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'A Shopping Haven', United States, Minnesota, Minneapolis, Mall of America
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Below is an excerpt from my travel blog. Cheers from cold Minnesota!
I left New York City and headed to Midwest for a couple of weeks to see my family. I always head over to Minneapolis to pick up my sister for the holidays and catch up with a few friends in the Twin Cities. The difference in weather from the coastal areas of the United States compared to the Midwestern interior is quite drastic. It was 64 degrees in New York city when I left and the temperature in northern Wisconsin last night was 26 degrees. It's amazing how the ocean keeps the coastal areas of the world warmer during the cold season.
Above is the amusement park in the middle of the Mall of America. This enormous shopping complex is the pride of the Twin Cities. Located on the southern side of Minneapolis, this shopping center has a gross area of 4,200,000 square feet, which could fit seven New York Yankee stadiums in the mall. The mall employs over 12,000 people and draws 40,000,000 visitors annually. It's interesting to note that there is no clothing tax in the state of Minnesota. Perfect for the largest mall in the United States.
Walking through this mall is daunting. On an architecture level the scale is overwhelming. This, coupled with the amount of people running through the 4 levels of shops can test ones ability to deal with large groups of people. I always have the strangest feeling whenever I enter this complex. People everywhere, running around from shop to shop with bags of clothing trying to keep up on the latest fashion trends and swiping their credit card to purchase newly store-displayed electronics. In my mind, the Mall of America epitomizes America's culture of consumerism and inexcess. Never-the-less, the Mall is certainly a sight to behold.
'A Desert Haze', Egypt, Cairo, Sunset
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Egypt is known for its many sites and images. Antiquities, the desert and even the intense heat and sun are all matters that come to mind when someone mentions Egypt. However, I found one of the most impressive images that Egypt has to offer are the bright and intense sunset colors the country experiences every evening. What makes the sunsets here any different than the rest of the world? A sunset's colors are caused by the scattering of sunlight by dust particles in the atmosphere. The intensity relies on the amount of 'solids' in the air. For instance, some of the most brilliant sunsets the world has experienced have been caused by volcanic erruptions. The recent volcano explosion in Iceland sent ash all over the world. Places as far off as Italy and the east coast of the United States witnessed some very unusual sunsets. Egypt, being in the desert, has more solid particles in the air at any given time than most places in the world. The city of Cairo is completely surrounded by the dry sand of the Sahara Desert. Egypt's winds are unable to lift the heavier sand particles from the desert but they are able to lift up the silt from the top layer of the desert and displace it. As a result there is a constant silt content in Egypt's air. It's nothing that bothers your lungs or eyes but what it does create is some of the most intense and enchanting sunset colors I have yet experienced in my travels.
This particular shot was taken on a bridge over the mighty Nile River.
'Lobster Village,' United States, Maine, Deer Isle, Stonington
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Stonington, Maine is a magical place. When I was younger, my family would take trips in the summertime to see our friends at their place in this small lobster village just south of Acadia National Park. The fog, clouding this shot, is typical of Maine's coast. You can see the tide change from the height of the building above the cove. 12 hours from now this cove will fill with water and look completely different.
Most people head to Bar Harbor in Acadia National Park to experience Maine's coast, but Stonington is actually Maine's coast at it's best. Off the beaten path, this city is relatively unknown to tourists and I hope it stays that way. The rustic feeling of this town is real - Cape cod styled houses perched on the hillside, overlooking the lobster boats that rise and fall with New England's tide. You won't find a fresher catch of Lobster in any other place in the world as you will in the sleepy, little town of Stonington, Maine.
