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Those huge blimps – like the famous Hindenburg zeppelin that burned when it was landing in New Jersey in 1937 – are flying again; this time around San Francisco Bay. Of course, the new ones are filled with helium, not hydrogen, and thus are not flammable. The news ships are technical wonders, and the views are spectacular.

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It was 420 feet (128 meters) long by 38 feet (11.5 meters) across. It was filled with 399,000 cubic feet (11,298 cubic meters) of hydrogen. His creator was Count von Ferdinand Zeppelin, who used the wealth of his wife Isabella to finance the development.