Lomonosov Moscow state university
by Alexey Kljatov
Title
Lomonosov Moscow state university
Artist
Alexey Kljatov
Medium
Photograph - Hdr Photograph
Description
Lomonosov Moscow state university (MSU) at hot summer day, with dry fountain in front. Vertical HDR panoramic image, combined from 3 HDR photos (2 exposures each), total 6 RAW source photos used. At postprocessing stage i've tried to achieve bright picture with soft colors and partial sepia toning.
University and its surroundings (quite large territory) remind "city within a city", though it have no walls, and anyone can walk here without any restrictions. This territory have gardens, walk ways, pools, and even streets with bus stations, though all traffic have strict speed limit.
Wikipedia says:
"The MSU main building was the tallest building in the world outside of New York City at the time of its construction, and remained the tallest building in Europe until 1990. The central tower is 240 m tall, 36 stories high, and flanked by four huge wings of student and faculty accommodations. It is said to contain a total of 33 kilometers of corridors and 5,000 rooms.
Facilities available inside the building include a concert hall, a theater, a museum, administrative services, a library, a swimming pool, a police station, a post office, a laundry, a hairdresser's salon, several canteens, bank offices and ATMs, shops, cafeterias, a bomb shelter, etc. The star on the top of the tower is large enough to include a small room and a viewing platform; it weighs 12 tons. The building's facades are ornamented with giant clocks, barometers, thermometers, statues, carved wheat sheaves, and Soviet crests."
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May 10th, 2016
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