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Blackpool, the sea defences have been developed for years, each year there seems to be a llittle more done, this is a quick abstract from the wonderful curves the steps have there that you might be able to notice from the Blackpool beach day shots.
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Candid street photography from Glasgow, Scotland. I don't think that I have ever seen these steps empty like this during the day before. This woman looked so alone in this frame that it really caught my eye for a shot. Enjoy!
beneath the bright expanse of glass, travelers move in silence, their mirrored selves etched into the floor below like shadows of another realm. in black and white, the moment becomes timeless, a meditation on waiting and becoming.
(Great Sand Dunes NP, Colorado)
Sunlight wedges the fabric of the storm system, stalled this morning below the peaks of the Sangre de Cristo. It lights an incongruous desert that nestles comfortably, cupped against a bend in the wall of summits. All that sand, waiting to be scattered, trapped by the range until eternity wears it down. Yesterday we watched as clouds let loose gray/black curtains of water randomly over the vast prairie of the San Luis Valley, sometimes on the dunes, and sometimes on us. I can see part of that cloud mass to the north, obliterating the mountains; the rest is above my head, the source of the shadow I walk through. I have come here enough times here that it has become a pilgrimage for me, although most of my images are from ridges and mounds. I am surrounded by foot steps. The sand holds the divots of shoes in almost every conceivable square foot it seems. Farther out, they deface the windward and leeward slopes. Even the dune field itself rises in steps, sand ramps to navigate like giant switchbacks. Behind me, my own tracks dog me. Physically and figuratively, I have a long and twisted journey to this series of exposures. Wild places exist in degrees of remoteness, and I long for the days when they were more pristine, less trampled. Ever pragmatic, I subtract myself from culpability in that. The wind starts up in earnest, blowing sand off the crests, raging against human progress. For a moment I linger here in the shadows, grateful I will soon be in the light.
Kipsala is an island in Daugava river in the middle of Rīga- capital city of Latvia
The island is 2.7 km long and 0.5 km wide. The island has existed and been inhabited for about 300 years, as it was originally formed as a sandbank brought by the river with muddy interlayers
18th century Ships entering Riga needed a place to unload large ballast, and for this purpose the Rāte of Riga established an area in Ķīpsala, where Ballast Dam was formed from the ballast material unloaded over the centuries - Ķīpsala's largest and also the most architecturally rich street. 18th century construction works of the dam took place according to the project of G.E. Veismanis, a century later restoration works were underway. For many years Ballast dam was the only paved street in Ķipsala.
The residential buildings were located on one side of the street, because the opposite side is washed by the Daugava. In order to strengthen the shore along the street, a boulder strengthening structure was built in 1885. On the banks of the Daugava near the Ballast Dam in the 20th century. In the 1930s, a city swimming pool was built.
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The city of Valletta is a maze of narrow streets interspersed with huge rises of steps. This views shows one of the larger examples.
Located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 53rd Street, Saint Thomas Church is a New York City landmark. These steps mark the point where you should turn to get to the Museum of Modern Art.
In a small State Park in southern Kentucky, lies this beautiful set of stone steps. After climbing them, you find that they lead to nothing but a lovely wood. At some point in the past they were important, but the purpose is lost. I found a photo of the steps in the lobby of the park and had to discover them for myself and make them my own.