Modern Wonders

Under Magapit Bridge, Cagayan, Philippines.




Derawar Fort, Pakistan.

It is an ancient fort located in Cholistan Desert in Pakistan. The Fort was built by Deoraj, a prince of Jaisalmer. The forty bastions of Derawar are visible for many miles in Cholistan Desert. The walls have a circumference of 1500 metres and stand up to thirty metres high!

The first fort on the site was built by Hindu Rajput, Rai Jajja Bhati of Jaisalmer. It remained in the hands of the royal family of Jaisalmer until captured and completely rebuilt by the nawabs of Bahawalpur in 1733.

A dramatic view, Italian village of Positano, Province of Salerno - Campania region, Italy



Narrow Canal, Venice, Italy



Akshardham, Delhi, India



Switzerland ♥


Polignano a Mare - Italy



breath-taking view of Lake Misurina, Auronzo di Cadore, Province of Belluno, Veneto, Italy


Burj-Al-Arab, Dubai (UAE)




Captown (South Africa)

Dome of Rock, Jerusalam (Israel)



Eiffel Tower, Paris (France)



Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco (USA)














Mahindra Stanless Oxford University Anand Automotive


 Great Wall of China




Taj Mehal India






CN Tower

The CN Tower appears on the left-hand side of this photo of the Toronto, Ontario, Canada skyline and waterfront.

The CN Tower, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a telecommunications tower that was built by Canadian National Railways in 1976. Today, the CN Tower is federally owned and managed by Canada Lands Company (CLC) Limited. As of 2012, the CN Tower is the world's third largest tower at 553.3 meters (1,815 ft). The CN Tower broadcasts television, radio, and wireless signals throughout the Toronto region. The About.com Architecture GuideSite provides additional information about the CN Tower.

Channel Tunnel

Trains enter the Channel Tunnel in Folkestone, England. The Channel Tunnel is a 50 km long rail tunnel beneath the English Channel at the Straits of Dover, connecting Folkestone, Kent in England to Coquelles near Calais in northern France.

Empire State Building

The Empire State Building towers over the Manhattan skyline in New York City.

When the Empire State Building opened on May 1, 1931, it was the tallest building in the world - standing at 1,250 feet tall. The Empire State Building became an icon of New York City as well as a symbol of human success in to achieving the impossible.

Located at 350 Fifth Avenue (between 33rd and 34th Streets) in New York City, the Empire State Building is a 102-story building. The height of the building to the top of its lightning rod is actually 1,454 feet.

Golden Gate Bridge

Waves crash against a rock at Baker Beach near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California.

The Golden Gate Bridge, connecting the city of San Francisco with Marin County to its north, was the bridge with longest span in the world from the time it was completed in 1937 until the completion of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge in New York in 1964. The Golden Gate Bridge is 1.7 miles long and about 41 million trips are made across the bridge each year. Prior to the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, the only mode of transportation across San Francisco Bay was ferry.

Itaipu Dam

Water flows over the spillway of Itaipu Dam on the Parana River, bordering Brazil and Paraguay

Itaipu Dam, located on the border of Brazil and Paraguay, is the world's largest operating hydroelectric facility. Completed in 1984, the nearly five mile-long Itaipu Dam impounds the Parana River and creates the 110 mile-long Itaipu Reservoir. The electricity generated from Itaipu Dam, which is greater than the electricity generated by China's Three Gorges Dam, is shared by Brazil and Paraguay. The dam supplies Paraguay with more than 90% of its electrical needs.

Netherlands North Sea Protection Works

 Aerial image of the old church of Wierum (well below sea level), with the North Sea in the background.  

Nearly one-third of the Netherlands lies below sea level. Despite being a coastal nation, the Netherlands has created new land from the North Sea through the use of dikes and other barriers to the ocean. From 1927 to 1932, a 19 mile-long dike called Afsluitdijk (the Closing Dike) was built, turning the Zuiderzee sea into the IJsselmeer, a freshwater lake. Further protective dikes and works were built, reclaiming the land of the IJsselmeer. The new land led to the creation of a the new province of Flevoland from what had been sea and water for centuries. Collectively this incredible project is known as the Netherlands North Sea Protection Works.

The Panama Canal

 

Locomotives help maneuver a ship through the Miraflores Locks on the Panama Canal as it is lowered into the lock.

The 48 mile-long (77 km) international waterway known as the Panama Canal allows ships to pass between the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean, saving about 8000 miles (12,875 km) from a journey around the southern tip of South America, Cape Horn. Built from 1904 to 1914, the Panama Canal was once a territory of the United States although today it is part of Panama. It takes approximately fifteen hours to traverse the canal through its three sets of locks (about half the time is spent waiting due to traffic). For more information about the Panama Canal read my article here on the Geography GuideSite.