Chuquicamata, or "Chuqui" is a career copper in Chile. It is the largest miner of copper production in the world and has over 850 meters deep. Copper is extracted here for centuries, as demonstrated by the discovery of a mummy dating from 550 AD died, called "Copper Man."...
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Udachnaya is a diamond mine in Russia. Owners of this I plan to stop its operations in 2010, in favor of underground mining. Udachnaya was discovered in 1955 and has over 600 m deep. Since 2004 the mine is controlled by a Russian diamond company, Alrosa....
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Diavika is a mine in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Opened in 2003, diamond mine produced 1.600 kilograms per year (8 million carats). It is owned by a joint venture of Harry Winston Diamond Corporation and Diavik Diamond Mines Ink. Life expectancy for this career is from 16-22 years....
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It is the largest diamond mine in the world. This mine is 525 m deep and a diameter of 1200 m. It is the first career in Russia, and one of the largest. It is now abandoned, and when was still operational, it took about 2 hours for trucks to get down to the exit of the mine. Absorption of air circulating inside led to collapse of various helicopters, therefore it is prohibited any flight above it now....
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Bingham Canyon mine is a copper career in Oquirrh Mountains, Utah. It is 1.2 km deep and 4 km in diameter. It is the largest man-made excavation in the world. The career started to be used in 1906, and resulted in 7.7 square hole. Over time, the mine has proven to be most productive in the world....
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It is a dam in the Napa, California, built between 1953 and 1957. It is a concrete arch with a height of 93 m and 312 m long and contains 249,000 cubic meters of concrete. The dam formed the largest lake in California, Lake Berryessa, with a capacity of 1.976 million cubic meters of water....
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Known as "Big Hole", the mine holds the record for highest man-made hole in the world. In the direct sense. From 1866 to 1914, 50,000 miners were digging the mine with shovels, spin over 2.700 kilograms of diamonds. "Kimberley" has an area of 17 hectares and 463 meters in diameter....
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It is the largest pool in the world. Made in San Alfonso del Mar, 90 km from Santiago, Chile, is equipped with a pool that measures 1013 meters long and covers an area of eight hectares, with an artificial lagoon. It cost $ 1.5 billion to be built and filled every six months and two million dollars is spent for its maintenance....
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Who wants to combine adventure with architecture should eat Yellow Treehouse restaurant in Auckland, New Zealand. 12 people in the novelty place to eat restaurant, built on a tree trunk in forest, 12 meters above the ground....
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It is considered the most beautiful beach in Croatia, being formed from a long tongue of fine sand. Enter big party changes its shape every day, in effect curentilro Marines. Beach is located on the beautiful island of Brac....
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This bay that offers various protected species is found in Australia, in the Gascoyne region. Every year it is visited by thousands of tourists attracted here by the dolphins, the sea turtles and many species of fish that populate this area....
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Proclaimed by UNESCO as part of the heritage of humanity in 1992, this area of China is rich in strange shapes of emerald mountains and lakes and unique flora and fauna. Here live also the giant panda and the Sichuan takin, a rare species of antelope....
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Mendocino is located in California until the mid '60s was a real landfill, which was subsequently closed. Thousands of bottles were left behind, are smoothed by water action until they formed one of the most unusual beaches in the world. California declared the beach with millions of shards of colored glass a protected area....
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Central work of artist Robert Smithson, built in 1970 on the Great Salt Lake in the U.S. state of Utah has more than 40 feet in diagonal. The purpose of this bizarre art is time to emphasize the action of natural processes. Over time that has elapsed since the creation of the work movement as powerful waves of Smithson's work....
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The Underwater Restaurant in Maldives is the perfect place to visit for those who love sea and nature. Rank atoll is located on this oddness, fruit of human imagination: restaurant Ithaa (Pearl) is about 5 meters above sea level. It is a unique experience. For obvious reasons, only 12 people can eat here at a time, and the bill is pretty stiff....
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In Arizona, this splendid natural formation is known as "The Wave". It is a landscape of which has made its mark in the natural erosion that carved in stone as a model almost aquatic look. This wonder of nature found in one of the most spectacular areas of the Paria Canyon in Utah and Arizona border between states. Entry here is but difficult: only 20 tourists per day are allowed in this area, and if you want to go there you need to do programming with four months earlie...
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This summer, who travels to the Caribbean should really need to make a stop in Belize Valley to visit this extraordinary underwater valley. Cavity, almost perfectly circular, is 120 meters deep. It was chosen by the great French explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau as one of the ten most interesting places in the world where to dive. Great Blue Hole is located near Lighthouse Reef atoll, about 60 miles away from Belize City....
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It is the 5th largest island of the 63 that make up Singapore and, today, a very popular tourist resort whose name means in Malay dialect: peace and quiet. By contrast, in the past called "Death Island" or "Island of Death Beyond." Why so called? No one knows exactly but most likely because of the pirates that swarmed around, the belief here was paradise confrom warriors who slew or in memory of the malaria epidemic in 1840 nearly exterminated by early settler...
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Called "endless plains" by the tribes Maas, Serengeti is the oldest national park in Tanzania. It has a surface of 14,763 square kilometers, being considered the largest park in Tanzania. Lies 320 km north - west of Arusha on a high plateau between the Ngorongoro place and Kenyan border, stretching west to Lake Victoria. The park consists of plains in the south and east, savanna in the central, hilly forested area north and west.
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Extending right on the border between Nepal and Tibet, Mount Pumori takes your breath away with its beautiful landscape. Literally meaning “Unmarried daughter”, Pumori is also called “Everest’s daughter”, due to the close proximity to Mount Everest. Furthermore, the views of Mount Everest are astonishing from here. Despite the great avalanche danger, Pumori remains to be a popular climbing route. ...
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Mount Alpamayo is acknowledged by many as the most beautiful peak in the world. It is also one of the most coveted peaks. Mount Alpamayo is 5947 meters high above sea level. It is not one of the highest mountain in South America, however it is one of the most famous. The south-western part has a trapezoidal shape while on the north part tourists will enjoy amazing scenery.
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Rocky Mountains abound in bumps and majestic mountains that cut your breath. Rocky Mountains have to offer, in fact, the very amazing beauty of creation.
Rockies stretch over a length of 4,500 - 5000 km with a maximum width of 500-600 km in Colorado and the mountains north of Yellowstone National Park to break up into several smaller mountain ranges having widths of about 50 to 120 km. Mountains stretch from Mexico (with Transverse Volcanic Sierra, Sierra M...
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Matterhorn is the iconic emblem of the Swiss Alps although it is not the tallest peak in the region. Matterhorn Mount is 4478 meters high and it the major tourist destination in the Apennine Alps. The mountain was conquered by climbers for the first time in July 14th 1865. This mountain is one of the largest and highest places for skiing and hiking in Europe. Annually, millions of skiers and tourists come here to conquer the place.
It is not the highest p...
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Machapuchare is part of the Himalaya Mountains Range, Annaapura Massiv. It is 7000 meters high. Machapuchare means black fish and it considered a sacred place by the locals therefore has been declared off limits to climbing. The peak is about 1,500 feet taller than the Shivling Mount. However, Machapuchare has never been climbed to its summit. ...
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Shivling mountain is located in the Northern part of India and it is part of the Himalaya Mountains Range. It is 6549 m high or 21.329 feet. The name of the mountain comes from the God Shiva in Hindu religion, literally meaning ‘the phallus of Shiva’.
This mountain has steep sides and it is considered one of the most stunning peaks of the Garhwal region. On 1974 this mountain was conquered by Laxman Singh and his team....
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Ama Dablam is one of the biggest attractions of the massive Himalayas, is famous for its verticality and not least for its beauty. This mountain, considered one of the most beautiful mountains in the world, recalls the silhouette of "horn" Matterhorn. Like other mountains of Nepal, Ama Dablam is a great spiritual charge for local population....
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Located in the heart of Indochina, Laos is bordered by Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, China and Myanmar and it is an exotic, beautiful and welcoming country worth visiting and exploring. It is one of the few communist countries in the world and until 1988 was closed to visitors. In recent years however, more and more tourists come to Laos to discover the attractions of this relaxing country, with mountains and rivers.
Tourists can find here Buddhist r...
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Kingdom of Bhutan has adopted tourism with caution, in an effort to avoid its negative impact on the country's culture and environment. Tourists who want to come to Bhutan have to buy packages paid in advance or guided by a tourism company known for Bhutan. The number of tourists is limited and controlled by government, lack of infrastructure. With all the difficulties, there are quite many who want to admire and explore this amazing itself. The tourism industry is based on the pr...
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Faroe Islands is an autonomous region located in Denmark. There are 18 islands, of which 17 are inhabited. With volcanic islands are rugged, with an average height of 300m above sea level. Totaling 1.100km coast and, wherever you are, you have no more than 5km to the ocean. West coast is characterized by steep slopes and cliffs inhabited by thousands of birds and chicks in summer. You will be surprised by the lack of trees on the island. This is due to thousands of sheep that occu...
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Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, is one of the most remote places in the world and which houses about 4,000 residents. Two-thirds of whom are indigenous, the remainder coming from the mainland. Virtually all the population lives in one settlement of the island - Hanga Roa. The name Easter Island has religious significance, but the island commemorates the discovery by the Dutch vessel, a Easter Sunday in 1722. DNA tests showed that the islanders are descendants of daring travelers arriv...
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Orlando is a city made up mostly of theme parks. By 1966 there were enough to see in central Florida, but the area began to flourish along with the great flow of tourists attracted by the Walt Disney World.
From the Magic Kingdom opened in 1971 after a five-year program, Disney has added three more theme parks, two water parks and a lot of buildings, including hotels, shops and golf courses to create a real universe. With Disney ...
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Petra is one of the most popular regions in terms of ruins in the world, due mainly appearance Kazneh monastery ruins in the third Indiana Jones film series. Sandstone cliffs sheltering about 3,000 temples and carved stone funerary monuments, shrines, homes and dance halls.
Impressive part of this landscape and a magnificent monastery painted in bright colors that make this small town with only 20,000 inhabitants in the Negev desert...
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Beirut was built on a high rocky promontory. Nowadays it is the capital of a modern nation, but in times gone deep harbor and central location were not so popular, the city is overshadowed by more powerful neighbors.
In dark times Birotica town called, a Semitic word meaning "well" or "source". When cities of Sidon and Tyre and the city began declining in the first century BC. Berytus, as it was then c...
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Marmaris is a resort of Kusadasi coastline that rivals for the title of biggest resort on the west coast of Turkey. However Marmaris has many forests and natural beauties, except for historical sites, which are less than in Kusadasi. Marmaris supposedly comes from the name "Mimar I", which in Turkish means "hanged architect. When you see high tie holiday apartment buildings, you'll understand where does this name.
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Jerusalem is holy city for three religions and the promised land for two of them. In the old city there are priests, nuns, and rabbis mollah them everywhere. Churches of all denominations endow the city, the mosque with golden dome can be seen from distance and the Wailing Wall is always crowded.
But the old city Jerusalem is not only a holy city. It is also a very crowded market with several shops for tourists than any other place and in ...
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