The interior ceiling of the Taj Mahal

The ceiling of the Taj Mahal is too dark to seek with the naked eye but its fine detail is visible with a flash and some photoshop manipulation. The Taj Mahal is a masoleum and memorial that was built in Agra, India by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who died during the birth of their fourteenth child. Contruction took place from about 1632 until approximately 1653, employing about twenty thousand workers. It was built out of marble with semiprecious stones inlaid as decoration. The central dome has a diameter of 58 feet and rises to 213 feet.

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