Photographer's Note
Entry gate to the Citadel.
Info from wikipedia.org:
In December 26, 2003 at 1:56 AM UTC (5:26 AM local time) Bam Citadel -- "the biggest adobe structure of the world" -- and most of the city of Bam proper were devastated by an earthquake. The United States Geological Survey estimated its magnitude as 6.6 on the Richter scale. The BBC reported that "70% of the modern city of Bam" was destroyed. Death toll numbers as high as 80,000 was rumoured on the street and 70,000 reported in the media. However, the total death toll was given as 41,000 on January 17 and the latest estimate from Tehran has halved previous estimates to 26,271 deaths. An additional 10,000 - 50,000 were reported injured.
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doris
(481) 2006-02-12 1:33
It looks like a real life sand castle. Was this destroyed, oh I really hope not, it's amazing. You know, my head can reconcile damage by earthquakes better that it can damage by warfare. Why is that?
Beautiful clarity and detail in this image.
Well done.
Karen
shirgold
(2485) 2006-02-14 7:15
Hi Henryk,
This is a wonderful structure and a good composition.
I was wondering if the colour is a bit too red or was it that way.
TFS - Shir
pburraco
(861) 2006-06-04 23:13
Spectacular Structure and Architecture!
I didn't known anything about Bam citadel, but it splendid!
Excellent Capture!.
Patricio
Photo Information
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Copyright: Henryk Sadura (benkrut)
(2407)
- Genre: Lugares
- Medium: Cor
- Date Taken: 1999-09-00
- Categories: Arquitectura
- Camera: Minolta Dynax 500si, Minolta 35-70mm
- Versão da Foto: Versão Original
- Tema(s): The old Bam citadel , Historical sites in Iran, Castles of Iran [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2006-02-12 1:26