1788 AD – 1998 ADThis dramatic collection of moments highlights humanity's immense capacity to permanently alter physical surroundings through monumental constructions, sudden civic uprisings, and sweeping environmental transformations.
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Round 1 · 1998 AD
CasualErecting the Angel of the North
Antony Gormley's colossal contemporary steel sculpture, featuring a wingspan as wide as a jumbo jet, was transported in pieces and lowered onto its deep concrete foundations by giant mobile cranes.
Round 2 · 1861 AD
ExpertCompleting the First Transcontinental Telegraph
The connection of the final wires instantly rendered the Pony Express obsolete, allowing near-instantaneous communication between the East Coast and California across the vast American frontier.
Round 3 · 1788 AD
ExpertThe Day of the Tiles
In a famous and bloody prelude to the French Revolution, the citizens of Grenoble fiercely drove royalist troops out of the city by pelting them from the rooftops with heavy ceramic tiles.
Round 4 · 1971 AD
ExpertIgniting the Darvaza Gas Crater
When a Soviet drilling rig collapsed into a massive natural gas cavern in the Karakum Desert, geologists intentionally set the pit on fire to prevent the spread of toxic methane gas.
Round 5 · 1905 AD
LegendaryFlooding the Salton Sink
A poorly engineered irrigation cut on the Colorado River was overwhelmed by floodwaters, accidentally diverting the entire raging river into the Californian desert basin and creating the massive Salton Sea.
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