This is the view standing down by the Tiber and looking up to the Ponte Sant’Angelo with St. Peter’s Dom in the background.
The bridge was built originally by the Roman Emperor Hadrian 134 AD. The intention was to give access from the city center to Hadrian’s mausoleum. Latter went through some significant changes over the centuries and is now known as Castel Sant’Angelo.
The statues of the two angels in the foreground are part of the 10 angel statues standing along he Ponte Sant'Angelo. Each angel holds an instrument of the Passion. The facing angel holds the crown of thorns and at the bottom it has the inscription “In aerumna mea dum configitur spina” (The thorn is fastened upon me), while the angel showing its back carries the sudarium.
The Ponte Sant’Angelo was the main access to the St Peter’s Dom until Ponte Vittorio Emanuele II was build in 1911. It served for centuries for pilgrims to cross the Tiber seeking for repentance.
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This is my last image of a three week trip to United Area Emirates and Oman. I spent two days in Abu Dhabi, two days in Dubai, two weeks overlanding with 4x4 rental car in Oman and finally one more night in Abu Dhabi.
It was a memorable last evening with the sun setting behind the mosque while hearing the imam singing and calling for the last prayer of the day.
Nikon D850
Nikon 20-70mm f/2.8
0.8s at f/8
RAW ISO 400
09/13/2019
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Buðir's little pitch-black church at the Snæfellsnes peninsula is worth the little detour before you get to Arnarstapi. It is a windswept location, former fishing village, surrounded by the Búðahraun lavafield, rumoured to be home to countless elves, and enjoying unsurpassed views out over the Atlantic. The black church with its three white-framed windows dates from 1703, and cuts an evocative image when viewed with the majestic Snæfellsnes mountain range as a backdrop. I was not that lucky as the Snæfellsnes was covered in low and thick clouds, but still lucky enough to get a quite dramatic view of the church anyway.
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Dawn at the Tomarapi village (4.200m), located in the Sajama National Park. View of the Church of Tomarapi in the foreground and the highest peak in Bolvia in the background. The commanding snow covered and extinct stratovolcano Nevado Sajama (6.542m).
Nikon D810
Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 75mm
30s at f/8.0
RAW ISO 400
03/21/2018
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Kiva, Canyons of the Ancients, Colorado
The Colorado Plateau is full of surprises and mysteries. A special finding for me are reminiscence of ancient pueblo activity. Best known examples are Chaco and Mesa Verde, but there are many significantly smaller habitations and constructs left to be found by the vigil eyes. A special treat are kivas and in particular intact ones. Entering one gives me a similar feeling as being in an European gothic cathedral, even if the architectural elements cannot be compared at all.
Kivas are extraordinary. You cannot see the presence of a kiva unless there are two poles emerging out of the surface. They are kind of hidden. You have to climb down into the sacred space. Usually people have the feeling that a stair or ladder takes them up - hence the cliche “staircase to heaven”. To get to a kiva it means “ladder down”, into earth’s belly, into the darkness. I don’t have an answer what the intention of the ancient pueblo people was, but I can say that if I want to introspect, I close my eyes and I try to do this at a silent place. I try to subtract myself from the surroundings. I make forgotten what is around me. I try to listen to my inner self. I try to reconnect with my deeper intentions. These kind of feelings are called in Latin “religare” and it gave the origin for the word “religion”.
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Nikon D810
Nikon 19 mm f/4.0
1s at f/8
RAW ISO 100
10/11/2018
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