Images Dated 3rd August 2013

Faja lobi - burning love (Ixora coccinea))

Ixora is a tropical shrub or small tree originally from South-east Asia growing up to a height of 8 feet.It is the national flower of the Republic of Suriname.The name in Suriname isFaja Lobi or Faya Lobi, which means Burning love'. Other names are: Flame of the woods, Jungle flame, West Indian Jasmine, jungle geranium, and Shiva's flame

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Small elephant hawk-moth (Deilephila porcellus) feeding on bedstraw (Galium) species

Small elephant hawk-moth (Deilephila porcellus) feeding on bedstraw (Galium) species. Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, August

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Fortchurch in Willemstad (Punda district), Curacao, Netherlands Antillies, West Indies, Caribbean

Built in 1769 as part of Fort Amsterdam in what is now the UNESCO World Heritage City of Willemstad, CuraA?ao, the Fortchurch is a Historic Monument.
It has sturdy walls that were built to withstand any attack. A cannonball imbedded in an exterior wall has been left as a reminder of the attack by the British in 1804 when the Fort was shelled. (Local legend has it that the cannonball was fired from Captain Bligh's infamous Bounty).
The original tower of the Church was octagonal and was replaced by a round one in 1903, which is clearly marked on the facade

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