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Kaieteur
Kaieteur.
sorenriise, Flickr / CC BY 2.0
There is little doubt that Kaieteur is one of the most impressive waterfalls on Earth. This fall has got all what an impressive fall needs - enormous height, width, free fall of big amounts of water and - beautiful scenery around it.
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Best of the best:
Ancient and medieval Indian cave paintings - Internet encyclopedia
Mural - more than 1,500 years old! Wikimedia Commons, The Yorck Project, public domain.
This small Internet encyclopaedia reviews a fascinating kind of the rich Indian cultural heritage - cave art of India created over the last 2,300 years - since the beginning of historical period.
This encyclopaedia reviews more than 20 locations around whole India where in rock-cut temples and natural caves still can be found medieval and ancient paintings.
Amazing tidbits
- The surface of La Pilita sinkhole (Mexico, Tamaulipas) is gradually narrowed by precipitated travertine. More than 120 m deep sinkhole is just 20 m wide at the surface, deeper it becomes up to 90 m wide.
DEPTHX exploration robot is rised out of La Pilita. Travertine walls are seen in the background. Image by Marc Airhart, Wikipedia, public domain
- Olo'upena Falls (United States, Hawaii) is one of the highest waterfalls in the world. It is approximately 900 m tall and falls directly into Pacific ocean.
- Gavi Gangadhareshwara (India, Karnataka) is rock cut temple made in 9th century AD. It serves also as observatory - sunrays illuminate the shrine only twice per year. In the courtyard of this temple are located two large stone discs on tall postaments - purpose of these discs is not known.
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Last update: 26 July 2010