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Beach Replenishment
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By: boothy443
@ 2008-06-02 06:49:01]]>

Beach Replenishment
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By: boothy443
@ 2008-06-02 06:49:01]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/51086/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/51086/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 06:49:01 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/51086/ 38.46628300 -75.04908800

Avalanche!!!
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By: mikeb9991
@ 2008-03-10 14:07:04]]>

Avalanche!!!
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By: mikeb9991
@ 2008-03-10 14:07:04]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/47330/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/47330/ Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:07:04 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/47330/ -62.52043800 -59.64048400

Castello di Paraggi
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By: Effi
@ 2008-02-15 08:10:08
Beautiful site on the sea]]>

Castello di Paraggi
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By: Effi
@ 2008-02-15 08:10:08
Beautiful site on the sea]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/45705/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/45705/ Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:10:08 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/45705/ 44.31072500 9.21316800

Manikaran Hot Springs
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By: zeke7
@ 2008-02-14 20:33:15
A famous hot springs in the Parvati Valley of Himachal Pradesh, about 25 aerial km from Kullu in northern India. According to legend, a serpent deity took an earing dropped by Parvati, consort of Lord Shiva, while they were strolling in the woods, whereupon Shiva performed the cosmic dance and the serpent snorted it out into the ground where the hot springs came bubbling forth. Manikaran is a pilgrimage center for Hindus and Sikhs.]]>

Manikaran Hot Springs
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By: zeke7
@ 2008-02-14 20:33:15
A famous hot springs in the Parvati Valley of Himachal Pradesh, about 25 aerial km from Kullu in northern India. According to legend, a serpent deity took an earing dropped by Parvati, consort of Lord Shiva, while they were strolling in the woods, whereupon Shiva performed the cosmic dance and the serpent snorted it out into the ground where the hot springs came bubbling forth. Manikaran is a pilgrimage center for Hindus and Sikhs.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/45669/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/45669/ Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:33:15 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/45669/ 32.02663400 77.34752700

White Tree
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By: gamma
@ 2007-12-09 06:42:30]]>

White Tree
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By: gamma
@ 2007-12-09 06:42:30]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41933/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41933/ Sun, 09 Dec 2007 06:42:30 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41933/ 52.07184000 4.32293700

Crop Circle
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By: berli110
@ 2007-05-25 06:24:10]]>

Crop Circle
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By: berli110
@ 2007-05-25 06:24:10]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/33639/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/33639/ Fri, 25 May 2007 06:24:10 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/33639/ 51.42416900 -1.85438300

Ice Choked Delaware Bay
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By: boothy443
@ 2007-04-26 20:45:36]]>

Ice Choked Delaware Bay
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By: boothy443
@ 2007-04-26 20:45:36]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/32132/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/32132/ Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:45:36 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/32132/ 39.30707400 -75.41719400

Ice floes in Bukhta Piri
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By: losbeats
@ 2007-04-26 19:45:49
Best seen with Google Earth]]>

Ice floes in Bukhta Piri
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By: losbeats
@ 2007-04-26 19:45:49
Best seen with Google Earth]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/32129/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/32129/ Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:45:49 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/32129/ 80.27568400 47.94433600

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
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By: boothy443
@ 2007-04-20 20:58:44]]>

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
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By: boothy443
@ 2007-04-20 20:58:44]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/32009/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/32009/ Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:58:44 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/32009/ 38.88848600 -76.55305600

Grid Markings outside Grozny
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By: Pdunn
@ 2006-07-02 15:44:50
Looks like latitude and logitude markings over a large portion of map.]]>

Grid Markings outside Grozny
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By: Pdunn
@ 2006-07-02 15:44:50
Looks like latitude and logitude markings over a large portion of map.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/21323/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/21323/ Sun, 02 Jul 2006 15:44:50 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/21323/ 43.65719200 45.82423200

Cedar of Lebanon
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-05-13 20:56:25
One of two planted by Bernard de Jussieu in 1734.]]>

Cedar of Lebanon
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-05-13 20:56:25
One of two planted by Bernard de Jussieu in 1734.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/18395/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/18395/ Sat, 13 May 2006 20:56:25 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/18395/ 48.84348700 2.35621600

Paris' oldest tree
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By: dda
@ 2006-05-07 19:18:45
Planted in 1601]]>

Paris' oldest tree
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By: dda
@ 2006-05-07 19:18:45
Planted in 1601]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/17968/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/17968/ Sun, 07 May 2006 19:18:45 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/17968/ 48.85214300 2.34728200

Arbre de la liberté
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-05-07 17:53:07
Planted in 1996.]]>

Arbre de la liberté
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By: kjfitz
@ 2006-05-07 17:53:07
Planted in 1996.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/17947/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/17947/ Sun, 07 May 2006 17:53:07 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/17947/ 48.85230900 2.35003400

Treaty Oak
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By: AlbinoFlea
@ 2006-02-16 11:07:06

From www.austinexplorer.com:

Treaty Oak is by far the most famous tree in Austin. This 500 year old giant was once one of fourteen trees referred to by local Indians as the Council Oaks. Treaty Oak in particular was revered by both the Commaches and Tonkowas. Legend states that it was under this tree that Stephen F. Austin signed a treaty with the Indians from which its name was derived. This majestic tree once sported a 127 foot spread and was considered to be the finest example of a mature oak in the world. In 1929 the tree was added to the American Forestry Association's compilation of famous and historic U.S. trees.
Over the years the Council Oaks were cut down one by one until only Treaty Oak remained. The city of Austin purchased the tiny lot on which Treaty Oak stands in 1937, saving it from planned destruction. The tree that exists today is a shadow of its former self, thanks to a deranged person who tried to poison the tree in 1989. An extensive effort to save Treaty Oak was a success, but at a cost of sacrificing almost two thirds of its canopy. The tree continues to recover however and in 1997 produced its first acorns since the poisoning. ]]>

Treaty Oak
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By: AlbinoFlea
@ 2006-02-16 11:07:06

From www.austinexplorer.com:

Treaty Oak is by far the most famous tree in Austin. This 500 year old giant was once one of fourteen trees referred to by local Indians as the Council Oaks. Treaty Oak in particular was revered by both the Commaches and Tonkowas. Legend states that it was under this tree that Stephen F. Austin signed a treaty with the Indians from which its name was derived. This majestic tree once sported a 127 foot spread and was considered to be the finest example of a mature oak in the world. In 1929 the tree was added to the American Forestry Association's compilation of famous and historic U.S. trees.
Over the years the Council Oaks were cut down one by one until only Treaty Oak remained. The city of Austin purchased the tiny lot on which Treaty Oak stands in 1937, saving it from planned destruction. The tree that exists today is a shadow of its former self, thanks to a deranged person who tried to poison the tree in 1989. An extensive effort to save Treaty Oak was a success, but at a cost of sacrificing almost two thirds of its canopy. The tree continues to recover however and in 1997 produced its first acorns since the poisoning. ]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/14478/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/14478/ Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:07:06 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/14478/ 30.27128300 -97.75544400

Cave-in-Rock
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By: LanternBearer
@ 2006-02-01 20:03:35
This stretch of the Ohio was the shove off area for much of the early river raft trade from Illinois. Abe Lincoln made several trips down river from here.
shawneetown is nearby. It is the topic and theme of many river boating songs. ]]>

Cave-in-Rock
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By: LanternBearer
@ 2006-02-01 20:03:35
This stretch of the Ohio was the shove off area for much of the early river raft trade from Illinois. Abe Lincoln made several trips down river from here.
shawneetown is nearby. It is the topic and theme of many river boating songs. ]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/13843/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/13843/ Wed, 01 Feb 2006 20:03:35 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/13843/ 37.46831900 -88.16288000

Christmas Knob
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By: AKpilotEMT
@ 2005-12-25 10:01:29
This wooded area just outside of downtown Clinton, New York is very small hill given the name Christmas Knob.]]>

Christmas Knob
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By: AKpilotEMT
@ 2005-12-25 10:01:29
This wooded area just outside of downtown Clinton, New York is very small hill given the name Christmas Knob.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/13126/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/13126/ Sun, 25 Dec 2005 10:01:29 -0600 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/13126/ 43.05763200 -75.38352700

National Christmas Tree
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By: AlbinoFlea
@ 2005-10-04 00:12:44
From http://usparks.about.com/cs/parkhistory/a/xmastree_2.htm:

Prior to 1973, cut trees were donated for the Pageant of Peace. In that year, a 42-foot blue spruce from northern Pennsylvania was donated by the National Arborist Association, with the idea that it would serve as a permanent National Christmas Tree. Unfortunately, in 1976 that tree began dying, and the following year, a new replacement tree was blown over during a wind storm. In 1978, a 40-foot-tall living Colorado blue spruce, donated by an anonymous family in Maryland, was transplanted to the Ellipse where it has served as the National Christmas Tree ever since.

Thumbnail from Google Earth.]]>

National Christmas Tree
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By: AlbinoFlea
@ 2005-10-04 00:12:44
From http://usparks.about.com/cs/parkhistory/a/xmastree_2.htm:

Prior to 1973, cut trees were donated for the Pageant of Peace. In that year, a 42-foot blue spruce from northern Pennsylvania was donated by the National Arborist Association, with the idea that it would serve as a permanent National Christmas Tree. Unfortunately, in 1976 that tree began dying, and the following year, a new replacement tree was blown over during a wind storm. In 1978, a 40-foot-tall living Colorado blue spruce, donated by an anonymous family in Maryland, was transplanted to the Ellipse where it has served as the National Christmas Tree ever since.

Thumbnail from Google Earth.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/10059/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/10059/ Tue, 04 Oct 2005 00:12:44 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/10059/ 38.89487400 -77.03629400

Nærøyfjord
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By: AlbinoFlea
@ 2005-07-25 09:18:27
Recently inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List as part of the West Norwegian Fjords site.

From the UNESCO Advisory Body Evaluation:

Each of the two components of the nomination are at the end of two major fjord systems that developed along faults and fracture zones at right angles, giving them a characteristic zigzag form. Both fjords are submarine hanging valleys, which have floors between 300-500m deep in ice-scoured basins. The fjords are 1-2 km wide and their sides reach a height of 1300m in places. They are surrounded by mountains with old transhumance farms in the hanging valleys, and high glacier lakes.
The rivers which enter each of the fjords have not been developed for hydroelectric power as have most others in the region.
Though their differences are not dramatic, the two areas that comprise the property complement each other. Nærøyfjord is located 100km inland near the end of
Sognefjord. Its fjords are 250m-2.5km wide with adjacent cliff faces 900-1400m high. The surrounding mountains are smooth-topped with high glacial lakes and a plateau glacier. The uplands of Nærøyfjord preserve much of the rounded landforms of the pre-glacial fluvial dominated landscape. The Geirangerfjord mountains are more alpine in character; block fields are more prevalent and there is still permafrost and several small glaciers on the highest summits.]]>

Nærøyfjord
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By: AlbinoFlea
@ 2005-07-25 09:18:27
Recently inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List as part of the West Norwegian Fjords site.

From the UNESCO Advisory Body Evaluation:

Each of the two components of the nomination are at the end of two major fjord systems that developed along faults and fracture zones at right angles, giving them a characteristic zigzag form. Both fjords are submarine hanging valleys, which have floors between 300-500m deep in ice-scoured basins. The fjords are 1-2 km wide and their sides reach a height of 1300m in places. They are surrounded by mountains with old transhumance farms in the hanging valleys, and high glacier lakes.
The rivers which enter each of the fjords have not been developed for hydroelectric power as have most others in the region.
Though their differences are not dramatic, the two areas that comprise the property complement each other. Nærøyfjord is located 100km inland near the end of
Sognefjord. Its fjords are 250m-2.5km wide with adjacent cliff faces 900-1400m high. The surrounding mountains are smooth-topped with high glacial lakes and a plateau glacier. The uplands of Nærøyfjord preserve much of the rounded landforms of the pre-glacial fluvial dominated landscape. The Geirangerfjord mountains are more alpine in character; block fields are more prevalent and there is still permafrost and several small glaciers on the highest summits.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/6072/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/6072/ Mon, 25 Jul 2005 09:18:27 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/6072/ 60.94510800 6.97082500

Geirangerfjord
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By: AlbinoFlea
@ 2005-07-25 09:14:19
Recently inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List as part of the West Norwegian Fjords site.

From the UNESCO Advisory Body Evaluation:
Each of the two components of the nomination are at the end of two major fjord systems that developed along faults and fracture zones at right angles, giving them a characteristic zigzag form. Both fjords are submarine hanging valleys, which have floors between 300-500m deep in ice-scoured basins. The fjords are 1-2 km wide and their sides reach a height of 1300m in places. They are surrounded by mountains with old transhumance farms in the hanging valleys, and high glacier lakes.
The rivers which enter each of the fjords have not been developed for hydroelectric power as have most others in the region.
Though their differences are not dramatic, the two areas that comprise the property complement each other. Nærøyfjord is located 100km inland near the end of
Sognefjord. Its fjords are 250m-2.5km wide with adjacent cliff faces 900-1400m high. The surrounding mountains are smooth-topped with high glacial lakes and a plateau glacier. The uplands of Nærøyfjord preserve much of the rounded landforms of the pre-glacial fluvialdominated landscape. The Geirangerfjord mountains are more alpine in character; block fields are more prevalent and there is still permafrost and several small glaciers on the highest summits.]]>

Geirangerfjord
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By: AlbinoFlea
@ 2005-07-25 09:14:19
Recently inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List as part of the West Norwegian Fjords site.

From the UNESCO Advisory Body Evaluation:
Each of the two components of the nomination are at the end of two major fjord systems that developed along faults and fracture zones at right angles, giving them a characteristic zigzag form. Both fjords are submarine hanging valleys, which have floors between 300-500m deep in ice-scoured basins. The fjords are 1-2 km wide and their sides reach a height of 1300m in places. They are surrounded by mountains with old transhumance farms in the hanging valleys, and high glacier lakes.
The rivers which enter each of the fjords have not been developed for hydroelectric power as have most others in the region.
Though their differences are not dramatic, the two areas that comprise the property complement each other. Nærøyfjord is located 100km inland near the end of
Sognefjord. Its fjords are 250m-2.5km wide with adjacent cliff faces 900-1400m high. The surrounding mountains are smooth-topped with high glacial lakes and a plateau glacier. The uplands of Nærøyfjord preserve much of the rounded landforms of the pre-glacial fluvialdominated landscape. The Geirangerfjord mountains are more alpine in character; block fields are more prevalent and there is still permafrost and several small glaciers on the highest summits.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/6071/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/6071/ Mon, 25 Jul 2005 09:14:19 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/6071/ 62.17896400 7.12738000

Midway Hill
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By: TexasAndroid
@ 2005-06-22 09:07:50]]>

Midway Hill
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By: TexasAndroid
@ 2005-06-22 09:07:50]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/3018/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/3018/ Wed, 22 Jun 2005 09:07:50 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/3018/ 40.51601000 -111.46241400

Old Faithful Geyser
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By: photog
@ 2005-05-17 14:17:41]]>

Old Faithful Geyser
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By: photog
@ 2005-05-17 14:17:41]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/2496/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/2496/ Tue, 17 May 2005 14:17:41 -0500 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/2496/ 44.46066100 -110.82796500