May 16, 2010

62. Charles

Somewhere back in Czech history there was a King named Charles.  He did a lot of great things for the city of Prague, including building a bridge on July 9, 1357 at 5:31 in the morning (well that's when they started it anyway).  This day and time was chosen because 135797531 is one of those palindrome things (like Hannah, kayak and race car), and the scientists and astrologers that were advising King Charles thought that this would make the bridge last forever.  Well, it is 2010, so I'd say they did a good job.  Besides the tower he built a humongous castle and a beautiful cathedral  Here are a few pictures from inside.











In the night pictures, the castle is up on the left, and the bridge is on the right.  I was pretty stoked about those shots considering I didn't have a tripod.  

Below is more experimentation with shutter speed, etc.

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