maison Colonne; house in shape of ruined column; Chevalier de Monville; west of Paris; France; built 1774 to 1789; restored by Olivier Choppin de Janvry
maison Colonne; house in shape of ruined column; Chevalier de Monville; west of Paris; France; built 1774 to 1789; restored by Olivier Choppin de Janvry
maison Colonne; house in shape of ruined column; Chevalier de Monville; west of Paris; France; built 1774 to 1789; restored by Olivier Choppin de Janvry
Alsace; Architecture; Colmar; France; Gable; Maison des Têtes; Seventeenth Century; Sights; Sightseeing; Tourism
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The magnificent gable of La Maison des Têtes was built in 1609 close to the Musee Unterlinden in Colmar. Originally a grand house it is now a very good hotel.
Place de l'Etoille; Right Bank; Paris; Ile de France; France; Europe; detail; column; Arc de Triomphe; names; inscribed; Napoleon; Grande Armée; Marshals; Generals; inscription; inscribe; monument; victory; triumph; marshal; general;
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Detail of column on the Arc de Triomphe in Place de l'Etoille, Right Bank, Paris, Ile de France, France, Europe, shows the names of Napoleon's Grande Armée Marshals and Generals.
USA; Mexico; salt; pans; pan; satellite; Americas; White Sands National Monument; Rocky Mountains; New Mexico; ancient; landscapes; Pleistocene; Ice Age, Chihuahuan Desert, Mexican, White Sands National Monument, sand, sands, desert, deserts, Chihuahuan, border, American, America, basin, water, US, National Park, national, parks, dunes, satellite, space, Earth,
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EARTH USA/Mexico -- Jul 2009 -- At the northern end of the Chihuahuan Desert, which stretches from the southwestern United States into northern Mexico, sits a field of gleaming white sands that form otherworldly dunes. The sands sprawl over some 715 square kilometers (275 miles) of south-central New Mexico. About 40 percent of the area falls within the White Sands National Monument, managed by the US National Park Service. The Advanced Land Imager (ALI) onboard NASA?s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite captured this photo-like image of part of the White Sands National Monument. This image shows part of the southeastern portion of the park. The dunes shown in this image are advancing toward the northeast, and the brilliant white sands contrast with darker soils. The sands of White Sands National Monument are formed from gypsum, a soft mineral often left behind when water bodies evaporate. Waters flowing into the basin holding White Sands National Monument, however, found no outlet and evaporated. Over many years, gypsum crystals deposited in this basin were subjected to freezing, thawing, and wind, and broke down into tiny grains. The massive collection of gypsum dunes in New Mexico results from changes in ancient landscapes that started before the time of the dinosaurs. Some 250 million years ago, what is now New Mexico was covered by a shallow sea, but the sea?s level eventually fell as the area began to dry. Thick layers of gypsum settled onto the old sea floor. About 70 million years
Paris, Ile de France, France, Europe, Île-de-France, Left Bank, Rive Gauche, 6th arrondissement, 6ieme arrondissement, Saint Germain, Saint Germain des Pres, St Germain, St Germain des Pres, Rue de Seine, walls, wall, facade, trellis, trellised, environment, ecological, ecology, ecosystem, plants, plant, trees, tree, deciduous, community, urban, cities, city, city center
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Trellised wall on Rue de Seine in Paris, Ile de France, France, Europe.
Bastille July Column, monument, Paris, Bastille place, Revolution dE Juillet, 1830, trois jours, three days, commemorate the Trois Glorieuses, la place DE la Bastille, Génie DE la Liberté, King Louis-Philippe, Tourist, Tourists, music, France, Historical , Hector Berlioz, Stormy sky , gold, golden, Streetscape
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Genie de la liberte on the July column Bastille Paris
