Terracotta Army

Terracotta Army

The terracotta army is a collection of 8099 life-size terra cotta figures of warriors and horses near the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor. It is believed to have taken 700,000 workers and craftsmen 38 years to complete. Here’s a virtual tour to see how it looks like inside using QuickTime VR.

Link: World Heritage Tour

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Frozen Cherry Trees

These are frozen cherry trees in a place called Ceres which is 140km from Cape Town, South Africa. 5 more pics after the jump.

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Singapore Fireworks Festival 2006

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The Singapore Fireworks Festival is an annual event held in Singapore as part of its National Day celebrations. Here are pictures of the festival held at Marina Bay this year on 8th of August. 11 more pics after the jump.

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Bangkok Dome At State Tower

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Sirocco is a dining place on top of State Tower, one of the tallest skyscrapers in Thailand. With a truly stunning atmosphere, it is also one of Bangkok’s best live jazz venues featuring the vocal styling of international performers six nights a week. Link and 4 more pics after the jump.

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World’s Biggest Hole In Russia

World Biggest Hole

The world’s biggest hole is located in Russia. It is actually a diamond mine in Eastern Siberia near the town of Mirna Mirny at 525 metres deep and a diameter of 1.25 km.

The suction from the hole resulted in several helicopter crashes and therefore flight above the hole is now prohibited.

Link: Sreedhara

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World’s Most Dangerous Road

Bolivia Dangerous Road

The North Yungas Road in Bolivia is legendary of its extreme danger killing about 100 travellers annually. The road descends from 12,000 ft(3600 m) to 1000 ft(330m) transitioning from a cool altiplano terrain to rain forest. Link and 4 more pics after the jump.

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Highest Tennis Court Play In Dubai

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In preparation for the Dubai Duty Free Men’s Open, Andre Agassi and Roger Federer was invited to have a friendly match on the world’s highest tennis court on the helipad of Burj Al Arab, which is the world’s most luxurious hotel. There are wire mesh around to prevent them from falling. Link and 14 more pics after the jump.

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Norio Matsumoto Alaskan Gallery

Here is a collection of amazing Alaskan photos that includes the Alaskan Range, Northern Lights, Whales of Southeast Alaska, Alaskan forest and others.

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Norio the photographer at every summer camps by himself on remote islands to photograph Alaskan whales and in the winter months camps on glaciers to photograph the mountains and aurora borealis. His works have also been pulished in several prominent magazines such as National Geograhic Adventure, Audubon Magazine and others. A must see site for nature enthusiasts.

Source: Norio Matsumoto Gallery

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Northern Lights Video

Aurora Borealis

Here is a video showing how aurora borealis also called northern lights came about and scientific knowledge about their electric charges. If you haven’t got the chance to see the aurora borealis, here’s the chance to see it in live motion! 1 videoclip after the jump.

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Aurora Gallery Part 1

Here are 10 photos of breathtaking aurora photos. An aurora is a atmospheric phenomenon where bands of light are displayed from the charged solar particles. The left photo was taken by Chris Gray at Moosehorn Dist. Mantiba Canada. 9 more pics of aurora scenaries after the jump.

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Beautiful China

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Here are some breathtaking landscape pictures of beautiful China. 19 pics after the jump.

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