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The Crannog of Loch Tay

Posted on 31 October 2011 in: Featured Articles, Places

The definition of a crannog has to be “artificial island, usually built in lakes, rivers and estuarine waters”. They have been variously interpreted as free-standing wooden structures, as at Loch Tay. The word “crannog” is from Old Irish and means young tree. They were made to protect the more wealthy families of a population. Scotland [...]

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Lofoten – Beautiful Paradise For Fishes

Posted on 13 January 2011 in: Featured Articles, Places

In Nordland region in Norway you can find an arctic paradise called Lofoten. It has a million species of birds and a amazing sea life. You will also find a lot of otters in the area, swimming around peacefully. It is definitely the center for cod fisheries, and the paradise for all fishermen. The climate [...]

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Sheep Moving In To “Hobbiton”

Posted on 07 December 2010 in: Animal Oddity, Featured Articles

Hobbiton is known as the little village in the Lord of the rings trilogy, where the Hobbits are living in small houses. In real life that place is called Matamata and is located in New Zealand. After shooting the movie, the little village became a tourist attraction, and the reason for that is not only [...]

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Norias of Hama – Huge Waterwheels in Syria

Posted on 05 December 2010 in: Featured Articles, Places

These amazingly beautiful water wheels are several centuries old. The name is Norias of Hama, and it is from Arabic which explains why they are located in Syria. They have been used to bring water into aqueducts that take the water further to all the fields. Back in the days there were 30 of these [...]

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When Two Waters Meet You Get This Result

Posted on 04 December 2010 in: Featured Articles, Places

This phenomenon is something that you need to see. In Manaus, that is the largest city in the Amazonas, there are two rivers that literally meet each other. The rivers are Rio Negro and the Amazon, and they have completely different colors, so when the phenomenon happens you can see the contrasts from the water. [...]

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The Underwater World of Frozen Sassolo Lake

Posted on 25 October 2010 in: Featured Articles, Places

Lake Sassolo is located in Switzerland. It is surrounded by the Alps and located on the place which is about 2000 meters above sea level. The lake is filled with huge pieces of ice which never disappears there. During the winter, the lake gets frozen completely.Here you can see a few of magnificent photos made [...]

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The 10 Tallest Waterfalls Of The World

Posted on 28 April 2010 in: Featured Articles, Places

There is no wonder that there are many waterfalls all over the world and major part of our world is covered in water, interestingly in modern lexicon, there is not definition of waterfall but we can say that “waterfall is a result of landscape, means whenever a land or a part of land start interrupting [...]

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Plitvice Lakes – The Most Beautiful Lakes In Europe

Posted on 12 March 2010 in: Featured Articles, Places

If you want to see beauty on earth, pack your bags and head to Plitvice lakes located in Croatia. The Picturesque beauty of the Plitvice lakes makes it one of the oldest tourist sites. Sixteen lakes form the Plitvice lakes National Park. These lakes are surrounded by three mountains. So one can see why the [...]

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