
Gone643 viewsThe Sun has set. The flat and featureless terrain of the Outback stretches far away.
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Binocular Projection, continued643 viewsThe Moon has now covered up about half the Sun's disk.
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Minarets of the Blue Mosque643 viewsThe Blue Mosque has six minarets, not all of which are seen in this picture. It caused an uproar among the Islamic ulama (Muslim jurists), who were scandalized that it had as many minarets as the Grand Mosque in Mecca. Sultan Ahmed assuaged their ire by causing a seventh minaret to be built for the Grand Mosque.
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RĂ¼stem Pasha Mosque643 viewsNamed for the Grand Vizier and son-in-law of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, this mosque was designed by the great architect Mimar Sinan and completed in 1563.
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Wall Detail643 viewsColorful abstract figures underpinned by lustrous alabaster reliefs.
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Ablution Fountain643 viewsadirvan (fountain for ritual ablutions), added by Sultan Mahmud I in 1740.
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Dallying in the Den643 viewsJaneta, Jensen and Lief pursue their separate preoccupations while relaxing in the den of the Crestmont House.
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Cumbres & Toltec RR, Oct. 7, 2022643 viewsCumbres & Toltec RR, Oct. 7, 2022
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Wobbly Column642 viewsBut it's still standing.
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Pollio Fountain642 viewsNote scruffy tourist ambling past the fountain. You wouldn't think the Turks would let such riffraff into their historic places.
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Maximum Annularity642 viewsThis was the closest I could get to maximum annularity, when the outer edge of the Moon's disk is equidistant at all points from the edge of the Sun.
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