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Aerial Parque Mirador del Sur

December 1, 2015December 1, 2015 J.L. Keys Pictures of the Day, Tourism

A few aerial pictures given to me of the Parque Mirador del Sur (translated Southern Lookout Park) along Avenida Anacaona. These images also give a beautiful view of part of sprawling capital city. You can see all the way to the Caribbean Sea. The 7 kilometer (4.35 miles) long park, designed by the Architect Eugenio […]

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Picture of the Day – Hazy Waning Moon

May 12, 2015May 12, 2015 J.L. Keys Pictures of the Day

Another hot, hazy and humid day today in the Colonial Zone. The waning crescent moon above Plaza España at 5:45AM this morning was covered in a haze. This haze compromised the clarity of the waning moon. We could really use a few days of quenching rain to relieve the drought problem facing the entire country […]

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The Bull in the Morning at the Plaza Reloj de Sol

April 28, 2015April 28, 2015 J.L. Keys Pictures of the Day, Tourism

As the sun was brightening the skies this morning at The Plaza Reloj de Sol the metal bull, missing one of his horns, broods in the morning light. The Plaza Reloj de Sol where you can see the bull and the UNESCO monument the Reloj de Sol, one of the first Sun Dials in the […]

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Sun Dial in the Morning

April 24, 2015April 24, 2015 J.L. Keys Pictures of the Day, Tourism

The Sun Dial, Reloj de Sol is Spanish, is located on Calle Las Damas in the small Plaza Reloj de Sol across form Casa Reales. It was erected in 1753 and is one of the oldest sun dials in all the Americas. It has two vertical dials or faces s it can tell accurate time […]

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Picture of the Day – Puerta de las Atarazanas Flags

April 10, 2015April 10, 2015 J.L. Keys Pictures of the Day, Tourism

Looking through the Puerta de las Atarazanas (number 31 on the Colonial Zone Map) to the Calle Francisco Alberto Caamaño Deñó better known as the Avenida del Puerto. The Dominican Flags are flying proudly, waving in the breeze, in the Plaza greeting the morning. (click on the picture to see it full size)

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Picture of the Day – Moon and Planet over Plaza España

April 6, 2015April 10, 2015 J.L. Keys Pictures of the Day

This morning the full moon of April, known as the “Seed Moon,” “Pink Moon,” “Sprouting Grass Moon,” “Egg Moon,” or “Fish Moon”, was still shining brightly in the early morning sky. Beside it, a small bright point in the sky, is the brightly glowing ringed planet, Saturn. Both can be seen this morning over the […]

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