#Natural Monument

[thewolfnessphotography]

Partnachklamm

Germany

[happy-pix-jpn]

【知足院ナラノヤエザクラ】

蕾の頃は濃いピンク グラデーション帯びた花びらが美しく 可愛い可愛いと話しかけてしまいたくなるほど 可憐で綺麗な桜♪ 気付けば同じ花＆蕾ばかり撮ってました(笑) 国指定天然記念物 2024年4月19日

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ナラノヤエザクラとは…

ナラノヤエザクラは八重桜の一品種です。

「いにしへの奈良のみやこの八重ざくらけふ九重ににほひぬるかな」 (伊勢大輔) 当時京都では珍しかった奈良の八重桜が宮中に献上され、 宮中で受け取る役であった伊勢大輔が 藤原道長より即興で詠むように言われ 詠んだ歌が有名。

牧野富太郎氏の指導の下、山田壽雄氏が描画した ナラヤエザクラが掲載されていました。 https://www.kochinews.co.jp/article/detail/622888

奈良県花・奈良市章・奈良市花に指定されていて 歴史・文化を感じる桜です。

[kankan70]

長瀞岩畳。

[theodoreangelos]

Natural monument of Calvary in Motol, 150 00 Prague 5 – Motol, Czech Republic Přírodní památka Kalvárie v Motole, 150 00 Praha 5 – Motol, Česká republika Naturdenkmal des Kalvarienbergs in Motol, 150 00 Prag 5 – Motol, Tschechische Republik Monument naturel du Calvaire à Motol, 150 00 Prague 5 – Motol, République tchèque Памятник природы Голгофа в Мотоле, 150 00 Прага 5 – Мотол, Чешская Республика

[brokenspring]

Funny story

Funny story:  None of the 7 Wonders of the Underworld were built by dwarves.  Kobolds carved the Shrine Labyrinth, the Great Sunken Mausoleum, and the Undergardens.  The Really Big Shiny Rock was just there.  In every case, dwarves drove off the builders and took credit.

Funny story:  Nobody knows who built the Upside Down City, and maybe we should be a little more worried by that.

[faggotfungus]

View of the Rheinschlucht natural monument from viewing platform “2 spir”.⁰

[rabbitcruiser]

Praia das Catedrais, Spain (No. 1)

Praia das Catedrais (Spanish: playa de las Catedrales, English: Beach of the Cathedrals) is on the northwest coast of Spain. It is the name given by the tourism industry to Praia de Augas Santas (translated from Galician: 'Beach of the Holy Waters'). The beach is located in the Ribadeo municipality, in the province of Lugo (Galicia), on the Cantabric coast, and it lies about ten kilometres to the west of the town of Ribadeo. Its name is derived from its cliff formations.

It has been declared a Natural Monument by the regional Ministry for the Environment of the Xunta de Galicia.

Source: Wikipedia

[herbalnature]

Caught in the warm embrace of the sun, this majestic arch in Utah stands as a proud monument to nature's artistry. It's a serene snapshot of the desert's beauty framed by blue skies.

[rosechata]

stormy skies over monument valley

[dopescissorscashwagon]

Super Moon over Monument Valley, Utah

📸 by Andrew Joseph

[lockvogel]

Sunset in White Sands National Park

New Mexico

Have a great weekend, everyone 😊!

[sigalrm]

1/5 Naturdenkmal by Pascal Volk Via Flickr: Eine von fünf Gewöhnlichen Rosskastanien südwestlich des Kirchhofs in Berlin Wartenberg. Begründung für den Status Naturdenkmal: Schönheit, Seltenheit

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Stonehenge, a prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire, England, about 8 miles north of Salisbury. Stonehenge was build between 2.600 - 2.000 BC.⁣

[pratchettquotes]

There'll come a time when it'll all be clear, Sweeper had said. A perfect moment.

The occupants of these graves had died for something. In the sunset glow, in the rising of the moon, in the taste of the cigar, in the warmth that comes from sheer exhaustion, Vimes saw it.

History finds a way. The nature of events changed, but the nature of the dead had not. It had been a mean, shameful little fight that ended them, a flyspecked footnote of history, but they hadn't been mean or shameful men. They hadn't run, and they could have run with honor. They'd stayed, and he wondered if the path had seemed as clear to them as it did to him now. They'd stayed not because they wanted to be heroes, but because they chose to think of it as their job, and it was in front of them--

"I'll be off then, sir," said Reg, shouldering his shovel. He seemed a long way away. "Sir?"

"Yeah, right. Right, Reg. Thank you," mumbled Vimes, and in the pink glow of the moment watched the corporal march down the darkening path and out into the city.

John Keel, Billy Wiglet, Horace Nancyball, Dai Dickins, Cecil "Snouty" Clapman, Ned Coates, and, technically, Reg Shoe. Probably there were no more than twenty people in the city now who knew all the names, because there were no statues, no monuments, nothing written down anywhere. You had to have been there.

He felt privileged to have been there twice.

Terry Pratchett, Night Watch

[theodoreangelos]

Hoher Stein (659 m) near Großweißenbach and Utissenbachmühle, Zwettl district, Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria

[whitefireprincess]

Monument Valley, Arizona | Michael Block