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Others : Ngorongoro Crater
Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:57:36 GMTPosted By:Ben
Title:Ngorongoro Crater
Posted On:Sunday, August 17, 2008
Ngorongoro Crater, which is the world's largest unbroken, unflooded volcanic caldera. The Crater, which formed when a giant volcano exploded and collapsed on itself some two to three million years ago, is 610 m (2, 001 ft) deep and its floor covers 260 km² (102 square miles). Estimates of the height of the original volcano range from fifteen to nineteen thousand feet high.Others : Spanish Base Gabriel de Castilla in Antarctica
Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:54:32 GMTPosted By:Admin
Title:Spanish Base Gabriel de Castilla in Antarctica
Posted On:Sunday, August 17, 2008
The Spanish Antarctica base named "Gabriel de Castilla" is on the island Deception Island (South Shetland Islands).Gabriel de Castilla (1577 - c. 1620), was a Spanish explorer and navigator. A native of Palencia, he was an early explorer of Antarctica. His contribution to knowledge of the Antarctic continent was ignored in his lifetime and long afterwards. It was only at the end of the 18th century that his contributions were recognized.Palaces : Drottningholm Palace, Sweden
Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:47:23 GMTPosted By:Admin
Title:Drottningholm Palace, Sweden
Posted On:Sunday, August 17, 2008
The Drottningholm Palace is the private residence of the Swedish royal family. It is located in Drottningholm. It is built on the island Lovön (in Ekerö Municipality of Stockholm County), and is one of Sweden's Royal Palaces. It was originally built in the late 16th century. Apart from being the private residency of the Swedish royal family, the castle is a popular tourist attraction.Others : Monastery of Saint Anthony, Egypt
Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:43:26 GMTPosted By:Admin
Title:Monastery of Saint Anthony, Egypt
Posted On:Sunday, August 17, 2008
The Monastery of Saint Anthony is a Coptic Orthodox monastery located in an oasis in the Eastern Desert, hidden deep in the Red Sea mountains. It is located 155 km (100 miles) southeast of Cairo. It is the oldest inhabited Christian monastery in the world. The monastery of Saint Anthony was built around 356 on the burial site of Saint Anthony. Little is known about the monastery's early period. During the sixth and seventh centuries, many monks from the monasteries of Scetes went to the monastery of Saint Anthony, in order to escape the frequent attacks by the Bedouins and Berbers.United States : Golden Gate, California, USA
Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:39:26 GMTPosted By:Guest
Title:Golden Gate, California, USA
Posted On:Sunday, August 17, 2008
The Golden Gate is the North American strait connecting San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean. Since 1937 it has been spanned by the Golden Gate Bridge. Technically, the 'gate' is defined by the headlands of the San Francisco Peninsula and the Marin Peninsula, while the 'strait' is the water flowing in between.During the last Ice Age, when sea level was several hundred feet lower, the waters of the glacier-fed Sacramento River and the San Joaquin River scoured a deep channel through the bedrock on their way to the ocean. The strait is well known today for its depth and powerful tidal currents from the Pacific Ocean. Many small whirlpools and eddies can form in its waters.United States : Bingham Canyon Mine, Utah, USA
Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:33:38 GMTPosted By:Rabin
Title:Bingham Canyon Mine, Utah, USA
Posted On:Sunday, August 17, 2008
The Bingham Canyon Mine is an open-pit mining operation extracting a large porphyry copper deposit southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, in the Oquirrh Mountains. It is owned by Rio Tinto, an international mining and exploration company headquartered in the United Kingdom. The copper operations at Bingham Canyon Mine are managed through Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation which operates the mine, a concentrator plant, a smelter, and a refinery. The mine has been in production since 1906, and has resulted in the creation of a pit over 0.75 mile (1.2 km) deep, 2.5 miles (4 km) wide, and covering 1, 900 acres (7.7 km²). According to Kennecott, it is the world's largest man-made excavation. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966 under the name Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine.Others : Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Moscow
Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:07:08 GMTPosted By:Admin
Title:Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Moscow
Posted On:Sunday, August 17, 2008
The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour is the tallest Eastern Orthodox Church in the world. It is situated in Moscow, on the bank of the Moskva River, a few blocks west of the Kremlin.Others : Mauna Kea, Hawaiian Islands
Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:47:50 GMTPosted By:Admin
Title:Mauna Kea, Hawaiian Islands
Posted On:Sunday, August 17, 2008
Mauna Kea is a dormant volcano in the Hawaiian Islands, one of five volcanoes which together form the island of Hawaii. Pu'u Wekiu, one of numerous cinder cones on the summit plateau, is the highest point in the state of Hawaii at 13, 796 feet (4, 205 m). Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain in the world when measured from base to summit, since its base is located on the seafloor about 19, 000 feet (5, 800 m) beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean, bringing its total height to about 33, 000 ft (10, 000 m).Others : Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey
Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:38:08 GMTPosted By:Admin
Title:Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey
Posted On:Sunday, August 17, 2008
Hagia Sophia is a former patriarchal basilica, later a mosque, now a museum in Istanbul, Turkey. Famous in particular for its massive dome, it is considered the epitome of Byzantine architecture. It was the largest cathedral ever built in the world for nearly a thousand years, until the completion of the Medieval Seville Cathedral in 1520.United Kingdom : British Museum
Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:33:30 GMTPosted By:Admin
Title:British Museum
Posted On:Sunday, August 17, 2008
The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than 7 million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its beginning to the present. The museum is a Non-Departmental Public Body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.United States : Milwaukee Art Museum
Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:13:48 GMTPosted By:Admin
Title:Milwaukee Art Museum
Posted On:Sunday, August 17, 2008
The Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM) is located on Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Starting around 1872, multiple organizations were founded in order to bring an art gallery to Milwaukee, as the city was still a growing port town with little or no places to hold major art exhibitions.UNESCO Heritage List : Blenheim Palace, England
Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:02:35 GMTPosted By:Admin
Title:Blenheim Palace, England
Posted On:Sunday, August 17, 2008
Blenheim Palace is a large and monumental country house situated in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. It is the only non-episcopal country house in England to hold the title "palace". The Palace, one of England's largest houses, was built between 1705 and circa 1724. It was recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.United States : Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco
Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:58:29 GMTPosted By:Admin
Title:Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco
Posted On:Sunday, August 17, 2008
The Transamerica Pyramid is the tallest and most recognizable skyscraper in the San Francisco skyline.Built on the location of the historic Montgomery Block, it has a structural height of 260 meters (853 ft) and contains 48 floors of retail and office space. Construction began in 1969 and finished in 1972.Others : Kuwait Towers
Sat, 16 Aug 2008 23:24:44 GMTPosted By:Admin
Title:Kuwait Towers
Posted On:Saturday, August 16, 2008
The Kuwait Towers are three towers of reinforced concrete in Kuwait City. The main tower is 187 metres high and serves as a restaurant and water tower. It also has a Viewing Sphere which rises to 123 meters above sea level and completes a full round turn every 30 minutes. The second tower is 145.8 metres high and serves as a water tower. The third tower houses equipment to control the flow of electricity and illuminates the two bigger towers. The towers were designed by Sune Lindström and Malene Björn and were built by Energoprojekt, a company from Belgrade, Serbia.Others : Nagasaki, Japan
Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:13:39 GMTPosted By:Guest
Title:Nagasaki, Japan
Posted On:Saturday, August 16, 2008
Monument at the atomic bomb hypocenter in Nagasaki
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