The Serpentine, Hyde Park - a photo on Flickriver

            'The Serpentine (also known as the Serpentine River) is a 40-acre recreational lake in Hyde Park, London, England, created in 1730 at the behest of Queen Caroline.
The lake has a maximum depth of 17 ft (5.2 m).

The lake achieved notoriety in December 1816 when Harriet Westbrook, the pregnant wife of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, was found drowned in the Serpentine having left a suicide note addressed to her father, sister and husband. Shelley married Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin less than two weeks later.

A rectangular swimming area on the southern bank was opened in 1930. Known as Lansbury's Lido, it is partitioned off from the rest of the lake by a perimeter of buoys. The Peter Pan Christmas Day Race is only open to regular participants in the Saturday swimming competitions during the winter.

Since 1864, the Serpentine has hosted a 100-yard (91.4 m) swimming competition every Christmas morning at 9 am. In 1904, author J. M. Barrie awarded the Peter Pan Cup to the winner of the race, a tradition which has continued ever since. Owing to the hazards of swimming in freezing water, the race is open only to members of the Serpentine Swimming Club.'

Taken on: January 30, 2020

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Camera: Nikon D3300, f/4.5, 1/100 sec, 70mm (=105mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D3300
Lens:	70.0-300.0 mm f/4.5-6.3
Aperture:	f/4.5
Exposure Time:	0.01 sec (1/100)
Focal Length:	70mm (35mm equivalent: 105mm)
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	+1 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Spot
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Lightroom 4.1 (Windows)
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