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Mar
24
2010
 
Beautiful nature of the AntarcticPosted by: admin in Antarctica, tags: Antarctic, beautiful nature
Mar
22
2010
Luscombe Nodram, World’s Tallest HorsePosted by: admin in Animals, tags: Luscombe Nodram
The world’s tallest horse Luscombe Nodram, or ‘Noddy’ to his owner Jane Greenman, gives her a nudge before they depart on an Australian tour. The Shire horse is seven-years-old, stands at 20.2 hands high (2.05 meters) and at 1.5 tonnes weighs three times more than the average thoroughbred racehorse.
Horsetail Fall, located in Yosemite National Park in California, is a seasonal waterfall that flows in the winter and early spring. The fall occurs on the East side of El Capitan. There are a few days every February where this fall is lit up by the setting sun and reflects a bright orange. This waterfall descends in two streams side by side, the eastern one being the larger, but both quite small. The eastern one drops 470 m (1,540 ft) and the western one 480 m (1,570 ft), the highest fully-airborne waterfall in Yosemite that runs at some point every year. The waters then gather and descend another 150 m (490 ft) on steep slabs, so the total height of these waterfalls is 650 m (2,130 ft). The image shown here is taken during a brief time during the winter, near 21 February at sunset, made famous by Galen Rowell’s photograph. |
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