Thursday 19 June 2014

Snail in water

Snail in water

Tufa pinnacles at Mono Lake

Tufa pinnacles at Mono Lake

Saturday 14 June 2014

Nemrut Mountain, Turkey

Nemrut or Nemrud is a 2,134 m high mountain in southeastern Turkey, notable for the summit where a number of large statues are erected around what is assumed to be a royal tomb from the 1st century BC.
Nemrut Mountain, Turkey

Friday 13 June 2014

Lake Orta, Italy

Lake Orta is a lake in northern Italy west of Lake Maggiore. It has been so named since the 16th century, but was previously called the Lago di San Giulio, after Saint Julius, the patron saint of the region; Cusio is a merely poetical name.

 Its southern end is about 35 kilometres (22 miles) by rail NW of Novara on the main Turin-Milan line, while its north end is about 6 kilometres (4 miles) by rail south of the Gravellona-Toce railway station, half-way between Ornavasso and Omegna.

Lake Orta, Italy

Monday 9 June 2014

The Torres de Hércules, Spain

The Torres de Hércules are office buildings in Polígono Industrial Las Marismas, Los Barrios in Province of Cádiz. The building is 100.6 m tall and was completed in October 2009. The telecommunications antenna on top is 26 m tall.
Terros de Hercules, Spain

Monday 2 June 2014

Lucistic sea turtle hatchlings

leucistic sea turtle hatchlings,

Atlanta

Atlanta

Lambs


Padirac cave, France

The Padirac Chasm or Gouffre de Padirac is a cave located near Gramat, in the Lot département, in France.

The chasm itself is approximately 99 m (325 ft) around its rim with a diameter of approximately 35 metres (115 ft). Visitors descend 75 m via a lift or a staircase before entering the cave system. The cave, at a depth of 103 metres (338 ft), contains a subterranean river system that is partly negotiable by boat.

This cave system is regarded as "one of the most extraordinary natural phenomena of the Massif Central"


Armadillo girdled lizard

The armadillo girdled lizard, Ouroborus cataphractus, is a lizard endemic to desert areas of southern Africa

Armadillo girdled lizard

Bojnice Castle, Slovakia

Bojnice Castle is a medieval castle in Bojnice, Slovakia. It is a Romantic castle with some original Gothic and Renaissance elements built in the 12th century


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