A-Z Places

[Cutesie]

The sky as seen from an airplane on Tuesday, as I flew for vacation to Florida. I don't know the locations, because Spirit doesn't have entertainment screens.

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

Upper Willamette River, Oregon

I find it incredible that within less than two hundred miles, the headwaters upper Willamette River:

Eventually becomes the mighty Lower Willamette River:

 

[AuAL]

Vancouver, BC, Canada

OK, the first is a view from my AirBnB room in downtown Vancouver, a bit prosaic.
The second is of a piece, the Milky Way Necklace, I saw in a nearby gallery of indigenous art, by Bill Reid. Although the Milky Way seems to have no visible connection with the Haida tradition, Reid pointed out that traditional Haida artists very often represented two or more presences which could occupy the same space at the same time in their art. He gave that Haida concept of plurality a contemporary expression in this necklace with its two main components - the wire "theme" and the pyramid "theme" - which are theoretically capable of separation.

 

[Cutesie]

Since we skipped "T", here's one:

Tunis Carthage International Airport, Tunis, Tunisia. Built with French funding in 1944, the airport, serving 7.2 million annual passengers, is located just to the west of the ancient city of Carthage.

The next contributor can continue with "W".

 

[Timelord]

Back on track after that rightful diversion.

Williamstown, Victoria - a suburb of the city of Melbourne.

 

[Cutesie]

Xai-Xai Beach, about 12 km from the city of Xai-Xai, Mozambique, which was called João Belo before attaining its independence from Portugal in 1975.

 

[AuAL]

Yedikule Hisari, Istanbul, Türkiye

The "Fortress of the Seven Towers" is a fortified historic structure built in 1458 on the commission of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, fully enclosing a section of the ancient walls of Constantinople. A mescit (small mosque) was built in the middle of the fort's inner courtyard, which can be seen under restoration in this photo. When I was there, this was one of the few sites allowing access to the top of the walls surrounding the old city.

 

[Timelord]

Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia

 

[Cutesie]

Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia
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That's a cool font! The Zeehan School of Mines and Metallurgy opened at the turn of the 20th Century (1892 according to the sign, but it was probably a bit later that it practically began operating). Though it closed back in 1958, the signage is still there, and the building is preserved as part of the West Coast Heritage Centre.

 

[Cutesie]

ANZAC Memorial, in the Be'eri Forest, Israel. Dedicated in 1967, this monument recognizes soldiers in the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps who died while fighting for control of Palestine during World War I.

 

[Timelord]

Brussels, Belgium

 

[Cutesie]

Century Village, Boca Raton, sign at the northern gate. With over 5,700 units across 105 buildings, this community is one of four in Florida carrying the same name. The first photo was taken by me this morning. The second photo, taken by me on Friday, is of one section of the multi-pronged, manmade lake that spreads throughout the community.

 

[Timelord]

Dallas, Texas, USA

 

[Cutesie]

Epcot, Bay Lake, Florida. I'm in the state now (almost three hours away, though), but I have almost no interest to visit any of Disney's properties. Having grown up without TV or movies, it doesn't mean anything to me.

 

[Timelord]

Frankfurt, Germany

 

[Cutesie]

High Street in Guildford, Surrey, England

 

[AuAL]

Hiroshima, Japan

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

Israel

 

[Timelord]

Johannesburg, South Africa

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

Klamath River, Yurok Reservation, Humboldt County Redwood Coast, Northern California