Archive for the 'Photos' Category
Saturday, September 4th, 2010
Gina Signorella-Arlen of Union, New Jersey contributes this photo of a water tower in Nassau, Bahamas, taken sometime about early September of 2010.
Gina says, “I thought you’d like to see how
Nassau, Bahamas has handled the ‘clean municipal water supply’ challenge. Not a bad effort, but it lacks the grace and style of our iconic water [...]
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Sunday, August 1st, 2010
Mike Merrit of Austin, Texas writes to share his passion for water towers. Not only does he photograph them, he also makes original models like the one shown here. This model is made from clay, steel and molded rubber. It bears a striking resemblence to the World’s Tallest Water Sphere, especially with the vibrant blue [...]
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
he World’s Tallest Water Sphere has been featured as a vacation destination in a recent Go Big or Go Home blog posting.
Traci LaRosa Suppa has written our site to let us know that she and her family, who make it a point to visit the world’s biggest oddities, had fun reading and seeing the World’s [...]
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
Congratulations go to Brian Donohue for his work on the Star Ledger Live site and all its interesting stories. The World’s Tallest Water Sphere site was interviewed for a segment back in January of 2009.
Brian Donohue has won an Emmy award for his work in interactive media. With a love for the World’s Tallest Water [...]
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Sunday, February 28th, 2010
This heavenly alignment of the World’s Tallest Water Sphere and the Sun was photographed and submitted by reader Brian Donahue in February of 2010. The photo is taken from Route 78 in the Hillside area looking west.
As several readers have mentioned, there is an alignment of Sphere and Sun during two moments during the year [...]
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Saturday, January 16th, 2010
This gravity defying action shot of the World’s Tallest Water Sphere was taken recently from a speeding automobile traveling north on the Garden State Parkway. Thanks to Gina Signorella-Arlen who enlisted the help of her family in capturing this shot safely while navigating crowded swarms of swerving New Jersey drivers attempting to perform the same [...]
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Friday, January 1st, 2010
Happy New Year to all from the World’s Tallest Water Sphere. A prosperous 2010 to all our reader.
Our intrepid reporters had a chance to visit the World’s Tallest Water Sphere and take some photos. We will file a report soon. In the mean time, here is a preview photo of a lovely day at the [...]
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Saturday, November 28th, 2009
This photo depicts the World’s Tallest Water Sphere from the “Blue Era”. Photo taken in December of 1991. It also is the photo used for the header logo of this site.
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Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
Scientists at the World’s Tallest Water Sphere Research Center in Austin, Texas have determined the extent of damage possible to the World’s Tallest Water Sphere in the event of massive flooding. As many people know, the level of the oceans is rising due to global warming and the melting of polar ice caps. As the [...]
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Saturday, August 8th, 2009
Gina Arlen contributes this rather unique set of sightings:
Which one gives you nightmares?
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Monday, June 15th, 2009
Whoops, I nearly forgot to mention that the latest issue of Weird N.J. (#32) has a nice article on the World’s Tallest Water Sphere.
Not only do they have wonderful color photos of the WTWS that you can carry conveniently on your next safari in Bostwana, you also get a colorful shot of the WTWS web [...]
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Sunday, April 26th, 2009
I found these photos at the World’s Tallest Water Sphere Museum offices. Unfortunately I have no notes on who submitted them, when they were submitted, or the people who are in the photos.
The first photo appears to be from the 1950s. A happy family gazes contemplatively upon a model of the World’s Tallest Water Sphere. [...]
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Monday, April 6th, 2009
For people who want to flash secret signs for the camera, here is how you finger spell “WTWS” using American Sign Language finger spelling. I think it would be great if some of the photo submissions for the site showed you and your friends flashing the “WTWS” for your viewers and friends.
For those of us [...]
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Sunday, March 15th, 2009
ater Sphere Phan Gina Signorella-Arlen has contributed another of her World’s Tallest Water Sphere artistic masterpieces, this one entitled “Sphere of Sauron.”
She writes, “One sphere to rule them all, one sphere to find them…” and to that we respond, “one sphere to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them.”
Yes, the evil plan of [...]
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Sunday, March 1st, 2009
These colorful World’s Tallest Water Sphere proposals are sent to us from Gina Signorella-Arlen, formerly of Roselle Park and self-professed WTWS groupie. Not only the photo-editing, but the titles of her works include the ironic humor that many Jerseyans share.
I especially like the Zeppelin one, I am sure many Zeppelin album covers (e.g. Presence) would [...]
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Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
A few weeks ago we posted the Star Ledger Live story about the World’s Tallest Water Sphere and this site. In case you did not watch the video, there were 3 very creative proposals for a new paint scheme for the WTWS. I believe writer Brian Donahue mentioned that they are the creative works [...]
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Sunday, February 8th, 2009
Reader Nina Dennis submits this beautiful view of Union’s wonder of the world from her neighborhood.
Nina says, “I thought I would send you photos of the World’s Tallest Watersphere as seen from my house. I can see it clearly from my sunporch in the winter when the leaves are off the trees.”
It’s a gorgeous [...]
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Thursday, January 15th, 2009
Today the Star Ledger Live reporter Brian Donohue covers the World’s Tallest Water Sphere, this web site, and the WTWS Museum:
Ledger Live: The World’s Tallest Water Sphere
If the embedded video does not show, here is a link to the Ledger Live story and a link to a Blip TV version.
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Thursday, January 1st, 2009
The attached photo of the World’s Tallest Water Sphere was submitted by Gina (Signorella) Arlen, self-described WTWS groupie, formerly of Roselle Park. This is a very recent photo because the World’s Tallest Water Sphere now sports a flashing red beacon which makes it taller than last year’s World’s Tallest Water Sphere.
I like the angle of [...]
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Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
Happy New Year for 2009! Featured at right is another wiggles animation of the World’s Tallest Water Sphere. (To see animation, your browser must support GIF file format and allow images to animate. For some browsers this is a configuration option.) The photo was taken on 2008-12-25 from the park near Kawameeh Lane. You can [...]
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