vineri, 13 aprilie 2012

Great Bucegi Sphinx

The Sphinx is a natural rock formation in the Bucegi Mountains in Romania. it is located at an altitude of 2216 meters .
The first picture of the Great Bucegi Sphinx was probably taken in 1900 . The photo was taken from a front position  , not from a lateral one , as it appears in the usual pictures nowadays . This way it was only named in the year 1936.
The image of the Sphinx appeared when the rock , having 8 m height and a 12 m width , was watched from a certain angle .
This structure is not a man-made structure , rather it is a natural wonder of the world. The egyptian's sphinx is considered to be a replica of this natural wonder
The megalith has its clearest outline in the 21st November , at the time the sun goes down.


Here we can see the Sphinx in a warm summer day , when many tourist com to see it

The picture was taken on a winter day and the sphinx is covered by snow . In my opinion it becomes more beautiful when covered in snow

Some people say that in the middle of the 20th century a drunk solider came near the sphinx , took his gun and shot the sphinx's nose , and this is why the sphinx hasn't got a nose.
This may be just a legend or can be a true fact , nobody knows for sure.

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