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L'Argine del Piave nella zona di Candelù , con in primo piano , Erianthus ravennae ( canna del Po ) Graminaceae.

Candelù - Maserada sul Piave - Treviso - Italia

California coastal redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) are among the longest living (1,200 to 1,800) years and the tallest, living trees (up to 379 feet).

When a “mother tree” dies, the underground roots spread out and sprout new trees after the tree’s death, growing to be as tall as the mother tree and they become a “fairy ring”

This ring is at the Armstrong Redwood Park, North of Guerneville, Sonoma County CA

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Quietly sailing away towards the sun ... To all of you I wish a great week. Enjoy!

 

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WWII Memorial at sunset. An unforgettable sight at any hour of the day.

Arlington Memorial Amphitheater

WWII Memorial

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I took a kajillion photos on this trip, so I visit the files quite regularly. Bear with me! :~}

Really like how this one has came out with the Web...

Wasserburg am Inn bietet mit seiner landschaftlichen Lage eine Besonderheit: Die Altstadt liegt auf einer vom Inn fast vollständig (zu ca. 7/8) umflossenen Halbinsel, die nur über eine schmale Landzunge erreichbar ist. Vom gegenüberliegenden bis zu 70 Meter hohen Steilufer, der Innleiten, überblickt man die ganze Altstadt mit ihrer bis ins Mittelalter zurückreichenden Bausubstanz.

Wie am Grundriss der Altstadt und dem nach außen abnehmenden Alter der Bausubstanz unschwer zu erkennen ist, ist die Halbinsel im Lauf der vergangenen Jahrhunderte stetig nach Osten und Norden gewachsen, während der Inn das gegenüberliegende Steilufer abgetragen hat.

Dieser Prozess kam erst mit der Befestigung der Ufer im Rahmen des Kraftwerksbaus am Inn in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts zum Stillstand. Auf alten Stadtansichten und Fotografien ist dementsprechend zu sehen, dass der gegenüberliegende Prallhang bis vor wenigen Jahrzehnten praktisch nicht bewachsen war, während er heute weitgehend bewaldet ist.

Entsprechend der geringen Höhe des angeschwemmten Landes gegenüber dem starken Schwankungen unterliegenden Wasserspiegel des Inns wurden weite Teile der Altstadt bei Hochwasser regelmäßig unter Wasser gesetzt, bis dies durch den Bau der Hochwasserfreilegung 1986 bislang unterbunden werden konnte.

 

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Lofoten Islands, Norther-Norway.

 

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7.52 The hills of of Val D'Orcia,CF004768

 

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28COM 14B.51 - Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Val d'Orcia)

 

Val d'Orcia

 

The landscape of Val d’Orcia is part of the agricultural hinterland of Siena, redrawn and developed when it was integrated in the territory of the city-state in the 14th and 15th centuries to reflect an idealized model of good governance and to create an aesthetically pleasing picture. The landscape’s distinctive aesthetics, flat chalk plains out of which rise almost conical hills with fortified settlements on top, inspired many artists. Their images have come to exemplify the beauty of well-managed Renaissance agricultural landscapes. The inscription covers: an agrarian and pastoral landscape reflecting innovative land-management systems; towns and villages; farmhouses; and the Roman Via Francigena and its associated abbeys, inns, shrines, bridges, etc.

 

Justification for Inscription.

 

Criterion (iv): The Val d’Orcia is an exceptional reflection of the way the landscape was re-written in Renaissance times to reflect the ideals of good governance and to create an aesthetically pleasing pictures.

Criterion (vi): The landscape of the Val d’Orcia was celebrated by painters from the Siennese School, which flourished during the Renaissance. Images of the Val d’Orcia, and particularly depictions of landscapes where people are depicted as living in harmony with nature, have come to be seen as icons of the Renaissance and have profoundly influenced the development of landscape thinking.

 

Source: Advisory Body Evaluation

Skatet Beach, Orleans - One of the wonderful things about a bay beach at low tide is that you can walk out quite a distance from the shore. Here you'll notice people far away from the beach.

Blood Moon rising behind Austin TX

One of the largest bridge in europe. (17 km)

Lisbon in Portugal

 

Journée des REGATES dans le port de NICE ,le BELEM dans toute sa splendeur admiré par de nombreux visiteurs

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Dedicated to my friend Anna Maria who loves Africa so much see her stream :

  

African sunsets are unique, unforgettable, grandiose like its continent they give you the feeling of peace and freedom. So I pay homage to my beloved Africa this way.

 

"People who dream ... known that the real glory of dreams lies in the atmosphere of unlimited freedom - the freedom of the artist" - Karen Blixen (Out of Africa)

 

with this I wish all of you a wonderful day (or night) Enjoy!

   

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Plebejus argus,

Gesilver-studded blue ißklee-Bläuling,

silver-studded blue

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Scende il sole su questo paradiso

Lio Piccolo - Cavallino - Treporti -Venezia - Italia

stand out in the crowd

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I saw this beautiful fresco of a sundial (working) at a baroque castel in Bohemia - ;Dobris Castel - the 18th century gaves us so many things, as well at the very end the "Rights of Man" .. and as time goes by I wonder sometimes where those rights are.

 

see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundial

 

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it splits and then twirls? .... interesting!

Cape Saunders, Dunedin, New Zealand.

 

"You are my everlasting song. Come fly with me."

 

Three galaxies in the sky, one Goddess beside the sea. And a wing of stars on her back.

 

My new starry sky portrait photo taken by Nikon D810 and Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 2.8/15 ZF.2 lens with additional Light-Painting in Lightroom for model and foreground details. I am trying a kind of Computer Graphics texture, I hope you might like it...

 

Model information: Ogata Rina www.volks.co.jp/en/whitealbum/products.html/

 

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Explored Mar 9, 2015

A pristine sunshine week for high-altitude backcountry snowshoeing and ski touring after a spectacular 80-centimetre dry-powder dump in the Pacific coastal mountains of southern British Columbia. Noritsu Kiki digital film scan.

 

This is Callaghan Country (1370 m, 4459 ft), a spectacular upper-mountain valley and wilderness terrain with old-growth forests, lush alpine meadows and pristine lakes - surrounded by huge snowfields, stunning glaciers, majestic peaks and the omnipresent Powder Mountain Massif overhead.

 

The small glacier-fed stream below leads to pristine Conflict Lake in the Upper Callaghan Basin. Classic coast mountain country.

 

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Nikon D3s / Zeiss Makro Planar 100/2 ZF

@ F 5.6

 

Thanks to Norbert.He gave me this lens for testing.

 

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9. Only One Love Nature - Poland - 06/10/2015

Sony SLT A55V + Tamron 90.0 mm...

Cat: Close-up ...

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“Sometimes I arrive just when God's ready to have somone click the shutter.” - Ansel Adams...

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Udo Ritke

Zeiss Distagon 21mm f2,8 ZF

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Thanks to Empyrean Flora Group

 

Thanks to ImagePoetry Group

 

My white rose in the blue dedicated to my dear friend Irene for her birthday. May your days be full of love, roses and blue skies; thanks for your friendship.

 

"Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age."-

Anais Nin

 

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Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada.

 

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