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The Library of the University of Vienna, established in 1365, is the oldest university library in the German-speaking world, evolving alongside the university itself.
Located in Heinrich von Ferstel's monumental Ringstrasse building, its Great Reading Room reflects the Renaissance revival grandeur of the late 19th century, featuring intricate woodwork, elegant vaulted ceilings, and a vast glazed ceiling that floods the space with natural light.
The library holds a collection of over 7 million items, including rare manuscripts and early printed works.
📍@ubwien, Universitätsring 1/Stiege 2, 1010 Wien, Austria
Opening hours:
- Monday to Friday: 9AM - 6PM
- Saturday and Sunday: Closed
Photo Credit: @vienna_austria
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The church of San Giovanni Battista in Mogno, Switzerland, designed by Mario Botta Architects, was built from 1992 to 1996.
This church replaced the old one, which an avalanche destroyed in 1986.
Botta chose marble and gneiss as building materials, alternating them in layers to create an attractive light-dark effect.
The gneiss, known as Beola, was extracted from the quarries of Riveo in the Maggia Valley. Its surface is hewn.
The different surface finishes emphasize the aforementioned effect.
Photographer: Philipp Heer - @lerichti
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'Get Well Soon'
by Aurélie Lise-Anne
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Osaka Castle, Japan 🇯🇵
The tower everyone photographs is a 1930s concrete rebuild with a lift inside, and it still owns the skyline 🏯.
📷: @world_walkerz
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One of the most unforgettable moments from the legendary Code Red swell at Teahupoʻo.
Nathan Fletcher took on this monstrous wave on a day when the ocean had been deemed too dangerous for the regular Billabong Pro.
The wave was estimated at around 37 feet, with Fletcher battling his way through one of the heaviest sections Teahupoʻo had ever produced.
Teahupoʻo, Tahiti
August 27, 2011
📷 Tim McKenna captured this frame of Fletcher’s incredible ride.
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GM
Proof of walk this morning with Amigo & Cypher to the mountain. 
Pura Vida 🏝️
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An upper body workout this morning.......
.....consistency is key.
Pura vida.
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This is the Soviet 1975 ZIL 49061 6x6
Blue Bird Amphibious Vehicle.
The pavement appears to dissolve into the grass at this residential complex in Berlin.
Topotek 1 - @topotek1 designed the garden's landscape using a pixel-like paving grid that deliberately blurs the boundary between paths and planted areas.
Completed in 2016, the residential development by Eike Becker Architekten occupies a former border wasteland between East and West Berlin.
Its courtyards combine sunken trees, shrubs, flowers, and fragmented paving over an underground parking structure, creating an unusually green landscape in central Berlin.
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Great things don’t always come from what happens to you. They begin with what happens inside you.
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Tumpak Sewu, East Java, Indonesia 🇮🇩
A whole curtain of waterfalls pouring into one green amphitheatre, with Semeru, Java's highest volcano, puffing smoke on the horizon like it was arranged 🌋.
You get this view from the rim for almost nothing; the descent to the bottom is a steep, wet scramble on bamboo ladders that is worth every slip 🥾.
Go at sunrise, when the mist sits in the bowl and the plume catches the light.
📷: @jj.trailwalker
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The impressive Zilkale Fortress
Turkey.
Built between the 14th and 15th centuries, it comprises outer walls, intermediate walls, an inner castle, eight bastions, and a watchtower.
It rises to a height of 380 meters!
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🌊 The Incredible Rise, Haunted Fall, and World-Changing Triumph of the SS Great Eastern 🚢
In 1858, legendary engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel built a ship so massive it defied belief. The SS Great Eastern was six times larger than any vessel then afloat, 692 feet of iron, and powered by three distinct propulsion systems: sails, paddle wheels, and a screw propeller. It was designed to carry 4,000 passengers from England to Australia without stopping to refuel.
But behind this engineering marvel lies a tale of commercial failure, unprecedented global triumph, and a dark maritime legend that haunted the ship to its grave.
💔 The Commercial Failure & The Technical Flex
The ship was simply too ahead of its time. It never carried the massive crowds it was built for, and it bled money as a passenger liner. But its massive size made it the only ship on Earth capable of doing something history-making: laying the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable.
Previous attempts failed because no single ship could carry the weight of a 1,600-mile copper cable. The Great Eastern's cavernous holds were gutted and converted into three massive drums to carry the entire length at once.
The 1865 Disaster: On its first try, the cable snapped and sank 12,000 feet to the ocean floor, forcing the crew to return home empty-handed.
The 1866 Triumph: On July 27, 1866, the ship safely reached Newfoundland, instantly connecting Europe and North America via telegraph.
The Ultimate Flex: To prove its power, the ship sailed back out, dragged the ocean floor, hooked the broken 1865 cable from two miles down, spliced it, and completed a second working line!
👻 The Ghost Stories & Maritime Superstitions
Seafaring communities are notoriously superstitious, and the Great Eastern was widely viewed as a "cursed" ship, linked to roughly 34 deaths over its lifetime.
The Phantom Tapping: During construction, a riveter and his young apprentice mysteriously vanished. Not long after, a persistent, phantom hammering noise could be heard deep within the ship's massive structure. Multiple captains and crew members reported being deeply unsettled by this phantom tapping over the years.
The "Curse" of the Hull: When a team of riveters went below to fix a gash in the outer hull at sea, they heard the ghostly tapping from inside the sealed metal and famously refused to work, believing the ship was actively haunted by the trapped souls of the missing builders.
🔨 The Tragic Comedown & Relics Left Behind
By the 1880s, the aging giant was obsolete. In a tragic comedown for a masterpiece of engineering, it was purchased by Lewis's Department Store to be used as a floating exhibition hall, concert venue, and giant advertising billboard to attract shoppers.
In 1888, the ship was sold for scrap. Dismantling the leviathan at Rock Ferry on the River Mersey was such a monumental task that it took nearly two years (1889–1891) and the pioneering use of a massive wrecking ball just to tear it apart.
When the ship was broken up, its pieces scattered across history—leaving a few incredible remnants you can still find today:
The Anfield Flagpole: The ship had six masts, named after the days of the week. The "Thursday" topmast was purchased by Everton Football Club. Today, it famously stands as the giant flagpole at Liverpool FC's Anfield stadium, towering over the Kop end.
The Repurposed Funnel: After a massive boiler explosion on its first voyage in 1859, one of its huge iron funnels was removed. It was later bought by a waterworks company, drilled full of holes, and used as a giant water strainer.
The River Thames Footprints: If you visit London today, the massive wooden launch ramps are still embedded in the ground at Burrells Wharf, preserved as a historical monument.
🦴 The Final Discovery
According to maritime lore, the ultimate confirmation of the ghost story came during that brutal 1889 demolition. Accounts claim that when shipbreakers finally tore open the legendary double-iron hull, they discovered two skeletons trapped between the inner and outer layers—the long-lost riveter and his apprentice.
An incredible feat of human ingenuity that changed global communication forever, only to end up as a football stadium flagpole, a haunted legend, and a mountain of scrap iron.
Images: SimonEdwards - 3DArtvision | HistoryRebuilt
Scene at unsuccessful launch of SS Great Eastern, Isle of Dogs, London, 1858, Wikipedia
The photographs were taken between 1889 and 1890 by Henry Bath & Son Ltd.
The deconstruction of the massive ship officially began on January 1, 1889, and took roughly 18 months of intensive manual labor to complete. SS Great Britain Trust.
Great Eastern at Heart's Content after laying the first lasting transatlantic cable, July 1866.
Image most likely by Robert Edward Holloway (d. 1904) according to source, Wikipedia.
#History #MaritimeHistory #IsambardKingdomBrunel #SSGreatEastern
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" Living alone "
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by Paco Yao
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On this day in 1970, Eric Clapton’s debut, solo self-titled LP “Eric Clapton” debuted on the UK Albums Chart at #17 (September 5)
Clapton released his debut solo studio album after stints a number of legendary bands including The Yardbirds, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Cream and Blind Faith.
In an interview from 2006, Clapton recalled that he was very happy making this album and was pleased with the results of the recording sessions, but also noted that "the only thing [he] didn't like about the album is [his] voice", because it sounds so "high" and "young", which Clapton disliked, because he "always wanted to sound like an old guy".
Among the plethora of excellent contributors to the album were Stephen Stills (guitars, bass, and backing vocals), Leon Russell (piano) and Rita Coolidge (backing vocals)
The album peaked at #7 in Australia, #13 in the US, #14 in the UK, and #17 in Norway.
The classic album cover photo is by Barry Feinstein.
#ericclapton, #stephenstills, #leonrussell, #ritacoolidge, #dailyrockhistory, #70smusic,
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Freddie Mercury
— By Kade Sarte in Albury, Australia 🇦🇺
Freddie Mercury Is Still Everywhere
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On September 5, 1977, Freddie Mercury marked his 31st birthday with a lavish cabaret event at the Country Cousin on King’s Road in London, setting the precedent for his legendary, extravagant parties.
Freddie personally handwrote all 150 invitations over the course of a week instead of having them printed.
The invitations famously featured the instruction: "Please come to a banquet in celebration of my birthday… Dress to Kill!"
The venue was packed with massive arrangements of irises, lilies, orchids, freesia, gladioli, and roses.
The room welcomed 150 guests from London's elite music and entertainment circles, including Elton John, Divine, Tim Curry, Kenny Everett, and bandmates Brian May and Roger Taylor.
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King of Kirra-
He didn’t just surf Kirra’s legendary barrels,he mastered them. With incredible speed, control, and commitment, he became one of the most iconic tube riders of his era.
As he famously put it:
"My favourite place is inside the tube, no-one can see me in there."
A true master of the barrel. A legend of Kirra.
If you’re a true surfing fan, you’ll know who’s this legend?
...... Michael Peterson
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Carl Critchlow is a British illustrator and comic artist known for his distinctive work in fantasy, science fiction and comics.
He became widely recognized for creating Thrud the Barbarian for White Dwarf,
......and later worked extensively for 2000 AD on characters such as Judge Dredd, as well as on projects for DC Comics, Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering 🎨
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