Kite Aerial Photography
VR Bubble Panorama Gallery 2011

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  Feb 26: Dunmore Pineapple, Airth, near Stirling. 6 acre walled garden or pinery 1761/1776, yes it's a pineapple! Originally there were greenhouses against the walls growing pineapples, heated from the building. Rig07 & Cruiser.

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  Mar 18: Charlestown Harbour and Limekilns, Fife. A quiet residential area now, but for 200 years one of the largest lime production facilities in the UK until it closed in the 1950s. Rig07 & Trooper.

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  Mar 24: Newhaven Harbour, Edinburgh. The red building holds Edinburgh's Fishmarket and is still in use, but much of the rest of this shoreline is being re-developed, as a fashionable residential area. Rig07 & R8 Cruiser.

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  Apr 9: Salinas de Janubio, Lanzarote. Traditionally the sun is used to extract salt from sea-water in giant pans, using a series of canals, ponds, and evaporation. Rig07 & Sutton Flowform 16.

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  Apr 10: Castillo de Guanapay, Teguise, Lanzarote. Built on the rim of an extinct volcano, the 16C castle guards the ancient capital of Lanzarote, which can be seen in the valley behind the castle. Rig07 & Sutton Flowform 16.

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  Apr 11: Castillo de San Gabriel, Lanzarote. Built to defend Arrecife Harbour in the 16C, but soon destroyed by Algerian Pirates and rebuilt. Used for military purposes until the 1950s, and now a museum. Rig07 & Flowform 16.

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  May 3: Salt Pans, St. Monans, East Neuk of Fife. Local coal was used to boil seawater pumped into special buildings by the windmill. Not very green at 8 tonnes of coal per tonne of salt! Rig07 & R8 Cruiser.

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  May 3: Harbour Hight, Elie, East Neuk of Fife. Originally the main tower was topped with a proper light room with copper roof, todays automatic lights on a mast are a poor substitute. Rig07 & R8 Cruiser.

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  Jun 20: Royal High School, Edinburgh. A school with a long history, this site was used from the 1960s.
  Shot for the June 2011 World Wide Panorama. Rig07 & R8 Cruiser.

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  Jul 14: Beecraigs Wood, near Torphichen, West Lothian. Shot for the Forest 2011 World Wide Panorama. Rig07 & Trooper.

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  Aug 18: Clew Bay, West of Ireland.
  Rig07 & Sutton Flowform 16.

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  Sep 19: Broughty Castle, Dundee. Guarding the Firth of Tay as it narrows nearing Dundee and Tayport.
  Shot for the Sep 2011 World Wide Panorama. Rig07 & R8 Cruiser.

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  Sep 19: Playground, Broughty Ferry, Dundee.
  Rig07 & R8 Cruiser.

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  Nov 11: Sambeek Locks, River Maas, Netherlands.
  Rig07 & Peter Bults' Fled.

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  Nov 21: Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland.
  Rig07 & R8 Cruiser.

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