Sightseeing: Natural Formations

Various locations around the world that showcase the beauty of our planet.

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Faaroe coastal rocks These rock formations called Rauker on the island is a huge tourist attraction on the island Fårö. They were created by wind and weather for throughout centuries.		10/28/2009	18

Hukou Waterfall The Hukou Waterfall (Chinese: 壶口瀑布; pinyin: Hǔ Kǒu Pù Bù; Wade-Giles: Hǔ Kǒu Pù Bù), the largest waterfall on the Yellow River, the second largest waterfall in China (after the Huangguoshu Waterfall), is located at the intersection of Shanxi Province and Shaanxi Province, 165 kilometers to the west of Fenxi City, and 50 kilometers to the east of Y...		09/10/2009	227

Wieliczka Salt Mine The Wieliczka Salt Mine, located in the town of Wieliczka in southern Poland, lays within Kraków metropolitan area. The mine had been in continuous operation, producing table salt since the 13th century until 2007 as one of the world's oldest operating salt mines (the oldest being in Bochnia, Poland, some 20 kilometers away from Wieliczka). The mine is a major tourist attraction, with about 1.2...		08/21/2009	184

Kjosfossen - Norways most famous waterfall The Kjosfossen is a legendary waterfall in Norway. It belongs to the municipality of Aurland in Sogn og Fjordane province and is located directly on the Flåmsbanen (railway between Myrdal and Flåm. 1951, near the waterfall, a stopping place for trains was built for the train passengers leave the train in order to visit the waterfall. It's an impressing sight and the sound from the water is like...		07/01/2009	83

Reichenbach Falls - And Sherlock Holmes The Reichenbach Falls (Reichenbachfall) are a series of waterfalls near Meiringen in Bern canton in central Switzerland. They have a total drop of 250 m (820 ft). At 90 m (295.2 ft), the Upper Reichenbach Falls is one of the highest cataracts in the Alps. The falls are made accessible by the Reichenbachfall-Bahn funicular railway. Today, a hydro-electric power company harnesses t...		07/01/2009	92

Big Horn face Wyoming landscape in Big Horn area resembles a face of a person with closed eye facing to the west. Eye to the left of placemark. Maybe Sitting Bull or George Armstrong Custer reflecting on the battle of the Little Bighorn that took place a few miles up north, back in 1876...		06/19/2009	268

Old Lady Face This is a scary Old Lady Face created by a sand dune		04/17/2009	161

Swirly Sand Nice pic at northern territory, Australia		01/19/2009	201

a man wearing hat an interesting picture shows a man wearing hat, and also his braid		11/21/2008	229

Grinnell Glacier Check out this glacier in the process of breaking apart.		08/26/2008	383

Cohoes Falls, New York The Cohoes Falls is a waterfall on the Mohawk River in Cohoes, New York. Discovered by the indigenous Mohawk tribe, the falls' original name was Ga-ha-oose, which is believed to mean "The Place of the Falling Canoe." Cohoes historian Arthur Masten also wrote in his 1880 history that the phrase might mean "Potholes in the River," referring to the potholes which appear in the ...		07/29/2008	250

Roethbachfall - Germanys tallest waterfall This is the tallest waterfall in Germany. It's located in the very southeast corner of Germany, about 20 air miles south of Salzburg, Austria. The falls consist of three tiers, a large horsetail, a smaller plunge, and a series of cascades before the stream flows into Lake Königssee. It falls 469 meters (1540 feet) in 3 drops. Photo taken in september with low water.		03/25/2008	391

The lion heads at Hammershus Beneath the ruins of Hammershus on Bornholm ther is a cliff formation called the lion heads. They are a popular object for photographers. Why they are called so, nobody knows. Other say they look more like camels.		03/17/2008	244

The echo valley of Bornholm This valley is one of the most visited places on the island Bornholm. When you walk the path here along the cliffs all you say come back as an echo.		03/17/2008	173

Snowball A giant snowball thats rolled down the hill		11/27/2007	1,119

Lange Anna on the north western shore of Heligoland The Lange Anna ("Long Anna" or "Tall Anna") which is a free standing rock column (or stack), 47 metres high and weighing about 25,000 tonnes.		10/24/2007	541

Landslide Buries Valley of the Geysers, 11 June 2007 Geysers are a rare natural phenomena found only in a few places, such as New Zealand, Iceland, the United States (Yellowstone National Park), and on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula. On June 3, 2007, one of these rare geyser fields was severely damaged when a landslide rolled through Russia’s Valley of the Geysers. The landslide—a mix of mud, melting snow, trees, and boulders—tore a sca...		08/28/2007	404

Cloud Streets over the Great Lakes, 7 February 2007 Like strokes from an artist’s brush, the sky over Lake Superior and Lake Michigan was painted with long rows of white clouds on February 5, 2007. Called cloud streets, these clouds occur when frigid, dry air blows across the lake, where it picks up water vapor from the warmer lake. The water vapor freezes into ice crystals, and clouds form. The clouds take the shape of the wind as it gusts over...		08/28/2007	323

North Atlantic Bloom, 15 July 2007 The intense blue and green colors of the ocean water in this photo-like image, captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite on July 15, 2007, are made by millions of surface-dwelling ocean plants. Called phytoplankton, the plants are the base of the marine food chain. The brilliant color shown here may only be a part of the full bloom. Stocked w...		08/28/2007	299

Apollyon Abaddon or Godzilla... Perhaps? Awsome view of a 20 mile long Big This Image is located in the mines of Fderik in Mauritania Africa, it is home to one of the largest iron mines in the world . It also has the longest non-stop train ride in the world...sorry, no passengers are allowed. Also observe about 100 miles southeast of the mines the Sahara Bulls Eye. Some people believe this is the Image of Apollyon in the bottomless pit, For Wikipedia reference see htt...		01/15/2007	2,151

Weir Hill Weir Hill is a 12,000-year-old glacial deposit. It was for millenia home to Native Americans who trapped fish in the river by constructing fish weirs here.		10/20/2006	846

Fairhaven Bay Henry David Thoreau Accidentally set fire to the woods here.		10/20/2006	940

Icebergs These icebergs, although actually 2D and flat, look 3D because of the shadowing and the way the satellite pictures came out. Around the Sandwich Islands.		10/19/2006	544

Raabjerg Mile - the biggest sand dune in Denmark Raabjerg Mile is also one of the biggest dunes in Europe. It contains about 3.5 mio m3 sand and is 35 to 40 meters high. It moves to the northeast 0-30 meters a year when it's windy weather up to stormy weather. You can actually see the track the dune has taken over the years.		10/04/2006	968

Very, Very, Curvy River An extremely curvy river in southern Maine.		09/18/2006	1,461