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  • The Standing Stones of Stenness is a Neolithic monument on the mainland of Orkney, Scotland. Various traditions associated with the stones survived into the modern era and they form part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site. They are looked after by Historic Scotland. Sheep are sometimes put in to graze amongst the stones, reflective of their origin during the time when the Neolithic people were learning agriculture.
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  • The Standing Stones of Stenness is a Neolithic monument on the mainland of Orkney, Scotland. Various traditions associated with the stones survived into the modern era and they form part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site. They are looked after by Historic Scotland. Sheep are sometimes put in to graze amongst the stones, reflective of their origin during the time when the Neolithic people were learning agriculture.
    MM7902_ 20120802_01610.jpg
  • The Ring of Brodgar is a neolithic henge monument with a stone circle in Orkney, Scotland. It is over 300 feed in diameter and of the original 60 stones 27 remained standing into the 20th Century.  It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Heart of Neolithic Orkney. It is thought to have been erected between 3,000 and 2,000 BCE.
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  • The Ring of Brodgar is a neolithic henge monument with a stone circle in Orkney, Scotland. It is over 300 feed in diameter and of the original 60 stones 27 remained standing into the 20th Century.  It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Heart of Neolithic Orkney. It is thought to have been erected between 3,000 and 2,000 BCE.
    MM7902_20130806_13214.jpg
  • The Ness of Brodgar is a long, narrow isthmus of land between Loch Harray and Loch Stenness in Orkney, Scotland. It is the site of much of the heritage of the neolithic era in Orkney. The archeology dig site at the Ness of Brodgar in Orkney that is revealing a Neolithic sacred site hitherto unknown. The dig is under the direction of Nick Card from ORCA in Orkney. Large structures are coming to light after several years of digging, revealing a 1,000 year history of occupation and development at the transitional period between hunter/gatherer society and the coming of agriculture.
    MM7902_20130805_11716.jpg
  • The Standing Stones of Stenness is a Neolithic monument on the mainland of Orkney, Scotland. Various traditions associated with the stones survived into the modern era and they form part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site. They are looked after by Historic Scotland. Sheep are sometimes put in to graze amongst the stones, reflective of their origin during the time when the Neolithic people were learning agriculture.
    MM7902_20130818_34665.jpg
  • Maeshowe is the classic Orkney chambered tomb of Neolithic origins, dating from around 3,000 BCE. It is the largest of the tombs on Orkney, set on a raised earthen platform surround by a ditch, and incorporating previous standing stones into the chamber construction. It's setting in the midst of agricultural land reflects the Neolithic tansition to agriculture. Maeshowe is a World Heritage Site.
    MM7902_ 20120812_07865-Edit.jpg
  • Maeshowe is the classic Orkney chambered tomb of Neolithic origins, dating from around 3,000 BCE. It is the largest of the tombs on Orkney, set on a raised earthen platform surround by a ditch, and incorporating previous standing stones into the chamber construction. It's setting in the midst of agricultural land reflects the Neolithic tansition to agriculture. Maeshowe is a World Heritage Site.
    MM7902_ 20120806_03117-Edit.jpg
  • The Standing Stones of Stenness is a Neolithic monument on the mainland of Orkney, Scotland. Various traditions associated with the stones survived into the modern era and they form part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site. They are looked after by Historic Scotland. Sheep are sometimes put in to graze amongst the stones, reflective of their origin during the time when the Neolithic people were learning agriculture.
    MM7902_ 20120731_00996.jpg
  • The Standing Stones of Stenness is a Neolithic monument on the mainland of Orkney, Scotland. Various traditions associated with the stones survived into the modern era and they form part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site. They are looked after by Historic Scotland. Sheep are sometimes put in to graze amongst the stones, reflective of their origin during the time when the Neolithic people were learning agriculture.
    MM7902_20130822_37308.jpg
  • The Standing Stones of Stenness is a Neolithic monument on the mainland of Orkney, Scotland. Various traditions associated with the stones survived into the modern era and they form part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site. They are looked after by Historic Scotland. Sheep are sometimes put in to graze amongst the stones, reflective of their origin during the time when the Neolithic people were learning agriculture.
    MM7902_20130819_34779.jpg
  • The Standing Stones of Stenness is a Neolithic monument on the mainland of Orkney, Scotland. Various traditions associated with the stones survived into the modern era and they form part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site. They are looked after by Historic Scotland. Sheep are sometimes put in to graze amongst the stones, reflective of their origin during the time when the Neolithic people were learning agriculture.
    MM7902_20130819_34774.jpg
  • Maeshowe is the classic Orkney chambered tomb of Neolithic origins, dating from around 3,000 BCE. It is the largest of the tombs on Orkney, set on a raised earthen platform surround by a ditch, and incorporating previous standing stones into the chamber construction. It's setting in the midst of agricultural land reflects the Neolithic tansition to agriculture. Maeshowe is a World Heritage Site.
    MM7902_20130805_11766-Edit.jpg
  • Maeshowe is the classic Orkney chambered tomb of Neolithic origins, dating from around 3,000 BCE. It is the largest of the tombs on Orkney, set on a raised earthen platform surround by a ditch, and incorporating previous standing stones into the chamber construction. It's setting in the midst of agricultural land reflects the Neolithic tansition to agriculture. Maeshowe is a World Heritage Site.
    MM7902_20120816_09600-HDR-Edit.jpg
  • The Standing Stones of Stenness is a Neolithic monument on the mainland of Orkney, Scotland. Various traditions associated with the stones survived into the modern era and they form part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site. They are looked after by Historic Scotland. Sheep are sometimes put in to graze amongst the stones, reflective of their origin during the time when the Neolithic people were learning agriculture.
    MM7902_ 20120806_03500.jpg
  • The Ring of Brodgar is a neolithic henge monument with a stone circle in Orkney, Scotland. It is over 300 feed in diameter and of the original 60 stones 27 remained standing into the 20th Century.  It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Heart of Neolithic Orkney. It is thought to have been erected between 3,000 and 2,000 BCE.
    MM7902_ 20120806_03336-Edit-Edit.jpg
  • Maeshowe is the classic Orkney chambered tomb of Neolithic origins, dating from around 3,000 BCE. It is the largest of the tombs on Orkney, set on a raised earthen platform surround by a ditch, and incorporating previous standing stones into the chamber construction. It's setting in the midst of agricultural land reflects the Neolithic tansition to agriculture. Maeshowe is a World Heritage Site.
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  • The Ring of Brodgar is a neolithic henge monument with a stone circle in Orkney, Scotland. It is over 300 feed in diameter and of the original 60 stones 27 remained standing into the 20th Century.  It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Heart of Neolithic Orkney. It is thought to have been erected between 3,000 and 2,000 BCE.
    MM7902_20130822_36597.jpg
  • The Standing Stones of Stenness is a Neolithic monument on the mainland of Orkney, Scotland. Various traditions associated with the stones survived into the modern era and they form part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site. They are looked after by Historic Scotland. Sheep are sometimes put in to graze amongst the stones, reflective of their origin during the time when the Neolithic people were learning agriculture.
    MM7902_20130819_34798.jpg
  • The Ring of Brodgar is a neolithic henge monument with a stone circle in Orkney, Scotland. It is over 300 feed in diameter and of the original 60 stones 27 remained standing into the 20th Century.  It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Heart of Neolithic Orkney. It is thought to have been erected between 3,000 and 2,000 BCE.
    MM7902_20130806_13165.jpg
  • The Ness of Brodgar is a long, narrow isthmus of land between Loch Harray and Loch Stenness in Orkney, Scotland. It is the site of much of the heritage of the neolithic era in Orkney. The archeology dig site at the Ness of Brodgar in Orkney that is revealing a Neolithic sacred site hitherto unknown. The dig is under the direction of Nick Card from ORCA in Orkney. Large structures are coming to light after several years of digging, revealing a 1,000 year history of occupation and development at the transitional period between hunter/gatherer society and the coming of agriculture.
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  • The Ring of Brodgar is a neolithic henge monument with a stone circle in Orkney, Scotland. It is over 300 feed in diameter and of the original 60 stones 27 remained standing into the 20th Century.  It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Heart of Neolithic Orkney. It is thought to have been erected between 3,000 and 2,000 BCE.
    MM7902_20130804_11649.jpg
  • The Standing Stones of Stenness is a Neolithic monument on the mainland of Orkney, Scotland. Various traditions associated with the stones survived into the modern era and they form part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site. They are looked after by Historic Scotland. Sheep are sometimes put in to graze amongst the stones, reflective of their origin during the time when the Neolithic people were learning agriculture.
    MM7902_ 20120802_01630.jpg
  • The Standing Stones of Stenness is a Neolithic monument on the mainland of Orkney, Scotland. Various traditions associated with the stones survived into the modern era and they form part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site. They are looked after by Historic Scotland. Sheep are sometimes put in to graze amongst the stones, reflective of their origin during the time when the Neolithic people were learning agriculture.
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  • Sheko cattle being kept, protected and studied at the ILRI farm in the Ghibe Valley of southern Ethiopia. The Sheko are endangered with only about 2,500 known to be alive. Their are valuable for their adaptation to climates where they are resistant to diseases carried by the tsetse fly. ILRI is studing and breeding the herd.
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  • Seed Savers Exchange is one of the oldest and largest heirloom seed conservation organizations in the world. <br />
Since 1975, Seed Savers Exchange members have passed on approximately one million samples of rare garden seeds to other gardeners. The non-profit organization of gardeners is dedicated to saving and sharing heirloom seeds.
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  • Neolithic Orkney featured in National Geographic. The Standing Stones of Stenness on the cover.
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  • The Links of Noltland is the site of a major archeological dig by Historic Scotland, as they try to research and preserve the site that is under threat from the winds blowing off the nearby beach on the island of Westray. The site had major occupation for several thousand years, from the neolithic to the bronze and iron ages.
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  • Artifacts from the Links of Noltland site in Westray, Orkney, Scotland. The Links of Noltland is the site of a major archeological dig by Historic Scotland, as they try to research and preserve the site that is under threat from the winds blowing off the nearby beach on the island of Westray. The site had major occupation for several thousand years, from the neolithic to the bronze and iron ages.
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  • Artifacts from the Ness of Brodgar dig site in Orkney, Scotland. The archeology dig site at the Ness of Brodgar in Orkney that is revealing a Neolithic sacred site hitherto unknown. The dig is under the direction of Nick Card from ORCA in Orkney. Large structures are coming to light after several years of digging, revealing a 1,000 year history of occupation and development at the transitional period between hunter/gatherer society and the coming of agriculture.
    MM7902_20130807_13576.jpg
  • The islands of Orkney Scotland sprawl across the North Sea, a convoluted combination of low land, beaches, and tidal flats which are in constant flux. The seas between the islands is generally very shallow so that the actual landscape of the Neolithic era may well have been much different, depending on the rapidly rising sea level. For the last five thousand years they have remained in motion, their outlines changing decade by decade.
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  • Cuween Chambered Cairn is a neolithic burial chamber on Cuween Hill on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland.  It dates from about 3,000 BCE and is similar in design to Maeshowe. It has exquisite stonework reflect great skill of the builder, and contains four side chambers.
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  • Artifacts from the Links of Noltland site in Westray, Orkney, Scotland. The Links of Noltland is the site of a major archeological dig by Historic Scotland, as they try to research and preserve the site that is under threat from the winds blowing off the nearby beach on the island of Westray. The site had major occupation for several thousand years, from the neolithic to the bronze and iron ages.
    MM7902_20130813_25595.jpg
  • Artifacts from the Links of Noltland site in Westray, Orkney, Scotland. The Links of Noltland is the site of a major archeological dig by Historic Scotland, as they try to research and preserve the site that is under threat from the winds blowing off the nearby beach on the island of Westray. The site had major occupation for several thousand years, from the neolithic to the bronze and iron ages.
    MM7902_20130813_25551.jpg
  • The Knap of Howar on the small island of Papa Westray is the oldest house in Northern Europe, predating even the village of Skara Brae on the nearby Mainland of Orkney, Scotland.  The two side-by-side dwellings are in a remarkable state of preservation, reflecting daily life in the Neolithic era.
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  • The Links of Noltland is the site of a major archeological dig by Historic Scotland, as they try to research and preserve the site that is under threat from the winds blowing off the nearby beach on the island of Westray. The site had major occupation for several thousand years, from the neolithic to the bronze and iron ages.
    MM7902_20130811_23201-Edit.jpg
  • The beautiful Rackwick Valley and beach on Hoy are some of the most dramatic scenery in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. The wide beach is strewn with massive stones, polished round by the unrelenting sea.
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  • The archeology dig site at the Ness of Brodgar in Orkney that is revealing a Neolithic sacred site hitherto unknown. The dig is under the direction of Nick Card from ORCA in Orkney. Large structures are coming to light after several years of digging, revealing a 1,000 year history of occupation and development at the transitional period between hunter/gatherer society and the coming of agriculture.
    MM7902_20120816_09559.jpg
  • The archeology dig site at the Ness of Brodgar in Orkney that is revealing a Neolithic sacred site hitherto unknown. The dig is under the direction of Nick Card from ORCA in Orkney. Large structures are coming to light after several years of digging, revealing a 1,000 year history of occupation and development at the transitional period between hunter/gatherer society and the coming of agriculture.
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  • The archeology dig site at the Ness of Brodgar in Orkney that is revealing a Neolithic sacred site hitherto unknown. The dig is under the direction of Nick Card from ORCA in Orkney. Large structures are coming to light after several years of digging, revealing a 1,000 year history of occupation and development at the transitional period between hunter/gatherer society and the coming of agriculture.
    MM7902_ 20120806_02975.jpg
  • The archeology dig site at the Ness of Brodgar in Orkney that is revealing a Neolithic sacred site hitherto unknown. The dig is under the direction of Nick Card from ORCA in Orkney. Large structures are coming to light after several years of digging, revealing a 1,000 year history of occupation and development at the transitional period between hunter/gatherer society and the coming of agriculture.
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  • Mural in Belfast, Northern Ireland
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  • Artifacts from the Ness of Brodgar dig site in Orkney, Scotland. The archeology dig site at the Ness of Brodgar in Orkney that is revealing a Neolithic sacred site hitherto unknown. The dig is under the direction of Nick Card from ORCA in Orkney. Large structures are coming to light after several years of digging, revealing a 1,000 year history of occupation and development at the transitional period between hunter/gatherer society and the coming of agriculture.
    MM7902_20130807_13643.jpg
  • The islands of Orkney Scotland sprawl across the North Sea, a convoluted combination of low land, beaches, and tidal flats which are in constant flux. The seas between the islands is generally very shallow so that the actual landscape of the Neolithic era may well have been much different, depending on the rapidly rising sea level. For the last five thousand years they have remained in motion, their outlines changing decade by decade.
    MM7902_20130805_12482_v2.jpg
  • Midhowe is a large Neolithic chambered cairn located on the south shore of the island of Rousay, Orkney, Scotland. The tomb is a particularly well preserved example of the Orkney-Cromarty type of chambered cairn. Tombs of this type are often referred to as "stalled" cairns due to their distinctive internal structure.
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  • The archeology dig site at the Ness of Brodgar in Orkney that is revealing a Neolithic sacred site hitherto unknown. The dig is under the direction of Nick Card from ORCA in Orkney. Large structures are coming to light after several years of digging, revealing a 1,000 year history of occupation and development at the transitional period between hunter/gatherer society and the coming of agriculture.
    MM7902_20120815_09037.jpg
  • The Pierowall Stone was a lintel on a now-lost burial cairn in Westray, Orkney, Scotland. It was found in pieces at a quarry after the tomb had been unknowingly destroyed.
    MM7902_20130813_25612.jpg
  • The Links of Noltland is the site of a major archeological dig by Historic Scotland, as they try to research and preserve the site that is under threat from the winds blowing off the nearby beach on the island of Westray. The site had major occupation for several thousand years, from the neolithic to the bronze and iron ages.
    MM7902_20130812_23900.jpg
  • The Links of Noltland is the site of a major archeological dig by Historic Scotland, as they try to research and preserve the site that is under threat from the winds blowing off the nearby beach on the island of Westray. The site had major occupation for several thousand years, from the neolithic to the bronze and iron ages.
    MM7902_20130812_23832.jpg
  • The islands of Orkney Scotland sprawl across the North Sea, a convoluted combination of low land, beaches, and tidal flats which are in constant flux. The seas between the islands is generally very shallow so that the actual landscape of the Neolithic era may well have been much different, depending on the rapidly rising sea level. For the last five thousand years they have remained in motion, their outlines changing decade by decade.
    MM7902_20130805_13004-Edit.jpg
  • The islands of Orkney Scotland sprawl across the North Sea, a convoluted combination of low land, beaches, and tidal flats which are in constant flux. The seas between the islands is generally very shallow so that the actual landscape of the Neolithic era may well have been much different, depending on the rapidly rising sea level. For the last five thousand years they have remained in motion, their outlines changing decade by decade.
    MM7902_20130805_12570-Edit.jpg
  • The archeology dig site at the Ness of Brodgar in Orkney that is revealing a Neolithic sacred site hitherto unknown. The dig is under the direction of Nick Card from ORCA in Orkney. Large structures are coming to light after several years of digging, revealing a 1,000 year history of occupation and development at the transitional period between hunter/gatherer society and the coming of agriculture.
    MM7902_20120815_09336.jpg
  • Located on at cliff edge at Isbister on South Ronaldsay in Orkney, Scotland, the Tomb of the Eagles is a Neolithic chambered tomb. 16,000 human bones were found at the site, as well as 725 from birds, mostly sea eagles. Discovered and excavated by farmer Ronald Simison.
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  • Orkney potter and ardent student of archeology Andrew Appleby built a turf kilm at the Ness of Brodgar to fire some of the pots he as made using the patterns of Neolithic pottery found at the dig site. Appleby has done extensive research into the materials and methods Neolithic potters could have used to make their pottery. His kiln included the use of Bere barley husks to tamp down the fire, cattle bones to support the pottery and add heat to the fire, and grass to cap the kiln. Red hot pots can be seen emerging from the fires in the evening.
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  • The Links of Noltland is the site of a major archeological dig by Historic Scotland, as they try to research and preserve the site that is under threat from the winds blowing off the nearby beach on the island of Westray. The site had major occupation for several thousand years, from the neolithic to the bronze and iron ages.
    MM7902_20130814_26632.jpg
  • The Watchstone stands at the end of the bridge that connects Stenness with the Ness of Brodgar. Part of the ancient neolithic landscape of Orkney and roughly contemporary with the other standing stones nearby.
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  • Evening falls on Gleann Cholm Cille in County Donegal, northwest Ireland.  It is typical of Celtic settlement with houses scattered across the countryside in a loose gathering.
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  • Seed Savers Exchange is one of the oldest and largest heirloom seed conservation organizations in the world. <br />
Since 1975, Seed Savers Exchange members have passed on approximately one million samples of rare garden seeds to other gardeners. The non-profit organization of gardeners is dedicated to saving and sharing heirloom seeds.
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  • Cary Fowler at the Svalbard Global Seed Bank, also known as the "Doomsday" seed bank, in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway.  Dug into the frozen mountainside above the town, the seedbank is a last chance repository for millions of seeds, that could be used to restore agriculture should a disaster wipe out many of the plants we depend upon for food.
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  • Seed Savers Exchange is one of the oldest and largest heirloom seed conservation organizations in the world. <br />
Since 1975, Seed Savers Exchange members have passed on approximately one million samples of rare garden seeds to other gardeners. The non-profit organization of gardeners is dedicated to saving and sharing heirloom seeds.
    MM7753_20100902_33088.jpg
  • Cutting peat on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland.
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  • Overlooking the bay at low tide in the area of Timsgarry, Uig on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The inn is Baile na Cille.
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  • Waves crash in on the Butt of Lewis (the north end) on the Isle of Lewis.  This is the farthest north tip of the Outer Hebrides.
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  • Views of the harbor in Castlebay as night falls on the Isle of Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
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  • Wild horse are gathered from the hills and brought to a coral at the Rapa Das Bestas in Vimianzo, Galicia.  On the second day the horses are gathered in the coral where teams of five men wrestle them to the ground so they can have their manes and tails trimmed.  This ancient tradition as passed from economic necessity to popular cultural tradition, the asociacion now making the event and increasingly popular attraction.  The wild west of the Celtic World.  The big feast features beef, pork, and (wouldn't you know) horse meat, the most popular.
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  • National Championship of traditional music in Gourin, Brittany.
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  • Scenes at the Intercelitque Festival where the Magic Night performance brings performers from all the nations into the stadium for a full blown show of Celtic music and dance.  Celtic gets the rock star treatment.  Response from the Celtic audience was overwhelming.
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  • Mazey Day celebrations in the streets of Penzance as the Golowan band draws Penglaze out onto the street where it creats havoc in the serpent dance. Children from the community schools take part in the parade.  Moch Mayor Miss Cornish Pasty marches in the parade.
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  • Overlooking the bay at low tide in the area of Timsgarry, Uig on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.  One of the most scenic areas I have ever seen in Scotland.
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  • Seed Savers Exchange is one of the oldest and largest heirloom seed conservation organizations in the world. <br />
Since 1975, Seed Savers Exchange members have passed on approximately one million samples of rare garden seeds to other gardeners. The non-profit organization of gardeners is dedicated to saving and sharing heirloom seeds.
    MM7753_20100904_34522.jpg
  • Seed from the Kew Millennium Seed Bank collection at Wakehurst, outside London in the UK.
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  • The community seed bank (CSB) in Harbu which was built and sponsored by Ethio Organic Seed Action (EOSA) to help farmers regain traditional varieties of crops and have a safety net against loss of crops in times of drought and crop failure. <br />
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Members of the seed bank contribute seeds and can use the seeds for their crops. Included in the seed bank is a germplasm reserve, where seeds are stored in jars as a further means of preserving greater crop diversity. <br />
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Seen in the germplasm reserve are CSB members and farmers Ansha Seid (turquoise scarf) and Seid Shiferan (tan scarf) looking at the jars of seeds.
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  • Carey Fowler at the "Doomsday" seed bank in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway.  Dug into the frozen mountainside above the town, the seedbank is a last chance repository for millions of seeds, that could be used to restore agriculture should a disaster wipe out many of the plants we depend upon for food.
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  • The Bar de Fredi in Espasante, Galicia is a popular spot for Celtic music.  The tavern opens at 11:00 pm and things get going about 1:00 am when the pipers arrive.  Music goes on till 5:00 am, finishing up with traditional hill singing, men and women echoing choruses back and forth.  A wild night.
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  • Gleann Cholm Cille, on the northwest coast of Ireland, an ancient sacred valley in the Irish Gaeltacht.
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  • Glenfinnan Highland Games and Gathering at Glenfinnan.  Part of the ceremonies are the raising of the standard to commemorate Bonnie Prince Charlie rallying the Highlanders to his cause at Glenfinnan (which led to their eventual downfall.)  Some of the White Cockade Society participated in old Highland costume.
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  • Golowan Parade with the Golowan Band greets Penglaze as the horse skulled figure makes an appearance.  This ancient tradition has been revived in Penzance.  The horse comes out to bring havoc and mischief into the world before being pushed back into the darkness by the music.
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  • Ardbeg Distillery on the Isle of Islay, Scotland.
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  • Turning out  the malted barley for drying at Laphroaig Distillery, Isle of Islay, Scotland
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  • In the Lagavulin Distillery warehouse where the still man is testing the aging of the whisky. Isle of Islay, Scotland.
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  • At the bar in the Lochside Hotel which specializes in Islay single malt whiskies, with then-owners Roberta and Duffy.
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  • March of the Lonach Highlanders and the Lonach Gathering are one of the great Highland games in Scotand.  Morning includes the march as the clans go from country house to country house where their hosts toast them with a wee dram of hospitality, otherwise known as whisky.
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  • The ancient Celtic village of Santa Tecla looks down on the modern city of A Garda in the far southwest tip of Galicia.  Uncovered during road building in the 1930's the wonderfully preserved village dates from some 2500 years ago.  Remarkably the thatched roofed houses here are almost exactly like the houses you see in use today in O Cebreiro or Piornedo.  One of the most stunning locations I saw in all of Galicia.
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  • The Archbishop and monks at the Celtic Orthodox Monastery of Sainte-Dolay in Brittany.   Morning sunlight casts warm light though the incense of mass.
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  • Scenes at Whitesand Beach near St. Davids in Wales.
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  • Graveyard and church close by the sea on Inishmor.  In the graveyard is Teaghlach Einne, an early church dedicated to St. Einne, and the saint's reputed grave site.
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  • The Cliffs of Moher rise dramatically out of the sea on the west coast of Ireland.  Visited by over one million people a year.
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  • The Ejere Farming Community Seed Bank in Ejere, Ethiopia was built by Ethio Organic Seed Action to help farmers regain traditional local varieties of grain that are better adapted to their location. Seed bank members donate seeds and in turn get seeds from the seed bank. Regassa Feyissa with EOSA is one of the founders and promoters of the seed bank and helps the local farmers. <br />
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The germplasm reserve saves a wide variety of crops that may not be grown every year and acts as a safety net in case of crop failure. <br />
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Farmers seen in the seed bank with Regassa are Taddesse Retta, chair of the Farmer Conservator Association and Eshetu Badada, the treasurer.
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  • Seed Savers Exchange is one of the oldest and largest heirloom seed conservation organizations in the world. <br />
Since 1975, Seed Savers Exchange members have passed on approximately one million samples of rare garden seeds to other gardeners. The non-profit organization of gardeners is dedicated to saving and sharing heirloom seeds.
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  • Cary Fowler at the Svalbard Global Seed Bank, also known as the "Doomsday" seed bank, in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway.  Dug into the frozen mountainside above the town, the seedbank is a last chance repository for millions of seeds, that could be used to restore agriculture should a disaster wipe out many of the plants we depend upon for food.
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  • Carey Fowler at the "Doomsday" seed bank in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway.  Dug into the frozen mountainside above the town, the seedbank is a last chance repository for millions of seeds, that could be used to restore agriculture should a disaster wipe out many of the plants we depend upon for food.
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  • The herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens contains thousands of plant samples collected over the last two centuries.<br />
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The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, usually referred to simply as Kew Gardens, are 121 hectares[1] of gardens and botanical glasshouses between Richmond and Kew in southwest London, England.<br />
Kew Gardens originated in the exotic garden at Kew Park formed by Lord Capel John of Tewkesbury. It was enlarged and extended by Augusta, Dowager Princess of Wales, the widow of Frederick, Prince of Wales, for whom Sir William Chambers built several garden structures. One of these, the lofty Chinese pagoda built in 1761 still remains. George III enriched the gardens, aided by William Aiton and Sir Joseph Banks. The old Kew Park (by then renamed the White House), was demolished in 1802. The "Dutch House" adjoining was purchased by George III in 1781 as a nursery for the royal children. It is a plain brick structure now known as Kew Palace.
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  • The Svalbard Global Seed Bank, also known as the "Doomsday" seed bank, in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway.  Dug into the frozen mountainside above the town, the seedbank is a last chance repository for millions of seeds, that could be used to restore agriculture should a disaster wipe out many of the plants we depend upon for food.
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  • Seed Savers Exchange is one of the oldest and largest heirloom seed conservation organizations in the world. <br />
Since 1975, Seed Savers Exchange members have passed on approximately one million samples of rare garden seeds to other gardeners. The non-profit organization of gardeners is dedicated to saving and sharing heirloom seeds.
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  • Seed Savers Exchange is one of the oldest and largest heirloom seed conservation organizations in the world. <br />
Since 1975, Seed Savers Exchange members have passed on approximately one million samples of rare garden seeds to other gardeners. The non-profit organization of gardeners is dedicated to saving and sharing heirloom seeds.
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  • Carey Fowler at the "Doomsday" seed bank in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway.  Dug into the frozen mountainside above the town, the seedbank is a last chance repository for millions of seeds, that could be used to restore agriculture should a disaster wipe out many of the plants we depend upon for food.
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  • Familia de Menhires by Manolo Paz (1994) is a postmodern set of standing stones in a prominent seaside park in A Coruna.
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  • The Archbishop and monks at the Celtic Orthodox Monastery of Sainte-Dolay in Brittany.   Morning sunlight casts warm light though the incense of mass.
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  • Farmer in Ireland. Lives near Gleann Cholm Cille, on the northwest coast of Ireland, an ancient sacred valley in the Irish Gaeltacht.
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  • Dun Aengus, an acient fort on the west coast of Inishmore, Aran Islands, Ireland
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