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Barcelona's Montjuïc is a broad shallow hill with a relatively flat top overlooking the harbour, to the southeast of the city centre. The eastern side of the hill is almost a sheer cliff, giving it a commanding view over the city's harbour immediately below. The top of the hill (a height of 173 metres) was the site of several fortifications, the latest of which (the Castell de Montjuïc) remains today.
The Port of Barcelona has a 2000-year history and a great contemporary commercial importance. It is Europe's ninth largest container port, with a trade volume of 2.3 million TEU's in 2006. The port is managed by the Port Authority of Barcelona. Its 7.86 km2 (3 sq mi) are divided into three zones: Port Vell (the Old Port), the commercial port and the logistics port (Barcelona Free Port). The port is undergoing an enlargement that will double its size thanks to diverting the mouth of the Llobregat river 2 km (1¼ mi) to the south. The Port Vell (old port) area also houses the Maremagnum (a commercial mall), a multiplex cinema, the IMAX Port Vell and an aquarium. |
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The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is an oceanfront amusement park in Santa Cruz, California. Founded in 1907 it is California's oldest surviving amusement park and one of two seaside parks on the West Coast of the United States (the other being the Santa Monica Pier).
The eastern end of the boardwalk is dominated by the Giant Dipper roller coaster, one of the best-known wooden coasters in the world and one of the most visible landmarks in Santa Cruz. The Dipper and the Looff Carousel, which still contains its original 342-pipe organ built in 1894, are both on the United States National Register of Historic Places. Entrance is free, rides cost between $2-4 each. Rides opened daily during summers and weekends during off-season. |
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Keeping Jersey 'special' has never been easy or indeed always possible. Currently there is a tangible groundswell of public unease at the marked changes to the character of much of our coastline, changes that are leaving Islanders with a genuine sense of concern.
Through it's Coastline Campaign, launched in 2006, The National Trust for Jersey now feels compelled to provide a positive channel for this concern. The principle aim of "A Line in the Sand" is to provide Islanders with a simple opportunity to actively and visibly show their suppport for the safeguarding of Jersey's superb coastline. The idea is to form a human chain along the beach at St Ouen stretching from Le Braye towards L'Etacq. Please join us at 1.00pm on Sunday 4 October to show your support for protecting Jersey's precious coastline. The event will be marked with an aerial photo taken at 2.00pm. For further information and updates visit www.coast.je or see local media. Mike Stentiford MBE, President, National Trust for Jersey, Coastline Campaign. |
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This 180 degree panorama was shot from the Rye Beach Club and sweeps across the Rye Beach area, past Star Island, and finishes up along the rocks along Route 1A. |
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Cap Lihou, Granville, Normandy, France at low/low tide. Shot handheld with a Canon 5D, 8 landscape pictures. Stiched w Panorama Factory 5.2, PP in PSCS3. Some annoying stitching artifacts at the rooftops in the middle. Next time with tripod and more interesting sky. |
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Sunset view of the California coastline taken from just North of the town of Elk.
There is a good room nearby: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=12580 Actually, a few good rooms: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=12581 You could call the innkeepers: http://www.greenwoodpierinn.com/inn/goldfish/goldfish.html |
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