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Tag Archives: high

Tokyo Tower at Night, Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo Tower is a famous Japanese and Tokyo icon and landmark located in Shiba Park, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. At 332.5 metres (1,091 ft), it is the tallest artificial structure in Japan. Tokyo Tower is 13 meters taller than its model, the Eiffel Tower of Paris, and the world’s tallest self-supporting steel tower. It has been...

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Eagle Flying Above Hills Near Himeji, Japan

“Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” This is almost Murphy’s law photo. I tried to shoot this eagle while it was flying above me. Unfortunately it was so fast and so close that I couldn’t make any decent shot of it. As soon as I gave up and decided to shoot a range...

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Above the Clouds. Paragliders Soaring in the Blue Sky.

Made this shot yesterday at North Brother mountain on the way back home after camping at Diamond Head. There were about 15 paragliders in the sky at the same time flying over Laurieton.
There are two versions of why the mountains in Dooragan National Park are named “brothers”. The first one leads to Captain James Cook...

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Tahoto Pagoda, Miyajima, Honshu, Japan

Built in 1523 by the priest Shukan, Tahoto is a pagoda with a height of 15.6 meters. Although constructed mainly in Japanese style, parts of the structure have Indian and Chinese architectural features. It presents the unique combination of a square shape on the lower level and a round shape on the upper level.
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