Before leaving Calgary for the Canadian Rockies, we took the elevator up the Calgary Tower. Here's the view:
There's a plexiglass floor from which you can look straight down:
Link to Video: Tour of the Observation Deck, 26.7 Mb
In these videos Mike tried to zoom in on the mountains a bit better. Calgary looks a lot like Denver, except that the
mountains are farther away and the foothills are lower.
Link to Video: Zoom 1, 6 Mb
Link to Video: Zoom 2, 4.5 Mb
Here's a picture of us. (We got a picture later using the flash, but we weren't smiling as nicely):