Buildings, Bridges, and Structures – Oh My!

Bridges

Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, Kobe and Awaji-shima, Japan

Brooklyn Bridge, Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York, 1904

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco and Sausalito, California

Dams

Aerial view of the Grand Coulee Dam spillway, Grand Coulee, Washington

Downstream face of Hoover Dam, Arizona-Nevada border, 2000

Domes

Houston Astro's playing baseball inside the Astrodome, Houston, Texas

Aerial view of Olympic Stadium, Montreal, Canada

United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Sunlight streaming through windows of St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Italy

Sunlight streaming through the oculus of the Pantheon, Rome, Italy

Aerial view of SkyDome interior, Toronto, Canada

Skyscrapers

Aerial view of the Chrysler Building showing its stainless steel needlepoint spire, New York, New York

Eiffel Tower, Paris, France

Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Sears Tower, Chicago, Illinois

Other Man-Made Structures

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Structures in Nature

Humming Bird Nest

Warbling Vireo nest

Crested Cassiques

Catbird nest

Beaver dam

Coral reef

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