Beautiful Iran !!!!

Amazing – our perceptions are not even close to what this is.

Cottage in northern Iran

Uramanat - North-Western Iran

 

Izeh - South-Western Iran

Layalestan - Gilan, Northern Iran

 

Bagh-e Eram Palace & Gardens - Shiraz

 

Oroomieh Lake - North-Western Iran

Winter night in Isfahan

 

Marble Palace - Tehran

Vank Cathedral - Isfahan , Iran

 

Museum of Fine Arts - Tehran , Iran

 

Shahzadeh Gardens -Mahan - Kerman

 

Waterfalls near Shiraz - Iran

 

Chehel Sotoun Palace Pavilion - Isfahan

 

Aali Gaapou - Isfahan , Iran

Lahijan - Guilan Province , Iran

 

Asalem - Khalkhal - Northern Iran

 

  Mansion in Mazanderan - Northern Iran

Pear Orchard - Shiraz

Parandegan   Park in Isfahan

A serene Lake in Guilan, Northern Iran

Latian Lake near Tehran

 

Margoon waterfall

Outskirts of Shiraz - Iran

 

Oroumieh Lake - N.W. Iran

 

Ramsar - Northern Iran

Village of Roodbarak - Norhtern Iran

 

White Bridge - Ahwaz, South-Western Iran

 

Chahar Bagh Avenue - Isfahan

Arg-e Kola Farangi - Birjand , Iran

 

Kohgiluyeh & Boyer Ahmad Province - Iran

Traditional Persian outdoor teahouse

Saayeh khosh - southern Iran

 

Sistan & Baluchestan province

 

Sobatan Village - Ardebil

 

Ferdowsi - toos, Khorasan, Iran
 

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￡45 million on this? Well worth it!

These are the images shot for an underwater film created using revolutionary technology.  
The film took four years to shoot and costing a staggering £45 million to produce. But it's easy to see why: 500 hours of unedited film were shot using remote-controlled mini helicopters, divers, hydrodynamic cameras dragged behind boats and top speeds, and carefully tied poles.

The film, Oceans for Pathi, is set to be launched this year.

Sand-eye view: This eerie image of horseshoe crabs scuttling on a beach was part of the 500 hours of unedited footage 

 A diver appears dwarfed by a sunfish in footage from the film.

It took two years of planning before 15 cameramen could even begin filming Oceans for Pathi, which will be out on general release on 27 January 2010.

The crew filmed in 50 locations across the world and captured 80 species of fish, dolphins, whales, squid, lizards, crabs and turtles. The secret to the production is its revolutionary filming carried out in a bid to get within the ocean's most intimate events. 

Cuddles: A walrus with its baby in another image from the film 

Cannonball!: Sea birds dive bomb the water in search of fish

Head first: An Adelie penguin diving from an iceberg in the film 

Hold that pose: Two Weddell seals turn their inquisitive eyes on the camera in footage from the film 

Two Californian sea lions look as though they are dancing through the reefs in the footage

The scale of the production was matched by the directors' vision for the film.
'In an attempt to tell the story of the oceans, we sought to open doors other than those of statistics: those of a fantastic and magical tale, the marvels of the little world of the coral reefs, the heroism of dolphins in full charge, the gracious dances of the humpback whale and giant squids, the horror of the attacks made on the oceans and to their creatures, the incredible spectacle of the sea unleashed in a titanic storm, the silence of a museum of extinct species,' said co-director Jacques Cluzaud.
Scientific director Sephane Durand said: 'The directors' dream was to swim with fish and dolphins, to track their underwater movements and ocean crossings whatever their speed, their evolutions, their acrobatics.' 

A humpback whale appears out of the astonishingly blue ocean to peer into the camera in another shot from the film, which cost £45m to produce 

A ball of horse mackerel in a scene from the film 

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1863年上海老 照 片

威廉 · 桑德斯 (William Saunders) 是一名英國攝影師， 1863-1888 年間，在上海開設了一家照相館，名為 “ 森泰像館 ” ，這家像館以有閑階層為主要顧客，如當時的妓女、戲劇演員、社會名流及社會富裕階層中一些人等。此外，威廉 · 桑德斯還拍攝了很多新聞照片，如上海的苦力、官員出行等，有些還製作成明信片，供旅遊者選購。
　  1863年 3月 7 日 ，在上海首份中文報紙《上海新報》上，刊登了森泰像館的廣告，其主要內容為：本館印照上等小像，上午十點起至晚三點鐘為止，價錢甚為公道。如有意照相者，請至本館可也。

觀後感言 原來120多年前的先輩是這樣的生活狀況。一個長我10多歲的朋友告訴我：在他的記憶裏，幼年的自己也曾穿過圖片中的長袍，見過類似的場景┉┉ 看今天，前後120多年的時空對比有著天壤之別，這就是科學發展、社會進步的結果。我為生活在今天而慶倖。 有人說再過120年的人們肯定比我們生活得好，回答是：“當然的”。但我們不能掌控未來，那為什麼不把握今天呢？請好好享受生活吧！不要拒絕網路、不要拒絕時尚、不要拒絕一切能為生活增光添彩的事物，只有是健康的、文明的，有什麼理由不接納？

好好享受人生！

知足常樂吧！

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