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High temperatures and the cool water of the Mediterranean Sea, result in dense early morning fog. The foggy effect was enhanced by dust arising from the urbanization of a portion of the land. The effect was fairly short lived, but I enjoyed it while it lasted.
The heart-faced shaped owl doing what nocturnal owls do best during the day... sleep and more sleep.
The main factor limiting the Barn Owl is the loss of habitat and of prey species, mainly to urbanization. Barn Owls are threatened here and the Western Barn Owl population, is protected under the federal Species at Risk Act (SARA) and the BC Wildlife Act.
Singapore Botanic Gardens are an oasis of natural beauty and tranquility in a highly urbanized city. The Gardens were established in 1859, and retain the same layout and historical buildings until today.
The Gardens are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and are a global center for plant research, development, and conservation. This was a key institution involved with the introduction of rubber trees in South East Asia, which became a major cash crop for the region.
The greening of Singapore is a direct result of the Gardens' efforts, which devoted their expertise and resources to transform Singapore into the Garden City that it has now become.
The National Orchid Garden has the world's largest display of orchids, and is part of Singapore Botanical Gardens' orchid breeding program, with a repository of one thousand species and two thousand hybrids.
Singapore Botanic Gardens are an oasis of natural beauty and tranquility in a highly urbanized city. The Gardens were established in 1859, and retain the same layout and historical buildings until today.
The Gardens are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and are a global center for plant research, development, and conservation. This was a key institution involved with the introduction of rubber trees in South East Asia, which became a major cash crop for the region.
The greening of Singapore is a direct result of the Gardens' efforts, which devoted their expertise and resources to transform Singapore into the Garden City that it has now become.
The National Orchid Garden has the world's largest display of orchids, and is part of Singapore Botanical Gardens' orchid breeding program, with a repository of one thousand species and two thousand hybrids.
Monte Y Mar, Spain
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The Palace of Raio is a Baroque residence in the urbanized area of the municipality of Braga. It is a beautiful example of the late Baroque, early Rococo style of decoration by Portuguese architect André Soares, notable for his influence in the northern Portuguese Baroque movement.
O Palácio de Raio é uma residência barroca na área urbanizada do município de Braga. É um belo exemplo do estilo Barroco tardio/ início do estilo Rococó, do arquiteto português André Soares, notável pela sua influência no movimento Barroco do norte de Portugal
In urbanized Singapore, it can be difficult to find nature landscapes that can blend in well with the urban jungle. However, there are places like the Jurong Lake Gardens where man made and nature can co-exist in harmony.
This straight Pano piece was shot into a very bright late afternoon sun which really glared out the image. I almost abandoned it because it was so washed out in white glare. Instead I drastically dropped the highlights and brightness, bumped up the colour and actually had to lighten up the shadows on the right. A slight shift in the "cast" gives the image a yellowish wash. These are standard photographic adjustments.
But would we consider this manipulated or not ? I think it sits on the cusp.
Carrying on my major theme of Pano-Sabotage as visual metaphor for transformation. Said metamorphosis can always be seen in two ways - as DE-structive and RE-Constructive. This is entirely up to how each of us views transformation.
Image shot May 15, 2018
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I am VERY proud to announce that I was chosen to be the feature artist of the "Kreative People" Group's Spring Gallery - Running until the end of June. I really must thank both abstractartangel77 and Xandram for bestowing me with this great honour. The link to the gallery appears below:
Please visit my Kreative People Highlight Gallery HERE
Singapore Botanic Gardens are an oasis of natural beauty and tranquility in a highly urbanized city. The Gardens were established in 1859, and retain the same layout and historical buildings until today.
The Gardens are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and are a global center for plant research, development, and conservation. This was a key institution involved with the introduction of rubber trees in South East Asia, which became a major cash crop for the region.
The greening of Singapore is a direct result of the Gardens' efforts, which devoted their expertise and resources to transform Singapore into the Garden City that it has now become.
The National Orchid Garden has the world's largest display of orchids, and is part of Singapore Botanical Gardens' orchid breeding program, with a repository of one thousand species and two thousand hybrids.
"URBANIZANDO EL CERRO EN LA CIUDAD DE QUERÉTARO. MÉXICO.
THANK YOU ALL MY KIND FLICKR FRIENDS. YOUR COMMENTS AND INVITATIONS ARE VERY MOTIVATING AND APPRECIATED.
GRACIAS A TODOS MIS AMABLES AMIGOS DE FLICKR. SUS COMENTARIOS, INVITACIONES Y FAVORITOS, SON MUY MOTIVANTES Y APRECIADOS.
Images and textures of my own.
Querétaro - México.
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“Many people still see urbanization as a destructive force—but urban living can lead to more efficient use of resources and smaller carbon footprints.”
- PASCAL MITTERMAIER
Having a very pleasant walk along La Mata del Rosal, a nice urbanization in Navacerrada, we took this picture from one of its inclined and quiet residential streets.
In this view you can see the village nestled between the trees, beyond you can see the old Sanatory of La Barranca and the Valley of La Barranca under La Bola del Mundo and La Maliciosa, two of the most important mountains in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park.
We took this picture at dusk, enjoying the relaxation and silence that prevailed at that time there.
Best viewed large.
Wishing you a nice and lovely Tuesday!
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Dando un agradable paseo por La Mata del Rosal, una bonita urbanización de Navacerrada, sacamos esta fotografía desde una de sus inclinadas y tranquilas calles residenciales.
En esta vista se puede ver el pueblo anidado entre los árboles, más allá se puede ver el antiguo Sanatorio de La Barranca y el Valle de La Barranca bajo La Bola del Mundo y La Maliciosa, dos de las montañas más importantes del Parque Nacional Sierra de Guadarrama.
Tomamos esta foto al anochecer, disfrutando de la relajación y el silencio que reinaba en ese momento allí.
Mejor visualizar en grande.
¡Te deseo un bonito y encantador martes!
A derelict barbed wire fence, once the boarder of a rural farm, lays as a reminder of what once was in the face of Urbanization.
Is it a Star Gate? Is it a dome-climber in a children's playground?
Avondale Estates, Georgia, USA.
6 December 2022.
▶ A daytime view: here.
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The Village, NYC, USA
This is old-time high density housing. Also dubbed " Trust-Fund-Kids area", now, one of the most expensive real estate on the planet :-)
Yet, less public services than Barcelona!
The night arrives and all people return home after hours of amusement on the streets enjoying the snow.
A close urbanization with its gardens, pools and cornices completely covered with a good layer of snow of more than 50 cm.
Best viewed large to observe the details.
Good Sunday and much health to everybody!
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Llega la noche y toda la gente vuelve a casa después de horas de diversión en las calles disfrutando de la nieve.
Una urbanización cercana con sus jardines, piscinas y cornisas completamente cubiertas con una buena capa de nieve de más de 50 cm.
Se ve mejor en grande para observar los detalles.
¡Buen domingo y mucha salud a todos!
The Old City of Kotor is a well preserved urbanization typical of the middle Ages, built between the 12th and 14th century. Medieval architecture and numerous monuments of cultural heritage have made Kotor land on the UNESCO’s World Natural and Historical Heritage Site list.
Through the entire city the buildings are intersected by narrow streets and squares. Cathedral of Saint Tryphon (Sveti Tripun) is at the center of one of these squares, and it’s a monument of Roman culture and one of the most recognizable symbols of the city.
In recent years, rhinos have been threatened by poaching, urbanization and pollution, which have left certain rhino species on the brink of extinction while leaving other species severely endangered.
Rhino horns are in great demand in many southeast Asian countries like Vietnam. The Chinese use it as an aphrodisiac and make traditional medicines with it. More than ever, rhinos need care and conservation now. Organisations and non-profit groups across the world are engaging in anti-poaching measures.
The rhinoceros is our planet’s armoured giant. There are five species of rhino – white and black rhinos in Africa, and the greater one-horned, Javan and Sumatran rhino species in Asia.
The white rhinoceros or square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is the largest extant species of rhinoceros was busy grazing at sunset. Photographed during a photography safari on a late evening game drive in the open savannah plains of Africa.
" The Mimico watershed is a completely urbanized watershed within Toronto and Region Conservation’s jurisdiction, with over 30% of its landmass featuring industrial land-uses and over 60% of its reach artificially channelized. As a watershed shaped so extensively by human intervention, its management requires close attention to the protection, enhancement and expansion of its remaining natural systems and the improvement of its water quality by improving and limiting urban storm water runoff."
Welcoming mural painted on wall of soon-to-open Galore Market, at western city limits of...
Avondale Estates (Lanier Gardens Park), Georgia, USA.
23 December 2025.
▶ Artist: Lisette Correa (@Arrrtaddict on Instagram).
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▶ Unfortunately, the new owners renovating the building (not the artist) have unceremoniously moved the longtime memorial plaque to Larry and Stella Lanier — mid-20th-century owners of the site and longtime upstanding citizens of the city — off to the side and unsecured.
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(Madagascar) - Je suis dans l’un des magasins en bois du « marché artisanal de la digue ». Le volet est fermé. Curieux, je vais l’ouvrir, avec l’accord de la vendeuse, pour voir à quoi ressemble le paysage.
Je découvre avec surprise une rizière en friche et au fond… une partie d’Antananarivo, la capitale malgache. C’est l’un des faubourgs les plus agréables qu’il m’ait été donné de voir. La campagne à quelques encablures de la plus grande ville du pays. Mais d’année en année, l’urbanisation étend son emprise sur les zones humides.
View over Antananarivo
(Madagascar) - I am in one of the wooden shops of the “Dike Artisanal Market”. The shutters are closed. Curious, I open them, with the agreement of the saleswoman, to see what the landscape looks like.
I discover with surprise a fallow rice field and in the background... a part of Antananarivo, the Malagasy capital. It is one of the most pleasant suburbs of a capital that I have ever seen. The countryside a stone's throw from the largest city in the country. But from year to year, urbanization extends its hold on the wetlands.
Europe, Greece, Thessaly, Aegean, Northern Sporades, Skopelos town (Chora) (slightly cut from top)
The start of a series about the fascinating character of Greek urbanization, often hemmed in by the sea and draped over mountains and valleys.
Shot from the 'Express Skiathos' ferry.
This is number 9 of the Skopolos album and number 4 of the new Greek urbanization in its natural context album.
Europe, Greece, Aegean, Cyclades, Andros, Chora (slightly cut from T&B)
Andros island is only two hours by ferry from the Greek mainland but is a world of its own. It's the largest and the quietest Cycladic island. Its landscape consists of three mountain ranges with an east-west orientation. The highest mountain is over 1000m. The island is very fertile with lots of springs.
On display here is the very specific urbanization of Andros town (chora) perched on its own narrow peninsula.
This is number 9 of Greek urbanization in its natural context album and number 5 of Andros.
The third largest city in The USA, and arguably the most iconic, rises above the tree line... painted in autumn colors... on a sunny fall evening.
The tower on the left is the ICC (International Commerce Center) built in West Kowloon, and currently Hong Kong’s tallest building.
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Europe, Greece, Aegean, Sporades, Skyros, Chora (uncut)
“Skyros is the southernmost island of the Sporades archipelago. The north of the island is covered by forest, while the south, dominated by the highest mountain, called Kochila, (792 m), is bare and rocky. The island's capital is also called Skyros (or, locally, Chora). The main port, on the west coast, is Linaria. The island has a castle (the kastro) that dates from the Venetian occupation (13th to 15th centuries), a Byzantine monastery, the Monastery of Saint George). The island has its own breed of ponies.” (Wiki)
This is number 12 of the Greece 2006 Skyros & Pilion album.