Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque)

Istanbul, Turkey

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Turned out the Blue Mosque isn't that blue at all..

Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque)

Woman with burka in Blue Mosque - Sultanahmet - Istanbul

Istanbul Blue Mosque

arcades, Sultan Ahmed (Blue) Mosque, Istanbul

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Stitched Panorama of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkiy.

Four Besiktas fans outside the BJK Fiyapi Inonu Stadyumu at about 5pm, nice and early for an 8.30pm game. There were hundreds gathered and by 7pm the entire area was impassable. Quite an experience.

11/2006

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the sun came out to illuminate one of the side domes

there was a show with light and narration of the history of istanbul.

Blue Mosque

Inside the Blue Mosque. A magical building.

Managed to bring this back in hand luggage without breaking it.

Unusual in a mosque.

The blue mosque, see from the plaza between it and Hagia Sophia on a foggy day. It's really something to see, and I took way too many picture of it, every time I walked past.

Ceiling of the Blue Mosque

Istanbul, Turkey

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Colorful stained glass window. Blue Mosque, Sultanahmet, Istanbul.

Blue Mosque We had a great guide. One entrance had a line about a quarter of a mile long. She took a busload of cruise tourists around to the other side of the Mosque where we were able to enter immediately. The presentations and explanations can be the easy part of being a good guide.