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Detail View of Colonnade596 viewsA closer look at the barrel-vaulted colonnade atop the seating area.
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Making the Most of It596 viewsSide was ideally located for the eclipse of 2006, and the locals rose to the occasion.
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Kaya-Blooey596 viewsChuck gets a generous helping of shrapnel from the bombe.
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Sigara Böreği596 viewsEgg rolls, or their Turkish equivalent, stuffed with potato, feta or meat, next to cabbage flowers.
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Galatasarai High School Gate596 viewsThe oldest secondary school in Turkey, located in Galatasarai Square.
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Cut-throat Castle596 viewsThe original name of Rumelihisari was "Boğazkesen", which means "strait-cutter"; but "boğaz" means "throat" as well as "strait" in Turkish, so the implication was that it was going to cut the throat of Byzantium - which it did.
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Anadolu Hisarı596 viewsFortress built in 1393-94 on the Asian side of the Bosphorus, in preparation for the first, unsuccessful, siege of Constantinople by Sultan Bayezid I. Over a half-century later, Mehmed II the Conqueror used it, in tandem with the newly-built Rumeli Hisarı on the European side, to close the Bosphorus for his successful siege of 1453.
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Dolmabahçe Palace - very close-up view596 viewsDetail of palace windows and side doorways in the Harem wing.
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Table with Chairs596 viewsAn ornate table in the harem, used for tea and tête-à-têtes. Note the sultan's monogram on the tabletop.
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Library zoo596 viewsExotic beasts prowl the library; one of them stalks an old-style telephone.
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NGC 6207, Spiral Galaxy in Hercules596 viewsNGC 6207 is the small oval object on the right side of the photo, just below the centerline. It is seen nearly edge-on and is about 30 million light-years from Earth. It is somewhat outshone by M13, the large globular cluster on the left, which is of course much closer, at 22,200 light-years from Earth.
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Cumbres & Toltec RR, Oct. 7, 2022596 viewsCumbres & Toltec RR, Oct. 7, 2022
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