So there I was, gazing in Giza at the 3,500 (or so) year-old pyramids- the sole remnants of the original "Seven Wonders of the Ancient World," and I hear the quiet morning Sahara Desert air being chopped to pieces. Sigh.
Scanned from a slide.
Thanks Todd, Eric and Lazlo.
Although I despise the noise they make, helicopters are good for rescue work, medical transfers, and keeping the U.S. president from having to fight Washington D.C. traffic during the rush hour. So, I was cursing these Egyptian military choppers- but I was smart enough to take a few pictures because of the irony of them flying past the pyramids. As Lazlo mentions- the right place at the right time.
Charlie
It still takes a great eye to see a gift moment like this, and to compose it properly. Stellar, Charlie...stellar!
This is the first time I've noticed writing on the stones in these shots. I fear graffiti. Is that it?
-Tim
Tim,
Not speaking for Charlie, but yeah, it's graffiti. It's a worldwide plague spread by Hollywood movies and TV. I've seen it everywhere I've been which is a fair stretch of the globe
Thanks Tim,
Rez is right. It's graffiti- which I'm spelling the same as both of you because I never can remember how to spell the damn word (double F, double T, or single T and F, or one T and 2 Fs, or....?
Aside from the disgusting nature of graffiti on the pyramids in general, much of it looks like it was done by foreign visitors (the use of the Latin alphabet). THAT really scalds my butt!
Charlie
Charlie Shugart wrote:
Thanks Tim,
Rez is right. It's graffiti- which I'm spelling the same as both of you because I never can remember how to spell the damn word (double F, double T, or single T and F, or one T and 2 Fs, or....?
Charlie I had to do a Google spell-check on graffiti before I commented!
I had to do a Google spell-check on graffiti before I commented!