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The giant Ferris wheel


The giant Ferris wheel
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Copyright: kris verswe (verswe) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 59 W: 0 N: 739] (3799)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-03
Categories: Daily Life, Decisive Moment
Exposure: f/2, 1/30 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-04-04 3:45
Viewed: 1065
Points: 0
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Famous from an old Orson Welles movie, The Third Man, the Vienna Big Wheel (Riesenrad)is one of the famous landmarks in Vienna.
Originally opened at the Golden Jubilee of Emperor Franz Josef more than 100 years ago (the Same Guy that Glacier in NZ is named for...), The big wheel has thirty carriages, is 65 meters tall and weights about 430 tons.
Located in Prater, a fairground in Vienna.


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