Watercraft

An Ekranoplan ("surface-plane" in Russian) is a plane-ship hybrid that can skim over the water using the upward force of the WiG (Wing in Ground) effect, which forms a cushion of air under the short but very wide wings. It's…

Er, Saharan Shipwrecks? Yup, shipwrecks in the desert! Okaaaay, so it's the beach, but it is the Sahara 🙂 Just down the coast there's another wreck, and as I zoomed out from there I found a third! Flickr has a…

Welcome to The Galapagos Islands - 13 main volcanic islands, 6 smaller islands, 107 rocks and islets, loads of high resolution images and tons and tons of incredible sights to see. Have fun 😀 More on the Galapagos Islands at…

Check out this fantastic curly bridge, which connects mainland HonshÅ« to one of the tiny islands of the Seto Inland Sea, Japan. It looks a bit like a tiny Lotus Bridge, but instead of allowing traffic to swap sides of…

Damming the Paraná River on the border between Brazil and Paraguay sits an incredible engineering achievement - the largest hydroelectric power plant in the world, Itaipú. Itaipú is 196 metres high and contains enough iron and steel to build 380…

This is the small city of Madurodam in the Netherlands. They have an airport, canals, stadiums, boats, gardens, windmills and bridges with... giant people on them? And there's some giant cars too! Waaaait a minute... Madurodam is actually a truly…