Victory!

Don't be fooled by the picture, the crater, known as "Victoria Crater" is approximately 750 meters wide (about 7 football fields) and 70 meters (the height of a 20 stories building) deep.

my Chronicles from the Sprawl (17/n) - Korean War Memorial

Photo: Korean_War_Veterans_Memorial. Please not the false reflections drawn in the background wall.

Between the "Washington Monument" and the Potomac river we can see a lot of memorials.

Probably the least know but, in my opinion, one of the nicest is the "Korean War Memorial".

Satellite Photo:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=38.89955,-77.05548&ie=UTF8&t=k&om=1&z=19&ll=38.887822,-77.047819&spn=0.001031,0.003369&iwloc=A

More links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Memorial

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt_Memorial

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_memorial

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_Memorial

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_Memorial

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_World_War_Memorial

my Chronicles from the Sprawl (16/n) - Watergate I & II

The Watergate Complex is linked to at least two very known presidential scandals.





Photo 1: The "Watergate Hotel" (Watergate complex).

Photo 2: 700 New Hampshire (Watergate complex). In the background, the "Kennedy Center for Performing Arts".

Satellite Photos:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=38.89955,-77.05548&ie=UTF8&z=19&ll=38.89955,-77.05548&spn=0.001031,0.003369&t=k&om=0

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=38.893972,-77.036605&ie=UTF8&t=k&om=0&z=19&ll=38.898097,-77.054753&spn=0.001031,0.003369&iwloc=A

Link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_Lewinsky

my Chronicles from the Sprawl (15/n) - Washington DC in Science Fiction III

Planet of the Apes (2001)







Photo 1: Lincoln Memorial

Photos 2 e 3: Frames of the 2001 film, "Planet of the Apes"

Satellite Photo:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=38.889367,-77.050091&ie=UTF8&t=k&om=0&z=17&ll=38.889367,-77.050091&spn=0.004125,0.013475

More links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_memorial

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_of_the_apes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_of_the_Apes_%281968_film%29

my Chronicles from the Sprawl (14/n) - Washington DC in Science Fiction II

Logan's Run (1976)





Photo 1: Reflecting Pool (and, on the background, the Washington Monument and - far away - the Capitol dome).

Photo 2: A frame of the 1976 film "Logan's Run".

Satellite Photo:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=38.893972,-77.036605&ie=UTF8&t=k&om=0&z=19&ll=38.889338,-77.045075&spn=0.001031,0.003369&iwloc=A

More links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Monument

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Capitol

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logans_run

my Chronicles from the Sprawl (13/n) - Washington DC in Science Fiction I

Film: The Day The Earth Stood Still (aka Klaatu barada nikto)





Photo 1: The Ellipse as seen from the top of the Washington Monument (the White House is near the center of the picture).

Photo 2: The Ellipse in a frame from the film.

Satellite Photo:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=38.893972,-77.036605&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=38.893972,-77.036605&spn=0.004125,0.013475&t=k&om=0

my Chronicles from the Sprawl (12/n) - Smithsonian IV

National Air & Space Museum (Washington, DC)





Apollo 11 Command Module

Satellite Photo:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=38.88831,-77.019863&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=38.88831,-77.019868&spn=0.00415,0.013475&t=k&om=0

another link:

http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/gal100/apollo11.html

my Chronicles from the Sprawl (11/n) - Smithsonian III

National Air & Space Museum (Washington, DC)





Photo 1: "Sputnik I" and "Pioneer 10" (replicas)

Photo 2: "Sputnik I" and "Voyager10 " (replicas). Also seen "The Spirit of St. Louis" on background and a "X15" in foreground right (originals).

Satellite Photo:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=38.88831,-77.019863&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=38.88831,-77.019868&spn=0.00415,0.013475&t=k&om=0

more links:

http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/gal100/sputnik.html

http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/gal100/pioneer.html

http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/gal100/stlouis.html

http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/gal100/X-15.html

my Chronicles from the Sprawl (10/n) - Smithsonian II

National Museum of Natural History (Washington, DC)





Photo 1: Dinosaurs

Photo 2: Washington Smithsonian Museums - as seen from the top of the Monument.

Satellite Photo:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=38.891171,-77.025871&ie=UTF8&t=k&om=0&z=17&ll=38.891175,-77.025876&spn=0.00415,0.013475

my Chronicles from the Sprawl (9/n) - Smithsonian I

National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)





Photo1: Mind Power? No, just the flash reflexion.

Photo2: Classic Antiquity.

Satellite Photo:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=38.891446,-77.019997&ie=UTF8&z=16&ll=38.891446,-77.019997&spn=0.008301,0.026951&t=k&om=0

More Links:

http://www.si.edu/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_antiquity

my Chronicles from the Sprawl (8/n) - Nine Eleven

Ground zero through a protective wire mesh laid in place, probably, by the reconstruction workers.

(advanced topic for signal processing: lookout for Nyquist's - De Moivre's - patterns at different magnifications).

Satellite photo:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=40+42+41.32+N+74+00+43.92+W&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=40.711478,-74.0122&spn=0.004042,0.013475&t=k&om=1

my Chronicles from the Sprawl (7/n) - Imagine

Photo 1: Strawberry Fields Memorial

Photo 2: Dakota Building (entrance)

Imagine
John Lennon

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

Satellite photos:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=40.77573,-73.97526&ie=UTF8&t=k&om=1&z=17&ll=40.775732,-73.97526&spn=0.004038,0.013475

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=40.77637,-73.97665&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=40.776374,-73.976655&spn=0.004038,0.013475&t=k&om=1

also of interest:

http://www.centralparknyc.org/virtualpark/southend/strawberryfields


[ In July to October, 2006, I plan a series of posts celebrating the 20th anniversary of the William Gibson "Sprawl Trilogy". This is one of such posts. To find the other posts just search for the link near the upper right corner of any page of this blog. Click HERE for more details ]