The highest Tasmanian blue gum – lucky survivor

Highest Tasmanian blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus Labill.). Height 90.7 m, diameter 3.88 m, girth 12.2 m. There are claims that other specimens of species reached up to 101 m height.

Klinki in Bulolo Valley – the tallest araucarias?

Reported (but not verified) 88.9 m high specimen of Klinki Araucaria hunsteinii (K.Schumann 1889) in 1941. These trees are very tall and there is a high probability to find very tall specimens today as well.

Barangay Alegria Toog

Enormous Toog tree or Philippine Rosewood (Petersianthus quadrialatus Merr.), 54 tall, with 3,66 m diameter at its base. Sacred tree to Manobo people.

Balete tree in Maria Aurora (Millenium Tree)

Possibly the largest balete (Ficus balete) tree in Asia. Height of the tree up to 60 – 65 m. The girth of the trunk might exceed 30 m – it is told that 60 adult men are needed to get their arms around the tree, although it is hard to measure the tree due to countless roots around it.

Inga Falls

These are some of the largest and most impressive rapids in the world, on the Congo, one of the largest rivers of the world. They drop 96 meters over the course of 15 kilometers and form a part of Livingstone Falls (Chutes de Livingstone) consisting of 32 rapids over the distance of 340 km, with a total drop of 260 m.

Yungay – the driest place in the world

The driest place in the world without any signs of life. Only a few specific microorganisms – extremophiles – are present here. Some areas are rich with nitrates – easily soluble minerals that in other circumstances are consumed by organisms. Here rich nitrate deposits have been formed from atmospheric nitrogen, possibly by lightning.

Poas Volcano and Laguna Caliente

Very active and unusual volcano with Laguna Caliente – lake of extreme acidity reaching up to 0.0 of pH. Frequent phreatic eruptions may eject this acid up to 1 kilometer high. Around the volcano, all the vegetation is stunted brown and black by the extremely acid clouds coming from this lake.

Dinosaur Cove

The richest find of dinosaur remnants in Australia. Here were discovered the first polar dinosaurs and the first southern tyrannosaurs.

Centurion tree – the tallest eucalyptus

The highest known mountain ash and eucalypt (Eucalyptus regnans F.Muell.) in the world, making this the second tallest tree species in the world. Height 99.8 m, diameter 4.05 m (girth 13.7 m), volume 268 m³. Has been at least 103 m tall but the top is broken. The tree has suffered during the fires in January 2019 but is alive.

Voltzberg

Granite dome, one of the most easternmost inselbergs of Guayana Shield. Rises 150 m above the surroundings, comparatively easy to climb, although a climb in this enormous cliff still is dangerous. Summit covered with the sparse “muri-muri” vegetation, slopes are bare.