Saturday, March 22, 2008

Curves

18. On the way to Coorg

Yuvraj


17.  12

Friday, March 21, 2008

Standing tall

16.  @ Golden palm resort, Bangalore

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

All alone !

15. All alone !

Marina beach, Chennai

Silver

14. Kanyakumari
 
This picture of Kanyamari Sea at noon has been clicked with sun-glasses kept in front of the lens.

Monday, March 17, 2008

Orange against blue

13. Another angle
 

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Sky

12. View from inside the plane

Tokyo tower

11. Tokyo from Tokyo tower

Standing tall at 333m, this tower is one of the most popular tourist attraction in Tokyo.

Some interesting facts about the tower


333m
Height of the Tower. Since its opening in 1958, the Tokyo Tower has been the world's tallest self-supporting steel tower. The Eiffel Tower in Paris is 320 m high.

4,000t

The Tokyo Tower weighs about 4,000 tons. It is much lighter than the Eiffel Tower, which weighs 7,000 tons, a result of remarkable advances in steel manufacturing and construction technology.

140 drums

Paint used for the Tower was 28,000 liters, equal to 140 drums. The Tower is painted orange and white according to the Civil Aeronautic Law.

24 broadcast waves

This is the number of broadcast waves that Tokyo Tower is transmitting. Among them, 14 are analog waves and 10 are digital waves, which show that most broadcast stations in Tokyo are transmitting their waves from the Tower.

176 lights

One hundred and seventy-six floodlights installed in various parts light up the Tower. The Tower is illuminated with an orange light in winter and white incandescent light in summer, delighting visitors and passers-by.