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小樽運河是日本北海道小樽市的一處地標。1914年動工，1923年開通。運河沿岸排列著一排紅磚倉庫，是小樽市作作為日本北海道金融、經濟中心的象徵，甚至被人稱爲「北方的華爾街」昔日運河裏曾擁擠著無數裝卸貨物的舢板。後來由於戰爭令工業倒退，喪失了運河的工用，因此有一半長度的運河被填平作馬路使用。如今這些倉庫建築都改成了玻璃工藝品商店、茶館、餐廳和大型商鋪。成為了一處旅遊聖地。
The Ma′unga Terevaka is the largest, tallest (507.41 m / 1,664.73 ft) and youngest of three main extinct volcanoes that form Rapa Nui (Easter Island, a Chilean island in the Pacific Ocean). Several smaller volcanic cones and craters dot its slopes, including a crater hosting one of the island's three lakes, Rano Aroi.
While Terevaka forms the bulk of Easter Island, the island has two older volcanic peaks; Poike which forms the eastern headland and Rano Kau the southern. Terevaka last erupted in the Pleistocene and is less than 400,000 years old. Its lava field at Roiho has been dated at between 110,000 and 150,000 years old. Terevaka is an easy walk up on a trail that starts next to the moai at Ahu Akivi, by foot or horse. It is often very windy at the top.
Terevaka is the 12th most topographically isolated summit on Earth.
The Poike has unique statues made of trachyte stone.
The moai are known as white moais.
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About 500 meters from there, very close to the eroded Ma’unga Parehe the Ahu Toremu Hiva is found, with a stone wall quite destroyed and partly fallen on the cliff, in which some pieces of statues and a half-buried head on the floor can be seen.
Near Pua Katiki crater the remains of another ahu appear, and a small moai of white trachyte in which the human form is barely distinguishable. More to the interior of the peninsula the Ahu Riki Riki (that means “little one”) emphasizes in which there are several moai fragments carved in white stone.
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These curious geological formations were used as trachyte quarries, a dense volcanic white stone, with which they carved several moai statues. Most of the statues that have been found in Poike were carved in this resistant material, although a few come from the Rano Raraku volcano.
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For some unknown reason, during the period of construction of the large statues, considered the golden age of the island, it is believed that the inhabitants of the Poike peninsula remained separate from the others and hardly participated in the work of carving in the quarries of Rano Raraku.
One proof of its isolation is that only two of the statues found in the Poike are made of the lapilli tuff of the Rano Raraku, while the rest of the statues were made of the white trachyte coming from the Poike deposits.
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At the foot of the lower slope of the Poike, there is a large depression of terrain of 3.5 km long that runs parallel to the current road and is known as the Poike Ditch. It is formed by a series of elongated trenches about 10 to 15 meters wide and 2 or 3 meters deep.
Oral tradition speaks of a bloody and genocidal struggle, known as the battle of the Poike, which took place in this place. A legend says that the tribe of the Hanau E’epe (the ruling class) took refuge in this area to protect themselves from the tribe of the Hanau Momoko, who had rebelled against the abuses of the rival tribe.
The Hanau E’epe people had dug a large ditch which they set fire to form a barrier and defend against the enemy. However the Hanau Momoko people managed to infiltrate the ends of the volcano and attacked the Hanau E’epe by surprise. When they realised that were surrounded, they retreated to the pit, where they were thrown and burned alive. For that reason the islanders call the ditch Ko te umu or te Hanau e’epe or “the great curanto of the Hanau e’epe”.
UNGA 2019 in full swing..... as an exotic 738 departs to regional field after dropping off the delegates.
Democratic Republic of the Congo B737-9JA (ER) BBJ3 T7-RDC On Short Final To Runway 4R At JFK During UNGA Week
[UNGA week visitor] You pray, you pray, you pray and eventually, it happens...
Here is "Gambia 001" off RWY31L after dropping off President Yahya JAMMEH to attend UN General Assembly held in NYC. Without a doubt, THE highlight of this entire UNGA week! [GMB001]
[UNGA week visitor] You pray, you pray, you pray and eventually, it happens... Now, I can die and rest in peace.
Here is "Gambia 001" banking out RWY31L after dropping off President Yahya JAMMEH to attend UN General Assembly held in NYC. Without a doubt, THE highlight of this entire UNGA week! [GMB001]
[UNGA week visitor] Here is "Turkish Republic 1 Heavy" seen on final 22L while sun got finally shown up! Carrying President Recep TAYYIP ERDOGAN to attend UN General Assembly. [TRK1]
[UNGA15 visitor] "Alpha-Mike-Echo 4560 Heavy" to land on RWY22L and carrying Prime Minister of Spain, Mariano RAJOY to attend UNGA. [AME4560]
Unga Park (運河パーク)
The floating red and blue lights on the left are from the YOKOHAMA AIR CABIN ropeway.
[UNGA week visitor] "Amiri 3" on final RWY31R early in the morning but in such good conditions to get it! [QAF3]
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Ungabungasaurus, an art car built atop the chassis of an old Ford Escort - by Craig Sakowitz - see www.flickr.com/photos/craigsakowitz/sets/72157594510777968/
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MasterJet A320-232 Reg: CS-TFY on approach to JFK ops for Democratic Republic of the Congo to collect President Félix Tshisekedi attending the UNGA
Air force One (USAF) VC-25A 82-8000 arriving in perfect light conditions at JFK with President Joe Biden on board.