Coquina Daily

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Washington D.C. in 1814

The Imaging Research Center at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, was approached to make a virtual recreation of the area around Capitol Hill, Washington DC as it was in 1814 for an upcoming PBS style documentary on architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe.  This re-creation proved more challenging than anticipated due to the lack of reliable visual source material. Dan Bailey has worked with architectural historians, cartographers, engineers, and ecologists to assess the often unreliable eye-witness accounts of nineteenth century dreamers, and to recreate a “best guess” glimpse of the early city. A preliminary result of this research was exhibited as part of the Walters Art Museum’s Maps: Finding Our Place in the World. This research is on-going and now encompasses re-creating virtually all of the Washington DC area from 1790 through 1820.
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A satellite view of Mount Everest

It doesn’t look like much from orbit and it is rather difficult to determine exactly where in the frame to look for the summit. My best guess is that it is dead center. Click the image for a very large view.
NASA

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Today's Activities at Coquina Crossing

2:00 Poker Tournament
5:00 BYOB Social
7:00 Clubhouse Bunco

Tomorrow's Activities at Coquina Crossing

7:30 Men s Golf @ Shores
7:45 & 8:45 Aqua Aerobics
9:00 Pickle Ball
10:00 Shuffleboard
11:45 Coquina Classics
1:00 Chorus Practice
4:00 Pickle Ball
7:00 Mah-jongg/Euchre
7:00 Men's/Ladies' Poker

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Click once a day to help feed rescue animals.

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Coquina Daily Sunset

 
Sunset at the Crop Field  by Luis Argerich