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| Positano, Almalfi Coast, Italy |
Positano is a village and comune on the Amalfi Coast (Costiera Amalfitana), in Campania, Italy, mainly in an enclave in the hills leading down to the coast.
Positano History
Positano was a port of the Amalfi Republic in medieval times, and prospered during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. By the mid-nineteenth century, however, the town had fallen on hard times. More than half the population emigrated, mostly to Australia.
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| Fly Geyser - Washoe County Nevada |
I really, really can't stop to look this pics. This is amazing. This is a picture that describes my dreams of paradise.
Fly Geyser , also known as Fly Ranch Geyser is a man-made small geothermal geyser located in Washoe County , Nevada approximately 20 miles ( 32 km ) north of Gerlach . Fly Geyser is located near the edge of Fly Reservoir and is only about 5 feet ( 1 .5 m ) high , but 12 feet ( 3 .7 m ) counting the mound on which it sits in 2013 .
Fly Geyser is located on the private Fly Ranch in Hualapai Flat , about 0 .3 miles ( 0 .48 km ) from State Route 34 . The ranch is currently owned by Todd Jaksick. There is a high fence and a locked gate topped with spikes to exclude trespassers . The only access is a dirt road , but it is large enough to be seen from the road .
Fly Geyser is not an entirely natural phenomenon ; it was accidentally created by well drilling in 1964 discovering for availability of geothermal energy . The well might not are capped properly , or staying unplugged , however in either case dissolved minerals began growing and also building up , making the travertine mound on which the geyser sits and proceeds developing . Water is consistently released , getting to 5 feet ( 1 .5 m ) in the air . The geyser has a number of terraces discharging water into 30 to 40 pools over a location of 30 hectares ( 74 acres ) . The geyser consists of a number of several minerals , but its amazing colors are as a result of thermophilic algae .
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| The pearl of Siberia - Baikal Lake Russia |
Lake Baikal in south-east Siberia, the deepest lake in the world at 1,700 m, contains 20% of all fresh running water on the planet, making it the single largest reservoir. The lake contains an outstanding variety of endemic flora and fauna, of exceptional value to evolutionary science. It is also surrounded by a system of protected areas that have high scenic and other natural values. The basin supports a variety of plant and animal species, a number being endemic; the most notable of which is the Baikal seal, a uniquely freshwater species.
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| Tunnel of Love in Klevan - Ukraine |
If you swear romantic, then The Tunnel of Love is a must-see place for you. It is located in Klevan, in Ukraine.
Klevan is an urban-type settlement in the Rivne Raion (district) of Rivne Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Its population is 7,470 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census. Klevan is accessed via the T1817 and H22 roads, and is located 28.3 km northwest of Rivne and 50.4 kilometres southeast of Lutsk along the H22. Klevan lies on the Stubla River.
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| Eden islands - Maldives |
Maldives officially the Republic of the Maldives and also referred to as the Maldive Islands, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean consisting of a double chain of twenty-six atolls, oriented north-south, that lie between Minicoy Island (the southernmost part of Lakshadweep, India) and the Chagos Archipelago. The chains stand in the Laccadive Sea, about 700 kilometres (430 mi) south-west of Sri Lanka and 400 kilometres (250 mi) south-west of India.
For the majority of its history, the Maldives has been an independent polity, despite three instances during which it was ruled by outside forces. In the mid-15th century, for fifteen years, the Maldives was dominated by the Portuguese Empire. In the mid-17th century, the Dutch Empire (Malabar) dominated Maldives for four months. Finally, in the late 19th century, on the brink of war, the Maldives became a British protectorate from 1887 until 1965. The Dutch referred to the islands as the "Maldivische Eilanden", while the British anglicised the local name for the islands first to the "Maldive Islands" and later to the "Maldives". The islands gained independence from the British in 1965 and became a republic in 1968 ruled by a president and an authoritarian government.
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| Photo by Thomas Mangelsen/ The masters of nature photography |
Amazing photos of
African elephants at dusk,
grizzly bear hunting on salmon,
gorilla surrounded by
butterflies, etc. are all included in the new book of ten world's greatest nature photographers.
