Viking Cave is now used to collect swallows' nests : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Viking Cave is now used to collect swallows' nests / shankar s.
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | Another shot from the boat as we speed away from yet another halt. on the Phi Phi island cluster on the Phi Phi Islands speedboat tour. This is the Viking Cave, supposedly with Western style line drawings inside. Detailed notes about Viking Cave appeared earlier in this album. (see previous pictures). Although the boat does not actually stop here, and only slows down, which makes it impossible to take pictures for reasons explained in detail in an earlier caption. (see previous picture), Viking Cave is now used, in season, to what is arguably one of the profitable of local industries: the harvesting of swiftlet birds’ nests. Particularly prized in Chinese culture, these edible nests are believed to promote good health and to be specifically good for the skin. A local legend says that long time ago, sailors lost their boat during a storm and got stuck without food on one of the limestone islands lying in the mouth of the Phang Nga Bay. A cave located on this island was home to a colony of swiftlet, and the men could survive by eating their nests which gave them enough power to wait for rescue. The harvest of bird’s nests is rather a risky job: scaffolds are built with bamboo on which the hunters climb in the darkness to collect these precious items. Bird’s nests are sold on average, for US$2,500 per kilo! If you view this picture in full screen or expanded mode, you might be able to make out faintly some of the props and ropes and stuff. I really salute the brave individuals who sleep in the cave at night during season and risk their lives on those ropes and rope ladders in a huge, cavernous and dark cave, full of other dangers like snakes, centipedes etc. Ouch! (Phuket, Thailand, Oct/ Nov. 2019) |
| 撮影日 | 2019-10-01 00:00:00 |
| 撮影者 | shankar s. , Poona (pune), India, India |
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| カメラ | iPhone 7 Plus , Apple |
| 露出 | 1/2179 sec |
| 開放F値 | f/1.8 |
| 焦点距離 | 4 mm |