Wednesday, 18 April 2012

Around the World in 80 Seconds



Around the World in 80 Seconds by Omar Cherif, One Lucky Soul
The longest traffic jam in the world recorded in China with a length of 260 kilometres



Around the World in 80 Seconds by Omar Cherif, One Lucky Soul
  In the Chinese province of Shandong is a 36 Km bridge across the Gulf of Jiaozhou.
It takes eight car lanes, and it's the longest sea bridge in the world.



Around the World in 80 Seconds by Omar Cherif, One Lucky Soul
 Airport in the Maldives located on an artificial island in the middle of the Indian Ocean



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 Balcony of floor 103 in Chicago



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 Balloons in Cappadocia, Turkey



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 In the resort town of Skagen you can watch an amazing natural phenomenon. This city is the northern most point of Denmark, where the Baltic and North Seas meet. The two opposing tides in this place cannot merge because they have different densities.



Around the World in 80 Seconds by Omar Cherif, One Lucky Soul
 Desert with Phacelia (Scorpion Weed) flowering once every several years



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 An unusual tunnel in California's Sequoia National Park



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 This statue, created by Bruno Catalano, is located in France



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 Banpo Bridge in Seoul, South Korea



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 Emerald Lake in the crater of an extinct volcano — Tongariro National Park, New Zealand



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 Favelas of Brazil — the boundary between wealth and poverty



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 Gibraltar Airport



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 Haus Rizzi in Braunschweig, Germany



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 Lena Pillars by the Lena River, far eastern Siberia in Russia



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 In the city of Buford, USA lives just one person and he works as a janitor and as a mayor



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 Lighthouse guard in Mare, France



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 Heavy fog over Sydney, Australia



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 Lost paradise in the Indian Ocean, Isle of Lamu



Around the World in 80 Seconds by Omar Cherif, One Lucky Soul
 Morning Glory — kind of clouds observed in the Gulf of Carpentaria in northern Australia



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In north western Montana, USA the water is so transparent that it seems that it is quite a
shallow lake when in fact it’s pretty deep



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 Office of Selgas Cano in Madrid



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 Paris computer games store. Note that the floor is absolutely flat.



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Restaurant on a cliff on the east coast of Zanzibar. Depending on the tide the restaurant can be reached both on foot and by boat.



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 Crescent Moon Tower in Dubai



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 These trees grow in the forest near Gryfino, Poland. 
The cause of the curvature remains unknown. 



Around the World in 80 Seconds by Omar Cherif, One Lucky Soul
The world's highest chained carousel is located in Vienna — the height is 117 meters



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The river above the river — Magdeburg Water Bridge, Germany



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 Sunset from inside a wave



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 This is a unique geological phenomenon known as Danxia land form. Those gorgeous colours are the result of an accumulation of red sandstone and other rocks over millions of years. These phenomena can be observed in several places in China. The one in the photo is located in Zhangye, Province of Gansu.



Around the World in 80 Seconds by Omar Cherif, One Lucky Soul
 Thor's Well "The Gates of the Dungeon" in Cape Perpetua, Oregon. At moderate tide and strong surf, flowing water creates a scenic landscape



Around the World in 80 Seconds by Omar Cherif, One Lucky Soul
A storm in Montana, USA, 2010

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5 comments:

  1. A totally absorbing, stimulating and pleasurable collection of photos. Thank you. My hope is that the more people learn about this fabulous planet of ours, the more they will cherish and protect it.

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