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Pyramid covering a subway station entrance outside Window of the World theme park, a replica of IM Pei's famous glass pyramid at the Lourve museum in Paris.
The directional lighting here produced a subtle gradation of blue hues. I accentuated it further in Photoshop by creating a new adjustment layer and set a grey to black gradient, giving similar effect to a graduate density filter. I then used the dodge & burn tool to fix under exposed and over exposed areas.
The Great Pyramid at Giza, Pyramid of Khafre, and the Pyramid of Menkaure. Photographed September 20th, 2009
You have to climb a very stony path for about 1.5 hours to get there. Note the cliff right behind the pyramid.
The Star Pyramid in the cemetery of Stirling's Church of the Holy Rude. According to the dedicated website:
"Separated by a driveway from the Valley Cemetery, the Drummond Pleasure Ground was laid out as a setting for the Star Pyramid which is a massive sandstone ashlar pyramid which dominates this area, standing on a stone stepped base upon a shaped grassy mound. Marble Bibles rest on the base of each face of the pyramid, which is also carved with references to Biblical texts.
The pyramid is enclosed by wrought iron railings, with stone steps to S flanked by 2 stone globes (once surmounted by bronze eagles). A Bible and Confession of Faith were sealed into an inner chamber in the pyramid. The Pithy Mary pond lies to the W of the Star Pyramid with bridge of wrought / cast iron work including later repair work and a grassed slope beyond to the W with lawn and deliberately placed rocks. There are no gravestones within Drummond Pleasure Ground other than William Drummond's sarcophagus to the NW of the pyramid; polished grey granite inscribed 'Born 14 February 1793 Died 25th November 1888' on its stepped base.
Outside the church is the Valley Cemetery. In past times was the site of jousting tournaments and markets. The Cemetery has a Pyramid, built by William Drummond in 1863.
William Drummond was a land surveyor and nurseryman whose immediate descendants were a well known family in Stirling. They were responsible for a wide range of activities both locally and nationally. These included the establishment of an agricultural museum in the 1830's, an extensive seed and nursery business, exploration in Africa and the Drummond Tract Enterprise, the foremost 19th century publisher of religious pamphlets.
William was the eldest son of the well-known Stirling family which included Peter Drummond and his nephew Henry. He was one of the instigators of the Valley Cemetery and his obsession with religion can be seen in the Martyrs'
Monument and the Star Pyramid (also known as Salem Rock).
He commissioned the Star Pyramid from William Barclay in 1863 - note the white marble Bibles incorporated by Barclay round the base of the edifice and the names of religious tracts (published by his brother Peter's "Drummond Tract Enterprise"). The Pyramid is dedicated to all those who suffered martyrdom in the cause of civil and religious liberty in Scotland.William planted a Pleasure Garden round the Pyramid, complete with trees and plants. He also paid for five of the six statues seen in various parts of the graveyard and donated trees to be planted round the National Wallace Monument.
This area was laid out as a public pleasure ground by local nurseryman and evangelist, William Drummond. The Star Pyramid, with its texts and emblems, was nearing completion in April 1863, when a bible and the Confession of faith were sealed into a chamber within the structure. It recalls the principles of the Reformation and publicised the famous Drummond Tract Enterprises.
The pyramid is on a raised plinth of 4 steps and has a set of steps leading to it. Each of the faces are very similar. On one face is a circular marble plaque, the text of which is very worn and some of the lower part is readable.
Each of the sides has (from bottom to top):
sunken relief text with a reference to verses from the Psalms:
Union Banner, XLV CIII
Rock of Ages, XCV
Covenant Rest, CXXXII CXLV
Thrown of Right, XCVI XCVII
marble bible
carved circular rosette
thistle
crown"
This shot is taken from under under the area of robbed stone, in the north-east corner of the pyramid base shown in the previous shot. Hopefully some idea of the size of the casing blocks can be gained, as well as the size, and somewhat irregular shape of those blocks which comprise the core masonry. This latter feature, it must be added, is common to most Old Kingdom pyramids
The Pyramid Magnolia (Magnolia pyramidata) has a curious distribution throughout the southeastern United States. With a very sporadic and spotty distribution this species is considered to be nowhere abundant. In Texas it occurs in several tiny populations along the Louisiana border in Newton and Jasper Counties. This species is unique as it prefers xeric sites with deep sandy soils and not the moist mesic slopes that other Magnolia species are commonly associated with. Several of the populations in Texas are at risk from increased habitat fragmentation due to timber production. The Big Thicket Association is currently accepting donations in an effort to purchase a conservation easement for one of the populations.
Finished around 2510 BC, this was built as a tomb for the kin Menkaure, who was the son of Khafre and the grandson of Khufu, who built the other two main Pyramids of Giza.
It's much smaller than the other two, and used to have a casing of white limestone, with the bottom 16 rows made of red granite -- so it would have looked like a "stripe" along the bottom.
In the 12th Century, al-Malek al-Aziz Othman ben Yusuf tried to dismantle it, but it was far too difficult and expensive. Blacks that tumbled to the bottom would become buried in sand. Eventually he gave up, leaving a "scar" along one side.
Green beetle (Oedemera nobilis) on a Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis), again by the roadside!
many of the openings to the pyramids inner chambers are not the original enterances from the construction, but are the ork of looters from later dates
Seeing this guy (Pyramid Head) from Silent Hill at the festival was pretty amusing to say the least. Great costume!
One of my very favorite Christmas decorations. I had to have a German Christmas Pyramid after I saw Cousin Eddie break the one in Christmas Vacation.
View along the northern face of the Bent Pyramid, clearly showing the areas in which stone robbers have stripped away both core masonry blocks & areas of the much finer casing stones. At centre-left of shot can be seen the modern access stairs, leading to the northern entrance of the tomb. Sadly, it is not possible for tourists to enter he Red Pyramid.
The Silhouette SD came in handy when my son needed to do a Pyramid Project at school. His teacher loved the machine.
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