Autumn line five ultimate beauty of North America
One, big sur
Big Sur
Big Sur (picture from: national geographic network author: Ted Distel)
United States California Western scenic spot along the Pacific 160 kilometres of rugged and beautiful seaside, from Monterrey, South of Carmel extends to the South of St. Simeon of Hearst Castle.
A sinuous, narrow, rugged coastal road for ornamental Pacific and Los Padres (Los Padres) and the magnificent scenery of the national forest. State Pfeifer-Big Sur (Pfeiffer-Big Sur) Park (324 hectares] [801 2819) and big sur village (Monterrey South 48 km) on the verge of Saint Lucia Ridge in the IJssel, attracting numerous tourists and naturalist. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Here was a desolate area, today praised by visitors and naturalist.
Poet's Thomas Jefferson University, (Robinson Jeffers) in his poem "INSEL angle of woman" (1927) depicts the magnificent scenery and here in the 19th century to the settlement of immigrants alone. The former residence of a poet (he built in local stone) is a local King. 1986 Monterrey county authorities adopted a comprehensive zoning plan, strictly prohibited in big sur through rugged 109 km promenade the wire development business.Second, Mount Rainier National Park
Mount Rainier National Park
Mount Rainier National Park (photos from national geographic website author: David Whelan)
Mount Rainier is the United States the highest volcano with addition to Alaska, the largest single outside the glacier and the biggest glacier system.
Due to the Pacific Ocean from the East wind and humidity is high, the Earth's history as the greatest snowfall on out here. At the same time, this mountain is the United States the main training establishments along. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Mount Rainier National Park is a city to Mount Rainier, the center of the Park is located in the South West of Washington, Seattle, 1889 for the protection of the natural scenery of Mount Rainier and the establishment of the National Park.
Mount Rainier is the world's most magnificent mountains, from the top looking around, you can see the scenery of 1500 m were sunk in the sea, only the higher peaks of the piece, as if floating island in the sea.
The year was snow-covered mountain tops, 27 road ice spray around. In addition, in the steppe zone, abdominal, July/August, snow and ice melt, flowers, mountains, became a beautiful flowers.Piedmont is a large thick primary forest, lakes, waterfalls scattered about.
Located on the eastern slopes of Emmons glacier is the largest glacier in the United States. Glacier summer melting snow, huicheng fast stream and waterfall, water pours rocked the Valley. The Park's paradise and Sunrise two attractions extremely popular people of cherished and protected. Paradise is located in the South Shanxi Rainier, the terrain is extremely high. Here in addition to the beautiful mountain scenery are murmuring flowing water and crystal clear waterfalls and lakes, the North of the paradise renowned paradise River.Mount Rainier National Park (Mt.
Rainier National Park), not only is Washington State's landmark, the many artifacts are on this mountain as a pattern, it took the mystery, the taste of a sacred.Third, Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park (photos from national geographic website author: Ralph Lao)
Glacier National Park is a unique and beautiful natural scenery
。 With rugged towering mountains and many ice Lake, including the 100-mile long Lake of Argentina. In the Lake of distal three glaciers Confluence, milk grey ice water coming down, like a small round roof like a huge ice with a thunderous Thunder burst into the Lake. Glacier National Park of the glacier has 4 km, approximately 150 feet high.Park Service offers two different ornamental paths.
A path through a huge crane put tourists contain up to 300 meters high, at this time, huge glaciers as if compelled, some icebergs floating from you. The front of the glacier is steep that seem too good to Glacier internal due under tremendous pressure and a number of faults. The distance, the glacier takes on a dark blue tone. Second path toward Glacier forward, from a cliff on the past, the Park service agencies in the region have set up a few sidewalk, so that you can enjoy the magnificent landscape of different parts. Greater advantage of the sidewalk is that it allows visitors to observe the scenery at the bottom of the glacier, and as much as possible close to the front of the glacier.Fourth, Bryce Canyon National Park
Bryce Canyon National Park
Bryce Canyon National Park (photos from national geographic website author: Ralph Lao)
Bryce Canyon National Park landscape very peculiar.
This place is like someone has used the chisel to here the earthwork out and then filled with orange and Red pillar base, rock pillars of appearance is so fantastic that they look like living in a fantasy world. These are called natural strange rock pillars of stone architecture and indented, morphology, and their appearance or like castles, or the like, or like Tower Bridge, or like the President, or like the Prime Minister, some even as Queen Victoria. Here, even if it is to these names and geographic strata together approach is desirable, but also can be forgiven.Many people choose to visit here in winter, this time by Bryce Canyon is a Wonderland, people have fun here.
Thousands of red and orange rock pillar render out strangest shapes, it is covered with white. Park Service cleared to Rainbow point (Rainbow Point) 24 km scenic drive, so that visitors can proceed to check out this winter extravaganza.However, no matter what season, the most desirable or Bryce Canyon of all kinds, including the fallen Stone Pagoda of Regal, spring road (Riggs Spring Loop) and photographers often photographed Douglas Wall Street road (Wall Street Trail), Wall Street road from steep Canyon bottom upward like a Tower General straight on to blue sky.
Get permission, snow shoe traveller and cross-country skiers can in Wonderland loops (Fairyland Loop Trail), connections with multiple Bryce short track of margin-bottom path (Under-the-Rim Trail) and Regal, spring road winter camps along the specified. Cross-country skiers can shuttle to bear fruit trees, dwarf pine and the United States, along the Valley between the ponderosa edge. nbsp;Fifth, Banff National Park
Banff National Park
Banff National Park (photos from national geographic website author: Robert Vitols)
Banff National Park was founded in 1885, is Canada's oldest national park.
It is situated in the Northern Rockies, Alberta to the West of Calgary Canada approximately 110-180 km. The Park occupies 6641 square kilometres in total, there are a number Bing peak, glacier, ice, glacier lakes and Alpine grassland, hot springs, such as landscape, its qifeng silk, the North American continent.Is North America's summer resort, is also the best skiing in the winter tourism destination of Banff National Park, Lake Beauty Pei in the 1960s, the completion of the Trans-Canada Highway, in addition to the original Bow River Valley Road, provides another across the Bow River Valley Road.
Also in this period, the Calgary International Airport. In the 1970s, beginning with the Banff Springs Hotel, in winter business year opening to Banff National Park.Canada has repeatedly apply for Banff National Park as the winter Olympic Games, held for the first time in 1964 Winter Games, lost to Austria Innsbruck.
Soon, the 1968 Winter Olympics and negativeGrenoble in France. 1972 Winter Olympic Games, compete again in Banff, environment protection organization received the sponsorship of the Empire State oil company of Canada, strongly opposed to the Olympic Games held in local, so that the application is subject to the most controversial. At that time, Canada is responsible for the Park Authority middot; Jean Chretien under pressure, no longer support applications, ultimately Japan Sapporo City won the Olympic Games.Tuesday, January 04, 2011 |
The world's five most "alternative" pyramid
The pyramid of the Sun
In over one hundred pyramid ruins, hide some look kind of pyramids.
These pyramids while fame not so loud, but in history, but also has an important position.1. Sun pyramid
Sun pyramid is located at once is the world's most bustling metropolis of multiple references to a rare, there is the ancient centre of Indian worship the Sun God.
The tower is a temple of the Sun, but have now been destroyed.Alternative cause:
1. strange astronomical location: Sirius light, after the south wall of the flow channel, which can be arranged on the top of his head in the Auditorium; Polaris light, after the North wall of the flow channel, you can direct to the lower deck the halls.
2. construction and skilled: pyramid Tower bottom layer stacking and gradually, like a wedding dazzling multi-tiered birthday cake.
The towers on each side there are 91-364 step, four levels, plus the Tower of the last level, a total of 365 step, and the number of days is one year. According to the Mayan last year and 18 months of calendar Tower into the ladder and is divided into 18 sections.
Moon pyramid
2. Moon pyramid
Moon pyramid is located in Mexico teotihuacam ancient town north of the city, is a worship the Moon God.
Architectural styles and the pyramid of the Sun are basically the same.Alternative cause:
Confusing arrangement: teotihuacam city the most amazing one trait is extremely accurate in urban planning, so scientists have reason to believe that the mausoleum was due to some reason intentionally built to City North-South axis in the East a few feet away.
As regards teotihuacam creator in the end is how to develop orientation, this is a mystery of the mission.
Stepped pyramid
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3. step-pyramids
Step pyramid is located 30 km south of Cairo, Sakala city.
The multiple pyramids and temples of buildings, building 2700 years BC.Alternative cause:
Egypt pyramid prototype: design of a stepped pyramid is called the wisdom of God by Naim grohote, he is the ancient Egypt's Prime Minister King left, Sergio.
He designed the layers of rock-like pyramid shape, and the mausoleum of exception in room design, enabling people to stand at complex start. Stepped pyramid is not only the pyramids of Egypt's first, it is also the world's earliest mausoleum built with stones.
Bent pyramid
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4. the bent pyramid
Bent pyramid is 2600 years b.c. by the fourth dynasty of Egypt's first Pharaohs safro built, is located at the distance of the Cairo 27 kilometres southwest of Sakalava region.
Alternative cause:
1. it is the only one of the pyramids of smooth surface.
This pyramid pyramid surface due to retain the original limestone shell and reveals the original pyramid's most glorious side.2. the high mast bending: 105 m pyramid in more than half the height of the tower when the angle changes, by the sudden appearance of 52 degrees inclination angle becomes 43.5 degrees, also makes the whole pyramid bent up, look down and Chinese graves some likeness.
Red Pyramid
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5. the Red Pyramid
Red Pyramid is the owner of the bent pyramid safro of another pyramid, is located in the vicinity of bent pyramid.
It is considered the most ancient Egypt true pyramid.Alternative cause:
Red Pyramid: make this pyramid is famous for various reasons it is clear that it is the building material of Red limestone.
It pink looks for it won the Red pyramid or rosy pyramid-us number.Tuesday, January 04, 2011 |