The Holiday Train Show at Botanical Garden in New York

The Holiday Train Show at the New York Botanical Garden is an annual holiday tradition.Within the enchanting setting of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, model trains zip over bridges and past replicas of New York landmarks made of plant parts such as nuts, bark, and leaves. Show favorites include the original Yankee Stadium, Statue of Liberty, and Brooklyn Bridge.

The Holiday Train Show is popular with families. Children love watching the trains and finding buildings that they recognize, while adults will be impressed with the detail and beauty of the New York landmarks.

Image gallery of the trains throughout the Holiday Train Show.

Model of Yankee Stadium

Pennsylvania Station

Model of TWA Flight Center

Model of Ellis Island

The most expensive superyacht ever, comes with a limousine on deck

This huge superyacht is so sleek you'd almost be forgiven for mistaking it for a floating limousine.This is no coincidence - the 'Sovereign' yacht is based on the design of a limo, and even comes with its own matching car.

And the vessel fit for a king could be yours, if you're willing to shell out a mere $132million - that's £85million.For that modest outlay, the happy owner also gets furniture designed by Armani, as well as a swimming pool and golfing green.

This picture shows the glass helipad and circling infinity pool which the lucky owner can enjoy

'We thought about a typical person on board one of these yachts and asked: how do they travel on land? Well - limousine,' company boss Eduard Gray told CNN. 'It's a very unique concept in the yacht world.'

The company claims that the boat's unusual design 'gives her an extremely low profile' - but a look at the yacht's extra features may suggest otherwise.

Sovereign's shape was inspired by that of a limousine, and it comes with a car of the same design

Designers Gray Design say the boat will be low-profile, but these computer-generated images may perhaps suggest otherwise

This 100-metre superyacht, which comes with an onboard garage

There is a glass helicopter pad, encircled by an infinity pool; 10 guests suites as well as the extensive main quarters; a private cinema; and a nightclub area which epitomises 'elegance and class' - according to Gray Design, at least.

The architects are also installing a golfing green, which can be converted into a god play area for an owner who preferred playing with pets to playing sport.And of course there's an onboard garage, to store the matching limousine which is an optional extra, or whatever other car the owner feels is necessary to zip around the decks.

Armani are said to be involved with designing the ship's interior furnishings

The yacht goes up to a maximum of 30 knots - fairly nippy for a vessel of this size, but perhaps a little disappointing for real petrolheads hoping to transfer to seafaring.

Google office in london looks like big brother house

Google needs its engineers to come up with brilliant ideas, and to help them do that apparently a work environment like the Big Brother House will do the trick.

The search giant’s London headquarters in Victoria covers three floors, but last week some of its 350 staff began using a revamped engineering floor - called L4 - that has to be one of the trendiest in the world.

Meeting rooms feature strange angular sofas, the corridors look like the inside of the starship Enterprise and the workers can play pool and video games during their breaks.

Nelson Mattos, Google’s Vice President of Engineering, said: ‘We hire the brightest and best engineers in the UK and put them together in a highly creative, relaxed and exciting environment.’

One of the many relaxation areas in L4

Unconventional seating is a must at Google

The Coffee Lab serves 19 blends

L4 is paradise for creative thinkers

Google workers are treated to a pool table and games consoles

L4 does have futuristic meeting pods

Programmers are encouraged to play with toys

Cushions are all-important at Google

For bigger team talks bosses can use this state-of-the-art suite

One of the ultra trendy meeting rooms in the London office

Google trendy office for inspiration

Facility of music for employees

Rowing boat in office

Amazing Creativity by Blind photographer

Craig Royal, a fine art photographer, was born with vision loss due to a congenital form of optic atrophy. He has been practicing photography for the last four years and his subject matter is wide and far; nature, architecture, objects and their potential for abstraction and a philosophical perspective that explores the human condition.

Royal believes, "Photography is more than a form of artistic expression but also a visual aide that allows me to revel in the exquisite detail that surrounds us."

Courtesy of the artist Craig Royal, from the series "Refections and Abstractions"

NASA launched Largest-ever robotic explorer : Atlas 5 Mars Rover

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Curiosity rover lifts off from Launch Complex 41at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The rocket will deliver a science laboratory to Mars to study potential habitable environments on the planet.

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket carrying NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover

The biggest, most sophisticated robotic explorer ever built.The rover examines a rock on Mars with a set of tools

This artist concept shows NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, a mobile robot for investigating Mars' past or present ability to sustain microbial life. Curiosity is being tested in preparation for launch in late 2011. In this picture, the rover examines a rock on Mars with a set of tools at the end of the rover's arm, which extends about 2 meters (7 feet).

Two instruments on the arm can study rocks up close. Also, a drill can collect sample material from inside of rocks and a scoop can pick up samples of soil. The arm can sieve the samples and deliver fine powder to instruments inside the rover for thorough analysis.

A "sky crane" lowers the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover onto the surface of Mars

Scenes from a miniature world- Toy Story

Diorama effect or "diorama illusion" is a process in which a photograph of a life-size location or object is made to look like a photograph of a miniature scale model.

Blurring parts of the photo simulates the shallow depth of field normally encountered in close-up photography, making the scene seem much smaller than it actually is the blurring can be done either optically when the photograph is taken, or by digital postprocessing. Many diorama effect photographs are taken from a high angle to simulate the effect of looking down on a miniature.

Message in a bottle? This one makes the sail

This miniature VW van goes off the beaten track

These GIs take cover as the mortar explodes. Don’t miss the sandbags in the foreground

A car zips on a rain-washed street

Japan after 8 month of tsunami destruction

These aerial views of tsunami-battered seaside communities in north eastern Japan may show striking progress - with much of the rubble, crumpled cars and debris gone.

But a brown, barren emptiness where bustling towns once stood is a sobering reminder of how much work still lies ahead in clearing up the area devastated eight months ago, on March 11, by the disaster triggered by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake.

People living in the tidy rows of temporary houses that dot the surrounding areas say they are frustrated that authorities are not moving ahead more quickly with reconstruction plans.

The fishing town of Minamisanriku, which lost 70% of its buildings in tsunami

The carnage caused by the tsunami can be seen on the outline of an aircraft which used to stand next to Sendai's airport

Entire neighbourhoods in the town of Natori were completely wiped out by the March 11 tsunami

Cars damaged by the tsunami are left parked in a field near Ishinomaki

A three-storey building looks as it was easily pushed over onto its side in Onagawa

Though much of the debris left by the tsunami has been removed, eight months later there is little sign of rebuilding in communities, such as Ishinomaki pictured here

This is one of hundreds of rows of make-shift houses that have constructed for tsunami survivors in Onagawa

The city of Sendai is seen behind buildings damaged by the March 11 tsunami

A digger sets about clearing debris near a boat stranded by the tsunami at Ishinomaki

Foundations of houses destroyed by the tsunami are seen beside undamaged ones in Sendai