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Reading Andrew Blum's "Tubes", where he becomes fixated on these rivers of light flowing beneath the streets and oceans. But it's a strange kind of light, unseen by human eye: it does not illuminate anything. Or rather, it illuminates elsewere. It reminds me of Michelangelo Pistoletto's "A Cubic Metre of Infinity (Minus Objects)", a box composed of inward-facing mirrors: the light is trapped, it is not seen, or if there is no light, what is reflected?
Nederland, Zuid-Holland, Gemeente Leiderdorp, 20-02-2012; Zicht op de Bospolder met ingang boortunnel onder het Groene Hart van de hogesnelheidslijn (HSL-Zuid). Het bedieningsgebouw van de tunnel, voorbeeld 'landschappelijke inpassing'. Rechts tankstation Aurora aan de A4.
View of the Bospolder with entrance to the drilled tunnel of the High Speed Line (HSL) under so-called the Green Heart. The control building of the tunnel, example of 'landscaping'
luchtfoto (toeslag), aerial photo (additional fee required)
copyright foto/photo Siebe Swart
A water taxi crosses under the Rochambeau Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C. on August 27, 2020. IMF Photo/Cory Hancock
On the Wapping Wharf Branch, looking west back towards the bonded warehouses at Cumberland Basin. Note the 'whistle' board still in place, which must be something of a rarity for an urban heritage line!
An overview showing the partial wiring recently installed through the station itself.
Taken looking westwards from Lea Green's eastbound platform.
Électricité de France (EDF), one of the world's largest utilities, is at the forefront of innovation. The introduction of the most efficient combined-cycle gas turbine, GE's 9HA.01, will complement the mix of power-generating assets at EDF's new plant in Bouchain, France. This technology will help conserve natural gas and reduce greenhouse gases, while helping France carve a path to meeting Europe's climate and energy goals for 2020.
at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Abuja, Nigeria 2014. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Benedikt von Loebell
Windsor Castle
The Queen: 60 Photographs for 60 Years - Sixty photographs of The Queen, including the work of leading press photographers of the past six decades, are brought together for a display at Windsor Castle to celebrate Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee 2012.
The exhibition presents a portrait of The Queen’s reign as captured in fleeting moments on both official occasions and at relaxed family gatherings. With the advent of photography, the boundaries between the officially approved and the spontaneously captured image of the monarch were irreversibly blurred. Today, through the reach of modern media, the image of Her Majesty is familiar to millions around the world. Most of the exhibition The Queen: 60 Photographs for 60 Years has been selected from photographs submitted by the Royal Rota press organisations.
Royal Windsor Wheel
Step into one of the wheel's gondolas and be transported into the air. Gaze out over the skyline and see the surrounding area with a wonderous view in every direction. Fun, thrills, geography and history - all rolled into one!
With breathtaking 360 degree views almost 60 metres above Alexandra Gardens. The Wheel offers a birds eye view of historic Windsor and Eton from a rare perspective. A ride on the Wheel is the perfect location for a special day out for everyone.
Participants at the World Economic Forum on the MENA Region, Jordan 2015. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Benedikt von Loebell
Aerial construction shots of the new I-70 bridge between St. Clair County Illinois and St. Louis City. These photos were taken in August 2013.
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is the capital of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million (2.3 million within the metropolitan area more than 25% of Austria's population), and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre. It is the 10th largest city by population in the European Union. Vienna is host to many major international organizations such as the United Nations and OPEC.
Vienna lies in the east of Austria and is close to Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary. These regions work together in a European Centrope border region. With the close by Bratislava, Vienna forms a metropolitan region of 3 million inhabitants, referred to as Twin City. In 2001, the city centre was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site
In an objective study, 2005 an Economist Intelligence Unit study of 127 world cities ranked the city tied with Vancouver for first for the quality of life. This assessment was mirrored by the Mercer Survey in 2009 and 2010. Analytically, the city was ranked 1st globally for a culture of innovation in 2007 and 2008, and 2nd globally after Boston in 2009 from 256 cities on an analysis of 162 indicators in the Innovation Cities Index on a 3 factor score covering culture, infrastructure and markets As a city, Vienna regularly hosts urban planning conferences and is often used as a case study by urban planners.
The city rates highly in popular opinion-based journalistic rankings from magazines such as Monocle, where it rated 5th in 2010.
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Viena (em alemão Wien) é a capital da Áustria, centro cultural e político do país. É também um dos nove estados (Bundesland Wien); com 1.681.469 habitantes, era em 2008 o mais populoso deles, ainda que seus 414 km² façam dele o menor, sendo também a maior cidade sobre o rio Danúbio. Viena é cercada pelo Estado da Baixa Áustria. A sua aglomeração urbana tem 2,3 milhões de habitantes. Segundo a pesquisa "Qualidade de Vida no Mundo 2007", realizada pela consultoria de recursos humanos Mercer, Viena é a melhor cidade do mundo para viver-se, seguida por: Zurique, Genebra, Vancouver e Auckland.
Bangkok (en thaï กรุงเทพมหานคร ou กรุงเทพฯ Krung Thep voir ci-dessous) est la capitale de la Thaïlande. C'est à la fois une ville et une province.
Bangkok is the capital and the most populous city of Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (กรุงเทพมหานคร, pronounced [krūŋ tʰêːp mahǎː nákʰɔ̄ːn] ( listen)) or simply About this sound Krung Thep (help·info). The city occupies 1,568.7 square kilometres (605.7 sq mi) in the Chao Phraya River delta in Central Thailand, and has a population of over eight million, or 12.6 percent of the country's population. Over fourteen million people (22.2 percent) live within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region, making Bangkok an extreme primate city, dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in terms of importance.
Bangkok traces its roots to a small trading post during the Ayutthaya Kingdom in the 15th century, which eventually grew in size and became the site of two capital cities: Thonburi in 1768 and Rattanakosin in 1782. Bangkok was at the heart of Siam's (as Thailand used to be known) modernization during the later nineteenth century, as the country faced pressures from the West. The city was the centre stage of Thailand's political struggles throughout the twentieth century, as the country abolished absolute monarchy, adopted constitutional rule and underwent numerous coups and uprisings. The city grew rapidly during the 1960s through the 1980s and now exerts a significant impact among Thailand's politics, economy, education, media and modern society.
The Asian investment boom in the 1980s and 1990s led many multinational corporations to locate their regional headquarters in Bangkok. The city is now a major regional force in finance and business. It is an international hub for transport and health care, and is emerging as a regional centre for the arts, fashion and entertainment. The city's vibrant street life and cultural landmarks, as well as its notorious red-light districts, have given it an exotic appeal. The historic Grand Palace and Buddhist temples including Wat Arun and Wat Pho stand in contrast with other tourist attractions such as the nightlife scenes of Khaosan Road and Patpong. Bangkok is among the world's top tourist destinations. It is named the most visited city in MasterCard's Global Destination Cities Index, and has been named "World's Best City" for four consecutive years by Travel + Leisure magazine.
Bangkok's rapid growth amidst little urban planning and regulation has resulted in a haphazard cityscape and inadequate infrastructure systems. Limited roads, despite an extensive expressway network, together with substantial private car usage, have resulted in chronic and crippling traffic congestion. This in turn caused severe air pollution in the 1990s. The city has since turned to public transport in an attempt to solve this major problem. Four rapid transit lines are now in operation, with more systems under construction or planned by the national government and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.
Photo citation: Shannon Smith, FracTracker Alliance, 2021.
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at the Inwood sanitation yard. I talked to a guy who said they've been out of use since at least the '80s, when he started working here. You can tell there's some garbage around, though, by the number of seagulls flying overhead.
This deck plate girder bridge was built in 1890 by the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad. It continues to carry rail traffic across the Schuylkill River for CSX Transportation. In the background is the 1856-constructed P&R RR Schuylkill River Viaduct, a stone arch bridge.
Aerial construction shots of the new I-70 bridge between St. Clair County Illinois and St. Louis City. These photos were taken in August 2013.
LITTLE STAR - A TOP SECRET SOVIET MILITARY BASE ON THE COAST OF THE BALTIC SEA
The 32m radio telescope is located in a forest 30 km north of Ventspils, Latvia, on the coast of the Baltic Sea. The whole military base included 3 radio telescopes: 32m, 16m and 8m as well as all the necessary infrastructure for up keeping over 2000 scientists, generals and soldiers with their families (i.e. a kindergarten, school, shops, technical support houses, 4 block houses with 260 flats, post office etc.) in an area over 400ha. The secret code name for this place was “Звёздочка” (a Little Star) and the road going through the town was “Набережная” (Riparian).
VIRAC
Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre currently consists of a 32-metre, fully steerable parabolic, centimeter-wave range antenna (RT-32) and a 16-metre diameter antenna (RT-16). It was built by the Russian Navy in late 1960 but the town itself dates from 1946. In 1994, when Russian army pulled out of Latvia, the withdrawing troops poured acid on the telescope's motors, cut all the cables, took away all the documentation and destroyed much of the surrounding infrastructure. Since 1994, the radio telescopes have been repaired.
The largest radio telescope in northern Europe is now used for science:
The detection, analysis and processing satellite images and satellite navigation signals,
Sun observations in microwave range,
Participation into European VLBI (Very Large Base Interferometry) Network,
The research of efficiency of electric drive control and adaptation of antenna control and data registration software of RT-32 for work in EVN,
Finding and observations of space debris,
To monitor the stars for possible signs of intelligent life outside the Solar System.
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