Nevşehir
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Nevşehir is a city in the historical region of Cappadocia.The town lies at an elevation of 1,224 m and has a continental climate, with heavy snow in winter and great heat in summer. Although Nevşehir is close to the underground cities, fairy chimneys, monasteries, caravanserais and rock-hewn churches of Cappadocia, and has a few hotels, the modern town is not itself a tourist centre. In 2015 a huge underground city was discovered underneath its centre following demolition works intended to clear the central hillside of ramshackle modern housing. Tag: Favourites tag Date: March 17 ..read more
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Flags of the World - Lesotho
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The current national flag of Lesotho was adopted on the 40th anniversary of Lesotho's independence in 2006. The blue color is symbolic of the sky and the rain, the white color is symbolic of peace, and the green color is symbolic of hope and prosperity. In the center of the white band, there is a black Mokorotlo which is a Basotho hat. Basotho refers to the people of Lesotho. The black color of the hat is used to represent a black nation and Africa's heritage. Thank you Alena ..read more
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Primorsky Safari Park
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A gorgeous Amur tiger from Primorsky Safari Park near Vladivostok. The Primorsky Safari Park was created in 2007 through the efforts of Dmitry Mezentsev, a biologist and wildlife photographer. The main goals of the park are to help and rehabilitate animals in Primorsky Krai that cannot live in the wild, and to provide environmental education. It's a landscape park: here you can watch animals in a forest area that has a beautiful terrain. The park covers a total of 16 hectares. The Safari Park participates in the Eurasian Association of Zoos breeding program to help preserve Amur tigers. Three ..read more
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Rothenburg
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Rothenburg ob der Tauber is a German town in northern Bavaria known for its medieval architecture. Half-timbered houses line the cobblestone lanes of its old town. The town walls include many preserved gate houses and towers, plus a covered walkway on top. St. Jakob’s Church houses an intricate, late Gothic altarpiece by woodcarver Tilman Riemenschneider. The medieval Town Hall has a tower with panoramic views. Tag: Favourites tag Date: March 24 ..read more
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Audubon Zoo
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Audubon Zoo is an American zoo located in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is part of the Audubon Nature Institute. It covers 58 acres and is home to over 2,000 animals. It is located in a section of Audubon Park in Uptown New Orleans, on the Mississippi River side of Magazine Street. A habitat in African Savanna houses white rhinos Bonnie and Yvonne. Hunted for the supposed medicinal power of their horn, Southern Rhinos were the first subspecies to reach the brink of extinction in our lifetime. Thanks to conservation efforts, they are now the most abundant kind of rhinos in the world. They are ea ..read more
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Christmas tree
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A lost Christmas card that has still found its way from China. Thank you Jinji! Date: Dec 9, 2023 ..read more
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Magura Cave
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The Magura Cave is located in northeastern Bulgaria, 17 km from Belogradchik. It is one of the largest and most beautiful caves in Bulgaria. The Magura cave was formed in the limestone Rabisha Hill. It consists of the main gallery and three side branches. The overall length of the cave is approximately 2500 meters. According to geological studies, The Magura Cave began to take shape about 15 million years ago. In one of the caverns prehistoric paintings have been discovered, carved into the walls and decorated with bat guano. The paintings depict the silhouettes of women, men dancing and hunt ..read more
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Ring-tailed lemur
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A ring-tailed lemur sent from the Netherlands. Tag: From a country other than last 5 posts Date: March 24 ..read more
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Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center
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Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center is a 103-acre facility dedicated to conservation, education, recreation and tourism. It houses an award-winning, 9500-square-foot building filled with live animal exhibits, photographic presentations of the site's flora and fauna, natural artifact and mineral displays and a sizeable, vintage waterfowl decoy carving collection. Over a mile of gravel paths and boardwalks link varied habitats such as the cypress-tupelo swamp, beech-magnolia and hardwood forests. Wildlife is plentiful at Bluebonnet Swamp, including hundreds of bird species utilizing the site through ..read more
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Turtle Back Zoo
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Turtle Back Zoo is a zoo in West Orange, New Jersey. Situated on 20 acres in the South Mountain Reservation. In 2021, the zoo announced that for the first time in its history – a Linneaus’s two-toed sloth was born on the premises. Linnaeus’s sloths are found throughout the northern countries of South America. Tag: Favourites tag DAte: March 16 ..read more
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