Monday, 6 of September of 2010

Category » Nature

California Academy of Sciences (San Francisco, California, USA)

The California Academy of Sciences is one of the ten largest museums of natural history in the World. Remodeled in 2008, it is also one of the newest in the United States.  It is located in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California, USA. (Wikipedia Article)

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Roraima Tepui (Canaima National Park, Venezuela)

Mount Roraima is the highest of a group of table-top mountains, known as tepuis, in South America.

Reference:  Wikipedia

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Autana Tepui (Amazonas state, Venezuela)

Autana, the tree of life, is a spectacular tepui located in the Amazonas state in Venezuela. It stands 1,220 m (4,000 f) above sea level. A unique cave runs from one side of the mountain through the other.

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Lago Conguillío, Araucanía Region of Chile, Conguillío National Park

Conguillío National Park is located in the Andes, in the provinces of Cautín and Malleco, in the Araucanía Region of Chile. Its name derives from the Mapuche word for “water with Araucaria seeds”. This national park covers about 608 square kilometers.

Among the attractions in the park are the Llaima volcano, Sierra Nevada and wild landscapes characterized by islands of vegetation completely surrounded by vast areas of basaltic to andesitic lava flows.  Wikipedia Article

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Tree House in Kamishihoro, Northern Japan (Hokkaido)

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Glass House, Freetown Christiania, Copenhagen, Denmark

More information on this very interesting community in Copenhagen may be found here: Wikipedia.org

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Treehouse (Somewhere in France)

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Moon Buggy Odyssey (Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA and The Moon)

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Apollo 17 group photo w/buggy

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Kyoto Conservatory (Kyoto, Japan)

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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin (Spring Green, Wisconsin, USA)

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