San Jacinto Monument

Posted by Lyndsey Le (Houston, TX, United States) on 10 January 2007 in Architecture and Portfolio.

"The 570-foot monument (15 feet taller than the Washington monument) stands in the Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest monument column in the world."

More information about the monument can be found here. Enjoy!

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Comments (13)

Anthony from Vaughan, Canada

Abstractly STUNNING!!

10 Jan 2007 2:08am

Craiger from Vacaville, California, United States

Beautiful shot!

10 Jan 2007 9:31am

Srinivas Koduri from Visakhapatnam, India

Beautiful shot, love the wavy reflection in the pond.gr8 job lyndsey

10 Jan 2007 10:07am

Duncan Galbraith from kyoto, Japan

great image Lyndsey. the reflection is simply sublime. fine stuff.

10 Jan 2007 10:33am

Angry Buddha from United States

Great shot, very well done.

10 Jan 2007 4:09pm

chiquitafilipina from Burbank, United States

Ofcourse, more phallic symbols to remind us all of the authority of men and their "you know whats". Great shot though!

10 Jan 2007 9:00pm

Scott B from Houston, TX, United States

And to think that it was built with all that concrete, along the waters edge. Excellent photo. Next time you're in the area, go eat at Monument Inn. Excellent seafood!

10 Jan 2007 10:26pm

@Scott B: Thanks, Scott for the recommendation! Will definitely try it out when I'm back in the area. I love seafood!

zahra from United States

Great shot and i love the reflection in the water!!

10 Jan 2007 10:28pm

spots from singapore, Singapore

i like it! it's got a certain art deco quality to it. :) great shot too! pity the water was not still, otherwise the reflection wld hv been even more awesome!

10 Jan 2007 10:55pm

@spots: Yeah, I really wish the water was more tranquil. Thanks, spots! How are you and your "boys" doing? :)

Lyndsey Le from Houston, TX, United States

Thank you all so much for visiting and especially posting your comments! I really appreciate it and am very happy that you enjoyed my photos. Please do come back, as I will strive to take more (and hopefully better) pictures and eager to share with you. As always, cheers!

10 Jan 2007 11:33pm