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Diana Australis

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Posted: 12 Mar 2018

Taken: 17 Oct 2017

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Shushtar •

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Shushtar UNESCO site, Iran

Shushtar UNESCO site, Iran
3000 year old water wheels which have irrigated the desert, ground wheat, crushed olives and provided domestic water to the town. The water comes in underground in created qanats (canals) from the distant mountains.

Yves Saulnier, Petar Bojić, Adler55 Blume, Jean-luc Drouin and 36 other people have particularly liked this photo

25 comments - The latest ones
 Danielle
Danielle
Bel endroit admirable...
6 years ago.
 ©UdoSm
©UdoSm club
Great as the buildings are built from the material of the surrounding rocks...
6 years ago.
 Nouchetdu38
Nouchetdu38 club
Wonderful!!!!***
6 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Extraordinary capture!

Admired in:
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6 years ago.
 Roger (Grisly)
Roger (Grisly) club
Excellent capture in wonderful light Diana,
6 years ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
A lovely scene. It must be a fascinating place to visit, Diana.
6 years ago.
 sasithorn_s
sasithorn_s
Spectacular shot and scene, dear Diana! Very impressive buildings and the water looks so beautiful.
Hope you're doing well. Have a pleasant week! Love and big hugs:)
6 years ago.
 ╰☆☆June☆☆╮
╰☆☆June☆☆╮ club
Splendid capture, love it.
Have a great new week my friend.
6 years ago.
 Henri Boddaerd
Henri Boddaerd
Que c'est beau !
6 years ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
What a wonderful capture.
Congrats on Explore.
6 years ago.
 John FitzGerald
John FitzGerald club
Well composed.
6 years ago.
 Simone Maurel
Simone Maurel club
joli site...l'eau et ses bienfaits...
6 years ago.
 .t.a.o.n.
.t.a.o.n.
great !
6 years ago.
 Eve
Eve
Intéressant commentaire, une belle photo avec perspective Diana !
Bisous
6 years ago.
 Diana Australis
Diana Australis club
Thank you so much dear friends for your comments. I truly appreciate them!
6 years ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
wonderful this Diana
6 years ago.
 ╰☆☆June☆☆╮
╰☆☆June☆☆╮ club
This Lovely image was viewed in my favourite group
Thank you for posting in Vigilant Photographers Unite
6 years ago.
 ╰☆☆June☆☆╮
╰☆☆June☆☆╮ club
Your beautiful capture is greatly admired
Historical & Architectural Gems
6 years ago.
 Inti
Inti
Lindo y muy interesante!
6 years ago.
 Ecobird
Ecobird club
An excellent capture and a lovely well composed shot. Lovely light and the water is so clear and blue. Have a lovely evening Diana
6 years ago.
 Leo W
Leo W club
very impressive
6 years ago.
 GrahamH
GrahamH club
Thanks for posting this! I first read about the qanats in the late 60s in Scientific American by researcher/s who had done years on these. Surely one of the wonders of the ancient world. Here is a National Geographic article.
news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/05/iran-qanat-irrigation-engineering-history-video
6 years ago.
Diana Australis club has replied to GrahamH club
Thank you very much, Graham for the link. They are amazing.....and still they water huge areas of Iran, including the abundant street trees in Tehran and other cities by means of these qanats
6 years ago.
 Petr Chudoba
Petr Chudoba
beautiful place, nice framing
6 years ago.
 Diane Putnam
Diane Putnam club
A simply amazing place, Diana! Where are the wheels located? The qanat systems of the middle east and central Asia are remarkable.
6 years ago.

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