A collection of wooden doors used to reinforce a backyard fence in a neighborhood. They have been there for many years, broken, worn out and getting you nowhere, just for decoration. I took this photo because they were moving out and the real patio door was open.

(Sorry, no bar 🍺 in the other side)

man among the heavy columns of reinforced concrete under the bridge. .The modern bridge over the Mokva River (Krasnogorsk).

Image taken of the Scripps Pier at la Jolla shores beach.

The long concrete Pier is not open to the public, but the beach on both sides of it is.

The Pier is used by the Scripps Institute of Oceanography for boat launching and a variety of experiments.

Data on ocean conditions and plankton taken from the Pier since 1915 provide an unparalleled source of information on changes in the coastal Pacific Ocean.

Many concerns about the soundness of the original Pier finally led to its total replacement. The new one was built of reinforced concrete alongside the original, which was then removed.

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Tromsøbrua - Tromsø-Brücke - Tromsö-Brücke - Tromsø Bridge - Tromsoe-Bridge

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Wir waren eine Woche zu Gast auf Tromsö / Tromsø - im tiefsten Winter. Es waren unvergessliche Eindrücke, so viel Schnee sah ich noch nie zuvor.

We were guests on Tromsoe / Tromsø for a week - in the middle of winter. They were unforgettable impressions, I've never seen so much snow.

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My Tromsö / Tromsø album is here:

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It is assumed that Gorinchem was founded circa 1000 CE by fishermen and farmers on the raised land near the mouth of the river Linge at the Merwede. (Home of Gorik) is first mentioned in a document from 1224 in which Floris IV granted people from Gorinchem exemption of toll payments throughout Holland.

Somewhere between 1247 and 1267, Gorinchem became property of the Lords of Arkel. At the end of the 13th century earthen mounts reinforced with palisades were built around the settlement to protect it from domination by the neighboring counties of Holland and Gelre. Half a century later real city walls were built complete with 7 gates and 23 watchtowers. Otto van Arkel granted it city rights on 11 November 1322.

Jan van Arkel had a dispute with Albert I, brother of Willem V of Holland, leading to war and subsequently to the annexation of Gorinchem to Holland in 1417. This resulted in increased trade and Gorinchem grew to be the eighth city of Holland.

On 9 July 1572, the Watergeuzen (Dutch rebels against Spanish rule) conquered the city and captured 19 Catholic priests and monks. Because they refused to renounce their faith, these priests and monks were brought to Brielle where they were hanged and were from then on known among Catholics as the Martyrs of Gorkum.

By the 16th century, the city walls were so deteriorated that they were replaced with new fortifications and eleven bastions that still are almost completely intact. The new walls were completed in 1609 and were located further from the town centre, making the city twice as large. In 1673, Gorinchem became part of the old Dutch Water Line.

The city walls had four city gates: the Arkel Gate in the north, the Dalem Gate in the east, the Water Gate in the south (where the ferry to Woudrichem was), and the Kansel Gate in the west. Of these four gates, only the Dalem Gate remains. The others were removed in the 19th century to make way for vehicular traffic. A portion of the Water Gate was preserved in the gardens of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

Map of Gorinchem of 1869.

In the 18th century, the economy went into decline. After the French domination, the retreating French troops took station in the bastion fortress of Gorinchem. After a three-month siege they capitulated but the city was heavily damaged.

During the Industrial Revolution, Gorinchem recovered. Increased shipping led to new canals being dug and a railway connection to the city. Its population quickly increased, filling the innercity, and new neighbourhoods had to be built outside the city walls.

At the beginning of the 20th century, expansion took place in the Lingewijk and West neighbourhoods. After World War II, expansion started in the north-western portion of the municipality which was completed in the 1970s. This was followed by developments of the neighbourhoods Wijdschild and Laag Dalem east of the city center. In 1986, the town Dalem was added to the municipality.

In August 2021 ANWB named Gorinchem the most beautiful star fort in the Netherlands.

By: Prince Moose

“I was brought into the world in case something happened to Peanut,” Moose writes. “I was summoned to provide backup, distraction, diversion and, if necessary, a spare part. Kidney, perhaps. Blood transfusion. Speck of bone marrow. This was all made explicitly clear to me from the start of life’s journey and regularly reinforced thereafter.”

~Spare~

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CORNWERD - The Afsluitdijk, length 32 km (19,88 miles) is protecting the Netherlands from the Sea for more than eighty years. However, the dyke no longer meets the current requirements for flood protection.

Rijkswaterstaat is therefore going to reinforce the Afsluitdijk. The body of the dyke will be widened and raised by about 2 metres and the cladding on the outer side will be replaced. Concrete blocks will be placed over the existing basalt blocks on the lower slope. These 'Level blocks X Plus' weight 6,500 kilograms each and have a wave retardant effect. Because of their symmetry and the regular way they are positioned, the blocks have a tranquil appearance that reinforces the austere and autonomous character of the dyke. Every block will be GPS chipped, making them easy to inspect and maintain.

Time flies:

This is a garland with little hearts (already a bit yellowed), pearls and a metal-reinforced thread and was part of a wedding decoration. I didn't want to throw it away, so I wrapped it around a glass candlestick filled with tiny glass beads and we are using it when celebrating our wedding anniversary or birthdays :))

Crazy Tuesday - theme of August 25, 2020: Birthday/Celebration

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Dies war ursprünglich eine Hochzeitsdekoration: Das kleine Herz (bereits etwas vergilbt) ist Teil einer Girlande mit anderen Herzen, Perlen und einem metallverstärkten Faden. Ich wollte sie nicht wegwerfen, also habe ich sie um einen Glas-Kerzenständer gewickelt, der mit winzigen Glasperlen gefüllt ist - und wir verwenden diesen, wenn wir unseren Hochzeitstag oder Geburtstage feiern :))

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The first attempt to replace the wooden fort with a stone kremlin was recorded in 1374, but construction was limited to a single tower, known as the Dmitrovskaya Tower (this has not survived). Under the rule of Ivan III, Nizhny Novgorod played the role of a guard city, having a permanent garrison; it served as a place for gathering troops for Moscow’s actions against the Khanate of Kazan. In order to strengthen the defenses of the city, construction works on the walls began again.

Construction of the stone Kremlin of Nizhny Novgorod began in 1500 with the building of the Ivanovskaya Tower; the main work commenced in 1508 and by 1515 a grandiose building was completed. The oak walls that formed the old fortifications were destroyed by a huge fire in 1513. The two kilometer wall was reinforced by 13 towers (one of them – Zachatskaya – was on the shore of the Volga; not preserved, but was rebuilt in 2012). This “Stone City” had a permanent garrison with solid artillery weapons. With the fall of Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin lost its military significance, and later it housed the city and provincial authorities.

Memorial “Gorky for the front!” on the territory of the Kremlin between Dmitrovskaya and Kladovaya (Pantry) towers. 1986

During the World War II, the roofs of the Taynitskaya, the Severnaya, and the Chasovaya Towers were dismantled and anti-aircraft machine guns were installed on the upper platforms. Thus, the fortress defended the airspace of the city from the Luftwaffe. The Luftwaffe bombed the Kanavinsky Bridge and the Fair, but the Kremlin's air defense defended these objects.

The Council of Ministers of the RSFSR issued an order on January 30, 1949 for the restoration of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin.

In October 2018, archaeologists discovered the remains of a medieval settlement and cemetery on the site of the destroyed church of St. Simeon Stylites. The finds belong to the 13th century, and the most ancient cultural layer - to 1221, when Nizhny Novgorod was founded. After all the excavations, the exhibits will be museified, and the church of St. Simeon the Stylite will be recreated at this place.

In 2021, before the 800th anniversary of Nizhny Novgorod, a major restoration was carried out. Under its terms, the most important thing was the restoration of the historic "battle road" inside the Kremlin wall. The city had been waiting for this event for 230 years. Since August 2021, locals and tourists can walk a full circular route along the large fortress wall while inside it. Its length is 2 km.

The Francis Scott Key Bridge, more commonly known as the Key Bridge, is a six-lane reinforced concrete arch bridge conveying U.S. Route 29 (US 29) traffic across the Potomac River between the Rosslyn neighborhood of Arlington County, Virginia, and the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Completed in 1923, it is Washington's oldest surviving road bridge across the Potomac River.

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Two years ago I went back to my hometown Schuders, a small village in the Swiss Alps. A windy one-lane mountain road leads up to the village. On the way you pass the Salginatobel Bridge, a reinforced concrete arch bridge designed by Swiss civil engineer Robert Maillart. It was constructed across an alpine valley between 1929 and 1930. In 1991, it was declared an International Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, the thirteenth such structure and the first concrete bridge so designated. Get the details on Wikipedia at bit.ly/2fn2au3

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n the early Middle Ages, the reinforced castle of Poeke (Flanders - Belgium) served as a real bastion where knights from Flanders county assembled. The castle, which was the residence of the "Heren Van Poucke" ("Gentlemen of Poeke - mention the old-Dutch spelling of the word "Poeke") was at that time governed from Bruges. However, combative Ghent rebels repeatedly attacked the castle. Consequently, after the year 1453 Poeke castle felt into ruin for many years. One and a half century late, in 1597, the family Preud'homme d'Hailly from Rijsel (North of France) bought the castle from a family called "Delrye" and governed Poeke for more than 2 centuries. They made the castle the centre of their increasingly growing properties.

It was in the same year 1597 that heirs of this nobility introduced the title "Burggraven of Nieuwpoort" ("Viscounts of Nieuwpoort"). Although their cultural wealth was initially suppressed because of the 16th and 17th century wars, successive generations of viscounts led the Baronny of Poucques to a short, but uncontested peak in 1765. From 1762 up to 1774, Karel Florent Idesbald de Preudhomme was not onlyViscount of Nieuwpoort and Oombergen, Baron of Poeke, Sir of Axpoele, Neuville, Sint-Lievens-Esse, Velaines, etc., but also chamberlain of the Austrian king.

At that time, the kingdom of the Netherlands was governed by Austria and looked as a rigid and hierarchic society, where the aristocracy was able to maintain their privileges up to the French Revolution (1789). Even after the French-Napoleonic empire collapsed (1815) and after Belgium came into being (1830), the aristocracy could maintain its position as the high social class on the Flemish countryside.

The isolated location of Poeke, the steady decrease of the number of its inhabitants and the stable agricultural character of Poeke, which mainly consisted of farmsteads, all these reasons caused the aristocratic power system to continue to function until after the Second World War (1945).

In the second half of the 19th century, the family Preudhomme D'Hailly was once and for all past its peak and financial problems weakened its position inside as well as outside the village. As a consequence, they had to abandon the castle in 1872.

The family Pycke de Peteghem - which was raised to the peerage in 1730 - bought the castle and gradually dominated the small East-Flemish agricultural village. Its political representation mainly focused on the mayoralty, a position that was rarely assigned to someone who was not a member of the aristocratic family.

The castle largely survived both World Wars, but the aristocratic influence during the 20th century died out when the last Baroness of Poeke, Inès Pycke de Peteghem deceased (1955). The property structure of the castle changed for the last time in 1977, when Poeke fused with Aalter. From then on, the castle was owned by the community and became a public domain. Up to now, it is part of an extraordinary recreation facility.

But the more powerful point of the contrapasso that attaches appropriate schemes of punishment to different species of sin is that your condition in Hell conforms exactly to the shape and form of your own desires,14 of those desires of yours acting upon which got you there in the first place. In that sense you make your own Hell for yourself.

--Dante the Theologian, Denys Turner

Brutalist steel reinforced car park structure.

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They are four reinforced-concrete structures located above the dam, two on each side of the canyon. The diameter of these towers is 82 feet at the base, 63 feet 3 inches at the top, and 29 feet 8 inches inside. Each tower is 395 feet high and each controls one-fourth the supply of water for the powerplant turbines.

Gannets or rather Northern Gannets (morus bassanus) are native to the coasts of the North Atlantic. 60-70% of the world's population nest around the coast of the UK. Preferred nesting sites are on coastal hillsides and cliffs.

Famed for their super-fast dives into the sea, from a height of 30m they can hit the water at speeds of up to 60mph. Apart from having a stream-lined bodies, to help cushion the impact they have an extensive network of air-sacs between their muscles and skin.

Adult pairs are monogamous and may remain together over several seasons, if not for live. They separate when their chicks leave the nest but bond again the following year. Bonding is reinforced by characteristic head-caressing movements.

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Linguella Tower, Portoferraio, Elba Island

The fortified structure of the tower was built in the early 16th century on the spot where stood the remains of an ancient Roman Villa. It owes its creation to Medici, who would in the Tower, one more defensive structure to protect the port of Portoferraio. The coastal Tower has an octagonal plan, with a crease articulated in the lower part bordering the below base, which on six of the eight sides rests directly on the rocky strand of the sea.

The top of the Linguella Tower has a greater overhang than the bottom, where on the summit ends with some mighty brackets that surround the terrace originally used for sighting. The walls of the tower is entirely covered with red bricks with some finishing touches of white marble and with traces of stone curtain walls that are at the north-western corner of the tower, going to delimit externally a bastion structure with shoe base, which previously gave it an additional element of security to the entire complex.

The Navy installed a lighthouse on the western corner of walls of the tower for the night lighting of the port area of Portoferraio.

This supreme example of military architecture to defend the port of Portoferraio was designed by Giovanni Camerini in 1548. In the past the Linguella Tower, was linked to the Gallo Tower from a big chain, which prevented for defensive purposes the entrance into the dock of Portoferraio.

In the 17th century, Grand Duke Ferdinando II, did reinforce the ramparts overlooking the sea. The bastion of St. Francis and the sentry box on which stands the cross of Lorena was rebuilt after the war devastation.

A small cave with the entrance made by the rapanui to hinder the entry of enemies or elements of nature.

On the right facing the sea, there is a small cave called Ana Akahanga whose entrance is reinforced with an added stone. The cavity, which is of the karava type due to its width and shallow depth, was used as a temporary refuge, mainly by fishermen, to shelter from the rain or spend the night.

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Europe, The Netherlands, Nood Brabant, Eindhoven, Evoluon, Roof (uncut)

Inside the Evoluon museum, shot towards the structuralist reinforced concrete skeleton of the roof. The building, which looks like a UFO or flying saucer, was built as a showcase for technological progress, particularly those in which the originally Eindhoven-based company Philips was involved. It was designed by Louis Kalff and Leo de Bever and transferred to the municipality of Eindhoven in 1966 on Philips' 75th anniversary.

The building was an educational technology museum from 1966 to 1989 and attracted many visitors until the 1970s. This was partly because they were allowed to experiment and operate the showcased models themselves. This was new then and particularly attractive to schoolchildren and other young people. Many schools traditionally organised an 'Evoluon trip' once a year.

In 2022, the Evoluon reopened as a museum under the leadership of the Next Nature Foundation. This organisation focuses on researching the impact of technology on our lives and the planet. Next Nature makes future scenarios tangible for a wide audience in the Evoluon through exhibitions and educational programmes for schools and companies.

This is number 16 of the Eindhoven abum.

Das nicht mehr bewohnte Kloster Kyra Panagia Tsambika, das eigentlich nur aus einer Klosterkirche besteht, liegt auf der Spitze des Felsenberges Tsambika.

Von der Küstenstraße bei Kolymbia führt eine ausgeschilderte Stichstraße mit einer mehr schlechtem Asphalt in Serpentinen zum unteren Gipfel von dem aus man dann die über 300 Stufen zum Kloster zu Fuß gehen muss.

Die kleine Kirche ist der Muttergottes (Panagia) geweiht und ist heute noch ein Wallfahrtsort von Jungen Frauen mit Kinderwunsch, die dann zusätzlich zur Festigung ihres Wunsches einen der bereitliegenden Säcke mit Sand für den letzten Abschnitt des Aufstiegs mit sich tragen.

Oben angekommen wird man für die mühe mit einem beeindruckenden Ausblick über die Insellandschaft belohnt

The monastery of Kyra Panagia Tsambika, which is no longer inhabited and actually only consists of a monastery church, is located on the top of the rocky mountain of Tsambika.

From the coastal road near Kolymbia, a signposted road with a rather poor asphalt surface leads in serpentines to the lower summit, from where you have to walk the 300 steps to the monastery.

The small church is dedicated to the Virgin Mary (Panagia) and is still a place of pilgrimage for young women wishing to have children, who carry one of the sacks of sand provided with them for the last section of the ascent to reinforce their wish.

Once at the top, the effort is rewarded with an impressive view over the island landscape

Normanton church is a Rutland icon. This lovely classical building stands on a narrow peninsula of land jutting out into Rutland Water. It was created by architect Thomas Cundy for the Earl of Ancaster, on the foundations of earlier buildings dating back to the 14th century.

The medieval church here was rebuilt in the 1760s in classical style and again rebuilt by the 4th baronet to create the church we see today.

When Rutland Water was created in the 1970s the church was threatened with being sunk beneath the waves and lost forever. Local groups campaigned to save the building, and a compromise was reached.

The lower part of the building was reinforced to protect against water damage and the upper section was turned into a local museum, with displays on the creation of the Rutland Water reservoir, local history and geography.

Sheringham is a delightful small town on the North Norfolk coast, just a few miles to the west of Cromer. At low tide there is a sandy beach, while the promenade runs along the top of substantial coastal defences which have now been reinforced with rock armour - very large boulders piled up against the sea walls. There are a number of small inshore fishing boats which fish mainly for crabs - something the area is particularly famous for. The ramp across the beach used to be used by one of the old lifeboats. These days an inshore lifeboat is kept in more modern surroundings.

I just returned from an 18 day trip to Ecuador. It was my first time in South America and I loved it. I visited the clay licks at Yasuni National Park in the Amazon. When I got there I watched an extremely poisonous Fer-de-lance Snake capture and eat a Cobalt-winged Parakeet. It took 2.5 hours after the Snake had slowly swallowed the bird and departed for the Parrots to come in. It was so impressive to be so close in particular to the beautiful Scarlet Macaws. Seeing Parrots in the wild just reinforces how vital it is to help protect them from the illegal parrot trade.

WW2 Bunker resting on the shoreline. Isle Of Sheppey, UK

Basalt is very hard. It can stand the polishing force of the ocean well into mythical times, but human tools can quickly loosen its rigid character. The six-sided columns, broken into pieces, fit together like a geometrical puzzle and are often used to reinforce coastal dikes.

Isamu Noguchi uses his tools more subtle. Touching the surface, hammering away like a crazy woodpecker, then seeking deeper and finer, softening and polishing the form, he lays bare its inner beauty.

He does not force the material into a sculptural form. He seeks 'the brilliance of matter beneath the skin'. With that intention, basalt becomes almost fluid.

When exploring the villages of Hong Kong it's not uncommon to stumble across abandoned houses such as this one in Tai Po Mei: old, dishevelled and looking very sad.

Europe, The Netherlands, Friesland, Harlingen, Zuidwalweg, Harlingerstraatweg, The Broken Jug (uncut)

American artist Frank Stella is known for his minimalist paintings and sculptures. He has had exhibitions at the MoMA in New York and museums in Europe and Asia. In 2009, President-elect Barack Obama awarded him the National Medal of Arts.

Choosing a location for the Broken Jug sculpture was a protracted process. After it couldn't be placed in Miami and Cherbourg, Harlingen was chosen. It was the perfect location for Stella since he was fascinated by its harbour and decided that 'where land and sea meet' (near the Tjerk Hiddes sluices) would be a beautiful location for his sculpture.

The reinforced concrete structure is 14 meters high and weighs 45 tons.

This is number 15 of the Harns/Harlingen album and number 49 of Naar het Noorden.

Only after the invention of fire arms, Katz Castle had to be substantially reinforced. It was also upgraded as bastion against Maus Castle in the Electorate of Trier. At the same time the donjon of Katz Castle was raised to approx. 197 feet to ensure eye contact with Reichenstein Castle which is approx 1.9 miles away.

In 1479 the family line of the Counts of Katzenelnbogen died out. In succession of long-lasting disputes on heritage, Katz Castle and Rheinfels Castle were besieged, demolished, rebuilt and extended several times. Even though repairs had been made in 1800, Napoleon blew up Katz Castle in 1806.

In 1896 District Administrator Berg acquired Katz Castle, to reconstruct it as close as possible to the original design. From 1946 till 1951 Katz Castle served as local High School "Institut Hofmann" including board

Since 1989 Katz Castle is private property of a Japanese and accommodates the hotel Katz Castle.

We do know that we are mad. We all know this. So just to reinforce this idea Culprit is selling the Animesh Trail Horse for 100L for single colours from now until Midnight Sunday 7th Nov. (Fatpack with all 8 coats plus tack texture change mix and match 588L also until Midnight Sunday.) maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Culprit/192/165/22

This is a double exposure of two shots I took in the Thar desert in India. In the vicinity of our desert camp, where we were staying in a full, albeit luxurious, tent, I found a concrete block with reinforcing irons peeking out of it. Since the sun was just setting behind it, I took a picture of it. One day later we had the pleasure of riding camels through sand dunes, which always gives spectacular shots anyway. I created this image from both shots.

Hamburgs jüngster U-Bahnhof der U4 Linie ist die mit Abstand ungewöhnlichste Haltestelle des öffentlichen Nahverkehrs im gesamten Stadtgebiet. Tonnenweise Stahlbeton bilden die Grundlage für diesen architektonisch außergewöhnlichen Raum unter Tage. Auf einer Fläche von 3200 Quadratmetern geht es nicht nur um das Ein- und Aussteigen von Städtern in das Fortbewegungsmittel ihrer Wahl. Vielmehr kann die U-Bahn-Station an sich als einzigartige Sehenswürdigkeit betrachtet werden.

Die Raumgestaltung ist großzügig. Von den hohen Decken hängen auf der gesamten Länge des Bahnsteiges 6,5 Meter lange Lichtwürfel. In Form und Abmessung sollen diese an die, im Hamburger Hafen lagernden 20 Fuß Schiffscontainer erinnern. In den Lichtobjekten entstehen eindrucksvolle Lichteffekte, die in der Kathedralen-artigen Räumlichkeit ihre Wirkung entfalten. Das Lichtspiel wird unterstrichen von Soundeffekten. Schiffshörner, das Wummern gewaltiger Schiffsmotoren oder die Schreie von Möwen hüllen den Raum in einen hafentypischen Klangteppich.

(Quelle: Waterkant Touren)

Hamburg's newest subway station on the U4 line is by far the most unusual public transport stop in the entire city. Tons of reinforced concrete form the basis for this architecturally extraordinary underground space. On an area of ​​3200 square meters, it's not just about city dwellers getting in and out of the means of transport of their choice. Rather, the subway station itself can be viewed as a unique attraction.

The room design is generous. 6.5 meter long light cubes hang from the high ceilings along the entire length of the platform. In terms of shape and dimensions, these are intended to be reminiscent of the 20-foot shipping containers stored in the port of Hamburg. The light objects create impressive lighting effects that unfold their effect in the cathedral-like space. The light play is underlined by sound effects. Ship horns, the humming of huge ship engines or the cries of seagulls envelop the room in a carpet of sound typical of a port.

(Source: Waterkant Tours)

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Reinforced Plomin chimney

Equipped with: 4 hoof drive, reinforced front bumper, runs on biofuel.

Bighorn Sheep seen at Theodore Roosevelt N.P. north unit.

Centennial Hall or Hall of the People) is a historic building in Wroclaw. It was constructed

according to the plans of Max Berg in 1911-1913, when the city was part of the German

Empire. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2006.

The cupola was made of reinforced concrete and with an inner diameter of 69 m and 42 m

high, it was the largest building of its kind at the time of construction. The symmetrical

quatrefoil shape with a large circular central space seats 7.000 persons. The dome is

23m high, made of in steel and glass. The Jahrhunderthalle became a key reference

for the development of reinforced concrete structures

and in the 20th century.

WW2/Cold War defensive anti-submarine barrier.

Steel reinforced concrete pilings.

This surviving 2km section on the Essex side of the Thames estuary marks the border of the MoD Shoeburyness firing range.

LR4163 © Joe O'Malley 2021

Christ the Redeemer (Portuguese: Cristo Redentor, standard Brazilian Portuguese: is an Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, created by French sculptor Paul Landowski and built by the Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa, in collaboration with the French engineer Albert Caquot. Romanian sculptor Gheorghe Leonida fashioned the face. The statue is 30 metres (98 ft) tall, excluding its 8-metre (26 ft) pedestal, and its arms stretch 28 metres (92 ft) wide.[1][2]

The statue weighs 635 metric tons (625 long, 700 short tons), and is located at the peak of the 700-metre (2,300 ft) Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park overlooking the city of Rio. A symbol of Christianity across the world, the statue has also become a cultural icon of both Rio de Janeiro and Brazil, and is listed as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.[3] It is made of reinforced concrete and soapstone, and was constructed between 1922 and 1931.

Water tower, chimney, factory.

A nod to Berndt & Hilla Becher.

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Two photos today showing the lines and curves of this beautiful building.

Dame Zaha Hadid passed away too early. We will never know what amazing architecture could have been gracing skylines around the world.

AKA: One Thousand Museum & Scorpion Tower

* En montagne, à la limite de l'étage boisé montagnard, l'étage subalpin. Dans cet étage on peut trouver quelques arbres très isolés comme ceux-ci. Exposés comme ils le sont, les conditions d'existence doivent être un peu compliquées !

La mer de nuages renforce l'impression d'isolement des arbres, et de nous, elle isole du reste de monde.

* Father and Son. In the mountains, at the limit of the montane woodland, the subalpine stage. In this level you can find some very isolated trees like these. Exposed as they are, the living conditions must be a bit complicated!

The sea of clouds reinforces the impression of isolation of the trees, and of us, it isolates us from the rest of the world.

C-FFAL, a Boeing 737-2R8C, on approach to runway 23 at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario. It was arriving as RAG100 (Glencore Canada Corporation) from Montreal, Quebec. This aircraft supports the Raglan nickel mine near Kattiniq, Quebec - 1,270 statute miles north northeast of her base at Mississauga.

She began her career as 5H-MRK with Air Tanzania way back in May 1979. The 40-year-old still looked great.

C-FFAL has been worn on this airframe since it arrived in Canada back in January 2005, when it was registered to Falconbridge Limited in Toronto. That mining company was later acquired by Glencore.

Three workers install the steel reinforcing rebars for one of several concrete columns for the second and third floors of an old one-story chapel building under renovation.

Started three years ago, the construction project on about 200-sqm lot was stopped for a few times in the recent past due mainly to coronavirus pandemic.

Captured in Subic, Zambales, Philippines.

A Pelican's reinforcing glare to us that sea level are indeed rising. Taken on our Eyre Peninsula road trip.

Climate change poses a major threat to the whole planet, but there are certain geographical areas which are more exposed to the dangers of global warming.

These countries are part of the so-called SIDS (Small Island Developing States), which by its nature will be the first to suffer the consequences of climate change and are in danger of disappearing.

These territories, 52 according to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs mostly share the fragility of a subsistence economy based on tourism, the difficulty in communications and infrastructure development, lack of protection against natural disasters and dependence on international trade.

Here are nine of these islands at risk of disappearing due to global warming.

Republic of Kiribati

Republic of Maldives

Republic of Vanuatu

Tuvalu

Solomon Islands

Samoa

Nauru

Fiji Islands

Marshall Islands

FYI, in Majuro, capital of the Marshall Islands, it has already begun..tracts of land usually in sight have been swallowed by the sea.

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