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Happy Birthday Miss Liberty

© Dick Jenkins

<b>Happy Birthday Miss Liberty</b>

Uploaded: November 29, 2011

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The Statue of Liberty is 125 years old as of October 28th, 2011. She is currently in the midst of a restoration effort. The exterior copper covering of the Statue of Liberty is 3/32 of an inch thick (less than the thickness of two pennies) and the light green color (called a patina) is the result of natural weathering of the copper. She is indeed an impressive sight and one that most certainly overwhelmed my father and my wife's parents upon their arrival to America.

Contest entry: Travel & Place

Exif: F Number: 7.1, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/640 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 200, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 80.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 50D

Comments

Michelle Alton November 29, 2011

A most OUTSTANDING capture, Dick. #1426574

Dick Jenkins November 29, 2011

Thank you Michelle. When my wife Sandy's father came here from Ireland Miss Liberty was but 8 years old. Did you know that the French Sculptor and designer of Miss Liberty, Frederic Bartholdi intended it as a monument to the freedom he found lacking in his own country. He said "I will try to glorify the Republic and Liberty over there, in the hope that someday I will find it again here." Of course he said that in French and I didn't know what he said until I was in high school. :0) #9837391

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