Tonight my 6 year old was looking at his world globe and asked if we could visit the Eiffel tower one day (we live in Australia). I told him I didn't know but I am sure I could find some photos on 365. He watched in awe as we saw pics of the eiffel tower, Burj Al Arab Hotel and the pyramids of Egypt and the Great Wall of China. He actually was gasping as the things he asked for appeared before his eyes. Post your pics of famous landmarks to share with William, he would really appreciate it :)
@kjarn He loves it as he went there a couple of years ago. We walked across the bridge, went up the tower, did a tour of the opera house and caught a ferry to Luna Park. This is a fantastic shot as it is all there!!
@indiannie_jones I *believe* that photographing the tower at night (or maybe just using photos of it for commercial purposes without obtaining a license, more likely) is frowned upon by Le French, so keep your eyes peeled for any suspicious looking guys with berets or strings of onions and blue & white stripy tops in your vicinity
@marshy15 dude... that sight looks unreal!!! amazing! @indiannie_jones - good thing there's no watermark.. don't know that photographing the tower has some licensing procedures.. captivating angle annie!
@bobfoto sure is! Spectacular place, to be sure, would love to make another trip up (and down (and up (and down (and up (and down (and you catch my drift...)))))) it
@eyebrows - I'm envious Mr Bear. I have never ventured forth to the Hemisphere to the North (I'd call that poetry) but I do know Yay, that a week or so from today (more rhyming...) I shall be getting onboard the TGV at Gare du Nord. (Kinda like rhyming in two languages..)
I'm excited. Hopefully I shall take a photo of a Landmark or 6 for this 'ere thread.
This isn't necessarily a landmark; but these are the world famous sugar-white beaches of Pensacola, Florida, USA.
And this is Fort Pickens, where Geronimo was held prisoner. This fort also was held by the Union during the Civil War, while the fort across the bay was held by the Confederacy. After the Civil War, it protected Escambia Bay.
@bobfoto excellent rhyming skills Mr Jason, I'd have used your surname there but it rhymes not with amazin'; for truth be told be your lyricism so aptly described, as ne'er before chanced across have I such a talented scribe
Haha!
Anyway, being not quite so worldly as I might like to be, I can only assume that's something in France. Are you sticking in France or venturing about, and how long for? Also yes, it's a lot easier for me in the UK to do such venturing, I don't even have to get out the car (petrol stops excluded) to get there!
@eyebrows - in France correct Monsieur Bear. Your wordsmithness is fine, most would rhyme Jason with basin... Oh and France will be a work trip but I will be carrying my camera.
@sarabeth_photo - you will have to keep an eye on a few of us Aussies and our 365 projects for a few landmarks or two. There's the Big Pineapple, the Big Galah, the Big Banana and the Big Yabbie. All iconic Aussie landmarks!!!
@jo365 I love how excited your 6 year old was about exploring the world! I'm surprised you haven't had any London one's yet so here's St Paul's Cathedral, London.
@jo365 Well this may not be world famous, but is a huge tourist attraction here in Ireland. It is Bunratty Caste and is nearly 800 years old...I hope he likes this.
This is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai - the world's tallest building! (also he could check out my round the world album - not that many landmarks, but there are some interesting people and building shots
It's not that famous yet, but sometime in the next two years the next world landspeed record will be attempted here: Haksteen Pan in the Northern Cape of South Africa. Bloodhound SSC will attempt the 1000mph barrier. Read about it here: www.bloodhoundssc.com
To the left in the picture is the CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It used to be the biggest building.....now the biggest tower in the Western Hemisphere.
This is not a great photo (especially compared to a lot of them in this thread), but it is of the Sears Tower in Chicago. I took it while we were driving on the Skyway there:
Have a ton more from when I lived in London.. will have to find them for him and post them in my flickr account and give you the link. :) What a great kid William is!!
Tell William I'll be adding some shots of the St. Louis Arch this week, we visited for Spring Break . . . but, in the meantime, The Giant Baseball Bat, Home of The Louisville Slugger, will have to do!
Wow, 365 ers! I keep going through this thread again and again! I see a few places I've been, some I doubt I will ever see with my own eyes and a few I hope to visit some day. What a great topic, thank you all so much!
A palace in Vienna, Austria called Schloss Schönbrünn and a little part of the awesome garden. The castle area is huge; there is a zoo and a massive greenhouse, a maze and all kinds of interesting stuff for both children and adults.
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Not sure that Kuwait Towers are famous worldwide, but it is definitely a really interesting piece of architecture :)
Okay, I got this. They'll surrender anyway...
and here is one a little closer to home (my home that is) - two of the beautiful Glasshouse Mountains
@indiannie_jones - good thing there's no watermark.. don't know that photographing the tower has some licensing procedures.. captivating angle annie!
@everyone - Thanks for a tour round the globe! :)
I'm excited. Hopefully I shall take a photo of a Landmark or 6 for this 'ere thread.
I know he has seen the Burj Al Arab, but here is another =)
And then a VIEW from the Burj Al Arab =)
And this is Fort Pickens, where Geronimo was held prisoner. This fort also was held by the Union during the Civil War, while the fort across the bay was held by the Confederacy. After the Civil War, it protected Escambia Bay.
Haha!
Anyway, being not quite so worldly as I might like to be, I can only assume that's something in France. Are you sticking in France or venturing about, and how long for? Also yes, it's a lot easier for me in the UK to do such venturing, I don't even have to get out the car (petrol stops excluded) to get there!
Night:
Day:
I am excited.
New Year's Eve
Empire State Building:
Grand Central Terminal:
The Brooklyn Bridge
NYC Skyline
Grand Central Terminal in NYC
Statue of Liberty
Another NYC Skyline
Chrysler Building in NYC
The Eden Project Cornwall
Westbury White horse
Tower Bridge in London (Shot from London Bridge)
The Bank of England, London.
The Lloyds Building, London:
Enough?!
The view from top of St Paul's (Click on the photo for shots from the top of buildings in the photo)
Joining in with the Times Square crowd:
No where near as photogenic as the Eifel Tower here's Englands effort, the Blackpool Tower
Part of The Arena in Verona, Italy. It ias the 2nd largest after the Colloseum in Rome
Finally, part of St Pauls Cathedral in London
Here's a view from the Charles' Bridge in Prague
Then the "famous" Goethe-Tower in Frankfurt/Main, Germany
And the Tower Bridge of London (photographed from the plane)
This is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai - the world's tallest building! (also he could check out my round the world album - not that many landmarks, but there are some interesting people and building shots
The National Cathedral Washington DC-USA
The Great Wall of China -Beijing China
Victoria Harbor-Hong Kong
Main straight at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Indianapolis, IN)
Vietnam War Memorial (Washington, DC)
Lucas Oil Stadium (site of 2012 Super Bowl (Indianapolis, IN)
The Alamo (San Antonio, TX)
The Grand Ole Opry (Nashville, TN)
El Capitan , (Yosemite National Park, CA)
I love this thread! Bookmarking it for my own global tour!
(we like our things BIG!!)
Amsterdam
And after i saw someone showed it allready the Palace Keunjeong-jeon in Seoul :
Piccadilly Circus London
China town London
Tower bridge London
City of London
Little Venice London
pulteney bridge Bath UK
The Empire State Building
Angkor Wat, Cambodia at Sunrise.
At world's fair Flushings New York
Federation Arch, Melbourne Aus.
Space Needle Seattle WA USA
Pike Street Market , Seattle WA USA,
Have a ton more from when I lived in London.. will have to find them for him and post them in my flickr account and give you the link. :) What a great kid William is!!
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alamere falls
The Statue of Liberty
View of the Empire State Building from the "Top of the Rock" (30 Rockefeller Center):
Ngwenya Mine - Swaziland, Africa Oldest Iron-ore Mine in the world
Subiaco Abbey & Academy in Arkansas:
Bridge at Garvan Woodland Gardens in Hot Springs, AR:
Texas State Capitol Building in Austin TX:
New York - New York, one of the many hotels on the strip in Las Vegas, Nevada:
Hoover Dam:
Grand Canyon:
Great idea for a thread!!
Appalachian Mountains
Huachuca Mountains