The Space Needle is an observation tower in Seattle, Washington, a landmark of the Pacific Northwest and an icon of Seattle. It was built in the Seattle Center for the 1962 World's Fair, which drew over 2.3 million visitors. Once the tallest structure west of the Mississippi River, it is 605 ft high. It is built to withstand winds of up to 200 mph and earthquakes of up to 9.0 magnitude. The Space Needle has an observation deck at 520 ft and the rotating SkyCity restaurant at 500 ft. The downtown Seattle skyline, as well as the Olympic and Cascade Mountains, Mount Rainier, Mount Baker, Elliott Bay and surrounding islands can be viewed from the top of the Needle.—Wikipedia This image was processed as an HDR (High Dynamic Range) composition.
Seattle is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington state. With an estimated 730,000 residents as of 2018, Seattle is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. According to U.S. Census data released in 2018, the Seattle metropolitan area’s population stands at 3.87 million, and ranks as the 15th largest in the United States. In 2013 and 2016, it was the fastest-growing major city in the United States. Seattle is the northernmost large city in the United States. The city is situated on an isthmus between Puget Sound (an inlet of the Pacific Ocean) and Lake Washington, about 100 miles south of the Canada–United States border. A major gateway for trade with Asia, Seattle is the fourth-largest port in North America in terms of container handling as of 2015.—Wikipedia
Midway Geyser Basin is much smaller than the other basins found alongside the Firehole River in Yellowstone National Park. Despite its small size, it contains two large features, the 200-by-300-foot-wide Excelsior Geyser which pours over 4,000 U.S. gallons per minute into the Firehole River. The largest hot spring in Yellowstone, the 370-foot-wide and 121-foot-deep Grand Prismatic Spring is also found there. Wikipedia
