26 January 2009

A Ride on the Big Wheel - Baywatch


We're way up in the Big Wheel and this time looking in the opposite direction to yesterday's photograph. About three quarters of the way along this sweep of bay, Menton becomes Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. Cap Martin is the cape jutting out to sea at the end of the bay. Monaco is beyond.

I'm so used to photographing from ground level, that to me this bay looks so different. And of course more Matchstick Men and Women (see yesterday's post for the YouTube video).

19 comments:

  1. belle photo de plage, cela fait rever, surtout avec le temps ici

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  2. Your Lowry take yesterday was surreal a find in the middle of Menton. The sweep of bay from this angle is gorgeou and highlights the wonderful blues of the area.. Is it Venitmiglia you can see from yesterday's image when you mention Italy.

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  3. I was surprised to see so many people on the beach in the middle of winter. They all look rugged up for the cold though.

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  4. Ice skating on one side, on the beach on the other. I pick the beach.

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  5. Babooshka, yes you can see Ventimiglia in yesterday's shot.

    J Bar, these photos were taking on January 4 - we had sunshine at the time but still a chill in the air, hence everyone wrapped up warmly. Today - rain. Snow forecast at 400 metres...

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  6. This is a beautiful view!

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  7. Happy Australia Day to you dear Jilly.

    I'm enjoying this Big Wheel ride tremendously. What a beautiful day - I trust you're not getting that today and that you're under the rain just like us, but it feels good to dream of blue seas and skies. You can see that people aren't really sunbathing though (lots of clothes on!)

    Ice skating by the sea seems such an extraordinary activity to me - just like skiing in Dubai in a way - but I guess as the world goes by we'll see more and more of these oddities! To tell the truth I wouldn't mind trying it though!!!

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  8. Nathalie - yes, rain rain rain and snow promised this afternoon at 400 metres, which is Gorbio, although I'm lower than the village.

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  9. What a beautiful view!!!! You live in an equisite (spell?) part of the world. :)

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  10. Beautiful view! The Philippines is an archipelago so I find it amazing that you can actually see other countries from your ferris wheel!
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  11. What a great shot of the view and bay. It is surprising how different things can look at different levels.

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  12. You can almost see forever from this big wheel. Nice shot.

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  13. Views do bring surprises, starkness here lookin good. And can I assume you are an ex-pat! and yesterday was a good time with concert and fireworks beside Lake Macquarie. thanks for your interest

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  14. Oh, Jilly, we were just driving the Southern California coast yesterday and coming upon scenes like this in Laguna and and points south, minus the glamour and hotels of course, but these coastal scenes in winter are SO inviting.

    Happy Australia Day and Happy Lunar New Year to you! I can't wait to see what the big wheel will bring round for us to see tomorrow. Really lovely!
    -Kim
    Seattle Daily Photo

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  15. Such a pristine view...water, sand, sky, buildings...love it.

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  16. Such a warming image...
    I cannot wait to see blue again!

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  17. Such a beautiful view!! It looks like the beach of way-back-when-there-were-not-so-many-people!

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