Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Space Shuttle Enterprise

Submitted by: Marc S. Posner (from Aliso Viejo, CA, USA)

Country: United States
State: Virginia
City: Chantilly
Location: Space Shuttle Enterprise [map]
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Space Shuttle Enterprise is among the first orbiters ever built, and is on display at the Smithsonian Institution's Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. Enterprise flew a series of space shuttle approaches and landing tests between February 15, 1977 and October 26, 1977 to prove the craft could fly in the atmosphere and land without power-gliding flight. NASA initially intended for Enterprise to join the shuttle fleet; costs of retrofitting it for space flight made it impractical and Challenger was completed instead. Enterprise will remain in the Smithsonian until it is replaced by Discovery and relocated to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York.

Anaheim Ducks towel invades: US Capitol Building

Submitted by: Marc S. Posner (from Aliso Viejo, CA, USA)

Country: United States
State: District of Columbia
City: Washington
Location: United States Capitol Building [map]
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The United States Capitol is built on Washington, D.C.'s highest point and is topped by a 19-foot 6-inch bronze statue named Freedom, making it the tallest building in the capital. Freedom's tip is the dead-center point in D.C., dividing north from south and east from west.

Anaheim Ducks towel invades: Chicago skyline from John Hancock Center

Submitted by: Marc (from Aliso Viejo, CA, USA)

Country: United States
State: Illinois
City: Chicago
Location: Chicago skyline, from John Hancock Center [map]
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The John Hancock Center is a 100-story tower that was the tallest building in the world outside New York City when it was opened in 1968; currently it is the sixth-tallest building in the United States. It houses the world's highest swimming pool and will soon house the world's highest skating rink. The building overlooks Chicago, the third-largest city in the United States and largest city in Illinois. The John Hancock Center is far from the tallest building in the city; the country's tallest building, the Willis Tower, is also located in Chicago.