Wall of Tears

18 responses to “Wall of Tears”

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   thepretenda

   Dec 1, 2006 at 6:14 am

   stunning greenery!

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   jæms

   Dec 1, 2006 at 7:43 am

   What’s the wettest place on earth? Or was "second wettest" an oceanographic joke? 🙂

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   Cheryl Hellcat

   Dec 1, 2006 at 9:20 am

   So green! I always loved the scenery in Jurassic Park.

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   nimboo

   Dec 1, 2006 at 3:30 pm

   wow! great place.

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   jurvetson

   Dec 1, 2006 at 5:04 pm

   Jaems: the wettest is nearby, on the island of Kauai (39 ft. of rain/year). I remember seeing the Jurassic Park crew there, and I was a very curious monkey and tried to walk on to the set.

   glyph hunter: NI! Here lies the coveted shrubbery of the Holy Grail. There is a lot of detail in the full-size version.

   And yes, it was from the air. A hovering helicopter. The image stabilizer did a decent job for most of the frame. (I notice some interesting motion blur in the bottom left corner.)

   I don’t recall the exact distance, but it felt pretty close. =) We were tucked down in a narrow valley with greenery like this on both sides and clouds above. The vertical is uncropped (full frame sensor with a 24mm wide lens)

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   complexify.

   Dec 1, 2006 at 7:58 pm

   Stunning. I’m headed to that wettest place on earth next month – the north shore of Kauai. (Although we’ll be staying primarily on the sunnier southern shore.)

   Assuming I can keep my camera dry, I’ll bring back photos for comparison. 🙂

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   Mango_Girl

   Dec 2, 2006 at 8:25 am

   Just beautiful.

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   dragfyre

   Dec 2, 2006 at 11:43 pm

   touchingly beautiful

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   Sarah Julianne

   Dec 3, 2006 at 3:23 am

   Very cool.

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    Dabbler

    Dec 4, 2006 at 11:30 am

    Awesomely refreshing!

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    bifyu

    Dec 5, 2006 at 10:17 pm

    Tourist literature promotes Mount Wai‘ale‘ale as the wettest place on earth. However, although it averaged more than 460 inches (11,680 mm) of rain over the last 32 years, Mawsynram, India averaged 11,873 mm (467.4 inches) over a period of 39 years.

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    conmike12

    Dec 7, 2006 at 3:12 am

    Beautiful calming green

    

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    The Wandering Angel

    Dec 7, 2006 at 7:40 am

    What a lush, magnificent place!

    

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    aspiring key

    Mar 1, 2010 at 12:35 am

    It’s so beautiful, it made my eyes water.

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    Gatis.P

    May 27, 2010 at 9:57 pm

    Your photo has been included in website Wondermondo – an armchair guide to world attractions, description of Hawaiian Islands. Many thanks for this valuable picture!
    info@wondermondo.com

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    suekopca

    Sep 8, 2017 at 4:05 am

    I have a client interested in using this image. Do you sell usage for this image?

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17. 

    jurvetson

    Sep 8, 2017 at 3:25 pm

    Better yet, all of my photos are free to use forever with a simple photo credit: “Photo by Jurvetson on flickr”

    For online use, please have the credit line link to the original page.

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    jurvetson

    Oct 24, 2021 at 2:11 pm

    now the cover art for an ambient track

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