13998336 - The Sun setting in a smoky and cloudy sky over the just-harvested grain field,near home in southern Alberta. In fact,the harvester machines were working the field as I shot this. This was September 3,2023.13900385 - The Big Dipper (at right) trailing over Pyramid Mountain in Jasper National Park, on a moonlit night on October 24/25, 2015. An Iridium satellite, in fact two following each other on the same path, streak at left.13846827 - Tea Pot Boiling over the Camp Fire on the First Day of the Three Day Trek up Mount Rinjani, Lombok, Indonesia. The fact that your porter or guide prepare your lunch does make you feel a bit lazy, but a warm cup of sugary tea on arrival is always welcome! Mount Rinjani, (Gunung Rinjani in Indonesian) is an active volcano on Lombok island, Indonesia. Its summit of 3726m, makes it Indonesia's second highest volcano and provides impressive views over the entirety of the island of Lombok, and as far as to the west a Mount Agung and Mount Batur volcano on Bali, and as far the east as the island of S13897964 - The 2016 Perseid meteor shower, in a view looking north to the Big Dipper and with the radiant point in Perseus at upper right, the point where the meteors appear to be streaking from. I shot this on the peak night of the shower, August 11/12 after moonset so the sky was dark and in fact filled with bright airglow, appearing here as bands of green and yellow, mixed with a low-level aurora to the north as well. While it looks like the sky has artificial light pollution, the glows here are natural, from aurora and airglow.13936015 - France, Nord, Villeneuve d'Ascq, LAM (Lille Metropole Museum of Modern Art, Contemporary Art and Art Brut), sculpture by Richard Deacon entitled Between Fiction and Fact, in the museum gardens\n13935720 - France, Nord, Villeneuve d'Ascq, LAM (Lille Métropole Museum of Modern Art, Contemporary Art and Art Brut), sculpture by Richard Deacon entitled Between Fiction and Fact, in the museum gardens\n13929845 - France, Nord, Villeneuve d'Ascq, LAM (Lille Métropole Museum of Modern Art, Contemporary Art and Art Brut), sculpture by Richard Deacon entitled Between Fiction and Fact, in the museum gardens\n13934220 - France, Nord, Villeneuve d'Ascq, LAM (Lille Metropole Museum of Modern Art, Contemporary Art and Art Brut), sculpture by Richard Deacon entitled Between Fiction and Fact, in the museum gardens\n71396939 - Partial view of the Grand Canal. The big hands are Lorenzo Quinn's sculpture Support,which,in fact,seems to support the Hotel Ca S'agredo. Venice,Veneto,Italy.71399546 - Sunset in the Beach of Waikiki Beach. O'ahu. Hawaii. Waikiki is most famous for its beaches and every room is just two or three blocks away from the sea. With Leahi (Diamond Head) as your backdrop,the calm waters of Waikiki are perfect for a surfing lesson. In fact,legendary Hawaiian waterman Duke Kahanamoku grew up surfing the waves of Waikiki.71207204 - Police station? In the series 'SOKO Wismar' already. In fact, behind the walls is the courtyard of the Holy Spirit Church. Wismar, Baltic Sea Coast, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern , Germany70390524 - Northern fulmar Fulmarus glacialis glacialis on the wing in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway MORE INFO Though similar in appearance to gulls, fulmars are in fact members of the Procellariidae family, which incude petrels and shearwaters Fulmarus can be70357927 - The Lotus Flower Tower, This Tower Was Built As a Monument to Egyptian-Soviet Friendship to Highlight the Fact that the Soviet Union Contributed to the Construction of the High Dam, Aswan, Egypt, Africa
