A World Heritage Site in southern France, this aqueduct bridge was built during the Roman occupation around the beginning of the Christian Era. Because of the passage of time, only partial lengths of Roman aqueducts remain in various states of repair throughout Great Britain and Europe, wherever the Roman Army occupied the land. It is [...]
Month: August 2015
Hubble Telescope: tip of the ‘wing’ of the Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy
Hubble Telescope: Tip of the 'wing' of the Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy http://pocket.co/soY5qt To see this spectacular image, double click on the link to the Pocketed image. In so doing, it will fill the screen with this beautiful work of nature. It is difficult to imagine a universe so complex and yet so beautiful could [...]
Niagara Falls: America’s wedding rainfall
Lake Victoria Falls– Zimbabwe, Africa
Lake Baikal in southeastern Siberia, is the deepest, oldest, and most expansive freshwater lake in the World
Obviously listed for protection on UNESCO's listing of World Heritage Sites, Lake Baikal is the oldest lake in the world at 25 million years. It is the deepest lake in the world at 5,378 feet, and most expansive, occupying over 12,000 square miles of the Earth's surface. Lake Baikal contains twenty percent of the unfrozen [...]
Reykjavik, capital of Iceland
This map shows the US really has 11 separate ‘nations’ with entirely different cultures
This map shows the US really has 11 separate 'nations' with entirely different cultures
Florida’s Big Dig 