Première neige au pieds des Grandes Jorasses First snow at Grandes Jorasses by CHAM BT Les nuages s’en vont et le spectacle est là avec 10 cm de neige fraîche. Glacier de la Mer de glace Chamonix Mont Blanc
The clouds open and the show starts with 10cm of fresh snow.
Sea of Ice glacier Chamonix Mont Blanc http://flic.kr/p/A7TA8N
Raices by Rgdernio Pulsar L para verla sobre fondo
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Paris N°8 : temps nuageux … by Roberto Defilippi flickriver
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Reflections by dedge555 30 second shot of a these tree’s reflection at Trillium Lake on Mt Hood. http://flic.kr/p/7a9NCj
Reflection by Gary Newman Another from my recent trip to Norway.
This is an Aurora reflection in the lake at Kattfjordeidet, Troms.
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Beautiful sky by Markus T. Berger ⇒ http://ift.tt/17h40ob That’s a similar picture to the one I uploaded three pictures before. I just used here another composition to get more of the clouds. I like both pictures pretty much and can not decide which one is better. Hope you like it too. http://flic.kr/p/oXMXmG
End of the first day by Katarina 2353 You can follow me also on Getty | 500 px | Deviant Art
Rhodes(Greek: Ρόδος, Ródos, IPA: [ˈro̞ðo̞s]; Italian: Rodi; Ottoman Turkish: ردوس Rodos; Ladino: Rodi or Rodes) is a Greek island approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) southwest of Turkey in eastern Aegean Sea. It is the largest of the Dodecanese islands in terms of both land area and population, with a population of 117,007[2] of which 53,709 resided in the homonymous capital city of the island.
Historically, Rhodes was famous worldwide for the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The medieval Old Town of the City of Rhodes has been declared a World Heritage Site. Today Rhodes is a tourist destination.
The island of Rhodes is shaped like a spearhead, 79.7 km (49.5 mi) long and 38 km (24 mi) wide, with a total area of approximately 1,400 square kilometres (541 sq mi) and a coastline of approximately 220 km (137 mi). The city of Rhodes is located at the northern tip of the island, as well as the site of the ancient and modern commercial harbours.
In the 1st century AD, the Emperor Tiberius spent a brief term of exile on Rhodes, and Saint Paul brought Christianity to the island. Rhodes reached her zenith in the third century, and was then by common consent the most civilized and beautiful city in Hellas. In 395, the long Byzantine Empire period began for Rhodes, when the Roman Empire was split and the eastern half gradually became a Greek empire. Although part of Byzantium for the next thousand years, Rhodes was nevertheless repeatedly attacked by various forces. It was first occupied by Muslim forces of Muawiyah I in 672. Much later, Rhodes was retrieved for the Byzantine Emperor Alexius I Comnenus during the First Crusade.
In 1309 the Byzantine era came to an end when the island was occupied by forces of the Knights Hospitaller. Under the rule of the newly named “Knights of Rhodes”, the city was rebuilt into a model of the European medieval ideal. Many of the city’s famous monuments, including the Palace of the Grand Master, were built during this period.
The strong walls which the Knights had built withstood the attacks of the Sultan of Egypt in 1444, and of Mehmed II in 1480. Ultimately, however, Rhodes fell to the large army of Suleiman the Magnificent in December 1522, long after the rest of the Byzantine empire had been lost. The few surviving Knights were permitted to retire to the Kingdom of Sicily. The Knights would later move their base of operations to Malta. The island was thereafter a possession of the Ottoman Empire for nearly four centuries.
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