Tag: world
Secrets of the Stonehenge
An enduring monument to bygone mysteries of religion and science, the great megalithic circle of giant stone slabs at Stonehenge provides the modern world...
Giants of the Hills
When unknown carvers scoured human and animal forms into hillsides throughout Britain, they could not have foreseen how many generations of observers would be...
Riddles and Symbols that Mystify Our Existence
Many riddles and puzzles exist even today which are yet to have any logical explanation. Science still ponders on these strange occurrences and mystical...
Strokkur – The Boiling Fountain
Iceland is a land of geysers and the greatest of all is situated in the south-west of the island. From a quiet stream-covered pool,...
Blue Holes – Lairs of the Lusca
The calm surface of the Caribbean Sea off the island of Andros slowly starts to rotate, whirlpools form and at their centre gaping dark...
Iguazu Falls – The Great Water
Cutting a swathe through dense, emerald rain forest, the Iguazu River eventually cascades into a yawning chasm in Brazil’s Parana plateau. Few sights in...
Amazon River – Roadway in the Rain Forest
This great wilderness is a humid, tangled jungle that rings with the cries of cicadas, parrots and monkeys. The peoples who inhabit the river...
Sargasso – Sea of Weeds
A sea within a sea, the Sargasso is like no other tract of water on Earth. It has long given rise to legends and...
The Casiquiare Waterway
After more than 150 years of heated debate, an exhausting, insect-plagued expedition in the first years of the 19th century finally proved conclusively the...
Milford Sound – A Watery Wonderland
Carved by a glacier 20,000 years ago, New Zealand’s Milford Sound teems with unique varieties of wildlife. Here, fresh water and sea water meet...
