Overwater has a pool carved into a massive rock above the sea and an infield of decking.
But when you are walking the long corridors, or standing on the top deck, way above the sea, its size feels more real.
At 834 metres above the sea, the peak has views of Rio that will take away any breath you may have left after the hike up.
At present, though satellites can provide a broad-brush picture of what is going on, collecting detailed information about the atmosphere above the sea is hard.
The huge boulder perched just above the sea has nearly been ripped in half by the natural forces that continue to carve and shape the granite coastline.
The scientists tracked the rate of dispersal in the top 65 feet of the water and at four additional depths, with the lowest being just above the sea bed.
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Dr. BLACK: It takes photographs every couple of seconds so we end up with a strip of images about 1500 meters long and it's using those images to count the fish swimming above the sea floor.
The small town has been here for more than 1, 500 years, perched on a dramatic cliff top 1000-feet above the sea, and in the past few centuries has garnered a reputation as a popular escape for creative artists and musicians: Ravello has been a home away from home to Wagner, Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Greta Garbo, Graham Greene, Leonard Bernstein and M.
Next door is Simops, or simultaneous operations, which choreographs the complex dance of drill ships, drill rigs and service vessels that crowd the sea above the leaking well.
He said the aim of putting two wreaths and 75 rose petals into the sea above the wreck was to keep the memory alive of those who had lost their lives.
The average temperature is above 40C, the sea is like a warm bath, the golden sand burns your feet and the ubiquitous tarmac is starting to sizzle.
Nicknamed the Little Red Schoolhouse and perched on dry land in the French Quarter, comfortably above sea level, the school now brims with energy, ambition and rising test scores among its 420 students, more than 90% of them from low-income African-American families.
All this suggests that General Pinochet, who spent the week at his holiday home by the sea, remains above the law in Chile, and is unlikely to be tried.
The village of Olymbos looks precarious at best, perched high on a mountaintop above the plunging rocky shoreline of the Aegean Sea.
The accident took place in at 2, 000m (6, 500ft) above sea level on the slopes of Mount Cermis, in the Fiemme Valley.
The time taken for the waves to complete this journey is recorded, and it is a fairly straightforward calculation to work out the height of the ice above sea level.
Robichaux liked the fact that it was on higher ground, 8 feet above sea level, compared with 4 feet below sea level at the school he was supposed to run, KIPP Phillips.
To drill the well, engineers have devised an ingenious system of hollow "riser pipes" that create a hermetic seal between the well opening on the sea floor and the ship swaying above.
While the park has added newer amusements, most visitors come for the vintage attractions, including a two-tier carousel built in 1921, the Talaia, which raises guests with a rickety metal arm to a height of 550m above sea level, and the iconic Avio ride, modelled on the first plane to fly between Barcelona and Madrid.
So too is the hope that the North-East Passage above Russia, also known as the Northern Sea Route (NSR), as well as the North-West Passage from the Atlantic over the top of North America, will become navigable for several months each summer.
Diamond told the Associated Press that he was "flying way above sea level" when heard about the honour.
However, the town of Mitzpe Ramon, situated 900m above sea level, is actually one of the coldest places in Israel, especially at night.
The Maldives, a string of islands off the coast of India whose highest point above sea level is eight feet, may be the first nation to drown.
Santo Tomas, Peru ( VICE) -- The town of Santo Tomas is 12, 000 feet above sea level, nestled cozily in the vertiginous Peruvian Andes.
The project, located some 3, 700 m (12, 140 feet) above sea level, involves moving the water from four lakes high in the mountains into reservoirs the company would build.
Pinched between the Andes ranges and sitting 2, 600m above sea level, Bogota is unexpectedly one of the world's great biking cities.
It is also short of water, which must be constantly replenished, because much of the canal is above sea-level.
Instead of being aimed at a point 10, 023 feet above sea level, the mirror was pointed out into space.
More than 12, 000 feet above sea level on the windswept Andean plains, 30, 000 Indians await the arrival of Evo Morales.
Above sea level, the offshore structure has been bolted together with a conventional offshore turbine of the sort used for near-shore wind farms that are bolted to the sea-bed.
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