I'm not much of a photographer, but I'm fond of this picture, taken in Summer 2003 in the gardens of Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, England, and used a snippet of it for my icon.
This is a very old pond, maybe dating back to the 17th century. There's a duck-shaped fountain just out of shot -- you can see the reflection of the jet -- and what looks like a pipe is indeed a pipe, taking water from the reservoir on top of the hill to the much bigger Emperor fountain farther down.
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Date: 2004-11-21 05:32 am (UTC)This is a very old pond, maybe dating back to the 17th century. There's a duck-shaped fountain just out of shot -- you can see the reflection of the jet -- and what looks like a pipe is indeed a pipe, taking water from the reservoir on top of the hill to the much bigger Emperor fountain farther down.