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deponti

Aerial Photography

May 14, 2010 01:15

I enjoy taking photographs from aircraft:

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tidbit anonymous May 13 2010, 20:08:57 UTC

Interesting trivia ... the Coronado Bridge is curved just so that they could increase the length of the bridge and meet the minimum length requirement to receive federal funding!! Talk about bending the rules :)

- Ramya

Re: tidbit deponti May 13 2010, 21:21:13 UTC

Thank you,Ramya...I did wonder about that extra curvature, but decided that it was one of those architect-designed flourishes...and yes, it did occur to me that it would push up the cost considerably...now it makes sense!

But given that it is on the open water...would that extra curve somehow also give more stability? Must google this...

I did, and the curve has ONLY the purpose that you specified!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego-Coronado_Bridge

Wow, talk about wasting money! But what's impressive to me is that "when the loans were paid off, the tolls were stopped"! Ha, I can JUST imagine this happening in India...

Aerial Photography ext_222733 May 14 2010, 03:29:55 UTC

Brilliant work Deepa! Full marks to those photographs..

Ram

Re: Aerial Photography deponti May 14 2010, 12:34:14 UTC

Thank you Ram! For me, photography is not so much about the results (though of course I want good photos!) as the enjoyment I get in the process, and the feeling that I can share my experiences, and what I see, with others.