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The Pyramid Fountain in front of the Louvre on a summer’s day. The fountains were added to the famous museum in the 1st Arrondissement of Paris during the term of President François Mitterand, who had proposed a plan to renovate the building in 1983. This so-called Grand Louvre plan also included the building of the glass pyramids. Although the fountains were built for aesthetic purposes, they are sometimes used by overheated tourists to simply cool down a little. Furthermore, several videos can be found on YouTube featuring tourists balancing on the edge of the fountains and toppling over into the water. Luckily, the fountains are extremely shallow, so they can climb out easily again.
The Transamerica Pyramid is a 48-story futurist building and the second-tallest skyscraper in the San Francisco, California. The building no longer houses the headquarters of the Transamerica Corporation, which moved to Baltimore, but it is still associated with the company and is depicted in the company's logo. Designed by architect William Pereira and built by Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company, at 260m, on completion in 1972 it was the eighth-tallest building in the world.
Pyramid monument (there's a swampy lake behind here) at the edge of the pool that the German and Soviet military personnel swam in. It's returned to nature (the pics of it in the old days looked really nice) and stuff.
Anyhow, the monument is dedicated to those who served here and died between WW1, WW2, and the soviet cold war eras.
Kummersdorf Germany, September 2006. These are all photos of an old german then soviet air base in Kummersdorf Germany. They're in the process of tearing it down to expand Shonefeld airport, near Berlin.
Most of these buildings were built during ww1 for training the German military. Then, as WW2 progresssed rocket research was done here in an attempt to come up with larger more powerful artilery shells, and then atomic weapons. Finally, when the scientists headed to the US and Russia, they started building artilery shells and training officers here.
After WW2, when the soviets moved in, the soviets had staging post for their troops, and started doing research on rockets for the space race. Somewhere in these pictures is a soviet explosive test area (it was a buried bunker with 35 foot thick concrete walls surrounding 10 foot thick steel bunker.) which was exploded and broke windows for over 3000 houses nearly a mile away.
Amber and Lea ( our daughters ) joined my wife and I on this hike into the the scenic rocky mountains near our home :-)
The Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops), the Pyramid of Khafre (Chephren) and the Pyramid of Menkaure (Mycerinus), Giza, Egypt
Dec 1992
I flew on the first KC-135 to have rollers installed for moving cargo. We flew from Altus AFB, OK to Cairo West, Egypt. Upon landing the plane broke so badly, the crew had a week to go anywhere we wanted. It was awesome!
This is my favorite photo of the trip.
Milky Way over Pyramid Lake, Jasper National Park Canada.
When I headed out around 10pm to shoot the sky I had no idea what was waiting. The conditions were perfect with no wind and perfectly calm water to give great reflections. I wanted to shoot a little more to the south to pick up some foreground detail but the sky glow from Jasper made it impossible.
Niagara's only Imax Theatre unfortunately only runs films about the Falls for the tourists never Imax released feature films.
Inspired by my recent visits to Melbourne, I went to Sunway Pyramid Shopping Center to snap photos during sunset. However, during the shots, the sun was at my backside.
"Dagang Pak Malau dagang bertempat. Dagang me musafir lalu jerr."
Please, no awards, group invitations or badges.
The Bent Pyramid is located at Dahshur, approximately 40 kilometres south of Cairo, built under the Old Kingdom Pharaoh Sneferu (c. 2600 BC).
The lower part of the pyramid rises from the desert at a 54-degree inclination, but the top section is built at the shallower angle of 43 degrees, lending the pyramid its very obvious "bent" appearance.
Archaeologists now believe that the Bent Pyramid represents a transitional form between step-sided and smooth-sided pyramids. It has been suggested that due to the steepness of the original angle of inclination the structure may have begun to show signs of instability during construction, forcing the builders to adopt a shallower angle to avert the structure's collapse.
The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Museum and Visitors Center is the main museum around Pyramid Lake. It is run by the Paiute reservation and is known for its descriptions of Pyramid Lake's natural history, including the Cui-ui fish and the Lahontan Cutthroat Trout, as well as Paiute history and culture.
Nixon, Nevada
pyramid teak - 40" tall x 20" w x 9" deep
This is a pyramid that depicts hierarchies in society. The peak is the 1% - a "platinum" triangle with black iron gates - the gated communities. It doesn't open. They are hidden.
The next drawer is the church. In terms of power the Catholic church wields quite bit. The facade is opulence and wealth. They collect art, and in the back rooms abuses take place.
Beneath the church is a living room of the wealthy - art patrons. They collect wealth to symbolize money. The art on the walls shows values rather than art. The portrait over the mantle is of Leona Helmsley.
The next drawer down is the back yard of the middle class. Without the money to afford collectable art, they buy what they like - though the curtains are still "Water Lilies" - everyone can have a Monet hanging in their living room.
The next drawer down is the kitchen of the working poor. These are people who buy what they like with no pretensions. And with no money to take in the cultural events they are uneducated - and unbothered by it all. Their values are more focussed on connections with their friends. For instance, social interaction takes place in peoples' kitchens.
The bottom drawer is the poor and homeless. This drawer does not open up. They are invisible in society. Their "voice" is the graffiti on the wall.
The other three sides are not included due to the allowable number of photos. They consist of an environmental statement, and the industries that have destroyed the planet. There is an interactive back panel - and a "signature" side panel.
The Pyramid formation at Pyramid Lake on the Paiute Reservation, Nevada.
Sorry its not a clear day, and the telephone wires are a bit visible. Hope to catch a better shot next time.
The Pyramid of the Sun is the largest building in Teotihuacan 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.