Tag: Water
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La Conca – wet
When at high tide the lower parts of the eroded rocky coast at La Conca get submerged by the sea this is how they look. The water in the small basins forms interesting turbid patterns, making the seascape look alive and beautiful. Photo of the week: Coast at La Conca, Isola di San Pietro, Sardinia,…
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Amstelredam
Amstelredam Passing this spot in Amsterdam and seeing the late light of the sun reflecting in the water of the Prinsengracht and the Amstel River, I thought I’d better take a picture. I love this city.The photo breathes the atmosphere of an old painting, and for a moment I imagine myself walking in 17th century…
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Cors des Alpes
Cors des Alpes A concert with two alpine horns and two accordions in an old Hydro Power Plant in the Rhône, where the river flows out of Lake Geneva. Very original, as for the music, the instruments and the location.The musicians played arrangements of old baroque compositions and more recent pieces specially composed for these…
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Le Lavoir
Le Lavoir When in last week’s post I declared my love for the old villages in the south of France, with “Vers-Pont-du-Gard” as example, I didn’t mention the old communal washing-places. Before the invention of the washing-machine you could find them all over, not just in France. In many towns and villages they have been…
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The tree bridge
The tree bridge “It’s after long deliberations that I dared to take the step. It wasn’t easy. Bend, midway start a branch growing down … and then yes, I finally reached the opposite side. Now that my branch has rooted on the other bank, the river passes under me, feeding me from both sides.” Photo…
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Elephant Island
Elephant Island This is not Elephantine near Aswan, nor Elephanta near Mumbai. It’s a gently curved tiny little island in the Namkhan River near Luang Prabang.It thinks, has feelings, remembers, and enjoys itself in the water.The peaceful beauty of nature. Photo of the week: Two elephants bathing in the Namkhan River, Luang Prabang, Laos 2020
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Amalgamation
Amalgamation A river – this side and that – shadows and lights fused in a nocturnal dream. Photo of the week: A restaurant and Wat Arun on two sides of the Chao Phraya River, Bangkok, Thailand 2019
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Tibetan reverie
Tibetan reverie A mountain caught in a puddle desiring to be up in the clouds. A land and its people dreaming of self-determination. Photo of the week: Hunder, Ladakh (Little Tibet), India 2019
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Hunder
Hunder Bright white sand dunes, a dark biker, halted. Sand waves gently rippling behind a mirror of still water. Photo of the week: Hunder, Ladakh, India 2019
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Blue lake
Blue lake Unlike Lake Pangong where bullets of the Indian and Chinese armies may whizz past your head, the other big lake of Ladakh, Tsomoriri, is all peace and quiet. At 4500 m. altitude only the thin air may cause some discomfort. Photo of the week: Tsomoriri Lake, Ladakh, India 2019
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