Day 6: Downtown Chicago : Lincoln Park zoo, Millennium Park, Willis Tower... |
At the Lincoln Park Zoo |
The group in almost complete shape. Beside the ones who came from Algeria and accompanied the three Cirta-Science9 laureates, there is Smail Beyoud the former Sirius president, and Basma Diab the well known educator and General Secretary of the Jordanian Astronomical Society (JAS) who joined the group (cross-legged). Chamsou and Khaled have gone back to Canada. R.M. has taken the picture. |
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An African lion
A white polar bear
An hippopotamus. And here... don't click.
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Walking through Millennium Park and the Waterfront... |
 The Bean at Millennium Park in downtown Chicago. |
A view of downtown Chicago. At left this strange structure is a theater. |
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Strange vertical view from under the Bean: A very intricate multiple mirror reflection. |
And in the middle of the reflected image, the exact scene below. Can you find the photographer? |
Standing next to the statue of A. Lincoln, whose career is much related to the state of Illinois. |
Walking along the water front. The white tall building next to the bright Sun is Chicago's Trump Tower. Not everything shinning is gold.
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Going to the Top of Willis (Sears) Tower |
To the observation deck (Skydeck) at the top, on the 103rd floor of Willis Tower, the highest tower in Chicago. It has been for 25 years the tallest building in the World. It is now the second-tallest building in the United States and the 16th-tallest in the world. |
A view of the Tower from the street. It is 527 m above street level. |
A forest of Skyscrapers |
A view towards the harbor on Lake Michigan
Farther South down the Lake. |
Sunset from the Tower. |
Chicago and its suburb
Fazlur Rahman Khan from Bengladesh was the structural engineer who designed it along many other High Rise buildings. |
Wild America |
Do you see anything shocking? Click on the picture! Homeless people dwelling under bridges. |
Astrological service. That was right in Carbondale, the city where the eclipse as predicted already two centuries ago at least was observed and whose occurrence was known up to few seconds accuracy. |
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America of glamour and opulence. Here's the Willis Tower. |
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