Thursday, July 21, 2011

Signature Sports Venues as Seen From Space - GeoEye High Resolution Imagery Featured on WIRED

Mammoth sports stadiums and venues are always a sight to behold when you're sitting in them, but what if you're looking at them from space? That's a whole new perspective that we rarely see, but our friends at NASA and GeoEye have eyes in the sky that allow for us to gain a new appreciation for these architectural and natural landscapes that are more just hulking steel structures or sand traps by the sea.


Indeed, looking at these monuments of sport from above makes you think differently when you're visiting down below. Here are 12 notable venues that stretch across all periods of history to show us that times may change but our societal love of sports is endless.


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