Sunday, October 19, 2008

Extinct Shiprock


A rock formation rising nearly 1,800 feet (550 m) above the high-desert plain on the Navajo Nation; the erosional remnant of the throat of an extinct volcano.

It is located in the center of the Ancient Pueblo People or Ancestral Puebloan civilization, a prehistoric Native American culture of the Southwest United States.

Shiprock is considered as an extinct volcano since it is not currently erupting and which is not considered likely to erupt in the future.



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Thursday, October 16, 2008

Desert Hills


One of the most prominent hills in the desert region of Judea, near other biblical cities. Hills in Judean desert.


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Thursday, October 09, 2008

Hidden Falls


"Hidden" since it is the equivalent of the falls' Filipino term, Tinago(name of the falls), the falls being hidden in a deep ravine. Trekking to the falls requires approximately 500 descending steps called the winding staircase.

The falls is approximately 240-feet high, its very cold waters cascading beautifully into a deep and calm basin-like pool which appears like a blue-colored lagoon. Under the falls is a small cave where people can enter and listen to the rumbling waters.

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Monday, September 22, 2008

Alps Lake


Oeschinen Lake in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. The lake is fed through a series of mountain creeks and drains underground. The water then re-surfaces as the Oeschibach. Part of it is captured for electricity production and as water supply for Kandersteg.




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Sunday, September 21, 2008

Snake Island

El Nido's Vigan Island, located near Pangulasian Island, it is also referred to as, "Snake Island," because of the fine natural sandspit (s-shaped sandbar) that "snakes" off it shores. The sandspit is clearly visible only when the tide is low. On both sides of the sandspit are shallow swimming areas.



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Thursday, September 18, 2008

Yellow River


The second-longest river in China (after the Yangtze River) and the sixth-longest in the world at 5,464 kilometers (3,398 mi).
The yellowish water is caused by loess.


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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Chocolate Hills


One of the Philippines' best attractions, situated in the island of Bohol, where 1,468 hills gather.


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