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The End of
the Road
Nota (0-5): 3.50
Arquivo:
[Earth]
The
Chain of Craters road ends here due to lava flows covering the
road. |
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Havasupai
Falls
Nota (0-5): None
Arquivo: [Earth]
These
are the beautiful Havasupai Falls (or sometimes called Havasu Falls) in part of
the Grand Canyon. The falls are fed by Havasu Creek which is known for it's
beautiful blue-green water and limestone
formations. |
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Vichy
Celestins Spring
Nota (0-5): 1.00
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Spring
of the natural mineral water Vichy Celestins.
Naturally 17,3 degrees and
Sparkling |
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The
Ever Changing Face of the Earth, River
Nota (0-5):
None
Arquivo: [Earth]
The
snakelike body of a river does not actually stay forever. In fact its bends will
someday meet each other and form a shortcut at first (4°37'08.00"S
65°34'49.00"W, best viewed at alt of 3miles. Then after a few given times (could
be decades), sedimentation will block the older path and form an oxbow lake
(4°37'07.00"S 65°34'01.00"W). And then, after a few more decades
thi... |
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Independence
Rock
Nota (0-5): None
Arquivo: [Earth]
Named
for a fur trader's Fourth of July celebration in 1830, this huge rock became one
of the most famous of all Oregon Trail landmarks. The giant piece of granite is
1,900 feet long, 700 feet wide, and 128 feet high. The landmark was a favorite
resting place for travelers along the trail. Called the "Great Register of the
Desert", more than 5,000 names of early emigrants were carved
... |
 |
Porcelain
Basin - Yellowstone
Nota (0-5): None
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Porcelain
Basin, part of Norris Geyser Basin, is home to Whirligig Geyser, known for its
helicopter blade like noises. |
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shortcut of
river
Nota (0-5): None
Arquivo: [Earth]
this
river is changing in the time, news routes is availables for the
animals |
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Lower
Falls - Yellowstone
Nota (0-5): None
Arquivo:
[Earth]
The
Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River is the most inspiring of the waterfalls in
Yellowstone National Park. It is 308 ft. high, and thunders through the Grand
Canyon of the Yellowstone. It is certainly a must see for all visitors to the
park...
-http://www.waterfallswest.com/wy-lower-yellowstone-falls.html |
 |
Velodrome
rock formation
Nota (0-5): None
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Heavily
folded sedimentary rock units, named the velodrome after its distinctive
exposure and bedding. to get the best view, look at the placemark due west, at
low angle, from the top of one of the nearby
peaks. |
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Dead
wood
Nota (0-5): None
Arquivo:
[Earth]
In
this area arise a lake because of the subsidence caused by mining. You see a lot
of dead trees standing in the water. |
 |
Badwater
Basin
Nota (0-5): 4.50
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Badwater
Basin is the location of the lowest point in the western hemisphere. It is
located in death Valley, California and is at 282 feet (86 m) below sea
level. |
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Defile de
la Hermida
Nota (0-5): 5.00
Arquivo:
[Earth]
A
small road between the Picos de Europa, and the only road to go to Fuente
De |
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Bassin
Arcachon
Nota (0-5): 5.00
Arquivo:
[Earth]
The
whole bassin, with the famous Pyla dune. This area is famous for his oesters
|
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Iceberg
Nota (0-5):
0.00
Arquivo: [Earth]
Hi-Res
iceberg near the island of South Georgia |
 |
red
islands in blue sea
Nota (0-5): 3.60
Arquivo: [Earth]
red
islands in blue sea |
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Old Harry
Rocks
Nota (0-5): None
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Old
Harry Rocks at Handfast Point is situated in the English Channel where the
Purbeck Hills fall into the sea in Dorset, England.
The rocks include a
collection of islands, a natural arch, stacks and stumps are formed by the
erosion of the chalk cliffs. |
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Pyramids
Brianza
Nota (0-5): 1.67
Arquivo:
[Earth]
These
are very similar Pyramids as in Giza. Same angle, same hight.
|
 |
Nevada
Fall
Nota (0-5): 4.00
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Nevada
Fall is a 594' high waterfall located on the Merced River in Yosemite National
Park in California. |
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Capraia
Island
Nota (0-5): 2.00
Arquivo:
[Earth]
After
Elba and the Giglio it is the third island of most northern from Tuscany
Archipel for dimensions and after Gorgona. The porticciolo it is the heart of
the country, where the little tens of inhabitants gather that are available
between fishermen and traders. The houses are all lowlands and placed side by
side one to the other, from above of one cliff erge the Saint Fort George,
connected ... |
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Buccaneer
Archipelago West Kimberley
Nota (0-5): None
Arquivo: [Earth]
Buccaneer
Archipelago West Kimberley |
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Bowling
Green Bay NP Queensland Australia
Nota (0-5):
4.00
Arquivo: [Earth]
Bowling
Green Bay NP Queensland Australia |
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Cathedral
Caves
Nota (0-5): None
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Cathedral
Caves is a limestone cave system on Waipati Beach in the Catlins, New Zealand.
The caves are only accessible during low tide. |
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Mar
Chiquita
Nota (0-5): None
Arquivo:
[Earth]
One
of the most "chiquitas" (smallest) beaches. Located in Barceloneta, Puerto
Rico. |
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Squirrel
Nota (0-5):
1.00
Arquivo: [Earth]
The
Squirrel Lake |
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Mount
Connor
Nota (0-5): 4.00
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Mount
Connor (also known as Attila or Artilla), reaching to 859 m (2,500 ft) above sea
level and to 300 m (985 ft) above ground level, is located southeast of Lake
Amadeus in the southwest corner of the Northern Territory, 88 km east-south-east
of Uluru at the border of the vast Curtin Springs cattle station. Mount Conner
is a flat-topped and horseshoe-shaped mountain and can easily be
confused... |
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Arctic
Regions - New Siberian Islands Overlay
Nota (0-5):
3.00
Arquivo: [Earth]
More
one overlay of this high latitudes, with ice images (This overlay is from a
photo taken at 29 June 2005 01:50 UTC).
The New Siberian Islands (Russian:
Новосиби́рские острова) are an archipelago located to the North of the East
Siberian coast between the Laptev... |
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Arctic
Regions - Novaya Zemlya Overlays - 2001-2005
Nota (0-5):
None
Arquivo: [Earth]
Global
warming...
Repeat with me:
Global warming...
Global
warming...
Global warming... |
 |
Arctic
Regions - Franz Josef Land 2002-2005
Nota (0-5):
None
Arquivo: [Earth]
I
don't know if there's much overlays in high latitudes, and we're living in the
era of global warming (And it's inconvenients truths)... Here's my
contribution.
At latitudes between 80.0° and 81.9° north, it is the most
northerly group of islands associated with Eurasia.
Note: Difficult to
adjust the correct rotation of the images (Without the leading edges) due
t... |
 |
Westlake
Hangzhou China
Nota (0-5): 5.00
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Westlake
Hangzhou China
Westsee Hangzhou
China
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westsee |
 |
The
biggest meteoroid ever found on earth
Nota (0-5):
3.58
Arquivo: [Earth]
The
biggest meteoroid ever found on earth, named "Hoba-Meteorite". It's located near
Grootfontein/Namibia and has an 66-ton iron body.
For more infos:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoba_meteorite |
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Big
strom
Nota (0-5): 3.00
Arquivo:
[Earth]
I
think it's a lake and almost dried up. The white tempest uprolled 4km at least.
|
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Mofwe
Lagoon
Nota (0-5): 2.00
Arquivo:
[Earth]
a
view of the Mofwe Lagoon |
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Externsteine
Nota (0-5):
3.60
Arquivo: [Earth]
The
Externsteine (51°52′8″N, 8°55′3″E) are a distinctive rock formation located in
the Teutoburger Wald region of northwestern Germany, not far from the city of
Detmold at Horn-Bad Meinberg. The formation consists of several tall, narrow
columns of rock which rise abruptly from the surrounding wooded hills. The name
probably means "stones of the Egge". |
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Condensation
trail
Nota (0-5): 4.00
Arquivo:
[Earth]
A
strip of condensation trail cross over the sky of Seki,Japn. And also you may
find it's shadow clearly on the land.Cool!!! |
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Hubbard
Glacier
Nota (0-5): 4.50
Arquivo:
[Earth]
A
viex of Hubbard Glacier in SE Alaska. |
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Strange
Crop of Trees
Nota (0-5): 3.33
Arquivo:
[Earth]
I
dont know what it is, but why this shape of trees on an island in the middle if
the ocean? |
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Huangguoshu
Fall
Nota (0-5): 3.71
Arquivo:
[Earth]
The
larggest fall in China. width:20m(40m in summer)
height:60m |
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Lake
Natron in Tanzania
Nota (0-5): 3.71
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Lake
Natron is a saline lake located in northern Tanzania, close to the Kenyan
border, in Africa's Great Rift Valley. The lake is quite shallow, less than
three meters (10 feet) deep, and varies in width depending on its water
level.
The color of the lake is characteristic of those where very high
evaporation occurs. As water evaporates during the dry season, salinity levels
incr... |
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Worms
Head. Gower. UK.
Nota (0-5): 4.00
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Famous
land structure in Gower, Wales, UK. |
 |
Black
Rock Desert - Home of Burning Man Festival
Nota (0-5):
5.00
Arquivo: [Earth]
The
Black Rock Desert is a dry lake bed in northwestern Nevada in the United States.
Considered one of the flattest surfaces on the earth, the desert is part of the
extended playa of the lake bed of prehistoric Lake Lahontan, which existed
between 20,000 and 9,000 years ago during the last ice age. During the lake's
peak around 12,700 years ago, the desert floor was under approximately 500
feet... |
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Queen
Perseus
Nota (0-5): 4.00
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Djibouti
city just like a alien's head, you can find the eye,mouth, corn head and sensor
on the head. |
 |
Epicenter
of 921 Earthquake
Nota (0-5): 3.40
Arquivo:
[Earth]
The
biggest earthquake in Taiwanese history.It happened at 1:45am on September 21
1999.The epicenter is a mile under the ground in Nantou near Puli. 2,034 people
were confirmed dead. Another 6,536 were injured and 2,308 were trapped, while
208 were still listed as missing. |
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Swirly
Rivers
Nota (0-5): 5.00
Arquivo:
[Earth]
A
pin of some very interesting natural rivers in
Russia. |
 |
Wadi
Qadisha
Nota (0-5): 3.20
Arquivo:
[Earth]
An
UNESCO World Heritage site, the Qadisha valley is one of the most important
early Christian monastic settlements in the world.
Nearby are the remains of
the great forest of cedars of Lebanon, highly prized in antiquity for the
construction of great religious buildings. |
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Antalya
Nota (0-5):
3.25
Arquivo: [Earth]
Waterfall |
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Manavgat
Nota (0-5):
4.00
Arquivo: [Earth]
Waterfall |
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Down by the
River
Nota (0-5): 3.60
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Just
a nice demonstration of where you can go within Google
Earth. |
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95 Seas
of the World
Nota (0-5): 3.50
Arquivo:
[Earth]
The
95 Seas on the Planet Earth. (There aren't just
seven). |
 |
aussie
landscape interesting
Nota (0-5): 3.67
Arquivo: [Earth]
viewed
from 13.65 miles this aussie landscape looks like a giant painting of trees very
cool |
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Sand
Trees
Nota (0-5): 3.62
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Sand
formation in the desert, that looks like trees.. |
 |
Cerro
Iman
Nota (0-5): 3.55
Arquivo:
[Earth]
This
amazing water hole in the desert is an abandoned Iron Mine just outside of
Copiapo, Chile. Work had to be stopped and the whole operation had to be
evacuated quickly because the drilling struck a large underground natural water
source and the entire site rapidly began flooding. They say it is over 85
meters. deep and that heavy machinery and camp installations are still down at
the bottom ... |
 |
Bay of
islands, paihia
Nota (0-5): 3.00
Arquivo:
[Earth]
The
Bay of Islands region has the finest maritime park in New Zealand with the 144
Islands and secluded bays. The Bay has an abundance of marine life, including
the big marlin, whales, penguins, dolphins, gannets and many other
species. |
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Water
world
Nota (0-5): 3.43
Arquivo:
[Earth]
an
underwater structure. Very very blue^^ |
 |
Iceland
Fjorde
Nota (0-5): 3.14
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Look
at the Iceland Fjorde |
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Coatepeque
Lake
Nota (0-5): 5.00
Arquivo: [Earth]
Great
Lake in El Salvador, Coatepeque Lake... People Lost Here And every Day the water
level Change. |
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Chinese
environmental pollution
Nota (0-5): 5.00
Arquivo: [Earth]
Somewhere
in the middle of china it looks quite strange. It seems to be a nice blue field.
But can it be environmental pollution ? |
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Equator
line in Ecuador
Nota (0-5): 3.50
Arquivo:
[Earth]
This
is the famous line in Nono north of the capital
Quito. |
 |
Textures
of the World (5)
Nota (0-5): 5.00
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Dunes
in the Orinoco river near Puerto Ayacucho
(Venezuela) |
 |
Ringing
Rocks County Park
Nota (0-5): 4.00
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Ringing
Rocks is a phenomenon where rocks have the curious property of resonating like a
bell when struck with a hammer or other object. One such place where this can be
observed is in Ringing Rocks Park located near Bridgeton, Bucks County,
Pennsylvania USA.
|
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Jusangjeolri
seashore
Nota (0-5): 5.00
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Jusangjeolri,
an unusual rock formation created by the erosion from ocean waves and wind. It
is as if someone stacked a pile of hexagonal crystals on the seashore.
Jusangjeolri has been formed by the contraction phenomenon when magma was
exposed and cooled on earth. |
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Yongdoam
Rock
Nota (0-5): 5.00
Arquivo: [Earth]
Yongdoam
Rock : the shape of the rock resembles the shape of the dragon`s
head.
|
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Chunjeyon
falls
Nota (0-5): 4.50
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Chunjeyon
falls in Jeju island, South Korea |
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The
Rhine , from the sources to the delta
Nota (0-5):
3.50
Arquivo: [Earth]
Many
beautiful and interesting points along the Rhine
|
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World
Environment
Nota (0-5): 3.43
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Examples
of World Environment features.
Want to know what Tundra, Savanna or
Rainforest is? Shown and explained.
By THE TIMES ATLAS OF THE WORLD
Compact Edition 1996. Compiled by Stefan
Karakashev |
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Giant
Waves in Lituya Bay, Alaska
Nota (0-5):
3.20
Arquivo: [Earth]
Almost
immediately, the earthquake of July 9, 1958, was followed by a massive wave that
splashed to a maximum height of 1,720 feet on the southeast spur of Gilbert
Inlet at the headland of Lituya Bay, then by a wave that wiped everything in its
path over an area of about 4 square miles (10.4 sq. kms) on either side of the
Bay.
There were three fishing boats anchored near the
ent... |
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Amazonian
wonder
Nota (0-5): 3.60
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Plateau
giant sinkholes called "Simas" in Venezuela |
 |
Iguasu
Falls, Brazil
Nota (0-5): 3.56
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Iguasu
is one of the world's great waterfalls. |
 |
Fraser
Island, Australia
Nota (0-5): 5.00
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Fresh
water lakes on a sandy island.... There are more than 40 lakes on the island.The
are giant rainwater puddles held in sand dune hollows by a layer of sand
rendered impermeable by reed humus rotting into it over
centuries. |
 |
Portland
Heritage Trees
Nota (0-5): 4.00
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Locations
of 244 Heritage Trees in Portland, Oregon. These are beautiful trees, and I
wanted this file so I could plan a bike tour of them, so other people might want
it, too. |
 |
Angel
Glacier, Jasper Canada
Nota (0-5): 3.20
Arquivo:
[Earth]
The
Angel Glacier is a Cirque Glacier on Mount Edith Cavell. It is so called because
its appearance is that of an angel with outstretched
wings. |
 |
Strelley
Pool Chert rock formation
Nota (0-5): 5.00
Arquivo:
[Earth]
The
Strelley Pool Chert rock formation in in the Pilbara region of Western Australia
preserve an environment that existed 3.43 billion years ago, including several
kinds of stromatolites.
Stromatolites have traditionally been defined as
remains of ancient life forms—microbial mats that mixed with mud and built up
rock-like structures.
Palaeontologists and geologists conclude
that... |
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Icebergs
field
Nota (0-5): 3.20
Arquivo: [Earth]
Iceberb
field near Hearn island, Canada
|
 |
Trou
de fer (Beautiful canyon in Reunion Island)
Nota (0-5):
3.64
Arquivo: [Earth]
The
Trou de Fer is a difficult canyon with huge unforgiving walls that require
considerable technical to descend. It also has an unpredictable nature that
makes it quite dangerous.** |
 |
Oker
Quarry
Nota (0-5): 5.00
Arquivo: [Earth]
A
new species of mini-dinosaur has been unearthed at this quarry at Oker,
Germany.
The creature was of the sauropod type - that group of long-necked,
four-footed herbivores that were the largest of all the dinosaurs.
But at
just 1.7 to 6.2metres in length, this animal was considerably smaller than its
huge cousins.
It is thought that the Jurassic species evolved its small f... |
 |
The River
Pishon
Nota (0-5): 5.00
Arquivo: [Earth]
Originating
in the Hijaz Mountains near Medina, the ancient waterway, currently concealed
beneath sand dunes, runs northeast to Kuwait. Dubbed the Kuwait River by its
modern discoverer, Farouk El-Baz from Boston University, it once joined the
Tigris and Euphrates at the head of the Persian Gulf. Then because of climate
changes, it dried up, sometime between 3500-2000 B. C.
Around 6000
to... |
 |
Curliest
River
Nota (0-5): 3.50
Arquivo: [Earth]
In
Angola this river follows an amazing course that almost seems to loop back on
itself. You'd truly have to paddle about 10km. to get one km. of
progress. |
 |
Yukon River
Delta
Nota (0-5): 3.60
Arquivo: [Earth]
This
is Earth Art at its finest. The colors and fractal nature of the river are
gorgeous. |
 |
Bridge
between 2 Continents
Nota (0-5): 3.33
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Meeting
place of the North American and European (the southern one) tectonic plates.
Each year they drift away from eachother about 2
centimeters. |
 |
Nice
dunes near Swarkopmund,Namibia
Nota (0-5):
4.50
Arquivo: [Earth]
Nice
dunes in Kalahari desert. |
 |
Giant
Rock
Nota (0-5): 3.29
Arquivo: [Earth]
The
fabled Giant Rock had attracted the first native nomads hundreds of years before
settlements rose from the dusty ground. The granite stone and surrounding ground
had been held as holy ground by the Native Americans. It is reported that the
Hopi knew of this rock and joined other tribes across the desert to convene and
celebrate the coming seasons. Shaman drew spiritual strength for the
trib... |
 |
Franz
Joseph Island
Nota (0-5): 5.00
Arquivo:
[Earth]
The
island is in Albania at the delta of River Buna in the Adriatic
Sea |
 |
Lorelei
Rock
Nota (0-5): 3.50
Arquivo: [Earth]
The
Lorelei is a 132 meters slate rock that marks the narrowest part of the river
Rhine between Switzerland and the North Sea. |
 |
Wave
Interference Patterns
Nota (0-5): 4.50
Arquivo:
[Earth]
A
pretty clear shot of multiple interference patterns created by ocean waves
moving through breakwaters. Latvia. |
 |
The
fastest glacier in the world
Nota (0-5):
3.38
Arquivo: [Earth]
The
fastest-moving major glacier is the Columbia glacier, between Anchorage and
Valdez, in Alaska, USA. In 1999 it was measured to be flowing at an average rate
of 35 m (115 ft) per day. The glacier has almost doubled its previously recorded
speed of 20 m (65 ft) per day, possibly due to global warming. Glaciers are
large moving masses if ice formed in (usually mountainous) regions where the
ra... |
 |
River
Danube
Nota (0-5): 3.67
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Springs
of the Danube river andn the confluence in Donaueschingen. The Danube is 2888 km
long if you go from the river Breg and 2845 km if you go from Donaueschingen. It
ends at the Black Sea. see another file on GEH. |
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Iceland
popular places
Nota (0-5): 3.33
Arquivo:
[Earth]
A
few popular places in Iceland (incl. overlay
Jokulsarlon). |
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Meeting
the rivers Missouri and Mississippi
Nota (0-5):
3.63
Arquivo: [Earth]
Meeting
the rivers Missouri and Mississippi |
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Star
Dune, Grand Erg Oriental, Sahara
Nota (0-5):
3.92
Arquivo: [Earth]
Star
Dune, Grand Erg Oriental, Sahara //Kreuz- oder Sterndünen in der
Sahara |
 |
El Mandara
oasis
Nota (0-5): 3.20
Arquivo:
[Earth]
An
oasis in Libyan Sahara. |
 |
Gaberoun
Oasis - Sahara
Nota (0-5): 3.50
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Gaberoun
is an oasis with a large lake located in the municipality Sabha in the Libyan
Sahara.
The old bedouin settlement by the western shore of the lake has
been abandoned, and now lays in ruins. A rudimentary tourist camp is located on
the northeastern shore, including an open tea patio, sleeping huts, and a
souvenir shop (attended by a touareg in full costume) in the
winter.<... |
 |
Maelstrom
Nota (0-5):
1.67
Arquivo: [Earth]
The
original Maelstrom is the Moskstraumen, a powerful tidal current between the
Lofoten Point (Lofotodden) and the island Vaero/y south west of the main chain
of the Lofoten Islands, off the Norwegian coast. It has its name from the small
island Mosken in the middle of the sound.
The Maelstrom is one of the
strongest in the world.
The shallow strait, some 4-5 kilometres wide,
l... |
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Coastal
Erosion - Isle of Wight - UK
Nota (0-5):
3.50
Arquivo: [Earth]
One
of several points along the Military Road where the cliff edge is just getting
too close to the road. Combined tidal and weather erosion has already caused
this road to be re-routed several times. The road was originally a straight
Roman road, the foundations of which can be seen in places in the cliff
face. |
 |
The
Needles
Nota (0-5): 4.00
Arquivo:
[Earth]
The
Needles is a row of distinctive stacks of chalk that rise out of the sea off the
western extremity of the Isle of Wight, England, close to Alum Bay. A lighthouse
has stood at the western end of the formation since 1859. The formation takes
its name from a needle-shaped pillar called Lot's Wife that used to stand in its
midst until it collapsed in a storm in 1764. The remaining rocks are
all... |
 |
Angara
River Delta
Nota (0-5): 4.00
Arquivo:
[Earth]
It's
the most beautiful river delta I've seen on Google Earth |
 |
winding
river in long way round
Nota (0-5): 5.00
Arquivo: [Earth]
this
river is huge, and looks amazing. at some points the basin is possibly 11 miles
wide, with ox-bow lakes from the mouth on the caspian sea, all way into russia.
|
 |
Sand waves
in China
Nota (0-5): 3.00
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Beautifull
sand waves in China |
 |
Springs
of Gudenaa and Skjernaa, Denmarks two mighty rivers
Nota (0-5):
None
Arquivo: [Earth]
Sources
of the longest river in Denmark, Gudenaa of 158 km, and Skjaernaa of 94 km. Both
sources ar located within 500 meters. The Gudenaa is marked with a stone,
Skjernaa is in a lake. |
 |
Rockall
Nota (0-5):
3.60
Arquivo: [Earth]
Rockall
is about 300 miles off the coast of Scotland, measures just 83 feet across, 65
foot high and 100 foot wide, but has proved incredibly controversial over the
years. The earliest recorded landing was in 1810 but the ownership of Rockall
has been disputed for centuries with the Irish Republic, Denmark and Iceland
making claims for it. It was officially annexed by Britain in September
195... |
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Ilulissat
icefjord
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Ilulissat
(Jakobshavn) Icefjord in West Greenland. The greatest icefjord in the world. The
iceberg that sunk Titanic propably came from here. North of the fjorg is the
city Ilulissat. |
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The Bimini
Road
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The
Bimini Road is an underwater stone structure near the Bimini
Island.
Discovered during the 1960s, many supporters of the "Atlantis theory"
proposed that these large, rectangular stones were traces of the legendary lost
civilization. |
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Pointe du
raz
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Famous
place in Britannia near a bay called "bay of the
trespassed" |
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Challenger
Deep
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The
deepest point of the Mariana Trench is called The Challenger Deep, so named
after the British exploration vessel HMS Challenger II, and it is located 210
miles south-west of Guam. A depth of -10,911 meters was reached in 1960 by the
Trieste, a manned submersible owned by the U.S. Navy.
The descent took almost
five hours and the two men spent barely twenty minutes on the ocean
floo... |
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Desert
Tracks
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High
resolution portion of the desert in Namibia |
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Siberian
Landscape
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Truely
amazing landscape |
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Sierra
Foothills Roadside Waterfall
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0.00
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Fast
shutter speed and a little patience...this road is a great escape from the city,
but it is one lane and a little rough in spots...if you dont love your car too
too much you can make it though |
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Gerbier des
Joncs
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[Earth]
This
mount, 1575m above the sea level is a famous place in Ardeche, France where are
the 3 sources (1375m above sea level) of the LOIRE river 1012km, the longest
river of France. |
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Dome
A
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Dome
A or Dome Argus is an Antarctic plateau located 1200 kilometres inland. It is
thought to be one of the coldest naturally occurring places on Earth, with
temperatures believed to reach -90 °C. It is the highest ice feature in
Antarctica, comprising a dome or eminence of just over 4,000 m elevation,
located near the centre of East Antarctica and approximately midway between the
head of Lambe... |
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Bulgaria
- Seven Rila Lakes National Park
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5.00
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The
cirque of the Seven Rila Lakes is the largest in all of Rila Mountain. It is
centered East of Haidyta Peak (also known as Hermit Peak) and South of the steap
rock slopes of Razdela Ridge and Otovishka Peak, found to the West of the peak
directly above Kidney lake. The cirque opens to the North and feeds the German
River, which is a main source of the Stryma River. The lakes of the cirque
ar... |
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Pittsburgh
Fault
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[Earth]
a
little-known thrust fault running through Pittsburgh, California, on the
outskirts of the San Francisco Bay Area |
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Spanish Salt
Lake
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[Earth]
This
is one of the large salt lakes that provides salt to the world. It is on the
coast of Torrevieja, Spain. When the sun is at it's highest it turns
pink. |
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Dry
Valleys in Antartica
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The
McMurdo Dry Valleys are located on the western coast of McMurdo Sound (77°00'S
162°52'E) and form the largest relatively ice-free area (approximately 4800
square kilometers) on the Antarctic continent. These ice-free areas of
Antarctica display a sharp contrast to most other ecosystems in the world, which
exist under far more moderate environmental conditions. The perennially
ice-covered la... |
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Chine
- Taklamakan desert
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Second
desert of the world (after the Sahara), it's the biggest desert of China : 337
000 km² of sand |
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island
in the black sea
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island,
which is figurated like a bird in the black sea near
odesa |
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RDC
- Congo River - Falls
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Inga
Falls on the Congo River |
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RDC
- Congo River near Kinshasa
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RDC
- Congo river near Kinshasa |
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Plymouth
Rock, Massachusetts
Nota (0-5): 3.20
Arquivo: [Earth]
A
historical site, in whitch the pilgrims landed in Massachusetts, starting the
first colonies. Users from the US would want to download it because it is the
"Birthplace" of the contry. |
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Pantanal
- Brazil, Bolivia
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[Earth]
The
Pantanal, in between Brazil and Bolivia. |
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Three
Storegga Slides
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[Earth]
The
three Storegga Slides count among the largest recorded landslides. They occurred
under water on the edge of Norway's continental shelf (Storegga is Norwegian for
"the Great Edge") in the Norwegian Sea, where an area the size of Iceland slid,
causing a megatsunami in the North Atlantic Ocean.
The first slide occurred
approximately 30,000-35,000 years before present. The
sec... |
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Beautiful
lake in China
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[Earth]
Beautiful
lake in China located in Sichuan province |
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Angel
Falls
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[Earth]
Angel
Falls is the Longest free fall of water in the world.
At 979 meters high, it
is 15 times higher than Niagara.
Angel Falls is located in the Guayana
highlands, Venezuela.
The falls are named after Jimmy Angel, a bush pilot who
first saw the falls in 1933 while searching for a gold ore bed.
The tallest
non permanent waterfall in the world is the Catira which is
f... |
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Olduvai
Gorge
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[Earth]
Olduvai
Gorge more precisely Oldupai Gorge (the correct Maasai name) in Tanzania is the
site where early transitional human fossils (Homo habilis) were first discovered
in 1960 by Louis and Mary Leakey in ancient lake sediment
The site contains
evidence of at least three species of hominids such as Homo rudolfensis. and
Australopithecus boisei. The few rudolfensis fossils date to
a... |
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Charles
Darwin National Park, NT, Australia
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4.00
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Charles
Darwin National Park
protects part of the Port Darwin wetland, one of
Australia's most significant wetlands.
Thirty six of the Northern Territory's
51 mangrove species occur in its convoluted system of inlets, islands and
bays. |
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Voronya
Cave
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[Earth]
Voron'ya
(Krubera) cave is the deepest cave in the world at 2080 plus metres deep; a team
of Ukrainian speleologists reached that depth after 19 days on 20th October
2004.
This cave is situated in the Orte-Balagan valley of the Arabica Massif
in the Western Caucasus Mountains. |
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Lake
Vostok
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Lake
Vostok may be the coldest, deepest and most southerly lake on earth.
The
lake's exact age is unknown, but it is probably millions of years old. Vostok's
water is considered to be the most pure on earth, since it has remained
untouched beneath 4km of ice for its entire lifespan.
The lake sits beneath a
Russian research station that has seen the lowest temperatures ever
record... |
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Everglades
Nota (0-5):
3.00
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The
fascinating shapes look like blood vessels in kidneys. Look also at the
surrounding. |
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Traveling
Dune in Tanzania
Nota (0-5): 3.60
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[Earth]
This
is a dune called shifting sands in Tanzania. The wind blows it across the plains
about 50 ft a year and keeps it the same shape. There is a smaller one a bit to
the north. |
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shark
island, new caledonia
Nota (0-5): 3.25
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A
submarine river made this deep canyon in the lagoon of new Calédonia. This is a
famous place for sharks, that's why the little island near the canyon is named
like this "Shark island". It is also known as "Jaques Island", probably from a
déformation of the initial name. |
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Pyla
Dune
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The
biggest sand dune of europe. More info added from jim_lh: at 60Km from Bordeaux,
in the South of the Arcachon Bay, it is possible to visit the highest dune in
Europe, the Great Dune of Pyla (or Pilat). This dune reaches a height of 107m.
At this summit, the view is spectacular with the ocean coast, the inlet of the
Bay, the large pine forest and, when the sky is very clear, the
Pyrenees... |
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Dunes
Namibia
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[Earth]
Shifting
sand dunes in Namibia |
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Diga del
Vajont
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[Earth]
You
can see the landslide who destroyed the city of Longarone, in Italy, the water
in the artificial lake pass over the Vajont's Dam and destroy all the
valley. |
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Textures
of the world
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Sands
of Africa. |
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Horizontal
Falls
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[Earth]
Talbot
Bay / Horizontal Falls. Its one of the greatest natural wonders in the world.
Although they are called waterfalls, this natural phenomenon actually consists
of immense tidal currents hurtling through narrow coastal gorges. And they do
all this sideways - hence the name, Horizontal Falls.
http://images.google.at/images?hl=de&q=horizontal%20falls&sa=N&tab=wi |
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Wadi
Bi
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A
tamporary flooded canyon in the U.A.E./Oman |
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Monte
Serrat and Capela N.S. Monte Serrat
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4.00
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Touristics
places in Santos/SP - Brazil: Monte Serrat (mount) - 147 meters high (sea
level), Capela N.S.Monte Serrat (chapel) built in XVI Century and a former
Casino. There's a trolley car to take you up. |
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Stone-pit
Zvolen Sekier
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[Earth]
Great
Stone-pit - location - Slovakia - Zvolen - Sekier |
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Stone-pit
Hontianske Nemce
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[Earth]
The
village of Hontianske Nemce is situated in the picturesque valley of river
Štiavnica. It is located in the District of Banská Bystrica, only about 10 km
from the town of Krupina. |
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Oasis
Nota (0-5):
3.56
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A
beautifull oasis in the middle of sahara desert... |
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Destroyed
town
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[Earth]
The
coastal population of Carmen de Uria was destroyed in the year of 1999 by the
most terrible happened natural disaster in South
America |
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Marin
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5.00
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This
is Marin county California |
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Les Gorges
du Verdon
Nota (0-5): 3.63
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[Earth]
The
French Grand Canyon! Very famous landmark in the
Provence. |
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Tremors in
canada
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[Earth]
Really
weird looking 'worms' in Canada. Are the Tremors
real?!? |
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Mosquito
Cove
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[Earth]
Fantastic
3D-View of the Coast from Mosquito Cove |
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fluvial
topography near Kuwait city
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3.43
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look
at this beautiful fluvial topography, it looks like an abstract picture. It´s
located near Kuwait city |
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Cerro
Santa Lucia, Santiago
Nota (0-5): 5.00
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Santa
Lucía Hill is a small hill, celebrated for being the site of the city's founding
by Pedro de Valdivia in 1541. |
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Oxbow
Lakes, Nakhon Sawan
Nota (0-5): 4.00
Arquivo: [Earth]
A
particularly good example of a series of ox-bow lakes on a river flood plain.
High resolution, too. |
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Global
desert landforms
Nota (0-5): 3.44
Arquivo:
[Earth]
34
various images from deserts around the world - from the mega-barchan Pur-pur
dune in Peru, to a giant alluvial fan in China, to Death Valley, to the Namib
sand sea and Lake Eyre in Australia. |
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Martray
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3.25
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At
this part of the island of Ré the island is only about 200 meters wide!!! |
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winter
landscape
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winter
landscape next to Strasbourg (France) with the shadow of the trees on the snow
fields. |
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Sand
patterns and shadows in water
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3.50
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Ripples
in the sand and tubular shapes under the surface of the
water. |
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Pulo
do Lobo - Guadiana river, Portugal
Nota (0-5):
3.56
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Pulo
do Lobo ("Wolf's Leap" in Portuguese) is a natural waterfall in the Guadiana
River, at a remote location. |
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Valley
near Lima, Peru
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[Earth]
Landscape
near Lima, Peru, high resolution. |
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Cape
Agulhas, South Africa
Nota (0-5): 3.33
Arquivo: [Earth]
The
Southernmost point of Africa. Wade out onto the rocks and be the southernmost
person in Africa! |
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British
coastal landmarks
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[Earth]
35
landmark sites around the coast of Britain |
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Sumidero
CAnyon
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[Earth]
A
grest natural formation from south Mexico |
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Werribee
Gorge, Victoria, Australia
Nota (0-5): 3.25
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Werribee
Gorge near Melbourne, Australia |
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Wadi
Hadramaut, Yemen
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[Earth]
The
mighty Wadi Hadramaut in Yemen - follow it all the way to the
sea! |
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Augrabies
Falls
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[Earth]
The
Orange River plunges 191m down a narrow gorge to form the spectacular Augrabies
Falls. (Unfortunately area is still low-res). |
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Saltwater
lagoon of Mar Chiquita , Cordoba, Argentina
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5.00
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The
huge saltwater lagoon of Mar Chiquita has an area of 6,000 km². The lagoon gives
shelter to a great variety of birds, especially Pink Flamingos. Specialized
centers of mud balneotherapy can be found in the towns nearby.
|
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Mouth
of the Orange River
Nota (0-5): 4.00
Arquivo: [Earth]
If
you're lucky, you can pick up a diamond here that's washed down from inland. If
you're not lucky, you'll get shot doing it! It's a restricted
area... |
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Mt
Conness, Yosemite
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[Earth]
This
is a tracklog with pictures of a hike up Mt Conness in Yosemite on August 17,
2005. |
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Great
Falls of the Potomac, VA
Nota (0-5): 4.00
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The
Great Falls of the Potomac display the steepest and most spectacular fall line
rapids of any eastern river. |
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Monument
Valley - The Mittens (West)
Nota (0-5):
3.66
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This
is one of the famous "Monuments" of Monument Valley, Az. - The West Mitten
Butte |
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Upper
Lough Erne (Ireland)
Nota (0-5): 5.00
Arquivo: [Earth]
If
you cruise Upper Lough Erne (County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland)you better
should not leave the navigation channel. |
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Frothy
Lake, Southern Spain
Nota (0-5): 3.33
Arquivo: [Earth]
Just
a funny little lake/river in southern Spain north of Malaga that looks like it's
positively frothy with "Mr. Bubble." |
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Lido
Wannsee Berlin, Germany
Nota (0-5): 3.50
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Beach
at Wannsee, Berlin. The sand was carried in 1956 from the Baltic Sea to Berlin.
The lido is located near to the House of the infamous Wannsee-Conference. |
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Vatnajoekull
Glacier, Iceland
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Vatnajoekull
on Iceland is Europe´s largest glacier. It cover around 8.000sqkm which is about
8% of the whole island.
There are several active volcanoes underneath the
iceshield. |
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Old
Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone NP, WY
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3.25
Arquivo: [Earth]
The
geyser Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park,
Wyoming. |
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Sand Dune
Formation
Nota (0-5): 3.60
Arquivo:
[Earth]
A
cool sand dune formation in Mexico. |
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red
mountains
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[Earth]
how
a mountains 10 miles long can be as red as that ? |
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Mummelsee,
Black Forest
Nota (0-5): 2.00
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Mummelsee
in the Black Forest |
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Niagara
Falls - Horseshoe Falls
Nota (0-5): 3.40
Arquivo: [Earth]
Hi-res
picture of Niagara Falls, on border of USA and
Canada. |
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Japanese
Islands
Nota (0-5): 3.60
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[Earth]
Japan,
a country of islands, extends along the eastern or Pacific coast of Asia (Sea of
Japen). The main islands, running from north to
south. |
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Grand
Prismatic Sprig
Nota (0-5): 3.20
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[Earth]
Hot
water spring in Yellowstone |
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Collapsed
sea cave
Nota (0-5): 3.50
Arquivo:
[Earth]
a
hole in the ground |
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Montmorency
Falls, Quebec
Nota (0-5): 3.50
Arquivo:
[Earth]
83
metres high |
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Gulf
Stream with eddies (overlay)
Nota (0-5):
5.00
Arquivo: [Earth]
This
NASA photo of the giant ocean current off the east coast of North America is
seen swirling off the Outer Banks of North
Carolina. |
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a
partially frozen lake
Nota (0-5): 4.00
Arquivo: [Earth]
In
Canada I found a partially frozen lake ! |
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Pantanal
Nota (0-5):
2.67
Arquivo: [Earth]
The
Pantanal is a vast wetland area covering portions of Brazil, Paraguay, and
Bolivia. With an area reaching up to 200,000 square kilometers in the rainy
season, the Pantanal is the world's largest wetland. The principal source of
incoming water is the Rio Paraguay. The dominant vegetation is grassland and
savanna. The Pantanal is thus a key global example of the flooded grassland and
savanna ... |
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The
Stone Bau - Pedra do Bau
Nota (0-5): None
Arquivo: [Earth]
http://www.saobentodosapucai.com.br/
Baú
Stone
At the top of Serra da Mantiqueira, is located the majestic Pedra do
Baú (Stone of the Trunk), 1.950 meter-high . Although it is part of the
municipal district of São Bento do Sapucaí, the Pedra do Baú is in Campos de
Jordão's tourist script, and can be seen from almost anywhere in the city.
Formerly called Embaú's(watchman) Stone, it... |
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Cape
of Good Hope, South Africa
Nota (0-5): 3.55
Arquivo: [Earth]
The
actual Cape of Good Hope, the southwesternmost point of Africa, is this rocky
outcrop, not the spectacular landtip a few hundred meters to the east with the
lighthouse (but the latter is far more worth
seeing...) |
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Etosha
Salt Pan, Namibia
Nota (0-5): 3.60
Arquivo:
[Earth]
A
huge dry salt flat in Northern Namibia, heart of the famous Etosha National
Park, which is teeming with wildlife (around, not within, the salt flat). Wikipedia
info. |
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Ogden
Dunes
Nota (0-5): 5.00
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Ogden
Sand Dunes at Lake Michigan. |
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Mystic
Snow Lake, Pakistan
Nota (0-5): 3.00
Arquivo: [Earth]
Have
a look around this mystic place called Snow Lake in northern Pakistan. It is the
center of the famed Biafo-Hispar-Trek and is considered one of the most stunning
places on earth (along with Concordia, which is close by). It is a huge "lake"
of snow out of which rise dozens of mountains. |
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White
Cliffs of Dover, England
Nota (0-5): 3.50
Arquivo: [Earth]
Famous
chalk cliffs on England's east coast. Unfortunately, low-res
image. |
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Dune du
Pilat, France
Nota (0-5): 3.40
Arquivo:
[Earth]
The
Dune du Pilat is Europe's biggest sand dune. It is located just south of the
City Arcachon in Southwest France. |
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Yellow River
Delta
Date Posted:
August 15th, 2005
Nota (0-5): 4.00
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Yellow
River Delta |
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Moreno
Glacier, Argentina
Nota (0-5): 3.44
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[Earth]
Perito
Moreno (or Moreno Glacier) is located in the icefields of southern Patagonia and
is the centerpiece of the Parque Nacional Los Glaciares. The glacier is also
noteworthy as a tourist attraction, due to periodic formation of an ice dam
between the main portion of Lago (Lake) Argentino to the northeast and a
southern extension of the lake (Brazo Rico). [Source: NASA Earth
Observatory] |
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Black
mound in South America
Nota (0-5): 5.00
Arquivo: [Earth]
I
came across this round black thing in Northeastern Chile that looks out of
place. The area is snowy and mountainous, but this thing is round and black with
a smaller round shape in the middle, not unlike a
nipple. |
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Frozen
lakes and snow in Norway
Nota (0-5): 3.67
Arquivo: [Earth]
Frozen
lakes south of Oslo in Norway. Picture was taken in April. There also remains
some snow at the northside of the forestedges. |
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Strait
of Magellan, South America
Nota (0-5): 4.00
Arquivo: [Earth]
The
Strait of Magellan
is a navigable route immediately south of mainland South America. The strait is
arguably the most important natural passage between the Pacific and the Atlantic
oceans, but it is considered a difficult route to navigate because of the
inhospitable climate and the narrowness of the passage. Ferdinand Magellan
be... |
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Fish
River Canyon, Namibia
Nota (0-5): 3.94
Arquivo: [Earth]
The
largest canyon in Africa, and second largest in the world after the Grand Canyon
in the U.S. |
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Volga River
Delta
Nota (0-5): 3.20
Arquivo:
[Earth]
The
russian Volga River fans into a delta on the northwest shore of the Caspian
Sea. |
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Orinoco
River Delta
Nota (0-5): 2.00
Arquivo:
[Earth]
The
Orinoco river flows through Venezuela and forms at its mouth a wide delta with
about 41,000 km² of swampy area before it empties into the Atlantic
Ocean. |
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Lena River
Delta
Nota (0-5): 4.50
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[Earth]
The
Lena river is emptying in the Arctic Ocean in Siberia by a delta about 10,800 m²
in area. |
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Ural River
Delta
Nota (0-5): 4.50
Arquivo:
[Earth]
The
Ural River in Kazakhstan flows into the Caspian
Sea. |
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Mekong River
Delta
Nota (0-5): 3.00
Arquivo:
[Earth]
The
river Mekong flows towards the South China Sea. The delta in southern Vietnam
encloses an area of about 39,000 km². |
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Indus River
Delta
Nota (0-5): 2.50
Arquivo:
[Earth]
The
River Indus Dort builds a delta with about 7.800 km² area and empties in
Pakistan to the Arabian Sea. |
 |
Niger
River Delta, Nigeria
Nota (0-5): 3.67
Arquivo: [Earth]
The
delta of the Niger River in Nigeria empties in the Gulf of Guinea. The area is
about 24,000 km². |
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Ganges River
Delta
Nota (0-5): 3.50
Arquivo:
[Earth]
The
Ganges delta is a river delta in the south Asia region of Bengal (Bangladesh and
West Bengal in India). It arises from the confluence of the rivers Ganges
(Padma), Brahmaputra (Jamuna) and Meghna. It covers more than 105.000 km² and
empties into the Bay of Bengal. |
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Po River
Delta
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[Earth]
The
Po River in northern Italy creates a wide delta with hundreds of small channels
and five main ones. It drains into the Adriatic
Sea. |
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Danube River
Delta
Nota (0-5): 3.29
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[Earth]
The
river Danube is emptying into the Black Sea via the Danube Delta (4000 km²) in
Romania. |
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Ebro
River Delta, Spain
Nota (0-5): 2.50
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[Earth]
Where
the Ebro River in Spain meets the Mediterranean Sea is the swampy Ebro River
Delta with an area of 400 km². |
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Amazon River
Delta
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[Earth]
Not
realy a delta because the ocean rapidly carries away the vast volume of silt
carried by the Amazon, making it impossible for a delta to
grow. |
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Nile
Delta
Nota (0-5): 5.00
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[Earth]
The
Nile Delta is the delta formed in Northern Egypt where the River Nile spreads
out (about 24.000 km²) and drains into the Mediterranean
Sea. |
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Great
view, Clouds in Ireland
Nota (0-5): 5.00
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I
think, this is a great view.
You can see the clouds very
well. |
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Mississippi
Delta
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[Earth]
Huge
river delta (36.000 km²) which leads into the Gulf of Mexico formed by the river
Mississippi. |
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Iguazu
Falls, Argentina
Nota (0-5): 3.60
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[Earth]
Iguazu
Falls, Cataratas del Iguazu, over Iguazu river. |
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Some
canyons in NM, AZ, UT, CO
Nota (0-5): 3.25
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Not
the Grand but also beautiful canyons in great
resolution |
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Ionian
Islands, Greece
Nota (0-5): 3.20
Arquivo:
[Earth]
The Ionian Islands (Greek: Ionia Nisia, Ιόνια
Νησιά; Ancient Greek: Ionioi Nisoi,
Ιόνιοι Νήσοι are a
group of islands in Greece. They are traditionally called the Seven
Islands (in Greek Heptanisa or Eptanisa,
Επτάνησα, but the group includes many
smalle... |
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Bluffs
of Merom, Indiana
Nota (0-5): 3.57
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[Earth]
From
the semi-magnificent bluffs, towering nearly 50 meters over the historic Wabash
river, you can see far over the flat Illinois farmland to the
west. |
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Two
glaciers floating into the water (Alaska)
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5.00
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Two
glaciers floating into the water in the south of Juneau (Alaska)
Destination
of some cruiseships |
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Laguna de
Bay
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Laguna
de Bay in Laguna, Philippines |
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UNESCO
World Heritage Grube Messel
Nota (0-5):
3.64
Arquivo: [Earth]
The
Messel open-pit mine is considered as an important witness to the developmental
history of vertebraes. Within it is documented the time from 57 (Tertiary) to 36
(Eocene) million years ago, and how the animal and plant kingdom on earth
changed after the saurian extinction. The unusually well preserved fossils in
shale at Messel encompass the entire spectrum of living organisms of those
epoch... |
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Ringing
Rock Park, PA
Nota (0-5): 4.50
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Ringing
rock Park, near Kintnersville, PA. This a a field of large rocks, that when hit
with a hammer, the rocks give off a ringing sound. Neat place, but lots of
spiders! |
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Hells
Canyon
Nota (0-5): 4.00
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[Earth]
This
canyon is deeper than the Grand Canyon |
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Malaspina
Glacier, AK
Nota (0-5): 3.20
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Huge
glacier in Alaska |
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Lake Taupo,
NZ
Nota (0-5): 2.50
Arquivo: [Earth]
This
lake is actually a flooded caldera volcanoe.
Its the result of the most
violent eruption in the last 5000 years. |
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Active
volcano Arenal, Costa Rica
Nota (0-5): 3.67
Arquivo: [Earth]
The
Arenal Volcano (Spanish: Volcán Arenal) is an active andesitic stratovolcano in
north-western Costa Rica (10.5N, 84.7E), about 90 km north-west of San José, in
the province of Alajuela. Once locally known as Mount Arenal (Cerro Arenal),
Arenal was presumed extinct until July 29, 1968 when it erupted after
approximately 400 years of dormancy. The eruption wiped out the town of Tabacon
and ki... |
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Cape
Hoorn
Nota (0-5): 3.67
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Well
known and respected by all seafares this is the view of Cape Hoorn (Also known
as Cape Horn), the southernmost tip of South
America. |
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Haughton
impact crater, Netherlands
Nota (0-5):
0.00
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Haughton
impact crater, 23 million years old and 24 Km
wide. |
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Aral
Sea
Nota (0-5): 4.00
Arquivo: [Earth]
The
Aral Sea: A disappearing sea in Central Asia |
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Three
Parallel rivers in Yunnan
Nota (0-5): 3.50
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[Earth]
The
upper reaches of the Yangtze, Mekong and Salween run roughly parallel through
steep gorges which, in places, are 3,000 m deep and are bordered by glaciated
peaks more than 6,000 m high. |
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Richat
Structure, Africa
Nota (0-5): 3.54
Arquivo:
[Earth]
The
so-called Richat structure in Mauritania, Africa, not a meteor crater but a
geological structure caused by the erosion of an ancient volcano.
The
39km wide form was made by the erosion of layers of rock which domed upward. The
depression or pit in which the domed rock rings sit is 100m deeper than the
surrounding plateau area (darker coloured rock).
The rock
... |
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Foz Do
Iguacu
Nota (0-5): 3.57
Arquivo:
[Earth]
This
is the Waterfalls of Iguacu. Its breathtaking, just go and see
it!!! |
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Stone of
Weser
Nota (0-5): None
Arquivo: [Earth]
The
stone marks the point where the rivers Fulda and Werra flow together in
Hannoversch Münden. The Weser flows through Bremen into the north sea. Hann.
Münden has a historical town center with many half-timbered houses.
Der
Weserstein ist ein Gedenkstein, der in Hann. Münden (mit historischem
Altstadtkern, vielen Fachwerkhäusern) an dem Zusammenfluss von Werra und Fulda
zur Wese... |
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Okavango
Delta
Nota (0-5): 3.82
Arquivo: [Earth]
Okavango
River "the river which never finds the sea"
Huge River delta (> 6,000 sq
miles) which drains into the Kalahari Desert
Home to lion, leopard, cheetah,
hyena, and wild dog. It is in these forest fringes and savanna grasslands that
elephants and giraffes can be found browsing with antelope of almost every kind,
from buffalo, wildebeest, and kudu, to sable, roan and
impala.<... |
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Great
Barrier Reef
Nota (0-5): 3.00
Arquivo:
[Earth]
The
Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef. The reef is located in the
Coral Sea off the coast of Queensland in north-east Australia. It stretches over
2000 kilometres in length and can be seen from
space. |
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Switzerland,
Rheinfall Schaffhausen
Nota (0-5): 5.00
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Waterfall
of the river Rhine (the white area to the east) |
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Concordia
- Confluence of Glaciers
Nota (0-5): 3.55
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Turn
around at this place where five glaciers squeeze into one valley and you have
seen 10 of the 30 highest mountains on earth. The view includes several peaks of
more than 8000m: K2, Broad Peak and several Gasherbrum summits. Named after a
similar awe inspiring view on Aletschgletscher [-glacier],
Switzerland. |
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Bryce
Canyon
Nota (0-5): 1.50
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Bryce
Canyon in Utah, US, is famous for its Hoodoos - standing pillars of rock that
have been left behind after natural erosion.
Despite fairly high-res
photography this one is hard to find, since the image was taken while the area
was covered in a layer of snow. |
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Sossusvlei,
Namibia
Nota (0-5): 3.93
Arquivo:
[Earth]
World´s
largest sanddunes at Sossusvlei, Namibia. There is a long "drive-in corridor"
surrounded by the largest (and probably "redest" ) sanddunes on this
planet. |
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San Andreas
Fault
Nota (0-5): 3.44
Arquivo:
[Earth]
This
is a part of the San Andreas Fault near Los Angeles.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Andreas_Fault) |
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Valle del
Elqui
Nota (0-5): 3.60
Arquivo: [Earth]
Where
the UFOs appear. Visit:
http://www.rense.com/general61/ufocon.htm
http://ufocasebook.com/valledeelqui.html
http://ufoinfo.com/sightings/chile/041106.shtml |
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Aletsch
Glacier Switzerland
Nota (0-5): 3.65
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Aletsch
Glacier |
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Yellowstone
Geysers
Nota (0-5): 3.50
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Yellowstone
geysers. |
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The Grand
Canal
Nota (0-5): 2.33
Arquivo:
[Earth]
This
is the famous Grand Canal in Venice,Italy. |
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Death
Valley
Nota (0-5): 3.43
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Hottest
place on average on the Earth. Also the lowest place in the
USA. |
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Victoria
Falls
Date Posted:
July 21st, 2005
Nota (0-5): 3.69
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Very
large waterfall. |
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Buxtehude
Bogs
Nota (0-5): 3.25
Arquivo: [Earth]
The
Buxtehude Bogs in Germany, lots of bog bodies in
here! |
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Lake
Eyre, South Australia
Nota (0-5): 3.60
Arquivo:
[Earth]
From
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Lake Eyre is, on the rare occasions
that it fills, the largest lake in Australia and is the lowest point in
Australia (at approximately 15 m (50 ft) below sea level). It is the focal point
of the vast Lake Eyre Basin.
The lake is located in the deserts of
central Australia, in northern South Australia. The Eyre Basin is a
larg... |
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Rainbow
Bridge
Nota (0-5): 5.00
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Rainbow
Bridge, Utah |
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Sand
dunes in SE Saudi Arabia
Nota (0-5): 3.25
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[Earth]
A
tiny oasis amid the aparently endless sand dunes on the desert bedrock in the
Southeast of Saudi Arabia. |
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San Pedro
de Atacama
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[Earth]
San
Pedro de Atacama at Atacama desert in Chile. Take a look around, it is scary,
like another world. |
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The Dead
Sea - Israel
Nota (0-5): 3.50
Arquivo:
[Earth]
The
salt pools at the Dead Sea in Israel |
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Huge crack
with river
Nota (0-5): 5.00
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Western
Cape, South Africa |
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Devils
Tower, Wyoming
Nota (0-5): 4.11
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Devils
Tower was made famous in Steven Spielberg's film "Close Encounters of the Third
Kind".
Description by McMaster_de:
The nearly vertical monolith known
as Devils Tower rises 1,267 feet above the meandering Belle Fourche River. Once
hidden below the earth's surface, erosion has stripped away the softer rock
layers revealing Devils Tower.
Known by
severa... |
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Badlands
National Park
Nota (0-5): 4.50
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Badlands
National Park, located in South Dakota |
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Plitvicka
Lakes
Nota (0-5): 3.00
Arquivo: [Earth]
The
Plitvice Lakes are a national park in Croatia. (Editors note - Croatia is one of
the most beautiful places on earth. Just wait until GEarth gets hi res and then
go look at their beaches) |
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Monument
Valley
Nota (0-5): 3.47
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Monument
Valley is located in Navajo indians' land in Arizona, just next to the border
with Utah. It was made famous by the many movies filmed there - more
specifically the westerns of John Ford. |
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Niagara
Falls
Nota (0-5): 3.59
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Niagara
Falls, which lies across the boundary between the U.S. and
Canada. |
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Loch
Ness
Nota (0-5): 3.15
Arquivo:
[Earth]
From
Wikipedia:
Loch Ness is best known for the alleged sightings of the
legendary Loch Ness Monster ("Nessie"), although it is scenic in its own right.
Boat cruises operate from various locations along its shores giving tourists the
chance to look for the monster. |
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Circular
Lakes
Nota (0-5): 3.00
Arquivo: [Earth]
Some
cool circular lakes, which are called thermokarst lakes. Thanks to <a
href="http://www.googleearthhacks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11"
target="_blank">GeoDave</a> for helping us figure out what they
were. |
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Lake
Titicaca
Nota (0-5): 3.20
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Lago
(Lake) Titicaca - Bolivia |
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Nazca
Nota (0-5):
3.38
Arquivo: [Earth]
Nazca
- Peru |
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Yosemite
National Park
Nota (0-5): 3.57
Arquivo:
[Earth]
Yosemite
National Park in California. |
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