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The Königssee is a lake located in the extreme southeast Berchtesgadener Land district of the German state of Bavaria, near the border with Austria. Large parts are comprised by the Berchtesgaden National Park.
Lying within the Berchtesgaden Alps in the municipality of Schönau am Königsee, just south of Berchtesgaden and the Austrian City of Salzburg, the Königssee is Germany's third deepest lake. Located at a Jurassic rift it was formed by glaciers during the last ice age. It stretches about 7.7 km (5 mi) in the north-south direction and is about 1.7 km (1 mi) across at its widest point. Except at its outlet, the Königsseer Ache at the village of Königssee, the lake similar to a fjord is surrounded by steeply rising flanks of mountains up to 2700 m (8900 ft), including the fabled Watzmann massif in the west.
The literal translation appears to be "King's Lake", however while German: König does indeed mean "king", there had been no Bavarian kings since the days of Louis the German until Elector Maximilian I Joseph assumed the royal title in 1806. Therefore the name more probably stems from the first name Kuno of local nobles, who appear in several historical sources referring to the donation of the Berchtesgaden Provostry in the 12th century; the lake was formerly called Kunigsee.
In 1944 a subcamp of the Dachau concentration camp was located nearby where Heinrich Himmler had a residence built at Schönau for his mistress Hedwig Potthast. The lake is noted for its clear water and is advertised as the cleanest lake in Germany. For this reason, only electric driven passenger ships, rowing and pedal boats have been permitted on the lake since 1909. Due to its picturesque setting, the lake and surrounding parklands are very popular with tourists and hikers. In addition, the lake's position surrounded by sheer rock walls creates an echo, which is known for its clarity. On boat tours, it has become traditional to stop and play a flugelhorn or trumpet to display the echo; formerly demonstrated by shooting a cannon, it could be heard reflected up to seven times.
Taken earlier this month when we had decent weather....been gey dreich lately !
Wishing everyone a great hogmanay and a Happy New Year !
The Torrey Pines State Reserve has a multitude of trails. This particular hike was a reconnaissance mission to find Broken Hill and the rare Torrey Pines. I did find it ... and I will be back for some future sunset shoots. I continued on the trail that led down to the beach. I was planning on returning back via the beach but when I rounded the corner on this trail, I was greeted by high tide! So back the way I came! Should've fired up that Tides Timetable App!
Has everyone solidified their New Year's Eve plans? We are still plotting!
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Happy Fence Friday Everyone!
This story tells us a tale of a gorgeous and rich land now buried under the sands,
Ras-al-Jabar
"An old castle called Ras-al-Jabar was built hundreds of years ago by Emir of
Rabaat in the southern realm of Mamlakat. The Salam river
runs through these lands and it is the main source of fresh water and
fish. Ras-al-Jabar is the center of trade and learning. Markets impress
everyone by rich variety of products from all over the world.
Ras-al-Jabar's library is still the largest in the southern region.
This castle provided safety and defence to the whole land.
But its greatness fell when The Dark times began..."
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This is my first entry for the Colossal Castle Contest 2012 in the Сastle Category
Winning entry
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The New Palace and the jubilee column (erected between 1841 and 1846) by night viewed through the bandstand from the opposite side of Schlossplatz, the central square in Stuttgart, Germany.
The New Palace (German: "das Neue Schloss", which may also be translated as New Castle) is a building which stands on the south edge of Schlossplatz. The castle is built in late Baroque style.
From 1746 to 1797 and from 1805 to 1807, it served as a residence of the kings of Württemberg. (At other times, the Ludwigsburg Palace, a few miles to the north was the favoured residence of the royal family). The palace stands adjacent to the Old Castle.
The castle was almost completely destroyed by Allied bombing during the Second World War and was reconstructed between 1958 and 1964. During this time most of the inside of the castle was also restored and the building was used by the Baden-Württemberg State Parliament. Today it is used by the State Ministries of Finance and Education. Public tours of the building are only permitted by special arrangement.(Wikipedia)
The former German President (1984 - 1994), Richard von Weizsäcker was born in the New Castle on April 15, 1920.
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Have you noticed that the number of photos from the CN tower at night has significantly dropped? Ever wondered why? It's because of the tower's own lights.
The LEDs that run the height of the tower are a great touch and a marvel to look at from the outside. However, to a photographer from the inside, its the worst possible scenario... Glare Galore.
This photograph was taken literally seconds before the LEDs came on, after that, it was a lost cause. I love this photo though, it's easily one of my favourites. Taken from the "skypod" of the CN Tower, Enjoy!
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Happy Christmas everyone I hope you all have a wonderful 2013.
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Location: Sirajganj, B A N G L A D E S H.
Bangladesh is a small country but this country has many beauty full thing in country,Sunder bane
is one of them,There are many things here,Bangladesh is queen of the world.
Bangladesh is full of pride, passion, and vigor unlike anything. The people are not just friendly; rather, they are the most hospitable people. The food is not just delicious; rather, it is a vital part of the pulse of the nation, tying people and families together as they sit down to a meal, dig in (literally) with their hands, and enjoy. The landscapes are not just green; rather, they are verdant, majestic, serene, in tune with nature.
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As I travelled home from Cologne last week I saw those stars on the sky. So I got off the freeway a little bit north of Frankfurt. Usually you don't have a good chance to shoot the stars around Frankfurt because of the lights of the airport. But that night I was lucky to see a star sky like this.
I took this shot with my new Nikon 24-70mm 2.8 lens at ISO 100. I was amazed how good the outcome was. I usually took shots of the star skys with ISO 1600 and much more. I am still impressed of this lens.
Thank you again for all your comments and faves the last days. I appreciate that very much. I will catch up to your streams today again.
Have a good start into the weekend everyone!
I made a Pinterest ! I don't really know how to use it yet but if any if you have one, I'll follow you back :)
I've been so busy doing client work lately AGH. I'm glad my winter break starts today though!
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Florence was the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance. Politically, economically, and culturally it was the most important city in Europe for around 250 years; from some time before 1300 until the early 1500s. Florentines reinvented money in the form of the gold florin. This currency was the engine that drove Europe out of the Dark Ages. Florentines were the driving force behind the Age of Discovery. Florentine bankers financed Henry the Navigator and the Portuguese explorers who pioneered the route around Africa to India and the Far East. Florence is filled with many other churches stuffed with some of the finest art in the world. In all, Florence has something over 80 museums. Among those at the top of most lists are the City hall, the Palazzo della Signoria, the Archeological Museum and Museum of the History of Science. The Uffizi Gallery is one of the world's top art museums - it houses some of the most important works of the Renaissance, including works by Leonardo da Vinci, Giotto, Botticelli and Michelangelo. Lots of sculptures too. Wander some of the oldest streets in the city until you reach the Arno River, cross the Ponte Vecchio, and experience the newest area of Florence, the Oltrarno. Summer is hot in Italy, no getting away from it, but I don't see that as a reason to skip Florence.
To get a great overview of the city Florence - Italy, you have plenty of choices: climb the dome of the Cathdral or Giotto's Bell Tower or photo above from Boboli Gardens near Piazzale Michelangelo undoubtedly the best panoramic view of Florence.
Florence is de hoofdstad van Toscane en heeft bijna 400.000 inwoners. De grote rivier die door de stad stroomt is de Arno en daar zijn dan ook ruim tien bruggen overheen gelegd. De wegen die direct langs de Arno lopen beginnen allemaal met het woord Lungarno (vrij vertaald: langs de Arno). Florence is een van de belangrijkste kunststeden ter wereld. Het herbergt prachtige kunstwerken en gebouwen: de David van Michelangelo, de Santa Maria del Fiore met de koepel van Brunelleschi, de Ponte Vecchio met huizen aan de weerszijden van de brug, en niet te vergeten de Galleria degli Uffizi met een aantal van de belangrijkste renaissance-kunstwerken van Italiaanse, Hollandse, Vlaamse, Duitse en Spaanse meesters. Als je Florence wilt bezoeken, moet je proberen in de lente of de herfst te gaan; in de zomer is het er stikheet en barst het er van de toeristen, terwijl het in de herfst en de lente aangenaam warm is en niet al te druk bij de belangrijke bezienswaardigheden. Maar ja voor ons toch geen reden om deze stad over te slaan in hartje zomer.
I've found about 3 hours for this work, improving only one concept, and at the end I lost a sense to determine whether the effect is satisfactory for me, I hope so. And finally I broke square format.
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Snowy forest of light... pinion nestled in the blue shadows... first days of winter...!!!
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I haven’t posted a night shot from Seattle since September. Steve suggested taking some night shots around downtown Seattle for the holiday season, so we met and looked around the sights. I’m slowly entering that holiday mode and spirit.
Please enjoy a glimpse of the entrance to Pike Place Market, one of Seattle’s most renowned landmarks, during the holiday season. It’s nice to see all the letters lit up this year. Sometimes certain letters are missing (i.e. the “L” in Public”) -- that has happened many times in the past!-- so it can give an entirely different message, but quite harmless with the right sense of humor.
Still marveling at how fast time flies sometimes. This will be my sixth Christmas living in Seattle. If you had asked me four years ago if I would ever become a sole proprietor and start my own small business as a professional photographer, I would have scoffed in your face and asked -- politely -- if you were on any type of medication. I also wouldn’t have predicted that I would still be living here, the longest time in one place. Perhaps it’s home now. Not sure. A few days ago, the City of Seattle sent me my business license registration forms so I can continue operations for TIA International Photography in 2013, commencing the fourth year of the business.
I am grateful.
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Beautiful autumn canopy from below in backlight in Stuttgart Rotenberg, Germany.
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Canto Gregoriano ♫ ♪ Benedictinos de Silos
El Monasterio de S. João d'Arga es uno de los más antiguos de Portugal y se encuentra en plena Sierra de Arga, en su contrafuerte norte a una altura considerable y con vistas al Río S. João, en un medio totalmente agreste.
Fué fundado el el año 661 por San Fructuoso, obispo de Braga y restaurado en la Edad Media por los monjes benedictinos que permanecieron allí hasta el siglo XIII.
En 1258 aparece inventariado como perteneciente al obispado de Tuy (España).
En 1599 el rey Don Manuel I donó la propiedad de este monasterio al Marqués de Vila Real y más tarde pasó a manos de la Casa del Infantado que lo conservó hasta 1834.
En el interior de su capilla de trazo barroco, originalmente románica, hay una imagen de S. Miguel guerreando con un demonio dos veces mayor que él y otra de S. Aginha, un bandido del siglo XVIII, que después de llevar el terror a la zona, se redimió.....aunque el centro de atención de este santuario es la imagen de S. João Baptista que lo preside.
En este santuario se celebra una romeria el 28 y 29 de Agosto con su noche incluida y a la que muchos suben a pie, que es de las más populares de todo el norte portugués. Las celdas construidas en el s. XVIII, funcionan como albergue de romeros y peregrinos.
We sleep in God’s unconsciousness.
We wake in God’s open hand.
We weep God’s rain.
We laugh God’s lightning.
Fighting and peacefulness
both take place within God.
Who are we then
in this complicated world-tangle,
that is really just the single, straight
line down at the beginning of ALLAH?
Nothing.
We are emptiness.
When you are with everyone but me,
you’re with no one.
When you are with no one but me,
you’re with everyone.
Instead of being so bound up with everyone,
be everyone.
When you become that many, you’re nothing.
EMPTY.
~Molana Jalal uddin Rumi.
Pebble Beach is such a beautiful, rugged stretch of coastline. It is near impossible to NOT capture a fence post percher. It was gusty and rainy and I reveled in it (poor Nikon)! And the waves? Monumental! The surfers were obviously thrilled.
Happy Fence Friday! 18 Days Till Christmas!!!
Entrar dentro destas antigas muralhas e compreender por que motivo se constrói tão belo e dispendioso Castelo implica um estado de alma e alguma capacidade para recuarmos no tempo, se conseguirmos por em prática tal exercício estamos a um pequeno passo de compreender e perceber exatamente o motivo de tais construções… Os mais antigos testemunhos da ocupação humana localizam-se num cume da vertente norte da Serra de Sintra. Trata-se da ocupação epipaleolítica da Penha Verde, comprovada por abundantes utensílios de tipo micro-laminar. Testemunho de uma ocupação do Neolítico é o sítio de São Pedro de Canaferrim, junto à Capela do Castelo dos Mouros. Ocupação testemunhada pela presença de cerâmicas decoradas associadas a uma indústria lítica talhada em sílex, datada pelo método do radiocarbono de inícios do V milénio a.C. A originalidade deste sítio, enquadrado em termos cronológicos e culturais na corrente circum-mediterrânea, consiste na sua implantação na paisagem, em plena montanha. Vestígios vários da Idade do Bronze segunda metade do II milénio a.C. - inícios do I, surgem em diversos locais da Serra de Sintra, mesmo a nível de habitats do Bronze mais antigo, séculos IX-VI a.C.
No tempo do Império Romano toda a região de Sintra se inscreveu no vasto territorium da civitas olisiponense, à qual César cerca de 49 a.C. ou mais provavelmente, Octaviano cerca de 30 a.C., terá concedido o invejável estatuto de Municipium Civium Romanorum. Os vários habitantes da região, adotaram nomes romanos e apresentam-se plenamente imbuídos de romanidade, nos mais diversos aspetos culturais, políticos e económicos. Mesmo aqueles que, porventura oriundos de outras regiões da Lusitânia, ostentam nomes indígenas aparecem quase sempre integrados nesta sociedade profundamente romanizada.
O nome de Sintra muito provavelmente terá tido origem num templo erguido uns 308 anos antes de Cristo, por Gregos, Galo-celtas e Túrdulos, dedicado à Lua. Os Celtas chamavam a Lua de Cynthia e quando os Árabes dominaram a região, por não pronunciar o 'c', chamavam o local de Xintra ou Zintira. Existe ainda todo um património literário que transformou o nome Sintra numa referência quase lendária. Sintra, cuja mais antiga forma medieval conhecida "Suntria" apontará para o indo-europeu “astro luminoso” ou “sol”, terá sido designada por Varrão e Columela como Monte Sagrado. Ptolomeu registou-a como a "Serra da Lua" e o geógrafo árabe Al-Bacr, no século X, caracterizou Sintra como «permanentemente mergulhada numa bruma que se não dissipa». A pesquisa arqueológica contemporânea, entretanto, revela que a primitiva ocupação da região de Sintra data dos séculos X a VIII a.C..
O primeiro plano das muralhas deste castelo nasce um pouco acima da extinta Igreja Matriz de São Miguel, contornando a rocha irregular e bastante íngreme da montanha. Porém, este troço encontra-se hoje parcialmente destruído. Mais próximo do topo, surge-nos o Castelo propriamente dito, pleno de majestade. Aí erguem-se várias torres, sendo uma delas de feição semicircular, cujo acesso se processa através de cinco degraus de pedra. Devido à irregularidade do terreno, as muralhas do castelo foram, em certas zonas, edificadas sobre grandes penedos graníticos, facto que muito contribuiu para os acentuados desníveis observados ao longo de todo o trajeto amuralhado, o que obrigou ainda à construção de longos e serpenteantes lanços de escadas. A porta principal da fortaleza foi construída num arco de volta perfeita, surgindo logo à esquerda uma cisterna abobadada, também medieval, que se impõe pelas suas dimensões e singularidade arquitetónica.
Acerca das origens do denominado Castelo dos Mouros pouco se sabe. Ainda que alguns autores remontem a sua fundação ao período visigótico, as primeiras provas documentais reportam-se já à época da plena ocupação muçulmana, concretamente ao século XI. Todavia, será lícito concluir que a edificação do Castelo se tenha verificado anteriormente, talvez no século IX. Em 1093, D. Afonso VI, Rei de Leão, tomou Sintra aos muçulmanos; dezasseis anos volvidos, Sigurd, príncipe Norueguês, saqueou o castelo dos Mouros, que os muçulmanos entretanto haviam recuperado. Também, por essa altura e por um curto período de tempo, o conde D. Henrique foi o seu proprietário. Após a conquista de Santarém, o rei D. Afonso Henriques impôs um cerco a Lisboa, que se estendeu por três meses. Embora o Castelo de Sintra se tenha entregado voluntariamente após a queda de Lisboa, reza a lenda que, nessa ocasião, receoso de um ataque de surpresa às suas forças, por parte dos mouros de Sintra, o soberano incumbiu D. Gil, um cavaleiro templário, que formasse um grupo com vinte homens da mais estrita confiança, para, secretamente, ali irem observar o movimento inimigo, prevenindo-se, ao mesmo tempo, um deslocamento dos mouros de Lisboa, via Cascais, pelo rio Tejo até Sintra. Os cruzados colocaram-se a caminho sigilosamente. Para evitar serem avistados, viajaram de noite, ocultando-se de dia, pela estrada de Torres Vedras até Santa Cruz, pela costa até Colares, tentando ainda, evitar Albernoz, um temido chefe mouro de Colares, que possuía fama de matador de cristãos. Entre Colares e o Penedo, Nossa Senhora apareceu aos receosos cavaleiros e disse-lhes: "Não tenhais medo porque ides vinte, mas mil ides". Desse modo, cheios de coragem porque a Senhora estava com eles, ao final de cinco dias de percurso confrontaram o inimigo derrotando-o e assim conquistaram o Castelo dos Mouros. Em homenagem a este feito foi erguida a Capela de Nossa Senhora de Milides ("mil ides"), em Colares.
D. Afonso Henriques confiou então a guarda da fortaleza a trinta povoadores, que não eram mais do que uma mera guarnição, aos quais foram concedidos privilégios através de carta de foral, outorgada pelo próprio Rei, em 1154. Foi também para eles que se ergueu, no recinto amuralhado, a primitiva igreja de São Pedro de Canaferrim. No entanto, com o contínuo e firme avanço da Reconquista cristã para Sul, o Castelo dos Mouros foi perdendo a sua importância estratégica. Mais tarde, no início da Segunda Dinastia, a consolidação da nacionalidade, a estabilidade social e a reorganização do reino, conduziram ao abandono total desta grande e majestosa fortaleza. Neste contexto, logo nos começos do século XV foi transferida a paróquia de São Pedro para a nova igreja edificada no termo da Vila e nos finais de quatrocentos, apenas habitavam o sítio do castelo alguns judeus, que aí permaneciam, segregados da comunidade por ordem régia. D. Manuel I extinguiu os grupos minoritários e na sequência dessa atitude, o Castelo dos Mouros foi despovoado por completo. Abandonada, a fortaleza sentiu a implacável passagem do tempo e foi caindo na ruina quase absoluta, estado que se agravou ainda mais com o terramoto de 1755, a maior parte dos muros do Castelo desmoronou-se quase na totalidade. No século XIX, D. Fernando II tomou a pulso a velha fortaleza e procedeu ao seu restauro integral. Este mecenas esclarecido e culto procedeu a uma imaginativa obra de conservação e restauro, iniciativa importante que susteve a ruína em que o castelo se encontrava.
Com um olho para um mercado turístico incipiente, em 1954 algumas das falésias foram recuperadas para estabelecer uma área de piqueniques perto do castelo e, em 1965, um transformador foi instalado para fornecer iluminação. Em 1979, escavações arqueológicas na Capela de São Pedro executada pelos serviços culturais de Portugal, descobriu a existência de túmulos funerários medievais, que datam do final do seculo XII princípio de XIII. Um despacho do Ministério da Cultura, em 26 de Junho de 1996, declarou a área do Castelo como uma zona de especial interesse. Apenas a base das torres e as muralhas serão parte da fundação inicial. Decorrem atualmente campanhas de escavação arqueológica que têm vindo a esclarecer muitas questões sobre a história da presença humana neste local e constituem também um atracão, dado que podem ser acompanhadas pelos visitantes. Numa recente visita a este castelo verificamos que apesar de decorrerem essas importantes escavações muito haverá a fazer ainda para que os mistérios deste antiquíssimo castelo possam ser desvendados…
Diz a história, que o poeta Bernardim Ribeiro terá habitado neste bucólico e isolado local. Este castelo está integrado na área Paisagística e Cultural de Sintra, local classificado Património Mundial pela UNESCO. Do alto das suas muralhas é possível admirar uma paisagem deslumbrante e única que nos apresenta a vila de Sintra em primeiro plano, estendendo-se até ao Cabo da Roca, a Praia das Maçãs, Mafra, Ericeira e o oceano Atlântico, observando toda a linha de costa e obtendo uma vista privilegiada da serra de Sintra, vestida de verde e pontuada por belas quintas, românticos chalés e magníficos palácios, vale bem a pena uma visita a este parque natural rico em misticismo e lendas que nos fazem recuar a tempos que nos dias de hoje nos parecem utópicos, muito embora me pareça que nesse tempo, muito pouco seria tão mágico assim, quanto mais estudo a história mais me apercebo que aquilo que dela resta só tem magia para uma classe social muito restrita, a pobreza será sempre a pobreza e desse tempo em nada terá diferido da atual ou da pobreza das gerações futuras, que segundo me parece, de diferente só o será na quantidade certamente mais elevada…
A lenda de Zaida, a moura encantada
Na serra de Sintra, perto do Castelo dos Mouros, existe uma rocha com um corte que a tradição diz, marcar a entrada para uma cova que tem comunicação com o castelo. É conhecida pela Cova da Moura ou a Cova Encantada e está ligada a uma lenda do tempo em que os Mouros dominavam Sintra e os cristãos nela faziam frequentes incursões. Num dos combates, foi feito prisioneiro um cavaleiro nobre por quem Zaida, a filha do alcaide, se apaixonou. Dia após dia, Zaida visitava o nobre cavaleiro até que chegou a hora da sua libertação através do pagamento de um resgate. O cavaleiro apaixonado pediu a Zaida para fugir com ele mas Zaida recusou, pedindo-lhe para nunca mais a esquecer. O nobre cavaleiro voltou para a sua família mas uma grande tristeza ensombrava os seus dias. Tentou esquecer Zaida nos campos de batalha, mas após muitas noites de insónia decidiu atacar de novo o castelo de Sintra.
Foi durante esse combate que os dois enamorados se abraçaram, mas a sorte ou o azar quis que o nobre cavaleiro tombasse ferido. Zaida arrastou o seu amado, através de uma passagem secreta, até uma sala escondida nas grutas e, enquanto enchia uma bilha de água numa nascente próxima para levar ao seu amado, foi atingida por uma seta e caiu ferida. O cavaleiro cristão juntou-se ao corpo da sua amada e os dois sangues misturaram-se, sendo ambos encontrados mais tarde já sem vida. Desde então, em certas noites de luar, aparece junto à cova uma formosa donzela vestida de branco com uma bilha que enche de água para depois desaparecer na noite após um doloroso gemido…Há la coisas!
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I have several images form my archives that I plan to post over the Winter months. Maybe one day soon it will snow and I can get some fresh Winter images. In the meantime here is a view of the sheer cliff walls surrounding Crater Lake. A rock formation known as Pumice Castle is noticeable on the right due to it's bright orange color and pinkish-brown turrets which make it stand out from its surroundings. Thanks for the visits and have a great Tuesday everyone!
Photographed from the other side of the River Thames looking along the axis of the Millenium Bridge.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Location: Abu Dhabi Corniche, UAE
Time: December 1st, 2012
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41st UAE National Day...Woohoo!
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Hi All, thanks so much for the views, faves, comments, invitations, or even a "Is this thing really on Explore? Meh..." reaction. Never thought that this photo would reach Top 10 (hope it stays there also :p) I will try to return favors to all of you but hope you don't mind if I'm a little slow to respond.
Ultime luci del giorno sulle dune del Deserto del Thar a poche decine di chilometri dal confine con il Pakistan
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En la Tierra de Campos de Valladolid se alza la villa medieval de Urueña sobre las estribaciones de los Montes Torozos. Con el rey Sancho II de Castilla la villa fue cabeza del Infantado de Valladolid.
La villa de Urueña está amurallada casi en su totalidad conservando dos de sus puertas, el Arco de la Villa y la Puerta del Azogue.
La muralla comenzó a edificarse en tiempos de Doña Sancha, hermana de Alfonso VII, y data de finales del S. XII.
En extramuros se levanta la Ermita de Nuestra Señora de la Anunciada, la joya de la villa de Urueña. Se trata de la única obra de estilo románico catalán en tierras de Castilla y León y se edificó sobre la iglesia de un monasterio mozárabe del S. X.
In the Tierra de Campos in Valladolid stands the medieval village of Urueña on the foothills of the Montes Torozos. With King Sancho II of Castile was the village head of the Infantry of Valladolid.
The villa is walled Urueña almost entirely keeping two of its doors, the Arco de la Villa and the Puerta del Quicksilver.
The wall began to be built in times of Doña Sancha, sister of Alfonso VII, dating from the end of S. XII.
In extramural stands the Chapel of Our Lady of the Annunciation, the jewel of the town of Urueña. This is the only work of Catalan Romanesque style in Castile and Leon and the church was built on a Mozarabic monastery of S. X.
URUEÑA - VALLADOLID-ESPAÑA
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Breathtaking view over misty Vestmannaeyjar (Westman Islands).
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Vestmannaeyjar (Westman Islands) is a town and archipelago off the south coast of Iceland.
The largest island, Heimaey, has a population of 4,135. The other islands are uninhabited, though six have single hunting cabins. Vestmannaeyjar came to international attention in 1973 with the eruption of Eldfell volcano, which destroyed many buildings, and forced a months-long evacuation of the entire population to mainland Iceland.
The islands are named after the Irish who were captured into slavery by the Norse Gaels. The Old Norse word Vestmenn, literally "Westmen", was applied to the Irish, and retained in Icelandic even though Ireland is more easterly than Iceland. (The Norse Gaels often called themselves in contrast Ostmen or Austmenn - East-men)
Not long after Ingólfur Arnarson arrived in Iceland, his blood brother Hjörleifur was murdered by the slaves he had brought with him. Ingolfur tracked them down to Vestmannaeyjar and killed them all in retribution.
On July 16, 1627, in an event known as the Turkish abductions, the islands were captured by a fleet of 3 ships of Barbary Pirates from Algiers, who stayed there until July 19 under the control of Ottomans. They had earlier raided in Austfirðir and another raid under the command of Murat Reis from Salé in Morocco had taken place in Grindavík in June of that year. The pirates enslaved 234 people from the islands and took them to Algiers (after a voyage which lasted 27 days) where most of them spent the rest of their lives in bondage. One of the captives, Lutheran minister Ólafur Egilsson, managed to return back in 1628 and wrote a book about his experience. In 1636, ransom was paid for 34 of the captives and most of them returned to Iceland.
The area is very volcanically active, like the rest of Iceland. There were two major eruptions in the 20th century: the eruption in 1963 that created the new island of Surtsey, and the Eldfell eruption of January 1973, which created a 200-meter-high mountain where a meadow had been, and caused the island's 5000 inhabitants to be temporarily evacuated to the mainland.
From 1998 to 2003 the island of Heimaey was home to Keiko the killer whale, star of Free Willy.
The islands are famed in Iceland for their major annual festival, Þjóðhátíð (National Festival), which attracts thousand of people. The festival was originally held in 1874, concurrent with Iceland's celebration commemorating the 1000th anniversary of the inhabitation of Iceland. Vestmannaeyjar residents had been prevented by weather from sailing to the mainland for the festivities and thus celebrated locally.
The islands feature as the primary location in Yrsa Sigurðardóttir's novel Ashes to Dust, which uses the 1973 eruption of Eldfell as a key element in the plot.
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The Alps (French: Alpes; German: Alpen; Italian: Alpi; Romansh: Alps; Slovene: Alpe) is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east, through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west. The word "Alps" was taken via French from Latin Alpes (meaning "the Alps"), which may be influenced by the Latin words albus (white) or altus (high) or more likely a Latin rendering of a Celtic or Ligurian original.
The highest mountain in the Alps is Mont Blanc, at 4,808 metres (15,774 ft), on the Italian-French border. All the main peaks of the Alps can be found in the list of mountains of the Alps and list of Alpine peaks by prominence.
The Alps are generally divided into the Western Alps and the Eastern Alps. The division is along the line between Lake Constance and Lake Como, following the Rhine. The Western Alps are higher, but their central chain is shorter and curved; they are located in Italy, France and Switzerland. The Eastern Alps (main ridge system elongated and broad) belong to Austria, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovenia and Switzerland.
The Alps are a classic example of what happens when a temperate area at lower altitude gives way to higher elevation terrain. Elevations around the world which have cold climates similar to those found in polar areas have been called alpine. A rise from sea level into the upper regions of the atmosphere causes the temperature to decrease. The effect of mountain chains on prevailing winds is to carry warm air belonging to the lower region into an upper zone, where it expands in volume at the cost of a proportionate loss of heat, often accompanied by the precipitation of moisture in the form of snow or rain.