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The currently few opportunities to take new pictures lead me to the picture archive again and again.
Here is another photo from the time when I wanted to photograph every stone in the southwest of the USA (southwest virus, contagious, but not dangerous ;-))
Die aktuell wenigen Möglichkeiten, neue Bilder zu machen führen mich immer wieder in das Bildarchiv.
Hier ein weiteres Foto aus der Zeit, als ich im Südwesten der USA jeden Stein fotografieren wollte (Südwest-Virus, ansteckend, aber nicht gefährlich;-))
Danke für deinen Besuch! Thanks for visiting!
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It was snowing the day I visited the Great Wall but I did not capture them well so I added the snow :).
So busy lately, hope to catch up with y'all.
Hope you like it. have a great day and wkend ahead friends.
Cheers.
Those dreamy pictures of the Great Wall that I had seen in travel guidebooks, and on the internet, showed a remote setting with few people around. Although I knew that the wall traveled over steep terrain, none of my research prepared me for just how steep and deep the stairs would be – this picture shows you what I mean.
Climb 200m in elevation along the 1½-km eastern section of Shuiguan's Great Wall. In half an hour you will come across an abrupt end to the Great Wall, just 200m from the road of the Great Wall Commune. At 700m above sea level, it must have seemed that the pass was well-enough protected, and there was no need for any more wall.
It requires energy to climb the wall's steps because they are very steep. When you get to the top of the Great Wall, you can see the Great Wall lying along the winding mountains like a dragon
Taken @The Great Wall, Beijing, China
For a long time there was no exact answer. After the latest surveys, which took 4 years, 2000 technicians + a total of 15 provinces, autonomous territories + non-governmental cities involved, the most accurate figure so far was called.
During the dynasties, the Great Wall of China was demolished, built, rebuilt and extended many times.
The latest construction took place in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), length was just over 6,000 KM.
All the solid walls that were built, the total length would exceed 50,000 KM.
At sunset, we waited on the Great Wall (as the rock face in the middle of the picture is called) for good light.
Unfortunately, as so often in the Pandora world, we were surrounded only by fog and dense clouds.
With the long exposure (53 seconds), I tried to soften the transition of the slow-moving fog.
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As I mentioned in connection with the previous image, the wall accessed from Jinshanling is less maintained than at some other locations. This shot shows just what I mean, (view it large to see it better) and the farther along you go, the rougher it gets until you hit a militarily restricted area. A shot from that location will form a Fence Friday post soon.
China (The Great Wall was continuously built from the 3rd century BC to the 17th century AD on the northern border of the country as the great military defence project of successive Chinese Empires, with a total length of more than 20,000 kilometers. The Great Wall begins in the east at Shanhaiguan in Hebei province and ends at Jiayuguan in Gansu province to the west. Its main body consists of walls, horse tracks, watch towers, and shelters on the wall, and includes fortresses and passes along the Wall.
The Great Wall reflects collision and exchanges between agricultural civilizations and nomadic civilizations in ancient China. It provides significant physical evidence of the far-sighted political strategic thinking and mighty military and national defence forces of central empires in ancient China, and is an outstanding example of the superb military architecture, technology and art of ancient China...)
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I began the series of shots from China with a couple from the Great Wall, and I am ending the same way. Forcing the flash allowed me to get the detail on the stonework around the lookout as well as a view of the wall itself. You can see that the condition of this view point is much better that the wall if you look carefully.
The wall was open to public in 1995 after repairs. Besides climbing the wall, you can also visit the Genghis Khan Palace, the Stone Buddha Temple, Luotuo Peak (Camel Peak) and the Great Wall Stele Forest nearby
Taken @The Great Wall, Beijing, China
I am back from two weeks in China. This time I went to the Great Wall at another spot, Jinshanling. It is, if you go West (this is taken looking East) along it, considerably less crowded although considerably less maintained too. I will slowly try to catch up with everyone's submissions that have been posted while I was away
Shuiguan's Great Wall is less famous than the Mutianyu and Badaling sections. There aren't many tourists crowding the Great Wall there. It is a great place for you to experience the culture of Great Wall quietly, especially on the steep eastern part, as even fewer people go there.
Taken @The Great Wall, Beijing, China