Sunday, January 27, 2013

Dancer's Rock

Scoglio della ballerina, Dancer's rock, Antignano, Livorno
The “Scoglio della Ballerina” (Dancer's Rock), Antignano, December 2012

Vintage postcard, Scoglio della ballerina, Dancer's rock, Antignano, Livorno
The same rock, Antignano, early years of 1900

(Postcard digitized from the collection of Antonio Cantelli)
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See also: Miramare - Rocky Coast at Antignano

13 comments:

Jack said...

Another of your fascinating comparisons of current Livorno and the old days.

tapirgal said...

It looks much bigger with a person on top.

Randy said...

Beautiful looking beach.

Dina said...

Thank goodness rocks stay put.
I like how they wrote all around the picture.

svenske floyd said...

Nice spot! Why did it got that name?

Valladolid Daily Photo said...

Love these comparison pictures, I have to post more of them in my blog.

Cezar and Léia said...

Curious name...
The first picture hides the real dimension of the rock till you see the postcard, very interesting!
God bless you!
Cezar

brattcat said...

wow, you really see the effect of time in these two images.

Stefan Jansson said...

Very cool. I just wish that you would have stood on that rock posing in the new photo.

Birdman said...

Water can spread some havoc.

cieldequimper said...

It looks smaller, which wouldn't be surprising...

Luis Gomez said...

Wonderful! I agree with Steffe.

Unknown said...

This is wonderful!

Are you better, VP?