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Monday, November 29, 2010

Black Hills Version Place On Earth

From the local community presence is associated with the legend of Bukit Bujang Tenebrous Beji and Tumenggung Marubai. Bujang Beji and Tumenggung Marubai is the chief of the fishermen in the State Sintang (capital city Sintang now). Bujang Beji Kapuas River and its control group, while the control group and their Marubai Tumenggung Melawi River.

Because of differences in fish catches, appear ill Bujang Beji to close Melawi River flow with a large stone. Then, he went to the Kapuas Hulu to lift a large stone located at the top of Mount Nanga Silat and took him to the River Melawi. However, at the intersection of the Kapuas River and River Melawi, goddesses of Khayangan rollicking laugh. When tilting the head to find the home sound, without realizing it, he stepped on poisonous spines. Immediately, despite assuming the stone and then immersed in a place called Jetak.
According to legend, a large stone which was then immersed in Jetak grows slowly into a hill. Today, the hill known as Bukit Tenebrous, a unique and exotic sights are much admired by domestic and foreign tourists. Dark Hill Named because of the stones found on the hill is black.

On this hill there are also rare plants such as Giant Pouch Semar which by local people used as a vessel for cooking rice, but it also contained the Black Orchid. Currently, the area of Bukit Tenebrous already direnopasi and the region serve as the Center for the scout camp. To reach the top of Mount Tenebrous are now built a ladder to a height of ± 90 m, which is adjacent to the west.
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7 World's Deepest Cave Version Place On Earth

1. Krubera(Abkhazia, 2.080m)
2. Lamprechtsofen Vogelschacht Weg Schacht(Austria, 1.632m)
3. Gouffre Mirolda / Lucien Bouclier(Perancis, 1.626m)
4. Reseau Jean Bernard(Perancis, 1.602m)
5. Torca del Cerro del Cuevon (T.33)-Torca de las Saxifragas (Spanyol, 1.589m)
6. Sarma(Abkazhia, 1.543m)
7. Cehi2(Slovenia, 1.533m)
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Sunday, November 28, 2010

The World's Tallest Statue Version Place On Earth

The statue is the world's tallest statue of Garuda Wisnu Kencana in Bali Island of Indonesia with a height of 145 m)Location of Sculpture at the Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park on the island of Bali, Indonesia.

The plan, the statue of Lord Vishnu riding Garuda was built at a height of 75 meters, with a foundation as high as 70 meters. Garuda bird wing will also be stretched as wide as 66 meters. Key ingredient is copper and brass sculpture with the overall weight of about 4,000 tons. Later, if the project is completed, the Garuda Wisnu Kencana monument will stand as high as + 145 meters beyond the height of the Statue of Liberty and can be seen from the radius to 20 miles. Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) is indeed planned to become an icon for tourism in Bali.

Today, tourists can enjoy this GWK Cultural Park. Statue of Lord Vishnu who erect half-body (without hands), and the head of the Garuda bird has become a spectacle of thousands of tourists each month. GWK area itself is a rocky limestone hill with an area of about 200 hectares. Previously, the area named the Bukit Ungasan is barren hill that is not much known for not having any tourist charm. However, after the monument was built, this area started growing and increasingly taken into account.
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Friday, November 26, 2010

7th Longest River In The World Version Place On Earth

01. Nile River in Africa has a long 6690 Kilometers

02.
Amazon River in South America has a length of 6400 kilometers

03. Yangtze River or Chang Jiang in the Chinese State has a length of 6300 kilometers

04. Mississippi River - Missouri are in North America has a length of 6275 kilometers

05. Yenisei River - Angara - Selenga are in Russia and Mongolia has a length of 5539 kilometers

06. Yellow River or Huang Ho in China continent of Asia has a long 5464 Kilometers

07. River Ob - Irtysh located in Europe and Asia has a length of 5410 kilometer.
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Thursday, November 25, 2010

7 Hole Earth Version Place On Earth

01. Darvaza Gas Crater
Turkmenistan, natural gas is starting hole found by geologists in 1971, when at that time was digging to find natural gas and then suddenly the ground under its existing quarry disappear abruptly, and left a very big hole, in order to avoid poisonous gases which come out of the hole then the hole is burned, and the fire is still burning today.


02. Diavik Mine – Canada
This incredible hole that can be found at 300km northeast of Yellowknife in Canada. This is a very large mines and remote areas so that he even has its own airport with a runway large enough to accommodate a Boeing 737. It also looks the same when the water freezes sekililingnya.

03. Chuquicamata
Chuquicamata - Chile, is the largest copper producing mine in the world with a depth of 850 meters.

04. Udachnaya Pipe
Udachnaya Pipe - Russia, is a gem mine plan the mine will cease in 2010, this mine was discovered in 1955 with a depth of 600 meters.

05. Great Blue Hole
Belize, located in the waters of Belize with 400 feet into the 1000 feet in diameter, formed since the ice age.

06. Birmingham Canyon Mine
USA, copper mines are located in the Oquirrh mountains, Utah with into the 1.2 km and width of 4 km is the largest mine ever made by man.

07. Kimberley Diamond Mine

South Africa, also known as the Big Hole reigning excavation using the world's largest human hand. In 1866 up to 1914 as many as 50,000 workers digging with picks and shovels in search of 2.722 kg of diamonds.
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Sea Divided Version Place On Earth


Wonders of the Sea is similar split happened in the story of the prophet Moses. The difference is, the sea 'split' in the country's ginseng is a natural phenomenon that occurs due to tides.

As quoted from page asiarooms, a stretch of land with about 2.8 kilometers long and 40 meters wide will open due to reflux of sea water at certain times. Moments of these events are usually visited by people in large numbers. A special festival dedicated to commemorate the events of nature which is a unique phenomenon in South Korea.

The occurrence of sea split, based on a popular fairy tale in Jindo, began when the tiger attacked the village, all villagers had gone to the village of Modo except an old woman who lived alone. In desperation, he prayed to God for help and found the Sea god answered his prayer by splitting the sea.

However, the phenomenon is known world when Pierre Randi, a French Ambassador to Korea to visit that country in 1975 and wrote about it in a French newspaper.

The festival named Jindo Sea Feast Festival that usually takes place three times a year ie in March, May and July. However, with the increasing flow of tourists enthusiastically decided the festival was also held in April.
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