Circus Flora — Entidade

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HOW DO YOU TRAIN FOR THIS?

A couple of final pictures from Circus Flora (which closes this weekend for locals who haven't been). Carlos Carballo, the Number 1 guy on the Wheel Of Death, jumps rope at the top of the arc. Then he

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WHEEL OF DEATH

That may be a bit of hyperbole considering the skilled artists, but that's what they call it. Carlos Carballo, upper right, has been doing this for twenty years. Bruce Zúñiga has been at it for ten. T

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I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS ONE

Elayne Kramer is doing something I would not have thought possible. She is literally hanging by her teeth and jaws with her body impossibly balanced. The vertical rod is topped by something made of le

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THE FOLDING PROBLEM

The atomic makeup of a protein molecule is not its only important characteristic. How the elements are folded onto one another is, I've read, critical. How the human body can be folded is a subject of

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PEOPLE DOING CRAZY THINGS ON HORSES

Amanda Pennino and Ermes Zamperla doing their thing again at Circus Flora. I usually post a single photo but the strength and balance of both performers was just so striking. Don't know if this will w

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STRENGTH AND BALANCE

I get front row seats when we take the grandkid to the circus. It's not that expensive. Jack up the ISO, make the f stop wide open, set the focus to continuous tracking and hope for the best. This one

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THE MEN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE

Who remembers the old song, https://tinyurl.com/7pactxb4 ? Now it's definitely not just men, as seen yesterday. The whole Wallenda family participates. Mrs. C was so impressed with them that she was t

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THE FLYING WALLENDAS

The Flying Wallendas are American circus royalty. https://wallenda.com/ They appear at Circus Flora every year, and every year they amaze. I edited a bunch of pictures of them yesterday and had to dec