Headed up Mt Tibrogargan late at night to spend the night up top with some mates. Couldn’t help but lug my camera bag up there and try get the milkyway.

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France – Normandie – Mont Saint Michel – Tides

The Tides are caused by the action of the heavenly bodies, principally the sun and the moon. When they are in line with the earth (in syzygy) the attraction is multiplied, announcing spring tides, this corresponds with the period of highest tides ; on the contrary, if the sun and the moon form a right angle (in quadrature), the attraction is reduced and we are in neap tides, the period of lowest tidal movement.

These phenomena are accentuated in Mont Saint-Michel bay, because with the rock being in the back of the bay, the sea doesn’t reach the Mount during neap tides. On the other hand during spring tides, the sea reaches the Mount but only after 4 hours and 30 minutes after the start of the rising tide, about every fortnight.

The highest tides take place 36 to 48 hours after the full and new moons. These indications are a rough guide only and can be affected to acertain extent by atmospheric conditions. The highest tides in continental Europe take place at Mont Saint-Michel, up to 15 metres difference between low and hight water. During top of the spring tides, the sea goes out 15 kilometres from the coast and comes in again very quickly.

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I saw unequaled daybreak showtime on highway bridge. Was beautiful.

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Traunstein is the highest mountain on the east bank of Traunsee in the district of Gmunden, Austria. As measured by the height above sea level of its summit it is 1691 metres (5548 ft) high. Because of its almost vertical walls ending directly in the lake and secluded, advanced position Traunstein looks like a boulder in the landscape. Its distinctive silhouette is visible from a great distance therefore it is often called a guardian of the Salzkammergut.

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Shot this pic while holidaying in Malaysia

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Surin Elephant Village, Thailand

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Hôtel de Ville of Ajaccio was built under the reign of Charles X between 1826 and 1836. The maison carré (square house) follows a rectangular plan, arranging the offices around a barrelaulted hall with Doric columns at its entrance and from which initiates the monumental stair. The façade is divided in two parts separated by a stringourse cornice; at the top, a large lantern hosts the clock.

Inside the building one finds a Napoleonic Salon, which displays paintings, statues and other artistic and documentary evidence related to the imperial family. The collection was built up through numerous donations, the most important of which being that of cardinal Joseph Fesch, Napoleon maternal uncle, who left part of his very rich art collection in bequest to his birth city in 1836.

The first stone of the building was laid on 2 July 1826, the same day on which the town prefecture was started: the city mayor at the time was Costantin Stéphanopoli, but the project had already been approved and presented to the municipal council by his predecessor, Jeanaptiste Spoturni. The project was entrusted to the Parisian architect Alphonse de Gisors, while architect Peter Pergola and master builder Elie Exiga were in charge of the works, which cost around 100,000 Francs. In 1842 the local painter Jérôme Maglioli was commissioned to carry out the fresco decoration of the ceiling, but the paintings were destroyed due to the collapse of part of the building; another painter from Ajaccio, Philippe Bassoul, was then commissioned to carry out another decorative campaign.

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A blue double door at the end of a narrow corridor in a pittoresque residental area in the town of Bussum, the Netherlands.

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Playing chicken with cars at the Black Spur.

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