Monday, May 25, 2015

Moscow Ostankino TV Tower

This one is in my Monuments of Moscow (MoM) series of posts. 

One of Moscow's many iconic landmarks is the Ostankino TV tower, and it can bee seen here in photos that I made using both a mobile phone and a cheap camera in 2014.


The two spires.


Once the tallest structure in the world (1967-74), now just in Europe... still the 8th tallest in the world.


And I can't hold the phone straight... so it looks a bit like the falling tower of Pisa.







The Ostankino TV tower as seen from the Ostankino park in August 2014.




The photos below, I believe, are rare as they show a short-lived attempt to display an ad on the tower - that of Coca Cola as you can see. I took these pictures in November 2014.

It was removed soon after and now has only a generic light design showing the Russian flag.




The Coca-Cola bottle was spinning around the tower stem.





As seen from an empty supermarket parking lot in the early hours of August or September 2014.


More photos.






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