多伦多电视塔
2006-10-23 23:55:23
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CN_Tower
At 553.33 meters (1,815.39 feet), Canada's National Tower is the world's tallest free-standing structure on land. The CN Tower is located in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and is considered the signature icon of the city which attracts over 2 million visitors yearly.
Built in 1976 by Canad
帝国大厦
2006-10-23 23:55:23
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_State_Building
The Empire State Building, a 102-story Art Deco building in New York City, was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon Associates and built in 1930. The tower takes its name from the nickname of New York State.
The American Society of Civil Engineers declared the Empire State Building as one of
金门桥
2006-10-23 23:55:23
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate_Bridge
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening into the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. It connects the city of San Francisco on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula and a portion of the south-facing Marin County headlands near the small bay
伊泰普水电站
2006-10-23 23:55:23
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itaipu
Itaipu (Portuguese: Itaipu; pronounced [itaj'pu]) is a dam that includes the largest hydroelectric power plant in the world. It is situated along the Paraná River. The plant consists of 18 generator units of 700 MW (megawatts) each, allowing for a total ouput of 12,600 MW of power. The first generators st
荷兰的堤防和防波堤
2006-10-23 23:55:23
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Works
In the North Sea Flood of 1953 a break in the dikes and seawalls in the Netherlands killed 1,835 people and forced the evacuation of 70,000 more. Ten thousand animals drowned, and 4,500 buildings were destroyed. To prevent such a tragedy from happening again, an ambitious flood defense system was conceive
中国的长城
2006-10-23 23:55:23
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Wall_of_China
(Eastern end placemarked)
The Great Wall of China (TC: 長城; SC: 长城, Pinyin: Chángchéng), also known in China as the Great Wall of 10,000 Li1 (SC: 万里长城, Pinyin: Wànl? Chángchéng), is an ancient Chinese fortification built from the end of the 15th century until the beginning of the 16th century, d
布达拉宫
2006-10-23 23:55:23
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potala_Palace
The Potala Palace, located in Lhasa, Tibet, was the chief residence of the Dalai Lama until the 14th Dalai Lama fled to Dharamsala after a failed uprising in 1959. Today the Potala Palace is a state museum. It is now a popular tourist attraction and an UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Built on the side of
泰姬陵
2006-10-23 23:55:23
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal
Taj Mahal is the name of a monument located in Agra, India. It was commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, the son of Jahangir, as a mausoleum for his Persian wife, Arjumand Banu Begum, also known as Mumtaz-ul-Zamani. It took 23 years to complete (1630 - 1653).
罗马圆形剧场
2006-10-23 23:55:23
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colosseum
The Colosseum, originally known as the Flavian Amphitheater (lat. Amphitheatrum Flavium), also referred to as the Coliseum, is an amphitheater in Rome, capable of seating 50,000 spectators, which was once used for gladiatorial combat.
Its construction began under the Emperor Vespasian in 72 AD and was co
比萨斜塔
2006-10-23 23:55:23
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaning_Tower_of_Pisa
The Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italian: Torre di Pisa) is the campanile, or bell tower, of the Italian city of Pisa's cathedral. The tower was intended to stand vertically, but began leaning soon after construction started in August of 1173.
The height of the tower is 55 metres from the grou
复活节岛石像
2006-10-23 23:55:23
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moai
Moai (pronounced MOH-EYE) are stone statues on Easter Island. In most cases, the statues are monolithic, that is, carved from single stones, but some have additional, separate stone Pukau placed on the heads. The more than 600 known Moais are distributed around the entire island. Most of the moai were carved out
玛雅人文明遗址
2006-10-23 23:55:23
Chichen Itza is the most impressive and intact ruins of Mayan civilization that the modern world has. This now popular tourist attraction is located on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico and has fast become the best restored record of the spiritual, domestic, and agricultural lives of these people. Mayan ruins in central America, such as Chichen Itza,
维多利亚秋天 (地理奇观)
2006-10-23 23:56:52
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Falls
Victoria Falls is the world's largest, most spectacular waterfall and one of the world's seven natural wonders.
It is 1.6 km wide with a maximum drop of 128 m (420 ft), in the Zambezi River, on the Zambia and Zimbabwe border. The falls are formed as the Zambezi plummets into a narrow chasm
Sky Building
2006-10-24 0:03:33
Check out the night view from the top at
http://osakanight.xrea.jp/night_view/photo/umedasky_p1.htm
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Ibaraki Kyoto Hotel
2006-10-24 0:03:33
A very convenient place to stay, if you have business at Panasonic AVC Plasma Section in Ibaraki.
The Kansai Airport Limousine Bus Shuttle goes from the nearby Ibaraki station.