<p>Cleopatra’s Needle in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> seen from the River Thames. In the background the New Adelphi, a monumental Art Deco building designed by the firm of Collcutt &amp; Hamp.in the 1930s<br>
For scale, a person is sat at the base of the Needle.<br></p>
Photographed by Adrian Pingstone in June 2005 and released to the public domain.
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Arpingstone" title="User:Arpingstone">Arpingstone</a>
9 June 2005 (according to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchangeable_image_file_format" class="extiw" title="en:Exchangeable image file format">Exif</a> data)
<span class="int-own-work" lang="en">Own work</span>