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Norther Iceland - July 2009
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25-JUL-2009

Photo Prayer
Norther Iceland - July 2009


It seems as if these people are paying homage to the gods - but I think they are really just looking in their LCDs.

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Iris Maybloom (irislm)10-Dec-2009 01:05
At first glance this appears to be a very spiritual image.....a mountain top, a beautiful sky, two people, arms outstretched in prayer mode, seemingly offering thanks to the "creator" of all this beauty. In actuality, however, it is modern digital man looking, instead, at his own creation. What a wonderful statement you have made with this image.
Carol E Sandgren28-Nov-2009 18:42
Prayers that their images look alright?? Seems you can't go anywhere these days without finding pixel peepers. This has become a regular part of traveling. But this does make a really fine image. We can at least pretend that they are meditating or praying to the gods in the sky.
Phil Douglis27-Nov-2009 19:21
They seem so absorbed in their chimping that they may lost sight of the purpose of their strenuous climb -- to savor a place from above. They do look like they are some kind of primitive gods offering prayers here. Delightfully incongruous -- Edmund Hillary planted a flag on the peak of Everest when he was first to conquer it over fifty years ago. Today's climbers mark their own accomplishments by editing pixels.