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Shwedagon Pagoda at night

Yangon (formerly Rangoon), Myanmar. The pagoda is spectacular at 2,600 years of age and dressed in ten tons of gold plate and topped by diamonds totalling 2,00...
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Yangon (formerly Rangoon), Myanmar. The pagoda is spectacular at 2,600 years of age and dressed in ten tons of gold plate and topped by diamonds totalling 2,000 carats. It is the most important landmark in Myanmar and the Buddhist world.
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Aug, 2016

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Very nicely framed shot Larry with the right exposure!!

Thanks, Daisy: My camera and I are weak in night photography but in this case the lighting, reflection of the gold, and dark sky combined to make a memorable image. Thanks for comment, Daisy! :)

That is so beautiful ,marvellous Pagoda, what a masterpiece Larry.

Shwedagon Pagoda is a show stopper, not many things are 2,600 years old and in such good condition. It is a 14-acre platform with the base on marble and many, many other pagodas around it. When I lived in Yangon, I was in a 10th floor apartment that looked upon Shwedagon, the view at night was magnificent. Thanks for comment, Amanda! :)

Spectacular Pagoda. You nailed this.

Thanks for comment, Chuck. Shwedagon is one of the oldest and most impressive Buddhist structures in the world. It is a pilgrimage site with thousands of visitors a day. I love it! :)