' attempts were unsuccessful, partly due to lack of money. The waterfall was later sold to the state of Iceland, and is now protected.
Sigríður Tómasdóttir, the daughter of Tómas Tómasson, was determined to preserve the waterfall's condition and even threatened to throw herself down. Although it is widely believed, the very popular story that Sigríður saved the waterfall from exploitation is untrue. A stone memorial to Sigriður, located above the falls, depicts her profile.