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Busch Gardens Africa

Tampa, Florida

July 2008

 

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Riquewihr in Alsace is one of the most beautiful villages in France. It presents a wonderful old town from the 16th Century.

Riquewihr gehört auf Grund seines unversehrt erhaltenen Stadtbildes aus dem 16. Jahrhundert zu den schönsten Dörfern Frankreichs.

 

Riquewihr (German: Reichenweier) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.

A popular tourist attraction for its historical architecture, Riquewihr is also known for the Riesling and other great wines produced in the village. The city of Riquewihr looks today more or less as it did in the 16th century.

Riquewihr is only 7 miles (11 km) from Colmar and minutes from other Alsatian villages such as Ribeauvillé, Hunawihr, Eguisheim or Kaysersberg.

Originally the property of the Dukes of Württemberg, the town was converted to Protestantism in the 16th century. Historically, Reichenweiher served as a Winzerdorf or "wine village" as a trading hub for Alsatian and German wine.

The town is surrounded by its medieval fortifications and is overlooked by a castle from the same period that is today a museum.

Riquewihr was one of the few towns in the area not to be badly damaged during World War II.

There is a museum about Alsace during World War II and a torture chamber (La salle de torture).en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riquewihr

 

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Riquewihr im Elsass zählt zu den schönsten Dörfern in Frankreich. Es präsentiert sich mit unversehrter Altstadt und traumhaften Stadtbild aus dem 16. Jahrhundert. Es gehört zu den bedeutendsten Weinbauorten und ist eine Perle im Elsass

Riquewihr (deutsch: Reichenweier) ist eine französische Stadt in der Region Elsass im Département Haut-Rhin mit 1.237 Einwohnern (2006). Die Kommune liegt im Arrondissement Ribeauvillé und dort im Kanton Kaysersberg.

Im 6. Jahrhundert gründete ein Franke namens Richo ein Landgut namens Richovilla, aus dem sich der Ort entwickelte. 1320 erhielt Riquewihr, damals im Besitz der Grafen von Horburg, die Stadtrechte. 1324 wurde die Stadt an das Haus Württemberg verkauft. Von diesem Zeitpunkt an gehörte sie zu Württemberg.

1793 wurde die Stadt französisch. Die Bevölkerung ist mehrheitlich lutherisch.

Riquewihr ist einer der bedeutendsten elsässischen Weinbauorte. Daneben ist der Ort stark auf den Tourismus, insbesondere den Tagestourismus, ausgerichtet. Riquewihr in Wikipedia

 

My most interesting photos on black on one site

  

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My spouse got herself a nice new little camera and she snapped this pic up at the “Burgess Shale - Walcott Quarry”. The very knowledgeable guides were asked a question regarding a new theory, and since I had already spent a day with the scientist in question, I found that I was adding my own two bits worth to their answer. Here, I'm caught in the act.

 

That is Mount Wapta on the right. We have basically hiked over a pass and along scree slopes under the peak to get here. Michael Peak and Emerald Glacier in the background.

"...Caminho como quem anda

na direção de si mesmo,

e, de tanto andar a esmo,

fui de uma a outra banda,

e se a inspiração me comanda,

da trilha logo me afasto

e até sementes de pasto

replanto pelas vermelhas

estradas velhas parelhas,

ao repisar no meu rastro..."

 

Trecho de "Eis o Homem", de Marco Aurélio Campos

Pavão, Capão do Leão, Rio grande do Sul, Brasil

Copyright - Piero Maraca - Fotografo Reportage Matrimonio Lecce

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“…Enganchar um boi no laço,

num aparte ou tempo feio,

pra livrar um companheiro

de um algum gavião sem costeio

é um mandamento pampeano

que aprendi no pastoreio…”

 

Trecho de “Recuerdos posteiros”, de Noel Guarany

Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

 

Model - Ida Lovise V

 

I just adore her eyes.. They are SO gorgeous! Thanx to Ghostbones for the texture!!

 

Oh, and this got to Explore as #36 on Sunday, July 20, 2008 - and made it to front page! :D

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◘ Local: Parque Farroupilha / Redenção - Espelho D'água

◘ Informações adicionais: Localizado no centro da Avenida dos Estados, o espelho d'água sugere tranqüilidade e paz aos visitantes que podem ver refletido em sua superfície a imagem do céu azul, das árvores floridas e dos pássaros que cantam no parque. fonte

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◘ Local: Passeando com amoreco e a mel.

◘ Informação Adicional: A igreja, em estilo colonial, data do século XVIII e carrega no altar um oratório com a imagem do padroeiro da paróquia. Em 1971, a Madre de Deus foi danificada por um incêndio, mas ainda é possível encontrar em seu interior pinturas sacras, mobiliário em jacarandá e a imagem do Senhor do Bom Jesus dos Passos. Endereço: Rua Madre de Deus, s/n, Bairro do Recife.(fonte: www.omarjunior.com/links/goto.php?url=http://www.pernambu...

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Name :TERNS

Latin Name: Sternidae

Arabic Name: Alkharshanah الخرشنة

Location : Kubbar Island - Kuwait

Camera: Canon EOS 1D Mark III

Lens: Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L USM

Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/640)

Aperture: f/7.1

ISO Speed: 500

 

Part of Birds Set

 

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This mosaic is based on the sculptures running around between the first-floor-windows of the Pyramide court of the Louvre, Paris, including Richeliu-, Sully- and Denon-wings of the building. The hall of fame consists of characters coming mainly from the XVIIth century (poets, writers, philosophers, artists, sculptors, painters, architects, politicians etc.). First I thought I would eliminate the differences between the original photos - later I didn't change them but just cropped and resized - the change of colour & tone reflects appropriately the time I spent with taking them (approx. 15 minutes; however, postwork including editing, identifying, even tagging took me weeks later) and due to the direction of the evening sunlight even the symmetry of the U-form space, as well.

 

1. Gregoire de Tours, 2. François Rabelais, 3. François de Malherbe, 4. Abailard (without his beloved Héloïse this time - apparently no woman among the sculptures), 5. Jean-Baptiste Colbert, 6. Jules Mazarin, 7. Buffon, 8. Jean Froissart, 9. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 10. Montesquieu

 

11. Mathieu Mole, 12. Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, 13. Samuel Bernard, 14. Jean de La Bruyère, 15. Suger (Suger de Saint-Denis), 16. Jacques-Auguste de Thou, 17. Louis Bourdaloue, 18. Jean Racine, 19. [Voltaire, covered, unidentifiable], 20. Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

 

21. Nicolas de Condorcet, 22. Denis Papin, 23. Sully, 24. Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, 25. Antoine Lavoisier, 26. Michel-Richard de Lalande, 27. François Michel Le Tellier de Louvois, 28. Saint Simon, 29. Jean de Joinville, 30. Esprit Fléchier

 

31. Philippe de Commynes, 32. Jacques Amyot, 33. Pierre Mignard, 34. Jean Baptiste Massillon, 35. Du Cerceau, 36. Jean Goujon, 37. Claude Lorrain, 38. Gretry, 39. Jean-François Regnard, 40. Jacques Coeur

 

41. Marigny, 42. André Chénier, 43. Keller, 44. Antoine Coysevox, 45. Jean Cousin, 46. André Le Nôtre, 47. Clodion, 48. Germain Pilon, 49. Ange-Jacques Gabriel, 50. Antoine Lepautre

 

51. L'Hôpital, 52. Jacques Lemercier, 53. René Descartes, 54. Ambroise Paré, 55. Richelieu, 56. Michel de Montaigne, 57. Jean Antoine Houdon, 58. Étienne Dupérac, 59. Jean de Brosse, 60. Jean-Dominique Cassini

 

61. Henri François D'Aguesseau, 62. Jules Hardouin Mansart, 63. Nicolas Poussin, 64. Gérard Audran, 65. Jacques Sarazin, 66. Nicolas Coustou, 67. Eustache Lesueur, 68. Claude Perrault, 69. Thibault de Champagne, 70. Pierre Puget

 

This is my contribution to the French 14th of July on one hand, and on the other hand after this I will return to my earlier routine, and, unlike during the last month and previous 124 uploads, I will also put up photos taken at different places than Paris from now on.

 

See my blog for further details in Hungarian, and also some further images on some elements of the above mosaic here.

  

Tenuous Link: multiple

"...E o malabruja, quando esconde o toso,

nós 'esporiemo' bem no sangrador...

Em rancho de china, se 'campiemo' amor,

'entremo' sem sono e 'garantimo' o poso..."

 

Trecho de "Os 'loco' lá da Fronteira", de Anomar Danúbio Vieira

Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

 

Feuerwanze in schwarz-rotem Kostüm

 

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◘ Informação Adicional: O porto de Porto Alegre é o maior porto fluvial do País, em extensão. Mantém oito quilômetros de cais acostável, dividido entre os cais Mauá, Navegantes e Marcílio Dias. Sua estrutura envolve 25 armazéns com 70 mil m², numa área total de 450 mil m². (fonte: SPH)

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Blauer Agapanthus

 

© 2008 Ursula Sander - All rights reserved.

   

this shot for my Dear Friend Bader Alajeel We went to jarrah farm to make little lighting work shop and this one of the results , after that we make big BBQ party :P

that was fun and hop you like the photo .

lighting info : 1 Canon Speedlite 580EX through whit umbrella Left the Model and triggered by Canon StTE2 Transmitter .

 

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D

Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

Focal Length: 200mm

Aperture: f/8

Shutter: 1/80 sec

ISO: 400

Exposure: Manual

Other: on tripod + selftimer

SoftWare : photoshop cs3

Strobist info : one Canon Speedlite 580EX through whit ubrella + Canon STE2 Speedlite Transmitter

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◘ Local: Passeio do Sul Foto Clube na Praça Shiga em Poa.

◘ Informação Adicional: A área verde de 3.860m, localizada na esquina das avenidas Cristóvão Colombo e Plinto Brasil Milano, foi inaugurada em outubro de 1983.

 

As obras foram financiadas pelo governo japonês, celebrando o convênio de estados irmãos entre Rio Grande do Sul e Shiga. O projeto é do arquiteto paisagista Kunie Ito, que caracterizou o local com um jardim tradicional japonês, cuja função principal é a de contemplação. A praça conta com um pequeno lago, cascata, quiosque e elementos típicos do paisagismo do Japão.

◘ Cidade / Estado: Porto Alegre / Rio Grande do Sul

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kleine Schlösserrunde mit Luzzzelmann

Haus Vögeding, Haus Rüschhaus und Schloss Wikinghege

 

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Explore, Jun 29, 2008 #483

I seem to like the combination of blue and white a lot and not only with clouds in the sky. This picture was taken on a nice walk along the ocean boardwalk of Pier Village, Long Branch, NJ.

Heard a bang and looked out the door. Someone forgot to STONKING yield!

Dalla Vigna di sopra si accede alla spiaggia della "lingua" e poi si ritorna con la lingua fuori !

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ZLATIBOR is a mountain of exquisite beauty. It has pleasant and mild climate, large clearings, exuberant pastures intersected with mountains with mountain streams and pine trees - which this mountain is named for.

The average hight is about 1000m above sea level.

Mountain and sea gulfs encounter here which speed up the curing and the recovering from large number of lung and heart illnesses, especially from illnesses of thyroid gland and anemia.

 

The Balkans is the historical name of a geographic region of southeastern Europe. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains, which run through the centre of Bulgaria into eastern Serbia. The region has a combined area of 550,000 km2 (212,000 sq mi) and a population of about 55 million people.

The ancient Greek name for the Balkan Peninsula was “the Peninsula of Haemus” (Χερσόνησος του Αίμου, Chersónisos tou Aímou).

The Balkans are adjoined by water on three sides: the Black Sea to the east and branches of the Mediterranean Sea to the south and west (including the Adriatic, Ionian, Aegean and Marmara seas).

 

The identity of the Balkans is dominated by its geographical position; historically the area was known as a crossroads of various cultures. It has been a juncture between the Latin and Greek bodies of the Roman Empire, the destination of a massive influx of pagan Slavs, an area where Orthodox and Catholic Christianity met, as well as the meeting point between Islam and Christianity.

 

The Balkans today is a very diverse ethno-linguistic region, being home to multiple Slavic, Romance, and Turkic languages, as well as Greek, Albanian, and others. Through its history many other ethnic groups with their own languages lived in the area, among them Thracians, Illyrians, Romans, Uzes, Pechenegs, Cumans, Avars, Celts, Germans, and various Germanic tribes.

 

The Balkan region was the first area of Europe to experience the arrival of farming cultures in the Neolithic era. The practices of growing grain and raising livestock arrived in the Balkans from the Fertile Crescent by way of Anatolia, and spread west and north into Pannonia and Central Europe.

 

In pre-classical and classical antiquity, this region was home to Greek city-states, Illyrians, Paeonians, Thracians, Epirotes, Mollosians, Thessalians, Dacians and other ancient groups. Later the Roman Empire conquered most of the region and spread Roman culture and the Latin language but significant parts still remained under classical Greek influence. During the Middle Ages, the Balkans became the stage for a series of wars between the Byzantine, Bulgarian and Serbian Empires.

 

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◘ Local: Em alguma rua do Recife Antigo (Bairro).

◘ Informação Adicional: Bairro que deu origem à cidade, o Recife Antigo surgiu em fins da primeira metade do séc ulo XVI. O ponto de origem da povoação foi um porto, construído para escoar pau-brasil e os produtos da atividade agro-açucareira de Olinda, então capital pernambucana.

Inicialmente, o bairro era denominado “Arrecifes dos Navios” e se estendia, desordenadamente, por uma área de aproximadamente dez hectares, com a construção das casas não seguindo nenhum ordenamento: a abertura de ruas obedecia apenas à vontade dos que ali se fixavam. Só durante o domínio holandês, precisamente com a chegada do conde Maurício de Nassau a Pernambuco (1637), é que o bairro passou a ter algum planejamento. Nessa época, eram 15 ruas e uma praça. (fonte: Pernambuco de A/Z)

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Explore 24 Jun #363 +9000 views

His bubble is about to burst....

 

Superhearts 5 x 5 Mosaic, 30th June 2008

www.flickr.com/photos/7495095@N06/2620669645/

 

Superhearts 4 x 4 Mosaic, 2nd July 2008

 

www.flickr.com/photos/7495095@N06/2629984482/

 

Thanks to everyone for having a look

Best viewed large - on the wall! Second best: Large On Black

 

It's raining down in Bosnia...

 

View from Mt. Tara, on lake Perucac, river Drina

Serbia (Srbija) Europe

 

Finally storm is not over my head. I'm full of refreshing energy of the clouds, I'm feeling wind with every inch of my skin... town, streets and all bad rememberings are so far away from me. I'm free. I'm alive.

Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved

  

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London | Architecture | Night Photography

 

EXPLORE # 21

  

A photo of Canary Wharf, to mark its 20th birthday and to celebrate the Festival of Architecture taking place in London.

 

Canary Wharf is a large business and shopping development in London, located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, centred on the old West India Docks in the London Docklands.

 

Rivalling London's traditional financial centre, The Square Mile, Canary Wharf contains the UK's three tallest buildings: One Canada Square (sometimes known as the Canary Wharf Tower) at 771 ft (235.1 m)

 

www.lfa2008.org/

 

London Festival of Architecture 20 June - 20 July

 

London Festival of Architecture 2008, a celebration and exploration of the city's buildings, streets and spaces - with over 600 exhibitions, lectures, public space installations, guided walks, bicycle rides, boat tours, parties, design workshops and debates.

 

Black and White London Festival of Architecture

Explore #281, Jun 20, 2008 - Thank you my flickr friends :)) !!!

 

Batik with button in little red and effectful blue on cotton.

  

If you take a View On Black in large you can see the structures of the cotton ;-).

 

Batik mit Knopf gebunden, in wenig rot und kräftig blau gefärbt.

 

© 2008 Ursula Sander - All rights reserved.

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◘ Local: Em frente a Igreja Nossa Senhora dos Navegantes na praça principal da Vila Itapuã, localizada na cidade de Viamão.

◘ Informação Adicional: A Vila, com sua rua principal de paralelepípedos, conserva ainda, as características de um povoado acolhedor e tranqüilo. Pode-se passear por suas ruas, conhecer a Igrejinha de Nossa Senhora dos Navegantes, observar os barcos dos pescadores atracados ao longo do arroio, caminhar na praia de Itapuã, junto aos molhes, que protegem a marina do Clube Náutico dos ventos e das ondas que, em algumas épocas do ano, são bem fortes. (fonte: Farol de Itapuã)

◘ Cidade / Estado: Viamão/ Rio Grande do Sul

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Taken by ME (2nd, Feb. 2008)

Location: Gold coast, Surfers paradise

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Este es un dragón marino, pariente del caballito de mar, en el Acuario Georgia de Atlanta. Viendo las noticias me enteré que por primera vez en la historia del acuario uno de ellos queda embarazado. En cautiverio esto sólo había ocurrido en otros dos lugares: el Acuario del Pacífico en Long Beach y en el Acuario de Melbourne. Lamentablemente, están en peligro de extinción.

 

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This is a weedy sea dragon, a relative of the seahorse, at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. Watching the news, I found out that for the first time in the aquarium history one of them has gotten pregnant. Only two facilities in the world to have successfully bred weedy sea dragons in captivity: the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach and the Melbourne Aquarium. Sadly, they are an endangered species.

 

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◘ Local: Sentado na jangada, enquanto o Pato Donald arruma a jangada para partir.

◘ Informação Adicional: Quem visita Maracaípe, geralmente também dá uma esticadinha para conhecer o "Pontal". É nesse local que as águas do rio Maracaípe encontram-se com o mar. As atrações daqui são:

 

- passeios de jangada pelos manguezais;

- passeios de lancha e caiaque;

- caminhadas por trilhas que são oferecidas por alguns hotéis da região;

- águas mornas e calmas para banhistas;

- tranqüilidade;

- Projeto Hippocampus, onde é possível conhecer o habitat do cavalo-marinho;

- almoço na beira do rio, com direito a quiosque.(fonte: Porto de Galinhas - UOL)

◘ Cidade / Estado: Ipojuca / Pernambuco

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Breukelen is a municipality and town in the Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. It is situated to the north west of Utrecht, along the river Vecht and close to the Loosdrechtse Plassen, an area of lakes and great natural beauty. During the 17th century a number of Amsterdam merchant families built opulent mansions along the river near Breukelen. This park belongs to the castle of Gunterstein next to the river Vecht.

The borough of Brooklyn, New York in the United States, is named after Breukelen.

 

This photo was taken at the park of Castle Gunterstein. Such a quiet and forgotten park since we didn't met anybody during our 2 hour walk. That's very rare in Holland ;-)

 

Gunterstein is een kasteel gelegen aan de oostzijde van de Utrechtse Vecht in de Nederlandse gemeente Breukelen in de provincie Utrecht. Het huis werd in 1680 gebouwd nadat het oude kasteel Gunterstein kort na het Rampjaar in 1673 was verwoest door Franse troepen. Rond het kasteel ligt een parkbos. Een deel van het gebied is weiland met houtwallen en het oostelijke deel bestaat uit populierenbos. Vroeger waren delen van het landgoed in gebruik als moestuin, boomgaard en hakhout. In de Franse tijd kwam daar een siertuin bij en zichtlanen om het huis meer aanzien te geven. Vanaf de tijd dat de Engels landschapsstijl in de mode kwam werd het park meer en meer natuurlijk en gebruikt om tot rust te komen. In de binnentuin bevindt zich een schitterende mammoetboom, een Ginkgo biloba en een moerascypres. Nu wordt het nog steeds gebruikt om rustig in te wandelen.

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◘ Local: Bar Boca na Botija em Maracaípe, Porto de Galinhas, Ipojuca - Pernambuco

◘ Informação Adicional: O Bar e Restaurante Boca na Botija é um transado ambiente com arquitetura estilo balinesa com muito charme e requinte na beira da praia. Venha saborear o que há de mais gostoso no Pontal de Maracaípe. Peixe, camarão, lagosta, carne, frango, carangueijo e muito mais. (fonte: Portal Maracaípe)

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Thanks to "Shooting the Kids" for publication on digitalphotographyblogs.com/2008/07/22/third-week-contest...: as WINNER of Summer Storms Contest!

 

Temporale violento, i fulmini cadevano con una frequenza impressionante. Ne ho beccati una decina, ma questo è sicuramente il migliore. Che soddisfazione riuscire a fotografarli, davvero unica.

 

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This is Mambo number 3(she's the third kitty of my sister's cat)....Since we named Amma's pups The 4 musketeers we had to come up with a nick name for them too so they were named Mambo's cause they were 5(my idea of course,Lol!)!

 

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P*che chamaco chismoso :-P, ahí de lado izquierdo, por su culpa no pudimos tomar más fotos de la vecindad.

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Explore # 74

 

City Hall is the headquarters of the Greater London Authority which comprises the Mayor of London and London Assembly. It located in Southwark, stands on the south bank of the River Thames near Tower Bridge. Designed by Norman Foster, it opened in July 2002.

 

The building has an unusual bulbous shape, intended to reduce its surface area and thus improve energy efficiency. It has been compared variously to Darth Vader's helmet, a misshapen egg, a human scrotum, a woodlouse or a motorcycle helmet. Former mayor Ken Livingstone referred to it as a "glass testicle".[1][2] The new mayor, Boris Johnson, has referred to it more politely as 'The Onion'. Its designers reportedly saw the building as a giant sphere hanging over the Thames, but opted for a more conventionally rooted building instead. It has no front or back on conventional terms but derives its shape from a modified sphere.

   

Tower Bridge is a combined bascule and suspension bridge in London, England over the River Thames. It is close to the Tower of London, which gives it its name. It has become an iconic symbol of London. Tower Bridge is one of several London bridges owned and maintained by the City Bridge Trust, a charitable trust overseen by the City of London Corporation.

 

The bridge consists of two towers which are tied together at the upper level by means of two horizontal walkways which are designed to withstand the horizontal forces exerted by the suspended sections of the bridge to the left and the right. The vertical component of the forces in the suspended sections and the vertical reactions of the two walkways are carried by the two robust towers. The bascule pivots and operating machinery are housed in the base of each tower. Its present colour dates from 1977 when it was painted red, white and blue for the Queen's Silver Jubilee. Before this, it was painted a chocolate brown colour.[1]

 

Tower Bridge is sometimes mistakenly referred to as London Bridge, which is actually the next bridge upstream.[2] A popular urban legend is that, in 1968 Robert McCulloch, the purchaser of the old London Bridge which was later shipped to Lake Havasu City, Arizona, believed mistakenly that he was buying Tower Bridge, but this was denied by McCulloch himself and has been debunked by Ivan Luckin, the seller of the bridge.[3]

   

London Landmarks at Night

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◘ Local: Pórtico de entrada do Alto do Moura.

◘ Informação Adicional: O Alto do Moura é um bairro do município de Caruaru, capital do agreste pernambucano, localizado a cerca de 135 km do Recife. Reconhecido pela Unesco como o maior Centro de Artes Figurativas das Américas, no Alto do Moura praticamente toda casa é ateliê e todo morador é artesão.

 

A arte do barro, passada de geração para geração, retrata cenas do cotidiano e dos costumes do povo nordestino. Mestre Vitalino, que começou a modelar bonecos aos seis anos de idade, foi o primeiro artista da comunidade a ganhar fama nacional e internacional. Hoje, a cerâmica figurativa e utilitária do Alto do Moura ultrapassa as fronteiras do país. (fonte: Imaginário Pernambucano)

 

Considerado pela UNESCO - O maior Centro de Artes Figurativas das Américas, é o Alto do Moura uma comunidade de artistas. Distante 7 Km do centro da cidade de Caruaru, este povoado concentra mais de 1.000 artesãos que moldam dia-a-dia o homem nordestino, levando nossa cultura até os pontos mais distantes do nosso planeta. Lá, cada residência se transforma em ateliê, envolvendo toda a comunidade local, desde o mais simples ajudante àqueles que moldam o barro transformando-o em arte. Hoje, arte e artesãos vêem suas peças ultrapassarem as fronteiras do país, retratando uma terra, sua cultura, seu povo, sua gente. (Fonte: Prefeitura Municipal de Caruaru)

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Explored #01 - Page 1 - 07 June 2008 , WOW , Thank you all

Iran - Tehran - Modarres & Hemmat Junction

ایران - تهران - تقاطع اتوبان مدرس و همت

 

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