dOOr detaiL

blue door detail,
originally uploaded by Zé Eduardo....

Essaouira, Morocco

Tahiti Nui Freedom outrigger Canoe official departure for Shangai

O Tahiti Nui Freedom outrigger Canoe official departure for Shangai, originally uploaded by Pierre Lesage.

Tahiti Nui Freedom is a traditionnal outrigger canoe and a great project over a period of six months, to retrace the history of a migration which commenced six millennia ago
The ancestors of the Polynesians carried out a unique exploit in the history of humanity: the systematic colonization of the largest ocean of the world, the Pacific, with 20,000 km separating Asia from Central America. Since then, this ocean has remained the hub of exchanges.
All the known Polynesian cultures share a common ancestral and cultural heritage: Asia.
Using a traditional outrigger sailing canoe, the project consists of retracing in six months, but in a reverse direction, the route of settlement which began over 6,000 years ago.
The canoe will trace back this slow migration, from east to west, from the Pacific islands towards China, the country of origin[2]. The important settlement areas will thus become the stopovers on the return voyage: Tahiti, Avarua, Niue, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Philippines, China Hong Kong, and China Shanghai.
The canoe will arrive at the closing of the Expo Shanghai 2010.
More details : otahitinui.com/vaa/en

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Today was the official departure of the canoe with the local crowd, the officials from the local government, the french government, the representatives from all confessions as well as singers and dancers without forgeting the local sailors and sea afficionados. A great ceremony that unfortunately I could not attend. pictures by Heidy.

Portinho da Arrábida

Portinho da Arrábida, originally uploaded by Pantufa.

View from the top of Serra da Arrábida.

Setúbal & Sesimbra cities area.
Lisbon area.
PORTUGAL

:)))))))))))))

Tagus river

Bridge over the Tagus river
Originally uploaded by Pantufa

Lisbon city.
PORTUGAL

:)

View from the King's Christ statue.

Padrão dos Descobrimentos

Padrão dos Descobrimentos
Originally uploaded by AlexandreCosta

LISBON city, PORTUGAL

Vista da Rosa dos Ventos do alto do Padrão dos Descobrimentos.

Corse

Aérophotographies par cerf-volant, Corse, Borgo, Bastia, Calvi
Originally uploaded by Emmanuel from http://www.photo-cerf-volant.fr

La baie de Calvi, Corse, France. Stitched Panorama
More pictures of the sessions at www.photo-cerf-volant.fr/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=4290

All my kap pics : www.photo-cerf-volant.fr/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=38

No toDo eS horMigón!!!

No todo es hormigón_NY
Originally uploaded by Jordan_Dr

New York CiTy.

Una maravilla!!!!
:)))

Blue wonDer

fishermen with Zanzibar blues,
originally uploaded by Zé Eduardo....

fishermen with Zanzibar

Zanzibar, Tanzania

waTer reflecTionS

blue boat water reflections, originally uploaded by Zé Eduardo....

blue boat .
:)

Erbalunga, Brando , Haute-Corse

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Ohhhhhhhhh.......... superb photo Zé!!
Thks
:))

come in Thailandia

Voglia di mare...limpido!!! (come in Thailandia)
Originally uploaded by misdi12

Oggi l'estate è venuta
alla mia finestra
con i suoi sussurri e sospiri...

Bundi blue

Bundi blue
Originally uploaded by xavierlelay

Rajasthan , Inde 2010

ça va craquer !!!

ça va craquer !!!
Originally uploaded by xavierlelay

Vue de l'intérieur du cratere Bory , piton de la fournaise , ile de la réunion

Mayotte

ondes
Originally uploaded by xavierlelay

Indian ocean , COMOROs islands

blues from Corse

blues from Corse
Originally uploaded by Zé Eduardo...

at Galeria,Golfe de la Revellata, near Calvi,Corse

;))))

More stuNNing mOOrea wonDers......

KAP on the InterContinental Moorea Resort & Spa
Originally uploaded by Pierre Lesage

The InterContinental moorea Resort & Spa just completed a 7 months and 10 millions Euros refurbishment program and just reopened a few days ago. Since I am working for this resort it was a good pretext to spend the week end there and KAP the new swimming pool.

20-25 knots was almost enough to lift the Nikon D40x with a kiwi PFK Nighthawk but it was quite bumpy and Heidy my “KAP risk manager” thought it was wiser to go with the Ricoh GX 200, which of course I did!

A great KAP session, a great resort and for those who attended KAPiTA/09 (David & Carl), all garden bungalows now have a private pool....

:))))
super......................

fanCy

fanCy,
originally uploaded by SmooTh.n.JaZZy.

Mas una sessión de las Orquideas de Manu...
:)))

b pinKy

b pinKy,
originally uploaded by SmooTh.n.JaZZy.

soft & pinky....

Solar Eclipse in Tahiti, July, 11 2010

Solar Eclipse in Tahiti, July, 11 2010, originally uploaded by Pierre Lesage.

Solar Eclipse in Tahiti, July, 11 2010
Images shot with a Nikon D90 - Sigma 400 mm- Maximum density Neutral filter
Shot between 06:57 AM and 08:47 AM
First contact was at 07:16 AM
99,6 % Totality at 08:28 AM
Football worldcup started at 08:30 AM - a busy morning indeed.
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At 99,6% totality, I took the max densirty neutral filter out to discover the famous "diamond ring"
Totality was not complete on the island of Tahiti and we could not observe the Baily's beads or the corona, but a few atolls in the Tuamotus archipelago had up to 4 minutes 100 % totality.

Moorea

InterContinental Moorea Resort & Spa, originally uploaded by Pierre Lesage.

InterContinental Moorea Resort & Spa

Just spent the day over in Moorea to work on our 2011 budgets... and I was requested to bring a pole and my kites to photograph the multi million € renovations we just completed...
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Ricoh GX 200
Dual camera AutoKAp Rig
Fled

Moorea

InterContinental Moorea Resort & Spa
Originally uploaded by Pierre Lesage

Just spent the day over in Moorea to work on our 2011 budgets... and I was requested to bring a pole and my kites to photograph the multi million € renovations we just completed...
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InterContinental Moorea Resort & Spa

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Ricoh GX 200
Dual camera AutoKAp Rig
Fled

InterContinental Moorea Resort & Spa

InterContinental Moorea Resort & Spa
Originally uploaded by Pierre Lesage

Just spent the day over in Moorea to work on our 2011 budgets... and I was requested to bring a pole and my kites to photograph the multi million € renovations we just completed...
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Ricoh GX 200
Dual camera A

Porto's colorfull water reflections

Porto's colorfull water reflections
Originally uploaded by Zé Eduardo...

Porto, Corse

Maldives Coral Reefs

Maldives Coral Reefs
Originally uploaded by m o d e

With around 2000 coral reefs, sandbars and coral outcrops, Maldives coral islands are a delight for scuba divers, snorkeling enthusiasts and people who love marine life. The coral reefs and atolls provide shelter for many species of fish, and other marine creatures. You can see numerous colorful fish swimming round the coral reefs in Maldives, while swimming or snorkeling in the clear blue water of the Indian Ocean around Maldives coral islands.

Zanzibar...

Zanzibar..., originally uploaded by Zé Eduardo....

Ras Nungwi, Zanzibar,Tanzania

new york

Urban sunset_NY, originally uploaded by Jordan_Dr.

:))

View of Grand Central Station....

View of Grand Central Station, from a table at Metrazur, originally uploaded by dlge.

..... from a table at Metrazur

New York City.

:))

Stephensdom

Stephensdom, originally uploaded by dlge.

Wien, Austria Cathedral.
:))

"Da Monsta"

"Da Monsta"
Originally uploaded by dlge

Philip Johnson

:)))

The Chrysler Building

The Chrysler Building
Originally uploaded by dlge

NEW YORK wonders!!!!!!!!!!!
:)))

wow
:)