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parisfeb05_025.jpg
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This is from pretty much the same spot as the previous zoomed
shot, still looking toward the Obelisk. Amazing, for just those
few seconds there were no people in the foreground!
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parisfeb05_028.jpg
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The folks who moved the Obelisk from Egypt and set it up here
were so pleased they'd done it, that they describe how in these
pictures. This one describes how they moved it out of Egypt...
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parisfeb05_029.jpg
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... and this one how they stuck it up on the pedestal here in
Paris.
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parisfeb05_030.jpg
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A view of the Obelisk showing how sharp the pictographs still
are.
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parisfeb05_031.jpg
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The Obelisk, with the Gabriel Palace in the background. Not sure,
but I think that's the National Assembly tucked away behind the
two closer buildings.
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parisfeb05_035.jpg
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The bridge also has four boys with lions. This one's on the north
side of the river.
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parisfeb05_036.jpg
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The Great Palace, one of many buildings constructed for the 1900
Exhibition.
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parisfeb05_039.jpg
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John waits for the light to change beneath one of the Alexander
Bridge pedestals.
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parisfeb05_041.jpg
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Invalids, with the Dome Church (which houses Napoleon's tomb)
behind it.
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parisfeb05_042.jpg
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Another boy with his cat on the south side of the Alexander bridge.
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parisfeb05_048.jpg
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Detail of the Eiffel Tower. I'd read somewhere that the entire
tower puts less pressure on the ground than a man sitting in a
chair. Dunno if that's true or not though.
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