Mount Rushmore
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magnificent isn't it?
This epic sculpture features the faces of four exalted American presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.
South Dakota's Black Hills provide the backdrop for Mount Rushmore, the world's greatest mountain carving. These 60-foot high faces, 500 feet up, look out over a setting of pine, spruce, birch, and aspen in the clear western air.
Sculptor Gutzon Borglum began drilling into the 5,725-foot mountain in 1927. Creation of the Shrine of Democracy took 14 years and cost a mere $1 million, though it's now deemed priceless. -
Tourists in a Danish Legoland amusement park look at a copy of Mount Rushmore. -
wow heres a full view
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i think it's really cool.
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Roosevelt with glasses?Originally posted by poon cho tang:
Tourists in a Danish Legoland amusement park look at a copy of Mount Rushmore.
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yah hor.. so observantOriginally posted by Gordonator:Roosevelt with glasses? -
AP - Thu Jul 28,12:10 PM ET
Visitors watch while workers pressure wash the granite faces of presidents George Washington, from left, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota, July 21, 2005. A crew of German workers and National Park Service employees are cleaning the memorial to remove dirt and lichen. The granite sculptures hadn't been washed since they were completed 65 years ago by sculptor Gutzon Borglum. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) -
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Jens Kranhold, of Germany, is shrouded in mist as he pressure washes Abraham Lincoln's nose at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota, July 18, 2005. A crew from Germany along with National Park Service workers are working on a project to clean the monument for the first time since it was completed 65 years ago by sculptor Gutzon Borglum. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) -
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Winfried Hagenau, of Germany, climbs up a rope to get to the top of George Washington's head after working his way down the face with a pressure washer July 20, 2005, at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota. Hagenau is part of a crew of German workers and National Park Service employees cleaning the granite faces for the first time in the monument's 65-year history. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) -
AP - Thu Jul 28,12:09 PM ET
Workers dot the heads of presidents Goerge Washington, left, Thomas Jefferson, center, and Theodore Roosevelt as they pressure wash Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota, July 21, 2005. Results of the cleaning is subtle but evident as workers had nearly completed Washington, somewhat completed Jefferson and barely started on Roosevelt, right, in this photo. The granite sculptures hadn't been washed since they were completed 65 years ago by sculptor Gutzon Borglum. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) -
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Anke Sonnenberg, of Germany, climbs towards the top of South Dakota's Mount Rushmore as part of a crew that is pressure washing the monument July 18, 2005. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) -
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Water streaks down the faces of presidents George Washington, left, and Thomas Jefferson, center, as workers pressure wash Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota July 22, 2005. Workers were in the midst of a five-week-long project to clean dirt and lichen from the presidential faces. President Abraham Lincoln is at far right. The granite sculptures hadn't been washed since they were completed 65 years ago by sculptor Gutzon Borglum. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) -
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AP - Thu Jul 28,12:07 PM ET
Freshly cleaned faces of South Dakota's Mount Rushmore National Memorial bask in the early morning sun as the moon sets in the distance July 22, 2005. The granite presidential faces received their first cleaning in 65 years as part of a joint project between the National Park Service and the German company Alfred Karcher GmbH & Co. KG. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) -
AP - Thu Jul 28,12:07 PM ET
Workers from the German company Alfred Karcher GmbH & Co. KG and National Park Service employees gather on top of George Washington's head as they begin a day pressure washing Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota, July 22, 2005. The German company donated manpower and machines to clean the granite faces for the first time in the monument's 65-year history. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) -
AP - Thu Jul 28,12:06 PM ET
Winfried Hagenau, of Germany, bottom, and National Park Service employee Darin Oestman take aim at George Washington's nose as they work on a project to clean Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota, July 18, 2005. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) -
AP - Thu Jul 28,12:06 PM ET
National Park Service employee Darin Oestman climbs up a rope in front of Thomas Jefferson as he helps pressure wash Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota, July 22, 2005. A crew of German workers and National Park Service employees are cleaning the granite faces for the first time in the monument's 65-year history. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) -
AP - Thu Jul 28,12:05 PM ET
Winfried Hagenau, of Germany, uses a 400 psi jet of water to clean the side of George Washington under the watchful gaze of Thomas Jefferson's eye, right, as he works to clean Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota, July 22, 2005. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) -
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Jens Kranhold, of Germany, pressure washes a rough portion of Mount Rushmore National Memorial while the shadow of a co-worker hangs overhead July 22, 2005, in South Dakota. Workers were cleaning 65 years of dirt and lichen growth from the granite monument. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) -
AP - Thu Jul 28,12:04 PM ET
Gary Randol, from St. Peters, Mo., watches from a highway tunnel as workers pressure wash the granite faces of president George Washington, from left, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota, July 20, 2005. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) -
AP - Thu Jul 28,12:03 PM ET
Germans Thorsten Mowes, left, and Gerhard Bucher throw ropes off the sides of George Washington's head as they prepare for the cleaning of Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota, July 21, 2005. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) -
AFP/File - Fri Jul 8, 6:17 PM ET
US President George W. Bush addresss a crowd at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota in 2002. After more than 60 years of being exposed to the elements, the presidents of Mount Rushmore are getting a facial(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)