The Unisphere was the centerpiece of the 1964/65 World's Fair in New York City. To this day, it is a lasting icon of that event. It stands 43 m high and is 37 m in diameter. It sits in Flushing Meadows/Corona Park in Queens. I remember seeing it as a child during a car ride. It left a lasting impression on me. Oddly, as a child I recognized it from a 1965 episode of the Flintstones called "Time Machine".
Decades later, I found myself at LaGuardia Airport with my family and two hours to kill. A short Uber ride later and we were standing in front of the Unisphere in the exact location where Fred and Wilma had been more than 50 years earlier -- Awesome! We did not have much time, but we made the most of it. We got all the important shots. Here they are.
The Three-Person Jump Shot:
The One-Person Jump Shot:
Relaxing in front of the Unisphere when an anonymous photo-bombing retired couple spoils the perfect shot for selfie:
And finally ...
The World On Your Shoulders:
Enjoy
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awesome photos keep it up friend
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yep, up up
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Please Follow & Upvote @saad19
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👍👍
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Haha perfect photo :)
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Hello friends, The projects that I share as open source can help you or the people you want to help.
best regards greetings☑️
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All of your photographs are really worth-seeing,an outstanding photography. happy new year @opaulo
I would like to share my own photography with you https://steemit.com/photography/@irshadhussain/a-visit-to-the-hill-side-and-my-photography
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The final picture is so epic, haha. Needs to be photoshopped as a movie poster 👊
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very nice photos
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In relation to the post by @stealthgoat.
@opaulo you were ripped off.
Currently 1SBD = 7 Dollars
You could have sold 35 SBD @ 7 Dollars each for 245 Dollars
Your post needs to make more than this to make the purchase financially rewarding.
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Thanks for raising this @branhmusic. Maybe you or someone else can clarify. I am experimenting in an attempt to understand the payouts as displayed on posts. I don't think the dollar amounts showing on posts is USD. Here's my logic:
Let's take a look at a random post that has recently paid out (10 days old as I write this):
https://steemit.com/vlog/@mrviquez/daily-crypto-trading-volume-matches-the-daily-volume-on-the-ny-stock-exchange-this-only-the-start-are-you-ready-for-the-flood
The payout right now is showing as $91.49. What is unclear to me is what "$91.49" means. Is that USD? SBD? Something else? I think it is something else (a combination of SBD and SP maybe).
The "total_payout_value" for this post as found on steemd, is the amount the author receives (usually split 50/50 between SBD and SP). The author's cut for this post is "71.886 SBD" as reported on steemd (75% of "$91.49"). Ok, so let's looks at the actual payout. At the time I wrote this comment, the payout was 4 pages into the author's steemd listing. Here is the exact text on this "$91.49" payout (of which the author gets "71.886 SBD"):
The author's 75% of "$91.49" paid out 35.943 SBD and 11.082 SP. In other words "$91.49" x 75% = 35.943 SBD + 11.082 SP.
At the current rate, 35.943 SBD is equivalent to 35.943 x 7.50 = $270 (US dollars, that is). So, if we ignore the value of the SP (11.082 SP), the "$91.49" showing on the post actually paid out $270 USD equivalent to the author.
Unless I have completely misunderstood (a possibility), I am baffled by the payouts being displayed on steemit posts. If they are not USD, then why display the $ sign at all? When SBD was around 1 US dollar, this made more sense, but it's confusing now.
It would be better if estimated SBD and SP were displayed on each post, NOT some value with a $ sign that is not dollars.
Please, tell me where I have gone wrong here.
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Bottom Line:
The dollar amount you see on posts is NOT in US dollars. It is way out of whack when the USD and the SBD are not at par.
I am going to return to this post in one week on Jan 7 and give you an update on my actual payout on this post in SBD and SP. Assuming no more big upvotes and barring wild swings in the value of SBD, it's going to be a lot more than the $85 US that seems to be pending right now.
And maybe I will be wrong. Stay tuned. Return in one week.
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I was right. Final Payout was 75.529 SBD and 11.663 SP. Almost all of that was from the 35 SBD upgoat. Not bad.
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Good video and great content @opaulo.. Warm regards from Indonesia.. :)
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Keep having fun with your photography, @opaulo!
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the photos are so cool fella I really like
Thank you for sharing @opaulo
visit my photo blog.
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Awesome pictures!!! You might also like these new years pictures an AI produced check it out
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In the winter it's cool because you can climb it!!
This is one of my friends in the center of the
Unisphere --
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Whoa! That is cool. I'll be doing this the next time I am back there.
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