Gert Jan van der linden (middle) leaps into the arms of a teammate Koen Janssen leaving his wheelchair behind after qualifying for the gold medal game.
Light bulbs strung through England's Greenwich Park mark the prime meridian. In 1884, 0 degrees longitude was fixed here acknowledging Britain's domination of shipping and charts.
Light reflected from nylon thread near Mont-Saint-Michele illustrates triangulation, the methods used in the 18th-century by Jacques Cassini to survey the coast of France