Skywatch Friday: U for Unruffled

What a serene scene..

What a tranquil atmosphere..

What a quiet environment..

What an unmoved mountain..

What a cloudless blue sky..

What a lovely panorama..

All unruffled!

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Also this post has been published as part of Leo's Z to A Challenge for the month of November.

Skywatch Friday: Like a Child's Work of Art!

We went mountain-trekking with my family last Saturday very early in the morning while the surroundings were still enveloped with misty fog. We had no inkling of what a fortune awaited us.And soon when we were near the mountains, this beautiful sky in all its splendour greeted us on our way. It seemed as if the sky was an art work of a child with the playful strokes of her brush giving beautiful pastel hues. I could even see a reflection of the mountains in the sky...:-) Tis' a beautiful world, indeed, one can't get enough of it! ;-)

Skywatch Friday: Bangui Wind Farm

A wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location used for production of electric power.The Bangui Wind Mills were built by the NorthWind Power Development Corporation to contribute  its share in reducing the emission of harmful greenhouse gases (GHGs) that cause global warming and to generate power for   rural electrification  by the government.

In this area,  strong wind mostly comes from the north-east, from the sea towards the land. To optimize this wind power, turbines were installed along the shore facing the sea, effectively removing wind breaks, without sacrificing the use of land  between the turbines for other purposes.

The 'Wind Farm" as it is aptly called consist of 20 wind turbines. The turbines are on-shore and arranged in a single row spaced 326 meters apart. The turbines' hub height  is 70 meters  (roughly equivalent to a 23 storey building) with each blade 41 meters long (just 9 meters shy of an Olympic-sized pool) giving a rotor diameter of 82 meters and a windswept area of 5,281 square meters.

This picture was taken in a viewing deck along the Maharlika Highway, Bangui, Ilocos Sur, Philippines using my  Olympus Digital cam, three years back.

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Skywatch Friday: Picturesque Sunset

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Skywatch Friday: Beautiful Morning Reflections

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Photo was taken in a beach (Carillo Village, Philippines) near us, just the other Friday. 

Struggle

Inner struggles

quiet and solitude helps

nature understands

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Notes on the photo: I requested my daughter to pose for the photo and she willingly obliged. Taken at sunset near our home.

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Skywatch Friday

SWIMMING

Scattering like little kids

Warily braving cold waters

In unusual gay abandon

Mocking at each other

Moving alert, in glee

In fringes of beach

Needing refreshed spirit that

Great morning sun offered

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Note: The photos were taken during our Seminar in a beach resort. We had team building activities in the wee hours of the morning and one of the games was "fill the bucket", using anything we had on our body, so naturally, the guys removed shirts, while others who had towels in hand, like me, used them to get water from the sea and filled our respective buckets. We had four teams and our team won anyway....:) We had real fun, like kids... :) The pictures say all....:)

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(Prompt: Swimming)

Moments!

Kids’ laughter echoes

Sky, sea, mute witnesses

Sun sets lazily 

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Photo was taken by me one lazy afternoon, after a tiresome day in office, to unwind in one of the beautiful beaches near our place....:-)

Sunrise' Scorching Hues

I took this picture around 5 o' clock during our early morning Team Building activities as part of our two-day seminar on Building a Corps of Good Governance Champions. I was  amazed at the magical hues of the early morning sky. The sky looked bright and fiery though it was just the wee hours of the morning even when the sun was rising lazily  in the east. Science can explain such phenomenon why at times we see a bloody-red sky in the mornings. But ancient folks believed that a flaming-red sky would mean an inclement weather was around the corner with the  likelihood of a  typhoon. But thank God, nothing untoward happened like that. 

I used an old Sony Digicam to take this picture.There are many more shots taken which I will share in the coming weeks.

By the way, this is my first time at Skywatch Friday. I've known this place through Sandy Carlson's blog where she is a constant contributor in said blog.

Hope to meet fellow skywatchers there. And yes, I am starting to love photography! But I must confess, this is just an amateur's take....:)

(The pic was taken at Mascoop Beach Resort and Training Center, Sanchez Mira, Cagayan, Philippines)

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