Thursday, August 28, 2008

Aurora Borealis or Northen Lights

Aurora Borealis or the "Northern Lights" is the name known to a stunning light occurrence frequently seen in the northern regions of countries such as Norway, Sweden, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Alaska and Canada.

Mesmerizing, eerie, and never the same twice, Aurora Borealis flickers crossways the northern sky the majority often from September to October and March to April.

The Northern lights have frequently been described as the most astonishing natural firework display possible – with sparkling lights and surging colors in the sky.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Mount Everest

Mount Everest is the uppermost mountain in the world. Its height of 29,035 feet (8,850 meters) was determined using GPS satellite equipment on May 5, 1999. It was before supposed to be slightly lower (29,028 feet /8,848 meters), as determined in 1954 by averaging measurements from a variety of sites around the mountain. The new height has been confirmed through the National Geographic Society.

The first seven attempts on Everest, initial with a reconnaissance in 1921, approached the mountain from Tibet, where a route to the peak via the North Col and North Ridge seemed possible. All were ineffective. George Mallory, who spearheaded the first three expeditions, lost his life with Andrew Irvine throughout a failed ascent in 1924.

Unsuccessful attempts continued through 1938, then halted throughout World War II. By the war's ending, Tibet had closed its borders, and Nepal, previously unreachable, had done the opposite.


Thursday, August 14, 2008

Harbor of Rio de Janeiro

The Rio de Janeiro harbor is a stunning natural setting in south-east Brazil, stretching inland for concerning 20 miles. Many people know the bay for its huge statue of Jesus Christ – known as Christ the Redeemer or "Christo Redentor" – which looms on the Corcovado Mountain overlooking the bay.

There is some mistake in the name; Rio de Janeiro means River of January, but it is on the shores of Guanabara Bay. The Portuguese sailors who came early were in a naming spree; establish a calm water body within 20 miles of the shore they took it for the mouth of a river and named it Rio de Janeiro -the River of January as they exposed it in the month of January. Now the bay is Guanabara Bay its original name called by the natives and the enormous natural harbor functioning within the bay and the near city all are ‘Harbor of Rio de Janeiro’. It is the capital of the Brazilian state with the similar name -Rio de Janeiro.

Monday, August 11, 2008

Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef is the world's main coral reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for 2,600 kilometers (1,616 mi) in excess of an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometers (132,974 sq mi) along the north-eastern shore of Australia.

The Great Barrier Reef is a system of islands and coral reefs that is home to a huge biological variety of plants and animals. In addition to its ecological value, the area offers visitors the possibility to do a diversity of activities – including scuba diving, snorkeling, watersports and birdwatching – and a lot of places along the Queensland coast also present boat trips to the reef on a daily basis.

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon is a huge rift in the Colorado Plateau that exposes uplifted Proterozoic and Paleozoic strata. The Grand Canyon is unmatched all through the world for the vistas it offers to visitors on the rim. It is not the deepest canyon in the world — together the Barranca del Cobre in Northern Mexico and Hell's Canyon on the Oregon-Idaho border are deeper — other than Grand Canyon is known for its overwhelming size and its complicated and colorful landscape. Physically it is significant because of the thick series of ancient rocks that are wonderfully preserved and bare in the walls of the canyon. These rock layers evidence much of the early geologic history of the North American continent. Grand Canyon is also one of the majority spectacular examples of natural erosion in the world.

Monday, August 4, 2008

The Pyramid at Chichen Itza

The Pyramid at Chichén Itzá (before 800 A.D.) Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, the most well-known Mayan temple city, served as the supporting and economic middle of the Mayan civilization. Its a variety of structures - the pyramid of Kukulkan, the Temple of Chac Mool, the Hall of the Thousand Pillars, and the Playing meadow of the Prisoners – can still be seen today and are affectionate of an extraordinary commitment to architectural space and work of art. The pyramid itself was the last, and debatably the greatest, of all Mayan temples.