Kodungalloor Bharani is a temple festival a congregation of oracles (Vellichapads). Dressed in red with untied hair brandishing their swords both men and women Komarams create an electric atmosphere.The oracles perform a mad run around the temple. They throw objects inside the temple mainly sticks which signifies the Kavutheendal. The oracles also sing numerous songs that are associated with the legend of the Goddess and those associated with farming culture and mother earth. Another highlight is the hurling of abuses at the deity ��� locally known as Kodungalloor Bharani Pattu. The lyrics of the song contain mostly sexually explicit words ��� most of which are abusive.
Made famous by writer John Steinbeck Monterey's Cannery Row on Monterey Bay now is one of the biggest tourist draws in California. In addition to shopping and waterside restaurants visitors can rent kayaks to explore the bay itself here passing a rock perch of anhingas.
Ladakh (land of high passes) is a region of India in the state of Jammu and Kashmir that currently extends from the Karakoram mountain range in the north to the main Great Himalayas to the south inhabited by people of Indo-Aryan and Tibetan descent. It is one of the most sparsely populated regions in Jammu and Kashmir and its culture and history are closely related to that of Tibet.
Volunteer scientists and conservationists monitor migratory Rufous Hummingbirds (Selasphorus rufus) as a part of the Hummingbird Monitoring Network. Birds are aged sexed weighed and tagged at a banding station in Widgeon Marsh Park Reserve British Columbia
The Iggesund paper board plant in Workington Cumbria UK with a wind turbine to help power the plant with construction work on a new biofuel power station to power the manufacturing plant.
Boys age 13-17 from the Venturing Crew 191 from Glendora California put a year of training into practice as they attempt to reach the summit of Mount Shasta via the Avalanche Gulch route Shasta Trinity National Forest Northern California. Mount Shasta is a massive glaciated volcano and at 14 179 feet is the second highest peak in the Cascade Range and the fifth highest in California; it is not connected to any other peak and rises abruptly 10 000 feet from the surrounding terrain. The scouts from Venturing Crew 191 (Venturing Crews are a branch of the Boy Scouts that concentrate on adventurous activities) had prepared for a year for their ascent of Mount Shasta this was their first experience with climbing on steep snow and they were assisted in their ascent by guides from SWS Mountain Guides. Jeremy Kolbach of Venturing Crew 191 signs the summit register on the summit of Mount Shasta 14 179 feet while Josh Kolbach (right) advisor Sandy Howlett and guide JB (red) look on Shasta Trinity National Forest California.
A Second world War lookout post leaning alarmingly and about to tumble over the edge of the cliff near Aldbrough on Yorkshires East Coast UK. The coast is composed of soft boulder clays very vulnerable to coastal erosion. This section of coast has been eroding since Roman times with many villages having disappeared into the sea and is the fastest eroding coast in Europe. Climate change is speeding up the erosion with sea level rise increased stormy weather and increased heavy rainfall events all playing their part.
A man cleaning his outrigger canoe after coming back from collecting sea cucumbers in the village of Hessessai Bay at PanaTinai (Panatinane)island in the Louisiade Archipelago in Milne Bay Province Papua New Guinea. The island has an area of 78 km2. The Louisiade Archipelago is a string of ten larger volcanic islands frequently fringed by coral reefs and 90 smaller coral islands located 200 km southeast of New Guinea stretching over more than 160 km and spread over an ocean area of 26 000 km? between the Solomon Sea to the north and the Coral Sea to the south. The aggregate land area of the islands is about 1 790 km? (690 square miles) with Vanatinai (formerly Sudest or Tagula as named by European claimants on Western maps) being the largest. Sideia Island and Basilaki Island lie closest to New Guinea while Misima Vanatinai and Rossel islands lie further east.
First person loads gear into a Super Cub at Copper Valley Air Service for a ski mountaineering ascent of the standard Sheep Glacier Route on Mount Sanford in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park outside of Glennallen Alaska June 2011. Mount Sanford at 16 237 feet is the sixth tallest mountain in the United States.
La Bas??lica Menor de Nuestra Se?�ora de ?�frica (en Franc?�s Bas??lica de Notre-Dame d'Afrique) Es Una Bas??lica Menor cat??lica Localizada en Argel y Perteneciente a la Arquidi??cesis de Argel. Tras cuarenta a?�os en construcci??n la bas??lica FUE abierta en 1872. Su arquitecto Jean Eug?�ne Fromageau Que Habia Sido Nombrado arquitecto en jefe de Varios Edificios Religiosos en la Argelia francesa en 1859 utiliz?? el Estilo neobizantino Que ESTABA en boga en la Francia de la ?�poca. La bas??lica Que recibio ESE t??tulo el 8 de julio de 1875 2 Tiene La particularidad De Que su coro SE Encuentra al suroriente en Lugar de Encontrarse al Extremo oriental del edificio Como Es habitual. Notre Dame d'Afrique SE Encuentra en la instancia de parte norte de Argel Sobre ONU acantilado de 124m con vista a la bah??a de Argel; originalmente se podia Acceder Alli through ONU telef?�rico Que comunicaba la bas??lica con el centro de la ciudad. La bas??lica Se Puede considerar Como contraria a la bas??lica de Notre-Dame de la Garde Al otro lado del Mediterr?�neo en Marsella. En el ?�bside de la bas??lica se lee Una Inscripci??n en Franc?�s: Notre Dame d'Afrique Priez verter nous et pour les Musulmans Que Traduce: Nuestra Se?�ora de ?�frica Ruega Por Nosotros Y Por los Musulmanes
A massive bull beach master Southern Elephant Seal; Mirounga leonina at Jason Harbour South Georgia Antarctica with tourists from an expedtion cruise ship.
Houses have fallen down but people are standing tall. Newar Community of Lele Village helping one another rebuilding houses and restoring lives they lost to cruel earthquake on 25th of April 2015. Lele Village 16 Kms from Patan. Nepal.
Photograph of humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) above water and men on inflatable raft during expedition. The whales migrate here in the summer to feed on the Krill. Krill numbers have declined by over 50%. They feed on algae that grows on the underside of sea ice As the sea ice melts both algae and krill decline.
