Shirley Griffith has more. From a distance, Big Bambu looks like a huge nest in the shape of a wave.

VOA: special.2010.08.13

Off in the distance you see a valley way below and lines of bluish gray mountains that seem to reach forever.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

President Obama, in a speech on Wednesday, sought to distance himself from some of the policies of George W.Bush.

VOA: special.2009.09.26

As she heard the muffled roar of the van starting up in the distance, a horrifying realization gripped her."

VOA: special.2009.08.24

I do remember walking on the college grounds and watching sail boats in the distance on the blue waters of Lake Michigan.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

There are places to stop along the road to look at the fields and forests down below and far in the distance.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

The difference in the apparent position of the cosmic masers lets astronomers measure their distance from the Earth.

VOA: special.2009.01.20

It is said to be most-useful to athletes in endurance sports such as cycling and distance-running.

VOA: special.2011.04.12

But in measuring distance, one degree shrinks from about one hundred nine kilometers at the equator to nothing at the north and south poles.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

In fact,some of the nicest looking plants in the world are best enjoyed from a distance.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

The center's distance learning program uses puppets to teach children in classrooms in forty-four American states.

VOA: special.2009.09.23

The country night was warm and still except for a baby crying in the distance.

VOA: special.2009.06.27

In the distance it shows what appears to be a large creature in the water.

VOA: special.2009.01.05

As I stood watching him, a rifle fired in the distance, then another and another.

VOA: special.2010.07.31