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I took some pictures after work tonight. This one is the Louvre's pyramid. I didn't have any tripod with me so I had to improvise! I also forgot to switch back from JPEG to RAW and therefore the quality is not as good as I would like it to be. I will go back there with more gears in the next few days. Feel free to tell me what you think!
The most famous Egyptian pyramids are those found at Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo. Several of the Giza pyramids are counted among the largest structures ever built. The Pyramid of Khufu at Giza is the largest Egyptian pyramid. It is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still in existence.Giza is the location of the Pyramid of Khufu (also known as the "Great Pyramid" and the "Pyramid of Cheops"); the somewhat smaller Pyramid of Khafre (or Kephren); the relatively modest-sized Pyramid of Menkaure (or Mykerinus), built around 2500 years BC
La Pyramide du Louvre est une pyramide constituée de verre et de métal, située au milieu de la cour Napoléon du musée du Louvre à Paris, où se situe le hall d’accueil.
Commandée par le président de la République François Mitterrand en 1983, la pyramide a été conçue par l'architecte sino-américain Ieoh Ming Pei. La structure, qui a été entièrement construite en métal, s'élève à 21,64 mètres sur une base carrée de 35,42 mètres de côté. La pyramide est composée de 603 losanges et 70 triangles en verre. Elle a été inaugurée le 30 mars 1989 et ouverte au public le 1er avril 19891. Elle est la première grande construction à avoir été réalisée en verre feuilleté
Holga 120TLR w/ red filter
TMax 400
Semi-stand in Rodinal 1+100
V600 Scan
Ps6 & Lr6
Jul 8, 2018
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La Pyramide du Louvre fut commandée par le président de la République François Mitterrand en 1983. Elle a été conçue par l'architecte sino-américain Ieoh Ming Pei. Elle se situe au milieu de la cour Napoléon du Musée du Louvre à Paris.
La structure s'élève à 21,64 mètres sur 35,42 mètres de largeur. Elle a été inaugurée le 30 mars 1989 et a été ouverte au public à partir du 1er avril 1989.
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is the second-tallest and second-largest of the Ancient Egyptian Pyramids of Giza and the tomb of the Fourth-Dynasty pharaoh Khafre (Chefren), who ruled from c. 2558 to 2532 BC.
The Great Sphinx of Giza is a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human. Facing directly from West to East, it stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. The face of the Sphinx is generally believed to represent the pharaoh Khafre.
There is a lush roundabout covered with Pyramidal orchids (Anacamptis pyramidalis) that the council seems to have only partially mown.
The Giza Pyramids, built to endure an eternity, how the Pyramids at Giza were built is one of Egypt's biggest mysteries, the ancient engineering feats at Giza were so impressive that even today scientists can't be sure how the pyramids were built.
The pyramids of Giza were royal tombs built for three different pharaohs. The monumental tombs are relics of Egypt's Old Kingdom era and were constructed some 4,500 years ago, it is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and was the tallest man-made structure in the world.
Pyramids were built for religious purposes. The Egyptians were one of the first civilizations to believe in an afterlife. They believed that a second self called the 'ka' lived within every human being. When the physical body expired, the 'ka' enjoyed eternal life.
Taken Aug 26 just after sunrise in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
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Acrylic background, pyramids from from a water damaged copy of The Modern Encyclopedia (no publication date, but it looks ancient), and Neocolors to grunge it up at bit.
Never thought that Pyramid Lake would have such amazing diversity of wildlife and landscape. It felt like the ocean or perhaps a dead sea.
St Stephen’s Church dominates the eastern half of Bournemouth town centre, and is one of the finest Gothic Revival structures in the West Country. Designed by John Loughborough Pearson, architect of Truro Cathedral with which it shares similarities, the main body was built 1881 to 1897.
Designed, like Truro, in the Early English style with French influences, it was created as a memorial to the first vicar of St Peter’s Church, Bournemouth’s other splendid Gothic Revival church, designed by George Edmund Street.
The exterior is dominated by the huge, but incomplete, north west tower, completed by Pearson’s son Frank to the original design, from 1907 to 1908. A planned slender spire to rival that at St Peter’s was planned, but never finished, and subsequently the tower is capped by a low pyramidal roof.
The building has notable French influences, with a flèche over the crossing and several conical towers. The interior is no less splendid, with large lancet and rose windows, purbeck marble columns and ribbed stone vaulting. Open most days, it is a masterpiece, but because it is located away from the main shopping area, is not so heavily visited as St Peter’s.
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The great pyramid at Giza, belonging to the first ruler of the 4th Dynasty Khufu, viewed from the cemetery for the Egyptian nobility located to its east. The offering chapel of a mastaba (bench) tomb is in the foreground, and behind it are the remains of the so-called "queens' pyramids". Old Kingdom, ca. 26th century BCE.
Giant sand dune (among the largest in the world found here) inside Namib-Naukluft National Park near Sossusvlei, Namibia in southern Africa. Called the "Red Desert" for the color of the sand (related to high content of iron oxides), scientists say it is perhaps the oldest desert in the world, estimated to have formed more than 250 million years ago. The process is ongoing, with sands blowing in from the neighboring Kalahari Desert literally swallowing up entire mountain ranges. It is truly a wonder of the world. The dunes are identified by numbers, rather than names, by park rangers. If you look closely in this image, you can see a person walking up the dune.
19e Pyramide de chaussures organisée samedi dernier par Handicap International pour que cesse le scandale des mines et des bombes à sous-munitions.
Les mines antipersonnel font encore une victime toutes les deux heures dans le monde ! Handicap International accompagne les victimes, démine les terres et prévient les accidents. L’association se mobilise également contre les restes explosifs de guerre (dont les bombes à sous-munitions) et leur usage en zones peuplées.
Pyramid, Scottish Highlands.
This wonder was erected by a broken hearted Queen Victoria in 1862 following the death of Prince Albert at age 42 the previous year. It sits on a picturesque hillside overlooking Balmoral Castle.
Victoria was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.
Pyramidal Orchid / anacamptis pyramidalis. Lindrick Common, South Yorkshire. 20/06/20.
I've never seen Pyramidal Orchids growing at Lindrick Common on any of my previous visits, so to find at least 25 plants was a treat this year. They were well distributed around the rough meadow grassland, their vibrant colours making them quite conspicuous. The majority of spikes I looked at closely were in near prime condition, surprising as it seemed rather late in their flowering season. This group of three looked particularly attractive amid the green vegetation. Check out some of the long, tubular spurs that are visible if the image is viewed large.
BEST VIEWED LARGE.
"As a result of the connection of the Principality of Hildesheim to the new Kingdom of Hanover, the former Derneburg Monastery was given to Count Ernst zu Münster by the King of England and Hanover in 1814. Together with his master builder Georg Ludwig Friedrich Laves, the count designed an English landscape garden around the castle, the delightful remains of which attract many visitors to Derneburg today.
In 1839, the year Count Ernst zu Münster died, Laves was commissioned to design a worthy tomb for the Lords of Derneburg. Now the classicist architect should finally have the opportunity to realize an idea that recurs in his designs: the steep Egyptian pyramid. The massive, geometrically symmetrical design language of Egyptian architecture was gladly adopted by classicism. As a student, Laves had to copy drawings of Egyptian buildings and sculptures meticulously. He was certainly familiar with Piranesi's etchings from ancient Rome and thus also those of the 12th BC Cestius pyramid, which may have served as a model for him. The Derneburg pyramid is a little more than 11 meters high and its slope angle is 61 degrees. The door, bearing the Münster coat of arms, is surrounded by a double-wound Egyptian round bar, and an Egyptian groove with double-rowed leaf tips decorates the entrance. Despite all the worship of the Egyptian cult of the dead, the mausoleum remained recognizable as a Christian burial place by a large cross above the entrance. On the stone door there was originally a grave inscription attributed to the Freemasons: “The progression to perfection is eternal, although the trace disappears from the eye on the grave”.
Count Ernst zu Münster, his wife and their daughters are kept in sarcophagi in the pyramid. To the side of the pyramid lies his son, Prince Georg Herbert Münster zu Derneburg, his eldest daughter Marie, "the faithful daughter of her father" (funerary inscription) and a daughter of Count Ernst zu Münster. The following generations of the zu Munster family rest in the tombs in front of the pyramid: Alexander Fürst zu Munster, Georg Herbert's second son, his wife Muriel and their son Friedrich Graf zu Münster, who is still popularly known today as Graf Fredi. The Celtic high cross on the tomb of Princess Muriel indicates her origins in Scotland."
Laves-Kulturpfad in Derneburg, Informationen dazu hier: www.holle.de/Gemeinde/Sehensw%C3%BCrdigkeiten/Laves-Kultu...?
The modernism of the Pyramide and the Louvre - a history of over 800 years. My abstract way of interpreting this place of intersection of cultures.
Serpentine Pavilion 2016. Every year an architect is selected to create a summer pavilion for the Serpentine Gallery in Kensington Gardens, London. This year's pavilion, constructed from hollow fibreglass blocks is the work of Danish architect, Bjarke Ingels.
A pair of Pyramid Orchids growing amongst ox eye daisies. (Miller's Dale, Derbyshire Peak District).
Ball's Pyramid is a remnant of a shield volcano and caldera that formed about 7 million years ago. It's 20 Km (12 miles) southeast of Lord Howe Island in the Pacific Ocean. Standing 562 metres (1,844 ft) high, it the tallest volcanic stack in the world and makes an impressive sight from the plane windows on approach to Lord Howe Island. Even from 20 Km it's quite a sight.