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Showing posts with label Really. Show all posts
Friday, 26 December 2014
Thursday, 25 December 2014
Monday, 22 December 2014
Thursday, 18 December 2014
Thursday, 11 December 2014
Cappadocia – Upright volcano of Turkey
These somewhat interesting ‘mushroom’, like landforms are part of the
volcanic landscape of Cappadocia, the ‘Land of Beautiful Horses’.
Cappadocia lies in south eastern central Turkey, some 275 km south-east
of Ankara.
This article should serve as an introduction to what is an exceedingly complex volcanic province and only ‘scratches the surface’ of what is in the locale.
The volcanism in the area and in southern Turkey in general, is associated with the Alpine front orogenic belt with the Afro-Arabian plate moving northwards and being subducted below, the Anatolian sub-plate of the main Euro-Asian plate; the Taurus mountains being the Alpine equivalent. The volcanism, which here began in the Miocene period about 18m years ago and as with most subduction zones, is predominantly of the calc-alkaline type, with arcuate volcanic features. In Cappadocia, the main volcanoes (out of 19 major and many other satellite monogenetic and maar vents) are Erciyes Dag (3916m), Hasan Dag (3253), Melendiz (2963m), Kegiboydoran and Develi; the former 2, being most recent, have had the most obvious effects on the landscape of the area.
This article should serve as an introduction to what is an exceedingly complex volcanic province and only ‘scratches the surface’ of what is in the locale.
The volcanism in the area and in southern Turkey in general, is associated with the Alpine front orogenic belt with the Afro-Arabian plate moving northwards and being subducted below, the Anatolian sub-plate of the main Euro-Asian plate; the Taurus mountains being the Alpine equivalent. The volcanism, which here began in the Miocene period about 18m years ago and as with most subduction zones, is predominantly of the calc-alkaline type, with arcuate volcanic features. In Cappadocia, the main volcanoes (out of 19 major and many other satellite monogenetic and maar vents) are Erciyes Dag (3916m), Hasan Dag (3253), Melendiz (2963m), Kegiboydoran and Develi; the former 2, being most recent, have had the most obvious effects on the landscape of the area.
Monday, 8 December 2014
Friday, 28 November 2014
Sunday, 10 April 2011
Sakirin Mosque Istanbul
Sakirin Mosque Istanbul
First Turkish Mosque Designed by A Woman
The Sakirin Mosque opened in May 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. It’s the first mosque in the country to have an interior designed by a woman, Zeynep Fadillioglu. An interior designer known for jet setting ways, she nonetheless won a commission to redesign the religious structure in Istanbul. She even recruited women to help in the construction. Begun last year, the project was just recently completed. It's a fairly impressive building, subtly blending modern techniques and materials into what might be the world's most conservative design vernacular. It has a gorgeous interior, with a lovely soaring, open feel to it. It’s got lots of gold in the color scheme, but it manages to be tasteful and elegant, instead of looking like Trump Mosque. The unfinished wood accents contrast nicely with the dramatic “dripping chandelier” and the mosque blends modern and contemporary design very well. As with all mosques, men and women worship on separate floors which has sometimes led to cramped space for women. But Fadillioglu has addressed this issue by making the women´s floor equal in both size and beauty.
Friday, 5 November 2010
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