House of God

© April Riggs

House of God

Uploaded: November 08, 2013

Description

Taken of the Salt Lake City Temple in Utah- The long laborious process for the 170 room temple began in 1853 and took 40 years to complete. The walls are 9 feet thick at the base and 6 feet at the top. Each granite block weighs between 2,500 and 5,600 lbs and was hauled by oxen from a quarry in Little Cottonwood Canyon 20 miles away. A must see if you come to SLC< Utah.

Exif: F Number: 13, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/180 seconds, FocalLength: 55.00 mm, Model: DCS Pro SLR/n

Comments

Tiia Vissak November 08, 2013

a beautiful capture! #1551810

Gord MacEachern November 08, 2013

Beautiful capture of this amazing place April, great info also!! #10893981

John Connolly November 08, 2013

I would love to see their temple and also see a live preformance by their Tabernacle Choir, April! What a wonderful old building and capture! #10894031

Joy Rector November 08, 2013

excellent shot #10894033

Emile Abbott level-deluxe November 08, 2013

Gorgeous capture April #10894110

Ermanno Radice November 08, 2013

Wonderful capture, colors and light, beautiful church and comp! #10894152

JO ANN CLEVELAND November 08, 2013

Excellent capture and very interesting History too April!

jo ann c. #10894187

Carol L. Fowler November 08, 2013

What a superb piece of architecture! #10894240

Terry Cervi level-deluxe November 08, 2013

A beautiful capture, April! #10894380

Barbara Waldoch November 08, 2013

Looks great, April! #10894391

Maria Warren level-classic November 08, 2013

wow this is beautiful :) very nice shot :) #10894409

April Riggs November 09, 2013

thank you #10894661

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