The One
25th February 2011, 14:43
A reminder of our beutiful planet
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The Wave is located on the Colorado Plateau, near the Utah and Arizona border. The area is a gallery of gruesomely twisted sandstone, resembling deformed pillars, cones, mushrooms and other odd creations. Deposits of iron claim some of the responsibility for the unique blending of color twisted in the rock, creating a dramatic rainbow of pastel yellows, pinks and reds.
The Wave is made of Jurassic-age Navajo Sandstone that is approximately 190 million years old. Scientists who study The Wave say that the old sand dunes turned into hard compacted rock over the ages, calcifying in vertical and horizontal layers Erosion by wind and rain has created the spectacular landscape which appears now.
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Horsetail Fall, located in Yosemite National Park in California, is a seasonal waterfall that flows in the winter and early spring. There are a few days every February where this fall is lit up by the setting sun and reflects a bright orange
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Isolated from continental land masses for 18 million years, Yemen’s Socotra Island showcases an alien-like landscape with unusual plants and animals, such as the blood dragon tree, and desert rose. The island is an absolutely imaginary place with 700 extremely rare species of flora and fauna, found nowhere else on Earth. Its high degree of biodiversity has earned it the name the “Galápagos of the Indian Ocean
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Erta Ale is an active shield volcano located in the Afar Region of northeastern Ethiopia. It is the most active volcano in Ethiopia. Erta Ale stands 613 metres tall, with a lava lake, one of only four in the world-Erta Ale means “smoking mountain” in the local Afar language and its southernmost pit is known locally as “the gateway to hell
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Cano Cristales, also called 'The River of Five Colors,' 'The Liquid Rainbow' or even 'The Most Beautiful River in the World' , is definitely a treat to human eyes. It is so indistinguishable from other rivers of the world, that just a look at it or a beautiful visit to it can leave an everlasting impression on a person
5010
The Wave is located on the Colorado Plateau, near the Utah and Arizona border. The area is a gallery of gruesomely twisted sandstone, resembling deformed pillars, cones, mushrooms and other odd creations. Deposits of iron claim some of the responsibility for the unique blending of color twisted in the rock, creating a dramatic rainbow of pastel yellows, pinks and reds.
The Wave is made of Jurassic-age Navajo Sandstone that is approximately 190 million years old. Scientists who study The Wave say that the old sand dunes turned into hard compacted rock over the ages, calcifying in vertical and horizontal layers Erosion by wind and rain has created the spectacular landscape which appears now.
5011
Horsetail Fall, located in Yosemite National Park in California, is a seasonal waterfall that flows in the winter and early spring. There are a few days every February where this fall is lit up by the setting sun and reflects a bright orange
5012
Isolated from continental land masses for 18 million years, Yemen’s Socotra Island showcases an alien-like landscape with unusual plants and animals, such as the blood dragon tree, and desert rose. The island is an absolutely imaginary place with 700 extremely rare species of flora and fauna, found nowhere else on Earth. Its high degree of biodiversity has earned it the name the “Galápagos of the Indian Ocean
5013
Erta Ale is an active shield volcano located in the Afar Region of northeastern Ethiopia. It is the most active volcano in Ethiopia. Erta Ale stands 613 metres tall, with a lava lake, one of only four in the world-Erta Ale means “smoking mountain” in the local Afar language and its southernmost pit is known locally as “the gateway to hell
5014
Cano Cristales, also called 'The River of Five Colors,' 'The Liquid Rainbow' or even 'The Most Beautiful River in the World' , is definitely a treat to human eyes. It is so indistinguishable from other rivers of the world, that just a look at it or a beautiful visit to it can leave an everlasting impression on a person