The most visited and photographed canyon in southwestern America, Antelope Canyon is located on Navajo land, near Page, Arizona. It includes two sections of the canyon. Navajo name for Upper Antelope Canyon is Tse'bighanilini, which means "place where water runs through rocks." Lower Antelope Canyon is Hasdestwazi or coil springs in the rocks. " Both are located in Chapter LeChee the Navajo Nation....
The giant opened mines of Rio Tinto create an incredible landscape. The extension included not only the surrounding mountains and valleys, but nearby houses, whose inhabitants were forced to move to specially built nearby cities. Named after the river that passes through the region, the region itself was named after the color red which is the Rio Tinto river. Red waters of the river are highly acidic and rich in heavy metals. ...
This spectacular view is found in Mauritania in the south-western Sahara and it is called the Richat structure. It is not just a structure, but rather a huge circular formation (50 km in diameter), which account an eye when seen from space.
If initially thought that the massive crater was created by a meteorite impact, scientists have been puzzled by foma pay "bottom" crater, unexplained. Ultimately, concluded that the formation is, ...
Landscape, scenery, beautiful, unusual, unreal, interesting, nature, tourism, traveling, Eye of the Sahara, Richat, Mauritania
It all started about six million years ago, when an area of 3625 sq. km separated from Africa (in fact, separated from the supercontinent Gondwana), during the continental drift. It was the time when there were created a unique microclimate and ecosystem, favoring the endemic species. The heaven of botanists and zoologists began to be populated by Arab tribes about three millennia ago, but the island was already known to the Greeks, who called it Dioscorides, and to the Romans,...
"The door to hell", as locals called this place is a crater 70 meters in diameter, near the town Darvaza (from Turkmenistan), burning continuously for 38 years.
In 1971, geologists digging to discover gas deposits have stumbled upon a huge underground cave, which made the earth to collapse, taking with him all geological equipment. Since the cave was filled with toxic gas, geologists have never dared to go into the cave to recover the equipment, hop...
Landscape, scenery, beautiful, unusual, unreal, interesting, nature, tourism, traveling, Door to Hell, Turkmenistan
It is one of the most popular waterfalls of New Zealand and is in a unique location: Fiorland National Park which is found on the World Heritage List. Sutherland Falls is one of the world's highest waterfalls and the natural wilderness where there is for most tourists who come to see it, a big plus....
Waterfalls, beautiful, river, water, amazing, landscape, panoramic, Sutherland Falls, New Zealand
Only 8 kilometers (5 miles) away from downtown and only 4 km (2 miles) away from the airport, Osuna Hotel Madrid offers an excellent positioning. Guests will discover the finest amenities in each of the 169 rooms in this 4-star hotel. Each room includes the famous star-Smoking rooms, air conditioning, daily newspaper, desk, hairdryer, room safe, television. This excellent hotel in Madrid also has 24 hour room service, elevator, bar / pub, laundry service / dry cleaning, meeting facilities, re...
Matsumoto Castle is one of the historic castles of Japan. Located in the city of Matsumoto in Nagano Prefecture, near the city of Tokyo, it is one of the main tourist attractions in Japan. The castle has its origins in the Warring States Period. At that time, the Ogasawara clan had built a fort on the site, whose name was originally Fukashi castle. Later, he was instrumental in Takeda Shingen and Tokugawa Ieyasu.
The main tower of the castle is classified...
Pleasure Beach, Blackpool is an amusement park as its name indicates, in Blackpool, Lancashire, England. The park was founded in 1896 by Alderman William George Bean, said he wanted to create "... an amusement park in the style of American parks that adults would feel like children again and they inspire a sense of innocence and cheerfulness. "
This park is primarily a family affair because since its inception, generations after generations, the p...
Amusement, entertainment, park, Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Lancashire, UK