"Earth
From Above" is the result of the aerial photographer Yann
Arthus-Bertrand's five-year airborne odyssey across six continents. It's a
spectacular presentation of large scale photographs of astonishing natural
landscapes. Every stunning aerial photograph tells a story about our changing
planet.
Yann Arthus-Bertrand, born 1946 in France, has become globally famous as a
nature photographer. During his career he discovered the beauty of the world as
seen from above when he became a hot air balloon pilot and began experimenting
with aerial photography. Besides photography, Yann passionately engages in
non-profit projects for different organizations.
By 2005, Arthus-Bertrand created the association GoodPlanet. This international
NGO develops numerous projects whose shared objective is to educate about
sustainable development and request individuals across every background,
culture and border to think beyond the development of our planet and, instead,
toward the future of all of its inhabitants.
Earth From Above, a 4-episode, 8-hour TV series then launched in 2007 and
renewed for 2008, prompting Arthus-Bertrand to begin filming of Home, a
documentary-style feature film about the state of our planet and challenges
facing us to protect it. Its simultaneous worldwide release is scheduled for
June 5th, 2009 - World Environment Day.
Arthus-Bertrand was a member of the Academy of Fine Arts of the Institute of
France in 2006. He is a knight of the Legion of Honour, an Officer of the Order
of Agricultural Merit, and an Officer of the National Order of Merit. In 2007,
Arthus-Bertrand helped Al Gore present his Academy Award-winning film, An
Inconvenient Truth, to the French Parliament.
As an artist, documentarian and advocate, Yann Arthus-Bertrand demonstrates the
power of images to convey universal emotion, understanding and shared
appreciation for our planet and its inhabitants. For this reason, he is
recognized worldwide as one of the most important and respected
environmentalists of our time.
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| Caravan of dromedaries near Tichit, Mauritania | | |
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| Herd of Hereford cows crossing the Chimehuin river, Argentina | |
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| Gullholmen village, north of Göteborg, Sweden |
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| Denver, Colorado |
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| Palácio Nacional da Pena, Portugal |
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| Palácio Nacional da Pena, Portugal |
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| Township in Cap Town, Republic of South Africa |
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| The Inca city of Machu Picchu, Cuzco region, Peru |
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| The medieval city, Dubrovnik, Croatia |
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| Área Residencial, Beijing, China |
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| Maasai Mara National Reserve,Kenya |
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| Open coal mine near Delmas |
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| Wineglass Bay, Tasmania, Australia |
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| Houses on stilts, Makoko shanty town, Lagos, Nigeria |
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| Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey |
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| Neuschwanstein castle, Bavaria, Germany |
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| Hashima Island, also known as Gunkanjima or “Battleship” Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan |
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| Gamla Stan, Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Stranded boat, Aral sea, Aralsk region, Kazakhstan |
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| Add cPalm Jumeirah artificial island, Dubai, United Arab Emiratesaption |
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| Dovecotes at Mit Gahmur, Egypt |
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| Varanasi, the Ghats along the Ganges, Uttar Pradesh, India |
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| Kibbutz of Sha’alvim, near Modi’in, Central District, Israel |
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| solar plant in andalusia spain |
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| Volcano of Rano Raraku, Easter Island, Chile |
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| epicenter of the atomic bomb on hiroshima japan |
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| Mountains near Jengish |
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| los angeles freeways |
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| Louver and Ile de la Cité in Paris, France |
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| American cemetery north of Verdun, Meuse, France |
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| Housing plots at Brøndby, on the outskirts of Copenhagen, Seeland, Denmark |
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| Elephants in the Okavango Delta, Botswana |
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| Favelas in Rio de Janeiro |
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| Ruins of the medieval citadel of Shali in the town of Siwa, Egypt |
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| Start of the Bol d’or race, Leman lake, Switzerland |
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| icebergs and an Adelie penguin, Adelie Land, Antarctica |
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| Agricultural landscape near Cognac, Charente, France |
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| Islet in the terraced rice fields of Bali, Indonesia |
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| The Grand Bazaar, istanbul turkey |
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| Boats-stranded-on-the-dry-Aral-Sea-Kazakhstan |
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| Bora Bora Islands french Polynesia |
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| Dromedary caravan in the dunes, near Nouakchott, Mauritania |
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| Catamaran in the Glénan archipelago, south coast of Finistère, France |
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| Cattle near the Masai Mara National Park, Kenya |
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| Air Terminal 2, Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle Airport, Val-d’Oise, France |
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| Detail of the Gallo-Roman ruins at Pontchartrain, Yvelines Department, France |
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| Dried cracked mud in Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhone, France |
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| EruptionofPitondelaFournaiseReunionIsland |
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| Flight of scarlet ibises near Pedernales |
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| Gardens at the Château of Vaux-le-Vicomte, Seine et Marne, Franc |
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| Gardens of the Château de Villandry, Indre-et-Loire Department, France |
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| The Heart of Voh in 1990, New Caledonia (French Overseas Territory) 1 |
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| The Heart of Voh in 1990, New Caledonia (French Overseas Territory |
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| House in Keremma, on the Kernic cove at low tide, Finistère, France |
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| Icebreaker Louis Saint Laurent in Resolute Bay, Nunavut Territory, Canada |
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| Iraqi tank graveyard in the desert near Al Jahrah, Kuwait |
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| Mountainous countryside near Maelifellssandur, Myrdalsjökull Region, Iceland |
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| Road interrupted by a sand dune, Nile Valley, Egypt. |
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| Roped party of mountaineers climbing Mont Blanc, Haute-Savoie Department, France |
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| Kibbutz of Sha’alvim, near Modi’in, Central District, Israel |
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| Subaquatic vegetation in the Loire river near Digoin, Saône-et-Loire, France |
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| Village near Tahoua, Niger |
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| Tasmania, Australia |
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| The Gorges of the Bras de Caverne, island of Reunion, France |
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| The Puy de Dome, Auvergne volcano range, Puy-de-Dome, France |
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| The islets of Nokanhui, south of le des Pins, New Caledonia, France |
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| The largest plant maze in the world, at Reignac-sur-Indre, Indre-et-Loire Department, France |
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| Modern graves in a cemetery at Asyut, Nile valley, Egypt |
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| Town of Koh Pannyi, Phand Nga bay, Thailand |
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| Training arena in the hippodrome of Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines, France |
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| Trees in the middle of water near Taponas, Rhône region, France |
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| Fields of tulips near Lisse, near Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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| Versailles Chateau at sunset,Yvelines, France |
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| Village in the Rheris Valley, Er Rachidia region, High Atlas Mountains, Morocco |
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| White horse of Uffington, Oxfordshire, England |
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| Worker resting on bales of cotton, Thonakaha, Korhogo, Ivory Coast. Cotton crops occupy approximately 335,000 square klilometers worldwide, and use nearly one quarter of all pesticides sold |
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| boats in the port of Mopti on the Niger River, Mali |
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| Iguazu Falls, Argentina and Brazil |
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| Snowmobiles on the ice, Baffin Island, Canada |
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| A whale swims off the Valdes peninsula, Argentina |
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| Palm Jumeirah artificial island, Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
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| Marina Bay Sands Casino Singapore |
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| "Tree of life", Tsavo national
park, Kenya. This acacia is a symbol of life in the vast expanses of
thorny savanna, where wild animals come to take advantage of its leaves
or its shade |
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| Mount Pinatubo, a volcano north of Manila, Luzon, Philippines |
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| Village on stilts in Tongkil, Samales Islands, Philippines |
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| Islet, Congo river near Mossaka, Cuvette, Republic of the Congo |
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| Meteora Monastery, Thessaly, Greece |
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| Countryside around Siena, Tuscany, Italy |
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| Tea gardens at Boseong, Jeollanam-do Province, South Korea |
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| Meeting in a stadium, west Seoul, Gyeonggy, South Korea |
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| Botanical garden at Oedo Paradise Island, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea |
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| Seaweed cultivation off Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea |
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| Lake Velence, Hungary |
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| Wetland near Surgut, Siberia, Russia |
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| Dairy cows passing between dunes, Maule province, Chile |
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| Moaïs statues, Ahu Tongariki, Easter Island, Chile |
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| Rano Kau volcano in Rapa Nui national park, Easter Island, Chile |
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| Parasols on a beach close to Agia Napa, Famagusta District, Cyprus |
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| Vineyards near Liopetri, Famagusta District, Cyprus |
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| Cotton fabrics drying in the sun, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India |
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| Garni Temple, Kotayk Province, Armenia |
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| Royal tombs of Wat Phra si Sanphet (Temple of Sanphet), Ayutthaya, Thailand |
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| Royal Flora Ratchaphruek 2006, annual floralie in Chiang Mai, province of Chiang Mai, Thailand |
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| Wat at Westside of Chiang Mai, province of Chiang Mai, Thaïland |
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| Rice fields north of Pokhara, Nepal |
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| Satellite dishes on the roofs of Aleppo, Syria |
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| Norias on the Orontes River in Hama, Syrie |
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| Dunes near the sea at Khor Al-Abaid, Qatar |
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| Yann Arthus-Bertrand |
Much thanks, teerawat sri.... :-)
ReplyDeletegreat pictures, thanks for letting us see ......
ReplyDeleteI just wonder where the natur is in the NATURIST picture
I am grateful for
ReplyDeleteyour time here.
You are more
than welcome, Joe.
What is a "naturist picture'?
Oh, I understand now.
ReplyDeleteI take it to mean
the existing environmental
challenges presented
from these photos.
Photography is Yann's
means of sharing
his ideas and convictions.
The contradiction is
with the extraordinary
beauty of the Earth,
the increasing pressure
and presence of mankind
causes harmful changes.
These aerial images
are all beautiful,
but if we step back from things,
we will see them differently
and see another reality.
Very nice compilation, Better. The first part has me wondering where some of these places are; the second part explains some of them.
ReplyDelete~M
As close as they are all lying to one another, this must be a Spencer Tunick event.
ReplyDelete~M
I had no idea that there was this large crater on the island.
ReplyDelete~M
I've been here.
ReplyDelete~M
Row upon row
ReplyDeleteof naked humanity -
surely a different
way of getting back
to nature...
On a beach near the coast
of Vielle-Saint-Girons is
one of the greatest naturist
centers of France.
The photographer gathered
a thousand people for this shot.
Cradle of the naturist movement
since 1930, France accommodates
2 million naturist tourists annually,
from all social strata,
60 % of whom are from
its European neighbours.
The naturists claim a desire
"to be in harmony with nature."
The numbers of people
visiting this beach is dropping,
as the population from which
the visitors is drawn is aging.
France has 8,000 centenarians;
in 50 years, it is estimated
there will be 150,000.
At the end of 21st century,
people more than 60 years old
could represent 30%
of the world population
(compared to 10% in 1995).
In all countries, this change
will have severe repercussions.
Me, too.
ReplyDeleteThe mere mention
of Easter Island,
makes me recall
of those giant Moaïs statues
standing in guard
off the coast of the island.
This is the volcano
of Rano Rarak.
The cult of the giant statues
came to an end in the 1860s
when almost the whole of
the island's population
was deported and enslaved,
or struck down by illnesses
imported by boat
crews and missionaries.
The Christianisation of
the survivors brought an
end to this Polynesian culture
that had invented a form of
undecipherable writing,
called rongo-rongo.
At the end of the 19th century,
there were only 200 inhabitants.
There are now about
4000 people living on the island
on a permanent basis
with the arrival of new inhabitants,
at the start of this 21st century.
Tourism (over 50 000 visitors a year)
poses new threats for
the island listed as a
UNESCO World
Heritage Site since 1995....
Rightly so -
ReplyDeleteyour being of
German descent
provided you an
auspicious opportunity
that had brought
you at the foot
of the Austrian Alps.
The Bavarian king Ludwig II
built this mock-medieval
fortress of Neuschwanstein.
Perched on its rocky spur,
this jewel of gray granite
bristling with towers
and pinnacles draws
on the realm of fantasy,
and its extravagant
architecture inspired
Walt Disney.
Ludwig II only spent
172 days in
his royal residence;
The castle of Neuschwanstein
evoke dreams and fairy tales.
Now, they are an asset
to the Bavarian
tourist industry.
Bavaria is the
German Land (state)
most frequented by tourists,
attracting almost
a quarter of
the country’s visitors.
From the air, you see
things you can't
see from the ground,
as a whole –
you really understand
the impact of man,
even in a place
you know well,
like this one
in Washington State....
Agricultural landscape around Pullman, Washington State, United States (46°44’ N, 117°10’ W).
Rightly so -
ReplyDeleteyour being of
German descent
provided you an
auspicious opportunity
that had brought
you at the foot
of the Austrian Alps.
The Bavarian king Ludwig II
built this mock-medieval
fortress of Neuschwanstein.
Perched on its rocky spur,
this jewel of gray granite
bristling with towers
and pinnacles draws
on the realm of fantasy,
and its extravagant
architecture inspired
Walt Disney.
Ludwig II only spent
172 days in
his royal residence;
The castle of Neuschwanstein
evoke dreams and fairy tales.
Now, they are an asset
to the Bavarian
tourist industry.
Bavaria is the
German Land (state)
most frequented by tourists,
attracting almost
a quarter of
the country’s visitors.
From the air, you see
things you can't
see from the ground,
as a whole –
you really understand
the impact of man,
even in a place
you know well,
like this one
in Washington State....
Agricultural landscape around Pullman, Washington State, United States (46°44’ N, 117°10’ W).
"The numbers of people
ReplyDeletevisiting this beach is dropping,
as the population from which
the visitors is drawn is aging."
Yes, Better, I was one of those naturist in France in the 70s. While I never went to Vielle-Saint-Girons, which is not far from France's border with Spain and which has beaches bordering the Atlantic, I would spend several months each year in a place called Cap d'agde, which has its beaches on the Mediterranean and is not far from Marseilles. Here is the story of how I became familiar with this place and my first visit there:
http://knightstar.multiply.com/journal/item/2
Even back then, the population at the beaches was more from other European countries than it was from France. And, yes, it seems the naturist population IS aging, partly due the aging population, of course, but also, I believe the young people of today are less inclined toward participation than we were, as a sign of the times, or perhaps cultural change.
~M
Rightly so -
ReplyDeleteyour being of
German descent
provided you an
auspicious opportunity
that had brought
you at the foot
of the Austrian Alps.
The Bavarian king Ludwig II
built this mock-medieval
fortress of Neuschwanstein.
Perched on its rocky spur,
this jewel of gray granite
bristling with towers
and pinnacles draws
on the realm of fantasy,
and its extravagant
architecture inspired
Walt Disney.
Ludwig II only spent
172 days in
his royal residence;
The castle of Neuschwanstein
evoke dreams and fairy tales.
Now, they are an asset
to the Bavarian
tourist industry.
Bavaria is the
German Land (state)
most frequented by tourists,
attracting almost
a quarter of
the country’s visitors.
From the air, you see
things you can't
see from the ground,
as a whole –
you really understand
the impact of man,
even in a place
you know well,
like this one
in Washington State...
Agricultural landscape around Pullman, Washington State, United States
Mad King Ludwig II had a number of castles, besides Neuschwanstein, built.
ReplyDeleteAt the one in Linderhof, he had commissioned this special structure, apart from the castle proper. Here, he had this ornate boat inside this building, which he used to float across a small pond, from one shore to the other, and act out his fantasies of being a hero who rescued fair maidens from the evil-doers on the opposite shore. I first learned about this, while on a field trip there in elementary school. I remember being so impressed with all the castles' interiors and all their exaggerated gold-encrusted opulence, so prevalent among the royalty of that time.
~M