#great bell

[brownie-pics]

‘21.7.11 若草山、東大寺鐘楼、二月堂裏参道付近にて

先だっての蔓延防止期間中、駐車場が閉鎖されていた若草山へ久しぶりに出向きました。曇りの明け方だったこともあり、特に何事もなく下山。その後はいつものように公園内を散策。そのうち晴れてきて、猫さんと子鹿ちゃんにも出会うことができました。

[animated-pictures]

[supersciencegeek]

There's a rhythm

There's a rising

There's a dream of green that needs to wake

A password

And a promise

That the Earth will never ever break

It's coming

Feel it humming

In the heart we share with rock and sky

So raise your voices high

[dummy-kanji]

Chion-in Temple Kyoto 1930s por Blue Ruin 1 Por Flickr: Two Maiko girls and a Geisha standing underneath the Great Bell at the Chion-in Temple in Kyoto.

[materialsworld]

Big Ben falls silent

The Great Bell of the Palace of Westminster’s Elizabeth Tower, better known as Big Ben, will sound for one last time on midday Monday 21 August before beginning a five-year silence as essential repair work take place.

However, Big Ben will sound for significant landmarks including New Year’s Eve and Remembrance Sunday.

The Great Bell has sounded on the hour for 157 years, although has underwent several stoppages including in 2007 and between 1983-85 for repairs. It weighs 13.7 tonnes and sits within the 96m-tall Elizabeth Tower.

The clock face of what is believed to be the UK’s most photographed building will also be covered at times during the repair, but when not the hands will be powered by an electric motor and continue to tell the time.

Chime enthusiasts will be pleased to know that Radio 4, which broadcasts the chimes lives, has decided not to opt for a replacement and will broadcast a recording instead.

[millyb]

Big Ben, London, England.

plus some fun editing ^u^ 

[mortisia]

Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, and often extended to refer to the clock and the clock tower. The tower was completed in 1858 and had its 150th anniversary on 31 May 2009. Fox Photos via Getty Images.

[historygreatest]

Big Ben

Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London, and often extended to refer to the clock and the clock tower. Technically, Big Ben is the name given to the massive bell inside the clock tower, which weighs more than 13 tons (13,760 kg).  

  The tower holds the largest four-faced chiming clock in the world and is the third-tallest…

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