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Photo of the Day – Little Mermaid

By Kenn | Published February 18, 2010
The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid sculpture in Copenhagen Harbor (photo by Kenn Stearns)

This statue of The Little Mermaid sits on a rock in Langelinie, a park in central Copenhagen, Denmark. Sculptor Edvard Eriksen modeled the head after ballerina Ellen Price but because she would not pose nude the artist’s wife was a model for the body.

The iconic work in the harbor is a copy. Eriksen’s heirs keep the original at an undisclosed location. Other copies of the statue can be found in Solvang, CA; Kimballton, IA; Brasilia, Brazil; Piatra Neamt, Romania; Weihai, China; and on the grave of Danish-American entertainer Victor Borge.

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Photo of the Day – The London Eye

By Kenn | Published February 3, 2010
London Eye is the largest cantilevered observation wheel in the world.

The Merlin Entertainments London Eye on the South Bank of the River Thames in London, England (photo by Kenn Stearns)

The London Eye is the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom. Each year more than three million people pay around $30/each to book “flights” in one of the 32 air-conditioned sealed capsules. The wheel is 443 feet high, weighs just under 2,000 tons,  rotates at 0.6 mph, and completes one revolution in about 30 minutes. The attraction was formally opened by Prime Minister Tony Blair on December 31, 1999. Initially planned for a five-year run, the attraction is now permanent. The Tussauds Group bought the wheel in 2008 from joint owners British Airways and the Marks Barfield family (lead architects).

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