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Angel of Independence known as El Ángel and officially known as Monumento a la Independencia. Seen on a roundabout on Paseo de la Reforma in downtown Mexico City.
Kathmandu Durbar Square and the national monuments were damaged seriously in the earthquake and the governments taking times to rebuilt it to the former glory.
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_Valley
Monument Valley (Navajo: Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii, pronounced [tsʰépìːʔ ǹtsɪ̀skɑ̀ìː], meaning "valley of the rocks") is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of sandstone buttes, with the largest reaching 1,000 ft (300 m) above the valley floor. The most famous butte formations are located in northeastern Arizona along the Utah–Arizona state line. The valley is considered sacred by the Navajo Nation, the Native American people within whose reservation it lies.
Monument Valley has been featured in many forms of media since the 1930s. Famed director John Ford used the location for a number of his Westerns. Film critic Keith Phipps wrote that "its five square miles [13 km2] have defined what decades of moviegoers think of when they imagine the American West".
Sourc: navajonationparks.org/navajo-tribal-parks/monument-valley/
History
Before human existence, the Park was once a lowland basin. For hundreds of millions of years, materials that eroded from the early Rock Mountains deposited layer upon layer of sediment which cemented a slow and gentle uplift, generated by ceaseless pressure from below the surface, elevating these horizontal strata quite uniformly one to three miles above sea level. What was once a basin became a plateau.
Natural forces of wind and water that eroded the land spent the last 50 million years cutting into and peeling away at the surface of the plateau. The simple wearing down of altering layers of soft and hard rock slowly revealed the natural wonders of Monument Valley today.
From the visitor center, you see the world-famous panorama of the Mitten Buttes and Merrick Butte. You can also purchase guided tours from Navajo tour operators, who take you down into the valley in Jeeps for a narrated cruise through these mythical formations. Places such as Ear of the Wind and other landmarks can only be accessed via guided tours. During the summer months, the visitor center also features Haskenneini Restaurant, which specializes in both native Navajo and American cuisines, and a film/snack/souvenir shop. There are year-round restroom facilities. One mile before the center, numerous Navajo vendors sell arts, crafts, native food, and souvenirs at roadside stands.
Additional Foreign Language Tags:
(United States) "الولايات المتحدة" "Vereinigte Staaten" "アメリカ" "米国" "美国" "미국" "Estados Unidos" "États-Unis" "ארצות הברית" "संयुक्त राज्य" "США"
(Arizona) "أريزونا" "亚利桑那州" "אריזונה" "एरिजोना" "アリゾナ州" "애리조나" "Аризона"
(Utah) "يوتا" "犹他州" "יוטה" "यूटा" "ユタ州" "유타" "Юта"
(Monument Valley) "وادي النصب التذكاري" "纪念碑谷" "Vallée des monuments" "מוניומנט ואלי" "स्मारक घाटी" "モニュメントバレー" "모뉴먼트 밸리" "Долина Монументов" "Valle de los Monumentos"
Das Monument Valley liegt in der Four-Corners-Region, an der Grenze zwischen Arizona und Utah, westlich der Staatsgrenzen zu Colorado und New Mexico in einer Höhe von fast 1900 m und wird bevölkerungsstatistisch in die beiden Schwestergebiete Oljato, Arizona und Oljato, Utah geteilt. Die Temperaturen im Monument Valley variieren zwischen −3 °C im Winter und durchschnittlich 30 °C im Sommer. Der Niederschlag beträgt durchschnittlich 20 cm im Jahr und fällt teilweise als Schnee. Niederschläge, Temperaturunterschiede sowie der Wind haben wesentlich dazu beigetragen, die heutige Landschaft zu formen.
Monument Valley is located in the Four Corners region, near the border between Arizona and Utah, west of the state borders with Colorado and New Mexico at an altitude of almost 1900 meters and is divided population randomly into the two sister territories Oljato, Arizona and Oljato, Utah . The temperatures in Monument Valley vary between -3 ° C in winter and an average of 30 ° C in summer. The rainfall averages 20 inches a year, and falls partly as snow. Rainfall, temperature differences and wind have contributed significantly to shaping the present landscape.
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After the Prussian victory over the Danish at Sonderborg. The Prussians built a large monument to celebrate. Years later in 1945 the monument was blown up. The perpetrators were never identified, and this monument has never been rebuilt.
Fort Beaufort’s Victoria Bridge over the Kat River is the oldest triple-arch stone bridge in South Africa with a foundation stone laid by Lady Napier back in 1840. The bridge, now a national monument, is still in use.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_Valley
Monument Valley (Navajo: Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii, pronounced [tsʰépìːʔ ǹtsɪ̀skɑ̀ìː], meaning "valley of the rocks") is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of sandstone buttes, with the largest reaching 1,000 ft (300 m) above the valley floor. The most famous butte formations are located in northeastern Arizona along the Utah–Arizona state line. The valley is considered sacred by the Navajo Nation, the Native American people within whose reservation it lies.
Monument Valley has been featured in many forms of media since the 1930s. Famed director John Ford used the location for a number of his Westerns. Film critic Keith Phipps wrote that "its five square miles [13 km2] have defined what decades of moviegoers think of when they imagine the American West".
Sourc: navajonationparks.org/navajo-tribal-parks/monument-valley/
History
Before human existence, the Park was once a lowland basin. For hundreds of millions of years, materials that eroded from the early Rock Mountains deposited layer upon layer of sediment which cemented a slow and gentle uplift, generated by ceaseless pressure from below the surface, elevating these horizontal strata quite uniformly one to three miles above sea level. What was once a basin became a plateau.
Natural forces of wind and water that eroded the land spent the last 50 million years cutting into and peeling away at the surface of the plateau. The simple wearing down of altering layers of soft and hard rock slowly revealed the natural wonders of Monument Valley today.
From the visitor center, you see the world-famous panorama of the Mitten Buttes and Merrick Butte. You can also purchase guided tours from Navajo tour operators, who take you down into the valley in Jeeps for a narrated cruise through these mythical formations. Places such as Ear of the Wind and other landmarks can only be accessed via guided tours. During the summer months, the visitor center also features Haskenneini Restaurant, which specializes in both native Navajo and American cuisines, and a film/snack/souvenir shop. There are year-round restroom facilities. One mile before the center, numerous Navajo vendors sell arts, crafts, native food, and souvenirs at roadside stands.
Additional Foreign Language Tags:
(United States) "الولايات المتحدة" "Vereinigte Staaten" "アメリカ" "米国" "美国" "미국" "Estados Unidos" "États-Unis" "ארצות הברית" "संयुक्त राज्य" "США"
(Arizona) "أريزونا" "亚利桑那州" "אריזונה" "एरिजोना" "アリゾナ州" "애리조나" "Аризона"
(Utah) "يوتا" "犹他州" "יוטה" "यूटा" "ユタ州" "유타" "Юта"
(Monument Valley) "وادي النصب التذكاري" "纪念碑谷" "Vallée des monuments" "מוניומנט ואלי" "स्मारक घाटी" "モニュメントバレー" "모뉴먼트 밸리" "Долина Монументов" "Valle de los Monumentos"
Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Arizona.
In the absence of any recent photography expeditions, I've started going back through older shots that initially failed to make the cut to see if my processing skills have improved over the past few years. Learning the basics of luminosity masking has made a huge difference to not only my workflow generally, but also the level of control that I have over adjustments as a result of the pixel-based masks that can be created based on luminosity values. If interested check out the great luminosity masking tutorials by Sean Bagshaw. Ryan Dyar also has some very helpful tutorials on his site. (Note: I have no affiliation with either Sean or Ryan - I just enjoy their work and have learned much from both).
This picture was taken during a week-long trip with Kevin Benedict and Sky Matthews across the southwest in early January 2015. Over the course of the week, we traveled over 1700 miles, while visiting Zion NP, Bryce Canyon, Death Valley, Coyote Buttes South (i.e. the Wave), Antelope Canyon, Horseshoe Bend, Valley of Fire and a few other random locations in and around Nevada, Arizona, Utah and California.
Our only morning in Monument Valley was certainly one of the highlights of the trip. It was easily the coldest morning of the week and waking up for the sunrise was definitely a challenge, especially after staying up half the night shooting stars. It’s a good thing that I was able to pull myself out of bed this particular morning as we were rewarded with the one truly epic sunrise of the trip – and all for the price of some frozen toes and fingers. This picture, however, was actually taken shortly after peak color as many of the clouds began fading back to gray. The sky was truly spectacular just a few minutes before this shot was taken. Unfortunately I was shooting in a different location and had not yet found this particular comp.
Frankly, perhaps because it was taken after the peak colors has faded, the raw image was nothing special and, as a result, this image did not make “the cut.” However, after languishing on my computer for more than two years, I gave it another look and realized that the comp had a lot going for it. As mentioned, my processing skills had also improved in the intervening time since I took the shot and decided that it might be worth the effort to see if I could do anything with the raw image. I’m glad I did. Along the way, I learned a valuable lesson about periodically reviewing old files as this image is now a personal favorite.
A pano of the Ayrshire coastal town of Largs, taken about 20mins after sunset, with the "Pencil" monument in the foreground.
This is actually a crop from a longer pano. The crop covers about six shots' worth; the full thing was more like 10-12 shots. Taken in portrait with the 70-200 f4.
An iconic landmark that can be seen for miles around, this monument was built in 1845 to commemorate Sir William Petty.
Built as an ‘eye-catcher’ by the 3rd Marquis of Lansdowne when it was at the edge of the Bowood estate. It commemorates one of his ancestors, Sir William Petty (1627-1684) physician and surveyor.
Standing at 120 foot (38m), the stone obelisk was designed by Sir Charles Barry, architect of the Houses of Parliament and Highclere Castle.
The monument was acquired by the National Trust in 1988.
This is the first view you get as you depart the Visitor Center and prepare to tour the Valley. I include the road and a couple of cars to give you a sense of the massive scale of the iconic Mittens.
The Independence Monument (1904) on Citadel Hill at Tulcea, Romania, commemorates the 1878 union of Northern Dobruja with Romania following the Russo-Turkish War. It offers fine views of the Danube River.
Orange rock formations in Arizona and Utah at Monument Valley show their color against the blue sky and bright clouds.
Monument Valley got global fame with John Ford's Hollywood westerns filmed beginning in the 1930s. Arrived 90 minutes before sunset and with the help of a fantastic Dine guide we were able to get to many beautiful locations.
The Brunswick Monument is a mausoleum built in 1879 in Geneva, Switzerland to commemorate the life of Charles II, Duke of Brunswick (1804 - 1873). He bequeathed his fortune to the city of Geneva in exchange for a monument to be built in his name, specifying that it be a replica of the Scaliger Tombs in Verona, Italy.