Thread on alternative views of iconic landmarks you (probably) haven’t seen before 🧵
1. Mount Fuji from a plane window.
2. Arc de Triomphe, Paris
3. Aerial view of Kaaba, Mecca
4. A view of the Taj Mahal that you do not usually see, highlighting the stark contrast between opulence and poverty divided by a single wall.
5. Top down view of the Statue of Liberty
6. The backside of Tutankhamun's burial mask
7. The dome of St. Peter’s Basilica seen through Rome's most famous keyhole.
8. The worn steps of the Tower of Pisa
9. Photographer Alexander Ladanivskyy, in collaboration with the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism, captured an extraordinary drone shot of the Great Pyramid of Giza from an unusual perspective.
10. The Shanhai Pass, where the Great Wall of China meets the ocean.
11. A backside view of the Great Sphinx that features its giant tail.
12. The back panel of Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa
13. The Eiffel tower from below
14. Inside the Colosseum, Rome
15. View from the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy.
The tower began leaning during 12th-century construction due to soft ground. By 1990, the tilt was 5.5 degrees. Stabilization from 1993 to 2001 reduced it to 3.97 degrees.
16. Central Park, New-York
17. A rare view of the Statue of Liberty from the balcony on its torch. People can be seen looking out from the crown.
Public access to the torch has been barred since 1916.
18. Sydney Opera House from top
19. Aerial view of Cloud Gate, also known as The Bean. Perhaps not an "iconic landmark", but an exceptionally unique perspective nonetheless.
20. The ceiling of the Sagrada Família
21. The back of Mount Rushmore
22. Stonehenge seems disorderly up close, but this aerial view show its magnificent circular design.
Beginning as a basic wooden circle with a ditch and bank circa 3100 B.C., it developed over 1,500 years integrating massive stones, some transported across hundreds of miles.
23. The back of the iconic "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign
24. View from El Castillo to the Temple of the Warriors, Chichen Itza
25. Lincoln Memorial before the reflecting pool
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