Monuments

Washington Monument

The Washington Monument in Washington DC is over 500 feet high and offers fantastic views over the capital. It looks pretty cool from the air as well, check out the size of that shadow!

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Thursday, 14th April 2005

A very popular submission has been the The Gateway Arch or rather it's massive shadow, 'raydancer' notes that is it the tallest national monument is the United States at 630 feet and is just as wide. If you look West…

Posted by James Turnbull
Saturday, 9th April 2005

Mount Rushmore

Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a 60ft rock carving featuring (left to right) former U.S. Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. Props to xylon (and many others).

Posted by James Turnbull
Friday, 8th April 2005

Liberty Island

The Statue of Liberty and Liberty Island. You can also see the Staten Island ferry going past in the bottom right.

Posted by James Turnbull
Thursday, 7th April 2005

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