Interior of Dome with a Shaft of Sunlight.

Interior of Dome with a Shaft of Sunlight

Monolithic Dome Mosque in Basrah, Iraq after a 5,000-pound bomb punctured the shell. The dome protected the surrounding area by containing the massive explosion.

Image by Master Sgt. Carla Kippes via Wikimedia Commons

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