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Christmas Lights

December 21st 2007 13:02
What a beautiful use of Christmas lights!

beautiful Christmas lights




*This image used with permission from Damn Funny Pictures.



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Abandoned Mine

July 27th 2007 14:16
These are some interesting pictures of an abandoned mine somewhere in the USA. It's becoming a bit of a tourist attraction.


Abandoned mine in the United States


Lake formed in an abandoned mine



High up view of an open pit mine


Driving around and around up an open pit tourist mine


Up the top view of an abandoned mine




*These pictures used with permission from Damn Funny Pictures.
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Best View in the World?

July 25th 2007 13:53
Talk about a room with a view!


most amazing view in the world
Nice View




*This picture used with permission from Damn Funny Pictures.
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Landscape Wallpaper

May 7th 2007 09:36
Here are some truly amazing landscape pictures you can use as wallpapers for your desktop.
Just click on any of the images to open up a larger version, then right click on the picture and choose "Set as Background" or "Set as Wallpaper".
You can find even more here.


bridge over stream desktop wallpaper


desktop wallpaper mountains


desktop wallpaper sunset


desktop wallpaper country road or lane


golden gate bridge clouds desktop wallpaper



*These pictures used with permission from Damn Funny Pictures.
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Mount Fuji

May 2nd 2007 15:45
Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan. It is located near the Pacific coast of central Honshu. Mount Fuji is a well-known symbol of Japan and is frequently depicted in art and photographs, as well as visited by sightseers and climbers.

Mt. Fuji stands at 12,388 ft/3,776 m high and is part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. It is also an active stratovolcano.

Below are photos of Mt. Fuji taken at different times of the year from the same spot. Notice the variation in snow cover.

Mount Fuji with no snow in summer


Mt Fuji in Japan with a tiny bit of snow


Mount Fuji in Honshu. Volcano


Mt Fuji the highest mountain in Japan


Mt Fuji half covered in snow


Mount Fuji completely covered in snow winter





*These pictures used with permission from Damn Funny Pictures.

**This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Mount Fuji.


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Grand Canyon

July 24th 2006 03:24
The Grand Canyon is a very colourful, steep-sided gorge, in northern Arizona, USA.
The canyon, created by the Colorado River cutting a channel over millions of years, is about 277 miles (446 km) long, ranges in width from 0.25 to 15 miles (0.4 to 24 km) and attains a depth of more than a mile (1,600 m). Nearly two billion years of the Earth's history has been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut through layer after layer of sediment as the Colorado Plateaus have uplifted
Bright Angel trail, Grand Canyon, Indian Gardens.
Looking down Bright Angel trail to the Grand Canyon. The green area is Indian Gardens.
Geologists continue to debate ideas about the formation of Grand Canyon. According to Geologist Wayne Ranney: "To date, geologists have been unable to determine the canyon's precise age and what specific processes were at work in carving it". There is no authoritative theory on the formation of Grand Canyon.

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Cheviot Beach - Harold Holt

May 16th 2006 01:48
This photo of Cheviot Beach was taken from Cheviot Hill, the hightest point at Point Nepean, to the south of Melbourne.
It was named after the vessel Cheviot which was wrecked there in 1887.
Harold Holt, the Prime Minister of Australia (26 January 1966 to 19 December 1967) dissapeared from Cheviot Beach on Sunday 17th December 1967. His body has never been found.

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