Event Horizon - Astronomical and Terrestrial Images

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The Fountain of Trajan694 viewsDedicated (surprise!) to the Emperor Trajan (reigned AD 98-117), under whom the Roman Empire reached its greatest territorial extent.
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Nervous passengers on the Space Shuttle Discovery694 viewsElouise Mattox, Pam Bloxham and Pat Bush going for a ride in the Space Shuttle, no doubt wondering who is spying on them from the camera overhead.
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Musical Parrot694 viewsThe parrot was actually singing and playing the guitar. The proprietor was just faking it.
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Approaching End of Totality694 viewsWe are almost at the end of totality. There is a hint of the end-totality diamond ring starting to appear.
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The Marina694 viewsExcursion boats and private yachts throng the Old Harbor.
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Side Agora694 viewsBeyond the collapsed walls of the theater, the remains of the ancient Agora are visible. The Side Agora was a marketplace where pirates sold captives as slaves. (Where do you think all those slaves in the ancient world came from?)
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Pre-Totality 7694 viewsAnd deepen on Palmyra’s street
The wheel rut in the ruined stone
And Lebanon fade out and Crete
High through the clouds and overblown
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Column Capital694 viewsThe Basilica Cistern was constructed with columns salvaged from ruins of older buildings, brought to Constantinople from all parts of the Roman Empire.
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And the winner is...694 viewsIt was hard to choose among so many, but I think if I had to pick a favorite dinnerware design, it wouid be this one.
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Tower of Justice (Adalet Kulesi)694 viewsTallest structure in the palace. Located between the Imperial Council room and the harem. It was so constructed that the Sultan could sneak in from the harem and thence to his window in the Council building.
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Hagia Irene694 viewsInside the First Courtyard of the Topkapi Palace stands the Church of St. Irene, originally built in the 4th century, burned down in 532 and rebuilt in 548, now open as a museum and, because of its extraordinary acoustics, as a concert hall.
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Ceiling Detail694 viewsIn the Empress' Loge.
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