A higly-parcelled piece of the Chinese countryside

Some Beijing suburbs

New developments

Coming in low

Beijing to San Francisco:

Miyun Reservoir, located about 60 miles north of Beijing, was built in 1960. Its initial purpose was flood control, irrigation and fishery, but it has become more important as a main drinking water storage for the Beijing area.

The surrounding mountains

... Many hours later ...

A view of the bay city

The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay into the Pacific Ocean. It had the longest suspension bridge span in the world when it was completed in 1937.

San Francisco International Airport, the Gateway to the Pacific, was first opened in 1927 in a cow pasture.