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True Table-top photography. Glassware was surrounded by tissue paper in a plastic, translucent bin, the front was open and lit with additional light sources.
There were thousands of these berries all over the hedge rows lining the fields we were walking through.
When cut in thin sheets, alabaster is translucent enough to be used for small windows.[15] It was used for this purpose in Byzantine churches and later in medieval ones, especially in Italy.[citation needed] Large sheets of Aragonese gypsum alabaster are used extensively in the contemporary Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels,[16] which was dedicated in 2002 by the Los Angeles, California Archdiocese.[citation needed] The cathedral incorporates special cooling to prevent the panes from overheating and turning opaque.[citation needed] The ancients used the calcite type,[17] while the modern Los Angeles cathedral is using gypsum alabaster. There are also multiple examples of alabaster windows in ordinary village churches and monasteries in northern Spain.
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The Escuelas Menores of the University of Salamanca is the building that housed the minor courses (Bachelor's degree) of university studies.
History and description
The construction of this building began in 1428. The façade is very narrow and is located in a corner of the Patio de Escuelas, next to the façade of the Hospital del Estudio. The entrance is composed of two semicircular arches that rest on a column with a Corinthian capital. At the top is the imperial coat of arms of Charles I. The building is organized around a one-story courtyard, whose mixtilinear arches recall those of the Casa de las Conchas; above them there is today a baroque balustrade.
It is currently used for the University of Salamanca's facilities.
Our guide Sarah, showing the translucency of calcite in a chunk from a broken stalagmite. Lake Cave, Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park, Western Australia.
Side view - wings are pretty scummy/dirty as I was very careless rolling the translucent out, and see - the spikes on his neck pulled away! Grrrr....
inspired by Piers Anthony from the Blue Adept novels.
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