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'Overhead, like the assault craft from which some apocalyptic air-raid would be launched, the watch-towers hung down from the sky…'
(From: The Watch-Towers, In: The Complete Short Stories, Vol. 1, by J.G. Ballard, 2001).
Tower Bridge in the early evening. Taken on my rambling walk around London on the way home from work last night.
Eltz Castle (German: Burg Eltz) is a medieval castle nestled in the hills above the Moselle River between Koblenz and Trier, Germany. It is still owned by a branch of the same family (the Eltz family) that lived there in the 12th century, 33 generations ago. Bürresheim Castle, Eltz Castle and Lissingen Castle are the only castles on the left bank of the Rhine in Rhineland-Palatinate which have never been destroyed. The castle is surrounded on three sides by the Elzbach River, a tributary on the north side of the Moselle. It is on a 70-metre (230 ft) rock spur, on an important Roman trade route between rich farmlands and their markets. The Eltz Forest has been declared a nature reserve by Flora-Fauna-Habitat and Natura 2000. (Wikipedia) Wierschem, Germany.
Passau, Germany. From left, the scaffold-clad Old Town Hall tower in the background, the tower of the Church of St. Paul in the foreground, and the three towers of Dom St. Stephan at right.
I have some interior photos from St. Paul I might post.
I like the cartoonish feel here, that comes from compensating for the grey day and the bus window!
The very impressive Iron Age broch (stone tower) on the island of Mousa, Shetland. It’s the largest and best preserved in the world, pretty much. It gets mentioned several times in the Viking sagas, though it dates from much earlier.
For an account of my trip to the Shetland Islands:
Is the tower at the end of the perspective really leaning? It's all a question of point of view... Like so many things in life, you have to look at everything from every angle.
Est-elle réelement penchée cette tour qui pointe au bout de la perspective? Tout est une question de point de vue… Comme beaucoup de choses dans la vie, il faut savoir regarder tout sous tous les angles.
Houston
Texas, USA
I will post a couple more Houston images before rounding off this series with the additional Marina del Rey captures.
In this image, the tallest building seen here is the Williams Tower (Houston, TX, USA). The highway on the left is part of the 610 loop.
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Simply called The Tower, this is a former hunting lodge overlooking the valley at Woodchester Park, looking lovely nestling in the autumn foliage.
HWW!
This watch tower is sitting next to a power substation. I don’t know it’s purpose. It certainly wouldn’t be to look for fires in the middle of farm land and a couple of miles from the river.
Located in Northumberland county, Virginia. Happy Telegraph Tuesday.
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