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18-MAY-2013

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Blue eye.

A nazar (Turkish: nazar boncuğu Old Turkic: gökçe munçuk) is an eye-shaped amulet believed to protect against the evil eye ("evil eye", from nazar and "amulet" from boncuğu). The word "nazar" is derived from the Arabic نظر, "sight" or "seeing". In Turkish, it is called Munçuk. In Central Asia, during the ages of Tengrism, people held similar superstitions like horseshoes, garlic, wolf's tooth, dried thorn, lead, stones; but the crystal blue eye has always been the most popular one.

Cappadocia (Kapadokya). Nevşehir Province. Turkey

Canon EOS 5D Mark II
1/125s f/9.0 at 58.0mm iso160 hide exif
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Date/Time18-May-2013 09:51:35
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ModelCanon EOS 5D Mark II
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length58 mm
Exposure Time1/125 sec
Aperturef/9
ISO Equivalent160
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