Showing posts with label Places. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Places. Show all posts

11/09/2014

Fly Geyser — A Hidden Gem of Nevada, USA

Fly Geyser, also known as Fly Ranch Geyser is a man-made small geothermal geyser located in Washoe County, Nevada approximately 20 miles (32 km) north of Gerlach. Fly Geyser is located near the edge of Fly Reservoir and is only about 5 feet (1.5 m) high, but 12 feet (3.7 m) counting the mound on which it sits in 2013.

artificial geothermal geyser located in the northwest of the state of Nevada
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11/08/2014

Torghatten — Mountain with a Hole Inside

On the Norwegian island of Torget is a unique mountain, midway through hole having a length of about 160 meters and a width of about 20 meters. Thus, the height of the holes is around 35 meters. According to legend, Torgatten arose after a very entertaining story. When the troll Hestmannen tried to catch a beautiful girl named Lekamoyya, at the end of the chase, spiteful character realized that the girl he did not catch. Then let the troll in the beauty arrow to kill her. King was able to save Sømna Lekamoyyu throwing his hat in front of the boom. Hat fell on the island, and the arrow pierced a hole in it. So there was a mountain Torgatten. In fact the same opening appeared in the investigation and freezing of ice melting. The tunnel can walk freely. 

Torghatten — Mountain with a Hole Inside
Torghatten — Mountain with a Hole Inside (Torghatten, Brønnøy, Norway) Photo Source

11/07/2014

Yili Apricot Valley, China

The valley Yili Apricot in China is famous for many reasons. The first is obvious: The beauty. The others have to do with the production of apricots and the derivatives. Numerous trees are in bloom and the valley is transformed into a white-pink landscape that impresses. Through the endless green hills of the apricot remove their flowers and preparing to tie off. It's a magical moment colored carpet covers the area and make this part of the famous and most photographed in the world. 

Yili Apricot Valley, China
Yili Apricot Valley, China

Inca Mummy — The Ice Maiden, South America

In 1999, a joint Argentine-Peruvian expedition to climb Mount Llullaillaco, located on the border of Chile and Argentina, made a startling discovery. At an altitude of over 6000 meters, researchers discovered the tomb, where lie the bodies of three children: a boy and two girls. It seemed that the children were asleep, sitting uncomfortable and cold inside the cave.

An Inca mummy known as the Ice Maiden consumed increasing amounts of cocaine and alcohol in her last year of life, a new study shows.
An Inca mummy known as the Ice Maiden consumed increasing amounts of cocaine and alcohol in her last year of life, a new study shows.

11/06/2014

The Netherlands, Old windmills of Kinderdijk

The windmills are located about 15km from Rotterdam, in a village called Kinderdijk. The village is located in the Alblasserwald polders, an area approximately 10×20 miles, at the confluence of the Lek and Noord Rivers. In the summer of old mills include for many tourists, so that they feel the atmosphere of medieval Holland. In one of the mills even has a small museum.

Lovers of windmills will be visually rewarded when they visit Kinderdijk: nowhere else in the world will you find such a concentration of operational windmills, not even in other parts of the Netherlands! The nineteen mills at Kinderdijk were built between 1500 and 1740 and they are so well-preserved that in 1997, the windmills were put on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The Netherlands, Old windmills of Kinderdijk
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11/05/2014

Scala dei Turchi — Unusual beach on the island of Sicily, Italy

Delicious cuisine and luxurious architecture, it is also wonderful beaches ! Where exactly relax on the coast - the question is not easy, because the beaches are really a lot. However, if you want to get in a unique place, then the choice is obvious - Scala dei Turchi ("Staircase of the Turks") . Embossed white cliffs, ledges which are similar to the steps of giant stairs, and the azure sea - all this beauty is just an hour's drive from Palermo! 

Scala dei Turchi — Unusual beach on the island of Sicily, Italy
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11/03/2014

20 Abandoned Places Where No One Left

On these places usually talk in whispers and breathy. About them invent horror stories that children communicate in a particularly dark and rainy night. Or maybe not invent? After all, before there was seething life, but something made people ever to leave these buildings.Gurlzgroup invites its most fearless readers to walk to places, ghosts and discover how would the world look like without us. 

Abandoned Hotel in Japan gradually "eaten up" by nature
Abandoned Hotel in Japan gradually "eaten up" by nature
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Rice terraces of Chiang Mai, Thailand

Chiang Mai, Province of northern Thailand. Thailand has a strong tradition of rice production. It has the fifth-largest amount of land under rice cultivation in the world and is the world's second largest exporter of rice. Thailand has plans to further increase its land available for rice production, with a goal of adding 500,000 hectares to its already 9.2 million hectares of rice-growing areas. The most produced strain of rice in Thailand is jasmine rice, which is a higher quality type of rice. However, jasmine has a significantly lower yield rate than other types of rice, but it also normally fetches more than double the price of other strains in a global market.

Rice terraces of Chiang Mai, Thailand
Rice terraces of Chiang Mai, Thailand Photo Source

10/29/2014

Salt Mines in village Solotvyno, Ukraine

English photographer Kirill Kuletski shared the photographs taken by him in the salt mines of the village Solotvyno, Ukraine. There are already over 40 years of treating people with asthma and other respiratory diseases. Salt mines in Solotvyno were opened in the XVIII century, in 1970 on the basis of their open Ukrainian Allergic Hospital. 

Salt Mines in village Solotvyno, Ukraine

10/20/2014

"Dune" Hill of the Dragon — Cerro, Iquique - Chile

In the small coastal town of Iquique Chile, in parallel with the Pacific coast, stretched very unusual sand dune called "Dragon Hill" or simply "Dragon". Its height is changing all the time from 140 to 510 meters. It is noteworthy that the planet above the "Dragon Hill" only the dunes of the Sahara desert. Considered the largest "city" sand dune. Scientists suggest that "Dragon Hill" appeared in this place during the last glacial period, about 20,000 years ago. Now, this is a natural dune protective barrier between the coast and the ocean. Today sand dune "Dragon" became a characteristic element of the landscape, the special highlight of Iquique. Dune is very popular among the glider. 

Dune Hill of the Dragon

10/15/2014

Salt ponds of San Francisco

Salt ponds of San Francisco
Salt ponds of San Francisco
In the world of scattered many places whose landscapes can cause genuine admiration is not something that the average person, but even the experienced and beautiful views of the landscape painter. In this article we will pay attention to amazingly beautiful salt pond whose surface is painted unnatural purple hues. Find salt ponds can be on the outskirts of San Francisco.

9/22/2014

10 Surprising Facts About Pentagon

The Pentagon is one of the most famous buildings in the world. You don't get a status like that without having some interesting facts that most people don't know about. Here are 10 of the best ones we could find. #8 is pretty crazy, I can't believe how people get from floor to floor in the building. 

01. It wasn't supposed to be for the DoD.
It wasn't supposed to be for the DoD.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt never intended the Pentagon to be the home of the Department of Defense. In the 1930's he commissioned another building for the War and Navy departments, but they quickly outgrew that space. That's when FDR ordered a new building that could accommodate 40,000 employees and 10,000 cars. The old War Department building is now the State Department.

11/13/2013

25 Places that are even more beautiful in the winter

Alcazar de Segovia, Spain
Alcazar de Segovia, Spain
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Soon, in many parts of the world, the temperature will drop dramatically and we’ll be consumed by snow. This makes the roads dangerous, the heating bills rise, and the time spent inside increase exponentially. In a nutshell, there’s a lot of bad that comes with it.

But, there’s a lot of good, too. Well, at least one thing. It’s beautiful. Here are 23 places that look absolutely gorgeous in the winter.

10/27/2013

Canned Middle Ages

Among the mountains of Abruzzo is the village bearing the name of Santo Stefano di Sessanio, with its height above sea level is equal to 1250 meters. A unique feature of this village is that it has retained the original architectural style characteristic of Italian medieval architecture.

Canned Middle Ages, Santo Stefano di Sessanio
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A large wall around the perimeter of the village, is a reliable protection for homes, once abandoned by many of the locals because of the lack of opportunities to earn a decent living. Whole families moved to the nearby town, because there are the best conditions for a comfortable stay and a stable job.

10/09/2013

Top 10 Attractions Of Russia

Ten most important attractions of the country that have been selected by a vote in the contest "Russia 10"

The Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal is the largest repository of high-quality fresh water. Lake Baikal is concentrated around one fifth of the world's fresh water and the 9/10 Russian stocks.
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Lake Baikal is the largest repository of high-quality fresh water. Lake Baikal is concentrated around one fifth of the world's fresh water and the 9/10 Russian stocks. The volume of water in it than in all the combined Great Lakes of North America, and 25 times greater than in Lake Ladoga. At length the lake stretches for 636 kilometers in width - 80. By area, Baikal is 31 470 square kilometers, which is comparable to the area of ??Belgium. Lake Baikal - the deepest lake in the world. Its maximum depth is 1,642 meters. The average depth of the lake is also great - 744 meters. Flora and fauna of Lake Baikal endemic to two-thirds. More than 1,000 species of plants and animals not found in any body of water the earth. The Baikal seal - seal - the only representative of mammals in the lake. Baikal - one of the oldest lakes in the world. It has been around for 25 million years and is probably the nascent ocean. Its shores diverge from each other, just as the continents apart. In 2008, the Baikal is recognized as one of the Seven Wonders of Russia.

10/08/2013

Amazing Pictures of Central Park - New York

Central Park is a public park at the center of Manhattan in New York City. The park initially opened in 1857, on 778 acres (315 ha) of city-owned land (it is 840 acres today). In 1858, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux won a design competition to improve and expand the park with a plan they entitled the Greensward Plan. Construction began the same year, continued during the American Civil War, and was completed in 1873. Central Park is the most visited urban park in the United States.

Aerial View of  Central Park - New York
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Designated a National Historic Landmark in 1962, the park is currently managed by the Central Park Conservancy under contract with the city government. The Conservancy is a non-profit organization that contributes 83.5% of Central Park's $37.5 million annual budget, and employs 80.7% of the park's maintenance staff.

10/04/2013

Deadly Lethal Lake Turns Animals Into Stone

There's a deceptively still body of water in Tanzania with a deadly secret—it turns any animal it touches to stone. The rare phenomenon is caused by the chemical makeup of the lake, but the petrified creatures it leaves behind are straight out of a horror film.

ACCORDING to Dante, the Styx is not just a river but a vast, deathly swamp filling the entire fifth circle of hell. Perhaps the staff of New Scientist will see it when our time comes but, until then, Lake Natron in northern Tanzania does a pretty good job of illustrating Dante's vision.

10/02/2013

Temple of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona in 2026

Construction of Gaudi's Sagrada Familia began in 1882. 131 years later, the basilica is still under construction and according to its current architect Jordi Faulí, the building will be finished in 2.026.

Construction of Gaudi's Sagrada Familia began in 1882. 131 years later, the basilica is still under construction and according to its current architect Jordi Faulí, the building will be finished in 2.026.

10/01/2013

Teufelsberg - Abandoned Cold War Listening Station Built on an Artificial Hill

 A remnant of the Cold War, Teufelsberg Listening Station stands deserted, abandoned to the ravages of time and vandals.  Dominating Brandenburg Plain, in the northern section of Berlin’s Grunewald Forest, the permanent station at Teufelsberg was constructed in 1963.  Yet perhaps the most surprising fact is that the hill itself is less than twenty years older than the listening station that sits atop it.
 A remnant of the Cold War, Teufelsberg Listening Station stands deserted, abandoned to the ravages of time and vandals.  Dominating Brandenburg Plain, in the northern section of Berlin’s Grunewald Forest, the permanent station at Teufelsberg was constructed in 1963.  Yet perhaps the most surprising fact is that the hill itself is less than twenty years older than the listening station that sits atop it.

10/09/2012

12 Best Hotel Penthouses of the World

The numbers on top of skyscrapers - the most luxurious of all. They may be different in size, style and design, interior design, but two things are the same for all penthouses at all hotels - stunning views and incredible comfort.

The Peninsula Suite: The Peninsula Hong Kong


Penthouse The Peninsula Hong Kong - a classic example of the luxury suites. Room is equipped with a kitchen, gym, office, multiple bedrooms and bathrooms and private terrace.