… after the rain …, originally uploaded by idogu.

the photographer:
“.. I’m back from rush-hour on 5th Avenue …”

Chrysler Building, New York City

Morning Has Broken, originally uploaded by Kenny Maths.

The photographer: “was tired and weary, mostly through not having slept very well as a result of my first few days at the altitude of the Tibetan plateau. However, given the chance to see sunrise over the Potala Palace (the former home of the Dalai Lama), you just have to book that early morning call.

When I took this, I was the sole European representative, surrounded by about a dozen Japanese photographers, all of us with carefully interlocked tripods (the rock we were standing on to get this vantage point wasn’t that big!). At one point while we were waiting for interesting light, we started taking shots of the group. Ahhh…memories! ”

The Rose Red City, originally uploaded by Kenny Maths.

the photographer: “A spot of precarious climbing and clambering was called for to get this shot. This is the building known as ‘The Treasury’ from Petra, Jordan. It featured in ‘Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade’. Mind you, I didn’t find any death traps inside! ”

 

A stairway to Andalucia, originally uploaded by cuellar.

Staircase in Mojacar, Almeria.

The Ideal of Beauty, originally uploaded by lapidim.

The Photographer: “Under the last beams of a setting sun, the Parthenon looks just incredible, a monument 25 centuries old, the Ideal of Beauty, the peak of the esthetical achievements of a great civilization.”

Parthenon - Athens, Greece

Annecy 1, originally uploaded by solilos.

Annecy, France

Jerusalem of Gold, originally uploaded by lapidim.

Tower of David – Old City of Jerusalem – Israel
Torre de David – Ciudad Vieja de Jerusalén - Israel

To the Jewish People and the Land of Israel best wishes for a Happy New Year of 5766 (starts tomorrow night).
Para el Pueblo Judío y la Tierra de Israel, los mejores votos para un Feliz Año de 5766 (que empieza mañana por la noche).

St. Nicholas’ Cathedral #2, originally uploaded by .Trapingus Parish..

Galway, Ireland.

Petronas Twin Towers 4, originally uploaded by lil.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2004

pyramids, originally uploaded by BoazR.

“The Amazing pyramids of Giza.
Egypt 1998″

Caspe Místico, originally uploaded by Lou Rouge.

Zaragoza, Spain.

Pont de Bercy, originally uploaded by alterednate.

Pont de Bercy, Paris

Bagan - sunrise temples, originally uploaded by awfulsara.

The photographer: “I could get drunk on these. Bagan is a fairytale from above, and sometimes painfully real down below.”

Angkor - Parallax Shot, originally uploaded by HRKVC.

Angkor Wat, Cambodia

charles de gaulle terminal e, originally uploaded by razorbern.

This architecture certianly makes the wait a bit more pleasent…

Bridge mesh, originally uploaded by Tampen.

The photographer: “Golden Gate, California, Day 7. My favourite bridge shot.”

eiffel tower 2, originally uploaded by John Gusky.

An unusual perspective for Paris’ most famous monument.

Parque de la España industrial 2, originally uploaded by xip.

Park of industrial Spain.
Near the station of train of Sants.Barcelona).

, originally uploaded by bokeh.

Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut)

Lost Icon, originally uploaded by alteredNate.

There had been a religious icon at the end of this columnade… however it was removed for unknown reasons.

This was taken in the Cathedral of Chartres, about an hour west of Paris.