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Commissioned for the Golden Gate International Exposition

Currently displayed in front of the Administration Building

Treasure Island, San Francisco

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Twenty sculptures were commissioned by prominent sculptors for the Court of Pacifica, representing the different cultures of the Pacific nations. Most were created with cast stone and steel reinforcement, and have survived to this day - however, four of the originals, made of less permanent materials have been lost.

 

The statues were once dwarfed by the enormous statue of Pacifica, goddess of the Pacific and symbol of the Golden Gate International Exposition. Designed by sculptor Ralph Stackpole, she towered 80ft tall, constructed of an iron frame covered with wire mesh, and finally smoothed with a layer of plaster. Stackpole labored for two years to bring this massive beauty to life - 50 scale models were built before one was selected and painstakingly enlarged from 10ft to 80ft tall.

 

Sadly for us, in 1941, when the United States Navy took over the island, she was unceremoniously demolished and hauled off with the rest of the rubble from the great exposition, leaving behind only her more modest attendants.

 

Six of the sculptures have been recently restored and replaced in front of Building One, the fair’s administration building. The remaining ten are held in the Treasure Island Museum’s safe storage, waiting for their opportunity to come back out in the sun.

 

Today the non-profit organization, The Pacifica II Statue Project, is working on recreating and re-installing the statue. Currently a 8ft replica can be found at the City College of San Francisco.

 

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Adaline Dutton Kent (August 7, 1900 – March 24, 1957) or Adaline Kent Howard was an American sculptor from California. She created abstract sculptures with forms inspired by the natural landscape.

 

Biography

Kent was born on August 7, 1900 in Kentfield, California, one of seven children of women's rights activist Elizabeth Thacher Kent and U.S. congressman William Kent. Her grandfather, Albert Emmett Kent, had purchased an 800-acre farm in 1871, which later became the town of Kentfield. She began her education at Vassar College before returning to the Bay Area to study at the California School of Fine Arts. She studied in Paris with Antoine Bourdelle at the Grande Chaumiere. She married Robert Boardman Howard on August 5, 1930, after they worked together on the Pacific Stock Exchange building, a Miller and Pflueger architecture firm project. They had two daughters, Ellen (May 1931 – Oct 1987) and Galen (born April 1933).

 

During the Golden Gate International Exposition (1939–1940), Kent produced a group of 20 statues called Pacific Unity, that were grouped around the Fountain of Western Waters surrounded the statue of Pacifica (Court of Pacifica) by Ralph Stackpole. Each cast stone statue was created to represent the four different population groups in the Pacific; North American, South American, Asian and Pacific Islander. In 1941 the US Navy took over control of Treasure Island (location of the former Golden Gate International Exposition) and removed all but six of the statues. In 1994, six of the remaining statues were restored and put on display on Treasure Island at Building One.

As flood waters surround the 500-year-old Sri Chand temple located on the mouth of the breached embankment in Thatta city 88-year-old Lachman Das, has a strange comforting smile on his face. “I know I'll remain safe,“ says the caretaker. “Laal Saeen won't hurt us.“

According to legend, hundreds of years ago Sri Chand was meditating on a spot on which the temple currently stands, when similar floods began to approach. The Hindu saint ordered Laal Saeen said to control the waters to put it to a stop. Laal Saeen replied that he would only do so if Sri agreed to light a lamp in honour of his name at the temple. It’s been more than 500 years now and the Akhund Joot (the flame) continues to burn in this temple,” Das said, as he lead the way to the structure inside where a flame is kept burning in an oil lamp at all times in front Sri Chand’s portrait.

 

Das said the floods do not him scare at all. In fact, he added, a similar situation occurred about 40 years ago. “Despite 12 foot deep water all around the temple, Sri Chand’s holy abode remained free of harm,” he claimed.

 

Read my story published in the Express Tribune from that dreadful day:

tribune.com.pk/story/43683/chaos-as-govt-fails-to-deliver...

As flood waters surround the 500-year-old Sri Chand temple located on the mouth of the breached embankment in Thatta city 88-year-old Lachman Das, has a strange comforting smile on his face. “I know I'll remain safe,“ says the caretaker. “Laal Saeen won't hurt us.“

According to legend, hundreds of years ago Sri Chand was meditating on a spot on which the temple currently stands, when similar floods began to approach. The Hindu saint ordered Laal Saeen said to control the waters to put it to a stop. Laal Saeen replied that he would only do so if Sri agreed to light a lamp in honour of his name at the temple. It’s been more than 500 years now and the Akhund Joot (the flame) continues to burn in this temple,” Das said, as he lead the way to the structure inside where a flame is kept burning in an oil lamp at all times in front Sri Chand’s portrait.

 

Das said the floods do not him scare at all. In fact, he added, a similar situation occurred about 40 years ago. “Despite 12 foot deep water all around the temple, Sri Chand’s holy abode remained free of harm,” he claimed.

 

Read my story published in the Express Tribune from that dreadful day:

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To me this really captures the look of coastal NSW - sandy beaches with beautiful blue waters surrounded by eroded sandstone cliffs and dry scrub.

 

Taken at the Royal Nation Park NSW.

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The flood waters surrounded the mill and broke through the road just south of the Mill. The owner of the Mill, Fannie Friis, was afraid of another flood and she had the dam blown up. The mill never ran again.

Montenegro Beach Resort 4* is one of the most popular and modern hotels in Montenegro. Our hotel is located in Bečići resort – a picturesque bay with the cleanest waters, surrounded by a coniferous forest and beautiful mountains. A seaside promenade connects it with Budva, the old town, while its restaurants and nightclubs are only 2 km away.

We also visited the Costa Verde, west of Rio de Janeiro. It is worth a visit with its azure blue waters surrounded with forest and small villages. Take a boat trip, so you can visit the most remote regions. And enjoy the waters.

This stunning photograph captures a serene moment in the Thousand Islands, Ontario, Canada. A small island with a lone tree sits in the calm waters, surrounded by a multitude of other islands. The sun sets gracefully in the distance, casting a warm golden light across the scene. The azure sky, along with the water's gentle reflections, creates a feeling of tranquility and peace. This simple yet powerful image conveys the beauty of nature's solitude and the charm of a quiet, secluded place.

 

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Flowerpot island, part of the Fathom Five National Marine Park, is in the Georgian Bay, which is deep and has very clear water, colored with wonderful greens and blues. Photo taken on a visit to the island last year with my sister and family.

Step into this tranquil view at Villette Cham. This lovely wooden bridge spans across slowly streaming waters, surrounded by many colours of grand trees. This is welcome to step into this peaceful green oasis, sit on one of the plentiful benches, and enjoy the scene of still waters. Shiny lake and distant hills add their majesty to this quiet getaway—a perfect spot for reflection and relaxation. Enjoy the calm and beauty of nature it provides in such an ideal setting.

The Coeur d'Alene River ran high behind the Cataldo Mission while flood waters surround three quarters of it.

The US prides itself in its ability to replicate various attractions from around the world. I mean, besides their original locations, where else can you see the Eiffel tower, the luxor pyramid, and the Venitian waters surrounded by beautiful buildings? One notable place is Las Vegas. Then there's the wonderful wizardry world of Harry Potter which was filmed in the UK and has been completely replicated and turned into an attraction here in Florida. And there are others as well.

 

But then there's this attraction which isn't a replication at all. It's an original bridge nearly 2 centuries old that once spanned across the River Thames in London, England. It was dismantled in England in 1967, shipped to the US, and then reassembled and completed here in Arizona in 1971. It's called "London Bridge" and if you look closely at the photos, you can see British flags displayed on the bridge.

 

Right here, you will find a fascinating history about this bridge, including old photos, and how it came to be here in the US:

 

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-Kayakeando dentro del "Pozo del Gavilán". Produndas aguas azules y tranquilas rodadas de altas paredes de roca.

 

-Kayaking inside "Pozo del Gavilan". Deep blue and calm waters surrounded of high walls of stone.

Big, noisy, chocolate-colored waters raged through the (normally dry) Bitter Creek wash yesterday afternoon due to heavy summer rains in Jerome and Clarkdale.

At the extreme northern end of the Kaghan Valley about 50 km from Naran on the Naran-Babusar road is Lalusar Lake, surrounded by clusters of wild flowers in a carpet of blue and gold. This is the source of the Kunhar River, which winds through the length of the valley. Lake Lalusar offers a splendid opportunity for fishing in dark blue waters surrounded by high mountains. The serene beauty and peace, which permeates the Kaghan Valley, makes this an ideal spot for relaxation and reflection.

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Baros island, Maldives. Taken knee deep in the warm waters surrounded by coral and fish (and a rather large shark the other side of the reef my wife and I spotted while snorkeling: not a man-eating one though...).

 

November 2010: I have reprocessed this image, along with several others, to reveal more of the textures and detail, in particular using the shadows/highlights tool.

 

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I remembered you, Lord, and my prayer rose to you. Jonah 2:7

 

The Puritan prayer “The Valley of Vision” speaks of the distance between a sinful man and his holy God. The man says to God, “Thou hast brought me to the valley of vision . . . ; hemmed in by mountains of sin I behold Thy glory.” Aware of his wrongs, the man still has hope. He continues, “Stars can be seen from the deepest wells, and the deeper the wells the brighter Thy stars shine.” Finally, the poem ends with a request: “Let me find Thy light in my darkness, . . . Thy glory in my valley.”

 

Jonah found God’s glory during his time in the ocean’s depths. He rebelled against God and ended up in a fish’s stomach, overcome by his sin. There, Jonah cried to God: “You cast me into the deep . . . . The waters surrounded me, even to my soul” (Jonah 2:3,5 nkjv). Despite his situation, Jonah said, “I remembered you, Lord, and my prayer rose to you” (v. 7). God heard his prayer and caused the fish to free him.

 

Although sin creates distance between God and us, we can look up from the lowest points in our lives and see Him—His holiness, goodness, and grace. If we turn away from our sin and confess it to God, He will forgive us. God answers prayers from the valley.

 

Lord, in the daytime stars can be seen from deepest wells, and the deeper the wells the brighter Your stars shine; let me find Your light in my darkness.

a small, elegant sawbill duck that breeds in the boreal forests of northern Europe and Russia, nesting in tree cavities close to freshwater lakes and slow-moving rivers. During the breeding season it favours quiet, fish-rich waters surrounded by coniferous woodland. In winter, Smew migrate south and west, occupying large lakes, reservoirs, gravel pits, and sheltered estuaries, where they feed mainly on small fish and aquatic invertebrates by diving.

 

In Britain, Smew is a scarce but regular winter visitor, arriving mainly from Scandinavia and western Russia between November and March. Most individuals are seen in southern and eastern England, particularly in the Midlands, East Anglia, and the Thames basin, with favoured sites including large reservoirs and flooded gravel workings. Occurrence in Scotland and Wales is much rarer. Birds in Britain are usually females and first-winter males (often called “redheads”), while the striking white and black adult males are less frequently recorded. Smew is strictly protected in the UK and is considered an important indicator species for the quality of wintering freshwater habitats.

ORG XMIT: RICK101 Flood waters surround the Warwick Mall in Warwick, R.I., Wednesday, March 31, 2010. Rhode Island rivers overflowed their banks, causing flooding and road closures after three days of record breaking rains. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Clear waters surround these granite mountains with lots of great hikes over and around these Hazards in Freycient National Park.

Impalila Island is in Namibian waters, surrounded by the Chobe and Zambezi Rivers . It’s about 12km long and 6km wide with a mixture of Tswana people (from Botswana) and Subia (from Namibia) living in numerous villages scattered around the island. Cultural activities include village visits and an ox-cart trip with old soldier Charles Matengu who tells stories about his dangerous antics here during the wars of independence, are fascinating. Impalila Island is only accessible by boat, unless staying at one of only two safari lodges on the island.

Impalila Island is in Namibian waters, surrounded by the Chobe and Zambezi Rivers . It’s about 12km long and 6km wide with a mixture of Tswana people (from Botswana) and Subia (from Namibia) living in numerous villages scattered around the island. Cultural activities include village visits and an ox-cart trip with old soldier Charles Matengu who tells stories about his dangerous antics here during the wars of independence, are fascinating. Impalila Island is only accessible by boat, unless staying at one of only two safari lodges on the island.

Flood waters surround the restroom building in Delaware Canal State Park below Raubsville, PA.

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Fall Fantasy Every imaginable color from God’s masterstroke of palette and brush

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A breathtaking, clear midday view of Lake Tahoe, capturing the pristine blue waters surrounded by towering pine trees and the majestic Sierra Nevada mountains. The image highlights a quiet beach with soft, sandy shores leading into the crystal-clear lake, where kayakers and small boats float peacefully. In the distance, the snow-capped peaks contrast with the deep green of the forests, and the bright blue sky is dotted with fluffy white clouds. The overall atmosphere exudes tranquility and natural beauty, perfectly showcasing Lake Tahoe’s serene landscape, outdoor recreation, and untouched wilderness. 8k --ar 16:9 @Midknight

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John Ward of Hull - British, 1798 - 1849

 

The Northern Whale Fishery: The "Swan" and "Isabella", c. 1840

 

West Building, Main Floor — Gallery 91

 

Three tall sailing ships, each with three masts and full sails, float in calm, arctic waters, surrounded by fragments of icebergs and ice floes amid a smattering of arctic animals in this horizontal landscape painting. The horizon line comes about a quarter of the way up the composition so the sails and rigging of the ships are shown against the sky. The clouds have ivory tops and lavender-purple undersides, and they curve in a C-shaped bank to cover most of the left half of the painting and to span the horizon. The three ships closest to us are spaced evenly across the composition, with the left-most the closest, and therefore the largest. The ship to our right is set a bit farther back, and the center ship is the farthest away. A rowboat holding several men has pulled alongside the boat to our left, and more men haul massive slabs of whale blubber up the side of the ship. Others walk on an ice floe nearby. Close inspection reveals more rowboats around and beyond these ships, and several more ships fading into the hazy distance along the horizon. Jagged edged chunks of icebergs as tall as the ships float around them. Closer to us, a trio of seals sits on an ice floe near the lower center of the composition, and a polar bear stands nose to nose with a cub to our right. Two narwhal whales with long tusks break the surface of the water between us and the ships, as does a whale’s tail near the boat to our right. Two walruses with long tusks sit on a floe near the center ship. A couple dozen birds, many white with black wing tips, fly low over the surface of the water across the painting.

 

The city of Hull, an important British port for commercial and fishing fleets, was a center for whaling until the middle of the nineteenth century. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it attracted a number of accomplished marine painters. John Ward, one of the finest of these artists, enjoyed wide patronage from ship owners and merchants and produced numerous ship portraits and harbor views. His most original and striking works are whaling scenes he painted from the early 1820s to the early 1840s. He began exhibiting such works at the Royal Academy, the British Institution, and the Royal Society of British Artists in London in the 1830s, bringing him recognition beyond his hometown.

 

The Northern Whale Fishery: The "Swan" and "Isabella" was unknown to modern scholarship on Ward until its appearance at auction in September 2006. Several other similar paintings of the Swan and the Isabella are extant, each with variations in the placement of the ships, the details of human activity, and the variety of marine animals shown. The Gallery's newly acquired picture is among the most beautifully painted of all Ward's creations. The two principal ships are painstakingly rendered to capture exact details of rigging and overall form, while other vessels are depicted in the distance. Ice floes drift on the sea, and icebergs loom in the background. The scene is filled with activities associated with whaling: strips of whale flesh are loaded on the Swan at the left; a long boat tows a dead whale in the middle distance; and a boat pursues a sounding whale near the Isabella at the right. Most remarkable is the array of wildlife present, including three seals and pairs of polar bears, walruses, and narwhales; seagulls skim the water and ice, searching for, and in some cases finding, morsels of blubber.

 

The Gallery's collection has only a few marine pictures by British artists and none depicting an Arctic scene. The Northern Whale Fishery: The "Swan" and "Isabella," with its charming and appealing subject and the exceptionally fine aesthetic level of its realization, is thus an important and welcome addition.

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The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC is a world-class art museum that displays one of the largest collections of masterpieces in the world including paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculpture, and decorative arts from the 13th century to the present. The National Gallery of Art collection includes an extensive survey of works of American, British, Italian, Flemish, Spanish, Dutch, French and German art. With its prime location on the National Mall, surrounded by the Smithsonian Institution, visitors often think that the museum is a part of the Smithsonian. It is a separate entity and is supported by a combination of private and public funds. Admission is free. The museum offers a wide range of educational programs, lectures, guided tours, films, and concerts.

 

The original neoclassical building, the West Building includes European (13th-early 20th century) and American (18th-early 20th century) paintings, sculptures, decorative arts, and temporary exhibitions. The National Gallery of Art was opened to the public in 1941 with funds provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The original collection of masterpieces was provided by Mellon, who was the U. S. Secretary of the Treasury and ambassador to Britain in the 1930s. Mellon collected European masterpieces and many of the Gallery’s original works were once owned by Catherine II of Russia and purchased in the early 1930s by Mellon from the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad.

 

The core collection includes major works of art donated by Paul Mellon, Ailsa Mellon Bruce, Lessing J. Rosenwald, Samuel Henry Kress, Rush Harrison Kress, Peter Arrell Browne Widener, Joseph E. Widener, and Chester Dale. The Gallery's collection of paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculpture, medals, and decorative arts traces the development of Western art from the Middle Ages to the present, including the only painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the Americas and the largest mobile created by Alexander Calder.

 

The NGA's collection galleries and Sculpture Garden display European and American paintings, sculpture, works on paper, photographs, and decorative arts. Paintings in the permanent collection date from the Middle Ages to the present. The Italian Renaissance collection includes two panels from Duccio's Maesta, the tondo of the Adoration of the Magi by Fra Angelico and Filippo Lippi, a Botticelli work on the same subject, Giorgione's Allendale Nativity, Giovanni Bellini's The Feast of the Gods, Ginevra de' Benci (the only painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the Americas) and groups of works by Titian and Raphael.

 

The collections include paintings by many European masters, including a version of Saint Martin and the Beggar, by El Greco, and works by Matthias Grünewald, Cranach the Elder, Rogier van der Weyden, Albrecht Dürer, Frans Hals, Rembrandt, Johannes Vermeer, Francisco Goya, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, and Eugène Delacroix, among others. The collection of sculpture and decorative arts includes such works as the Chalice of Abbot Suger of St-Denis and a collection of work by Auguste Rodin and Edgar Degas. Other highlights of the permanent collection include the second of the two original sets of Thomas Cole's series of paintings titled The Voyage of Life, (the first set is at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute in Utica, New York) and the original version of Watson and the Shark by John Singleton Copley (two other versions are in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Detroit Institute of Arts).

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Gallery_of_Art

 

Andrew W. Mellon, who pledged both the resources to construct the National Gallery of Art as well as his high-quality art collection, is rightly known as the founder of the gallery. But his bequest numbered less than two hundred paintings and sculptures—not nearly enough to fill the gallery’s massive rooms. This, however, was a feature, not a failure of Mellon’s vision; he anticipated that the gallery eventually would be filled not only by his own collection, but also by additional donations from other private collectors. By design, then, it was both Andrew Mellon and those who followed his lead—among them, eight men and women known as the Founding Benefactors—to whom the gallery owes its premier reputation as a national art museum. At the gallery’s opening in 1941, President Roosevelt stated, “the dedication of this Gallery to a living past, and to a greater and more richly living future, is the measure of the earnestness of our intention that the freedom of the human spirit shall go on.”

 

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And finally, Maguk Falls. When I looked at the crystal blue waters surrounded by steep rock slopes I felt like a child. Damn, what a place! LET'S GO SWIMMING NOW!

Impalila Island is in Namibian waters, surrounded by the Chobe and Zambezi Rivers . It’s about 12km long and 6km wide with a mixture of Tswana people (from Botswana) and Subia (from Namibia) living in numerous villages scattered around the island. Cultural activities include village visits and an ox-cart trip with old soldier Charles Matengu who tells stories about his dangerous antics here during the wars of independence, are fascinating. Impalila Island is only accessible by boat, unless staying at one of only two safari lodges on the island.

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Glistening waters surround Erakor Island, Port Vila, Vanuatu.

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Sierra Grande Lodge & Spa rests upon a natural geothermal spring. The healing Hot Spring waters that rise at temperatures up to 107° F provide pure, untreated geothermal water, rich in beneficial minerals, to the Spa’s multiple private pools. Holistic spa treatments take the form of centering bodywork, muscle-soothing massage, skin conditioning wraps & polishes or custom facials, all enhanced by the magical waters.

 

Surrounded by enchanting natural beauty, The Spa at Sierra Grande, is an intimate, serene retreat, offering a tranquil, rejuvenating experience. Featuring locally crafted products that use only the finest, purest, holistic ingredients to provide extravagant nourishment for your skin.www.sierragrandelodge.com

a small, elegant sawbill duck that breeds in the boreal forests of northern Europe and Russia, nesting in tree cavities close to freshwater lakes and slow-moving rivers. During the breeding season it favours quiet, fish-rich waters surrounded by coniferous woodland. In winter, Smew migrate south and west, occupying large lakes, reservoirs, gravel pits, and sheltered estuaries, where they feed mainly on small fish and aquatic invertebrates by diving.

 

In Britain, Smew is a scarce but regular winter visitor, arriving mainly from Scandinavia and western Russia between November and March. Most individuals are seen in southern and eastern England, particularly in the Midlands, East Anglia, and the Thames basin, with favoured sites including large reservoirs and flooded gravel workings. Occurrence in Scotland and Wales is much rarer. Birds in Britain are usually females and first-winter males (often called “redheads”), while the striking white and black adult males are less frequently recorded. Smew is strictly protected in the UK and is considered an important indicator species for the quality of wintering freshwater habitats.

Sierra Grande Lodge & Spa rests upon a natural geothermal spring. The healing Hot Spring waters that rise at temperatures up to 107° F provide pure, untreated geothermal water, rich in beneficial minerals, to the Spa’s multiple private pools. Holistic spa treatments take the form of centering bodywork, muscle-soothing massage, skin conditioning wraps & polishes or custom facials, all enhanced by the magical waters.

 

Surrounded by enchanting natural beauty, The Spa at Sierra Grande, is an intimate, serene retreat, offering a tranquil, rejuvenating experience. Featuring locally crafted products that use only the finest, purest, holistic ingredients to provide extravagant nourishment for your skin.www.sierragrandelodge.com

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