Beautiful Petermann Glacier (9 Pics)

Pictures of Petermann Glacier. This beautiful glacier is located in North-West Greenland to the east of Nares Strait, and is the northenmost glacier in the world. This glacier connects the Greenland ice sheet to the ocean near 81 degrees north latitude. Petermann Glacier consists of a 70 km long and 15 km wide floating ice tongue whose thickness changes from about 600 m at its grounding line to about 30-80 m at its front.

 

 

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Amazing Landscape : The Wave, Arizona (10 Pics)

Ever heard of 'The Wave'? Take a look at the picture. The Wave is a sandstone rock formation located in the United States of America near the Arizona and Utah border on the slopes of the Coyote Buttes, in the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, on the Colorado Plateau. It is famous among hikers and photographers for its colorful, undulating forms, and the rugged, trackless hike required to reach it.

The Wave is made of Jurassic-age Navajo Sandstone that is approximately 190 million years old. Scientists who study The Wave say that the old sand dunes turned into hard compacted rock over the ages, calcifying in vertical and horizontal layers. Erosion by wind and rain has created the spectacular landscape which appears now.

So, if you love see odd and unusual places, 'The Wave' is a perfect destination for you. Note that, a permit is required to visit The Wave. The permit is provided by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which manages the beautiful rock formation. The BLM limits access to the North Coyote Buttes Wilderness Area to just twenty permits per day. Ten of the permits are available in advance by reservation, and the remaining ten are made available by lottery the day before at the nearest ranger station.

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The Spiral Jetty Sculpture (10 Pics)

Take a look at the picture. This is Spiral Jetty, an earthwork sculpture constructed in 1970 by American sculptor Robert Smithson. Built of mud, salt crystals, basalt rocks, earth, and water on the northeastern shore of the Great Salt Lake near Rozel Point in Utah, the Spiral Jettry forms a 1500-foot long, 15-foot wide counterclockwise coil jutting from the shore of the lake which is only visible when the level of the Great Salt Lake falls below an elevation of 4,197.8 feet. Some more pictures below.

At the time of its construction, the water level of the lake was unusually low because of a drought. Within a few years, the water level returned to normal and submerged the jetty for the next three decades. Due to a drought, the jetty re-emerged in 2004 and was completely exposed for almost a year. The lake level rose again during the spring of 2005 due to a near record-setting snowpack in the mountains and partially submerged the Jetty again.

Smithson reportedly chose the Rozel Point site based on the blood-red color of the waters and its connection with the primordial sea. Originally black basalt rock against ruddy water, it is now largely white against pink due to salt encrustation and lower water levels. The sculpture is currently owned by the Dia Art Foundation of New York.

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Death of Aral Sea : 14 Pics + 1 Video

Aral Sea, which lies between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, was once known for it's small islands and fishing industry. It was world's fourth largest inland saline body of water. But due to Soviet redirection of the Sea's sources, the Aral Sea has been steadily shrinking since the 1960s. Now it's surface area is just 17,160 square km, which was once 68,000 square km. There are now two smaller lakes in the Aral Basin: the North Aral Sea and the western basin of the South Aral Sea. It's third lake, the larger eastern basin of the South Aral Sea, dried out completely in 2009.  The prosperous fishing industry is gone and Aral Sea is now just a graveyard of ships and a barren land with salt and dust.

I am sure that you all know about Aral Sea and it's environmental catastrophe. This post is for those who just love pictures/images! Also watch a video in the end.

Video on Aral Sea (Now and Then):

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The Morning Glory Pool (6 Pics + 1 Video)

Today, let's take a look at the "Morning Glory Pool", a hot spring in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park in the United States. The odd hot spring was named by Mrs. E. N. McGowan, wife of Assistant Park Superintendent, Charles McGowan in 1883. She called it Convolutus, the latin name for the morning glory flower of which the springs resemble. The distinct color of the Morning Glory Pool is due to bacteria which inhabit the water. On a few rare occasions the Morning Glory Pool has erupted as a geyser, usually following an earthquake or other nearby seismic activity.

Some more pictures below. Plus one nice video in the end.

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The Ice Fishing Festival of South Korea

The Ice Fishing Festival is an annual event held in Hwacheon of South Korea's Gangwon Province. During the festival housands of competitors try to catch as many sancheoneo (wild trout) as possible. The Ice Fishing Festival takes place in the Hwacheoncheon (stream) during nearly the entire month of January. The festival organizers claim there are roughly 1,000,000 visitors annually. Take a look at the pictures.

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