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Near the Santa Monica Pier at Night with the Ferris Wheel on the Right Side, Southern California

Orange, Five-Armed Starfish Using it's Suction Cups to Cling to the Overhead Glass in an Aquarium

Creepy Patina: Fountain in Florence, Italy, Featuring Spooky Green Beings Enjoying the Water

Gustavagando Restaurant Sign: Grayish-Brown Stone and Flowers in the Medieval Section of Viterbo, Italy.

Italian Men are Well Know for Being Assertive when it Comes to Women

When the Major Attraction is the Ceiling: Painted Hall, Greenwich Section of London, England

The Painted Hall stood empty until January 1806, when the body of Admiral Lord Nelson was brought here to lie in state: he had been killed at the moment of his victory over Napoleon's fleet at Cape Trafalgar. Soon afterwards the Hall became a naval museum: many pensioners made extra money by showing visitors round. By the 1830s the lower windows were bricked in and the walls covered with paintings. They remained here till the 1930s, when they were moved to the new Maritime Museum across the road. By 1939 the Painted Hall was once again in use as a dining room. It remained in daily use until the Royal Navy's departure in 1998, and is now one of the most spectacular function venues in the country. — Greenwich Foundation

By the way, those two things in the middle of the aisle that look like carts are actually mirrors so you can look at the ceiling without having to strain your neck.

Liquid Rainbow: Niagara Falls Illuminated at Night by Multi-Colored Lights (Horseshoe/Canadian Falls)

Lighting the Falls to allow visitors to enjoy the beauty of the mighty Niagara even at night, was first attempted more than 140 years ago. In 1860, a spectacular illumination of the Falls celebrated a visit by the Prince of Wales. About 200 coloured and white calcium, volcanic and torpedo lights were placed along the banks above and below the American Falls, on the road down the bank of the Canadian side of the gorge and behind the water of the Horseshoe Falls. The lights were called Bengal lights and were the kind used at sea to signal for help or give warning. The lights were ignited along with rockets, spinning wheels and other fireworks, creating an effect that the London Times called “grand, magical and brilliant beyond all power of words to portray”… the likes of which the Prince would “probably never see again”. Illumination of the Falls using electricity first occurred in January 1879, during a visit by the Marquis of Lorne, Governor-General of Canada and his wife Princess Louise. The lights had an illumination power of 32,000 candles, just a fraction of the intensity used today. Large crowds were drawn to the Falls in 1901 for special lighting that was set up as part of the Pan American Exposition being held in Buffalo. In 1907, W. D’Arcy Ryan of the General Electric Company designed lighting that provided far more power than ever before. Thirty-six projectors illuminated the Falls with a combined candlepower of 1,115,000,000. The display ran for several weeks. In 1997 and 1998, new fixtures replaced the outdated lamps and fixtures at the Illumination Tower, doubling the intensity of the lights on the Falls without doubling the hydro bills. Currently a total of twenty-one xenon lights, each with a 76-centimetre (30 inch) diameter, are used to illuminate the Falls in a rainbow of colours. Eighteen are located at the Illumination Tower, beside the Queen Victoria Place and three are located below street level in the gorge opposite the American Falls. Each of the xenon spotlights produces more than 390 million peak beam has a brilliance of 250 million candlepower. The Falls are illuminated nightly until at least 10 p.m. January through April and until midnight the rest of the year. In recent years the only occasion the Falls were in darkness was for a few evenings in August 2003 when the lights were turned off to support recovery efforts during a major North American black-out.— Niagara Parks.com

Close Up View of the Celebrated Croix (Cross) on the Highest Point in Montreal in Parc du Mont-Royal

The mountain is the site of Mount Royal Park (officially Parc du Mont-Royal), one of Montreal's largest greenspaces. The park, most of which is wooded, was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, who also designed New York's Central Park, and inaugurated in 1876. The park contains two belvederes, the more prominent of which is the Kondiaronk Belvedere, a semicircular plaza with a chalet, overlooking downtown Montreal. Other features of the park are Beaver Lake, a small man-made lake; a short ski slope; a sculpture garden; Smith House, an interpretive centre; and a well-known monument to Sir George-Étienne Cartier (currently being restored). The park hosts athletic, tourist, and cultural activities. Facing the mountain across Parc Avenue is Jeanne Mance Park (Parc Jeanne-Mance), a popular recreational area featuring tennis courts, a kiddie pool, playground, several baseball and football areas, as well as beach volleyball courts. The first cross on the mountain was placed there in 1643 by Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve, the founder of the city, in fulfillment of a vow he made to the Virgin Mary when praying to her to stop a disastrous flood. Today, the mountain is crowned by a 31.4-metre-high illuminated cross, installed in 1924 by the Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste and now owned by the city. It was converted to fibre-optic light in 1992. The new system can turn the lights red, blue, or purple, the last of which is used as a sign of mourning between the death of the Pope and the election of the next. (This operation was previously accomplished by changing all the light bulbs.)—Wikipedia

Getty Center Funicular Takes Visitors to the Destination from the Parking Lot to the Actual Museum

Caught The Perfect Moment: Silhouette of Hummingbird in Flight at Feeder

I kept trying to snap a photo of one of the hummingbirds at this spot in the Costa Rican cloud forest, but they are so fast that I would miss every time I tried. So I decided to take a shot when a hummingbird wasn't there, and what do you know — this speedy little guy snuck into the shot and saved the day.

Early Evening Lavender Light Glowing on the Hotel del Coronado Grounds, California

Brooklyn Bridge Closing the East River Chasm, seen from the Manhattan Bridge, New York City

Taking on the Giant Live Oak: Solitary Figure Walking Among  a Grove of the Iconic Southern Trees

The King's Spring Fountain Dispensing Mineral Water, Bath, England

Manuel Antonio Surfer Emerging from the Pacific Ocean with His Surfboard

What a Nice Ceiling! And Nice Walls. Vatican City Museum

Old Stone and Moss. Medieval Streets of Viterbo, Italy

Chandelier Hanging Over People In the Tower of London

Lion Sculpture Next to Lake in Branch Brook Park, Newark. Cathedral Basilica in Background.

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