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Aphrodite

Aphrodite's Wheel

Cyprus is a wonderful place. Over the centuries it has been occupied by just about every bellicose nation searching to annexe its territory. But in spite of tha...
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Cyprus is a wonderful place. Over the centuries it has been occupied by just about every bellicose nation searching to annexe its territory. But in spite of that, it has remained very much the cradle of civilisation. It's quite humbling to think that this grind wheel was crushing grain around the time of Jesus. Now I've made a picture of it using a high-tech, 21st-century infra-red camera.
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Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL

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Aperture f/8 ISO 100 Shutter 1/60 Focal Length 18/1

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Aug, 2015

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