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Pyramid Club, 1984, NYC
This image is part of my PUNKS & PROVOCATEURS series (http://www.rebelrebelle.com)
Photo © Linda Dawn Hammond / IndyFoto.com '09
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The South-East face of Pyramid mountain in the Adirondacks, as seen from the summit of Sawteeth. Matt Dobbs and I have developed a couple of climbing routes here, and it was nice to get this great view of our work! Further info on the climbs can be found on Mountain Project: www.mountainproject.com/v/stage-show/112213836
Pyramid Club, 1984, NYC
This image is part of my PUNKS & PROVOCATEURS series (http://www.rebelrebelle.com)
Photo © Linda Dawn Hammond / IndyFoto.com '09
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Teotihuacan is one of the most famous and important sites of ancient Mexico, best known for it's enormous Avenue of the Dead and the great pyramids of the Sun and Moon.
Although the site was known in Aztec times as the 'Birthplace of the Gods' it is actually significantly older, with most of the major structures built between 100-250AD and the city, one of the largest ever ancient settlements in the Americas, was believed to have been still inhabited up to the 8th century.
Today the vast scale of the complex, particularly the so called Avenue of the Dead, nearly 3km long and flanked by ancient ruins and terraces, continues to awe visitors. At the north end of the Avenue sits the Pyramid of the Moon, whilst it's much larger counterpart, the Pyramid of the Sun, sits halfway up it's eastern side. At the southern end sits the Ciudadela complex which centres on the smaller pyramid of Quetzelcoatl, earlier and more ruined than the larger pyramids but retaining it's stunning original sculptural decoration on part of it's western face, featuring the iconic feathered serpent heads.
Aside from the great ceremonial structures there are also residential buildings, particularly the palatial complex at the north west corner that retains some vivid fragments of it's original mural decoration.
Our guide and driver took us to this lookout point for some photo ops, as he figured out right away that photography is a hobby of mine. We were with our guide for about six hours that day, just the four of us. I was able to impress him early on by speaking in Arabic with him about our professions. He asked my husband what he did for a living, and I interjected, “May I? Huwah muhandis.” His eyes about doubled in size with disbelief. He had never met an American who had studied Arabic. Then he and I conversed about my profession, and he tested me on some of the more intricate Arabic signage we encountered. Overall, I believe I was a good cultural ambassador for the country on this trip, and I definitely debunked some stereotypes about American women.
Our driver was great as well. He dressed in a suit and tie, and he was there to open the car door for me before I had taken off my seat belt. Soon we discovered that he had been the personal driver for Egyptian President Anwar Sadat up to his assassination. He was so emotionally disturbed by the assassination that he had to retire as the presidential driver and become a driver for government-run private tours.
(Giza, Egypt)
Great Pyramid at Giza (also called Pyramid of Khufu or the Pyramid of Cheops) along with the pyramids of Khafre and Menakaure.
Pyramid Lake is the geographic sink of the Truckee River Basin, 40 mi (64 km) northeast of Reno. Pyramid Lake is fed by the Truckee River, which is mostly the outflow from Lake Tahoe. The Truckee River enters Pyramid Lake at its southern end. Pyramid Lake has no outlet, with water leaving only by evaporation, or sub-surface seepage (an endorheic lake). The lake has about 10% of the area of the Great Salt Lake, but it has about 25% more volume. The salinity is approximately 1/6 that of sea water. Although clear Lake Tahoe forms the headwaters that drain to Pyramid Lake, the Truckee River delivers more turbid waters to Pyramid Lake after traversing the steep Sierra terrain and collecting moderately high silt-loaded surface runoff.
A remnant of the Pleistocene Lake Lahontan (~890 feet deep), the lake area was inhabited by the 19th-century Paiute, who used the Tui chub and Lahontan cutthroat trout from the lake(the former is now endangered and the latter is threatened). The lake was first mapped in 1844 by John C. Frémont, the American discoverer of the lake who also gave it its English title.
In the 19th century two battles were fought near the lake, major actions in the Paiute War. In the 1960s a marker was placed commemorating these battles.
Because of water diversion beginning in 1905 by Derby Dam, the lake's existence was threatened, and the Paiute sued the Department of the Interior. By the mid-1970s, the lake had lost 80 feet of depth, and according to Paiute fisheries officials, the life of the lake was seriously under threat.
Pyramid Lake is located in southeastern Washoe County in western Nevada. It is in an elongated intermontane basin between the Lake Range on the east, the Virginia Mountains on the west and the Pah Rah Range on the southwest. The Fox Range and the Smoke Creek Desert lie to the north.
In a parallel basin to the east of the Lake Range is Winnemucca Lake now a dry lake bed. Prior to the construction of the Derby Dam in 1905 both lake levels stood at near 3,880 ft (1,180 m).[8] Following the dam completion the water levels dropped to 3,867 ft (1,179 m) and 3,853 ft (1,174 m) for Pyramid and Winnemucca respectively. In 1957 Pyramid Lake level was at 3,802 ft (1,159 m) and the dry Winnemucca Lake bed at 3,780 ft (1,150 m) had been dry since the 1930s.
The lake is the largest remnant of ancient Lake Lahontan that covered much of northwestern Nevada at the end of the last ice age. Pyramid Lake was the deepest point in Lake Lahontan, reaching an estimated 890 feet (270 m) due to its low level relative to the surrounding basins.
The name of the lake comes from the impressive cone or pyramid shaped tufa formations found in the lake and along the shores. The largest such formation, Anaho Island, is home to a large colony of American White Pelicans and is restricted for ecological reasons. Access to the Needles, another spectacular tufa formation at the northern end of the lake has also been restricted due to recent vandalism.
Major fish species include the cui-ui lakesucker, which is endemic to Pyramid Lake, the Tui chub and Lahontan cutthroat trout (the world record cutthroat trout was caught in Pyramid Lake). The former is endangered, and the latter is threatened. Both species were of critical importance to the Paiute people in pre-contact times.
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Park pavilion by Studio Idealyc, 2007, actually named The Hut. Clerkenwell, London Borough of Islington.
In geometry, a pyramid is a polyhedron formed by connecting a polygonal base and a point, called the apex. Each base edge and apex form a triangle. It is a conic solid with polygonal base.
An n-sided pyramid will have n+1 vertices, n+1 faces, and 2n edges. All pyramids are self-dual.
When unspecified, the base is usually assumed to be square.
If the base is a regular polygon and the apex is above the center the polygon, an n-gonal pyramid will has Cnv symmetry.
Pyramids are a subclass of the prismatoids....yaawnnn
This pyramid was early in the cycle of pyramid building; the builders made the slope too steep, and so they had to reduce the angle about 2/3rds of the way up.
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These beautiful orchids were present in abundance, lining the paths through the sand dunes behind Abersoch beach.
Pyramids of Güímar . Tenerife.
Mysterious and controversial, but still worth a visit, especially for the very nice garden next to it, the great documentary about adventurer Thor Heyerdahl and his travels and the Rapa Nui exhibition.
The site is very well maintained and organized, but they emphasize a little too much on the Thor Heyerdahl theory, ignoring pretty much all other theories about the origins of the Pyramids.
From Wikipedia.
The Pyramids of Güímar refer to six rectangular pyramid-shaped, terraced structures, built from lava stone without the use of mortar. They are located in the district of Chacona, part of the town of Güímar on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands. There are claims that the structures have been dated to the 19th century and their original function explained as a byproduct of contemporary agricultural techniques. However, results of excavations have so far proved inconclusive.
Other pyramids employing the same methods and materials of construction can be found in various sites on Tenerife. In Güímar itself there were nine pyramids, only six of which survive.
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The Pyramid (where we saw the Titanic exhibition), down by the river.
Done by Edgar (original photo by Ron) with ribbet.com's Vibrance effect.
The Louvre Pyramid is a large glass and metal pyramid, surrounded by three smaller ones, in the courtyard of the Musée du Louvre in Paris, France. The large pyramid serves as the main entrance to the museum.
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The 'Red' Pyramid for Sneferu, (father of Cheops) in about 2,600 BC. The 'flying Kiwi takes better photographs at - www.richard-seaman.com/Travel/Egypt/Dahshur/AllPyramids/)