Uploads from Diego3336, tagged clouds

Dawn & Sunrise

nobody@flickr.com (Diego3336) — Thu, 16 May 2013 03:09:14 -0700

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May 16th, 2013 - São Paulo, Brazil

Dawn & Sunrise

nobody@flickr.com (Diego3336) — Thu, 16 May 2013 03:09:24 -0700

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May 16th, 2013 - São Paulo, Brazil

Dawn & Sunrise

nobody@flickr.com (Diego3336) — Thu, 16 May 2013 03:09:42 -0700

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May 16th, 2013 - São Paulo, Brazil

Downtown Sao Paulo at Dusk

nobody@flickr.com (Diego3336) — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 15:06:10 -0700

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Picture taken from the Pedro II Subway Station. Despite the nice view, the park down there is full of people doing crack and all sorts of things.

Sao Paulo, Brazil

[2006] Christ the Redeemer

nobody@flickr.com (Diego3336) — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 04:31:11 -0800

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Christ the Redeemer viewed from the Sugar Loaf with the help of 12x zoom lens.

Condensation Trail

nobody@flickr.com (Diego3336) — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 18:55:07 -0700

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Condensation trail from an aircraft over Niagara Falls in 2010.

Way

nobody@flickr.com (Diego3336) — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 09:31:22 -0700

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The footbridge over the railroad and the "Castelinho" (Portuguese for Little Castle), the former house of the Railway's Chief Engineer. Paranapiacaba, Brazil

About Paranapiacaba: About the Village: It is a historical village and railroad station nestled in the Atlantic rain forest at the top of the Serra do Mar mountain range, the last stop before trains descend the Serra do Mar to the coast.

It was established as a company town for the employees of São Paulo Railway, a privately owned British railway company. This railway allowed the transport of cargo and people from the city of São Paulo to the port of Santos. The word paranapiacaba means "where you will find the sea" in Tupi.

Most of the village was built by English men (Many of the materials came from Europe) and the historical part of the village is in the typical English style with colourful houses made of wood. There is a scale replica of Big Ben on the main train platform, that was part of the original train station and the rail yards are somewhat of a train graveyard, with many rusting old wrecks that one can look through. There is also a railroad museum.

It is a very pleasing place both for railfans (It's the only place in Brazil that still has electric locomotives moving freight, and it's a main corridor) and nature lovers, providing easy access to the rain forest of the Serra do Mar.

Sources: Wikitravel and Wikipedia

Sunset

nobody@flickr.com (Diego3336) — Tue, 31 May 2011 11:40:48 -0700

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Sunset viewed from Central Park Reservoir in NYC, 2005.

[PANORAMA] Paranapiacaba

nobody@flickr.com (Diego3336) — Sat, 28 May 2011 00:59:09 -0700

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A panoramic view of the village with its major landmark, the Clock Tower, on the left side of the picture.

About the Village: It is a historical village and railroad station nestled in the Atlantic rain forest at the top of the Serra do Mar mountain range, the last stop before trains descend the Serra do Mar to the coast.

It was established as a company town for the employees of São Paulo Railway, a privately owned British railway company. This railway allowed the transport of cargo and people from the city of São Paulo to the port of Santos. The word paranapiacaba means "where you will find the sea" in Tupi.

Most of the village was built by English men (Many of the materials came from Europe) and the historical part of the village is in the typical English style with colourful houses made of wood. There is a scale replica of Big Ben on the main train platform, that was part of the original train station and the rail yards are somewhat of a train graveyard, with many rusting old wrecks that one can look through. There is also a railroad museum.

It is a very pleasing place both for railfans (It's the only place in Brazil that still has electric locomotives moving freight, and it's a main corridor) and nature lovers, providing easy access to the rain forest of the Serra do Mar.

Sources: Wikitravel and Wikipedia

Paranapiacaba's Clock Tower

nobody@flickr.com (Diego3336) — Thu, 26 May 2011 15:30:30 -0700

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About: In the mid-19th century, the São Paulo Railway Company, a privately owned British railway company, laid a snaking network of tracks over Brazil’s green mountains. In order to transport coffee beans from inland plantations to the port of Santos on the south coast, a railroad funicular was incorporated that could lift entire trains full of cargo over the undulating terrain.

A British company provided the steam engines that drove the operation and also founded a workers’ village on the highest point in the area, called Paranapiacaba, meaning “a place to view the sea” in Tupi-Guarani. The small houses for railway and funicular employees were constructed from wood, in a style similar to those of British mining towns.

Paranapiacaba’s civic buildings and larger homes were Victorian in design, and its train station was adorned with a clock tower in imitation of London’s Big Ben.

Source: World Monuments Fund

Fenced Clock Tower

nobody@flickr.com (Diego3336) — Thu, 26 May 2011 15:30:52 -0700

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[Panorama] A Day at the Park

nobody@flickr.com (Diego3336) — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 12:38:50 -0800

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Parque do Ibirapuera - Sao Paulo, Brazil

Sao Paulo Skyline

nobody@flickr.com (Diego3336) — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:56:13 -0700

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Downtown Sao Paulo skyline at dusk. Picture taken from "Pedro II" subway station.

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Concrete Jungle

nobody@flickr.com (Diego3336) — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 10:49:13 -0800

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A "H Series" train leaving the Pedro II subway station in São Paulo, Brazil

[PANORAMA] Grenadier Pond - High Park

nobody@flickr.com (Diego3336) — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:15:30 -0700

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The beauty of the Autumn Colours in Toronto, Ontario, Canada - 2007

I taken 8 pictures and the Microsoft ICE (Image Composite Editor) did the rest =P

Full-size picture: www.flickr.com/photos/3336/5833354768/sizes/o/

And an upside down version, just for fun: www.flickr.com/photos/3336/5834306918/ =P

It's Always Rainy in Paranapiacaba Part II

nobody@flickr.com (Diego3336) — Sun, 29 May 2011 12:38:04 -0700

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A cobblestone street, the footbridge, the Clock Tower and the cloudy mountain.

About the Village: It is a historical village and railroad station nestled in the Atlantic rain forest at the top of the Serra do Mar mountain range, the last stop before trains descend the Serra do Mar to the coast.

It was established as a company town for the employees of São Paulo Railway, a privately owned British railway company. This railway allowed the transport of cargo and people from the city of São Paulo to the port of Santos. The word paranapiacaba means "where you will find the sea" in Tupi.

Most of the village was built by English men (Many of the materials came from Europe) and the historical part of the village is in the typical English style with colourful houses made of wood. There is a scale replica of Big Ben on the main train platform, that was part of the original train station and the rail yards are somewhat of a train graveyard, with many rusting old wrecks that one can look through. There is also a railroad museum.

It is a very pleasing place both for railfans (It's the only place in Brazil that still has electric locomotives moving freight, and it's a main corridor) and nature lovers, providing easy access to the rain forest of the Serra do Mar.

Sources: Wikitravel and Wikipedia

Winter Sunset II

nobody@flickr.com (Diego3336) — Thu, 19 May 2011 13:16:11 -0700

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Taken in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Winter Sunset

nobody@flickr.com (Diego3336) — Thu, 12 May 2011 12:36:13 -0700

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Taken in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Lakeside Trail

nobody@flickr.com (Diego3336) — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 12:38:09 -0800

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Parque do Ibirapuera - Sao Paulo, Brazil

Christmas Tree

nobody@flickr.com (Diego3336) — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 12:37:31 -0800

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Parque do Ibirapuera - Sao Paulo, Brazil