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Murphy's Haystacks, South Australia 2007-12-07 05:54:00 Murphy's Haystacks are inselberg rock formations located between Streaky Bay and Port Kenny on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. They obtained their name because a traveller in a coach saw the formation in the distance. He asked how a farmer could produce so much hay. As the farm was on a property owned by a man called Murphy, the rocks became known as Murphy's Haystacks. The haystacks are formed from ancient granite inselbergs dating back 1,500 million years. [The name inselberg comes from German insel, meaning island and berg, mountain.] The pillars and boulders in their present day form only go back as far as 100,000 years and have been formed by the uneven weathering of crystalline rock as densely fractured compartments break down through weathering more quickly than massive unfractured compartments. The distinction between the two forms is that pillars merge unknown with the underlying bedrock, but boulders are clearly detached.The haystacks are of a pink gra ...

Moon Rise Over.... 2007-12-05 04:42:00 ....Point Montara Lighthouse, California....Manhattan....Santorini, Greece....Hawaiian Beach....Cape Foulwind, New Zealand...Los Angeles....Alcazar Castle, Segovia, Spain....Mount Rushmore, South DacotaClick the images for a larger view. ...

Windmills 2007-12-04 10:55:00 1.Wicken Fen Windmill, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom2.Windmills Overlooking Hora, Dodecanese, Leros, Greece 3.Windmill at Sunset, Near Colfax, Washington4. Windmills at Infersa Salt Pans, Marsala, Sicily, Italy5. Windmills, Kinderdijk, Netherlands ...

Trees of the World 2007-11-27 10:22:00 Tree-lovers, here we go....1. Kiawe Tree, Wailea, Maui, Hawaii2. Japanese Cherry tree3. Divi-Divi Tree, Aruba4. Giant Sequoia Trees, Yosemite National Park, California5. Fever Trees at Sunset, Africa6.Baobab Trees, Kalahari Desert, Botswana7. Joshua Trees, Mojave Desert, California8. Tea Trees, Queensland, Australia9. Ice-covered Willow Trees10.Coconut Palm Trees, Dominican Republic11. Foxtail Pine, California12. Ghost Gum Tree, Central Australia13. Acacia Tree Over the Savannah, Kenya14. Almond Tree, Antelope Valley, California15.Maple Tree, Japanese Garden, Portland, Oregon16. Champak Tree, Maharashtra, India17. Cholla Cacti, Joshua Tree National Park, CaliforniaClick the images for a larger view or to save them. ...

Not So Famous Castles 2007-11-26 03:59:00 1. Pousada Castle, Obidos, Portugal2.Trakai Castle, Lake Galve, Lithuania3. Egeskov Castle, Fyn Island, Denmark4. Kalmar Castle, Kalmar, Sweden5. Kumamoto Castle, Kumamoto, Japan6. Neuschwanstein Castle, Bavaria, Germany7.Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd, Wales8. Alcazar Castle, Segovia, Spain9. Chenonceaux Castle, France10. Dromoland Castle, Ennis, Ireland11. Dunrobin Castle, ScotlandClick the images for a larger view or to save them. Size: 1600x1200 ...

The Most Beautiful Basilicas 2007-11-20 14:05:00 1. St. Peter's Basilica, Rome2. Notre Dame Basilica, Montreal3. Basilica di San Marco, Venice4. St. Mary's, Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Covington, KentuckyClick the images for a larger view. ...

Venice in Pics, Italy 2007-11-06 09:24:00 Venice is probably the most romantic place on Earth, if someone disagrees talk to your wifes and girlfriends, you'll feel a lot different afterwards. The city stretches across numerous small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy. The saltwater lagoon stretches along the shoreline between the mouths of the Po (south) and the Piave (north) Rivers. The population estimate of 272,000 inhabitants includes the population of the whole Comune of Venezia; around 62,000 in the historic city of Venice.Venice is world-famous for its canals. It is built on an archipelago of 118 islands formed by about 150 canals in a shallow lagoon. The islands on which the city is built are connected by about 400 bridges. In the old center, the canals serve the function of roads, and every form of transport is on water or on foot. In the 19th century a causeway to the mainland brought a railway station to Venice, and an automobile causeway and parking lot was added in th ...

Waterfalls of the World 2007-11-02 07:19:00 Hawasupai Falls, ArizonaEl Nicho Falls, CubaAerial view of Niagara Falls, Canada/USAAngel Falls, Venezuela (Highest Falls in the World)Purakaunui Falls, New ZealandLugard Falls, KenyaHopetoun Falls, AustraliaMinas Viejas falls, MexicoGolden Falls, IcelandIguassu Falls, Argentina/BrazilOpaeka'a Falls, HawaiiSan Rafael Falls, EcuadorRamona Falls, OregonMontmorency Falls, Canada ...

Arches National Park, Utah 2007-10-22 04:38:00 Arches National Park preserves over 2,000 natural sandstone arches, including the world-famous Delicate Arch, in addition to a variety of unique geological resources and formations. The park is located near Moab, Utah, and is 119 square miles (309 km²) in size. Its highest elevation is 5,653 feet (1,723 m) at Elephant Butte and its lowest elevation is 4,085 feet (1,245 m) at the visitor center. Since 1970, 42 arches have toppled because of erosion. Arches National Park receives 10 inches (250 mm) of rain a year on average. (from www.wikipedia.org)Most famous features of the park are:1. Delicate Arch— a lone-standing arch which has become a symbol ofUtah2. Balanced Rock — a large balancing rock, the size of three school buses3.Double Arch — two arches, one on top of the other4.Landscape Arch — a very thin, very long arch over 300 feet (100 m);the largest in the park5.Turret ArchAll Images are 1600x1200. ...

Fairy Chimneys,Cappadocia, Turkey 2007-10-18 18:07:00 Fairy Chimney is a conical rock formation, typically found in the Cappadocia region of Turkey. It consists of a cap of hard rock resting on a cone-shaped pinnacle of softer rock. In Cappadocia, houses have been carved from these formations, and they make it a popular tourist destination.Zelve Monastery was carved into the rock in pre-Iconoclastic times. The remains of the Zelve monastery complex is located on the northern slopes of Aktepe, 1km from Pa?a Ba?lari and 10 km out from Göreme on the Avanos road. Zelve does not have the rich frescoes of Göreme and other Cappodocian locations. Spread out over three valleys, of which two are connected by a tunnel, the monastery is still rich in its own beauty. The valleys can provide you with plenty of hiking and exploring. The complex contains innumerable rooms and passages which also house many pointed fairy chimneys with large stems, at about 40 feet above the valley floor. Zelve, though recently uninhabited, was an important settlement ...