Merry Christmas!

On December 25, 2025December 27, 2025 By Agata 40thousandkmIn Estate State of Mind, Middle Middle East, The Rhythm of the Night8 Comments

🌟🎄🌟 Wishing you a wonderful time! 🌟🎄🌟

Dubai, UAE

December 2025

Chris Rea – Driving Home For Christmas

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Kraków Nativity Scenes

On December 24, 2025December 27, 2025 By Agata 40thousandkmIn The Country on the Vistula River, The Rhythm of the Night1 Comment

Kraków nativity scenes (Polish: szopka krakowska) – a Christmas tradition originating from Kraków in Lesser Poland (Małopolska), Poland. Centred around constructing cribs and using the historical buildings of Kraków (most popular: St. Mary’s Basilica, Wawel Castle, the Sukiennice trade hall, the Barbican of Kraków), the Kraków nativity scenes are depicting historical, cultural and contemporary social events relating to life in the City of Krakow, Poland and the world.* This 19th century tradition was inscribed on the list of UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2018. Every year, the Museum of the City of Kraków is organizing the Kraków Nativity Scenes contest and exhibition.

In the photos below: Kraków nativity scenes from 2016.

*Ξ Nativity scene (szopka) tradition in Krakow (UNESCO) page

Krakow, Poland

December 2016

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Holiday Sparkle (LAPC #377)

On December 7, 2025December 14, 2025 By Agata 40thousandkmIn Challenge List Collaboration, The Rhythm of the Night, Where Maple Leaves Fall5 Comments

Christmas and holiday fun – in Montreal, Canada. Posted for Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Lens-Artists Challenge #377 – Holiday Fun – by Ann-Christine of Leya.

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Montreal, Canada

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Montreal, Canada

Brossard, Canada

Montreal, Canada

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Montreal, Canada

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Montreal, Canada

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Off It Went! (SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink 10-29)

On July 29, 2025December 23, 2025 By Agata 40thousandkmIn Golden sands Ocean blue, Here and There, The Rhythm of the Night, The Sky full of Stars5 Comments

The launch of SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink 10-29 on July 29th 2025, 11:37 PM EDT from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40). SpaceX launched a batch of 27 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit. The first stage booster (while on its 26th flight), after the separation, landed on the Just Read the Instructions droneship in the Atlantic Ocean.

Photo taken from Satellite Beach, Florida, USA.