The Flickr Perseverence Image Generatr

2 heavy storms in 2 weeks meant that getting into Pucks Glen to take this shot was a bit of a scramble ... wading though flooded tracks and clambering under fallen trees. However I got to take a few shots before the heavens opened again. This is one of them. I am always amazed that this tree manages to survive everything that nature throws at it and yet is still standing.

One of the performers getting ready for his tryst with Godly destiny.

Inspite of it being January, it was dark and hot and sweaty in Kannur in the arena where Theyyam was going to be performed.

Yellow turmeric powder based dabs on the chest, an orange patinaof herbal concoctions for the face and the headgeat of red, white and black made emphatic presence even as the perforner already in a state of semi trance sat patiently.

Theyyam time is for superlative tales of bravery, ancient treacheries and ordeals that the Theyyam performer must g through to earn a miserly living while playing God for the upper caste society of North Kerala.

It is a unique tradition and a ritual where the theyyam performer is God himself for the duration of the enactment. Tranced out in devotion superlative feats can be performed

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Name tag in the Mars Yard: "The Operational Perseverance Twin for Integration of Mechanisms and Instruments Sent to Mars."

SAR 15AR 4-8-2 No. 1969 near Perseverance on the 07.30 Uitenhage - Port Elizabeth suburban. 8 July 1976. A rescanned slide.

SAR 15 AR on a Port Elizabeth - Uitenhage suburban near Perseverence. 8 July 1976.

Conçu en partie avec le site / Designed in part with
mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/participate/photo-booth/

Le rover Perseverance a atterri sur le sol martien après sept mois de voyage, a annoncé jeudi l'agence spatiale américaine. Cette réussite éclatante pour la Nasa marque le début d'une Mission de plusieurs années.
"Atterrissage confirmé!", s'est exclamée Swati Mohan, en charge du contrôle des opérations au Jet Propulsion Laboratory, à Pasadena en Californie, rapidement rempli des cris de joie des équipes présentes dans la salle de contrôle.
La Nasa a immédiatement communiqué une photo prise par le rover sur place. "Bonjour le monde. Ma première vue sur la maison qui sera la mienne pour toujours", a tweeté le compte officiel du rover pour accompagner l'extraordinaire image en noir et blanc, sur laquelle on peut voir l'ombre du véhicule projetée au sol.

For my Flickr friends. Tricky lighting and I should have brought a warm jacket. Mars has a high temperature of minus 14 degrees Fahrenheit and a low of minus 117. I had a local Martian take this photograph.

There is a NASA website where you can go to Mars too and have your photo taken.

mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/participate/photo-booth/

Frged vy Covid-19 om that well known cyclist - Albert Einstein but it is true.. It may be a slog (and is sometimes) but we must keep pushing on. The reward will be there at the end. Have heart it will be worth it. We have all been challenged by Covid-19 and it has been hard at times, but we have to persevere to get to the end. Stay safe and keep strong

This tree resides on the top of Bear Mountain, overlooking the Hudson Valley in New York. It's one of my favorite trees and has always been a good subject in my photography. It grows, seemingly impossible to imagine, straight out of solid rock. I can only imagine its root structure, finding the crevices between the hard spaces for enough nutrients to survive the years. © 2014-Current.

Over three floors the Perseverence is an impressive houseboat. Photographed on the RIver Ouse at Newhaven on June 11th 2020.

Access to the houseboat Persevere. The Temptress looks on behind. River Ouse, Newhaven June 11th 2020.

Superbly turned out 15AR 4-8-2 No. 2017 of Uitenhage depot is leaving Perseverance with the 13.10 Port Elizabeth - Uitenhage tightly timed suburban service. 7 July 1978.

A tree, some roots exposed, hangs on to the side of a cliff over Hwy 1 near Waddell Creek Beach. Just north of Santa Cruz, California.