tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12468134381628151572024-03-13T13:40:47.023+05:30PAVAN MICKEYPavan Mickeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03387010164723125554noreply@blogger.comBlogger2833125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246813438162815157.post-18907968605194863632023-06-20T03:30:00.006+05:302023-06-20T03:30:55.843+05:30A rare Roman-era Mausoleum With Mosaics Excavated in London<p> <span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="Roman Mausoleum Excavated in London" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-606837" class="size-full wp-image-606837" decoding="async" height="422" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Roman-Mausoleum-Excavated-London-1.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Roman-Mausoleum-Excavated-London-1.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Roman-Mausoleum-Excavated-London-1-300x169.jpg 300w" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /></span></p><div class="row" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px;"><div class="section-intro col-sm-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; position: relative; width: 780px;"><article class="first-page article " style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_606837" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-606837" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Photo: <a href="https://www.mola.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Museum of London Archaeology</a></span></p></div><p class="first-letter-styles" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Roman London was a thriving metropolis and outpost of empire. Known as Londinium, it was <a href="https://www.britainexpress.com/London/roman-london.htm" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">founded</a> around 43 CE when Roman troops invaded England. They built the earliest “London bridge,” as well as temples, bathhouses, palaces, and more. The remains of this ancient cosmopolitan network still lie below the modern city, and are often discovered during building projects and archeological digs. Recently, a rare mausoleum was unearthed in London's Southwark neighborhood in the Liberty of Southwark site. This incredible find includes mosaics, stairs, and other fascinating relics.<iframe aria-label="Advertisement" data-google-container-id="6" data-load-complete="true" frameborder="0" height="1" id="google_ads_iframe_/18190176,1091571/AdThrive_Content_1/58acab12aa5ec91288e8b076_0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="google_ads_iframe_/18190176,1091571/AdThrive_Content_1/58acab12aa5ec91288e8b076_0" role="region" scrolling="no" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;" tabindex="0" title="3rd party ad content" width="1"></iframe></span></p><div class="desktop-blog-ad desktop-ad" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: center;"></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The excavation site has previously yielded <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-60466187" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">impressive mosaics</a>. The Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) on behalf of Landsec and Transport for London (TfL) conducted this most recent dig which encountered the mausoleum. The building consists of a mosaic floor, raised platforms, walls, and even stairs leading up to another mosaic. It appears the ancients may have built a second, raised floor above the original lower mosaic. Over 100 coins, pottery shards, roofing tiles, and metal fragments were uncovered, too.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The site was likely a burial ground for wealthy Roman Londoners. However, coffins have not yet been uncovered. “This relatively small site in Southwark is a microcosm for the changing fortunes of Roman London—from the early phase of the site where London expands and the area has lavishly decorated Roman buildings, all the way through to the later Roman period when the settlement shrinks and it becomes a more quiet space where people remember their dead,” says Antonietta Lerz, senior archaeologist at MOLA. While The Liberty of Southwark will be a commercial complex, there are plans to preserve the site so that the public can see this cool part of the city's history.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lerz adds, “The rediscovery of thus Roman mausoleum and mosaics is a testament to the rich tapestry of our past.” You can explore the site in 3D with this model to see for yourself.<iframe aria-label="Advertisement" data-google-container-id="7" data-load-complete="true" frameborder="0" height="1" id="google_ads_iframe_/18190176,1091571/AdThrive_Content_2/58acab12aa5ec91288e8b076_0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="google_ads_iframe_/18190176,1091571/AdThrive_Content_2/58acab12aa5ec91288e8b076_0" role="region" scrolling="no" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;" tabindex="0" title="3rd party ad content" width="1"></iframe></span></p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: cardoregular; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">A rare Roman-era mausoleum has been excavated in London's Southwark neighborhood, indicating the former presence of a substantial building of Roman London.</span></h2><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_606843" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; height: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="Mosaic in Roman Mausoleum Excavated in London" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-606843" class="size-full wp-image-606843 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Roman-Mausoleum-Excavated-London-4.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Roman-Mausoleum-Excavated-London-4.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Roman-Mausoleum-Excavated-London-4-300x168.jpg 300w" decoding="async" height="420" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Roman-Mausoleum-Excavated-London-4.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Roman-Mausoleum-Excavated-London-4.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Roman-Mausoleum-Excavated-London-4-300x168.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /></span></span><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-606843" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Photo: <a href="https://www.mola.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Museum of London Archaeology</a></i></span></p><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-606843" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;"><br /></p><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-606843" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;"><span style="font-family: cardoregular;"><span style="font-size: large;">The unique site features a mosaic floor that likely was part of a larger burial complex.</span></span></p></div><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_606846" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><img alt="Mosaic in Roman Mausoleum Excavated in London" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-606846" class="size-full wp-image-606846 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Roman-Mausoleum-Excavated-London-6.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Roman-Mausoleum-Excavated-London-6.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Roman-Mausoleum-Excavated-London-6-300x166.jpg 300w" decoding="async" height="416" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Roman-Mausoleum-Excavated-London-6.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Roman-Mausoleum-Excavated-London-6.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Roman-Mausoleum-Excavated-London-6-300x166.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-606846" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 0px 0px 25px !important; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;">Photo: <a href="https://www.mola.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Museum of London Archaeology</a></p><div class="desktop-blog-ad desktop-ad" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: center;"></div></div><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_606840" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><img alt="Roman Mausoleum Excavated in London" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-606840" class="size-full wp-image-606840 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Roman-Mausoleum-Excavated-London-2.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Roman-Mausoleum-Excavated-London-2.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Roman-Mausoleum-Excavated-London-2-300x169.jpg 300w" decoding="async" height="422" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Roman-Mausoleum-Excavated-London-2.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Roman-Mausoleum-Excavated-London-2.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Roman-Mausoleum-Excavated-London-2-300x169.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-606840" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;">Photo: <a href="https://www.mola.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Museum of London Archaeology</a></p></div></article></div></div>Pavan Mickeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03387010164723125554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246813438162815157.post-22120668164169957882023-06-20T03:27:00.005+05:302023-06-20T03:27:54.230+05:30Helen Keller Wrote a Letter to Book-Burning Nazis About the Power of Ideas In 1933<p> <img alt="Nazi Book Burning" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-601936" class="size-full wp-image-601936" decoding="async" height="545" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/book-burning-nazi-1.jpeg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/book-burning-nazi-1.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/book-burning-nazi-1-300x218.jpeg 300w" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /></p><div class="row" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px;"><div class="section-intro col-sm-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; position: relative; width: 780px;"><article class="first-page article " style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_601936" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-601936" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;">Nazi students picking through the collected materials of Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, director of the Institute for Sexual Science in Berlin on May 6, 1933 in preparation for a book burning. (Photo: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Institut_f%C3%BCr_Sexualwissenschaft_-_Bibliothek_1933.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Wikimedia Commons</a>, Public domain)</p></div><p class="first-letter-styles" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">Helen Keller is known for her activism for the disabled community. After a childhood illness rendered her deaf and blind, she learned to read, write, sign, and speak. Graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Radcliffe College in 1904, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller#Formal_education" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Keller</a> was the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelors of Arts degree in the United States. A writer, a <a href="https://www.afb.org/about-afb/history/helen-keller/biography-and-chronology/biography?gad=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwjryjBhD0ARIsAMLvnF9NkQj3KnGLIasEr3SX_oezqSHowk-TCyZbuBseO8fWe15b1pS3Xd0aAutfEALw_wcB#political" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">socialist</a>, and a suffragette, her activism extended far beyond the deafblind community to touch many national and world affairs. Powerfully, in 1933, Keller penned an <a href="https://archive.org/details/book-burning-letter" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">open letter</a> in <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The New York Times</em> warning Nazi students—who were openly burning books, including her own—of the perils of the fascist desire to crush opposing ideas.<iframe aria-label="Advertisement" data-google-container-id="6" data-load-complete="true" frameborder="0" height="1" id="google_ads_iframe_/18190176,1091571/AdThrive_Content_1/58acab12aa5ec91288e8b076_0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="google_ads_iframe_/18190176,1091571/AdThrive_Content_1/58acab12aa5ec91288e8b076_0" role="region" scrolling="no" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;" tabindex="0" title="3rd party ad content" width="1"></iframe></p><div class="desktop-blog-ad desktop-ad" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: center;"></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">The letter can be seen in a typed draft by Keller from May 9, 1933. It contains handwritten additions from Keller's aid Polly Thompson. Keller's book,<em style="box-sizing: border-box;"> How I Became a Socialist</em>, had been earmarked for burning on a long list made by the Nazi party for a mass burning event on <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/goebbels-burnings/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">May 10, 1933</a>. On that day, university students participated in burnings across Germany. The 25,000 books burned targeted a variety of topics, from socialist works like Keller's to Freud to science fiction like H.G. Wells. While anything deemed “un-German” or antithetical to the Nazi regime was in danger, the burnings were heavily targeted towards the works of Jewish authors.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">Keller for her part was aware of this attack's anti-Semitic focus. “Do not imagine that your barbarities to the Jews are unknown here,” she wrote in her open letter. Her letter, shared below, speaks to the power of ideas and the impotency of the fascist response to destroy and suppress. While incredibly dangerous, such responses cannot kill ideas which have already permeated the ether of society. Her words, while spoken 90 years ago and directed at a foreign nation, are worth remembering today, as books are banned from school libraries or pulled from public shelves for describing the experiences of people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals. History, as always, must prove a lesson—even as book banning parties would try to rewrite it.<iframe aria-label="Advertisement" data-google-container-id="7" data-load-complete="true" frameborder="0" height="1" id="google_ads_iframe_/18190176,1091571/AdThrive_Content_2/58acab12aa5ec91288e8b076_0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="google_ads_iframe_/18190176,1091571/AdThrive_Content_2/58acab12aa5ec91288e8b076_0" role="region" scrolling="no" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;" tabindex="0" title="3rd party ad content" width="1"></iframe></p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular; font-size: 36px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;">In 1933, Helen Keller wrote an open letter in <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The New York Times</em> to Nazi students, warning them of the perils of trying to stamp out ideas.</h2><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_601930" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><span style="font-family: Avenir-Next;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-size: 18px; height: auto;"><img alt="In 1933, Helen Keller Wrote a Letter to Book-Burning Nazis About the Power of Ideas" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-601930" class="size-full wp-image-601930 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Helen_Keller_circa_1920-2.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Helen_Keller_circa_1920-2.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Helen_Keller_circa_1920-2-234x300.jpg 234w" decoding="async" height="960" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Helen_Keller_circa_1920-2.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Helen_Keller_circa_1920-2.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Helen_Keller_circa_1920-2-234x300.jpg 234w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /></span></span><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-601930" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;">Helen Keller in 1920. (Photo: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Helen_Keller_circa_1920_-_restored.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Wikimedia Commons</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">CC BY 4.0</a>)</p><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-601930" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;"><br /></p><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-601930" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Avenir-Next;">K</span><span style="font-family: cardoregular;">eller, a socialist, paints a bleak picture of the fascist desire to stamp out ideas.</span></span></p></div><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_601927" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><img alt="In 1933, Helen Keller Wrote a Letter to Book-Burning Nazis About the Power of Ideas" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-601927" class="size-full wp-image-601927 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hellen-keller-letter-2.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hellen-keller-letter-2.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hellen-keller-letter-2-230x300.jpg 230w" decoding="async" height="978" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hellen-keller-letter-2.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hellen-keller-letter-2.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hellen-keller-letter-2-230x300.jpg 230w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-601927" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;">Helen Keller's own draft of the 1933 letter she wrote to Nazi students. (Photo: <a href="https://archive.org/details/book-burning-letter" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Internet Archive</a>)</p><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-601927" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;"><span style="color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular; font-size: 36px;"><br /></span></p><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-601927" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.8em; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;"><span style="font-family: cardoregular; font-size: 36px;">Here is the text of Helen Keller's Letter:</span></p></div><blockquote style="border-left: 5px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 22.5px; margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 12.5px 25px; text-shadow: none;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">To the student body of Germany:</em></p><div class="desktop-blog-ad desktop-ad" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: center;"></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">History has taught you nothing if you think you can kill ideas. Tyrants have tried to do that often before, and the ideas have risen up in their might and destroyed them.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">You can burn my books and the books of the best minds in Europe, but the ideas in them have seeped through a million channels and will continue to quicken other minds. I gave all the royalties of my books for all time to the German soldiers blinded in the World War with no thought in my heart but love and compassion for the German people.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">I acknowledge the grievous complications that have led to your intolerance; all the more do I deplore the injustice and unwisdom of passing on to unborn generations the stigma of your deeds.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none;">Do not imagine that your barbarities to the Jews are unknown here. God sleepeth not, and He will visit His judgment upon you. Better were it for you to have a mill-stone hung around your neck and sink into the sea than to be hated and despised of all men.</p></blockquote><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular; font-size: 36px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;">Her words on learning from history, and the resilience of ideas against oppression, can certainly have modern meaning.<iframe aria-label="Advertisement" data-google-container-id="9" data-load-complete="true" frameborder="0" height="1" id="google_ads_iframe_/18190176,1091571/AdThrive_Content_5/58acab12aa5ec91288e8b076_0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="google_ads_iframe_/18190176,1091571/AdThrive_Content_5/58acab12aa5ec91288e8b076_0" role="region" scrolling="no" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;" tabindex="0" title="3rd party ad content" width="1"></iframe></h2><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_601933" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><img alt="Empty Library " aria-describedby="caption-attachment-601933" class="size-full wp-image-601933 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/empty-library-1.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/empty-library-1.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/empty-library-1-300x232.jpg 300w" decoding="async" height="580" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/empty-library-1.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/empty-library-1.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/empty-library-1-300x232.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-601933" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;">The Empty Library at the Bebelplatz in Berlin, designed by Micha Ullman. The sculpture is a memorial to the book burnings of Nazi rule. (Photo: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Empty_Library_-_Bebelplatz_mit_Mahnmal_B%C3%BCcherverbrennung_Aug_2009.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Wikimedia Commons</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>)</p></div></article></div></div>Pavan Mickeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03387010164723125554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246813438162815157.post-86787376111107688582023-06-20T03:22:00.002+05:302023-06-20T03:22:22.183+05:30Manuscript 500-Year-Old Contains First Recorded Stand-Up Comedy Routine<p><img alt="Red Herring" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-603890" class="size-full wp-image-603890" decoding="async" height="1027" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/red-herring-manuscript-1-1.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/red-herring-manuscript-1-1.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/red-herring-manuscript-1-1-219x300.jpg 219w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/red-herring-manuscript-1-1-748x1024.jpg 748w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /></p><div class="row" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px;"><div class="section-intro col-sm-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; position: relative; width: 780px;"><article class="first-page article " style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_603890" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-603890" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;">The first known mention of the phrase “red herring” in its modern meaning. (Photo: <a href="https://digital.nls.uk/early-manuscripts/browse/archive/133680060#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=135&xywh=0%2C-1594%2C5555%2C6744" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">National Library of Scotland</a>)</p></div><p class="first-letter-styles" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">One can find fascinating, surprising things in medieval manuscripts. These rich records of history and culture include anything from a list of herbs or religious prayers to innovative dog names and pictures of cute kittens. Time-consuming to create, expensive to buy, and precious to pass on, these books hold a certain fascination today. A new find suggests they may even provide insight into the history of comedy. Before there was <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Monty Python</em>, there was Richard Heege. <a href="https://digital.nls.uk/early-manuscripts/browse/archive/133680060#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=135&xywh=0%2C-1594%2C5555%2C6744" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">His manuscript</a> is a rare record of a real-life performer's “stand up” comedy in the 15th century, and it includes the first recorded use of the phrase “red herring” in its modern meaning.<iframe aria-label="Advertisement" data-google-container-id="6" data-load-complete="true" frameborder="0" height="1" id="google_ads_iframe_/18190176,1091571/AdThrive_Content_1/58acab12aa5ec91288e8b076_0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="google_ads_iframe_/18190176,1091571/AdThrive_Content_1/58acab12aa5ec91288e8b076_0" role="region" scrolling="no" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;" tabindex="0" title="3rd party ad content" width="1"></iframe></p><div class="desktop-blog-ad desktop-ad" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: center;"></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">The comedic value in this manuscript, held by the National Library of Scotland, was noted recently by <a href="https://www.english.cam.ac.uk/people/James.Wade/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Dr. James Wade</a>, a scholar at Cambridge, in the <a href="https://academic.oup.com/res/advance-article/doi/10.1093/res/hgad053/7187022?login=false" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Review of English Studies</a>. “We shouldn’t assume that popular entertainers weren’t capable of poetic achievement. This minstrel clearly was,” <a href="https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/bawdy-bard-act-discovered-revealing-fifteenth-century-roots-of-british-comedy#group-section-Minstrels-and-medieval-life-eZcvgdsksj" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">explains</a> Dr. Wade. Around 1480, Heege copied three texts by hand into a volume. He likely copied the storylines from a memory-aid for minstrels, traveling performers who made their living entertaining crowds across England. Much of the humor contained within could be considered slapstick sketch comedy, by today’s standards.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">The three texts include a burlesque romance called <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Hunting of the Hare</em>, a “mock sermon in prose,” and <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Battle of Brackonwet</em>, nonsensical verse. <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Hunting of the Hare</em> features <a href="https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2021/06/killer-rabbits.html" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">killer rabbits</a>, a trope often seen in medieval literature and in the Beast of Caerbannog of <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Monty Python</em> fame: “Jack Wade was never so sad / As when the hare trod on his head / In case she would have ripped out his throat.” The hunted become the hunters. The next piece, the “sermon,” then encourages drinking and references popular drinking ballads. In poking criticism at the nobles of the day, the author calls events a “red herring” or distraction. This is the first known reference of the phrase in this meaning.<iframe aria-label="Advertisement" data-google-container-id="7" data-load-complete="true" frameborder="0" height="1" id="google_ads_iframe_/18190176,1091571/AdThrive_Content_2/58acab12aa5ec91288e8b076_0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="google_ads_iframe_/18190176,1091571/AdThrive_Content_2/58acab12aa5ec91288e8b076_0" role="region" scrolling="no" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;" tabindex="0" title="3rd party ad content" width="1"></iframe></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">Lastly, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Battle of Brackonwet</em> invokes the famous robin hood among a cast of trippy characters, such as jousting bears, that would have been at home in Disney's film. “Heege gives us the rarest glimpse of a medieval world rich in oral storytelling and popular entertainments,” says Wade. In the late 15th century, society was changing. Heege, who was a tutor to a wealthy family, captured this change in a rare insight into a vanished culture. “These texts remind us that festive entertainment was flourishing at a time of growing social mobility. People back then partied a lot more than we do today, so minstrels had plenty of opportunities to perform. They were really important figures in people’s lives right across the social hierarchy. These texts give us a snapshot of medieval life being lived well.”</p><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: cardoregular; font-size: 36px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;">This medieval manuscript from the 15th century contains fantastical jokes and sassy social critique.<iframe aria-label="Advertisement" data-google-container-id="8" data-load-complete="true" frameborder="0" height="1" id="google_ads_iframe_/18190176,1091571/AdThrive_Content_3/58acab12aa5ec91288e8b076_0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="google_ads_iframe_/18190176,1091571/AdThrive_Content_3/58acab12aa5ec91288e8b076_0" role="region" scrolling="no" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;" tabindex="0" title="3rd party ad content" width="1"></iframe></h2><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_603881" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><img alt="Medieval Comedy Routine" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-603881" class="size-full wp-image-603881 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/medieval-comedy-1.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/medieval-comedy-1.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/medieval-comedy-1-226x300.jpg 226w" decoding="async" height="994" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/medieval-comedy-1.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/medieval-comedy-1.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/medieval-comedy-1-226x300.jpg 226w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-603881" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;">Scribe's additions to Richard Heeg's comedic manuscript. (Photo: <a href="https://digital.nls.uk/early-manuscripts/browse/archive/133680060#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=135&xywh=0%2C-1594%2C5555%2C6744" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">National Library of Scotland</a>)<iframe aria-label="Advertisement" data-google-container-id="9" data-load-complete="true" frameborder="0" height="1" id="google_ads_iframe_/18190176,1091571/AdThrive_Content_4/58acab12aa5ec91288e8b076_0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="google_ads_iframe_/18190176,1091571/AdThrive_Content_4/58acab12aa5ec91288e8b076_0" role="region" scrolling="no" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;" tabindex="0" title="3rd party ad content" width="1"></iframe></p></div><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_603878" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><img alt="Killer Rabbit" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-603878" class="size-full wp-image-603878 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/comedy-book-2.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/comedy-book-2.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/comedy-book-2-300x202.jpg 300w" decoding="async" height="506" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/comedy-book-2.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/comedy-book-2.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/comedy-book-2-300x202.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-603878" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 0px 0px 25px !important; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;">Killer rabbits are a theme in medieval literature. (Photo: <a href="https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2021/06/killer-rabbits.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">The Smithfield Decretals, decorated in London, England, in the 1340s: Royal MS 10 E IV, f. 59v-61v/British Library</a>)</p></div></article></div></div>Pavan Mickeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03387010164723125554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246813438162815157.post-90454399758788543622023-06-20T03:14:00.009+05:302023-06-20T03:18:50.085+05:30Global Seed Vault on a Norwegian Island<div class="row" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px;"><br /></div><div class="row" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px;"><div class="section-intro col-sm-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; position: relative; width: 780px;"><article class="first-page article" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_587436" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><img alt="Explore the “Doomsday” Svalbard Global Seed Vault With Virtual Tour" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-587436" class="size-full wp-image-587436" decoding="async" height="579" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/seed-storage-vault-tour-svalbard-3.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/seed-storage-vault-tour-svalbard-3.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/seed-storage-vault-tour-svalbard-3-300x232.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-587436" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;">The Svalbard Global Seed Vault. (Photo: Subiet via <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Entrance_to_the_Seed_Vault_(cropped).jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Wikimedia Commons</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>)</p></div><p class="first-letter-styles" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">Would you like a tour of one of the world's most exclusive venues? It may not be the hottest club in Manhattan or the chicest Instagram backdrop in Paris, but only a select few get to see the inside of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen. The doors only open a few times a year for select people, but now a virtual tour is allowing everyone to peer inside the concrete “doomsday” collection of seeds from around the world. Start at the entrance and work your way through the snow-shrouded interior of the mountain to learn more about the 1.2 million seeds deposited inside.Opened in 2008, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault is the world's backup reserve of seeds from plants both common and rare. The location was chosen for its relative insulation from warming climates and its remoteness. The building, which looks like a concrete “pride rock,” was carved into the side of Plateau Mountain. It stands alone against the cold landscape. Some of the vault lies under 400 feet of rock, and five metal doors separate the seeds within from the world outside. Inside, towers of shelves hold thousands of boxes containing seeds in aluminum envelopes. A low temperature of -18 degrees Celcius preserves this precious material.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">The aluminum envelopes contain over 1.2 million samples of plant seeds from around the world. Each envelope can hold 500 seeds, and the entire vault has the “capacity to store 4.5 million varieties of crops,” according to <a href="https://www.croptrust.org/work/svalbard-global-seed-vault/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Crop Trust</a>. So, why collect these crops? Many countries, in fact, have their own gene banks around the world. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is the backup to these local reserves, in the case for some reason they are unavailable or depleted. For example, the vault stepped up to provide samples in 2015 for the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas after an Aleppo seed bank became unusable during the Syrian civil war. Now <a href="https://www.croptrust.org/news-events/news/svalbard-global-seed-vault-celebrates-15th-year-with-historic-deposit/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">15 years</a> into its mission, the vault's collection continues to grow.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">“From here in Svalbard, the world looks different. This seed vault represents hope, unity, and security,” says Stefan Schmitz, executive director of the Crop Trust and a co-manager of the vault, in a <a href="https://www.croptrust.org/news-events/news/svalbard-global-seed-vault-celebrates-15th-year-with-historic-deposit/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">statement</a>. “In a world where the climate crisis, biodiversity loss, natural catastrophes, and conflicts increasingly destabilize our food systems, it has never been more important to prioritize safeguarding these tiny seeds that hold so much potential to adapt our future food to such global threats.”</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">Explore this potential yourself through the <a href="https://virtualtourcompany.co.uk/GlobalSeedVault/index.html#popup_1860" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">virtual tour</a>, by Virtual Tour Company. Click the arrows to “walk” or use the map function to see the entire amazing facility.</p><div class="adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-3 adthrive-ad-cls" data-google-query-id="CObE2sCm0P8CFQCMrAId6cgH4g" id="AdThrive_Content_3_desktop" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; font-size: 18px; justify-content: center; line-height: 0; margin-bottom: 20px !important; margin-top: 10px; min-height: 250px; overflow-x: visible; padding: 10px 0px; text-align: center;"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/18190176,1091571/AdThrive_Content_3/58acab12aa5ec91288e8b076_0__container__" style="border: 0pt none; box-sizing: border-box; flex-basis: 100%;"><iframe aria-label="Advertisement" data-google-container-id="7" data-load-complete="true" frameborder="0" height="1" id="google_ads_iframe_/18190176,1091571/AdThrive_Content_3/58acab12aa5ec91288e8b076_0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="google_ads_iframe_/18190176,1091571/AdThrive_Content_3/58acab12aa5ec91288e8b076_0" role="region" scrolling="no" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: bottom;" tabindex="0" title="3rd party ad content" width="1"></iframe><img alt="Explore the “Doomsday” Svalbard Global Seed Vault With Virtual Tour" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-587439" class="size-full wp-image-587439 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/seed-storage-vault-tour-svalbard-2.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/seed-storage-vault-tour-svalbard-2.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/seed-storage-vault-tour-svalbard-2-225x300.jpg 225w" decoding="async" height="1000" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/seed-storage-vault-tour-svalbard-2.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/seed-storage-vault-tour-svalbard-2.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/seed-storage-vault-tour-svalbard-2-225x300.jpg 225w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /></div></div><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_587439" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-587439" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 0px 0px 25px !important; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;">Interior storage of the vault. (Photo: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Storage_containers_in_Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault_01.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Wikimedia Commons</a>, Public domain)</p><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-587439" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px !important; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;"><span style="font-family: cardoregular;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The vault holds over 1.2 million seed samples, including examples from most of the world's countries.</span></span></p></div><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_587442" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><img alt="Explore the “Doomsday” Svalbard Global Seed Vault With Virtual Tour" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-587442" class="size-full wp-image-587442 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/seed-storage-vault-tour-svalbard-7.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/seed-storage-vault-tour-svalbard-7.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/seed-storage-vault-tour-svalbard-7-291x300.jpg 291w" decoding="async" height="774" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/seed-storage-vault-tour-svalbard-7.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/seed-storage-vault-tour-svalbard-7.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/seed-storage-vault-tour-svalbard-7-291x300.jpg 291w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-587442" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;">Aluminum bags holding seeds. (Photo: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aluminium_bags_for_seed_storage_at_Svalbard.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Wikimedia Commons</a>, Public domain)</p></div></article></div></div>Pavan Mickeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03387010164723125554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246813438162815157.post-13802416563400951572022-07-15T05:27:00.003+05:302022-07-15T05:27:46.998+05:3018th-Century Chinese Vase Accidentally Discovered<p> <img alt="Magnificent Chinese Qianlong-Era Vase Found in Kitchen Fetches 1.8 Million at Auction" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-518227" class="size-full wp-image-518227" decoding="async" height="943" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/blue-gold-vase-1.jpeg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/blue-gold-vase-1.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/blue-gold-vase-1-239x300.jpeg 239w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /></p><div class="row" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px;"><div class="section-intro col-sm-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; position: relative; width: 780px;"><article class="first-page article " style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_518227" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-518227" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;">The magnificent imperial vase which languished for years in a kitchen. (Photo: <a href="https://www.dreweatts.com/news-videos/a-magnificent-chinese-imperial-blue-glazed-silver-and-gilt-bat-and-crane-vase-18-may-2022/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Dreweatts</a>)</p></div><p class="first-letter-styles" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">Who doesn't dream about stumbling on a trove of fabulous, valuable artwork? For some people, the discovery of a lifetime is an ancient Roman bust waiting on a Goodwill shelf or a Ming Dynasty bowl at a yard sale. For one family in the UK, their treasured possession turned out to have been sitting in their kitchen for years. Purchased by a surgeon and passed down to his son, the vase turned out to be a Chinese imperial work of art from the era of the famed Qianlong Emperor.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">The provenance of the vase is unknown, so how and when it traveled from China to the UK is a mystery possibly shrouding the imperialistic looting. What is known is that a surgeon in the UK purchased the vase for a few hundred pounds in the 1980s. Eventually, it passed to his son. One of the son's friends noticed the two-foot-tall blue and gold bulbous vase sitting in his friend's kitchen. The friend is an antiques specialist and alerted the son of his suspicion that the vase was in fact a valuable artifact.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="color: #444444; font-weight: bold;">Crafted of porcelain, the vase is glazed in “sacrificial blue,” a name that hearkens to the blue vases used in sacrifices. It is decorated with clouds, palms, and cranes in silver and gilt (gold). These are symbols from Taoism (or Daoism), the philosophy and religion popular in 18th-century China. The Qianlong Emperor ruled from 1735 to 1796. A member of the powerful Qing Dynasty of China, he is one of the longest-reigning rulers in history. On the base of the vase is a mark signifying its manufacture in the Qianlong period, the years of the Qianlong Emperor's reign. The vase was made for the emperor and likely kept in an imperial palace until it was given away (or stolen).</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">The vase is a shocking find, but a delight for an auction house. The vase went to auction through Dreweatts where it fetched $1.8 million at auction, well over the $186,000 estimate. The house reported “very strong interest” from bidders in China, Hong Kong, the U.S., and the UK, demonstrating “the demand for the very finest porcelain.” A technical wonder of art and craftsmanship, the vase is a historic, royal piece despite its humble recent location in a kitchen.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: cardoregular;">A UK man discovered the vase in his kitchen was actually a valuable Qianlong-era Chinese antique.</span></p><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_518224" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><img alt="Crane in Blue and Gold" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-518224" class="size-full wp-image-518224 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/blue-gold-vase-detail-QIANLONG-EMPEROR-1.jpeg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/blue-gold-vase-detail-QIANLONG-EMPEROR-1.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/blue-gold-vase-detail-QIANLONG-EMPEROR-1-239x300.jpeg 239w" decoding="async" height="943" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/blue-gold-vase-detail-QIANLONG-EMPEROR-1.jpeg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/blue-gold-vase-detail-QIANLONG-EMPEROR-1.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/blue-gold-vase-detail-QIANLONG-EMPEROR-1-239x300.jpeg 239w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-518224" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;">Detail of a crane in gold. (Photo: <a href="https://www.dreweatts.com/news-videos/a-magnificent-chinese-imperial-blue-glazed-silver-and-gilt-bat-and-crane-vase-18-may-2022/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Dreweatts</a>)</p><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-518224" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: cardoregular;">The piece was made for the 18th-century Qianlong Emperor, although it is unknown how it came to the UK.</span></p></div><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_518221" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><img alt="Mark Showing the Dynasty and Date" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-518221" class="size-full wp-image-518221 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/mark-QIANLONG-EMPEROR-1.jpeg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/mark-QIANLONG-EMPEROR-1.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/mark-QIANLONG-EMPEROR-1-235x300.jpeg 235w" decoding="async" height="956" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/mark-QIANLONG-EMPEROR-1.jpeg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/mark-QIANLONG-EMPEROR-1.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/mark-QIANLONG-EMPEROR-1-235x300.jpeg 235w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-518221" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-style: italic; margin: 0px 0px 25px !important; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;">The six-character mark of the Qianlong period on the base of the vase. (Photo: <a href="https://www.dreweatts.com/news-videos/a-magnificent-chinese-imperial-blue-glazed-silver-and-gilt-bat-and-crane-vase-18-may-2022/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Dreweatts</a>)</p><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-518221" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-style: italic; margin: 0px 0px 25px !important; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: cardoregular;">The vase fetched $1.8 million at auction.</span></p></div><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_518230" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><img alt="QIANLONG EMPEROR" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-518230" class="size-full wp-image-518230 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/QIANLONG-EMPEROR-1.jpeg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/QIANLONG-EMPEROR-1.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/QIANLONG-EMPEROR-1-224x300.jpeg 224w" decoding="async" height="1006" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/QIANLONG-EMPEROR-1.jpeg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/QIANLONG-EMPEROR-1.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/QIANLONG-EMPEROR-1-224x300.jpeg 224w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-518230" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;">The Qianlong Emperor, who lived from 1711-99 (r. 1735-96), painted by Giuseppe Castiglione. (Photo: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E6%B8%85_%E9%83%8E%E4%B8%96%E5%AE%81%E7%BB%98%E3%80%8A%E6%B8%85%E9%AB%98%E5%AE%97%E4%B9%BE%E9%9A%86%E5%B8%9D%E6%9C%9D%E6%9C%8D%E5%83%8F%E3%80%8B.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Wikimedia Commons</a>, Public domain)</p><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-518230" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: cardoregular;">This is one of several stories of treasures discovered in unexpected places.</span></p></div><div><br /></div></article></div></div>Pavan Mickeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03387010164723125554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246813438162815157.post-30341964973888907622022-07-15T05:24:00.001+05:302022-07-15T05:24:30.686+05:30Butterfly Populations Are Showing Recovery After a Winter in Mexico<div class="row" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px;"><br /></div><div class="row" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px;"><div class="section-intro col-sm-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; position: relative; width: 780px;"><article class="first-page article " style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_521211" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><img alt="Monarch Butterfly Populations Are Recovering in Their Winter Home of Mexico" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-521211" class="size-full wp-image-521211" decoding="async" height="563" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Monarch-butterfly-mexico-2.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Monarch-butterfly-mexico-2.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Monarch-butterfly-mexico-2-300x225.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-521211" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;">Photo: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monarch_butterfly_flying_away_from_a_Mexican_sunflower.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Wikimedia Commons</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">CC BY-SA 4.0</a></p></div><p class="first-letter-styles" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">Monarch butterflies are famous for their striking orange and black wings. These beautiful, elegant insects are also renowned for their impressive migratory regimen. Wintering in Mexico, they travel as far north as Southern Canada in the spring. However, as with many other species, the delicate natural rhythms of their migration are threatened by global warming and habitat loss. Thankfully, during the winter of 2021 to 2022, 35% more butterflies congregated in their winter home than in the past year—suggesting a possible path of resilience for the species.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">Each October and November, thousands of monarch butterflies flock to the sheltered, forested mountains west of Mexico City. Typically, they return to northern, cooler climes in March. However, in the 2020 to 2021 season, the butterflies fled in February, suggesting climate change may be altering their pattern due to climate change. Yet in the spring of 2022, the butterflies lingered until April. It is unclear exactly why, but it suggests the species is adapting to a rapidly changing world.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">The butterflies rely on trees when in their Mexican home. Logging, fires, drought, and plant disease are exacerbating deforestation. While logging activity rose this past year, other factors caused less damage and resulted in less total loss of flora. Declining milkweed in the United States, which monarch caterpillars eat, has also affected their numbers. Pesticides and clearing wooded areas endanger this vital plant. Activists encourage Americans to plant milkweed to combat habitat loss, but those who live in Mexico should not. The plant might erroneously encourage the insects to linger, interfering with their natural rhythm.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">While the butterflies are still at the mercy of climate change, their recently rebounding numbers in Mexico suggest they may be able to adapt their calendar to a changing climate. This past winter, 160,000 tourists flocked to see the magnificent winged creatures gathered in the trees of the butterfly reserves. The butterflies may be adapting—but we humans have to adapt too. Fighting climate change will only make survival easier and surer for this incredible species.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular; font-size: 36px;">This past winter, more monarch butterflies than the year before flocked to their winter home in Mexico.</span></p><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_521208" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><img alt="Monarch Butterfly Populations Are Recovering in Their Winter Home of Mexico" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-521208" class="size-full wp-image-521208 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/monarchs-return-to-mexico-1.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/monarchs-return-to-mexico-1.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/monarchs-return-to-mexico-1-300x199.jpg 300w" decoding="async" height="498" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/monarchs-return-to-mexico-1.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/monarchs-return-to-mexico-1.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/monarchs-return-to-mexico-1-300x199.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-521208" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;">Photo: NATICASTILLOG/Depositphotos</p></div></article></div></div><div class="row" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px;"><div class="section-intro col-sm-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; position: relative; width: 1170px;"><article class="first-page article no-sidebar" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></article></div></div>Pavan Mickeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03387010164723125554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246813438162815157.post-39842739094833367182022-07-15T05:17:00.000+05:302022-07-15T05:17:07.779+05:30 Amazing NASA Sun Mission - Solar Eclipse From Space<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="NASA Sun Mission Photographs Fiery Solar Eclipse From Space" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-526731" class="size-full wp-image-526731" decoding="async" height="1161" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/nasa-1.png" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/nasa-1.png 1200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/nasa-1-300x290.png 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/nasa-1-1024x991.png 1024w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/nasa-1-768x743.png 768w" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="1200" /></span></p><div class="row" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px;"><div class="section-intro col-sm-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; position: relative; width: 780px;"><article class="first-page article " style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_526731" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 1210px;"><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-526731" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory observed a solar eclipse on June 29, 2022. (Photo: <a href="https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">NASA/SDO/AIA/LMSAL</a>)</span></p></div><p class="first-letter-styles" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Human eyes should not gaze directly at the Sun on any regular day, let alone during a solar eclipse. However, NASA's hyper-modern technology has no such limitations. Their Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) tracks, photographs, and studies the Sun from space. This high-tech observation center captured stunning images of a solar eclipse on June 29, 2022—the fiery beauty is a view unmatched by any on Earth.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The eclipse occurred on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. SDO is a NASA mission to document and explore both space and Sun. SDO launched in February 2010 as a solar spacecraft under the partnership of NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are of particular interest to the mission. CMEs—expulsions of plasma and magnetic field from the Sun—are a strange and confusing phenomenon which can disrupt power or GPS signals here on Earth. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="color: #444444; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: medium;">With its high-powered imaging mechanisms, SDO captured the moon passing between it and the Sun. NASA has not yet officially spoken on the celestial event, but space enthusiasts note that the Moon's ridges were illuminated by the Sun behind it, including the Leibnitz and Doerfel mountain ranges. The entire phenomenon passed by in about 25 minutes. The Moon blocked about 67% of the Sun's flaming surface. This may also be the closest picture of the Sun's surface many people have seen. While images such as these may help scientists observe the Sun and learn more about its magnetic properties, they also can help them learn about the optics of the telescope itself. For the rest of us, these images are one more chance to marvel at the magnificence of our solar system.</span></span></p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) tracks, photographs, and studies the Sun from space.D</span></h2><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_526734" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 1210px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="NASA Sun Mission Photographs Fiery Solar Eclipse From Space" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-526734" class="size-full wp-image-526734 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/nasa-dso-solar-eclipse-1.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/nasa-dso-solar-eclipse-1.jpg 1200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/nasa-dso-solar-eclipse-1-300x259.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/nasa-dso-solar-eclipse-1-1024x883.jpg 1024w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/nasa-dso-solar-eclipse-1-768x662.jpg 768w" decoding="async" height="1035" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/nasa-dso-solar-eclipse-1.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/nasa-dso-solar-eclipse-1.jpg 1200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/nasa-dso-solar-eclipse-1-300x259.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/nasa-dso-solar-eclipse-1-1024x883.jpg 1024w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/nasa-dso-solar-eclipse-1-768x662.jpg 768w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="1200" /></span><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-526734" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory observed a solar eclipse on June 29, 2022. (Photo: <a href="https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">NASA/SDO/AIA/LMSAL</a>)</span></p><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-526734" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;"><span style="color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-526734" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;"><span style="color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This high-tech observation center captured stunning images of a solar eclipse on June 29, 2022—the fiery beauty is a view unmatched by any on Earth.</span></span></p></div><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_526740" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="NASA Sun Mission Photographs Fiery Solar Eclipse From Space" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-526740" class="wp-image-526740 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/nasa-dso-solar-eclipse-sun-1.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/nasa-dso-solar-eclipse-sun-1.jpg 1200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/nasa-dso-solar-eclipse-sun-1-300x290.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/nasa-dso-solar-eclipse-sun-1-1024x991.jpg 1024w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/nasa-dso-solar-eclipse-sun-1-768x743.jpg 768w" decoding="async" height="726" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/nasa-dso-solar-eclipse-sun-1.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/nasa-dso-solar-eclipse-sun-1.jpg 1200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/nasa-dso-solar-eclipse-sun-1-300x290.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/nasa-dso-solar-eclipse-sun-1-1024x991.jpg 1024w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/nasa-dso-solar-eclipse-sun-1-768x743.jpg 768w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /></span><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-526740" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory observed a solar eclipse on June 29, 2022. (Photo: <a href="https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">NASA/SDO/AIA/LMSAL</a>)<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); color: #444444; font-family: sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">AD</span></span></p></div><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_526737" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 496px;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; height: auto;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img alt="NASA Sun Mission Photographs Fiery Solar Eclipse From Space" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-526737" class="size-full wp-image-526737 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/gif.gif" decoding="async" height="486" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/gif.gif" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="486" /></span></span><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-526737" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-style: italic; margin: 0px 0px 25px !important; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory observed a solar eclipse on June 29, 2022. (Photo: <a href="https://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">NASA/SDO/AIA/LMSAL</a>)</span></p></div></article></div></div>Pavan Mickeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03387010164723125554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246813438162815157.post-85730524734843643572022-05-11T19:12:00.006+05:302022-05-11T19:12:31.733+05:30Then Most Millions of Baby Blue Eyes Blooms<p> </p><div class="row" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px;"><div class="col-xs-12 article-heading-area" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 10px; position: relative; width: 780px;"><div class="article-share-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 10px; text-align: center;"><img alt="Nemophila Flowers at Hitachi Seaside Park" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-508544" decoding="async" height="937" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-14.jpeg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-14.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-14-240x300.jpeg 240w" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /></div></div></div><div class="row" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px;"><div class="section-intro col-sm-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; position: relative; width: 780px;"><article class="first-page article " style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px;"></span><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">Spring is the season where plants come alive. And while you can find beautiful blooms in cities, it'd be hardpressed to see an entire field dedicated to flowers. That is why people in Japan travel to a spacious nature park roughly two hours south of Tokyo. Spread over about 864 acres, the <a href="https://hitachikaihin.jp/?fbclid=IwAR0bIvISoarhPK97Is8p-uzY4iMF2T0Hk3jyEDxLHo6dqYNLQkzsSHFtoAs" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Hitachi Seaside Park</a> contains millions of gorgeous florals that bloom every year to form a dreamy, storybook setting.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">While the park features an array of flora, it is most famous for its field of <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">nemophila</em>, also known as baby blue eyes. Inside Miharashi's Hill—one of the gardens that make up the nature park—there is about 500 million nemophila that bloom from April to May. During this time, the luxurious pale color blends into the sky to create a romantic scene for visitors to photograph and stroll through, always staying on the provided trail.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">In addition to baby blue eyes, the coastal destination also includes a section called Tamago no Mori Flower Garden. This area is reminiscent of Dutch landscapes, featuring 260 varieties of tulips in a range of colours, as well as model windmills scattered across the garden. The chromatic assortment of tulips creates mesmerizing patterns within the wooded area, which tourists can view from different angles as they stroll along the path.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">Scroll down to see more spectacular photos of these flowers.</p><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: cardoregular; font-size: 36px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;">Japan's Hitachi Seaside Park is famous for its gorgeous natural beauty.</h2><img alt="Nemophila Flowers at Hitachi Seaside Park" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-508529 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-9.jpeg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-9.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-9-240x300.jpeg 240w" decoding="async" height="937" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-9.jpeg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-9.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-9-240x300.jpeg 240w" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px;"></span><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: cardoregular; font-size: 36px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;">Located in Hitachinaka City, in the Ibaraki Prefecture, this popular destination features an array of colorful blooms.</h2><img alt="Nemophila Flowers at Hitachi Seaside Park" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-508532 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-10.jpeg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-10.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-10-240x300.jpeg 240w" decoding="async" height="937" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-10.jpeg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-10.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-10-240x300.jpeg 240w" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px;"></span><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: cardoregular; font-size: 36px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;">Its most famous flower is nemophila, or baby blue eyes, which bloom from April to May.</h2><img alt="Nemophila Flowers at Hitachi Seaside Park" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-508538 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-12.jpeg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-12.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-12-240x300.jpeg 240w" decoding="async" height="937" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-12.jpeg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-12.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-12-240x300.jpeg 240w" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px;"></span><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: cardoregular; font-size: 36px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;">They have about 500 million nemophila in their garden called Miharashi's Hill.</h2><img alt="Nemophila Flowers at Hitachi Seaside Park" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-508535 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-11.jpeg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-11.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-11-240x300.jpeg 240w" decoding="async" height="938" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-11.jpeg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-11.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-11-240x300.jpeg 240w" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px;"></span><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: cardoregular; font-size: 36px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;">They also have a field of tulips called the Tamago no Mori Flower Garden.</h2><img alt="Nemophila Flowers at Hitachi Seaside Park" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-508526 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-8.jpeg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-8.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-8-240x300.jpeg 240w" decoding="async" height="937" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-8.jpeg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-8.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-8-240x300.jpeg 240w" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px;"></span><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: cardoregular; font-size: 36px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;">It features 280 varieties of tulips in a range of colors.</h2><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;"><img alt="Nemophila Flowers at Hitachi Seaside Park" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-508523 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-7.jpeg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-7.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-7-240x300.jpeg 240w" decoding="async" height="937" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-7.jpeg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-7.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-7-240x300.jpeg 240w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><img alt="Nemophila Flowers at Hitachi Seaside Park" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-508511 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-2.jpeg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-2.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-2-240x300.jpeg 240w" decoding="async" height="937" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-2.jpeg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-2.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-2-240x300.jpeg 240w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" />c</p><img alt="Nemophila Flowers at Hitachi Seaside Park" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-508520 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-5.jpeg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-5.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-5-240x300.jpeg 240w" decoding="async" height="937" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-5.jpeg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-5.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-5-240x300.jpeg 240w" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><img alt="Nemophila Flowers at Hitachi Seaside Park" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-508517 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-4.jpeg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-4.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-4-240x300.jpeg 240w" decoding="async" height="937" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-4.jpeg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-4.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-4-240x300.jpeg 240w" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><img alt="Nemophila Flowers at Hitachi Seaside Park" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-508514 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-3.jpeg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-3.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-3-240x300.jpeg 240w" decoding="async" height="937" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-3.jpeg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-3.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-3-240x300.jpeg 240w" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-508508 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-1.jpeg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-1.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-1-240x300.jpeg 240w" decoding="async" height="937" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-1.jpeg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-1.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/hitachi-seaside-park-flowers-1-240x300.jpeg 240w" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px;"></span><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: cardoregular; font-size: 36px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;">Watch these videos to learn more about the park:</h2><div class="video-wrapper" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding-bottom: 411px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nJxuAItJnaU" style="box-sizing: border-box; height: 411px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 750px;" width="750"></iframe></div></article></div></div>Pavan Mickeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03387010164723125554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246813438162815157.post-28432001530495539112022-05-02T16:26:00.003+05:302022-05-02T16:26:51.914+05:30An Italian Town Is Filled With Ancient Cave Dwellings<p><br /></p><div class="row" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px;"><div class="col-xs-12 article-heading-area" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 10px; position: relative; width: 780px;"><div class="article-share-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 10px; text-align: center;"><img alt="Ancient town of Matera at sunrise, Basilicata, Italy" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-503450" class="size-full wp-image-503450" decoding="async" height="575" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-3.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-3.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-3-300x230.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /></div></div></div><div class="row" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px;"><div class="section-intro col-sm-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; position: relative; width: 780px;"><article class="first-page article" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="first-letter-styles" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">Italy is full of beautiful cultural cities. And while most people are familiar with Rome, Florence, and Venice, there are many hidden gems to explore. Undoubtedly, <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Matera </span>is one of these gems. This southern Italian town is located in the Basilicata region and is known for its incredible cave dwellings, also known as <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sassi</em>.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">Dug into the chalky stone that is typical of the region, these dwellings are small caverns that have undergone a series of transformations over the years. These prehistoric cave homes were actually inhabited until the mid-1950s when residents were evacuated due to poor sanitary conditions. In the late-1980s, the Sassi got a revival and has been turned into hotels, guest houses, art galleries, and cultural centres. Matera was even named a European Capital of Culture in 2019 to solidify its return to glory.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">While scholars aren't completely sure when these cave dwellings were first occupied, it's believed that the town was settled as early as the 10th millennium BCE. This makes Matera one of the earliest places in the world to be continuously inhabited. Over history, Matera has been occupied by Greeks, Romans, Bourbons, and many others. Hollywood has also been drawn to Matera's unique beauty, with films such as <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">No Time to Die</em>, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Wonder Woman, </em>and <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Passion of Christ </em>using it as a key location.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">Today, Matera is divided between the ancient town that includes the Sassi and the modern city. The Sassi sit on a rocky outcrop above the town, almost as a symbol of regeneration. These dwellings, which were once riddled with poverty, have now been reborn. With a thriving arts community and tourism centre, Matera is one of southern Italy's fastest-growing economies and is an example of how history can be preserved while still moving forward into the future.</p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular; font-size: 36px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;">Matera is a town in southern Italy known for its ancient cave dwellings.</h2><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_503456" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><img alt="Matera at Sunset" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-503456" class="size-full wp-image-503456 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-5.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-5.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-5-300x200.jpg 300w" decoding="async" height="500" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-5.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-5.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-5-300x200.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-503456" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;"><br /></p></div><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_503444" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><img alt="Matera, Italy" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-503444" class="size-full wp-image-503444 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-1.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-1.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-1-300x200.jpg 300w" decoding="async" height="500" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-1.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-1.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-1-300x200.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-503444" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 0px 0px 25px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;"><br /></p></div><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_503462" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-size: 18px; height: auto;"><img alt="Matera, Italy" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-503462" class="size-full wp-image-503462 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-7.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-7.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-7-300x200.jpg 300w" decoding="async" height="500" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-7.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-7.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-7-300x200.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /></span><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-503462" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;"><span color="inherit" style="font-family: cardoregular;"><span style="font-size: large;">or Sassi—are dug into chalky stone and have recently been revitalized.</span></span></p></div><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_503465" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><br /></div><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_503453" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><img alt="Cave Dwelling in Matera" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-503453" class="size-full wp-image-503453 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-4.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-4.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-4-300x200.jpg 300w" decoding="async" height="500" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-4.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-4.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-4-300x200.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /></div><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The picturesque town is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world.</span></h2><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_503459" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><img alt="Matera, Italy" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-503459" class="size-full wp-image-503459 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-6.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-6.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-6-300x200.jpg 300w" decoding="async" height="500" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-6.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-6.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-6-300x200.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /></div><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">In 1993, the Sassi were named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.</span></h2><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_503447" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><img alt="Ancient town of Matera (Sassi di Matera) in beautiful morning light, Basilicata, southern Italy" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-503447" class="size-full wp-image-503447 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-2.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-2.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-2-300x210.jpg 300w" decoding="async" height="526" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-2.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-2.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/matera-italy-2-300x210.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /></div></article></div></div>Pavan Mickeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03387010164723125554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246813438162815157.post-9814876378203839442022-05-02T12:47:00.000+05:302022-05-02T12:47:21.321+05:30Belmond Andean Explorer Train <p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;">The first luxurious train in South America, </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;">Since the summer of 2017. The Belmond Andean Explorer - travels through the majestic Andean countryside along some of the world's highest-lying railroads. The first thing that arouses interest is its route: it runs between Cuzco (the ancient capital of the Inca Empire) and the picturesque city of Arequipa. The second thing that will not leave you indifferent is its interior, made in the spirit of the 1920s and 1930s, and the unique views that open up to travellers.</span></p><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" trbidi="on"><p style="font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.yonder.fr/sites/default/files/styles/insertovertitle/public/contenu/destinations/03_belmond-andean-explorer-train-exterior-05.jpg?itok=40jyAQA0" style="color: #3778cd; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><img alt="belmond tarain peru, peru train, train peru, andean explorer train, trains in peru, andean explorer, train in peru, trains in south america, belmond travel, belmond andean explorer peru, belmond andean explorer, peru, luxury train south america" aly="belmond train peru, peru train, train peru, andean explorer train, trains in peru, andean explorer, train in peru, trains in south america, belmond travel, belmond andean explorer peru, belmond andean explorer, peru, luxury train south america" border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5QuiuIWJlsg8Rfhm3ss0Rr2bkKza5GtdIbHPrk-TTSX4HCT4gMiCLXQDjvtyToNfUF7G0H8dVmLhqP6BGIgb_FpKENxjM8LlhUTzLVTyYXpsDt8atdrtJhACQdLSJWawbVXOVEoAbqSzC/s16000/the_Belmond-Andean-Explorer-Express-00.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Belmond Andean Explorer Train | The first luxurious train of South Americ" /></a></p><br /><span style="font-size: 20px;"><a name="more"></a></span><div style="font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;"><h4 style="font-size: 25px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Belmond Train Peru</span></span></h4><div style="font-size: x-large;">The hotel on wheels was designed by the London agency Muza Lab. Inge Moore described the idea of the project as follows: "We wanted to create a space where you can calmly think and dream, where the beauty of the earth fills the soul."</div></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-size: large;" trbidi="on"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The train is designed for 48 passengers. But in it, you will not find any reserved seats or shared coaches, only luxurious coupes in various variations. By the way, they are more reminiscent of the rooms of expensive hotels. Single cabins of the luxury class, double and coupe with bunk shelves - the choice makes your stay here even more comfortable. The train also has two restaurants, a spa area with panoramic windows, a bar and a grand piano, and a boutique where you can buy handmade gifts. The restaurant's menu includes delicious dishes from vegetables and fruits that were grown in the Andes.</span></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHG_zYCf2zlLHNI6kMaRo8Vw4rYiRTTBR0L6lnpJkGGPXwgApyFDs0RAW-0-W1KXS_HaEwvTO1aKg8Np7gPTxFcSy3pFP51kxG4vDFgixetvhjZY_dku26JTEySkkR-EN7CWO_Q39TwEV0/s1600/the_Belmond-Andean-Explorer-Express-01.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="belmond train peru, peru train, train peru, andean explorer train, trains in peru, andean explorer, train in peru, trains in south america, belmond travel, belmond andean explorer peru, belmond andean explorer, peru, luxury train south america" border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHG_zYCf2zlLHNI6kMaRo8Vw4rYiRTTBR0L6lnpJkGGPXwgApyFDs0RAW-0-W1KXS_HaEwvTO1aKg8Np7gPTxFcSy3pFP51kxG4vDFgixetvhjZY_dku26JTEySkkR-EN7CWO_Q39TwEV0/s16000/the_Belmond-Andean-Explorer-Express-01.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Belmond Andean Explorer Train The first luxurious train of South America luxurious train express train sightseeing luxury, luxury train in peru" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; clear: both; font-size: 25px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px -15px; padding: 0.6em 15px 0.5em; position: relative; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Belmond Andean Explorer Train</span></h2><div class="separator" style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); clear: both; font-size: 20px; padding-top: 8px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;">However, Belmond Andean Explorer is interesting not only by its non-standard route but also by providing a haven for long-distance travel fans inside it. The structure does not find reserved seats or typical common carriages, but there are only compartments in different variations, each of which looks more like a room in an expensive hotel.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT7ZlJxtQzqHk1Q_aDbrkxcdg-2ERHJ5xfY0KDjaPH25Bjp7zQb-BL0BevBDF58tU7_EVbtxSmwuj3fDcFwl0JRZV2B3FDZIMZT3ituVqAsvv4xtOhyVNG9Pi7aLEnW8LyARZDY0iAQcI5/s1600/the_Belmond-Andean-Explorer-Express-02.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="belmond train peru, peru train, train peru, andean explorer train, trains in peru, andean explorer, train in peru, trains in south america, belmond travel, belmond andean explorer peru, belmond andean explorer, peru, luxury train south america" border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT7ZlJxtQzqHk1Q_aDbrkxcdg-2ERHJ5xfY0KDjaPH25Bjp7zQb-BL0BevBDF58tU7_EVbtxSmwuj3fDcFwl0JRZV2B3FDZIMZT3ituVqAsvv4xtOhyVNG9Pi7aLEnW8LyARZDY0iAQcI5/s16000/the_Belmond-Andean-Explorer-Express-02.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Belmond Andean Explorer Train The first luxurious train of South America luxurious train express train sightseeing luxury, luxury train in peru" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="clear: both; font-size: 25px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">A unique Belmond Andean Explorer train Inca Empire of Cusco in Peru</span></span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The main feature of the train is its wide viewing windows, allowing you to fully admire the local view. Belmond Andean Explorer also has its own observation platform, where travellers can enjoy outdoor activities. Among other things, on the train, you can find a carriage with large panoramic windows, where a bar and a piano are also located.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3R1y-dk9yNSVR8HhNboyGLPAyw_N4S5cJEDqg4jky3B0cY9rQlfbo9ebxA5FMa0Y87o2qaW_ovUFKJDqN4jdNOVWksLhWVKB_orAOLU-kr8RGdyLOVW-LpMy6l1mcHPtequQ9Yas8OjCh/s1600/the_Belmond-Andean-Explorer-Express-03.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="belmond train peru, peru train, train peru, andean explorer train, trains in peru, andean explorer, train in peru, trains in south america, belmond travel, belmond andean explorer peru, belmond andean explorer, peru, luxury train south america" border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3R1y-dk9yNSVR8HhNboyGLPAyw_N4S5cJEDqg4jky3B0cY9rQlfbo9ebxA5FMa0Y87o2qaW_ovUFKJDqN4jdNOVWksLhWVKB_orAOLU-kr8RGdyLOVW-LpMy6l1mcHPtequQ9Yas8OjCh/s16000/the_Belmond-Andean-Explorer-Express-03.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Belmond Andean Explorer Train The first luxurious train of South America luxurious train express train sightseeing luxury, luxury train in peru" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">The train has comfortable single rooms of the "luxury" class, as well as double, two-room and a compartment with shelves with two tiers. All rooms are equipped with their own showers and toilets.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUyZStOd5k-AkAUKSeaz6MaAXtOG7HkYdtbagHDQHk3s4peMdGGQMIorBQ-Zkz72tBxmkZwa47ABIspMTppF_MAi5XCxudg2vx_W_lnYHSrjuKSj5UZX3IAi5EPCMcG8Yaiw7uFTBG0H8u/s1600/the_Belmond-Andean-Explorer-Express-04.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="belmond train peru, peru train, train peru, andean explorer train, trains in peru, andean explorer, train in peru, trains in south america, belmond travel, belmond andean explorer peru, belmond andean explorer, peru, luxury train south america" border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUyZStOd5k-AkAUKSeaz6MaAXtOG7HkYdtbagHDQHk3s4peMdGGQMIorBQ-Zkz72tBxmkZwa47ABIspMTppF_MAi5XCxudg2vx_W_lnYHSrjuKSj5UZX3IAi5EPCMcG8Yaiw7uFTBG0H8u/s16000/the_Belmond-Andean-Explorer-Express-04.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Belmond Andean Explorer Train The first luxurious train of South America luxurious train express train sightseeing luxury, luxury train in peru" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Belmond Andean Explorer has two restaurant cars, which are distinguished by expensive finishes and first-class service. Here you can find rather non-standard dishes prepared only with fresh products, and you can also try fruits grown in the Peruvian Andes. The menu itself was compiled by the chefs of one of the most famous hotels in Peru.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiswcUiz3aBOJ-guc-2qZd1gLl9dEwfHNAJ3Ac8sYAclbtkabc3rHtVJ2pA7zNDofIgFUmzraAqfm8wpgisvYUTHrSZKLi6a0OxMjk1EXCvdCVW3vDuVfIRxCul6uEZw_lt_XNdDrmzFAK/s1600/the_Belmond-Andean-Explorer-Express-05.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="belmond train peru, peru train, train peru, andean explorer train, trains in peru, andean explorer, train in peru, trains in south america, belmond travel, belmond andean explorer peru, belmond andean explorer, peru, luxury train south america" border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiswcUiz3aBOJ-guc-2qZd1gLl9dEwfHNAJ3Ac8sYAclbtkabc3rHtVJ2pA7zNDofIgFUmzraAqfm8wpgisvYUTHrSZKLi6a0OxMjk1EXCvdCVW3vDuVfIRxCul6uEZw_lt_XNdDrmzFAK/s16000/the_Belmond-Andean-Explorer-Express-05.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Belmond Andean Explorer Train The first luxurious train of South America luxurious train express train sightseeing luxury, luxury train in peru" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Everything on the train is equipped for the convenience of passengers, and the design has virtually nothing to do with standard cars. Therefore, there are no familiar shelves for things or worn-out wafer towels. The main element of the design of the express train is a stepped cross, which since ancient times has been in great demand directly in South America.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVLlaqJBTEEuoqU7NvEmBA9vnQn0FwAm-QqymvC7yZvxELhAZ1XJN8EGiRbTHl9Jqmaud-s9wjjz3NFGCeWLSdwUc6JpFtOVE37Rt_W_PnMr0IOW9-JoILtupHNc0EYV7Py87rrNBzs3hv/s1600/the_Belmond-Andean-Explorer-Express-06.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="belmond train peru, peru train, train peru, andean explorer train, trains in peru, andean explorer, train in peru, trains in south america, belmond travel, belmond andean explorer peru, belmond andean explorer, peru, luxury train south america" border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVLlaqJBTEEuoqU7NvEmBA9vnQn0FwAm-QqymvC7yZvxELhAZ1XJN8EGiRbTHl9Jqmaud-s9wjjz3NFGCeWLSdwUc6JpFtOVE37Rt_W_PnMr0IOW9-JoILtupHNc0EYV7Py87rrNBzs3hv/s16000/the_Belmond-Andean-Explorer-Express-06.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Belmond Andean Explorer Train The first luxurious train of South America luxurious train express train sightseeing luxury, luxury train in peru" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">Another “feature” of the train is a sightseeing car. Sofas are installed here - you can relax and drink cocktails in the fresh air, getting real pleasure from the surrounding beauty.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5pVC5Pj0nb8VHl5HkWYfTC44UOfG3qSQC7xOdYLCfzseQwOcvmdHVs-K3Gnp6pbsCAZ1nCBsKeN-vHO91U2hNFPSoXvaINTovCCoCDQLB-phEQRE3mwYjNw0KjYnvsWS-1a5QCULbTzce/s1600/the_Belmond-Andean-Explorer-Express-07.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="belmond train peru, peru train, train peru, andean explorer train, trains in peru, andean explorer, train in peru, trains in south america, belmond travel, belmond andean explorer peru, belmond andean explorer, peru, luxury train south america" border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5pVC5Pj0nb8VHl5HkWYfTC44UOfG3qSQC7xOdYLCfzseQwOcvmdHVs-K3Gnp6pbsCAZ1nCBsKeN-vHO91U2hNFPSoXvaINTovCCoCDQLB-phEQRE3mwYjNw0KjYnvsWS-1a5QCULbTzce/s16000/the_Belmond-Andean-Explorer-Express-07.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Belmond Andean Explorer Train The first luxurious train of South America luxurious train express train sightseeing luxury, luxury train in peru" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A shelf for personal belongings in a luxury train has nothing to do with what passengers of ordinary trains are used to. There are no washed waffle towels here.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrnW_iy95lwldRkJM6rnNSigQicDvbN0nUWcNpoi0nOhyHPpE9DEpXVPzS1-JSV0c8ymvdlJUmz4OwB-4CmVO42iFPTvuo6hCDlQvx8LB-AM9_8FK1ajc5uxWu7TVfWYKerjjrErixltjm/s1600/the_Belmond-Andean-Explorer-Express-08.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="belmond train peru, peru train, train peru, andean explorer train, trains in peru, andean explorer, train in peru, trains in south america, belmond travel, belmond andean explorer peru, belmond andean explorer, peru, luxury train south america" border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrnW_iy95lwldRkJM6rnNSigQicDvbN0nUWcNpoi0nOhyHPpE9DEpXVPzS1-JSV0c8ymvdlJUmz4OwB-4CmVO42iFPTvuo6hCDlQvx8LB-AM9_8FK1ajc5uxWu7TVfWYKerjjrErixltjm/s16000/the_Belmond-Andean-Explorer-Express-08.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Belmond Andean Explorer Train The first luxurious train of South America luxurious train express train sightseeing luxury, luxury train in peru" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of the repeating design elements of the Belmond Andean Express - The Chakana - is a stepped cross, which has been widespread in South America since ancient times.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaAP8kTkgDopeOm4sAyYzkRfglAs2K241qoe7g9tqjBVsGOuwm9htBghMY9Uz2coymhWS5aAZJNgkEXkh-7TwB5Lwa1W-WlGgB-8OE_SPEw6hyIqzN277THv-CLfrdLG6-TyS8K1A5jA3_/s1600/the_Belmond-Andean-Explorer-Express-09.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="belmond train peru, peru train, train peru, andean explorer train, trains in peru, andean explorer, train in peru, trains in south america, belmond travel, belmond andean explorer peru, belmond andean explorer, peru, luxury train south america" border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaAP8kTkgDopeOm4sAyYzkRfglAs2K241qoe7g9tqjBVsGOuwm9htBghMY9Uz2coymhWS5aAZJNgkEXkh-7TwB5Lwa1W-WlGgB-8OE_SPEw6hyIqzN277THv-CLfrdLG6-TyS8K1A5jA3_/s16000/the_Belmond-Andean-Explorer-Express-09.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Belmond Andean Explorer Train The first luxurious train of South America luxurious train express train sightseeing luxury, luxury train in peru" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">It is depicted on the walls of the wagons, on the uniform of the service staff, on napkins and glasses, and even on bathrobes and towels provided to guests.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UmY9Y_ZFKmnX3YiD4MOazETtVfmteeYhsrXwvP63yd9ic8DKSF2JPZVKnrSu0StG-k1DFOZJdoNhqCfDIRIegPMLqleALO0DYK6ASPPQ68USPkylLJpJVV__2aklAfi9XszGeBW10M3q/s1600/the_Belmond-Andean-Explorer-Express-10.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="belmond train peru, peru train, train peru, andean explorer train, trains in peru, andean explorer, train in peru, trains in south america, belmond travel, belmond andean explorer peru, belmond andean explorer, peru, luxury train south america" border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UmY9Y_ZFKmnX3YiD4MOazETtVfmteeYhsrXwvP63yd9ic8DKSF2JPZVKnrSu0StG-k1DFOZJdoNhqCfDIRIegPMLqleALO0DYK6ASPPQ68USPkylLJpJVV__2aklAfi9XszGeBW10M3q/s16000/the_Belmond-Andean-Explorer-Express-10.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Belmond Andean Explorer Train The first luxurious train of South America luxurious train express train sightseeing luxury, luxury train in peru" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">In addition to two restaurants, the train has a saloon with panoramic windows, a bar and a piano. Here you can also enjoy the fantastic beauty of Peruvian landscapes. And, of course, communicate with fellow travellers.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2kREouTR6KfdXEmRU2AaR90xLrRdYdVDKWQDq3O1hucXHBX7cdEz8rvbLStvNOLBxD_MugyxcyF05xYSIKXCH6KCMEfmswTcAayoRYB2ZJyspRF1un7TMBjGDUDbCq3tw8R0SQso57pDv/s1600/the_Belmond-Andean-Explorer-Express-011.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="belmond train peru, peru train, train peru, andean explorer train, trains in peru, andean explorer, train in peru, trains in south america, belmond travel, belmond andean explorer peru, belmond andean explorer, peru, luxury train south america" border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="415" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2kREouTR6KfdXEmRU2AaR90xLrRdYdVDKWQDq3O1hucXHBX7cdEz8rvbLStvNOLBxD_MugyxcyF05xYSIKXCH6KCMEfmswTcAayoRYB2ZJyspRF1un7TMBjGDUDbCq3tw8R0SQso57pDv/s16000/the_Belmond-Andean-Explorer-Express-011.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Belmond Andean Explorer Train The first luxurious train of South America luxurious train express train sightseeing luxury, luxury train in peru" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">According to The Telegraph, <span style="text-align: left;">about $ 10 million had to be spent to equip the vehicle. In total, the train has 24 compartments, with about 50 employees.</span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPwh-cUbxwATm44lXGy0lfN23agmjtmyE9eR900p3xOBfhUY8Ypr-ikP1CgIs4OP1CUo0lkqatZ50nN_DHBwwE4T_v22MmdvJXWA8_mTL4fBnj8HqozQlwB660U8SAdQ9QnU8KbfQ4xD4P/s1600/the_Belmond-Andean-Explorer-Express-12.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="belmond train peru, peru train, train peru, andean explorer train, trains in peru, andean explorer, train in peru, trains in south america, belmond travel, belmond andean explorer peru, belmond andean explorer, peru, luxury train south america" border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPwh-cUbxwATm44lXGy0lfN23agmjtmyE9eR900p3xOBfhUY8Ypr-ikP1CgIs4OP1CUo0lkqatZ50nN_DHBwwE4T_v22MmdvJXWA8_mTL4fBnj8HqozQlwB660U8SAdQ9QnU8KbfQ4xD4P/s16000/the_Belmond-Andean-Explorer-Express-12.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Belmond Andean Explorer Train The first luxurious train of South America luxurious train express train sightseeing luxury, luxury train in peru" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;">A standard ticket from Cuzco to, in fact, Arequipa through Belmond Andean Explorer will cost $ 1.4 thousand. It is worth noting that the train immediately became popular among travellers and tickets are sold out quickly, despite their high cost.</span></div></div>Pavan Mickeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03387010164723125554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246813438162815157.post-65905783278523839392022-05-02T12:44:00.000+05:302022-05-02T12:44:08.031+05:30The Crooked Forest<div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;"><b>The Crooked Forest</b> in Polish "Krzywy Las" located near the town Gryfino, in the Polish region of Pomerania, Poland is the scene of one of these mysterious events that astonish all who see it. Around 400 Scots pines in this <i>Krzywy forest </i>area have a strange curve at the base of their trunks or <i>crooked bush</i>. These <i>bent trees</i> are almost 90 degrees to the north a few centimetres from the ground, taking a characteristic "J" shape. For this reason, the <i>crooked forest trees</i> that suffer this curious phenomenon have been nicknamed by the locals "Crooked Forest". </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_uP8VwRKdmfNLgtDiSZcL985bougZyrTwl-4J0ETLlexGieDBVu6kltEllmmERqtxRoB2liTpduYdYNkDpfGvPYw_R4CJywYl1HUcH7xafoHL-OL2IGw-E_djmNKjs9VXRHlJmZNjz274/s799/Crooked-Forest+%25281%2529.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;" title="crooked forest; bent trees; weird trees; eerie forest; wynthrope forest; crooked trees; poland forest; poland forest; crooked bush; j-shaped trees; curved trees; poland crooked forest; curved tree; shaped trees; forest pine; crooked forest in poland; hoia baciu forest bent trees; weird forest; bent trees in the forest; forest pine trees; weird shaped trees; trees growing sideways; trees in poland; bent trees in the woods; odd shaped trees; forests in poland; curved tree forest;"><img alt="crooked forest; bent trees; weird trees; eerie forest; wynthrope forest; crooked trees; poland forest; poland forest; crooked bush; j-shaped trees; curved trees; poland crooked forest; curved tree; shaped trees; forest pine; crooked forest in poland; hoia baciu forest bent trees; weird forest; bent trees in the forest; forest pine trees; weird shaped trees; trees growing sideways; trees in poland; bent trees in the woods; odd shaped trees; forests in poland; curved tree forest;" border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="799" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_uP8VwRKdmfNLgtDiSZcL985bougZyrTwl-4J0ETLlexGieDBVu6kltEllmmERqtxRoB2liTpduYdYNkDpfGvPYw_R4CJywYl1HUcH7xafoHL-OL2IGw-E_djmNKjs9VXRHlJmZNjz274/s16000/Crooked-Forest+%25281%2529.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="J shaped trees" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: georgia;">J shaped trees</i></td></tr></tbody></table><a name="more"></a><h3 style="clear: both; font-size: 25px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><u>Crooked forest in Poland</u></span></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Poland crooked forest</i>, The causes of these strange <i>j-shaped trees</i> are not at all clear, which has given rise to all kinds of theories about its origin. The wildest ones point to gravitational anomalies, evil energies, or a relationship with the famous circles that appear in cornfields.</div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><h4 style="font-size: 25px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Bent trees</i><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"> in the </span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>eerie </i></span><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">forest of </span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>Gryfino, </i></span><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Poland has several stories of </span></i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i>weird trees</i></span></h4><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Other theories seek a more scientific explanation and suggest that these <i>weird trees</i> could have been deformed by a strong wind or a large accumulation of snow that occurred during their youth. However, the fact that all these pines are surrounded by many trees of the same species and age that do not present the curve makes this explanation less credible.</div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Something similar happens with another possible explanation that has great popular roots. According to its defenders, the strange shape of the trunks is because the <i>shaped trees</i> were crushed by the tanks that circulated through the area during World War II when the pines were between seven and ten years old.</div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Curved tree forest</b> - Others claim that the curve is the direct result of the action of man, who planted the trees in the 1930s and gave them that shape on purpose to produce curved wood, used mainly in shipbuilding. The invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany would have paralyzed the project, so the <b>crooked trees</b> would have continued to grow vertically or <b>trees that grows sideways</b> until they acquired the curious shape they have today.</div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Poland forest</b> — The use of techniques to deform logs is widely documented in many areas of Europe, which lends some credence to this theory. However, the people of Gryfino reject this possibility, as pinewood has never been used to build ships.</div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Gryfino forest</b> - A final theory points to the possibility that the deformation was caused by the Melampsora pinitorqua fungus, which causes deformations in the shoots of young pines, although they are usually not as pronounced as those of the Gryfino <i>eerie forest</i>. Whatever the origin of this curious phenomenon, the truth is that these strange <i>curved trees</i> and their mysterious origin have already become a real tourist attraction in the area.</div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: right;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGR3rO4kqmCETgY1vnytvr5HPpgtt4LxRdEzxhyphenhyphencpddbzah_UmbucCno-96XztvIWkGkBw-NTvYibZMNGk2NQujy0_yRwl5s4lANuWLBEqjO0spdowIfNWAlAX8ZoXprodlyibID9aRAkR/s799/Crooked-Forest+%25282%2529.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; 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border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Crooked forest Poland" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Crooked forest Poland</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: right;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm6tXYoi1Qbzc5vRm6F5WrZilct-S1W9dxxbf-xxaGzRRqHIHNtAvWRrylBCWYxwrlRZLg29pqhtgXvA4xex9t4qTrVlsRa06ma1OXunSDWceDvGiKd-6SjeFg1hwdn0Yglaw82Kti54F9/s800/Crooked-Forest+%25284%2529.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; 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border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Bent trees in the forest" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Bent trees in the forest</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table>Pavan Mickeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03387010164723125554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246813438162815157.post-5146613127463919402022-05-02T12:41:00.004+05:302022-05-02T12:41:42.194+05:30The Madain Saleh – Hegra Saudi Arabia<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;">Madain Saleh, a pre-Islamic archaeological site, is located in the Al-Ula sector, Saudi Arabia's Al Madinah Region, about 400 km northwest of Madinah. It was previously known as Hegra, and this site was once the most important preserved site of the civilization Nabataeans to the south of Petra, Jordan. It contains 131 large, rock-cut tombs decorated with facades and many of which have inscribed Nabataean epigraphs. They are spread over 13.4 km. Madain Saleh is a shining example of Nabataeans' hydraulic and architectural skills.</span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5552551873204280094" itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 846px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOUO7y-9-XqQYZIuC1XBncjwbAgDvxq5A_X_qBrpsmH5oyp0EtP3XO_OsUB4nBqIuvoBMXLVpHBIRfAoP1ReS67OtfKsYox_DpZx67KVzpXRqdS_eQ20TK9_wgcwfT0Cfj0O0nhiHEsVh5/s800/madain-saleh+%25281%2529.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Madain Saleh; Hegra Saudi Arabia; Mada In Saleh; Mada'in Salih; Mada'in Saleh inside; Madain saleh map; Madain Saleh in Saudi Arabia; Madain Saleh Inside; Saudi arabia petra; مدائن صالح; Petra Saudi Arabia; Cursed architecture; Rock city Worship,"><img alt="Madain Saleh; Hegra Saudi Arabia; Mada In Saleh; Mada'in Salih; Mada'in Saleh inside; Madain saleh map; Madain Saleh in Saudi Arabia; Madain Saleh Inside; Saudi arabia petra; مدائن صالح; Petra Saudi Arabia; Cursed architecture; Rock city Worship," border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOUO7y-9-XqQYZIuC1XBncjwbAgDvxq5A_X_qBrpsmH5oyp0EtP3XO_OsUB4nBqIuvoBMXLVpHBIRfAoP1ReS67OtfKsYox_DpZx67KVzpXRqdS_eQ20TK9_wgcwfT0Cfj0O0nhiHEsVh5/s16000/madain-saleh+%25281%2529.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Madain Saleh" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Madain Saleh</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><a name="more"></a><h2 style="border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; clear: both; font-size: 25px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px -15px; padding: 0.6em 15px 0.5em; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><u><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Hegra Saudi Arabia</span></b></u></h2><div style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); padding-top: 8px;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Madain Saleh in Saudi Arabia</b> — The Nabataean empire stretches from its capital Petra (now Jordan), deep into the Arabian Peninsula. It ruled vast, semi-arid areas and earned its wealth by trading incense, spices, and aromatic plants. Madain Saleh was a major stop on the main northern-south trade route. In 106 AD, Nabataean Kingdom was seized by the Romans. They changed the trade route from the Arabian Peninsula's overland north-south route to the Red Sea maritime route. Hegra's status as a trade centre declined, and it was eventually abandoned and lost to the sea.</div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Rock city worship</b> — It is not known much more about the history of Hegra, from the fall of the Roman Empire to the rise of Islam. This was because pilgrims and travellers only mentioned it on their way to Mecca. Hegra was a stop along the pilgrimage route that provided water and supplies for pilgrims. Ibn Battuta, a celebrated traveller from the 14th century, describes the Hegra's magnificent red-stone-cut tombs but does not mention human activities.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><h3 style="font-size: 25px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><b><u><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Mada’in Salih</span></u></b></h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Madain Saleh Saudi Arabia</b> — The Nabataean Kingdom was at the crossroads of trade and culture. This can be seen in the diverse motifs used for facade decorations. They borrow stylistic elements from Egypt, Phoenicia, Egypt, and their native artistic style. The troglodytic graves were also decorated with Latin scripts and Roman decorations. Contrary to their elaborate exteriors, the interiors are plain and severe in rock-cut structures.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Cursed architecture —</b> The site has been referred to as a "cursed" place, a reputation that the national government is trying to erase as it seeks out Mada'in Salih's potential as a tourist destination.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><h4 style="font-size: 25px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><u><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Mada In Saleh</span></b></u></h4><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Madain Saleh has been officially designated an archaeological site since 1972 to protect its potential tourism. UNESCO declared Madain Saleh a site of patrimony in 2008 for its well-preserved remains of late antiquity, particularly the 131 monumental rock-cut tombs with elaborately decorated facades of the Nabataean Kingdom. </div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPJ0sgjKbU_7QGC-dtuaAkP-e_Oz9iLTyO0lxcl_9LszF5OmEGV55XOVKOAZY66iIptbPZeZLRnLUjxcB3y6eMLEXVpr5LgYHp0veRmMZeFQwOirq9FgDctscc6ahvK3FzMju7V4Kal-hr/s800/madain-saleh+%25282%2529.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="madain saleh; hegra saudi arabia; mada in saleh; mada'in salih; qasr al farid; 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hegra saudi arabia; mada in saleh; mada'in salih; qasr al farid; mada'in saleh inside; madain saleh map; qasr al farid tomb; madain saleh in saudi arabia; madain saleh inside; is madain saleh open?; madain saleh closed; saudi arabia petra; مدائن صالح; petra saudi arabia; cursed architecture;" border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgokGDWI908CMC_slIM-gItjt9fzKONsdkyxCHkeXn2TV0eub2YWMRi_bJCZy_s-T8AgkpHrvQE5dI7Sn8yXPKRX8iyuw3Cw5sfY6NlPZmpyL2egX9BzDEKGD1URNLeU_rz4Zuo8akDXXXm/s16000/madain-saleh+%252811%2529.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Madain Saleh in Saudi Arabia" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Madain Saleh in Saudi Arabia</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIE55RNhLY9e9zhkNBf-zEgO8_PHE-igWvA2DhT1pUqktQfPFMjRfmLRqNXvjbtOMnZC08xedc9Y8h9I0sy3he77FQ4ycrldFyJJ0jXbbpA-S-Vovx3qQNE-osiKkQVVRC6QfZEDjXOnqA/s800/madain-saleh+%252813%2529.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="madain saleh; hegra saudi arabia; mada in saleh; mada'in salih; qasr al farid; mada'in saleh inside; madain saleh map; qasr al farid tomb; madain saleh in saudi arabia; madain saleh inside; is madain saleh open?; madain saleh closed; saudi arabia petra; مدائن صالح; petra saudi arabia; cursed architecture;" border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIE55RNhLY9e9zhkNBf-zEgO8_PHE-igWvA2DhT1pUqktQfPFMjRfmLRqNXvjbtOMnZC08xedc9Y8h9I0sy3he77FQ4ycrldFyJJ0jXbbpA-S-Vovx3qQNE-osiKkQVVRC6QfZEDjXOnqA/s16000/madain-saleh+%252813%2529.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Mada'in Salih" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Mada'in Salih</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUUOqOnMiEqgOCUC64iDrLr2wkAtbc6-tbgESzzq0X9S2dnRyj7_Ewy94v_5C7QQJBF1eedFTU6Obs4YdlO40hEOzl8J9_iigYxFSlZibkSPo_92N672hkBCR60uPdppsHH_rTLBK4nwcb/s800/madain-saleh+%252814%2529.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="madain saleh; hegra saudi arabia; mada in saleh; mada'in salih; qasr al farid; mada'in saleh inside; madain saleh map; qasr al farid tomb; madain saleh in saudi arabia; madain saleh inside; is madain saleh open?; madain saleh closed; saudi arabia petra; مدائن صالح; petra saudi arabia; cursed architecture;" border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUUOqOnMiEqgOCUC64iDrLr2wkAtbc6-tbgESzzq0X9S2dnRyj7_Ewy94v_5C7QQJBF1eedFTU6Obs4YdlO40hEOzl8J9_iigYxFSlZibkSPo_92N672hkBCR60uPdppsHH_rTLBK4nwcb/s16000/madain-saleh+%252814%2529.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Mada In Saleh" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Mada In Saleh</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><b style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Madain Saleh <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/raojvKcZS91u8hTX9" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Map</a></span></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="400" loading="lazy" src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d92726.7569557465!2d37.90866524718144!3d26.817441719147503!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x15a5b4c133b304cb%3A0x9078bca28d0e0422!2sHegra%20Saudi%20Arabia!5e1!3m2!1sen!2sin!4v1627907064431!5m2!1sen!2sin" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px;" width="400"></iframe><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The Mysterious Madain Saleh of Saudi Arabia</span></b> — <a href="https://youtu.be/m-B0cO-mM5s" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Video</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/m-B0cO-mM5s" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>Qasr al Farid Tomb</b></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbepx8WIvbSgB0YNSZvbjNbwJsETyKxzucT4eOL9tnWg9Tj50y2a8cvlhxo-J8IRv2Mg3IG3-35-sbPTFgFrSRkot_TGRn5TGlwB_LfYIlfySGSxx4eIPGSFjXi8gjjcb1QZR_hAarzfOn/s800/madain-saleh+%252815%2529.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="madain saleh; hegra saudi arabia; mada in saleh; mada'in salih; qasr al farid; mada'in saleh inside; madain saleh map; qasr al farid tomb; madain saleh in saudi arabia; madain saleh inside; is madain saleh open?; madain saleh closed; saudi arabia petra; مدائن صالح; petra saudi arabia; cursed architecture;" border="0" data-original-height="559" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbepx8WIvbSgB0YNSZvbjNbwJsETyKxzucT4eOL9tnWg9Tj50y2a8cvlhxo-J8IRv2Mg3IG3-35-sbPTFgFrSRkot_TGRn5TGlwB_LfYIlfySGSxx4eIPGSFjXi8gjjcb1QZR_hAarzfOn/s16000/madain-saleh+%252815%2529.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Mada'in Saleh Qasr Al Farid" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div>Pavan Mickeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03387010164723125554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246813438162815157.post-64160048436848737762022-05-02T12:37:00.000+05:302022-05-02T12:37:11.265+05:30The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter took incredible photos of the wreckage left by Perseverance's landing.<p> </p><div class="row" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px;"><div class="col-xs-12 article-heading-area" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 10px; position: relative; width: 780px;"><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: foglihtenregular; font-size: 48px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin: 25px 0px 12.5px; text-align: center; text-shadow: none;"><img alt="Perseverance Landing Wreckage Photography by Ingenuity" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-509433" decoding="async" height="547" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nasa-perseverence-ingenuity-3.jpeg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nasa-perseverence-ingenuity-3.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nasa-perseverence-ingenuity-3-300x219.jpeg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #989898; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /></h1></div></div><div class="row" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px;"><div class="section-intro col-sm-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; position: relative; width: 780px;"><article class="first-page article " style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">One year after its history-making first flight, the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is once again proving its value. During its 26th flight, Ingenuity surveyed the wreckage of the Perseverance rover's backshell and parachute. These essential pieces of the rover's landing equipment were photographed in rich detail, giving scientists a better look at how the equipment performed.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">When the Perseverance rover landed on Mars on February 18, 2021, to begin its two-year mission, it was aided by a 70.5-foot-wide parachute. This, as well as a cone-shaped back shell that protected the rover in deep space, are clearly visible in Ingenuity's images. While Perseverance had previously photographed the wreckage from a distance, Ingenuity's pictures provide much more detail.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">The photos are exciting for researchers, as they've never been able to see the state of landing equipment up close once a mission is underway. They will be carefully analyzing the photographs to see what they can learn. In particular, they are hoping that their findings might be able to help them with the Mars Sample Return Lander, a future spacecraft that will bring samples from Mars back to Earth.</p><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-size: 18px; height: auto;"><img alt="Perseverance Landing Wreckage Photography by Ingenuity" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-509430 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nasa-perseverence-ingenuity-2.jpeg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nasa-perseverence-ingenuity-2.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nasa-perseverence-ingenuity-2-300x90.jpeg 300w" decoding="async" height="224" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nasa-perseverence-ingenuity-2.jpeg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nasa-perseverence-ingenuity-2.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nasa-perseverence-ingenuity-2-300x90.jpeg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /></span><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">“Perseverance had the best-documented Mars landing in history, with cameras showing everything from parachute inflation to touchdown,” says JPL’s Ian Clark, former Perseverance systems engineer and now Mars Sample Return ascent phase lead. “But Ingenuity’s images offer a different vantage point. If they either reinforce that our systems worked as we think they worked or provide even one dataset of engineering information we can use for Mars Sample Return planning, it will be amazing. And if not, the pictures are still phenomenal and inspiring.”</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">Though we are clearly looking at the wreckage, both pieces are fairly intact. This is quite impressive when one considers the high temperatures and extreme gravitational forces they faced when entering the Red Planet's atmosphere. While most of the orange and white parachute is covered in dust, a small portion is visible and many of the chords that anchored it to the backshell appear to be intact.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">The backshell itself also looks to have held up well. While small fragments are scattered about the site, a majority of its protective coating withstood the 78 mph landing impact. While researchers will spend several weeks examining the images before giving their final verdict, these initial observations are promising.</p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;"><img alt="Perseverance Landing Wreckage Photography by Ingenuity" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-509436 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nasa-perseverence-ingenuity-1.jpeg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nasa-perseverence-ingenuity-1.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nasa-perseverence-ingenuity-1-300x280.jpeg 300w" decoding="async" height="700" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nasa-perseverence-ingenuity-1.jpeg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nasa-perseverence-ingenuity-1.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nasa-perseverence-ingenuity-1-300x280.jpeg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /></h2></article></div></div>Pavan Mickeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03387010164723125554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246813438162815157.post-16170696529207655162022-05-02T12:33:00.002+05:302022-05-02T12:33:24.880+05:30 Sea organ in Croatia <p><b style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;">'</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;">Morske Orgulje', which can be translated as 'majestic organ', was designed in 2005. It is the undisputed star of the city of Zadar in Croatia. </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;">It is an incredible show of the sound of waves and wind or natural rhythm. The channels of this sea organ connect with 35 tubes, each one connected in turn to different musical chains. So it produces <i>beach waves music</i> sounds natural. The notes it gives off are purely random, depending on how the waves impart against the organ.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEienvRdvaQoUtBxNRtZbWzwo1ty5rRYvKlolxxpibBzuwyLxU1_s6BbPxeaUcQWtcZF3vfzn64bVqr2lSUvfmb8L9iZ6q8DYMaAZbJqCTW4nR0YwhT13iJhsZzUgdlWVUx-iNaJFzam2Zlh/s800/Sea-organ+%25281%2529.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: auto; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;" title="play ocean music; play water sounds; play wave sounds; water organ zadar croatia; marble sounding tree; orgulje; organo marino san francisco; croatia sea organ at night; songs with sea sounds; zadar croatia sea organ; zadar sea organ; play ocean waves sounds; piano music sea; sea orga; organy art; zara blackpool; organo del mar san francisco; croatia ocean piano; beach waves music; play ocean waves music; zadar organ pipes; croatia beach organ; symphony of the seas piano stairs; zadarske orgulje; sea organ; ocean waves sounds with music; underwater organ; sea waves sound; water organ in croatia; sea organ croatia; ocean organ croatia;"><img alt="play ocean music; play water sounds; play wave sounds; water organ zadar croatia; marble sounding tree; orgulje; organo marino san francisco; croatia sea organ at night; songs with sea sounds; zadar croatia sea organ; zadar sea organ; play ocean waves sounds; piano music sea; sea orga; organy art; zara blackpool; organo del mar san francisco; croatia ocean piano; beach waves music; play ocean waves music; zadar organ pipes; croatia beach organ; symphony of the seas piano stairs; zadarske orgulje; sea organ; ocean waves sounds with music; underwater organ; sea waves sound; water organ in croatia; sea organ croatia; ocean organ croatia;" border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEienvRdvaQoUtBxNRtZbWzwo1ty5rRYvKlolxxpibBzuwyLxU1_s6BbPxeaUcQWtcZF3vfzn64bVqr2lSUvfmb8L9iZ6q8DYMaAZbJqCTW4nR0YwhT13iJhsZzUgdlWVUx-iNaJFzam2Zlh/s16000/Sea-organ+%25281%2529.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Sea organ" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Sea organ</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;"><a name="more"></a></span><h3 style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 25px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">The unique</span><span style="font-size: 20px;"> </span><i style="font-size: 20px;">Sea Organ</i><span style="font-size: 20px;">, located in Zadar Harbor on the island of Croatia, produces an amazing array of sounds. The Sea Organ uses the same basic mechanics as ancient instruments but is unique in its construction and melodic sound. Today we will discuss the melody of nature with this Sea Organ. </span></span></h3><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The Wave Organ is a unique take on the idea of using water to excite pipe modes and its <i>play water sounds</i>. However, the sounds made by the pipes in San Francisco can be described as melodic. The <i>sea waves sound</i> is more of a work of art than a musical instrument.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Sea Orga</b> can be found in Croatia's Zadar harbor. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Ba%C5%A1i%C4%87" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Nikola Bašić</a> designed the <i>Sea Organ</i> to restore a portion of Croatia's seacoast after it was almost destroyed in World War II. It was officially inaugurated in April 2005. Its purpose was to make Zadar harbour beautiful again and to create a real connection between the seashore and the land.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Zadar sea organ — </b>Although the Sea Organ's design is simple, it is extremely effective. This is an alteration to the previously mentioned hydraulis, where water is used as a pressure regulator which then excites different pipes in a multi-pipe system. The Sea Organ measures 70 meters in length and is divided into seven sections that resemble stairways. Under the white marble, staircase structure is 35 pipes made of plastic. Each section is divided into five pipes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH482KZIoEuqlafzLLL3a5lZei860Jl-gA-wyNkg2GuNWgVDqm9UnhCm-HnIvEE3XhBBfjfCQutc9OjN0tpXo8VbdI6Dg4bUJtnkcj17gXya1wV0jSb6l8TOEnVaEwMCIxeCyFFoqLkine/s800/Sea-organ+%252810%2529.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="play ocean music; play water sounds; play wave sounds; water organ zadar croatia; marble sounding tree; orgulje; organo marino san francisco; croatia sea organ at night; songs with sea sounds; zadar croatia sea organ; zadar sea organ; play ocean waves sounds; piano music sea; sea orga; organy art; zara blackpool; organo del mar san francisco; croatia ocean piano; beach waves music; play ocean waves music; zadar organ pipes; croatia beach organ; symphony of the seas piano stairs; zadarske orgulje; sea organ; ocean waves sounds with music; underwater organ; sea waves sound; water organ in croatia; sea organ croatia; ocean organ croatia;" border="0" data-original-height="174" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH482KZIoEuqlafzLLL3a5lZei860Jl-gA-wyNkg2GuNWgVDqm9UnhCm-HnIvEE3XhBBfjfCQutc9OjN0tpXo8VbdI6Dg4bUJtnkcj17gXya1wV0jSb6l8TOEnVaEwMCIxeCyFFoqLkine/s16000/Sea-organ+%252810%2529.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Zadar sea organ" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">Zadar sea organ</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Each section has seven stairs. One open end of each pipe is built into the top step. Each segment has one fewer stair, which allows for pipes of different lengths to make different acoustical sounds. The maximum number of stairs allowed is eight, minimum of two. Visitors to the Sea Organ hear the lowest frequencies in segments with more stairs. The lower numbers produce higher pitches. Each segment has 1.5m between the pipes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This Maritime is located next to the port. This location was not chosen by chance. The embankment was in a state of desolation for a long time and needed reconstruction. The coast should not only be pleasing to the eye but also attract tourists and the local Croatian public. Now the embankment has become one of the most popular attractions. Both vacationers and locals come here to listen to the variation of Sea tones.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><h4 style="clear: both; font-size: 25px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><b><u>Zadar sea organ</u></b></span></h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A wonderful vacation spot on the island of Vis. The Stiniva beach located here in 2016 was recognized as the best beach in Europe and received a special award for Best Beach in Europe 2016.</div></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivpPK_u2J46mfkON_1CfAUi6sV8S-NVO0SqRHq_XtKU6TnocxIg5uOeX1SQzRpkozOhXsvG0usLZ4ob_bLXeOfJWGoGw26aBIVqBgZ1yIWANMLdy9VACHl0BIX88w-L0SiDl4R_NZCth2U/s1000/Sea-organ+%25287%2529.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; 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border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Sea organ Croatia" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Sea organ Croatia</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLj1x8dFmK8aW8DNTXljsxWWWyarfGG80FQQ_nUFHfSNjBf5S5_baGZPEOiLb1okP_89Kx_twfwqkVGlhvaW1YyvRfLFh7aQ5EFISnyKktSuaU1Wjph68sThmfVjeNfIAFL_pZ3ClkHH-l/s800/Sea-organ+%25289%2529.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="play ocean music; play water sounds; play wave sounds; water organ zadar croatia; marble sounding tree; orgulje; organo marino san francisco; croatia sea organ at night; songs with sea sounds; zadar croatia sea organ; zadar sea organ; play ocean waves sounds; piano music sea; sea orga; organy art; zara blackpool; organo del mar san francisco; croatia ocean piano; beach waves music; play ocean waves music; zadar organ pipes; croatia beach organ; symphony of the seas piano stairs; zadarske orgulje; sea organ; ocean waves sounds with music; underwater organ; sea waves sound; water organ in croatia; sea organ croatia; ocean organ croatia;" border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLj1x8dFmK8aW8DNTXljsxWWWyarfGG80FQQ_nUFHfSNjBf5S5_baGZPEOiLb1okP_89Kx_twfwqkVGlhvaW1YyvRfLFh7aQ5EFISnyKktSuaU1Wjph68sThmfVjeNfIAFL_pZ3ClkHH-l/s16000/Sea-organ+%25289%2529.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="The sea organ" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">The sea organ</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"></div></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxBFFYna-2BJ8V8tXRI370L0561atw5iNc2W-tW-iQ9vVDjaXPHb6cTjcMQMrbinuuIBR8s_AaMfEfNLrW2bUcebe2AWtjfFeZOmRGEdJa418rInvv8rKokk2ZvO5nm3wUGqkWUxH7Is22/s800/Sea-organ+%25283%2529.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; 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border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Sea organ Zadar Croatia" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Sea organ Zadar Croatia</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: right;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI3QI0X49GCZR-5xkcgC5FwmLlcexyZGvORtHAik8hsFM5R3TljCfdOROEsCM53ehM8Q3Jd3c0A8J35pVdKLuyg7eyyTVv6rzzN5xoRBym64pkjm40WqwPIWO2dQWAeKUV4vvhchDMWJyR/s799/Sea-organ+%25285%2529.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; 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border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Organ beach" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Organ beach</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: right;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Greeting to the Sun</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The unique monument that lights at night.</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjds2Djk663fNvlBCE4JePsFoMekx4MalYFv6YSlv3eN0xrTLagZM5FS6AD56qixkJ-9sT-kbQgIiG3KMvFSpohWKjqav2WOBvul4TTj-U3k557l4bfykJa_8izZhvis6t5BLAhJBuj-pVW/s1067/Sea-organ+%25284%2529.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="play ocean music; play water sounds; play wave sounds; water organ zadar croatia; marble sounding tree; orgulje; organo marino san francisco; croatia sea organ at night; songs with sea sounds; zadar croatia sea organ; zadar sea organ; play ocean waves sounds; piano music sea; sea orga; organy art; zara blackpool; organo del mar san francisco; croatia ocean piano; beach waves music; play ocean waves music; zadar organ pipes; croatia beach organ; symphony of the seas piano stairs; zadarske orgulje; sea organ; ocean waves sounds with music; underwater organ; sea waves sound; water organ in croatia; sea organ croatia; ocean organ croatia;" border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjds2Djk663fNvlBCE4JePsFoMekx4MalYFv6YSlv3eN0xrTLagZM5FS6AD56qixkJ-9sT-kbQgIiG3KMvFSpohWKjqav2WOBvul4TTj-U3k557l4bfykJa_8izZhvis6t5BLAhJBuj-pVW/s16000/Sea-organ+%25284%2529.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Zadar Croatia sea organ" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Zadar Croatia sea organ</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; 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water organ in croatia; sea organ croatia; ocean organ croatia;" border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYddB7AQg6PVOLJc1Z3DNOnD19ctBFvE4Un8f6udooN-XQa-v4_-btRZN69xBDof0rXr9a8rt24ZsWA8izsJF4QqV-LuF3XIVW7Mm1U0tipD11w2omSTkcD1hW2wi5hx70x9tvwQUIYXIC/s16000/Sea-organ+%25286%2529.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Sea Organ of Zardar" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Sea Organ of Zardar</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; 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sea waves sound; water organ in croatia; sea organ croatia; ocean organ croatia;" border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="799" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhkfxvs2G-K333nI5rXSymWkNi3NCa9G5BVmVD8mQW0Zr1mv8HMxU3Or018cIPzlEBcpbp0T1Ex2HqFG-TH9sk9aLph3t95WzhHLaJQ3B-bzkMI6grkw4-xOX7qWek5yb2UDgZEFle9P-8/s16000/Sea-organ+%25282%2529.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Zadar Sea Organ" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>Zadar Sea Organ</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><b><i>Sea Organ Zadar</i></b></span><b style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><i> — <a href="https://youtu.be/LBhk5KFwLVc" style="color: #3778cd; 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padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Croatia Sea Organ" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></span></div>Pavan Mickeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03387010164723125554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246813438162815157.post-20914280473800117442022-05-02T12:28:00.004+05:302022-05-02T12:28:59.530+05:30The Persia (Iran) Underground Water Transport System<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;">The civilization of Persia (Iran) was one of the most flourishing that existed for thousands of years and, beyond art, left us culture and several techniques, to improve the cities, worthy of admiration. The strange holes in the ground in the photo below are almost 2700 years old. This facility is called kyariz, or qanat, a gently sloping underground water channel to transport the water from an aquifer or water well to the surface for irrigation and drinking.</span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1739862570504491844" itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 846px;"><div dir="ltr" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="qanat, qanat system, underground irrigation system, persian qanat, karez system, karez underground water system, dug water channel crossword, the persian qanat, qanat water management system, kariz" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKlCgSc_25LKQPsde8_A57laEt8oPWTXfCJo236XoitWK9db3sYopOmBTbQ1XT4Z8VQ17Yv2w1lsSPucV2sGPw1B5Nl2ShdpWEuoh8rKW2xBBTnyHEN1k3QS7AOXfBGWgMlejHNCRTcgqK/s16000/The-Persian-Qanat-001.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Qanat" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a name="more"></a><h3 style="font-size: 25px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><u style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Qanat water system</span></u></h3><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ancient Persian Qanats much of its success was due to its excellent water management, both in cities and in the countryside. The empire lived under high temperatures and a very dry climate, so it was essential to know how to enjoy the scarce rains. One of his best inventions was the Qanat, an underground infrastructure capable of collecting and channelling rainwater from aquifers and valleys, and transporting it to cities. This ancient Persian water system has now been named a World Heritage Site by <a href="http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1506/" rel="" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">UNESCO</a> in 2007.</div><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjey-h02VLMLwGLgXUQrmSVwTR2hMAHfIbzBbLWrtyI3Qmkekr7WtJP8tbdHgNyXhF297en7dPmgRLgP0uXOu_F-Ngw_Rj9bZ0g7IxBkmr1Epw1rVIRZNpZjvbppe5toMb_oof7lubOfKN3/s1600/The-Persian-Qanat-002.png" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="ancient persian qanats, qanats of iran, persian qanat, ancient persian water system, iran's qanat, qanats underground tunnle, qantas tunnel, qanat system in ancient persia, qanat system, qanat well, qanat water systems, qanat cooling, persia qanat, qanat system in house, qanat shaft, qanat underground water, qanat system iran desert, desert persian qanat, ancient qanat, in a qanat iran, qanat irrigation, qanat ancient iran, qanat system of vertical shaft" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjey-h02VLMLwGLgXUQrmSVwTR2hMAHfIbzBbLWrtyI3Qmkekr7WtJP8tbdHgNyXhF297en7dPmgRLgP0uXOu_F-Ngw_Rj9bZ0g7IxBkmr1Epw1rVIRZNpZjvbppe5toMb_oof7lubOfKN3/s16000/The-Persian-Qanat-002.png" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="qanat system" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Qanat_cross_section.svg" rel="" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Wikipedia.org</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h4 style="clear: both; font-size: 25px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><u>Qanat water management system</u></span></h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The Qanats technique was developed in Persia. This wonderful invention has been extended to other arid countries such as Morocco, Algeria, Libya, and Afghanistan. First, the main well was dug up a hill, until an underground aquifer was found. Then a horizontal tunnel was built, from the bottom of the hill to the source of water. The tunnel had a pipeline and a large slope to transport the water to the desired location. The higher the Qanat, the lower its slope.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div style="clear: both;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;">Underground irrigation system</span></b></div></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The other vertical wells were built along the Qanat. These ensure the ventilation of water, as well as its control and rationing. It was also an escape route from the earth, generated by emptying the tunnel. The length of these Qanats is 33.113 meters and contains 427 grooves for water. The facilities were built using the laws of physics, geology, and hydraulics.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZywBYtnEhfAFl77INnyu6Y1Guvlg1MOk6p-Bq7lwEDVYQvUOtlM0eolc7eRtj6YVOFbTTEKSoB29QgyTxwn4kVhxflmuLmP5ojo9vt0L7efN8u3yVzBAslWbc3baJj83nE9DIySJLPCGw/s1600/The-Persian-Qanat-003.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="ancient persian qanats, qanats of iran, persian qanat, ancient persian water system, iran's qanat, qanats underground tunnle, qantas tunnel, qanat system in ancient persia, qanat system, qanat well, qanat water systems, qanat cooling, persia qanat, qanat system in house, qanat shaft, qanat underground water, qanat system iran desert, desert persian qanat, ancient qanat, in a qanat iran, qanat irrigation, qanat ancient iran, qanat system of vertical shaft" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZywBYtnEhfAFl77INnyu6Y1Guvlg1MOk6p-Bq7lwEDVYQvUOtlM0eolc7eRtj6YVOFbTTEKSoB29QgyTxwn4kVhxflmuLmP5ojo9vt0L7efN8u3yVzBAslWbc3baJj83nE9DIySJLPCGw/s16000/The-Persian-Qanat-003.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="underground irrigation system" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by <span face=""arial" , "verdana" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #eeeeee; text-align: left;">ICQHS</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Thanks to its depth, the Qanat system collected water from the aquifers and avoided evaporation during transport. Within this infrastructure, there are also rest areas for workers, tanks, and watermills.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Being water filtered through the earth, the flow was safe and clean, so it was ideal for both drinking and watering. At the end of the Qanat, there was a building that stored the water, where people could also make their own private plumbing. The Persian government was forced to build the Qanat to transport water from the mountains to the city and to the public toilets. Rich people could do an extension to their land with their own money. The public cisterns, called Ab Anbar, were another wonderful device. They had an air intake system to keep the water cold in the desert.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Most curious of all is that this old water management system still continues to run, and allows an equitable and sustainable distribution of water and it provides water to about 40,000 people.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAvnAhAiFXHekfR2jooI7v_-1vGn-MLCcHzO9pcxDXtF018PGXklHx_BWd9tdHfO_yyJL6zQeu7jAATAEEWLxR8m13BCig6gX86n34NfGS-Bbay94Ltmdczln84cX9_uO2U75EisZ1er-1/s1600/The-Persian-Qanat-004.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="ancient persian qanats, qanats of iran, persian qanat, ancient persian water system, iran's qanat, qanats underground tunnle, qantas tunnel, qanat system in ancient persia, qanat system, qanat well, qanat water systems, qanat cooling, persia qanat, qanat system in house, qanat shaft, qanat underground water, qanat system iran desert, desert persian qanat, ancient qanat, in a qanat iran, qanat irrigation, qanat ancient iran, qanat system of vertical shaft" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAvnAhAiFXHekfR2jooI7v_-1vGn-MLCcHzO9pcxDXtF018PGXklHx_BWd9tdHfO_yyJL6zQeu7jAATAEEWLxR8m13BCig6gX86n34NfGS-Bbay94Ltmdczln84cX9_uO2U75EisZ1er-1/s16000/The-Persian-Qanat-004.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="persian qanat" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by MAITE ELORZA</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyO6h7GUQb4mJq3PxhhosNyuHx1o2T_oQO5EQbe35rkSKq0Tv0dc-4kGajEzgrSR8uEFB3WodaTJBfJBzd-mG0gBhrDaPBWBtOrOzwcZ1_BGnJ6XP2yixSFYHDRjDUY5gmUxhmjZmf3py/s1600/The-Persian-Qanat-005.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="ancient persian qanats, qanats of iran, persian qanat, ancient persian water system, iran's qanat, qanats underground tunnle, qantas tunnel, qanat system in ancient persia, qanat system, qanat well, qanat water systems, qanat cooling, persia qanat, qanat system in house, qanat shaft, qanat underground water, qanat system iran desert, desert persian qanat, ancient qanat, in a qanat iran, qanat irrigation, qanat ancient iran, qanat system of vertical shaft" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyO6h7GUQb4mJq3PxhhosNyuHx1o2T_oQO5EQbe35rkSKq0Tv0dc-4kGajEzgrSR8uEFB3WodaTJBfJBzd-mG0gBhrDaPBWBtOrOzwcZ1_BGnJ6XP2yixSFYHDRjDUY5gmUxhmjZmf3py/s16000/The-Persian-Qanat-005.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="karez system" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by ICQHS</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRA_EBc-djj_ZkqEV1QHs7sMqQdgJ12-QgrWuX7SU52lZAJEo62Sw4OcCPEpVqJZd3QdK0g5S7ud5-8-GLusww8crN0Ydy2GIS0B0K-c7xOV4NSpVd1woRArBwxDxox2r43-XHeJ95TG0f/s1600/The-Persian-Qanat-006.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="ancient persian qanats, qanats of iran, persian qanat, ancient persian water system, iran's qanat, qanats underground tunnle, qantas tunnel, qanat system in ancient persia, qanat system, qanat well, qanat water systems, qanat cooling, persia qanat, qanat system in house, qanat shaft, qanat underground water, qanat system iran desert, desert persian qanat, ancient qanat, in a qanat iran, qanat irrigation, qanat ancient iran, qanat system of vertical shaft" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRA_EBc-djj_ZkqEV1QHs7sMqQdgJ12-QgrWuX7SU52lZAJEo62Sw4OcCPEpVqJZd3QdK0g5S7ud5-8-GLusww8crN0Ydy2GIS0B0K-c7xOV4NSpVd1woRArBwxDxox2r43-XHeJ95TG0f/s16000/The-Persian-Qanat-006.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="karez underground water system" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Img-Fotki</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpdZmMBp17fq_qnWW-6MZKqtQGhTbUqvXjXj476WnntoUO4JF_7-BwvrlCy-pSFImoKokvqNPXKahqW3dvX4LlHSu56bUOHC2cnkqzDb0w6RGSc42tnD9XXgyCN7_bwf8ant5WZjGBloUL/s1600/The-Persian-Qanat-007.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="ancient persian qanats, qanats of iran, persian qanat, ancient persian water system, iran's qanat, qanats underground tunnle, qantas tunnel, qanat system in ancient persia, qanat system, qanat well, qanat water systems, qanat cooling, persia qanat, qanat system in house, qanat shaft, qanat underground water, qanat system iran desert, desert persian qanat, ancient qanat, in a qanat iran, qanat irrigation, qanat ancient iran, qanat system of vertical shaft" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpdZmMBp17fq_qnWW-6MZKqtQGhTbUqvXjXj476WnntoUO4JF_7-BwvrlCy-pSFImoKokvqNPXKahqW3dvX4LlHSu56bUOHC2cnkqzDb0w6RGSc42tnD9XXgyCN7_bwf8ant5WZjGBloUL/s16000/The-Persian-Qanat-007.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="dug water channel crossword" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Img-Fotki</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC1cjWoHP2JZrPABL_4VZThYPTUj6sOqqfkOP-Kwh74_wyNrVDxd9qxXXhU1wbnE7TKtEwG_sqTqgALLqnWlKpGotYl5Lj12u77jR8A5Q5ieH7cI741gARrEOs6h0DgFTkpU3QvLU-T6ML/s1600/The-Persian-Qanat-008.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="A badgir: typical iranian desert natural cooling system made with mud bricks and Adobe. It uses the air circulation between 2 towers passing through a dome refreshed by the flow of water into an underground channel named Qanat." border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC1cjWoHP2JZrPABL_4VZThYPTUj6sOqqfkOP-Kwh74_wyNrVDxd9qxXXhU1wbnE7TKtEwG_sqTqgALLqnWlKpGotYl5Lj12u77jR8A5Q5ieH7cI741gARrEOs6h0DgFTkpU3QvLU-T6ML/s16000/The-Persian-Qanat-008.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="the persian qanat" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by dynamosquito</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A badger: typical Iranian desert natural cooling system made with mud bricks and Adobe. It uses the air circulation between 2 towers passing through a dome refreshed by the flow of water into an underground channel named Qanat.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLMS94BwVeJXJ2gwYOG1d9i_kym-vkEEBBmOylvqg7lo1JbAIjG-7Kd2lRRV5VgPmqcUkmQU9UAzexg4SE_eZ1dm3D-w1fp1aW_51kIXWzH-gFvI96mZEo21OrSXpuWCQouerxizEA-FC-/s1600/The-Persian-Qanat-009.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="ancient persian qanats, qanats of iran, persian qanat, ancient persian water system, iran's qanat, qanats underground tunnle, qantas tunnel, qanat system in ancient persia, qanat system, qanat well, qanat water systems, qanat cooling, persia qanat, qanat system in house, qanat shaft, qanat underground water, qanat system iran desert, desert persian qanat, ancient qanat, in a qanat iran, qanat irrigation, qanat ancient iran, qanat system of vertical shaft" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLMS94BwVeJXJ2gwYOG1d9i_kym-vkEEBBmOylvqg7lo1JbAIjG-7Kd2lRRV5VgPmqcUkmQU9UAzexg4SE_eZ1dm3D-w1fp1aW_51kIXWzH-gFvI96mZEo21OrSXpuWCQouerxizEA-FC-/s16000/The-Persian-Qanat-009.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="qanat water management system" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Img-Fotki</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5w1Hi0a2x0SwI8Ysp1TWXihnQBy4RGhiZygSyuAxWlkKKhi8-dVdOTvuoTuue5CHQlxqvI7HRtI9VlY6RXZQgM0bC-Ic8ppBQl6dXwYxUZtMWu__gmsetwbpYXHc2d_Nmdh7CzCbpD8S/s1600/The-Persian-Qanat-010.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="ancient persian qanats, qanats of iran, persian qanat, ancient persian water system, iran's qanat, qanats underground tunnle, qantas tunnel, qanat system in ancient persia, qanat system, qanat well, qanat water systems, qanat cooling, persia qanat, qanat system in house, qanat shaft, qanat underground water, qanat system iran desert, desert persian qanat, ancient qanat, in a qanat iran, qanat irrigation, qanat ancient iran, qanat system of vertical shaft" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5w1Hi0a2x0SwI8Ysp1TWXihnQBy4RGhiZygSyuAxWlkKKhi8-dVdOTvuoTuue5CHQlxqvI7HRtI9VlY6RXZQgM0bC-Ic8ppBQl6dXwYxUZtMWu__gmsetwbpYXHc2d_Nmdh7CzCbpD8S/s16000/The-Persian-Qanat-010.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="kariz" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Img-Fotki</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJkbdrKSCMVOOLucN2FfYWa1o-br46TaMjnC7HzqmPRsx0t1PudxZvu9cn3llPk1NlQaOg0e5E2H-FMfQCjl_TaGsaAZu-VASJ_MP_qyRDutNvowCLBMV0rfefzAUU9C3hqmmDOJijRPC/s1600/The-Persian-Qanat-011.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="ancient persian qanats, qanats of iran, persian qanat, ancient persian water system, iran's qanat, qanats underground tunnle, qantas tunnel, qanat system in ancient persia, qanat system, qanat well, qanat water systems, qanat cooling, persia qanat, qanat system in house, qanat shaft, qanat underground water, qanat system iran desert, desert persian qanat, ancient qanat, in a qanat iran, qanat irrigation, qanat ancient iran, qanat system of vertical shaft" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguJkbdrKSCMVOOLucN2FfYWa1o-br46TaMjnC7HzqmPRsx0t1PudxZvu9cn3llPk1NlQaOg0e5E2H-FMfQCjl_TaGsaAZu-VASJ_MP_qyRDutNvowCLBMV0rfefzAUU9C3hqmmDOJijRPC/s16000/The-Persian-Qanat-011.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="qanat persian system" /></a></div></div></div>Pavan Mickeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03387010164723125554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246813438162815157.post-33477998521201226032022-05-02T12:16:00.000+05:302022-05-02T12:16:36.436+05:30The Mysterious Megaphone of the Mojave Desert<p> <span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">The </span><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">Mojave Desert</strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> is the driest in North America. A mysterious </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><i>metal megaphone</i></span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"> attracts everyone who looks like a telescope or a loudspeaker, whose presence has not been detected. Is this a deliberate way to attract attention to this place? Despite the location between Las Vegas and Los Angeles, there is practically no street full of mysteries with </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><i>strange things in the Mojave desert</i></span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">. Not far from the ghost town of Crusero, Dry Zero has become home to the </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><i>mysterious megaphone Mojave</i></span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">. As you guessed from the photo, it got its name for its apparent resemblance to a loudspeaker.</span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXiQeUE1G-K6X6RoO4n3X7Bn90MEZE5CTxbbcpGCQS7URRO30f4RQOCCq5QSvq5DrmjwuJqN8ieFvAyuI2AK2vbdr78s2G_sP0X04UbIsUDXmzgAWVevH1WoCPGeqNAqXawazsYJzExsjg/s800/Mojave_megaphone-+%25281%2529.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;" title="mojave megaphone, desert megaphone map, metal megaphone, strange things in the mojave desert, mojave desert rocks, megaphone wiki, big megaphone, mojave wiki, mojave desert mysteries, mysteries of the mojave, mojave desert directions, desert mysteries, mojave desert megaphone experiment 1932"><img alt="mojave megaphone, desert megaphone map, metal megaphone, strange things in the mojave desert, mojave desert rocks, megaphone wiki, big megaphone, mojave wiki, mojave desert mysteries, mysteries of the mojave, mojave desert directions, desert mysteries, mojave desert megaphone experiment 1932" border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXiQeUE1G-K6X6RoO4n3X7Bn90MEZE5CTxbbcpGCQS7URRO30f4RQOCCq5QSvq5DrmjwuJqN8ieFvAyuI2AK2vbdr78s2G_sP0X04UbIsUDXmzgAWVevH1WoCPGeqNAqXawazsYJzExsjg/s16000/Mojave_megaphone-+%25281%2529.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Mojave megaphone" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;"><a name="more"></a></span><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 25px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><u>The Mysterious Megaphone of the Mojave Desert</u></span></h3><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">This megaphone is located in a remote corner of the Mojave Desert National Wildlife Refuge. It is a piece of rusted metal permanently carved into a rocky ledge. <i>This </i></span><i><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">mysterious object</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> is bolted to two rock</span><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">s</span></strong><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> on two large rocks</span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> on a 100-foot hilltop between the towns of </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Baker and Ludlow, California</span></i><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">, on a small strip of desert. No one has been able to determine what exactly this thing is. The megaphone was classified as a mystery, as was </span><em style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">the monolith of Utah</em><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">, which was talked about worldwide in November 2020.</span></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">First Image / Flickr</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibTrDkNf_VWeIqOugt6V384Y_hGxWn2ZZzkXsuLvzpJkzmo8Du2mi6Inpxy2nIMwJwDdasRYEg3zAIR5x2RpJgD4kuw4tOVCr0QAu5itEmTqMs_qNvMQQhabSOoO48nfOp3SIAjJVIAhPe/s800/Mojave_megaphone-+%25282%2529.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="mojave megaphone, desert megaphone map, metal megaphone, strange things in the mojave desert, mojave desert rocks, megaphone wiki, big megaphone, mojave wiki, mojave desert mysteries, mysteries of the mojave, mojave desert directions, desert mysteries, mojave desert megaphone experiment 1932" border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibTrDkNf_VWeIqOugt6V384Y_hGxWn2ZZzkXsuLvzpJkzmo8Du2mi6Inpxy2nIMwJwDdasRYEg3zAIR5x2RpJgD4kuw4tOVCr0QAu5itEmTqMs_qNvMQQhabSOoO48nfOp3SIAjJVIAhPe/s16000/Mojave_megaphone-+%25282%2529.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Metal megaphone" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Image / <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/gsec/14418205811/sizes/c/" rel="" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Flickr</a></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>Metal megaphone Bolted to two rocks — </b></span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Apart from the </span><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Mojave desert rocks</strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">, there is no life for miles around. Big</span><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> megaphone</strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> remains a mystery how this heavy, bulky 2.4-meter long object ended up in its place. Consisting of two horn-shaped metal pieces bolted in the middle, it is too large for a single person's work. A group of people, or maybe aliens? - It would have taken a lot of effort to keep this shopper on the rock away from any civilized settlement.</span></div><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0e101a; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0e101a; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Most likely, it was placed in the desert about 30-plus years ago. Although the megaphone has two heavy parts, many people will be able to pull it easily.</span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0e101a; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj7IDKI_e_tqDMrvacUmCax2e_95hyphenhyphenD5sMdPsE0b-hZVFqBMn5cYj208t7tk_4hHZlS6SMVaMrljZxqHGN7THziFxw0fpYl2O8ErrJFubs7j2SBRYM60CMbD-cTffq42ryJwZDLw_ciJCw/s800/Mojave_megaphone-+%25283%2529.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="mojave megaphone, desert megaphone map, metal megaphone, strange things in the mojave desert, mojave desert rocks, megaphone wiki, big megaphone, mojave wiki, mojave desert mysteries, mysteries of the mojave, mojave desert directions, desert mysteries, mojave desert megaphone experiment 1932" border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj7IDKI_e_tqDMrvacUmCax2e_95hyphenhyphenD5sMdPsE0b-hZVFqBMn5cYj208t7tk_4hHZlS6SMVaMrljZxqHGN7THziFxw0fpYl2O8ErrJFubs7j2SBRYM60CMbD-cTffq42ryJwZDLw_ciJCw/s16000/Mojave_megaphone-+%25283%2529.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Strange things in the mojave desert" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Image / Flickr</span></span></div><h4 style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 25px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><u>Metal Megaphone</u></span></h4><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;">There are no markings on the case indicating the origin and date of manufacture. Someone recently threw an animal skin over the holes and used a megaphone as a drum, but that was definitely not its original purpose. Others have suggested it is part of a rocket system or venturi, an hourglass-shaped hull used to control the flow rate.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;">Since it has crosshair-shaped metal stripes, some have mistaken it for a sighting device. There are more fantastic theories - perhaps a tool pointing to the location of a California cave system that stretches for hundreds of miles, or even a gold treasure tag. However, given its shape, the moniker "megaphone" makes a lot of sense. Perhaps it's part of an outdated warning system, like a tornado siren.</p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WsDIrhNEXKEK199CMtFfhuW9Qs_9pBsU9SmDTvBPnx0lkqH0J-vpgffLi6ErCSKxhhKfobWXcFxXM4t8nfcDKSXJmq6npk136Fw0bGxi12zHiFs_jVXDnOl10t1RXmdyeQmheOSQXeG1/s800/Mojave_megaphone-+%25284%2529.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="mojave megaphone, desert megaphone map, metal megaphone, strange things in the mojave desert, mojave desert rocks, megaphone wiki, big megaphone, mojave wiki, mojave desert mysteries, mysteries of the mojave, mojave desert directions, desert mysteries, mojave desert megaphone experiment 1932" border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WsDIrhNEXKEK199CMtFfhuW9Qs_9pBsU9SmDTvBPnx0lkqH0J-vpgffLi6ErCSKxhhKfobWXcFxXM4t8nfcDKSXJmq6npk136Fw0bGxi12zHiFs_jVXDnOl10t1RXmdyeQmheOSQXeG1/s16000/Mojave_megaphone-+%25284%2529.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Mojave desert rocks" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Image / Flickr</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">The proximity to Edwards Air Force Base (and naval and military installations) is a much more important clue. Edwards is where the Air Force conducted many sound barrier experiments, including the famous Chuck Yeager flights. The megaphone could be a measuring instrument related to flights, shock/sound waves, etc.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyFnhCIm242C4e63mHZXhQqLgCdOBcru90wbRh3VL-mXIY_-Y_rJHbTryR62TwBMse-axnDs3eZxSR4BQrN9LSINuogsEMmyu7tobR1Xw9FgyFhaHCVYnhjT-VmgFmdiWSFmnW27KU_JtG/s800/Mojave_megaphone-+%25286%2529.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="mojave megaphone, desert megaphone map, metal megaphone, strange things in the mojave desert, mojave desert rocks, megaphone wiki, big megaphone, mojave wiki, mojave desert mysteries, mysteries of the mojave, mojave desert directions, desert mysteries, mojave desert megaphone experiment 1932" border="0" data-original-height="538" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyFnhCIm242C4e63mHZXhQqLgCdOBcru90wbRh3VL-mXIY_-Y_rJHbTryR62TwBMse-axnDs3eZxSR4BQrN9LSINuogsEMmyu7tobR1Xw9FgyFhaHCVYnhjT-VmgFmdiWSFmnW27KU_JtG/s16000/Mojave_megaphone-+%25286%2529.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Big megaphone" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Image / Flickr</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;"><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">The Nevada Proving Ground (now Nevada National Security Zone) is not that far away. In 1963, American weapons would have been tested above ground and then underground. Even though the megaphone is 240 kilometres away, something similar can likely be used to detect long-range shock waves or other interference. And perhaps the megaphone was used to raise a siren that alerted locals when the US military conducted secret chemical or gas tests in the area.</p><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><u style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Mojave desert directions</span></u></strong></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><b><u><br /></u></b><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">If you have a passable vehicle with high ground clearance, you can get to the megaphone and climb the mountain to see it with your own eyes. You will need to drive across the Mojave River, then along dirt roads and sand. Take Highway 15 off Afton Canyon Road and head east to the campground. From there, continue for another 20-25 km. The exact coordinates of the megaphone are 35.0056 degrees north latitude, and 116.1963 degrees west longitude.</span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Desert megaphone Map</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlhRgYCVBj0qff0sdzVKl4nz5Y5vb2nZhRdj4QVpsUZURTLV3HevQLQcRL2U2ZYTjEixHffIdsTW9fXssyvM892dWGCVoVKIEloLgSUCa9D1wHg1jKDqU4pPYjQraT5JjX6a0aM38BcpZd/s1023/Mojave_megaphone-+%252812%2529.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="mojave megaphone, desert megaphone map, metal megaphone, strange things in the mojave desert, mojave desert rocks, megaphone wiki, big megaphone, mojave wiki, mojave desert mysteries, mysteries of the mojave, mojave desert directions, desert mysteries, mojave desert megaphone experiment 1932" border="0" data-original-height="925" data-original-width="1023" height="579" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlhRgYCVBj0qff0sdzVKl4nz5Y5vb2nZhRdj4QVpsUZURTLV3HevQLQcRL2U2ZYTjEixHffIdsTW9fXssyvM892dWGCVoVKIEloLgSUCa9D1wHg1jKDqU4pPYjQraT5JjX6a0aM38BcpZd/w640-h579/Mojave_megaphone-+%252812%2529.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Desert megaphone map" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"><b>Mojave desert directions</b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Image / MBC</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Another blog, </span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #444444;">armchair travelogue</span></span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> mentions that it may be part of the "</span><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Mojave Desert Megaphone Experiment, 1932</strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">". This message is not confirmed, and I did not get any information about this so-called experiment. Which is clearly something different;</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojave" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Mojave wiki</span></b></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBkhzpj8hTpIL5anR5An6G2WnD8y4933z4W8Pzkkb2RzgN0BQCnRmDktJ2Po3nXa_R7loNy8iKAjCJ5KkHfSH-6TTVUUJmZpyIvA_osKm_-k429boeNE6bhDIPbsCKbGNDPzxCG8UnFG6Z/s799/Mojave_megaphone-+%25287%2529.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; 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border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Mysteries of the Mojave" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Image / Flickr</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTI2P_f9aElifJ0IdxQT_QcNNPdo1yctm_LwwrznLEqlQQbvEax2ybElheJZBMn5bMI2-I8J2BZw-pVPF6TOVGmaOWMZ_iuQsrp__6bRu8Kek2r1B7dYHu-7rIedQoCK8dZLsVDSkIBP_M/s799/Mojave_megaphone-+%25289%2529.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="mojave megaphone, desert megaphone map, metal megaphone, strange things in the mojave desert, mojave desert rocks, megaphone wiki, big megaphone, mojave wiki, mojave desert mysteries, mysteries of the mojave, mojave desert directions, desert mysteries, mojave desert megaphone experiment 1932" border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="799" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTI2P_f9aElifJ0IdxQT_QcNNPdo1yctm_LwwrznLEqlQQbvEax2ybElheJZBMn5bMI2-I8J2BZw-pVPF6TOVGmaOWMZ_iuQsrp__6bRu8Kek2r1B7dYHu-7rIedQoCK8dZLsVDSkIBP_M/s16000/Mojave_megaphone-+%25289%2529.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Desert mysteries" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Image / Flickr</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqq7x7LKlSpk8VPiGyw5YL6UvqfXd-vERkc60U-1_h0kZFUqzJNdyrnw0IOkuqQIFzSkR3zzvAukKEGEnemdlHdH7ZodQq8dUNyZc3igDZyDYVWVF4XwqVB9GUap_hRcD_DrD22QfaPRa1/s799/Mojave_megaphone-+%252810%2529.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="mojave megaphone, desert megaphone map, metal megaphone, strange things in the mojave desert, mojave desert rocks, megaphone wiki, big megaphone, mojave wiki, mojave desert mysteries, mysteries of the mojave, mojave desert directions, desert mysteries, mojave desert megaphone experiment 1932" border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="799" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqq7x7LKlSpk8VPiGyw5YL6UvqfXd-vERkc60U-1_h0kZFUqzJNdyrnw0IOkuqQIFzSkR3zzvAukKEGEnemdlHdH7ZodQq8dUNyZc3igDZyDYVWVF4XwqVB9GUap_hRcD_DrD22QfaPRa1/s16000/Mojave_megaphone-+%252810%2529.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="Mojave megaphone" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Image / Flickr</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>A Mysterious Object on a Hill in the Middle of Nowhere - Mojave Megaphone | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbXpsPrQG-w" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Video</a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="555" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BbXpsPrQG-w" title="YouTube video player" width="800"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Desert megaphone <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mojave+Megaphone/@35.0087749,-116.1953567,426a,35y,180h,39.13t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x80c50825e120a82d:0xc650dabae5d91983!8m2!3d35.0056277!4d-116.1963134" style="color: #3778cd; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Map</a></span></b></div><div><iframe allowfullscreen="" height="600" loading="lazy" src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m17!1m11!1m3!1d426!2d-116.1953567!3d35.0087749!2m2!1f180!2f39.13!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f35!3m3!1m2!1s0x80c50825e120a82d%3A0xc650dabae5d91983!2sMojave%20Megaphone!5e1!3m2!1sen!2sin!4v1623907181019!5m2!1sen!2sin" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px;" width="800"></iframe></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZVkp7P9bTuOoAfijpwpCQoh7-p3dqFaBOZUxDHMNu7SYxVaDMGNOz1v1cE3WQZacju-Jx3V_4tcnvVNCmUeMnQLHmBG6xVE9Yqlrr6zWmy0-Nj1L3a0nrRU0jxhy6Pa_uoQzHzYNXfQ-_/s800/Mojave_megaphone-+%252811%2529.jpg" style="color: #3778cd; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="mojave megaphone, desert megaphone map, metal megaphone, strange things in the mojave desert, mojave desert rocks, megaphone wiki, big megaphone, mojave wiki, mojave desert mysteries, mysteries of the mojave, mojave desert directions, desert mysteries, mojave desert megaphone experiment 1932" border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZVkp7P9bTuOoAfijpwpCQoh7-p3dqFaBOZUxDHMNu7SYxVaDMGNOz1v1cE3WQZacju-Jx3V_4tcnvVNCmUeMnQLHmBG6xVE9Yqlrr6zWmy0-Nj1L3a0nrRU0jxhy6Pa_uoQzHzYNXfQ-_/s16000/Mojave_megaphone-+%252811%2529.jpg" style="background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid transparent; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" title="The Mysterious Megaphone of the Mojave Desert" /></a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Image / Flickr</span></div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">As a person, you have the motivation or means of seeing the </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><i>Mojave desert mysteries</i></span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> and Megaphone. These strange objects stimulate strange movements in the human imagination. </span>This stretch of the Mojave Desert can be deadly, with temperatures reaching 54 degrees Celsius in summer. It is best to travel during the cooler season. Also, keep in mind that this is a remote location no matter the weather, and you won't have cellular coverage in the event of a car malfunction or other emergency.</p></div>Pavan Mickeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03387010164723125554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246813438162815157.post-19282623256256201552022-04-29T15:55:00.000+05:302022-04-29T15:55:40.569+05:30Big Cats Come Alive on the Canvases of These Large-Scale Hyperrealistic Paintings<p><br /></p><div class="row" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px;"><div class="section-intro col-sm-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; position: relative; width: 780px;"><article class="first-page article " style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-size: 18px; height: auto;"><img alt="Hyperrealistic Big Cat Paintings by Nick Sider" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-504361" decoding="async" height="599" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-16.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-16.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-16-300x240.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /></span><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">While you may rarely come across a big cat in real life, lions, tigers, and leopards appear to emerge from the canvases of <a href="http://www.nicksider.com/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Nick Sider</a>. The New York City-based artist creates large-scale depictions of big felines that resemble close-up photographs. Through many hours of work, he renders all of his subjects with hyperrealistic detail.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">Originally from Canada, Sider did not pursue painting until he was 25 years old. After he relocated to NYC, he started gaining recognition for his spectacular acrylic pieces celebrating wildlife. Although he paints a variety of different animals, big cats have been his muse since childhood, which he returns to time and time again.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">Sider wants his paintings to “extend beyond what a photograph could ever capture.” So, in addition to utilizing realism, he enhances each portrait with an intimate view of the animal. These cat paintings are treated like portraits of human beings with an emphasis on their eyes and expression. “My favorite moment while painting is when a subject on my canvas begins to come alive,” Sider says.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">Scroll down to see more big cat paintings by Sider and keep up to date with his latest work by following the artist on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nicksider/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Instagram</a>.</p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">New York City-based artist Nick Sider creates hyperrealistic paintings of big cats.</span></h2><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-size: 18px; height: auto;"><img alt="Hyperrealistic Big Cat Paintings by Nick Sider" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-504355 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-14.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-14.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-14-241x300.jpg 241w" decoding="async" height="935" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-14.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-14.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-14-241x300.jpg 241w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><img alt="Hyperrealistic Big Cat Paintings by Nick Sider" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-504343 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-10.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-10.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-10-241x300.jpg 241w" decoding="async" height="935" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-10.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-10.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-10-241x300.jpg 241w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /></span><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">He renders tigers, lions, leopards, and more in exquisite detail.</span></h2><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-size: 18px; height: auto;"><img alt="Hyperrealistic Big Cat Paintings by Nick Sider" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-504346 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-11.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-11.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-11-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-11-150x150.jpg 150w" decoding="async" height="750" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-11.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-11.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-11-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-11-150x150.jpg 150w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><img alt="Hyperrealistic Big Cat Paintings by Nick Sider" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-504340 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-9.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-9.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-9-240x300.jpg 240w" decoding="async" height="936" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-9.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-9.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-9-240x300.jpg 240w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><img alt="Hyperrealistic Big Cat Paintings by Nick Sider" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-504337 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-8.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-8.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-8-300x206.jpg 300w" decoding="async" height="516" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-8.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-8.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-8-300x206.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><img alt="Hyperrealistic Big Cat Paintings by Nick Sider" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-504327 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-5.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-5.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-5-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-5-150x150.jpg 150w" decoding="async" height="750" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-5.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-5.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-5-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-5-150x150.jpg 150w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><img alt="Hyperrealistic Big Cat Paintings by Nick Sider" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-504330 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-6.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-6.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-6-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-6-150x150.jpg 150w" decoding="async" height="750" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-6.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-6.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-6-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-6-150x150.jpg 150w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /></span><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The large creatures come alive on the canvases.</span></h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;"><img alt="Hyperrealistic Big Cat Paintings by Nick Sider" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-504324 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-4.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-4.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-4-240x300.jpg 240w" decoding="async" height="937" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-4.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-4.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-4-240x300.jpg 240w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><img alt="Hyperrealistic Big Cat Paintings by Nick Sider" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-504321 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-3.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-3.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-3-300x202.jpg 300w" decoding="async" height="506" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-3.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-3.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-3-300x202.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><img alt="Hyperrealistic Big Cat Paintings by Nick Sider" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-504318 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-2.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-2.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-2-300x214.jpg 300w" decoding="async" height="535" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-2.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-2.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-2-300x214.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><img alt="Hyperrealistic Big Cat Paintings by Nick Sider" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-504315 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-1.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-1.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-1-150x150.jpg 150w" decoding="async" height="749" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-1.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-1.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-1-150x150.jpg 150w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><img alt="Hyperrealistic Big Cat Paintings by Nick Sider" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-504358 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-15.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-15.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-15-300x206.jpg 300w" decoding="async" height="514" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-15.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-15.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-15-300x206.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><img alt="Hyperrealistic Big Cat Paintings by Nick Sider" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-504334 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-7.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-7.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-7-279x300.jpg 279w" decoding="async" height="806" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-7.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-7.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-7-279x300.jpg 279w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><img alt="Hyperrealistic Big Cat Paintings by Nick Sider" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-504352 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-13.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-13.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-13-241x300.jpg 241w" decoding="async" height="935" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-13.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-13.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-13-241x300.jpg 241w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><img alt="Hyperrealistic Big Cat Paintings by Nick Sider" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-504349 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-12.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-12.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-12-241x300.jpg 241w" decoding="async" height="935" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-12.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-12.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/nick-sider-hyperrealistic-big-cat-paintings-12-241x300.jpg 241w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /></p></article></div></div>Pavan Mickeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03387010164723125554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246813438162815157.post-56940793152175465582022-04-29T15:47:00.001+05:302022-04-29T15:47:25.520+05:30England Queen Elizabeth Celebrates Turning 96 With a Portrait Honoring Her Loves in Life<p> </p><div class="row" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px;"><div class="section-intro col-sm-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; position: relative; width: 780px;"><article class="first-page article " style="box-sizing: border-box;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" frameborder="0" height="953" id="instagram-embed-0" scrolling="no" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CcllJjSs30h/embed/?cr=1&v=14&wp=540&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fmymodernmet.com&rp=%2Fqueen-elizabeth-england-96-birthday%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A2180.899999976158%2C%22ls%22%3A580%2C%22le%22%3A1203.5999999940395%7D" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px; position: relative !important; width: calc(100% - 2px);"></iframe><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;"></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">Queen Elizabeth II of England recently turned 96 years young. To celebrate this momentous occasion, she shared a new official photo with the public via her social media accounts. The image features the queen standing between two of her white fell ponies named Bybeck Katie and Bybeck Nightingale on the grounds of Windsor Castle. She’s dressed in a dark green coat, which has poignant meaning as being her late husband Prince Phillip’s livery color. (The prince died a little over a year ago on April 9, 2021.)</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">There's more significance to be had from this photo. The horses aren’t just stately creatures chosen to pose with the monarch. Their inclusion is a nod to Queen Elizabeth's lifelong love of the animal. She and her sister, Margaret, received their first pony at age 4, and the queen rode horses around the grounds of Windsor Castle until just last year.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">As noted in the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CcllJjSs30h/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=6a9bc0b6-fb50-49c4-a37a-1070a204c4ac" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Instagram caption</a>, Queen Elizabeth is also a supporter and enthusiastic spectator of the annual Royal Windsor Horse Show; in fact, she’s attended every single show since it first began in 1943. This particular photo was shot by Henry Dallal, a photographer known for his images of equine beauty.</p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Queen Elizabeth recently celebrated her 96th birthday and shared a stately photo of her posing with two of her horses.</span></h2><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto !important; margin-right: auto !important; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; width: 550px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1517030854358409216" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-2" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=mymodernmet&dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-2&features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1517030854358409216&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmymodernmet.com%2Fqueen-elizabeth-england-96-birthday%2F&sessionId=8762f82c86942a16f70fd0a13b38b491e03b0a68&siteScreenName=mymodernmet&theme=light&widgetsVersion=c8fe9736dd6fb%3A1649830956492&width=550px" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 921px; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div></article></div></div>Pavan Mickeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03387010164723125554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246813438162815157.post-57996712098951253992022-04-29T15:24:00.003+05:302022-04-29T15:24:59.924+05:30Wisteria Trees Make Spring the Most Magical Time to Be in Japan<p> <img alt="Wisteria Tree in Japan" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-506701" class="size-full wp-image-506701" decoding="async" height="611" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/wisteria-tree-japan-2022-1.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/wisteria-tree-japan-2022-1.jpg 1200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/wisteria-tree-japan-2022-1-300x153.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/wisteria-tree-japan-2022-1-1024x521.jpg 1024w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/wisteria-tree-japan-2022-1-768x391.jpg 768w" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="1200" /></p><div class="row" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px;"><div class="section-intro col-sm-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; position: relative; width: 780px;"><article class="first-page article " style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_506701" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 1210px;"><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-506701" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;">Photo: Torsakarin/<a href="https://depositphotos.com/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Depositphotos</a></p></div><p class="first-letter-styles" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">The time between the middle of April and the middle of May is a magical time to be in Japan. It’s when the wisteria trees are in full bloom, and their beautiful vine flowers—some more than 30 feet long—transform otherwise ordinary places into fairytale locales.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">It’s impossible to mention wisteria trees without celebrating the country’s most famous—and breathtaking—of the bunch. Located in the Tochigi prefecture's <a href="https://www.ashikaga.co.jp/english/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Ashikaga Flower Park</a>, there is a massive wisteria tree that is over 150 years old. When in bloom, its long vertical flower clusters (also known as <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">racemes</em>) form a canopy to immerse you in a delicate purple world. That's not all the park has to offer, though. It has more than 350 different wisteria trees and a wisteria tunnel that you can walk underneath.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">The flowers of this beautiful tree vary in hue. Although purple is perhaps the most well-known color, the species can have white, pale pink, or even yellow blooms. It’s all the better reason to visit as many parks as possible during this short window in spring. But if that’s not in the cards for you now, you can get a lot of enjoyment from photos, too. Scroll down to see the wisteria’s beauty captured in images.</p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Wisteria trees are some of the most beautiful flowering trees in the world.</span></h2><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" frameborder="0" height="1140" id="instagram-embed-0" scrolling="no" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CcKlNEavzC0/embed/?cr=1&v=14&wp=540&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fmymodernmet.com&rp=%2Fwisteria-trees-japan%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A2880%2C%22ls%22%3A510.09999999403954%2C%22le%22%3A1498%7D" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px; position: relative !important; width: calc(100% - 2px);"></iframe><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Every spring, Japan comes alive when these trees bloom.</span></h2><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-1" frameborder="0" height="1140" id="instagram-embed-1" scrolling="no" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CcXjGnkL0Cy/embed/?cr=1&v=14&wp=540&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fmymodernmet.com&rp=%2Fwisteria-trees-japan%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A2909.199999988079%2C%22ls%22%3A510.09999999403954%2C%22le%22%3A1498%7D" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px; position: relative !important; width: calc(100% - 2px);"></iframe><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-2" frameborder="0" height="1140" id="instagram-embed-2" scrolling="no" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CNvqb2RJCSC/embed/?cr=1&v=14&wp=540&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fmymodernmet.com&rp=%2Fwisteria-trees-japan%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A2931.5999999940395%2C%22ls%22%3A510.09999999403954%2C%22le%22%3A1498%7D" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px; position: relative !important; width: calc(100% - 2px);"></iframe><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-3" frameborder="0" height="1138" id="instagram-embed-3" scrolling="no" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CNy0R_3A3Kh/embed/?cr=1&v=14&wp=540&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fmymodernmet.com&rp=%2Fwisteria-trees-japan%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A3%2C%22os%22%3A5662.299999982119%2C%22ls%22%3A510.09999999403954%2C%22le%22%3A1498%7D" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px; position: relative !important; width: calc(100% - 2px);"></iframe><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One of the country's most famous wisteria trees is located in the Tochigi prefecture's Ashikaga Flower Park. It's 150 years old.</span></h2><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-4" frameborder="0" height="1148" id="instagram-embed-4" scrolling="no" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CcSuqPVP23R/embed/?cr=1&v=14&wp=540&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fmymodernmet.com&rp=%2Fwisteria-trees-japan%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A4%2C%22os%22%3A5847.299999982119%2C%22ls%22%3A510.09999999403954%2C%22le%22%3A1498%7D" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px; position: relative !important; width: calc(100% - 2px);"></iframe><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-5" frameborder="0" height="1138" id="instagram-embed-5" scrolling="no" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CciZw7NvT6c/embed/?cr=1&v=14&wp=540&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fmymodernmet.com&rp=%2Fwisteria-trees-japan%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A5%2C%22os%22%3A5955.299999982119%2C%22ls%22%3A510.09999999403954%2C%22le%22%3A1498%7D" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px; position: relative !important; width: calc(100% - 2px);"></iframe><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The flowers of this beautiful tree vary in hue. It’s all the better reason to visit as many parks as possible during this short window in spring.</span></h2><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-6" frameborder="0" height="1138" id="instagram-embed-6" scrolling="no" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CcemMoevTv-/embed/?cr=1&v=14&wp=540&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fmymodernmet.com&rp=%2Fwisteria-trees-japan%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A6%2C%22os%22%3A6885.4000000059605%2C%22ls%22%3A510.09999999403954%2C%22le%22%3A1498%7D" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px; position: relative !important; width: calc(100% - 2px);"></iframe><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-7" frameborder="0" height="1140" id="instagram-embed-7" scrolling="no" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CcUvBGrIFsG/embed/?cr=1&v=14&wp=540&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fmymodernmet.com&rp=%2Fwisteria-trees-japan%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A7%2C%22os%22%3A7648.4000000059605%2C%22ls%22%3A510.09999999403954%2C%22le%22%3A1498%7D" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px; position: relative !important; width: calc(100% - 2px);"></iframe><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-8" frameborder="0" height="1138" id="instagram-embed-8" scrolling="no" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CcemMoevTv-/embed/?cr=1&v=14&wp=540&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fmymodernmet.com&rp=%2Fwisteria-trees-japan%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A8%2C%22os%22%3A10890.199999988079%2C%22ls%22%3A510.09999999403954%2C%22le%22%3A1498%7D" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: rgb(219, 219, 219); border-radius: 3px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 12px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px; position: relative !important; width: calc(100% - 2px);"></iframe></article></div></div>Pavan Mickeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03387010164723125554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246813438162815157.post-87732483273760824072022-04-29T15:19:00.000+05:302022-04-29T15:19:03.651+05:30Notre-Dame Cathedral Found<p><img alt="INRAP Excavating Notre Dame" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-506497" class="size-full wp-image-506497" decoding="async" height="597" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/notre-dame-excavations-5.jpeg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/notre-dame-excavations-5.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/notre-dame-excavations-5-300x239.jpeg 300w" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /></p><div class="row" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px;"><div class="section-intro col-sm-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; position: relative; width: 780px;"><article class="first-page article " style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_506497" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-506497" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;">Photo: Denis Gliksman, Inrap</p></div><p class="first-letter-styles" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">Three years ago, the world was shocked when Paris' iconic Notre-Dame Cathedral went up in flames. As the church's vaults crashed to the ground, they opened up a hole in the 19th-century floor. Shortly after, the <a href="https://www.inrap.fr/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">French National Archeological Institute</a> (INRAP) was called in to excavate part of the floor in order to prepare for the scaffolding that would be needed to restore Notre-Dame to its former glory. Now, they are revealing some of their findings, including a human-shaped lead sarcophagus.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">The incredible discovery is just one of many found in the complex, dense archeology located under the floor. Archeologists also dug up pieces of a lost rood screen that dates to about 1230. This type of ornately carved fence was used to separate the choir from the congregation and was common in late medieval churches. In the case of Notre-Dame, a large portion of the rood screen was demolished at the beginning of the 18th century, during the reign of Louis XIV. A few remaining pieces can be found in the Louvre.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">Now, thanks to the excavation, large chunks of the rood screen have been discovered. This includes sculpted polychrome figures, as well as architectural elements. The presence of color distinguishes them from the remains in the Louvre. In many instances, it's even possible to see gold leaf.</p><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_506485" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><img alt="Fragment of Rood Screen in Notre Dame" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-506485" class="size-full wp-image-506485 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/notre-dame-excavations-1.jpeg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/notre-dame-excavations-1.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/notre-dame-excavations-1-300x200.jpeg 300w" decoding="async" height="500" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/notre-dame-excavations-1.jpeg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/notre-dame-excavations-1.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/notre-dame-excavations-1-300x200.jpeg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-506485" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;">Fragment of rood screen. (Photo: Denis Gliksman, Inrap)</p></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">One of the most exciting discoveries during the excavation are the tombs. Burial in Notre-Dame would have been reserved for the elite and locations close to the choir were the most sought after. Lead coffins discovered close to the choir in the past belonged to Queen Isabella—the wife of King Phillip II—and important archbishops. This time, around 10 plaster sarcophagi were unearthed, one of which included fabric embroidered with gold thread. But it's a human-shaped lead sarcophagus that is the most intriguing.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">While research on the sarcophagus is ongoing, archeologists have already sent a camera inside. Using this technology, they identified plant remains, textiles, and dry organic matter. The artifact still needs to be dated and the person inside identified, but it's believed to be a 14th-century sarcophagus containing an important dignitary.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">Now that the excavation is complete, researchers will pour through the finds and start DNA testing and analysis in order to fully understand what was unearthed. These discoveries are a silver lining in the tragic fire of Notre-Dame and the excavation's completion just means that we are one step closer to the cathedral's grand re-opening in 2024.</p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">For the past three years, the French National Archeological Institute has been excavating part of Notre-Dame.</span></h2><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_506494" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><img alt="INRAP Excavating Notre Dame" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-506494" class="size-full wp-image-506494 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/notre-dame-excavations-4.jpeg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/notre-dame-excavations-4.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/notre-dame-excavations-4-300x200.jpeg 300w" decoding="async" height="500" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/notre-dame-excavations-4.jpeg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/notre-dame-excavations-4.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/notre-dame-excavations-4-300x200.jpeg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-506494" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;">Excavation of rood screen (Photo: Denis Gliksman, Inrap)</p></div><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One of the most interesting finds is a lead sarcophagus believed to be from the 14th century.</span></h2><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_506488" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><img alt="Lead Sarcophagus in Notre Dame" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-506488" class="size-full wp-image-506488 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/notre-dame-excavations-2.jpeg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/notre-dame-excavations-2.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/notre-dame-excavations-2-300x200.jpeg 300w" decoding="async" height="500" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/notre-dame-excavations-2.jpeg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/notre-dame-excavations-2.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/notre-dame-excavations-2-300x200.jpeg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-506488" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;">Lead sarcophagus surrounded by 19th-century heating flues. (Photo: Denis Gliksman, Inrap)</p></div><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The human-shaped sarcophagus likely contains the remains of an important dignitary, given its location in the cathedral.</span></h2><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_506491" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><img alt="Lead Sarcophagus in Notre Dame" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-506491" class="size-full wp-image-506491 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/notre-dame-excavations-3.jpeg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/notre-dame-excavations-3.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/notre-dame-excavations-3-200x300.jpeg 200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/notre-dame-excavations-3-683x1024.jpeg 683w" decoding="async" height="1125" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/notre-dame-excavations-3.jpeg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/notre-dame-excavations-3.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/notre-dame-excavations-3-200x300.jpeg 200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/notre-dame-excavations-3-683x1024.jpeg 683w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-506491" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;">Lead sarcophagus in a masonry tank. (Photo: Denis Gliksman, Inrap)</p></div></article></div></div>Pavan Mickeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03387010164723125554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246813438162815157.post-69206117129294932542022-04-29T15:15:00.001+05:302022-04-29T15:15:22.101+05:30 Artist Food Transforms Ordinary Pieces of Toast Into Delicious Works of Art<div class="row" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px;"><div class="col-xs-12 article-heading-area" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 10px; position: relative; width: 780px;"><div class="article-author-line" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #989898; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: center;"><img alt="Creative Toast Art by Manami Sasaki" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-505945" decoding="async" height="750" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-17.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-17.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-17-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-17-150x150.jpg 150w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /></div></div></div><div class="row" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px;"><div class="section-intro col-sm-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; position: relative; width: 780px;"><article class="first-page article " style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">Whether you prefer avocado, butter, or eggs, we all have our own way of dressing toast. However, even the fanciest homemade slices of bread can't compare to the delectable dishes prepared by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sasamana1204/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Manami Sasaki</a>. The Japanese designer specializes in transforming ordinary toast into edible works of art.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">Scrolling through her Instagram, you will discover a range of unique designs inspired by art history, Japanese painting, and geometric patterns. “The reason I started doing toast art was lockdown. I was spending an hour and a half commuting to work, but working from home led me to wake up late and get lazy,” Sasaki says. “I wanted to get up early in the morning and create a morning routine that would excite me. That's when I started the toast art for breakfast.”</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">She creates each slice with an array of colourful toppings and spreads. Vegetables, fruits, herbs, and other ingredients are arranged on the bread to produce mesmerizing designs. Amazingly, Sasaki can also render human faces with edible ingredients; typically, resorting to different spreads to create shading and texture in the portrait.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">Scroll down to see more toast art by Sasaki and follow the artist on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sasamana1204/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Instagram</a> to make sure you never miss an update.</p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular; font-size: 36px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;">Japanese designer Manami Sasaki transforms ordinary pieces of toast into delectable works of art.</h2><img alt="Creative Toast Art by Manami Sasaki" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-505942 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-16.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-16.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-16-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-16-150x150.jpg 150w" decoding="async" height="750" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-16.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-16.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-16-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-16-150x150.jpg 150w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><img alt="" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-505924 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-10.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-10.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-10-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-10-150x150.jpg 150w" decoding="async" height="750" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-10.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-10.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-10-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-10-150x150.jpg 150w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><img alt="Creative Toast Art by Manami Sasaki" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-505921 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-9.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-9.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-9-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-9-150x150.jpg 150w" decoding="async" height="750" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-9.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-9.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-9-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-9-150x150.jpg 150w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><img alt="Creative Toast Art by Manami Sasaki" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-505909 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-5.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-5.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-5-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-5-150x150.jpg 150w" decoding="async" height="750" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-5.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-5.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-5-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-5-150x150.jpg 150w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><img alt="Creative Toast Art by Manami Sasaki" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-505906 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-4.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-4.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-4-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-4-150x150.jpg 150w" decoding="async" height="750" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-4.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-4.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-4-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-4-150x150.jpg 150w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><img alt="Creative Toast Art by Manami Sasaki" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-505933 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-13.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-13.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-13-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-13-150x150.jpg 150w" decoding="async" height="750" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-13.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-13.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-13-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-13-150x150.jpg 150w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><img alt="Creative Toast Art by Manami Sasaki" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-505936 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-14.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-14.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-14-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-14-150x150.jpg 150w" decoding="async" height="750" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-14.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-14.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-14-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-14-150x150.jpg 150w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular; font-size: 36px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;">She tops each slice of bread with a variety of colorful toppings to make geometric patterns, portraits, landscapes, and more.</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;"><img alt="Creative Toast Art by Manami Sasaki" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-505939 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-15.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-15.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-15-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-15-150x150.jpg 150w" decoding="async" height="750" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-15.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-15.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-15-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-15-150x150.jpg 150w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><img alt="Creative Toast Art by Manami Sasaki" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-505948 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-18.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-18.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-18-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-18-150x150.jpg 150w" decoding="async" height="750" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-18.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-18.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-18-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-18-150x150.jpg 150w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><img alt="Creative Toast Art by Manami Sasaki" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-505930 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-12.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-12.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-12-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-12-150x150.jpg 150w" decoding="async" height="750" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-12.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-12.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-12-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-12-150x150.jpg 150w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><img alt="Creative Toast Art by Manami Sasaki" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-505912 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-6.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-6.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-6-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-6-150x150.jpg 150w" decoding="async" height="750" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-6.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-6.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-6-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-6-150x150.jpg 150w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><img alt="Creative Toast Art by Manami Sasaki" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-505915 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-7.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-7.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-7-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-7-150x150.jpg 150w" decoding="async" height="750" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-7.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-7.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-7-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-7-150x150.jpg 150w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><img alt="Creative Toast Art by Manami Sasaki" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-505918 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-8.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-8.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-8-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-8-150x150.jpg 150w" decoding="async" height="750" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-8.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-8.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-8-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-8-150x150.jpg 150w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><img alt="Creative Toast Art by Manami Sasaki" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-505900 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-2.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-2.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-2-150x150.jpg 150w" decoding="async" height="750" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-2.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-2.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-2-150x150.jpg 150w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><img alt="Creative Toast Art by Manami Sasaki" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-505897 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-1.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-1.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-1-150x150.jpg 150w" decoding="async" height="750" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-1.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-1.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-1-150x150.jpg 150w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><img alt="Creative Toast Art by Manami Sasaki" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-505903 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-3.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-3.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-3-150x150.jpg 150w" decoding="async" height="750" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-3.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-3.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/manami-sasaki-creative-toast-art-3-150x150.jpg 150w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /></p></article></div></div>Pavan Mickeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03387010164723125554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246813438162815157.post-87780455253255793242022-04-29T14:36:00.001+05:302022-04-29T14:36:18.594+05:30First Known Female Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt<p><img alt="Bust of Sobekneferu" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-501597" class="size-full wp-image-501597" decoding="async" height="472" sizes="(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sobekneferu-bust-1.jpeg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sobekneferu-bust-1.jpeg 340w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sobekneferu-bust-1-216x300.jpeg 216w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sobekneferu-bust-1-150x208.jpeg 150w" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="340" /></p><div class="row" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px;"><div class="section-intro col-sm-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; position: relative; width: 780px;"><article class="first-page article " style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_501597" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 350px;"><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-501597" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;">1914 photograph of the bust of Queen Sobekneferu that was lost in WWII (Photo: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Statue_of_Sobekneferu_(Berlin_Egyptian_Museum_14475).jpg" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Wikimedia Commons</a>, Public domain)</p></div><p class="first-letter-styles" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">The title of <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">pharaoh</span> is synonymous with the grandeur of the ancient Egyptian civilization. This name—which means “great house” in hieroglyphics—was given to the rulers who led this large empire. And while the majority of these figures were men like King Tut and Ramesses II, there were a few influential women who earned the title. The first recorded female pharaoh was <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Sobekneferu</span>.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">After the death of Amenemhat IV, who may or may not have been her brother and husband, Sobekneferu assumed the throne. Although her reign only lasted about four years, she was the first known female ruler to adopt the full royal titulary and to be recorded in the Turin King List—a recording of ancient Egyptian kings written on papyrus. Her end as ruler marks the end of the Twelfth Dynasty of the Middle Kingdom of Egypt.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">Here we will learn more about Sobekneferu and her significance.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;"> </p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular; font-size: 36px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;">Who was Sobekneferu?</h2><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_494331" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><img alt="Queen Sobekneferu and Her Father Busts" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-494331" class="size-full wp-image-494331 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/queen-sobekneferu-bust-1.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/queen-sobekneferu-bust-1.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/queen-sobekneferu-bust-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/queen-sobekneferu-bust-1-150x100.jpg 150w" decoding="async" height="500" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/queen-sobekneferu-bust-1.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/queen-sobekneferu-bust-1.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/queen-sobekneferu-bust-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/queen-sobekneferu-bust-1-150x100.jpg 150w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-494331" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;">Right: Bust of Amenemhat III, father of Sobekneferu (Photo: ArchaiOptix via <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Upper_part_of_portrait_statuette_of_Amenemhat_III_wearing_the_nemes_01.jpg" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Wikimedia Commons</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target=""_blank”">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Left: 1914 photograph of the bust of Queen Sobekneferu that was lost in WWII (Photo: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Statue_of_Sobekneferu_(Berlin_Egyptian_Museum_14475).jpg" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Wikimedia Commons</a>, Public domain)</p></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">Sobekneferu was the <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">first recorded female pharaoh</span> to rule ancient Egypt and the last ruler of the Twelfth Dynasty of the Middle Kingdom (c. 2055 BCE – 1650 BCE). She was one of the daughters of the pharaoh Amenemhat III, although it is unknown which of his wives was her mother.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">Her ascension to the throne is also unclear, but it is postulated that after Amenemhat IV died—the heir of Sobekneferu's father who may or may not have been her brother—she was put forth as the next pharaoh in absence of another male heir. Her relationship to Amenenhat III helped her assert legitimacy as a ruler.</p><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_494365" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><img alt="Sobekneferu Bust and Karnak List of Kings" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-494365" class="size-full wp-image-494365 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sobekneferu-bust-and-karnak-list-1.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sobekneferu-bust-and-karnak-list-1.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sobekneferu-bust-and-karnak-list-1-300x220.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sobekneferu-bust-and-karnak-list-1-150x110.jpg 150w" decoding="async" height="550" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sobekneferu-bust-and-karnak-list-1.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sobekneferu-bust-and-karnak-list-1.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sobekneferu-bust-and-karnak-list-1-300x220.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sobekneferu-bust-and-karnak-list-1-150x110.jpg 150w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-494365" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;">Right: Bust of Sobekneferu in the Louvre (Photo: Neithsabes via <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louvre_0320O7_01.jpg" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Wikimedia Commons</a>, Public domain)<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Left: Photo of the Karnak List of Kings in the Louvre (Photo: Mbzt <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:P1060217_Louvre_Thoutmosis_III_chapelle_des_Anc%C3%AAtres_volet_1_rwk.JPG" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Wikimedia Commons</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target=""_blank”">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>)</p></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;"> </p><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 1.5px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 25px; text-shadow: none; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">REIGN AS PHARAOH</span></h3><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">When she became pharaoh, Sobekneferu adopted the full royal titulary, which was the customary naming convention consisting of five names used by pharaohs. She based her first name on the crocodile-headed god <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Sobek</span> associated with pharaonic power, fertility, and military prowess.</p><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_494323" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><img alt="Illustration of Egyptian God Sobek" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-494323" class="wp-image-494323 size-full lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sobek-egyptian-god-illustration-1.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sobek-egyptian-god-illustration-1.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sobek-egyptian-god-illustration-1-189x300.jpg 189w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sobek-egyptian-god-illustration-1-645x1024.jpg 645w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sobek-egyptian-god-illustration-1-150x238.jpg 150w" decoding="async" height="1191" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sobek-egyptian-god-illustration-1.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sobek-egyptian-god-illustration-1.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sobek-egyptian-god-illustration-1-189x300.jpg 189w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sobek-egyptian-god-illustration-1-645x1024.jpg 645w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sobek-egyptian-god-illustration-1-150x238.jpg 150w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-494323" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;">Jean-François Champollion, Illustration of Egyptian god Sobek, 1823–1825 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum via <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sovk_(Suchus,_Cronos,_Satrune),_N372.2.jpg" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Wikimedia Commons</a>, Public domain)</p></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">According to the Turin King List, Sobekneferu ruled for a total of 3 years, 10 months, and 24 days. Not much is known about her time as ruler, but it is believed that the Northern Mazghuna pyramid—an incompleted structure—may have been intended for her.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;"> </p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular; font-size: 36px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;">Other Female Rulers in Ancient Egypt</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;"> </p><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 1.5px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 25px; text-shadow: none; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">HATSHEPSUT (C. 1507 – 1458 BCE)</span></h3><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_494360" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><img alt="Temple of Hatshepsut" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-494360" class="wp-image-494360 size-full lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/temple-of-hatshepsut-1.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/temple-of-hatshepsut-1.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/temple-of-hatshepsut-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/temple-of-hatshepsut-1-150x100.jpg 150w" decoding="async" height="499" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/temple-of-hatshepsut-1.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/temple-of-hatshepsut-1.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/temple-of-hatshepsut-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/temple-of-hatshepsut-1-150x100.jpg 150w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-494360" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;">Temple of Hatshepsut, Luxor, Egypt (Photo: Siempreverde/<a href="https://depositphotos.com/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">DepositPhotos</a>)</p></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Hatshepsut</span> (c. 1507 – 1458 BCE) was the second confirmed female pharaoh after Sobekneferu. She began as co-regent for her husband's son and heir, and after some time, adopted the full royal titularly. With a reign lasting 21 years, she had unprecedented power for a female ruler, maintaining peace in Egypt and constructing an extension to the Valley of the Kings so that her final resting place would be closer to her father, Thutmose I.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;"> </p><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 1.5px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 25px; text-shadow: none; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">NEFERTITI (C. 1370 – 1330 BCE)</span></h3><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_494334" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><img alt="Bust of Nefertiti" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-494334" class="size-full wp-image-494334 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/nefertiti-bust-1.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/nefertiti-bust-1.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/nefertiti-bust-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/nefertiti-bust-1-150x107.jpg 150w" decoding="async" height="536" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/nefertiti-bust-1.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/nefertiti-bust-1.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/nefertiti-bust-1-300x214.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/nefertiti-bust-1-150x107.jpg 150w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-494334" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;">Bust of Nefertiti (Photo: wrangel/<a href="https://depositphotos.com/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">DepositPhotos</a>)</p></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">Although not pharaoh herself, <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Nefertiti</span>‘s (c. 1370 – 1330 BCE) name has persisted because she held a uniquely influential role as wife and queen, which we see in surviving depictions of her. Historians have gleaned that Nefertiti was a major proponent of Akhenaten's religious and cultural movement. She represented the female aspect of Aten while her husband represented the male—and both acted as a bridge between Aten and the Egyptian people.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;"> </p></article></div></div>Pavan Mickeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03387010164723125554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246813438162815157.post-27824609178994629942022-04-29T14:34:00.002+05:302022-04-29T14:34:11.120+05:30Nature Photographer of the Year - 2022<p> </p><div class="row" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px;"><div class="section-intro col-sm-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; position: relative; width: 1170px;"><article class="first-page article no-sidebar" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_505373" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 1210px;"><img alt="Male Kestrel Perched on a Branch with Blooming Flowers" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-505373" class="size-full wp-image-505373" decoding="async" height="801" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-1.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-1.jpg 1200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-1-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-1-768x513.jpg 768w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 1140px;" width="1200" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-505373" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 20px auto; text-shadow: none; width: 1140px;">“The florist” by Thomas Hempelmann. Overall Winner.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“This male kestrel could hardly have chosen a more beautiful perch. The picture was taken in Greifswald, northern Germany.”</p></div><p class="first-letter-styles" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 20px auto; text-align: left; text-shadow: none; width: 798px;">Ayoung wildlife photographer rose to the top of the competition and took home the title of Nature Photographer of the Year in the German Society for Nature Photographer's annual contest. Thomas Hempelmann is just 23 years old, but he's proved to be a force in the photography world. His image of a male kestrel perched on a branch filled with blooms beat out 6,400 other photos for the win.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 20px auto; text-align: left; text-shadow: none; width: 798px;">The GDT Nature Photographer of the Year is an annual celebration for the society's 400 members. Across several categories that celebrate all aspects of nature, the photographs demonstrate their exceptional talent. From exotic locations in Kenya to the forests of Germany, the images show how award-winning photography can be captured anywhere. In fact, the story behind Hempelmann's winning photo is a perfect example.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 20px auto; text-align: left; text-shadow: none; width: 798px;">Hempelmann was on his way home from an unremarkable photo tour when he stopped to photograph a bird of prey on a lamppost. Those photos may not have been remarkable, but what happened next certainly was. “When the kestrel rose up and then settled between the white blossoms that I had already spotted from the corner of my eye, my heart began to beat faster as I had imagined such a situation many times before,” the German photographer shares. “While I was still pondering whether to take off my 2x extender to include more of the tree in the picture, he was already gone again. In the end, it was only a few seconds that made my day and I whistled loudly with joy all the way home.”</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 20px auto; text-align: left; text-shadow: none; width: 798px;">The other category winners are equally impressive. Felix Wesch's photo of foxgloves and ferns looks like an oil painting and Radomir Jakubowski's image of a wave frozen in time is a sculptural masterpiece. Other notable images include Stefan Imig's portrait of a beech tree. The photographer took home this year's special award celebrating the beech, which is one of the most ecologically important tree species in Germany.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 20px auto; text-align: left; text-shadow: none; width: 798px;">Take a look at more of the winners and runners up below.</p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The GDT Nature Photographer of the Year is an annual celebration for Germany's Nature Photography Society.</span></h2><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_505379" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 1210px;"><img alt="Hippo Emerging from Water in the Masai Mara National Park in Kenya" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-505379" class="size-full wp-image-505379 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-3.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-3.jpg 1200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-3-300x224.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-3-1024x764.jpg 1024w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-3-768x573.jpg 768w" decoding="async" height="895" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-3.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-3.jpg 1200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-3-300x224.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-3-1024x764.jpg 1024w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-3-768x573.jpg 768w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 1140px;" width="1200" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-505379" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 20px auto; text-shadow: none; width: 1140px;">“Hippo Spout” by Jose Fragozo. Winner, Mammals.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“At sunrise in the Masai Mara National Park (Kenya) a hippo emerges emitting a cloud of water droplets.”</p></div><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_505394" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 1210px;"><img alt="Foxglove and fern in a birch forest near Wahner Heath, western Germany" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-505394" class="size-full wp-image-505394 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-8.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-8.jpg 1200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-8-300x200.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-8-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-8-768x512.jpg 768w" decoding="async" height="800" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-8.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-8.jpg 1200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-8-300x200.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-8-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-8-768x512.jpg 768w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 1140px;" width="1200" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-505394" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 20px auto; text-shadow: none; width: 1140px;">“Foxglove and fern” by Felix Wesch. Winner, Plants and Fungi.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Foxglove and fern in a birch forest near Wahner Heath, western Germany.”</p></div><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_505376" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 1210px;"><img alt="Barn Owl Passing Over an LED Light" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-505376" class="size-full wp-image-505376 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-2.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-2.jpg 1200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-2-768x512.jpg 768w" decoding="async" height="800" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-2.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-2.jpg 1200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-2-768x512.jpg 768w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 1140px;" width="1200" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-505376" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 20px auto; text-shadow: none; width: 1140px;">“Barn Owl” by Karsten Mosebach. Runner Up, Birds.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“A barn owl passes over an LED light. A flash lights up at the end of the exposure time, and a dark cloth dims the background.”</p></div><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_505385" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 1210px;"><img alt="Ritualized fight of stag beetles at sunset on the Swabian Albs" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-505385" class="size-full wp-image-505385 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-5.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-5.jpg 1200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-5-768x512.jpg 768w" decoding="async" height="800" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-5.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-5.jpg 1200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-5-768x512.jpg 768w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 1140px;" width="1200" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-505385" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 20px auto; text-shadow: none; width: 1140px;">“Take off” by Heinz Buls. Winner, Other Animals.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Ritualized fight between stag beetles at sunset on the Swabian Albs.”</p></div><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_505406" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 1210px;"><img alt="A wave, illuminated by the rising sun. Black lava rocks provide a dark background." aria-describedby="caption-attachment-505406" class="size-full wp-image-505406 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-12.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-12.jpg 1200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-12-300x200.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-12-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-12-768x512.jpg 768w" decoding="async" height="800" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-12.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-12.jpg 1200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-12-300x200.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-12-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-12-768x512.jpg 768w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 1140px;" width="1200" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-505406" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 20px auto; text-shadow: none; width: 1140px;">“The Wave” by Radomir Jakubowski. Winner, Nature's Studio.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“A wave, illuminated by the rising sun. Black lava rocks provide a dark background.”</p></div><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular; font-size: 36px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;">400 members from 11 countries submitted their best work for consideration.</h2><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_505391" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 1210px;"><img alt="Wood anemones" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-505391" class="size-full wp-image-505391 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-7.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-7.jpg 1200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-7-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-7-768x512.jpg 768w" decoding="async" height="800" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-7.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-7.jpg 1200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-7-300x200.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-7-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-7-768x512.jpg 768w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 1140px;" width="1200" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-505391" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 20px auto; text-shadow: none; width: 1140px;">“Springtime dream” by Stefan Wagner. Runner-up, Plants and Fungi.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Every year in March, the wood anemones (Anemone nemorosa) adorn the forest floor and invite our dreams to flourish after a usually grey winter.”</p></div><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_505397" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 1210px;"><img alt="Wintery sunrise at Wegelnburg, Palatinate" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-505397" class="size-full wp-image-505397 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-9.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-9.jpg 1200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-9-300x200.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-9-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-9-768x512.jpg 768w" decoding="async" height="800" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-9.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-9.jpg 1200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-9-300x200.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-9-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-9-768x512.jpg 768w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 1140px;" width="1200" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-505397" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 20px auto; text-shadow: none; width: 1140px;">“Wasgau Illumination” by Steffen Jung. Winner, Landscapes.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Wintery sunrise at Wegelnburg, Palatinate.”</p></div><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_505403" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 1210px;"><img alt="Detail of a red fly agaric" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-505403" class="size-full wp-image-505403 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-11.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-11.jpg 1200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-11-300x200.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-11-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-11-768x512.jpg 768w" decoding="async" height="800" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-11.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-11.jpg 1200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-11-300x200.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-11-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-11-768x512.jpg 768w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 1140px;" width="1200" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-505403" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 20px auto; text-shadow: none; width: 1140px;">“Curved” by Frauke Fuck. 4th Place, Nature's Studio.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Detail of a red fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) near Remscheid in the Bergisches Land region of Germany.”</p></div><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_505382" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 1210px;"><img alt="Young California Sea Lion Playing with Kelp" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-505382" class="size-full wp-image-505382 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-4.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-4.jpg 1200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-4-768x512.jpg 768w" decoding="async" height="800" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-4.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-4.jpg 1200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-4-768x512.jpg 768w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 1140px;" width="1200" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-505382" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 20px auto; text-shadow: none; width: 1140px;">“Seeweed toy” by Celia Kujala. 5th Place, Mammals.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“A young California sea lion plays with kelp off Islas Coronado (Mexico) while another juvenile watches.”</p></div><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_505400" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 1210px;"><img alt="A foggy day at the floodplains of the March, a boundary river between Austria and Slovakia" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-505400" class="size-full wp-image-505400 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-10.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-10.jpg 1200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-10-300x200.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-10-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-10-768x512.jpg 768w" decoding="async" height="800" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-10.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-10.jpg 1200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-10-300x200.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-10-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-10-768x512.jpg 768w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 1140px;" width="1200" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-505400" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 20px auto; text-shadow: none; width: 1140px;">“Reflections in the March meadows” by Joachim Wimmer. 3rd Place, Landscapes.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“A foggy day at the floodplains of the March, a boundary river between Austria and Slovakia.”</p></div><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_505388" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 1210px;"><img alt="A tadpole of the green toad in a muddy puddle" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-505388" class="size-full wp-image-505388 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-6.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-6.jpg 1200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-6-300x200.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-6-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-6-768x511.jpg 768w" decoding="async" height="798" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-6.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-6.jpg 1200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-6-300x200.jpg 300w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-6-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-6-768x511.jpg 768w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 1140px;" width="1200" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-505388" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 20px auto; text-shadow: none; width: 1140px;">“In motion” by Christian-Dietrich Morawitz. Runner-up, Other Animals.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“A tadpole of the green toad in a muddy puddle.”</p></div><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_505409" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 1210px;"><img alt="Old beech tree at Kellerwald-Eidersee National Park" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-505409" class="size-full wp-image-505409 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-13.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-13.jpg 1200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-13-200x300.jpg 200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-13-683x1024.jpg 683w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-13-768x1151.jpg 768w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-13-1025x1536.jpg 1025w" decoding="async" height="1798" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-13.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-13.jpg 1200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-13-200x300.jpg 200w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-13-683x1024.jpg 683w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-13-768x1151.jpg 768w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/gdt-society-for-nature-13-1025x1536.jpg 1025w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; vertical-align: middle; width: 1140px;" width="1200" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-505409" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 20px auto; text-shadow: none; width: 1140px;">“Common beech in a fog” by Stefan Imig. A special category in cooperation with the NABU-Foundation for National Natural Heritage: The Beech—Tree of the Year 2022.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />“Old beech tree at Kellerwald-Eidersee National Park.”</p></div></article></div></div>Pavan Mickeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03387010164723125554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246813438162815157.post-22307341948767015052022-04-28T14:26:00.001+05:302022-04-28T14:26:12.869+05:30Embellishing Dress With a Fairy Tale Landscape - Designer Spends Over 190 Hours <div class="row" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px;"><div class="col-xs-12 article-heading-area" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 10px; position: relative; width: 780px;"><h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: foglihtenregular; font-size: 48px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin: 25px 0px 12.5px; text-align: center; text-shadow: none;"><img alt="Hand Decorated Dress by Sylvie Facon" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-507327" decoding="async" height="1068" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-1.jpeg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-1.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-1-211x300.jpeg 211w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-1-719x1024.jpeg 719w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; font-size: 18px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /></h1></div></div><div class="row" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px;"><div class="section-intro col-sm-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; position: relative; width: 780px;"><article class="first-page article " style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">French designer <a href="https://sylviefacon-creatrice.fr/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Sylvie Facon</a> creates custom-made dresses that are fit for a fairytale. Her specialty practise involves embellishing delicate silk gowns with embroidery, beading, and even painting. One of her most recent creations features a romantic depiction of a bucolic, European landscape framed by a leafy border.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">The finished piece required over 190 hours of meticulous work. However, when you take a closer look at the garment, it is easy to see why it required so much time. Facon used the entire bodice as a canvas, starting by transforming the bust into a blue-and-pink sky that is dotted with tiny sequens and semi-opaque white clouds, and covering the area below with a vision into a romantic destination.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">Two tall and verdant trees are the first details that catch the viewer's eyes. Facon fills their crown of leaves with numerous knots and beads to create a three-dimensional texture that shimmers in the light. Behind their branches is a painting of rolling hills littered with shrubs and flowers, and a vision of a tall grey church or castle poking out in the distance. The entire picture is cradled inside the dellicate frame of a pair of brown-coloured leaves, which are also adorned with a speckling of sequins.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">While the bodice of this dress is the centrepiece, the rest of the garment's design is equally glamorous in style. For instance, attached to the shoulders is a translucent, emerald-green cape with a metalic vine detail that flutters over the wearer's arms and back, effortlessly. Similarly, the skirt of the dress features some of the same silvery vines along the hips and a gradient that darkens towards the bottom of the frock.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;">You can find dresses available for purchase via Falcon's <a href="https://sylviefacon-creatrice.fr/robes-en-stock-disponibles-immediatement" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">website</a>, and keep up to date with her latest creations by following her on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sylviefaconcreatricefrance/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Instagram</a>.</p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular; font-size: 36px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;">Artist Sylvie Facon creates delicate dresses that are embellished with exquisite designs.</h2><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-size: 18px; height: auto;"><img alt="Hand Decorated Dress by Sylvie Facon" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-507330 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-2.jpeg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-2.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-2-198x300.jpeg 198w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-2-676x1024.jpeg 676w" decoding="async" height="1136" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-2.jpeg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-2.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-2-198x300.jpeg 198w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-2-676x1024.jpeg 676w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><img alt="Hand Decorated Dress by Sylvie Facon" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-507336 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-4.jpeg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-4.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-4-222x300.jpeg 222w" decoding="async" height="1013" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-4.jpeg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-4.jpeg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-4-222x300.jpeg 222w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /></span><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">She spent over 190 hours embellishing this dress with embroidery, beading, and delicate painting.</span></span></h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;"><img alt="Hand Decorated Dress by Sylvie Facon" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-507342 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-6.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-6.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-6-240x300.jpg 240w" decoding="async" height="938" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-6.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-6.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-6-240x300.jpg 240w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><img alt="Hand Decorated Dress by Sylvie Facon" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-507339 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-5.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-5.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-5-240x300.jpg 240w" decoding="async" height="938" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-5.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-5.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-5-240x300.jpg 240w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><img alt="Hand Decorated Dress by Sylvie Facon" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-507333 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-3.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-3.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-3-240x300.jpg 240w" decoding="async" height="938" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-3.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-3.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sylvie-facon-hand-decorated-dress-3-240x300.jpg 240w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 25px; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /></p></article></div></div>Pavan Mickeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03387010164723125554noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1246813438162815157.post-8247874960816821002022-04-09T07:30:00.007+05:302022-04-09T07:30:44.992+05:30Lord Charles Darwin’s Stolen Notebooks - Rare pictures<div class="row" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px;"><div class="col-xs-12 article-heading-area" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 10px; position: relative; width: 780px;"><div class="article-share-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-top: 10px; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="row" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Avenir-Next; margin-left: -15px; margin-right: -15px;"><div class="section-intro col-sm-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; min-height: 1px; padding-left: 15px; padding-right: 15px; position: relative; width: 780px;"><article class="first-page article " style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_503617" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="Darwin's Notebook" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-503617" class="size-full wp-image-503617" decoding="async" height="422" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/darwin-notebook-1.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/darwin-notebook-1.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/darwin-notebook-1-300x169.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /></span><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-503617" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;"><span style="font-size: large;">One of the stollen notebooks now returned. (Photo: Cambridge University Library)</span></p></div><p class="first-letter-styles" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">In November 2000, Cambridge University librarians received a request to pull two precious items from their collections for photographing. The two items were notepads that once belonged to Charles Darwin, which contained his notes from the 1830s after his return from the Galapagos Islands. The notebooks mysteriously vanished from the library, an unexpected crime and devastating loss for the collections. In a surprise twist, the notebooks have at last been recovered—left in a gift bag in the library under as mysterious circumstances as they once vanished.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The notebooks contain Darwin's famous “Tree of Life” sketch, among other notes which helped form his theory of evolution. The precious documents were initially thought to be miss-shelved among the 10 million books in Cambridge University Library collections. However, the books failed to reappear; and after many years, authorities concluded they had been stollen. In 2020, Cambridge University Librarian Dr. Jessica Gardner, Cambridgeshire Police, and Interpol began a vocal quest for the missing items.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">On March 9, 2022, employees found a pink gift bag in a public area of the fourth floor of the library. Inside were two books wrapped in plastic and a note. The unsigned, typed card reads: “Librarian, Happy Easter, X.” The area where the books were deposited has no cameras, but the general entrances of the building are surveilled. While police are investigating the theft and mysterious return, librarians and scholars are just thrilled to have the precious notebooks back.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">“There have been tears,” said Dr. Gardner to <em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60980288" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">BBC</a></em>. “And I think there still will be, because we are not over the emotional rollercoaster. It means so much to us to have these home.” By analyzing the ink, paper type, copper fastenings of the notebooks, and the contents of the pages, scholars were able to verify their authenticity. “I do wonder where they have been,” Dr. Gardner says. “They haven't been handled much, they've clearly been looked after with care, wherever they have been.”</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Certainly not all stolen artifacts receive the care which these notebooks clearly did. Many questions remain. Who stole the notebooks? Why did they return them? Are we dealing with a repentant thief, a morally corrupt book collector? Did someone find the books in another's belongings and return them without identifying the thief? The answers are elusive, but surely the mysterious person is right about one thing: it will be a happy Easter at the Cambridge University Library.</span></p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">On March 9, 2022, employees found a pink gift bag in a public area of the fourth floor of the library.</span></h2><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_503623" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="Darwin's famous "Tree of Life" drawing." aria-describedby="caption-attachment-503623" class="size-full wp-image-503623 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/darwin-notebook-returned-3.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/darwin-notebook-returned-3.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/darwin-notebook-returned-3-300x225.jpg 300w" decoding="async" height="563" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/darwin-notebook-returned-3.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/darwin-notebook-returned-3.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/darwin-notebook-returned-3-300x225.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /></span><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-503623" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-style: italic; margin: 0px 0px 25px !important; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Darwin's famous “Tree of Life” drawing. (Photo: Stuart Roberts/Cambridge University Library)</span></p></div><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Inside were two plastic-wrapped notebooks containing notes on evolution by Charles Darwin.</span></h2><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_503614" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="Note from thief" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-503614" class="size-full wp-image-503614 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/darwin-notebook-returned-4.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/darwin-notebook-returned-4.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/darwin-notebook-returned-4-300x169.jpg 300w" decoding="async" height="422" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/darwin-notebook-returned-4.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/darwin-notebook-returned-4.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/darwin-notebook-returned-4-300x169.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /></span><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-503614" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;"><span style="font-size: large;">The mysterious note included with the returned notebooks. (Photo: Cambridge University Library)</span></p></div><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The notebooks were stolen in November 2000, but for many years librarians at the University of Cambridge were unsure if the books were merely lost.</span></h2><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_503611" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="Giftbag for Returned Stollen Book" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-503611" class="size-full wp-image-503611 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/darwin-notebook-returned-6.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/darwin-notebook-returned-6.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/darwin-notebook-returned-6-300x169.jpg 300w" decoding="async" height="422" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/darwin-notebook-returned-6.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/darwin-notebook-returned-6.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/darwin-notebook-returned-6-300x169.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /></span><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-503611" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gift bag in which the stollen books were returned. (Photo: <a href="https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/TreeOfLife" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b80b30; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Stuart Roberts/Cambridge University Library</a>)</span></p></div><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Not much is known about the thief, or why the books were returned, but it came with a note that reads, “Librarian, Happy Easter, X.”</span></h2><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_503605" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><img alt="Books wrapped in plastic" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-503605" class="size-full wp-image-503605 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/wrapped-book-1.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/wrapped-book-1.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/wrapped-book-1-300x169.jpg 300w" decoding="async" height="422" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/wrapped-book-1.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/wrapped-book-1.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/wrapped-book-1-300x169.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-503605" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;">The notebooks were returned wrapped in plastic. (Photo: Stuart Roberts/Cambridge University Library)</p></div><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: cardoregular; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 12.5px; margin-top: 0px; text-shadow: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The answers are elusive, but surely the mysterious repentant thief is right about one thing: it will be a happy Easter at the Cambridge University Library.</span></h2><div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_503608" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 20px !important; max-width: 100%; width: 760px;"><img alt="Library Staff at Cambridge" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-503608" class="size-full wp-image-503608 lazyloaded" data-src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/darwin-notebooks-returned-1.jpg" data-srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/darwin-notebooks-returned-1.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/darwin-notebooks-returned-1-300x226.jpg 300w" decoding="async" height="564" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" src="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/darwin-notebooks-returned-1.jpg" srcset="https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/darwin-notebooks-returned-1.jpg 750w, https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/darwin-notebooks-returned-1-300x226.jpg 300w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; margin-bottom: 5px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 750px;" width="750" /><p class="wp-caption-text" id="caption-attachment-503608" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #8d8d8d; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: italic; margin: 0px; text-shadow: none; width: 750px;">Cambridge scholars and librarians examining the books to confirm authenticity. (Photo: Cambridge University</p></div></article></div></div>PAVAN MICKEYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17185798077119990900noreply@blogger.com0