1.   Overhead, a stunning blue dome has a backlit bronze representation of the continents.

2.   The desert for some is religious, a cathedral done in reds and browns, its blue dome arching from horizon to horizon.

3.   After speeches, a crane then will pluck off the tip of the blue dome.

4.   The first sign of salvation came when the blue dome of a church came into view.

5.   The giant blue dome of a partially completed mosque towers over the dust-clogged city of sun-baked mud homes, another reminder of former occupiers.

6.   The white building with a blue dome was designed by Erich Mendelsohn and is considered a classic example of Expressionist architecture.