Indian forest formed by a single tree

19,000 square meters Indian forest of  formed by a single tree. Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, east of the Kadiri forest reserve, Anantapuram, it is looks like a large forest. It is known as Thimmamma Marrimanu.

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The Persian Qanat — The Underground Water Transport System

The civilization of Persia (Iran) was one of the most flourishing that existed for thousands of years and, beyond art, left us a culture and several techniques, to improve the cities, worthy of admiration. The strange holes in the ground in the photo below are almost 2700 years old. This facility is called kyariz, or qanat, a gently sloping underground water channel to transport the water from an aquifer or water well to surface for irrigation and drinking.

A Giant Fingerprint Island of Croatia

Croatia has 79 large islands, over 500 smaller islets and another 642 small rocky peaks and covering an area of about 3,300 square kilometers. Of these small islands is Baljenac or sound like Bavljenac, situated in front of the Dalmatian coast, to the south of country, and that forms part of Šibenik archipelago. It hardly has 0.14 square kilometers of surface and a length of coast of 1,431 meters. It is uninhabited, but recently Croatia requested its inclusion in the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites.

Yehliu Geopark, Taiwan

Yehliu Geopark in Wanli, Taiwan,  is truly unique because the rock layers near the seashore contain substantial quantities of limestone, which are subject to sea erosion, weathering and earth movements, thus making the 1,700 meter-long peninsula almost lunar-like in many ways. The wild-looking landscape leaves little to the imagination. It’s easy to imagine what life could be like on another planet. The area is studded with seawater-eroded holes teeming with sea-life, as well as unusual rock formations, which make the surrounding environment rich in ecological resources. Sun, wind, rain, waves and strong northeastern typhoons all make a major impact on this narrow strip of land.

The Khatt Shebib — The Mysterious Wall in Jordan

The existence of the wall was first reported in 1948 by Sir Alec Kirkbride, a British diplomat in Jordan, who had seen the structure overhead while in an airplane and noticed a mysterious stone structure. It was a wall , known as the Khatt Shebib. During a recent study, scientists found that the length of the wall, which stretches from north-east to south-west, is 106 km, according to Live Science. If we consider its branches and parallel sessions, its total length is about 150 km. Currently, the construction of only the ruins. According to scientists, initially the wall was not big. Its height was only about a meter, and its width is half a meter.

Eternal Flame Falls

A mysterious flame sitting behind a small waterfall located in the Shale Creek Preserve in Western New York, USA. A small alcove at the waterfall's base emits natural gas, which can be lit to produce a small flame, although it can be extinguished and must occasionally be re-lit. It is one of a few hundred "natural" eternal flames around the world, fed by gas seeping to the Earth's surface from underground, said Arndt Schimmelmann, a researcher at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind.

Bottle Cap Alley | A street paved with Bottle Caps

Bottle Cap Alley, a street paved with around four decades of discarded beer and soda bottle caps. An alley in Texas, USA, has become famous and attract lots tourist to visit not because of any infrastructure or any interior or exterior design of any building or malls only because of scraped bottle caps which is paved on the street of north edge of the Texas A&M University campus, in College Station Texas. The alley entrance is on the north side of Hwy 60/University Dr, midway between College Main and Boyett. 

The Oriental Lion — Wolrds largest Single Tree Trunk Sculpture

This amazing and giant lion statue called the Oriental Lion is the work of sculptor Dengding Rui Yao. It is known that it is 5m high, 15m long and 4m wide. In Chinese culture, the lion plays an important role, acting as a symbol of strength and greatness. It is no coincidence lion statues are often installed at the entrances to temples and palaces, including the famous Forbidden City in Beijing. 

The Highest Rock-Sculpture of Europe | Decebalus, The Last King of Dacia

The face of Decebalus, king of the Dacia (87–106 AD). Dacia the pre-Roman name of Romania. A high relief carved on the wall of a mountain, on the river Danube near Orsova, Romania. The highest (42.9 m) rock sculpture in Europe. 1994-2004, over 300 sculptures and climbers in the world, it is on 4th in the world after: Abu-Simbel/Egypt, Mt. Rushmore/Georgia, Buddha-Bamiyan/Afganistan (down in 2001 by taliban-militant).

Eidi Stadium, Faroe Islands

Our previous post Lake Sørvágsvatn, the biggest lake of of the Faroe Islands. Eidi Stadium is located just a few meters from the Atlantic Ocean, the venue for matches of semi-professional football team of the Faroe Islands. There is only a small amount of standing room for fans and balls often fly directly into the sea. The stadium is located in Eidi - town in the north-western tip of Eysturoy. Its name means "isthmus" in the Faroese language. The city has a population of 669 inhabitants. In the center of the village from 1881 there is a large stone church, which was built in connection with the centenary of the village.