Contrails and the Pisa Tower

The leaning tower of Pisa is framed by jet contrails drifting across Northern Italy.

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pastelginger says:

Beautiful, colors...the sky makes me sigh.
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

A knight who says Ni says:

I remember going up the tower when I were a wee lad, was a very strange feeling! I don't think people are allowed access anymore are they?
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

ccgd says:

No - they closed it for a few years as the "tilt" was getting dangerous, but then some clever engineers sorted out the foundations. Here is what Wikipedia has to say:-

"On February 27, 1964, the government of Italy requested aid in preventing the tower from toppling. It was however considered important to retain the current tilt, due to the vital role that this element played in promoting the tourism industry of Pisa.[2] A multinational task force of engineers, mathematicians and historians was assigned and met on the Azores islands to discuss stabilization methods. After over two decades of work on the subject, the tower was closed to the public in January 1990. While the tower was closed, the bells were removed to relieve some weight and cables were cinched around the third level and anchored several hundred meters away. Apartments and houses in the path of the tower were vacated for safety. After a decade of corrective reconstruction and stabilization efforts, the tower was reopened to the public on December 15, 2001. Many methods were proposed to stabilize the tower, including the addition of 800 metric tons of lead counterweights to the raised end of the base. The final solution to correcting the lean was to remove 38 m3 of soil from underneath the raised end. The tower has been declared stable for at least another 300 years."
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brockvicky says:

That's really beautiful - I really like the way you framed/cropped it
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Kalshassan says:

I hate pictures of traditional sights (Eiffel, Pisa, Brandenburg), but the sky in this rocks the Kasbah. Most impressed.
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Zamm says:

What an amazing sky you caught. It really inhances the pic.
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

mambo1935 says:

Majestic - marvelous picture!
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

crafty1tutu (Ann) says:

Lovely photo. I can still remember my first view of this magnificent structure.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

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Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

petrus_over_the_sky says:

Chemtrails and the pisa tower!

Please add it to the chemtrail pool!
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

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