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The Eiffel Tower in Paris.
I shot a lot of Paris in sepia, it just seemed to fit the miserable and grey weather.
Since 2000, the Eiffel Tower has had strobe lights attached to it that twinkle for the first ten minutes of each hour during the evening. Twinkling + fog + a long shutter speed = picture goodness.
The Eiffel Tower is named after engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. Constructed from 1887 to 1889 as the entrance to the 1889 World's Fair, it is now the most-visited paid monument in the world, with more than 7 million people annually attending. The tower, the tallest structure in Paris, is 1,063 feet tall, and its square base measures 410 feet on each side. During its construction, the Eiffel Tower surpassed the Washington Monument to become the tallest man-made structure in the world, a title it held for 41 years until the Chrysler Building in New York City was finished in 1930. Excluding transmitters installed in 1957, the Eiffel Tower is the second tallest free-standing structure in France after the Millau Viaduct. The tower has three levels for visitors. The top level's upper platform is 906 ft above the ground, the highest observation deck accessible to the public in the European Union.
Looking over the river Seine to the crowds at the base of the Eiffel Tower.
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The Eiffel Tower (French: Tour Eiffel, /tuʀ ɛfɛl/) is an iron tower built on the Champ de Mars beside the Seine River in Paris. The tower has become a global icon of France and is one of the most recognizable structures in the world.