Thursday, April 27, 2006

Wonders of the World






Mysterious ruins may help explain Mayan collapse

Roopkund The Mysterious Skeleton Lake

Nine Fallen Natural Landmarks (and One That’s Stumbling)

The Spectacular Sea of Salt: Salar De Uyuni

7 Phenomenal Wonders of the Natural World

Prehistoric Hand Axes Older Than Once Thought

A 3,700-year-old wall has been discovered in east Jerusalem

41 Stunning Aged, Ancient & Natural Foot Paths

5 of the Strangest Places to Visit

Cano Cristales - World's Most Beautiful River

A Tour of the Deepest Cave in the United States

Ancient Peruvian Nazca turned land to desert

Bizarre Bubbles Invade the Ocean Floor

Pavlopetri - the world's oldest submerged town

The Most Incredible Geysers on Earth

Bluehenge unearthed: Prehistoric site that could be famous stone circle's little sister

Ten Strange Places

In pictures: Monuments under threat

Snowcap vanishing from Mount Kilimanjaro

The Unearthly Beauty of Antelope Canyon

10 Fascinating Rock Formations

The science behind spook hills

10 Most Amazing Cliffs

Strange Geographies: The Salton Sea

London's Earliest Timber Structure Found During Belmarsh Prison Dig

Wobbling earth triggers climate change

Cave Complex Allegedly Found Under Giza Pyramids

8 totally awesome natural phenomena you probably didn’t know about

Lost cities of the world

San Francisco's Multicoloured Salt Ponds

The Secluded Secrets of Northern Peru

10 Most Beautiful National Parks - USA

10 Fascinating Frozen Wonders of Nature

The eighth wonder of the world!. A mysterious ancient town of Petra in Jordan, explored in 1812, is famous for being composed of marvelous stone structures, resembling Roman architecture, carved into the rock.

An Upside-down Rainbow?

Antarctic ice melt reveals exotic creatures


Sun dogs, lights in the sky


Earth's Crust Missing In Mid-Atlantic

Huge 'Ocean' Discovered Inside Earth

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Towers point to ancient Sun cult

Scientists find lakes under Antarctica

6 Scariest Natural Disasters

Balance Rock on Flickr. Cool.

Water so clear it boggles the mind

History of Carving of the Crazy Horse Memorial

The Most Amazing Waterfall In The World


Beautiful Islands in Thailand


Mont Saint-Michel is located on a tidal island in Normandy, France.

The largest drain hole in the world. More pics and info here Glory Hole.

YouTube - Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe-Zambia)

Earth's hum linked to coastal waves

Why is a barren Chinese mountain being painted green?

Gallery of photos from the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory

What We Don't Know. 42 big questions that we dont know the answer to.

Ancient ruins discovered in ABQ bosque

Worldmapper: The world as you've never seen it before

Russia: Siberia's Once-Frozen Tundra Is Melting

The Bizarre Baobab: A strange vision in the desert


BBC NEWS Guatemala homes swallowed by hole


BBC NEWS - Caverns give up huge fossil haul

Powers of 10. Two leading structural engineers pick their favorite feats of man-made wonder.

Stonehenge builders' houses found

Earth-shattering Proof Of Continents On The Move

Orange Snow in Omsk, Russia

defective yeti: The Truth About Global Climate Change

Corpse flower comes back to life

YouTube - Out of Ophirica Orhow to create an avalanche.

A complete list of things caused by global warming. See also The Weather Channel Mess.

Cave Village

Top 15 Fountains of the World

The 5 Smallest Countries in the World

Antarctica Erupts

Lost city of Pteria found in Yozgat

World Wikia

Nazca Lines of Peru. More from Discovery Channel CA

Gualliguaica - The Drowning Town

Guardian's Sphinx

Satellite Image of Rainforest Destruction in the Amazon

Roadside America - Guide to Uniquely Odd Tourist Attractions

Animation - U.S. County Formation from 1643-Present

Giant ice shelf snaps. A giant ice shelf the size of 11,000 football fields has snapped free from Canada's Arctic, scientists said.

Stalactite Cave of Sorek

Aurora Borealis from Space

Greatest Natural Wonders Photo Gallery (nice wallpapers)


Grand Canyon's Glass Walkway
Grand Canyon's Glass Walkway to Open Next March


Disappearing world: Global warming claims tropical island

101 Amazing Facts of Earth

The Other Mystery of Easter Island

The 10 Most Puzzling Ancient Artifacts

Emergency and Disaster Information Map

Underground River in the Center of Moscow - Neglinka

Nature showing off. Great photos.

The Natural Arch and Bridge Society

The Pororoca is an Amazonian tidal bore that generates waves up to 12 feet high which can last for over half an hour. Some amazing videos in this post.

Triton Logging Company - Entering the Underwater Forest

Big ice shelf's disappearing act

Water's Journey: Everglades

Antarctica Erupts

Ohio's Stonehenge. See also Fort Ancient

Seven wonders in each of the 50 states

Not a fortress, or a temple, or a calendar. Stonehenge was a hospital

Scientist Says Concrete Was Used in Pyramids

The Sun Online - News: Ancient carved rant unearthed


Novermber 8, 2004 Aurora


4,000-Year-Old Tombs Found Near Jerusalem Mall

Ancient tombs found in Luwan

Daylight Map

Tombs of Pre-Inca Elite Discovered Under Peru Pyramid

Satellite Spots 'Glowing' Ocean

1,600-year-old Roman coffin unearthed in London


Mount Vesuvius - Italy
The 10 largest volcanoes


CanyonsWorldwide/Grand Canyons of Earth

The World's Biggest Machine "Chews Up" a Bulldozer (pictures)

Tomb find reveals pre-Inca city

The Great Wall of China - 360-degree Virtual Tour

The Pyramids of China

The troubled song of the sand dunes - PhysicsWeb

Pahoeoe fountain
Pahoeoe fountain - Wikipedia via

The Loma Prieta Earthquake, 1989


Mount Huashan. More pics here and here.

Ostankino Tower Above the Clouds

Google Sightseeing - Dolphin Island

National Geographic Magazine - Discover Antarctica

Most dangerous tourist route in the world. Scary.

New Glowing Mushrooms Found in Brazil

Exploratorium: Origins

Rainbows

Building the Chrysler Building

Breathing Earth

How Volcanoes Work

Sand Storm in Iraq


The highest railway in the world. Great photos


Dubai Fog. Amazing pictures.

Monster Rogue Waves

New Images - African Dust Blows over the Atlantic

YouTube - Antarctica Time lapse Video: A Year on Ice

Tonga volcanic eruption seen by yacht crew. Here are the pictures they took.

Saudi Caves

NASA - Strange Moonlight

Mud Volcano

Atlas of Our Changing Environment. The United Nations Environment Program illustrates the changing environment of our earth by utilizing Google Maps and Google Earth. It shows details of the ecological changes by displaying aerial photos of 25 years ago and comparing them with current photos.

Japanese Bridges

Eureka! New tallest living thing discovered: At 378.1 feet, Hyperion in Redwood National Park on North Coast towers 8 feet above Stratosphere Giant

Stalin’s Dreams of Moscow

The Gray Ooze That Ate the Indonesian Villages

Great Wall of China, History, Gallery of Pictures, Travel Guide, News, Discovery & Research

Magical underground world / Just-discovered cave in Sequoia National Park said to house astounding rock formations, clues to region's geologic history

BBC News | In pictures: World's longest underwater gas pipeline

Frozen Sea Photographs

Damn Interesting - An Island Is Born

Earthquakes in the last week in Google maps.

How Much Does a Cloud Weigh?

Antarctica Icebergs


Sand Dunes
The Dune Sea


North Dakota Town Deals With Continually Rising Lake

Interesting Facts: World's Tallest Tower

What A Beautiful Blue Planet

Every Country In The World - Picture Video

Centralia, Pennsylvania. Town that has been on fire since 1962.

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu. A small hill with a big name in New Zealand.

Giant mass of trash-laden water nearly double the size of Texas

Etna hoops it up. Photos of volcanic smoke rings.

crazylinkz: 11 weirdest ancient mysteries

Stone Pages - Web guide to Megalithic Europe

Hillman Wonders of the World

IronMiners.com - Iron Mines of New York, New Jersey. Great site.

Mackinac Bridge, Linking lower Michigan with the Upper Peninsula

Crop circles


YouTube - Lake Peigneur (disappearing lake) History Channel footage

Rare snowfall across South Africa

Images of First-Ever, Man-Made Islands in Dubai

The Most Amazing Fountain In Latin America

Enormous new dam fails in Brazil

A disaster to take everyone's breath away

Best cloud and Best lightning pictures.

Xi'an and Emperor Qin's Terra-cotta Army

285-acre lake in central Florida dissapears over night

101 Amazing Earth Facts

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Secrets of ocean birth laid bare

Fish from heavens rain on India's Manna

Amazing photos of caves around the world

Niagara

Alaska Volcano Observatory


Hanging Monastery in China. More info here here and here


Active Volcanos - Google Maps API Example

Where is the Deepest Canyon in the World?

360 degree virtual tour of Sacred Valley, Peru

Pyramids of Giza, pictures and history and some walkaround videos.

Damn Interesting - The Deepest Hole

CanyonsWorldwide/Grand Canyons of Earth

Icebergs

BBC News | In pictures | Three Gorges Dam

Machu Picchu 360-Virtual Tour


A big machine yesterday
Humongous 45,500-ton machine - the largest digging machine in the world.


Mountain Moves 62 Miles in 30 Minutes

Ski Dubai. Pictures 1 2 3 4

Image:King Fahd causeway satellite. Awesome view of 25 mile long bridge from Space.

Egypt's New Tomb Revealed

Virtual Cave

Baobab trees Amazing picture here baobabs - Google Image Search

Mummy of Tattooed Woman Discovered in Peru Pyramid

Sacred Destinations - Explore Sacred Sites and Places

Brazilian Stonehenge discovered

The Galapagos Islands

A Sun Halo over Utah

Pretty Planet. Awesome photos of Earth.

Collections of Images of Ancient Ruins from Space


Millau Viaduct
Millau Viaduct and on Wikipedia.


Subterranean Cities

7 Most Endangered Wonders of the World

Everglades National Park

Human World. Strange facts.

The Giant Crystal Project

Egyptian Monuments

Introduction to the Great Lakes

Last Three Best Places on Earth

A picture tour of the Great Pyramid of Giza

Visit Stonehenge

Grand Canyon Explorer

Channel Tunnel

China's Three Gorges Project

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