I share with all of you this beautiful feeling that is born in the soul when there is visited this indescribable place of Tepuy Canaima and its majestic fall of water, Kerepakupai-Meru, or 'Jump to the deepest Place, if you preffer to said it in English. We, the Venezuelans, do not...
I do not have exact length or height figures of the suspension footbridge but the north side foundation that supported the tower and the south side where the cable terminated into a rock cliff are likely to still exist. My figures are based on dam engineering drawings and photos. The bridge...
Before the two halves of the arch could be closed at the crown, they were held back with stringers anchored more than 20 feet (6 mtrs) deep into the rocky ground. The underground anchorage was only accessible by a 25 foot (7.6 mtr) tunnel that was dug straight in from the cliff face...
The water seems to be dropping straight out of the clouds. The height of the falls is so great that by the time the water reaches the ground, it has already turned into fog(雾). If you have a chance to visit them, you'll never forget them!【1】Niagara Falls are .A.very dangerous...
That’s not what WE envision as the end goal of ‘true VR’, to run and soar off a cliff and feel like we are there is a lot more than just pushing a stick like trad-gaming. That is going to take some solving or we’ll be stuck at ‘half VR’ impurekind Well, within the ...
With a small section of the Appalachian Trail running through it, the Great Smoky Mountains touts towering mountains with cliff-side walkways perfect during all four seasons. Considered the most popular spot in the park by the National Park Service, Cades Cove promises many wildlife sightings includ...
The 2000-built arch bridge was a replacement for an unusual suspension bridge from 1990 that had its main cables anchored directly into the rock cliff face. The short life span of the first bridge resulted from the decision to build the massive 3 Gorges Dam 100 miles (161 kms) downstream ...
Not only are there are two major road bridges across the Maling River more than 328 feet (100 meters) high but there are several trails that descend to the bottom of the cliff enclosed canyon. Here you can view dozens of waterfalls that cascade into the gorge from a walkway cut into the...
In China the most famous old school example of this bridge type is surely the 1983-built Dazi Bridge in Tibet over the Lhasa River with a large span of 415 meters and a total length of 500 meters with an anchorage high up on a cliff that required cable stays on the high end. For ...