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Credit & Copyright: Marco Meniero
Explanation:
What's wrong with this picture?
If you figure it out, you may then realize
where the image was taken.
The oddity lies actually in one of the buildings -- it leans.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa has been an
iconic legend
since shortly after its construction began in the year 1173.
Now part of a
UNESCO
World Heritage Site,
folklore holds that
Galileo
used the leaning tower to dramatically demonstrate the
gravitational principle that objects of different mass
fall the same.
Between the Leaning Tower of Pisa on the right and
Pisa Cathedral and the
Pisa Baptistery
on the left, a full "Thunder" moon was visible last week when the image was taken.
Using modern analyses,
the tower has been successfully
stabilized
and, barring the unexpected,
should hold its present tilt for the next 200 years.
Indonesia:
New APOD Mirror Site in Indonesian
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
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