Gallery: Peeling a City Apart to Show How Structures Survive Disasters
01san-francisco
*Looking at the internal structure shows how San Francisco's towers are able to roll with the motion when a major earthquake strikes.*
02transamerica
*Looking at the internal structure shows how San Francisco's towers are able to roll with the motion when a major earthquake strikes.*
03golden-gate-bridge
*The Golden Gate Bridge's cables anchor deep into massive cement structures that are buried into the bedrock.*
04quicksand
*Liquefaction during earthquakes threatens buildings erected in ground fill areas — of which San Francisco has many.*
05cable-car
*Long spans of moving cables continue to keep the cable car system moving through the hilly city.*
06underwater
*Dredging the San Francisco Bay exposes many hidden, historic artifacts.*
07dubai
*Building skyscrapers in loose, sandy conditions requires pylons that burrow far into the ground.*
08london-underground
*London has a second city below its surface, buzzing with activity for over a century.*
09pantheon
*Rome's Pantheon, built in 126 AD, flies apart to show the innards of the historic structure.*
