Commons:Photo challenge/2025 - July - Waterside structures

2025 – July – Waterside structures

The new challenge features Waterside structures.

Ideally, each submission should contain a summary description of the subject in the file information, including the location of the subject, and relevant categories should be added to the files to enable other Commons users to find them and use them. Please take care not to violate copyright in respect of non-free creative works, and observe our educational project scope and the personality rights of identifiable people, or your files may be subject to deletion.

The challenge will remain open for submissions throughout July UTC.

Checklist for this theme:

• Photographs must be the work of the nominator.
• Photographs must be newly uploaded to Commons during the challenge submission period i.e. July 2025 UTC (but may have been taken earlier).
• Submissions must be added to the top of the "Entries" section below.
• Please do not nominate lots of similar photos; instead choose just your best and most varied images.

Add your entry between the <gallery> tags as indicated. Gallery entries are placed each on a new line, and consist of the filename, a vertical bar |, and a description. For example:

Electric steam iron.jpg|An electric steam iron

For help on the syntax of entries in a gallery see Help:Gallery tag. Please do not add square brackets [[ ]] or include a thumb parameter or the full URL. The File: prefix is not required, but harmless.

• Restriction: A maximum of four entries can be submitted per photographer.

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  Ko Panyi. the aerial view is more impressive but commons doesnt have one.
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  Santa Cruz del Islote, might be the densest island on earth.

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  The lighthouse at Cape Noshappu, Wakkanai, Japan
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  The moat wall at old Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas NP, Florida
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  Seine River and Notre-Dame de Paris
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  Sankt Gorshausen, seen from Sankt Goar, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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  Barnaulskaya–Rubtsovskaya power line near Lyapikha Lake in Gon’ba, Barnaul.
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  Barnaulskaya–Rubtsovskaya power line towers in Kislukhinsky Nature Reserve, as seen from across Ob River, from Gon’ba, Barnaul.
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  Lamp facing the sea at the Miramare Castle near Trieste
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  View from the promenade on the Lungolargo in Locarno on a rainy day
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  Many People are waiting on the Blackfriars bridge for the New Year's Eve fireworks
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  Mini harbour on Lago Maggiore
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  Allotment cottages by Kislukha River in Pervomaysky District, Altai Krai
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  View of Chateau de Chenonceau from the banks of the Cher River.
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  The Old Nahe Bridge in Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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  Passerelle Jim-Morrison, Paris (1825).
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  Wilson bridge
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  Key bridge
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  Potomac boat club
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  Fuel pump at marina
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  Woodrow Wilson bridge
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  Église de Champaubert, lac du Der, France
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  A torii of Mekari Shrine in Kitakyushu City, Japan
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  The Rainbow and The Zezelj Bridge over the Danube, Novi Sad, Serbia
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  Tranquil charm of Dean Village - where Edinburgh’s history meets the gentle flow of the Water of Leith
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  A place to sit by the pond; Prawiedniki k/Lublin, Poland
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  A footbridge spanning the banks of the Nędznica River; Krężnica Jara, Poland
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  Walking pier; Zemborzycki Reservoir Lublin, Poland
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  Port quay; Ustka, Baltic Sea
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  Moken Village, South Surin Island, Thailand.
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  Combinatie van een wind korenmolen en een watergedreven oliemolen uniek in Europa
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  Remote sunset view of Toronto.
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  Blue hour at the City Pond, Yekaterinburg.
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  Golden hour at the Tower Bridge.
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  Voyage Beyond the Reef
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  Solitary Rock in the Sea
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  View at night from Tabaiba Alta in El Rosario, Tenerife, Spain, to Candelaria with costal buildings
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  Salt flats in Ecuador
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  Kampen, view over the IJssel on Kampen south. (Spoorkade).
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  Old boat sheds at Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, Victoria
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  A storm approaches the ruins of the Point Nepean Quarantine Station jetty.
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  Truck and people at the Werribee River boat ramp trying to rescue a van
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  Private pier in Kobona village, Leningrad Oblast, Russia
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  Western High-Speed Diameter over Kanonerskiy island, Saint Petersburg
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  Morgendämmerung am Hafen von A Coruña
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  Schwerter im Fjord bei Stavanger
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  Blick auf den Nordfjord und Loen
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  Gardasee Ufer bei Riva del Garda
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  The Ferris wheel at the covered pier in Scheveningen, Netherlands.
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  Uferbefestigung bei Torbole am nördlichen Ufer des Gardasees.
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  Die „Molhe da Meia Laranja“ an der portugiesischen Costa Nova in der Nähe von Aveiro ist ein guter Angelplatz.]]
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  Blick von der 580 Meter hohen Steilklippe „Cabo Girao“ auf die am Ufer liegenden Terrassenfelder in der Nähe der Ortschaft Câmara de Lobos auf Madeira.
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  Kreidefelsen bei den „Wissower Klinken“ in der Nähe von Sassnitz auf der deutschen Insel Rügen.
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  Old industrial building next to a weir on the River Aire, near Saltaire, UK
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  Calgary Skyline from Prince's Island Park
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  Canal-side warehouse in Shipley, West Yorkshire
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  World War 2 bunker (with modern graffiti) in Utrecht Polder
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  Muiden, Muiderslot, Gatehouse.
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  View on the lighthouse of Skarð (Skarðsviti), Iceland.
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  Swimming pools of Ribeira Grande, São Miguel, Azores
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  Écluse de Sempigny
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  Geisenheim am Rhein
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  Blick von der Meerseite auf Plymouth Hoe. Auf dem Hügel befinden sich der Leuchtturm Smeaton’s Tower, das Naval Memorial und das Armada Memorial. Am Ufer des Plymouth Sound liegt das Seebad Tinside Lido.
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  Hindeloopen. Rijks Pijlschaal building on the IJsselmeer.
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  Quai Fulchiron in Lyon, France
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  Quai Tilsitt in Lyon, France
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  Saône river in Lyon, France
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  San Paolo Dock, Ferrara, Italy
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  empty wash house in Modène (Vaucluse)
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  Trier, the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Brücke over the Moselle.
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  The Doge's Palace and the National Library of St. Mark's form the waterfront at the entrance to St. Mark's Square, Venice
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  The new Oslobukta district in Bispevika, Oslo, seen from the top floor of the Munch Museum
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  Hamburgs "Elbphilharmonie" seen from the water level of river Elbe. The concert hall that was build on top of Kaispeicher A, an old warehouse storage
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  Looking at Wandrahmfleet and Wasserschlöschen in Hamburgs old warehouse district "Speicherstadt" at twilight.
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  Kornwerderzand. Afsluitdijk Wadden Center Experience center De Nieuwe Afsluitdijk.
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  "Slow No Wake" sign visible on the Spuyten Duyvil railroad swing bridge from an overlook in Inwood Hill Park
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  Rawa River in Katowice
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  Right bank of the Dnieper. Embankment from the river station to the Park Bridge. Kyiv. 2024
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  View from the river station on the Dnieper and Park Bridge. Kyiv. 2024
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  De Adriaan Windmill in Haarlem, Netherlands
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  Notre dame cathedral on the banks of the river Seine in Paris (France).
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  Normandy bridge over the river Seine, France.
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  Вид на Петропавловскую крепость с Невы в Санкт-Петербурге.
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  Waterside structures, Utö
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  View from Olavinlinna castle
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  Memorial to the victims of the ferry “Estonia” in Tahkuna, Hiiumaa, EST
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  Vineyards and railway track aside Mosel river, Pünderich, D
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  Cableway crossing the Rhine from the city bank to Ehrenbreitstein fortress
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  Loading cranes in the port of Klaipeda, LT
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  Cromer Pier in 1995
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  Both the lakeside structures are famous landmark on Longtan Lake in Taoyuan City, Longtan Nantian temple and Longtan suspension bridge.
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  Der Getreidehafen in Brake (Unterweser)
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  Hafen in Bergen, Norwegen.
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  Poondi Reservoir
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  Travel across sea
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  Der Neue Hafen von Bremerhaven
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  Sri Harmandir Sahib, Punjab India
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  View from cable car at Phu Quoc Island
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  Houses at Zhujiajiao
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  structure in the sea at Osaka
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  Photo taking at Japanese Bridge at 2015
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  Kanyakumari viewed from Vivekananda Rock Memorial errected at sea rocks at the tip of the Indian Peninsula
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  The Central Mandapam of kapaleeshwarar Temple Tank Complex, Mylapore, Chennai, India
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  The Central Mandapam Complex at Mariamman Teppakulam at Madurai
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  Castle Bridge no. 95 over Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal near Llanfoist
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  View across a bay to the Carretera Este in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Spain
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  Chapel Bridge and Water Tower in Lucerne
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  Beach with leftovers of the artificial Harbour in Arromanche-les-Bains, Normandy
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  Mill at the river Iller seen from the Illerbeuren side
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  Backside of the Riverside Cafe in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, England
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  Basin of the river Ill at the Ponts Couverts in Strasbourg, France
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  Cochin Port Trust,Willingdon Island, Kochi, Kerala,India
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  Dam on the Drina River and Lake Perućac, Serbia
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  The Bridge of Fredom over the Danube, Novi Sad, Serbia
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  The Pietra bridge over the Adige, Verona
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  Marseille - Old Port at night
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  Trieste (Italy) - Sunset
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  Twilight at Little Island (New York)
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  Elevador Lacerda & Salvador em meados de Outubro de 2023
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  Morning view at a dam
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  View point at a Reservoir
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  Restaurant "Marina Café" in the Bergström Hotel Lüneburg on the Ilmenau river
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  Fishermen's houses with boat garages in the arm Caló d'En Busques of the Cala Figuera bay
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  Restaurants in the marina of Cala d'Or bay
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  View over the Niederhafen and the Elbphilharmonie from the "Steinwerder viewing point" (Bornsteinplatz)
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  Robots in a shipyard area (Gdańsk, Poland)
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  Trieste (Italy): Golden hour
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  Jet ski through the harbour
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  Fishing shacks on stilts in nature reserve Marais d'Yves, Le Marouillet, France
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  Natural stone wall with window on the cliffs of Howth, Ireland
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  Erasmus Bridge over Nieuwe Maas river (view from Euromast tower), Rotterdam, Netherlands
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  Guardhouse of Fort Louvois (Île d'Oléron in background), Bourcefranc le Chapus, France
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  A building near Lake Abant
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  Fishermen's houses ( little Venice ) in Bamberg at the river Regnitz
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  Mikhailovka Palace (Peterhof)
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  Signalpfosten im Wattenmeer bei Ebbe Hafeneinfahrt von Norddeich
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  1. Burg Pfalzgrafenstein (Mitte) auf der Insel Falkenau im Rhein bei Kaub; 2. Burg Gutenfels. Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rheinland-Pfalz.
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  Traben-Trarbach (Mosel) in Rheinland-Pfalz.
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  Historischer Leuchtturm auf Norderney - historical lighthouse at norderney northsea
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  Nordsee- Wattenmeer
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  Wattenmeer bei Norddeich - Ebbe
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  Torre Truglia a Sperlonga
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  Памятник аистам на площади
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  Отель Узбекистан в Ташкенте.
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  The pier and the sea
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  Fortress Agios Nikolaos, Rhodos
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  Rockbound
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  Venice Canal
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  Alyko hotel ruin, Naxos
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  Kursaal in Donostia - San Sebastian
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  Lucerne Culture and Congress Center
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  Вежа Просфорія або візантійська вежа в Уранополісі
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  Lakeside apartment buildings scenery from Jinlong Lake
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  Riverside tall apartments on the left bank of the Tamsui River in Bali dist., New Taipei City
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  On the waterfront
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  Leuchtturm vor Warnemünde
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  Beachbar at the Silbersee in Rhineland Palantinate
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  Bridge in Taidong Taiwan
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  Inflatable structures at Ustka beach seen from the water side
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  Winter Harbor Light Station, Winter Harbor, Maine
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  The Pearl Seafood Restaurant in Rockland, Maine
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  The Po of Volano and the San Paolo Dock, Ferrara, Italy
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  Coastal windmill serving Trapani salt pans
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  Kawasaki Heavy Industries Kobe Works, Hyogo, Japan
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  Alte Mainbrücke in Würzburg - Views of the brige (Bavaria)
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  Isola dei Pescatori [Lake Maggiore], Italy
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  Pavilhão Japonês, Parque Ibirapuera, São Paulo, SP em meados em Julho de 2025
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  Ibirapuera Park Bridge, July
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  Ibirapuera Park Bridge, July 2025
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  La Casina Vanvitelliana
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  Second Sausalito Waterfront with SF Background
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  Wellen brechen sich an einer Buhne unterhalb der Strandpromenade von Baltrum
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  The Efteling Grand Hotel just before the start of the fountain show Aquanura
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  The scenery of the Kintai Bridge after the light has turned on at Neihu Dahu Park in the evening
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  Residential buildings by Årstaviken Stockholm
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  Winterhafen (Mainz)
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  Firenze di notte.
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  Seen on a tour of Norfolk Harbor, these massive dockside cranes will work on naval vessels.
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  Nave incagliata sul molo.
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  Quais of Canal du Faux-Rempart and Ill
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  Tenby Lifeboat Station, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
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  The Church of Saints Clement and Panteleimon, Plaoshnik -Ohrid, North Macedonia.
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  Sausalito Waterfront with SF Background, Sausalito, California, United States
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  Trandkorb on the main beach, Touquet-Paris-Plage (Fr)
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  The Queen Emma Bridge
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  Wharf on lago di Mergozzo
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  Former submarine tunnel in Montenegro
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  View of Capri (island), Italy
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  Gothic church in Stuttgart.
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  CapitanaTramonto.
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  Waterside structure in Ustka
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  Sir Adam Beck Hydroelectric Generating Station beside the Niagara River
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  Wharf in Hamburg
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  Port de Morges, Switzerland
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  look out to the wind farm
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  Observation platform over the Baltic Sea; Chłopy Poland
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  Concrete quay reinforcements; Baltic Sea
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  Ferry on the Vistula River; Janowiec Poland
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  Bollard on the quay; Baltic Sea, Ustka Poland
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  Underwater observation window, Kitakyushu City, Japan
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  Rovine di edifici incompiuti si affacciano sul Lago Sandro Pertini (Lago ex-Snia), l'unico lago naturale all'interno di Roma, attualmente oasi naturalistica
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  Diga e Lago di Ridracoli
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  Закат на Гудзоне
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  NYC. George Washington Bridge
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  Бывший Бадаевский (Трёхгорный) пивоваренный завод. Вид с Москва-реки
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  Statue of liberty. View from Battery Park
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  Maryport Old Lighthouse on a summer evening
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  Restaurant Sea Palace at Amsterdam
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  The houseboats of Amsterdam
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  Cityscape of Yeouido skyscrapers and Hangang Railway Bridge, Seoul
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  The People's Liberation Army Naval Museum in Qingdao, China
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  A footbridge and adjacent building, within the Hama-rikyū Gardens in Tokyo, Japan
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  A sluice gate that leads to the Sumida River in Tokyo, Japan
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  Kitajukken River in Sumida Ward at night
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  a perfect representation of majestic, multi-tiered waterfall in Chiapas Mexico
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  Boathouse in Amsterdam
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  Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum and Amsterdam ship
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  Concrete cascades on Pena River, North Macedonia.
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  Control towers of a dam on the Mavrovo Lake, North Macedonia.
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  Firenze - città attraversata dal fiume Arno - Panorama dal Piazzale Michelangelo.
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  Campo sportivo e parco fluviale sul fiume Arno in Rignano sull'Arno (Firenze).
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  San Clemente (Reggello) - sul fiume Arno.
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  Embankment in Samsun, Turkey
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  Moskva river, Zaryadye Park
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  Chain Bridge, Budapest
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  Fort Paphos, Cyprus
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  Looking across frozen Carter Pond toward cabin shelter
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  Seaport and breakwater at sunset
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  Lined up buildings overhanging the river.
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  Watermill in Ramsau am Dachstein in Austria,Europe
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  Evening spirit in a lodge at Okawango river in Namibia in Africa
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  Footbridge in Melbourne on the Southbank of Yarra River in Victoria in Australia
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  Town canal at night in Amsterdam,Netherlands,Europe
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  Waterside structures of Nizhny Novgorod on the bank of the Volga river
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  Waterside structures of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin
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  Waterside structures on the bank of the Volga river
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  Waterside structures in Ruissalo, Turku
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  Rignano sull'Arno - paese sul fiume Arno.
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  Am Sandtorkai 1 and Neuerweg bridge in Hamburg
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  Weserwehrschleuse Bremen - Oslebshausen
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  Old port cranes in Gothenburg harbour
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  Cascada Brunnen im Ciutadella Park in Barcelona
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  Passeig de Colom Barcelona, Spanien
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  Okinawa Monorail 1104-1204 moving along Kokuba River, Naha, Okinawa
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  Apartment buildings along the Liming Lake, Daqing, Heilongjiang
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  Jin River (between Jinjiang Bridge and Fuxing Bridge), Chengdu, Sichuan
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  Electrifying – container cranes at the Port of Thessaloniki, Greece, towering over the Thermaic Gulf.
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  Alpine paradise. The perfect blend of crystal waters and majestic peaks.
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  Sonnenuntergang am Weissenhäuser Strand
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  Küste von Fuerteventura aus der Luft gesehen
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  Brighton West Pier
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  On the shores of the Baltic Sea.
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  Old North Bridge, Concord, MA
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  Boat house on Concord River, Concord, MA
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  a ladder on a pier in Svolvær, Norway
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  Bodø harbour - Molja Light
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