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Sunday, February 20, 2011

World's Largest Salt Lake "Urmia" Iran

Lake Urmia is a salt lake in northwestern Iran – the largest in the Middle East – known for its glittering turquoise waters and dozens of small, rocky islands. The lake is cherished by man and beast alike: People ascribe healing properties to the lake’s many minerals and birds like flamingos, pelicans, storks, ibises and many others appreciate it as a food stop on their migration routes.




The lake serves as a natural divider between the provinces of East and West Azerbaijan and their main cities, Tabriz and Urmia, respectively. The latter was named “city of water”, referring to the lake that was named after it. Lake Urmia is 1,275 m (4,183 ft) above sea level, at the bottom of Azerbaijan’s large central depression.



Lake Urmia is the world’s third largest salt lake. Fed by mountain streams, it has no other outlet than evaporation. Salts and minerals can therefore build in the lake whose high salinity allows only one fish species to survive.













Amazing Ellora Caves Pictures


Ellora (Marathi: Verul) is an archaeological site, 30 km (18.6 miles) from the city of Aurangabad in the Indian state ofMaharashtra built by the Rashtrakuta Dynasty. Famous for its monumental caves, Ellora is a World
Heritage Site. Ellora represents the epitome of Indian rock-cut architecture.The 34 "caves" – actually structures excavated out of the vertical face of the Charanandri hills – comprised of Buddhist, Hindu and Jain cave temples and monasteries, were built between the 5th century and 10th century. The 12 Buddhist (caves 1-12), 17 Hindu (caves 13-29) and 5 Jain caves (caves 30-34), built in proximity, demonstrate the religious harmony prevalent during this period of Indian history.












Blue Eye of Siberia - Amazing Lake in the World



Lake Baikal (Russian: Baygal nuur, meaning “the rich lake”) is in southern Siberia in Russia. 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.





These two terms are the focal point to break the ice and can be caused by the rise of warm-water lake. Dark circles is due to thinning of the color of ice, which usually remains until June.



The rise of warm water does not seem to be something strange in some of the relatively shallow areas of lakes (for example), which was marked by hydrothermal activity. For example, when a circle is formed in the middle of the lake (see photo below). Such circles have been observed in 1985 and 1994, although they were not so pronounced. However, the location of the circle near the southern tip of Lake (pictured above), where the water is relatively deep and cold.

Beautiful Islands in Thailand




































Thailand has hundreds of islands (Phang Nga bay has 67, the Moo Ko Chang Marine National Park has 52, Tarutao National Marine Park has 51).

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