Pushing the limits

The downsized pics seem to work, so will try again.

This is the tomb of Cyrus, the guy who built Pasagardae.  It was very striking in the middle of the plain.  The colours of the stone blend in so well with the colour of the terrain and the blue sky.

I tried unsuccessfully to post this a few days ago.  It is maqanas decoration in a mosque at Shiraz.  It is a series of geometric forms, painted in this case, suspended from the roof behind those arches you see in Iranian architecture.  It is intricate and beautiful.  In some pics without colour, it does look like the wasps have built a nest, but the coloured variety are gorgeous.

Now will see how TWO pics go!