Wieserhörndl by Manuel Widl

Wieserhörndl, Austria. manuelwidl.at

Manuel Widl: Photos

Cleaning the lenses by Adrian Sommeling

I asked my sun to clean my lenses and so he did…. He put them in the washing machine 😉

Adrian Sommeling: Photos

~ Butterfly ~ by Jasna Matz

Many thanks for your visit and all the very appreciated comments! ♥

Jasna Matz: Photos

Fire by alohalars

Wonderful sunset on the west coast of mediterranean island of elba at Spiaggia di patresi. Such a beautiful sunset. The fireball combined with the warm shimmering stones in the foreground. Breathtaking scenery at 9pm. Enjoy this fantastic sunset with me.

alohalars: Photos

Survivor by Ray Cologon

A southern gull with a missing toe on its one remaining leg transcends its affliction, lifting valiantly into the air to forage for food among the rocks and tussocks of the St Kilda Marina foreshore reserve in Melbourne.

Ray Cologon: Photos

寂静黎明 by 卡哥

漂亮的K Country 黎明日出

卡哥: Photos

Rocky Mountain sheep. by Tanner Wendell Stewart

Sunrise. Rocky Mountain Sheep. Two Jack lake. Banff. Alberta. I experienced autumn for 4 days in Canada but winter had its own agenda. This was a beautiful morning after 2 solid days of snow.

Tanner Wendell Stewart: Photos

Statue of Liberty, New York by John S

The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States. The copper statue, a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and built by Gustave Eiffel. The statue was dedicated on October 28, 1886. The Statue of Liberty is a figure of a robed woman representing Libertas, a Roman liberty goddess. She holds a torch above her head with her right hand, and in her left hand carries a tabula ansata inscribed in Roman numerals with “JULY IV MDCCLXXVI” (July 4, 1776), the date of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. A broken chain lies at her feet as she walks forward. The statue became an icon of freedom and of the United States, and was a welcoming sight to immigrants arriving from abroad. Bartholdi was inspired by a French law professor and politician, Édouard René de Laboulaye, who is said to have commented in 1865 that any monument raised to U.S. independence would properly be a joint project of the French and U.S. peoples. Because of the post-war instability in France, work on the statue did not commence until the early 1870s. In 1875, Laboulaye proposed that the French finance the statue and the U.S. provide the site and build the pedestal. Bartholdi completed the head and the torch-bearing arm before the statue was fully designed, and these pieces were exhibited for publicity at international expositions. The torch-bearing arm was displayed at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876, and in Madison Square Park in Manhattan from 1876 to 1882. Fundraising proved difficult, especially for the Americans, and by 1885 work on the pedestal was threatened by lack of funds. Publisher Joseph Pulitzer, of the New York World, started a drive for donations to finish the project and attracted more than 120,000 contributors, most of whom gave less than a dollar. The statue was built in France, shipped overseas in crates, and assembled on the completed pedestal on what was then called Bedloe’s Island. The statue’s completion was marked by New York’s first ticker-tape parade and a dedication ceremony presided over by President Grover Cleveland. The statue was administered by the United States Lighthouse Board until 1901 and then by the Department of War; since 1933 it has been maintained by the National Park Service. Public access to the balcony around the torch has been barred for safety since 1916.

John S: Photos

Mirror of soul by Joan LJ

www.joanlejan.fr

Joan LJ: Photos

노랑딱새 by Ahn . b . k

노랑딱새

Ahn . b . k: Photos

Grand-Place de Bruxelles by Koen Jacobs

June, 2016

Koen Jacobs: Photos

the sound of autumn by Tiger Seo

Tiger Seo: Photos