Archive for the “World in pictures” Category

Water Giant next to a cathedral in Nantes

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June 9, 2009 Post Under World in pictures - Read More

Fantastic pictures Angkor Wat

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Angkor is one of the most important archaeological sites in South-East Asia. Stretching over some 400 km2, including forested area, Angkor Archaeological Park contains the magnificent remains of the different capitals of the Khmer Empire, from the 9th to the 15th century. They include the famous Temple of Angkor Wat and, at Angkor Thom, the Bayon Temple with its countless sculptural decorations.

June 5, 2009 Post Under World in pictures - Read More

Walking through the lost world

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Alien landscape – Venezuela, Guyana and Brazil.

June 2, 2009 Post Under Nature, World in pictures - Read More

Mysterious circles in the highest lake in the world

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Lake Baikal (Russian: Baygal nuur, meaning “the rich lake”) is in southern Siberia in Russia, located between Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Buryat Republic to the southeast, near the city of Irkutsk. It is also known as the “Blue Eye of Siberia”. It contains more water than all of the North American Great Lakes combined.

At 1,637 meters (5,370 ft), Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world, and the largest freshwater lake in the world by volume.

May 29, 2009 Post Under Nature, World in pictures - Read More

Very Ambitions

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A man leaps into a public swimming pool in Düsseldorf as an airplane prepares to land nearby.

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May 26, 2009 Post Under World in pictures - Read More