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These columns won't be at the Capitol when Barack Obama is sworn in, but they once were. They were raised up by slaves and working craftsmen and then burned by the British in 1814.
They now stand on a hillside just inside of Washington, D-C, a few dozen blocks east of Union Station. If you visit the city, you should see them at the National Arboretum.
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My goal with this series is to explore every day scenes under the cover of darkness. A street corner, a lamp post, a doorway. Big city, small town, urban, rural. Man-made light versus nature’s darkness–––light and shadow interpreting minimalist settings in black and white. To see more in this series, check out Cover Of Darkness
Early on in the COVER OF NIGHT series, I shot a couple gas stations. They were not initially the type scene I was looking to capture, but when I came across one late at night, bright and isolated in the darkness, it was impossible for me to resist, so I continue to shoot them. I have now shot enough that they have become a series-within-the-series. For a look at them as a collection, check out, Gas Stations
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March 14, 2009
Auf der Gleiburg innerhalb des Turms abwärts.
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Downhill on the Gleiburg inside the tower.
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It is difficult to photograph well--so deep, so narrow, so sinuous, so inaccessible. So my solution was to focus in on a single element. I chose this immense column, so big that medium-sized trees still look small (I estimate that the two tallest trees are over 30 feet). It looks like a wonderful picnic spot, don't you think? The dark rock is Precambrian gneiss and schist. Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Colorado.
Also known as Wren's Church (after it's architect, Sir Christopher Wren) St. Paul's Cathedral is a neo-classical marvel.
There is very little space in front to enable one to capture the front in it's full grandeur, so I had to make do with whatever I could!!
Les Quatre Columnes, també conegudes com les Columnes de Puig i Cadafalch, són 4 columnes amb capitells jònics que reprodueixen les que van ser aixecades l'any 1919 per l'arquitecte Puig i Cadafalch on actualment hi ha la Font màgica de Montjuïc, a Barcelona. Simbolitzen les quatre barres de la Bandera de Catalunya i inicialment estaven destinades a convertir-se en un dels símbols del catalanisme. Les originals van ser enderrocades el 1928 durant la dictadura de Primo de Rivera, un any abans de l'inici de l'Exposició Universal de 1929. L'any 2010 van ser reconstruïdes, a pocs metres de distància del seu lloc original. Actualment són símbol de la perseverança, la convicció i la fermesa de la llengua, la cultura i la identitat nacional catalana. (Viquipèdia)
The city of Lyon was founded by the Romans and many of the Roman archeological sights still exist. The Old Town, that followed the Romans, is a wonderful place to explore and the food there is incredible!
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I think this place really deserves a monument status despite Devil's Postpile National Monument has stolen all the fame to the west of Mammoth Lakes. They were all resulted from the same volcanic eruption over hundred thousands years ago. Here 'a an extract from Atlas Obsura describing the process of creating such interesting column formation: "As the colossal torrents of lava washed over the built up ash it baked the ash to a layer of stone in an instant. Now after millennia of erosion from wind and water the bottom layer and the top layer of cooled lava can be clearly seen, taking the form of rocky waves bisected by a dividing line. In certain sections along the tuff, the stone has turned into bulbous columns known as degassing pipes creating a veritable forest of oddly shaped stone"
The Astoria Column was constructed in 1926 and is 125 feet tall. A spiral staircase with 164 steps leads to the observation deck. The exterior is covered with sgraffito artwork, a technique in which images are engraved in plaster and then colored powders are blown into the outline. The artwork recounts the region's early history. The column is lit with changing colors of light at night.
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It's hard to take a picture in Rome that doesn't include church domes and the remains of old Roman columns. They seem to be everywhere.
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