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What’s in an image? Sometimes quite a lot, more than meets the eye.

I’m posting an image every day (or as often as I can). A photo, an image from the internet, a diagram or a map. Whatever takes my fancy.

Today’s photo shows the River Liffey in the centre of Dublin. I liked the contrast between the old sailing ship and the modern buildings along the waterfront. There’s a sense of history, of the long passage of time beyond an individual human life.

Two hundred years ago, in 1824, the city was here, the river was here, sailing ships of various sizes would have been jostling together along the quayside, but the buildings have changed dramatically. In 1824 there was no photography, no computing, no motor vehicles, no EU, no electricity supply. There were no railways; coastal vessels and canal barges were the main system for transporting heavy goods, while horse drawn vehicles on generally poor roads were used for passenger travel and light goods.

Over many thousands of years, science and technology working together have taken us from the use of stone, wild plants and animals in the prehistoric past to all the conveniences of modern living. And those changes continue, faster now than ever. Imagining the past is at least possible, imagining the future much less so. There are too many unknowns.

Images from our Irish holiday 2024

For convenience, here’s a list of all the Irish holiday images:

28th Jul – Welsh Botanic Garden, Robin, Fishguard
29th Jul – Wicklow Mts, Glendalough, Powerscourt, Rose, Greystones
30th Jul – Liffey, Temple Bar, St Patrick’s Cathedral
31st Jul – Newgrange, Battle of the Boyne
1st Aug – Monasterboice, Mourne, Thrift, Window
2nd Aug – Spelga Dam, Hydrangea, Pipework, Lough Neagh
3rd Aug – Coagh, Springhill, Portrush
4th Aug – Beach at Portrush
5th Aug – Giant’s Causeway, Carrick-a-Rede, Portrush

Themed image collections

The links below will take you to the first post in each collection

Cirencester, Favourites, Irish holiday 2024, Roman villa

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