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Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque scoops Digital Photography Review challenge |
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The majestic Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque has won the weekly photography contest staged by the online Digital Photography Review. Digital Photography Review is an independent resource dedicated to the provision of news, reviews and information about Digital Photography and Digital Imaging published at the Internet address www.dpreview.com Digital Photography Review was founded in December 1998 by Phil and Joanna Askey, from simple beginnings grew a large and popular site, as time went on the founders gradually built the site up to include vast digital camera database, timeline, forums, galleries a glossary and learn section. . These days the site is one of, if not the, premium digital photography site with an audience of seven million unique visitors a month (around 20 million visitor sessions) reading over one hundred million pages. The site really has sky rocketed since those early days at the end of 1998. The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, an imposing Islamic and national landmark in Abu Dhabi, is also one of the most important architectural treasures of modern UAE, and one of the most ten beautiful religious structures in the world. The Mosque can accommodate up to 40,960 worshippers and covers an area of 22,412 square meters. The Sheikh Zayed Mosque features 82 white marble domes. Majestic minarets standing 107 metres tall are built around the four corners of the Mosque. |
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