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nobody@ipernity.com (Dominique 60) — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:09:00 +0000

H F F...

nobody@ipernity.com (Jocelyne Villoing) — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:15:36 +0000

... bonne fin de semaine sous le soleil pour vous tous mes amis, restez prudent et en bonne santé !
Mille mercis de votre présence sur ma galerie.
Amitiés. Jocelyne.

Madagascar, Baobabs in Love

nobody@ipernity.com (Alexander Prolygin) — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:38:41 +0000

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Madagascar, Boat Trip on the Hellot Channel to the Sea

nobody@ipernity.com (Alexander Prolygin) — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:52:05 +0000

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Fleurs de marronnier d'Inde**************

nobody@ipernity.com (Valeriane ♫ ♫ ♫¨*) — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:29:12 +0000

Valeriane ♫ ♫ ♫¨* has posted:

Belle fin de semaine à toutes et à tous. Merci pour vos visites et vos commentaires♫

Lilas au jardin

nobody@ipernity.com (Nicole Merdrignac) — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 06:49:02 +0000

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fr.teleflora.com/meaning-of-flowers/lilac symbolisme du lilas

From the Top, 3 Notes.

nobody@ipernity.com (Roger (Grisly)) — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:31:31 +0000

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From the top of the Falkirk Wheel with the Ochil Hills as a backdrop!

The wheel resembles a giant double-headed axe or Celtic-inspired structure and rotates like a seesaw. Here's the clever mechanism:Two large gondolas (caissons) sit opposite each other on the wheel's arms, each filled with water and capable of holding boats.
Boats enter a gondola at the bottom (Forth & Clyde level) or top (via an aqueduct leading to the Union Canal).
As the wheel rotates 180 degrees (taking about 5 minutes for a full cycle), one gondola rises while the other descends.
The system stays perfectly balanced thanks to Archimedes' principle: A boat displaces its own weight in water, so the gondolas remain equal in weight regardless of the vessels inside.
Sophisticated gears (including a fixed "sun" gear and rotating "planet" gears) keep the gondolas level at all times, preventing the water and boats from tipping out.
Power required is minimal — roughly 1.5 kWh per rotation, equivalent to boiling about 8 kettles — thanks to hydraulic motors overcoming mainly friction.

HFF and a good weekend to all, A large view for detail please!

A short time lapse video available here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucg1O-5jsnM

Village perché : Solliès-Ville - Bergdorf xxx - Hilltop village xxx

nobody@ipernity.com (Pearl) — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:09:00 +0000

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Solliès-Ville (Var-France)
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La Possonnière .

nobody@ipernity.com (Jean-louis Thiaudiere) — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:25:39 +0000

Jean-louis Thiaudiere has posted:

La Possonnière est l'endroit idéal pour s'imprégner de l'ambiance d'un paysage ligérien. Son port offre un superbe panorama sur la Loire, les futreaux, toues, gabares et autres bateaux traditionnels.

Les carpes frayent, la saison commence.

nobody@ipernity.com (Franck Chabal) — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:02:28 +0000

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97/365

A VOIR EN GRAND C'EST MIEUX, ET AVEC LE SON !

Loup Méchaanimal de Ardif - Encre sur papier

nobody@ipernity.com (Julien Rappaport) — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 06:40:52 +0000

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Panorama sahariano.

nobody@ipernity.com (Annemarie) — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:19:58 +0000

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Wish you a nice week.)

Dunes and rocks.
mauritaniadesertvoyages.com/adrar

L'Odyssée lumineuse (fin) Merci...

nobody@ipernity.com (Jocelyne Villoing) — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:09:03 +0000

Jocelyne Villoing has posted:

... mes amis de m'avoir suivie tout au long de ce parcours festif haut en couleurs, ce fut un régal pour les yeux !
2notes SVP.

Mes lys*************

nobody@ipernity.com (Valeriane ♫ ♫ ♫¨*) — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 06:54:41 +0000

Valeriane ♫ ♫ ♫¨* has posted:

Belle journée mes amis(ies). Merci pour vos visites et vos commentaires♫
Avec mon portable**********

Mural

nobody@ipernity.com (Joe, Son of the Rock) — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 12:46:12 +0000

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Glasgow

HFF - Wuppertaler Schwebebahn

nobody@ipernity.com (Makrofan) — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:46:11 +0000

Makrofan has posted:

Beste Ansicht im Vollbildmodus!

2026 ist ganz Wuppertal Schwebebahn
Wir schweben vor Freude!

Die Schwebebahn feiert 125. Geburtstag und ganz Wuppertal feiert mit. Seit 125 Jahren gleitet die Schwebebahn über die Wupper und verbindet nicht nur Stadtteile, sondern auch Generationen. Was einst als technische Sensation begann, ist heute ein liebevoller Teil des Wuppertaler Alltags – zuverlässig, charmant und unverwechselbar. Quelle: WSW

Wadi in the Adrar mountains..

nobody@ipernity.com (Annemarie) — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 06:38:26 +0000

Annemarie has posted:

mauritaniadesertvoyages.com/adrar
Adrar means “Mountains” in Amazigh, berber language. Very likely because the whole regions is plenty of Mountains, mighty sand dunes that look sculpted by an artist, vast rocky plateaus and mellow oases fringed with date palms.

On the run

nobody@ipernity.com (Jean-Paul) — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 11:41:49 +0000

Jean-Paul has posted:

Ein Nachtrag zu den luxemburgischen Leichtathletik-Meisterschaften vom 1. März 2026.

Vincent Bertemes (3869) gewinnt das B-Finale.

Madagascar, Trip on the Hellot Channel by Malagasy Boat

nobody@ipernity.com (Alexander Prolygin) — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 07:21:27 +0000

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Nelson Mandela Place

nobody@ipernity.com (Joe, Son of the Rock) — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 12:46:17 +0000

Joe, Son of the Rock has posted:

Glasgow

This is one of Glasgow’s most quietly defiant and poetic gestures in international-protest history.

The South African Consulate in Glasgow

During the apartheid era, the South African Consulate was located on the fifth floor of the Glasgow Stock Exchange, right in the city centre. From August 1985, the Scottish Anti-Apartheid Committee began holding weekly Friday pickets outside the consulate, protesting the brutal regime in South Africa and demanding the release of Nelson Mandela.

Why Glasgow Renamed the Street

In 1986, Glasgow City Council made a bold move: they renamed the street where the consulate was located from St George’s Place to 'Nelson Mandela Place'. This was no random tribute. It was a deliberate act of political symbolism. At the time, Mandela was still imprisoned on Robben Island, and the South African government considered him a terrorist. Yet Glasgow had already awarded him the Freedom of the City in 1981—the first city in the world to do so.

Renaming the street meant that every piece of mail sent to the consulate had to bear the name of the man they were actively imprisoning. It was a daily reminder of international condemnation, delivered with Glaswegian cheek.

The Consulate’s Reaction

The consulate’s response was evasive but telling. Rather than use the new address, they switched to a **post office box number** to avoid acknowledging “Nelson Mandela Place” on official correspondence. This quiet sidestep spoke volumes—it was an attempt to erase the symbolic sting without confronting it directly.

Legacy and Mandela’s Visit

When Mandela was released and visited Glasgow in 1993, he was welcomed by over 15,000 people in George Square. He told the crowd that the gesture of renaming the street had given hope to those imprisoned and fighting apartheid. It showed them they were not forgotten.