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Singapore Skyline

Jason Benz — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 14:19:02 +0000

This modern-day Stonehenge is Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. It was billed as the worlds most expensive casino property at $8,000,000,000 in 2009. Ambitious? Certainly, The record-breaking 67-metre overhang and 150-metre infinity pool presented some unique challenges, not least construction during the GFC. Extravagant? Definitely, but ask yourself how green our cities would be if every building had a 3-acre park on it’s roof. I wonder if bees ever fly up the 55 stories to visit it’s 650 plants and 250 trees?

If you find yourself on a long-haul layover in Singapore the airport run free city tours. This evening shot is the result of a pause in a Journey from Australia to the UK. I suggest you take a tripod on the later tour so you can get a night shot with all the lights on. This shot from the 6pm tour needed some Photoshop to add some depth to the colours.

Thanks to Don at “The World is Flat” for helping me get onto Changi airports WiFi.

Esperance Stonehenge

Jason Benz — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 13:04:54 +0000

This is a full size granite replica of Stonehenge in Western Australia. Although it is not as old as the original Stonehenge in the UK, it is complete, and access is better. When we visited the owners let us stay in our van overnight so I could easily photograph it at sunset and sunrise. I experienced an unexpected sense of awe as the sun light filled the stones.

New Stonehenge

Jason Benz — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 02:04:29 +0000

This is the Esperance Stonehenge in Western Australia which is a full size replica of the Old Stonehenge. I am posting this now for no better reason that we watched a TV program tonight on stonehenge and it reminded me I had not got round to posting it yet.

Old Stonehenge

Jason Benz — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:21:32 +0000

This is Stonehenge in the UK which is believed to have been built at the same time as the pyramids in Egypt. We have been packing our van all day and plan to hit the road again tomorrow morning. I have posted this old image as our first port of call will be the worlds only full-size stone replica of Stonehenge. The Esperance Stonehenge may not be 5000 years old but it does have all the missing stones and you can walk among them. There may be no sense of history but it will doubtless look more like the original Stonehenge did when it was first built. Although opinions are varied I am curious about what a brand-new pre historic calendar looks like.

This image has been accepted for Stock Photography at Shutterstock and is available for download here.