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Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia and, as of 2010, the world's most recent nation to become a republic. It is bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India. With an area of 147,181 square kilometres (56,827 sq mi) and a population of approximately 30 million, Nepal is the world's 93rd largest country by land mass and the 41st most populous country. Kathmandu is the nation's capital and the country's largest metropolitan city.
Nepal is a country of highly diverse and rich geography, culture, and religions. The mountainous north has eight of the world's ten highest mountains, including the highest, Sagarmatha, known in English as Mount Everest. The fertile and humid south is heavily urbanized. It contains over 240 peaks more than 6,096 metres (20,000 ft) above sea level.
By some measures, Hinduism is practised by a larger majority of people in Nepal than in any other nation. Buddhism, though a minority faith in the country, is linked historically with Nepal as the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, who as the Gautam Buddha gave birth to the Buddhist tradition.
A monarchy throughout most of its history, Nepal was ruled by the Shah dynasty of kings from 1768, when Prithvi Narayan Shah unified its many small kingdoms. In 2006, however, decade-long People's Revolution by the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) along with several weeks of mass protests by all major political parties of Nepal culminated in a peace accord, and the ensuing elections for the constituent assembly voted overwhelmingly in favor of the abdication of the last Nepali monarch Gyanendra Shah and the establishment of a federal democratic republic in May 28, 2008. The first President of Nepal, Ram Baran Yadav, was sworn in on 23 July 2008.
The word "Nepal" is believed by scholars to be derived from the word "Nepa:" which refers to the Newar Kingdom, the present day Kathmandu Valley. With Sanskritization, the Newar word Nepa became Nepal. The Newars of present day Nepal, refer to all the inhabitants of Kathmandu valley and its peripheries (called "Nepa:") before the advent of Shah dynasty.
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Recently at Elk Island..
Sony/Zeiss A7r2
Sony 16-35 F4 ZA OSS
ISO 200 | 18mm | F11 | 0.8 sec
Lee Filter - 1.2 ND
Spring Colours on display this morning up at Oxley Beach.
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As we are in late autumn here in Australia and there is not a lot of colour around I decided to post one of my captures from last spring.
34 x 34
free pattern and details on my blog
www.teaginnydesigns.blogspot.com/2013/05/spring-quarter.html
Although it has been fairly dry for the last couple of weeks, the rains of a month ago are still filtering through the ground. As a result, Missouri's springs are flowing with unusual force. This is a side branch of Turner's Spring, flowing down to join the main output.
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Many people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they did not stop to enjoy it.
William Feather.
Big spring tides at St Abbs made for an interesting afternoon. Clambered down into a bay and eventually found a good comp as loads of rocks and couldn't get too close to the waters edge due to the big swells coming in. Rain started shortly after this but had a great afternoon discovering new areas along the coast that are not easily accessed.
My car has now officially died so wont be taking many photos until I can get a new one.
Everything at the Disneyland resort right now just looks fresh and exciting, that's partly due to there being plenty of new things opening but it's also the beautiful greenery blooming everywhere. I'm sure looking forward to a fresh and new Disneyland resort this summer, it's almost here!
As for the shot, this is a 3 shot HDR edited with Nik's HDR Efex Pro and Nik Color Efex 4. I decided to try something new for this shot, usually I stay away from Nik's HDR software because it's difficult to get a realistic result from it but in this case I was actually pleased with my results. Sometimes it's fun to switch up your processing workflow.
Please don't hesitate to tell me what you think, comments and constructive criticism are welcome and appreciated! :)
I started my walk with Emmy in sunshine, but by the time we returned home, the first drops of rain were falling. Spring is a time when literally any weather can happen, often within a very short time.
"Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of weather." ~ John Ruskin
Located on private property in Ancaster section of Hamilton and there is no public access to this waterfall.
One of eight visits to Stephanie Falls since 2004.
Veronica persica (Persian speedwell, ‘Oo-inu-no-fuguri’ in Japanese) produces lovely sky-blue flowers here and there in the spring fields. It’s a joy of spring to find them on a walk.
Veronica persica is a winter annual plant native to Eurasia. It has been naturalized in Japan since the 19th century.