Labassin Waterfall Restaurant, Villa Escudero Philippines

Villa Escudero Plantations is 800 hectares of working coconut plantation and hacienda located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of the city of San Pablo, Laguna province on the border with Quezon province in the Philippines.

SALAR DE UYUNI - Geologic Features

 

• Potosi, Bolivia

Salar de Uyuni (or Salar de Tunupa) is the World's largest salt flat at 10,582 square kilometers (4,086 sq mi). It is located in the Daniel Campos Province in Potosí in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes and is at an elevation of 3,656 meters (11,995 ft) above mean sea level.

The Salar was formed as a result of transformations between several prehistoric lakes. It is covered by a few meters of salt crust, which has an extraordinary flatness with the average altitude variations within one meter over the entire area of the Salar. The crust serves as a source of salt and covers a pool of brine, which is exceptionally rich in lithium. It contains 50 to 70% of the world's lithium reserves, which is in the process of being extracted. The large area, clear skies, and the exceptional flatness of the surface make the Salar an ideal object for calibrating the altimeters of Earth observation satellites.

EASTER ISLAND - Islands

 

• Valparaíso, Chile

Easter Island is a Chilean island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle. Easter Island is famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called moai, created by the early Rapa Nui people. In 1995, UNESCO named Easter Island a World Heritage Site, with much of the island protected within Rapa Nui National Park.

Polynesian people most likely settled on Easter Island sometime between 700 to 1100 CE, and created a thriving and industrious culture as evidenced by the island's numerous enormous stone moai and other artifacts. However, human activity, the introduction of the Polynesian rat and overpopulation led to gradual deforestation and extinction of natural resources which severely weakened the Rapa Nui civilization. By the time of European arrival in 1722, the island's population had dropped to 2,000–3,000 from an estimated high of approximately 15,000 just a century earlier. European diseases and Peruvian slave raiding in the 1860s further reduced the Rapa Nui population, to a low of only 111 inhabitants in 1877.

Easter Island is one of the most remote inhabited islands in the world. The nearest inhabited land (around 50 residents in 2013) is Pitcairn Island, 2,075 kilometres (1,289 mi) away; the nearest town with a population over 500 is Rikitea, on the island of Mangareva, 2,606 km (1,619 mi) away; the nearest continental point lies just in central Chile, 3,512 kilometres (2,182 mi) away.

Easter Island is a special territory of Chile that was annexed in 1888. Administratively, it belongs to the Valparaíso Region, and, more specifically, it is the only commune of the Province Isla de Pascua. According to the 2012 Chilean census, the island has about 5,800 residents, of whom some 60 percent are descendants of the aboriginal Rapa Nui.

HUMMINGBIRD LANE

 HUMMINGBIRD LANE

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This woman lives in
a Hummingbird fly
zone. As they migrated, about 20 of them were in her yard. She took
the little red dish, filled it with  sugar water and this is  the result.
The woman is Abagail Alfano of Pine, Louisiana - she has been studying  them daily and one morning put the cup from the feeder, with water in it, in her hand;  as they had gotten used to her standing by the feeder they came over to her hand. She  says in touching they are as light as a feather.
Abagail also said, 'if she had known her husband was taking pictures
 she would have put on makeup.'

Beautiful Borders Between Two Countries

Crocodile & Hippo Unseen Fight

 Crocodile & Hippo Unseen Fight

 

 

 

  

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10 Incredible Conflux of The World

A Conflux, also known as a Confluence is the meeting of two or more Bodies of Water. It refers either to the point where a Tributary joins a Larger River, called the Main Stem or where two Streams meet to become the Source of a River of a New Name.

As the Confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny Rivers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania creating the Ohio River.

The term is also used to describe the meeting of Tidal or other Non-Riverine Bodies of Water, such as two Canals or a Canal and a Lake.

Below is a collection of 10 Incredible Conflux Of The World. The Confluences below were selected for their Dramatic Visual Contrast.

Thus, culturally significant confluences such as the Sangam near Allahabad, (India) where the Sacred Rivers Ganges, Yamuna and Saraswati meet to create "One Of The Holiest Places In Hinduism", were not included for this reason.

01. Confluence of the Rhone and Arve Rivers in Geneva, Switzerland
In this incredible photograph we see the confluence of the Rhone and Arve rivers in Geneva, Switzerland. The river on the left is the Rhone, which is just exiting Lake Lehman. The river on the right is the Arve, which receives water from the many glaciers of the Chamonix Valley (mainly the Mer de Glace) before flowing North-West into the Rhone on the West side of Geneva, where its much higher level of silt brings forth a striking contrast between the two rivers.


02. Confluence of the Ilz, Danube and Inn Rivers in Passau, Germany
The Ilz is a relatively Small Mountain Stream and has a Blueish Color while the Inn is a fairly Large River flowing in from Salzburg, Austria at the top. The Inn River has more water flow than the Danube, yet flowing away from the City the Three Combined Rivers are called Danube. This photo was taken from the Oberhaus-Fortress (now a City Museum) on top of the Ilzstadt Cliff above the city of Passau in Lower Bavaria, Germany. It is also known as the Dreiflüssestadt or “City of Three Rivers”.


03. Confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers at Cairo, IL, USA
The Ohio River becomes a Tributary of the Mississippi River directly South of Cairo, Illinois, a Small City on the spit of land where the Rivers converge (at center of this astronaut photograph). Brown, sediment-laden water flowing generally Northeast to South from the Ohio River is distinct from the Green and relatively sediment-poor water of the Mississippi River (flowing northwest to south). The color of the Rivers in this image is reversed from the usual condition of a Green Ohio and a Brown Mississippi. This suggests that the very high rainfall in December 2005 over the Appalachians and the northeastern United States has led to greater-than-normal amounts of sediment in the Rivers and Streams of the Ohio River Watershed.



04. Confluence of the Jialing and Yangtze Rivers in Chongqing, China
 Jialing River on the right stretches 119 kilometers. In the City of Chongqing it falls into Yangtze River. The clean water of Jialing River meets the Brownish Yellow Water of Yangtze River. The Yangtze becomes more powerful after it absorbs the water of Jialing as it continues its Path, passing through the Three Gorges and stretching thousands of miles.



05. Confluence of the Rio Negro and the Rio Solimoes near Manaus, Brazil
The Meeting of Waters is the confluence between the Rio Negro, a river with Dark (almost Black Coloured) Water and the Sandy-coloured Amazon River or Rio Solimões, as it is known the upper section of the Amazon in Brazil. For 6 km (3.7 mi) the River’s Waters run side by side without mixing. It is one of the main Tourist Attractions of Manaus, Brazil. This Phenomenon is due to the differences in Temperature, Speed and Water Density of the Two Rivers. The Rio Negro flows at near 2 km per hour at a temperature of 28°C, while the Rio Solimões flows between 4 to 6 km per hour a temperature of 22°C.



06. Confluence of the Green and Colorado Rivers in Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA
The Green River is a very Long Stream forming in the Wind River Range of the Rocky Mountains in Bridger Teton National Forest of Sublette County, Wyoming. It winds its way south into Utah, turning east into Colorado and finally back south down into Utah where it terminates at the confluence of the Colorado River in Canyonlands National Park in San Juan County.



07. Confluence of the Thompson and Fraser Rivers in Lytton, BC, Canada
The Thompson River ends here in Lytton, British Columbia, Canada where it meets the Fraser River. The contrast is striking as the clear Thompson River water joins with the muddy Fraser.



08. Confluence of the Alaknanda and Bhagirathi Rivers in Devprayag, India
 Devprayag is a town and a nagar panchayat (municipality) in Tehri Garhwal district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is one of the Panch Prayag (five confluences) of Alaknanda River and it is where the Ganges River is formed. The Alaknanda rises at the confluence and feet of the Satopanth and Bhagirath Kharak glaciers in Uttarakhand. The headwaters of the Bhagirathi are formed at Gaumukh, at the foot of the Gangotri glacier and Khatling glaciers in the Garhwal Himalaya. These two sacred rivers join to form the Ganges (Ganga) in Devprayag.



09. Confluece of the Mosel and Rhine Rivers in Koblenz, Germany
 In the German city of Koblenz, the Mosel flows into the Rhine river. The Name “Koblenz” itself has its origin in the latin name “Confluentes”.

10. Confluence of the Drava and Danuve Rivers near Osijek, Croatia

 Located on the right bank of the river Drava 25 km upstream of its confluence with the Danube is the city of Osijek, Croatia.