Across The Planet

Is there anybody who didn’t hear for Statue of Liberty? American symbol of freedom. If you know the history behind it, scroll down for the pictures, but if you are already here, why not refresh your memory. Statue of Liberty is 93 meters tall (with pedestal bellow). And its built in 1886 by the Frederic Auguste Bartholdi and Maurice Koechlin (one of the engineers of Gustav Eiffel). Statue is actualy gift to USA from the people of France and it is dedicated to their Declaration of Independence.
Statue is goddes and is made by pure copper which holds on steel framework. Globally, it is now most recgonizble American symbol. Statue is located at the Liberty Island in New York harbour. Statue is finalist of the seven new world wonders competition and one of the Unesco World Heritage Sites.  Statue is green colored because of natural process called Patination. All copper statues are experiencing this. Advantage is that formed patina is protecting copper objects of possible corrosion. Statue is main icon in many popular films, company logos, books and publications. Pictures: …click here to read more

Long time no see. I did not forget this blog, but I am very weak with my spare time. On top of that I entered to Sulumits Retsambew SEO contest, and all my free time is there.

Anyway yesterday I was looking some texts about UK and found their Eden Project.
It is giant greenhouse, world largest one, , located near Ashburnham Insurance. Near the town St. Austin on Cornwall, England. Complex is consisting from large number of domes where each presents one biome and the core. There is Tropical Rain Forest biome, Mediterranean biome, Outdoor biome, and there is a plan for Desert biome. Project has received lot of criticism to since for example, they are receiving too much public funding, and also over a million people come as tourists here, where almost all are transported here with fossil-fuelled transport, which gives negative carbon footprint. Project use green electrical energy from Cornwall wind power plants and they use only rain water that naturally collect in the pit where Eden is located.  Official web page is here – Eden project.
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Dudhsagar Falls are one of the India largest waterfalls, located in the state of Goa on the river Mandovi River. Waterfalls are not very spectacular during the dry season, but during the season of monsoons, falls are transforming into the one of the world most beautiful waterfalls, which bring him thousands of tourists. Waterfall is 310 m high. Waterfall is easy accessible during any seasons by train or rough road. Waterfall got their name because of milky look. Dudhsagar literally means Ocean Of Milk. …click here to read more

Everyone probably know this but I want it to write anyway. Here are the twenty largest countries by area in the world.  Source: CIA – The World Factbook.

1. Russia: 17,075,200 km2 (6,591,027 mi2)
2. Canada: 9,984,670 km2 (3,854,082 mi2)
3. United States: 9,631,418 km2 (3,717,727 mi2)
4. China: 9,596,960 km2 (3,704,426 mi2)
5. Brazil: 8,511,965 km2 (3,285,618 mi2)
6. Australia: 7,686,850 km2 (2,967,124 mi2)
7. India: 3,287,590 km2 (1,269,009 mi2)
8. Argentina: 2,766,890 km2 (1,068,019 mi2)
9. Kazakhstan: 2,717,300 km2 (1,048,877 mi2)
10. Sudan: 2,505,810 km2 (967,243 mi2)  …click here to read more