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David Halliday
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Posting from my photo archives two or three times a month
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Rainbow Valley, Northern Territory, Australia June 1994
Under a dark blue sky, white and orange crags dominate the horizon. The foreground is a flat desert pan fringed with scrub grass.
January 7, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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Because it's Christmas II. Winter Robin, 1994.
A robin perched in a frost-covered bush. Its red breast provides a stark contrast with the black and white of the bare branches coated with a coarse rime.
December 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Because it's Christmas. Summer Robin, June 2021.
Close-up of a robin perched on a decayed wooden fencepost.
December 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Faint Memory of Summer. Koksijde, Belgium. October 2011
Dunes covered in tufts of grass lead down to a beach where alternating bands of sand and water separate the land from the sea. The cloudy sky, with barely a patch of blue, casts a dull light over the scene. One solitary walker is just visible on the sand. Almost deserted at this time of year, the 5km beach is a popular holiday destination in the summer.
December 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Rooftops, Blois. September 2011
A view from the promenade area in front of the Royal Chateau of Blois. Rooftops, chimneys, and gable ends form a geometric pattern in shades of brick, buff, and stone. Beyond, the three towers of the Church of Saint Nicolas rise into a hazy blue sky.
December 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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A grey day at the Rocket Garden, Kennedy Space Center, August 2002.
Under a dull grey sky at the Kennedy Space Center, six rocket assemblies stand on concrete pads surrounded by paths and low planted beds. From left to right the rockets are: Gemini-Titan II, Mercury-Atlas, Atlas-Agena, Mercury-Redstone, Delta, and Juno II.
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Launch. Bali, July 1994.
Bali local kite festival. Members of a local association or club lifting their large black, red and yellow kite in preparation for launch. The kite's construction includes two wooden crossmembers that are curved due to the tension of rubber straps - in flight these straps vibrate, resulting in a pervasive sound similar to a motorcycle engine that can be heard across the island.
October 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Cat in the Mist, Climbers Traverse, Great Gable circa 1980
A mountainside, with rocks forming the silhouette of a cat appearing from the mist. The Sphinx or Cat Rock is a landmark that can be seen when following the Climbers Traverse as it skirts the south and west side of Great Gable in the Lake District.
October 16, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Eiffel Tower interior, December 1977
Black and white internal view of the Eiffel Tower, taken in 1977. A cage of interconnecting beams and crossmembers surrounds an elevator trackway that changes from sloping to vertical as it leaves the leg of the tower.
October 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Corfe Castle. Dorset, Winter 1997
A stone path leads upwards and to the left across a large grassy mound, eventually reaching the broken gatehouse of the castle. To the left are the collapsed remains of the bailey wall, while on top of the mound on the right are the walls of the keep. Corfe Castle was a Royalist stronghold during the English Civil War and when it eventually fell to the Parliamentarians it was slighted.
October 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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The towers of Notre Dame Cathedral reopened yesterday, so now a modern version of this view is available to visitors again. December 1976 Notre Dame de Paris
View from the top of the southern tower of Notre Dame de Paris. Looking south-east, the roof and spire of the cathedral are visible left foreground with the Ile Saint-Louis beyond. Further still, Paris fades into the hazy horizon.
September 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Quake. London, November 2018
Image of two buildings with orange and grey cladding. Post-processed to create a multi-layered effect that gives the impression that the buildings are shaking, then a vignette applied. The buildings themselves are part of the St Giles development in central London.
September 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Memento Mori aka Something Nasty in the Woodshed. February 2018
A high-contrast, vignetted, black and white image of two rat skeletons on a wooden bench, one of which has its head resting on the side of a log. Technical information: Olympus OMD EM1 mkii, 12-40mm f2.8. Image cropped and post-processed using Silver Efex Pro2 and Analog Efex Pro2 PS plug-ins.
September 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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An inappropriate choice. St Giles Fair, Oxford. September 1976.
St Giles Fair, Oxford September 1976. A woman and a balloon seller in the street with a small child standing between them with his back to the camera. The balloons are mostly black with a white skull-and-crossbones on them, but the woman is selecting a while balloon illustrated with gollies.
August 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Moonrise at Uluru, June 1994
A daylight full moon rests on the back of Uluru. The red sandstone's cracks and gullies are thrown into relief by the setting sun and the sky is starting to turn pink.
July 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Poppies return to the Tower, but only a fraction of the number on display 11 years ago.

Blood Soaked Land and Seas of Red, 2014
Blood Soaked Land and Seas of Red, a 2014 art installation of 888,246 ceramic poppies on the walls and in the moat of the Tower of London. In the image a cascade of poppies falls from a high opening in the Tower wall to pool and flow along the moat. Ceramic artist Paul Cummins and conceptual designer Tom Piper.
June 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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September 1982, The Zoodochos Pigi Church, Kamari, Santorini.
A white structure with a wall enclosing a tree, the Zoodochos Pigi Church is set into a rocky hill face and guards a cave with a spring. A steep stone path winds past the wall and up the hillside.
June 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Reach, Guernsey 1995
Hand-shaped broken tree trunk extending from a rock cleft on a beach in Guernsey.
May 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Long gone, the Tiger Balm Garden in Hong Kong. 1994
High wall decorated with painted concrete sculptures of chinese dragons and other animals in the Tiger Balm Garden, Hong Kong. The photo was taken in 1994, and the garden was demolished 20 years later to make way for an apartment block.
April 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Summer 1976 - The Last Barge
The last surviving Oxford college barge at its mooring alongside Christchurch Meadow on the Thames in 1976. Taken during Eights Week, there are a number of students standing on the upper deck of its ornate white superstructure. The barge sank many years ago and was removed from the river.
April 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Time travel Saturday, back to Istanbul 2003. The Hagia Sophia under renovation.
Interior of the Hagia Sophia undergoing renovation in 2003. On the right side of the photo a tower of scaffolding extends from floor to ceiling.
March 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Back in time to Winter 1976 - Portrait
Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Artist sketching a semi-reclined sculpture of a male in chains.
March 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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A sideways glance - Krakow 2000
View through a stone portico framing an open doorway, showing a large sculpted face in the room beyond.
February 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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It's Saturday, when shall we go today?

Leake Street 2008, artist unknown so attribution welcome.
Street art: Buddha in the Abhaya Mudra pose with a bandaged hand and in a neck brace.
February 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Jelly ears on an elder stump
Jelly ear fungus and ivy on the stump of an elder tree.
February 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM