Ice Tower, a photo from Yazd, East

Photographer's Note

This is an ice tower. Inside the tower is about 3-4m deep. Because of the wind and the architecture of the tower the wall gets inside so cold that you could store ice for some days ... when outside the temperature is more then 30 degrees celcius.

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swiatopelk777 (0) 2008-12-12 3:35

Hi Achim!
Amazing tower. Wonderful place. Nice colors. Very nice lightness. Good sharp. Very good shot.
Greetings from Poland!

ymrk (15085) 2008-12-12 3:36

Hello Achim;
Good perspective and vry nice compo.Wonderful photo!
Superb light and contrast balance...
Congratulations,thanks for sharing,

YAĞMUR

carper (96) 2008-12-12 3:41

interesting shotAchiem,
good pov, fine quality, thanks for sharing,
have a nice weekend.
regard jaap

paura (25796) 2008-12-12 3:49

Achim,
Formas absolutamente incomuns nessa sua bem apresentada fotografia. A construção menor, a direita, também é muito interessante.

Abraço

Paulo

pauloog (11751) 2008-12-12 4:13

Hello Achim,
A photo which learnt me something new, and well composed with natural colours.
Regards,
Paul

mikolaj_kawa (0) 2008-12-12 4:33

Hello Achim! Amazing architecture. Wonderful tower. Excellent colours, superb saturation. Nice light and bright. Very good capture. Original shot. Well done!

barrufeto_77 (28888) 2008-12-12 5:11

Hi Achim

I've never seen something like this....great.

It should be amazing being inside.

Well done!

Docarmo (9767) 2008-12-12 6:11

Hallo Achim,
Very interesting presentation of this amazing tower. What do they store inside? The entrance we see at the bottom, how is it large? Sorry for all these questions, this image made me curious ;-)
MCV

garbus (218) 2008-12-12 6:22

It's very intresting effect in that pyramid, that you described. I like the colors of that hot place. :-)

Regards from Poland,
Michal

TopGeo (38220) 2008-12-12 6:23

Hi Achim It is a appreciable picture and very impressive that it can have low temperature he is something that has been tryed?
Georgios

patdeph (35750) 2008-12-12 10:02

hello Achim
this is incredible,I didn't know that it was possible to store ice in such a hot country,in such a tower!Thanks for what I am learning today!The architecture is beautiful with nice colors and theis very well framed!
Regards
Pascale

paololg (31448) 2008-12-12 10:06

Ciao Achim,
it is the first time that I see a refrigerator tower done with the stone. Probably, it's cooled by the wind as the head of a motor in a motorcycle. Very interesting, with your photo today I have learned a new thing. The photo has been captured very well, with a good light and an excellent sharp, bravo!
Ciao
Paolo

gilou530 (34) 2008-12-12 12:21

salut akim
une forme bizarre pour une piramide, une lumière magique qui éclaire ces lieux, un cadrage d'école parfait
amitiés
gilbert

marietom (34611) 2008-12-12 13:01

hello Achim,

Nice composition, great architecture on this tower.
Bonne soirée
Marie

Waylim (25436) 2008-12-12 16:28

Achim,
Very impressive tower, and amazing how they can build this in such a place and able to store ice for days. Sometimes I'm amaze as to how creative people are. Great capture with excellent details and composition. Color and light are also beautiful. Thanks
Way

Graal (103038) 2008-12-12 22:10

Hi Achim,
unusual tower, an interesting presentation. Good shot and informations, well photojob. I like it.
Gr., Aleksander

testmaniac (13508) 2008-12-12 23:39

Hello Achim, great architecture and good photo!Interesting info!

TFS

Phil

emjleclercq (15778) 2008-12-12 23:43

Very interesting, for the shape but mainly for the use of this stange building. I beleive we often forget that befoe fridges existed, men invented diffrent ways to keep ice or snow preserved for a short period.

All the best,

Emmanuel

danyy (0) 2008-12-12 23:43

Excellent qualité d couleures et de lumières cette photo, Achim, et un cadrage qui inclut deux points forts dont cette tour très originale et pittoresque.
Belle composition.
regards.
Daniel.

jafadabret (56501) 2008-12-13 1:49

Bonjour Achim.
Merci de nous faire découvrir une technique ancienne appliquée de nos jours. J'ai trouvé plus de renseignements sur ces Wind Towers
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La photo rend parfaitement la beauté de cette tour extraordinaire.
Jacques

Cricri (176) 2008-12-13 4:29

Hi Achim
Incroyable ce genre de construction, si tu ne le disait pas dans ta note on ne penserais jamais qu'elle peut contenir de la glace!!!
Intéressant architecture et couleurs
Have a nice day for you
cricri

kermit350 (9016) 2008-12-13 5:17

Hello Achim, very good choice of the sight to the short-nap cloth of the ground which amplifies its height with one pretty note and a quite beautiful well composed image, let us tons them heated naturally by the sun and place is very photogenic c' is a beautiful vestige of a past for a technique of conservation of the cold still in activity within a superb framework, you knew to take the light and restored there all the beauty of this construction, sincerely .............Bonjour Achim, très bon choix de la vue au ras du sol qui amplifie sa hauteur avec une
jolie note et une bien belle image bien composée, les tons réchauffé naturellement par le soleil et endroit est très photogénique
c'est un beau vestige d’un passé pour une technique de conservation du froid encore en activité dans un cadre superbe, tu as su prendre la lumière et y restitué toute la beauté de cette construction, bien amicalement

belido (19934) 2008-12-13 5:46

Hi Achim,

fantastic construction. It's interesting how they can store ice inside that in a 30 dedrees day. Hard to believe, thanks for the nice image and usuful note. Well done!
Regards,
Carlos

Budapestman (82620) 2008-12-13 6:26

Hi Achim,
Superb shot from this particular and interesting tower. The composition is very spectacular, original and effective image. Thank you for sharing. Have a nice weekend!
George

axiotea (21651) 2008-12-13 8:34

Hello Achim
A bit like a pyramid, this tower is not only beautiful but useful and precious too! Have you had a look inside?
Cheers
Marilyn

Wandering_Dan (3449) 2008-12-13 9:26

Hi, Achim -

Very interesting technique in use here; I believe they use something similar (if not so drastic) to keep houses cool as well.

TFS,
Dan

jhm (191505) 2008-12-14 2:16

Hello Achim,

This is first time that I see a ice tower out of Iran.
A excellent construction, nice oriental architecture,
The atmosphere is fabled, the lights are splendid.
Composition and presentation are very nice.
Nice done, TFS.

Have a nice day,
John.

ahmetgedikli (25609) 2008-12-14 2:21

Hi Achim,
An interesting and beautiful architecture... Woderful point of view, superb light and contrast balance... Nice work.
Have a good sunday.
Ahmet

saylan-cb (12738) 2008-12-14 2:32

Hi Achim,
Very interesting tower wiht great compositions and very nice lightness.
Excellent work!
Have a nice day.

Giorgio (11279) 2008-12-14 2:36

- Funny and very strange building, amazing place, TFS and bravo for this interesting ans inusual shot!
Have a nice sunday.
giorgio

UlfE (14641) 2008-12-14 7:34

Hi Achim,

Excellent and unsual shot. A very good POV, perfect sharpness, warm and natural colours. Very well spotted. TFS and have a nice Sunday evening!

Cheers,

Ulf

alvaraalto (38768) 2008-12-14 7:59

Hi Achim,

Here in our neighbourhood there are a lot of ice-caves with the same purpose. But I think definitively not so beautiful as this remarkable tower and maybe also not so effective.

Groet Rob

giorgimer (35017) 2008-12-14 10:37

Hi Achim,

thank you very much for this very interesting post. Good composition of the shot, with the tower well positioned.

TFS

Gio

stego (24132) 2008-12-14 11:10

Hallo Achim,
You have took good profit of the conical shape of that exotic tower to produce a very attractive image graphic wise. I like the inclusion of the ruined wall beside, I think without it the image risked being a bit monotonous and it acts as a lead-in and as a excellent pretext to put the tower off centre. The documentary value of the image is so interesting that it would still be a meritorious post if it wasn't so achieved. It's almost unbelievable that they managed to keep ice in such place, that looks so hot - for what I have seen in North Africa, that yellowish and pinkish colour of the sky denounces how high the air temperature was.
Not that it is really a flaw, at least it doesn't bother much, but I notice a kind of very thin pattern in the sky that looks like the image has been scanned from a dot matrix printer; I guess that it resulted from too much sharpening.
Regards, José.

toto (0) 2008-12-14 11:36

Bonjours,
belle photo de cette tour superbe qui semble construite avec des anneaux géants qui de plus en plus étroit montent vers le ciel.
Si j' ai bien compris cette tour était construite pour garder les choses bien froides.
Jolis coup d' oeil, belle couleurs de sable

Nous vous souhaitons a vous et votre famille de merveilleuses fêtes de fin d' année.
Amitiés Thomas & Rosa

Emile (20352) 2008-12-14 12:44

Hola Achim.
Very interesting shot of the ice tower, something that I didn't know that exist, good note. Great colors, sharpness and POV. It looks very neat and sharp.
TFS.
Best regards.

adores (46979) 2008-12-14 13:04

Hi Achim!
This ice tower is really original. I guess I've never seen one like this before. The pov is very good and I like its colours. Seems it was really hot then.

francio64 (39888) 2008-12-14 14:22

Ciao Achim,
davvero molto originale questa torre conica.
Sembra quasi di vedere una nuova architettura di piramide.
Ottimo lo sharp!

Complimenti!
Francesco

shevchenko (20560) 2008-12-14 18:56

Hi Achim,
Interesting composition to show an unique local architecture, good pov to include the broken old arch at right, amazing thick walls, better stay inside but visitors have no choice, thanks for sharing.
Ally

AiresSantos (56155) 2008-12-14 23:26

Hi Achim
Fine POv and details in this very good composition. I like this perspective and how you framed it.
Excellent natural colours and light management
Have a nice week
Aires

jlbrthnn (76041) 2008-12-15 4:28

Hello Achim,
Architecture is superb, but its use is much more attractive. It is a splendid image and a very interesting document. Congratulations.
Have a nice day
Cordially
Joël

hopsy_life (101) 2008-12-15 4:45

Very interesting, never herad about this
Greeting
H.

plimrn (21344) 2008-12-15 7:39

Hi Achim,
You have captured this fascinating construction with excellent detail and color. The ingenuity and creativity of man is amazing. Thank you for teaching me more about the world.
HLJ, Pat

didemay (2945) 2008-12-15 14:02

Wonderful shot Achim. Architecture of two different type..all in one frame...liked the contrast.
Best Regards,
D:)

cfreire (11741) 2008-12-16 9:14

Hi Achim
This beautiful and impressive capture; I've enjoyed this interesting pyramid in cone form. Beautiful colors, lights and shadows. Well done. Regards, Consuelo

Bluejeans (64251) 2008-12-16 10:19

Ola Achin ,
Que torre mais interessante parece ser feita de areia e serve para guardar gelo as coisas que aprendemos por aqui , gostei muito dos detalhes, boas cores, parabéns!!
Um abraço Gonçalo
Bom Natal

riclopes (35577) 2008-12-16 23:35

Most impressive and fascinating architecture. Interesting that it seems a recent construction and at the same time very old and exotic. Iran must be an amazing country to visit.
Best wishes,
ricardo

JCG (35153) 2008-12-18 11:27

Hi Achim,

Here beautiful and interesting photograph, I will be curious to know how the ice is preserved so a long time in this structure, apparently it would be the physical effect of the wind which is engulfed in this structure, really seizing. Savings in electricity with this process !!! Thank you Achim for this discovery.

With all my friendships and a very good evening,

Jean-Charles

pierrefonds (93679) 2008-12-18 17:54

Hi Achim,

The point of view is allowing us to see the details and colors of the structure of the ice tower. The stone artwork in the foreground is a good addition to the composition. The light is enhancing the colors. have a nice day.

Pierre

Angshu (56760) 2008-12-22 19:48

Hello Achim
Amazing structure like an inverted honeycomb! An amazing creation of man with his skill & ingenuity. And yet again you've showed us something which at least I never knew of. A fine picture & a good note as well.
Best Regards
Angshu
Wishing you & your family a very merry Christmas!

Jakab (3867) 2009-01-01 15:07

Hallo Achim,
anscheinend ein einfaches Bauwerk, aber wie viel Erfahrung und Wissen ist darin gesteckt! Ohne Dein Kommentar hätte ich weder sein Zweck, noch seine Fähigkeiten geahnt. Eine einwandfreie und interessante Aufnahme.
Viele Grüße
Laszlo

mikeo (12129) 2009-01-04 12:13

Hello Achim,

What an interesting building! Looks great, has great colour...but I would never ever thought you can store ice inside.

Thanks a lot for sharing,
Greetings
Mikeo

PS. Impressive plans for next trips! WOW!

ManuMay (36447) 2009-01-18 23:15

Hello Achim!!

I thank you for this picture, as I know that first "Ice Creams", where made many many yeasrs ago on this land!!! Prepared from snow ice and adding some fruits juices...but the answer to conservation is on your capture...
Thanks again
Have a nice day...

PS: Sorry but I have no more :) today... I ´ll be back!!

Manuel

brevbrev14 (140) 2009-01-19 10:25

Hi Achim, i like architecture so this example is really interesting.
well taken
ciao
Valeria

coco (30439) 2009-06-25 15:29

Hi Achim.

Well done with this composition and also with this light. You made a simple but nice work.

Regards.