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This is actually a skyscraper too, the tallest in San Francisco
http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=118715

The white complex on the pier is Canada Place, which is also the Vancouver Trade & Convention Centre.

wow, that is really cool
does no one have any idea what that is?? I can't seem to figure it out.

This is actually Glacier Bay, and was the location of a massive glacier during the 1700s. The entire Bay can be seen here:
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=58.779602,-136.527100&spn=0.738419,1.307236&t=k&hl=en
In the far bottom right corner of that map was the furthest extent of the glacier, at the mouth of the bay. By the late 1700's the glacier began receding, more quickly then any other glacier has. At the...