Near the space center in Houston,Texas, some amateur star-watchers were trying to see the Apollo spacecraft through telescopes.

VOA: special.2009.07.22

Slowly the area became what visitors see today -- a dry land of high flat mesa tops and deep canyons formed through thousands of years by flowing rivers.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

Then cover the top of the pot with a see-through plastic bag.

VOA: special.2011.04.26

"And,what you see is a new economy breaking through what's breaking down: that heavy,industrialized, over-ambitious,over-productive, over-consumptive model, which is actually going to completely destroy our chancesof survival in the future.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24