The internationally – and often controversial - acclaimed artist Christo has unveiled the “largest indoor sculpture ever made”. Prepared to debut in a public exhibition starting March 16, the inflated “Big Air Package” has been designed to occupy a 117-meter-tall former gas tank known as Gasometer Oberhausen in Germany. The 90-meter-high, 50-meter-wide sculpture is made from 20,350 square meters of semitransparent polyester fabric and 4,500 meters of rope, with a total weight of 5.3 tons and a volume of 177,000 cubic meters.
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In Focus: The Strange Beauty of Salt Mines
Salt, an essential element for all animal life, is abundant here on Earth, but it still requires extraction from stone deposits or salty waters. The process of mining that salt can produce beautiful landscapes, including deep, stable caverns, multicolored pools of water, and geometric carvings. Some of these locations have even become tourist destinations, serving as concert halls, museums, and health spas touting the benefits of halotherapy. Collected here are images of salt mines across the world, above and below ground.
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"今日も江戸関係の本を読んでたんですが、外国の宣教師が他の国で布教をするとき、酒、タバコ、武器、医療などで民衆の気を引いたのですが、日本人にはそれらが通用せず、1番つられたのがカステラだったという話にぶはってなった。"
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Morger & Degalo and Christian Kerez - Liechtenstein Museum, Vaduz 2000. Prev, 2.
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"一人旅はコンテンツ自体を楽しむもの
二人以上の旅はコンテンツを通して人との関わりを楽しむもの
全く別物だと考えるべき"
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食事もそうなるか
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