d8224; streetscape; Edinburgh; Scotland; United Kingdom; UK; Castle Hill; Royal Mile; High Street; Lawnmarket; Castle Boulevard; castle; Athens of the North; fortification; Half Moon Battery; Camera Obscura; Frank Gorny; Craigowl; d8224; MSLS523
Edinburgh, Outlook Tower, Royal Mile, Camera Obscura, tourism, sightseeing, attraction, tourist, novelty, unusual, outside, exterior, nobody, daylight, blue sky, famous, scottish, GB, Britain, Great Britain, Europe, European
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The Outlook Tower is a building in Edinburgh, Scotland, on the Royal Mile next to Edinburgh Castle. Known as "Short's Observatory, Museum of Science and Art" from 1853 to 1892, it was purchased and refurbished by Patrick Geddes in 1892 to transform into a "place of outlook and a type-museum as a key to a better understanding of Edinburgh and its region, but also to help people get a clear idea of its relation to the world at large". The building is now known as "Camera Obscura & World of Illusions". The tower, with its three floors of exhbitions, is still open to the public, making it the oldest purpose built attraction in the city,and one of the oldest in the United Kingdom. Nowadays there are passing references to Patrick Geddes in the Camera Obscura presentation on the top floor where the camera obscura is still in use to project a 'virtual' tour of the city for visitors, and also on the rooftop terrace with its stunning views and very powerful telescopes. But there are many more things to do, see and play with in the World of Illusions on the other floors where there is a huge variety of hands on interactive exhibits on the themes of optical illusions, light, colour and ways of seeing.
Edinburgh, Outlook Tower, Royal Mile, Camera Obscura, tourism, sightseeing, attraction, tourist, novelty, unusual, outside, exterior, nobody, daylight, blue sky, famous, Scottish, GB, Britain, Great Britain, Europe, European
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The Outlook Tower is a building in Edinburgh, Scotland, on the Royal Mile next to Edinburgh Castle. Known as "Short's Observatory, Museum of Science and Art" from 1853 to 1892, it was purchased and refurbished by Patrick Geddes in 1892 to transform into a "place of outlook and a type-museum as a key to a better understanding of Edinburgh and its region, but also to help people get a clear idea of its relation to the world at large". The building is now known as "Camera Obscura & World of Illusions". The tower, with its three floors of exhbitions, is still open to the public, making it the oldest purpose built attraction in the city,and one of the oldest in the United Kingdom. Nowadays there are passing references to Patrick Geddes in the Camera Obscura presentation on the top floor where the camera obscura is still in use to project a 'virtual' tour of the city for visitors, and also on the rooftop terrace with its stunning views and very powerful telescopes. But there are many more things to do, see and play with in the World of Illusions on the other floors where there is a huge variety of hands on interactive exhibits on the themes of optical illusions, light, colour and ways of seeing.
Edinburgh, Lothian, The Lothians, Scotland, Scottish, Scots, Great Britain, British Isles, United Kingdom, UK, Europe, holiday, vacation, leisure, travel, sun, sunset, golden glow, blue sky, red sky, skies, cloud, clouds, dusk, capital city, cities, town, towns, skyline, cityscape, from Calton Hill, Edinburgh castle, castles, camera obscura, outlook tower, church spire, spires, steeple, steeples, dome, domes, flag, flags, flagpole, flagpoles, silhouette, beauty, beautiful, Architecture, historic, ancient, 12th century, 12C, C12, winter 2004
United Kingdom; UK; Great Britain; GB; Europe; European; EU; British; British Isles; Scotland; Scottish; Edinburgh; Great Britain; Britain; city; commuter; commuters; commuting; walk; walks; walking; afternoon; early; sunny; summer; autumn; green; spaces; urban; scene; 2010; 2010s; buildings; architecture; Royal Mile; old town; North Bridge; bus; buses; transport; Calton Hill; view; views; weather; cloudy; Edinburgh Castle; trees, Edinburgh Castle, travel,
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UK SCOTLAND Edinburgh -- Sep 2010 -- The Old Town of Edinburgh from Calton Hill Scotland UK -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos | ScotFoto.co.uk
Edinburgh; Scotland; Edinburgh Fringe Festival; Edinburgh Festival Fringe; Edinburgh Festival; Edinburgh Fringe; High Street; Royal Mile; High; Street; Royal; Mile; actor; actress; festival; fringe; fringe festival; festival fringe; acting; African-American; black; woman; women; young women; young woman; 20s; age 20; crowd; holding; sign; signs; poster; posters; selling tickets; all ages; performer; women of color; woman of color; smiling; looking at camera; facing camera; Streetscape; African; American; African American; city; urban; Kat Francois; UK; United Kingdom; 2007; busy; crowded; tourist; tourists; Old Town; Old; Town; Lothian; horizontal
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EDINBURGH- AUG. 6: Actress Kat Francois from "Seven Times Me" on High Street - the Royal Mile at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 2007.
Edinburgh; Scotland; Edinburgh Fringe Festival; Edinburgh Festival Fringe; Edinburgh Festival; Edinburgh Fringe; High Street; Royal Mile; High; Street; Royal; Mile; actor; actress; festival; fringe; fringe festival; festival fringe; acting; African-American; black; woman; women; young women; young woman; 20s; age 20; crowd; holding; sign; signs; poster; posters; selling tickets; all ages; performer; women of color; woman of color; smiling; looking at camera; facing camera; Streetscape; African; American; African American; city; urban; Kat Francois; UK; United Kingdom; 2007; busy; crowded; tourist; tourists; Old Town; Old; Town; Lothian; buildings; architecture; copy space; copy; space; young adult; adult; young adults; young adults; vertical
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Edinburgh - Aug. 6: Actress Kat Francois from "Seven Times Me" on the Royal Mile at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 2007. Cobblestone street, row houses with multiple chimneys and the corner of a traditional red phone box are seen behind.
Edinburgh Castle from Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, Lothian, The Lothians, Scotland, Scottish, Scots, Great Britain, British Isles, United Kingdom, UK, Europe, leisure, travel, holiday, vacation, sun, sunset, sunny, sunshine, dusk, castles, mast, masts, flagpole, flagpoles, flag, flags, wall, walls, old stone buildings, old town, red, Firth of Forth, river Forth, wintry, snow covered, snow capped hill, Lomond Hills, Fife, house, rows of terraced houses, chimney pots, chimneys, pot, stack, capital city, cities, town, towns, history, historic, Architecture, 12C, C12, 12th century, winter 2005
Edinburgh Castle from Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, Lothian, The Lothians, Scotland, Scottish, Scots, Great Britain, British Isles, United Kingdom, UK, Europe, leisure, travel, holiday, vacation, sunset, dusk, night, light, lights, castles, mast, masts, flagpole, flagpoles, flag, flags, wall, walls, old stone buildings, old town, red, Firth of Forth, river Forth, Lomond Hills, Fife, house, rows of terraced houses, chimney pots, chimneys, pot, stack, capital city, history, historic, 12C, C12, 12th century, winter 2005
St Giles; Cathedral; Church of Scotland; Royal Mile; High Street; Edinburgh; Scotland; religious; night; light; illuminated; rain; wet; pavement; reflection; Adam Smith; monument; reflection; Castle; streetscape
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Reflections on the wet pavement of Edinburgh's Royal Mile
d8325; streetscape; Edinburgh; Scotland; United Kingdom; UK; Royal Mile; High Street; Lawnmarket; Old Town; St Giles Cathedral; High Kirk; cars; people; buildings; churches; historic; Firth of Forth; estuary; Frank Gorny; Craigowl; d8325; MSLS523
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Looking eastwards down the Royal Mile from the top of the Camera Obscura, just below the Castle, towards Holyrood Palace and the Scottish Assembly. The crowned tower of St Giles Cathedral (The High Kirk of Edinburgh) rises up in the foreground, whilst, away on the horizon, along the shoreline of the Firth of Forth, the geological outlier that is Berwick Law looms like a volcanic cone.
castle with lights; fantasy; illuminated; lights; night; royal residence; castles; sight-seeing; tourist sights; tourist attractions; Edinburgh; city scene; sky-line; sky-line at night; city view; Scott A. McNealy; Europe; Scotland; Edinburgh; IPSV0773; streetscape,
sc0302; ephemera; illustration; engraving; Edinburgh Castle; before 1573; fortification; Castle Rock; medieval; history; historical; Royal Mile; crag and tail; volcanic; volcano; Scotland; Frank Gorny; Craigowl; sc0302
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A view of Edinburgh Castle, prior to 1573, looking west, from what is now the Lawnmarket and the High Street, at the top of the Royal Mile. sc0302 bk0077 p233.
Edinburgh Skyline and Castle from Blackford Hill, Edinburgh, Lothian, The Lothians, Scotland, Scottish, Scots, Great Britain, British Isles, United Kingdom, UK, Europe, leisure, travel, holiday, vacation, sun, sunset, sunny, sunshine, dusk, castles, mast, masts, flagpole, flagpoles, flag, flags, wall, walls, old stone buildings, church spire, spires, churhes, old town, red, Firth of Forth, river Forth, Lomond Hills, Fife, house, rows of terraced houses, chimney pots, chimneys, pot, stack, capital city, cityscape, history, historic, 12C, C12, 12th century, winter 2005
Edinburgh, capital city, City of Edinburgh Council, Central Belt, Firth of Forth, North Sea, Scottish Parliament, historical, University of Edinburgh, Athens of the North, The Old Town, New Town, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Medieval, Georgian, Dean Village, Calton Hill, listed buildings, conservation areas, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh Fringe, performing arts Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh Military Tattoo, nburgh International Book Festival, Hogmanay, Burns Night, Beltane Fire Festival, banking, financial services, higher education, tourism, Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Banking Group, insurance and investment, Scottish Widows, Standard Life, Royal Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle, Palace of Holyroodhouse
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Princess St Gardens & Scott Monument with the Balmoral Hotel, Waverley Station and North bridge
Clouds, shapes, patterns, sky, blue, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Ramsay Gardens, Hub, Scotland, trees, Old Town, sky scape
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The movement and shapes of clouds invite the viewer to name them. Beneath the skyscape, the Old Town of Edinburgh, showing the Ramsay Gardens with the spire of a former church and, left of centre, the Assembly Halls of the Church of Scotland and down the Royal Mile
Edinburgh at night, Taken from Calton Hill, Images by CaDaC, city, lowlight, unsharp, castle, chris clark, towns, cities, cityscape, dorothy clark, tourism, travel, explore, holidays, Architecture, Castles
UK SCOTLAND Edinburgh -- 18 Sep 2010 -- A group of tourists wait to begin a "Ghost Tour" on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh Scotland UK. Edinburgh is infamous for it's ghosts and macabre past -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos
Thistle; flowering; buds; flowers; grass; trees; bushes; green; Princes Street Gardens; Edinburgh; Royal Mile; Bank of Scotland; Mound; Old Town; High Street; Assembly Halls; Church of Scotland; Hub; Spire; Church; Ramsay Gardens; heritage
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Flowering thistles in front of the Historic Royal Mile
actor; festival; fringe; fringe festival; festival fringe; acting; Royal Mile; High Street; High; Street; Royal; Mile; Edinburgh; Scotland; Old Town; Old; Town; UK; United Kingdom; Edinburgh Fringe Festival; Edinburgh Festival Fringe; Edinburgh Festival; Edinburgh Fringe; stilts; wings; sunglasses; young; man; woman; young man; young woman; 20s; age 20; crowd; funny; silly; humorous; all ages; event; events; festivals; in costume; costumed; wearing; costume; wearing costume; Architecture; Streetscape; Tron Kirk Clock Tower; Tron Kirk Clocktower; Tron Kirk; Clock Tower; Tron; Kirk; Clock; Tower; Clocktower; Streetscapes; city; urban; buildings; architecture; tall; "The Absinthe Monologues"; The; Absinthe; Monologues; Subway
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Actor from "The Absinthe Monologues" at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on High Street along the Royal Mile wearing stilts and wings. Buildings along the High Street including the Tron Kirk Clock Tower in the background. Other photos of this performer in this series. The Edinburgh Fringe, which takes place every August, is billed as the largest arts festival in the world. Edinburgh's population doubles during the Festival Fringe. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 2007.
Edinburgh, capital city, City of Edinburgh Council, Central Belt, Firth of Forth, North Sea, Scottish Parliament, historical, University of Edinburgh, Athens of the North, The Old Town, New Town, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Medieval, Georgian, Dean Village, Calton Hill, listed buildings, conservation areas, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh Fringe, performing arts Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh Military Tattoo, nburgh International Book Festival, Hogmanay, Burns Night, Beltane Fire Festival, banking, financial services, higher education, tourism, Bank of Scotland, Lloyds Banking Group, insurance and investment, Scottish Widows, Standard Life, Royal Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle, Palace of Holyroodhouse The Scott Monument
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The Scott monument, in Princess St Gardens, Edinburgh
Edinburgh; Scotland; United; Kingdom; United Kingdom; UK; crowd; crowds; multiracial; multiracial crowd; large crowd of people; people; cobblestones; cobblestone; cobbled; street; buildings; architecture; shops; stores; traffic; cumulus clouds; blue sky; travel; holiday; 2007; Scottish; city; outdoor; outside; water; firth; downhill; crossing; street; Firth of Forth; Firth; of; Forth; Streetscape; shoppers; shopping; Forth Firth; busy; scenic; copy space; copy; space; Royal Mile; Old Town; Old; Town; Royal; Mile; African; American; African American; Caucasian; Asian; man; woman; men; women
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Crowds explore shops and scenery while traffic travels along cobblestone street. Streetscape looking downhill toward the Firth of Forth. Beautiful blue sky with cumulus clouds. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 2007.
Edinburgh; Scotland; UK; United Kingdom; United; Kingdom; Great Britain; Europe; Scottish; Streetscape; Architecture; Building; Buildings; Streetscapes; Old Town; Old; Town; Royal Mile; Royal; Mile; street; city; urban; urban scene; street scene; scene; outdoor; outdoors; outside; old; stone buildings; multiple chimneys; chimney; flags; Blue sky; cumulus clouds; stone; multiple; chimneys; Blue; sky; cumulus; clouds; people; crowd; crowds; shops; stores; shoppers; travel; holiday; vacation; Firth of Forth; Firth; of; Forth; New; New Street; Royal Mile; Royal; Mile; busy; crowded; tourist; tourists; Canongate; Lothian; perspective; wide angle view; wide angle; wide; angle; view; wide-angle; vertical; Caucasian; Middle Eastern; Middle; Eastern; headscarf; woman; women; men; man
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EDINBURGH - AUG. 8: View from New Street corner looking down towards the water (the Firth of Forth) along Canongate (part of the Royal Mile) with shoppers and tourists in Edinburgh's Old Town. Old stone buildings with multiple chimneys and flags. Blue sky with cumulus clouds. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 2007.
Edinburgh; Castle; St Giles; Cathedral; church; Hub; Old Town; Ramsay Gardens; Bank of Scotland; heritage; buildings; obelisk; Friends of the People; courage; cemetery; David Hume; gravestones; memorials; trees; bushes; blue sky; Calton Hill; skyline
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View of Edinburgh from Calton Hill. The skyline is dominated by the spire of St Giles on the left, the the obelisk commemorating the Friends of the People rising upwards from the cemetry, then the spire of the Hub, a former church, and the Castle on the right.
St Giles Cathedral, Mercat Cross, people, groups, waiting, night tours, flood lit, night, High Street, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland, Church of Scotland
St Giles Cathedral, Mercat Cross, people, groups, waiting, night tours, flood lit, night, High Street, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland, Church of Scotland
Edinburgh Castle; Castle; Edinburgh; Princes Street gardens; Scotland; volcanic rock; snow; winter; trees; branches; night; tree lights; Christmas decorations; Christmas lights; monochrome; black and white
United Kingdom; UK; Great Britain; GB; Europe; European; EU; British; British Isles; Scotland; Scottish; travel; Royal Mile; architecture; buildings; summer; autumn; steps; stairs; The News Steps; The News; umbrella; figure; man; male; city; cities; urban; area; sandstone; views; Edinburgh; Old Town
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UK SCOTLAND Edinburgh -- 10 Sep 2010 -- The News steps in the Old Town of Edinburgh Scotland UK -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos | ScotFoto.co.uk
gift shop, Edinburgh, Royal Mile, sale, bargains, kilts, shirts, sporrans, kilt packages, outfits, tourists, visitors, national costume, national dress, tartan, plaid, blue, Royal Stewart, reductions, tammy, hat, tam-o-shanter, Scotland, Scottish, prices, The Wee Gift Shop, window, advertisement, posters
science; Royal Botanical Gardens; Edinburgh; Scotland; UK; United Kingdom; GB; Great Britain; EU; Europe; European; scientists; scientist; people; Simon Gage; Edinburgh International Science Festival; Atomise Exhibition; exhibition; exhibits; exhibitions; education; scientific; 13th; April; 2011; portrait; portraits
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UK SCOTLAND Edinburgh -- 13 Apr 2011 -- Simon Gage the Director of the Edinburgh International Science Festival pictured at the Atomise Exhibition which is on show at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh Scotland UK as part of the science festival which ends on 22 April 2011 -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos
Sunrise; Bank of Scotland; Mound; High street; Royal Mile; Assembly; Edinburgh; Scotland; sky; skyline; flags; clouds; morning; beginning; autumn; ending
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Autumnal sky over Edinburgh, looking south from Princes Street
sc0157; illustration; ephemera; woodcut; engraving; Edinburgh; Scotland; castle; fortification; Grassmarket; Old Town; historical; Half Moon Battery; guns; crag and tail; volcanic; hill; market; Kings Stables Road; Frank Gorny; Craigowl; sc0157
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Edinburgh Old Town. A view of the Castle from the Grassmarket. This view seems to look north west down Kings Stables Road from its junction with the Grassmarket. Looking up towards the castle, with the Half Moon Battery on the right. This was before the creation of the Castle Esplanade, and Johnston Terrace. From The Pictorial Tour of the World containing Pen & Pencil Sketches of Travel, Adventure, Incident & Scenery in all parts of the Globe, published circa 1880 by Frederick Warne & Co, London and New York. bk099.
Edinburgh Castle from the Old Town. From an original by Donald McLeish in a 1930s book. No information can be found about this artist, except that prints of other pictures by him are being offered in a range of different sizes for each image. This seems to indicate the work is now out of copyright.
United Kingdom; UK; Great Britain; GB; Europe; European; EU; British; British Isles; Scotland; Scottish; Edinburgh; travel; Royal Mile; summer; autumn; kitsch; shops; shopping; imports; China; Chinese; manufactured; goods; tourism; tourist; Jon Mitchell; city; cities; tourist; tourists; kilt; tartan; hats; consumer; consumers; globalisation; globalization; sporran; Crest of Edinburgh; kitschy; trinkets; gift; gifts; imported; economy; economic
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UK SCOTLAND Edinburgh -- 10 Sep 2010 -- Tourists outside a kitsch shop selling items popular with visiting tourists on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland. While these shops do a good trade in the tourist seasons, most of the goods are manufactured in China -- Picture by Jonathan Mitchell | Lightroom Photos | ScotFoto.co.uk