There it was.The first glimpse of the towering structure.The most televised statue from the United States.The most powerful gift that the US had ever received possibly from the world - the Statue of Liberty was a gift by the French government to the US.Auguste Bartholdi was the architect of this wonder.
I just gave the camera to Vali and told him to click as many snaps of the Statue from as many angle as he could, even as the ferry was approaching the Statue.In a way it was good, as the ferry went right around the Statue before laying anchor,so our snaps captured every describable angle of focus on the famous Statue.We were to later discover the wisdom of our judgement in clicking snaps from different angles,when we put the pictures onto the laptop!
Anyway,the ferry stand at the Statue of Liberty was choc-a-bloc.It was a weekend ofcourse,and my first reaction was,people sure are travelling these days.And the massive crowd also told me how much of an attraction some of these world monuments have become.
Scouted around the island on which the Statue was erected,took a few snaps there as well.Slowly and steadily,trudged along the aisles on the edge of the island towards the Statue.Discovered that the Statue of Liberty is actually made of copper and due to oxidation and pallination(some scientific stuff,I don't have a clue what they are!),the Statue appears green.Learnt that this is the case with most buildings which have copper platings on their roofs or any part of their buildings on the outside.
The first glimpse of the Statue of Liberty didn't make my jaw dropped. Possibly because,the charm and novelty of the first glimpse of the Statue was...
to be continued....got to rush now.
I just gave the camera to Vali and told him to click as many snaps of the Statue from as many angle as he could, even as the ferry was approaching the Statue.In a way it was good, as the ferry went right around the Statue before laying anchor,so our snaps captured every describable angle of focus on the famous Statue.We were to later discover the wisdom of our judgement in clicking snaps from different angles,when we put the pictures onto the laptop!
Anyway,the ferry stand at the Statue of Liberty was choc-a-bloc.It was a weekend ofcourse,and my first reaction was,people sure are travelling these days.And the massive crowd also told me how much of an attraction some of these world monuments have become.
Scouted around the island on which the Statue was erected,took a few snaps there as well.Slowly and steadily,trudged along the aisles on the edge of the island towards the Statue.Discovered that the Statue of Liberty is actually made of copper and due to oxidation and pallination(some scientific stuff,I don't have a clue what they are!),the Statue appears green.Learnt that this is the case with most buildings which have copper platings on their roofs or any part of their buildings on the outside.
The first glimpse of the Statue of Liberty didn't make my jaw dropped. Possibly because,the charm and novelty of the first glimpse of the Statue was...
to be continued....got to rush now.
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