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Friday, December 23, 2011

Amazing Photography and Places

Thor's Well a/k/a "the gates of the dungeon" on Cape Perpetua, Oregon. At moderate tide and strong surf, flowing water creates a fantastic landscape.

Emerald Lake in the crater of an extinct volcano. Tongariro National Park - New Zealand

Restaurant on a cliff on the east coast of Zanzibar.
Depending on the tide the restaurant can be reached both on foot and by boat.

Desert with Phacelia (Scorpion Weed). Flowering once in several years.

Dubai. The view from the skyscraper BurjKhalifa. The height of buildings is 828 m (163 floors).

And this is the view down



These trees grow in the forest near Gryfino, Poland. The cause of the curvature is unknown 

Twice a year in the Gulf of Mexico rays migrate. About 10 thousand stingrays swim from the Yucatan Peninsula to Florida in the spring and back in the fall.

Day and night. The monument in Kaunas, Lithuania

This statue, created by Bruno Catalano, is located in France



The longest traffic jam in the world recorded in China. Its length is 260 kilometers


Paris computer games store. In fact, the floor is absolutely flat.



Haus Rizzi - Germany.


Lena Pillars. Russia, the Lena River.


Banpo Bridge in Seoul, South Korea


In the Chinese province of Shandong is a bridge across the Gulf of Jiaozhou. The bridge length over 36 km is calculated for eight car lanes, and is the longest sea bridge in the world.


View of the sunset from inside the wave.

This is a unique geological phenomenon known as Danxia landform. These phenomena can be observed in several places in China. This example is located in Zhangye, Province of Gansu. The color is the result of an accumulation for millions of years of red sandstone and other rocks.



In northwestern Montana, USA. The water is so transparent that it seems that this is a quite shallow lake. In fact, it’s very deep. 



Photo of storm in Montana, USA, 2010


Skyscraper-Crescent Crescent Moon Tower (Dubai)

Morning Glory - kind of clouds observed in the Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Australia 


1 comment:

Aritul said...

Those are some really arresting photos, particularly those of Oregon, NZ, China, and Montana.