Quick shot of the Palace of Fine Arts on the May 2013 full moon. Wish I’d been able to get the moon in the shot. San Francisco, California. Originally constructed to be temporary, as part of the Pananma-Pacific Exposition (1915), Beaux-Arts. It was demolished in 1967 and rebuilt to be a permanent structure. Architects: William Gladstone Merchant; Bernard...
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This torii was pretty impressive. It’s on the island of Miyajima, just outside of Hiroshima, Japan. The torii gate symbolically marks the transition from the non-sacred ground into sacred grounds. They identify the entrance into a Shinto shrine. This shot was taken at low tide, so you can see how grand it is in comparison to the tiny people that trekked out...