
Gracious Living728 viewsThe back of Sarah and Mike's house provides a sunny upper deck with stairs down to the back yard, as well as a comfortable shaded patio.
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A Place to Die For728 viewsThe northwest corner of the multi-street intersection where Evanston Avenue comes down to join 36th Street and Fremont Place is occupied by this stately tree and a funeral parlor, of which only the parking lot is visible here.
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Cumbres & Toltec RR, Oct. 7, 2022728 viewsCumbres & Toltec RR, Oct. 7, 2022
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Cumbres & Toltec RR, Oct. 7, 2022728 viewsCumbres & Toltec RR, Oct. 7, 2022
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Meteor Crater, October 5, 2022728 viewsMeteor Crater, October 5, 2022
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M8 - the Lagoon Nebula (narrowband)728 viewsA giant emission nebula in Sagittarius. Distance 4100 light-years. 110 x 50 light-years in size. Part of a larger star cloud.
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M42 - The Great Nebula in Orion727 views1344 light-years away, 24 light-years across, this emission/reflection nebula is one of the brightest in the sky, as well as the closest region of massive star formation to Earth.
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Where Carpets Are Made727 viewsEntrance to the Dogus Hali Carpet Factory.
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Baths and Propylaeum - Description727 viewsIn the last sentence in the first paragraph, the second word obviously should be "brick", and a "hypocaust" is a hollow space under the floor of an ancient Roman building, into which hot air was sent for heating a room or bath.
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Cabbage Rolls and Stuffed Peppers727 viewsIn Turkish the cabbage rolls are called Lahana Sarmasi; in Romanian they are Sarmasi, in Greek they are Lahanodolmades, in Polish Golabki, in Russian Golubtsy. Regardless of what you call them, they are delicious.
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The Conqueror's Pavilion727 viewsHouses the Imperial Treasury. Built around 1460, in the reign of Mehmed the Conqueror. Among other items, this building contains the Topkapi Dagger, the object of the heist depicted in the 1964 movie Topkapi, one of my favorite films.
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Pavilion Windows727 viewsGilded grates of one of the gorgeously decorated pavilions in the harem.
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