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Part of a three-day Nature Capitale festival on the Champs Elysée. This is a pyramid stocked with fresh vegetables. Everything looked so fresh and good to eat.
Seen from most of the way up the pyramid of the Moon. The base is the same size as Khufu´s great pyramid but it is only, oh, 2\3 the height, filled with earth rather than building rubble like the other. Once you´ve climbed the pyramid of the moon you scamper up this one
large triangle dumplings (a.k.a "lady's dumplings"), famous food hand made by ladies always since 1960 in Siluo Township.
Siluo Tourism & Cultural Festival 2009
西螺三角大水餃（俗稱女兒餃，因為這個小吃攤世世代代都是由女人家在經營...），創始於1960年，西螺鎮觀音街12號。
Siluo Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan.
2009/11/1
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Teotihuacan - 19th July 2018 Mexico
The Pyramid of the Sun is the largest building in Teotihuacan, believed to have been constructed about 200 CE,[6] and one of the largest in Mesoamerica. Found along the Avenue of the Dead, in between the Pyramid of the Moon and the Ciudadela, and in the shadow of the massive mountain Cerro Gordo, the pyramid is part of a large complex in the heart of the city.
The name Pyramid of the Sun comes from the Aztecs, who visited the city of Teotihuacan centuries after it was abandoned; the name given to the pyramid by the Teotihuacanos is unknown. It was constructed in two phases. The first construction stage, around 100 CE, brought the pyramid to nearly the size it is today. The second round of construction resulted in its completed size of 224.942 meters (738 feet) across and 75 meters (246 feet) high,[clarification needed] making it the third largest pyramid in the world,[7] though still just over half the height of the Great Pyramid of Giza (146 metres). The second phase also saw the construction of an altar atop of the pyramid which has not survived into modern times. The Adosada platform was added to the pyramid in the early third century, at around the same time that the Ciudadela and the Temple of the Feathered Serpent were constructed.
Over the structure the ancient Teotihuacanos finished their pyramid with lime plaster imported from surrounding areas, on which they painted brilliantly colored murals. While the pyramid has endured for centuries, the paint and plaster have not and are no longer visible. Jaguar heads and paws, stars, and snake rattles are among the few images associated with the pyramids.
It is thought that the pyramid venerated a deity within Teotihuacan society, however, little evidence exists to support this hypothesis. The destruction of the temple on top of the pyramid, by both deliberate and natural forces prior to the archaeological study of the site, has so far prevented identification of the pyramid with any particular deity.
Pezzy Prints and coordinating solids
Triangle in square die
Blogged at pitterputterstitch.blogspot.com/2014/03/accuquilt-pezzy-p....
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.
In 1936, 100 years after Major Mitchell explored this area of Victoria, the town of Pyramid Hill re-enacted the event. I wrote a blog about it here boobookbacktracks.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/trove-tuesday-i...
The Louvre Pyramids consist of a large pyramid and three smaller pyramids in the courtyard of the Louvre Palace in Paris. The larger of the pyramids houses the entrance to The Louvre Museum. The construction of the Pyramids was commissioned by President Mitterrand in 1984.
The Louvre is one of the worlds largest museums and a historic monument. The museum is located on the right bank of the Seine River. There are nearly 35,000 objects from prehistory to the 21st century over an area of just over 60,000 square metres. The Louvre is the worlds most visited museum and received more than 9.7 million visitors in 2012. The museum is housed in the Louvre Palace which was originally built as a fortress in the late 12th century by Phillip II. Remnants of the fortress can still viewed in the basement of the museum. The museum opened in 1793 with an exhibition of 537 paintings.
I'm guessing those cubbyholes weren't for something snuggly. If it was up to me, I'd fill them with torches.
I like the straight line in the distance, but close up you can see the real structure of the pyramid
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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Built in 1991, this 98m tall arena is the 6th largest pyramid in the world. It lies abandoned after the University of Memphis men's basketball program, and later for the National Basketball Association's Memphis Grizzlies left for newer stadiums, leaving both Shelby County and the City of Memphis deeply in debt. The building might become a Bass Pro Shop after the unstable building is seismically retrofitted. In conclusion it is stupid to use public funds to pay for private sports venues.
Memphis, Tennessee
Designer: Dáša Ševerová
I was playing with hexagon stars and folded this... I did a research and Dáša Ševerová found similar beauty almost 5 years ago! She called it Pyramidal Star and folded it from octagon.