Hole in the Clouds

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Tag: Bosphorus

Astride from Land to Land

Nov 17, 2014

The dome and minarets of Istanbul's Ottoman-era Ortakoy Mosque flank the bridge towers at the European end of Turkey's Bosphorus Bridge; to the right is the superstructure of a ship passing through the strait.

landscape   Turkey   waterscape   bridge   ship   towers   Istanbul   Bosphorus   mosque   (Image credit: K. Maldre)  

Tidying the Strait

Mar 21, 2018

The two small boats in the foreground of this picture harvest floating trash from the water of the Bosphorus in Istanbul. Local birds seem impressed with the delicacies the boats rake or scoop or claw up out of the shipping lane.

Turkey   Istanbul   ships   Bosphorus   shipping   trash-harvesting vessels   (Image credit: K. Maldre)