21 July 2005

Astronomical Clock, Prague

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originally uploaded by Fred Jala.
At the top of the hour, Death (to the right of the upper dial) turns over the hourglass and pulls a cord which rings the bell, his head nodding as if to say "I see all of you, and you'll meet me sooner or later." Figures on the other side shake their heads to the contrary. In the windows above, the twelve apostles march by. I was walking by here the next day and the window above and to the right of that large doorway on the left fell out, leaving glass all over the street.

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