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Wonders Great and Small


Our world is full of wonders great and small, ancient and contemporary, natural and man-made. They fill us with awe through the sheer scale, radiant beauty, backbreaking effort and amazing inspiration that brought them into creation. Here are 11 marvels of the modern world that exhibit


















mankind’s industriousness and imagination.

The Globe of Science and Innovation at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva, Switzerland (© CERN)

 

 
 

 

 

 
 
















Wynn Casino & Hotel and Casino Lisboa reflected in pool at night, Macau (© Rick Friedman/Corbis)


Macau: Gambling has attracted people willing to press their luck to this former Portuguese colony since at least the mid-1800s. Today, what was once a swampy colonial backwater is home to one of the biggest tourism developments ever undertaken. A recent building boom has transformed this Chinese Special Administrative Region into a gambling mecca that surpasses even Las Vegas in annual gaming revenue.

 
Cars driving onto the Channel Tunnel (Chunnel) train, England (© John Callan/SIME/4Corners Images)

Channel Tunnel: The Chunnel, as the 31.35-mile tunnel under the English Channel is known, opened in 1994, connecting Calais, France, with Folkestone, England. It is the second-longest tunnel in the world (behind Japan’s Seikan railway tunnel), and has the longest underwater section of any tunnel. The Eurotunnel Shuttle (pictured) is a special vehicle transport train that has the largest rail cars in the world.

 









Worker cleans the glass floor of the Grand Canyon Skywalk, Hualapai Reservation, Ariz. (© Ann Johansson/Corbis)



Grand Canyon Skywalk: The Hualapai tribe of Arizona commissioned this horseshoe-shaped, glass walkway that opened above the Grand Canyon in 2007. The Skywalk juts off the rim of a side canyon 4,000 feet above the Colorado River. Despite the vertigo-inducing views, the glass bridge reportedly is very sturdy — it can support more than 71,000 pounds and can withstand gusts of wind over 100 mph.

 

Sluices are opened to divert flood water on the Yangtze River at the Three Gorges Dam, Yichang, China (© Du Huaju/Xinhua Press/Corbis)

Three Gorges Dam: Located in China’s Hubei Province, this largest hydroelectric power station in the world contains a 375-mile-long reservoir within its impressive 7,661-foot concrete bulk. The scale of the controversial project is so huge that it has displaced millions of people, submerged hundreds of cultural sites in the Three Gorges area and precipitated an untold amount of damage on the regional environment. Construction began in 1994, but the dam is not expected to become fully operational until 2011.

Akashi Kaikyo bridge, Honshu, Japan (© Photononstop/SuperStock)


Akashi-Kaiky%u014D Bridge: Also known as the Pearl Bridge, this structure spans the strait between the islands of Honshu and Awaji in Japan. Upon its opening in 1998, the Pearl Bridge became the longest suspension bridge in the world, with a center span measuring 6,532 feet in length — making it a full quarter-mile longer than the previous record-holder.

Cruise ship moves through the Pedro Miguel Locks, Panama Canal (© SuperStock, Inc./SuperStock)


Panama Canal: One of the most difficult engineering endeavors ever attempted, the Panama Canal is a 50.72-mile-long passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans that was begun by France in 1880 but completed by the U.S. in 1914. It drastically reduced shipping distances between New York and San Francisco, from 14,000 miles around Cape Horn to 6,000 when passing through the canal. During the American construction phase, 211 million cubic yards of dirt and rock were scraped away over 10 years to finish the canal.

Singapore Flyer ferris wheel & skyline at dusk (© Scott E Barbour/Getty Images)


Singapore Flyer: Supporting 28 air-conditioned observation capsules, which sit 28 people apiece, the Flyer began spinning over Singapore in February 2008, offering a bird’s-eye panorama of the city core. It holds the distinction of being the biggest observation wheel in the world, reaching 541 feet high and having a 492-foot diameter.

Model of Crazy Horse Memorial with unfinished sculpture in distance, Crazy Horse, S.D. (© Ron Chapple Stock/Corbis)


Crazy Horse Memorial: The world’s largest sculpture is still being carved in the Black Hills of South Dakota using precision explosive devices. Sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski began the monument in 1948, after having worked on Mount Rushmore, as a way to honor the culture and heritage of Native Americans. When the monument is complete, it will be 641 feet wide and 563 feet high. Crazy Horse’s head alone will be 87 feet tall.









The International Space Station over Miami, Fla. (© NASA)




International Space Station: Orbiting Earth with a resident crew since November 2000, the International Space Station is accessible only to enterprising tourists who have bank accounts flush enough to afford approximately $25 million for the round-trip ticket offered by Space Adventures. To date, five space tourists have boarded the ISS to experience days of zero gravity orbiting the planet. However, that number is sure to rise in coming decades as private companies develop commercial spacecraft and programs to make the final frontier a viable travel destination.site stats









 



 
 











Computer-generated rendering of the artificial archipelago Palm Jumeirah, Jumeirah, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (© Copyright 2007 Nakheel PVT JSC. All rights reserved.)


Palm Jumeirah: The first and least audacious of the three Palm Islands in Dubai, UAE, the world's largest man-made islands, the Palm Jumeirah is an iconic development that heralds the future of the emirate as a beachside tourist destination. In the years since construction began in 2001, this island effectively has doubled the length of Dubai’s coastline.



Globe of Science and Innovation:
This big ball of wood houses the visitors’ education center for the European Organization for Nuclear Research. Located outside of Geneva, Switzerland, the landmark structure of the organization is about the same size as the dome of St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome. 300 feet below the surface lies the 17-mile tunnel complex that will become the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator — the Large Hadron Collider — which will hum to life later in 2008. 

posted on July 30, 2008 9:31 PM ()

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In February, Mary and I sailed through The Panama Canal. It's absolutely amazing what the mind of Man can imagine!
comment by hayduke on Aug 6, 2008 9:35 AM ()
great pics joan loved crazy horse
comment by oldroan on Aug 6, 2008 4:16 AM ()
Absolutely mind-boggling what can be done... with enough funds!
comment by sunlight on Aug 5, 2008 12:55 PM ()
Amazing!
comment by marta on Aug 1, 2008 5:29 PM ()
Crazy Horse is neat.Liked that one.
comment by fredo on July 31, 2008 10:48 AM ()
And...
my cats' third litter box up in my studio room, which hasn't been scooped in three days!~ (I will as soon as I can find my gas mask!)

How are ya?
comment by jondude on July 31, 2008 5:57 AM ()
verah cool...nice post, cuz.

reguards
yer awed pal
bugg
comment by honeybugg on July 30, 2008 11:33 PM ()
The second Las Vegas in Macau is a bad thing for the real Las Vegas - the big Asian gamblers don't need to come all the way to the USA to lose money, and the casino owners still get their profits since the Venetian, Wynn, etc. are represented there in Macau.
comment by troutbend on July 30, 2008 9:37 PM ()

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