Images Dated 11th August 2011

Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis plant illustration 1880

Steel engraving Galanthus nivalis, the snowdrop or common snowdrop, is the best-known and most widespread of the 20 species in its genus, Galanthus. Snowdrops are among the first bulbs to bloom in spring and can form impressive carpets of white in areas where they are native or have been naturalised
Original edition from my own archives
Source : Handbuch der Botanik 1880

© by Ralf Hettler

Blue mosque, blue hour, Istanbul, Turkey

The Sultan Ahmed Mosque or Sultan Ahmet Mosque (Turkish: Sultan Ahmet Camii) is a historic mosque in Istanbul, Turkey.
It was built from 1609 to 1616, during the rule of Ahmed I. The Sultan Ahmed Mosque is still popularly used as a mosque, but also one of the major tourist attractions

© 2011 Frans Sellies

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Young woman in a deck chair, view of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Zugspitze mountain, Jubilaeumsgrat ridge and Alpspitze mountain as seen from Wank mountain, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

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