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23 March 2007

T.T F. S. M. I. P. F. = thank the flying spaghetti monster it's Photo Friday! The theme this week is Sacred Things.
My interpretation is rather loose.
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This photo was taken from the top of the Haleakala volcano in Maui, Hawaii. It was the last day of a chapel choir tour I'd organised, and we'd driven up to see the sun rise. After the dawn had broken, and everyone had applauded, my choristers (a few of whom are in the photo) spontaneously broke into an impromptu rendition of a gradual by Anton Bruckner which we had been singing in our concerts:

Locus iste a Deo factus est, inaestimabile sacramentum, irreprehensibilis est.
This was made by God, a priceless sacred place; it is beyond reproach.

It was all quite moving.
posted by chrismear 23 March | 08:36
Mine are fairly literal, too.

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For an atheist, I sure do take a lot of graveyard and church pictures.
posted by BoringPostcards 23 March | 08:40
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Perhaps not sacred in the general sense, I'm certain it was to this family.
posted by tommasz 23 March | 09:25
Rather literal as well:

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posted by ufez 23 March | 09:55
Funny sacred:
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Serious sacred:
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posted by matildaben 23 March | 09:57
Here's an old one, from 10/8/2001. I was walking across the east plaza of the Capitol, and saw this mannekin, with fake, out-of-scale sheep, and many small flags of foreign countries up on the Capitol steps. Oh, yes, there was loud religious music playing, too. As far as I could tell, though, no one was attending to the display; it was totally without context, right up there on the steps of the Capitol. I've never found out what the hell it was about.

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posted by mrmoonpie 23 March | 10:11
These are just so wonderful.

I think I have a good one at home to post later. I especially love tommasz's, mr. moonpie's, and mb's.
posted by Miko 23 March | 10:13
These are great.
posted by omiewise 23 March | 10:33
I agree, fantastic photos.

I'm going to throw a monkey wrench into the greatness.

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posted by LoriFLA 23 March | 10:49
Literal:

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Great photos by all. And Lori, I also consider the Rosetta Stone sacred!
posted by deborah 23 March | 11:48
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I can't take credit for this - Science Girl took the shot. I did, however, point it out to her.
posted by bmarkey 23 March | 11:52
Sorry for the width, but this is a panoramic shot of Kilauea caldera that I stitched together. Just before the last "seam" on the right, you can just barely see a papaya and some flowers as an offering to Pele perched on an outcropping above the Halema`uma`u crater. The scale is hard to appreciate--the crater is a half-mile across and 300 feet deep.

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posted by mrmoonpie 23 March | 16:42
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A monk explains the Nativity story to visitors in St. Patrick's Cathedral, NYC, Dec. 27th.

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St. Patrick's altar from the front...
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...and from the back. Behind and to the right of the water bottles is a crypt where the former bishops of the NY diocese are ...buried? (I'm not sure what the word for "remains preserved in a crypt" is.)
posted by Miko 23 March | 21:24
arse_hat, I'm sorry for your loss.
posted by deborah 23 March | 23:18
Thanks deborah.
posted by arse_hat 23 March | 23:25
Very beautiful pictures, everyone.

Arse_hat, I hope you are doing better, and have some peace.
posted by redvixen 24 March | 19:17
"In fact, || DS game recommendation.

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