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Uploaded: July 08, 2010
Hole in the top of the Illinois State Vicksburg Monument
Exif: F Number: 14, ExposureTime: 1204/100000 seconds, ISO: 100, FocalLength: 58.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Vickie J. Jenkins July 08, 2010
Stone Mountain (GA) granite forms the base and stairway. Above the base is Georgia white marble. There are forty-seven steps in the long stairway, one for each day of the Siege of Vicksburg. Modeled after the Roman Pantheon, the monument has sixty unique bronze tablets lining its interior walls, naming all 36,325 Illinois soldiers who participated in the Vicksburg Campaign. The monument stands sixty-two feet in height, and originally cost $194,423.92, paid by the state of Illinois.Jeff Robinson July 08, 2010
Very impressive image and info Vickie! Thanks for sharing the details! Jeff #8743256Phillip R. Connolly July 09, 2010
What an excellent MT entry, Vickie! This image contains great symmetry, and the grey cloud adds to the mood you have created. Thanks for the information. Well done!Phil #8744987
Vickie J. Jenkins July 09, 2010
Thanks Jeff and Phil, my husband tells me rain never comes inside the monument because of the way it's built. #8745027Murry Grigsby July 16, 2010
Wonderful POV, shot and MT entry Vickie! It always pays to look up and down when out shooting :0) Nice colors and textures too!! #8768351Vickie J. Jenkins July 18, 2010
Thanks, Murry #8771051Renata Gusciora July 20, 2010
Fabulous image and treatments,great pov and MT entry,Vickie! #8776295Songbird Cline August 04, 2010
wow, this is really good, and interesting.. #8805999Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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