Images free for personal non-commercial use only © Dave Henniker |
Views from Museum Roof |
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Standing at the northwest corner of the Roof Terrace facing southeast. This wide angle picture shows the McEwan Hall's dome at the right hand side. | |
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A view south from the Museum Roof towards the Pentland Hills and the artificial ski slope at Hillend. | |
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Two workmen are patching up the roof of the McEwan Hall. | |
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South
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Facing south, we can see the Braid Hills on the left, overshadowed by the Pentland Hills behind. |
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South
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In this shot, the camera is panned slightly to the right and zoomed in some more. The clock tower of the Royal Infirmary at Lauriston Place dominates the view. Behind a forest of chimneys can be seen the multi-storey flats at Oxgangs. |
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The camera is panned further to the right in this view, more to the south west. Forrest Road is in the foreground, the tiny green patch at the right is Bruntsfield Links. Behind that is Craiglockhart Hill and Torphin Hill. |
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Old College 7 671 x 1024 106K |
To the east is Edinburgh University Old College (at the other end of Chambers Street). Its dome has this distinctive gold figure at the top. |
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Crags
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The walkers on the crags and the Radical Road give a sense of scale. |
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A similar view with the camera panned slightly to the right. | |
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The summit of Arthur's Seat is visible here, high above Salisbury Crags. Six or seven people are on top of the hill, 251m (822ft ) above sea level. |
