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#YesterdayInAuckland | #Auckland- one Mid Late August Wintery Mission Bay – Rangitoto Island- A Gallery-

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During on one weekend mid Late August 2017, One  wintery Weekend Auckland  heading to  get warmer as it headed towards the Spring season as the daylight seemingly getting warmer and longer.. Also wishing that there was no daylight savings for the summery season… As the weekend warmingly with the ample amount of daylight spreading….

wide View of Mission bay..

There’s one place in Auckland urban, in which is Mission bay, a urban beach line in which you could attend to after work, the weekend in which to escape from work, of the daily chores of home.. Mission bay sits midway along the Tamaki Drive Auckland, with a wide range of local amenities, as to a cosy neighbourhood of cafes, restaurants…  The Beach lies in the Auckland Waitemata Harbour, in which Mission bay has some key historical landmarks, Bastion Point, Trevor Moss Davis Memorial Fountain, with a neighbourhood Gallery…

Rangitoto Island with the teal mussel textured water ripples of Hauraki Gulf…
one of the greatest urban escapes in Auckland is Mission Bay.. away from the office…. with Rangitoto Island in view..
once a molten Scoria rock toffee formation becomes a landmark history of volcanic Auckland..
with crystal teal mussel ripples water viewing Brown Island is like an oil. based painting..
Brown island viewing , scenic pictured untouched…

Among that it has some interesting rock formations into when Auckland’s Volcanic past with as you walk north wise of the beach you can see un sandy buried the frozen lava formations layering like a molten Scoria rock toffee formation… also in the distance is the Rangitoto Island once of Auckland’s Volcanic past in which it lies dormant for a while in the Hauraki Gulf. Rangitoto Island name means Bloody Sky, as it was formed over the period of six thousand years that gate crashed Motutapu Island….

wide view taken from a St Heliers – Achiles Point viewing platform on an August Weekend

It recent residences were from the IWI Ngāti Paoa until recently in the European  Colonization it housed local New Zealand residences with their make shift housing as seen along the wharf locations of the island.. Among wartime it housed World War Two to house United States troops to store mines, also barracks as a look out as to a Communications out post for war time New Zealand…..

 

香港 #AlreadyTomorrowInHongKong | Making of the #HongKong City Gallery Impression Exhibition-

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As part of the twenty anniversary of Hong Kong as a Special Administration Region… there’s an exhibition that’s running in between 20th June to 30th November 2017 in which is Infinitely Hong Kong – Impression … in which is run by the City Gallery  sits in 3 Edinburgh Place, Central, Hong Kong (Next to City Hall Lower Block).. In which this stand up outdoor stand up Mobius strip infinity structure based on the infinity symbol has seen from above in which creates an introductionally Art structure arc way for an internal exhibition works that’s within the City Gallery in which sit at Central explaining a brief of what’s in store inside the Hong Kong Impression ….. Previously been inside the City Gallery its very welcoming pleasantly with innovative exhibitions and works..

Within the City Gallery, in which sits in central next to City Hall, showcases many elements of evolution and developments life of Hong Kong in covering three floors of the whole Gallery. In which the first floor exhibits the Annex History and uniqueness of Hong Kong showing Hong Kong next Century, it’s living environment as to protecting is unique heritage… apond the second floor it showcases elements of strategic picture, infrastructure also its sustainability with its Transportation and communications with multi- social media sharing elements… as with the third floor it has exhibition works of how Hong Kong is the world leaders in land reclamation with the leading  innovation techniques that they used … among with this hall is the future planning of Hong Kong towards the next few centuries….  As well there’s planning it comes with consultation process in learning of the development of the Coastlines and Skylines,  in which the three floors covers a permanent exhibition..

#YesterdayInAuckland |#Auckland Afternoon wintery – 11- August 2017- One tree Hill – Maungakiekie- A Gallery

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One tree Hill – Maungakiekie– One 11- August 2017-  day  the summit is located in the heart of Auckland City New Zealand, in which it sits in between Epsom, Royal Oak, Greenlane, also Onehunga…  One Tree Hill Can be describe as an organic viewing platform like how long time ago like in Victoria Peak in Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong,  but without all the modern commercial amenities in which Victoria Peak has.. In which the Summit has constantly retains is organic Edwardian look with its rich colonial past as to its previous historically nature as it was once was a Fortified Pa Maori Site village in which numerous archaeological features still can be found while the present has caught it up with it past…

One winter afternoon day is the looking in between two harbours, Manukau to towards the Waitemata harbour……

Among viewing from the summit, it’s also the final resting place one of the founding fathers of Auckland Sir Logan Campbell, in which he’s rested in the same location where once the Marae- a community meeting house hall.. Among nearby is a flatbed in which is lowered is where the Pa’s Chieftain Residence once located…

 

One Tree Hill also Cornwall Park provides the mixture of stories of native and colonial trees Auckland telling the history of Auckland…
Among the newly growth of trees that sits at the summit, it’s in good company of wiser trees that it’ll guide them through Auckland’s time..
Among many features of One Tree Hill is also a living farm with sheep also cattle in which shows the public of how Auckland centrally once was..
Once a Maori Fortified Pa site.. there are some interesting terraces in which these terraces was once used for farming vegetables like any other organised farming techniques that dates back to Ancient China..
During wartime.. World war two One Tree Hill, Cornwall Park was once a United States military barracks in which this area field was place where it’s training also a well played rugby..
The other side of One Tree Hill is grove road.. in which cathedral tree arches a corridor for a afternoon runner with his reflection running as well..

Among its previous past of as great strategic viewing location for defenses, now presently it’s now a civilian kind, for the people to view organically of Auckland has a whole instead of the Inorganic view of Sky Tower in Victoria Street.. Among also its civilian use is the obelisk is the most visible Auckland Landmark in which is a memorial to the Maori People also a visual observation referencing landmark for incoming aircraft to land at Jean Batten International Airport- Auckland International Airport…..

 

During wartime.. World war two One Tree Hill, Cornwall Park was once a United States military barracks in which this area field was place where it’s training also a well played rugby..

Viewing from the vantage point, you can see most of the viewing range of the Waitemata harbour, towards northward of Albany- As to the southward is the rural Boundaries of Auckland, swing around that view is Thames, Coromandel….. Westward is the beyond the Waitakere’s ranges towards Piha towards the Tasman Ocean…

#iPhonePhotography | 冬月 #winter #moon – Before the #FullMoon – 5th August 2017-

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On a wintery frozen 5th August 2017 Auckland – New Zealand night just before the Full moon, the Moon was heading into its ninety percent Waxing Gibbous in which, in the following proceeding days there was a Partial Lunar Eclipse in motion on in between the seventh, eighth of August 2017 as seen in Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong webcast by the Hong Kong Space Museum morning of Seventh to Eighth- Tuesday of August 2017…..  As the Moon Luna was motioning through towards the Full Moon, as it was in the abundances in-between Constellations of Libra, Scorpio also closely nearby the wintery Planet Saturn, in which viewing through a very good telescope you could see is Galilean Moons Dione, Titan, Hyperion orbiting around its parent ringed gaseous planet Saturn averagely one light hour ago, averagely one billion kilometer away from Earth, that Elliptically orbits around the Sun..

As there are much to see of the Moon Luna, as she reveals her cratered lacy embroidery A-line Wedding dress in which that Tapestry embroidery woven to tell more of the storylines of the Jade Rabbit, the stories of NASA’s Apollo Mission on Tranquility also serenity also how much a modest impact of Tycho created a an immeasurable aftermath timeless impression on the surface on the moon..  Among just before the full moon you can see the outline Luna Circumferences cratered silhouettes edges….

#iPhonePhotography | 冬天木星-#Jupiter winter misty ‎Friday, ‎4 ‎August ‎2017 – four main large Galilean Moons

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On a very misty wintery Friday, ‎4 ‎August ‎2017 Auckland-New Zealand, the wintery night skies was frozen clear, in which was frozen clear still on that night till the wintery mist came along…The Planet Jupiter in which is settling down very early west wise towards the Waitakere’s Piha Beach direction.   Throughout in the winter season as the season progressives settling down early…. In which the planet Jupiter is in the night sky is located in the Bodice of the Constellation of Virgo… At that time the four main large Galilean Moons Io, Europa, Castillo, Ganymede… Was located in one side of the of the averagely 800 million Kilometres away from Earth… in which given that you’re texting your girl-boyfriend it’ll take least averagely 40 minutes for the text messaging to be send.. Yes the Speed of light in space is Dial Up in space…. So you can imagine missing out watch streaming…. And you think its broadband…

During the night, on the westward wise in which in winter constellation it’s the Scorpio also Sagittarius with the wintery moon as it progressive towards the full moon…