南山海上觀音聖像 Guanyin of the South Sea of Sanya / 中國海南三亞 Sanya, Hainan, China / SML.20140506.EOSM.09918.P1
When our plane was about to land in Sanya, I spotted a gigantic statue near one of the coastline. It turns out that it was a statue of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara (better known as Guanyin in East Asia). The statue is 108-meter (354 ft) tall, and as you can see from this aerial view, it is pretty big. The locals claim that ever since it was built in 2005, the frequent typhoons affecting Southeast Asia no longer cause any troubles for Sanya—which I can neither prove nor disprove with any meaningful data.
I usually try not to pull out my DSLR when all electronic equipments must be turned off, so sneaking the EOSM out is the best I could do. Useful little mirrorless camera, I have to say.
Photographed with the Canon EOS M + Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM on the plane from Hong Kong to Sanya.
# More Information
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guan_Yin_of_the_South_Sea_of_Sanya
南山海上觀音聖像 Guanyin of the South Sea of Sanya / 中國海南三亞 Sanya, Hainan, China / SML.20140506.EOSM.09918.P1.
南山海上觀音聖像 Guanyin of the South Sea of Sanya / 中國海南三亞 Sanya, Hainan, China / SML.20140506.EOSM.09918.P1
When our plane was about to land in Sanya, I spotted a gigantic statue near one of the coastline. It turns out that it was a statue of the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara (better known as Guanyin in East Asia). The statue is 108-meter (354 ft) tall, and as you can see from this aerial view, it is pretty big. The locals claim that ever since it was built in 2005, the frequent typhoons affecting Southeast Asia no longer cause any troubles for Sanya—which I can neither prove nor disprove with any meaningful data.
I usually try not to pull out my DSLR when all electronic equipments must be turned off, so sneaking the EOSM out is the best I could do. Useful little mirrorless camera, I have to say.
Photographed with the Canon EOS M + Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM on the plane from Hong Kong to Sanya.
# More Information
+ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guan_Yin_of_the_South_Sea_of_Sanya
南山海上觀音聖像 Guanyin of the South Sea of Sanya / 中國海南三亞 Sanya, Hainan, China / SML.20140506.EOSM.09918.P1.