You can now see Eva Longoria from Space! For air travellers flying over southern Nevada this week, the view offers more than endless dusty desert.


A giant, bikini-clad Hollywood star perched on the desert sands isn't a mirage, but a recreation of a Maxim magazine cover. The cover is made of a vinyl-mesh screen and reads: THE ONLY MAGAZINE BIG ENOUGH TO BE SEEN FROM SPACE - AND ONLY IN VEGAS!

A barely dressed Eva Longoria, star of ABC's Desperate Housewives, graces the 23-by-33-metre display just outside Primm, Nev., near the California state line. The cover is part of several days of events celebrating the magazine's 100-issue milestone, including poker and golf tournaments at the Wynn Las Vegas hotel-casino, a Maxim public relations representative said this week.