Wednesday, July 22, 2009

AMAZING LANDSCAPES

Jokulsarlon, Iceland - This lagoon's shiny blue ice
formations are so curvy that they appear to have been waves
that were frozen solid. Because it serves as a buffer
between Europe's largest glacier and the sea, there is
constant calving of the ice. This forms icebergs that drift
out to sea, so the view is always different and constantly
changing.


Bryce Canyon, United States - This park is known for its
stunning vistas, but most of all for its countless delicate
red rock spires carved by millions of years of wind and
water, known locally as “hoodoos.”


Chott El-Jarid, Tunisia - One of the world’s largest salt
lakes, Chott El-Jarid is also a rare endorheic or terminal
lake, a closed system whose waters never reach the sea. Due
to annual rainfalls of less than four inches and summer
temperatures that reach over 120 degrees, the lake often
evaporates completely, leaving an enormous salt pan
covering roughly 2,000 square miles.

Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina - This is the most famous
glacier of Los Glaciares National Park, located in the
Austral Andes near the Chilean border. Perito Moreno gained
its fame because of a unique nonstop cyclical action that
causes this glacier to alternately advance and retreat. As
part of this process, it is constantly calving, regularly
producing spectacular ice falls from its exposed leading
edge.


Olgas, Australia - Located in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National
Park, the Olgas are three dozen red domes that emerge from
the otherwise barren Australian Outback. The moving sun
famously plays tricks with the earth’s color, and the Olgas
can appear dramatically different based on the time of day.

Chocolate Hills, Philippines - These unique mounds get
their name for two reasons: first, the green grass that
covers them turns deep brown during the annual dry season,
and second, because they bear a striking resemblance to
Hershey Kisses. Each of the hills is so perfectly uniform
that visitors often have a hard time believing they are
not man-made.

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