Travel Photography – The London Eye

The below picture was taken on the London Eye during our London trip last Feb/March (2009). I never realized what an epic view would be available for us at the top of the Ferris Wheel. Luckily it didn’t rain nearly as much as it did the last time Shaun went and we were lucky to get such an amazing picture.

Little did I know that this shot, this experience, would be the one thing that would make me fall in love with London forever. The expanse of this fabulous city was painfully cosmopolitan. It oozes culture even from hundreds of feet up in the air. While a super touristy activity, it was one I will never regret. Don your tourist cap and hop on the London Eye!

The London Eye is a giant Ferris wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London, England. The entire structure is 135 metres (443 ft) tall and the wheel has a diameter of 120 metres (394 ft).

It is the tallest Ferris wheel in Europe. When erected in 1999 it was the tallest Ferris wheel in the world, until surpassed first by the 160 m (520 ft) Star of Nanchang in 2006 and then the 165 m (541 ft) Singapore Flyer in 2008. Supported by an A-frame on one side only, unlike the taller Nanchang and Singapore wheels, the Eye is described by its operators as “the world’s tallest cantilevered observation wheel”. It offered the highest public viewing point in the city until it was superseded by the 245-metre (804 ft) observation deck on the 72nd floor of The Shard, which opened to the public on 1 February 2013.

Reference above from Wikipedia – London Eye