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Two different kinds of lunette. In fortification, a lunette was originally an outwork of half-moon shape; later it became a redan with short flanks, in trace somewhat resembling a bastion standing by itself without curtains on either side.
The lunettes above lent themselves to radiating motifs: a sunburst of bellflower husks, radiating fluting, a low vase of flowers, etc. Villa La Petraia in lunette form by Giusto Utens. The Flemish painter Giusto Utens rendered a series of Medicean villas in lunette form for the third grand duke of Tuscany, Ferdinando I, in 1599–1602. [1]
The atoll of Tetiʻaroa in French Polynesia. An atoll (/ ˈ æ t. ɒ l,-ɔː l,-oʊ l, ə ˈ t ɒ l,-ˈ t ɔː l,-ˈ t oʊ l /) [1] is a ring-shaped island, including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon. There may be coral islands or cays on the rim. [2] [3] Atolls are located in warm tropical or subtropical parts of the oceans and seas where ...
List of rock formations; Strike ridge – Ridge with a moderate sloping backslope and steeper frontslope; Structural bench – Long, relatively narrow land bounded by distinctly steeper slopes above and below; Structural terrace – A step-like landform; Tepui – Table-top mountain or mesa in the Guiana Highlands of South America
Hikers risk polluting the “clearest lake in the world” with a microscopic alga carried on their boots.
Tripadvisor’s annual compilation of the world’s very best stretches of shoreline, released Tuesday, offers a head start on picking a great beach to visit in 2025.
Gahaafaru Atoll also known as Gaafaru Atoll or Gaafarufalhu is a small atoll at the eastern end of a large elliptical reef that has proved disastrous to many vessels with the wrecks of Aracan (1873), SS Seagull (1879), Clan Alpine (1879), Erlangen (1894), Crusader (1905) and Lady Cristine (1974). 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) long and 8.5 ...
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