Can anyone body tell what the Nautral Wonders of the world
are? I know the Great Barrier Reef (Australia) is one and
the Grand Canyon (USA) is another. But what else is?
Thanks
Darren
(darren.burke@dsd.vic.gov.au)
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I think pyramids in egypt are one.
typical public servants, using work time to play on the net!
get back to work!!!
Good try - but the pyramids are man-made, therefore not a
natural wonder.
What about Victoria Falls? Is that one?
should be if it isn't. It's awe inspiring.
Yosemite National Park
Northern Lights
I was thinking of the 7 wonders of the world with egypt,
bit confused - don't mind me, thats what work is doing to
me!!!
I think egypt is one of the 7 wonders of the world, isn't
it????
search under the seven wonders and you will find not only the seven wonders but also natural, forgotten, ancient, and modern
Victoria falls is definately one, as is the Grand Canyon, and the Northern lights. I think Ayres rock might be.
Good choices, Karl, all correct except for Ayers Rock.
Here's the list (not in any particular order):
1. Mount Everest
2. Great Barrier Reef
3. Northern Lights
4. Grand Canyon
5. Victoria Falls
6. Paricutin Volcano
7. The Harbor of Rio de Janeiro
I grew up near Niagra Falls and was told it was a natural
wonder????
Okay, maybe this wonder isn't in the same vein, but how
about Ian Wright?
the petronas twin towers
The Himalayas
Northern Lights
Niagara Falls
Spitzbergen with its Fjords and Galciers
According to an ENTIRE Website devoted to the Seven Wonders
of the World (http://pharos.bu.edu/Egypt/Wonders/), here
is a list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World:
.
The Great Pyramid of Giza
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
The Colossus of Rhodes
The Lighthouse of Alexandria
.
Now here's where things get kookie: According to the above
mentioned site "[s]ix out of seven Ancient Wonders did not
survive to this present day. Human imagination urged poets,
writers, and historians to seek "replacements" for the
fallen monuments. Some proposed a new list for the Seven
Wonders of the Modern World. Others argued that Ancient
civilizations which the Greeks did not know of, erected
monuments that should have been included in the original
list. Wonders such as the Great Wall of China, Taj Mahal in
Agra, and the Temple of Angkor in Cambodia are a few
examples.
.
"Like the ancient list, the new ones include fascinating
monuments and structures that changed the existing
landscape. However, no single list won unanimous approval
among historians, artists, and architects." The site goes
on to list (alphabetically) some Forgotten,
Modern, and Natural Wonders, presummably proposed by the
above mentioned poets, writers, and historians:
.
Forgotten Wonders
.
Abu Simbel Temple in Egypt
Angkor Wat in Cambodia
The Aztec Temple in Tenochtitlan (Mexico City), Mexico
The Banaue Rice Terraces in the Philippines
Borobudur Temple in Indonesia
The Colosseum in Rome, Italy
The Great Wall of China
The Inca city of Machu Picchu, Peru
The Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy
The Mayan Temples of Tikal in Northern Guatemala
The Moai Statues in Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Chile
Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy, France
The Throne Hall of Persepolis in Iran
The Parthenon in Athens, Greece
Petra, the rock-carved city in Jordan
The Shwedagon Pagoda in Myanmar
Stonehenge in England
Taj Mahal in Agra, India
The Temple of the Inscriptions in Palenque, Mexico
.
Modern Wonders
.
The Channel Tunnel
The Clock Tower (Big Ben) in London, England
The CN Tower in Toronto, Canada
Eiffel Tower in Paris, France
The Empire State Building in New York City, USA
The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, USA
The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, USA
The High Dam in Aswan, Egypt
Hoover Dam in Arizona/Nevada, USA
Itaip· Dam in Brazil/Paraguay
Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota, USA
The Panama Canal
The Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The Statue of Cristo Redentor in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The Statue of Liberty in New York City, USA
The Suez Canal in Egypt
The Sydney Opera House in Australia
.
Natural Wonders
.
Angel Falls in Venezuela
The Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, Canada
The Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA
The Great Barrier Reef in Australia
Iguaτ· Falls in Brazil/Argentina
Krakatoa Island in Indonesia
Mount Everest in Nepal
Mount Fuji in Japan
Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
Niagara Falls in Ontario (Canada) and New York State (USA)
Paricutin Volcano in Mexico
Victoria Falls in Zambia/Zimbabwe
.
Fascinating.
Niagara Falls has to be on the list
The internet should be one of the Modern wonders of the
World, don't you think?
And anyway, back to the original point about the Great
Barrier Reef - I need to go diving for a couple of weeks to
get my PADI certification. That'll be in March. Is the
GBR the best place to learn? Also considered Thailand,
Carribean, South Africa?
Any ideas would be welcome.
the mountains of the bay to the east of phuket
(partially submerged)along with those between yangshuo and
guilin (not submerged) seem to be worth a mention.
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As I am Australian, I definitely think you should go diving
at the Reef!
OK, so why is the Great Barrier Reef so great? I've got a
friend who'll be a diving instructor in Cairns and he's
invited me to go diving there. Now I wouldn't mind meeting
up with my friend again but I'm wondering how much about
the Great Barrier Reef is hype. I've dived in Phuket and the
Bahamas. Is it that much more impressive? And I've read
that it's being bleached. How bad is it and can it recover?
The name Great Barrier Reef was used to describe the fact
that the reef was a "great barrier" to Capt. James Cook and
other explorers in their attempts to explore the eastern
coast of terra australis. The immense length of the reef
kept getting in the way of their efforts to get from the
Pacific ocean to the land seen in the distance; and also to
get back to the ocean and home again afterwards.
The term great therefore is not used in the modern sense of
"oh wow, fantastic!", but refers to it's size - which is
indeed great.
However, if you ever visit and dive on the reef that hasn't
been eaten by the crown of thorns starfish, you will indeed
say "great! - and wow, fantastic" ........etc
The Great Barrier Reef is heaven.Another wonderful reef is
around Fiji. Try it. I was mesmerised.By the way, Australia
is the best place in the world. And I'm a Pom.
what about getting your PADI certificacetion in Gili Air or
Gili Trawangan, Indonesia?
The reef is wonderful and you can meet very nice young
people; than you can eat cheap lobsters and barracudas...
just to add to the list
Philippines -The chocolate hills in Bohol
The Banuae Rice Fields
Guyana- Kaiteur Falls, the highest one drop fall in the
world
to knowitall:
If you are able to go to any of those places to learn to
dive, you are very lucky. I learned to dive in Kona,
Hawaii, and it was wonderful. On a recent trip to
Australia, I was only able to snorkel on the reef and I'm
sure that was a pale comparison of what diving would have
been. My suggestion to you is to decide what you want to
see while diving and then check the internet and brochures
for the best spots to see what you want.
If you intend to go diving on the Great Barrier Reef I
would suggest that you *not* go and see Vic Hislop's Shark
Show before hand, other than that it is truly a wonder.
Like stepping into another world!
you should go to the red sea in egypt.
Dahab for good grass, the fantastic Blue Hole and so many
other good places there.
The light is incredible..
diving! If you want to learn, I suggest Koh Tao in
Thailand or Honduras. They ought to have the equivalent of
the Great Barrier Reef but much much cheaper.
Alternatively if you want to see absolutely fabulous diving
- go to Asia - a place called Pulau Sipadan. Of the east
coast of Borneo. The divers there used to say that "what
you can see in the Maldives in one week, you can see in
Sipadan in one day". However, do not learn in a place that
is too good cos your expectations will be far too high from
then on. (I learned in Canada - get through that and you
can dive anywhere!)
Am getting ready to ge across the U-fucking-S on a Honda
CB750, and would like some feedback. Leavng in March from
Tallahassee, Florida, and going mostly west on scenic
byways, throughout Texas, then up through Colorado, down
through Vegas, to LA, and then up to and hopefully through
Alaska. My main concerns are time and money ($). If
anyone's done a similar trip and can lend some cool info,
incl. places to camp (Nat'l. Forests, etc), it would be
appreciated. We'll mention you in our book!! E-mail to
todd: thspace@yahoo.com and/or Joel: joelbake2@aol.com
1.Mt. Everest 2.Great Barrier Reef 3.Victoria Falls
4.Grand Canyon 5.The Painted Caves of France and Spain
6.Paricutim(young volcano in Mexico) 7. Harbor at Rio
De Janeiro.....These are the 7 NATURAL WONDERS
go any buy the readers digest book (all wonders of the
world) where a huge amount of the ancient, natural,
mystical and monumental wonders are listed and described.
what about the patterns painted in the british landscape
like a man and a horse and they don't know wherer it is
from ?
My boddy heads the list!
Does anyone know the scoop on renting a motorcycle in europe.
thinking of getting one up north (germany or somewhere), then
travelling south to italy and then back up through france,
etc. Only got two weeks to do it in and want to do it in the
first two weeks of June.
Thanks