Shadows

Spanning the LA Harbour is the Vincent Thomas Bridge. At full zoom the shadow on the striking green water gives a very good detail of the bridge's shape. Thanks: Dan

This is the Bear Lake Radio Telescope outside of Moscow, and for such a big thing it was incredibly hard to track down any information about it. Initially I had no idea what it was called, but after some extensive…

Here at Google Sightseeing we've previously featured photos of buildings which appear to be leaning towards each other due to the angle of the photo. However, Madrid's Kio Towers actually do lean towards each other, here's a ground level pic…

Sticking with members of the World Federation of Great Towers, this is Rotterdam's 186 metre-high Euromast. Apparently the tower is built on a concrete block weighing 1,900,000 kilos! You can see the view from the 100 metre-high restaurant on the…

This is the super-cool looking Tashkent TV Tower in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Standing at 375 metres, it's slightly smaller than yesterday's Central TV Tower, but it's the tallest structure in central Asia (whatever that means). The tower uses a vertical cantilever…

Still in Beijing, this is the Central TV Tower, which (including its antennae) is 405 metres tall, and easily the tallest structure in the city. A race to the top of the tower is held annually, with two laps of…