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Memphisadded 2/23/05 photos taken February 2005 Today we take a quick look around downtown Memphis and the Mississippi River. Part of the purpose of these photos was to test out a new digital camera, an Olympus C-765UZ. Did it pass the test? | ||
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If you want more information about visiting Memphis, check out MemphisTravel.com. | |||
Here is a look at some of the
buildings of downtown Memphis. Just a nice general overview shot, nothing spectacular
here. See the trolley in the center of the picture?
Next is a shot of one of the
trolleys that run through the downtown area. This was a test of the 10x optical zoom of
the camera. The above picture was the telephoto version, and this picture is zoomed in on
the trolley. Both pictures were taken from the same location.
This is a look at the Mississippi
River and one of its channels that runs along Mud Island, the southern tip of which can
be seen to the right of the picture.
Several different riverboats
are available for river cruises on the Mississippi, such as the Memphis Queen II, in the
foreground. It has
been several years since I have been on one, but it was a fun time.
Here is a view of Mud Island, along
with the monorail track running to the Island. Mud Island opened in the early 1980s as
a "river park" with a museum and a scale model of the entire Mississippi River. It never
quite caught on like they thought it would, though. The monorail is a suspended type from
the bottom of the track. The upper portion is a walkway, in case you don't want to ride
the monorail. The monorail was used in a climactic chase scene in the Tom Cruise movie
Here is the distinctive Hernando
de Soto bridge crossing the Mississippi River between Memphis and West Memphis,
Arkansas. Some of the Mud Island facilities are in the foreground, including the
tent/dome that used to house the Memphis Belle World War II bomber.
In the background of this picture
is the Pyramid arena. The Pyramid was built with much fanfare, opening in the early
1990s. But with the opening of the new FedEx Forum last year (the new home of the Memphis
Grizzlies NBA team), not much is happening any more at the Pyramid. Right now it faces
an uncertain future.
A look back at a portion of the
Memphis skyline, with the Mud Island monorail track in the foreground. There haven't
been many new, tall buildings built in downtown Memphis for many years. Many of the
existing buildings have some interesting history behind them, especially the older ones.
I was also experimenting with the exposure controls in this shot.|
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