Tuesday, 20 December 2011
Monday, 19 December 2011
Sunday, 18 December 2011
Ghost Town of Bodie
"Bodie, CA is a Ghost town in the Wild West. Like many other deserted towns, it came up as a Gold mining town in the nineteenth century. As the mines closed down, the population declined. US census of 1912 put the population as 120. Today, no one lives there except the park rangers.
"Winters are off-season for Bodie because the access roads are usually closed because of snow. But we were able to get there this week because snow hasn't been much. And ironically, in a town that no one lives, I managed to get a parking ticket because, apparently, I parked in the wrong empty space...
The day we visited Bodie, it was competely deserted. There was no other visitor...except the ghost that left the parking ticket." Taken by abhishekit
Saturday, 17 December 2011
Castell Dinas Bran
The most reliable sources state that Gruffydd Maelor II, son of Madog ap Gruffydd Maelor I, began the castle in the late 1260's. The elder Madog founded nearby Valle Crucis Abbey, where both men were buried. Some references offer an earlier date for the castle, placing it in the 1230's, when Madog would have been alive and, therefore, its builder. Regardless of whom actually erected the buildings that now survive in ruin, they were part of the last building effort at Dinas Bran. Incredibly, assuming the later date to be most accurate, the Welsh princes only occupied the site for two decades. During those final two decades, the castle on the hilltop became a prized possession of the princes of Powys Fadog. Dinas Bran's power did not go unnoticed by English forces. In 1277, during Edward I's initial foray into Wales, the Earl of Lincoln, Henry de Lacy, besieged the castle. The Welsh lord of Dinas Bran was forced to submit to the invading army, which promptly set the site afire, completely destroying it. Taken in Wales by tedesco57
Friday, 16 December 2011
Thursday, 15 December 2011
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Pomegranates for all
Instead of going to work/school today, we went for a day trip to Jerusalem, Israel. We went to the Old City and the Western Wall, but this photo was taken at the Muslim Quarter, where there's a market for all kinds of things (such as fruit, herbs, clothes, religious stuff etc...). These vivid-red pomegranates really caught my eyes, especially because of the background of the pale walls. Taken with an iphone by Better Nothing than Almost.
Monday, 12 December 2011
Saturday, 10 December 2011
Friday, 9 December 2011
Oslo Beach Huk in Fall
Bygdøy peninsula one of Norway’s oldest cultural landscapes with a rich history has many beautiful parks and forests as well as some of Oslo’s most popular beaches – including the Huk ordinary and nudist beach. Taken by RennyBA
Thursday, 8 December 2011
Special skills of our friend
Bundala National Park ( Ramsar Wet Land, UNESCO biosphere reserve), Sri Lanka.
Spot-billed Pelican (Pelecanus philippensis)
Family: Pelecanidae .
Size : 140- 150cm
Conservation status : Near Threatened.
Taken by Sara-D
Wednesday, 7 December 2011
Xenia sp, Octocoral
Xenia sp, Octocoral. Found: Nago seawall Depth 35feet. Nikon D90/Ikelite housing/1 160s strobe with smiller snoot attached. Taken Okinawa, Japan by Okinawa Nature Photography
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
Monday, 5 December 2011
Sunday, 4 December 2011
salt farms
Salt farms in Samut Somgkran, Thailand are of a natural beauty specially when the fields start to be flooded with sea water to prepare them for the salt harvest in February. If a Temple is part of the landscape then the beauty is transformed in a postal card. Add to it a Temple painted white, which is very rare, the picture is transformed in this colorful frame. Taken by quimdoporto
Saturday, 3 December 2011
Friday, 2 December 2011
Thursday, 1 December 2011
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