Using ggplot2, can I insert a break in the axis?

Question

I want to make a bar plot where one of the values is much bigger than all other values. Is there a way of having a discontinuous y-axis? My data is as follows:

Answer 1

I doubt there's anything off the shelf in R, but you could show the data as a series of 3D partial cubes. 500 is only 5*10*10, so it would scale well. The exact value could be a label.

This probably should only be used if you must have a graphic representation for some reason.