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A quickly passing summer shower made for a steambath effect in 90+ degree heat. This is an entrance gate to a plantation in Baker County, Georgia.
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The remains of a Steam Bath, not uncommon at Mayan sites, it is in front of the Acropolis. Took this on the way out.
Kalitta Air Cargo Boeing B747-400(BCF) N742CK
Connie jumbo getting a steambath before departure
BRU, Jan-2021
A local city west end landmark. The derelict brick building has sat unused for years. ‘Steam Baths’ explain the building’s purpose. Architecturally, the building features a cornice and an entrance pediment.
The long closed Oak Leaf Steam Baths fade into obscurity.
Toronto, Ontario
Svema Foto 100
Kiev 19
Nikkor-H 50mm F2
There has to be an "air of audacity" in the aesthetic of "Street" to create a moment of pique I have found. Some are offended by that...
This photo was done with a tea infuser (Iron man), a glass of water with some orange colouring agent, a nebulizer in the back to make the illusion of steam and we sprayed him to make him look as if he were sweating. We had fun creating this photo and laughed a lot before posting
Yes, there is a beach in Reykjavík, Iceland. A public swimming beach is a bit unexpected for the furthermost north of the European Capitals. The City lies at a latitude of 64.1265° N. July is the hottest month in Reykjavik with an average temperature of 11°C (52°F) and the coldest is January at 0°C (32°F). That is crisp weather for a swim at a beach but the beach in Reykjavík is not just any beach. The beach at Nauthólsvík is lined with hot tubs and provides a lagoon for geothermal waters to mix with cold sea water. According to the Visit Reykjavík website “The creation of the geothermal beach was an ambitious but very successful project, involving the construction of a lagoon with large sea walls, where cold sea and hot geothermal water fuse together resulting in higher temperatures.” Activities include sun-bathing, sailing; hot tubs, steam baths, swimming in the warmed water, and cold water sea swimming even in winter. “Cold-water swimming might sound crazy, especially in a country like Iceland, but this extreme activity dates all the way back to the age of settlement. The oldest recorded sea-swimming feat was performed in the year 1030 AD when Grettir Ásmundarson (an Icelandic Saga legend) swam a distance of 7 km across a bay in North Iceland to the island of Drangey.”
“The sea temperature varies from around -1,9°C during the coldest months and around 17°C in the summertime. Average temperatures are between 3°- 5°C in the winter and 12°- 15°C in the summer. The temperature of the sea inside the lagoon itself is higher in the summer, averaging at between 15°- 19°C due to the geothermal heating. It's also significantly warmer during the winter in opening hours when the overspill from the hot-tubs warm the lagoon. Keep in mind that this also depends on the tide. During high-tide, when the lagoon floods, temperature differences are negligible.”
Currently over 500,000 people visit the beach each year but leave it to me to visit at 10:30 PM at night after everybody left. This is what it looked like on a rainy night before all the light was lost.
Quotes and Info from www.visitreykjavik.is/nautholsvik-geothermal-beach
Aleppo, Syria, August 2007
Taken at the Hammam al-Nahasin or Bathhouse of the Coppersmiths, in the oldest part of Aleppo's covered souk, dating back to the early thirteenth century.
Nauthólsvík is a Blue flag beach in Reykjavík, where people swim whole the year.
About the Geothermal beach
In the summer of 2000 the Geothermal beach in Nauthólsvík was opened. Golden beachsand was braught in from elsewhere and big seawalls were build which form a lagoon where the cold sea and hot geothermal water fuse together. It is actually more likely to see a beach like this by the Mediterranean sea than in the most northwardly city of the world that is situated by the North Atlantic sea! The goal with this project was to make this bay, Nauthólsvík, a diverse outdoor area with numerous possibilities as, for example, sunbathing, seabathing and sailing.
The following summer, in 2001, a service center opened at the Geothermal beach that provides changing rooms, hot showers and possibility to buy hot drinks and chocolate among other things. A big hot tub is in front of the service center which is, in average, 38°C hot and also steambath wich is up to 47°C hot. The beach is very popular in the summertime and is progressively becoming a hit in the wintertime as well.
The sea temperature has been known to become around -1,9°C during the coldest months and around 16°C in the summertime. Average temperature is 4°- 6°C in the winter and 12°- 13°C in the summer.
The temperature of the sea inside the lagoon itself is a bit higher in the summer, average 15°- 19°C, as it is heated up with geothermal heat. In the wintertime this hot water that sometimes runs into the lagoon does not make any difference for the temperature.
The Geothermal beach has quite a good attendance as it counts around 530 thousand guests each year, both Icelanders and foreigners.
It is save to say that this beach has become a true paradise inside the city limits!
An overnight/early morning shower cooled the temperature down slightly but soon it was a steambath again.
A Palestinian man performs for a group of mostly foreigners in a Turkish bath house in the old city of Jerusalem on August 2, 2005.
Cedar Seeger, Mahaj Seeger and Maitrya Hoffman going up to the steambath cabin at the Black Bear Ranch commune, taken around 1975. Photo Credit: John Salter
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The old Tamazcal (nahuatl) the prehispanic ritual steam bath on the beautiful grounds of the colonial Hacienda El Carmen (right) - the small one on the left is designed for a smaller group, but today the Temazcalli steam bath is taken in the large Spa building adjacent to the main Hotel Hacienda building.
Hacienda El Carmen, a most beauitful and exquisit Hotel-Spa here in Jalisco, Mexico.
The History of the Hacienda El Carmen dates back to 1569, when Francisco Merodio of Velasco by the mercy of the king, was given the 22,000 hectares as a gift!!!
Construction of the actual Hacienda only started in 1727... over the old caserios, (hamlets).
Together we fought and cried, together we laughed and shared joys,
Those simple moments of joy are etched in my mind forever
Truly, it would never be possible without you
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info on Turkish Baths wikipedia
A Turkish bath (Turkish: hamam) is the Turkish[1] variant of the Roman bath, steambath, sauna, or Russian banya, distinguished by a focus on water, as distinct from ambient steam.
In Western Europe, the "Turkish bath" as a method of cleansing and relaxation became popular during the Victorian era. The process involved in taking a Turkish bath is similar to that of a sauna, but is more closely related to ancient Greek and ancient Roman bathing practices.
The Turkish bath starts with a relaxation in a room (known as the warm room) that is heated by a continuous flow of hot, dry air, allowing the bather to perspire freely. Bathers may then move to an even hotter room (known as the hot room) before they wash in cold water. After performing a full body wash and receiving a massage, bathers finally retire to the cooling-room for a period of relaxation.[2]
The differences between the Islamic hammam and the Victorian Turkish bath is the air. The hot air in the Victorian Turkish bath is dry; in the Islamic hammam the air is often steamy. The bather in a Victorian Turkish bath will often take a plunge in a cold pool after the hot rooms; the Islamic hammam usually does not have a pool unless the water is flowing from a spring. In the Islamic hammams the bathers splash themselves with cold water.
The Victorian Turkish bath was described by Dr Johann Ludwig Wilhelm Thudichum[3] in a lecture to the Royal Society of Medicine given in 1861, one year after the first Victorian Turkish bath was opened in London:
'The discovery that was lost and has been found again, is this, in the fewest possible words: The application of hot air to the human body. It is not wet air, nor moist air, nor vapoury air; it is not vapour in any shape or form whatever. It is an immersion of the whole body in hot common air.'
© 2009 Steve Kelley
Brooklyn, New York City (NYC) viewed from Lower Manhattan.
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Nikon d300
Nauthólsvík is a Blue flag beach in Reykjavík, where people swim whole the year.
About the Geothermal beach
In the summer of 2000 the Geothermal beach in Nauthólsvík was opened. Golden beachsand was braught in from elsewhere and big seawalls were build which form a lagoon where the cold sea and hot geothermal water fuse together. It is actually more likely to see a beach like this by the Mediterranean sea than in the most northwardly city of the world that is situated by the North Atlantic sea! The goal with this project was to make this bay, Nauthólsvík, a diverse outdoor area with numerous possibilities as, for example, sunbathing, seabathing and sailing.
The following summer, in 2001, a service center opened at the Geothermal beach that provides changing rooms, hot showers and possibility to buy hot drinks and chocolate among other things. A big hot tub is in front of the service center which is, in average, 38°C hot and also steambath wich is up to 47°C hot. The beach is very popular in the summertime and is progressively becoming a hit in the wintertime as well.
The sea temperature has been known to become around -1,9°C during the coldest months and around 16°C in the summertime. Average temperature is 4°- 6°C in the winter and 12°- 13°C in the summer.
The temperature of the sea inside the lagoon itself is a bit higher in the summer, average 15°- 19°C, as it is heated up with geothermal heat. In the wintertime this hot water that sometimes runs into the lagoon does not make any difference for the temperature.
The Geothermal beach has quite a good attendance as it counts around 530 thousand guests each year, both Icelanders and foreigners.
It is save to say that this beach has become a true paradise inside the city limits!
I know this looks strange.... but it feels like a feaverish dream....
Had a major dip today in my cold... I sneezed a lot ( my poor head) and my nose is al red from blowing it and the steambaths... believe me, Rudolp eat your hearth out... my nose wins... hope to feel better tomorow.... stupid cold....
Nauthólsvík is a Blue flag beach in Reykjavík, where people swim whole the year.
About the Geothermal beach
In the summer of 2000 the Geothermal beach in Nauthólsvík was opened. Golden beachsand was braught in from elsewhere and big seawalls were build which form a lagoon where the cold sea and hot geothermal water fuse together. It is actually more likely to see a beach like this by the Mediterranean sea than in the most northwardly city of the world that is situated by the North Atlantic sea! The goal with this project was to make this bay, Nauthólsvík, a diverse outdoor area with numerous possibilities as, for example, sunbathing, seabathing and sailing.
The following summer, in 2001, a service center opened at the Geothermal beach that provides changing rooms, hot showers and possibility to buy hot drinks and chocolate among other things. A big hot tub is in front of the service center which is, in average, 38°C hot and also steambath wich is up to 47°C hot. The beach is very popular in the summertime and is progressively becoming a hit in the wintertime as well.
The sea temperature has been known to become around -1,9°C during the coldest months and around 16°C in the summertime. Average temperature is 4°- 6°C in the winter and 12°- 13°C in the summer.
The temperature of the sea inside the lagoon itself is a bit higher in the summer, average 15°- 19°C, as it is heated up with geothermal heat. In the wintertime this hot water that sometimes runs into the lagoon does not make any difference for the temperature.
The Geothermal beach has quite a good attendance as it counts around 530 thousand guests each year, both Icelanders and foreigners.
It is save to say that this beach has become a true paradise inside the city limits!
Hammam Pool, Aleppo, Syria, 2007
Taken at the Hammam al-Nahasin or Bathhouse of the Coppersmiths, in the oldest part of Aleppo's covered souk, dating back to the early thirteenth century.
Women are not allowed in, so I got lucky!!
An overnight/early morning shower cooled the temperature down slightly but soon it was a steambath again.
This is the steambath/washhouse I recently finished building. It doesn't look like much but using it sure feels good. It was first priority on moving into this isolated little cabin without running water.
"Banya"'s the Russian word for it ... I picked up the habit of building these things from the Yupik Eskimo people of the Yukon Delta, with whom I lived for 15 yrs. (the Yupik word is "mukiwik")
The Yupiks got the habit from the Russians who settled in that area in the 1700s. Within , it has a wood stove made from an oil drum, covered with a wire mesh framework holding many porous volcanic rocks. The door of the stove is also the water tank (made from a cut-open metal jerry can).
When the water begins boiling, you ladle it onto the red hot rocks till you reach the right thermostatic balance between pleasure and pain ..... When you can't take any more you go out and sit in the porch in the pleasantly cool subzero air and watch the Northern Lights ...
After many repetitions, you wash and rinse and sleep feeling like you have a brand new skin ...
Koaiʻa, Koaiʻe, or Dwarf koa
Fabaceae (Legume or Pea family)
Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (All the main islands, but status on Oʻahu uncertain)
Vulnerable
Oʻahu (Cultivated); Maui origin
Branch with leaves, flowers and green seed pods
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Seeds
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Habit
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The Hawaiian Islands have two endemic species of Acacia: the much larger Acacia koa; and the smaller, rarer Acacia koaia.
The dense reddish brown wood is harder than koa and was used by early Hawaiians for short spears (ihe), long spears (pololū), fish lures (lāʻau melomelo), shark hooks (makau manō) with bone points, bait sticks in fishing, fancy paddles (hoe), house (hale) construction, ʻukēkē (musical bow), calabashes (ʻumeke), and the ʻiʻe kūkū --the final beater to smooth out the kapa.
Unlike it's larger cousin koa, koaiʻa was not used for making Hawaiian canoes (waʻa) because it produced curly grained wood.
The crushed koaiʻa leaves were mixed with other plant materials and used in a steam bath for skin disorders.
One older source (Charles Gaudichaud, 1819) states that Hawaiians "used all fragrant plants, all flowers and even colored fruits" for lei making. The red or yellow were indicative of divine and chiefly rank; the purple flowers and fruit, or with fragrance, were associated with divinity. Because of their long-standing place in oral tradition, the leaves and flowers of koaiʻa were likely used for lei making by early Hawaiians, even though there are no written sources.
Etymology
The generic name Acacia is derived from the Greek, akakia, the name for Acacia arabica, ultimately from akis or ake, a Greek word meaning "a sharp point" and referring to the thorns of this particular plant.
The specific epithet koaia is from the Hawaiian word for this tree.
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An overnight/early morning shower cooled the temperature down slightly but soon it was a steambath again.
Banya (steambath). Boarding school for mentally retarded children, Belskoe Ustie Orphanage, Pskov region, 2007
Nauthólsvík is a Blue flag beach in Reykjavík, where people swim whole the year. About the Geothermal beach
In the summer of 2000 the Geothermal beach in Nauthólsvík was opened. Golden beachsand was braught in from elsewhere and big seawalls were build which form a lagoon where the cold sea and hot geothermal water fuse together. It is actually more likely to see a beach like this by the Mediterranean sea than in the most northwardly city of the world that is situated by the North Atlantic sea! The goal with this project was to make this bay, Nauthólsvík, a diverse outdoor area with numerous possibilities as, for example, sunbathing, seabathing and sailing.
The following summer, in 2001, a service center opened at the Geothermal beach that provides changing rooms, hot showers and possibility to buy hot drinks and chocolate among other things. A big hot tub is in front of the service center which is, in average, 38°C hot and also steambath wich is up to 47°C hot. The beach is very popular in the summertime and is progressively becoming a hit in the wintertime as well.
The sea temperature has been known to become around -1,9°C during the coldest months and around 16°C in the summertime. Average temperature is 4°- 6°C in the winter and 12°- 13°C in the summer.
The temperature of the sea inside the lagoon itself is a bit higher in the summer, average 15°- 19°C, as it is heated up with geothermal heat. In the wintertime this hot water that sometimes runs into the lagoon does not make any difference for the temperature.
The Geothermal beach has quite a good attendance as it counts around 530 thousand guests each year, both Icelanders and foreigners.
It is save to say that this beach has become a true paradise inside the city limits!