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DestinationsEuropeMalta Maltese Days and Nights 6 days agoJeff O'Keefe14 min read After an exciting 19 days in Jordan, we spent a slower 9 days in Malta. Malta is a small island that lies about 80 km south of Sicily, Italy. It is east of Tunisia and north of Libya. It is the tenth smallest country i...

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The Mosta Dome.
Here's a little story about the Dome then you can continue reading about the story behind this image.

The Mosta Dome is perhaps the most impressive church in Malta, with its’ massive rotunda, that is the third largest in the world 🌍

It was built in 1860, and it is dedicated to the Assumption of Our Lady. During the Second World War the church was almost destroyed when, during an air raid, a 200kg bomb fell through the dome without exploding. All the 300 people attending morning mass were left unharmed. On the 9th April, 1942 the detonator was removed and a replica is now on display inside the church as a famous tourist attraction. The Mosta Dome, or Rotunda took 27 years to build and was designed by a French designer who resided in Mosta, George Grognet de Vasse.
About the image.
I captured this 360 panorama on Thursday 7th June 2018, and this was really not planned at all... My plan was to go down to Zabbar to photograph a 360 shot at that particular street with the colorful umbrellas hanging , but unfortunately due to strong winds they had to close the street and also the umbrellas. While driving back home really disappointed I decided to take the long way and drive all the way from zabbar to Mosta then ending up at Santa Venera but as soon as I arrived exactly near the rotunda an empty parking space was waiting for me, it was that moment that I decided to enter the church and capture this.
The image consists of 18 bracketed images and settings are below.
Exposure time 3.2 sec , 0.8 and 13 seconds at an aperture of F8.
I used a 6.5 mm fisheye lens on Canon 7Dmk2.
SV360 panohead
I merged all the images in Skylum Software Aurora HDR , Stitched in Ptgui Pro and Finalized in PS CC.
This image is best seen on a large monitor at full screen.
Feel free to share :)

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They’re pretty damn funny.

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Mosta is a traditional Maltese town, constantly developing and re-inventing itself, keeping up to date with the modern exigencies of its inhabitants. However, Mosta is also considered a highly hist…

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The Mosta Dome is already ready - are YOU?

This summer's biggest 'festa' is less than two weeks away!

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The end is near, but we were a big part of the beginning

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"Minn meta kont żgħir xogħli kien fir-raba'. Kien għad lanqas kelli 10 snin meta kont niġi hawn bil-karrettun. Kien iwassalni missieri u mbagħad lura kont nimbuttah sad-dar. Illum il-ġurnata xtrajt trakk u armajtu ftit. Nagħmel kollox bil-ħsieb u mhux bl-addoċċ. Dan bħal trabokk, tara kif tagħmel biex tiġbed in-nies lejk. L-importanti tkun ġenwin, nadif u ma tqarraqx bin-nies. Peress li trabbejt fiha, għalkemm hu xogħol ta' ħafna tbatija, mhux faċli tgħid tieqaf. Dik hi ħajti; flok immur quddiem it-TV, immur l-għalqa.

It-tfal tal-lum ma jafux x'inhi tbatija. Qabel immorru l-iskola konna rridu mmorru l-għalqa naħdmu u wara l-iskola ridna nerġgħu mmorru ngħinu lil missieri biex jitlesta x-xogħol. Mur għidha lit-tfal tal-lum din!" - Carmel

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“I’ve been working in the fields since my childhood days. I was barely ten years when I started coming here with the cart. My father used to bring me here and then I would push it back home. Nowadays, I have a truck and it’s fully equipped. I plan everything, I don’t do things haphazardly. You need to know how to attract customers. The important thing is to be honest and genuine with your customers. Although it’s hard work which requires a lot of sacrifices, I grew up in this place and it’s not so easy to call it quits. This is my life; instead of spending the whole day in front of the TV, I go to the field.

Kids nowadays don’t know the meaning of suffering or hard work. In my days, before going to school, we used to go to work in the fields. After school, we would go back to the fields to help our father with work. Imagine saying that to kids today!”

27/05/2018

Have YOU sampled Valletta's buzzing nightlife scene?

Malta's capital comes alive with music and laughter at night

📷 instagram.com/hungerlusttravel 📍 Bridge Bar Valletta

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Valletta entrance by night

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