This page features some famous sites around the world. For navigation, click on the items listed below. To view a larger version of a photo in a new window, click on the desired picture.
- Las Vegas (NV), USA (2011)
- Los Angeles (CA), USA (2011)
- San Diego (CA), USA (2011)
- Atlanta (GA), USA (2011)
- Washington (DC), USA (2010)
- Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2010)
- Ann Arbor (MI) & Bay Area (CA), USA (2009)
- Berlin, Germany (2009)
- London, UK (2008)
- Cairo, Egypt (2007)
- Cape Town, South Africa (2007)
- Cape of Good Hope & Cape Agulhas, South Africa (2007)
- Giza, Egypt (2007)
- Granada, Spain (2006)
- Luxor, Egypt (2006)
- Thebes – West Bank, Egypt (2006)
- Cancun, Mexico (2005)
- Eastern Seaboard (PA, OH, NY), USA (2005)
- San Francisco (CA), USA (2005)
- Brussels, Belgium (2004)
- Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (2004)
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| . Las Vegas (NV), USA (2011) |
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 First impression at the airport LAS |
 Second impression at the "Las Vegas Boulevard": More illusion than reality |
 The other side of Las Vegas and Southern Nevada: The River Mountains… |
 …and the beautiful nature with great biological diversity at the Spring Mountains |
 The Hoover Dam, opened in 1936, has a height of more than 220 m and a volume of more than 2.5 million m3 |
 The Hoover Dam Bypass is the first concrete-steel composite arch bridge built in the U.S. |
 Extremely low water level in Lake Mead due to extensive water use and climate change |
 The Hoover Dam’s annual power output of about 4 billion kWh is distributed among Arizona, Nevada and California |
 Very hot desert climate typical at the Hoover Dam, whereas… |
 …the region in the north-west, after driving less than one hour(!), is snowy |
 University of Nevada, Las Vegas: The Lied Library, opened in 2001 |
 Skyline of Las Vegas; the airport is located within the city |
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| . Los Angeles (CA), USA (2011) |
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 Campus of the University of California, Irvine (UCI) |
 The UCI’s School of Engineering, renamed in honor of Dr. Samueli |
 The Beckman Institute at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) |
 US Bank Tower (right), the tallest building in Los Angeles (310 m) |
 Lots of palms at Venice Beach |
 Even more palms at the "Walk of Fame" |
 The University of Southern California (USC) – Douglas Fairbanks statue in the middle |
 Memorial Coliseum: The only stadium in the world having hosted the Olympic Games twice (1932, 1984) |
 Neo-Romanesque architecture at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA): The Royce Hall |
 Another fascinating sight on the UCLA campus at night |
 View from Hollywood Hills towards southwest (Los Angeles and Hollywood Reservoir in the background)… |
 …and towards northeast |
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| . San Diego (CA), USA (2011) |
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 San Diego skyline seen from southwest |
 Downtown San Diego |
 The USS Midway aircraft carrier (in operation 1945 – 1997) |
 The San Diego Zoo – with… |
 …more than 800 species one of the largest zoos in the world |
 University of San Diego (USD): Wonderful example of Spanish Renaissance style |
 The climate of Southern California: Working at the pool in "winter" |
 The Coronado Bridge with a total length of more than 3.4 km |
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