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I saw this at the De Young Museum a couple of months ago:

"The Spine and Tooth of Santo Guerro"

Al Farrow
2007
Guns, bullets, shot, steel, glass, tooth, bone, and 15th-century fabric

Towers made of muzzles:

Flying buttresses made of guns:

And finally, there's a portal where the stained glass window would be, through which you can see the altar:

I like taking pictures with dramatic lighting. I guess the technical term is chiaroscuro? Here are a couple I took by a fire:

Nothing too crazy, just a small slice of street scenes in Bangalore, shot from inside a car.

In a previous post, I talked about how I was drenched by a sudden torrential downpour in Bangalore. Well, here's some video evidence!

The second half of the video is from my balcony. Toward the end, note the lightning and the several seconds before distant thunder.

Near Jaipur on the road to Agra is a small town called Abhaneri which has a giant "step well" called Chand Baori. It was used to collect rain water, but oddly it was also a temple and then a palace!

Click for a zoomed-in version

Here's a view from another angle:

Again, click to see a zoomed-in version.

I love the patterns of light and dark that the steps make based on the angle of the sun!