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GasLamp

Posted by Jason Kravitz (Brussels, Belgium) on 20 March 2006 in Cityscape & Urban.

The gases in this lamp are actually quite toxic. At some point in the history of London, someone thought it would be a good idea to use sewer gas to power the lamps in the city. What they didn't realize is that these gases were highly combustible and resulted in exploding lamps all over town. This lamp is the only sewer powered gas light left in the city. We were told it has several safety features to prevent it from exploding.
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Canon EOS 20D
1/200 second
F/4.0
ISO 800
27 mm