Originally two separate lakes, Upper Arrow Lake and Lower Arrow Lake were joined together in 1968 as part of a programme of construction that has seen 14 dams built on the Columbia River since 1937, converting…

The Suez Canal is a 193km long waterway in Egypt which connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, allowing ship traffic to pass between Asia and Europe without having to travel all the way around…

The Three Gorges Dam spans the Yangtze River in China and is the largest power generating plant in the world. While much of China's vast countryside is only covered by low-res imagery, Google recently released new…

We previously featured the fascinating Atacama Desert in 2008's desert week, but to round off this year's Desert Week we've decided to take another tour for those that missed this unique location the first time around.…

The most recent additions to Google's Street View service made us wonder if it might be in danger of having a misleading name; beautiful scenery and historic ruined buildings aren't typical on British streets. Google collaborated…

Welcome to the second annual GSS Desert Week! In time-honoured tradition, we’ll mostly be posting about deserts. For about a week! Death Valley National Park, part of the greater Mojave Desert, is an expansive 13,630 square…