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In 1980 the last freight train ran along the elevated railway line reportedly pulling three boxcars of frozen turkeys. Photo credit The High Line first opened to trains in 1934. It connected directly to factories and warehouses, allowing trains to roll right inside buildings. Finally, New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani ordered the track to be demolished. Stretches of track and ties recall the High Line’s former use. Portions of track are adaptively re-used for rolling lounges positioned for river views....

The structure has a 200 meter elliptical base enclosing an area of 140,000 square metres. In summer, fritting on the outermost foil layer provides solar shading. The name Khan Shatyr itself roughly translates as ‘the tent of the khan, or king.

It is large enough to host 8 entire soccer fields. The company went bankrupt in mid-2002. Two years later, Tropical Islands Resort was opened. Photo credit Inside the dome is the worlds largest indoor rainforest with 30,000 trees, bushes and groundcover. There are carnivorous plants, banana trees, coffee bushes, jungle creepers and other exotic plants. A kilometre-long path winds through the forest and a bridge over the mangrove swamp gives great views....

For those who love water, ships and harbors, Hamburg is hence, a must visit. Hamburg is practically surrounded on all sides by water. All this water means an abundance of canals, streams and bridges. Here are some of the most notable bridges around the city. Kohlbrandbrucke The Kohlbrandbrucke was inaugurated in 1974 and is one of the most prominent landmarks in Hamburg. It is 3940 metres long and the central, cable-stayed part has a span of 325 metres....

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Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a mountain resort town in Bavaria, southern Germany, in the heart of the Alps. Today Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a tourist and winter sports centre and has some of Germany’s best skiing areas. During the winter the slopes surrounding the town are amazing for skiers and sightseers alike. During the summer months hours can be spent hiking the many trails and enjoying the panoramic views. Almost every buildings in Garmisch-Partenkirchen have unique murals on the outside walls of the buildings....

Further images show poll results illustrated with zigzagging lines of ketchup and mustard. This isn’t the first time that the duo has used food to explore statistics. They did the same with “Election Waffles” to illustrate the 2011 Berlin state parliamentary vote.

Six photographs were chosen from over 4,000 entries from over 90 countries. Anastasyas photograph titled SOS depicts a bird flying over the thick smog being emitted from a factory funnel. Anastasya has only been taking photographs for a year but is keen to document the environment through photography. I wanted to show everyone how bad the air is in our city. If we dont look after our planet, then who will?...

These planetary pictures of Jupiter like gas-giants with swirling hurricanes are actually common soap bubbles. He then used a lens cap wet with solution to achieve a single bubble shape to photograph. Creative Review published some behind the scenes images of how the images were created. Read the whole story with more images onthe CR blog. Also see:Frying Pan or Alien Planet?

Danish artistPeter Callesencreates three dimensional sculptures by folding a single sheet of paper. These sheets can be as small as A4 size or as big as 7m by 5m. A large part of my work is made from A4 sheets of paper. It is probably the most common and consumed media used for carrying information today. This is why we rarely notice the actual materiality of the A4 paper.

It is not even curved. Instead, there are 26 separate pieces of land little bits of Belgium and Netherlands scattered around Baarle. One line enters a block via a gift shop then comes out of the back of a supermarket. The towns attract a lot of tourists. There was a time when according to Dutch laws restaurants had to close earlier. With the coming of the European Union, however, some of those differences disappeared....

Mapmaking has been an integral part of human history for thousands of years. Early maps were a garbled mass of land that bear no resemblance to the actual world. As the centuries passed, maps became larger, more detailed and more accurate. It shows Babylon surrounded by a circular landmass showing several cities such as Assyria, Urartu and others. The accompanying text mentions seven outer regions beyond the encircling ocean. The Babylonian world map is believed to be symbolic, rather than a literal representation of the world....

Carpets express both religious as well as contemporary messages in the designs. Preparations for the carpets begin weeks, sometimes months, ahead. Often families will begin work on a carpet ten to twelve hours before the procession is scheduled to pass. Its pity when they get walked over by the parade processions. The carpets along the processional route are made during 24 hours prior to the procession.