Is love a geometric matter
Posted on October 24th, 2007 by admin
Burial Ground, Reykjavík, Iceland, 1999
Posted on October 23rd, 2007 by admin
“Keeper of the faith, Jörmundur Ingi, leader of Iceland’s pagans, stands in their Reykjavík burial ground. The old religion faded as the Vikings adopted Christianity. But change came slowly. Some became not-so-peaceful missionaries, seeking converts by the sword. Viking times are ancient history, yet something, Jörmundur thinks, lives on. ‘Cattle die, kindred die, every man is mortal,’ states an Icelandic poem. ‘One thing that never dies: the glory of the great deed.’”
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Photograph by Steve Raymer Sisse Brimberg
Source: National Geographic
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Bangladesh-When the Water Comes
Posted on October 22nd, 2007 by admin
For a luscious break from August temperatures that average 84°F (28.9°C), a young herder does refreshing backflips off water buffalo taking their daily bath in the Turag River just west of Dhaka. Though waters near the capital are polluted by oil, dyes, chemicals, and sewage, most of the nation’s roughly 250 rivers are wide enough or fast enough during the monsoon to flush out impurities. Water buffalo, worth about [U.S.] $300 each, are used mainly for plowing and milking. Children also must toil. Most start working before age ten to augment meager family incomes.
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Photograph by James P. Blair
Source : National Geographic
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Cement skies over Luangwa Valley
Posted on October 19th, 2007 by admin
Cement skies over Luangwa Valley, Zambia, set off a string of ruby-plumed carmine bee-eaters perched on a branch.
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Photograph by Frans Lanting
Source : National Geographic
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Afghan Girl - 1985
Posted on October 17th, 2007 by admin
PESHAWAR, Pakistan—An Afghan girl at Nasir Bagh refugee camp, 1984. © Steve McCurry
No worthy collection of seminal photography would ignore this iconic picture by McCurry. National Geographic made it big and this is really just a beautiful picture. Her eyes are incredible.
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