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Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, and is generally extended to refer to the clock or the clock tower as well. This extension is technically incorrect, but its usage is now entirely commonplace. It is the largest four-faced chiming clock and the third-tallest free-standing clock tower in the world. It celebrated its 150th anniversary in May 2009, during which celebratory events took place. The clock was finished being built on 10 April 1858. The clock tower has become one of the most prominent symbols of both London and England, often in the establishing shot of films set in the city.
The present tower was raised as a part of Charles Barry's design for a new palace, after the old Palace of Westminster was largely destroyed by fire on the night of 16 October 1834. The new Parliament was built in a Neo-gothic style. Although Barry was the chief architect of the Palace, he turned to Augustus Pugin for the design of the clock tower, which resembles earlier Pugin designs, including one for Scarisbrick Hall. The design for the Clock Tower was Pugin's last design before his final descent into madness and death, and Pugin himself wrote, at the time of Barry's last visit to him to collect the drawings: "I never worked so hard in my life for Mr Barry for tomorrow I render all the designs for finishing his bell tower & it is beautiful."[7] The tower is designed in Pugin's celebrated Gothic Revival style, and is 96.3 metres (316 ft) high (roughly 16 stories).
The bottom 61 metres (200 ft) of the Clock Tower's structure consists of brickwork with sand coloured Anston limestone cladding. The remainder of the tower's height is a framed spire of cast iron. The tower is founded on a 15-metre (49 ft) square raft, made of 3-metre (9.8 ft) thick concrete, at a depth of 4 metres (13 ft) below ground level. The four clock dials are 55 metres (180 ft) above ground. The interior volume of the tower is 4,650 cubic metres (164,200 cubic feet).
Despite being one of the world's most famous tourist attractions, the interior of the tower is not open to overseas visitors, though United Kingdom residents are able to arrange tours (well in advance) through their Member of Parliament. However, the tower has no lift, so those escorted must climb the 334 limestone stairs to the top.
Because of changes in ground conditions since construction (notably tunnelling for the Jubilee Line extension), the tower leans slightly to the north-west, by roughly 220 millimetres (8.66 in) at the clock dials, giving an inclination of approximately 1/250. Due to thermal effects it oscillates annually by a few millimetres east and west.
Dials
The clock dials are big enough that the Clock Tower was once the largest four-faced clock in the world.
The dial of the Great Clock of Westminster. The hour hand is 2.7 metres (9 ft) long and the minute hand is 4.3 metres (14 ft) long
The clock and dials were designed by Augustus Pugin. The clock dials are set in an iron frame 7 metres (23 ft) in diameter, supporting 312 pieces of opal glass, rather like a stained-glass window. Some of the glass pieces may be removed for inspection of the hands. The surround of the dials is gilded. At the base of each clock dial in gilt letters is the Latin inscription:
“ DOMINE SALVAM FAC REGINAM NOSTRAM VICTORIAM PRIMAM ”
Which means O Lord, keep safe our Queen Victoria the First.
Der Name Big Ben (engl. Kurzform für ‚großer Benjamin‘) bezeichnet die mit 13,5 t Gewicht schwerste der fünf Glocken des berühmten Uhrturms am Palace of Westminster in London und nicht, wie gemeinhin angenommen, den Uhrturm selbst. Dennoch wird der Begriff sehr häufig auch auf die Uhr oder den Uhrturm angewandt. Der Glockenschlag von Big Ben gilt im Volksmund als The Voice of Britain (Die Stimme Britanniens).
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Another reflection shot of a skyscraper in downtown Boston off the water in Boston Harbor. You can see the grain problems pretty clearly in this one, but I like the geometry enough to post it anyhow.
Great reflection of trees starting to color at the park and lakes around the Bärenschlössle in Stuttgart, Germany
A picturesque morning in late August. No wind and perfect sunlight created absolutely symmetric reflections on that particular morning, before the tourists arrive and ride small boats.
爽やかな晩夏の朝ならではの反映。観光客が湖に到着して、ボートに乗る前しか見れない風景。幼いころ以来見た自然の素晴らしさに思わず感動しました。
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Gosausee, Austria
I turned this photo upside down and cropped it closely to zoom in on the reflection of the horse and carriage moving through the watersplash.
A part of the fortress wall and canal at Naarden vesting, beautiful in the fog #autumn #travel #Netherlands #foggy #reflections #peaceful #Filmic #LandscapePhotography #Moody #pretty
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I was just going through our Arizona trip and remember we hiked along Oak Creek for a while. The sun was blazing every day of our trip so bright light was around every corner.
First time ever seeing bees drinking water, this bird bath had a constant flow of bees coming and going.
After spending the last week cruising around Oregon and Washington on the hunt for fall color we are back home with a few images to pour through. The best color we found was in Tumwater canyon near Leavenworth and this is an image I captured of the color reflecting in a channel of still water at one of our stops along the way. The color in the usual locations in Oregon was a mixture of slightly disappointing to poor, with many of the leaves having already fallen and beginning to rot. Others trees appeared to not be at peak yet but I don't think it will get too much better than it is now. Hopefully I am wrong. It was still a great road trip capped off by our last workshop of the year which was a great success and a chance to meet a lot of great people. Hope you are all out there finding your slice of Fall.
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Everywhere you look in Antarctica are dramatic ice vistas. This image is in color but has the drama of black and white. The calm reflection makes it very symmetrical.
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I am going to bore you with some shots from this Grist Mill located in Babcock State Park in WV over the next few weeks *smile*. When Bill and I arrived there on Friday night the first thing we noticed was how low the water was...sigh. If the water tables had been up the whole right side of that big boulder would've been a waterfall. But if I have said it once, I have said it a 1000 times (ask Bill ~ HA!), you've got to make lemonade out of lemons. Without the huge flow of water the pond in front became a wonderful reflection pool. Ba BAM!
**The colors were nice down there, not brilliant, but enough that if I so chose I could've saturated this whole scene. I chose to leave the colors pretty much as found for my own artistic preference on this shot, but one of this scene a bit more saturated will be coming. ;-)~
Thanks for looking, and be sure to check out my other shots from my Autumn series. :-)
Explore Highest position # 362 on Monday, January 18, 2009
The above photo was taken through the glass window to the night scene of the river in Bangkok tonight. The glass reflected the ceiling of the room blended with the view. Taken using ISO 5000 at 1/8 sec, hand-held. After this shot we had dinner on this boat with our aunt and cousins from the U.S.A.. Photos in the below comments are some examples of scene by the river while having dinner on the boat tonight. All shots were taken using ISO 5000.:)
Also thanks to the very nice and kind friend, the owner of this boat for a wonderful arrangement.:)
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Exposure: 1/8 sec hand-held, Aperture: f/5.6, Focal Length: 70 mm, ISO: 5000
Nikon D700, Nikkor AF-S 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
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(No very long multi invitations please.:))