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Nose to Nose with Velázquez on Google Earth
A new layer on Google Earth offers highly detailed views of 14 paintings from the museum including Velázquez's Las Meninas, Goya's The 3rd of May, 1808 in Madrid, and Hieronymus Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights. And by highly detailed, we mean images that contain as many as 14 million pixels.
MGM Grand
One of the largest hotels in the world, the MGM Grand dominates the corner it takes up, with a huge gold lion and gigantic video screens outside. One of the largest hotels in the world with over 5,000 guest rooms, the MGM Grand is like a city within itself. Luxor Hotel Casino
The Luxor has become an unmistakable icon on the Strip, with its distinctive pyramid design, giant Sphinx standing guard outside, and a spotlight from the top that is the brightest beam in the entire world. The atrium is the largest in the world, and the hotel itself is the second largest in Las Vegas. More on Ditching Planes and the A320's Water-Friendly Design
Most flight crews get at least one day of training in a pool in swimsuits for that rarest of airline disasters, a ditching. If you think that sounds fun, you're wrong. Among other things, you have to demonstrate that you're a strong swimmer and that you're capable of climbing into and out of one of those inflatable evacuation chutes, which become life rafts in the water.
Cheap Cruise Tips
How would you define "bargain" in the cruise industry? There are as many definitions as there are prospective travelers. In the end, all of them want to have memorable and...
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