R@ptor's World - Page 12

dugdogmaster · #**221** Posted **Feb 5, 2009, 4:13 AM**

KevinFromTexas · #**222** Posted **Feb 5, 2009, 1:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by R@ptor

Great Temple of Ramses II, ABU SIMBEL, EGYPT

I actually saw an episode of Globe Trekker last weekend where they visited these. Amazingly because they were going to flood the area with a lake from the construction of a new dam, it would have submerged these statues and temple completely. The statues are 65 feet tall. So they actually took the thing apart block by block and built an artificial mountain some ways away and rebuilt it there.

The Wikipedia page for it explains it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Ramses

Incredible! Really beautiful. God I wish American cities had torn out more pages from European ones. That kind of structure would be perfect in Texas during the summer.

R@ptor · #**223** Posted **Feb 8, 2009, 9:38 PM**

Golden Horn @ Night, ISTANBUL, TURKEY

BTinSF · #**224** Posted **Feb 8, 2009, 10:48 PM**

Re Abu Simbel:

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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas

God I wish American cities had torn out more pages from European ones. That kind of structure would be perfect in Texas during the summer.

Er, Kevin, Egypt is not in Europe. And we do have Mt. Rushmore to honor our gods in stone, albeit it isn't in Texas.

SHiRO · #**225** Posted **Feb 10, 2009, 12:54 AM**

Er, he's refering to Leadenhall Market in London.

KevinFromTexas · #**226** Posted **Feb 10, 2009, 3:30 PM**

Yep, Leadenhall Market. It would be a great alternative to skywalks or tunnels. We have both of those in Texas, but no street arcades. We'd still get the natural light, (great since we have tons of sun in Texas), and would still have street level activity inside and outside of it. I'm not criticizing what we have of course, just saying I wish they had experimented more with street arcades.

R@ptor · #**227** Posted **Feb 12, 2009, 3:48 PM**

It's time for another HUGE panorama. So s-c-r-o-l-l - - - - - - - - - >

View from the Euromast, ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

R@ptor · #**228** Posted **Feb 15, 2009, 10:06 PM**

Post Office Square, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA

SHiRO · #**229** Posted **Feb 15, 2009, 11:14 PM**

Nice R'dam pano!

R@ptor · #**230** Posted **Feb 19, 2009, 1:33 AM**

View from Mount Faber, SINGAPORE

R@ptor · #**231** Posted **Feb 22, 2009, 10:02 PM**

Frederiks Kirke, COPENHAGEN, DENMARK

Austinlee · #**232** Posted **Feb 22, 2009, 10:09 PM**

Rotterdam has a really cool skyline. It's a little spread out... but impressive nonetheless.

R@ptor · #**233** Posted **Mar 3, 2009, 11:44 AM**

Avenida dos Aliados, PORTO, PORTUGAL

SLO · #**234** Posted **Mar 4, 2009, 3:17 AM**

beauty^^

R@ptor · #**235** Posted **Mar 4, 2009, 5:14 PM**

Tat Kuang Si, LAOS

R@ptor · #**236** Posted **Mar 5, 2009, 3:03 PM**

Four Courts @ Night, DUBLIN, IRELAND

R@ptor · #**237** Posted **Mar 6, 2009, 4:01 PM**

View from the Monument a Cristofol Colom, BARCELONA, SPAIN

R@ptor · #**238** Posted **Mar 10, 2009, 10:53 AM**

Centre, WISSEMBOURG, FRANCE

R@ptor · #**239** Posted **Mar 11, 2009, 9:46 PM**

Lion Grove Garden, SUZHOU, CHINA

R@ptor · #**240** Posted **Mar 14, 2009, 1:58 AM**

BERCHTESGADEN, GERMANY