A Bai girl carrying buckets of water in front of a water wheel in Lijiang Old Town, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yunnan Province, China, Asia

Front section of vintage American car parked on a street in Havana, Cuba, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Old cannon in front of the Bender fortress in Bender, Republic of Transnistria, Moldova, Europe

The Manchester Wheel, Manchester, England, United Kingdom, Europe

View of beach front houses and ferris wheel from the pier, Worthing, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

View of beach front houses and ferris wheel from the pier, Worthing, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Monk playing lingum trumpet in front of a prayer wheel, Punakha, Bhutan, Asia

A car with snow chains, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Paddle wheel steamer Mississippi Queen at the harbour in front of St Michaelis church, Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Detail of the Ferris wheel in front of blue sky, Prater, Vienna, Austria

Elephants (Loxodonta africana), bull and young crossing the road in front of tourists on a game drive, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

Tiger (Panthera tigris), walking in front of tourist vehicles on a safari, Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Tiger (Panthera tigris), walking in front of tourist vehicles on a safari, Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India, Asia

Tiger (Panthera tigris), walking in front of tourist vehicles on a safari, Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India, Asia

African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana) bull in front of a jeep with photographers, Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Lion (Panthera leo), male, in front of a safari vehicle, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Land Rover in front of Dune 49, Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia, Africa

KTM Super Duke, Wheelie

KTM Super Duke, Wheelie

KTM Super Duke, Wheelie

KTM Super Duke, Wheelie

Mill wheels

Four-wheel drive vehicle parked under sun shade in front of a small clay house, Licancabur Volcano in background, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, South America

Blue SUV in front of the Sultan's Palace, Al Alam Palace, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, Middle East

Jeeps in front of sand dunes, Murzuq desert, Libya

African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana) bull in front of an all terrain vehicle with tourists, Savuti, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Paddle wheel steamer, Louisiana Star, in winter in the icy waters of the Elbe River in front of HafenCity with the Hanseatic Trade Centre, Hamburg harbour, Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Paddle wheel steamer, Louisiana Star, in winter in the icy waters of the Elbe River in front of HafenCity with the Hanseatic Trade Centre, Hamburg harbour, Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Indian soldier keeping watch in front of a Buddhist prayer wheel, Leh, Northern India, India, Himalayas

Front loader on coal island, inland port in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Planet Hollywood Hotel, Harley Davidson Cafe, sign, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Ferris wheel at the Christmas market in front of the Neptunbrunnen fountain, Alexanderplatz, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Stuntman Mike Auffenberg driving a trial motorcycle without a front wheel, Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

Karstmuehle mill, water mill from Wohlmuthausen, museum of Henneberg, Kloster Vessra, Thuringia, Germany, Europe

Vintage car parked in front of a typical American home, Connecticut, USA

Old iron wagon wheel at Lee's Fort from 1880, Lee's Ferry, Arizona, USA

Old iron wagon wheel at Lee's Fort from 1880, Lee's Ferry, Arizona, USA

Accident caused by icy roads, wheel ripped off at impact at front, Darmsheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Wind rose of the Cassen Knigge, pier, SAR boat of the DGzRS German Maritime Rescue, Lifeboat Station Western Harbour, Norddeich district, Norden, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Off-road vehicle in front of mountains, vast plains and red sand in the desert, Wadi Rum, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Middle East, Asia

Relief with wings and a wagon wheel, a common theme in the logo of railway companies, former Reichsbahn railway building, Station 15, Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Cargo ship sailing in front of an offshore wind farm in the oresund outside Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe

Cargo ship "Wilson Astakos" sailing in front of an offshore wind farm in the oresund outside Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe

Female lion (Panthera leo) in front of a four wheel drive vehicle, Tarangire-National Park, Tanzania, Africa

Caterpillar 994F front end loader in the Aitik copper mine of Boliden AB, about 20 km southeast of the town of Gaellivare in northern Sweden, one of the largest open pit copper mines in Europe, in addition to copper, gold and silver, Molybdenum has been m

Zebras in front of a jeep with safari tourists, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, Africa

African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana) standing in front of a tourist jeep, Chobe River National Park, Botswana, Africa

Three cheetahs (acinonyx jubatus ) sitting on a hill in front of a jeep with photographer and camera, Masai Mara National Game Reserve, Kenya, Africa

Native woman spinning sheep's wool with traditional spinning wheel in front of house, Ghandruk, Kaski District, Nepal, Asia

Wheel of a ceremonial chariot for the Bisket Jatra Festival in front of Bhairabnath Temple, Taumadhi Tole square, Bhaktapur, Nepal, Asia

Native woman spinning sheep's wool with traditional spinning wheel in front of house, Ghandruk, Kaski District, Nepal, Asia

Wind turbines in rape fields in front of blue sky, Norderwoehrden, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Colorful gondolas in front of a blue sky, Daikanransha Ferris wheel, Palette Town, Odaiba, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Colorful gondolas in front of a blue sky, Daikanransha Ferris wheel, backlight shot, Palette Town, Odaiba, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Worried young woman sitting wheel chair sitting front male colleague using laptop

Renewable energy, solar panels in front of wind turbines, composing

Christmas market, ferris wheel, on the Scheldt or Schelde river bank, historic centre of Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium, Europe

Ferris wheel at the Christmas market in front of the Neptunbrunnen fountain, Alexanderplatz, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Russia last four-wheel van reaching a yurt camp or ger camp in the last sunlight, in front of the great Khorgoryn Els sand dunes in the Gobi Desert, Gurvan Saikhan National Park, Oemnoegov Aimak, Mongolia, Asia

Off-road vehicle, road, Snaefellsnes Peninsula, Iceland, Europe

Wine festival with a ferris wheel and funfair alongside the Elbe River in front of Albrechtsburg Castle and Meissen Cathedral, Meissen, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Bridge at the Estemuendung flood barrage in Hamburg, Germany, Europe

Ferris wheel, Olympic Park, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Town festival in Soest, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Horse cart in front of building, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Telephone Booth in front of a building, Snedi Village, Ring of Kerry, Republic of Ireland

USA/CA/Santa Monica/Pier/September 2007:Santa Monica Pier - a landmark in the USA. A surfer (with board, hat and water bottle) walks down the Pier having left the beach front on a warm late summer's afternoon. The beach front Police Station on the Pier adjacent to the carnival rides. The Pier dates from 1909 and still draws in the crowds. It's a nonstop sideshow of activity with street performers, amusement arcade, aquarium, rollercoaster, ferris wheel and the 1922 Looff Hippodrome Carousel (featured in The Sting). It leaves you wondering how all this fits on just one pier. Glorious views out over the beach front and coastline to be had, especially from the ferris wheel.

Ferris wheel in front off Palads on Axeltorn in Copenhagen.

Ferris wheel and lamppost

Ferris wheel and tickets sign at fairgrounds

Flags in front of Ferris wheel