Henry Doorly Zoo & Rosenblatt Stadium
The Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha stakes claim to a couple of "world's largest" titles. The dome structure houses the world's largest indoor desert as well as "Kingdoms of the Night", the world's largest nocturnal exhibit. The zoo also has…
Swirly Sands
Here's an absolutely fantastic image of what can only be described as swirly sands on Core Sound at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. It seems that we're looking at sand ridges under the water and the channels running through them. Wonderful…
U.S. Open
This is Pinehurst, North Carolina, where the 2005 U.S. Open kicked off today. Unfortunately it's not all in high-resolution, but in the thumbnail I think we're looking at the 18th. Just to the west is the clubhouse. See, we can…
Combat Training Centre
Here at Camp Gagetown, home to the Combat Training Centre (CTC) (which trains professional combat soldiers for service in units across the Canadian Army), they have some super-cool large type and a giant maple leaf cut from a massive swath…
The Sunsphere
This is the Sunsphere in the 1982 World's Fair Park, Knoxville, Tennessee. It's a 266 foot high structure, topped with a 74 foot sphere made of bronze-coated reflective glass. The Sunsphere was featured in the Simpson's once (Nelson accidentally toppled…
Hollywood Bowl Amphitheatre
The Hollywood Bowl is a modern amphitheatre in Hollywood, California. Officialy opened in 1922 it was built on the site of a natural amphitheatre known as the Daisy Dell and is used mostly for music performances. From the Wikipedia entry...…
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