Castle Howard wasn't just about the house itself. The Earl of Carlisle wanted it to blend seamlessly with the landscape. He even stopped building to focus on the grounds! A vision of harmony. #CastleHoward #History #Architecture #Landscaping #England | Real Royalty

In 1954, a U.S. Air Force B-57B Canberra aircraft filmed Castle Bravo, the most powerful nuclear test ever carried out by the United States. The detonation took place at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands and produced a fifteen megaton explosion that was about one thousand times stronger than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. The fireball grew several miles wide, and the mushroom cloud rose more than forty miles into the sky. The unexpected strength of the blast spread dangerous radioactive fallo

Mary, Queen of Scots' great escape from Lochleven Castle is the stuff of legend. Mary was imprisoned in the castle on Lochleven Island, following her defeat at the battle of Carberry Hill. It was a dramatic highpoint in a life packed full of them. But what is the history of Lochleven Castle? What do we actually know about Mary Stuart's imprisonment there? And how did she escape? Many thanks to Kinross House Estate for kindly allowing me to film drone footage of the island. #scotland_greatshots #

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