November 18th, 2008 · Comments Off
Paratroopers of the British 1st Airborne landing in fields of Arnhem during the opening hours of Operation Market Garden. Location: Holland. Date taken: September 17, 1944. Size: 1280 x 1158 pixels (17.8 x 16.1 inches)
LIFE photo archive hosted by Google:
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July 24th, 2007 · Comments Off
“Every winter between 11 November and 2 February the sun fails to rise above the slopes of the Alps and the North Italian village of Viganella (population 203) is completely in shadow. The village, that is situated at the end of a narrow valley beside a 20-kilometre road that extends to the Swiss Alps is suffering from a population exodus. Residents of Viganella and the neighboring villages who face the same problem blame the lack of sunlight in winter for Seasonal Affective Disorders.
It is cold, the washing does not dry, people stay indoors and suffer from drowsiness and depression.
Last November the part-time mayor Pierfranco Midali came up with a solution: (…)”
Niels Stomps: 83 Days off darkness (slideshow).
www.nielsstomps.nl (via)
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