28th March 2009: Big Ben

The thing I like about this picture is that I have uploaded it at full resolution. I reduced the quality a bit otherwise it would have bene 20Mb in size but evan at 1.5Mb in size you can zoom in incredibly close and read the latin words around the clock face.

When I zoomed in on the photo I was amazed at the detail in the clock and the stone work on the clock tower. A simply stunning piece of architecture and Big Ben is the world's largest four-faced, chiming clock and the third largest free-standing clock tower in the world.

The tower was raised as a part of Charles Barry's design for a new palace, after the old Palace of Westminster was destroyed by fire on the night of 22 October 1834.

28th March 2009: Big Ben

The thing I like about this picture is that I have uploaded it at full resolution. I reduced the quality a bit otherwise it would have bene 20Mb in size but evan at 1.5Mb in size you can zoom in incredibly close and read the latin words around the clock face.

When I zoomed in on the photo I was amazed at the detail in the clock and the stone work on the clock tower. A simply stunning piece of architecture and Big Ben is the world's largest four-faced, chiming clock and the third largest free-standing clock tower in the world.

The tower was raised as a part of Charles Barry's design for a new palace, after the old Palace of Westminster was destroyed by fire on the night of 22 October 1834.