aerial photo – Battle of Bunker Hill June 17,1775

Posted on 06/19/2014 by sdunwell

Bunker Hill aerial view, Charlestown, MAOn June 17, 1775, British troops attacked the fortified hill top against heavy militia resistance. The monument marks the top of Bunker Hill, although most of the fighting was on nearby Breed’s Hill.  This view looking SE towards the Old North Church in Boston.

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Architecture photo of the week: Gardner Museum

Posted on 06/06/2014 by sdunwell

F-00865a-a7bInside the Calderwood Concert hall at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, designed by Renzo Piano.  Benjamin Bellman on violin.  For “Where” magazine.

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Marathon photo of the week

Posted on 04/15/2014 by sdunwell

Boston MarathonOn this anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings, consider this earlier view of the runners at Hereford Street, 2009. This is one of 2 blurred images that will be shown at City Hall next week….taken from a step ladder, so 9 feet up.

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Aerial photo of the week: Boston winter evening lights

Posted on 02/07/2014 by sdunwell

Boston, winter evening, 1500 ft.

Flying after sunset with pilot Matt Shawver, in the Schweizer 300. Altitude 1500 ft; ISO 3200, KS-4 gyro. Blue Hill Helicopters.

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Aerial photo of the week: pond ice

Posted on 01/17/2014 by sdunwell

Ice patterns & snow drifts on a frozen pond, near Manchester, NH.

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Aerial photo of the week: Paris

Posted on 12/10/2013 by sdunwell

Paris evening, from Montparnasse © Steve Dunwell

This evening view, with Boulevard Garibaldi on the left and the Tower and the Champ de Mars in the center, is from the roof of Tour Montparnasse. Flying over paris is forbidden. Almost all buildings in Paris are the same height, so the exceptions – like Notre Dame – really stand out.

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Architecture photo of the week: Biogen

Posted on 11/25/2013 by sdunwell

Biogen © Steve Dunwell

Biogen moves into their new HQ today, at 225 Binney St., Cambridge. Architect is Spagnolo Gisness. The building is much bigger than this side view can show.

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Aerial photo of the week: Beacon Hill

Posted on 11/08/2013 by sdunwell

Beacon Hill aerial. © Steve Dunwell

Beacon Hill and downtown Boston, for Suffolk University. Project director: George Comeau. Pilot: Mike Peavey. Jet Ranger. Elevations: 500 – 1400 ft. Gyro: KS-4.

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Pyramide du Louvre

Posted on 10/27/2013 by sdunwell

Pyramide du Louvre, Paris. © Steve Dunwell

Architect = I. M. Pei, 1983-1988. (Right+left panorama, 24mm TS lens)

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Aerial photo of the week: Cranberry harvest

Posted on 10/02/2013 by sdunwell

AFAR magazine, a new & exciting travel mag, shows my cranberry harvest aerial on the back page. Turns out you can go there, put on waders, and jump into the pond. Grab a rake! This same photo on USPS stamp “Earthscapes.”  Enstrom helicopter.

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