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The Lansdowne Monument, also known as the Cherhill Monument, near Cherhill in Wiltshire, England, is a 38 metre (125 foot) stone obelisk erected in 1845 by the 3rd Marquis of Lansdowne to the designs of Sir Charles Barry to commemorate his ancestor, Sir William Petty.
The monument was designated as Grade II listed in 1986, and restored by the National Trust in 1990.
Penshaw Monument, officially The Earl of Durham's Monument, is a folly built in 1844 on Penshaw Hill between the districts of Washington and Houghton-le-Spring, within the City of Sunderland, North East England.
When you go to iconic places like Monument Valley to capture a landscape, the usual scenario is to get a tack sharp landscape. However, a dust storm had blown through the valley the night before, contributing to the haze of the sunrise. You take what you can get get and try to make the best of it. Nikon D850/Tamron 15-30
Monument Valley (Navajo: Tsé Biiʼ Ndzisgaii, meaning valley of the rocks) is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of vast sandstone buttes, the largest reaching 1,000 ft (300 m) above the valley floor. It is located on the southern border of Utah with northern Arizona (around 36°59′N 110°6′W / 36.983°N 110.1°W / 36.983; -110.1), near the Four Corners area. The valley lies within the range of the Navajo Nation Reservation, and is accessible from U.S. Highway 163.
The area is part of the Colorado Plateau. The floor is largely Cutler Red siltstone or its sand deposited by the meandering rivers that carved the valley. The valley's vivid red color comes from iron oxide exposed in the weathered siltstone. The darker, blue-gray rocks in the valley get their color from manganese oxide.
The buttes are clearly stratified, with three principal layers. The lowest layer is Organ Rock shale, the middle de Chelly sandstone and the top layer is Moenkopi shale capped by Shinarump siltstone. The valley includes large stone structures including the famed Eye of the Sun.
Between 1948 and 1967, the southern extent of the Monument Upwarp was mined for uranium, which occurs in scattered areas of the Shinarump siltstone; vanadium and copper are associated with uranium in some deposits (see Uranium mining in Arizona).
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A slightly unorthodox shot of the Washington Monument, as I could not resist the wind in the flags. What a beautiful city and day.
This is one of the vistas I was looking forward to in planning a short trip to Monument Valley. On the left are the East and West Mitten Buttes, so named as they appear to be two giant mittens. A bit to the right of them is Merrick Butte. All three are each over 6,000 feet tall.
roadtrip to this beautiful valley.
Des roches, des cailloux, le désert et un ciel bleu avec de jolie nuages.
Monument Rocks, Kansas. These tall rocks are so fascinating since they are standing out in the middle of nowhere. Rising dramatically from the flat plains of western Kansas, Monument Rocks are a stunning series of ancient chalk formations formed nearly 80 million years ago. As the sun sets over the Kansas plains, its golden light spills across the rock, igniting the chalk formations in brilliant hues of red and orange.
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The surreal, other-worldly landscape of Monument Valley, as photographed from the tour vehicle.
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Monumento a Manolete en Córdoba, ciudad natal de Manuel Rodríguez. Muerto en la plaza de Linares el 28 de agosto de 1947 por el toro Islero.
The National Monument on Calton Hill in Edinburgh is Scotland's memorial to those who died in the Napoleonic Wars. The designers of the monument, Charles Cockerell and William Playfair, were said to have been inspired by the Parthenon in Athens, Greece, but after work started in 1822 only the twelve columns seen today were ever completed.
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The tower was constructed following a fundraising campaign, which accompanied a resurgence of Scottish national identity in the 19th century. In addition to public subscription, it was partially funded by contributions from a number of foreign donors, including Italian national leader Giuseppe Garibaldi. Completed in 1869 to the designs of architect John Thomas Rochead at a cost of £18,000, the monument is a 67-metre (220 ft) sandstone tower, built in the Victorian Gothic style.
The tower stands on the Abbey Craig, a volcanic crag above Cambuskenneth Abbey, from which Wallace was said to have watched the gathering of the army of King Edward I of England, just before the Battle of Stirling Bridge. The monument is open to the general public. Visitors climb the 246 step spiral staircase to the viewing gallery inside the monument's crown, which provides expansive views of the Ochil Hills and the Forth Valley.
A number of artifacts believed to have belonged to Wallace are on display inside the monument, including the Wallace Sword, a 1.63-metre (5 ft, 4 in) long sword weighing almost three kilograms. Inside is also a Hall of Heroes, a series of busts of famous Scots, effectively a small national Hall of Fame.
Temporäre Slulptur, 2017, Platz des 18. März, Berlin
Manaf Halbounis Monument bezieht sich auf ein Bild aus Aleppo, auf dem eine von Zivilisten errichtete Straßensperre zum Schutz vor Scharfschützen zu sehen ist. Die Aufstellung auf dem Platz des 18. März führt die in Dresden begonnene Auseinandersetzung fort. Manaf Halbouni bringt die Gegenwärtigkkeit von Krieg und Zerstörung mit seinem Monument zurück.
In Dresden fanden heftige Tumulte und Gegendemonstrationen, vor allem von Pegida und AFD statt.
Memorial to the late King
(Independence Monument in the background)
built in 1958 to memorialize Cambodia's independence from France in 1953. It stands on the intersection of Norodom Boulevard and Sihanouk Boulevard in the center of the city. It is in the form of a lotus-shaped stupa, of the style seen at the Khmer temple at Banteay Srei and other Khmer historical sites.