Tuesday 20 December 2011

Palm Valley

Palm Valley is located in the Northern Territory, Australia. The valley is famous for Red Cabbage Palms which are survived.

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Sunday 18 December 2011

Black's Beach

Black's Beach is located beneath the bluffs of Torrey Pines on the Pacific Ocean in La Jolla, San Diego, California, United States. This distinction is important as Black’s Beach is most known as a nude beach.

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Children's Pool Beach

Children's Pool Beach is a small sandy beach located at 850 Coast Boulevard, at the end of Jenner Street, in La Jolla, California. A sea wall built in 1931 protects the beach from waves, making it a favorite spot for divers and swimmers. Before the sea wall was built, there was a shallow water area between a large rock and a mainland bluff called "Seal Rock Point."

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Torrey Pines State Beach

Torrey Pines State Beach is a coastal beach located in the San Diego, California community of Torrey Pines. It is a local favorite among surfers and remains a quintessential Southern California beach. The beach is at the bottom of 300 foot sandstone cliffs of white and golden stone, with a greenish layer sometimes visible at the very bottom.

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Pearl of the Andaman

Pearl of the Andaman resort lies just off the sunny southern coast of Phuket, Thailand. It has natural heritage of stunning beaches, exotic marine life and lushly forested hillsides, Phuket Island, Thailand is one of Asia's most popular tourist destinations. The surrounding water of the beach is incredibly clear.

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Rai Le Beach

Rai Le Beach is located in the province of Krabi, Thialand. This beach is divided into two sections, East Rai Le and West Rai Le. The more popular of the two beaches is the West Rai Le beach because there is a broad sandy beach with clean, clear water and has a more limited variety of recreational activities.

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Saturday 17 December 2011

Kahiwa Falls

Kahiwa Falls is a waterfall located on the northern shore of the island of Molokai, between Wailau and Papalaua valleys in Hawaii. The waterfall is about 2165 feet high. Falls have 6 tiers, the highest drop is 183 m tall. Kahiwa Falls can be observed only from the sea or from air. At strong winds the waterfall may get caught and rise upwards.

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Friday 16 December 2011

Kings Canyon

Kings Canyon is located at the western end of the George Gill Range, Australia. It is 323 km southwest of Alice Springs and 1,316 km south of Darwin. The walls of Kings Canyon are over 300 metres high. Birds that can be seen on the Kings Canyon Rim walk include Spinifex Pigeon, Dusky Grasswren, Zebra Finch, Black-breasted Buzzard and Grey-headed Honeyeater.

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Copper Canyon

Copper Canyon is a group of canyons consisting of six distinct canyons in the Sierra Tarahumara in the southwestern part of the state of Chihuahua in Mexico. The canyons were formed by six rivers which drain the western side of the Sierra Tarahumara and merge into the Rio Fuerte and empty into the Sea of Cortez. There are many other ways to explore Copper Canyon such as hiking, biking, driving or horseback riding. The most popular way is by train, as the Ferrocarril Chihuahua al PacĂ­fico or ChePe, runs along the main canyon called Canyon Urique, between Chihuahua and Los Mochis, on the Gulf of California.

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Colca Canyon, Peru

Colca Canyon is a canyon of the Colca River in southern Peru. Peru's third most-visited tourist destination with about 160,000 visitors annually, it's located about 160 kilometers northwest of Arequipa. It is more than twice as deep as the Grand Canyon in the United States at 4,160 meter depth. The Colca Valley is a colorful Andean valley there.

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Charyn Canyon

Charyn Canyon is an 80 km canyon in Kazakhstan on the Charyn River, 200 km east of Almaty, close to the Chinese border. It is part of the Charyn National Park. It stretches 154 kilometres along the Charyn River in the northern Tien Shan mountain range. In parts, it attains a depth of 150 to 300 metres. One part of it is known as Valley of Castles for its unusual rock formations.

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Canyon de Chelly

Canyon de Chelly is located in northeastern Arizona within the boundaries of the Navajo Nation. Reflecting one of the longest continuously inhabited landscapes of North America, it preserves ruins of the early indigenous tribes that lived in the area, including the Ancient Pueblo Peoples and Navajo.

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