PhotoBlog.web.id » Places http://photoblog.web.id Dony Alfan's PhotoBlog Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:16:00 +0000 en hourly 1 Full Moon at Borobudur http://photoblog.web.id/2011/full-moon-at-borobudur.php http://photoblog.web.id/2011/full-moon-at-borobudur.php#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 15:16:17 +0000 Dony Alfan http://photoblog.web.id/?p=701

Full moon was seen at Borobudur Temple, Magelang – Indonesia, during Vesak Day (May 17 2011). This Temple believed to be built in the 8th century becomes the center of prayer and devotion on Vesak Day.

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Date taken: March 20 2011, 04:35:59AM (GMT +7)
Taken from Surakarta, Indonesia.

Dr. James Garvin, chief scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center: ‘Supermoon’ is a situation when the moon is slightly closer to Earth in its orbit than on average, and this effect is most noticeable when it occurs at the same time as a full moon. So, the moon may seem bigger although the difference in its distance from Earth is only a few percent at such times.

It is called a supermoon because this is a very noticeable alignment that at first glance would seem to have an effect. The ‘super’ in supermoon is really just the appearance of being closer, but unless we were measuring the Earth-Moon distance by laser rangefinders (as we do to track the LRO [Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter] spacecraft in low lunar orbit and to watch the Earth-Moon distance over years), there is really no difference. The supermoon really attests to the wonderful new wealth of data NASA’s LRO mission has returned for the Moon, making several key science questions about our nearest neighbor all the more important.

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The unique architectural design has been said to have an appearance similar to either a durian or the eyes of a fly. Many Singaporeans casually refer to the Esplanade as “The Durian” or “The Big Durian”.

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Kuil Buddha dalam bahasa Thailand disebut sebagai Wat, terdapat lebih dari 31.200 kuil Budha di Thailand, Wat Arun adalah salah satunya. Berdiri dengan anggun di sisi Thonburi dari Sungai Chao Phraya.

Menara setinggi 79 meter tersebut dihiasi dengan keramik dan fragmen dari porselen berwarna-warni. Keramik-keramik itu konon sebelumnya berfungsi sebagai pemberat kapal-kapal yang datang dari Cina menuju Bangkok. Mozaik porselen mengisi setiap dinding dan sudut Wat Arun sehingga menghasilkan efek visual yang menakjubkan, apalagi pada saat memantulkan sinar matahari.

Wat Arun adalah representasi arsitektur Gunung Meru, pusat dunia dalam kosmologi Buddhis. Dalam mitologi agama Buddha Tibet, Gunung Meru merupakan pusat alam semesta.

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“Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends,”

Location: Solo, Indonesia

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Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok, Thailand (code: BKK). Suvarnabhumi means “The Golden Land”.

Designed by Helmut Jahn of Murphy/Jahn Architects, this airport has the world’s tallest control tower (132.2 m), and the world’s third largest single-building airport terminal (563,000 square metres). Suvarnabhumi is one of the busiest airports in Asia.

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Pagi hari, sekitar pukul 7 saya menuju balkon kamar hotel, sekadar ingin menghirup bersihnya udara pagi Kota Singapura. Kaca bagian luar pun berembun, pemandangan kota Singapura yang berkabut menyambut saya. Di sisi kiri ada bangunan yang bentuknya mirip mata capung (atau lalat?) ada juga yang menyebutnya mirip durian. Ternyata itu adalah Esplanade, gedung teater yang menjadi kebanggaan masyarakat Singapura.

Esplanade terdiri dari dua ruangan utama, yakni Theatre dengan 2.000 kursi dan Concert Hall dengan 1.600 kursi. Gedung lain di belakang Esplanade yang tampak dalam foto adalah hotel dan kasino yang saat ini pengerjaannya sudah mencapai 95%.

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Di gubuk tua, di tengah sawah, di bawah naungan cahaya Tuhan, si renta menawarkan jagung rebus dan kopi pahit dalam cangkir yang patah gagangnya. “Belum saatnya kamu tinggal di gubuk ini, nak. Suatu saat nanti kita akan bersua lagi dan kembali menikmati kopi ini. Jangan takut, aku akan menyambutmu di ujung pematang sawah itu,” ujarnya lirih.

Ponorogo 23/03

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Kubah Masjid di dalam kawasan Pondok Pesantren Gontor 2, Ponorogo.

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Petang tadi (26/2) di Pasar Gedhe Solo, suasana tahun baru Imlek pun masih terasa

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Quiet Sunset at Cengklik
Location: Cengklik reservoir, Boyolali, Indonesia

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Location: Bonang Beach, Rembang, Central Java, Indonesia

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“The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”

Location: Purworejo, Indonesia

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“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”

Location: Solo, Indonesia

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