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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Pergamon Altar - Pergamon Museum in Berlin


The Pergamon Altar is a monumental construction built during the reign of King Eumenes II in the first half of the 2nd century BC on one of the terraces of the acropolis of the ancient city of Pergamon in Asia Minor. On this reconstruction on display in the Pergamon Museum (Berlin), you can climb the stairs and admire the decoration.

Friday, May 17, 2013

Alcántara Bridge



The Alcántara Bridge is a Roman stone arch bridge built over the Tagus River at Alcántara, Spain between 104 and 106 CE by an order of the Roman Emperor Trajan in 98. On the middle of the bridge there's a triumphal arch, and along one of the exits there's a nearly completely preserved roman temple.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Observatories along the road - Roque de los Muchachos




The Roque de los Muchachos Observatory is an astronomical observatory located on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands.
Many observatory domes are visible along the road, including some of the worlds largest installations of their kind.

 The view shows the Italian Telescopio Nazionale GALILEO, but many others are nearby:
Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC), William Herschel Telescope, Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT), Isaac Newton Telescope, Liverpool Telescope, MERCATOR, AUTOMATIC TRANSIT CIRCLE, Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope (SST), DOT, MAGIC, SuperWASP

Rockets on display at the Air Power Park in Hampton, VA



The Air Power Park is a roadside museum in Hampton, Virginia dedicated to early space exploration and aircraft testing.
On this view you can see items on display! To the right there's the Mercury Little Joe with the bright red paint scheme.  Move a little bit up and down the road to get a better view.

The following are listed as on display: P.1127 Kestrel, F-86L Sabre, Mercury capsule, A-7E Corsair II, F-101F Voodoo, F-89J Scorpion, RF-4C Phantom II, F-105D Thunderchief, T-33A Trainer, Jupiter IRBM, Nike SAM, Nike Ajax SAM, Nike Hercules SAM, F-100D Super Sabre, Polaris A-2 SLBM, Corporal IRBM, Little Joe/Mercury.