Sunday, 16 October 2011

16th Oct 2011 Photo News

Oct 16

** What if you don't read English? ~
No Trespassing
This notice board was posted in a grassland near the Highway that unites Detroit with Chicago, in the US. Do you see a lot of point with it being where it is? For a start, I don't think the proprietor of the land, if there's one, is not going to sit amongst the tangled trees and bushes waiting to catch and shoot an intruder, do you?
 
** The biggest toll bell in the world ~
Gigant BellIt's newly constructed in China the biggest bell in the world, dedicated to Buddha. Made with pewter and copper, of 9 metre high and 6.6 diameter, weighing 109 tons, and on which is inscribed Buddha text totaling 92,309 words. It is, nevertheless, it's not the heaviest in the world, but the 'Zsar Kolokol' (Bell of the Zar), which is 6,14 metres high, 6,6 diameter, and 216 tons it's weight. It's in Kremlin.
 
** The spectacular lighting couldn't defeat the Eiffel Tower ~
Spectacular LightningDespite the enormous force and no less spectacular lightning, the mythical Eiffel Tower remains firm and totally untouched, continuing being the symbol of Paris. The imposing and impressive image was taken in July 2008, by the photographer Bertrand Kulik, when the ray of a sudden summer storm fell upon it, illuminating it with an intense blue light. It's recently being shown in the exhibition titled 'Lumieres Celestes, Lumieres des Hommes'.

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