
Upper Galleries736 viewsThe western gallery was the Empress' Loge, the northern was for the court women, and the southern for the emperor. The hexagonal structure at lower right, below the gallery, is the Sultan's Loge, a 19th-century addition.
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Lief and Janeta's House on Toyon Street, Angwin, CA736 viewsThe back of the house faces the street, and the front is on the other end
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M97 - The Owl Nebula736 viewsPlanetary nebula in the constellation Ursa Major, 2030 light-years distance from Earth and about 8000 years old. The blurred appearance results from the fact that it consists of several overlapping shells of gas. The shells are not entirely concentric, but form a barrel-like structure which gives rise to the owl-like appearance.
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Cumbres & Toltec RR, Oct. 7, 2022736 viewsCumbres & Toltec RR, Oct. 7, 2022
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Dallas, October 2022736 viewsDallas, October 2022
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Meteor Crater, October 5, 2022736 viewsMeteor Crater, October 5, 2022
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NGC6543, the Cat's Eye Nebula736 viewsPlanetary nebula in the northern constellation Draco. Distance from Earth about 3300 light-years.
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The Brothel735 viewsLocated near the corner of Curetes and Marble Streets, the Brothel originally contained a figurine of Priapus, suitably endowed. Unfortunately, it was removed to the Ephesus Museum in Selcuk.
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Concerto735 viewsThe imaginative decadence of the Kaya Side desserts surpassed our wildest expectations.
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Kandilli Observatory735 viewsOur first stop after landing in Istanbul was the Kandilli Observatory, or more formally known as the Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, affiliated with Boĝaziçi University of Istanbul.
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April Fool735 viewsOf course I was almost the only one who fell for it, never suspecting that April Fool's Day might be a thing in Turkey too. It didn't take long for Attila to "unmask" the hoax.
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NGC 5139 - Omega Centauri Cluster735 viewsGlobular cluster in Centaurus, 17,090 light-years away. The largest-known globular cluster in the Milky Way, estimated to contain approximately 10 million stars, and a total mass equivalent to 4 million solar masses.
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