Humber bridge 1

: Humber bridge 1; This is a view of the Humber Bridge in eastern England. When it was completed it was the longest single suspension bridge span in the world, with a distance between the main supports of over a mile. In fact the towers are so far apart that the distance between them at the top is a few inches greater than the distance between them at the base, simply as a result of the curvature of the earth!; Created by: Sgbrown.; Tools Used: D200, RawShooter, GIMP; Created on: November 2006; Image Views: 244; Average Views per Day: 0.2; Image Number: 32618

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Tania (TMR8) from Taranaki NEw Zealand on Dec 27, 2006 at 10:31 PM said:

Steve love the photo and the discription is fantastic to information about what we are looking about it makes the photo more personal to me anyway

lorraine from NZ on Dec 3, 2006 at 5:08 PM said:

Another great shot, not sure which I like the best, keep coming back to this one, both great.

grumpy(mike) from engalnd(mboro) on Nov 29, 2006 at 3:10 PM said:

no problems steve just glad to help

Steve Brown (sgbrown) from UK on Nov 29, 2006 at 3:05 PM said:

I knew that Mike - not! Thanks for saving me the trouble of finding all that out for myself!

Steve

grumpy(mike) from engalnd(mboro) on Nov 29, 2006 at 2:55 PM said:

mindless info time steve! main cable tensile strength is a mere 67,000 tons or safety factor 2 and are 820mm dia thick(main cable) and consist of 18,648 cables at 5.4mm thick and covered in zinc paste to sop corrosion.. hope this help donwrob .

Steve Brown (sgbrown) from UK on Nov 29, 2006 at 3:47 AM said:

Thanks Don and Whittler. I used to know the weight of the cables - I'll see if I can retrieve this info!

donwrob from Ohio on Nov 28, 2006 at 9:56 AM said:

Great shot of the bridge Steve! Interesting stuff, can't imagine the weight of those cables. Cool! Don

Whittler from Maine on Nov 28, 2006 at 9:06 AM said:

WOW!! very nice.

Steve Brown (sgbrown) from UK on Nov 28, 2006 at 4:02 AM said:

Thanks Carol and Alandra. Yes, Alandra, I think the landscape version is the better composition.

Alandra from westcoast Canada on Nov 27, 2006 at 11:06 PM said:

while I like the vertical image, believe I prefer this one, - especially like the cloud effects/sky in this one. very nice.

Shutterbug from Maine on Nov 27, 2006 at 7:47 PM said:

Lovely photo of the bridge!

Carol

Steve Brown (sgbrown) from UK on Nov 27, 2006 at 5:43 PM said:

Thanks Mary. I'm glad you like the sky. There were a few patches of blue which allowed the odd shaft of sunlight, one of which has lit up the base of the nearer tower.

Mary Sham from Pgh, PA on Nov 27, 2006 at 5:36 PM said:

Super shot Steve.I like the angle you took the shot from with a good portion of the sky as a background.

Steve Brown (sgbrown) from UK on Nov 27, 2006 at 5:31 PM said:

Thanks Mike! I can tell you it was pretty windy yesterday when I took this shot - I was getting camera shake at 1/250th!

grumpy(mike) from engalnd(mboro) on Nov 27, 2006 at 5:26 PM said:

super shot steve of a great feat of engineering however driving over it in a 7.5 tonne van with fire places and being scared of hieghts was not one of my best jaunts this year lol :(

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