Shadows

This is the Jones Beach Tower, which was built in 1930, and was modelled on the campanile of St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice. It is 200 feet high, made of brick and stone, and houses a 315,000 gallon water tank…

Opened on May 24 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first bridge to link Manhattan and Brooklyn and is now crossed by an average of 350,000 people a day. Look to the North for an interesting image registration problem visible…

The World's Tallest Water Sphere in Union, New Jersey. Apparently a tower in Edmond, Oklahoma is taller and holds more water, but technically that design is a water spheroid. Union's Water Sphere is still the tallest true water sphere. More…

As the tallest state capitol in the United States the Louisiana State Capitol is 450 feet high with 34 floors. Twenty-five hundred rail cars were needed to bring in the limestone used on the exterior and the interior marbles which…

This is the Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona. What's great about this post is the bridge that extends across the valley in front of the dam, casting an excellent shadow on the dam itself. The dam's construction began in 1956,…

Overlooking Niagara Falls (and complete with rotating dining room), here is the 520 foot (160m) Skylon Tower. Bet you get a great view of the falls when you're up there! Thanks to Chris Granger.