Scenery: Ruins

Challenge #2 in the Nature and Culture series. Hosted by AndrePooh.

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Ruins are the remains of human-made architecture: structures that were once complete, as time went by, have fallen into a state of partial or complete disrepair (wiki), Show us the most beautiful ruins Explain in the description part or with the title what we see.

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Announced:

Saturday, 8th October, 2011 (GMT)

Submissions:

Saturday, 15th October, 2011 – Friday, 21st October, 2011 (GMT)

Voting:

Saturday, 22nd October, 2011 – Friday, 28th October, 2011 (GMT)

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King Jayavarman VII

by Hedgehoger

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His face appears in numerous places in the ruins of the Angkor Thom complex in Cambodia.

Camera:	Konica Minolta DiMAGE A2
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Submitted:	Saturday, 15th October, 2011 13:47 (GMT)
Taken:	Saturday, 20th January, 2007
Focal length:	50.8 mm
Shutter speed:	1/200 sec
Aperture:	F3.5
ISO:	80
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Galleries:	View this photo in Hedgehoger's gallery

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