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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

THE MOST INTERESTING PLACES ON THE PLANETE (PART 2)

Flower Park Keukenhof, the Netherlands.




The world famous Keukenhof flower park - one of the most beautiful places on the planet - is in the small town of Lisse, between Amsterdam and The Hague.






The park was founded in 1593 by botanist Carolus Klusius by name, who is considered the first person who brought tulips in Holland. Since then, the tulip became a symbol of the Netherlands.




Today Keukenhof Park - the only one in the world where you can simultaneously see about 1500 species of tulips. Show all guests visiting the Netherlands in the spring, be sure to seek to get to the world-famous Dutch Flower Park Keukenhof, which our continent has no equal in magnitude and beauty. Treat yourself to the brightest spring in my life!


Beautiful sunny morning at the Keukenhof Gardens


Every year, from late March to late May Keukenhof is more than 7 million tulips and other plants of all colors. And every year a different park, fantastic, but it's always a fantastic spectacle for all ages, and for gardeners simply a gift for fans of photography! Gorgeous multi-colored cloth covering an area of ​​32 hectares, contains both traditional and modern motifs of landscape design.

Mount Roraima, Venezuela.


By giving the Indians pemontov, namely Mount Roraima - the mother of three great American rivers: the Amazon, Orinoco and Essequibo. They all originate here in the Great Savannah.


The question of education is so unusual occurs in the mountains are constantly traveling on the grand savannah, because all the flora and fauna of Roraima is unique and different, and many species - endemic and not found anywhere else on the planet. 
In addition to the top, or more precisely on the table this huge table the borders three countries: Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil, there is a triangular border post and not a single border guard! 
Climb and descend to the greatest possible tepuy only by Venezuela.

Seychelles.




Seychelles is an archipelago of 115 granite and coral islands, most of which is the island of Mahe. Maritime area of ​​the archipelago several times more land area. So land mass is only about four square kilometers. There are islands that are very thick and densely populated, and there are quite uninhabited.







Seychelles Seychelles palm grows the famous "sea coconut", whose height is 30 m. It blooms in age from 20 to 40 years old, 8-10 years living flower, nuts weigh 15 kg. In inland areas remained evergreen tropical forests.









Seychelles endemic amphibians are found, the giant Galápagos tortoise weighing up to 250 kg of poultry.





Thus, Seychelles - a real pearl of the Indian Ocean.

"Blood Falls"

"Blood Falls" (Eng. Blood Falls) - flow of blood-red liquid flowing from the Taylor Glacier in Antarctica. Color this unusual waterfall attaches great iron oxide content in the water.





Awapuhi Trail Kauai, Hawaii



Great Blue Hole. Belize.



Blue holes - underwater vertical caves that go deep into the top and resembles a large hole. This is a fairly common phenomenon, but one of those places stands out for its huge size. Great Blue Hole is located in the center of the atoll called Lighthouse Reef is the most popular destination for divers off the coast of Belize. Visible bird's-eye view, the hole is 305 meters in diameter and has a depth of 120 meters.



This place has become famous by Jacques Yves Cousteau researcher and his team. It was they who first explored this underwater cave whose roof collapsed about 10 thousand years ago. Blue Hole is part of the Belize Barrier Reef, covering more than 200,000 acres.




The cave was formed when the sea level was much lower, and when the ocean began to rise, and flooded the cave roof collapsed. Blue Hole of Belize is considered the biggest among the places of this type and therefore was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Multnomah Falls


Multnomah Falls is located in Oregon east of Trutdeyl, USA. Calm water flow goes down in two stages: the first begins at a height of 165 m, and then, breaking a few meters downstream, the pillar of water again breaks down from the cliffs, this time at a height of 21 meters. The differential between the two height is 3 meters.

Multnomah County, which is the highest in the state of Oregon, is a deuce waterfalls United States, which never freeze, so you can admire its beauty all year round. Underground springs that extend east under a mountain larch are a year-round "supplier" of water for the waterfall, supported by the spring snow melt from the rocks and rainwater during the other seasons.

Moraine Lake



Moraine Lake (Eng. Moraine Lake) - a glacial lake in Banff National Park, 14 km from the village of Lake Louise (Alberta, Canada). Located in the valley of the Ten peaks at an altitude of about 1885 m. The surface area of ​​the lake - 0.5 km².



The lake is fed by glacier and reaches its full content only from the mid to late June. When it is full, it reflects various shades of blue because of the refraction of light on the rocky bottom of the lake.

Sagano Bamboo Grove (Sagano bamboo grove), Kyoto, Japan.





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