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  • Fisheye lens view of Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church, Butte, Montana
    angier-1706-8346-holy_trinity-butte-...JPG
  • Fisheye of the interior of Gradac Monastery, Serbia.
    angier-1209-gradac-serbia-10450.JPG
  • Fisheye lens view of Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church, Butte, Montana
    angier-1706-8355-holy_trinity-butte-...JPG
  • The Cathedral Church of the Holy Transfiguration of the Lord, interior--choir loft, Trebinje, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina<br />
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Stitched panoramic fisheye photographed
    angier-0909-trebinje-9693p.JPG
  • Icon of the Holy Cross, Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century. Fisheye lens view
    angier-1209-mileseva-serbia-10168.JPG
  • Interior of the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century. Fisheye view.
    angier-1209-mileseva-serbia-10050.JPG
  • Fisheye mirror at a blind corner with communications cables, Llucmajor, Mallorca
    angier-1209-llucmajor-mallorca-0224.JPG
  • Interior, fisheye of the dome at Blessed Virgin Mary of the Assumption Serbian Orthodox Church in Fair Oaks, Calif..
    1208-fair_oaks-serbian-liturgy-3518h...JPG
  • Fisheye lens view of Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church, Butte, Montana
    angier-1706-8325-holy_trinity-butte-...JPG
  • Fisheye view of the ceiling and walls within  the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
    angier-1209-mileseva-serbia-10152.JPG
  • Shooting the West XXV, Winnemucca, Nev...Group photo of the Shooting the West XXV attendees by remote control fisheye
    angier-1303-stw-xxv-1814.JPG
  • Theotokos, Mother of God behind the alter in this fisheye lens view of Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church, Butte, Montana
    angier-1706-8360-holy_trinity-butte-...JPG
  • Interior of the Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God  Monastery, (New Gracanica), Third Lake, Illinois<br />
<br />
With the fisheye lens<br />
<br />
<br />
#NGMWADiocese<br />
#GlorificationStMardarije, #Chicago, #PatriarchIrinej, #MetropolitanAmphiloije<br />
#SerbianOrthodoxChurch
    angier-1707-2836-new_gracanica-patri...JPG
  • Interior 180 degree view with fisheye lens of the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
    angier-1209-mileseva-serbia-9992.JPG
  • Interior 180 degree fisheye view of the Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ at the Monastery Mileševa, Serbia originally built in the 13th century.
    angier-1209-mileseva-serbia-9947h.JPG
  • Interior of the Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God  Monastery, (New Gracanica), Third Lake, Illinois<br />
<br />
With the fisheye lens<br />
<br />
<br />
#NGMWADiocese<br />
#GlorificationStMardarije, #Chicago, #PatriarchIrinej, #MetropolitanAmphiloije<br />
#SerbianOrthodoxChurch
    angier-1707-2800-new_gracanica-patri...JPG
  • Interior, frescos, walled 10th century monastery of Hosios Loukas, Distomo, Greece
    angier-1209-hosios_loukas-5584.JPG
  • California poppy flowers in bloom, Mt. Echo, Calif.
    angier-2004-1628-amador-poppies.jpg
  • Navy A7 aircraft on a pillar with sunburst, Fallon, Nevada
    angier-1803-2511-fallon-nevada.JPG
  • Water with green algae in a drainage canal in the Carson Sink, Nevada
    angier-1803-2471-carson_sink-nevada.JPG
  • Shooting the West XXVI, Winnemucca, Nev.<br />
<br />
Traditional group photo of the 26th Shooting the West crowd at the end of the symposium
    angier-1403-stw-xxvi-group-1991.JPG
  • Interior, Ekatontapiliani, Church of the 100 doors, Naoussa, Paros, Cycledes, Greece
    angier-1109-paros-16185.JPG
  • Hawthorne Fin Field along U.S. Highway 95 is about 100 bomb fins painted in red, white and blue and assembled in 2003 to honor the men and women of America's Armed Forces. The fins were surplus from the Hawthore Army Depot, the largest ammo dump in the world.
    angier-1108-fin_field-2027.JPG
  • Byzantine-style frescos created by iconographer Miloje Milinkovic within the chapel of Assumption of the Virgin Mary Serbian Orthodox Church, Kragujevac, Serbia
    angier_0909-kragujevac-14912.JPG
  • Oak tree and spring wildflowers in the grassy green hills of Mariposa County at the margin of California's Great Central Valley (San Joaquin Valley)
    angier0804-mariposa-9318.jpg
  • Miloje Milinkovich's icons painted on the walls of historic St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church, Jackson, Calif.
    angier_0810-st-sava-3769.jpg
  • California poppy flowers in bloom, Mt. Echo, Calif.
    angier-2004-1642-amador-poppies.jpg
  • Bottlecap Gazebo by Max Poynton, Andrew Grinsberg and the Bottlecap Crew, one of Fearnley's roadside attractions along the old Lincoln Highway, Nevada.<br />
<br />
Made with recycled stuff and 75,000 bottle caps
    angier-1803-2564-fernley-nevada-h3.JPG
  • Navy A7 aircraft on a pillar with sunburst, Fallon, Nevada
    angier-1803-2493-fallon-nevada.JPG
  • Telephone pole shadow with photographer, metal tank converted into a shed along the railroad tracks, Fortymile Desert, Nevada
    angier-1803-2457-carson_sink-nevada.JPG
  • St. Cecilia's Catholic Chapel, Imalay, Nev.
    angier-1803-2352-imlay-nevada.JPG
  • St. Sava Church at the monastery, Libertyville, Illinois.<br />
<br />
Iconography written by Miloje Milinkovic
    angier-1707-0679-st_sava-libertyvill...JPG
  • Ceiling of the baptismal chapel, Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, forth of the 21 California Missions and founded by Father Junipero Serra, September 8, 1771.
    angier-1310-mission-san_gabriel-2733.JPG
  • Interior and ceiling of the Church of St. Simeon the Myrrh-Gushing, Novi Beograd, Serbia
    angier-1407-novi_beograd-12025.JPG
  • Interior and ceiling of the Church of St. Simeon the Myrrh-Gushing, Novi Beograd, Serbia
    angier-1407-novi_beograd-12019.JPG
  • Ceiling and dome, Interior, St. Sava Cathedral, Belgrade, Serbia<br />
<br />
One of the ten largest churches in the world, Temple St. Sava is built on Vra?ar hill, the location where his remains were burned in 1595 by Ottoman Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha to squelch a Serbian uprising in the 16th century.
    angier-1407-beograd-11018.JPG
  • Shooting the West XXVI, Winnemucca, Nev.<br />
<br />
Traditional group photo of the 26th Shooting the West crowd at the end of the symposium
    angier-1403-stw-xxvi-group-2013.JPG
  • Shooting the West XXVI, Winnemucca, Nev.<br />
<br />
Traditional group photo of the 26th Shooting the West crowd at the end of the symposium
    angier-1403-stw-xxvi-group-2005.JPG
  • Shooting the West XXVI, Winnemucca, Nev.<br />
<br />
Traditional group photo of the 26th Shooting the West crowd at the end of the symposium
    angier-1403-stw-xxvi-group-1989.JPG
  • Pigs in the pen at the 73rd Amador County Fair, Plymouth, Calif.
    angier-1107-amador_fair-4-10850.JPG
  • Interior and ikonstas of Sveto Vaznesenje Serbian Orthodox Church built of stone in the late 17th century.<br />
<br />
Mokra Gora is one village but three mountains, one village but two churches-one in Krsanj, another in the centre of Mokra Gora.The first had been burnt down three times by the Turke and people of Mokra Gora persistently erected it from the ashes.According to oral tradition the church of Sveto Vaznesenje had been built at the end of 17th century, before the great migration of the Serbs, on a very hidden spot near the river Beli Rzav, surrounded by very high rocks on both sides. After the three burnings of the church in Krsanj, people of this village built a stone church that still esist and there is a valuable iconostasis from<br />
the year 1849 with the icons painted in the same year. It's the icon of Jesus Christ, the big archpriest on the throne and the icon of Mother of God with Christ on the throne. People of Mokra Gora had been trying to build a church in Mokra Gora since 1876.<br />
It is reported that the icone of Holly Mother of God had been brought from Krsanje to Mokra Gora three times, but all over again it returned by itself to Krsanje to the site of a fire, and not until 1945 Mokrogorci built the church and erected the paris home.
    angier-0909-mokra_gora-11593.JPG
  • Interior of the Turkish bath, Stari Grad Bar, old fort in Bar--founded 500 BC and once a city-state , part of Venice, (1443). In 1571 Turks conquered Bar and ran it until 1870s. On the Adriatic Sea
    angier-0909-bar-5512.JPG
  • Moraca Monastery, Sinjajevina Mountains, 1252 AD--Church of St. Nicholas with iconography depicting the life of St. Elijah<br />
<br />
Serbian Orthodox monastery located in the valley of the Moraca River in central Montenegro. It is one of the most monumental orthodox Middle Age monuments in Montenegro. It was founded in 1252 by Stefan, son of Vukan Nemanjic, king of Zeta, the grandson of Stefan Nemanja in 1252. This is written above the western portal.<br />
It consists of an assembly church, devoted to the Assumption of Mary, a small church, devoted to Saint Nicola, and a lodgings for travelers. The main door has a high wall which has two entrances. The assembly church is a big one-nave building in the style of Raska churches. It is different from the seaside churches. The main portal is in the romantic style.<br />
Beside the architecture, its paintings are of special importance. There is one painting preserved from the 13th century with 11 compositions from the life of the prophet Elias. This painting is in much better condition than all the others from the 16th century. Other paintings were ruined in the first part of 16th century when the Ottomans occupied the monastery and devastated it. They also carried away the lead roof.
    angier-0909-moraca-5292.JPG
  • Moraca Monastery, Sinjajevina Mountains, 1252 AD--Church of St. Nicholas with iconography depicting the life of St. Elijah<br />
<br />
Serbian Orthodox monastery located in the valley of the Moraca River in central Montenegro. It is one of the most monumental orthodox Middle Age monuments in Montenegro. It was founded in 1252 by Stefan, son of Vukan Nemanjic, king of Zeta, the grandson of Stefan Nemanja in 1252. This is written above the western portal.<br />
It consists of an assembly church, devoted to the Assumption of Mary, a small church, devoted to Saint Nicola, and a lodgings for travelers. The main door has a high wall which has two entrances. The assembly church is a big one-nave building in the style of Raska churches. It is different from the seaside churches. The main portal is in the romantic style.<br />
Beside the architecture, its paintings are of special importance. There is one painting preserved from the 13th century with 11 compositions from the life of the prophet Elias. This painting is in much better condition than all the others from the 16th century. Other paintings were ruined in the first part of 16th century when the Ottomans occupied the monastery and devastated it. They also carried away the lead roof.
    angier-0909-moraca-5279.JPG
  • Moraca Monastery, Sinjajevina Mountains, 1252 AD--Church of St. Nicholas with iconography depicting the life of St. Elijah<br />
<br />
Serbian Orthodox monastery located in the valley of the Moraca River in central Montenegro. It is one of the most monumental orthodox Middle Age monuments in Montenegro. It was founded in 1252 by Stefan, son of Vukan Nemanjic, king of Zeta, the grandson of Stefan Nemanja in 1252. This is written above the western portal.<br />
It consists of an assembly church, devoted to the Assumption of Mary, a small church, devoted to Saint Nicola, and a lodgings for travelers. The main door has a high wall which has two entrances. The assembly church is a big one-nave building in the style of Raska churches. It is different from the seaside churches. The main portal is in the romantic style.<br />
Beside the architecture, its paintings are of special importance. There is one painting preserved from the 13th century with 11 compositions from the life of the prophet Elias. This painting is in much better condition than all the others from the 16th century. Other paintings were ruined in the first part of 16th century when the Ottomans occupied the monastery and devastated it. They also carried away the lead roof.
    angier-0909-moraca-5271.JPG
  • Moraca Monastery, Sinjajevina Mountains, 1252 AD--Church of St. Nicholas with iconography depicting the life of St. Elijah<br />
<br />
Serbian Orthodox monastery located in the valley of the Moraca River in central Montenegro. It is one of the most monumental orthodox Middle Age monuments in Montenegro. It was founded in 1252 by Stefan, son of Vukan Nemanjic, king of Zeta, the grandson of Stefan Nemanja in 1252. This is written above the western portal.<br />
It consists of an assembly church, devoted to the Assumption of Mary, a small church, devoted to Saint Nicola, and a lodgings for travelers. The main door has a high wall which has two entrances. The assembly church is a big one-nave building in the style of Raska churches. It is different from the seaside churches. The main portal is in the romantic style.<br />
Beside the architecture, its paintings are of special importance. There is one painting preserved from the 13th century with 11 compositions from the life of the prophet Elias. This painting is in much better condition than all the others from the 16th century. Other paintings were ruined in the first part of 16th century when the Ottomans occupied the monastery and devastated it. They also carried away the lead roof.
    angier-0909-moraca-5262.JPG
  • Interior of the The Tvrdos Monastery founded in the 4th Centruy by King Constantine<br />
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Tvrdos is a Serb Orthodox monastery near the city of Trebinje, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The 4th-century foundations of the first Roman church on the site are still visible today. The Orthodox monastery was established there in the 15th century, with a cathedral constructed about 1508 and painted with murals by Vicko Lavrov from Dubrovnik in 1517. The monastery remained a seat of the Metropolitans of Herzegovina until the Ottoman Turks destroyed it in 1694. The current building of the monastery was constructed in 1924.
    angier-0909-trebinje-9912.JPG
  • Interior of the The Tvrdos Monastery founded in the 4th Centruy by King Constantine<br />
<br />
Tvrdos is a Serb Orthodox monastery near the city of Trebinje, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The 4th-century foundations of the first Roman church on the site are still visible today. The Orthodox monastery was established there in the 15th century, with a cathedral constructed about 1508 and painted with murals by Vicko Lavrov from Dubrovnik in 1517. The monastery remained a seat of the Metropolitans of Herzegovina until the Ottoman Turks destroyed it in 1694. The current building of the monastery was constructed in 1924.
    angier-0909-trebinje-9902.JPG
  • Interior of the The Tvrdos Monastery founded in the 4th Centruy by King Constantine<br />
<br />
Tvrdos is a Serb Orthodox monastery near the city of Trebinje, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The 4th-century foundations of the first Roman church on the site are still visible today. The Orthodox monastery was established there in the 15th century, with a cathedral constructed about 1508 and painted with murals by Vicko Lavrov from Dubrovnik in 1517. The monastery remained a seat of the Metropolitans of Herzegovina until the Ottoman Turks destroyed it in 1694. The current building of the monastery was constructed in 1924.
    angier-0909-trebinje-9882.JPG
  • Columns and arches beneath the walled 10th century monastery of Hosios Loukas, Distomo, Greece
    angier-1209-hosios_loukas-5746.JPG
  • Castro church bell tower, Emporio, Santorini, Greece.
    angier-1209-emporio-greece-4395.JPG
  • Interior, Ekatontapiliani, Church of the 100 doors, Naoussa, Paros, Cycledes, Greece
    angier-1109-paros-16181.JPG
  • Interior fo the Church of the Life Giving Spring (Zoodochos Pigi), Naoussa, Greece.
    angier-1109-paros-15922h*.JPG
  • Interior ceiling of the Hellas Hotel St. John of Russia Greek Orthodox Church, Fira, Santorini, Greece.
    angier-1109-santorini-14013.JPG
  • Mt. Kalamos, highest rock mountain in the Mediterranean rises in the distance above the village of Chrora, Anafi, Greece
    angier-1109-anafi-8803.JPG
  • Barrier paint test patterns on an abandoned paved highway in Nevada.
    angier-1108-paint-stripes-2321.JPG
  • Hawthorne Fin Field along U.S. Highway 95 is about 100 bomb fins painted in red, white and blue and assembled in 2003 to honor the men and women of America's Armed Forces. The fins were surplus from the Hawthore Army Depot, the largest ammo dump in the world.
    angier-1108-fin_field-2074.JPG
  • Hawthorne Fin Field along U.S. Highway 95 is about 100 bomb fins painted in red, white and blue and assembled in 2003 to honor the men and women of America's Armed Forces. The fins were surplus from the Hawthore Army Depot, the largest ammo dump in the world.
    angier-1108-fin_field-2032.JPG
  • The "Black Mailbox" now white, mailbox for rancher Steve Medlin near Area 51, east of Rachel, Nev., along the Extraterrestrial Highway, SR 375
    angier-0808-lincoln-5254.JPG
  • Yellow painted barrier striping used to test highway spray rig or to practice on abandoned paved roadway..Follow the yellow brick road.
    angier-0808-nye-3716_1.JPG
  • Garden of the Wind, created by Emil and Stella Veva Gehrke in the 1960s, Grand Coulee, Washington.
    angier-1106-windmill_garden-7669.JPG
  • Colfax, Washington's Codger Pole carved by Johnathan LeBenne commemorating the 50th anniversary of a 1938 football game between rival Colfax and St. John High Schools. ..At 65 feet (20 m) tall, it is the largest sculpture of its type in the world, and consists of portraits, carved into five upended red cedar logs, of the 51 players involved. The players are shown in old age but are wearing the football uniforms of the thirties
    angier-1106-codger_pole-3588.JPG
  • Byzantine-style frescos created by iconographer Miloje Milinkovic within the chapel of Assumption of the Virgin Mary Serbian Orthodox Church, Kragujevac, Serbia
    angier_0909-kragujevac-15842.JPG
  • Byzantine-style frescos created by iconographer Miloje Milinkovic within the Myrrbearers Church. the funerary chapel at the Kragujevac cemetery, Serbia
    angier_0909-kragujevac-14899+.JPG
  • Poppies bloom on the hillside during spring near the Sierra Nevada foothill city of Jackson, Calif.
    angier-0903-amador-12187.JPG
  • Poppies bloom on the hillside during spring near the Sierra Nevada foothill city of Jackson, Calif.
    angier-0903-amador-10882.JPG
  • Poppies bloom on the hillside during spring near the Sierra Nevada foothill city of Jackson, Calif.
    angier-0903-amador-10645.JPG
  • Basement Royal Mausoleum beneath St. George Church, Oplenac Mausoleum, Topola, Serbia...Mosaic iconography within the church's basement mausoleum of the Serbian Karadjordjevic Royal Family. The church was built in the early 20th century and the mosaics are composed of more than 40-millions pieces.
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  • Basement Royal Mausoleum beneath St. George Church, Oplenac Mausoleum, Topola, Serbia...Mosaic iconography within the church's basement mausoleum of the Serbian Karadjordjevic Royal Family. The church was built in the early 20th century and the mosaics are composed of more than 40-millions pieces.
    0909-topola-14172.jpg
  • Chapel of the Royal Mausoleum at St. George Church, Oplenac Mausoleum, Topola, Serbia...Mausoleum church of the Serbian Karadjordjevic Royal Family. The church was built in the early 20th century and the mosaics are composed of more than 40-millions pieces.
    0909-topola-13857+.jpg
  • Interior of St. Pantelamon church (still under construction), Belgrade, Serbia.
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  • Interior frescos and icons inside St. Ilija Serbian Orthodox Church, oldest  church in continuous service in Beograd, founded in 1834
    0909-beograd-18352.jpg
  • Interior of St. Sava Cathedral, Beograd..In its third century since it was first planned in the 1890s, St. Sava Cathedral was started in 1935 and the dome was raised in 40 days during 1989...It is the 10th largest church buildings in the world and the largest Orthodox Church any where.
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  • Interior of St. Sava Cathedral, Beograd..In its third century since it was first planned in the 1890s, St. Sava Cathedral was started in 1935 and the dome was raised in 40 days during 1989...It is the 10th largest church buildings in the world and the largest Orthodox Church any where.
    0909-beograd-13020.jpg
  • Miloje Milinkovich's icons painted on the walls of historic St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church, Jackson, Calif.
    angier_0810-st-sava-3917.jpg
  • St. Sava frescos by Miloje Milinkovic'..N.W. corner alcove of St. Sava Church
    angier_0808-st-sava-2240.jpg
  • Frescos by iconographer Miloje Milinkovic and the ceilings and walls of St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church, Jackson, Calif.
    angier_0808-st-sava-10710.jpg
  • California poppy flowers in bloom, Ione, Calif.
    angier-2004-0862-poppies-ione.jpg
  • California poppy flowers in bloom, Ione, Calif.
    angier-2004-0830-poppies-ione.jpg
  • Bottlecap Gazebo by Max Poynton, Andrew Grinsberg and the Bottlecap Crew, one of Fearnley's roadside attractions along the old Lincoln Highway, Nevada.<br />
<br />
Made with recycled stuff and 75,000 bottle caps
    angier-1803-2576-fernley-nevada-h3.JPG
  • Navy A7 aircraft on a pillar with sunburst, Fallon, Nevada
    angier-1803-2505-fallon-nevada.JPG
  • Water with green algae in a drainage canal in the Carson Sink, Nevada
    angier-1803-2480-carson_sink-nevada.JPG
  • Telephone pole, metal tank converted into a shed along the railroad tracks, Fortymile Desert, Nevada
    angier-1803-2454-carson_sink-nevada.JPG
  • St. Sava Church at the monastery, Libertyville, Illinois.<br />
<br />
Iconography written by Miloje Milinkovic
    angier-1707-0672-st_sava-libertyvill...JPG
  • Colorful Votive candles during Easter, Mission San Antonio de Padua, California.
    angier-1104-san_antonio-9162.JPG
  • Altar, Mission San Antonio de Padua, California.
    angier-1104-san_antonio-9137.JPG
  • Tabernacle and altar, Mission San Antonio de Padua, California.
    angier-1104-san_antonio-8211.JPG
  • Interior and ceiling of the Church of St. Simeon the Myrrh-Gushing, Novi Beograd, Serbia
    angier-1407-novi_beograd-12132.JPG
  • Ceiling and dome, Interior, St. Sava Cathedral, Belgrade, Serbia<br />
<br />
One of the ten largest churches in the world, Temple St. Sava is built on Vra?ar hill, the location where his remains were burned in 1595 by Ottoman Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha to squelch a Serbian uprising in the 16th century.
    angier-1407-beograd-11015.JPG
  • Interior and ikonstas of Sveto Vaznesenje Serbian Orthodox Church built of stone in the late 17th century.<br />
<br />
Mokra Gora is one village but three mountains, one village but two churches-one in Krsanj, another in the centre of Mokra Gora.The first had been burnt down three times by the Turke and people of Mokra Gora persistently erected it from the ashes.According to oral tradition the church of Sveto Vaznesenje had been built at the end of 17th century, before the great migration of the Serbs, on a very hidden spot near the river Beli Rzav, surrounded by very high rocks on both sides. After the three burnings of the church in Krsanj, people of this village built a stone church that still esist and there is a valuable iconostasis from<br />
the year 1849 with the icons painted in the same year. It's the icon of Jesus Christ, the big archpriest on the throne and the icon of Mother of God with Christ on the throne. People of Mokra Gora had been trying to build a church in Mokra Gora since 1876.<br />
It is reported that the icone of Holly Mother of God had been brought from Krsanje to Mokra Gora three times, but all over again it returned by itself to Krsanje to the site of a fire, and not until 1945 Mokrogorci built the church and erected the paris home.
    angier-0909-mokra_gora-11588.JPG
  • Moraca Monastery, Sinjajevina Mountains, 1252 AD--Church of St. Nicholas with iconography depicting the life of St. Elijah<br />
<br />
Serbian Orthodox monastery located in the valley of the Moraca River in central Montenegro. It is one of the most monumental orthodox Middle Age monuments in Montenegro. It was founded in 1252 by Stefan, son of Vukan Nemanjic, king of Zeta, the grandson of Stefan Nemanja in 1252. This is written above the western portal.<br />
It consists of an assembly church, devoted to the Assumption of Mary, a small church, devoted to Saint Nicola, and a lodgings for travelers. The main door has a high wall which has two entrances. The assembly church is a big one-nave building in the style of Raska churches. It is different from the seaside churches. The main portal is in the romantic style.<br />
Beside the architecture, its paintings are of special importance. There is one painting preserved from the 13th century with 11 compositions from the life of the prophet Elias. This painting is in much better condition than all the others from the 16th century. Other paintings were ruined in the first part of 16th century when the Ottomans occupied the monastery and devastated it. They also carried away the lead roof.
    angier-0909-moraca-5286.JPG
  • Castro church bell tower, Emporio, Santorini, Greece.
    angier-1209-emporio-greece-4403.JPG
  • Ikonography within small chapel at the Monastery Zoodchou Pigis, Anafi, Greece. Christ ascends to heaven over his crucifixion.
    angier-1109-anafi-9185.JPG
  • Barrier paint test patterns on an abandoned paved highway in Nevada.
    angier-1108-paint-stripes-2302.JPG
  • Hawthorne Fin Field along U.S. Highway 95 is about 100 bomb fins painted in red, white and blue and assembled in 2003 to honor the men and women of America's Armed Forces. The fins were surplus from the Hawthore Army Depot, the largest ammo dump in the world.
    angier-1108-fin_field-2057.JPG
  • Hawthorne Fin Field along U.S. Highway 95 is about 100 bomb fins painted in red, white and blue and assembled in 2003 to honor the men and women of America's Armed Forces. The fins were surplus from the Hawthore Army Depot, the largest ammo dump in the world.
    angier-1108-fin_field-1901.JPG
  • Shoe tree along US 95 near Walker Lake, Nev.
    angier-0808-mineral-2674.JPG
  • Amargosa Hotel and Opera House at Death Valley Jct...Ceiling frescos and murals painted by artist Marta Beckett inside the theater
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  • Manway up side of concrete grain elevator, Pine City, Wash.
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